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BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
When Albert Einstein said the
greatest scientists were always
artists as well, he could not have
imagined how Liz Lerman would
combine the two disciplines.
Lerman, head choreogra-
pher of the Liz Lerman Dance
E x c h a n g e ,
brought together
the latest genetic
research and mod-
ern dance in the
companys two-
hour performance
of Ferocious
Beauty: Genome,
Saturday night at
the Lied Center.
The production
used music, video and dance to
discuss genetic research and its
related ethical dilemmas.
We want to make genetic
research something people can
really engage with, Elizabeth
Johnson, associate artistic direc-
tor of the company, said.
Johnson said the performance
was the brainchild of Lerman
and 34 international genetic
researchers who began collabo-
rating in 2002.
The shows first act present-
ed the fundamentals of genetic
research. Projections of profes-
sors and genetic researchers
were shown on large screens and
helped teach the audience ele-
mentary concepts about things
such as DNA makeup and the
history of genetic research.
The audience laughed during
a later segment in which two
scientists attempted to choreo-
graph a dance that would rep-
resent the structure of DNA. A
group of dancers attempted to
follow the scientists demands,
struggling to produce a move-
ment that resembled the double-
helix formation of DNA. The
segment revealed the difficulty
of bringing science and dance
together.
That was my
favorite part,
Ryan Fazio,
Sedona, Ariz.,
sophomore, said.
It was funny to
see how awk-
wardly the two
sides tried to
interact.
The shows
second half took
on the loftier ideas of genetic
research, such as long life, genet-
ic disorders and human ances-
try. In one segment, a 70-year-
old man watched his memories
pass by on the projections as he
aged to 105 years old. The audi-
ence watched the man act out
his struggles with loneliness and
restlessness as the years passed
in the video behind him.
Johnson said the scene ques-
tioned the use of genetic discov-
ery to extend life past its natural
limits. She said it was natural for
people to want to delay death.
Genetic discovery is mak-
ing this possible, Johnson said.
Theres a lot of discussion to be
had here.
To capture the audiences
attention, the company used
a video projection screen that
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Five immigrants in the back of
a pitch-black, sweltering trailer
by the Mexican-American bor-
der gasp for oxygen and water.
One cries out in Spanish to God,
another to his mother. Then they
curse each other for panicking.
Later, five women, in shawls and
tears, sprinkle sand over the four
who didnt survive.
Emotional moments like these
portray the perils of immigration
throughout Desiertos, a play
about Mexican-American immi-
gration that 11 Cornell University
undergraduate students per-
formed in Woodruff Auditorium
Saturday night.
The students are part of a group
called in the group Teatrotaller,
or theater workshop. The group
performs a play in Spanish every
semester at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.,
but the group has traveled as far as
England and Israel to perform the
plays. Professor Stuart Day was
one of the first scene managers for
Teatrotaller during his doctoral
program at Cornell years ago. Day
now teaches at the University of
Kansas and helped the depart-
ment of Spanish and Portuguese
to bring the group to Lawrence.
There were a lot of students
there, and we wanted them to see
what a group of undergraduate
students can do, Day said. We
also wanted to tie in a lot of issues
that are important
to us at KU as we
have more and more
Latino students from
around the state
coming to KU.
The play, written
by award-winning
Mexican play-
wright Hugo Alfred
Hinojosa, portrays
the hardships of
immigrants and
those they leave behind. With
the exception of one character, a
bigoted border patrol agent, the
dialogue is entirely in Spanish.
The Cornell cast had six native
Spanish-speakers and five students
who started study-
ing the language
in school, said
Jimmy Noriega,
Cornell doctoral
student and direc-
tor of the show.
Noriega, who grew
up by the border
in Douglas, Ariz.,
said although the
characters and
their words were
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
As Lil Waynes 3 Peat floods
out of Garrett Pettys Jeep Grand
Cherokee, he reaches for his
iPhone. He holds the device high
above the dash, darting his eyes
back and forth from
screen to street.
Petty, Topeka
sophomore, says
he reads and sends
text messages at eye
level because there,
he can still safely see
the road.
Luckily for Petty,
texting while driv-
ing hasnt caused
him an accident. However, many
other Americans havent shared
in his fortune. Texters have run
stoplights, crashed and worse,
said John Walls, vice president of
public affairs for the CTIA Wireless
Association, an international orga-
nization representing all sectors
of the wireless communications
industry. People who text and drive
are 23.2 times more likely to have
an accident than a driver with-
out a distraction, according to a
study released by the Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute.
Texting-while-driving is such an
alarming threat that the Wireless
Association and the National Safety
Council (NSC) have launched a
national video campaign against it,
Walls said. He said
the campaign start-
ed in major U.S. cit-
ies and would reach
television channels
in Lawrence in
the next couple of
weeks.
Walls said the
30-second public
service announce-
ment was startling,
but less graphic than a controver-
sial PSA aired in Britain.
We happen to believe that was
way over the line, Walls said of the
British PSA video. The message
really gets lost in all that chaos and
activity. We think we have com-
municated that same message in a
clear and more effective way.
Deb Trombley, senior program
manager of the NSC, said while
the focus of the PSA was texting-
while-driving, the message On
the road, off the phone was
intentionally broad. That way, the
message also applies to all in-car
cell phone use, she said.
The use of cell phones while
driving continues to go up,
Trombley said. Text messaging
over the past two years has sky-
rocketed.
The number of text messages
sent monthly in the U.S. jumped
from 7.2 billion in 2005 to 135.2
billion in 2009, according to the
CTIA Web site.
Walls said the addition of e-mail
and Internet applications now
available on some phones were
other cellular distractions.
Sergeant Michael Monroe of the
Lawrence Police Department said
one of the negative effects he and
other local officers have noticed
from this surge was the growing
number of texting-related traffic
accidents in Lawrence.
We get a lot more texting
excuses than we used to, Monroe
said. Usually people dont admit
it, but what will happen is the other
Visiting acting group illuminates perspectives on immigration issues
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Teatrotaller, a theater group fromCornell University, performs plays written in both Span-
ish and English or all in Spanish. The group performedDesiertosin the Kansas Union Saturday.
TheaTer
Photo Illustration by Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Texting while driving is the cause of many accidents. This is true in Lawrence, according to Lawrence Police Sergeant Michael Monroe, who cites new Internet and e-mail applications as only
increasing the problem.
Eyes on the screen, not on the road
TexTing Terrors
Performance
Science and art
mingle in dance
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Dancers fromthe Liz Lerman Dance Exchange performat the Lied Center. The show,
Ferocious Beauty: Genome,paired genetic research with modern dance.
A lot of people think
they can drive safely
while texting. And
thats simply not the
truth.
Michael Monroe
Police Sergeant
SEE TexTing ON PAgE 3A
It was funny to see
how awkwardly the
two sides tried to
interact.
ryan Fazio
Sedona, ariz.
Sophomore
There were a lot of
students there, and
we wanted them to
see what a group
of undergraduate
students can do.
Stuart Day
Ku professor
SEE Dance ON PAgE 3A
SEE Play ON PAgE 3A
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23.2 you are
times more likely to
get in an accident
while texting.
states have
implemented laws
banning texting while
driving.
billion
text messages are
sent monthly in 2009.
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international
1. Floods in El Salvador
lead to at least 91 deaths
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
Three days of heavy rains in El
Salvador touched of foods and
slides that have killed at least
91 people, the government said
Sunday.
Dozens are still missing, and
about 7,000 are in shelters, Inte-
rior Minister Humberto Centeno
told a news conference.
Authorities had to use helicop-
ters to reach some of the most
severely afected townships,
Centeno added.
In the capital of San Salvador,
authorities reported 61 dead
including a family of four two
adults and two children who
were killed when a mudslide
buried their home Sunday morn-
ing, Red Cross spokesman Carlos
Lopez Mendoza reported.
Central San Vicente province
was also hit hard, with 23 killed
there.
The rest died in other parts of
the country, Vice Interior Minister
Ernesto Zelayandia told The Asso-
ciated Press. Most of the victims
were buried by slides or carried
away by raging rivers.
2. Honduran prosecutor
ambushed by gunmen
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
Honduran police say gunmen
ambushed a convoy carrying
the countrys top prosecutor, but
neither he nor his bodyguards
were harmed.
Police spokesman Orlin Cer-
rato says Attorney General Luis
Alberto Rubi was riding on a
northern highway when assail-
ants opened fre Saturday night.
Cerrato says no one was hurt.
One car was damaged.
He did not give a motive
Sunday but speculated that the
attack could be an attempt to
provoke unease in the country.
