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VOLUME 1 ISSUE
25
THE UNIVERSIT
Y DAILY KANSAN
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APRIL 28, 2010
wednesday, april 28, 2010
PRESENTED BY
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volume 121 issue 145
Lawrence
Valeri Skubal/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Tickets pile up because of an unpaid meter on Massachusetts Street. City commissions voted
to put in four 15-minute meters in each block of downtown. Business owners who supported
the ordinance said they hoped it would allow easier access for in-and-out shoppers.
New meters will
allow easy access
BY ALEESE KOPF
[email protected]
Students can expect to
see new 15-minute parking
meters in downtown Lawrence
in the coming months.
At Tuesday’s city commission
meeting,
commissioners
approved an ordinance that will
place four 15-minute meters
in the middle of each block
downtown. The ordinance was
generated after a request by
several downtown business
owners, including Meritrust
Credit Union Branch Manager
Chris Lowery, who said that
15-minute meters would increase
turnover and make it easier for
the public to have quick access
to stores on Massachusetts Street.
City commissioner Robert
Chestnut said it was a good thing
to experiment with and that it
was something the commission had wanted to try to for the
convenience of quick shoppers.
Although the majority of
the commissioners supported
the advantages in convenience
with the new meters, others,
such as Mayor Mike Amyx,
expressed some concern. Amyx
voted against the ordinance.
“I think that one of the things
that is concerning to me is to
make sure we’re not actually
taking away parking,” he said.
Amyx said adding 15-minute meters may just take away
from already limited parking
spots because any of the twohour meters could be used as
short-term meters anyway.
Serene Hakin, a junior from
Overland Park, said she visited
downtown several times a week
and usually stayed down there for
more than 15 minutes. She said
that most of the time if she needed to just run into a store or grab
something quickly, she wouldn’t
even put money into a meter. If she
did, it was usually only a nickel.
The new 15-minute meters will
cost $0.25 for 15 minutes, while
the regular two-hour meters provide 30 minutes at the same cost.
“I don’t think 15 minute meters
are what we need because I think
people don’t want to stay in a spot
for only 15 minutes,” Hakin said.
see Meter on page 3A
student senate
Daniel Johnson/KANSAN
Mike Watkins, senior plumber for Facilities Operations, takes meter readings for Anshutz Library Monday. In 2009 the University spent about $10.3 million on steam, natural gas and electrical energy.
Campus energy audit
Facilities Operations
monitor meters for
energy consumption
BY BRENNA LONG
[email protected]
For an entire day each month,
Josh Hackathorn, instrumentation
technician
with
Facilities
Operations at the University, treks
to every building on campus to
read its meter. He jots down the
line of numbers ­— sometimes as
many as seven numbers — that
represents how much steam power
index
the building sucked up for the
month.
“We have the meters in an order
that we do them,” Hackathorn said.
No map exists that shows where
the meters are located, but after five
years of experience Hackathorn has
a mental map of the meters’ locations on campus.
The 12 men who work in this
sector of Facilities Operations play
an important role in the way energy
is used on campus, yet often they go
unnoticed.
Energy consumption, including
the steam power the meters measure, costs millions of dollars for
the University every year, so the job
of tracking it is vital. In 2009, the
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University spent about $10.3 million
on energy, said Scott McVey, energy
conservation and utility manager
at the University. That energy consumption also spans electrical and
natural gas used campus-wide.
“Every penny the cost of electricity goes up, that means more than a
million dollars for the University,”
McVey said.
Changes in the numbers on the
meters signal a red flag that something is awry. This gives Facilities
Operations a chance to fix the problem before it burns through more
energy. The workers who read the
meters can sometimes tell when the
numbers aren’t right, but it’s the job
of steam shop supervisor Vernon
Haid to conduct a line-by-line audit
of the numbers.
“Meter reading is a pretty hohum job,” said Haid, who has been
plant supervisor for the past 20
years. “But I think it is an important
thing because then we know where
we are at and how much steam we
are using.”
After Haid has a complete
list of the meter readings for the
month he double checks any discrepancies or “dyslexia” as he calls
it, and he sends the paperwork
to McVey who then has the job
of tracking all the energy used.
see energy on page 3A
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coyote to protect his dog
Gov. Rick Perry was carrying his firearm while going for a jog.
NAtional | 6A
Taking a look back
at platform promises
by Annie Vangsnes
[email protected]
As new senators with new
platform issues move into office
tonight, here’s a look at United
Students’ progress on its campaign platforms for its 20092010 term.
student services
Student Body President
Mason Heilman said one of the
biggest successes was the coalition’s platform to create a financial planning center.
The center will open on the
third floor of the Kansas Union
next school year.
Heilman said students would
be able to stop in to get advice
on personal finances such as
credit cards, loans and bank
options.
“There are a lot of students
who get out of high school and
have never balanced a check
book before,” Heilman said.
The center will have a fulltime director, student employees
and possibly volunteers. He
said United
Students
h a d n ’ t
f i g u r e d
out all the
employment
specifics yet.
Student
ticket
prices
Heilman
United
Students also
proposed to
lower the allsports combo
ticket price
Davis
by
eliminating winter break games from the pass
because many students couldn’t
see Platforms on page 3a
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Wednesday, April 28, 2010
“Hollywood is a place where
they’ll pay you a thousand dollars
for a kiss and 50 cents for your
soul.”
Lawrence police try to curb underage drinking
Bike rodeo held to raise safety awareness
— Marilyn Monroe
FACT OF THE DAY
The KU Bookstore annual
sidewalk sale is tomorrow
and Friday from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. in front of the Kansas
Union.
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G-rated family films earn more
money than any other rating. Yet
only 4 percent of Hollywood’s
output is G-rated.
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Video by Mark Arehart/KUJH-TV
Video by Kiernan Markey/KUJH-TV
Lawrence police recently instituted a new program called Fake ID 101. The
program s part of an effort to prevent underage drinking.
More than 500 kids under the age of 15 attended the second annual helmet
fair and bike rodeo. The event happened on the University’s campus.
ThursDAY
What’s going on today?
n Pianist Daniel Cunha will perform from 4:30 to
5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall
as part of the KU School of Music’s Student Recital
Series.
n Tenor Michael Davidson will perform from 7:30
to 8:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy
Hall as part of the KU School of Music’s Student
Recital Series.
If you would like to submit an event to be included
on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at
[email protected] with the subject “Calendar.”
n The KU Bookstore will hold a sidewalk sale
outside the Kansas Union from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. The sale will be held in the fourth floor
lobby.
Students looking for internships abroad will have
an opportunity to unite their
professional interests with
sports tonight at the Spencer
Museum of Art. The Association
Internationale des Etudiants
After about six years of planning, searching and trying to
get approval from the city, the
Lawrence Community Shelter,
214 W 10th St., will be getting a
new home. The Lawrence City
Commission approved the final
reading of the special use permit
n Elif Andac, assistant professor of sociology,
will present the lecture, “Understanding the
Dynamics of Assimilation and Diversity in
Nation-Building: A Case from Southeastern
Turkey,” at noon in 706 Fraser.
n Delta Epsilon Iota will host a round robin
sand volleyball tournament from 1 to 5 p.m. on
the courts outside Robinson Center. Registration for teams of eight costs $45. All proceeds
will benefit the local Boys and Girls Club.
n The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board will host its annual Spring Arts and
Culture Festival from 1 to 4 p.m.
MondAY
tuesday
May 2
May 3
May 4
n The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
will host “Make it Funky” from 2 to 4 p.m. in
Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. The
event is a multi-dimensional exploration of the
origins, evolution and interdisciplinary nature
of African-American music and writing.
n Composer Tim Patterson will perform from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music’s
Student Recital Series.
n The following musicians will perform in Murphy
Hall as part of the KU School of Music Student
Recital Series: Pianist Ben Barthell, 4:30 p.m.,
Room 130; Pianist Nicholaus Sprague, 4:30 p.m.,
Swarthout Recital Hall; Pianist Kezia Schrag, 7:30
p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall.
n Elizabeth Berghout, associate professor of
music, will play the bells at 5 p.m. at the World
War II Memorial Campanile and Carillon.
n Organist Michael Bauer will perform from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Bales Organ Recital Hall
as part of the KU School of Music’s Student
Recital Series.
n The KU School of Music will present Bales
Chorale from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Bales Organ
Recital Hall.
Lawrence
en Sciences Economiques et
Commerciales, more commonly
known as AIESEC, is holding an
event called AIECup from 6 to 8
p.m. that features internships in
the countries competing in the
World Cup.
“We’re representing 15 countries, and all of them have internships as soon as this summer or
next semester,” Ashley Meyer, a
sophomore from Shawnee and
vice president of AIESEC Kansas,
said. “We thought it would be
cool to have an event about
countries that are involved in the
World Cup.”
allowing the shelter to move by
a vote of 5 to 0 Tuesday.
The vote passed more quietly
than during the first reading,
when more than 50 citizens
spent three hours speaking to
the city commission before it
openly discussed the proposal
for another hour.
The shelter will move to what
is now a warehouse at 3701
Franklin Park Cir. once enough
funds have been raised and the
warehouse has been retrofitted
for habitation. Loring Henderson, director of the Lawrence
Community Shelter, said he
expected it would be between
12 and 18 months before the
new move.
— Alison Cumbow
lawrence
Commission votes
to relocate shelter
n Student Union Activities will host its Tunes
at Noon music performance series at noon in
front of the Kansas Union.
SundAY
Lawrence
Event highlights
internships abroad
May 1
April 30
n The University Career Center will hold its
“Just in Time” Career Fair from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. Employers with open internships and full-time jobs
will be present.
n The KU School of Music will present the Bass
Studio Recital from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 118
of Murphy Hall.
