By Malinda OsBOrne

mosborne@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Dan Forrest was proud of
Never a Brighter Star, the
song he composed that was
published this spring. So
when he met with choir di-
rector John Paul Johnson this
summer, he wanted to offer
the song for Holiday Vespers
this year. But the Greenville,
S.C., graduate student didnt
have to try hard to persuade
Johnson.
One of the first things he
said was that he had found
my song and wanted to use
it for Vespers, Forrest said.
Here I was coming to pitch
it, and he already had the
same idea.
Holiday Vespers is the the KU
music and dance departments
annual end-of-the-year concert.
This is the 81st consecutive year
that the event will ring in the
holiday season, making it one
of the nations longest-running
holiday concerts at a college or
university.
Besides mens basketball and
football events, this is the most-
attended event at the University
of Kansas.
Robert Douglas Helvering,
Omaha, Neb., graduate student,
said he had heard the 2:30 show
was virtually sold out, and the
7:30 show had 90 percent of the
tickets sold already.
Each show, which will be per-
formed Sunday, can seat 2,000
people.
Helvering has two pieces that
will be performed, and he will
be singing in the concert choir.
see VesPeR on Page 4a
By Frank Tankard
ftankard@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Paul Mireckis Special Top-
ics in Religion: Intelligent De-
sign and Creationism class will
not be taught next semester,
University of Kansas offcials
announced Thursday.
Mirecki, chairman of the de-
partment of religious studies,
said in a statement that he with-
drew the course because of pub-
lic controversy about e-mails he
had posted on a yahoo.com list
server since 2003.
The list server was a discus-
sion board for the Society of
Open-Minded Atheists and Ag-
nostics, the 121-person student
group for which Mirecki serves
as faculty adviser.
My concern is that students
with a serious interest in this
important subject matter would
not be well-served by the learn-
ing environment my e-mails and
the public distribution of them
have created, he said in the
statement. It would not be fair
to the students.
The class made national news
when a Nov. 19 e-mail Mirecki
wrote was disseminated to poli-
ticians and news organizations
in which he referred to religious
fundamentalists as fundies
and said his class would serve
as a nice slap in their big fat
face.
Older e-mails came to light
when National Review, a conser-
vative political magazine, pub-
lished excerpts from Mireckis
past e-mails on Wednesday.
National Review printed one
e-mail excerpt that was Mireckis
detailed description of starting
to vomit after swallowing the
Eucharist at a Catholic church
service as a child because of the
idea that he had swallowed the
fesh of Jesus.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
issued a statement in which he
said Mirecki made the right de-
cision in withdrawing the course
and called Mireckis e-mail
comments repugnant and vile.
He has a right to free speech,
but he has to realize the rev-
elation of his past e-mails has
tainted the environment for his
course, he said. He insulted
both our students and the Uni-
versitys public, and he misrep-
resented beliefs of KUs faculty
and staff.
Hemenway said the subject
matter of Mireckis class had no
bearing on the withdrawal of
the course.
see CLass on Page 4a
Mirecki, chairman
of the department of
religious
studies,
said in a
statement
that he
withdrew
the course
because of
public con-
troversy about e-mails
he posted on a yahoo.
com list server.
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First-round preparation
The Kansas volleyball
team is gearing up to
play UCLA tonight in Los
Angeles. The Jayhawks
reached this match after
receiving a suprising bid
to the NCAA Volleyball
Tournament. Page 10a
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Colorado looks to repeat its 2001 Big 12 title upset
against Texas this Saturday when the two teams
meet at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Page 10a
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Business students experience the ups and downs
of investing in the stock market as they invest
in international companies with money given to
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VOL. 116 issue 72 www.kAnsAn.cOm
The sTudenT vOice since 1904
t beLiefS
Controversial
class canceled
Mirecki
Vespers brings holiday spirit
Vespers Holiday Concert
F Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005
FPerformances will be held at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
FTickets are $12.50 for general admission and $10 for students and
senior citizens.
For ticket information, call the Lied Center Box Offce at (785) 864-2787
or the KU department of music and dance at (785) 864-3436.
Source: Department of Music and Dance
cONcerT iNfOrmaTiON
Faculty Senate
defends intent
of the course
Prof. Paul Mirecki with-
drew his Special Topics in
Religion: Intelligent Design
and Creationism class from
the spring class schedule on
Thursday in light of contro-
versy about his motives for
teaching the class.
In response, the University
of Kansas Faculty Council
unanimously passed the fol-
lowing resolution Thursday
evening:
The University of Kansas
Faculty Council reaffrms that
academic freedom, including
the right to offer courses that
examine controversial sub-
jects, is essential to the mis-
sion of the University: to edu-
cate students and to engage
in scholarly inquiry.
Open inquiry for all citizens
is at the heart of a democra-
cy. Furthermore, the Univer-
sity of Kansas Faculty Coun-
cil acknowledges that the
academic freedom enjoyed
by the faculty also imposes
special obligations.
As stated in our Faculty
Handbook, we recognize
among those obligations that:
F The public may judge us as
scholars and educational
offcers, our profession,
and our institution by our
public utterances, and
F We have a responsibility
to be accurate, to exercise
appropriate restraint, and to
show respect for the opin-
ions of others.
Frank Tankard
Additional e-mails
further offend public
t eNTerTaiNmeNT
Lauren
Marshall, left,
Salina senior,
and Sara Koven,
right, Overland
Park senior,
prepare Monday
evening at
Murphy Hall for
the upcoming
Vespers Holiday
concert. The
show will be
performed Sun-
day at the Lied
Center.
Kim andrews/KaNSaN
hooked
t STudeNT fiNaNceS
Credit cards often
lure students
into debt
T
he credit card company
keeps calling Meghan Ve-
atch.
Her credit limit is $1,700 and
her Visa card is maxed out. The
company calls her two or three times a day to
try to collect payments, but the interest keeps
accumulating.
Ive gotten to the point where I recognize
the phone numbers and I just dont answer
it, Veatch said.
When the hard drive on her computer
crashed and she had to buy a new one, she
was broke and couldnt use her maxed-out
card, so she opened up a Dell account and
charged the new hard drive to that. Now she
cant pay that bill either.
Veatch, Wichita junior, said she was unem-
ployed for a month this summer after quitting
her job, and her parents were unable to sup-
port her fnancially.
Veatchs credit card debt and resulting f-
nancial predicament are all too common on
college campuses. According to a 2004 study
by Nellie Mae, a student loan agency, under-
graduates carry an average outstanding credit
card balance of $2,169. The study showed
that 9 percent of undergraduates are more
than $3,000 in credit card debt. Problems be-
gin when credit card companies target college
students who have little experience with fscal
responsibility and are away from home for the
frst time. Their debts spiral out of control be-
cause late fees and small minimum monthly
payments keep students repaying their debt
over a long period of time at interest rates that
can
be as
high as
30 percent.
Robert Baker,
counselor at
Consumer Cred-
it Counseling
Services, 2518
Ridge Court,
said he saw a
lot of KU stu-
dents in serious
debt and tried to
show them how
credit card debt
mounts easily.
For example, he said a student who charged
$1,000 for a spring break trip, always paid
the 2 percent monthly minimum ($20), never
missed a payment and never charged anything
else would need 15 years to pay it off. The stu-
dent would end up repaying $2,329 instead
of $1,000 because of additional interest at the
rate of 16 percent.
The average interest rate is 17 percent for
credit cards, but some retail store cards are
higher about 21 percent. When there are sig-
nifcant late fees, credit card vendors can place
users in a penalty fee category with interest rates
as high as 30 percent, Baker said. Students car-
ry cards with higher interest rates because they
dont have established credit yet.
see HooKeD on Page 2a
By Aly Barland
abarland@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Photo illustration
by Ginny Weatherman
The majority of college
students possess credit
cards but do not pay
them off each month.
F 65 percent of college
students carry credit
card debt.
F58 percent never pay
balances in full or do
so less than half of the
time.
F50 percent charge their
cards to the limit some
or most of the time.
Source: creditcardsmagazine.com
in debt
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continued from page 1a
The interest rate for frst-time
borrowers is about 20 percent.
Penalty fees are a problem
for many students. Baker said
that 50 percent of all profts that
credit card companies make off
students were for late fees. More
than half of credit card compa-
nies charge $39 for a late pay-
ment. Its easy to miss the noti-
fcation that one has a late fee
because its on a different part of
the bill, Baker said.
Credit card companies make
contracts more diffcult than
they should, Baker said about
the small print.
You get the idea they dont
want you to read it, he said.
Veatch said she didnt even
read the terms for her credit
card contract and didnt know
the interest rate that she was be-
ing charged.
I dont understand them at
all so thats why I dont look at
them. I just thought you charge
it and you pay it back and thats
all there is to it, she said.
Veatch said
she wasnt that
worried about
her debt at frst,
but now shes
starting to feel
the pressure. She
cant go out with
friends because
she has no mon-
ey, so it has af-
fected her social
life.
The constant
calls from the
credit card com-
pany up to 11
a day serve as
constant remind-
ers that she owes
money.
Government intervention
To help debtors, the govern-
ment has required credit card
companies to raise the minimum
payments from 2 to 3 percent
per month to 4 to 6 percent. This
higher minimum payment will
help debtors pay off their debts
sooner, provided they have the
money for the higher monthly
payment.
The only
way you can
speed up pay-
ing off your
card is making
a higher pay-
ment, Baker
said. If you
can pay the
balance quick-
er you can pay
less interest.
T h o u g h
the higher
minimum pay-
ments were in-
stalled to help
debtors pay
off the debt
in less time,
the increase
has not neces-
sarily helped
students because they have to
come up with more money each
month.
Why so much spending?
Students want to live the
same lifestyle they lived before
coming to college, Baker said.
Once they begin college, many
students are independent fnan-
cially but continue to live as if
they still have support from
their parents. Students often
dont realize that the money
they are making must now go
toward rent or food rather than
entertainment and other discre-
tionary spending.
Try not to live on a cham-
pagne budget if youre a poor
student, and I know thats more
easily said than done, Baker
said.
Instead of altering their life-
styles, Baker said many students
began charging purchases to
credit cards.
Social situations made it dif-
fcult for Veatch to refrain from
spending money. She wanted to
eat out with friends, go shop-
