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Darnell Jackson took on a full load of family problems

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opinion
Its been six years
since the Jayhawks
beat the Wildcats.
Sharita Smith and
company look to
change that.
After being associ-
ated with words
like backwardand
laughingstock,
Kansas is coming
back by re-instating
evolution in school
curricula.
The Hawks will
play their frst home
game at 3 p.m.
Sunday
The lack of voter
turnout canceled
the KU on Wheels
referendum. The
referendum would
have allowed for 30
new buses.
By NAthAN Gill
Women at the University of Kansas
are graduating faster and with higher
grade point averages than men.
According to University data,
womens GPAs have been about .2
GPA points higher than mens since
at least 1996. The percentage of
women graduating in four, five and
six years has exceeded that of men
since 1985, according to the most
recent University data.
Lisa Wolf-Wendel, professor of
education, said women in general
were more likely to graduate from
high school, go to college and gradu-
ate with higher GPAs than men.
There are people that are worried
that men are falling behind, Wolf-
Wendel said.
Wolf-Wendel said women were
the majority of students in almost
every academic area except math-
ematics, engineering and the physical
sciences. She said some American
universities had female-student pop-
ulations near 70 percent.
Wolf-Wendel said she didnt know
exactly why women were outper-
forming men. She said some have
argued that K-12 education was
not conducive for men because the
teachers were women. This is just
one of many possible answers.
I do think that this is an indi-
cation that we need to be actively
recruiting men, Wolf-Wendel said.
Frank DeSalvo, associate vice pro-
vost for student success, said the
gender disparity was a complicated
situation.
Gender differences are certainly
an important factor, DeSalvo said.
We want to have a diverse cam-
pus that reflects the nation and the
world.
DeSalvo said he wasnt aware of
the academic split between men and
women at the University, but that the
Office of the Vice Provost for Student
Success was planning a project that
might provide more information.
DeSalvo said students generally
LaWreNCe registry
Domestic
partner bill
hearing
opens up
By MAtt EricksoN
A bill in the state House of
Representatives would stop Lawrence
from creating a city domestic-partner
registry.
The bills first hearing in the House
Federal and State Affairs committee
took place Thursday.
The bill, submitted by Rep. Lance
Kinzer (R-Olathe), would forbid cit-
ies and counties from recognizing
any domestic-partner relationship
not recognized under state law.
A registry would allow domes-
tic same-sex couples and unmarried,
domestic, opposite-sex couples to for-
mally document their relationships,
but it would provide no legal rights.
Last month, a majority of the city
commission supported the idea of a
domestic-partner registry.
Kinzer said that domestic-relation-
ship law should be created at the state
level, and he didnt support domestic-
partner registries in general. He said
Lawrences discussion of a registry
prompted his creation of the bill.
If you look at the Lawrence bill in
particular, I just question what is the
public-policy goal thats attempting to
be achieved, Kinzer said.
Dennis Boog Highberger, city
commissioner, said he would sup-
port a statewide effort to document
domestic-partner relationships, but
he said no statewide measure was
likely.
We should have the freedom to
take care of the needs of our citizens
on a local level, Highberger said.
Highberger said a registry would
allow couples to publicly acknowl-
edge their relationships and to pro-
vide documentation to employers that
offer benefits like health insurance to
domestic partners of employees.
Kinzer said that government would
be overstepping its bounds to create a
policy tailored to private companies
rules. He said most companies asking
for documentation of domestic rela-
tionships were probably not sincere
in their offers for benefits.
I think that typically is a cop-out
on the part of those companies that
By kylE cArtEr
Hundreds, and sometimes thou-
sands, of tickets in the student section
at Allen Fieldhouse go unclaimed at
mens basketball games.
Even at the Kansas State game,
which had the second-highest stu-
dent attendance of the season, more
than 500 seats reserved for students
were either sold to the general public
or left empty because students did
not show up to the game.
Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony said sometimes not all
4,000 student tickets were redeemed
during the three-day ticket pick-
up. When that happened, he said
the ticket office sold some of the
unclaimed student tickets as gen-
eral admission. He said they waited
until two hours before the game
started and after all camp groups
were let into the game to sell the
seats that students redeemed but had
left empty.
We just eyeball the situation as
the place fills up, he said.
Marchiony said that many of the
seats were filled by family mem-
bers of students who bought general
admission tickets and sat in the stu-
dent section.
In 2005 the Athletics Department
cut student tickets by 300. In 1990
the student section consisted of
more than 7,000 seats. The Athletics
Department sold a large portion of
those seats to the other fans after
they went unsold when offered to
students. Bob Frederick, athletics
director at the time, often said he
wanted to fill 45 percent of the field-
house with students. At four games
this year, students took up less than
10 percent of the seats available in
the entire fieldhouse.
George Regan, Shawnee senior,
said he made the commitment to
camp out and attend games because
he wanted to attend as many games
as possible while he still had the
opportunity to buy tickets at student
prices.
My parents and my uncle pay for
season tickets and they put money
into the Williams Fund and they still
cant get as good of seats as we can
with a camp group, he said.
Regan said he preferred attend-
ing games to watching them on TV
because of the environment at the
fieldhouse.
It feels like you can have an
impact on the game, he said.
Starting two seasons ago, student
tickets switched from actual paper
tickets to electronic tickets redeemed
on KUIDs.
Marchiony said one reason for the
switch was to curb ticket scalping.
He said students initially complained
about the $2.50 fee to transfer tickets
from one ID to another but that he
hadnt heard much negative feed-
back since the fee was eliminated.
Its the way many things are
going in normal everyday life, you
pay for gas on a card, you get food at
the Burge that way. Its just the way
things are going, he said.
Regan agreed that the lack of
paper tickets was not a problem. He
said friends without tickets found
someone who wasnt attending and
used their ID to get in.
Though attendance lagged at
some games against lesser-known
teams and during winter break, the
past home games had the highest
student attendance of the season.
Marchiony said despite the occa-
sionally low numbers, students
neednt worry about losing more
seats any time soon.
Theres absolutely no chance that
the number of student seats will be
reduced, he said.
kansan staf writer kyle carter can
be contacted at kcarter@kansan.
com.
EditedbyTrevanMcGee
Student attendance at games
the student attendance num-
bers for the 2006-07 basket-
ball season are below.
Washburn: 2,806
Emporia state: 1,901
Northern Arizona: 3,008
oral roberts: 2,365
towson: 1,805
tennessee state: 1,501
Dartmouth: 1,629
Usc: 2,568
Winston-salem: 1,129
Boston college: 2,776
Detroit: 1,813
rhode island: 1,343
oklahoma state: 2,319
Missouri: 2,999
colorado: 2,959
texas A&M: 3,626
kansas state: 3,477
Source: Kansas Athletics
Playing it safe
Sarah Leonard/KaNSaN
alyssa Bueckner, Lawrence sophomore, and Mikayla Mcatee, West des Moines, Iowa, senior, race to see who could put a condomon the fastest while wearing drunk goggles. The Wellness
Resource Center, part of Student Health Services, sponsored Sexual Responsibility Week by handing out safer-sex kits and educating students about sexually transmitted infections. It had a booth set up
in the Kansas Union onThursday where students could win prizes and get free stuf, such as safe-sex kits, coasters and towels.
studeNt suCCess
Women lead GPa, enrollment stats
athLetiCs dePartmeNt
Mens basketball tickets frequently go unclaimed
See gender oN PaGe 3a
See registry oN PaGe 3a
baseball
1B
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4. Minister: Basketball is
blocking education
5. Use of Muck Fizzou shirts
discouraged
James Wirtz, from the De-
partment of National Security
Afairs, will present the seminar
Peace, War & Global Change
at 4 p.m. today at the Seminar
Room in the Hall Center for
Humanities.
Maslenitsa, the Pancake
Festival, will be held at 4 p.m.
today in the Ecumenical Chris-
tian Ministries.
The KU Wind Ensemble will
perform at 7:30 p.m. today in
the Lied Center. Tickets are $5
for students/seniors and $7 for
adults.
The flm Stranger Than
Fiction will be shown at 8 p.m.
today at Woodruf Auditorium
in the Kansas Union. Tickets are
$2 or free with an SUA Card.
Steve Buckner will be sign-
ing his book Game of My Life
Kansas: Memorable Stories
of Jayhawk Basketball at 11
a.m. Saturday at Oread Books
on Level 2 in the Kansas Union.
The flm Stranger Than
Fiction will be shown at 8 p.m.
Saturday at Woodruf Auditori-
um in the Kansas Union. Tickets
are $2 or free with an SUA Card.
A Trivia Extravaganza will be
held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the
Kansas Union Ballroom.
Elizabeth Berghout will per-
form a free carillon concert at 5
p.m. Sunday at the Campanile.
Get ready for the
Beakend
By Carly Halvorson
It takes more than parties and trips
to the bars to make an exciting
weekend. Here are some upcom-
ing concerts to add a little variety
to your weekend, with ticket prices
costing less than a couple of drinks.
Rock all night
Beautiful Bodies join Kansas City
natives Flee the Seen and The
Architects at 6 p.m. at the Uptown
Theater, 3700 Broadway, Kansas
City, Mo. Flee the Seen and The
Architects have toured nationally
and are promoting their latest CD
releases. This show also features
Making Movies and The Bride. All
of the acts bring their own styles
to the stage, making for an excit-
ing combination of blues, rock and
hard-core. Tickets are $5 for this
all-ages show.
Bringin down the house
With clients like Faith Evans and
Mary J. Blige, Roy Davis Jr. has
earned others respect as a DJ.
Getting his start spinning Italian
disco records, Roy Davis Jr. now
incorporates soul and electronica
into his music. For $10, you can go
check out a unique figure in house
music. Playing with Roy Davis
Jr. is Lawrence native Alan Paul.
Since 1998, Paul has been spinning
house music in the Midwest. The
show begins at 10 p.m. Saturday
at the Jackpot Music Hall, 943
Massachusetts St.
Good old-fashioned blues
The Dirty Blues Duo is comprised
of guitarist Mike Cibura and har-
monica player Brody Buster. In
addition to their own songs, The
Dirty Blues Duo will play clas-
sics from legends such as BB King
and Joe Cocker. You can listen to
The Dirty Blues Duo at 10 p.m.
Sunday at Harbour Lights, 1031
Massachusetts St. Admission is
only $2, but you must be 21 to
enter. For that price, this show is a
guaranteed good time.
Edited by Will McCullough
Breaking bread
By Brian Clausen
What do
you think?
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Ryan Donegan, Leawood junior, selects a loaf of bread at Veggie Lunch in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building by the Kansas Union. Volunteer
cooks create vegetarian dishes from11:30 to 1:30 p.m. every Thursday. Its a friendly atmosphere,Donegan said.
odd news
Helicopter searches for
Batman in Arizona desert
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Holy bad
joke! Three schools in a northern
Phoenix suburb were on lockdown
for about 45 minutes Wednesday
after a student at Desert Arroyo
Middle School reported seeing
a person dressed as Batman run
across campus, jump a fence and
disappear into the desert.
Ofcials later said it was false
report and disciplinary actions
were being considered against the
student, who was not identifed.
The student had described the
masked person as 6 foot 3 inches
tall and possibly male. Police inves-
tigated the report and helicopters
searched the area.
The result: no Batman.
We encourage students to be
honest and forthright, and we feel
bad when a student makes a bad
decision. Were in an area where
were in a desert, and we have to
take these reports seriously, said
Nedda Shafr, a spokeswoman for
the Cave Creek Unifed School
District.
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art photograph, Jennifer Alder-
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programs for the KU Alumni
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convenient.
lauren oBerzan
lawrence freshman
Defnitely, its out of the way,
and I think students would
beneft from it.
Cameron BaraBan
overland Park sophomore
Yes, I dont have a class there,
but my friends always com-
plain about the walk.
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De Soto junior
Yeah, especially on days like
Wednesday when its freezing.