SaturdAY
FriDAY
April 29
— Zach Getz
Commission allows
late night hot dogs
Two University students petitioning to have a hot dog cart
downtown open until 2:30 a.m.
finally got the Lawrence City
Commission’s approval Tuesday.
At the meeting Jason
Mandel and Justin Sharkan,
sophomores from Wilmete, Ill.,
addressed concerns of security,
rent and time restrictions standing in the way of initiating “Last
Stop Snack Shop.”
“The extension of time for me
is simply serving a niche and
they’ve certainly done a good
job,” Commissioner Mike Dever
said.
The stand will be located at
the corner of Tenth and Mas-
sachusetts Streets.
Mandel and Sharkan said
that the stand would be open
by August at the latest, but that
they would like to do a trial run
on Stop Day next week.
“We’ve got everything set up,”
Mandel said. “This was the last
thing we had to do.”
ing against an Xcel Energy pole.
Witnesses told officers they
saw a man leaving the area and
walking a beagle.
The 18-year-old, who does
not have insurance or a Minnesota driver’s license, called
police about four hours later to
confess.
The man told police he was
driving when his dog started
“throwing up all over him.”
Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said the story checked out
— police found vomit in the car.
The pole had only minor
damage. The man was cited for
driving without insurance or a
license.
—Anna Archibald
odd news
This time, blaming
the dog checks out
WINONA, Minn. — A man has
a pretty good excuse for why
he crashed his car into a utility
pole in Winona: His dog puked
on him. The Winona Daily News
reported police found the car
unattended last Thursday morn-
— Associated Press
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NEWS / 3A
Energy (continued from 1A)
From his closet-sized office
at Facilities Operations, which
is located to the west of Watson
Library and behind Stauffer-Flint
Hall, McVey can see all the energy
figures in charts and Excel spreadsheets on his computer. But looking
out his lone office window he sees
the greatest energy hog on main
campus: Malott Hall. Science buildings require extensive ventilation
and lab equipment, which have to
be in place for safety, McVey said.
In 2009, Malott consumed about
57 million kilo British thermal units
or kBtu. For perspective, McVey
said in a year Malott uses as much
energy as 606 average U.S. homes
and costs the University more than
$1 million or about 10 percent of
the University’s entire energy budget.
In the opposite direction of
McVey’s window view sits Smith
Hall, which uses the least amount
of energy of all the classroom
buildings on campus. Using about
785,000 kBtu in a year and costing
the University only $15,050, Smith
consumes as much energy as only
eight average U.S. homes.
Regardless of whether McVey
can see the building or not, as a
KU alumnus he is familiar with
campus. Just like the meter readers,
experience gives him an advantage
when examining the statistics.
“It definitely helps to know where
all the buildings are that I monitor,”
McVey said.
Those figures can show him anything he needs to know. In general,
campus is broken down into different electrical categories. Lighting
and ventilation take the most energy, and after that cooling, computer
use and water heating are the big
ones.
As improvements occur across
Meters
(Continued from 1a)
But Josh Weltha, a junior from
Reading, said he spends less than
15 minutes when he goes downtown. Weltha said he thought the
new meters would be more convenient and wouldn’t take away
Daniel Johnson/KANSAN
Malott Hall consumes the most energy of all buildings on campus or about the same amount
as 606 average U.S. homes. Smith Hall consumes the least at about the same as eight U.S. homes.
campus, Haid, the plant supervisor, said he noticed the changes.
Two years ago new insulation was
installed in buildings and the numbers immediately reflected that.
More energy efforts including
changes in lighting, insulation and
plumbing will continue to lower
energy consumption as part of a
new contract with Energy Solutions
Professionals in Overland Park,
McVey said. The annual savings
should add up to $2 million.
“Every Btu we save on steam,
the better off we are,” Haid said.
“We keep trying around here to go
the extra mile to make everything
more efficient. The energy budget
is astronomical.”
Even with millions spent on
energy, compared to other Big 12
schools the University is on the
lower end. The University pays
$2.17 a year per square foot, while
other schools such as Texas and
Colorado spend more than $4. The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln is
the only Big 12 school to have the
University beat — by 18 cents.
The University’s energy costs per
student is $442. Colorado has the
highest cost per student among Big
12 schools at $1,231 per year.
Haid said he thought more could
be done. He and his crew are always
looking for ways to save energy.
Just the little things such as turning off the lights and lowering the
temperature could make amazing
differences, he said.
“Don’t say ‘Oh well. They will see
it eventually.’ If you see something
wasting energy, tell us,” Haid said.
from parking because the garages
were always available.
“There would definitely be
more turnover in parking,”
Weltha said. “It would be easier
for people to get down there to
do things.”
According to information organized by city staff, the meters will
cost $3,400 to paint and to change
the time mechanisms. It will cost
another $5,640 to add meters
to the two-hour lots because of
the added cost to install poles.
Additional pavement markings
and signs will cost even more.
The meters will be painted yellow, and the words “15 minute”
— Edited by Kirsten Hudson
Daniel Johnson/KANSAN
Mike Watkins, senior plumber for Facilities Operations, enters a tunnel under the Art and Design Building. He took a monthly energy reading Monday.
might be painted near the rear
of each stall to help distinguish
them. The $3 overtime fines will
remain the same.
The ordinance was open for
public input at Tuesday’s meeting
as well as a previous public meeting. Fewer than five members of
the public spoke at the meeting
ered by the additional meters.
“I don’t think it will make
much of a difference at the end of
the day,” Hakin said.
Tuesday night. Commissioners
voted 4-1, with Mayor Amyx as
the only one to vote against it.
“It will an education process,”
Amyx said.
The meters could have a greater relevance for some businesses
than others, but Hakin said she
probably wouldn’t be too both-
— Edited by Megan Heacock
platforms (continued from 1a)
attend games while out of town.
Had the proposal gone through,
it would have lowered the overall
price of the pass by $15.
The coalition also wanted to
increase student seats for big
games.
The coalition’s plan didn’t make
it through, but Heilman said
Athletics sold tickets for $10 during winter break to community
members and students who didn’t
buy the all-sports combo pass.
“That’s a huge part of being in
this position, being able to compromise,” Heilman said.
He said there were about three
or four games at which there were
more student seats available.
for them to start looking into the
new system, which they’ve wanted
to do, but just needed the student
backing,” Heilman said.
Ian McGonigle, chair of the
recreation advisory board, said
the board had also proposed a
biometric finger reader system
that would go into effect by fall
break 2010.
He said that between fall break
and winter break students will be
able to bring in their KU ID and
have their finger scanned.
After that scan they will not
need to bring an ID and will simply scan their finger to enter.
Recreation center
requirements
United Students wanted to
extend the full refund date for
textbooks at KU Bookstores from
30 days to two months. It also
wanted to allow students to return
opened prepackaged books for a
partial refund.
Heilman said that the plan did
not go through, but that he had
offered the stores advice on how
they promoted themselves, performed refunds and bought back
books.
He said he didn’t know if his
advice was taken into consideration, but said he had the oppor-
The Ambler Student Recreation
Fitness Center put in place the
coalition’s proposed three-allowance policy in January.
The policy allows students to
enter the recreation center if they
forget their student ID up to three
times, as long as they have some
other form of identification.
Heilman said the student recreation advisory board played a
major role in implementing the
system.
“They were really the impetus
Textbook
negotiations
tunity to give KU Bookstores feedback from a student’s perspective.
tuition refunds
Another platform United
Students proposed was a class
“shopping week” in which students would receive a full refund
for courses dropped during the
first week of classes.
After the first week, the refund
scale would be gradual.
Vice President May Davis said
in an e-mail that she and Heilman
offered the Registrar’s Office about
five different scenarios to improve
the refund policy.
Heilman said the registrar was
hesitant to follow through with
the plans in a time of budget
crunches.
“To me that’s not a concern I
share because I think that’s not
money they should have anyway,”
Heilman said. “But that did provide them with enough justification to not move forward.”
Heilman said that now the
registrar had some options and
maybe in a better financial climate
it would focus on that.
“Overall I think it’s been a successful year,” Heilman said.
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Horoscopes
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Happy day! You have choices:
You can revise and edit to
refine your message, or you
can simply state the obvious, with just a teeny bit of
sugarcoating.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
More power to you! Your
awareness of changes in the
people around you provides
a powerful opportunity to
transform fear into joy.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Who knew that you could feel
so good when you got exactly
what you deserve? Your heart
and mind thank you for aiming so high.
CHICKEN STRIP: 2010
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5
Creative projects will move
forward brilliantly if everyone’s on the same page. Share
dreams that pointed you in
the right direction,
and feed that inspiration.
Charlie Hoogner
SKETCHBOOK
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Don’t allow your feelings to
drift from practical necessities. Instead, exert your will
to track progress or identify
opportunities. Seek contentment.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Your heart and mind are
headed in different directions
today. Creative willpower and
effort can accomplish two
seemingly opposite goals. Get
started early.
Drew Stearns
LITTLE SCOTTIE
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
You feel like using a sledgehammer. What you really
need is thumbtack pressure
to get your way. Devise a
strategy before opening your
mouth.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
Two options emerge today.
You can choose to go along
with your partner, or to do
what you want and endure
the consequences.
Todd Pickrell and Scott A. Winer
THE NEXT PANEL
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Hopefully your scissors are
sharp. You need them to cut
through the team’s petty
disagreements. Resist the
temptation to flee. It all works
out.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5
Point your feelings in any
direction you choose. You’re
bound to get good results
when you keep moving forward steadily.