3. School expels woman
heckled for choice of dress
SAO PAULO A Brazilian
university expelled a woman
who was heckled by hundreds of
fellow students when she wore a
short, pink dress to class, taking
out newspaper ads Sunday to
publicly accuse her of immorality.
The private Bandeirante
University in Sao Bernardo do
Campo, outside Sao Paulo,
said 20-year-old Geisy Arruda
disrespected ethical principles,
academic dignity and morality.
Arruda made headlines last
month when she had to be
escorted away by police after she
tried to go to class wearing the
mini-dress. She put on a profes-
sors white coat and left amid a
hail of insults and curses.
Video of the Oct. 22 incident
was posted on YouTube and
picked up by Brazilian networks.
Arruda has since appeared
frequently on TV, saying she is
struggling to return to normal life
after being humiliated.
national
4. Fort Hood suspect in
critical, stable condition
FORT HOOD, Texas A U.S.
Army spokesman says the man
authorities say went on a shoot-
ing spree at Fort Hood is in criti-
cal but stable condition.
Spokesman Col. John Rossi
told reporters on Sunday at Fort
Hood that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
is still hospitalized in Texas. He
was taken of a ventilator on
Saturday.
Hasan was shot during an ex-
change of gunfre during Thurs-
days attack. The military moved
him on Friday to Brooke Medical
Center in San Antonio, about 150
miles southwest of Fort Hood.
Thirteen people were killed
and 29 others wounded in Thurs-
days attack at Fort Hood.
5. Transportation strike
continues in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA No new talks
are scheduled as the strike by
Philadelphia bus drivers, subway
and trolley conductors and
mechanics enters its second work
week following the collapse of a
proposed deal.
The largest union of South-
eastern Pennsylvania Transporta-
tion Authority workers wants an
independent audit of pension
funds. The union is also rejecting
language that could reopen the
contract if SEPTAs costs increase
due to national health care
reform.
Gov. Ed Rendell had been bro-
kering the talks until they broke
of Saturday evening. He wants
union members to vote on the
contract proposal Monday. Trans-
port Workers Local 234 president
Willie Brown says the unions
constitution will not permit that.
A 2005 SEPTA strike lasted
seven days, while a 1998 transit
strike lasted for 40 days.
SEPTA averages more than
928,000 trips each weekday.
6. St. Louis authorities
arrest shooting suspect
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. Inves-
tigators on Sunday captured a
man they believe opened fre
on a car parked at a gas station,
killing three women, including
an acquaintance of the suspect,
state investigators said. Children
inside the bullet-riddled vehicle
escaped harm.
All the wounded in Saturday
nights shooting outside the
Crown Food Mart in East St. Louis
were shot several times, mostly in
the torso, and died later at a hos-
pital, Illinois State Police Lt. James
Morrisey said. At least one victim
knew the gunman, Morrisey said,
though the precise relationship
was not clear.
Jay Makhluf, a co-owner of
the convenience store, told The
Associated Press he was work-
ing behind the counter when he
heard what sounded like about
14 gunshots.
Associated Press
Once considered the only
U.S. survivor of Custers Last
Stand, a 7th Cavalry horse
named Comanche died 109
years ago Saturday. The horse
was then brought to KU to be
preserved and is still displayed
today at our Museum of Natu-
ral History.
What do you think?
by ellen SHeFtel
JASON ESLICK
Andover sophomore
My grandmas desserts. Theyre
the best.
ERIN DIEL
Overland Park sophomore
I love having my family come
over.
CHET BATSON
Wichita graduate student
The weather and trees.
JOESPH HATTAM
Park Ridge, Ill., graduate student
Family and some good food.
national
Obama urges senators
to pass health reform
WASHINGTON The glow
from a health care triumph
faded quickly for President
Barack Obama and his
administration on Sunday as
Democrats realized the bill
they fought so hard to pass in
the House has nowhere to go
in the Senate.
Associated Press
What is your favorite part about Thanksgiving?
aWard
Graduate does not win
green girl competition
Juliana Tran, who graduated
from the University last May,
did not come back from Los
Angeles with the green it girl
title. Tran was a fnalist in Proj-
ect Green Searchs campaign
to award the title to a woman
with a background in envi-
ronmentalism. Tran competed
aginst models and environ-
mental professionals.
It was a great experience,
Tran said. I met a lot of smart,
genuine, inspirational people
and networking contacts.
Though she didnt win, she
said she returned to Austin,
Texas, with a few new contacts
in the industry and a great time.
Rachel Avalon, of L.A., won
the title Friday.
Aly Van Dyke
news 3A MONday, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
person who crashes into them says,
That person was texting while they
were driving and pulled out right
in front of me.
Monroe said when Lawrence
officers discovered that a driver
involved in an accident has been
texting, they issued a ticket for
inattentive driving. He said officers
also noted on the citation that the
driver was texting when the crash
occurred.
Eighteen states, including
Colorado and Iowa, have imple-
mented laws that prohibit tex-
ting-while-driving, according to
Trombley. In the 2008 Kansas legis-
lative session, representatives of the
Transportation Committee consid-
ered crafting such a law, said Rep.
Dan Kerschen (R-Garden Plain), a
member of the committee. He said
when the legislature reconvenes
in January, however, budget issues
would likely postpone further dis-
cussion about a texting-while-driv-
ing law until February.
No doubt its going to be a topic
thats going to be addressed, he
said.
Last spring, then-Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius approved a bill that pro-
hibits those with learners permits
or other restricted licenses from
operating cell phones or text-mes-
saging devices while driving until
six months until after they turn
sixteen. The law will go into effect
January 2010.
Until a more comprehensive ban
is passed in Kansas, Monroe said
he hoped that the new PSA would
reduce the number of Lawrence
accidents from texting-while-driv-
ing.
A lot of people think they can
drive safely while texting, Monroe
said. And thats simply not the
truth. Even if its just for a few
seconds, those few seconds can
make it unsafe for everyone around
you.
Petty said even if a law eventu-
ally prohibited texting and driv-
ing, drivers would still probably
ignore it. He admitted that he, too,
would probably still text and drive
at times. He said the law would
force him to revise his method,
however.
Obviously mine would be pret-
ty blatant with my cell phone out
up over the steering wheel, Petty
said.
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
See for yourSelf
Watch the PSA videos
online at:
CTIA Wireless Associa-
tion and National Safety
Council PSA:
http://www.ctia.org/me-
dia/multimedia/
British PSA:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Q0ukd7xTQ9g
Find links to both texting
and driving PSA videos at:
www.kansan.com.
TExTing (continued from 1A)
spanned from floor to ceiling of
the stage.
At times, the screen filled with
30-foot tall projections of the danc-
ers who were simultaneously per-
forming the same dance on stage.
The real-life dancers moved on cue
with their giant projected counter-
parts.
Rachel Gray, Overland Park
senior, said although she didnt
always understand the shows mes-
sage, she was impressed by the visu-
al production.
The screen was a constantly
evolving set, Gray said. It was like
watching a movie.
The performance was the finale
of a weeks worth of workshops
and events the company organized
while in Lawrence. The group held
performances for childrens groups,
met with University dance classes
and attended seminars with the
University physics department,
among other activities.
Alice Bean, University physics
professor, met with Lerman and
another dancer from the company
during a high-energy physics semi-
nar Tuesday.
Bean said the group discussed
the ways in which science and art
worked off one another. Lerman
also worked with the group to
brainstorm ideas for a coming per-
formance on the origins of matter.
Anything we can do to get the
public to think about science is
great, Bean said.
Follow Daniel Johnson at
twitter..com/danielzjohnson.
DancE
(continued from 1A)
fictional, their tragic stories were
based on actual events.
I know a lot of people who
have actually lived this story,
Noriega said. It hit me really big
because it felt like home. I felt it
had to be told because a lot of
people dont want to look at this
side of immigration, the actual
personal stories.
Sani Brosig, Loredo, Texas, is a
junior at Cornell and stage man-
ager of the show.
Brosigs parents are immigrants
and she grew up by the border.
She said she had held past posi-
tions with Teatrotaller but her
personal history made her want a
more prominent leadership role in
Desiertos.
A lot of people in my home-
town are immigrants, Brosig said.
There were a couple of scenes
where the moms of the men who
went to find work didnt know
where they were. I know a lot of
people who had that experience
growing up.
Debra Castillo, professor
of comparative literature and
romance studies and adviser of
the group, said Teatrotaller had
performed more than 50 plays
since its origin in 1993.
She said this play in particular
had the most profound tie to an
ongoing struggle in the modern
world.
This play is really powerful,
Castillo said. Its a very serious
play.
