By Malinda OsBOrne

mosborne@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Gregory Mansfeld works with clients from varying backgrounds.
Whether its married women, 7-year-old children or teenagers, each
has at least one thing in common: They all have HIV/AIDS.
Mansfeld is the education outreach coordinator for Douglas
County AIDS Project (DCAP), which serves as a local community
resource in HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
His organization, Queers & Allies and the KU chapter of the
NAACP are working together to create awareness of the virus for
World AIDS Day, which is observed today.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the frst HIV/AIDS di-
agnosis.
In recognition, the groups will
be handing out safe sex kits con-
taining condoms, lube and red
ribbons. A discussion on the glob-
al impact of AIDS will be held at
5:30 p.m. tonight at the English
room in the Kansas Union.
A candlelight vigil at 8 p.m.
by the Campanile also will take
place.
Shannon Reid, Lawrence ju-
nior and activist committee chair-
woman for Queers & Allies, said
the group wanted to ally with
NAACP because their organiza-
tions represented the two popula-
tions most affected by the virus.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Preventions
Web site, in 2001, HIV/AIDS
was among the top three causes
of death for African-American
men between 25 and 54. It was
the No. 1 cause of death for Af-
rican-American women between
25 and 34.
For homosexual men in the
United States, gay sex account-
ed for approximately two-thirds
of all HIV infections among
men in 2003, even though only
5 to 7 percent of men in the
United States identify them-
selves as having homosexual
intercourse.
DCAP aims it message at the
25 and under population because
its members are typically sexu-
ally active, have multiple partners
see HIV/AIDs on pAge 4A
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Jayplay
Its nakey time. Jayplays
Laura Snyders article
about naturists and nud-
ist resorts will reveal
just how acceptable it is
to strip down and walk
around in your birthday
suit.
Nursing program joins trend in online classes
The School of Nursing is making a Ph.D. obtain-
able through online classes. The online option is
becoming more popular across campus. PAGE 2A
Homecoming for Nevada coach
Nevada mens basketball coach Mark Fox will
return to Allen Fieldhouse tonight. Fox worked
with the KU coaching staff during the 1993-94 sea-
son. PAGE 12A
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thursday, december 1, 2005
The sTudenT vOice since 1904
Educating entrepreneurs
By aly Barland
abarland@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
James Bass has made a business
out of selling other peoples junk.
Bass, Cleveland senior, has
joined the ranks of many college
students who have started their
own entrepreneurial ventures.
The growing interest from stu-
dents at the University of Kan-
sas has led to the development
of an entrepreneurship program
in the School of Business.
Bass offers his services to indi-
viduals or businesses seeking to
sell or liquidate excess inventory
by auctioning items on eBay. His
online business, www.1Moolah.
com, has been up and running for
three weeks and has sold about
$500 worth of products so far.
He got the idea for his busi-
ness from a friend who asked
him to sell some of her things
on eBay.com because she was
unfamiliar with the process.
Bass profts from his business by
taking a portion of the proceeds
that each sale generates.
Wally Meyer, director of the
Universitys entrepreneurship pro-
gram and professor in the business
school, said many students were
showing interest in starting their
own businesses, and that the Uni-
versity was developing the entre-
preneurship program to meet this
demand. Beginning next semester,
the School of Business will offer
an introductory course on entre-
preneurship for any KU student,
regardless of his or her major.
see eDUCATIng on pAge 8A
t business
Groups ally
for HIV/AIDS
Members aim for awareness
Events today
AIDS information table
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wescoe
Beach
Table with the KU chapter
of the NAACP, Queers
& Allies and Douglas
County AIDS Project, with
information, safe sex kits
and red ribbons.
Discussion - Global AIDS
Perspective
5:30 p.m. at the English
room, 6th foor, in the
Kansas Union
A brief talk by Natab-
hona Mabachi, graduate
student, and KU gradu-
ate and former Douglas
County AIDS Project
board member Justin
LaBerge. An open forum
and group discussion fol-
lows. Free admission.
Candlelight vigil for World
AIDS Day
8 p.m., Campanile
Candlelight vigil and
gathering recognizing the
3.5 million people who
died of AIDS last year, in-
cluding 2.9 million adults
and 600,000 children un-
der the age of 15. Meet at
the base of the carillon;
candles will be provided.
Source: Douglas County AIDS
Project
t health
t health
T
wo stainless steel buffet tables piled
with hot food greet Kansas football
players in the dining room of the Burge
Union each night.
On this day, they have a choice of
four entres - meatloaf, mahi mahi, chicken and
pork chops and an array of vegetable and sides
including steamed wild rice, sauted squash, car-
rots and potatoes.
Together, the two tables stretch about 10 yards,
the same distance the football team travels to gain
a frst down.
Members of one unit on the KU team will help
themselves to more food from this all-you-can-eat
feast than others. Its the unit most responsible for
gaining those 10 yards - the offensive line.
see poUnDs on pAge 4A
Fire starts in
Oliver Hall
By Malinda OsBOrne
mosborne@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A two-alarm fre started in the
ffth foor lobby of Oliver Hall at
6 p.m. Wednesday.
Sara Todd, Kansas City, Mo.,
freshman, who lives on the ffth
foor, was on her way to dinner
with her roommate when she
smelled smoke in the hallway.
As they approached the lobby,
Todd saw that it was flled with
smoke, and a resident assistant
from another foor pulled the
fre alarm, she said. Todd has a
fractured ankle, which made ex-
iting the building unpleasant.
I didnt bring my crutches
because I was just going to din-
ner. I had to go down the stairs
like this, she said.
Danielle Gabel, Hays fresh-
man, worried more about the
fre interrupting her plans for
the night than any damage to
her room, she said as she waited
outside the building.
I need to study for a chem-
istry test tomorrow and I dont
know when I will be able to get
back in, Gabel said. All I can
do is stand out here right now.
Luckily, I was smart enough to
get a blanket.
Ken Stoner, director of stu-
dent housing, said an electrical
connection to a fan unit over-
heated, starting a small fre that
a student housing staff member
was able to extinguish even be-
fore the fre department arrived.
Stoner said there was no major
damage or cause for concern.
Rob Kort, division chief for
Lawrence/Douglas County Fire
and Medical, said the smoke
was contained to the ffth foor.
Students were instructed to
stay in the parking lot or go to
Naismith Hall. They were not to
be let back in the building until
after 7:30 p.m, Stoner said.
Edited by Anne Burgard
t student housing
of