Nicholas Sambaluk
Please recycle this newspaper
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Career opportunities cause
you to consider more than
one life direction. You could
choose greater security or follow your creative talents for
later success.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Walk with authority. If you
look like you know what
you’re up to, others will get
out of your way. Share the
details after the job is done.
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music
Country chart-topper
unveils Hollywood star
McClatchy-Tribune
LOS ANGELES — Alan Jackson
topped the country charts in 1994
with a song that poked gentle fun at
all the urban types who, caught up
in the country music explosion of
that time, had “Gone Country.”
On April 16, the other
boot dropped as Jackson went
Hollywood, getting his own star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
a personal milestone he celebrated
immediately after unveiling the star
with a small-scale performance for
several dozen fans just down the
street at the Hotel Cafe.
He said he could count on the
fingers of one hand, with enough
left over to hold a guitar pick, the
number of times in recent years
he’d played a club as intimate as the
Hotel Cafe.
But bar gigs being a big part of
his dues-paying years, he seemed to
light up before the small but boisterous crowd.
In his relaxed Southern drawl,
Jackson peppered the freewheeling
80-minute set with references to
Hollywood and California but never
let go of the engaging small-town
honesty that’s helped endear him to
fans over the last two decades.
Red Lyon
Tavern
A touch of Irish in
downtown Lawrence
944 Mass.
832-8228
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I have $17.29 in my bank
account. Yay for getting paid
on the first!
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So, pretty much I am
missing having no drama in
my life. I liked it better when
my life was boring.
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What’s the best excuse to
get out of an exam? Family
emergency, illness or funeral?
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professor’s office and start
crying about how stressed out
you are.
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Hospital benefits support gay rights Friendship should be a
P
resident Obama took a
step toward justice when
he mandated that hospitals allow visitation rights to
partners of gay women and men
earlier this month. Allowing
patients to decide who makes
their medical decisions and who
can be with them in the hospital,
is a right many people take for
granted.
This right isn’t something
normally associated with the
rights that come with marriage.
However, there are many more
just like it. The United States
General Accounting Office,
in response to the Defense of
Marriage Act, identified 1,138
“federal statutory provisions
classified to the United States
Code in which marital status
is a factor in determining or
receiving benefits, rights, and
privileges.”
Here are just a few benefits
from the extensive list:
1. Joint parental rights of
children and joint adoption
2. Decisions about automatic
inheritance and disposal of
remains
3. Domestic violence protection
4. Social Security, Medicare
and Medicaid
5. Joint insurance plans
6. Spousal veteran’s benefits
7. Immigration and residency
for partners from other countries
8. Property tax exemptions
and income tax deductions
9. Preferential hiring for
spouses in University or government jobs
10. Joint tax filing
All of these contractual
benefits that come with the
status of marriage indicate
Obama’s mandate is progress,
but there are many more rights
on the list to check off. This
could potentially be a step
toward legalizing same-sex
marriage, but should not be
used as an excuse to sidestep the
issue.
Being aware of these rights is
the first step toward overcoming the Defense of Marriage Act,
and to living in a society that
values all families.
This is one of the greatest civil
rights issues facing our generation, and we can’t be placated
before justice is carried out.
— Caitlin Thornbrugh for the Kansan
Editorial Board.
To read all 1,138 provisions
visit:
www.gao.gov
editorial cartoon
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Damn you, online class, for not
having deadlines and being so
unmotivating.
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Assignment one finally
complete ...
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I can’t see without glasses.
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I saw the most heinous fake
tan and bad makeup combo
tonight. Thank God I at least
own a mirror.
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I am officially following Mrs.
Butterworth on Twitter. And I
now officially need more of a
social life.
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To the guy whose Cramster
account I’ve been using this
whole semester: Thank you!
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My chemistry professor
informed us he synthesized
cocaine and ecstasy when he
was an undergrad for work. I
want that job.
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I think I’m going to stick to
college textbooks because
they are much easier to
understand than women.
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Women would be much
less exciting if you understood
them.
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Be afraid, world. Be very
afraid.
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Looks like Mother Nature is
on her period again.
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Guy on the bus this
morning: You are cute and I
like your shoes.
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I guess I should stop getting
so massively drunk all the
time so I can, you know,
graduate.
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feel guilty.
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PAGE 5A
Relationships
The vicious cycle of love and love lost
L
ast month, I asked readers a
heavy range of emotions the way
question that, at the time, I
we should, we too often cling to
didn’t realize was very conrebound relationships and eventuTexts in the
troversial: What happened to chivally end up inflicting our own pain
City
alry in college?
on someone else. This, naturally,
I received a wide variety of
makes the victim of our pain relafeedback, mostly from men. These
tionship-bitter. The cycle continues
responses included answers rangand strengthens as the person
ing from total denial of chivalry’s
searches for a rebound and inflicts
By MAndy Matney
absence — complete with lists
the same pain on someone else.
[email protected]
of daily actions they said were
I’m not saying that every heartexamples of chivalry — to hostile
break and break-up will contribute
seemingly going nowhere.”
answers, such as “Nice guys finish
to the cycle. Sometimes people
That statement really hits the
last.”
change. If the end of a relationship
nail on the head. Chivalry has
Still, my question remained
is handled maturely, both parties
diminished in our generation
unsolved, until I opened an intercan be left satisfied and without bitbecause we value instant
esting e-mail containing an attached gratification over quality.
ter feelings.
image similar to the one at right.
But a lot of the time break-ups
It’s the same reason we text mesAs a hopeless romantic, it somesage more than we call. It’s the same leave us with overwhelming conwhat hurts me to say this, but I see
flicting emotions, we desire the
reason we eat more fast food than
a lot of truth in the
presence of another
diagram. I thought
person, while subof my past relationconsciously still angry
Jerk
ships and realized the
and vengeful toward
descriptions matched
people in general.
some of the vicious
This simple diaTurns into
Screws Over
relationship circles I’ve
gram taught me that
experienced.
it’s better to be bitThe diagram made
ter and lonely than
me see that my own
rebounding and
Nice girl
Nice Guy continuing the bitter
ignorant actions during messy break-ups
circle. I don’t want to
could have affected
sound like Dr. Phil
an entire chain of
here, but for your
people. I was slightly
Turns into
Screws Over sake — and the sake
shocked to think that
of our generation
I, someone who says
— it’s essential to go
she pursues romance,
through the bullshit
Bitch
could actually be a
of a break-up fully
contributing factor in
before moving on to
the decay of chivalry.
someone new.
Every generation has endured
I
don’t
mean
that we should all
home-cooked meals.
its fair share of heartbreaks. Why,
go around suffering in silence. But,
We are a generation that grew
then, does this endless cycle seem
how about, instead of seeking a
up spending more time with
to be taking a greater toll on our
rebound-romance, we find support
Nickelodeon and MTV and less
generation?
through family and friends? Maybe
time with our families. When we
then romance will actually stand a
Time Magazine answered
value recognition and indulgence
chance at survival.
this question when it described
more than a job well done, we fail
Generation Y as, “The new breed of to recognize the long-term effects
young people who won’t — or can’t
Matney is a sophomore from
of our actions.
— settle down ... (They) hop from
Shawnee in journalism.
Instead of coping at the end of
date to date, having fun and are
a relationship and dealing with the
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I
n conversations with friends
who are also studying abroad,
we often seem to have experienced the same problem. We
feel as though we’re losing contact
with old friends and we have
trouble finding friends in our new
environments.
I think this obstacle can be
tied back to one thing: People
are losing faith in relationships.
In high school, we built solid
friendships based on pure character. Often we had grown up
with the same people in close-knit
communities. Communication
was natural.
However, in college, we associate our peers simply as classmates.
In workplaces, we see each other
as colleagues and competitors.
Worst of all, society seems to
encourage this kind of behavior.
Office workers grumble that the
office is like a battlefield and the
losers are those who naively trust
their colleagues.
A good friend of mine, who
is studying in Las Vegas, told me
about his hardship in searching
for a close friend.
“Las Vegas is a sleepless town
and I can find all sorts of entertainment. But I still search for
a true friend,” he said. “People
always have masks up. I don’t feel
comfortable to open up to them.”
He described to me that he
thought he had found a good
group of friends. Only after a
while did he realize these “friends”
were more interested in material
goods than real friendship.
The last time my friend and I
got together, we couldn’t stop teasing each other about the follies of
the youth. We shared a long sigh
at the end of the conversation, tacitly agreeing that once we stepped
out of our childhood playgrounds,
pure and innocent friendship
became more difficult to attain.
Without mutual childhood
experiences and similar
upbringings, it’s relatively tough to
click with newcomers to our lives.
Instead of focusing on continually
expanding a social network, some
people choose to reconnect with
old friends. But even this strategy
can lead to disappointment.
Another friend of mine isn’t
Life in a
Kaleidoscope
By Josie Ho
[email protected]
surprised by this issue.
“No one can stick with the same
group of friends forever. We said
as we grow up and our needs and
wants change, so do our friends.
We move on.”
This friend is an extremely
gregarious person who claimed to
know almost two-thirds of passers-by walking on Massachusetts
Street.
“I cannot live without being
with friends,” he said. “Honestly,
I know most of them are fairweather friends, but who cares?
As long as we both have fun
together, that’s the basic function
of a friend.”
I find the views of both of my
friends to be quite extreme. In
my dictionary, a “friend” can be
defined as broadly as an acquaintance or as uniquely as a soulmate.
I strive to keep in contact with
old friends. I also don’t refuse to
make new friends, because I know
things don’t always stay the same.
Recently, I asked two of my
good friends if they would fly
from Taiwan to attend my wedding in Macau one day. They both
answered, “Why not?”
Although I know we will go our
own directions after graduation, I
am comforted by the idea of this
potential future reunion.