Austin Robinson, Overland
Park junior, said the powerful
effect of the show was what he
appreciated most.
He said the part he found most
moving was the portrayal of the
only English-speaking person: the
southern border-patrol agent.
It kind of captured, in an
exaggerated version, what people
feel who are opposed to rights
of immigrants and dont respect
the lives of immigrants, Robinson
said. The play gave a good coun-
ter viewpoint to that kind of
thought.
Robinson said, as a double
major in theater and Spanish, see-
ing the example of Teatrotaller
gave him an interest in possibly
starting a similar group at the
University.
I think it definitely can be done
at KU, Robinson said. Its just a
matter of getting organized and
enough people behind it. I think a
lot of other students I know would
definitely be involved as well.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
Play (continued from 1A)
CrIMe
aSSOciaTED PRESS
Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday in Cleveland.
Sowell, 50, has been charged with fve counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over
the past fewdays. Sowell was ordered held without bond.
Cleveland serial killer
lured women into home
By ANDREW WELSH-
HUGGINS
AND JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press
CLEVELAND Authorities
say Anthony Sowell lured women
into his home in a busy neigh-
borhood, killed them most by
strangulation and scattered
their remains throughout the
inside and buried some in the
backyard.
Such brazenness defies logic,
but experts identify a narrow sub-
category of serial killers, includ-
ing the 1893 Chicago Fair killer,
Dr. H.H. Holmes, and Milwaukee
cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, who
hunt from home.
These types are so rare that
you cant make a summary esti-
mation as to why or what went
wrong or anything, said Robert
Keppel, a national serial-killer
expert who investigated serial
killer Ted Bundy in Washington
state in the 1970s.
Theres just not a whole lot of
these folks running around the
world, he said.
Sowell had the perfect lair.
His home and backyard a
burial site for five victims were
shielded by an empty home to
the left and the windowless brick
wall of a sausage company on
the right.
Anytime the stench of decay-
ing bodies blew over the street,
neighbors blamed the meat
processing next door.
His house stood out only
because it was one of the nic-
est on a block dotted by homes
with peeling paint and bro-
ken windows, some of them
vacant.
It looked safe.
Sowell often sat on the front
steps, sipping beer out of a
bottle and greeting residents
passing by on their way to the
corner store that was just steps
away for alcohol, snacks and
cigarettes.
Neighbors say hed offer a
few the chance to get high.
Sowells alleged approach
reflects an obvious point, said
forensic psychologist N.G. Berrill:
the potential role of mental ill-
ness in such unusual behavior.
The fact that they would dirty
their own nest, as it were, is pecu-
liar to me and suggests a level of
mental illness or sickness, said
Berrill, director of the New York
Center for Neuropsychology and
Forensic Behavioral
Science.
Tanja Doss told
The Associated
Press that when
she went up to
Sowells third-
floor bedroom for
a drink last April,
he attacked her.
Im sitting on the
corner of the bed
and he just leaped
up and came over and
started choking me, she said.
She said she escaped the next
morning when he left for the
store.
When people think of serial
killers, they imagine predators
like Bundy, who stalked women
and killed women in Washington,
Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado
and finally Florida.
Or Gary Ridgway, dubbed the
Green River killer, who pleaded
guilty to the deaths of 48 women,
many of them found in or near
Washington States Green River.
But some of historys most
notorious serial killers literally
worked close to home.
Holmes, born Herman Webster
Mudgett, built a Worlds Fair
Hotel he used to lure women
to their death during the 1893
Worlds Fair, a series of crimes
recounted in the
2004 best-seller,
Devil in the
White City.
While Holmes
confessed at one
point to kill-
ing 27 people,
the true num-
ber of victims
is unknown;
some authorities
placed it as high
as 200.
In Houston, Dean Corll, Elmer
Wayne Henley and David Owen
Brooks killed 27 boys and young
men in a torture-murder ring
in Houston from 1969 to 1971.
Police found a plywood torture
board in Corlls home used to
torment many of his victims
before they were killed.
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or what went wrong
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smontemayor@kansan.com
When life handed Greg Shipe
grapes, he made wine.
Shipe, now the co-owner of
Davenport Orchards and Winery,
said he never had any intention of
taking over his grandfathers farm
and later expanding it by adding
17 acres of grapes.
But without enough money
to continue his education at the
University of Kansas, in 1970 Shipe
began farming peaches, apples and
pears on his grandfathers land
just a stones throw away from
Lawrence.
Twenty years later, the first
grapes fated to be crushed and
fermented were planted at 1394 E.
1900 Rd. Seven years after that, he
converted an old tool shed into a
room where customers could taste
and purchase the bottled libations.
It even has a black walnut bar top
salvaged from an old barn and
polished down. Its where Shipe
rests an arm as he reflects on the
literal fruits of his labor.
We wanted to make the wine
100-percent Kansas grown, Shipe
said. From the beginning we
decided not to bring in any juices
or grapes from anywhere else. We
wanted to build an identity for
Kansas wine and it has to grow in
the state for us to do that.
Shipe was born in Chicago
and raised in Dodge City. Before
beginning farming, he was a sur-
gery technician in the Navy during
the Vietnam War.
The farm he operates with his
wife, Charlee Glinka, was origi-
nally purchased by his grandpar-
ents C.W. and Mary Davenport
in 1949.
It now boasts 54 rows of vines,
each a quarter-mile long lush
green in the spring and darker
hues in the fall.
The most well-known U.S. wines
come from places such as Napa
Valley on the California coast and
Marthas Vineyard south of Cape
Cod. Tats why some people,
including Pep Solberg, owner of
Bluejacket Crossing Winery, 1969
North 1250 Rd., were surprised a
decent wine could be produced in
the Midwest.
I took a sample of his wine to
California winemakers and experts
and they told me it was different
but excellent, Solberg said.
Solberg, also a University grad-
uate, has been growing grapes for
seven years and has been licensed
to make wine for a year-and-a-
half. He followed Shipes lead in
using only Kansas fruit.
Solberg, who moved back
to Lawrence after a stint in the
California bay area, said he never
previously thought a Kansas-
grown wine product would be
worth sampling. And then he tast-
ed Shipes wine. That, and wanting
to be closer to family, brought
Solberg home.
That first glass from Shipe wasnt
just a surprise, Solberg said it
was an epiphany. Its largely why
Solberg said he became a vintner,
an occupation which Shipe said
could demand between an 80- to
100-hour work week.
Josh Bryant, a part-time worker
for Shipe, is finishing a degree in
enology, or wine making, through
the Viticulture and Enology
Science and Technology Alliance.
He is honing his skills by work-
ing at Davenport Orchard and
Winery and conducting taste tests
of Davenport products at Topekas
historic Matrot Castle.
Bryant met Shipe when touring
wineries in Kansas after deciding
that he, too, wanted to take part of
the states winemaking culture.
Gregs by far was the best of
all that I went to, Bryant said of
Shipe. He really does put a lot
into it. Hes genuinely individual.
Bryant said time devoted to
grapes and wine-making was
comparable to relationships with
people, an approach he said Shipe
consistently took.
He puts the same care he gives
to people into his wine produc-
tion, Bryant said.
Michelle Meyer, co-owner of
Holy-field Winery in Basehor,
18807 158th St., started a winery
with her dad around the same
time as Shipe. However, she said
she did not see him not as a com-
petitor, but rather a fellow mem-
ber of a wine-making community.
After all, they were the founding
members of the Kansas Viticulture
and Farm Winery Association.
He believes in the agricul-
ture of wine, Meyer said. Hes
a detailed-orientated person. He
wants a quality product.
Shipe knows the different vari-
eties of his wine are all flavorful.
Hell point customers to a dry
red with hints of oak or a sweet,
fruity wine for a lighter palate. But
in his small, converted tool shed,
Shipe still pauses for a moment to
consider the reception of what was
initially a hobby but turned into
more than just a few bunches of
table grapes.
Im just humbled that people
like what Im doing, Shipe said.
I never thought that we could
do this.
Edited by Betsy Cutlif
Monday, noveMber 9, 2009 NEWS 4A
Harvesting wine among
Kansas felds of wheat
Hurricane Ida makes its
way toward the Gulf Coast
ASSOciATEd PRESS
NEW ORLEANS Hurricane
Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane
to target the United States this
year, plodded Sunday toward the
Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds,
bringing the threat of flooding and
storm surges.
A hurricane watch extended
over more than
200 miles of
coastline across
s o u t h e a s t -
ern Louisiana,
Mi s s i s s i p p i ,
Alabama and
the Florida
P a n h a n d l e .