Just for clarifcation, KU
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Kaun, not to be confused with
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Cohen, or star of the Borat
movie, Sacha Cohen.
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performed better when they lived on
campus, had a campus job, attended
classes, met with professors and were
involved with university activities.
Student Success project should help
discover more about what successful
students do and what motivates them
toward success-bearing activities.
Well certainly be looking at
gender differences, DeSalvo said.
DeSalvo said there were not pro-
grams at the University that targeted
mens student success needs on cam-
pus. The Universitys Emily Taylor
Womens Resource Center provides
academic services to women.
Its an important factor and
something all students should be
concerned about, DeSalvo said.
These are important questions that
need to be addressed.
Kansan staf writer Nathan Gill
can be contacted at ngill@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
gender (continued from 1a)
state
Fetus protection bill enters stage two
AssociAted Press
TOPEKA A proposed Alexas
Law for protecting mothers-to-be
and their fetuses won first-round
approval Thursday in the House,
despite questions from abortion
rights supporters about whether its
needed.
The bill, advanced on a voice vote,
would make it possible to charge
someone with murder, manslaugh-
ter, vehicular homicide or battery
for killing or harming a fetus. It says
the definition of person for those
specific crimes includes an unborn
child at any stage of gestation from
fertilization to birth.
Although such proposals have
been considered before, this years
measure was inspired by the mur-
der of a 14-year-old Wichita girl
and named for her near-term fetus
whom the family had named Alexa.
Abortion rights supporters are
suspicious because abortion oppo-
nents back the bill, and its passage
is an important goal for Kansans for
Life, the states largest anti-abortion
group. Also, abortion rights support-
ers noted, the state has laws enacted
in 1995 making it a crime to harm a
pregnant woman.
However, the bills backers said
they want the criminal law to rec-
ognize that when a pregnant woman
or girl is harmed, two separate indi-
viduals have been attacked.
The victims family recognizes
it, said Kathy Ostrowski, who lob-
bies for Kansans for Life. The medi-
cal community understands it. The
legal community understands it. Its
two distinct DNAs.
Rejection of two alternatives
crafted by abortion rights supporters
suggested the bill has enough sup-
port to pass the House either Friday
or Monday, and go to the Senate
where it faces an uncertain future.
Similar legislation won House
approval in 2002 and 2005, only to
die in the Senate without a commit-
tee vote.
Thirty-five states have some law
making it a crime to kill or harm
a fetus, according to the National
Conference of State Legislatures,
including Alabama, California,
Illinois, Missouri and Ohio. However,
laws vary state-to-state, and not all
apply from conception.
In Kansas, backers of the pro-
posed Alexas Law point out that
the family of
the teenage girl,
Chelsea Ann
Brooks, support
it. The proposal
has its own Web
site.
Chelseas body
was found in a
shallow grave in
Butler County
in June, and
three suspects
were accused of
involvement in the strangling. One,
a juvenile, pleaded guilty to a capi-
tal murder charge, while two adults
await trial.
Rep. Steve Brunk (R-Bel Aire)
showed off petitions signed by near-
ly 6,000 people in favor of the bill,
generated by the Web site.
It truly is people rising up across
the state, Brunk told colleagues.
Theyre ready to call you, but for the
moment, Ive intercepted them.
The bill specifically exempts doc-
tors performing abortion, but abor-
tion rights activists still worry that
it represents a
first step toward
banning the
procedure. They
found it telling
that supporters
named the mea-
sure after the
fetus and not the
girl.
A b o r t i o n
rights supporters
twice proposed
amendments to
replace the proposed Alexas Laws
with proposals for increasing penal-
ties for criminals who harm preg-
nant women. Both amendments
failed, though they embodied an
approach supported by Attorney
General Paul Morrison, an abortion
rights Democrat.
politics
Boyda clarifes misconceptions on war stance
stAte
Pitt State shooting case
receives revised charges
BAXTER SPRINGS Prosecu-
tors dropped charges against
one man in the shooting death of
former Pittsburg State basketball
player Jamey Richardson and
added charges against three
other suspects.
Initially, all four suspects were
charged with felony murder
and two counts of kidnapping,
alleging they confned two other
people by force or threat.
Assistant Attorney General
Barry Disney dismissed all charges
against Geofrey Hayne.
In the course of evaluating the
original charges and the evidence
the Attorney General saw ft to
dismiss the charges,said Ashley
Anstaett, spokeswoman for the
attorney general.
Those defendants, Samuel
Becker, Edward Gordon and Aaron
Graham, now also face two counts
of aggravated burglary, one count
of kidnapping, one count of at-
tempted kidnapping, two counts
of aggravated assault and two
counts of aggravated battery.
Disney also fled an alternative
charge of second-degree murder
against the three men.
According to amended com-
plaints fled in Cherokee County
District Court, Graham, Becker
and Gordon broke into one house
in Riverton and another in Baxter
Springs on Jan. 30. They are ac-
cused of holding four people
by force or threat, including the
two victims named in the initial
charge.
They also are accused of at-
tempting to kidnap Richardson,
who was found dead Jan. 30 in a
car in front of his Baxter Springs
home.
Police said drugs were a factor
in his death.
Graham, Becker and Gordon
are being held on $250,000 bond.
A preliminary hearing has been
set for May 8.
the victims family recognizes it.
the medical community under-
stands it. the legal community
understands it. its two distinct
dnas.
kATHy OSTROwSkI
Lobbyist
AssociAted Press
FORT LEAVENWORTH In
campaigning for Congress, Nancy
Boyda blunted questions about her
stance on the war in Iraq by telling
voters shed support the troops even
if she had misgivings about their
mission.
That approach worked for the
Democrats, but now Republicans are
trying to undercut whatever support
she enjoys among veterans in the
2nd District of eastern Kansas.
A month into her first term, she
faced criticism for voting for a mili-
tary spending bill that didnt ear-
mark money for construction proj-
ects in her district.
Very few things surprise me in
politics very few things, said
Boyda earlier this week before
attending a ceremony at Fort
Leavenworths Command and
General Staff College.
I am surprised at the level of hos-
tility and the personal nature of the
attacks, especially when I am work-
ing hard to try to clean up the mess
Ive been left, said Boyda.
The firestorm comes as the House
prepares to vote Friday on a non-
binding resolution condemning
President Bushs plan to send 21,500
troops to quell the violence in Iraq.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has
said the Democratic resolution was
the first step in a longer campaign to
end U.S. participation in the nearly
four-year-old conflict.
The war in Iraq was part of the
platform that helped Boyda defeat
incumbent Republican Jim Ryun in
November.
She asked voters to send her to
Congress to be more critical of the
war, which has claimed more than
3,100 American lives.
But the issue required her to make
clear her support for the troops
because she participated in prewar
protests and the district includes
Forts Leavenworth and Riley.
Ryun already has told Kansas
Republicans that hes leaning toward
a rematch, and hes expected to make
an announcement by April.
State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins is
considered a potential candidate as
well.
In 2008, Boyda is likely to be one
of the GOPs prime targets, said
Duke University political scientist
David Rohde.
Thats a reflection of it being
such an attractive opportunity, he
said. Its a widely held opinion that
Boyda didnt win the district, Ryun
lost the district.
He said a few districts like Boydas
are tilted heavily enough toward
to the military to make votes in
Congress relevant.
And newspaper editorials, state
legislators and the Governors
Military Affairs Council all have
decried the recent spending vote.
Boyda contends that the Houses
former GOP majority left her
and others in a no-win situation.
Congress approved only two of 11
spending bills before leaving power
in January.
regiStry (continued from 1a)
want to say, Were very progressive,
Kinzer said.
Rep. Anthony Brown (R-Eudora)
said he thought a partner registry
would violate the 2005 state consti-
tutional marriage amendment.
I think the marriage amend-
ment already, in my mind, clarifies
this, Brown said. I think the issues
already over and done with.
When they discussed the idea
last month, the city commission
agreed to seek the state attorney
generals opinion on whether a reg-
istry would violate the marriage
amendment.
Kansan staf writer Matt erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
NEWS 4A friday, february 16, 2007
Hometown hero
Alexa Welch Edlund/Associated Press
Spc. Stuart Davis, 23, gets a hug fromhis mother, Cabell, after returning home to Richmond, Va., fromIraq onThursday. His brother, AndrewDavis, behind them, and his father, C.E. KipDavis, right, look
on. Davis returned withVirginia Air and Army National Guard.
nation
Court sentences
foster parents
AssociAted Press
NORWALK, Ohio A cou-
ple who forced some of their 11
adopted, special-needs children
to sleep in wire-and-wood cages
were sentenced to two years in
prison Thursday, after the parents
insisted they were only trying to
keep the kids safe.
Two of the children, however,
said in statements read in court
that they were treated harshly
while they lived with Sharen and
Michael Gravelle. One wrote that
they should be imprisoned for
as long as my siblings had to be
in cages.
Sharen Gravelle told the court
the children were never confined
as punishment but rather to pro-
tect them, including a child who
wanted to jump out a second-floor
window.
Would you prefer that we let
them jump?
Either way,
wed be here.
The difference
is theyre still
alive, she said
in a tearful, 26-
minute state-
ment.
G r a v e l l e
blamed social
services offi-
cials for not
helping her and
her husband,
Michael, control the destructive
behavior of some of the young-
sters.
The children, who suffered from
problems such as fetal alcohol syn-
drome and a disorder that involves
eating nonfood items, ranged in
age from 1 to 14 when authori-
ties removed them in September
2005 from the Gravelles home in
Wakeman, about 60 miles west
of Cleveland. They were placed
in foster care in fall 2005 and the
couple lost custody last March.
Sharen Gravelle kept her head
down taking notes while the
judge read the sentences. Michael
Gravelle sat back in his chair, hold-
ing his face in his left hand.
Each could have received up to
five years in prison for each of the
four felonies they were convicted
of in December. They also were
convicted of seven misdemeanors.
Michael Gravelle, his face red
and his voice rising, told the judge
he and his wife felt we were being
led by the Lord when they decid-
ed to bring the first child into their
home.
He said problems began when
they took in a group of siblings
with an array of behavior and
emotional problems.
What do you do with these
kids? Michael Gravelle asked. I
prayed constantly for the answer.
He said the enclosures resulted
from the suggestions of a social
workers, who recommended strict
rules to improve the childrens
behavior.
Im begging you, Michael
Gravelle told the judge. I do not
deserve jail.
The two children whose state-
ments were read in court, a girl
and a boy, were in the courtroom
Thursday. The boy wrote that he
was thankful that part of my life
is behind me.
He said of his new foster par-
ents, Because of them I dont
have to steal food. I can use the
bathroom whenever I want. Never
again will I have to sleep in a
box.
The girls statement said Sharen
Gravelle treated the children more
harshly than her husband did.
Mom, you
walked around
like you were
God, then
whenever you
did go plac-
es you were
Mother Teresa
taking in the
poor black
kids that no
one wanted,
she said.
The girl said
the Gravelles
are grown adults who know the
difference between right and
wrong. So I ask that they get as
much time in jail for as long as my
siblings had to be in cages.
The Gravelles have said they
will appeal their convictions. The
judge allowed them to remain free
on bond pending the appeal.
The couple has said they need-
ed to keep some of the children in
enclosed beds with alarms to pro-
tect them from their own danger-
ous behavior and stop them from
wandering at night.
Prosecutors said the Gravelles
were cruel. Witnesses, including
the sheriff and some of the chil-
dren, said the cages were urine-
stained and lacked pillows or mat-
tresses, but a social worker and
others who testified for the defense
said they never witnessed abuse
and that the childrens behavior
improved because of the bright
blue and red cages.
One Gravelle child testified he
was forced to live in a bathroom
for 81 days, sleeping in a bathtub
because of a bed-wetting problem.
The Gravelles attorneys said the
boy exaggerated the length of his
bathroom stay, and an expert for
the defense testified that the tech-
nique helped the boy.