ping and hit the bars.
In social situations is when
Im worst because I dont resist
very much, Veatch said.
Put it on the card
Students can use credit cards
almost anywhere and for almost
anything. Fast food companies like
McDonalds and Sonic now accept
plastic. Gas is a common credit
card purchase and some students
even use cards to pay for tuition.
Credit cards are versatile and con-
venient, but that convenience is a
double-edged sword.
Credit card usage has other
benefts besides convenience.
Cards take up less space than
cash and checkbooks. Having
a credit card can encourage stu-
dents to behave responsibly and
be independent fnancially, pro-
vided they monitor the use of
their cards closely and use them
only when necessary.
That was Veatchs initial plan,
but the convenience of credit
purchases led her off-track.
Veatch frst got her card three
years ago, but had it only for
emergencies. She got in a car
wreck and used the card to pay
her ticket. After that, she started
using the card for other pur-
chases and has done so for the
past couple of years.
Last spring, Veatch charged a
$500 digital camera and a $200
iPod. She said she spent money
on a number of smaller things
as well, including a trip to a
Wichita mall where she spent
$50. She had planned to pay
these purchases off with her tax
refund but ended up using that
for something else.
When Veatch quit her job with
the Kansas Turnpike Authority
in June, she was left without an
income and had to use her card
for every purchase.
While unemployed, she
charged all daily living expenses
like groceries, phone bills and
gas, which added up quickly.
Ironically, Veatch now has a
job at Pearson Government So-
lutions, a call center that advises
students about loans and fnan-
cial aid, and said she would
make payments as soon as she
could afford to.
Elizabeth Ault, Topeka se-
nior, found herself in a situation
similar to Veatchs.
Ault frst got her Visa credit
card to use abroad in Spain
when she was 16.
It didnt become a problem
for her until she entered college.
When she went back to Spain to
study abroad for the 2004-2005
school year, Ault ran up her
credit card debt to about $3,000.
Everything was much more
expensive there, Ault said.
She spent money on food,
clothes and travel. Ault said stu-
dents were in a particularly dan-
gerous situation when it came
to credit card use because they
were not adequately prepared
and they do not consider the
consequences of spending.
Were at a point in our lives
where we just want to go out and
have fun, and we dont want to
worry about things, Ault said.
When college students charge
food and drinks they can be dis-
appointed down the road when
they have nothing to show for
their purchases, Baker said.
All they are left with is the bill.
Cards on campus
Students are easy targets for
credit card companies because
many universities allow solicita-
tion on campus. Its the frst time
away from home, and students
are for the most part fnancially
inexperienced when it comes to
using credit cards.
A U.S. Public Interest Re-
search Group study found that
students who obtain credit
cards from companies soliciting
on campus have higher unpaid
balances than others.
According to PIRG, the aggres-
sive marketing, combined with
students lack of fnancial experi-
ence and education, often leads
to serious debt. In the survey of
undergraduates by Nellie Mae, 56
percent of those with credit cards
obtained them at age 18 and re-
ported direct mail solicitation as
the primary way of selecting the
credit card company.
Nearly 300 colleges and uni-
versities have banned credit card
solicitation on their campuses.
The University of Kansas still
allows it but does not specifcally
contract with any company, ac-
cording to Todd Cohen, associate
director of University Relations.
In 2002, Student Senate pe-
titioned to prohibit credit card
solicitation on University prop-
erty, citing credit cards as a ma-
jor factor in student debt and
arguing that credit card vendors
had no part in the universitys
academic mission.
continued on page 3a
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College students are inundated with credit card offers, which makes it easy for them to acquire cards and accumulate debt.
The average amount of
credit card debt has risen
$290 from $1,879 in 1998
to $2,169 in 2004, but this
is still a $579 decrease
from the 2000 high of
$2,748. From 2000 to 2004,
the overall number of
students carrying cards
with balances over $1,000
declined, lowering the
average amount of credit
card debt.
Joshua Bickel/KANSAN
Older students are more
likely to carry credit
cards than freshmen and
typically rack up more
debt.
F 91 percent of fnal-year
students have a credit
card.
FOnly 42 percent of
freshman do.
F56 percent of fnal-year
students carry four or
more cards.
FOnly 15 percent of
freshmen do.
FFinal-year students car-
ry an average balance
of $2,864, while fresh-
men carry an average
balance of $1,585.
Source: Nellie Mae
class comparison
Source: Nellie Mae
Students want to live
the same lifestyle they
lived before coming
to college, Baker said.
Once they begin
college, many students
are independent fnan-
cially but continue to
live as if they still have
support from their
parents. Students often
dont realize that the
money they are making
must now go toward
rent or food rather than
entertainment and other
discretionary spending.
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People deep in debt often receive multiple calls
from credit card companies each day and
become reluctant to answer the
phone.
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In response, Provost David
Shulenburger recommended the
current policy stating that credit
card solicitation is not allowed
on campus during the week be-
fore and the two weeks follow-
ing the frst day of each semes-
ter. Credit card providers must
also give students information
on responsible credit card use.
The Universitys policy meets
the minimum requirements out-
lined by the Kansas Board of
Regents.
Vendors can appear on cam-
pus only if sponsored by a stu-
dent organization. Students
from the sponsor group must
accompany any outside com-
mercial entity at all times on
campus.
The company is required to
give back to the student group
in some way, often monetarily.
Ruben Perez, director of Stu-
dent Involvement and Leader-
ship Center, said that in the year
and a half that he had been di-
rector no credit card companies
had come to the campus.
The only time a credit card
company had shown interest
was during the period that the
University bans solicitation, so
it has not been an issue while he
has been director, Perez said.
Students also get a lot of direct
solicitation by mail. Diana Rob-
ertson, associate director of stu-
dent housing, said the University
had no control over mail deliv-
ered to on-campus housing.
Although the University
doesnt give out student ad-
dresses to commercial entities,
Assistant to the provost Jean-
nette Johnson said companies
could use student directories as
a way to fnd students mailing
addresses.
Knowledge is power
Jennifer Cook, branch manager
of Commerce Bank in the Kansas
Union, said that student credit card
debt was becoming a big problem.
To help students avoid that debt,
her bank conducts a seminar called
Banking 101.
Cook said the seminar was
intended to educate students
about banking and credit card
use.
We go over how you can
choose them; some of the things
you should ask about them,
Cook said.
Students will have enough
debt coming out of college, and
they dont need the additional
debt incurred from irresponsible
credit card usage, Cook said.
Taking its toll
Credit card debt is not the only
kind of fnancial stress that stu-
dents face. They must also wor-
ry about student loans and daily
living expenses, said Pam Botts,
associate director of Counseling
and Psychological Services.
They
use credit
cards to try to meet
their everyday needs, Botts said.
That quickly adds up and then
it becomes a circular problem as
those credit card debts climb.
Credit cards provide the illu-
sion that its easy to buy things
without thinking ahead about
the consequences of spending,
Botts said.
What students dont realize is
how quickly that adds up and how
hard it is to pay off, she said.
CAPS counsels students for
whom credit card debt is a tre-
mendous cause of stress, she
said. Theyve become buried in
credit card debt and then dont
have the resources to get them-
selves out.
Where to turn
Jo Hardesty, director and
managing attorney for Legal
Services for Students, said she
counseled students who were
unable to keep up with paying
bills or handle the minimum
payments.
Hardesty said students
charged daily expenses, like eat-
ing out with friends, instead of
reserving the card for emergen-
cies. Using a credit card makes
it diffcult to monitor how much
money is being spent and how
quickly the debt adds up.
Its kind of out of sight, out
of mind, she said.
Students are more vulnerable
because it seems like free mon-
ey and they are just starting to
learn about handling their own
fnances, she said.
Partly the problem stems
from the fact that theyve never
done it before, Hardesty said.
Hardesty said she thought it
was better for students to seek out
credit card companies than for
companies to seek out students.
Getting back control
To help students deal with
their debt, Legal Services for
Students takes several differ-
ent approaches, depending on
the situation at hand.
They try to negotiate with
creditors to lower interest rates
or close the account entirely.
Sometimes they assess whether
bankruptcy is an option.
What we try to do is make a
realistic assessment, show them
what options there are and as-
sist them in working with the
creditors, Hardesty said.
Students in trouble can turn
to fnancial counselors like
Baker and Hardesty, but others
like Ault rely on parents for as-
sistance. Ault said that she was
lucky to have her parents help
her pay off the debt she accumu-
lated.
Next time they said they
wont bail me out, Ault said.
Veatch had some words of
wisdom for other students with
credit cards.
My parents always taught me
that you dont want to charge
anything unless you know you
can pay it off immediately, she
said. Dont spend money you
dont have.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
and Jayme Wiley
Though numbers have dropped since 2001, many students still have
credit cards, and those who do often carry more than one.
Students with credit cards 1998 2000 2001 2004
Percentage of students with credit cards 67% 78% 83% 76%
Average number of credit cards per student 3.5 3.0 4.25 4.09
Percentageof students withfour or morecards 27% 32% 47% 43%
Source: Nellie Mae
debt over time
4a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan friDay, December 2, 2005 news
Get ready for the
Beakend
on The recorD
F A 20-year-old KU student
reported to the KU Public
Safety Offce a theft of a
Trek bicycle and a cable lock
between 1:30 and 4 p.m.
Wednesday from Eaton
Hall. The bicycle is valued
at $400. The cable lock is
valued at $20.
FA 19-year-old KU student
reported to the KU Public
Safety Offce a theft of some
paint brushes and other art
supplies between 4:30 Nov.
22 and 1:45 Monday from
the Art and Design Build-
ing. The items are valued at
$572.
on campUs
F Latin American Solidarity
is holding a Latin American
food festival at 6 p.m. Satur-
day at Ecumenical Christian
Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
The cost is $7. Proceeds
will beneft disaster relief in
Guatemala.
FThe Department of Music
and Dance is putting on the
81st Annual Holiday Vespers
concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday
at the Lied Center. Tickets
can be purchased at the
Lied Center box offce at the
price of $10 for students,
children and senior citizens
and $12.50 for the general
public.
campUs
A 22-year-old KU student was
booked into Douglas County
Jail on a charge of lewd and