Performance
World aids day
By Ryan Colaianni rcolaianni@kansan.com F Kansan staff writer
Photo Illustration by Rachel Seymour
To compete, football players must be big
Beginning next semester, the School of
Business will offer an introductory course on
entrepreneurship for any KU student,
regardless of his or her major.
No, I dont
think they
should. Thats
a tough one. I
dont know.
Meghan
Monarez,
Wichita
sophomore
news 2A The UniversiTy DAily KAnsAn ThUrsDAy, December 1, 2005
Yes. Theyre
still in their
parents care,
so if theyre
going to get an
abortion they
should tell
their parents.
Their parents are still tak-
ing care of them because
theyre minors.
Scott McGee, Olathe sophomore
I think it de-
pends if they
are close to
their family or
not. It all de-
pends on the
situation, ex-
actly how old
you are and what the cir-
cumstances are.
Mary Johnson, Eudora junior
No, because
some peoples
families, for,
like, religious
r e a s o n s ,
would disap-
prove and if
a girl is raped
then she would have a bet-
ter excuse than her religion
to get her abortion.
Ashley Ahrens, Davenport,
Iowa, junior
By Haley Travis
editor@kansan.com
Kansan correspondent
Should Minors have to tell
their parents before
getting an abortion?
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Online classes and programs
are becoming more common at
the University of Kansas and the
School of Nursing is the latest to
act on the trend.
The School of Nursing an-
nounced its new online Ph.D.
program on Nov. 22. Students will
be able to enroll in the program
for the Summer 2006 semester.
Online classes are becoming
more popular because they give
nontraditional students the op-
portunity to continue or begin
their education without being
present in a classroom. They
also give traditional students the
means to take classes if the on-
campus classes are full.
The nursing Ph.D. program
is aimed specifcally at students
who cant leave their communi-
ties to pursue their education,
said Rita Clifford, assistant dean
for student affairs for the school.
Most of these students have fam-
ilies they cannot leave, or they
are in the work force, she said.
But nontraditional students are
not the focus of all online pro-
grams and classes at the Universi-
ty. The university also markets the
classes to traditional students who
take all of their classes on campus,
said Jim Peters, director of mar-
keting for continuing education.
The administration is encouraging
professors to include more online
components in their classes.
Its the beauty of online
classes. Anyone can take them
anywhere, Peters said.
Eventually, all distance learn-
ing courses will be available on-
line, he said. The distance learn-
ing program provides students
across the state and the nation
an opportunity to earn credit for
classes without being in a class-
room. Students in the program
complete course work through
the mail, and classes include
some online components.
The independent study pro-
gram is one such program in
which traditional students can
take only online classes. It gives
students more options and helps
them take classes if they can-
not enroll in those same classes
taught in classrooms, Peters said.
The provosts offce is look-
ing into defning what an online
class actually is, said Bob Clark,
vice chancellor and dean of the
KU Edwards campus, and it is
deciding what direction online
classes and programs will take.
Right now there are different
categories of online classes.
One category is purely online
classes, such as the ones that will
be taught in the nursing schools
Ph.D. program. There is no physi-
cal classroom and students turn
in homework and participate in
discussions online. Partial online
classes also exist, which are classes
taught one-third online and two-
thirds in person, Clark said.
But the University has to be
selective when it considers what
classes to put online because it
doesnt want to compromise the
quality of the classes for conve-
nience, Clark said.
For example, the biological
sciences are diffcult to put on-
line because of the classes that
require a lab, Clark said. Social
sciences are easier because writ-
ten work and lectures are easier
to put online. This is not the frst
program the nursing school has
offered online. It also offers a
program that allows registered
nurses with an associates de-
gree to complete their bachelor
of science degrees online.
Clifford said at frst she was
worried that students completing
online degrees would feel discon-
nected from the school and their
classmates. But she said she had
received positive feedback from
students who had gotten to know
their classmates pretty well.
But online programs are not
for everyone, Clifford said. She
said she reminds interested stu-
dents of what the classes will be
like and how different they will
be from regular classes. Online
classes require more time man-
agement and self-motivation
and lack the one-on-one con-
tact with teachers that some stu-
dents fnd benefcial.
Hopefully, people will know
their own learning styles, she
said.
Edited by Anne Burgard
Nursing Ph.D. joins move to Internet
t academics
Online classes are
becoming more popular
because they give non-
traditional students the
opportunity to continue
or start their education
without being present in
a classroom. They also
give traditional stu-
dents the means to take
classes if the on-campus
classes are full.
KU School of Nursing Online Ph.D. program
F Caters to working professionals
F Students with this degree are able to teach at nursing
schools and conduct research
FWill start in Summer 2006
Source: School of Nursing
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Holiday festivities
Kim Andrews/KANSAN
Eliana Seidner, Woodlawn Elementary School first grader, gets her face painted at the annual holiday
party at the Kansas Union on Wednesday. Julie Niggle, Overland Park sophomore, was one of many
volunteers who helped with the party, which was sponsored by the Center for Community Outreach and
Mentors in the Life of Kids.
t crime
Big racks mean big
payoffs for poachers
sTATe
Crews cleaning up spilled coal
WaKEENEY It could take crews a few days to
clean up coal a Union Pacifc train spilled when it
derailed in western Kansas on Tuesday, a spokes-
man for the railroad said. Twenty-two of the trains
104 cars jumped the tracks near WaKeeney while
heading east Tuesday morning. Neither of the trains
two crew members were injured, Union Pacifc
spokesman Joe Arbona said.
A section of track was replaced, and trains
were again traveling on the track Wednesday.
Crews also used equipment that worked like
a large vacuum to clean up the coal powder,
and Arbona said it could be a few more days
before that job was done. Arbona said the rail-
road did not yet know what caused derailment.
It was the second train derailment in Trego
County in a month. Forty cars derailed near
Ogallah on Nov. 4.
The Associcated Press
THe assoicaTed Press
HUTCHINSON Deer
poachers looking for money or
bragging rights are killing thou-
sands of deer illegally across the
state, Kansas wildlife offcials
say.
Its a big issue, said Sam
Allred, a natural resources off-
cer with the Kansas Department
of Wildlife and Parks. These
people want the big racks they
can sell or put on the wall and
brag about.
Allred said he believed most
poachers were in it for the mon-
ey, given that the biggest deer
racks can sell for thousands of
dollars.
Earlier this month, a rural
Clay County man was stabbed
after he caught poachers with
a deer they had killed on his
property. And last spring, a But-
ler County man who was selling
deer racks or exchanging them
for guns was prosecuted for
poaching after wildlife offcials
found more than 60 deer racks
and 100 turkey beards at his
home.
Kansas convicted 91 poach-
ers for trespassing while hunting
in 2004. But one study estimates
that for the 77,000 deer taken
legally in Kansas, poachers kill
almost as many illegally.
For every 20 we fnd, there
are 100 we probably dont know
about, said Mark Rankin, assis-
tant director of law enforcement
for the wildlife department.
Poachers fnd willing buyers
at sporting goods stores, who
resell the deer racks or put them
up in their businesses. Others
are sold through word of mouth
and other markets, including
eBay.
Rankin said the departments
ability to fght the problem was
hampered by limited funds and
staffng. The state has only 63
feld offcers for its 105 coun-
ties.
Wildlife offcer Phillip Kirk-
land, of St. John, said part of
the problem was that penalties
arent as stiff as in other states,
where poachers could be fned
thousands of dollars. And some-
times, county attorneys will dis-
miss cases or fle lesser charges.
The mindset has been these
professional deer criminals are
just harmless good ole boys
poaching a deer or two over the
limit boys being boys, said
Dan Ward, executive director of
the Kansas Wildlife Federation.
There isnt an awareness that
this is a way for organized crime
to come into Kansas.
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on campus
FLatin American Solidarity
is holding a Latin Ameri-
can food festival at 6 p.m.
Saturday at Ecumenical
Christian Ministries, 1204
Oread Ave. The cost is $7.
Proceeds will benefit di-
saster relief in Guatemala.
correction
F An article in Tuesdays Uni-
versity Daily Kansan con-
tained an error. The article,
Vinyl turns back technologi-
cal trend, misspelled the
names of Kelly Corcoran
and Wayne Youngblood.
A Jayhawk quartet
t government
Military may
have paid for
Iraq coverage
Candice Rukes/KANSAN
From left to right, Jonathan Andrews, KU alumnus, Shaun Whisler, KU alumnus, Dylan Hilpman, Lawrence sophomore, and David Price,
Salina junior, sing in their quartet, Against the Grain, at Central United Methodist at 16th and Massachusetts streets. They are practicing
for their performance in the KU Holiday Vespers on Sunday at the Lied Center. The independent quartet has performed for one more than
a year around the University and Lawrence.
t abortion
Doctor cleared in death
on the record
F A 22-year-old KU student
reported to Lawrence police
a burglary and a theft of
Apple and Hewlett Pack-
ard computers, computer
monitors and other items
between 3 p.m. Nov. 23 and
6 p.m. Sunday from the 900
block of Kentucky Street. The
items are valued at $7,605.
FA 21-year-old KU student
reported to Lawrence police
a theft of some DVDs and
other items between 10 p.m.
Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday
from the 1300 block of West
24th Street. The items are
valued at $406.
FA 19-year-old KU student
reported to the KU Public
Safety Offce a burglary and
a theft of an Xbox console
and other items between 7
p.m. Nov. 21 and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday from Ellsworth Hall.
The console is valued at
$150. The other items are
valued at $85.
By LoLita C. BaLdor
The AssociATed Press
WASHINGTON The U.S. military offered a
mixed message Wednesday about whether it em-
braced one of its own programs that reportedly
paid a consulting frm and Iraqi newspapers to
plant favorable stories about the war and the re-
building effort.
Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a military spokesman in
Iraq, said the program was an important part of
countering misinformation in the news by insur-
gents. A spokesman for Defense Secretary Don-
ald H. Rumsfeld, however, called a report detail-
ing the program troubling if true and said he was
looking into the matter.
This is a military program initiated with the
Multi-National Force to help get factual informa-
tion about ongoing operations into Iraqi news,
Johnson said in an e-mail. I want to emphasize
that all information used for marketing these sto-
ries is completely factual.
Details about the program were frst report-
ed by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. It
marked the second time this year that Pentagon
programs have come under scrutiny for report-
ed payments made to journalists for favorable
press, leading Congress Government Account-
ability Offce to condemn one, the Education
Department, for engaging in illegal covert pro-
paganda.
The Los Angeles Times quoted unidentifed of-
fcials as saying that some of the stories in Iraqi
newspapers were written by U.S. troops and while
basically factual, they sometimes give readers a
slanted view of what is happening in Iraq. Some
of those offcials expressed fear that use of such
stories could hurt the U.S. militarys credibility,
the newspaper said.
Defense Department offcials did not deny
the storys allegations, and Rumsfeld spokesman
Bryan Whitman said he was looking into the pro-
gram.
Whitman said the department had clear princi-
ples for dealing with news organizations, so this
article raises some question as to whether or not
some of the practices that are described in there
are consistent with the principles of this depart-
ment.
He would not specify the questions he felt the
article raised.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned
the program Wednesday.
By John hanna
The AssociATed Press
TOPEKA Regulators say George
Tiller wasnt responsible for the Janu-
ary death of a Texas woman who re-
ceived a late-term abortion, but pro-
testers against his Wichita clinic arent
satisfed with that fnding.
The Board of Healing Arts closed a
nine-month investigation without tak-
ing any disciplinary action. The board
concluded that Tiller and his staff
complied with state abortion laws and
health care standards in performing
the procedure on the woman.
Larry Buening, the boards execu-
tive director, notifed Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius of the boards fndings in a
Nov. 23 letter. Her offce released a
copy of the letter Wednesday, a day af-
ter the governor received the fndings.
Buening wrote, referring to Tiller:
The unfortunate death of the patient
was not caused by any act or failure to
act by Licensee or his staff.
The board has now concluded all in-
quiry and review of the matter and closed
the investigation, Buening wrote.
Anti-abortion groups questioned
whether the boards investigation was
thorough and suggested Sebelius in-
fuenced its outcome. A supporter
of abortion rights, she has received
fnancial support in past campaigns
from like-minded groups and individ-
uals, including Tiller.
I know she doesnt care about the
unborn, but youd think shed give
some semblance of care to the women
involved, said Mary Kay Culp, ex-
ecutive director of Kansans for Life,
the states largest anti-abortion group.
She is in bed with the abortionists.
Tiller declined comment. He hasnt
discussed the specifcs of the case, cit-
ing privacy reasons but has said the
clinic complies with all state laws.
Abortion opponents have cited the
womans death as evidence that tough-
er regulation of clinics is needed, and
theyve accused Tiller or his clinic of
causing the death.
The woman was a 19-year-old resi-
dent of Keller, Texas, north of Fort
Worth, and according to the autopsy
report, she was mentally retarded. She
was 28 weeks pregnant when she had
the abortion, which was completed
on Jan. 11.
The report said she was vomiting
two days later when her family took
her to a Wichita hospital. After her
health deteriorated, family members
decided to provide comfort care only,
the report said.
The family did not complain to the
state or seek an investigation of the
clinic, Buening said.
crime
Long-lost Vegas burglar
LAS VEGAS A former
armored car driver turned
herself in after more than a
decade in hiding after a $2.9
million heist in Las Vegas.
Heather Tallchief, 33,
pleaded guilty to bank and
credit union embezzlement
and passport fraud. She could
get up to 40 years in prison
at sentencing March 2, but
her lawyer was confdent she
wouldnt receive more than 10.
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Pounds
continued from page 1a
Linemen like 317-pound Bob
Whittaker and 285-pound Da-
vid Ochoa must consume 5,000
calories each day to maintain
the size needed to open holes or
protect the quarterback.
Nutritionists urge Americans
to maintain a modest 2,500-cal-
orie diet to stay healthy. During
the past 20 years football offen-
sive lines have ballooned in size
with players urged to eat twice
as many calories.
The average weight of the
starting KU offensive line was
260 pounds in 1985. This season,
the offensive linemen weighed
in at a whopping 293 pounds,
an increase of 33 pounds in just
20 years.
The growing girth of foot-
ball players, especially on the
offensive line, is a concern
to doctors who cite heart
disease and damaged joints
as two health concerns re-
lated to obesity. College and
professional linemen weigh-
ing more than 300 pounds,
including the San Francisco
49ers Thomas Herrion, have
died after games in recent
years. Obesity among football
players is a visible, yet little
explored, corner of the U.S.
obesity epidemic.
The super-sizing of college
football players raises serious
questions about what happens
to giant-sized
student athletes
after they leave
college and
future health
problems they
might face.
How did this in-
crease in size oc-
cur?
The size of
linemen is ap-
parent simply
by tuning into
a college foot-
ball game on
Saturday. The 300-pounders are
tough to miss, many with their
stomachs hanging over their
belts.
While William The Refrig-
erator Perry once stood out
as an exception, it is now rare
to see an offensive lineman
at the professional level who
does not weight more than 300
pounds. The average weight of
the Kansas City Chiefs starting
line for the 2005 season was 310
pounds.
This summer, Herrion, a
rookie offensive lineman died
after collapsing during a pre-
season game. He weighed 330
pounds. In the summer of 2001,
the Minnesota Vikings Korey
Stringer died of what an autop-
sy revealed as a heat stroke. He
weighed 335 pounds.
Larry McGee, Kansas head
team physician, is concerned
with the rapid increase in the
size of players.
The human race is not
evolving that quickly. It has
to do with the dietary thing,
it has to do with the weight
training, it has to do with
the year-round stuff, McGee
said. I think the players just
carry more weight.
M c G e e ,
who came to
the University
in 1983, said
the increase in
weight became
noticeable in the
mid 1990s with
the arrival of
two 300-pound
players, offen-
sive lineman
Keith Loneker
and defensive
lineman Gilbert
Brown. Their
size was rare at the time.
They were these huge people
and now you have to be that big
to play on the offensive line. It
is a huge amount of difference,
McGee said.
In order to remain competi-
tive, KU linemen must now
grow, mostly through intense di-
ets recommended by KUs sports
nutritionist.
This year marks the first
time that the Kansas Athlet-
ics Department has employed
a sports nutritionist. Randy
Bird gives recommendations
to every football player about
his food intake and plans the
meals available at the Burge
Union.
For offensive linemen, Bird
recommends consuming nearly
5,000 calories and 125 grams of
fat per day. Thats double what
the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture recommends for an active
male aged 19-30.
These diets have led to ev-
ery player on the Kansas of-
fensive line being considered
obese according to the Body
Mass Index a measure the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention uses to evalu-
ate if a person is obese.
A Body Mass Index score
above 30 is considered obese.
The lowest index score on the
body mass index for a Kansas
starting offensive lineman is
32, while the highest is 38.
Only one starter does not
reach a body mass index of 35
or above, which is considered
severe obesity, according to
the CDC.
Even so, Kansas has the light-
est offensive line in the Big 12
conference. The offensive line
for Big 12-leading Texas averag-
es nearly 314 pounds, compared
to Kansass 293 pounds.
Kansas football coach Mark
Mangino said, You certainly
would like to have a large one
that is athletic. Ours are not
quite as heavy but we kind of
play to their athleticism.
After one practice earlier
this season, Mangino dis-
cussed how junior center Da-
vid Ochoa arrived on campus
his freshman year weighing
only 260 pounds. He ran a lot
during the summer to stay in
shape. Mangino joked that it
was not a good decision be-
cause Ochoa actually lost
weight while running, even
though he was in great condi-
tion. Ochoa now weighs 285
pounds.
I was never the type of ath-
lete in high school or anything
to step on the scale every day
and see where I am at. I focus
more on the physical condition-
ing aspect of anything than the
actual playing weight, Ochoa
said.
Sophomore offensive line-
man Cesar Rodriguez has put
on weight even more dramati-
cally. He finished his senior
year of high school at 220
pounds, and now, just three
years later, Rodriguez is up
to 286 pounds the result of
5,000-calorie diets and work
in the weight room.
As soon as I got here they
put me on a weight program and
I will probably be on it until I
leave Kansas, Rodriguez said.
I was undersized when I frst
got here and I am just now start-
ing to put on more weight.
Is it healthy? What long term heart
problems do players face?
Despite their large size, Mc-
Gee, the team doctor, said the
players were young so the weight
didnt create as big a problem at
it would for older people.
Youth overcomes a lot of
physical problems. They are able
to participate and be active car-
rying more weight than an older
person can, McGee said.
However, a report pub-
lished in the Journal of the
American Medical Associa-
tion this year reported cause
for concern with football
players and increasing obe-
sity. The report was published
just a few months before Her-
rions death.
You see the deaths in the
NFL and, in my opinion, a lot
of it has to do with the excess
weight that the offensive line-
men are carrying, Bird, the nu-
tritionist, said.
Mangino, however, is not
concerned with the growing size
of players despite the deaths
that have occurred nationally,
he said.
Most of the players on Kan-
sas offensive line will not move
on to play in the NFL and will
instead enter the working world
with large bodies and without
the strenuous conditioning of
practice.
I have concern long-term-
wise with cardiovascular
disease, with joint problems
just from carrying that much
weight, McGee said. It is
hard to say its the healthi-
est lifestyle for them to weigh
300 pounds. But the reality of
Division I football is that you
have to weigh 300 pounds or
you cant compete.
Since last summer, all new
players entering the Kansas
program go through a medi-
cal screening for cardiac
problems. Once in the pro-
gram, however, players are
not regularly monitored for
heart problems, so problems
that may occur after their ar-
rivial at the University may go
undetected.
Players already in the program
still go through regular physicals
and blood testing each year.
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evening. Football players must maintain a large build on and off season.
It is hard to say its
the healthiest lifestyle
for them to weigh 300
pounds. But the reality
of Division I football is
that you have to weigh
300 pounds or you
cant compete.
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Andrew Ziskind, cardiologist
and president of Barnes-Jewish
Hospital in St. Louis, said the
size of a person did not deter-
mine if players would have heart
problems.
The question is, are people
really bulking up and getting
fat? If the people are eating un-
healthily, eating high fat and so
forth, what it can do is increase
the likelihood of developing
arthrosclerosis, which is nar-
rowing of the arteries, Ziskind
explained.
Ziskind said cardiologists
looked at fve indicators for
heart problems high choles-
terol, the presence of diabetes,
high blood pressure, a family
history of cardiovascular disease
and smoking.
If a person had one of those
risk factors and ate a high-fat diet
for multiple years, his chance of
developing cardiac problems
could accelerate, Ziskind said.
Those problems could include
heart attack, some forms of can-
cers and premature death, the
CDC said.
McGee said players often be-
came healthier and that body fat
may actually drop after being
in the program for a year, even
though the Body Mass Index
considers every member of the
Kansas offensive line obese.
Ziskind said, The question
is, are they developing a lifestyle
where they are going to be fat
for their whole life? And then
that starts to impact it as well.
The diffculty of eating that amount
of food each day.
The ritual of eating at the
Burge Union training table
gives players numerous op-
tions to maintain their weight.
The meals set by Bird offer
healthy options each night,
he said.
Sophomore offensive line-
man Todd Haselhorst missed
the entire 2005 season because
of shoulder injuries, but still eats
the dinners each night.
It is really important because
it helps you keep your weight
up, Haselhorst said.
Haselhorst had trouble stay-
ing in condition at times, be-
cause of the lack of physical
exercise. Hes been more con-
scious about what he eats for
that reason, he said.
Haselhorts mother, Becky, said
that she had noticed a difference
in her sons muscle build.
It is kind of amazing to see
that he basically weighs what he
weighed when he was a junior,
senior in high school, but how
much more frm he has gotten,
Becky Haselhorst said. He has
got a lot more muscle. You can
tell that he has dropped a lot of
body fat.
Some members of the Kansas
offensive line, such as Ochoa,
have diffculty eating 5,000 calo-
ries and 125 grams of fat daily.
After games and stuff you
have to force yourself to eat
even though you might not be
hungry, Ochoa said. You kind
of see the big picture that in the
long run it is going to help you
out and makes it a lot easier.
Rodriguez, who has put on
more than 60 pounds since ar-
riving at Kansas, also has trou-
ble with the calorie intake.
During the season you
dont have time to go eat all the
time because you have to go to
practice, go to class, and you
have to study, Rodriguez said.
Its tough, but you have to do
what you have to do to put on
weight.
Rodriguez said he ate four to
fve meals per day to maintain
the weight, and the big meals at
the Burge Union helped.
Its crucial. You can go at fve
oclock and not leave until seven
and you can eat as much as you
want. Its important to gaining
weight, Rodriguez said.
When Rodriguez is not eat-
ing from the training table at the
Burge, he often eats at Chipotle
and PepperJax, he said.
The players seem uncon-
cerned about how much they
are eating or about future health
problems because of their
weight. They said they were sat-
isfed with the treatment they
received.
They take good care of us
here to get us in a position
where we can compete and play
and I think that it is never to a
point where they put your body
in jeopardy, Ochoa said.
During the season, offen-
sive linemen fnd it diffcult to
maintain the weight that they
are expected to keep in order
to play the position. Thats why
Bird gives individual players
recommendations for what they
should eat daily. He knows that
some players will choose more
fattening foods because they en-
joy them more.
The problem with them is
trying to get that from healthy
choices rather than going and
getting the Monster Thickburger
from Hardees or something like
that, Bird said.
Birds diet recommendations
are vastly different depending on
the players position. He tells a
wide receiver or defensive back
to eat 3,800 calories per day but
just 100 grams of fat.
Life after football, dealing with their
size.
Once the players are done
playing football at Kansas, they
have no need to stay on a 5,000-
calorie diet.
Some players enjoy eating the
large amounts suggested by the
team nutritionist.
Joe Vaughn, who started at
center for Kansas in 2003 and
2004 and still lives in Law-
rence, said, Its the o-line. It
is what it is. You can put on as
much weight as you want to,
you just have to be able to get
the job done. It wasnt really
hard for me and it really isnt
hard for o-lineman because
we like to eat anyway. You just
kind of gain weight until you
feel comfortable.
Vaughn said he still weighed
the 285 pounds that he
weighed when he last played.
He is currently finishing up
his degree and still looking to
play professionally.
Former players who are
still aspiring to live the dream
of playing in the NFL often
have trouble staying in playing
shape. These players no longer
have the structure of practice
and coaches making sure they
work out.
It is different. You dont have
anyone pushing you when you
are on your own, Vaughn said.
Bird said he was formulating
a program to meet with graduat-
ing athletes to discuss different
healthy eating diets for when
they are done playing.
For four years or prob-
ably throughout high school,
they have been trying to eat
as much as they could to put
on weight, Bird said. Then
once they are done playing
there is no need to carry that
much weight.
Bird said that those not play-
ing professionally needed to
take off the excess weight they
gained playing at Kansas.
Once they are done playing
football, their activity level is go-
ing to go down too, Bird said.
If they continue to eat the way
they have eaten the previous
four years and with the decrease
in activity since they are not
practicing, they are just going to
get obese.
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thursday, december 1, 2005 the university daily Kansan 5a news
By Matthew Fordahl
The AssociATed Press
SAN FRANCISCO Sam-
sung, the worlds largest maker
of computer memory chips,
pleaded guilty Wednesday to
a charge it participated in a
worldwide price-fxing conspir-
acy that damaged competition
and raised PC prices.
After accepting the plea and
a previously arranged deal with
prosecutors, U.S. District Judge
Phyllis J. Hamilton ordered Sam-
sung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its
U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semi-
conductor Inc., to pay $300 mil-
lion the second-largest fne in
a criminal antitrust case.
It was the culmination of a
three-year investigation into
price fluctuations in the dy-
namic random access memory
market from April 1999 to
June 2002.
Prosecutors said Samsung,
which is based in Seoul, South
Korea, and other companies
conspired in e-mails, telephone
calls and in-person meetings
to fx the price of chips used in
personal computers and other
electronic devices.
Earlier this year, Seoul-based
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
agreed to pay a $185 million
fne; rival Infneon Technolo-
gies AG of Germany agreed
to pay $160 million last year.
A fourth chip maker, Micron
Technology Inc. of Boise, Ida-
ho, has been cooperating with
prosecutors and was not ex-
pected to face charges.
On Wednesday, Samsung
Semiconductors chief fi-
nancial officer, Dahm Huh,
spoke on behalf of the com-
pany and answered a series of
routine questions about the
defendants ability to pay, the
companys understanding of
the deal and the waiving of
various rights.
Huh answered yes or no
to the questions but offered no
elaboration and did not speak
to reporters after the hearing.
The companys spokeswoman,
Chris Goodhart, also declined
to comment afterward.
The plea deal, which was
announced in October, re-
quires the company to pay
$300 million, plus interest,
in installments over the next
five years. The government
agreed to not pursue addi-
tional prosecutions against
Samsung or most its officers
and employees.
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Rhonda Steele holds a German Shepherd puppy born to a pair of German Shepherd dogs who
were rescued from Hurricane Katrina, in Madison, Ala. Shortly after rescuing them, the mother
had 10 puppies, which have all been adopted. Steele continues to search for homes for their par-
ents. She took in more than 100 dogs after Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans-area pet owners
to abandon their animals. Steele, 40, operates a home-based dog grooming, boarding and daycare
service in Madison.
Once they are done playing football, their
activity level is going to go down too. If they
continue to eat the way they have eaten the pre-
vious four years and with the decrease in activ-
ity since they are not practicing, they are just
going to get obese.
Randy Bird
KU Sports Nutritionist
Samsung makes deal; pleads
guilty to price-fxing charges
Illustrations by Jonathan Kealing
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2005 WWW.KANSAN.COM PAGE 6A
The way we, as a society, de-
vote our time and energy indicates
what we value. Apparently, sports
are our second religion with the
Divine Dollar effortlessly retain-
ing the highest echelon of spiritual
supremacy.
The fanatical sports cult exhib-
ited at the University of Kansas
vastly overshadows more signi-
cant matters.
It is not that the University is
an anomaly; it is part of a global
trend.
As the distinguished Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
professor Noam Chomsky stated:
Sports offer people something to
pay attention to that is of no im-
portance That keeps them from
worrying about things that matter
to their lives that they might have
some idea of doing something
about.
Commercial sports internalize
the xation deeper within society.
The Associated Press reported on
March 18 that college students
spent an average of three hours
and 41 minutes watching televi-
sion each day with the ten most-
watched programs for males being
baseball games.
A newsletter published on Tex-
as A&Ms Sport Management Web
site reported that college males
watched sports a weekly average
of 15 hours and four minutes. Fe-
males spent slightly less time, aver-
aging nine hours 10 minutes each
week.
Our very own The University
Daily Kansan, in addition to hav-
ing a substantial percentage of the
news and opinion columns being
sports-related, has a colossal sec-
tion of nothing but KU sports. It
likely played a factor in you coming
across my column at all.
Every time in which my enroll-
ment at the University is brought
up in conversation with others,
whether I am delivering an appetiz-
er or making small-talk in a check-
out lane, I am instantly bombarded
with their outlook on KU sports. I
smile and agree that our University
has a legendary sports history and
an outstanding program today.
But the clichd sports talk usu-
ally ventures further into statistics
and predictions without them no-
ticing the resulting vacant glaze of
boredom in my eyes.
These discussions with those
described in Fight Club as sin-
gle-serving friends leave me feel-
ing that I am expected to revolve
my time, depending on the season,
around football and basketball
games.
They are startled when I decline
to take to heart their trash talking
if they happen to be Mizzou fans.
Silly me, I am in college to get an
education, build relationships and
prepare for a career!
When I rst came to the Univer-
sity, I bought the sport pass with
optimism that I would catch the
contagious Jayhawk fever, but I dis-
covered that I am immune, thanks
to my incurable logic.
I could not invest my emotions
into an activity in which I have no
stake in the outcome, my alliance is
arbitrary to my current geographic
location, I know no players per-
sonally and when I could put my
time to more constructive use.
Or I could at least be in the com-
pany of friends without the ambi-
ence of patriarchal aggression and
crowd conformity.
It is not that I am against sports
as there is a distinction between in-
volvement and the cultural craze. I
was an athlete before college, and
participation in sports and exercise
continues to be an enjoyable and
indispensable part of my life.
Sports can foster teamwork, im-
prove health, bring communities
together, garner funds for educa-
tion and enable children to stay in
school who might otherwise drop
out.
Of course, for the latter two
points sports should not be overly
praised, because they indicate
shortcomings in our educational
priorities.
The over-emphasis of sports
diverts attention away from more
estimable priorities.
Watching sports should not take
away quality time from your sig-
nicant other or studies. It should
not instigate ghts between soccer
moms or rival fans at bars.
A skillful football pass should
not receive more news time than
information that is applicable, such
as how our tax dollars are being
spent. (For example, tax money is
spent to subsidize sporting arenas.)
Coaches should not be subjected to
harsher criticism and demanded to
be more accountable to their con-
stituents than our politicians.
A student should not speak
more passionately about a missed
free-throw shot than the genocide
in Sudan.
We have no rational reason to
lionize our basketball players so
far beyond the actual service they
provide.
I reserve my admiration for
those who truly sacrice on behalf
of others.
I respect an athletes self-dis-
cipline and physical ability, but
it is not on the same level as our
inspiring professors or our fellow
students who spend their free time
volunteering through the Center
for Community Outreach, receiv-
ing no such adulation.
It should not be heresy for a stu-
dent to regard spectator sports as
irrelevant to his life.
There are plenty of alternatives
to althletic fanaticism. For starters,
campus life offers activities, such as
intramural sports (its more social
and a better workout than remote
ipping between games), organiza-
tions for any imaginable interest,
lectures, museums and ne arts
performances.
I grasp moderate enthusiasm
generated by sports because of its
entertainment value and that it
gives an excuse to tailgate, but be-
yond that, I feel like I must be miss-
ing out on whatever it is that causes
people to put real life on hold to
idly watch a game.
I challenge you serious sports
fundamentalists, who are not the
next up-and-coming Wilt Cham-
berlain or successful game gam-
blers, to help me understand your
position better by giving some rea-
sonable arguments to justify the
time, money and energy that you
exert into your obsession as op-
posed to pursuing other activities
or interests.
Stacy is a Germantown, Md.,
senior in political science, Span-
ish, and international studies.
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OK, so KUs quidditch seeker should

totally win the Heisman.