Harvard Honor
Johansson receives sweet reward
AssociAted Press
ATLANTA Government scien-
tists struggled Thursday to pinpoint
the source of the first U.S. salmonella
outbreak linked to peanut butter, the
kid favorite packed into millions of
lunchboxes every day.
Nearly 300 people in 39 states
have fallen ill since August, and fed-
eral health investigators said they
strongly suspect Peter Pan peanut
butter and certain batches of Wal-
Marts Great Value house brand
both manufactured by ConAgra
Foods Inc.
Shoppers across the country were
warned to throw out jars with a
product code on the lid beginning
with 2111, which denotes the plant
where it was made.
How the dangerous germ got into
the peanut butter was a mystery. But
because peanuts are usually heated
to high, germ-killing temperatures
during the manufacturing process,
government and industry officials
said the contamination may have
been caused by dirty jars or equip-
ment.
We think we have very strong
evidence that this was the brand of
peanut butter. Now it goes to the
next step of going to the place where
the peanut butter was made and
focusing in on the testing, said Dr.
Mike Lynch, an epidemiologist at
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The suspect peanut butter was
produced by ConAgra at its only
peanut butter plant, in Sylvester, Ga.,
federal investigators said.
ConAgra said it was not clear how
many jars are affected by the recall.
But the plant is the sole producer of
the nationally distributed Peter Pan
brand, and the
recall covers all
peanut butter
smooth and
chunky alike
produced by
the plant from
May 2006 until
now.
Were talk-
ing a lot of
jars of peanut
butter, said
Dr. David Acheson, chief medi-
cal officer of the Food and Drug
Administrations Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition.
FDA inspectors visited the now
shut down plant Wednesday and
Thursday to try to pinpoint where
the contamination could have hap-
pened. The FDA last inspected the
plant in 2005. Testing was also being
done on at least some of the salmo-
nella victims peanut butter jars, but
investigators said some may have
already been discarded.
The highest number of cases were
reported in New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri.
About 20 percent of all the ill were
hospitalized, and there were no
deaths, the CDC said.
About 85 percent of the infected
people said they ate peanut butter,
and about a quarter of them ate it
at least once a day, the CDCs Lynch
said. It was the only food that most of
the patients had all recently eaten.
We think
theres very strong
evidence that it
was this brand
of peanut butter,
Lynch said.
Salmonella sick-
ens about 40,000
people a year in
the U.S. and kills
about 600. It can
cause diarrhea,
fever, dehydration,
abdominal pain and vomiting.
But most cases of salmonella poi-
soning are caused by undercooked
eggs and chicken. The only known
salmonella outbreak in peanut but-
ter, in Australia during the mid-
1990s, was blamed on unsanitary
plant conditions.
ConAgra spokesman Chris
Kircher said the company randomly
tests 60 to 80 jars of peanut butter
that come off its Sylvester plants line
each day for salmonella and other
germs, and have had no positive
results for years. But he said the plant
was shut down as a precaution for
further investigation.
Were trying to understand what
else we need to do or should be
doing, Kircher said.
An estimated 974 million pounds
of peanut butter are sold each year
in the U.S., and peanut butter and
jelly is the most popular sandwich
among children. Peter Pan is one of
the nations top three brands, though
well behind market leader Jif. Great
Value peanut butter is also produced
by some other manufacturers for
Wal-Mart.
In a measure of peanut butters
popularity, ConAgras hot line was
swamped with so many calls after the
recall was announced on Wednesday
that many people got a busy signal.
School officials in Houston con-
fiscated students sandwiches from
home and replaced them with those
made at schools. And in Georgia, a
lawmaker representing one of the
nations biggest peanut-producing
areas warned colleagues to throw out
jars of peanut butter that he recently
handed out.
The strain in this outbreak,
Salmonella serotype Tennessee, is
comparatively rare, as is salmonella
contamination of peanut products,
said Caroline Smith DeWaal, direc-
tor of food safety at the Center for
Science in the Public Interest.
Its taken them a long time to
identify peanut butter as the cause,
but that may be because they had
to get over their denial. Its just not
one of the first things youd suspect,
Smith DeWaal said.
AssociAted Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Not
quite the Oscar, but Scarlett
Johansson was still all smiles
Thursday about being crowned
the Harvard Hasty Pudding
woman of the year.
She participated in a mock
SAT exam, and endured a lam-
pooning of her famous unclad
Vanity Fair cover pose. But
the blonde actress kept mum
when asked to make an anal-
ogy between director Woody
Allen, in whose films she has
appeared, and fashion designer
Issac Mizrahi, who groped her
breast on the red carpet at the
Golden Globes last year.
She was gleeful, though, in
accepting the award.
Thank you so much for
this fabulous golden pot. Its
been such a wonderful day.
This is the closest Ill ever get
to a Harvard degree for sure,
Johansson said. Its a real
honor and I cant wait till later
tonight when we party.
Before the roast, Johansson led
a parade through Harvard Square,
sitting in the back of a silver
Bentley convertible, flanked by
Harvard students in drag.
Ben Stiller is to be crowned
Harvards Hasty Pudding Man of
the Year on Feb. 23.
The awards are given to per-
formers who have made a last-
ing and impressive contribution
to the world of entertainment
by Hasty Pudding Theatricals,
the nations oldest undergraduate
drama troupe.
Last years honorees were Halle
Berry and Richard Gere.
Stephan Savoia/Associated Press
Actress Scarlett Johansson, Harvard Universitys Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2007 woman of the year, rides in a car with Hasty Pudding presi-
dent Josh Brener, right, and vice president of casting Justin Rodriguez, both Harvard University seniors, during a parade into Harvard Square in Cambridge,
Mass., onThursday.
Because of them I dont have to
steal food. I can use the bath-
room whenever I want. Never
again will I have to sleep in a
box.
Anonymous boy
Former Gravelle foster child
HealtH
Bush grudgingly allows
$464 billion increase
Outbreak forces peanut butter recall
Government
AssociAted Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Bush on Thursday signed a $464 bil-
lion spending bill that closes out last
years unfinished budget business
but made clear he wasnt entirely
happy about it.
Bush said in a statement that he
was pleased the bill sticks to his
overall budget caps. But he said the
Democratic-led Congress did so by
shifting funding needed for our
armed forces to unrequested domes-
tic programs.
The Congress should work to
address these priorities without add-
ing to the deficit, he said.
The mammoth bill pulls together
nine unfinished spending bills fund-
ing foreign aid and every domestic
agency budget except the Homeland
Security Department. This budget
work should have been completed
months ago but was delayed because
of election-year pressures.
It freezes most accounts at 2006
levels while awarding exceptions
for other programs favored by
Democrats and many Republicans
paid for primarily by putting off
the cost of implementing a 2005
round of military base closings.
Among the beneficiaries is the
National Institutes of Health, the
FBI, and an increase in the maxi-
mum Pell Grant for lower-income
college students. The rapidly grow-
ing veterans health care budget got a
13 percent boost. U.S. contributions
to fight AIDS, malaria and tubercu-
losis overseas would rise 40 percent.
The bill provides increases for
underperforming schools and com-
munity health centers, and grants
to state and local law enforcement
agencies. Amtraks budget would
be frozen at $1.3 billion instead of
absorbing a $400 million cut pro-
posed by Bush.
The president also said that
Congress should do more to reform
the process of specially funded pet
projects in the upcoming bills fund-
ing the government for the 2008
fiscal year. Bush urged lawmakers to
continue to take steps to improve
transparency for all earmarks, pro-
vide the option of an up or down
vote for each earmark, and reduce
the number and cost of earmarks by
at least half.
Were trying to understand
what else we can do or should
be doing.
Chris KirCher
ConAgra spokesman
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Bush asks NATO
to increase aid
AssociAted Press
WASHINGTON President
Bush said Thursday that NATO
allies need to supply more soldiers
to Afghanistan and be willing to
send them into the most violent
battles with Taliban fighters, who
are gearing up for a new spring
offensive.
When our commanders on
the ground say to our respective
countries we need additional help,
our NATO countries must provide
it, Bush said.
Flush with
money from
he r oi n- pr o -
ducing poppy
crops, Taliban
fighters have
proven much
tougher than
NATO expect-
ed when it
deployed its
first contingent
of peacekeepers there in 2003.
Ive ordered an increase in
U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Bush
said in a speech that comes five
years after U.S.-led forces toppled
Afghanistans repressive Taliban
regime. Weve extended the stay
of 3,200 troops now in the coun-
try, for four months, and well
deploy a replacement force that
will sustain this increase for the
foreseeable future.
The Pentagon announced on
Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers
scheduled to go to Iraq would
be sent to Afghanistan instead,
replacing the troops extended for
four months. Deployment of the
173rd Airborne Brigade, based
in Vicenza, Italy, would keep the
force at the current strength of
27,000 the highest of the war.
About 15,000 of the American
troops in Afghanistan are serv-
ing in the NATO-led force, which
now totals about 36,000. The other
12,000 are special operations forc-
es or are training Afghan troops.
Calling poppy cultivation a
threat to a fragile democracy, Bush
implored President Hamid Karzai
to address the marked increase in
harvests last year, after a decline
in 2005.
I have made my concerns
to President Karzai pretty clear
not pretty clear, very clear
and that in
order for him
to gain the
c onf i de nc e
of his people,
and the con-
fidence of the
world, hes got
to do some-
thing about
it, with our
help, Bush
said in an hour-long speech spon-
sored by the American Enterprise
Institute.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates, just back from a trip
that included a stop in Pakistan,
said the planned offensive in
Afghanistan was an attempt to
react ahead of an expected sea-
sonal Taliban offensive.
What we want to do this
spring is have this spring offensive
be our offensive and, and have the
initiative in our hands rather than
reacting to them, he said.
The call for NATO nations to
supply more soldiers and equip-
ment to fight the Taliban was
a nudge to Germany and other
NATO nations that have kept their
troops out of the most violent
parts of Afghanistan.
stAte
Teacher charged with
having sex with student
SPRING HILL (AP) - A former
suburban Kansas City high
school
teacher
has been
charged
with having
sex with
a 15-year-
old female
student who
attended the school where he
once taught.
Jamin Glenn Graham, 28, of
Lenexa, was arrested Tuesday
night and charged with one felo-
ny count of aggravated indecent
liberties with a child. Graham is
free on $20,000 bond.
As in all cases where the
safety and welfare of a stu-
dent is involved, the District
has cooperated fully with the
investigating law enforcement
ofcials, Spring Hill Superinten-
dent Barton Goering said in a
statement.
Graham was a science teacher
at Spring Hill High School just a
few months before his resigna-
tion Dec. 12, 2005.
Graham
I have made my concerns to
President Karzai pretty clear
not pretty clear, very clear.
GeoRGe BuSH
President
Xu Suhui/ASSOciATed PreSS
A piglet jumps during a hurdle event at Jinan, capitol of east Chinas Shandong Province, on
Thursday. A piglet athletic game was held as a part of Year Animal Festival at Jinan Zoo in Shandong
Province.
When pigs fy
nAtion
icy roads leave motorists
stranded in trafc jam
HAMBuRG, Pa. National
Guardsmen in Humvees ferried
food, fuel and baby supplies
Thursday to hundreds of motorists
stranded on a 50-mile stretch of
highway for nearly a day by a mon-
ster storm blamed for 15 deaths.
The trafc jam on the icy, hilly
section of Interstate 78 in eastern
Pennsylvania forced authorities to
also shut down portions of I-81 and
I-80 Thursday afternoon as they
struggled to gain ground on the
colossal trafc jam.
Drivers were frustrated they
were let on the road at all. State po-
lice did not close all the entrance
ramps to I-78 until around 5 p.m.,
more than 24 hours after vehicles
starting getting caught.
Why would they have that exit
open if they were just going to let
us sit there? said a crying Debo-
rah Miller. Her 5-year-old son was
trapped in the car with her.
The sprawling storm system hit
Wednesday and blew out to sea
Thursday, leaving huge snow piles,
frigid temperatures and tens of
thousands without power across
the Midwest and Northeast.