lascivious behavior Wednesday,
according to jail records.
Hamm posted a $1,000
bond and was released, the
record states. A 23-year-old KU
student reported he observed a
man masturbating in Anschutz
Library between 11 and 11:20
a.m. Oct. 26, Capt. Schuyler
Bailey of the KU Public Safety
Offce said.
The man was found and in-
terviewed by police Oct. 26. He
was issued a notice to appear in
court Wednesday, Bailey said.
Steve Lynn
t School of buSineSS
Overseas investments
boost classs earnings
By GaBy Souza
gsouza@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Millions of dollars are on the
minds of the students in the
Applied Portfolio Management
class, but they cant personally
spend one cent of it.
The fnance class taught in
the School of Business teaches
students about the basics of in-
vestments and the stock market
by using real money to invest in
the stock market.
The classs investments
equaled $200,000 in 2001; but
in August, the investments met
the $1 million mark. Since then,
the amount has tapered off,
keeping it just under the $1 mil-
lion mark.
You like to think you have
the winning formula, but in the
stock market, you can never be
sure, said Catherine Shenoy,
assistant professor and director
of the class since 2001.
The money made from the
investments each semester is
turned over to the next semes-
ters class for its investments.
The class recently took money
out of its earnings to donate
$16,000 to a basketball scholar-
ship. This has contributed to the
investment funds staying under
a million dollars as well.
The class was one of a dozen
in the country when it began in
1994. KU alumnus Kent McCar-
thy started the class by donating
$200,000 to be invested in the
stock market.
McCarthy, who is the presi-
dent, owner and founder of
Jayhawk Capital Management,
based in Kansas City, Kan., be-
came the classs frst instructor.
He remains an executive lectur-
er, fying in from his homes in
Nevada and California to help
the class with its projects.
About 30 percent of the classs
investments are in international
companies, and the class has
made great strides by investing
in Chinese companies.
The class got this piece of ad-
vice from McCarthy. Two of the
invested companies are China
Green, a vegetable company,
and Golden Meditech, which
provides medical supplies to
Chinese hospitals.
The classs largest invest-
ment is in a company called
Interceramic. Based in Mexi-
co, the company produces ce-
ramic tile. Half of its sales are
in the United States and half
are in Mexico.
The class meets once a week
and is about one-third graduate
students and two-thirds under-
graduate students.
Brian Conklin, Shawnee Mis-
sion senior, said he enjoyed
the mix of students because it
helped to drive the discussion.
Conklin said the class was
challenging, the memory of be-
ing singled out in class by an in-
timidating Kent McCarthy still
in his memory.
Its pretty upsetting, but you
learn from what hes saying, he
said.
Conklin sees himself working
in the fnance department of a
large company in the future. But
even if its not exactly what he
wants to do, he said he was still
happy to have taken the class.
You cant be in business and
not understand how companies
buy and sell, he said.
Edited by Jayme Wiley
By Mark Vierthaler
editor@kansan.com
Kansan correspondent
As the semester winds down and
students spend increasingly more
time indoors studying, not only
does bar attendance trail off, so
does the sanity of those hunkered
down in front of their textbooks.
Across campus, conversations can
be heard informing others of their
complete lack of personal plans.
But students should take
breaks, if only to avoid chucking
a couple hundred dollars worth
of books out the window. For
those looking for a break, but
still wanting to feel as if theyre
studying, there is a solution: in-
dependent flms. What better
way to relax, yet still feel like you
are working your mind in some
way other than staring at the in-
gredients to a bag of chips?
One flm of note is Tom Stop-
pards Rosencrantz and Guil-
denstern are Dead, the 1990
flm now on DVD.
Adapted from the 1970s play by
the same name, the movie features
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, both
famous Indie stars in their own
rights, as the lead characters: Ros-
encrantz and Guildenstern. Based
on two minor characters in Wil-
liam Shakespeares Hamlet, the
plot focuses on a different view
point of the now famous story, of-
fering up a bizarre and disjointed,
yet thoroughly hilarious movie.
Deigned as theater of the bi-
zarre, the movie follows in the
footsteps of the play with favors of
Waiting for Godot, the two main
characters expounding on such
ideas as the decisions of fate, why
they are what they are and why
nobody gets their names right.
The movie makes perfect
non-sense. Long rambling
monologues on the part of Guil-
denstern are immediately shot
down in a poof of illogic, offer-
ing comedic relief throughout
a play that is always one step
away from being a tragedy.
With scenes of the classic
Shakespeare play throughout,
those who enjoy the Bard, who
have a passing understanding of
the play, or who were ever forced
to read it in high school English
class will get an extra kick out of
inside jokes within the movie.
But the movie can still be enjoyed
without a background in Hamlet.
Richard Dreyfuss rounds out
the cast as The Player, also a
minor character from within
Shakespeares play. The only
character who seems to have a
full grasp on what is happening
around him, The Player offers
the stark reality to the unreal
fantasy that the two main char-
acters seem to live in.
This movie is masterfully
adapted by the playwright to the
screenplay. Although the begin-
ning of the movie starts out slow,
it eventually picks up the pace. Its
slightly cerebral, so dont plug this
in and expect something mindless,
however it is incredibly entertain-
ing and is worth a nice break from
studying. Besides, if you feel like
youre doing something smart, you
can feel less guilty about those un-
attended Statistics homework.
Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
Class
continued from page 1a
This unfortunate episode
does not in any way diminish
our belief that the course should
be taught, he said. It is the role
of the University to take on such
topics and to provide the civil,
academic environment in which
they can be honestly examined
and discussed.
Andrew Stangl, president of
SOMA, said the remarks that ap-
peared in National Review were
taken out of context by people
searching through Mireckis past
posts with the intent of show-
ing that he was biased against
Christianity and unft to teach a
class on intelligent design.
This shows the dedication
theyre going to, to ruin or dis-
credit Dr. Mirecki, he said. We
had assumed the comments
were between the list serve.
State Rep. Brenda Landwehr
(R-Wichita), vice chairwoman of
the Kansas House of Represen-
tatives appropriations commit-
tee, said the incident called into
question the integrity of the Uni-
versity. She said legislators would
likely discuss the class when they
return to session Jan. 9.
I still think the University
should be accountable, both the
chancellor and the professor, to
respond to legislators during the
session about this course or any
other courses there are issues
with, she said.
Edited by Becca Evanhoe
Vesper
continued from page 1a
He has had his works played in
Carnegie Hall and other illustrious
venues on the East Coast when he
attended Westminster Choir Col-
lege in New Jersey for his under-
graduate degree, but he said he was
still enthused for Vespers.
Im as excited about this as
anything. Especially since so
many regional musicians will be
featured, he said.
This years program features
three works composed by KU
graduate students, including
Forrests song, which will be
performed by the KU Symphon-
ic Choir and Orchestra.
The KU Symphonic Choir is
composed of choir members from
the University Singers, Mens
Glee Club, Chamber Choir, Con-
cert Choir, Womens Chorale and
Womens Glee Club.
Other groups scheduled to
perform are the Celebration
Ringers from the First United
Methodist Church in Lawrence;
Sharim Netzim, KU Hillels
A Capella group; and the KU
Chamber Choir. They will per-
form holiday classics, such as
Joy to the World, Chanu-
kah, O Chanukah and Sleigh
Ride. Against the Grain, a KU
mens barbershop quartet, also
will perform seasonal favorites.
Candace Bailey, Lawrence
junior, has performed twice for
Vespers as a choir member. She
said this event was important
for many reasons. Its the only
time the entire department puts
on a show. And its also always
it is well-attended.
Edited by Nate Karlin
By John Jordan
jjordan@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students and panelists used
the analogy of a parent giv-
ing money to a college student
to discuss the Taxpayer Bill of
Rights, TABOR, Thursday night
at the Kansas Union.
Proponents say students
will spend more wisely if they
are given less money to spend.
The other side says its better
to look at the frivolous items
that students spend money on
rather than create a blanket cut
that would affect the amount of
money students can spend on
tuition and books.
The Student Legislative Aware-
ness Board set up the panel because
the issue pertains to students by af-
fecting how much money could
come to the University of Kansas.
TABOR ties increases in state
spending to population growth
and infation. Kansas wouldnt
be able to spend more than its
population growth each year,
plus the rise in the costs of living
if legislators pass the bill.
Alan Cobb and Jim Mullins
from Americans for Prosperity
argued in support of TABOR,
and State Representative Tim
Owens, (R-Overland Park) and
Jim Ward, (D-Wichita) spoke
against the measure.
The four panelists, two for
TABOR and two against, spoke
and answered questions in heat-
ed tones about the controversial
issue in front of more than 30
students in the Kansas Unions
Big 12 room.
Mullins said TABOR was nec-
essary to make the state legisla-
tors curtail spending and force
them to learn to make tough
decisions.
We have a spending prob-
lem, Mullins said. The legisla-
ture doesnt have the cajones to
stop it.
Ward, who spoke against
TABOR, countered Mullins by
saying that the answer to con-
trolling spending wasnt to put
a straight jacket on the amount
legislators can spend.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Legislators debate
taxpayers rights
Argue how to
limit funding
The fnance class
taught in the School of
Business teaches
students about the
basics of investments
and the stock market
by using real money
to invest in the stock
market.
t legiSlation naTion
RICHMOND, Va. Insulting
alumni and donors probably
isnt the best way to show that
you are trying to improve your
universitys national profle, as
the president of the University
of Richmond has found.
During a state of the
university speech in Octo-
ber at the private liberal arts
college, William E. Cooper
discussed the schools efforts
to become more academically
competitive by attracting more
talented students.
The entering quality of
our student body needs to be
much higher if we are going
to transform bright minds
into great achievers instead of
transforming mush into mush,
and I mean it, he said.
He later apologized for his
remarks and said they were
misinterpreted.
Some alumni remain sup-
portive of Coopers vision, but
he has come under fre from
many others, who are calling
for him to step down and are
threatening to withhold contri-
butions until he is gone. At a
recent home basketball game,
some Richmond fans wore
buttons proclaiming, Mush-
heads Unite.
The Associated Press
Student charged with
inappropriate behavior
Richmond offcial
insults alumni, donors
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Good news, Free for All. My girlfriend just called to tell
me that shes not pregnant. Hurray for the Pill!