I havent been to class in three weeks because

I am sick. Am I going to fail?

I completely lost all respect for Amy Leochners letter

to the editor when I saw that shes from Oklahoma.

Please tell me that Im not the only one who has

noticed the similarity between the names of Sasha
Kaun and Chaka Khan. The singer. Chaka Khan.
I Feel For You. Anyone? No? OK.

I didnt steal your Grey Goose!

Facebook.com just told me I cant

be friends with myself.

I respect Britney Spears.

Diplomacy is the art of letting others

get what you want.

I saw a girl writing in her notebook, Have yourself a

very Jacob Christmas. I just thought that was odd!

I saw you in that coffee shop, breaking the fth

commandment. Congress passes these things
for a reason, Lois.

Hey. We have sh. We named one Free for All.

So, am I the only person at KU

that is a croquet addict?

Ive tried so hard to get in the darn Free For All

but Im just not good enough.

Karl, you are the most gorgeous man alive.

Those Germans really know how to make em!

Dont be sad just because I own you in

Mario Kart Double Dash, Ashley.
SARAH STACY
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Matthew Sevcik/KANSAN
As I watched the news cover-
age of the recent incident involving
Professor Paul Mireckis creation-
ism and intelligent design course, it
quickly became apparent that peo-
ple needed to hear the entire story.
The e-mail so many have quoted
was sent to the Society of Open-
Minded Atheists (SOMA) e-mail
list serv, meant only for SOMA
members.
Someone, most likely a Chris-
tian fundamentalist, joined the
list serv with the sole intention of
monitoring our e-mails and using
them against SOMA members.
Ill come back to what this says
about fundamentalist ethics and
morality in a moment, but this en-
tire situation occurred because a
mole on our list serv unethically
sent Dr. Mireckis e-mail to some
fundamentalist, intelligent design
nut job in Kansas City, who started
this whole thing.
Mirecki has the right to put
forward his opinions on any sub-
ject. I share his opinions, because
I think Christian fundamentalists
lack reason and logic, and they
need something to wake them
up.
Mireckis proposed class isnt
an assault on Christianity as
State Sen. Kay OConnor would
have you believe. After all, Kay
OConnor doesnt believe in the
19th amendment, so her words
arent exactly something I would
ever use to support other argu-
ments nor take seriously in the
rst place.
Intelligent Design is not science,
and its supporters, who clearly
wont listen to real science, need
to be dealt with by examining
their claims in an academic en-
vironment. This is precisely what
Mirecki will do.
Just because he shares no love
for these Christian extremists
doesnt mean hes unfair or unqual-
ied to teach a class on this sub-
ject. Mirecki has a Th.D. in Theol-
ogy from Harvard, he worked with
John Strugnell in translating the
Dead Sea Scrolls, and he is the last
human being on Earth to nd and
translate an unknown gospel.
What hes doing in Kansas, I
dont know, but while hes here, we
can all benet from his knowledge
and experience.
Mirecki is not any more of a big-
ot than a fundamentalist who says
that secularism is wrong, morally or
otherwise. The only way someone
gets away with making such state-
ments is because we live in a soci-
ety where the majority is Christian,
and they get to set the rules. Fun-
damentalists get to mock everyone
and become martyrs when people
ght back. Fortunately, the rest of
the civilized world has turned a
deaf ear to their whining.
Creationism and Intelligent De-
sign are wrong. There is no scientif-
ic evidence to support these claims,
and no amount of belief will make
them true. We dont need to be sen-
sitive to active ignorance.
It certainly doesnt do a lot of
good for the argument that reli-
gion, specically Christianity, in-
spires morality when people pull
stunts like this. My opinion of
Christianity only continues to drop
every time I witness some clearly
Christian person commit some sort
of offense.
If a secularist committed some
offense, we would all be hounded
openly by every fundamentalist
preacher in the country. Its hypo-
critical, its wrong and its horribly
unethical to focus on Mireckis
statements and then call him a
bigot. How many preachers will
claim on Sunday that all secularists
are immoral, terrible people? How
many qualied, aspiring politicians
will lose elections because they are
secularists?
And yet, Mirecki, a man most
people have likely never met, is a
bigot based upon an abstract of
an e-mail he sent to a private list
serv?
Andrew Stangl
Wichita junior in political
science, international
studies and French
Dont judge private e-mail
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The guys here at KU are single, hot and smart,
but you can only pick two of those traits.

This goes to the Dave look-alike:

Youre freaking me out, man.

Youd think that once you stopped

dating a guy hed stop standing you up!

Todays forecast for Fishs room:

100 percent chance of handsome.

Its so cold I cant feel my face. Its 2005!

Where are the dome cities and the
climate-controlled atmosphere?! I feel cheated.

Free For All, you have the most

beautiful eyes I have ever seen!

Your mothers a hamster.

Dire Straits will never get old.

Hi, Mom!

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Ive still got 10

Halloween Oreos. They better be gone by Stop Day.

Well have a nap, zen re ze missiles!

Brrr!

If people can make fun of Christianity, then I should

be able to make fun of the Hare Krishna guy doing
his meditation in front of Wescoe today. And I did.

Im wearing Crest White Strips right now.

Should my gums be burning as bad as they are?

I want to die.

I just took a test in linear algebra and

it made me want to punch a baby.

Why is Neil Diamond so rad? Because

Chuck Norris aint Comin to America.

My roommate is scaring me. He just took a test in

linear algebra, and now he wants to punch a baby.
He literally might go on a baby punching spree.

You stupid, I dont like you.

Chuck Norris doesnt read books. He stares them

down until he gets the information he wants.

Why do people put their underwear in the top

drawer? Who decided the top was for underwear?