Numerous areas saw more than
a foot of snow, with 42 inches fall-
ing in the southern Adirondacks in
New York. Gusty wind had morning
wind chills below zero, and in some
areas, the snow was followed by
several inches of ice.
student senAte
Lack of voter turnout kills
referendum prematurely
The special election held
Wednesday and Thursday for
two transportation referendums
failed them both.
Ten percent of the student
body needed to vote for the
election to be considered certi-
fed or valid. Both referendums
lacked the necessary 2,677
votes the Student Senate con-
siders to be 10 percent.
According to the Student
Senate election Committee Web
site 1,435 students voted for the
frst referendum. The second
received 1,462 votes.
The frst would have in-
creased student transportation
fees $20 for purchase of 30
buses equipped with wheel-
chair lifts by Ku on Wheels by
this fall. The referendum also
would have made it possible for
Ku on Wheels to purchase three
new buses each year for the
next 10 years.
The second referendum
would have increased student
transportation fees $15 and an
approved fare-free bus system
for the university. The new sys-
tem would have given students
the opportunity to ride univer-
sity buses just by showing their
KuID. The new system would
have made bus passes null and
void beginning next semester.
each referendum looked to
be on track for passage had
more students voted.
According to the Web site,
68 percent of those voting for
referendum one voted yes. Sev-
enty percent approved referen-
dum two.
earlier this week Jessica
Mortinger, Transportation Com-
mittee Chair, said the referen-
dums could be re-worded and
added to the April election bal-
lot if they failed at the special
election.
Free for All callers have 20 seconds to
speak about any topic they wish. Kansan
editors reserve the right to omit com-
ments. Slanderous and obscene state-
ments will not be printed. Phone numbers
of all incoming calls are recorded.
Obviously no one in the phys-
ics department gets laid, or else
they wouldnt schedule test on
Valentines Day.
n
To my students who called
Free-for-All because I asked my
French class the other day if you
guys eat rabbits in America: Why
thanks! Im so happy that youre
actually listening to what Im
saying.
n
Every time I hear V-Day I think
V.D., venereal disease.
n
I just saw a squirrel make an
origami crane out of a leaf.
n
I once saw Chuck Norris fold a
piece of paper more than seven
times.
n
To the bus driver who is driving
our buses on campus, through
the snow, while texting: I would
really like to see what my life looks
like tomorrow.
Free-for-All, Im pretty sure my
roommate is the coolest ever,
because today there wasnt even
a Free-for-All, but somehow she
was still in it.
n
I wish my eyelashes could get
an erection.
n
The scorekeeper during the
Kansas-Colorado game has to be
on drugs. What the hell is wrong
with the score?
n
So, according to ESPN Plus,
Brandon Rush just scored a 6-
pointer?
n
Damaged Circus sucks.
n
So I paid for a 12-rose arrange-
ment and got 11. Is that like a
forists dozen?
n
Valentines Days only redeem-
ing factor is that there are lots
of icicles on the cars that I get to
kick of.
n
Free-for-All, please tell my
roommate that shes lying to
herself when she says shes single,
and that shes just being an atten-
tion-whore.
n
To the four guys that helped
me back up on Wednesday night
at 11:30: You guys are lifesavers,
thanks.
n
To the kids who were sledding
behind Snow, who were going of
the ramp: You guys are nuts!
n
My girlfriend cant get mad at
me for forgetting Valentines Day,
because she got her period.
n
Free-for-All, you must be a
parking ticket, because youve got
fne written all over you. Gig-
gity-giggity-goo!
n
Today is a bad day to be a
sperm.
n
Do you think theres a special
place in hell for people who walk
around talking about karma?
n
Since when did the Wescoe
outside stairs become a safe
haven for smokers?
n
I like it when girls wear Ugg
boots with stretchy pants!
n
I just saw a Park-and-Ride bus
being towed on I-70. It made me
laugh.
n
My friend and I are walking
out of class, and we cant get over
how wasted our professor just
was.
n
So my car ran into a ditch while
I was trying to make it to class the
other day, and Im curious if when
a student dies, is that when theyll
rethink their inclement weather
policy?
opinion
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
gentry: Why should reality tV be realistic?
nobody wants to watch someone do
homework for hours or sit in a lecture hall.
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The national reputation of
Kansas took a determined step
forward on Tuesday when the State
Board of Education, suddenly flush
with sensible moderates, voted to
restore the state science standards
to their pre-intelligent design
structure. The decision was lauded
by moderates, criticized by ID pro-
ponents, and wearily welcomed by
those charged with managing the
states good name.
In the frustrating and seemingly
interminable amount of time since
the standards were changed to cast
doubt upon the theory of evolution,
the Sunflower State has attracted the
kind of attention tourism directors
dread. It is the
rare official who
relishes seeing
his states name
used in close prox-
imity to words like
l aughingstock,
backward, and
ridicule.
The national
standing of Kansas
has been weakened by several ele-
ments in recent years. First came the
dismissal of evolution from science
textbooks, a move which invited
criticism from scientists and mock-
ery from the talking point-craving
punditocracy. This was followed by
a bestselling book in which author
Thomas Frank used his native state
as an example of policy gone wrong,
a book whose very title implied that
something was seriously wrong with
Kansas.
The problems were compounded
by the condescending air of coastal
superiority, which saw smugly self-
assured coastal residents sniff haugh-
tily and smirk mockingly at those
poor backward Midwesterners. So
sad, they said with a faux-exasper-
ated shake of the head, that residents
of flyover country should allow evo-
lution to go the way of the flat earth
theory.
But our humble state has been
mounting a slow comeback. We have
a popular and moderate governor
whose name is frequently bandied
about as a potential presidential
ticket booster. One of our senators is
a presidential candidate, though one
already marginalized by the coastal
media. Finally, our esteemed State
Board of Education has elected to
reverse the multiyear trend of equat-
ing a nouveau
and unproven
design theory
with a scientific
theory of relatively
accepted standing.
T h e
theory of evolu-
tion is just that: a
theory. Far be it
from us to pretend
to know the inner workings of some-
thing as mysterious as the cosmos,
but let us not ignore the overwhelm-
ing bulk of scientific opinion, nor
forget that Charles Darwin was a
devoutly religious man and saw no
need for faith and science to clash.
Regardless of your personal feelings
on the matter, Tuesdays decision
marks a step forward for the repu-
tation of Kansas. The State Board
deserves our commendation.
McKay Stangler for the
editorial board.
Public education, once her-
alded by Horace Mann as the great
equalizer of the conditions of man,
has become so misguided that it is
neither equalizing nor educating.
Intended as a safety net for children
born lacking the means for a suf-
ficient education, the K-12 system
has become another station on the
road of socioeconomic pre-deter-
minism.
According to the U.S.
Department of Education, public
schools in the U.S. are funded par-
tially by local property taxes, mean-
ing that areas with higher property
values receive more money. The
discrepancy in quality of education
between inner-city and suburban
schools is no coincidence.
Many factors affect a childs
development, including the income
of his or her parents. But the qual-
ity of education the child receives,
regardless of other factors, still has
an undeniable effect on his or her
development. While schools cannot
give children better parents, they
can and should
give them better
teachers, textbooks
and buildings.
And that starts
with funding. But
lower property
value means fewer
tax dollars, regard-
less of tax rate.
Higher property values in Overland
Park means that the Blue Valley
school district gets 56 percent of
its funds from local property taxes.
The U.S. Department of Education
cites the national average as 37
percent. Kansas City, Kan., schools,
despite a higher tax rate, are only
able to pay 21 percent of their
bills with local money. Kansas
City schools are forced to rely on
dwindling state and federal funds
usually earmarked for specific pur-
poses such as English as a Second
Language programs.
This difference shows in each
districts goals. In its colorful 2005-
06 executive report, Blue Valley
boasts of its
core concept
of Personalized
Student Learning
and promises
an education
tailored just
for you. The
report focuses
on, among other
things, improving students stan-
dardized test scores. The Kansas
City schools are faced with more
serious challenges; their report
focused on First Things First,
including a program to boost lit-
eracy rates. The report said a look
in its schools would find challenges
facing any urban district: insuffi-
cient funding, large numbers of at-
risk students, declining enrollment
and teacher shortages.
Gaps like these are ensured by
the current way of funding public
schools. The inequalities become
perpetual, creating an American
aristocracy. Parental income largely
decides if a child will be given a
chance to succeed. This is more
than inherently unjust. It is bad pol-
icy. The wasted potential of millions
of youths and the crime that some
revert to costs society more than a
quality education would have in the
first place. Not every uneducated
child becomes a criminal, but few
are able to save their children from
the same experience.
Some argue that children of the
affluent are entitled to the better
educations they receive. The prob-
lem is not the great education of the
rich children, but the deficient edu-
cation of the poor. By creating pub-
lic schools society recognizes that
it has an obligation to its children.
This obligation should not apply
only to children in certain neigh-
borhoods. Public schools are not
the place for inequality. If educating
every American child is indeed a
priority, treat it like one. Fund every
student equally.
Lux is a Topeka sophomore in
German and economics.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Just flip channels on the television
and youll find multiple examples.
Our culture has gravitated from
fictional to reality-based television
shows. Gone are the days of witty
sitcoms that end with a sugar-sweet
moral or an impossibly perfect
solution to all the characters prob-
lems. Now we are bombarded with
reality, or at least some network
executives conception of it. Theres
even a channel exclusively devoted
to reality television.
Certainly, some notable fictional
dramas inspire a cult following,
such as Lost or Greys Anatomy,
but they are largely overshadowed
by the sheer volume of reality tele-
vision. The shows run the gamut
from forcing people to eat cow
intestines for money to watching
people fall in love or lust.
The term reality TV is a
misnomer because it very loosely
defines the term reality. If you
define reality as something that
could only happen in my wildest
dreams or worst nightmares, then
go ahead, and call it that.
We watch television to escape
our realities. Though reality TV is
about real people, its actually no
different than the sitcoms that were
popular a few years ago. If its not
you and its not going to happen in
your life, then its not your reality.
As an example, Ill use my own
very embarrassing reality TV
show addiction: VH1s I Love New
York. I watch the show religiously,
mostly because the main character,
New York, is so outrageous. Shes
the proverbial train wreck: horrible
yet I cant rip my eyes away. The
ridiculous men on her show make
it obvious they were hand-picked to
create the best drama possible.
This show isnt reality, at least
not my reality. But thats why its so
entertaining. I certainly dont want
to watch someone on television sit
through a history class or do home-
work for hours. America doesnt
love reality television because it
mirrors our own lives. Its cathartic
because we can sit at home think-
ing, Man, I might have flunked my
chemistry quiz today, but at least
Im not stranded on an island with
only rice to eat.
Yes, reality television is often
mindless and contrived. That
doesnt mean you should be
ashamed to admit that you relax
while watching Laguna Beach
or Survivor instead of listening
to NPR or reading The New York
Times.
Just realize that those lives arent
real. TV networks have to make it
entertaining to get people to watch
it. Keep watching whichever reality
show you might be addicted to, but
with a dose of real reality. Remind
yourself the purpose of the show
is to make money, not to provide a
documentary of peoples lives.
Its heartbreaking for me to think
New York may not be as psycho as
she seems, but I guess Ill just have
to come to terms with that.
Gentry is a Kansas City, Mo.,
sophomore in English.
By cAssiE GEntry
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Reality TV OK, but best if
taken with dose of reality
School inequality starts with funding disparity
By lucAs lux
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Its the rare ofcial who relishes
seeing his states name used in
close proximity to words like
laughingstock, backward,
and ridicule.
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MADRID, Spain An armed
man who hijacked a Mauritanian
plane to Spains Canary Islands on
Thursday was overpowered by pas-
sengers and crew before he was
arrested by police who boarded the
plane shortly after landing, govern-
ment and airline officials said.
The man was overwhelmed
by passengers and arrested when
police stormed the Air Mauritania
737 shortly after the aircraft landed
at Gando military base on Gran
Canaria island, Spanish Interior
Ministry official Carolina Darias
said.