Louisianas gov-
ernor declared
a state of emer-
gency.
Aut hor i t i e s
said Ida could make landfall
as early as Tuesday morning,
although it was forecast to weaken
by then. Officials and residents
kept a close eye on the Category 2
hurricane as it approached, though
there were no immediate plans for
evacuations.
At 1 p.m. EST, Ida was located
510 miles south-southeast of the
mouth of the Mississippi River
and moving northwest near 10
mph. The latest forecast from the
National Hurricane Center shows
Ida brushing near Louisiana and
Mississippi, then making landfall
near Alabama before continuing
across north Florida.
Yet many residents took the
forecast in stride.
Even though were telling
everybody to be prepared, my gut
tells me it probably wont be that
bad, said Steve Arndt, director of
Bay Point Marina Co. in Panama
City, Fla.
In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal
had declared a state of emergency
as a precaution, and the National
Guard was on high alert if assis-
tance was needed. New Orleans
wasnt included in the hurricane
watch.
But officials were encouraging
residents to prepare for potential
gusts of 60 mph by removing any
tree limbs that could
damage their homes
and securing or
bringing in any trash
cans, grills, potted
plants or patio fur-
niture.
Nearly 1,400
Louisiana residents
are still living in fed-
erally issued trailers
and mobile homes
after hurricanes
Katrina and Rita;
nearly 360 units
remained in Mississippi.
FEMA stresses that those
in temporary (housing) units
should not take chances, Federal
Emergency Management Agency
spokesman Andrew Thomas said.
Leave the unit behind and evacu-
ate to a permanent
structure that will
better withstand
tropical weather
systems and the
associated winds.
Mi s s i s s i p p i
authorities warned
residents to be vig-
ilant. Authorities
were monitor-
ing conditions to
see whether any
evacuations of lower-lying areas
or school closures would be nec-
essary.
It is likely we will at least be
hit with strong winds and some
flooding in our coastal coun-
ties, said Jeff Rent, a spokesman
for the Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency. Officials do
not want anybody to be caught off
guard.
Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency Director
Mike Womack said forecasts called
for tides of 4-7 feet above normal
and rainfall totals of 5-7 inch-
es within 24 hours, which could
mean flooding along the coasts
and along rivers.
Alabama emergency manage-
ment officials did not immediately
respond to phone messages.
In the Florida Panhandle, resi-
dents in Bay County and Panama
City were being advised to secure
boats and prepare for storm surges
that could reach 2-3 feet. Heavy
rain, wind and possible flooding
was also expected.
You really dont know until it
gets close how youre going to be
affected by it, said Brad Monroe,
Bay Countys deputy chief of
emergency services.
Ida wasnt expected to pack the
wallop seen in 2008 when hur-
ricanes Gustav and Ike pelted the
Gulf Coast back-
to-back. There have
been nine named
storms this season,
which ends Dec. 1.
Ida is only the third
hurricane to form,
and neither of the
others threatened
land.
Ida wasnt
expected to
directly threaten
New Orleans, where unflappable
fans at the Saints football game
seemed unaware a storm was
approaching.
Army chaplain asks congregation
to give prayers for alleged gunman
ASSOciATEd PRESS
FORT HOOD, Texas
Mourners were asked to pray for
the man authorities say went on
a shooting spree at Fort Hood,
and an Army chaplain exhorted
his congregation on Sunday to
draw together even if the gun-
mans motives may never be fully
known.
Lord, all those around us search
for motive, search
for meaning,
search for some-
thing, someone to
blame. That is so
frustrating, Col.
Frank Jackson told
a group of about
120 people gath-
ered at the posts
chapel. Today, we
pause to hear from
you. So Lord, as we pray together,
we focus on things we know.
Worshippers hugged each other
and raised their hands in prayer
during the service, in which
Jackson asked the congregation
to pray for the 13 dead and 29
wounded that Maj. Nidal Malik
Hasan is accused of shooting. The
chaplain also urged the crowd to
pray for Hasan and his family as
they find themselves in a position
that no person ever desires to be.
And Lord, teach us to love and
pray for those who
rise up against us
and pray for those
who do us harm. We
pray for Maj. Hasan.
Asking that you do
the work that only
you can do in his
life, Jackson said.
Across the sprawl-
ing post and in
neighboring Killeen,
soldiers, their relatives and mem-
bers of the community struggled
to make sense of the shootings.
Candles burned Saturday night
outside the apartment complex
where Hasan lived. Small white
crosses, one for each of the dead,
dotted a lawn at a Killeen church
on Sunday.
At least 16 victims remained
hospitalized with gunshot wounds,
and seven were in intensive care.
Even as the community took
time to mourn the victims at wor-
ship services on and off the post,
Col. John Rossi acknowledged
that the countrys largest military
installation was moving forward
with its usual business of soldier-
ing. The processing center where
Hasan allegedly opened fire on
Thursday remains a crime scene,
but the activities that went on
there were relocated, with the goal
of reopening the center as soon as
Sunday.
Fort Hood is continuing to
prepare for the mission at hand,
Rossi said. Theres a lot of rou-
tine activity still happening. Youll
hear cannon fire and artillery fire.
Soldiers in units are still trying
to execute the missions we have
been tasked with.
But the specter of the shooting
lingers on the post. Rossi acknowl-
edged that psychic wounds could
be deep.
The piece that most are trou-
bled with right now is the location
of where it happened and how it
could happen, he said. We know
that problems sometimes take a
while to manifest themselves in an
individual and might come up in a
later time period.
Military criminal investigators
continue to refer to Hasan as the
only suspect in the shootings but
wont say when charges would be
filed. Hasan, who was shot by
civilian police to end the rampage,
was in critical but stable condi-
tion at an Army hospital in San
Antonio. He was breathing on his
own after being
taken off a venti-
lator on Saturday,
but officials wont
say whether
Hasan can com-
municate.
A government
official speak-
ing on condi-
tion of anonym-
ity because the
person was not
authorized to discuss the case said
an initial review of Hasans com-
puter use has found no evidence
of links to terror groups or anyone
who might have helped plan or
push him toward the attack. The
review of Hasans computer is con-
tinuing, the official said.
Army investigators on Sunday
were searching for additional evi-
dence to put together a compre-
hensive bullet trajectory analysis.
Investigators were seeking any
military or civilian personnel who
may have left the scene ... with
gunshot damage such as damaged
privately owned vehicles, Fort
Hood spokesman Chris Haug said
in a statement.
Hasan likely would face military
justice rather than federal criminal
charges if investigators determine
the violence was the work of just
one person.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of
the Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee,
said he plans to begin a congres-
sional investigation to determine
whether the shootings constitute
a terrorist attack. Lieberman, an
independent from
Connecticut, said on
Fox News Sunday
that he wants to find
out whether the Army
missed warning signs
that Hasan was
becoming extreme.
If Hasan was
showing signs, saying
to people that he had
become an Islamist
extremist, the U.S.
Army has to have zero tolerance,
he said. He should have been
gone.
Army Chief of Staff George
Casey warned against reaching
conclusions about the suspected
shooters motives until investiga-
tors have fully explored the attack.
He said on ABCs This Week
that focusing on Hasans Islamic
roots could heighten the backlash
against all Muslims in the military.
There had been signs in recent
months that Hasans growing anger
with the U.S. wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan were at odds with
his military service, including his
comments that the war on terror
was a war on Islam. Others who
knew Hasan, an Army psychiatrist,
said he had wrestled with what
to tell fellow Muslim solders who
had their doubts about fighting in
Islamic countries.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A soldier reads the Bible during church service at the First Air Calvary Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas, on Sunday.
It is likely we will
at least be hit with
strong winds and
some fooding in out
coastal counties.
Jeff Rent
Mississippi emergency
Management Agency
spokesman
You dont know
until it gets close how
youre going to be
afected by it.
BRAd MonRoe
Bay County deputy chief
of emergency services
If Hasan was show-
ing signs ... the U.S.
Army has to have zero
tolerance. He should
have been gone.
Joe LieBeRMAn
U.S. senator
The piece that most
are troubled with
right now is the
location of where it
happened ...
John RoSSi
U.S. Army colonel
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Johnny Flower, center, plays the cello for singer/songwriter Joshua Radin, left, at the Granada Theater Friday night in Lawrence. Radin and members came back for an encore, for which they
covered Bob Dylans Dont Think Twice, Its Alright.
By VERENA DOBNIK
Associated Press
NEW YORK The USS New
York, built with steel from the
rubble of the World Trade Center,
was put into Navy service Saturday
both as a symbol of healing and
strength.