7:30 classes arent worthy of me taking a shower.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005: You are strong,
deliberate and willful. Your creativ-
ity will peak this year, making nearly
anything possible. Be careful about
being too self-absorbed, because this
characteristic could be the downfall
of an otherwise together and special
year. You will learn from your mis-
takes, though you dont want to push
your luck. Next fall, you will enter a
very special period in which you fnd
that what you wish for can happen.
You also might want to consider what
facets of your life need adjustment.
Work on these areas in the next nine
months. If you are single, you could
meet that special person at that time.
If you are attached, be thoughtful of
your sweetie, and take plenty of time
away together. You will need special
periods for the two of you. If you fnd a
SAGITTARIAN to be egotistical, look at
yourself, too! Discipline that tendency.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHHH The New Moon helps you
understand recent events. The clarity
you gain puts a smile on your face.
Be willing to tackle a diffcult problem
or two. Friends support mixed with
brainstorming will solve nearly any
problem. Tonight: Listen to music.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHH You are coming from a place
of security, though on some level you
feel burdened by responsibilities. A
discussion with a partner or an as-
sociate could help take some of the
burden off of you. Are you willing to
open up? Tonight: Work as a team.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Though you might be down,
others arent. Allow the many people
in your life to run with the ball. Take
the high road, and you will be a lot
happier. Try to get out of your skin and
look at an event with a new perspec-
tive. Tonight: Allow your popularity to
speak.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHHH Your imagination plays a big
role in a relationship. Understand what
needs to happen with a key partner-
ship. You cannot push someone any
further away. Perhaps some nurturing
could go a long way. Tonight: Get
some extra sleep.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHHH Your imagination rocks and
rolls. You see many situations in a dif-
ferent light than others do. Your mind
takes you in a new direction. Let go
of seriousness, and help others relax
with you. Youve got ideas. Tonight: Let
your frisky personality dominate.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Investigate what feels right,
and follow through. Sometimes you
can be very hard on other people. Chill
out and decide what you want from
a work or daily situation. You will be
able to create just that. Tonight: Happy
at home.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHHH Dont hold back anymore.
Express your imaginative side. Others
want to hear more from you. An older
or very serious friend plays a key role.
Expressing yourself takes you in a new
direction. Tonight: Talk up a storm.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH Be willing to spend that extra
amount to ensure that you get what
you want. Sometimes you sell yourself
short. Dont. Your image might need
some sprucing up. Tonight: Your treat.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHHH Resolutions made today
last. You might need to follow through.
Take the high road and look at what is
going on. Listen to someone, but still
claim your power. Investigate what
seems like a wild idea. Tonight: You
decide.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHH Slow down and fnd some
answers. Listen to others; enjoy
yourselves. Take your time thinking
through decisions. Visualize more of
what you want. Talk through what
you want. Investigate your feelings.
Tonight: Move slowly.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHHH Look to your long-term
desires. Think in terms of develop-
ing associations. Meetings provide a
great deal of feedback. Others prove
to be a bit testy or remote, but the
friendly Aquarian defuses the situa-
tion. Tonight: Be a friend frst.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHH Take a stand, and others will
follow. Your intuition comes through.
You might need to delegate more, as
you are tired. You might need some
time off to rest and relax. Tonight: In
the limelight.
The bird fu is bad news for everyone.
PEoPlE
Britney Spearss body has
bounced back after the Sept.
14 birth of son Sean Preston
and she cant wait to show
it off. The singer dressed in
dark blue jeans, a teal sweater
and a camisole recently
visited Venus by Maria Tash, an
upscale piercing and jewelry
studio in New York Citys SoHo
neighborhood. Spears, whos
been pierced by Tash before,
got her belly button piercing
reinserted with an elaborate
blue topaz and white gold
piece, which cost more than
$200. I think its part of her
whole reclaiming her body
thing, Tash tell us. Its good
shes readorning her body.
Shes known for being strong
and cut. Tash says Spears is in
really good shape.
People on Campus
Adrianne Curry and Chris-
topher Knight revealed their
engagement on the season fnale
of My Fair Brady, but Knight ac-
tually proposed in June, he said
recently. It was a quiet engage-
ment, he said. Since then, Ive
noticed that she just listens to
me slightly less. By the time Im
married, there will be nothing left
to listen to. The couple havent
set a wedding date, but Curry,
who starred on Americas Top
Model, told us the ceremony will
be gothic and in an old-school
cathedral. My family is very
Catholic, she said. I dont be-
lieve we can be married Catholic
hes twice-divorced. Guests will
likely include their Surreal Life
castmates and Knights fellow
Brady Bunch-ers.
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t Kansas Cosmosphere
By Roxana Hegeman
The AssociATed Press
HUTCHINSON Former
astronaut James Lovell Jr. peered
deep inside the Gemini 12 cap-
sule that he few in November
1966 during the frst space mis-
sion in which two spaceships
docked.
All the spots on my seat are
still there, Lovell said Wednes-
day.
Pointing to one seat, he told
onlookers that was where Ed-
win Buzz Aldrin sat. Lovell
sat in the other one.
The last time he saw the cap-
sule was 20 years ago when it
still was enclosed in a Plexi-
glas shell and on display at the
NASAs Goddard Space Flight
Center in Maryland.
But that shell was partially
removed recently at the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Cen-
ter, where preservation work
soon will begin before it goes on
display at the Alder Planetarium
in Chicago.
It looks pretty good, Lovell
said as he inspected the capsule.
It smells the same.
Lovell and offcials from the
Alder Planetarium were at the
Cosmosphere to meet with res-
toration experts to go over de-
tails of the restoration work.
Lovell wanted to make sure it
is brought back to its post-fight
appearance.
We dont want it to look like
a new nickel, Lovell said. It
takes away from the real arti-
fact.
Lovell lobbied to get the
Gemini 12 spacecraft to Al-
der, which he called a natu-
ral place for an artifact like
this. He also has given the
planetarium the handbook
used to save the crews lives
during the near-fatal Apollo
13 mission.
Lovell who uttered the
now-famous words, Hous-
ton, we have a problem af-
ter the explosion aboard the
Apollo 13 mission also
covetously eyed the Apollo 13
spacecraft now on display at
the Cosmosphere, comment-
ing how good that exhibit
would look at Alder.
But Cosmosphere President
Jeff Ollenburger wasnt about to
give that bit of space history up:
I think it looks perfect where it
is, he told him.
Space relic restored
Educating
continued from page 1a
The class capacity is set at 156 students, and 65
spots are flled.
For the frst time a student from any school
can learn how to start and successfully manage
his or her own business, Meyer said.
The University is also working to create the
option of an entrepreneurship concentration for
business majors and a minor for non-business stu-
dents. Meyer said the increase in University stu-
dents interest was mirrored nationwide.
Weve seen two trends: more and younger
managers are starting their own business and
many more students are getting entrepreneurship
education in order to increase the odds of success
in starting their own business, Meyer said.
Bass, an economics major, will graduate after the
summer session. He plans to use the rest of his time at
the University as a trial run for his business. If he does
not fnd success, he may pursue a career in real estate.
Many entrepreneurs do fnd success, Meyer said. But
he added that students who went through the program
would improve their odds.
Its made a lot more achievable if you know the
right way to do it, like most things, Meyer said.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
HIV/AIDS
continued from page 1a
and arent inclined to negotiate condom use or
talk about sexual histories, Mansfeld said.
College students tend to think they are bul-
let proof, Mansfeld said. I fnd thats especially
true with students I meet at KU. They arent pro-
miscuous and may use condoms the frst half a
dozen times, but then they stop because they feel
comfortable with their partner. When people dont
know the sex histories of their partners, they are
putting themselves at risk.
Mansfeld said his organization was particu-
larly helpful for KU students because it offered
free confdential HIV testing. Watkins Memorial
Health Center offers confdential testing also, but
it costs $20.
Reid said this was the frst time in a while her
group had made a signifcant push to raise aware-
ness of the issue. Everyone thinks theyve heard
enough about HIV/AIDS, but they mistake that
for knowing everything, she said.
There is still a lot that needs to be done on ed-
ucating people and changing government policy,
Reid said. Somebodys got to step up and start
screaming about it.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
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630-452-9052
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preferred. Call 785-979-3741.
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incl., lawn & snow removal. Quiet West
Lawrence neighborhood. $750/mo until
8/1/05. 749-4010 or 979-3550.
1420 Kentucky-Close to Campus
3 BR House; 2 full BA. Hrdwd flrs., CA&
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dep. 550-3018/841-8050/766-5212
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$350/mo. DSLInternet & util. included. No
smoking. 841-2829.
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Harvard Square Apts. 2BR, 1BA. $262/mo.
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St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz stepped down in October because of a
bacterial infection of the lining of the heart. His return this season is unlikely.
NFL
Martz likely out for season
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS St. Louis Rams
president John Shaw says he
would be shocked if Mike Martz
got medical clearance to return
to coaching this season.
Martz stepped down Oct.
24 on doctors orders while
suffering from endocarditis, a
bacterial infection of the lining
of the heart. Interim coach Joe
Vitt has coached the team the
last six games, going 3-3 head-
ing into Sundays game against
the Washington Redskins, and
Shaw expects Vitt to nish out
the year.
I would be totally shocked
if Mike got cleared, Shaw said
Wednesday. At the time he left
it was pretty clear to him that he
couldnt come back. But hes a
coach and you get anxious.
On Tuesday, Martz told TV
station KMOV that This is the
best Ive felt. And when you
feel this good, you feel like you
should be working.
Shaw said hes spoken sev-
eral times to the infectious
disease specialist in charge of
Martz case. That specialist told
him hed be feeling much better
about this time of the year, but
that hed face a risk making an
early return.
Martz, who is at his second
home in San Diego, told the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he
probably wouldnt press the is-
sue.
I wouldnt feel very comfort-
able calling (the doctor) after all
this, he said. Well just stay by
the plan.
Beyond this season, Shaw
said theres no decision regard-
ing Martz future with the team
amid widespread speculation
that he wouldnt be back. Next
season is the nal year of his
contract, and Shaw said lame-
duck status was only one of the
variables to consider.
Shaw would not rule out Mar-
tz, 58-39 in six seasons with the
team, coaching the team next
year. Martz coached the team
to one Super Bowl in 2001 and
was the offensive coordinator in
1999 for the franchises lone Su-
per Bowl championship.
Would he change his staff,
would he be able to hire new
coaches in the last year of his
contract? Shaw said. When
you start weighing them, you
start formulating in your head
what type of commitment you
need to make and which direc-
tion you want to take.
The biggest factor against
Martz returning is an adver-
sarial relationship with director
of football operations Jay Zyg-
munt. Martz said after stepping
down that he didnt know if he
and Zygmunt could co-exist
professionally.
Shaw said a possible reorga-
nization of the front ofce will
be on the table at some point.
It usually starts and ends
with the head coach, hes the
main piece to the puzzle, Shaw
said. Once theres a head coach,
depending on who you hire and
what the persons wishes are,
or if you keep Mike, you start
to formulate the pieces around
him.
Shaw said hes been pleas-
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play under Vitt, the assistant
head coach and linebackers
coach.
The team has played hard,
Shaw said. Its limited right
now by injuries but the team
plays with great energy and con-
viction and those are all positive
things.
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ST. LOUIS St. Louis Rams
interim coach Joe Vitt has been
coy all week about whether
rookie Ryan Fitzpatrick had
earned his frst career start.
But it was telling that on
Wednesday it was the rookie
from Harvard and not Jamie
Martin who met with the media,
usual duty for the No. 1 quarter-
back. And that Fitzpatrick was
taking snaps with the frst unit
while Martin, who had a con-
cussion and blurred vision af-
ter absorbing a blow in the frst
quarter of last weeks overtime
victory at Houston, watched in
sweat clothes.
Regardless of Martins status,
its been more or less an open
secret around Rams Park that
Fitzpatrick, a favorite of Mike
Martz since he took him in the
seventh round of the draft, will
get the nod this week against
the Redskins. And why not? Its
tough to bench the NFC offen-
sive player of the week.
Fitzpatrick threw for 310
yards and got the Rams to over-
time with a pair of scores in the
fnal half-minute, before throw-
ing the game-winning touch-
down. His yardage is the third-
highest by an NFL quarterback
in his frst game.
I know, its unbelievable, its
like the Kennedy assassination,
Vitt said after practice. Well
make that decision later in the
week.
The decision could be a rub-
ber stamp if Martin isnt cleared
to return for the fll-in role
behind injured Marc Bulger,
wholl miss his second straight
game with a shoulder injury and
could be out for the season. Mar-
tin sustained a concussion and
blurred vision in Sundays game
and still had blurred vision on
Wednesday. The third-stringer is
Jeff Smoker, released twice this
year. Fitzpatrick didnt seem to
care what happened.
The coaches are going to do
whats best for the team and put
us in the best situation, he said.
And whatever decision they
make is a good decision.
Since leading the comeback,
Fitzpatrick has had a whirlwind
of attention with an appearance
on ESPNs Cold Pizza, a mob
of reporters surrounding him on
Wednesday and countless tele-
phone calls from long-forgotten
school friends.
It is pretty comical, he said.
Me not doing any interviews
and then being the guy with
cameras in his face.
But hes not getting jokes
about his Ivy League schooling.
Guys respect his skill level,
guys respect his intensity, guys
respect his commitment, Vitt
said.
Vitt doesnt think he needs to
work to keep Fitzpatricks ego
in check, either.
I dont think hes a nightlife
guy and I dont think hes got
a lot of distractions in his life,
Vitt said. He comes to work, he
studies his game, he goes home
and studies his game some
more and gets up and comes to
work.
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St. Louis Rams quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick tries to avoid being sacked by Houston Texans Jason Babin during the fourth quarter Sunday in Houston.
By EddiE PElls
The AssociATed Press
DENVER This season is
shaping up as a special one for
the Denver Broncos. Still, there
is something disconcerting
about that 9-2 record and Den-
vers postseason prospects.
The elephant sitting in the
middle of the Denver locker
room the subject everyone
knows is there but very few want
to deal with is the undefeated
Indianapolis Colts.
You know, the Colts? The
team that has plastered Denver
in the playoffs the last two years
by a combined score of 90-34.
You know, Indianapolis? The
city that coach Mike Shanahan
said was imperative to avoid in
the playoffs if Denver is ever
going to get back to the Super
Bowl.
There they are, two games
ahead and showing no signs
of slowing. Barring a drastic
change, and if form holds, all
signs point to another rematch
with the Colts in Indy.
This time, though, it would be
in the AFC title game instead of
the frst round of the playoffs.
Theyre undefeated. Theyre
in our conference. So, I guess
you have to look at them,
Broncos running back Ron
Dayne said. But its not like we
spend any time worrying about
it. Weve got to worry about our
own stuff.
That, by and large, is the
company line among the Bron-
cos. Predictably, they talk about
taking them one at a time and
worrying about next week, not
the playoffs.
For the most part, that strat-
egy has worked.
At 9-2, the Broncos have so far
avoided the midseason slump,
the likes of which have plagued
the franchise the last few years.
They have a two-game lead over
San Diego and Kansas City in
the AFC West, with a game at
Kansas City coming Sunday.
Denver has positioned itself
well to earn the division title,
a home playoff game and a bye
week. All would be monumen-
tal. The Broncos havent earned
any of those since 1998, the
year they won their second Su-
per Bowl. That Super Bowl still
stands as their last playoff win.
Despite all that promising
news, the Broncos know if the
season ended today, they would
be a second seed and the Colts
would be No. 1.
It would mean another week
of preparing for Peyton Man-
ning. On the turf. In Indy.
Sure, the Broncos have rea-
son to believe theyve improved
over the last two years, when
they gave up a combined 934
yards passing in a pair of em-
barrassments. The pass rush
has improved with the addition
of Courtney Brown and Gerard
Warren among others and
the return to health of Trevor
Pryce.
Rookie cornerbacks Dar-
rent Williams and Domonique
Foxworth have strengthened a
position that got rocked in Indy
last year despite the addition of
Champ Bailey.
Jake Plummer is playing bet-
ter. Mike Anderson, Tatum Bell
and Ron Dayne are a formidable
running back trio.
But, as their undefeated re-
cord plainly states, the Colts
have clearly gotten better, too.
Could it be that the Broncos
have simply picked the wrong
year to get really good?
Indianapolis is the frst team
to start 11-0 since who else?
the 1998 Broncos, who went
13 games before their frst set-
back.
The good news for the Bron-
cos is that Indy does have a
reasonably diffcult schedule
the rest of the way, with a home
game against San Diego (7-4)
sandwiched between trips to
Jacksonville (8-3) and Seattle
(9-2).
Denvers remaining sched-
ule is a bit easier, but far from a
cakewalk because of this weeks
game at Kansas City (7-4) and
the season fnale at San Diego.
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continued from page 12a
Wymore said he then walked
to the ticket offce to buy anoth-
er ticket with Schwandt fank-
ing him. After he purchased
another ticket, Wymore tried to
re-enter.
Before I even got my foot
in the door he had me in hand-
cuffs, Wymore said in the June
6 Kansan.
Wymore spent the next 30
minutes in the Boone County
Jail before his friends bailed him
out.
Rich Littrell, Lees Summit,
Mo., senior, was subpoenaed as
a witness for the Dec. 21 trial.
Im glad that the charges
were dropped, Littrell said.
Justice was served for him. Im
upset that nothing happened to
Chief Watring.
University of Missouri off-
cials cleared Watring from as-
sault allegations after a three-
month investigation that ended
May 27.
Were looking forward to
putting the incident behind us,
Wymore said.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
Eight Kansas swimmers have times ranking in
the Top 100 collegiate swimming times. Fresh-
man Ashley Leidigh has fve top-100 times. She
leads the nation in the 100 fy with a time of
53.08 and has three other times in the top 50.
Freshmen Danielle Herrmann and Molly Bram-
mer, sophomores Lauren Bonfe and Terri Schram-
ka, junior Jenny Short and senior Gina Gnatzig all
had times in the top 100 of the nation.
The individual rankings are a great refec-
tion on how we did at the Minnesota Invita-
tional, Kansas swimming and diving coach
Clark Campbell said. We are really looking
forward to our championship season in Febru-
ary and March. We have several individuals and
relays that can reach the NCAA Championships
and score points. Kansas competes Friday and
Saturday against Harvard and Northeastern in
Cambridge, Mass. The NCAA Championships
are scheduled for March 16 in Athens, Ga.
Ryan Schneider
TODAY
F Mens basketball vs. Nevada, 8
p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
FRIDAY
F Womens basketball vs. Bir-
mingham Southern, 6 p.m., Allen
Fieldhouse
F Swimming vs. Harvard and
Northeastern, 6 p.m., Cambridge,
Mass.
F Volleyball, NCAA Tournament vs.
UCLA, 9 p.m., Los Angeles
SATURDAY
FWomens basketball vs. New
Orleans, 1 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
FSwimming vs. Harvard and
Northeastern, 6 p.m., Cambridge,
Mass.
FMens basketball vs. Western
Illinois, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
TUESDAY
FMens basketball vs. Saint Joes,
Jimmy V Classic, 6 p.m., New York
Calendar
By Ryan SchneideR
rschneider@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Kansas sailing team
claimed third place at the
Timme Angsten Memorial Re-
gatta at the Chicago Yacht Club
last weekend.
Tim Fitzgerald, team member,
said the event was one of the
biggest of the season.
Its basically like a bowl
game of college sailing, Fitzger-
ald said. Most teams have
coaches and are big-time college
programs.
The team of Fitzgerald and
Alli Jones fnished third in the
A division, behind Boston Col-
lege and Vermont. Evan Charles
and Blake Harris fnished 13th
in the B division.
In sailing competitions, each
boat consists of two people and
the A and B teams switch boats
after each race. The scores from
the A and B teams are combined
to create an overall score. In the
overall scores, the combined
Kansas teams fnished eighth.
Fitzgerald said the team was
more prepared for the cold and
had more time to improve on its
performance last season. This
preparation enabled the A team
to fnish frst in the beginning
race of the regatta.
To prepare for competitions,
the team practiced on Monday af-
ternoons for three hours. Fitzger-
ald said the team practiced fve
to eight times this semester.
The teams fnish at Chicago
is its fourth fnish in the top
three this season. It won the frst
regatta at Wisconsin and then
placed second at Texas-Austin
and Texas A&M.
The Kansas sailing team is
done competing until next se-
mester.
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in last regatta
Maui
continued from page 12a
Giles said he and Kaun would still
run the fast-break offense, but if they
did not make a play, they would move
to the high-low offense.
The primary break takes over ev-
erything, Giles said of the fast-break
offense.
That philosophy will work tonight
for the Jayhawks only if Kaun and
Giles stay out of foul trouble, some-
thing they struggled to do during
the games in Maui. Kaun fouled out
of the game against Arizona, while
Giles played with four fouls during
the key minutes of the second half.
Giles also picked up four fouls in
the game against Arkansas. Tonight
could be an even bigger challenge for
the two forwards to stay out of foul
trouble because they will be matched
up against Nevadas power forward
Nick Fazekas, who leads the starters
in scoring and rebounding, averag-
ing 18 points and eight rebounds per
game.
The Jayhawks will have to fnd a
way to stop Fazekas and sophomore
guard Marcelus Kemp, who leads the
team in scoring, even though he has
yet to start a game this season. Self
said freshman forward Brandon Rush
would draw the assignment on Kemp.
This will be Rushs third key defensive
assignment in four games. Against
Arizona, Rush matched up against its
best player, Hassan Adams, and he
worked on Arkansas standout guard
Ronnie Brewer.
He is much better defensively than
what we thought he would be, Self
said.
Having a ranked nonconference
opponent come to Allen Fieldhouse
to face an unranked Jayhawks team
is an unusual situation for the Jay-
hawks, who were ranked No. 2 last
year when they took on the Wolf
Pack.
If we are successful Thursday
night, it will be a heck of a win, Self
said. We are going to have to be good
Thursday and I certainly think we can
be, but this is a team that would fnish
in the upper tier of our league.
Notes:
Self said to expect the same start-
ers from the past four games: Jeff
Hawkins, Russell Robinson, Brandon
Rush, Sasha Kaun and CJ Giles.
Self said the Jayhawks knew they
would play the frst third of the sea-
son without sophomore forward
Darnell Jackson before the news was
released. Jackson was suspended for
the opening one-third of the season
for accepting gifts from a booster.
Self said his absence had played a
part in the way the Jayhawks had
planned to play in the Maui tourna-
ment.
We were trying to get to where we
didnt have to play so big, Self said.
Edited by Theresa Montao
Kansas landed its 11th verbal commitment
from a high school football player on Tuesday.
Phillip Strozier, of Rockhurst High School in
Kansas City, Mo., told recruiting Web site rivals.
com that he verbally agreed to play for Kansas
next season.
We talked yesterday and he told me he just
felt comfortable with them, Stroziers coach
Tony Severino told rivals.com. They have done
a good job of recruiting our school.
Strozier is rated the eighth-best player in the state
of Missouri and the 42nd-best cornerback in the
nation by the Web site. Strozier turned down offers
from Missouri and Houston. His brother, Noah, is a
junior at Kansas State and also plays cornerback.
Ryan Colaianni
No pain, no game
Julie Jacobson/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Knicks Stephon Marbury, right, goes up
for a shot against Chicago Bulls Andres Nocioni
during the frst period Wednesday at Madison Square
Garden in New York. The Knicks won 109-101.
The Kansas Athletics Department announced
baseball coach Ritch Price has signed 10 players
for the Jayhawks next season. Kansas signed four
pitchers, Andres Esquibel, San Marcos, Calif.; Hiarali
Garcia, Windsor, Ontario; Walter Marciel, Jr., Kailua,
Hawaii, and Thomas Marcin, Huntington Beach,
Calif. The team also inked six position players: Brett
Bochy, Poway, Calif.; Aaron Breit, Hays; Brian Heere,
Lawrence; Robby Price, Lawrence; Joe Servais,
Omaha, Neb., and Joe Southers, Boise, Idaho. Bo-
chy is the son of current San Diego Padres manager
Bruce Bochy.
This recruiting class is a testimony to the im-
provement, not only in our facilities and program,
but in our perception across America as a program
on the rise, Price said.
Ryan Schneider
swimming
Jayhawks tally times in top 100
baseball
Jayhawks sign 10 players for 2007
football
Rockhurst cornerback commits
H a v e y o u r e a c h e d y o u r Z e n y e t ?
By Miranda Lenning
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRITER
If the Jayhawks didnt know
the importance of getting their
post players involved offensively
before the EA Sports Maui Invi-
tational Tournament, they cer-
tainly learned that lesson in the
three games they played there.
Kansas mens basketball coach
Bill Self said a big focus for the Jay-
hawks since returning from Maui,
Hawaii, was integrating offensive
opportunities for post players in-
side. Sophomore centers CJ Giles
and Sasha Kaun were vital parts
of the Jayhawks offense, both av-
eraging 11 points and 7 rebounds
in the Jayhawks three-game se-
ries. Self said he wanted to get the
two even more involved in the
Jayhawks (2-2) upcoming stretch
of games, which starts against
No. 20 Nevada (3-0) tonight at 7
in Allen Fieldhouse.
Were going to adjust some
things to get them more touches
because we didnt do a real good
job of getting them the ball,
Self said.
With that goal in mind, the Jay-
hawks will most likely run more of
a high-low offense, as opposed to
the penetrate-and-pitch style of of-
fense that they have used most of
this year.
Self said he wanted to utilize the
teams athleticism and quickness
by playing at a faster pace than in
the previous years. In order to get
the post players the ball more, play-
ers might have to shy away from
their ball-screen heavy offense
that spread the foor so the guards
could penetrate and pass the ball to
a post player.
I am not saying we are chang-
ing everything, Self said. We
just need to be more of a combi-
nation of something rather than
a ball screen, spread it and drive
it type of team.
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Mark dent
mdent@kansan.com
t one love
Maui
shows
Kansas
potential
Even though the Jayhawks
played like turkeys in their
Thanksgiving tournament in
Maui last week, theres still plen-
ty of reason to give thanks for
this team because they showed
plenty of signs of encourage-
ment.
Monday nights game against
Arizona couldnt have started
worse. The Jayhawks came out
scared, and, heck, they couldnt
get the ball past midcourt and
hadnt attempted a feld goal be-
fore they were down 7-0.
Against Arkansas, Kansas
was a little better but still lost af-
ter committing costly turnovers
late in the second half.
Kansas game was full of vis-
ible holes.
First of all, the Jayhawks
turned the ball over an unimagi-
nable 51 times combined against
Arkansas and Arizona.
They shot a miserable 10 for
36 from three-point land and
shot 40 percent from the feld
against their frst two oppo-
nents.
But those problems can be
fxed with a little bit of practice
and, more importantly, time.
The real story from Maui was
the promise this young team
showed.
On Monday against Arizona,
after falling behind by 16, the
Jayhawks showed exactly what
they could do when everyones
on the same page. Sophomore
forward Sasha Kaun took over
down low, tipping in missed
shots and pulling down every
rebound. Guards Micah Downs
and Russell Robinson both con-
nected from the outside, and
freshman forward Brandon
Rush hit leaners and lay-ups
from everywhere, and, all of a
sudden, the game was close.
Rush is a perfect example of
why to get excited about this
team. If you havent already
fallen head-over-heels for Rush,
then good luck ever fnding
love.
Rush averaged 16 points and
just under fve rebounds for the
tournament. Its not just the
numbers; hes shown athletic
ability that no other Jayhawk
has shown in his freshman cam-
paign. He made 20 of 36 shots
and hit three of four three-point
shots in the fnal two games.
Kansas third game gave fans
another reason to hope. Chami-
nade may be a Division Two
team, but Kansas still put up a
memorable effort. The Jayhawks
dulled the Swords from the get-
go, riding CJ Giles 18 frst-half
points to a 46-29 lead at the half.
Kansas won 102-54 and out-re-
bounded Chaminade 50-27.
Perhaps the most obvious rea-
son for encouragement was the
reassuring fact that young teams
always seem to struggle early.
Remember the 1999 Duke team
that included freshmen Jason Wil-
liams, Carlos Boozer, Casey Sand-
ers, and Mike Dunleavy? That
team lost its frst two games of the
season to ranked opponents and
ended up with a No. 1 seed in the
NCAA Tournament.
Now, maybe its too early to
start reserving seats in Indianap-
olis, but it is obvious that this
team can do something special
once it starts showing the prom-
ise it exhibited during parts of
the Maui Invitational.
FDent is an Overland Park
freshman in journalism.
Kansan fle photo
Sophomore center Sasha Kaun pulls down a rebound over two Idaho State defenders during the frst game of the season at Allen Field-
house. Kaun and fellow center CJ Giles will be called on to defend 20th-ranked Nevadas center Nick Fazekas, last years WAC player of
the year, tonight at Allen Fieldhouse.
t mens basketball
Freshman guard
Mario Chalmers
drives around
an Idaho State
defender in the
Nov. 18 game.
Kansas will play
No. 20 Nevada
at 7 tonight at
Allen Field-
house. Kansas
went 1-2 at the
Maui Invitation-
al last week.
Kansan fle photo
Maui on their minds
Team makes
changes to
offense, pace
t courts
Banner dispute at Mizzou Arena ends in dismissal
By Steve Lynn
slynn@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Columbia, Mo., City
Prosecutors offce has deferred
prosecution of its case against
Andrew Wymore, a former KU
student arrested at Mizzou
Arena during last years Border
Showdown basketball game.
On March 9, University of
Missouri Police Maj. Doug
Schwandt arrested Wymore on a
charge of unlawful re-entry into
Mizzou Arena.
Paul Aubrey, administrative
assistant at the City Prosecutors
offce, said the offce had deferred
prosecution, which meant it
would not proceed with the case
at this time.
Wymore, Leawood resident, said
his attorney, Gerald Mueller, called
him Nov. 23 when he received a
letter that said the case had been
dismissed. Wymores court date
was scheduled for Dec. 21.
Theres a part of me that
wanted to stare down Watring in
court, Wymore said, referring to
Missouri Police Chief Jack Wa-
tring. But its a victory anyway.
Mueller said the letter did not
give a reason why the offce de-
ferred prosecution. The offce
could re-fle the case, but Muel-
ler didnt think it would, he said.
Rose Wibbenmeyer, city pros-
ecutor, did not return phone calls
requesting comment.
Schwandt escorted Wymore
and Chris Kaufman, 2005 gradu-
ate, outside Mizzou Arena after
an altercation between Kaufman
and Watring. Kaufman and Wa-
tring were debating about a 3-
by-6-foot banner that Kaufman
hung from a railing inside the
arena. The banner read, Allen
Fieldhouse East.
An usher allowed Kaufman
to hang the banner, but Watring
started to remove the banner.
In his statement, Watring said
he started to remove the sign
because it was potentially trou-
blesome. Kaufman attempted
to stop Watring, and Watring
grabbed him by the collar,
Kaufman said.
Shortly afterward, Schwandt