Air Mauritania director
Mohamed Ould Aoufa said the crew
was involved in overpowering the
hijacker.
Twenty-one of the 71 pas-
sengers mostly Spaniards and
Mauritanians were treated for
slight injuries, a Las Palmas police
spokesman said. The most seriously
affected was a pregnant woman was
treated for severe shock.
Police said the man had been car-
rying two loaded handguns. Police
did not say when during the incident
passengers and the crew stepped in.
Mohamed Ould Mohamed
Cheikh, Mauritanias top police offi-
cial, said the hijacker was a Moroccan
from Western Sahara who wanted to
immigrate to France.
The man had tried many times
to obtain a visa at the French
embassy in the Mauritanian capital,
Nouakchott, where he had lived for
a few months, Mohamed said. The
hijackers identity wasnt given.
The Boeing 737, with eight
crew, was hijacked after leaving
Nouakchott at 4:30 p.m.
Aoufa said the hijacker demand-
ed to go to France but after the crew
refused because of a lack of fuel the
plane turned toward the Spanish
islands.
When it landed at Gando mili-
tary airport shortly after 7 p.m., the
plane was immediately surrounded
by paramilitary Civil Guard police.
The ordeal ended minutes later.
Moroccan authorities refused
the hijackers request to land in
Moroccan territory, the North
African kingdoms MAP news agen-
cy said. A spokesman for Moroccos
Interior Ministry said he was not
aware of the hijacking.
IN FLIGHT
Passengers, crew
overpower hijacker
Angel Medina/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Family and friends of the passengers on an Air Mauritania Boeing 737 hijacked passenger
plane wait for it to land at Gando military base, in Las Palmas citys international airport, on the
Canary island of Gran Cararia, Spain, onThursday.
CONFLICT
Koreas make relational progress
AssociAted Press
SEOUL, South Korea The
two Koreas will hold talks late
this month aimed at improving
relations, a South Korean official
said Thursday, the first sign of eas-
ing tensions between the countries
after the North signed a nuclear
disarmament agreement.
North Koreas top envoy to six-
nation talks nuclear talks also said
Pyongyang is ready to implement
the accord reached earlier this
week, Japans Kyodo News agency
reported.
The talks went well, the agency
quoted North Korean Vice Foreign
Minister Kim Kye Gwan as saying
after returning from Beijing. We
are ready to implement the results
of the meeting.
The Cabinet-level talks between
the two Koreas will be held in the
North Korean capital, Pyongyang,
from Feb. 27 to March 2, accord-
ing to a statement adopted at a
lower-level meeting Thursday in
the North Korean border city of
Kaesong.
South and North Korea have
held 19 high-level meetings since
2000, but they have been suspend-
ed amid chilled relations follow-
ing North Koreas missile launch-
es in July and its nuclear test in
October.
The meetings have served as a
forum for discussing Seouls aid to
the impoverished North, and could
lead to a resumption of the regular
delivery of rice and fertilizer to the
communist nation. South Korea
suspended aid after the missile
tests in July.
South Korean delegate Lee
Kwan-se said the planned talks will
help advance reconciliation and
cooperation between the South
and the North, and promote peace
on the Korean peninsula.
The North side, just as we did,
wanted to restore South-North
relations and resume dialogue to
discuss pending issues, Lee said,
according to South Korean media
reports.
The two Koreas remain tech-
nically at war since the 1950-53
Korean War ended in a cease-fire.
The disarmament pact reached
Tuesday among the two Koreas,
China, Japan, Russia and the
United States is worth about $250
million in aid to the North.
It requires North Korea to seal
its main nuclear reactor, allow
international inspections and begin
accounting for other nuclear pro-
grams within 60 days. In return,
North Korea will receive 50,000
tons of heavy fuel oil, a down pay-
ment on a promised 1 million tons
in oil or aid of a similar value if it
ultimately disarms.
In Washington, the Bush admin-
istration sought to ease concern
among conservatives that the deal
goes too easy on North Korea.
White House press secretary
Tony Snow said Thursday that one
of President Bushs deputy national
security advisers, Elliott Abrams,
had questioned whether North
Korea could be removed from a list
of terror-sponsoring states under
the agreement.
Snow said he had assured
Abrams that would not happen
unless the North changes its behav-
ior. The North Koreans dont get it
for free, Snow said. Theyve got
to earn it, like everything else.
John Bolton, the former U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations,
has also called the agreement
fundamentally flawed, saying it
rewards the North for behaving
badly.
Korea News Service/ASSOCIATED PRESS
A giant fag of North Koreas ruling KoreanWorkers Party hangs in the background while a ceremony to mark the 65th birthday of the countrys
leader, KimJong Il, is held onThursday in Pyongyang.
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WILL jayhaWks domInate huskers?
Coming of three-straight blowouts, kansas returns home saturday to take on
nebraska. Check out game day to get all the info youll need to be ready for the game.
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KaNSaS VS. NebraSKa, 3 P.M. SaTurday, aLLeN fieLdHOuSe
Huskers
cant let
Starter
jackets go
W
e all used to own one,
or maybe even two.
Thats right, back
in elementary school, everyone
would wear one to school you
know, the Starter jacket. Children
would wear these jackets with big
logos and bright team colors. Ill
admit it, I owned two but that
was from 1990-1995. Well, con-
sider this a fair warning because
you will see Nebraska fans trying
to bring back the Starter jacket
trend Saturday.
Thats right, Starter jackets are
coming back to Lawrence. Now,
Ive been to Lincoln, Neb., and its
a great city with good sports fans.
But it is also the only city that
keeps Starter in business. I dont
know why Nebraskans are in love
with oversized jackets that arent
very comfortable, but for what-
ever reason, they havent stopped
buying the Starter jackets. My
only explanation is that the Starter
headquarters are in Lincoln.
Earlier this season, I went to
the Nebraska game in Lincoln,
and because it wasnt much of a
game, especially in the second
half, I really got to soak in the
spectacle of Starter-coat madness
and it was remarkable. It was
like elementary school, version
5.0.
But, that wasnt the only spec-
tacle to take in. The Jayhawk bas-
ketball team was on fire, hold-
ing Nebraska scoreless for nearly
14 minutes in the first half. On
top of that, Nebraska all-confer-
ence center Aleks Maric scored
no points in that half. Yes, Kansas
dominated the game, cruising to a
20-point victory. It surprised the
Starter-coat fans and me because
it was the first nationally televised
game in a long time at Nebraska.
see davison on page 6B
Jayhawks ready for in-state rivalry
bY CASE KEEFER
Senior guard Sharita Smith has
faced Kansas State eight times in her
four-year career at Kansas.
The result has always been the
same. Smith has yet to be on a team
that beat the rival Wildcats.
This game is more for Sharita
than anyone else, senior guard
Shaquina Mosley said, because shes
been here for a long time.
Mosley has also endured four of
the losses since transferring from
Central Arizona Community College
last year. At this point it seems high-
ly unlikely that the two teams will
meet in the Big 12 Tournament.
Therefore, Sunday could be the last
chance for the two seniors to break
the streak.
It is just another game, Mosley
said, But Id love to beat Kansas
State before I leave.
Overall, Kansas has lost 12 straight
to the in-state rival, dating back to
2001. The games havent been close
either, the Jayhawks have fallen by an
average of 21 points.
But this year the two teams may
be more evenly matched than before.
When Kansas travelled to Manhattan
a month ago, it had three shots to
send the game into overtime that
didnt fall.
The Jayhawks have built upon
their strong performance in the loss.
Smith has continued to be a shut-
down defender in the six games
since. Although coach Bonnie
Henrickson didnt have many posi-
tive things to say after Wednesdays
loss to Missouri, she noticed Smiths
efforts.
Sharita played with a lot of
toughness, Henrickson said. If we
had a handful of kids that come with
that we would be fine.
Smith will have another tough
assignment Sunday with Claire
Coggins. The Wildcat guard is the
focal point of their offense and is
averaging 14 points a game.
Considering Smiths stellar play,
however, Coggins isnt the primary
cause for concern. The Jayhawks
will need more players to step up
defensively to guard the Wildcats
other top scorers, Kimberly Dietz
and Ashley Sweat. Freshman for-
ward Sade Morris thinks Kansas is
up to the challenge after learning
from a sloppy performance against
Missouri on Wednesday.
It was an ugly game and if we
have to play another ugly game
against Kansas State, well do it that
way, she said, But finish strong and
come out with the win.
Last time the two faced, freshman
guard Kelly Kohn had one of her
better conference games with 13
points off of 50 percent shooting.
Kohn was 0 for 8 from the field
kansan FILe photo
senior guard sharita smith has not won against the Wildcats since she came to the University.
This weekend she and the rest of the Jayhawks hope to end the losing streak in what will likely be
the last meeting between the teams this year.
WOMeNS baSKeTbaLL
bY MiChAEl PhilliPS
Physically, Darnell Jackson is
hurting from a sore back that has
lingered all season. But emotionally,
the junior forward is feeling the best
he has in a long time.
Since arriving at Kansas, Jackson
has been plagued by tragedies that
would be tough for anyone to han-
dle, let alone a college student trying
to play basketball for a Top 25 team.
Ever since I got here, he said,
from my uncle getting killed, my
grandpa and grandma dying, my
mom getting in a wreck, and my
cousin being shot and killed in a
drive-by, it was just a whole bunch
of stuff, and it was eating me up on
the inside because I was holding it
all in.
Coach Bill Self noticed, and dur-
ing winter break, he told Jackson he
knew something was wrong. The
two talked for a while, with Jackson
ending up in tears as he began to
open himself up.
It helped me a lot, because I dont
have male role models in my life,
Jackson said. I grew up without a
dad, and sometimes its hard for me
when I see Mario out there with his
pops shooting around. Sometimes I
wish I had that, but things happen
for a reason.
Leaning on the coaching staff has
helped Jackson out, which in turn
has helped him improve the mental
side of his game.
After struggling earlier this season,
he has turned up his play in recent
weeks, including five straight games
in which he has played 17 minutes or
more. His biggest contributions are
Jayhawks wow
crowds with their
alley-oop plays
see aLLey-oop on page 6B
kansan FILe photo
junior forward darnell jackson scored 17 points against Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse this year while helping hold Darren Kent to 14 points. With his recently increased playing time and scoring
contributions, Jackson joins the rest of the Jayhawks in taking on the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
bY MARK dEnt
It starts with a pass.
A smooth, quick flick of the wrist
sends the ball in the general direc-
tion of the backboard.
The ball rotates slowly in the air,
leaving watchful fans in a trance
and rendering grounded defenders
helpless. It seems to float as if there
is no gravity until it finally connects,
mid-air, with the hands of another
player at the apex of his leap.
It ends with a bang.
Sound familiar? Well, it should.
That play is the alley-oop, and
Kansas routinely throws a few of
them every game.
We may get one or two from
a set, Kansas coach Bill Self said.
The way we play we try to give
ourselves a chance to throw them if
certain things are open.
Against Missouri last Saturday,
those certain things were open
a lot. Kansas completed six alley-
oops. At one point in the second
half, the Jayhawks scored on alley-
oops three out of four times down
the court.
Sophomore forward Julian
Wright was on the receiving end of
half of the six, including one where
he slammed it home with one hand.
A lot of people go for one hand,
he said. You can go for one hand if
youre wide open.
Wright may have turned the
alley-oop into an art form, but he
didnt invent it.
The origins of the play can be
traced back to the mid-1970s.
According to www.NBA.com, North
Carolina State was the first team to
regularly execute the alley-oop.
The Wolfpack had one of the
games best leapers on their team:
David Skywalker Thompson. In
order to utilize Thompsons 48-inch
vertical leap, they had to discover a
way to get him an easy shot without
dunking the ball (dunking was ille-
gal back then). Thus, the alley-oop
was born. NC State guards lobbed
the ball high in the air to Thompson,
who soared over his overmatched
opponents and dropped the ball in
the hoop, mid-air. Most alley-oops
end with dunks rather than layups.