In May 2003, George W. Bush declared victory in Iraq.

Now, he claims we wont exit until victory is achieved. I
think were a tad bit overdue to get out.

Oklahoma is the place to be.

So, I was walking to class and I saw a lady pull up in a

van and take a stack of UDKs, and then drive off. Sketch.

Thank God for Andrew Stangl. Except God doesnt exist.

The girl who works at McDonalds has a total crush on

me. I know it. I just want her to tell me about it. I mean,
come on. Lets be honest, drive-thru girl!
As a graduate student in
religious studies and Amy
Leochners classmate, I find
her recent letter to the editor
both disturbing and insult-
ing.
Dr. Mireckis e-mail ex-
pressed his private opinion
in what he believed was a pri-
vate forum. It should not be
allowed to reflect on our de-
partment as a whole.
Given that two of our fac-
ulty members are ordained
clergy, a third faculty/clergy
person recently retired after
many years at the University
and the variety of faiths rep-
resented in our student body,
it is unfair and inaccurate to
characterize the department
as intolerant of any religious
tradition.
We study religion because
we recognize and respect its
importance.
Dr. Mireckis e-mail should
not be used to gauge the at-
mosphere in the department
as a whole.
In many conversations
with both faculty and fellow
students, I have found no one
who agrees with the tone of
Dr. Mireckis e-mail.
Having taken a class with
Dr. Mirecki, I can attest that
his personal opinions do not
impinge on his classroom
conduct.
If Amy had experienced in-
tolerance in her classes, her
accusation would be valid;
however, that is not the case
she makes in her letter.
She wants to discredit the
entire department because
of one professors personal
opinion expressed in a per-
sonal e-mail.
I expected conflation of Dr.
Mireckis private opinion with
department policy from those
who make knee-jerk accusa-
tions without taking the time
to think through the issue.
I am surprised and disap-
pointed, however, to be at-
tacked from within my own
department by someone who
ought to know better.
Noelle Barrick,
Wichita, graduate student
in religious studies
Christmas must suck for the
Jews.
A few nights ago, I was watch-
ing TV with friends and commer-
cials came on. More specically,
Christmas commercials came on.
I sat and enjoyed the bright
colors and cute jingles that played
until I looked over and realized
that the girl sitting next to me was
Jewish.
Ill admit that I felt more than
a little bad. While its true that the
majority of Americans celebrate
Christmas, Jewish people still
have money to spend (insert ste-
reotypical joke here) for their own
holiday.
Though I was a tad hesitant
I leaned over to my friend, who
hadnt even inched while the
commercials played, and asked
her if the lack of Jew-friendly com-
mercials bothered her in any way.
She smiled and laughed.
And all she said was, Honey,
Im from Texas. And Texans love
their Jesus.
Well, as far as I know, its true.
The other Texans I know do love
Jesus a great deal, but that doesnt
justify exclusion. Isnt this sup-
posed to be the country that em-
braces the minority whole-heart-
edly?
Christmas, at least to me, is
about embracing the people
around us. So to exclude a whole
group of people that are around
us seems to go against the holi-
day spirit.
The real problem is that none
of the excluded seem to mind. Ive
asked my Jewish grandmother
about it, and she couldnt have
cared less.
I suppose at a certain point
that Jewish people have no choice
but to accept the insane power of
Christmas, but they should still
feel free to be pissed off about it.
Id be pissed if every commer-
cial was advertising a Hanukkah
sale.
To step back and look objec-
tively at the two holidays, Christ-
mas is one of the most signicant
Christian holidays and Hanukkah
is one of the least signicant Jewish
holidays. Because of its proximity
to Christmas, however, Hanukkah
has become incredibly well-known
and turned into sort of the Jewish
equivalent of Christmas.
If Christmas is so overwhelm-
ing that Jewish people have to
make their own version of it, then
we have a problem. It makes me
think that the spiritual aspect of
the holiday is gone, replaced by
parents need to buy their children
as much as possible.
Not that I can complain; I love
getting presents on Christmas. Ev-
eryone does.
But people are so gift-hun-
gry that the entire month before
Christmas is dedicated to it; the
majority of our culture becomes
obsessed with it. The holiday itself
has lost its meaning.
If people were to start empha-
sizing the religious aspect of the
holiday and buy fewer gifts, I think
wed all be better off.
Our country has enough mate-
rialism as it is, who needs an entire
day devoted to the celebration of
it?
By treating it as an excuse to
indulge in materialism, Christmas
isnt that big of a deal. The Jews
can let it be meaningless, and if it
continues along this path, appar-
ently so can a lot of people who
actually celebrate the holiday.
Mulvenon is an Olathe
freshman in art history
and English.
I am utterly shocked at the
complacency that ordinary
citizens have exhibited in re-
sponse to Donald Rumsfelds
implicit endorsement of tor-
ture.
Rumsfeld, the U.S. Sec-
retary of Defense, corrected
Marine Gen. Peter Pace,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Tuesday after he said
that all service members were
obligated to intervene during
a situation of abuse.
Rumsfeld claimed that
physical intervention was
never necessary. All anyone
could do was report it and
hope for the best, he said.
Pace was, thankfully, curt
in telling his boss that was
not correct.
The arrogance evident in
Rumsfelds rhetoric is typical
of the autocratic right wing.
Speaking of autocracy, the
press conference was called
for Rumsfeld to announce his
desire to dehumanize insur-
gence by, without regard for
the opinion of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff or military, changing
the term of reference from in-
surgent to something he will
decide on later.
Insurgents, though ac-
curate, is apparently too hu-
manizing.
As if silence and the snide
lack of consideration in re-
sponse to the horrors at Abu
Ghraib prison were not com-
placent enough, now our
government has implicitly en-
dorsed torture.
It makes me wonder how
long until our government
does so explicitly?
A. Bryce Myers
Overland Park sophomore
Private e-mail not grounds
for academic criticism
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Rumsfeld shows true colors
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I am surprised and
dissapointed to be
attacked from with-
in my own depart-
ment by someone
who ought to know
better.
People learn the denition of
a hero at an early age. He could
leap tall buildings in a single
bound, y around the world to
reverse time, rescue mankind
from Lex Luthor, and still meet
Lois Lane for dinner.
He was the costume for Hal-
loween and the topic of conver-
sation during recess. He was Su-
perman. The hero: the one with
the ability to save the world in
the blink of an eye.
We come to nd, however,
that just as coloring books are
replaced with Shakespearean
anthologies, our denition of a
hero suddenly evaporates, and
is tossed into the toy chest with
the coloring books.
When we realized that Super-
man was no longer real, and that
he would not swoop into save
us from plummeting into Ni-
agara Falls, our hope of a hero
was washed away. It is not that
the denition of a hero that has
changed; people just begin to ac-
cept that one individual cannot
save the world.
This comfortable realization,
so easy to accept, is wrong. The
refusal to expand the engraved
denition of the word hero af-
fects the ability to see an every-
day person, who truly improves
the quality of existence for an-
other, as a hero.
I was painfully shy, without
condence and lled with doubt
for the future. Responding to
a question in class shot chills
through me, and I couldnt fath-
om the thought of anyone read-
ing my writing aside from my
required English essays.
It was not until I hesitantly
walked into the journalism room
as a junior in high school that I
found the potential and ability I
always had, but was too afraid to
embrace.
My journalism adviser spent
hours working with me on sto-
ries and layouts preparing them
for print, and preparing me for
life.
She selessly helped me de-
velop a sense of self, condence
and passion for life as well as
journalism. Without appearing
on the cover of Time magazine
or raking in millions, she is my
hero. She saved my world.
Imagine life as a ip book.
Think about the most signicant
events. Those that shift perspec-
tive, leave someone with a new
sense of reality, or higher pur-
pose.
Think about it.
Are you going to remember
the score you made on your last
math exam? Or will you smile at
the memory of your best friend
calling you three times a day
that summer you broke up with
your rst love?
Will you think about who
passed the last piece of legisla-
tion in Congress? Or will you sit
and wondrously ponder at just
how your favorite teacher in-
spired you to chase the dreams
you never thought you could?
Are you going to recall the
number of metals America won
during the last Olympic Games?
Or will you silently count your
blessing for the time that your
parents grounded you after you
chose to drink and drive?
Ten years from now, the win-
ner of the Nobel Prize for mo-
lecular science will be forgotten,
the baseball player with the most
home runs will end up a plaque
and the headlines covering the
top fortune 500 company, along
with last years Mrs. America,
will be in the newspaper recy-
cling bin.
The hero is not the Superman
with X-ray vision, the strength
of 30 or the one with the big-
gest paycheck and most fame.
True heroes are everyday peo-
ple. They do not ask for glory
or compensation, they possess
nothing more than will and de-
sire.
They are the middle-aged fa-
ther who works three jobs in
order to pay his childrens way
through college. They are the
next door neighbor who has
been overseas for the past six
months serving his country with
nothing more then honor. They
are the night janitor at the local
convenience store who forgoes
his mid-break coffee in order to
give the saved buck or two to the
homeless women he passes on
this way home each night.
All it takes is a single, self-
less action, perhaps without
forethought, to set the path in
motion. The classication of a
hero no longer lies within the
boundaries of Superman, nor
does it need to be tossed out
with GIGO and Barbie.
None of these actions alter
time and space, nor do they save
the world in a single bound.
These accomplishments, how-
ever, do leave a lasting impact.
Not only do these deeds vali-
date another persons experi-
ence on this earth, but they al-
low someone to feel worthy,
accepted and loved.
Pavlik is a Plano, Texas,
freshman in journalism.
YELENA PAVLIK
opinion@kansan.com
The refusal to ex-
pand the engraved
denition of the
word hero affects
the ability to see
an everyday per-
son, who truly im-
proves the quality
of existence for an-
other, as a hero.
RYAN MULVENON
opinion@kansan.com
RYAN HAS SPOKEN
The girls on the Lawrence Country Club waitstaff are the
most amazingly hot girls Ive ever seen.