As for now, I am glad to treasure our happy moments and
attach my faith to our friendship.
Whether they will really attend
my wedding is still unknown,
but I look forward to sitting with
them some day, talking about our
new lives and teasing each other
with our stupid old jokes.
Ho is a from Macua, China, in
journalism.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Immigration issue
fueled by drugs
Although the recent legislation signed into law in Arizona
that requires any person to show
proof of citizenship does nothing
to solve the immigration issue, it’s
not surprising that the state would
seek a solution to the problems
caused by illegal aliens.
However, the dilemma caused
by undocumented residents comes
from the inaction of the federal
and state governments.
Congress has been unable
to pass significant legislation in
regards to immigration policy for
years, and the country is seeing
the result of this inaction through
large numbers of illegal immigrants all over the U.S. Aside from
a small number of immigration
visas and a handful of worker
visas, there are few opportunities
for Latino immigrants to come to
the U.S. legally.
There should be documentation
and legal obligations that an
immigrant must fulfill, but the
government should also pursue a
policy that will allow an increase
in the number of immigrants
to the U.S., as well as a path to
citizenship for those already
here. Our country has a long
history of allowing large waves of
immigration, and most citizens
owe their own nationality to
ancestors of only a few generations
past who immigrated to America.
We must look at why there
are such a large number of immigrants entering through the southern borders. Many Mexicans fleeing their country are looking for
freedom of fear from drug lords,
a problem that would not exist if
there were not such a large drug
demand from the north. The U.S.
has a drug addiction that is aggravating the already terrible violence
among drug cartels in northern
Mexico.
The drug laws that exist in
the U.S. need to be more strictly
enforced to help curb addiction
that our country has to drugs.
The growing acceptance of an
illegal drug, such as marijuana,
leads to an increase in its demand,
furthering conflict between drug
cartels. Americans cannot pretend
that drug use within their own
borders does not have effects
beyond them. Therefore, politicians in Washington need to start
working on immigration reform,
while local governments and law
enforcement across the country
need to strictly enforce already
existing drug laws.
­— Kevin Neslage is a junior from Wichita.
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greek life
Finals week turns competitive to promote recycling
BY BRENNA LONG
[email protected]
Greeks Going Green is focusing
its efforts on making finals week a
week of competitive recyling.
The organization will pass out
recycling bins to fraternities and
sororities at its meeting Sunday to
promote recycling in greek housing during finals, Brisa Izaguirre,
co-coordinator of Greeks Going
Green and a junior from Overland
Park, said.
“We all know that after a final
is over the best feeling of relief is
to just get rid of all that unneeded
paperwork,” Izaguirre said.
All of the recycled materials a tracking system for the points
collected during finals week will that is based on the amount of
be gathered and
recycling and
recorded so the
the number of
greek commitgreen activities
“Every chapter is compettee can get an
in which the
ing for their house across
idea of who
houses particithe country...”
wants to participate.
pate in Greeks
Izaguirre
ben morgan
Going Green,
said the group
Co-coordinator of Greeks Going
Izaguirre said.
was
going
Green
All the housto talk to the
es participating
greek awards
in this activity
committee to
will also earn points for next year. try to incorporate a green award
The group has been working next year for the greenest fraterwith Jeff Severin, director for the nity or sorority.
Center of Sustainability, to make
“Every chapter is competing for
National
Texas governor shoots a
coyote to protect his puppy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas — Pistol-packing
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message
for wily coyotes out there: Don’t
mess with my dog.
Perry told The Associated Press
Tuesday that he needed just one
shot from the laser-sighted pistol
he sometimes carries while jogging
to take down a coyote that menaced
his puppy during a February run in
an undeveloped area near Austin.
Perry said he would carry his
.380 Ruger pistol — loaded with
hollow-point bullets — when jogging on trails because he was afraid
of snakes. He’d also seen coyotes in
the area.
When one came out of the brush
toward his daughter’s Labrador
retriever, Perry charged.
“Don’t attack my dog or you
might get shot — if you’re a coyote,”
he said Tuesday.
Perry, a Republican running for a
third full term against Democrat Bill
White, is living in a private house in
a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor’s
Mansion is being repaired after a
their house across the country, so
this would give them one more
thing to put on their list,” Ben
Morgan, co-coordinator of Greeks
Going Green and a senior from
Lenexa, said.
Another way houses could earn
points was by turning off the lights
and participating in a Black Out
event last week.
For an hour on Earth Day, nine
houses turned off all the lights to
conserve energy and raise awareness.
Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega,
Delta Upsilon, Gamma Phi Beta,
Kappa Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma
Chi, Sigma Delta Tau and Sigma
Kappa all participated.
Morgan said the Black Out was
the first tangible thing Greeks
Going Green had done so far since
the group started two years ago.
“The Black Out was successful here,” Mike Lucy, the Delta
Upsilon representative and a
junior from Leawood, said. “There
were very few complaints.”
Aside from the planned events,
the
representatives
started
recycling initiatives in their own
houses.
Lucy and Elliott Lockwood, the
Kappa Sigma representative and a
sophomore from Houston, talked
to members of their houses and
have added more recycling bins.
Lockwood placed a box next to
the printer for paper and bins for
cans and bottles around the Kappa
Sigma house.
During the course of two weeks,
the house collected 60 pounds in
cans and earned $23 by selling its
recyclables.
“I feel like it is worthwhile to
promote and helps the houses save
some money,” Lockwood said.
“I’m not sure if we have had an
effect on other houses, but I hope
we have.”
— Edited by Drew Anderson
Gnarly move
2008 fire. A concealed handgun nent danger. I did the appropriate
permit holder, Perry carries the gun thing and sent it to where coyotes
in a belt.
go,” he said.
“I
knew
Perry said the
there were a
l a s e r- p o i nt e r
“Don’t attack my dog or
lot of predators
helped make a
out there. You’ll
quick, clean kill.
you might get shot — if
hear a pack of
“It was not in
you’re a coyote.”
coyotes. People
a lot of pain,” he
are losing small
said. “It pretty
Rick Perry
cats and dogs
much
went
Texas Governor
all the time out
down at that
there in that
particular juncc om mu n it y,”
ture.”
Perry
said.
Texas state
“They’re very wily creatures.”
law allows people to shoot coyotes
On this particular morning, if they are threatening livestock
Perry said, he had been jogging or domestic animals. The coyote
without his security detail shortly never reached the dog, which was
after sunrise.
unharmed, Perry said.
“I’m enjoying the run when
Perry’s security detail was not
something catches my eye and it’s required to file a report on the
this coyote. I know he knows I’m governor discharging a weapon,
there. He never looks at me, he said Department of Public Safety
is laser-locked on that dog,” Perry spokeswoman Tela Mange.
said.
“People shoot coyotes all the
“I holler and the coyote stopped. time, snakes all the time,” Mange
I holler again. By this time I had said. “We don’t write reports.”
taken my weapon out and charged
As for the coyote, Perry left it
it. It is now staring dead at me. where it fell.
Either me or the dog are in immi“He became mulch,” Perry said.
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Will Taylor, a sophomore from Lawrence, leaps off a drop behind Wescoe Hall Tuesday night. Taylor
and friend Nick Kidwell, a senior from Lawrence, often tackle drops around the University on their
mountain bikes after school hours.
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Malcolm X’s assassin
on parole from prison
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NEW YORK — The only man
ever to admit involvement in the
assassination of Malcolm X was
freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years
after he helped gun down the civil
rights leader.
Thomas Hagan was the last man
still serving time in the 1965 killing,
part of the string of violence that
wound through the cultural and
political upheaval of the 1960s. He
was freed from a Manhattan prison
where he spent two days a week
under a work-release program.
Hagan, 69, has repeatedly
expressed sorrow for being one of
the gunmen who fired on Malcolm
X, killing one of the civil rights
era’s most polarizing and compelling figures. One of the groups
dedicated to Malcolm X’s memory
condemned Hagan’s parole.
Hagan declined to comment
after his release.
“I really haven’t had any time to
gather my thoughts on anything,”
he told The Associated Press by
telephone.
Hagan acknowledged that he
was one of three men who shot
Malcolm X in front of a crowd
of hundreds — including several
of his young children — as the
civil rights leader began a speech
at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom on
Feb. 21, 1965. Two other accomplices created a distraction in the
audience, Hagan said.
But he said the two men convicted with him were not involved.
They, too, maintained their innocence and were paroled in the
1980s. No one else has ever been
charged, a fact that has perpetuated
debate and theories surrounding
the slaying.
The
Manhattan
District
Attorney’s office, which prosecuted Hagan and his co-defendants,
declined to comment on Hagan’s
release or his account of the killing.
Hagan tried 17 times before being
approved last month for parole. He
had been sentenced to up to life in
prison for what he described in a
2008 court filing as the deed of a
young man who “acted out of rage
on impulse and loyalty” to religious
leaders.
The assassins gunned down
Malcolm X out of anger at his split
with the leadership of the Nation of
Islam, the black Muslim movement
for which he had once served as a
prominent spokesman, said Hagan.
Malcolm X was 39 years old when
he was killed.
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Inconsistent play led to Kansas' 12 recent losses. SOFTBALL | 8B
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Tough Game
Commentary
Memorial
Stadium
hopes an
upgrade
By nicolas roesler
[email protected]
T
he new and much larger
video board in Memorial
Stadium is an impressive
sight. And it's sure to add excitement to the upcoming football
season. But seeing the expansion
of our previously miniature video
screen just creates an obvious
need for the further expansion of
Memorial Stadium.
The expansion of the video
screen is like putting a Band-Aid
over a cut deserving stitches.