No matter how many times you
attack us, we always come back,
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
said at the amphibious assault
ships commissioning. America
always comes back. Thats what
this ship represents.
He spoke on a Manhattan pier
where hundreds of Navy officers
and sailors joined first responders
and families of Sept. 11 victims.
I hereby place the USS New
York in commission, Mabus
announced.
And with a long drum roll, the
ships crew was set on the first
watch, obeying the order, as tra-
ditionally worded: Man our ship
and bring her to life!
From atop the vessel, decked
in red, white and blue bunting,
black smoke rose into the chilly
fall morning to signal that the USS
New York was powered up. A loud
cheer accompanied a flyover by
Navy planes.
The 7 tons of steel debris
from ground zero had been melt-
ed down to form the bow of the
USS New York as a symbol of
our unshakable resolve; this is a
city built of steel, said Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,
representing the Obama admin-
istration.
Clinton was a U.S. senator from
New York before she became the
nations top diplomat.
She noted that many of New
Yorks iconic structures were made
from steel, including the Statue of
Liberty and the Chrysler building.
But the strongest steel of New
York has always been in the spines
of its people, Clinton said, calling
New Yorkers strivers and seekers,
immigrants from every country,
speakers of every language.
By KAREN HAWKINS
Associated Press
CHICAGO A Northwestern
University professor and journal-
ism students who spent three years
investigating the case of a man
convicted in the 1978 killing of a
security guard believe they have evi-
dence that shows prosecutors put
the wrong man behind bars. But in
the quest to prove his innocence,
they may have to defend themselves,
too.
Cook County prosecutors have
outraged the university and the
journalism community by issu-
ing subpoenas to professor David
Protess seeking his students grades,
his syllabus and their private e-mails.
Prosecutors claim since the team
was made up of students, they may
have been under pressure to prove
the case to get a good grade.
Its a first for Protess and his
investigative reporting students,
who have helped free 11 innocent
men from prison, including death
row, since 1996. Their work also is
credited with prompting then-Gov.
George Ryan to empty the states
death row in 2003, re-igniting a
national debate on the death pen-
alty.
Why are we talking about our
grades when we should be talking
about whether theres an innocent
man in prison? said Evan Benn, a
former Protess student mentioned
in the states subpoena. None of
the students has been individually
subpoenaed.
The prosecutors office led by
Anita Alvarez, who last year was
elected Cook County states attor-
ney on a reputation for toughness
said its just being thorough, and
wants to determine if students may
have skewed their findings to get a
good grade.
Its been framed as a witch hunt
or a fishing expedition, and its not,
said Sally Daly, spokeswoman for
Alvarez. Were engaging in a dis-
covery process as we would in any
criminal investigation.
Northwesterns lawyers have filed
a motion to quash the subpoe-
nas, and the judge may act on that
Tuesday, when a hearing is set to
hear arguments about whether there
should be a new trial in the case.
national
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Northwestern University professor david protess, founder of the Medill innocence
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County prosecutors have outraged the university and the journalismcommunity by issuing
subpoenas for Protess syllabus along with the grades and private e-mails of his students who
spent three years investigating a convicted man they believe is innocent.
NAtIONAl
obama to attend service
honoring Ft. Hood victims
WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama will attend a me-
morial service Tuesday honoring
victims of the Ford Hood shoot-
ings, an attack he described as
all the more heartbreaking and
all the more despicable because
it occurred on the nations largest
Army post.
He praised those who ended
the shootings, which killed 13
and wounded 30 others, and
lauded the armed services diver-
sity a move designed to calm
tensions about the suspected
shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
They are Americans of every
race, faith and station. They are
Christians and Muslims, Jews and
Hindus and nonbelievers, Obama
said in his radio and Internet
address Saturday, airing the
weekend before Veterans Day.
They are descendants of immi-
grants and immigrants them-
selves. They refect the diversity
that makes this America. But what
they share is a patriotism like no
other.
After the address aired, Obama
talked about the Fort Hood
shootings with Democratic House
members.
INtERNAtIONAl
Afghan president makes
clear stance on corruption
KABUL The embattled Afghan
president pledged Sunday that
there would be no place for cor-
rupt ofcials in his new admin-
istration a demand made by
Washington and its international
partners as they ponder sending
more troops to confront the
Taliban and shore up his govern-
ment.
Also Sunday, NATO reported
three more coalition soldiers
one American and two Britons
died in combat with the Taliban
in western and southern areas.
The latest losses pushed Britains
combat death toll in the eight-
year Afghan war to 201.
Associated Press
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Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
The name of the game
today is persuasion. Dont
apply force. Instead, use
soothing words, potions or
touch.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Someone tries hard to
change your mind. Face it:
your mind could stand a
change. Imagine a brighter
future.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
You need some convinc-
ing before you take action.
Review the data and see
how it feels.
cAncer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Domestic issues require
stern measures. Handle
your own assignment, and
give others plenty of time
for theirs.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Everybody wants to be in
charge today. You know
that wont work. Save your
ideas for tomorrow.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
A female takes every op-
portunity to get the upper
hand. React only if you truly
care. Otherwise, let her plot
the course.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is an 8
You cant dance to more
than one tune at a time.
Handle responsibilities frst,
needs second and desires
third.
scorpio (oct. 23--nov. 21)
Today is an 8
A female provides just the
right change to your attire
or appearance. You look like
a million dollars! Now go
get it.
sAGiTTArius(nov.22-Dec.21)
Today is an 8
Power falls into your lap. A
group decides youre the
right person to lead them.
Remember to say thank
you.
cApricorn(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
The group seems to think
youre wrong. Oh, well.
Restate your decision in
practical terms they can
understand.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Use your powers of persua-
sion to convince co-workers
to go along with your plan.
Concise language works
best.
pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
The females in your life
present the facts. If you
accept them, you get a
chance to expand your
power base.
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LEGAL
Man pleads not guilty
to stalking Ryan Seacrest
LOS ANGELES A man ar-
rested outside Ryan Seacrests
workplace has pleaded not guilty
to a felony stalking charge.
Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.
entered the plea Tuesday through
an attorney. A court commis-
sioner ordered Uzomah to stay
500 yards away from Seacrest if he
is released from jail on $150,000
bail.
Los Angeles police arrested
Uzomah at the E! Entertainment
Television headquarters in Los
Angeles on Friday. A request for
a civil restraining order stated he
was carrying a knife at the time.
Uzomah appeared in street
clothes during Tuesdays hearing
and agreed to be represented by
a public defender. He is due back
in court Nov. 16.
ContEst
Team wins $900,000 prize
in NASA invention contest
LOS ANGELES A Seattle
team has collected a $900,000
prize in a NASA-backed compe-
tition to develop the concept
of an elevator to space an
idea spurred by science fction
novels.
The teams robotic machine
raced up more than 2,950 feet of
cable dangling from a helicop-
ter.
Powered by a ground-based
laser pointed up at the robots
photo voltaic cells that con-
verted the light into electricity,
the teams LaserMotive machine
completed one of its climbs in
roughly three minutes and 48
seconds.
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he University has finally
taken a step in the right
direction to support and
protect transgendered students
and faculty. Gender identity and
gender expression have been added
to the nondiscrimination and the
equal opportunity policy for the
University, thus living up to the
promoted philosophy of diversity
and acceptance of all people.
After this policy was passed
through Student Senate, it was
presented at a meeting of University
Senate on Oct. 8, where the senate
unanimously voted to amend the
two policies for the University. It
was then approved by the interim
provost, Danny J.
Anderson, as well
as the chancellor,
Bernadette Gray-Little.
Slightly late
Though these additions to the
policies should be applauded, the
University is slightly behind in
making them.
K-State actually had it in their
policy before we did said Jayne
Henson, activism coordinator for
Queers and Allies.
It was also already part of
Kansas law, thanks to Executive
Order 07-24 issued by former Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius in August 2007.
This law prohibits discrimination
and harassment for state employees
on account of gender identity,
among numerous other things.
Wording left
out
Though the policy
was unanimously
approved, there was
some wording that
did not make the final cut. In the
original proposal the words actual
or perceived were included in
order to ensure the most protection
for transgendered students and
faculty.
Henson, who played a large role
in writing and passing this policy,
said she had seen the wording in a
similar policy at another University,
and thought it was important
because sometimes gender is
something that is perceived.
Most of the time you dont
ask someone first, Henson said.
Really its about our perceptions
of people, Sometimes people can
be perceived as being trans even if
theyre not.
Saida Bonifield, LGBT Resource
Center Coordinator, who helped
write and present the addition to
the policy, said, University legal
council thought this could be too
complicated.