Dont you love how the KU Intramurals always puts the

crappy teams against the overzealous frat teams?
Give us a chance.

To the person who double parked on the roof of Corbin:

The KBC is ready and waiting with their keys.
Move yo car!

Christian mythology? I didnt know how immature

our faculty members could be. Just because you
have a personal problem with Christianity
doesnt mean you should handle it in this
immature of a way. An athiest has no
business heading the department of religion.
I just beat my roommate at paper
football! Whoo-hoo! Im
going to go tear down the
goalposts! Sarcasm off.

Dear Kansan: Is it that hard to print

the crossword puzzle above the fold?

Cant we all just get along?

You know, Free for All, now that youre on my buddy

list youre always Away.
Where do you go? I miss you.

What is the big deal about Chuck Norris?

Ugh, the elevator at Strong is broken.

My life is now ofcially over.
Is it cheating if I google all of the crossword hints to
nd the answers?
The AssociATed Press
HANGHAI, China It was
Mission: Unpredictable for
Tom Cruise when a reporter
pulled out a cell phone and the
actor insisted on talking to the
person on the other end of the
line.
Put her on the phone. I
want to talk to her, Cruise told
the journalist, who sheepishly
called someone Cruise assumed
to be the mans girlfriend.
Hello. Xiexie. Ni hao. Are
you good? said Cruise, han-
dling the Chinese words for
thank you and hello with
ease.
Are you good? Are you
working? he asked. Are you
going to get engaged? Soon?
Maybe?
Cruise was speaking to jour-
nalists atop the historic Bund 18
building as bells tolled and horns
blared from ships passing on the
Huangpu River on Wednesday
after wrapping up scenes for the
new Mission: Impossible flm,
due in theaters next year.
Oh, youre married? asked
the translator, who stepped in
to help the conversation along.
Tell her I wish her happiness,
Cruise said.
Xiexie, bye-bye, said the 43-
year-old actor before handing
the phone back to the reporter.
Asked about his own plans to
wed pregnant fancee Katie Hol-
mes, Cruise replied, You want
to know where were gonna get
married? The exact date? The
exact place? The color dress,
designer?
He added: You know, we
havent set a date. ... It will hap-
pen next year.
Cruise recently said he had
purchased a sonogram machine
so that he and the 26-year-old
actress could see the develop-
ment of their baby.
Holmes pregnancy was an-
nounced in early October. The
couple, who have been dating
since April, became engaged in
June.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Friday, Dec. 2, 2005: Investigate new
possibilities, as you could transform
your life this birthday year. Your abil-
ity to think through decisions proves
to be extraordinary and a tremen-
dous asset. You seem to be able to
juggle your time and adapt to differ-
ent needs. Youll see what happens if
you are impulsive as well. You are in
the fnal phases of an 11-year cycle,
about to plunge into a new one in fall
2006. Your luck and opportunities will
be enhanced. If you are single, you
could meet someone who is nefari-
ous or mysterious, especially before
the fall. Check this person out. If you
are attached, take plenty of time to-
gether as if you were a new couple.
Stoke the fres of love. CAPRICORN
helps you make money.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHHHH You might revise your
thoughts, plans and perspective at
the last minute. The question might
be, What encourages this update?
Some will choose to rethink a situa-
tion. Tonight: In the limelight even
if youre doing something different.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHHH Once more, a partner does
a twist on an agreement. You could
be wondering what is going on. This
person might be transforming before
your very eyes. Be willing to step
back, detach and see what is really
happening here. Tonight: Take off
and soar like a bird.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Others do a dance that
intrigues you. Investigate what
might be happening. Think twice
about a decision involving a partner
or a special friend. Someone zeros
in on you. Work closely with another
person. Tonight: Time with a special
friend.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH Revise your schedule, as
new demands or requests come in.
Think in terms of effciency and a
change of pace. Your willingness to
fex separates you from many. Keep
smiling, even if you feel a bit put out.
Tonight: Out with friendly folks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH You might need to tap into
your ingenuity to fnd solutions. You
might back off of a risk and change
your mind. All the better for the
moment. Snafus will tend to depress
you right now. Tonight: Plan to get
plenty of R and R.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHH You might have diffculty get-
ting going this morning. As a result,
you will adjust your plans accord-
ingly. Consider taking today off, as it
is the end of the week. Sometimes
you are overly responsible. Tonight:
Getting a second wind?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHHH You have the wherewithal
to get past problems if you just use
your noggin. Sometimes feelings
could drive you to a less positive
path. You will be a lot happier if you
think before you leap right now.
Follow through on the logical path.
Tonight: Make it early.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHH Revising your fnancial orga-
nization could be very important to
you and those who depend on you.
Your sense of responsibility needs
to come out, and others will respond
accordingly. Tonight: Friday-evening
get-together.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH Dont let moodiness get
the best of you. You might observe
a tendency to reverse and twist in
new directions. Your vision might
need some updating. Your spending
needs to be more conservative, for
now. Tonight: Treat yourself, too.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHH Knowing when to step back
might be as important as taking
action. Youll keep getting the same
planetary message until you absorb
it. You discover that your energy
soars as the day gets later. Tonight:
All smiles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHHHH Aim for more of what
you want. Review a decision with
care. You might fnd that others
arent as direct as you would like, or
what you want comes in an indirect
manner. Observe the changes in
your mind-set. Tonight: Early to bed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHH Pressure builds at the work-
place. Consider a new possibility
or change in the workplace. Others
look to you to be a role model. Keep
focusing on what you want; you
will get where you want if you do.
Tonight: Join your friends.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise waves to fans Tuesday, followed by
actress Katie Holmes in Shanghai where he is currently flming his upcom-
ing movie, Mission: Impossible III. Chinese newspapers said Cruise was
expected to stay in Shanghai for up to 10 days.
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The AssociATed Press
NEW YORK NBC is mak-
ing big changes to its prime-
time lineup for Thursday the
night it used to own in the era of
must-see TV by instituting
a two-hour comedy block led by
My Name Is Earl.
Banished from the night, and
temporarily off the air entirely,
is Joey, the spin-off that lost
all of the energy and most of the
viewers from Friends.
Thursdays announcement
represents NBCs attempt to
recapture its magic on what
is the most lucrative night of
the week in television adver-
tising. Through The Cosby
Show, Cheers, Seinfeld
and Friends, NBC dominated
Thursdays for nearly two de-
cades, but CBS combination
of Survivor and CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation now
rules.
Starting January 5, NBCs
new Thursday lineup will be
Will & Grace, in its fnal sea-
son; the new buddy comedy
Four Kings; the strong fresh-
man show My Name Is Earl;
and The Offce.
ER will remain in its cus-
tomary spot at 10 p.m. ET, NBC
said.
The four-comedy block plays
to the history of the night, said
Kevin Reilly, NBC entertain-
ment president. He said it repre-
sents broadcast TVs only com-
edy night for viewers looking for
something out of the ordinary.
The changes were no sur-
prise; many people in the tele-
vision industry were surprised
NBC started the fall season with
its struggling Thursday lineup
intact. NBCs announcement
came the day after Fox said that
it was keeping American Idol
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
after considering moving the
Idol results show to Thurs-
days.
I think its a step in the right
direction, said Sharianne Brill,
programming analyst for Carat
USA, of NBCs move. It will
help them get back to their com-
edy roots. Theyve always been
known for that.
When My Name Is Earl, the
comedy starring Jason Lee as a
loser trying to make amends for
bad behavior, became a hit, NBC
executives spent much of the fall
debating whether to move it to
Thursdays. At frst they didnt
want to risk alienating viewers
who had just gotten used to see-
ing it on Tuesdays.
Joey has been a huge dis-
appointment for NBC, its audi-
ence only a third of that earned
by Friends in its last season. It
will be taken off the air until at
least March, after NBC airs the
Winter Olympics.
Reilly said Joey will be
back. Its likely destination is
Tuesday night, where NBC will
run Fear Factor and back-to-
back episodes of Scrubs from
8 to 10 p.m. starting in January.
After running two separate
editions of The Apprentice
with Donald Trump and Martha
Stewart this fall, the boardroom
will be quiet in the winter. Reilly
said a Trump version of The
Apprentice will be back after
the Olympics but its unclear
where it will air. Wednesday
night, where a short-run season
of The Biggest Loser will air
starting January, seems the most
likely spot.
Following the TV trend to-
ward supernatural shows, NBC
in January will introduce The
Book of Daniel, a Friday night
drama starring Aidan Quinn as
an Episcopalian minister who
regularly converses with Jesus