The Jayhawks and Thompson and
the Wolfpack are successful at alley-
oops for the same reason. When it
comes to high-flying, its all about
the athleticism, baby.
We have a lot of athletic guys,
freshman Sherron Collins said.
We just have athleticism, Wright
bY dREw dAviSon
kansan columnist
ddavison@kansan.com
Jackson rebounds on court, emotionally after myriad of catastrophes
see basketball on page 6B
see women on page 6B
kansas needs victory to keep Big 12 ranking
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athletics calendar
TODAY
nSwimming and diving at
big 12 Championships, all day,
College Station, Texas
nSoftball vs. South Carolina,
10:30 a.m. Tallahassee, fla.
nTennis vs. brigham young,
2 p.m. first Serve Tennis Center
n Softball vs. florida State,
4:30 p.m. Tallahassee, fla.
SATURDAY
nSwimming and diving at
big 12 Championships, all day,
College Station, Texas
nSoftball vs. Jacksonville,
10:30 a.m. Tallahassee, fla.
nTennis vs. utah, 11 a.m.
first Serve Tennis Center
nMens basketball vs.
Nebraska, 3 p.m. allen
fieldhouse
nSoftball vs. Memphis,
4:30 p.m. Tallahassee, fla.
SUNDAY
nWomens basketball vs.
Kansas State, 1 p.m. allen
fieldhouse
nBaseball vs. North dakota
State, 3 p.m. Hoglund ballpark
Swimming and diving
200-yard relay team
breaks Kansas record
The University of Kansas
swimming and diving team had a
record-breaking frst day at the Big
12 Championships on Wednesday
en route to a third-place standing.
The 200-yard medley relay team,
consisting of senior co-captain
Jenny Short, sophomore Danielle
Herrmann, junior Lauren Bonfe
and sophomore Maria Mayrovich,
swam to a third-place fnish and
in the process shattered a Kansas
record. The teams time of 1:41.01
bested the previous record of
1:42.02.
The Jayhawks also fnished ffth
in the 800-yard freestyle relay with
a time of 7:25.07.
After the frst day of events, the
Jayhawks are in third place with 60
points, two behind Missouri and
four ahead of Nebraska. Texas and
Texas A&M are tied for frst place at
74 points.
Daniel Molina
K
ansas plays Nebraska in
basketball Saturday after-
noon at Allen Fieldhouse,
KUs mascot is the Jayhawk and
the Missouri Tigers only visit
Lawrence once each basketball
season.
I know, Im Captain Obvious,
but some people attending the
game need a friendly reminder. At
every game you see these people in
the fieldhouse who are convinced
that the Jayhawks are playing the
Tigers as theyre decked out in their
Muck Fizzou T-shirts. They look
as out of place as Rex Grossman in
the Super Bowl. Obviously, theyre
either confused or their heads were
bounced like basketballs as infants.
This is the only logical explanation
for this fashion faux pas.
Finally, the Student Athlete
Advisory Committee has decided
to try to discourage students from
wearing the Muck Fizzou T-
shirts. The motives of this student
group are somewhat off-base. The
television networks have asked that
students stop wearing these shirts
because if they do, theyre not get-
ting on TV not because they
look like idiots, but because of the
implied message.
If someone wants to wear the
Muck Fizzou during a game
against Mizzou, thats cool with
me. Its fine to hate Missouri. Id
even encourage it. Im from Kansas.
I was raised to hate the Tigers
even though Momma said never
to hate.
But once the Tigers head back
down I-70 and the Jayhawks move
on with their schedule, fans should,
too. Against any other team, KU
fans should be supporting the
Jayhawks rather than insulting
Missouri.
Missouri is supposed to be the
school obsessed with hating and
beating us. If the Tigers lost all of
their games but beat the Jayhawks,
their fan base would be pleased.
However, if the Tigers won against
the Jayhawks, Bill Self would have
to go into hiding.
Ive heard the arguments from
the people who wear the Muck
Fizzou shirt every game. Theyll
say I dont have any KU T-shirts,
I just really hate Mizzou or I like
looking stupid. (OK, I made the
last one up.)
If you dont own a KU T-shirt,
empty out your change jar, go buy
one and make sure its blue. HyVee
sells Jayhawk T-shirts for $9.99. If
you dont have a Jayhawk T-shirt,
you cant call yourself much of a
fan, because free shirts are given
out several times each season.
These Muck Fizzou shirts
need to be put away in the back of
everyones closet, nestled away until
the Tigers return next season. The
people who wear these shirts (and
the Friends dont let friends go to
MU shirts) every game need to be
stopped.
Theyre the same people who
chant airball at a guilty opponent
for an entire game, yell at Sasha
Kaun to shoot a three-pointer when
hes open at the top of the key and
sneak flasks into the game so they
can look and sound like idiots.
So if your friends wear this shirt
every game, start by hitting them
on the head. Then take their shirt,
burn it, and then ask them if theyre
ready to change their ways. Sorry,
this calls for violence. They prob-
ably dont understand words.
If fans (I use that term loosely)
want to look like idiots, they can do
it on their own time. Just leave the
rest of us alone, because the Muck
Fizzou shirts worn at the wrong
time reflects poorly on all KU fans.
moore is a Shawnee senior in
journalism.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
By C.j. moore
KaNSaN ColuMNiST
cjmoore@kansan.com
Retire Muck Fizzou until next year
gaMe apparel
sports
3B friday, february 16, 2007
By SCOTT TOLAND
As the final intramural basket-
ball pool-play games wrap up this
week at the Student Recreation
and Fitness Center, several teams
have established themselves as
serious con-
tenders to win
their respec-
tive tourna-
ments.
Some teams
have already
finished play-
ing their three
p o o l - p l a y
games and are
now waiting
to learn who
they will play
in the tournament. The seeding
meetings will take place Feb. 23
at Alderson Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
KU Recreation Services ranks
the Top 10 teams in the mens,
womens and co-recreational divi-
sion each week on its Web site,
www.recreation.ku.edu. In the
mens division, the Not Greek team
currently holds the No. 1 ranking,
while Law is second and the Saints
are third. The Untouchables are
ranked fourth and have complet-
ed all three of their games in
their pool, amassing a total of 200
points, which is the highest of the
Top 10 mens teams.
Grahm Petersen, Rose Hill
freshman, plays for Not Greek and
says he met his teammates through
a friend. He thinks that his teams
chances look good heading into
the postseason tournament.
I think were one of the best
teams out there and I think we
have a chance to do really well,
Petersen says. We move the ball
really well and we also shoot really
well.
On the womens side, SWK is
ranked first while Hangtime and
Chi Omega follow at second and
third. Chi Omega has run over the
competition, outscoring opposing
teams 141-42 on the way to a 3-0
record. The ninth-ranked team,
Shenanigan, has relied heav-
ily on defense
t h r ou g hout
its first two
games, and is
only giving up
an average of
nine points a
game.
The co-
r e cr e at i onal
division has
also produced
d o m i n a n t
teams in this
years field. The Blue Barracudas
lead the way with a 2-0 record,
followed by We Ballin and Skeet
Skeeters. Big Bucks No Whammies
is the only team in the Top 10 that
has posted a perfect 3-0 record
so far, outscoring its opponents
192-152.
Two other intramural sports,
table tennis doubles and racquet-
ball, have also been in action dur-
ing the past week. Sixteen doubles
teams are registered to play table
tennis and 24 teams are entered
to play racquetball doubles. The
matches for both sports are played
with a play-by-date format, in
which the two teams are respon-
sible for contacting each other to
set up a convenient time for all of
the players involved.
Registration for intramural
nine-ball singles and bowling
doubles begins Monday and can
be done at www.recreation.ku.edu.
Kansan sportswriter Scott To-
land can be contacted at sto-
land@kansan.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
By ALiSSA BAuer
The snow lining the sidewalks
and covering the field at Hoglund
Ballpark today will no longer be wel-
come Sunday. After one cancellation
and a pair of postponements, Kansas
(7-1) is finally set to open at home.
Although the Jayhawks are play-
ing at Hoglund almost a week and
a half later than scheduled, Coach
Ritch Price made sure his team
didnt miss a beat. Kansas has played
all eight games it was scheduled to
play despite the awful local weather
conditions. With that early game
time under their belts, the Jayhawks
have an eight-game advantage on
their opponent, the Bison of North
Dakota State University (0-0), who
will kick off their season at Hoglund
on Sunday.
Traveling to Lawrence from Fargo
will likely prove its worth to the
Bison, who are in their final season
as a Division-I independent before
accepting the invitation to join the
Mid-Continent Conference next
season. The Bison finished at just
12-41 last season and went 0-16
against the Big 12 Conference in the
last two seasons. But the Jayhawks
arent focusing on statistics.
Um, theyre from North Dakota,
junior outfielder John Allman said.
Were just worrying about ourselves
right now.
While Allman worries about his
team, it has little cause to worry
about him. The outfielder has start-
ed all of Kansas eight games, hit-
ting a strong .375 with five RBI.
Allman trails only senior outfielder
Kyle Murphy.
Named to the College Baseball
Foundation National Honor Roll
on Wednesday, Murphy has started
2007 on a tear. He leads the Jayhawk
offense with a .381 batting average
and the starters with a .714 slugging
percentage.
The junior college transfer had
just nine extra base hits in all of last
season and has collected four already
in 2007, including a pair of doubles
and a home run.
Ive done a lot of things with
my mental approach to the game of
baseball and being able to have the
confidence in myself to go out there
and play, Murphy said. Im not too
concerned with bad at bats and out-
comes that dont go my way.
Murphy stood out against South
Dakota State last weekend. He also
may have been a little more prepared
than some of his teammates. While
in junior college, Murphy played
at the Metrodome, only his game
then started at 5:30 a.m. as opposed
to the 3:30 a.m. start time from last
weekend.
Whatever the reason, it worked.
Murphy hit .500 in the series and
scored four times in the series vic-
tory. He did mention it was a little
harder to focus and it wasnt quite as
comfortable as playing during nor-
mal hours, but his team overcame
those feelings for the win.
Though Murphy and Allman had
plenty to do with putting runs on
the board, they didnt have quite as
much to do with keeping runs off of
it. After surrendering a 6-5 loss in
the first game to South Dakota, the
Kansas pitching staff allowed just
three runs in the next two games.
In the series finale against South
Dakota State, sophomore lefty Andy
Marks (2-0, 0.73) kept a shutout into
the seventh before a solo home run
accounted for the only run of the
game. Marks, who will start game
three, has walked just two and struck
out 14 in 12.1 innings of work.
Fellow lefties Zach Ashwood (1-0,
2.53) and Nick Czyz (1-0, 1.93) are
scheduled to take games one and
two, respectively.
On the other side of the ball, the
Bison are returning six of their top
eight hitters. Junior shortstop Matt
Mossey leads the way, returning to
his team with a .320 batting average
and 31 runs scored in 2006.
Junior left-hander Jake Laber is
the Bisons top returning pitcher
from a year ago. He threw for a 3-10
record, but struck out 77 batters in
90.1 innings last season.
Kansass 7-1 start is its best under
Price, but the modest Jayhawks
would likely look at their recent suc-
cess much like Murphy has looked
at his own.
Its a good feeling, Murphy said.
But its a long season. You cant get
yourself too hyped up about it. I try
to stay away from the peaks and val-
leys through the season and just try
and stay pretty consistent through-
out the entire thing.
Kansan sportswriter Alissa Bauer
can be contacted at abauer@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Will McCullough
baseball
Outfeld
leads
ofense
Lefty pitchers
keep hits low
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas will play will play its frst home game at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark. This season, John Allman, pictured, has batted .375 with fve RBI.
intramural sports
Final rankings
decide postseason
I think were one of the best
teams out there. We move the
ball really well and we also
shoot really well.