approached the scene and es-
corted the men outside where
he told Wymore his ticket was
revoked. Wymore said he was
confused and wondered if he
had bought a false ticket.
I asked him why and he just
folded his arms and said, It just
has, Wymore said in the June 6
edition of The University Daily
Kansan.
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By ryan CoLaianni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
For Nevada mens basketball coach Mark Fox,
tonights game against Kansas marks a return to
Allen Fieldhouse, the building he called home
during the 1993-94 season. Fox spent that year
under former Kansas mens basketball coach Roy
Williams, observing the team while he was getting
his masters degree from Kansas.
I learned a great deal, he said. I spent a lot
of time with him and coach Holladay and coach
Dougherty and certainly have very fond memories
of my time in Lawrence.
Fox grew up in Garden City but he said he was
not good enough to play basketball for Kansas. So
he played two seasons at Garden City Community
College before transferring to Eastern New Mexico.
I grew up following the Hawks, Fox said. I
wouldnt say that I bleed blue, but I tend to root
for both Kansas and Kansas State.
Nevada has opened its season with two of its
three games on the road, winning at Vermont and
UNLV and trying to prepare for the environment
at Allen Fieldhouse.
Nothing prepares you for Allen Fieldhouse,
Fox said. It is the best place in the world to play
college basketball. There is not another arena that
you can play in to prepare you for it.
Nevada comes to Kansas boasting a 3-0 record
and is ranked 20th in the Associated Press poll
because of the play of preseason All-American ju-
nior center Nick Fazekas and sophomore guard
Marcelus Kemp.
Some believe that the Wolf Pack is the favorite
because of its place in the rankings. The Jayhawks
are unranked.
But Fox thinks otherwise.
If we are the favorite in Allen Fieldhouse, then
whoever made those odds should be drug-tested,
Fox said.
Fazekas is averaging 18 points and 8.3 rebounds
per game this season. Fox said that Fazekas would
be tested by Kansas centers Sasha Kaun and CJ
Giles. Kansas mens basketball coach Bill Self said
he has been impressed by Fazekas.
Were going to have to be very sound defen-
sively against him or hell make our young guys
not look very good, Self said. Theres a certain
way were going to have to defend him to slow
him down and not give him good looks.
Kemp, who is returning from an ACL injury,
has led the team in scoring this season with 21
points per game.
He was extremely focused throughout the off-
season, Fox said. Once he was cleared to start
working out, he has been extremely dedicated to
get into great shape and to work on his game. He
has really paid the price to play and I think that is
why he is fnding success.
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roommates may have more
benefits than you ever imagined
Karaoke queen
See how one local bartender hits
all the right notes
Nakey time
An inside look at nudist resorts
around Lawrence
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I think that some
nudists truly are just
into nature and it isnt
a sexual thing, says
psychology and human
sexuality professor,
Brad Redburn
Thurs 12/1 Fri 12/2 Sat 12/3
Abe & Jakes Landing
8 E. Sixth St. (785) 841-5855
Black Dog Coffeehouse
12815 W. 87th St. Pkwy, Lenexa
(913)-495-5515
The Blue Room
1616 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.
(816)-474-2929
The Boobie Trap Bar
1417 SW Sixth St., Topeka.
(785)-232-9008
The Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire St.
(785) 841-5483
Daveys Uptown Ramblers Club
3402 Main St. (816) 753-1909
El Torreon Ballroom
3101 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.
Gaslight Tavern
317 N. Second St. (785) 856-4330
The Granada
1020 Massachusetts St.
(785) 842-1390
Grand Emporium Saloon
3832 Main St. (816) 531-1504
Hobbs Park
10th & Delaware St. (785) 749-7394
Jackpot Saloon
943 Massachusetts St.
(785) 832-1085
Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
(785) 749-3320
Kemper Arena
1800 Genessee St., Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 513-4000
Knuckleheads Saloon,
2715 Rochester, Kansas City, Mo., 64120
Spencer Museum of Art
1300 Mississippi St. (785) 864-4710
SUA Events
www.suaevents.com
Late Night Theatre
1531 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire St.
(785) 843-2787
Lawrence Public Library
707 Vermont St. (785) 843-3833
Lawrence Visitor Center
402 N. Second St. (785) 965-4499
Liberty Hall
642 Massachusetts St.
(785) 749-1912
The Lied Center
West Campus (785) 864-2787
Neon. Granada, 10 p.m., 18+, $1 to $3
Cave In, Doomriders, Lorene Drive. El
Torreon Ballroom, 7 p.m, all ages, $10
Chubby Carrier. The Bottleneck, 9 p.m.,
18+, $8
Drag the River. Jackpot Saloon, 10 p.m.,
18+, $5
Keith Urban. Kemper Arena, 7:30 p.m.,
all ages, $35
Kennedy Luck Club. Boobie Trap Bar, 8
p.m., all ages, $5 to $6
Phaze II and Friends. Daveys Uptown, 9
p.m., 21+, FREE
Reverend Horton Heat. Beaumont Club,
8 p.m., all ages, $18
Tea Time. Kansas Union Lobby, 3:00
p.m., FREE
Cinderella Man. Kansas Union, Wood-
ruff Auditorium, level 5, 7 p.m. and 9:30
p.m., $2 or FREE with an SUA activity
card
Beauty and the Beast. Lawrence Com-
munity Theatre, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $17
for students
Festival of the Trees. last day for public
viewing, Liberty Hall, 10 a.m. to 8:30 pm,
all ages, $2 donation asked for adult ad-
mission, children are free
Avian Flu town meeting. Douglas Coun-
ty Health Department, 7 p.m., all ages,
FREE
Valley of the Dolls. Late Night Theatre,
1531 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo., 8
p.m., $18.
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian
Andersen. Crafton-Preyer Theatre,
1 p.m., $5 to $10
Peace, War and Global Change Semi-
nar, Hall Center Seminar Room, 4 p.m.,
FREE
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts Dis-
trict. Crossroads Arts District, Kansas
City, Mo., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., FREE
Night of Lights in Westport. Westport
Road at Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City,
Mo., all day, FREE
Kansas City World Holiday Market. City
Market, 20 East 5th Street, Kansas City,
Mo., 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., FREE
Valley of the Dolls. Late Night Theatre,
1531 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo., 8
p.m., $18.
Sellout. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $5
Terrible Twos. Granada, 5 p.m. to 7
p.m., all ages, $7
The Sound and the Fury, Warlok. The
Boobie Trap Bar, 9 p.m., $6 (18+), $5
(21+)
Wind in Reeds, Hoots in Horns, story-
telling. The Blue Room, 10 a.m. to 11
a.m., all ages, FREE
Chubby Carrier, Back Porch Blues Band.
Knuckleheads Saloon, 7 p.m., 21+, $15
Danielle Schnebelen. Grand Emporium,
5:30 p.m., 21+, FREE
Steven Curtis Chapman, MercyMe.
Kemper Arena, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $20
to $77
Tanner Walle Band. Fatsos, 10 p.m.,
21+, $3
U-35 DVD Magazine. Bottleneck, 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m., all ages, $5 to $7
Rob Thomas with Anna Nalick. Uptown
Theatre, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $42.50
Hee Bee Jeebies. Gaslight Tavern, 8
p.m., 18+
The Gaslights CD Release Party with
Vago and SLIMM. Daveys Uptown, 10
p.m., 21+, $6
The Esoteric, Chloe Bridges, A River
Forth. The Bottleneck, 8 p.m., all ages
Embrace Today, Seventh Star, Look
What I Did, Contra, The Lufthansa Heist,
The 29th Mark. El Torreon Ballroom, 5
p.m., all ages
The Wilders, Midday Ramblers. Liberty
Hall, 7:30 p.m., $10
Truckstop Honeymoon, Drakkar Sauna.
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2
Head Change, Crippleght, Censura.
The Boobie Trap Bar, 9 p.m., all ages, $6
(18+), $5 (21+)
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian
Andersen. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, 10
a.m., $5 to $10
2005 Holiday Art Fair. Lawrence Arts
Center, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., all ages, FREE
Pinocchio. First Saturday Players Pres-
ents at Lawrence Arts Center, 2 p.m., all
ages, $10 for students
The Nutcracker. Midland Theatre, 1228
Main St., Kansas City, Mo., Saturday/
Sunday 2 p.m., Thursday-Saturday 7:30
p.m., $23. Through December 24.
Kansas City World Holiday Market. City
Market, 20 East 5th Street, Kansas City,
Mo. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., FREE.
Valley of the Dolls. Late Night Theatre,
Kansas City, Mo., 8 p.m., $18
Where:
Weekly choice
Cave-in
Cinderella Man
Rob Thomas
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cooking with roommates
Notice
no love for pit bulls
Venue
Ducky, the karaoke queen
Contact
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Reviews
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table of contents
EDITOR AKA THE STAR
Anja Winikka
ASSOCIATE EDITOR CALL HIMWILDTHING
Brian Wacker
CLERK GETS AROUND TOWN
Leigh Ann Foskey
DESIGNERS MAKE PRETTY PAGES
Becka Cremer
Timothy Aaron Huston
PHOTOGRAPHER TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
Kit Lefer
BITE ALWAYS HAS THE MUNCHIES
Natalie Johnson
Kelsie Smith
Laura Snyder
CONTACT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEMS
Meghan Miller
Chris Moore
Katie Moyer
NOTICE TAKES NOTE OF IT
Kathryn Anderson
James Foley
Katy Humpert
VENUE HAS THE BOOZE AND THE BEAT
Rory Flynn
Lindsey Ramsey
David Ruigh
CREATIVE CONSULTANT KNOWS A LOT
Carol Holstead
Cover Photo:
Kit Lefer
On the cover:
Ernie Cooper and his friend Michael walk through
the woods at Lake Edun, a nudist resort located
southwest of Topeka
SPEAK UP
JUST SEND AN E-MAIL TO:
jayplay@kansan.com
or individually, the formula is:
(1st initial+last name@kansan.com)
ORWRITE TO:
Jayplay
The University Daily Kansan
111 Stauffer-Flint Hall
1435 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
JAYPLAYERS
If the end of semester business
of college life is getting the best of
you, there are plenty
of ways to head back to
nature, so to speak, and
rejuvenate the body. Read
poems by your favorite
Romantic poet underneath a
large tree outside of Watson
Library (in a warm oversized
parka). Roast marshmallows
with your friends around a
ickering re in the woods
near Clinton Lake. Or, take a slow walk
down the hill near Potters Lake. But,
the suggestion of walking around my
apartment naked would never have
come to mind before I read Laura
Snyders feature story, Naturally
Nude. (page 10) But that was before.
Apparently, naturists, take the clothes-
free option for a variety of
reasons. Some say nudity
makes them feel like theyre
a part of nature and a part
of creation. Others say they
just enjoy the free feeling.
Im not so sure that Id
be ready to try the nudity
thing; doing the dishes and
writing out my rent checks
naked might make my male
roommate feel a bit uncomfortable.
And Im not so sure his girlfriend
would appreciate it much either.
But hey, if I ever end up changing my
mind, Ill know just the place to go.
Anja Winikka
no clothes, no problem
VOLUME 3, ISSUE 14
Editors Note
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Key West Jazz Quartet. Stone Creek, 6
p.m., all ages, Free
Ardys and Bradford, Bomstad. Gaslight
Tavern, 7:30 p.m., 21+
The Bus Co. Harbour Lights, 9 p.m., 21+,
Free
Dirty Boogie. Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m.,
21+, Free
Head of Femur. The Replay Lounge, 10
p.m., 21+, $2
Sunday Night Jazz at the Taproom.
Eighth Street Taproom, 10 p.m., 21+, $2
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian
Andersen, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, 2:30
p.m., $5 to $10
Beauty and the Beast. Lawrence Com-
munity Theatre, 2:30 pm, all ages, $15
for students
Waxman Open House. Noon to 5 p.m.,
all ages, FREE
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos.
Arrowhead Stadium, 3:15 p..m., ticket
information, (816)931-3330
Night of Lights in Westport. Westport
Road at Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City,
Mo., all day, FREE
The Nutcracker. Midland Theatre,
Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m., Thurs-
day through Saturday 7:30 p.m., $23
Through December 24
Beyond Blue Mondays. Jackpot Saloon,
5:30 p.m., 18+, Free
Statuesque. Swarthout Recital Hall, 7:30
p.m., all ages, Free
Zack Hexum, Tanner Walle. Fatsos, 9
p.m., 21+, $5 to $7
Unwed Sailor. The Replay Lounge, 10
p.m., 21+, $2
E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. Davys Uptown, 10
p.m., 21+
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian
Andersen, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, 1
p.m., $5 to $10
Valley of the Dolls. Late Night Theatre,
8 p.m., $18.
Mass Appeal w/ Sku, Konsept and
Aether. Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m., 21+,
FREE
Tuesday Night Swing. Ecumenical
Christian Ministries, 9 p.m., all ages, $1
Kiosk Release and Reading. Aimees
Coffee House, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE
Tuesday Night Folk Concert. Signs of
Life, 8 p.m., all ages, FREE
Little Shop of Horrors. Music Hall Kan-
sas City, 8 p.m., $42.50 to $47.50
Children under 5 not admitted.
Flashback Film Series: The Breakfast
Club. Kansas Union, Woordruff Audito-
rium, 7 p.m., all ages, $1 or FREE with
SUA Activity Card.
The best reason we could think of to go
see this was to brush up on your sweet
80s insult lines. Try this one (a la Judd
Nelson) out soon, Does Barry Manilow
know that you raid his wardrobe?
Sun 12/4
Tues 12/6
Mon 12/5
Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies. John-
nys Tavern, 6 p.m., 21+, FREE
SUA Poetry Slam. Hawks Nest, 7 p.m.,
all ages, FREE
Fresh Ink Poetry Slam. Jazzhaus, 10
p.m., 21+, $3
Brody Buster Band. Fatsos, 10 p.m.,
21+, FREE to $3
Acoustic Open Mic Night. Jazzhaus, 10
p.m., 21+, $2
Womens Basketball vs. UMKC. Allen
Fieldhouse, 7 p.m., all ages
Call 800-34-HAWKS for ticket info
Wed 12/7
Weekly choice
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Gabby Quigle, Portland, Ore. senior,
lived with ve female roommates and
three of their
boyfriends her
sophomore year.
With classes and
extracurricular ac-
tivities, the room-
mates rarely saw
one another. To
make sure they
had time to social-
ize and bond with
each other, they
scheduled house
dinners together two or three times a
week.
Jenny Gross, Auburn junior and
proctor of Margaret Amini Scholarship
Hall, agrees that
cooking together
is a fun way for
roommates to
bond. Gross is in
charge of divvy-
ing up cooking
and cleaning du-
ties for the halls
50 residents, who
take turns prepar-
ing meals lunch
and dinner on
weekdays and dinner on weekends.
Gross says cooking for the other resi-
dents builds community. Youre cook-
ing for your own people, she says.
Stretch your dollar
The cost of food preparation also
weighs in, says Gross. Because the resi-
dents at Margaret Amini prepare their
own meals instead of paying someone
else to do it, students save more mon-
ey than they would on a residence hall
meal plan.
Quigle says her roommates saved
money by each buying only one part
of the meal the salad, meat, bread or
dessert which was cheaper than buy-
ing all of the ingredients to cook for
themselves individually. Leftovers are
an added bonus. We always had big
meals with lots of leftovers that were
up for grabs, she says.
Make a plan for dining
Susan Fee, counselor at Lakeland
Community College in Kirtland, Ohio
and author of My Roommate is Driving
Me Crazy, suggests that roommates es-
tablish a food policy before moving in
together in order to avoid conict later.
If you do decide to have meals to-
gether, how will you split the bill? Who
will be in charge of cooking and clean-
up? After youve answered those ques-
tions, plan out a couple weekly dinners
with your roomies and get cooking.
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Sharing the cooking
responsibilities with your
roommates will help you
bond and save some cash
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Family-style
By Laura Snyder, Jayplay writer
What youll need:
Lettuce
Tomato
Cheese
Onion
Ground beef
Packet of taco seasoning
Taco shells
Preparation: Have one roommate brown
the ground beef in a skillet and add taco
seasoning while the others chop lettuce,
tomato, and onion and grate cheese.
Have another roommate experiment with
making homemade salsa to accompany
the tacos, or mix margaritas to top off
your festive meal.
Taco night
Figure out what meal you want to pre-
pare before going to the grocery store.
Make a list of the ingredients, and
decide who will be responsible for each
menu item.
Take turns with food responsibilities.
Dont make one roommate always buy
the meat while the others have less
expensive items like bread or salad.
Roommate dinner tips
What youll need:
1 box of spaghetti noodles
1 jar of spaghetti sauce
Ground beef or Italian sausage
Loaf of bread
Salad (lettuce, vegetables, dressing)
Preparation: While the spaghetti is boil-
ing, have one roommate brown ground
beef (or Italian sausage if you want a little
spice) in a skillet and add spaghetti sauce.
Another roommate can chop vegetables
such as peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms
and onions for the salad. Someone else
can slice French or Italian bread, butter it,
sprinkle with garlic powder and place it
under the broiler until toasty. And dont
forget the wine!
Spaghetti dinner
Ingredients:
Ground beef
Packet of chili seasoning
Can of red beans
Can of diced tomatoes
1 onion (chopped)
1 to 2 cups water
Sour cream
Grated cheddar cheese
Jalapenos
Fritos chips
1 box Jiffy yellow cake mix
1 box Jiffy corn bread mix
Preparation: One roommate can fry out the
hamburger and onion in a pot, add the oth-
er ingredients and bring to a boil. The chili
should simmer for an hour or two before
serving topping with sour cream, grated
cheddar cheese, jalapenos and Fritos chips.
Meanwhile, another roommate can make
cornbread for a side. Combine the corn
bread and cake mix for an extra-sweet corn
bread. Follow the instructions on the back
of the boxes.
Chili and cornbread
Models:
Dave Stevens
and Joy Lawson
Kit Lefer/ Jayplay photographer
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Recipe
corner
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose our
1 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups (11 oz. pkg.) Reeses Peanut
Butter and Milk Chocolate Chips, divided
1/4 teaspoon shortening
(dont use butter, margarine or oil)
Directions (makes about 6 dozen bars):
1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease a one-
inch 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 jelly roll pan.
2. Stir together brown sugar, butter and
granulated sugar in large bowl; beat in eggs
and vanilla. Add our and salt,
beating just until blended. Stir in 1 1/2
cups chips; spread batter in prepared pan.
3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until
wooden pick, inserted in center,
comes out clean and surface is lightly
browned. Cool completely; cut into bars.
4. Place remaining 1/4 cup chips and
shortening in small microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave on high (100%) 30 seconds; stir.
If necessary, microwave at high an addition-
al 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each
heating, until chips are melted and mixture
is smooth when stirred. Drizzle over bars.
source: www.hersheyskitchens.com
Kelsie Smith
Reeses peanut butter and milk
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Zen Zero, 811 Massachusetts St., gets a lot out of
a little, and you do too. The long narrow restaurant is
crammed with dozens of tables, a full bar (including
Fat Tire on tap) and beautifully framed ethnic art; but it
doesnt seem crowded or stuffy. Where the efciency
really comes in, though, is the food. The Thai noodle
shop offers massive proportions for microscopic prices
and its quality too. Zen Zero, the sister restaurant of
La Parilla, offers appetizers, varied pasta dishes, both
spicy and mild, a curry section and no fewer than seven
vegetarian dishes; theres something for everybody.
Price: $3 to $13
We recommend: Phad Thai with chicken
Winner: Best Vegetarian Restaurant,
University Daily Kansan, 2003 and 2004
Visit: www.zen-zero.com
Natalie Johnson
Zen Zero
811 Massachusetts St.
chocolate chip blondies
How new laws are
taking dogs away
from their owners
The
Ill never forget the morning I re-
ceived the phone call. On that Saturday
morning, my friend Damien told me
Rocky had been detained by the police
in Pittsburg the night before. What had
he done? I had never seen Rocky act
aggressively toward anyone. He was
the type of dog who immediately loved
everyone he saw, choosing to smother
strangers with kisses or wag his tail so
fast he looked like he could y away like
a helicopter. I couldnt imagine him do-
ing anything to merit being taken into
custody. Then Damien explained the
terrible truth: Rocky was in trouble not
because of his actions, but because of
his over-sized head, powerful jaws and
muscular body.
Rocky is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, a
breed of dog most often classied as a
pit bull. Pittsburg is one of more than 30
Kansas towns with laws that ban or re-
strict pit bulls. These types of ordinanc-
es are called Breed Specic Legislation
(BSL) and are a fast growing trend na-
tionwide, with bans on pit bulls in major
cities like Denver and Cincinnati. BSL
most commonly targets pit bulls. As a
result, more than 380 dogs were put
down based on their breed this summer
in Denver alone.
El Dorado is another town that bans
pit bulls. This law affects all pit bulls,
not just strays. This means that anyone
with a pit bull wanting to move to El Do-
rado must either get rid of the dog or
move outside the city limits. Denver is
facing the same problems, with some
residents choosing to move rather than
give up their pet. Brian Shepherd, may-
or of El Dorado, says the city instated
this ban in 1988 in response to a grow-
ing number of biting incidents by pit
bulls in the city. He says pit bulls were
specically targeted because of their
physical strength and temperament.
Even though he agrees that the real
problem is the owners who breed pit
bulls specically for ghting or as attack
dogs, Shepherd says banning pit bulls
is the only real way to protect against a
possible fatal incident.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), 4.7 mil-
lion Americans are bitten by dogs every
year, with only 12 of these bites result-
ing in fatality. And, while pit bulls and
Rottweilers are responsible for close to
75 percent of these fatal bites, the CDC
emphasizes that there is no measure to
determine which breeds are more likely
to kill. The American Veterinary Medical
Association, the National Association
for Animal Control and the American
Kennel Club all agree.
Pit bulls have a bad reputation. Just
saying the word can evoke fear in some
people who immediately recall a story
about a pit bull killing a child some-
where.
Courtney Brennaman, Shawnee
sophomore, says she thinks pit bulls
are more aggressive than most dogs.
She attributes this belief to news stories
about their violent behavior. Ive never
heard of, like a Shetland, killing some-
body, she says.
Marcy Setter, director of marketing
and public relations at Pit Bull Rescue
Central, says the news media, along
with general ignorance, is responsible
for pit bulls bad reputation. She says
they have been unofcially chosen as
the current media monster.
For this reason, stories about pit bull
attacks make national news, while at-
tacks by other breeds of dogs are rarely
mentioned.
Another problem, according to Jen-
nifer Thomas,
creator of www.
stopbsl.com, is
mi si nf ormat i on
in the media. In
2001, Diane Whip-
ple was mauled to
death by two Pre-
sa Canarios in San
Francisco. Thomas
says initial news
reports misidenti-
ed the dogs as pit bulls.
I still talk to people today who re-
member the dogs as pit bulls, Thomas
says.
Contrary to media reports and dog
ordinances, a pit bull is not a breed of
dog. Thomas says a pit bull is a term
that encompasses three breeds of dogs,
the American Staffordshire Terrier, the
American Pit Bull Terrier and the Staf-
fordshire Bull Terrier. She adds that pit
bulls come in a variety of shapes and
sizes and look strikingly similar to a doz-
en different breeds of dogs. For this rea-
son, legislation banning pit bulls does
not ban a genetic breed, but dogs that
simply look dangerous.
Moreover, the pit bull breeds are not
generally more aggressive toward hu-
mans than other dogs. According to the
American Temperament Test Society,
a not-for-prot organization that tests
breeds for temperament, the pit bull
breeds rank very high among other
breeds for their friendly disposition.
They even outrank Golden Retrievers.
Lawrence has a dog ordinance that
seizes dogs only
if it has attacked
or threatened hu-
mans or other
dogs. Sue Hack,
Lawrence City
Commi ssi oner,
says even though
the commission
discussed instat-
ing a BSL, re-
search has shown
that BSL has serious aws.
Regardless of a dogs genetic traits,
Thomas says the dogs owner is ulti-
mately responsible for the dogs be-
havior. She says any breed of dog can
become dangerous through an owners
neglect or abuse.
BSL deals with dangerous dogs in a
completely backwards fashion; it holds
dogs responsible for their owners ac-
tions, says Thomas.
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1970s German Shepards
1980s Doberman Pinschers
1990s Rottweilers
According to Marcy Setter, from Pit Bull
Rescue Central
Targeted by the
media
By Katy Humpert, Jayplay writer
puppy
prejudice
Pictured above: Damien Annuschats
young pit bull, Rocky.
Photo contribution: Katy Humpert
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Guy 1: This guy was
blasting Korn around the
Chi Omega fountain. Like
old school, ffth grade Korn.
Guy 2: Nice!
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have clean rooms. (To
student) Is your room
clean?
Student: Yeah, when my
wifes out of town.
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Flashing red lights zoom across the makeshift
stage. A motley crew of patrons sip beers at the
bar, mildly interested in what is about to happen.
Dressed all in black, Wendy Casebier, known to regu-
lars as Ducky, puts down her tray and takes a deep
breath. She walks slowly to the DJ and makes her
song selection. The TV with the words to her song is
behind her but the crowd is in front, so it becomes
a delicate balance between facing her audience and
taking refuge in the words behind her. The music
thumps out of the speakers and amidst one of the
most eclectic audiences in town, she begins to wail
Lets Hear It For The Boys, from Footloose and the
audience is enamored. The Topeka senior has won
them over. Just another
Monday at Duffys Lounge,
where karaoke rules the night.
Ducky does Duffys
By day, Casebier already
has a KU theatre degree and is
working on a teaching degree.
But by nightfall, she retreats to
the Econo Lodge and to Duffys
Lounge, the oft-overlooked
hotel bar. Complete with pool
tables, TVs and a wooden bar.
Its a little gem hidden off 6th
Street.
Duffys attracts all sorts of
people. Since the bar is in a ho-
tel we get anyone and everyone
here. The nice thing is that all of them can sit in the
same room and enjoy, Casebier says.
Casebier began working at Duffys six months ago
but she wasnt always the go-to karaoke girl. She
mostly works as a bartender but since her former
job at Jackpot Saloon included singing karaoke,
she couldnt resist the chance that Duffys Monday
nights provided. Steve Noble, manager and bar-
tender at Duffys, says Casebier is one of his best
bartenders. He says she is friendly and fun to work
with, which is important to him because he doesnt
want someone stiff. He wants someone who can
have fun at work and, in turn, make the customers
have fun, especially with Duffys diverse crowd.
We have a wide age range, anywhere from 21 to
71. Sometimes we get old ladies out there dancing
to hip-hop. The bar is just really laid back so we will
try to do whatever a customer wants, Noble says.
As for Casebier, karaoke is the one thing she will
usually oblige the customers with.
I usually start busting it out when we are slow
and the current guests want a good laugh. However,
I end up surprising them a lot and sometimes my-
self, Casebier says.
Duffys affords Casebier a
chance to brush up on her
love of singing, which began
with her high school choir. She
started formal training during
her undergraduate work and
she now has four years of train-
ing with a vocal coach. Shes
also sung as a beer wench at
the Kansas City Renaissance
Festival. Casebiers friend, Lara
Mann, Hays senior, says she rst
saw Casebier sing when they
both auditioned for a Hashinger
Hall production of The Rocky
Horror Picture Show.
We all were out in the hall
when she went in for her audi-
tion. When she started we all stopped talking and
listened to her sing. She blew us all away, Mann
says.
Casebier says Duffys diverse crowd often brings
in customers of a different breed. One positive trait
of the Duffys clientele is that sometimes after cus-
tomers hear her sing they will offer her money to
sing more. She recalls one funny moment when a
customer offered her $50 for a dance. She ultimate-
ly obliged just to get him off her back.
By Lindsey Ramsey, Jayplay writer
Wendy Casebier sings her heart out every
week and she thinks you should too
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Above: Casebier belting out a tune at
Duffys Lounge Monday karaoke nights
Photos by Lindsey Ramsey
Do choose a song you know back
ward and forwards
Do not choose a song that is too
long (hello, Meatloaf)
Do dance along to the song while
singing; otherwise you will just
look awkward
Do not perform a dance you made
up to the song in middle school
Do choose a song that will make
your friends laugh
Do not choose a song that will alien-
ate the entire audience with its in-
appropriateness or obscurity
Karaoke Dos and Donts
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Killing them with karaoke
As a seasoned karaoke performer,
Casebier says karaoke matters because
people may be able to sing or perform and
they didnt know it. On top of it, she says,
if you are not scared to do it, others will
laugh when you mess up but they laugh
with you and not at you, because youre
are all in the same boat.
Everyone comes out feeling like they
had a good time. Some people never get
to have the spotlight in real life. Karaoke
gives them the spotlight, Casebier says.
She says rst time karaoke singers should
do a song that they know forwards and
backwards. She also recommends that a few minutes before its their turn they
should take a shot of liquor. She says in no time they will be a karaoke pro with-
out any liquid courage.
Just pick a song and give it a try
Rob Drew, author of Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody, began his
love affair with karaoke after a rendition of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes If
You Dont Know Me By Now. He says before karaoke, there werent a lot of
opportunities for public singing. A lot of singing rituals and practices faded out
early in the 20th century, partly because of technologies like the phonograph.
He says that it used to be that amateur choruses were abundant in the United
States and most homes had a parlor piano, but by the times the Roaring 20s
came along, most people were content to get their music from records and ra-
dio. So, Drew says, karaoke is unique in that its brought back singing, using the
very technologies that led to the decline of singing in the rst place. For karaoke
virgins, Drew says dont take yourself too seriously and dont think too much of
yourself, no matter what your abilities.
In karaoke its less
important to be a great
singer than to have the
right attitude. Most ka-
raoke bars have a very
supportive atmosphere,
Drew says.
As for what makes
a good karaoke song,
Drew pleads that rst-
timers dont sing any-
thing to long.
No Paradise City. No
Paradise by the Dash-
board Light. No paradise
anything, Drew says.
Casebier also has opin-
ions on what makes a
good karaoke song. She
says it matters more on the delivery of the song than what song you choose.
For example, Again was a successful one for me because I really could sing
it the way Janet Jackson did. However, the song Strokin I cant get to sound like
the radio version, so I play with it by acting a little more goofy and getting into
the song instead of worrying about perfection. People will listen to you sing if
you just believe in how you are singing it, Casebier says. In other words a little
condence can lead the way to anyones karaoke success.
You just have to be willing to pick up the microphone.
Feeling the need for a little perk
in your step? Stop by Zs Divine
Espresso Downtown, 10 E. 9th
St., and have friendly barista Holly
Wrensch make you a drink. Wrensch
has worked at Zs since last July and
has since attracted quite a few caf-
feine-charged patrons.
Wrensch, from Marsheld, Wis.,
received her bachelors degree from
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point and then attained her masters
degree from the University of Colo-
rado. Wrensch recently received her
doctorate in musical arts at KU as a
classically trained vocalist.
Ironically, she stays clear of the
black stuff and says she enjoys serv-
ing coffee rather than drinking it.
She prefers sipping on a cup of Zs
ne selection of teas instead opting
to preserve her beautiful voice rath-
er than drinking a cup of Joe.
Her specialty drink is a Rocky Rac-
coon Frapp. It consists of a blend-
ed double-shot of espresso and half
and half combined with chocolate,
caramel and hazelnut syrups over
ice.
If youre feeling something warm-
er for the cold holiday season, try
one of her warm egg nog chai lat-
ts.
Rory Flynn
Though your dingy basement
may seem like a rec room now
that you added that second-
hand ping-pong table, its got
nothing on The Pool Room,
925 Iowa St. Tucked discreetly
behind The Merc, the bar is a
drunk-gamers paradise, boast-
ing arcade games, pinball, a
dart board and two big-screen
TVs. And, as the name implies,
The Pool Room is chock-full of
tables. The four professional-
size tables go for an hourly
rate of $6 and games on the
two-dozen smaller tables are
50 cents each; on most nights
all pool is free after midnight.
Stop by on a Thursday night,
grab some greasy food from
the kitchen, and enjoy one of
the best almost-the-weekend
specials in Lawrence: $2 im-
ports!
Dave Ruigh
The Pool Room
925 Iowa St.
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Henry Ts Bar & Grill
3520 W. Sixth St., (785) 749-2999,
Karaoke every other Saturday
Quintons Bar & Deli
615 Massachusetts St., (785) 842-6560,
Karaoke one Monday a month, call for
details
Duffys Lounge
(inside the Econo Lodge)
2222 W. Sixth St., (785) 842-7030,
Karaoke every Monday or on request
Aching to sing your heart out?
Try these other Lawrence karaoke venues
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11