Memorial Stadium needs expansion, and it needs it soon, especially
if coach Turner Gill and the new
face of Kansas football is to become
recognizable nationwide.
The new video screen, which is
about three times bigger than the
previous screen, is 28 feet high and
85 feet wide. It fits within the structure of the pre-existing display that
held advertisements.
It is something to behold. No
descriptions can really do the clarity of the picture justice. If anybody
saw the screen’s debut at the Kansas
Relays or the spring football game,
you understand the gratifying visuals.
While sitting in the horseshoe
across from the screen, your eyes
can’t help but wander to the left
and right of the screen to the
absence of an equally impressive stadium. How many visiting
players and coaches have come to
Lawrence for a football game and
said it was one of the hardest places
to play in the country?
None. That is precisely why
Memorial Stadium needs a formidable expansion. Currently, the
stadium is limited as a home-field
advantage because it’s too small.
Memorial Stadium holds a little
more than 50,000 people. Texas’
stadium holds 100,000. Nebraska’s
stadium has a single-game attendance record of 86,000. Memorial
Stadium doesn't even breach the
top 70 capacity football stadiums
for college football venues.
Although I understand there is
a lack of funding for the proposed
Gridiron Club expansion, further
expansion needs to be considered. I
propose removing the track circling
Kivisto Field and lowering the field
so that the stands can be expanded
down into the ground about 15
feet. This would allow the stands to
reach field level.
It wouldn’t really create an effect
of playing football in a prairie dog’s
den. In fact, I think it would hardly
be noticeable. The famous hill
would simply roll on a few more
feet into a new Memorial Stadium
that could potentially hold 5 to 10
thousand more fans. I would also
go ahead with the Gridiron Club
expansion when the funds become
available. This necessary expansion
would finally be able to compare
with some of the Big 12 rivals’ stadiums.
The new video screen ranks
as the 21st largest screen in the
country. Combined with the twoyear-old Anderson Family Football
Complex, Kansas football facilities are finally making a name for
themselves.
Expansion to Memorial Stadium
would finally add it to the list of
intimidating venues in the Big 12.
— Edited by Megan Heacock
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Sophomore pitcher Matt Kohorst throws against Wichita State in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday. The Jayhawks lost to the Shockers 22-7. Coach Price said this was probably because of the short rest period for pitchers since this weekend.
Jayhawks fall to Shockers
KU's tired pitching
is no match against
WSU's offense
By Ben Ward
[email protected]
twitter.com/bm_dub
WICHITA — The same scene
continually played out on the field
at Eck Stadium.
A row of dejected Jayhawks sat
in their dugout along the third
base line, while across the infield
an ecstatic bunch of Shockers rallied outside their dugout, while
being showered with candy from
a loyal fan.
The scoreboard wasn’t necessary
to determine who had emerged
victorious, only to tally how bad
the damage was.
Kansas’ (25-17-1, 6-8-1) pitching staff got pounded for the third
straight game, and the team fell to
Wichita State 22-7. The lopsided
defeat marked the first time since
1985 that the Jayhawks surrendered 20 or more runs in consecutive games.
“These kinds of games happen,”
junior shortstop Brandon Macias
said. “It sucks that it has happened
the last two games, but we’ve just
got to let it go.”
After getting hammered for 22
runs on 24 hits in Sunday’s series who was on the mound for the
finale against Texas Tech, coach Jayhawks or who was batting for
Ritch Price was confident his the Shockers. The results were the
same. Wichita
pitching staff
State pounded
would quickly
“It sucks that it has
21 hits in the
correct
the
ball game, and
mistakes that
happened the last two
twice recorded
led to a seasongames, but we've just got
a nine-run inhigh in runs
ning.
to let it go.”
allowed.
Coach Price
And on paBrandon Macias
said the inefper, his claim
Junior shortstop
fective pitching
seemed
well
was mostly a
founded. The
result of a taxRed
Raiders
are at or near the top of the Big 12 ing weekend against Texas Tech,
in nearly every offensive category, in which many of his pitchers were
whereas the Shockers hit only .289 overworked. Coupled with the extensive weekend of work, many of
as a club.
But Tuesday, it didn’t matter those same pitchers were forced to
pitch again Tuesday after only a
short rest.
“We need to find a way to flush
it, and get a couple of days off and
let their arms bounce back, get in
and get some rehab treatments and
get their minds right,” he said.
The game started inauspiciously
enough, as freshman Thomas Taylor cruised through the first two
innings and was spotted with a 1-0
lead on an RBI single by Macias.
He was touched up a bit in the
third though, as the Shockers capitalized on an error by Macias and
struck for four hits to take a 3-1
lead.
But the troublesome third
see Pitching on page 4B
academics
Bonds honored with three awards at banquet
Distance runner says
classes have always
come first for her
By COREY THIBODEAUX
[email protected]
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
Being a student-athlete certainly comes with its perks — adoring
fans, playing in front of large
crowds, bundles of gear. But the
ability to be a successful student
in the classroom doesn’t seem like
one of them. Many times with
popular society emphasizing onfield success, the classroom falls
into the backs of people’s minds.
On Monday night, though, Fieldhouse in front of more than
athletes were honored as stu- 900 people.
dents at the annual Senior and
“Every year someone asks me
Scholar Athlete Banquet. No what is the best event during the
athlete received more recogni- year — a home football game, a
tion than cross
home basketcountry and
ball game —
“School has always been
track and field
and every time
athlete Lauren
I tell them it is
more important to me
Bonds. Bonds
the Jayhawk
because it's going to
has been one of
Senior
and
determine what kind of
the Jayhawks’
S c h o l a r
top distance
B a n q u e t ,”
job I can get..."
runners durAthletics
ing her Kansas
Director Lew
lauren bonds
tenure.
On
Perkins said at
Senior runner
Monday she
the ceremony.
earned three
Bonds and
awards for her
quarterback
non-athletic achievements.
Todd Reesing were named the
The event took place in Allen Robert Frederick Senior Scholar
Athletes of the Year. Bonds
also received one of the Senior
Athletes of the Year award and
earned one of the Dr. Prentice
Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate
Scholarships.
Bonds said she applied the lessons she learned from athletics
to the classroom and vice versa.
“I think they were able to compliment each other,” she said.
“The more focused I was on the
track or the more focused I was
in the classroom, it kind of helped
the other area.”
Bonds, a seven-time Athletic
Director’s Honor Roll member,
owns the school record in four
indoor track events. She is set
to graduate with a 3.93 GPA this
May.
For a list of student
athletes who won
awards at the
banquet, check out
PAGE 7B.
No matter what she accomplished in running, Bonds said
classwork took top priority.
“School has always been more
important to me,” Bonds said,
“because it’s going to determine
what kind of job I can get and
give me skills I’m going to need
long term.”
see banquet on page 7b
2B / SPORTS
/ wednesday, april 28, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kansan.com
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I don’t think the discus will
ever attract any interest until
they let us start throwing them at
each other.”
— Al Oerter, four time Olympic champion in
the discus throw
FACT OF THE DAY
Freshman thrower Mason Finley
was named the Co-Male Big 12
Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
Source: Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Where does Finley’s seasonbest discus throw rank among
the NCAA?
A:
Third. He threw a season-best
59.84 meters to finish second
among collegiate athletes at the
Triton Invitational.
— Kansas Athletics
SCORES
NBA Basketball:
Boston 96, Miami 86
Boston wins series 4-1
NHL jerseys light up Liberia
H
ockey holds a different meaning in Liberia.
This poor, sub-Saharan
African country is without ice and
in many circles, water. There are no
hockey sticks, rinks, pads or Zambonis.
Most civilians know nothing about the
sport at all.
But they’ve got jerseys.
The exchange of used clothing from
North America has created an underground market in Western Africa.
Liberia still suffers from the aftermath
of its second civil war, which ended in
2003 and claimed 150,000 casualties. So
Americans and Canadians donate their
unworn or under-appreciated threads
to a cause that they see on television
or read in magazines. Then the giant
blocks of clothing are shipped off on a
boat and unloaded to coastline towns
in Africa. Liberia happily rakes in the
goods and hockey jerseys are its hottest
commodity.
A National Post photo gallery captures the meaning of the hockey jerseys
in Ganta, a small town in Liberia. One
boy stops for a picture while transporting chopped watermelon on top
of his head. In the picture he wears a
turquoise San Jose Sharks jersey that
matches his similarly colored shorts.
In another picture, a vendor sits
NHL Hockey:
Detroit 6, Phoenix 1
Series tied at 3-3
MLB Baseball:
Kansas City, Seattle
mlb
Dallas 103, San Antonio 81
San Antonio leads 3-1
Oklahoma City, LA Lakers, late
Series tied at 2-2
Baltimore 5, New York (AL) 4
Minnesota 2, Detroit 0
Boston 2, Toronto 1
San Diego 4, Florida 1
Tampa Bay 8, Oakland 6
Texas 4, Chicago (AL) 2
Washington 3, Chicago (NL) 1
Cincinnati 6, Houston 2
Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 3
St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4
Colorado 12, Arizona 1
Cleveland, Los Angeles (AL), late
Philadelphia, San Francisco, late
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
The KU men’s ultimate
frisbee team, The HorrorZontals, will be traveling to
Austin, Texas, this weekend
for the Ultimate Players
Association South Regionals
Championship.
The HorrorZontals are
TORONTO — Clay Buchholz
pitched eight strong innings,
pinch-hitter Mike Lowell drove
in the go-ahead run with a bases
loaded walk and the Boston Red
Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays
2-1 Tuesday night.
It was Boston’s fifth straight
victory in Toronto, and their
fifth consecutive one-run game.
The Red Sox are 4-1 in those
games.