If this wording is important to
the LGBT community to ensure
the most protection, the University
should reconsider adding it to the
policies.
Why itS important
The University needed to do
this in order to show support and
protect their students and faculty.
With myself identifying as
transsexual I was distraught about
how horrible things were for trans
people, Henson said. No one was
fighting for us.
If the University wishes to
remain progressive and diverse.
it needs to take steps to live up to
these powerful words.
Having this wording there for
trans. people to see is important,
Henson said. Its saying my
University wants me to be happy
and support me.
For students and faculty already
here, and in recruiting potential
new members to the community,
this wording shows the University
is an accepting place.
more to do
This is the first step, Bonifield
said. I want the students to feel as
safe as possible.
Henson described a situation that
occurred to her friend who is in the
transitioning process.
My friend who is a freshman
is transferring because TAs and
faculty refuse to call him by the
name he prefers, she said.
Not only is this disrespectful of
transgendered identity, it is losing a
Jayhawk because of discrimination.
Thats where we need to start
with faculty, Henson said. We
have this wording in place and the
next step is to show that its not just
words on a piece of paper. Whether
you agree with trans identity or not
its an issue of respect.
This addition to the Universitys
policy is a great one, and all of the
members of the LGBT community
who fought for it should be
applauded.
The University should continue
to support transgendered
protection, and put actions to their
well intended words.
CaitlinThornbrughfor
The KansanEditorial Board
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NICHOLAS SAmbALUK
Protesting done right
muSiC
W
eve all seen them at
some point in front of
Strong Hall or Wescoe
Hall waving banners in front of
giant signs and shouting messages.
Most of us tend to ignore them, to
blow right on by without a second
thought. On Monday, however, one
group managed to grab my atten-
tion: Save the Wetlands.
Even after doing some research,
Ive yet to decide my stance on
the issue. The thing that struck
me, however, was that the group
members conducted the protest
in a refreshingly different way.
They refrained from over-the-top,
in-your-face tactics to make their
message heard. They didnt post
20-foot billboards full of graphic
images of recently killed otters or
waterfowl. They didnt promote
open argument on campus side-
walks. And they certainly didnt
show up seeking to spread hate and
foment anger. They only carried
signs, shouted chants and asked for
signatures, informing all who asked
about their cause.
Too often the protest groups that
occupy the lawn in front of Strong
Hall or Wescoe Beach assume that
college students only respond to
shock tactics. In the case of the
anti-gay or anti-abortion advocacy
groups, theyve made it very clear
that they will rely only on extreme
interpretations of the truth. In
doing so, they greatly limit the
credibility of their message.
The Wetlands group seemed to
realize we are adults, something
other campus protesters fail to do.
We dont need to be bludgeoned
into forming an opinion on an
issue. The Wetlands protesters
made their motive clear and their
message noble, something that, in
this case, allowed their messages to
carry a little further.
To those not familiar with their
message, let me explain. For almost
20 years, the Kansas Department
of Transportation has been try-
ing to divert K-10, one of its self-
proclaimed most important proj-
ects, around the city of Lawrence.
KDOT has determined that the
best area in which to construct the
proposed six-lane South Lawrence
Trafficway is through the Baker
Wetlands, a 640-acre stretch of
marshland south of town. Baker
University, which claims much of
the area, supports this decision,
according to a statement on the
Universitys Web site.
The land is considered a sacred
historical area by Haskell Indian
Nations University. So Haskell,
along with environmental groups
such as the Wetlands Preservation
Organization and KU Environs,
are trying to preserve the land and
have been strongly fighting the
Trafficway for the past 20 years.
These groups claim that the marsh-
land isnt the most economically
feasible place to construct the high-
way, let alone the most ecologically
logical.
KDOT officials claim the oppo-
site, that the proposed project
will in fact increase the size of the
Wetlands by appropriating more
land for the area.
If nothing else, the Wetlands
protesters have earned the right to
be heard, and its our right to listen
to them. Look up some informa-
tion on the Baker Wetlands and
form your own opinion. Web sites
such as savethewetlands.org and
southlarencetrafficway.org are great
places to start. Maybe once we,
the students at the University of
Kansas, start caring, this 20-year
stalemate will finally be broken.
McQuiston is a Shawnee
freshman in journalism and
Spanish.
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I
f you have kept your ears
open to hip-hop artists
lately, youve likely heard
of Kid Cudi. However, even if
your ears have been suffocated
by headphones bumping hip-
hop for the past 10 years, you
still might not have heard of
the Digable Planets.
With a name that makes a
person think this group is out of
this world, yet groovy, Digable
Planets are an interesting com-
parison with the artist Kid Cudi
in that they both represent an
out there form of hip-hop. Kid
Cudi released his album Man
on the Moon this year and has
been blowing up radio ever
since with the catchy remix of
Lady Gagas Poker Face and
the summer hit Day n Night.
But Kid Cudi has yet to
come to Lawrence, whereas the
Digable Planets are performing
at The Bottleneck on Nov. 13.
Not that the Digable Planets
sound like Kid Cudi. They
might actually sound better to
those who appreciate the old
school sounds that seem to have
inspired the new Kid Cudi. Like
the greats of old, the Digable
Planets weave intricate lyrics
over jazzy hooks evoking that
old school feeling that came
from listening to the likes of
A Tribe Called Quest or De La
Soul.
That The Bottleneck and
Pipeline Productions can bring
artists such as Digable Planets
to Lawrence shows me a strong
dedication to quality hip-hop
music in Lawrence. Not only
has Pipeline Productions, a
Lawrence-based production
company, brought incredible
acts to The Bottleneck, but it
also supplies The Crossroads in
Kansas City with quality shows.
The golden age of hip-hop
has maintained its presence in
Lawrence through these live
shows as well as through KJHK.
If you listen to Breakfast
for Beatlovers with Ross F. on
KJHK, you will catch an occa-
sional Digable Planets song.
One song that has managed to
reach mainstream audiences
through a rather unusual way,
Rebirth of Slick (Cool like
Dat) is the theme song for a
cold water clothing detergent.
Aside from commercial tracks,
Digable Planets puts together
thoughtful tracks that some-
times border on the side of
poetry rather than rap flows
because of their peculiar rhyme
structures.
What else would you expect
from the two emcees named
Butterfly and Doodlebug? Their
unique yet rooted form of hip-
hop should find its place here in
funky Lawrence.
This show at The Bottleneck
is calling all of the beat heads
in Lawrence to get out from the
corners of bars where only Lil
Wayne gets played and come
connect with how hip-hop
was created. Like the Digable
Planets rhyme in their song
Escapism, funk is you, funk
is me, funk is us, funk is free!
Well, maybe not completely free
the tickets are $16 but the
funk you will feel will be from
another planet.
Roesler is a Denver junior
in journalism.
nicolas roesler
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zach mcquiston
A FRESH
PERSPECTIVE
n n n
I didnt watch the game.
I went to Union Station and
played with awesome science
experiments, and I got to pet a
bunny. It was awesome!
n n n
You know what sucks?
Being in love with one of
your guy friends.
n n n
Not going to Manhattan this
weekend was the worst
decision I made since I put
that security guard in a head-
lock last month.
n n n
My ex keeps sending me
dirty texts. Hes making it
really hard for me to be
a good person.
n n n
I have my language settings
set to pirate. Whenever some-
one writes on my wall it says,
plank stain. It sounds so dirty.
n n n
The walk from the bus to
my dorm room after my trip
to Manhattan today = Walk of
Shame.
n n n
I move for a vote of no
confidence in Todd Reesings
quarterbacking abilities.
n n n
Someone at K-State asked
how I liked KU. I said there was
no place better. Her response:
Uhh, look around you. I was
in a cow pasture.
n n n
Sometimes I make unneces-
sary sexual tension with guy
friends for entertainment.
n n n
I keep getting compliments
about my beautiful eye color
and long eye lashes from girls
I am not attracted to. This is
happening too much and its
bothering me.
n n n
K-state fans need to stop
saying they dominated. You
won by a single touchdown,
which is not a domination.
n n n
Idea: Take the Thank God
for Todd shirts from Joe
College, make them purple
and sell them in Manhattan.
n n n
My grandma sent me a cute
kitty card with money in it. I
bought alcohol and went to
the club with said money.
n n n
The constant presence of
my roommate is making me
dumber.
n n n
Is it just me, or does the
walk from the computers to
the bathroom in Anschutz
Library kind of have a walk of
shame feel to it?
n n n
I cant put away my fip-
fops. I would have to admit
that summer is over.
terminology aCCording to Jayne henSon,
aCtiviSm Coordinator for QueerS and allieS:
Gender identity is how someone self identifes as a male, a
female or a mix of the two.