By Laura Snyder, Jayplay writer
Naturally nude
Myths and misconceptions
give naturism a bad rap, but for
some, nudity just feels natural
Quotes about Naturism according
to the International Naturist Society,
www.clothesfree.com:
What spirit is so empty and blind,
that it cannot recognize the fact that
the foot is more noble than the shoe,
and skin more beautiful that the gar-
ment with which it is clothed?
Michaelangelo
Quoting the book of Genesis,
They were nude but they were not
ashamed. Furthermore, because
God created it, The human body
can remain nude and uncovered and
preserve its splendor and its beauty.
Pope John Paul II
Nudity is undignifed and an error
of taste. Adolf Hitler
They said it...
O
On a warm afternoon in September,
Stephanie Cooper sits at a picnic table
in front of a calm lake, absorbed in her
Bible. She takes notes in preparation for
the church youth class shell teach the
next day. As the afternoon continues to
heat up, shell re-apply sunscreen, her
skins only protection against the warm
sun she isnt wearing any clothes.
In fact, no one at Lake Edun (appropri-
ately, nude spelled backwards) wears
clothes. Established in 1982, the 60-acre
site southwest of Topeka is a refuge for
naturists, a European term that means
the same as nudists. Naturism is the
preferred term of most nudist organiza-
tions because its a little more discreet,
says Nicky Hoffman of The Naturist So-
ciety, a national association of naturist
clubs across the country.