Christ.
t TeLeVision
NBC plans to boost its ratings
with Thursday night comedy
pEoplE
BALTIMORE Former
Creed lead singer Scott Stapp
and members of the band 311
were involved in a fght on
Thanksgiving in the lounge
of a luxury hotel, according
to hotel security staff and 311
members.
311 was in Baltimore for a
weekend concert when several
members ran into Stapp ear-
lier that day, band drummer
Chad Sexton told The Associ-
ated Press. Both Stapp and
311 have the same producer,
and Sexton said there were
no problems during the frst
meeting. But Stapp later came
into the Harbor Court Hotel bar
while Sexton and bandmates
SA Martinez and P-Nut were
watching basketball on televi-
sion. He stepped in front of
the screen and said, 311, I am
ready to fght, Sexton said.
Sexton said the band tried to
defuse the situation, and Stapp
went to the bar to drink. Later, he
made inappropriate comments
to Martinezs wife and was con-
frontational with Sexton.
All of a sudden, he clocked
me in the left side of my face,
Sexton said. Then a huge
fght broke out.
Security guards eventually
broke up the brawl. Police
were called, but no arrests
were made, according to hotel
security.
It was an unfortunate inci-
dent, Sexton said. We are not
brawlers.
Beth Keifetz, vice president
of publicity at Stapps label,
Wind-up Records, wouldnt
comment on the reports of a
fght.
The Associated Press
Band members brawl
in Baltimore hotel
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smoking. 841-2829.
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FOOTBALL
Texas celebrates Young love
BY JIM VERTUNO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas The fourth-
quarter touchdown pass against
Ohio State. The rst victory
against Oklahoma since 2000.
The second-half rescue.
Whatever No. 2 Texas needed
this season, quarterback Vince
Young delivered.
When the 2005 season start-
ed, conventional wisdom was
that the Longhorns would go as
far as Young could take them.
Eleven victories later, they are
still on the move, playing Satur-
day for the Big 12 title. Another
victory would send them to
California for a second straight
Rose Bowl, only this time with
the national championship on
the line.
Were so close, Young said.
We can smell the Rose right
now.
On Wednesday, the junior
quarterback was a unanimous
selection as the Associated
Press Big 12 offensive player of
the year in voting by 20 reporters
who regularly cover the league
for newspapers in the seven
states with conference teams.
Young is the rst Texas player
to win offensive player of the
year honors since quarterback
Major Applewhite in 1999. In
doing so, he broke Applewhites
school records for single-season
total offense (3,369) and the ca-
reer mark (8,450).
Shedding his reputation as
a run-rst quarterback, Young
passed for 2,576 yards and 23
touchdowns and rushed for 793
yards and eight more scores in
leading the Longhorns to their
rst 11-0 record since 1983.
Youngs numbers and pen-
chant for making big plays in
Texas biggest games have made
him a contender for the Heis-
man Trophy, an award Young
insists is a distant thought as he
tries to lead the Longhorns to
their rst Big 12 title since 1996.
Texas plays Colorado (7-4) Sat-
urday in the league champion-
ship game in Houston.
What really matters is that
were out there having a good
time and getting wins, Young
said.
Youngs last-minute touch-
down pass to Limas Sweed sent
the Longhorns to a 25-22 vic-
tory at Ohio State in the second
game. He threw for three touch-
downs against Oklahoma as
Texas snapped a ve-game losing
streak to the Sooners. The next
week against Colorado, he ran
for three touchdowns and threw
for a career-high 336 yards.
Theres no question hes the
best football player in America,
Kansas coach Mark Mangino
said after a 66-14 Texas victory.
Nobody does for their team
what Vince Young does for
his.
His best game came at Okla-
homa State, when he ran for 267
yards, passed for 239 and scored
four touchdowns to rally Texas
from a 28-9 decit to a 47-28
victory. His 80-yard touchdown
run in the third quarter changed
momentum in the game and
perhaps saved the season.
If you pick the most valuable
player in the country, it has to
be Vince, Texas coach Mack
Brown said. We wouldnt be sit-
ting here today without Vince. Harry Cabluck/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas
quarterback
Vince Young
focuses
during the
pregame
warmup
before
his teams
52-17 vic-
tory against
Texas Tech
in this le
photo from
Oct. 22 in
Austin,
Texas.
Young was
selected
as the
Associated
Press Big
12 Offensive
Player of the
Year.
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Kaun led all Kansas scorers
with 19 points, but it was his
counterpart on Nevada who
stole the show.
Kansas had no answer for
Nevada junior forward Nick
Fazekas.
Fazekas dropped 35 points
on the Jayhawks, and did it from
around the court, with points in
the paint, and from the outside.
Fazekas is unbelievable,
Kaun said. They are a solid,
solid team.
Kansas slowed Nevada
down midway through the sec-
ond half with a one-two-two
zone defense, which helped
change a 6-point deficit to a
2-point lead with fewer than
9 minutes to play.
The 52-50 lead was Kansas
frst since a 6-4 lead in the open-
ing minutes.
The loss was the frst non-
conference home loss for Kan-
sas since a January 2004 loss to
Richmond.
The majority of Kansas
points came on layups or from
the post players. Kansas contin-
ued to struggle from beyond the
arc, going just 1-of-8 on three-
point shots.
The Jayhawks got their points
in spurts, 10 of which came from
Kaun in the frst half.
Freshman forward Micah
Downs was able to cut a 5-point
Wolf Pack lead to one with back-
to-back buckets on a layup and
a three-pointer.
Downs later hit another
three-point shot with 17.6 sec-
onds remaining in the game to
pull Kansas within one, but that
was as close as the Jayhawks
would get.
Nevada senior forward Mo
Charlo converted a free throw
at the other end and Kansas was
unable to tie when Giles shot
was blocked with time running
out.
Kansas will try to rebound
against Western Illinois on Sat-
urday at 7 p.m.
Edited by Jonathan Kealing
F Kansas assistant coach Joe
Dooley, while shaking hands
with Nevada players, was
seen to make an expletive
remark to junior forward
Nick Fazekas. I have great
respect for the Nevada team.
They played well tonight.
I responded in a negative
manner to something that
was said to me following the
game, Dooley said in a post-
game statement. I certainly
apologize to the Nevada pro-
gram, and this is not the man-
ner in which Kansas basket-
ball should be represented.
Fazekas scored 35 points.
F Freshman point guard Ma-
rio Chalmers went down
hard after being intentional-
ly fouled by Nevadas Chad
Bell. Chalmers would go to
the locker room with what
Self said was a toe injury.
He would later return to the
sidelines but not play.
F The Kansas student section
appeared to have many
open seats in the left corner
of Allen Fieldhouse.
F Kansas continued to strug-
gle from beyond the arc,
going 3-of-12 on three-
point shots.
Ryan Colaianni
Dooley insults Nevadas Fazekas,
Kansas issues apology
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRITER
Nick Fazekas had something to prove.
Nevadas junior forward, who was the leading
scorer in Thursday nights game, came into Allen
Fieldhouse on the heels of what he labeled a dis-
appointing performance against UNLV and was
looking for redemption.
He got exactly that by scoring 35 points to lead
his team to a 72-70 victory against Kansas.
I took the UNLV game personally, Fazekas said.
Coach challenged me to come out and have a strong
game tonight and Im glad I could come through.
Fazekas was able to score inside against Kansas
big men C.J Giles and Christian Moody, but he
was also able to step outside and hit jump shots.
Kansas shifted from playing man-to-man de-
fense in the frst half to playing a zone defense
in the second half. The zone enabled Fazekas to
have some open looks from the outside.
Fazekas had a number of big plays to silence
the Kansas faithful, including a three point shot
that stretched Nevadas lead to a two-possession
game with less than 3 minutes to play in the sec-
ond half. Fazekas hit the shot right in front of his
teams bench and got a pat on the back by his
coach Mark Fox on his way back to play defense.
Nick is a laid-back kid, Fox said. It seems
like the louder the crowd gets, the better he plays.
He played like an All-American tonight and has
gotten better each game.
That three-point shot came about 10 minutes
after Fazekas hit a three-pointer to silence the Al-
len Fieldhouse crowd cheering on the Jayhawks
who were down by one before the shot.
Fazekas was 8-of-13 from the feld, 7-of-8 from
the free throw line and also grabbed 8 rebounds.
He scored the frst bucket of the game for Nevada
and tallied his fnal points with 2:04 to play in the
game. And he didnt lighten up in between.
It was a good feeling to be able to come in
here and get a win, but were not surprised by it,
Fazekas said. We feel were good enough to beat
anybody.
Fazekas said playing in front of a rowdy crowd and
on national television got him going before the game
started. Fazekas will not get another opportunity to
showcase his talents on national television until late
January when Nevada plays host to Utah State.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
Nick Fezekas, Nevada junior forward, attempts to shoot over senior forward Christian Moody
during the second half of Thursday nights game in Allen Fieldhouse. Fezekas fnished the game
with a career-high 35 points on 15-of-21 shooting in Nevadas 72-70 victory against Kansas.
t mens basketball
Fazekas frustrates Kansas
sports friday, december 2, 2005 the University daily Kansan 9a
By Kelly Reynolds
kreynolds@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
The Kansas swimming and diving
team departed Lawrence Thursday for
a two-day meet against Harvard and
Northeastern. The meet will begin to-
night at 6, and will continue Saturday
evening at 6 in Cambridge, Mass.
After a successful meet at the Min-
nesota Invitational two weeks ago,