One night after the teams
combined for 25 runs and 34 hits
in battering 13 pitchers, starters
Buchholz and Shaun Marcum
gave the bullpens a break.
Buchholz (2-2) allowed one
run and seven hits to win for
the first time in three starts. He
walked two, struck out four and
Today
Softball
vs. Wichita State, 5
p.m., 7 p.m.
Tennis
at Big 12 Championships,
all day
By MAX ROTHMAN
friday
[email protected]
behind his pineapples and wears a white
Toronto Maple Leafs jersey. Never mind
that these long sleeved sweaters only
worsen the effects of the humid tropical
temperatures. Many Liberians, such as
the pineapple vendor, treasure the fine
materials and sleek color arrangements
of these jerseys enough to disregard the
heat.
In perhaps the most powerful photo
of the gallery, a slight man blankly
stares into the audience’s eyes. The
emaciated villager wears a bright red
Chicago Blackhawks jersey, whose
logo is an overtly racist depiction of a
Native American (feathers, war-paint,
etc.). The man does not know the rules
of hockey, nor the implications of his
jersey’s logo. To him, he is simply a
part of a rarity ­— a classy fad in a near
wasteland.
Western culture has taught us to
treasure material goods such as clothing. American sports fans love nothing
more than rocking their favorite team’s
jersey. But for a sport that sits far from
the forefront of our nation’s attention,
hockey’s merchandise often means
something else. Our ability to distance
ourselves from an already produced
jersey provides someone in Liberia with
possibly the finest article of clothing of
his or her life.
Don’t allow that old jersey to grow
gray hairs in your closet. Instead, donate
it and illuminate the pineapple vendor.
If it’s a good enough stitch, he won’t
mind the heat.
Baseball
at Oklahoma State,
6:30 p.m.
Tennis
at Big 12 Championships,
all day
Track
at Arkansas Twilight,
Fayetteville, Ark., all day
SATURday
Baseball
at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.
Softball
at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.
— Edited by Taylor Bern
Tennis
at Big 12 Championships,
all day
Rowing
at Big 12 Championships,
Oklahoma City, Okla., TBA
mlb
entering the weekend’s
competition as a number
two seed after placing in
Sectionals April 3rd and 4th.
Their first game will be
Saturday at 9 a.m., and the
championship game will be
Sunday at noon.
Notable competitors in the HorrorZontals
bracket include Missouri
and Arkansas, whom the
’Zontals could face in the
third round. The ’Zontals
defeated both teams earlier
this season.
— Edited by Kate Larrabee
Red Sox run win streak to five
ASSOCIATED PRESS
THIS WEEK IN
KANSAS ATHLETICS
thursday
CAMPUS
ORNER
Cleveland 96, Chicago 94
Cleveland leads 3-1
Morning Brew
lowered his ERA to 2.19.
With
closer
Jonathan
Papelbon getting a day off after
working in three of the past four
games, right-hander Ramon
Ramirez worked the ninth for
his first save.
Marcum allowed one run and
four hits in seven innings and
has four no-decisions in five
starts this season. He walked
three and struck out five.
Scott Downs (0-3) replaced
Marcum in the eighth inning
and struck out the first batter, then gave up consecutive
singles to Dustin Pedroia and
Victor Martinez. Pedroia took
third when Kevin Youkilis flied
to right and Downs left after
walking J.D. Drew to load the
bases. Kevin Gregg came on
to face Lowell, who batted for
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David Ortiz, and walked him
on four pitches, his first walk
this season. Adrian Beltre ended
the rally with a liner back to the
mound.
Toronto opened the scoring
in the first when Fred Lewis singled, took second on a grounder
and scored on a two-out double
by Vernon Wells.
Boston tied it with a two-out
rally in the second. Ortiz walked,
went to second on Beltre’s single
and scored on a base hit by
Jeremy Hermida.
Toronto put runners at first
and second with two outs in
the fourth and fifth but failed to
score each time.
Drew doubled to begin the
seventh and Beltre drew a oneout walk but Marcum fanned
Hermida and got Darnell
McDonald to pop out.
Wells reached second on
Beltre’s throwing error in the
eighth but Lyle Overbay struck
out looking and Alex Gonzalez
flied out.
Burrell
buries A’s;
Rays own
best record
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —
Pat Burrell and Reid Brignac
homered Tuesday night, helping the Tampa Bay Rays match
a club record for wins in April
with an 8-6 victory over the
Oakland Athletics.
The AL East leaders improved
baseball’s best record to 15-5.
The victory total equals the
number they had in the opening month two years ago, when
they made a surprising run to
the World Series.
Burrell’s three-run homer off
Ben Sheets (1-2) snapped a 4-4
tie in the third inning. Brignac’s
solo shot leading off the bottom
of the fourth gave right-hander
Wade Davis (2-1) an 8-4 lead.
The Rays have won 12 of
14 and are off to the best start
in the team’s 13-season history.
Nevertheless, attendance for the
opener of a two-game series
against another first-place team
drew an announced crowd of
10,825 to Tropicana Field.
Davis weathered a shaky
five innings to win his second
straight decision.
Sunday
Softball
at Oklahoma, 12 p.m.
Baseball
at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.
Tennis
at Big 12 Championships,
all day
mlb
Twins dizzy Detroit,
win 2-0 with Liriano
DETROIT — Francisco Liriano
pitched eight scoreless innings,
leading the Minnesota Twins to
a 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers
Tuesday.
Liriano (3-0) struck out 10 and
gave up the first of four hits in the
fifth and walked only one. Jon
Rauch closed the game for his
seventh save.
Justin Verlander (1-2) gave up
an unearned run and struck out
a season-high seven over five 2-3
innings.
Left fielder Ryan Raburn
dropped what would’ve been the
third out of the sixth to let Jim
Thome score from first after he
walked. Second baseman Scott
Sizemore made a wide throw on
what should’ve been the final out
of the seventh, allowing Michael
Cuddyer to score.
Minnesota played the Tigers for
the first time since beating them
in the 163rd game last year.
— Associated Press
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / wednesday, april 28, 2010 /
SPORTS / 3B
obituary
Former K-State quarterback remembered as a passionate adventurer
Associated Press
PITTSBURG — Former Kansas State quarterback Dylan Meier
was a tough competitor who spent
his time off the field living life to
the fullest and befriending those
around him, according to speakers at Meier’s funeral.
Meier was laid to rest Monday
after services attended by more
than 1,000 people in Pittsburg.
The 26-year-old was hiking in Arkansas last week when he fell to
his death at Whitaker Point, also
known as Hawksbill Crag.
His brother Kerry, a former
Kansas wide receiver, was with
him in Arkansas. On Saturday the production in New Zealand. He
Atlanta Falcons drafted Kerry in was planning to move to South
the fifth round of the NFL draft.
Korea to teach English where he
Kansas State
died.
coach Bill Snyder
“He was
said Meier tackm a t u r e
“He lived more than most
led football and
b e yond
of us will throughout
life with exuberhis years,”
ance and curiosS n y d e r
extended lives.”
ity, the Pittsburg
said.
“He
bill snyder
Morning-Sun relived more
Kansas State coach
ported.
than most
Meier’s life was
of us will
peppered with
throughout
adventures and
extended
experiences such as running with lives. He was adventuresome, in
the bulls in Spain, visiting Russia such a positive, positive way.”
and learning about organic food
Pittsburg High School football
coach Merle Clark remembered was a gifted writer. He read from
Meier’s toughness, recalling how Meier’s e-mails about a trip to
he led Pittsburg against Salina New Zealand. The journal ended
South with an
with Meier
injury that later
saying
he
required
sur“He had such a passion for hoped to
gery. Another
from
life. Man ... what a zest for hear
time, he got
everyone
life he had.”
stitches on the
soon.
sideline and reW h e n
merle clark
turned to play
Knoll urged
Pittsburg High coach
after
missing
the audience
just one series.
to let Meier
“He had such
hear
from
a passion for
them, people
life,” Clark recalled. “Man ... what responded with a loud standing
a zest for life he had.”
ovation.
A friend, J.T. Knoll, said Meier
Speakers also said Meier was
close to his family and made
friends into an extended family
wherever he went.
“We have a family environment
at Kansas State,” Snyder said.
“And Dylan was the consummate
family member. I admire Dylan.
He was an easy friend, a quick
friend.”
Snyder said Meier genuinely
cared about people he met and
had a gift for making everyone
feel important. He urged the
crowd to celebrate Meier’s life,
rather than mourn his death.
“Nothing ever took Dylan
down,” Snyder said. “Dylan always lifted people up.”
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KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / wednesday, april 28, 2010 /
Kansas sinks under poor pitching,
Wichita State's nine-run innings
BY Andrew Hammond
SPORTS / 5B
hawks pitching falls short
baseball
Key innings
Bottom of the fourth
Wichita State already led 3-1 when it sent 14 batters to the plate and
scored nine runs in the inning, blowing the game wide open. Wichita
State tallied only four hits in the inning, but capitalized on six walks,
two hit batsmen and an error.
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WICHITA — During the fourth
inning of Kansas’ game against
Wichita State Tuesday, 43 minutes
proved to be too much for Kansas
to overcome. In a stretch that put
the game away, Wichita State put
together a season-high nine-run
inning before cruising past Kansas
22-7.
“This one hurts,” shortstop
Brandon Macias said. “It’s tough.
Our pitchers are trying out there
and it’s hard to stay on your toes
when stuff like that happens.”
Starting pitcher Thomas Taylor
exited in the third inning, giving way to the Kansas bullpen,
a group that delighted the proWichita State crowd by walking
batters, giving up hits and hitting
the Shockers. Three pitchers were
used in a fourth inning that saw
nine runs cross the plate, two batters hit and two errors.