Contrary to stereotypes, Stephanie and
her husband Ernie, a mechanical contrac-
tors from Lenexa, dont look like aging
hippies resembling Dharmas parents

from Dharma and Greg. Outside of Lake
Edun, the gray-haired, church-going
couple is respectably dressed like
they could be your parents. In fact they
are parents. The Coopers have eight chil-
dren, aged 18 to 31. With all but one child
out of the house, Ernie, president of the
Lake Edun Foundation, enjoys living out
his naturist lifestyle at home. He sleeps
nude, wakes up to feed the cats and dog
in the nude and only puts on clothes
when its time to leave for work. When
he gets home, he showers and doesnt
dress again. Id walk out to my mailbox
nude and get the paper if I wasnt afraid
the neighbors would call the police, Er-
nie says.
The Coopers frst visited Lake
Edun in 2002 after Ernie
learned about natur-
ism on the Internet.
Ernie says he was
concerned about
one of his sons
problems with
por nogr aphy
and had been researching ways to help
him when he came across the topic of
naturism. He says the idea of nudity as
healthy and positive
struck him as odd.
He continued to read
about naturism and
e-mailed several na-
turists across the
country. One was Jim
Cunningham from
Newport, Vt., who
soon became a good
friend and a mentor
to Ernie. Even with
Cunninghams en-
couragement, Ernie
was still a bit skepti-
cal. I fnally asked
him, How do you deal
with those naughty
parts? Ernie says.
And he said, Who
told you those parts
were naughty?
Naturism has a long history. After all,
the ancient Greeks are known to have
competed in the nude during the frst
Olympics. In more recent times, accord-
ing to a Naturist Society pamphlet, Ger-
mans during the early 1900s enjoyed out-
side nudist activities as a contrast to the
rapid urbanization and industrialization
of society. The pamphlet asserts that they
believed being nude
put them closer to na-
ture. Lee Baxandall,
founder of The Natur-
ist Society, helped to
develop naturism in
the United States dur-
ing the 1970s. Howev-
er, the U.S. seems to
have been slower at
accepting nudity as a
virtuous practice than
Europe, where today
nudity is not thought
to be shameful or sin-
ful.
Sex and naturism
Ov e r c omi ng
societys misconcep-
tions about naturism
is a challenge, Ernie
Cooper says. Of the 75 to 100 members
at Lake Edun, the median age is 54. Ernie
attributes the absence of younger people
to a lack of education and understanding
about naturism.
Sarah Stacy, Germantown, Md., senior
and member of the facebook.com group
KU Nudist Club, says she considers
herself a naturist as a sort of rebellion
against societys idea that women should
strive for physical perfection. Although
she has swum nude while visiting El Sal-
vador, Stacy says she does not care to
visit a nudist camp. I would think that
would attract perverts just trying to get a
free show, she says.
Ernie says there is a big myth that nud-
ist camps involve sex or group orgies.
Sex and the naked body are not synony-
mous, Ernie says. Ads and movies all
show the sexual side of nudity. But as hu-
man beings, were all a little deeper than
that.
Hoffman agrees with Ernie. I get
calls from radio shows all the time, and
they cant believe we do the same thing
at nude beaches that they do at regu-
lar beaches, she says. In fact, Hoffman
thinks seeing someone in a skimpy bath-
ing suit is more sexual than seeing some-
one who is nude. After all, she says, we
use clothing to cover our faws and ac-
centuate our best parts. Almost no one
looks better naked than clothed, Hoffman
says. There are no perfect tens, she
says.
Brad Redburn, professor of human sex-
uality and psychology at Johnson County
Community College in Overland Park,
says it is possible for nudity to be non-
sexual. I think that some nudists truly
are just into nature and it isnt a sexual
thing, Redburn says. However, I think
there are nudists who do it for sexual
reasons. I think there are people on both
sides of the coin.
But Lake Edun and other naturist
groups have no tolerance for sexual ac-
tivity in public. Sexual comments are
frowned upon at Lake Edun and Ernie
says anyone behaving inappropriately
will be escorted out and have their name
added to a Do not admit list. There are
going to be creeps no matter where you
go in life, if theyre in a coffee shop or at
the beach, Hoffman says.
The myth associating nudity with sexu-
ality can be harmful. Ernie remembers
a young woman who tried out for one
of Lake Eduns nude plays, only to have
her boss threaten to fre her if she par-
ticipated. As a result of such discrimina-
tion, naturists have an unspoken under-
standing not to out anyone they may
encounter at a club or resort.
Other rules of etiquette at Lake Edun
help maintain its family-friendly image.
Genital piercings are banned from Lake
Edun. What would a piercing be there
for? Stephanie Cooper asks. Its there
to draw attention to that area, to try to
accentuate something.
Men new to naturism tend to fear be-
coming visibly aroused by all the nudity
and causing embarrassment or insult,
says Ernie. However, he says this rarely
happens. Ernie says young men are usu-
ally too nervous to get erections. If some-
one does, he will be expected to excuse
himself from the group or cover himself
with a towel.
Religious perspective
Some people actually see naturism as
a spiritual practice, says Walter M. Green
III, founder of the Maryland Area Naturist
Association. They see it as a connection
to God and creation, he says. When you
take off your clothing, you feel like youre
part of nature, part of creation.
A lifelong Christian, Ernie says he al-
ways bought into the idea that modest
dress lead to modest behavior. He says
he also sees a tendency, among con-
servative Christians, to associate sexual
body parts with sexual behavior. But it
was never explained to me that there is
a separation between what you are and
what you do, Ernie says.
George Franck, a 25-year-old self-em-
ployed naturist from Gladstone, Mo., be-
lieves the Bible does not condemn or con-
done a nude lifestyle. Franck, the public
relations and membership offcer of the
Heartland Naturists, a Kansas City-based
naturist group, describes himself and his
family as pretty religious. Citing John
21:7, Franck recounts the story of how
Simon Peter, a fsherman, worked in the
nude because his job was messy. Franck
points out that in the biblical times, cloth-
ing was a luxury afforded only by the
rich, and it was perfectly acceptable and
not at all sinful for people like garden-
ers and fsherman to be nude.
Family-friendly
Obviously, most people in todays soci-
ety do not accept nudismnor do they
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Naturists relax at Lake Edun, a naturist resort nearTopeka Kit Leffer/ Jayplay photographer
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incorporate it into their daily lives. When
Ernie decided the naturist lifestyle was
for him, he says he knew he had to tell
his kids. With his children gathered in
the living room one day, Ernie walked
in naked and sat down. I said, Theres
going to be some changes around
here, says Ernie. The kids were sur-
prised and a few of them say they still
dont understand why their parents are
naturists. Some of the kids think Ive
gone off the deep end and some think
Im still in a mid-life crises, he says.
Jamie, the Coopers 24-year-old
daughter, says she was initially shocked,
but has since gotten used to the idea.
Her parents invited her and her siblings
to join them at Lake Edun and try the
naturist lifestyle, but Jamie says she
wasnt interested. Im not comfortable
with doing things like that, partly be-
cause Ive been raised that you always
stay dressed unless youre in the show-
er or at the doctors offce, she says.
Now that she has learned not to view
nudity as sexual, Stephanie questions
her past parenting approaches. I won-
der how much harm we did do the kids
by enforcing the
modesty thing, she
says. If she could
do it over, Stepha-
nie says she would
not insist that the
bathroom door
stay closed or place
such an emphasis
on privacy.
Lake Edun, like
many naturist re-
sorts, is actually a
family place, and
children are wel-
come to attend
with their parents.
George Franck and his wife Heather, 22,
decided to raise their children, Austin, 5
and Brianna, 21 months, in the naturist
lifestyle. The Francks attend the Heart-
land Naturists monthly nude swims
and visit Lake Edun whenever they can.
George says he spent time with rela-
tives in a rural area as a child, where
nudity was accepted and nothing to
be ashamed of. As a result, he says he
thinks he is more secure about his ap-
pearance. In contrast, George says his
brother and sister, who did not spend
as much time in the rural area with the
relatives, grew up with much different
body images. My brother and sister
are both very worried about how they
look, my sister to the point of thinking
she needs to diet all the time, although
shes very ft, George says. Her conf-
dence and self-image are based on how
others view her, not how she views her-
self.
Nicky Hoffman from The Naturist So-
ciety points out research, including a
1988 study by R.J. Lewis and L. H. Janda
and a 1979 study by M. D. Story, shows
that children who have grown up in a
naturist home are better adjusted and
less likely to have problems with eating
disorders or promiscuity as teens. Red-
burn, psychology and human sexuality
professor, agrees. I think naturism may
even contribute to healthy attitudes to-
ward ones body and sexuality in adult-
hood, he says.
At Lake Edun, clothing is optional
for children until age 18. Hoffman says
adolescents, even those raised in the
naturist lifestyle, tend to lose interest
or avoid participating while their bodies
are changing. However, she says they
typically come back to naturism when
they have children of their own and
want to raise them in that lifestyle.
Body image and health
Redburn acknowledges that while nu-
dity may make some people feel inad-
equate about their bodies, it may also
prevent it. People who are comfortable
being nudists seem to be more comfort-
able with sexuality in general, he says.
While encouraging a positive body
image is one reason the Francks have
chosen to raise their children as natur-
ists, George emphasizes the connection
between body acceptance and a healthy
lifestyle. While George admits he has a
beer belly, he believes naturism aids
self-acceptance of
features such as
large ears, exces-
sive body hair and
even skin color.
Accept what you
cant change and
work on the things
you can, but dont
obsess over it, he
says.
The Naturist
Society actually
offers workshops
around the coun-
try about eating
right and exercis-
ing, Hoffman says. We believe that
people should be healthy, but every-
bodys healthy is different, she says.
When Georges wife, Heather frst
attended a nude swim hosted by the
Heartland Naturists, she fell victim to
a common misconception: naturists
are all beautiful people with model-
type bodies. I was scared to death and
about ready to cry, Heather, a curvy
blonde, says of her frst experience at
a nude swim. I thought that everyone
was going to be thin and prettier. I won-
dered, why someone who is not very ft
would go into a place completely nude
and not feel ashamed of themselves?
But once Heather entered the pool area,
she says she was surprised at how nice
everyone was. Strangers introduced
themselves and chatted with the couple.
They werent staring at me or checking
me out, says Heather. Once Heather f-
nally realized that naturism wasnt what
she thought, she says she started feel-
ing better about herself. She noticed
she had better self-esteem about her
body and didnt worry as much about
what other people thought of her.
Stephanie Cooper learned this lesson
as well. My legs are like roadmaps,
and not once has anyone said anything
about my varicose veins, she says.
In addition to the positive body im-
age that comes with naturism, being
nude just feels good. Hoffman says
shes heard everything from the feeling
of freedom to how nice it is not to get
sand in your bathing suit. Swimming
with no clothes on just felt nice, says
Heather Franck, referring to her frst ex-
perience at the nude swim.
Try it
Along with the hesitance of society in
the U.S. to see nudity as anything other
than sinful, naturist clubs and resorts
are still scarce in some areas. Nebras-
ka doesnt have any, so naturists from
Omaha and Lincoln make the drive to
Lake Edun or Heartland Naturist events
on a fairly regular basis. Both organiza-
tions also draw visitors from Iowa and
Missouri.
To attend Lake Edun, a landed na-
turist club, (meaning it actually has its
own property) all prospective naturists
need to do is just show up. Although
Lake Edun is a membership-based club,
unannounced visitors are welcome. But
all visitors are asked to present identif-
cation for security purposes. New natur-
ists may want to frst attend Lake Edun
on visitor weekends, with an optional
clothing rule, until they decide to stay.
Ernie says this is to prevent gawking,
and also because clothed people tend
to feel uncomfortable being the only
ones not in the nude.
The Heartland Naturists are a non-
landed organization, but the group
holds several events throughout the
year, including bowling, dinners, and
a run/walk/jog, in addition to their
monthly nude swims in Lenexa. George
Franck says those who want to attend
a Heartland Naturist event should send
an e-mail to hnclub@kcsky.net.
Heartland Cove at Smithville Lake in
Smithville, Mo., is not an offcially rec-
ognized naturist beach, but the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers has so far
tolerated its use as such, says George
Franck. Other area naturist organiza-
tions include Prairie Haven, about 25
miles south of Topeka, and Shady Lane
near Hutchinson.
Before attending a naturist event,
Stephanie Cooper recommends doing
some research into the organization.
Those new to naturism might want to
fnd out if an organization is clothing-
optional or clothes-free. Some groups
are open only to couples and families,
while others allow singles.
A warning, though: Green says some
organizations that call themselves na-
turist or nudist clubs may be involved
in drugs or sexual activities, which are
not in alignment with naturism. A good
bet would be to seek out a group affli-
ated either with The Naturist Society or
the International Naturists Association,
says Green.
And, Ernie acknowledges that natur-
ism isnt for everyone. I think there are
people who have so many hang-ups
that they just cant do it, he says. So-
ciety has so deeply engrained that into
us.
If you do decide to visit a naturist or-
ganization, bring a towel. Hoffman says
this is one of the most important rules
of naturist etiquette no one wants to
sit on a lawn chair that your exposed
genitals have touched. You may feel
uncomfortable for the frst fve minutes
until you realize no one is looking at
you.
Benjamin Franklin took daily naked
air baths.
Presidents John Quincy Adams, Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson
all enjoyed skinny dipping.
President John Quincy Adams took a
nude swim every morning in the Po-
tomac River. Anne Royall became the
frst female journalist to interview a
president when she followed Adams
to the river and sat on his clothes until
he agreed to an interview with her.
Source: www.clothesfree.com
Even our founding fathers?
Naturists prefer their nomenclature over the
term nudists. They say the lifestyle has
nothing to do with sexuality or perversion
but rather it provides them with a better
self-image.
Kit Leffer/ Jayplay photographer
contact
Back when Stephanie Bottoms, Oma-
ha junior, thought she was heterosex-
ual, she went on a date with one of her
guy friends. They went out for lunch.
She had already eaten but he hadnt. I
was going for the company, not for the
food. she says. She decided not to let
him eat alone, so she got a salad. While
waiting for the food, Bottoms took a
toothpick from the table and stuck it in
her mouth. Take...that toothpickout
of your mouth, her date said rudely.
When the date was over, he also criti-
cized Bottoms for only getting a salad.
There was no second date.
In short, he was a dick, Bottoms
says.
Criticizing your date is something you
dont want to do, especially on the rst
date, which by nature can be a troubling
experience. First dates can be scary and
lled with perils, but with some help,
you can make rst dates work for you.

By the book
If I feel that its somebody I can have
a connection with, I get nervous, says
Bottoms. She says she gets that way
because she has a lack of control and
doesnt know how the other person
feels.
According to Dating for Dummies,
by author and radio psychologist Joy
Browne, asking for a rst date is scarier
than the actual rst date. She says that
you wont die if the person says no and
that life will still go on, but it always
helps the person to ask. Remember
that youre not looking for a cure for
cancer, writes Browne.
When asking for a rst date, Browne
recommends asking in person is the
best way. You can read body language
and see whether the potential date
looks pleased, terried, revolting or de-
lighted. She also recommends to give
at least seven to 10 days notice before
the actual date.
And dont ask for dates on Friday and
Saturday nights. Its the equivalent of
playing at Wimbledon without even hav-
ing a lesson. Start off with a Wednesday
or Thursday night. People usually dont
have things planned. Avoid Mondays
like the plague. Everyone hates Mon-
days, Browne writes. She also recom-
mends doing something that doesnt in-
volve high-ticket people. That means
steering clear of doing anything with or
introducing your date to friends, family,
exes, kids or animals. With your high-
ticket others around, it can feel like an
audition.
Drew Kreofsky, Minnesota freshman,
says that the rst date always feels like
an interview. Its a way to get to know
the person better and you can gauge
whether or not you like him or her and
to see if you have anything in com-
mon.
Dream date
While the dream rst date is hard to
nd, it can be achieved. Bottoms re-
members her best rst date well and
says that she didnt even see it coming.
Her date had her dress up fancily for a
dinner date. When Bottoms went to her
car, the date had a friend there dressed
really nicely, ready to chauffer the two
around all night. After a nice dinner,
they had the chauffer take them to
the Plaza and had dessert at McCormick
& Schmicks. Bottoms says the amount
of effort her date put forth was the most
impressive thing. She literally swept
me off my feet. she says.
The healthy rst date is the rst step
to a healthy relationship. It allows you
get basic knowledge about the person
and attempt to form a connection. And
hey, if things dont turn out well, you
can always just ask someone else out.
A rst time for
By Chris Moore, Jayplay writer
The rst date is just the
beginning
everything
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Models: Edward Etts, Manhattan senior and
Amy Levin, Prairie Village senior
Kit Lefer/ Jayplay photographer
Come what may
Mace Davison May is not your or-
dinary 21 year-old college student.
Named after his grandfather, Mace is
as unique as his name. Growing up in
Olathe, May never knew what his life
wouldentailwhenhemovedtoSpring
Hillhissophomoreyearinhighschool.
His mother had envisioned a farm-
housetoboardherhors-
es and so May moved
with his mother, father
andsistertoSpringHill.
Struggling fnancially
and emotionally, Mays
parents decided to sep-
arate. May coped but
sayshefounditdiffcult.
During the separation,
Mays father was at the
farmhouse standing in
thekitchenonthefourth
of July in 2004, and un-
expectedly died of a
heart attack. May was
very close to his father and found his
fathersdeathdevastating.Butheknew
hehadtobestrongforhismotherand
his sister. That Christmas Eve, Mays
best friend died. He remembers it as a
wakeupcall.
Life is too short, you never really
knowwhatisgoingtohappen,thereis
somuchIhavetodobeforeImgone,
says May. These devastating events,
amongmanyothers,openedMayseyes
topursuehisdreams.Fromthatdayon,
hislifewouldbebusi-
er than he could ever
haveimagined.
Mayhadalwayshad
dreams of driving
sprint race cars and
playing in a success-
fulband,butthought
that without the mon-
ey, these opportuni-
tieswereoutofreach.
Butthosethoughtsleft
him after the deaths
of his father and best
friend. Pursuing his
dreams, May drives
racecarstwiceaweekduringthesum-
merandworksonthemthroughoutthe
off season. He even has a partner in a
motorbuildingindustry,MayconIndus-
tries.Hetakesracingveryseriouslyand
even has to maintain a certain weight
forhisweightclassinracing.Maysays
has seen people hurt and even killed
onthetrack,butknowsitishispassion
andthathedoesitdespitetherisks.I
love the adrenaline rush. Its all about
instinct, you dont even have time to
processwhatishappening,Maysays.
Ontopofhisbusyschedulewithhis
business and racing, May plays in the
band Censura. Censura has four mem-
bers:JoeVinduska(guitar),ChrisWood
(bass),JoeyKirk(leadsinger)andMay
(drummer). According to his band
members,Mayhasgrownbyleapsand
boundsasaplayerusinghisdigitalef-
fects pad and playing keyboards and
drums simultaneously.They have trav-
eled as far as Chicago, performing for
small and large audiences. The band
practicesthreetimesaweekinthebase-
mentofMaystownhouse.Althoughthe
currentbandmembershaveonlybeen
together seven months, they consider
eachotherfamily.
Vinduska, band member, co-worker
and Mays friend says May is deter-
mined, eager and energetic. Hes not
scared of anything, as much as I give
him hell, I need him in my life, says
Vinduska.
When May is not racing or perform-
ingwithCensuraheisworkingfull-time
for UnitedVan Lines moving company
inOlathe,studyingtokeepupwithhis
full-time student status, training his
dog Wagner whom he adopted from
an abused animal shelter and driving
hometoSpringHilltohelphismother
and 13 year-old sister. May is a hard
worker and busy most of the time, but
when he has a free minute he says he
devotesittohisfamily.
Abby Babst, Wichita freshman and
another of Mays friends, says that he
talks about his family a lot.Mays life
has been pretty tough the past few
years,hisfamilymeansalottohim.
In fve years, May dreams of touring
nationallywithCensura.Itsmydream,
butinrealityIhavenoidea,hesays.I
willworkashardasIhaveto,tomakeit
biginwhateverIdo.
Mays band, Censura, will be
performing at the Granada on Friday,
December 9th.

Life is too short,

you never really
know what is
going to happen,
there is so much I
have to do before
Im gone.
Mace May
14
|Jayplay 12.01.05
By Candice Rukes, Jayplay contributor
Mace May has had to deal with the death of his father
and his best friend, but its only made him stronger
All photos by Candice Rukes
Upper Left: Mace May, percussionist for
Censura multi-tasks on his drumset and his
keyboard during band practice. Censura is
the ninth band May has played in. The band
practices three times a week. We practice
very seriously for upcoming shows, May
says.
Upper Right: Mace and his dog at home in
Spring Hil. During Mays precious free time,
May makes a point to spend time at home
with his mom and sisters. Along with Mays
family, Wagner is his life. He spends hours
training him.
At Left: Joe Vinduska, Chris Wood, Joey Kirk
and Mace May are members of Censura, a
local Lawrence rock band. The four mem-
bers have been together for seven months
and May considers them his second family.