Grahm peterson
Freshman
museum
Sports Hall sufers from lack of funds
ASSOCiATeD PreSS
TOPEKA The Kansas Sports
Hall of Fame has an acute ailment
that could be cured with an infusion
of Kansas Lottery cash, two of the
states most prominent sports figures
told legislators.
If you dont do something, the
Hall of Fame will close its doors,
and I dont know if it will ever open
again, Max Falkenstien, who retired
after 60 years broadcasting University
of Kansas games, said Wednesday at
a Senate committee hearing.
Last month, the halls board of
directors voted to shut down if it
didnt receive more money from the
state.
A bill heard in the committee
would designate a Kansas Lottery
scratch ticket from which revenues
would go to fund the hall.
Falkenstien and retired Kansas
State football coach Bill Snyder tried
to impress on the lawmakers what
the hall meant to Kansas.
The hall has felt a financial crunch
for years as it moved from Lawrence
to Abilene to Wichita.
It was established by statute in
1969.
Since then, executive director Ted
Hayes said, the hall has received less
than $400,000 from the state.
The hall is in its second year of a
two-year deal with the city of Wichita
for free rent. Officials of the hall are
asking for $500,000 per year.
With the extra money we could
conduct outreach programs to get
kids involved, Hayes said.
There is some confusion over how
the bill would work.
Committee members said an
existing scratch ticket would be des-
ignated, but Ed Van Petten, executive
director of the Kansas lottery, said he
thought a whole new ticket would be
created.
Falkenstien spoke Wednesday
about the role Kansas sports heroes
played in breaking racial barriers.
He told of Wilt Chamberlain being
the first black person to sit on the
floor at a two-tiered theater and
how Chamberlain was the first to be
served at a certain restaurant.
It would be a shame to lose that
history, Falkenstien said.
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Wright, sophomore guard
Brandon Rush, freshman forward
Darrell Arthur and junior forward
Darnell Jackson can run quickly
enough in transition to beat their
opponents to the basket for alley-
oop opportunities. Plus, nearly
everyone on the team has the ath-
leticism to rise high enough to
grab the ball when its next to the
hoop. Even Collins, who is 5 feet
11 inches, can dunk. He threw an
alley-oop to himself off the back-
board in last years McDonalds
All-American game.
The Jayhawks have as many
players capable of throwing the
lob pass as those who can finish it.
Its not out of the ordinary to see
junior center Sasha Kaun pinpoint
a pass to another big man.
That said, throwing an alley-
oop is not easy. It requires a per-
fectly timed and placed pass. In
a halfcourt set, the passer has to
be able to see the play developing
amidst action from the other nine
players on the court. In transition,
the passer has to be able to dribble
past defenders speedily and heave
the ball in mid-run. The best thing
to do in either situation is place
the ball near the rim.
I dont worry about throwing
it hard or soft, Collins said. I just
throw it anywhere and they get it.
The receivers job is a little bit
tougher than the passers. In the
half-court set, they have to cre-
ate separation from their defender,
usually by going back door or with
the help of a screen. In transi-
tion, they have to beat the entire
defense down the floor.
Then comes the really tricky
part. Basketball players have a
harder task than wide receivers
when it comes to snaring lobs.
They often collide with other bod-
ies in mid-air while trying to fin-
ish the alley-oop. Wright did this
to perfection against Missouri.
He finished two alley-oops while
being fouled.
Its pretty hard, he said. You
just have to be focused once you
catch the ball. You dont always
have to dunk it. Sometimes you
just have to catch and hold onto
the ball.
A well-executed alley-oop can
double a teams momentum. It
demoralizes the opponent and
enlivens the crowd.
Wright especially likes to do
the special plays for the fans, but
he knows the real purpose of any
alley-oop.
You have to finish the ball, he
said. Thats the main thing. Dont
worry if the crowd will go ooh-
aah. If you have a chance to make
the basket, make the basket.
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@
kansan.com.
Edited by Will McCullough
Maybe Nebraska was pressing or in
awe of Kansas? Who knows, but I
do expect Saturdays game to be a
little bit more of a contest.
Nebraska is thinking postseason
now after its 11-point win against
Kansas State on Wednesday. While
it sounds like a stretch, its really
not. The Cornhuskers are in a simi-
lar situation that Texas A&M was
in last year. Nebraska is 4-6 in Big
12 play (A&M was 3-6 after nine
games last season). And, outside of
Kansas, the remainder of Nebraskas
schedule has all winnable games. If
they get on a run to end the season
and put up a respectable perfor-
mance in the Big 12 tournament,
Nebraska could sneak into the Big
Dance.
I doubt it will happen, but I
know Nebraska will come out play-
ing with a purpose Saturday, espe-
cially after Kansas embarrassed
it at home. Plus, Maric had the
game of his life Wednesday with 41
points against the Wildcats. Maybe
he wasnt joking when he declared
himself for the NBA draft last year.
So, while Nebraska fans usu-
ally only travel to football games, I
expect a few will make the three-
and-a-half hour drive down to
Lawrence in their beloved Starter
jackets. Its too bad theyll have to
make the same three-and-a-half
hour drive back after seeing their
team lose.
Davison is an Overland Park se-
nior in journalism.
in rebounding, where he tallied a
team-high 11 points on Wednesday
night against Colorado.
You cant measure him in
points, Self said. He makes a lot of
smart, subtle plays.
He also helps out on the defen-
sive end, which came in handy
against Colorado when junior cen-
ter Sasha Kaun entered foul trou-
ble early in the game. Like Kaun,
Jackson prides himself on having a
towering presence inside and block-
ing shots taken at close range. Thats
something the team was missing in
January, and Self pointed it out to
his big men.
I really didnt like it when coach
Self said we played soft, Jackson
said. So I just tried to bring that
physical ability.
Jacksons knack for dominating
opponents is even more impres-
sive in light of his back injury. He
has played the entire season with
a nagging soreness, which limits
the amount of time he can be on
the court.
In the beginning, I was worry-
ing about my back a lot, so I was
out there playing timid, he said.
Now Im taking care of myself, so
I dont worry about it. I just keep
telling myself, Youre fine; youre
not hurting.
He continues to fight through
both the physical and emotional
pain as he becomes a regular con-
tributor to the team. Self said that
Jackson has played with more ener-
gy than hes had in a long time.
Jackson can see his play improving
as he continues to focus on bas-
ketball.
Its like everything that has hap-
pened to me will make me a stron-
ger person, he said. I feel like Im
getting stronger as I go.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted
at mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
in Wednesdays loss, however,
and getting her going against the
Wildcats will be one of the keys to
victory for the Jayhawks.
Shes got to develop some con-
sistency in her offensive game,
Henrickson said. How she shoots it
and how she takes it off the dribble
are different every time.
Kansas hopes that taking advan-
tage of a slumping Kansas State
team, which has lost four of its last
five, and a home court advantage,
will lead it to victory. Sunday will be
Student Organization Day and the
Kansas-affiliated program with the
most students will win five prizes.
Im expecting a great crowd with
a great atmosphere, Henrickson
said.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer
can be contacted at ckeefer@kan-
san.com
alley-oop (continued from 1b)
davison (continued from 1b)
women
(continued from 1b)
basketball (continued from 1b)
kansas vs. Kansas state
1 p.m. sunday, allen Fieldhouse
Womens basketball previeW
oFFense
Everything Kansas State does
offensively goes through senior
guard Clare Coggins. Coggins is
not a great shooter, but she fits
the Wildcat offense well enough to
score 14 points per game. Guards
Kimberly Dietz and Shalee Lehning
gave Kansas problems in the teams
first meeting, combining to score
31 points and gather 11 rebounds.
Dietz, a junior, and Lehning, a
sophomore, make up for the lack
of offensive firepower the Wildcats
possess in the post. Kansas offense
has been wildly inconsistent this
season. From game-to-game and
half-to-half, the Jayhawks fluctu-
ate between being incredibly effi-
cient and remarkably poor on the
offensive end. Kelly Kohn played
excellent basketball during Kansas
winning streak, but shot 0-8 from
the field in the loss to Missouri.
Neither offense is stellar, but the
Kansas offense is just too inconsis-
tent to rely on.
advantage:
deFense
Kansas State lost its best defend-
er when Marlies Gipson went down
with a knee injury, but her replace-
ments have performed admirably
in her place. Freshman forward
Ashley Sweat uses her lanky 6-foot-
2 frame to block shots and create
havoc in the paint. Kansas has finally
found defensive success in the post
as well. Freshman forward Porscha
Weddington and junior forward
Taylor McIntosh have been formi-
dable in recent games. McIntosh
has exercised more discipline
and managed to stay out of foul
trouble, while Weddington stops
taller opponents with her athleti-
cism and her arm. Both teams play
strong perimeter defense. Kansas
senior guards Sharita Smith and
Shaquina Mosley use their quick-
ness to create frequent turnovers.
Kansas State relies on upperclass-
men guards Kimberly Dietz and
Clare Coggins to disrupt passing
lanes and apply pressure on out-
side shooters.
advantage:
momentum
Despite a disappointing mid-
week loss to Missouri, Kansas still
deserves credit for its recent two-
game winning streak. Shaquina
Mosley is coming off a career-high
22 point scoring outburst, and the
Jayhawks played a decent first half.
In order to defeat Kansas State, the
Jayhawks need Kelly Kohn to make
shots in the same manner she did
against Colorado and Texas. Kansas
State was defeated by Colorado
on Wednesday night at Bramlage
Coliseum. The bad news for Kansas
State: Colorado rarely wins on the
road. After such a disheartening
defeat, the Wildcats will have their
hands full with a Jayhawk team
fueled by the Allen Fieldhouse
atmosphere.
advantage:
fOOtball
team announces dates
for spring practices
The Kansas football team will
begin its spring practices Mar.
14, it was announced Wednes-
day. The spring workouts will
conclude with the annual
spring game at 2 p.m. April
15 at Memorial Stadium. The
teams practices at the felds
near Hoglund Ballpark on
March 16 and April 4 will be
open to the public. Times for
those open practices will be
announced at a later date.
Kansan StafReport
nba
All-Star game bans anti-gay Hardaway
assOCiateD Press
The NBA banished Tim Hardaway
from All-Star weekend in Las Vegas
because of his anti-gay remarks.
Hardaway, who played in five All-
Star games during the 1990s, was
already in Las Vegas and scheduled
to make a series of public appearanc-
es this week on behalf of the league.
But after saying, I hate gay people
during a radio interview, commis-
sioner David Stern stepped in.
It is inappropriate for him to be
representing us given the disparity
between his views and ours, Stern
said in a statement Thursday.
Hardaway apologized for his com-
ments, which came a week after John
Amaechi became the first former
NBA player to say he was gay.
As an African-American, I know
all too well the negative thoughts and
feelings hatred and bigotry cause,
Hardaway said Thursday in a state-
ment issued by his agent. I regret
and apologize for the statements that
I made that have certainly caused the
same kinds of feelings and reactions.
I especially apologize to my fans,
friends and family in Miami and
Chicago. I am committed to examin-
ing my feelings and will recognize,
appreciate and respect the differenc-
es among people in our society, he
said. I regret any embarrassment I
have caused the league on the eve of
one of their greatest annual events.
Hardaway represented the NBA in
Las Vegas this week at a Habitat for
Humanity event and a fitness pro-
motion. The former U.S. Olympian
was originally scheduled to be an
assistant coach at a wheelchair game
Thursday night and later appear at
the fan-oriented Jam Session.
On a Miami radio show
Wednesday, Hardaway was asked
how he would interact with a gay
teammate.
First of all, I wouldnt want him
on my team, the former Miami
Heat star said. And second of all,
if he was on my team, I would, you
know, really distance myself from
him because, uh, I dont think that
is right. I dont think he should be in
the locker room while we are in the
locker room.
yOuth wrestling
Father intervenes match
by throwing winner
AURORA, Ill. A father
bounded into a youth wrestling
match, picked up his sons win-
ning opponent and launched
him of the mat, an episode
caught on a home video.