Gender expression is how you dress, act, and talk as an out-
ward display of your gender.
to learn
more aBout
tranSgender
iSSueS, attend thiS
panel:
What: Tranny Talk
When: Nov. 17
Where: Kansas Union
time: 7:00 p.m.
NEWS 8A monday, november 9, 2009
By MATT SEDENSKy AND
MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. Jason
Rodriguezs marriage long ago went
sour, his home taken in foreclo-
sure, his job lost to incompetence,
his finances sunk in bankruptcy. It
was a stress overload for the man
accused of a deadly shooting ram-
page at his former office, his lawyer
said Saturday.
The 40-year-old man whose life
seemed to just keep getting worse
was charged Saturday with first-
degree murder, accused of killing
one and wounding five Friday at his
former office. He said nothing in
his brief court appearance Saturday,
but his attorney portrayed him as a
mentally ill man who fell victim to
countless problems.
This guy is a compilation of
the front page of the entire year
unemployment, foreclosure,
bankruptcy, divorce all of the
stresses, said the public defender,
Bob Wesley. He has been declining
in mental health. There is no logic
whatsoever, which points to a men-
tal health case. It looks like a classic
case of stress overload.
Police refused to say anything
more Saturday about their inves-
tigation into the shooting. But as
Rodriguez remained on suicide
watch at the Orange County Jail,
a portrait of his crumbling life
began to emerge.
He couldnt pay the child support
he owed for his 8-year-old son. He
was nearly $90,000 behind on bills,
his bankruptcy file showed. A once-
promising, but short-lived career at
an engineering firm faded into a job
at a fast-food chain.
Wesley described his client as
very, very mentally ill but offered
no specifics. His former mother-in-
law, America Holloway, said he was
a schizophrenic who was constantly
paranoid, blaming others for all of
his woes and who always thought
everyone disliked him.
The suspects own mother strug-
gled Saturday for words to defend
her son. She could only muster an
apology.
Sorry for the families involved,
Ana Rodriguez said. Im really very
sorry, it is very hurtful.
Police said Rodriguez himself
also offered words of remorse as
he was handcuffed Friday, explain-
ing he was just going through a
tough time. But it offered little sol-
ace to victims, all of whom worked
at Reynolds, Smith and Hills, where
the suspect was an entry-level engi-
neer for 11 months before being
fired in June 2007.
Identified as the single fatal-
ity in the shooting spree was
Otis Beckford, 26, the father of a
7-month-old daughter who was
standing near the receptionists
desk when the gunman entered the
office.
Beckfords mother told The Palm
Beach Post that she had last talked
to him Thursday night, firming up
the familys Thanksgiving plans.
Now, he wont be there, Icilda
Cole told the newspaper. Such a
shame! I had two children. Otis and
my daughter. I have one left. I never
thought something like this would
happen to him.
Five others were wounded:
Gregory Hornbeck, 39; Ferrell
Hickson, 40; Guy Lugenbeel, 62;
Edward Severino; 34; and Keyondra
Harrison; 27. All were in stable or
good condition at Orlando hospi-
tals and were expected to survive.
Several employees reached Saturday
said the firm has told them not to
publicly discuss the shooting.
The Legion Place building, where
the shooting occurred, remained
cordoned off Saturday with police
tape, though some workers returned
to get purses and other belongings
left behind in a scramble to escape.
Courtney Moore, a paralegal on the
buildings 17th floor, returned for
her car, and remembered frequently
sharing an elevator with Beckford
or seeing him in the cafeteria.
He was always so polite and
friendly, she said.
By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. The
high school buddies who trolled
the streets looking for Hispanics to
attack called it beaner hopping.
Jose, Kevin and I started pop-
ping and Jose punched him so hard
he knocked him out, Anthony
Hartford told police, according to
prosecutors.
Hartford said he didnt do it
often: Maybe only once a week.
There had been other high-pro-
file attacks on a growing Hispanic
population on eastern Long
Island before Ecuadorean immi-
grant Marcelo Lucero was stabbed
to death a year ago Sunday on
a street corner.
But it wasnt until the seven teens
accused in the killing told police of
the attacks and Hispanic resi-
dents who had been long silent
about hate crimes came forward to
confirm the stories that officials
began to realize what they were
dealing with.
The year since the Lucero slay-
ing has put a national spotlight
on race relations and has seen the
U.S. Justice Department launch a
probe of hate crimes and police
response to them. A national civil
rights group released a study that
found a pervasive climate of fear in
the Latino community in Suffolk
County.
On Saturday, dozens of people,
including Luceros mother, brother
and sister, held a candlelight vigil
where he died, singing, holding
hands, and praying there wouldnt
be another such killing.
Many victims said they had
always been reluctant to contact
police, fearing they would be asked
about their immigration status. Just
weeks after presiding at a funer-
al for Lucero, a preacher invited
Hispanic crime victims to share
their experiences. Dozens came
forward.
It was a bunch of people relieved
that someone was listening, the
Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter said. They
just wanted some sort of witness
that their story was worth telling.
Many were unable to identify
attackers, but prosecutors gleaned
enough evidence to file charges in
eight other attacks against the teens
accused in the Lucero killing.
Not all were crime victims. One
man came to the church with his
telephone answering machine
wrapped in plastic, Wolter said.
He had received threatening phone
calls from his landlord, peppered
with anti-Hispanic slurs, and want-
ed advice on making it stop.
Foster Maer, an attorney for
Manhattan-based LatinoJustice,
which called for the Justice
Deaprtment investigation, said the
Lucero killing raised everybodys
awareness of how bad it is.
Suffolk County Police
Commissioner Richard Dormer
said officers dont ask victims
whether theyre illegal immigrants
and said the probe would exonerate
the department.
Dormer assigned a Hispanic offi-
cer to command a local precinct
after the killing.
Lucero, 37, came to the United
States when he was 21 and worked
at a dry cleaner. He was walking
with a friend shortly before mid-
night near the Patchogue train sta-
tion when they were confronted
by a mob of teens. His friend ran
away, but Lucero was surrounded,
prosecutors say.
He tried to fight back, flailing at
the assailants with his belt. At some
point, 18-year-old Jeffrey Conroy
plunged a knife into Luceros chest
before running away, prosecutors
said.
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Busy bees
Violence against Hispanics becomes
a focus for authorities afer attacks
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An ofce worker is moved froma building where a multiple shooting took place in downtown
Orlando on Friday. A gunman opened fre in the ofces of an engineering frmwhere he was let
go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring fve others.
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Nicholas Hausch pleaded guilty in the stab-
bing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo
Lucero. Five others were also charged.
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Clumped with bodies both black
and gold and crimson and blue,
the paint was mobbed with action
Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas defeated an injury-
depleted Emporia State 85-48, leav-
ing the overtime drama of the last
time these teams met in the past.
After a quiet opener last week
against Pittsburg State, junior cen-
ter Krysten Boogaard arrived with
a storm, finishing with 17 points
and 10 rebounds. The lofty center
exhibited with potentially domi-
nant influence that she can play for
a team in need of a multi-dimen-
sional threat.
Like Aishah set the tone on
the offensive boards last week, I
thought she did it for us this week,
coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
While senior guard-forward
Danielle McCrays shooting met
expectations, Kansas true domi-
nance lived down low. Boogaard
and sophomore forward Aishah
Sutherland, who had 12 points and
10 rebounds, were authoritative
in the paint, setting high picks for
their guards and then rolling down
low for easy layups and other high
percentage shots.
I thought it was important to go
inside early and often, Henrickson
said.
It was a perpetually busy scene
down on the blocks, but advan-
tages in skill and size overcame
the effects of the crowded lanes.
Kansas backcourt towered over
anyone Emporia State threw its
way. Boogaard, 6-foot-5, stood
three inches taller than any Hornets
player. Sutherland, 6-foot-2, was
constantly matched a forward four
inches shorter. As a result, both
players had their way, finishing
with a double-double of points and
rebounds.
Boogaard was able to reach the
high goals she set for herself, which
proved too much for Emporia
State.
Shes been working hard
in practice to get that low post
presence, McCray said.
Over a 23-second sample late in
the first half, Boogaard highlighted
her capabilities. After a bounced
entry pass, she turned her right
shoulder into the defender and laid
it in with her left hand. On the
very next play on the other end,
she blocked a shot attempt, imme-
diately turned into a sprint, ran the
length of the floor and was deliv-
ered an easy layup by an assist from
freshman guard Angel Goodrich.
The bigs just got to be ready for
her, McCray said of Goodrich.