which resulted in three broken re-
cords and several top 100 times, the
Jayhawks are prepared to face a tough
Harvard team, as well as a strong
Northeastern team.
Kansas swimming coach Clark
Campbell said the challenge would be
swimming to the same potential as the
team swam at the Minnesota Invite.
We want to see how close we can get
to our Minnesota times or surpass what
we did at Minnesota, Campbell said.
The Jayhawks feel great about how
they are swimming at this point in the
season, Campbell said.
On Wednesday, the top 100 Division
I times in the nation were released, and
Kansas had eight swimmers with top
100 individual times.
Freshman Ashley Leidigh, who was
named Big 12 Conference Swimmer
of the Month on Wednesday, has fve
individual times in the top 100. Lei-
digh has the top time in the country
in the 100-yard butterfy. She holds
the eighth place time in the 200-yard
butterfy and also ranks in the 50- and
100-yard freestyle events as well as the
100-yard backstroke event. In the past
two months, Leidigh has captured both
the Robinson pool record and the KU
record in the 100-yard butterfy.
Also representing Kansas in the top
100 times are freshman Danielle Her-
rmann, freshman Molly Brammer,
sophomores Terri Schramka and Lau-
ren Bonfe, junior Jenny Short, senior
co-captain Gina Gnatzig and senior
Lindsey Urbatchka.
Kansas has fve relays that have top
100 times. They rank in the 200, 400
and 800-yard freestyle relays as well as
the 200 and 400-yard medley relays.
Its neat when the bar is as high as
it is because we have everyone reach-
ing for a higher bar, Campbell said.
It gives permission for everyone to tap
into what they have.
On Monday, Campbell announced
seven new swimmers who have signed
for the 2006-2007 season. He said that
they would make an immediate impact
in the backstroke and freestyle events.
We want the best athletes possible,
and our recruiting class consists of the
best athletes possible, Campbell said.
Megan Durbin, Erin Goetz, Car-
rah Haley, Melissa Heyrman, Ashley
Robinson, Deidre Rosel and Whitney
Taylor make up the seven new Kansas
recruits.
Leidigh said she thought the freestyle
talent of the recruiting class would suc-
ceed in flling some of the freestyle tal-
ent of the graduating senior class at the
conclusion of the 2005-2006 season.
Although shes excited for the new
recruiting class, Leidigh hasnt lost
sight of the work cut out for the team
this weekend against Harvard and
Northeastern.
Harvard is unranked, but they
should be ranked, Leidigh said. I am
nervous just because theres a lot of
pressure.
The Jayhawks return to Lawrence
Sunday for the last week of school.
Kansas will depart to Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla., for its winter training trip Jan. 2-
10.
Edited by Jayme Wiley
By Ryan schneideR
rschneider@kansan.com
KANSAN STAff WRITER
For one night later this month, the
eyes of the college football world will be
on Kansas and its bowl opponent.
A bowl victory would be monumen-
tal for the football program, but the
publicity the University will receive is
equally important. For the University,
athletics is a way of promoting itself
across the country because it places
the University in the national spot-
light.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics di-
rector, said he thought the exposure from
playing a bowl game in front of a nation-
al audience would not only beneft the
Athletics Department, but the University
as a whole.
The publicity a team receives for play-
ing in a bowl game could potentially lead
to additional interest in the school and
increased enrollment.
Kansas State University has seen its
enrollment increase over the past de-
cade, which may be credited in part
to the success of its football team un-
der former coach Bill Snyder. Snyders
teams played in 11 consecutive bowl
games from 1993 to 2003.
Kansas States 1991 spring enroll-
ment was 18,909, and its enrollment
was 23,182 this semester. In 2001,
Kansas State was named one of the
top 10 trendiest schools in the na-
tion by Newsweeks Guidance Coun-
selor survey. Sports Illustrated listed
the school as Futility U 12 years
earlier.
David Johnston, director of Univer-
sity marketing, said athletic success
gave the University a way to reach pro-
spective students and alumni across the
country. Athletics plays a major role
in terms of visibility, Johnston said.
It raises the profle of the institution
and helps promote the things we do on
a daily basis.
While the financial gains of any
bowl game help a university, the po-
tential recruiting benefits from na-
tional television exposure are impor-
tant as well.
Bowl appearances are a way to
show fans that youve got a program
that is headed in the right direction,
Marchiony said. It makes it easier to
recruit good players, and I think it also
has a positive infuence on high school
students.
Each of the three bowls, which Kan-
sas is being considered for, pay nearly
$750,000. Whats left of that money, after
paying for the costs of team travel, lodg-
ing and other necessities, is forwarded
to the conference and split among all 12
teams.
An offcial announcement on Kansas
bowl future is expected after the Big 12
cConference Championship game Satur-
day afternoon.
Marchiony said he was unsure of
where Kansas bowl game would be
played. It appears likely the team will
head to the Fort Worth Bowl, with the
Houston Bowl and Independence Bowl
also possibilities.
This seasons possible bowl appearance
would be the 10th in program history. A
berth in the Fort Worth Bowl would be
Kansas third bowl game played in Texas.
Kansas previously competed in the Blue-
bonnet Bowl in 1961 and the Sun Bowl
in 1975.
Edited by Anne Burgard
TODAY
F Womens basketball vs. Bir-
mingham-Southern, 6 p.m., Al-
len Fieldhouse
F Swimming vs. Harvard and
Northeastern, 6 p.m., Cam-
bridge, Mass.
F Volleyball, NCAA Tournament
vs. UCLA, 10 p.m., Los Angeles
SATURDAY
F Womens basketball vs. New
Orleans, 1 p.m., Allen Field-
house
F Swimming vs. Harvard and
Northeastern, 6 p.m., Cam-
bridge, Mass.
F Mens basketball vs. Western
Illinois, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
TUESDAY
F Mens basketball vs. Saint
Joes, Jimmy V Classic, 6 p.m.,
New York
WEDNESDAY
F Womens basketball vs. UMKC,
7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
t swimming
Quick fnishes last time mean high expectations
t Football
Bowl game could reap
benefts for University
CalEnDaR
mens basKetball
The third pick-up period for
Kansas mens basketball tick-
ets begins at 9 a.m. Monday,
Dec. 5. Students can redeem
their tickets online at the Kan-
sas Athletics Web site, www.
kuathletics.com, or at the ticket
offce, at the southeast corner
of Allen Fieldhouse.
Games in the third pick-up pe-
riod include Northern Colorado,
New Orleans, Yale, Kentucky,
Kansas State and Nebraska.
The pick-up period ends
Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Ryan Schneider
big 12 football
Players on the Kansas football team
continued to receive All-Big 12 Confer-
ence honors Thursday when the Associ-
ated Press announced its yearly selec-
tions.
Senior linebacker Nick Reid and se-
nior defensive end Charlton Keith both
received frst-team All-Big 12 honors,
while junior cornerback/wide receiver
Charles Gordon was named to the
second team. In all, 10 Jayhawks were
honored, with eight others earning
honorable-mention selections.
The honorable mentions were senior
linebackers Banks Floodman, Kevin
Kane and Brandon Perkins, junior of-
fensive lineman David Ochoa, fresh-
man cornerback Aqib Talib, sophomore
kicker Scott Webb and junior offensive
lineman Bob Whitaker.
Kansan staff report
Ticket pick-up period
to begin this Monday
Kansas players selected
for All-Big 12 honors
Upset
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793 yards and eight touchdowns. Young said
earlier this week during the Big 12 telecon-
ference that there were two things he wanted
to accomplish when he came to Texas.
One of my goals when I got out of
high school was to play on a national
championship team and win the Heis-
man trophy, Young said. Each game I
have to get myself prepared mentally to
play the game, and its up to me.
This will be the second time this season
the two teams will play each other. Texas
won the frst game at home 42-17. Brown
said he expected this game to be tougher.
Were not going to duplicate our earlier
performance against Colorado because it
was really hot, and we had a 17-play drive to
start the game, Brown said. I expect there
to be a tremendous amount of emotion and
a lot of knee-knocking in this weeks game,
and it will be just as emotional as the Texas
A&M game was for us last week.
Colorado enters the game with a 7-4
record and having lost its fnal two games
of the season to Iowa State and Nebraska.
After its loss last Friday to Nebraska, it
appeared Colorado was out of the cham-
pionship game, but Kansas defeated Iowa
State one day later, putting Colorado back
into the championship game.
Colorado football coach Gary Barnett
missed the majority of the Kansas-Iowa
State game, but he caught the most impor-
tant part of it. I was feeling a little sorry for
myself from Friday, Barnett said. When the
Kansas-Iowa State game went into overtime
and ISU missed that kick, I started to get a
little excited. Im sure the kids were watch-
ing and getting excited as Kansas lined up to
make the winning feld goal.
The game is scheduled for an 11 a.m.
kickoff Saturday in Reliant Stadium and
will be televised on ABC.
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UCLA
continued from page 10a
They won seven of their past nine
matches and fnished in a ffth-place tie
in the conference standings.
The UCLA offense is run by freshman
setter Nellie Spicer. She averaged 12.58
assists per game during the regular sea-
son. On the attack, the Bruins are paced
by a pair of young outside hitters in
freshman Kaitlin Sather and sophomore
Rachell Johnson. Sather averages 3.88
kills per game and Johnson adds 3.15.
Theyre very strong on the outside,
so their right side and left side players
are where the majority of the sets go,