All photos by Candice Rukes
From page 14
Top left: Mace May mourns the loss of his
father Ed May. On July 4, 2004, while May
was in Wichita racing his race car, his father
collapsed of a heart attack. May often visits
his fathers grave in Spring Hill.
Top right: The hands of Mace May, sore after
two hours of band practice, show calluses
from his hard work. Working since the age
of 13, May spends most of his time working
full time for a moving company in Kansas
City, helping his mother on their farm and
building race car motors.
Bottom right: Performing his pre-show rit-
ual surrounded by familiar faces, Mace May
sculpts his hair into a mohawk. May says
he carries out several rituals before a show.
One of them is wearing his fathers fraternity
ring on a chain around his neck.
Bottom left: Mace May praises his dog Wag-
ner for performing several tricks that May
taught him.
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Top ve
5. Take her out to dinner
4. Run a candle-lit bath
3. Sprinkle rose petals around
the house
2. Play romantic music
1. Get liquored up
Meghan Miller
things to set the
mood
Bitch
moan
With Brian Bratichak and
Jessica Crowder
Please send your questions
to bitch@kansan.com
Brian: Heres what you need to do, Ri-
ley: grow up. Its simple. Remember
when people would run around in third
grade and say they were in love with
this person or that person one day, a
different person the next. You are still
at that stage and youre twenty-some-
thing. You need to start distinguishing
having a good time with someone from
thinking you could spend your life with
someone. Just because you feel com-
fortable around a girl doesnt mean you
need to pursue a long-term relation-
ship with her. If you cant get out of the
mindset youre in now, you might as
well go back to elementary school. Just
remember, girls down there are much
less experienced. Start out slowly.
Jessica: Infatuation is based on lust,
and lust is quick. Liking someone or
potentially loving someone takes time.
You have to see someone in several dif-
ferent lights before you can truly love
them in all their glory.
?
I nd that every time I
get close to someone, I
think that Im falling for
them. It doesnt matter
if Im already involved
with someone or just
getting out of a relation-
ship. How can I distin-
guish infatuation with
actually liking some-
one? Riley, junior
Couple: Meredith & Jason
It took a couple years for Jason Sigler
and Meredith Winkelmann to recog-
nize their love compatibility, but their
friends knew it right from the start. Si-
gler, Leavenworth senior, and Winkel-
mann, St. Louis senior, both University
of Kansas golfers, rst met at athlete
orientation their freshman year. Some
common friends saw the potential
and tried to pair them up, but the two
werent up for it. It wasnt until Sigler
and Winkelmann had a class together
their junior year that they started hang-
ing out. The two have been clubbin
happily together for a year and a half.
Katie Moyer
met How
Jessica: Public quickies sound like oo-
dles of fun, dont they? If your guy is
dead-set on a publicized scene, you set
up the situation. Seduce your boyfriend
in the kitchen when you know that your
roommates are out of town for a week-
end. He doesnt have to know that,
though. Play along. If hes a true exhibi-
tionist, any sign of an audience will get
him excited. When his roommates are
home, pull him into the bathroom and
lock the door behind you. Once again,
play along as if his roommate may walk
in at any moment. Use your imagina-
tion and good luck!
Brian: While everyone loves the rush of
possibly being caught, few people love
to get caught. If you are too scared to be
too public, but still want to dab in exhibi-
tionism, try a park on a very dark night,
a car in a parking lot or in the stacks of
Watson library. That way you can still do
your English homework while getting
some at the same time.
My boyfriend is
obsessed with quickies
and he wants them all
the time in places where
we could be caught. I
want to try it, but Im so
nervous. How can we
make a quickie work
and still enjoy it?
Kaylee, sophomore
?
Brian: Romantic music should only help
the mood of your romantic evening,
not set it. What you do before (movies,
walking around, dinner, owers, etc.)
should be what sets the mood for the
night. If you really want some ideas,
try Boyz II Mens Legacy CD, Solomon
Burkes Dont Give Up On Me or any-
thing by one of the boys from the Rat-
pack: Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin or
Frank Sinatra. If none of them work,
stick with what you always do. Get na-
ked and tell her what you want.
Jessica: So youre wantin some baby-
makin music? Im fairly certain that Lu-
ther Vandross, (may he rest in peace) is
the one to thank for many a man getting
laid back in the day. Personally, I have
to credit Marvin Gaye and Al Green as
favorites who havent failed me yet. Go-
ing along with Brians recommendation
for Boyz II Men, nothing is sexier than
the bass voice serenading you in Ill
Make Love to You. Mmmm. Basically, I
recommend classic, soulful R&B to do
the trick.
we
Im looking for some
music that might help
set the mood for a
romantic evening
with my girlfriend.
What songs will help
me get her into bed?
Ben, senior
?
Since 1936
1031 Massachusetts
Tursday
$1.75 liters
Tursday
$1.75 liters
Reviews: lm,music
MOVIES
A rhythmic and almost primal beat
is heard in the opening shot of James
Mangolds Walk the Line. This drum-
ming comes from inside Folcom prison,
where Cash sang one of his most suc-
cessful live albums at the height of his
career. It is an engaging rst scene to
an exhilarating lm. Walk The Line, tells
the life story of legendary singer/song-
writer Johnny Cash from childhood to
fame. We learn that Cash grew up poor
in Arkansas, helped his family pick cot-
ton and listened to the radio incessantly.
He also carried a heavy burden due to
the loss of someone at an early age and
an emotionally abusive and alcoholic
father. Cash served in World War II and
shortly after returning, married young
and started a family. His rise to fame
came slowly and left he and his family
poor. After cutting a record, Cash joined
a tour featuring rock n roll legends in
the making, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Hol-
ly and Elvis Presley. It is there that Cash
meets the love of his life: June Carter,
a singer/songwriter who began her ca-
reer as a young girl.
The scenes that follow are of the
hardships and euphoria Cash faced
during his rise to legendary status. His
addiction to pills and alcohol is heav-
ily documented, as is his lengthy woo-
ing of June Carter. Cash is shown as a
drug-addicted father who never sees
his family, but also a lovesick and bril-
liant musician, all at Cashs request to
lmmakers. The only true downfall of
the lm is its length, as too much time
is spent on Cashs drug abuse. The lms
success lies in the love story of Cash
and June as two lost souls who nd
themselves in one another and through
their music. Joaquin Phoenix is truly
riveting as the legendary singer, in a
layered and emotional part. Phoenix
wonderfully captures Cashs charisma
on stage. Reese Witherspoon gives the
performance of her career as June Cart-
er: a mature, wise and feisty mother of
two (from a previous marriage), a loyal
friend to Cash and a talented musician.
She quietly loved Cash her entire life
and was his best friend, guiding him
through his turbulent career. Phoenix
and Witherspoon both sing well and
have a sizzling chemistry. In the end,
Walk The Line is an enthralling, enjoy-
able and truthful love story with a damn
good soundtrack.
Sarah Tucker
Walk the Line
PG-13, 140 minutes, Southwind Theatre

As a confessed Harry Potter fanatic,

I looked upon the transla-
tion of my favorite Potter
book into a movie with
great anticipation. I knew
this lm would have to
be different; J.K Rowlings
story demands her char-
acters nally grow up. The
rst two lms were child-
ish uff. The third was an
improvement, but director
Alfonzo Curon threw too
much away too carelessly.
Now, there is nally a Brit-
ish director helming this
unmistakably British tale
and the lm is all the better for it.
Harry, now returns to Hogwarts amid
ominous times. Lord Voldemorts sup-
porters are gaining strength and he
is inexplicably entered into a danger-
ous international wizarding tourna-
ment even though he is too young to
compete. As if that wasnt
enough, he is also faced
with the daunting task of
asking a girl out. During
the tournament, Harry
faces dragons, underwa-
ter creatures and a tow-
ering hedge maze where
the hedges are alive. He
also, ultimately, faces the
death of one of his peers
and the resurrection of his
foe (played exquisitely by
Ralph Fiennes). As the Brit-
ish would say, a brilliant
year for Harry overall.
Among the new faces are Brendan
Gleeson as the crazed Mad-Eye Moody,
the new Defense Against the Dark Arts
teacher and Miranda Richardson as Rita
Skeeter, the tabloid reporter who falsi-
es stories about Harry. There are also
the students from the two other com-
peting schools, the Bulgarian gentle-
men of Durmstrang, led by Hermiones
crush Viktor Krum and the French ladies
of Beauxbatons, the frontrunner being
Rons crush, Fleur Delacour.
Despite the new faces, the lm still
suffers under its source material. The
book is too vivid and layered to offer up
a smooth translation into a two-and-a-
half-hour movie. The best parts seemed
rushed and I found myself pleading the
lmmakers to slow things down. But for
a two-and-a-half-hour movie the lm
never feels tired. It ts this now dark
and foreboding magical world snugly in
to its place serving up plenty of laughs
in between all the death and cunning
deeds. Yes, this is denitely the best of
the lms so far but I will not give up
hope that lm ve will learn to take its
time.
Lindsey Ramsey
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
PG-13, 150 minutes, Southwind Theatre
1/2
Walk the Line
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
DragonBallZ
As an avid Wilco fan, I am ashamed to
say that I have never seen them live in
concert, but now I know what it sounds
like because of Kicking Television
their new live
d o u b l e - d i s c
album. For in-
stance, I had
no idea that
Wilco likes to
say goodbye
at its shows
with the song
Comment (If
All Men Are
Truly Brothers). You also get to hear
some banter and comments from Jeff
Tweedy between songs. The album fea-
tures their best cuts from four nights of
playing at the historic Vic Theatre in Chi-
cago.
The album mostly features songs from
their last two albums: Yankee Hotel Fox-
trot and A Ghost is Born. The band also
managed to include a few gems from
Summerteeth and Being There, like
Misunderstood, Via Chicago and
Shot in the Arm. I was slightly disap-
pointed to see that they didnt include I
Cant Stand It, of which a pretty wicked
live version can be found on a perfor-
mance done on The Late Show with
David Letterman. Otherwise, I thought
they managed to include pretty much
everything I was hoping to hear. The
live recordings bring out some different
colors and nuances in the songs that
may have been polished over on their
studio versions.
If you are a Wilco fan, this album is a
necessity to complete your collection. If
you would like to be a Wilco fan, Kicking
Television isnt a bad place to start since
it has songs from like ve different al-
bums plus the title track is a previously
unreleased track.
Joe Sibinski
Kicking Television
Wilco

MUSIC
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reviews
reviews
What in the world happened? What
has happened to Dragon Ball Z? I
thought this was going to be another
good game in the Budokai
series, but all I have is dis-
appointment. The games
three predecessors were
fun to play. This one was
something else and not
something good.
As always, you get to
place yourself in the shoes
of the greatest ghters ever
to be seen in this highly
popular anime game. But
after playing only a few
minutes of it, I quickly
wanted to get out of them.
The main things that I
have a problem with are the controls.
Now you have to press extra buttons to
y and to launch special moves. In the
rst three games, it was so easy. You
could launch your favorite moves such
as the Kamehameha Wave and the Gal-
lic Gun after a combo. You could even
launch it by itself. In Budokai Tenkaichi,
you have to hold down a shoulder but-
ton, press on a direction on the D-Pad
and then hit the Ki blast button. Thats
just too much work for a game like this.
The game reminds me of the old
Dragon Ball Z Legends game. However,
this one is in 3-D and you
dont have three ghters
ghting simultaneously
on the same screen.
The lock-on feature
for Budokai Tenkaichi is
another problem. Losing
sight of your opponent in
any game is always a bad
thing. Why is it there?
With things like that, it
makes it seem less like a
ghting game.
I will say that the
graphics for this game are
perhaps the best so far in
the series. It actually shows the damage
your character sustains, with hunching
over, bleeding and clothes ripping. That
looked very well done.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi is
not a game I would recommend for
a fan of the rst three games. I didnt
even want to try and make it past the
Saiyan Saga. I couldnt stand it.
Chris Moore
GAME
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
PS2

GAME
Call of Duty 2
X-Box 360

Call of Duty 2, a direct port of the PC

game, provides one of the best rst-
person experiences available on any
console. With its intense
single player experience
and its plethora of multi-
player modes, it serves as
a great demonstration of
what the X-Box 360 is ca-
pable.
The games single player
mode takes place over the
course of three campaigns
featuring the Russians, the
British and the Americans
respectively. Each puts
you in the role of a differ-
ent soldier on the front
lines and gives you a wide
variety of mission objectives in several
historical battles including Stalingrad
and the D-Day invasion.
Combat in the game reaches a new
level of intense. Players will barely have
a second to rest, with waves upon waves
of enemies anking them and driving
them out of cover using their advanced
AI (articial intelligence), which is ad-
mittedly pretty smart.
The game presents all of this chaos
with some of the prettiest graphics ever
seen. Everything looks great, with de-
tailed character models,
huge environments and
a fast frame rate. Even
when the ghting is at its
most chaotic, the game
runs without a hiccup.
Players with the right
setup will enjoy the game
even more. On a high-def-
inition television and with
5.1 surround sound, the
game experience is about
as close to the front lines
as most gamers will ever
care to be.
Even without an ex-
pensive setup, Call of Duty 2 is denite-
ly worth checking out for anyone with
an X-Box 360 and stands as arguably
the best launch title for the system.
Andrew Campbell
out a
Every once in a while, there are times
when friendship is truly tested, a time
when you have to rely on your buddies
for help. During these times, friends
really put their asses on the
line for each other. One such
situation involved a common
element found among hard
times: drunkenness. And one
particular morning this se-
mester was no exception.
I woke that morning at 9
a.m. to nd my cell phone
blinking, which meant I had
a new message. As I listened,
I heard a familiar voice break
the news that he had been ar-
rested and needed to be bailed out of
jail.
Yo Rory, come pick me up, man. Yo,
you gotta pick me up man, Im in jail,
my friend said in a scratchy hung-over
voice. After a few calls to his room-
mates and only hearing the sound of a
goofy answering machine messages, I
realized I was going solo on this one.
When I arrived at the Douglas Coun-
ty Jail around 10:30 a.m., I found the
large double doors within a small foyer
locked. As I looked around the foyer, I
couldnt gure out any alternative en-
trances to the building. I had never vis-
ited the Douglas County Jail and soon
I became frustrated. Who would have
thought it would have been so difcult
to get into jail?
I decided to walk around to the rear of
the jail in search of another entry. With
no luck I came back to the front of the
building, once again met with the great
double doors at the front of the hard,
steely building. Facing the seemingly
impenetrable doors, I imagined a room
full of gluttonous guards scarng down
donuts and laughing hysterically from a
surveillance room inside the jail at my
weak attempt to rescue my friend. Then
I looked up at the ceiling and noticed
a small button. There was no
sign reading, press button
for admittance or button
overhead or hey, look up
stupid! So I was hesitant at
rst to press the steel button
for fear that I too would end
up behind bars for violating
some crazy no-button-press-
ing law that I was somehow
ignorant of. But after real-
izing I was being ridiculous,
I thought What the hell?
and pressed the inconspicuous button.
What do you need? said a seemingly
annoyed voice coming from a speaker
in the wall.
Feeling a bit like Dorothy entering the
gates of Oz, I was then given entry into
the jail and led down a long hall to an-
other locked door where I pressed an-
other button to enter through the sec-
ond door. That was when I found myself
in a room like you see on TV or in the
movies, where you sit in front of the
prisoner and look at him through a thick
glass window and have to talk through
a small screen.
As I faced my detained friend, the rst
question I asked him was what the hell
happened. As he nished off a tiny box
of 2 percent milk and stuffed his mouth
with a piece of chocolate cake that
looked less appetizing than one pulled
from an easy-bake oven, he told me the
story.
Following some heavy drinking over
the course of an entire day (in recogni-
tion of the home-opener football game
the day before), he realized he was go-
ing to be late for work. So being the re-
sponsible lad he is, he knew being late
was not an option. His drunken solu-
tion: bike downtown to work as quickly
as possible. As he swerved along on his
bicycle, a couple of police ofcers took
notice of his unique, inebriated interpre-
tation of the fastest way from point A to
point B. And just when he thought he
would make it work on time at 9 p.m.,
the ofcers pulled him over, or perhaps
I should say walked him over consider-
ing they were merely on foot. They then
rhetorically asked him if he had been
drinking, for it was quite obvious that
he was as drunk as a skunk. And the of-
cers then asked him if he knew that it
was unlawful to drink and bike and pro-
ceeded to run his information. That was
when matters went from bad to worse.
Upon checking his record, the ofcers
found a warrant for his arrest from a
past public disturbance ticket. Dont
ask, he muttered. Next thing he knew,
he was in the slammer.
While being booked, he actually re-
quested a cell so he could pass out in-
stead of contacting his friends to bail
him out that night. It seems that in his
state of intoxication he might as well
have been at the Ritz Carlton hotel.
When he woke up and sobered up the
next morning, I apparently was the rst
person he thought of. I was also the
only phone number he could remember
without his cell phone directory. How
sweet, I felt so attered.
As I sat face to face with my friend, we
decided that contacting a bail-bonds-
man was the next step in the process
toward his freedom. So as if we were
breaking from a football team huddle,
we slapped each other a high-ve
(through three inches of prison glass),
and I headed back down the hall to
make the call. The list of bail bondsmen,
was conveniently attached to the wall
next to the phone. Looking at the list,
I realized my knowledge of bail bonds-
men was equivalent to that of rocket
science, I knew nothing. I decided one
was as good as any and started at the
top of the list: A-1 Bonds.
When the bondsmen arrived he took
down my information because I had
the privilege of co-signing for my jail-
bird friend. This meant I was liable if he
missed his court date and I would owe
the bondsmen $500. Lucky me.
I watched the awkward interaction be-
tween my friend and the bondsmen. Af-
ter the two nished chatting, the bonds-
men nished their conversation with,
Well, I hope to never see you again.
As I looked at my friends face I could
tell the feeling was mutual as he said,
Lets get the hell outta here!
As I drove my friend home, I realized
how good it felt to help out a friend in
a bad situation. Were still great friends
and laugh hard at the message I still
have saved in my cell phone of his des-
perate, hung-over message asking to be
bailed out of jail.
Sometimes tests of friendship really
can strengthen a relationship. Perhaps
part of the reason I chose to help him
was knowing that he owed my ass big
time. But more so, the look of gratitude
on his nauseous face was worth the
while. Sometimes it takes a bad situa-
tion to really know who your true friends
are. When the time comes I know I can
count on him for the same help.
But lets hope that will never happen.
speak
Rory Flynn
Jayplay writer
12.01.05 Jayplay|
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How bailing a friend out of jail made for a
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