Coming into the game, the bullpen had given up a collective eight
runs in relief against Texas Tech.
Wichita State not only got nine in
the fourth, but scored nine in the
sixth inning as well.
“I told our guys after the game
that our pitching had been strong
all season,” coach Ritch Price said.
“Things got out of hand for us
in the second game against Texas
Tech and we struggled coming back from one day’s rest,
game to remember
Redshirt freshman Jake Marasco
The Wichita native didn’t enjoy an ideal homecoming, but had a
standout evening at the plate. Marasco went 2-for-2, with two doubles,
while drawing a walk and getting hit by a pitch. He also scored three of
the Jayhawks’ seven runs.
game to forget
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Freshman pitcher Thomas Taylor rifles the ball in the first inning Tuesday. Taylor had only one
earned run against him in 2.2 innings and recieved the loss.
as you guys saw.”
Indeed, Kansas’ bullpen has
struggled since the second game
in the Texas Tech series. The
group has now given up a staggering total of 30 runs in the last
three games.
With the loss of closer Brett
Bochy, who had season-ending
Tommy John surgery, the bullpen
hit a rough patch.
But with strong outings against
Creighton, Nebraska and Missouri
after Bochy’s injury, things were
looking up, or at least they appeared
to be.
Not only did the bullpen have a
bad night, but the defense did not
help either.
There were times in the fourth
when the Jayhawks seemed to
recover, but errors only worsened the situation. A key moment
occurred when Thompson failed
to throw out a runner at home. The
play was ruled an error.
Then a ground ball bounced off
Brandon Macias’ glove, extending
the inning. The Jayhawks created
their highest error total since last
Friday’s game against Texas Tech
by committing three errors.
Coming up next for the Jayhawks
is Oklahoma State, which averages
7.7 runs per game.
“We have to find a way to
get this out of our memory
and get ready for Stillwater and
Oklahoma State,” third baseman
Tony Thompson said.
Game to forget: Kansas’ pitching staff
Jayhawk pitchers made it easy on the Shockers offense, which didn’t
need the additional help. Kansas’ pitchers continually fell behind in the
count, issued walks and hit batters. All five Jayhawk pitchers were ineffective, and at times made simply recording an out appear a laborious
task.
stat of the night
Forty three minutes
. That’s how long it took Kansas
to get off the field in the fourth. Three Jayhawk pitchers were needed
in the inning, which was by far the longest half inning this season.
in perspective
Tuesday’s lopsided defeat was the third straight game in which the
Jayhawks have surrendered 10 or more runs. Many members of Kansas’
bullpen were tired from a lengthy weekend series against Texas Tech,
but that was ultimately no excuse for the pitching Tuesday. This defeat
wasn’t merely a blip on the radar; it’s further evidence that pitching is
now a major concern for the Jayhawks going forward.
— Ben Ward
—Edited by Katie Blankenau
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
pitching (continued from 1B)
because of Jayhawk miscues: six
walks, two hit batters and two errors.
Surely, that had to be the ugliest
that things would get for the Jayhawks, right? Wrong.
After scoring a single run in the
fifth inning, Wichita State exploded
for nine more runs in the sixth.
Two more Jayhawk pitchers were
subject to the second barrage of
offense by the Shockers, which
included a towering grand slam to
straight-away center field.
“It’s not often you see a nine-spot
put up, and it’s not often you see it
Wieners
for Seniors
done to you twice in a game,” coach
Price said.
Even in the wake of a secondstraight crushing defeat, the sentiment from Kansas’ players was a
confidence in their pitching staff.
“Like I said, they’ve been good
all season so they’re going to snap
out Publication
of it,” junior third baseman
Tony Thompson said.
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inning was only a preview to the
Jayhawks’ full-blown meltdown in
the fourth.
Wichita State sent 15 batters to
the plate in the inning and scored
nine runs – extending its lead to
12-1 despite only tallying four hits
in the frame. The rest were reached
Junior shortstop Brandon Macias misses the ball for a tag Tuesday at Eck Stadium against Wichita State. Coach Price said the pitchers were still tired from playing the Red Raiders during the weekend.
for their teammates, the message
for the Jayhawks was simple: Put
this latest setback behind them
and continue to fight through
adversity.
“We’ve got a lot of games left,”
Macias said. “A lot of games.”
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas
catcher Matt Treanor had a solo
homer and a two-run double for his
first extra-base hits of the season
and former reliever C.J. Wilson had
another solid start for the Rangers
in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago
White Sox Tuesday.
Wilson (2-1) gave up two runs
over six innings, striking out Donny
Lucy to end the sixth with the bases
loaded after going to a 3-0 count
and then having Lucy foul off three
full-count pitches before finally
swinging and missing.
Francisco lost his closer job after
blowing two save chances the first
week of the season. Hard-throwing
Neftali Feliz, who took over as the
closer, was unavailable after pitching the previous two games, and
giving up back-to-back homers in
the ninth inning of a loss to Detroit
Monday.
White Sox left-hander Mark
Buehrle (2-3) lost his third straight
start, allowing four runs over seven
innings.
Treanor put the Rangers ahead
to stay with a solo homer in the
second, the ball just clearing the
14-foot wall in left field. Treanor,
the husband of two-time Olympic
beach volleyball gold medalist
Misty May-Treanor, was acquired
by the Rangers from Milwaukee
during spring training.
It was the sixth start in nine
games for Treanor, who played for
Florida from 2004-08 and started
four games for Detroit last season.
The
Rangers
activated
Saltalamacchia from the disabled
list Tuesday and optioned him
to Oklahoma City, where he had
already appeared in six games
on a rehabilitation assignment.
Teagarden was hitting only .037
(1 for 27) with 17 strikeouts in 10
games.
BOSTON — The Boston
Celtics are heading to the second round of the NBA playoffs
and a potential matchup with
LeBron James and the Cleveland
Cavaliers.
Ray Allen scored 24 points,
making five 3-pointers in the
second half, to help Boston beat
Miami 96-86 in Game 5 of their
first-round playoff series Tuesday
and eliminate the Heat. With
Heat star Dwyane Wade due to
become a free agent — along with
James — it could be an eventful
summer in Miami.
Boston advanced to the Eastern
Conference semifinals thanks to
16 points, 12 rebounds and eight
assists from Rajon Rondo. Paul
Pierce scored 21 for the Celtics,
who will play either Cleveland or
Chicago; the Cavaliers took a 3-1
lead into Game 5 of their firstround series later Tuesday.
Wade scored 31 points — far
short of the franchise postseasonrecord 46 he scored Sunday in
Game 4 in Miami to help the
Heat stave off elimination.
The Celtics led by as many as
21 points in the third quarter
before Miami scored 16 of the
next 18 points to make it 69-62.
Wade scored 13 in what turned
into a 24-6 run that cut the deficit
to 73-70 on his three-point play
with 10:14 left in the game.
Wade scored 20 in the second
half in all; he also finished with
10 assists and eight rebounds.
But he was just 10-for-24 shooting and 2 for 7 from 3-point
range in the game. He missed all
three of his 3-point tries in the
fourth quarter as the Heat tried
to eat away at the remainder of
the Celtics’ big lead.
Wade, who averaged just under
34 points in the series, now has a
chance to test one of the hottest
free agent markets in memory.
James will be the big prize, of
course, but Wade is right behind
him and several teams could
make a run at both superstars to
build a potential contender for
years to come.
The Celtics beat the Bulls last
year in an overtime-laden, sevengame series in the first round.
Boston hooked up with James
and the Cavaliers for seven games
in the conference semis in 2008
on the way to the Celtics’ NBArecord 17th championship.
“We just have to come out with
a defensive mindset, keep LeBron
from getting on fire,” Celtics center Kendrick Perkins said in the
on-court, postgame scoreboard
interview while the Cavaliers and
Bulls were early in the third quarter.
It was the second straight
night a Boston team clinched a
playoff series at the TD Garden.
On Monday, the Bruins beat
the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6
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The Celtics led by eight points
after one quarter and 10 at halftime, when Wade had 11 points,
six assists and five rebounds but
the Heat were shooting just 35
percent as a team — 0 for 8 from
3-point range. Pierce had 13, and
Rondo had 12 points and eight
assists to help Boston to the 48-38
halftime lead.
The Celtics made four 3-pointers in the first 4:37 of the third
quarter and took a 67-46 lead
with 7 minutes left. But Mario
Chalmers hit back-to-back 3
pointers and Wade followed soon
after with a pair of free throws
and a pair of 3-pointers to make it
69-62 with 2:18 left in the third.
Miami cut it to three before
Allen drove and drew a foul and
goaltending call on Joel Anthony.
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banquet (continued from 1B)
Professors were also honored at the banquet. The
Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee nominated five
professors for the Del Shankel
Teaching Excellence award,
which was presented to
Sandra Albrecht, professor of
sociology.
“It was a really nice surprise,”
Albrecht
said.
“Everyone seemed really well
qualified. I just happened to
be the lucky one.”
Other nominees included
Mizuki Azuma, professor
of biology, Victoria Corbin,
professor
of
biology,
Dale Dorsey, professor of
philosophy, and Paul Koch,
professor of business.
Albrecht said she had
about six student-athletes per
semester and marveled at how
some of them, such as Bonds,
sustained such high GPAs.
“It takes a certain amount of
discipline to be an athlete and
a scholar at the same time, so
it’s impressive,” Albrecht said.
Albrecht said she never
worried that a student-athlete
in her class wouldn’t do the
work every other student did.
“I never get athletes in
my class with the idea that
they’re not going to be doing
the work,” she said. “I think
that’s a stereotype that really
doesn’t fit for the athletes in
my classes.”