Bechard said. Well try to identify some
tendencies that they have, but at the
same time well try to get some match-
ups that work for us and what were try-
ing to do.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Roommates stuck to the couch?
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friday, december 2, 2005
By Matt Wilson
mwilson@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTS WRITER
The Kansas Jayhawks will begin their third con-
secutive NCAA Tournament tonight when they
face off with the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion
in Los Angeles.
For the Bruins, Fridays match will begin their
programs 24th appearance in the tournament.
They have won six national championships, in-
cluding three NCAA titles. The other three came
before the NCAA began governing womens vol-
leyball in 1981.
The Jayhawks have a record of 2-2 in their two
previous tournament appearances.
On top of history, Kansas will have its work cut
out for it with this years UCLA squad. UCLA is
ranked 14th in the nation and has won six of its
nine matches in Westwood, Calif., this season.
Kansas is reeling after three straight losses to
close out the regular season. Its last appearance
on the court ended in a 3-0 defeat at the hands of
Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, last Saturday.
They fnished the season with a 7-13 record in
the Big 12 Conference, which put them in eighth
place.
Bruins coach Andy Banachowski said he was
impressed with what he had seen from the Jay-
hawks despite their lackluster fnish.
I have only seen a little bit of Kansas, but
they appear to be pretty well-rounded in all their
skills, Banachowski said. We will go into the
match emphasizing our serving and blocking and
be prepared to make the necessary adjustments as
the match progresses.
Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard said his
team would have to rise to the challenge despite
the injuries of senior setter Andi Rozum and ju-
nior outside hitter Jana Correa.
We cant use injuries as an excuse, Bechard
said. Were limited, but you can only put six out
there. So lets knock on wood and hope every-
body stays healthy from here on out and people
step up.
The Bruins, in stark contrast to the Jayhawks,
fnished strong. They enter the match with an 18-
10 record, including a 10-8 Pac-10 mark fnalized
with a 3-1 victory against California last Saturday.
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sports
sports
By Matt Wilson
mwilson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
After a frustrating season flled
with injuries, the Kansas volleyball
team will receive a second chance
today.
The Jayhawks will play their frst-
round match in the NCAA Tourna-
ment at 10 tonight in Los Angeles,
despite a lackluster record of 15-14.
Kansas also fnished below Iowa
State, which didnt make the tourna-
ment, despite a better Big 12 Confer-
ence record.
That means Kansas will be playing
with house money, so to speak, when
they play the UCLA in the frst-round
match.
Should they win, Kansas will play
on Saturday against the winner of
the Long Beach State-San Diego
match.
No matter the outcome of their tus-
sle with the 14th-ranked Bruins, the
Jayhawks are happy to extend their
season at least one more week after
thinking they had not played well
enough to earn this chance.
Toward the end, when we lost to
Iowa State, then I was kind of like
Uh, I dont think were going, se-
nior middle blocker Josi Lima said.
But when our name came up, it was
a wonderful feeling.
Another perk of the surprise Kansas
selection was the destination. Leaving
the cold weather of Lawrence for 60-
degree Los Angeles was a nice assign-
ment for the Jayhawks, who arrived
there on Wednesday.
Kansas is no stranger to nice lo-
cales come tournament time. In 2003,
it played at Pepperdine, in Malibu,
Calif. Last year, the Jayhawks escaped
the Kansas winter again, playing in
the Seattle pod, where Washington
hosted.
Despite a forecast that called
for rain Friday, Lima said she was
excited to play in such a pleasant
place.
Its really nice, Lima said.
Weve been so lucky every year. Its
really good to get out of the cold
weather.
Senior setter Andi Rozum will like-
ly miss the match because of a back
injury. That will force sophomore op-
posite hitter Emily Brown and Lima
into action at that position.
Lima, who hasnt played setter
since she was in high school in Brazil,
said she would be ready to adapt to
the new position.
The regular season was physically
tough on Lima. The four-time, All-Big
12 performer is nursing several inju-
ries that shes played through all year.
Mentally, Im 100 percent, she
said. Physically, Im probably like 60.
Im getting used to pain.
Kansas will also be without junior
outside hitter Jana Correa, who tore
her ACL in the Oct. 5 match against
Kansas State. The Jayhawks lost
seven games in a row after Correas
injury.
Kansas volleyball coach Ray
Bechard said that early-season vic-
tories against tournament teams
Alabama, Virginia Commonwealth,
Colorado and Texas A&M, plus a
November victory at Kansas State,
gave the selection committee enough
evidence that Kansas belonged in the
tournament.
I think you have to look at the 29-
match season, not just the last one,
Bechard said. I know the committee
looked at the entire body of work.
With the nice weather, sightsee-
ing and entertainment opportunities,
Bechard said the most important issue
remained volleyball.
I think if players tell you about
Pepperdine or Washington, the mem-
ories they bring back are of things that
happened in the gym, Bechard said.
Even though its a nice place to go
and might be touristy for some, I think
the most important part and the part
the kids will remember is how it went
on the court.
Edited by Anne Burgard
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SPORTSWRITER
Colorado will again try to spoil
Texas postseason hopes when the
teams meet in the Big 12 Cham-
pionship game Saturday in Hous-
ton. If Texas wins, the Longhorns
will gain a berth in the Rose Bowl
and play for the National Cham-
pionship on Jan. 4.
That was the same scenario
four years ago when the two teams
met in the conference champion-
ship game in Irving, Texas.
Texas was one game away from
playing for the national champi-
onship, but was upset by Colorado
39-37 and was denied an opportu-
nity to play in the title game.
Four years later, with the same
two coaches roaming the sidelines
for the two teams, Texas football
coach Mack Brown said this game
would be a lot different than the
2001 game when the Longhorns
had to rely on an upset to play in
the Big 12 championship game.
This year we have controlled
our own destiny, Brown said.
In 2001 we had to get on the
phones and start calling kids to
fnd them Saturday night before
the game after Oklahoma State
upset Oklahoma.
Texas enters the game with
a perfect 11-0 record and has
been paced by Heisman trophy
hopeful Vince Young. The ju-
nior quarterback from Houston
will get an opportunity to play in
front of a large number of friends
and family this weekend.
Young has thrown for 2,576
yards this season and 23 touch-
downs. Young has also rushed for
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Powerhouse UCLA
to test Kansas
t Volleyball
Surprising bid leaves nothing to lose
UT looks
to avoid
repeat
upset
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Josi Lima, senior middle blocker, hugs freshman middle blocker, Savannah Noyes, after
winning one of their four games against Missouri Nov. 23. Kansas lost the match, but has
received a bid to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament in Los Angeles.
t biG 12 football
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Kansas sophomore forward CJ Giles, freshman forward Brandon Rush and sophomore guard Russell Robinson pressure Nevada sophomore guard Marce-
lus Kemp. The Jayhawks were forced to foul late in the fourth quarter when trailing by 3.
Back to the 70s
By ryan Colaianni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
CJ Giles went up for a game-
tying layup in the closing sec-
onds of Thursday nights game
against Nevada. He felt some-
one grabbing his arm.
Held down, it was easy for
Wolf Pack defenders to block
the shot and give Nevada a
72-70 victory against Kansas.
I dont know if the offcials saw
it or not, Giles said. His hands
were basically holding my arm.
Giles, sophomore forward, had
received a pass from senior guard
Jeff Hawkins. He had full control
of the ball before going up, and
then felt the contact, he said.
Kansas mens basketball coach
Bill Self ran onto the court when
time expired, demanding a foul
call from the offcials.
No call was made, and the Jay-
hawks dropped to 2-3 for the frst
time since the 1972-73 season.
I thought he got fouled, from
my vantage point, Self said. I
am usually not one to complain
about offciating, and I am not
going to do it tonight.
For the third time this season,
Kansas battled back from early
defcits but was unable to pull out a
victory. The Jayhawks battled back
numerous times. They were down
as many as 6 points with 2:04 re-
maining, but closed the gap to 1
with 17.6 seconds to go. Kansas
still was unable to come back.
The team struggled during
the frst half, falling behind by
8 points at intermission, but ap-
peared to be more focused in
the second half.
Hopefully, this will give us a
message that you have to come
into the game and play it from
the beginning, senior forward
Sasha Kaun said.
The offense performed bet-
ter in the second half and shot
54 percent from the feld, after
shooting just 34 percent in the
opening period.
We just need to turn it on
right at the beginning of the
game, instead of waiting for the
second half to do it, Giles said.
The come back in the second
half was partly because of the
play of freshman forward Bran-
don Rush, who scored 13 of his
15 points in the second half.
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KU falls to 2-3;
frst time since 72
Nevada 72 - Kansas 70
Held down, it was
easy for Wolf Pack
defenders to block the
shot and give Nevada
a 72-70 victory against
Kansas.