After tossing the 11-year-old
boy into the air Sunday, the
angry father headed toward the
cameraman, the father of the
airborne boy.
I was just wrestling, then the
guy throws me, the boy, Nick
Nasenbeny of suburban Aurora,
told WMAQ-TV in Chicago. It
was not known if the boy was
injured.
Ray Hofman, the father in
the video, told the television
station he regrets his behavior.
horoscope
damaged circus
GREG GRIESENAUR
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
aries (march 21-april 19)
Today is an 8
Youre providing important
leadership to the people you
coach. Theyre giving you some-
thing back thats even more
important.
Taurus (april 20-may 20)
Today is a 7
Youre in a position to carry out
your plan and advance your
agenda. Promise the folks back
home youll have more time for
them next week.
gemini (may 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Youre venturing farther away
from your old safety zone than
ever before. Actually, whats
happening is that your safety
zone is expanding. Dont worry
about it.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Youre best at increasing
efciency and profts, so do that.
Let other people do all the stuf
you dont feel like doing. Youre
not as good at that stuf as they
are anyway.
Leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Youre often the one who steps
up to take care of everyone else.
This time, lean back and put up
your feet. Let them take care of
you.
Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
The workload is getting even
more intense, demanding more
of your attention. Since youre
not getting paid any more to do
it, though, it could also be quite
irritating. Do the best you can.
Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Consult an older family member
who always gives good advice.
Youll learn a much easier way to
do a rather icky job.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 6
You rarely spend a whole day in
bed, but you should give it a try.
Conditions are perfect for hiding
away, and watching the world
go by.
sagiTTarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Concentrate on your studies.
Youre a philosopher, and what
youre learning now will serve
you well. Satisfaction is within
your grasp.
capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
It looks like money is coming in,
perhaps more than expected.
Theres some kind of catch
associated with it though. Dont
shop til the check clears.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Dont tell everybody what you
have. That would cause jealousy.
Quietly negotiate the best deal
you can, and then get yourself a
special treat.
pisces (Feb. 19-march 20)
Today is a 6
The task is difcult, but not impos-
sible. And, you could have an idea
that suddenly makes it all sensible.
Stranger things have happened.
parenTheses
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ance at a Vienna mall Thursday to
sign autographs.
Hello everybody, its so good
to see you, the 25-year-old hotel
heiress/reality TV star cooed as
the crowd went crazy. Happy late
Valentines Day!
The session was cut short when
several objects landed on the stage
and Hilton was whisked away by
security guards.
Richard Lugner, who is Hiltons
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Hilton said there were a lot
of people who need help in the
world and that she planned to go to
Africa sometime this year.
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ceLebriTies
The Big 12 does not have
a tiebreaker for the league
championship; instead it
awards the co-champions
title if two teams are tied.
That works in the Jayhawks
favor, because even though
they lost to Texas A&M, the
two teams are tied for the
conference lead right now. Its
not their ultimate goal, but a
conference title is a goal for
this years team.
Junior forward Darnell
Jackson will look to continue
to build on
his momen-
tum after
a breakout
month. The
only negative
for Jackson
right now
was going
0-for-5 from the free-throw
line Wednesday. Hes one of
the teams better free throw
shooters at 71 percent, so this
shouldnt be a major concern
for Jayhawk fans.
Can the Jayhawks get a
Big 12 player of the week?
One of the downsides of a
balanced team is the lack of
individual recognition, and
even Julian Wrights 33 points
against Missouri werent
enough to get him the honor.
Its unlikely to happen this
week, as no one player stood
out in Wednesdays victory
against Colorado.
one history
They stomped Nebraska
last time. The Huskers have
improved since then, but
so have the Jayhawks, and
theres no reason to think that
Saturday will be any diferent
than the game in Lincoln. Of
course, dont expect Nebraska
to go 14 minutes without a
point.
two Jackson
The emergence of Darnell
Jackson. The junior forward
is a capable replacement for
junior center Sasha Kaun, and
substituting between the two
will keep the team fresh.
three talent
The Jayhawks have far
superior talent. As long as
Kansas controls Aleks Maric,
this one wont be close.
The Huskers have a legiti-
mate chance for an NIT berth
if they fnish with an 8-8 or
7-9 conference record. If it
beats Kansas, Nebraska has
fve winnable games left. A
victory against Kansas and
three victories in their next
fve games would guarantee
a spot in the NIT.
Junior forward Aleks Maric
had one of
his worst per-
formances of
the season
in the frst
game against
Kansas. He
only made
three feld
goals. Last Tuesday against
Kansas State, Maric looked
like one of the best players
in the country. He scored 41
points and made it to the
free-throw line a Dwyane
Wade-like 25 times.
is neBraska mentally
ready for kansas?
You know the Huskers
are still stinging after their
embarrassing display against
the Jayhawks two weeks
ago. They have moved on
by winning three out of
their last four games, but
they could start doubting
their abilities going against
Kansas again.
one revenge
The Huskers lost every
form of dignity imaginable
the frst time they played the
Jayhawks. Going scoreless
for fve, even 10 minutes
is understandable. But 13
minutes and 39 seconds?
Nebraska should still be fum-
ing and ready to play Kansas.
two luck
Texas Tech found out the
hard way that Nebraska is a
fortunate team. Against the
Red Raiders, Charles Richard-
son Jr. nailed a three-pointer
at the buzzer to beat them
Feb. 6.
three road rules
Half of Nebraskas Big 12
victories have come on the
road. It even won at Texas
Tech, a place where Kansas
and Texas A&M lost.
game day 8B
offense
This is not the same Nebraska that went more than 14
minutes without scoring against Kansas two weeks ago. The
Cornhuskers have fnally hit their stride. Forward Aleks Maric
broke out of an early conference slump in a big way last Tues-
day by scoring 41 points against Kansas State. Guards Charles
Richardson Jr. and Ryan Anderson are also starting to score
consistently from the outside. Even with an improved ofense,
the Huskers are going to have a tough time going against the
Jayhawk guards. Darrell Arthur, Sasha Kaun and Darnell Jack-
son combined to shut down Maric the frst time, and as a result,
the impressive outside shooting of Anderson didnt matter.
defense
The Huskers have done a good job of shutting down some
of the Big 12s best scorers this season. They held Texas Techs
Jarrius Jackson to fve points . Texas A&Ms Acie Law IV scored
only nine points against Nebraska. Colorados Richard Roby
scored just one point. Head coach Doc Sadler, who was an as-
sistant under Texas A&Ms Billy Gillispie, coaches like his former
boss with an emphasis on intensity. But intense probably
wont be good enough against the Jayhawks. Kansas coach
Bill Self said his team played arguably its best half of the sea-
son in the frst half of the game earlier this year in Lincoln.
momentum
Early in Big 12 play,
Nebraska looked dead.
The Huskers played pitifully
on both sides of the ball, starting of
the conference play with a 1-5 record.
They bottomed out in the frst half
against the Jayhawks on Jan. 29. In
the second half of that game, Nebraska
outplayed Kansas, although it still lost,
and has turned its season around since.
The Huskers have won three out of their
last four games with the only loss com-
ing to frst-place Texas A&M. If this game
was going to be played at the Devaney
Center in Lincoln, the Huskers would have
a serious chance for an upset. Because the
game is at Allen Fieldhouse, look for Kansas
to win with relative ease.
FRIDAY, FebRuARY 16, 2007
TRYING TO KEEP PACE
Jayhawks need victory to stay atop Big 12 Conference
Kansas vs.NEbRAsKA 3 p.m. saturday, Allen Fieldhouse, Channels 8, 15
Nebraska
15-9, 4-6
Kansas
22-4, 9-2 Big 12
KU
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whats at sTAKE?
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qUEsTION mark
3 reasons KU wins
Jackson
Maric
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KEY mATCh-UP
Brandon rush
66 210
vs.
ryan anderson
64 195
JAYhAwK sTATs hUsKER sTATs
Rush Anderson
Michael Phillips
Mark Dent
russell robinson
The main area of interest last time out between these
two teams was supposed to be Sasha Kaun vs. Aleks
Maric. That match-up quickly fzzled. Instead, Rush
helped the Jayhawks get out to their insurmountable
frst-half lead and fnished the game with 20 points. An-
derson, a freshman, had the best game of the season as
he made six three-pointers. Rush and Mario Chalmers
will probably guard Anderson most of the game Sat-
urday and will have to make sure they pressure him on
the perimeter.
player avg. min. fg-fga 3fg-3fga avg. reb. avg. pts.
Brandon Rush 32.3 131-301 51-122 5.8 14.3
Julian Wright 27.2 126-234 3-11 8.1 12.0
Mario Chalmers 28.8 103-221 36-98 3.0 11.2
Darrell Arthur 20.0 115-216 0-4 4.8 10.6
Sherron Collins 21.0 90-174 34-79 2.2 9.5
Russell Robinson 28.8 56-129 17-52 3.3 6.9
Sasha Kaun 17.5 62-116 0-0 3.9 6.2
Darnell Jackson 15.1 51-90 0-0 5.2 5.8
Brady Morningstar 5.9 10-21 3-7 0.9 2.3
Jeremy Case 5.7 7-22 5-19 0.6 1.4
Matt Kleinmann 4.7 4-7 0-0 0.9 0.8
Rodrick Stewart 5.9 5-18 4-9 0.7 0.7
Brad Witherspoon 1.3 0-4 0-1 0.1 0.0
Brennan Bechard 1.5 0-0 0-0 0.4 0.0
player avg. min. fg-fga 3fg-3fga avg. reb. avg. pts.
Aleks Maric 27.7 152-250 3-9 7.7 17.7
Ryan Anderson 25.1 85-176 38-84 4.5 10.7
Jamel White 24.5 66-150 20-58 2.7 9.3
Marcus Perry 25.0 61-134 50-116 2.1 9.3
Charles Richardson 35.7 58-141 23-67 3.3 7.8
Sek Henry 23.7 58-132 15-55 2.0 6.9
Jay-R Strowbridge 15.8 27-62 18-37 1.1 3.8
Paul Velander 12.7 19-51 19-50 1.0 3.5
Jim Ledsome 10.6 13-22 0-0 2.5 2.4
Kyle Marks 7.4 12-18 0-2 1.2 1.8
Mike Smith 5.8 7-18 3-8 0.4 1.5
Kris Douse 8.5 3-10 1-1 0.9 0.9
Chris Balham 5.1 2-4 0-0 0.8 0.5
Choul Laam 1.8 0-0 0-0 0.2 0.4
Ben Nelson 3.0 0-1 0-0 0.0 0.0
Nick Krenk 3.9 0-2 0-2 0.0 0.0
offense
Instead of the Brandon Rush and Julian Wright show,
the Jayhawks had a more balanced attack on Wednesday.
Junior guard Russell Robinson played a big role in the
success, but against Nebraska, the Jayhawks will again
want to involve their star players. Wright, a sophomore
forward, and Rush, a sophomore guard, will be called on
to take over the team in March, and theres no better time
to practice than now.
defense
Inside the paint, junior center Sasha Kaun will look to
build on a terrifc second-half performance against Colo-
rado. After logging two fouls before the frst timeout to
open the game, Kaun was benched to start the second
half. He responded with one of his most dominating
defensive performances of the year, which included
four blocks. The Jayhawks will need that against
Nebraska center Alexis Maric, who will be the only
big man for most of the game. The Huskers run out
of a four-guard set to try to make up for their lack of
height, which will put additional pressure on Wright
and freshman forward Darrell Arthur to guard the
perimiter.
momentum
After the bloodbath in Lincoln, the Jayhawks
have every reason to be optimistic. During his
Monday press conference, coach Bill Self said
that playing two of the conferences worst teams
in a week posed its own set of challenges, but the
Jayhawks appear to have maintained their focus
and energy. It doesnt hurt that theyre now tied for
the lead in the Big 12 conference with Texas A&M, so
every game down the stretch becomes crucial to the
teams title hopes.