Bonds fits that mold. She
said the best part about being
a student-athlete was the distraction from the typical college lifestyle.
“There’s an expectation that
we do well in school,” she said.
“It’s not just ‘stay eligible.’ Not
in my sport anyway.”
— Edited by Taylor Bern
Senior Athlete Award Winners
Men’s
Sherron Collins
Collins’ historic career
as a Jayhawk drew to a
close as he was named
the men’s basketball
senior athlete of the year.
Collins is the winningest
player in the program’s
storied history with 130 victories to his
name. He’s also in the top-10 all-time in
points (fifth), three pointers (fourth) and
assists (seventh).
Eric Fattig
Fattig was named
the recipient of the Dr.
Prentice Gautt Big 12
Postgraduate Scholarship.
Fattig participates in the
horizontal jumps (long
jump, triple jump) for
Kansas track and field and
is majoring in engineering.
Kerry Meier
Meier wrapped up the
2010 season with 226
catches in his career, 102
on the year and 16 in one
game against Iowa State
— all school records. He
shared the football senior
athlete of the year award
with safety Darrell Stuckey, both of whom
were selected Saturday in the NFL Draft.
Meier went in the fifth round to the Atlanta
Falcons.
Darrell Stuckey
Stuckey’s perfect week
just got better. After getting engaged to longtime
girlfriend Lacie Reed,
Stuckey was selected by
the San Diego Chargers
in the fourth round of the
NFL Draft. Then he shared
the senior athlete of the year award with
Meier. Stuckey started 42 of 45 games in
his Kansas career and led the team with 93
tackles in 2010.
Robby Price
Price, son of coach
Ritch Price, has emerged
as one of the top offensive threats in the Big
12 in his senior season at
Kansas and was named
senior athlete of the year
for baseball. He is one of
12 Jayhawks in the history of the program
to play more than 200 games and is in the
midst of a career year for the Jayhawks,
leading the team with 45 runs scored.
Todd Reesing
Reesing capped a
career that saw his name
etched into Kansas’ passing record books with
being named the male
recipient of the Robert
Frederick Senior Scholar
Athlete of the Year award.
Reesing is the Big 12’s fifth-leading passer in
history with 11,194 yards.
Women’s
Lauren Bonds
Bonds won three
awards — the women’s
cross country and track
and field senior athlete
of the year, the women’s
Robert Frederick Senior
Scholar Athlete of the
Year and the Dr. Prentice
Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship. Bonds is one of the most
decorated track athletes in Kansas history
and was a 2010 Indoor All-American as part
of Kansas’ distance medley relay squad.
Estelle Johnson
Johnson, following a
senior season that saw
her garner her second AllBig 12 selection and third
academic all-conference
nod, was named the
women’s soccer senior
athlete of the year. Johnson is the first Jayhawk
to be selected in the Women’s Professional
Soccer League draft and will play for the
Philadelphia Independence next season.
Lindsey Lawrence
Lawrence has been a
mainstay on Kansas’ first
varsity eight through her
entire four-year career
as a Jayhawk en route to
being named rowing’s
senior athlete of the year.
Lawrence was part of a
school record performance in the 2,000 meters at the South-Central Regional Regatta.
Danielle McCray
An injury ended her senior season prematurely
but McCray, the women’s
basketball senior athlete
of the year, was still one
of the most decorated
players in school history.
McCray ranked in the
top 10 of nine career stat
categories and was drafted No. 7 overall by
the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA draft.
Emily Powers
Powers, a two-time
Academic All-Big 12
selection, was named
the women’s golf senior
athlete of the year. She
has played her way into
a top 10 finish 14 times
in her career. Powers was
named All-Big 12 as a sophomore and was
one of 26 amateurs to qualify for the U.S.
Women’s Open Golf Championship in 2008.
Also that year, Powers won an individual
title at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational.
Meg Proehl
Proehl saved her best
performance for last
as a Jayhawk, earning
personal bests at three
levels (one meter, three
meter and platform) in
the conference championships in her senior
year. Proehl is a three-time Academic All-Big
12 selection and was named the swimming
and diving senior athlete of the year.
— Tim Dwyer
MLB
Royals pitcher throws
seven scoreless innings
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Zack
Greinke ended April winless in
five starts after the Kansas City
Royals’ bullpen blew another lead
in a 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners
Tuesday.
Greinke threw seven scoreless
innings and left his third start
with a lead only to watch the bullpen give it away. Greinke, who’s
0-2, allowed six hits, five singles,
walked none and struck out five,
throwing 119 pitches, before exiting with a 2-0 lead.
The Mariners batted around
in a three-run eighth off Kansas
City relievers Josh Rupe (0-1),
Robinson Tejeda and Bruce Chen.
Shawn Kelley (1-0) earned the
win with 1 2-3 perfect innings,
while David Aardsma worked
the ninth for his seventh save in
eight chances.
Ichiro Suzuki’s one-out bunt
single started the Mariners’ rally in
the eighth. Suzuki went 2 for 5 for
his seventh consecutive multihit
game at Kauffman Stadium, which
matches a career high for an
opposing batter.
The inning included Franklin
Gutierrez’s RBI single, Jose Lopez’s
two-run double, which was a high
chopper off Tejeda’s glove that
deflected into right-center, and
Chen walking Milton Bradley with
the bases loaded.
Tejeda, who allowed both inherited runners to score and did not
retire a batter, was charged with
his second blown save in as many
opportunities.
Greinke was 5-0 with a 0.50 ERA
in five April starts last season, but
was 0-2 with a 2.56 ERA in five
starts this year.
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softball
Kansas attempts to rebound
The power of practice
BY ZACH GETZ
[email protected]
The Kansas softball team is trying
to get back on track after losing 12
of its last 14 games. Kansas (16-29)
will have another chance tonight
when it plays host to Wichita State
(16-27) at 5 p.m. for a non-conference doubleheader.
The Shockers have had an up
and down season, much like the
Jayhawks, coach Megan Smith said.
Wichita State has lost four of the
last five and is 10-15 in non-conference games.
Smith said inconsistency had
been a big problem all season for
the Jayhawks. Kansas will have one
aspect of its game shine while the
others don’t perform, senior pitcher
Sarah Vertelka said.
Tonight’s doubleheader will be
the second to last series Kansas
seniors will play at home. Kansas
will play the next four on the road
before coming back to Arrocha
Ballpark and closing out the season
against Iowa State.
Kansas will return to conference
play this weekend when it travels
to Norman, Okla. for a two-game
Jerry Wang/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
series against No. 10 Oklahoma.
Right-hander Sarah Vertelka pitches during game one in a doubleheader against Texas Tech
Sunday. Kansas fell 4-2 in game one and 4-1 in game two giving it 12 losses in its last 14 games.
— Edited by Kirsten Hudson
mlb
Mets defeat Dogers 4-0
Jason Bay finally steps up with his first home run for New York
associated press
NEW YORK — Jason Bay hit his
first home run for the Mets to back
another stingy outing by Johan Santana, and New York beat the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in the
opener of a doubleheader Tuesday
for its fifth straight victory.
Santana (3-1) worked his way
around early traffic on the bases,
tossing six innings of four-hit ball
to extend a run of splendid starts by
the Mets’ surprising rotation.
Luis Castillo hit a two-run single
and New York pitched its second
consecutive shutout, following
Mike Pelfrey’s 1-0 win Sunday
night over Atlanta in a game that
was called in the sixth inning because of rain.
More wet weather Monday night
led to Tuesday’s old-fashioned,
single-admission, twinight doubleheader — but few fans made it to
blustery Citi Field in time for the
first pitch at 4:10 p.m.
There were still plenty of empty
sections of dark green seats down
low by the time David Wright
dived headfirst to score on a second-inning wild pitch by Hiroki
Kuroda (2-1).
A sparse crowd began filing in
as the game wore on, but it was far
from a full house as New York (119) improved to 7-1 on its 10-game
homestand.
Pitching has been the key: Mets
starters are 5-1 with a 1.17 ERA in
the last 12 games, leading the club
to a 9-3 record during that span.
As white napkins whipped
around the outfield in the wind,
Fernando Nieve worked two score-
Mia Iverson/KANSAN
John Matthew, Overland Park graduate student, practices Tai Kwan Do forms Tuesday afternoon at the Ambler Student Recreation Center.
Matthew practices three to four days a week.
less innings and Pedro Feliciano
finished the five-hitter. With its
fourth shutout of the season, New
York tied San Francisco for the major league lead.
Oliver Perez was set to start for
the Mets against knuckleballer
Charlie Haeger in the nightcap, a
matchup of winless pitchers.
Missing injured slugger Manny
Ramirez, the Dodgers lost for the
fourth time in five games. They
have scored only five runs in their
last four.
Wright drew a one-out walk in
the second, went to third on Ike
Davis’ double and scored when
Kuroda threw a wild pitch with the
bases loaded.
Bay connected leading off the
fourth, driving a 1-0 pitch over the
384-foot sign in left-center for his
first home run since signing a $66
million, four-year contract with the
Mets.
New York had been waiting for
Bay to break out the power bat that
produced 36 home runs and 119
RBIs for the Boston Red Sox last
season.
Castillo made it 4-0 in the seventh with a two-run single off Ramon Troncoso after fellow reliever
Jon Link had loaded the bases.
NOTES: Dodgers manager Joe
Torre said injured RHP Vicente Padilla won’t throw for at least a week
to 10 days and there is no timetable
for his return. Padilla, who went
on the disabled list Saturday, was
diagnosed Monday with irritation
of the radial nerve in his forearm, a
condition the team said is very rare
for pitchers.
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