Early in the second half, after
helping defend and eventually stop
senior guard Cassondra Boston
mid-drive, Boogaard gathered a
pass, waited for defenders to con-
gregate and then found senior
guard Sade Morris wide open in
the corner. Morris nailed the shot
and the fieldhouse erupted.
If you play well in the paint
right away, it sucks up the perim-
eter defense and then you can kick
it out to the wings, Boogaard said.
Emporia State struggled to
find a groove, shooting only 29
percent in the first half. Boston
knocked down some well-guarded
three pointers, but the teams only
easy points came when deceiving
Kansas down low, drawing fouls
and creating closer shots.
When you let a team like that
get in a rhythm offensively, they
can make shots, Henrickson said.
Despite defensive errors here
and there, all the starters were
gone with seven minutes left to
play. Thats a comfort level that
will make any coach breathe a little
easier.
Thats what this time of the year
is for, Henrickson said. But this
time of the year is over now. Now
its for real.
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I
f youre in college right now,
you likely spent your formative
years in the 90s. You remem-
ber Pokmon, the Backstreet Boys,
and those T-shirts that featured
Bugs Bunny and Taz wearing baggy
clothes and hats turned backwards.
You, like me, probably think those
things should remain where they
were born in the 90s. But more
than boy bands or any other vestige
of that decade, the specter I most
wanted to stay in the past was that
of Sunflower Showdown football.
Beginning in 1993, the word
showdown became little more
than a courtesy title massacre
would have been more appropri-
ate. With coach and Central Kansas
deity Bill Snyder at the helm, Kansas
State trounced the Jayhawks repeat-
edly. Even the changing of the mil-
lennium didnt stop the trend; the
Wildcats kept partying (and domi-
nating) like it was 1999. Finally,
in 2004, a former Snyder assistant
named Mark Mangino ended the
streak. Kansas State did win the
following year, and when Snyder
retired in 2005, he had a record of
winning 13 of 14 against Kansas.
Then began the Ron Prince era.
For Kansas fans, it was a brief-but-
glorious time that meant never hav-
ing to say just wait until basketball
season to the neighbors to the west.
Dissatisfied with its football for-
tunes under Prince, K-State sought
out Snyder to resurrect the program
once more. At the time, observers
quickly deemed the move foolish.
There seemed to be no chance that
Snyder could return the Wildcats
to their 90s status as a top-10 pro-
gram. It seemed more likely that
Snyder would struggle mightily and
Whats the matter with Kansas?
Repeat
of 90s,
losses
and all
Jayhawks battle it out in the trenches
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Senior quarterback Todd Reesing scrambles for a 16-yard run before fumbling the ball on the 24-yard line. Reesing had one other fumble and an interception in Kansas 17-10 loss to Kansas State.
by JaySon JenKS
jjenks@kansan.com
MANHATTAN Ten minutes
before the game, a Kansas State fan
jogged to the middle of the field
wearing a No. 5 Kansas jersey and
a Jayhawk beak resting on top of
his head.
As part of a pregame skit, he
stood, raised his arms and was
viciously flung to the turf by a
blindside hit from Willie the
Wildcat Kansas States half-cat,
half-football player of a mascot.
The jarring hit only foreshad-
owed the upcoming game, serving
the same role as the increasingly
haunting music in horror movies
just before the killer pops on the
screen.
In the most basic form of
description, Kansas was repeatedly
thumped by Kansas State Saturday
both by the Wildcats aggressive
defense and by their grind-it-out
running game.
The Jayhawks couldnt stop
the run, couldnt finish offensive
drives and couldnt take care of
the ball. And because of that, they
left Manhattan stunned by a 17-10
loss.
The Jayhawks shared the same
sentiments when looking back on
the days performance.
We didnt come in here expect-
ing things to turn out this way,
junior offensive lineman Brad
Thorson said.
Its very frustrating right now,
senior wide receiver Kerry Meier
said.
I felt like we beat ourselves,
junior cornerback Chris Harris
said.
In a game with plenty of
implications extending beyond a
simple rivalry in a Sunflower
Showdown that featured two teams
seething to silence the mouths of
critics and doubters a close con-
test unfolded inside Bill Snyder
Family Stadium.
Kansas State scored first with
a field goal; Kansas answered
with a touchdown. The Wildcats
churned out yards on the ground;
the Jayhawks decided to throw.
And so on.
Yet the most telling and drastic
variation between the two teams
was simple: Kansas State commit-
ted fewer mistakes than Kansas.
In doing so, Kansas State settled
into the drivers seat in the Big 12
North race. Kansas, meanwhile,
witnessed its chance of capturing
the North all but disappear.
The turnovers, the penalties,
a couple little things here and
there, it doomed us, coach Mark
Mangino said. We have to face
facts: They played smart football
today and we did not.
Kansas had three turn-
overs while junior kicker Jacob
Branstetter missed two costly
field goals.
And in a continuingly alarming
trend, senior quarterback Todd
Reesing accounted for all three
miscues.
Reesing has always played his
best when he has something to
prove. He has ridden the role of
underdog to an Orange Bowl vic-
tory and to the top of Kansas
record books.
And after a tumultuous three-
game stretch dating back to
Kansas game against Colorado
Oct. 17, Reesing certainly entered
Saturdays game with plenty to
prove.
Instead, Reesing continued to
digress and his mistakes continued
to hurt.
Reesing coughed the ball up
Check out a photo gallery
from the K-State game at
Kansan.com.
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Senior guard Sade Morris defends Emporia State guard Cassondra Boston during the frst half of Kansas exhibition game Sunday afternoon at
Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won their fnal exhibition game of the season against Emporia State, 85-48.
Both Boogaard and
Sutherland earned
double-doubles
monday, november 9, 2009 www.kansan.com PaGe 1b
Y
ou may have seen
Elizabeth Lambert of the
New Mexico womens
soccer team on ESPN this
weekend. In case you missed
it, its already immortalized on
YouTube. Its footage of Lambert,
a junior defender for the Lobos,
channeling her inner Bruce Lee
during a game against Brigham
Young University. After receiving
a subtle elbow to the ribs from a
BYU forward, Lambert responds
by spending the rest of the game
trying to inflict as much pain on
the opposing team as possible.
She recklessly takes out girls
legs, throws a couple of punches
while going up for headers, sends
a nice little forearm shiver to a
forwards back, then caps it off
by pulling down a BYU player by
her ponytail when the ball isnt
even nearby.
The ESPN correspondent who
presented the story had the same
question as pretty much anyone
who watched the video: What on
earth is violence like this doing
in womens sports?
Were all relatively used to
guys losing their cool on the
field. Weve seen the endless
replays of Oregons LeGarrette
Blount going all MMA after
playing Boise State and Floridas
Brandon Spikes trying to blind
Georgias Washaun Ealey at the
bottom of a pile, but in womens
sports? They dont stoop to those
kinds of dirty tactics, do they?
Sure, Lamberts rampage was
exceptionally stupid, but women
are more than capable of this
kind of violent retribution in
sports. Ive seen elbows thrown
to faces when the play is halfway
across the field, reckless tack-
les clearly meant to injure, and
screaming players who have to
be restrained from each other by
teammates at the end of intense
games. And thats just from one
season of watching Kansas soccer
home games.
Its especially easy for play-
ers to get away with this sort of
thing in a sport like soccer where
its impossible for four referees to
watch all 22 players simultane-
ously. A little elbow to the back,
or perhaps a ponytail takedown
isnt always seen if its done at
the right time. Probably the
most unbelievable thing about
the New Mexico-BYU game is
that Lambert received nothing
more than a yellow card for her
actions (although the team later
suspended her indefinitely after
reviewing the tape).
Remember Serena Williams
tirade toward a line judge at
the U.S. Open, complete with
profanity and threats of death
by tennis ball? Sure, it was just
verbal abuse, but imagine if she
got pissed behind a ref s back on
a soccer field instead of in front
of thousands of spectators and
dozens of TV cameras. Youd
be lucky if your neck stayed
attached when Serena yanked
your ponytail.
This is sports, after all
sports get rough, and players get
angry. If youre an athlete getting
frustrated in an intense game,
causing pain to the nearest per-
son wearing a different color is
going to be a natural reaction.
But if you still dont think
women get violent in sports,
thats fine. I just wouldnt recom-
mend saying it within earshot of
Elizabeth Lambert.
Follow Joel Petterson at twit-
ter.com/j_petter.
Edited by Betsy Cutclif
sports 2B MONday, NOveMber 9, 2009
MONDAY
No events scheduled
TUESDAY
Mens
Basketball: vs.
Pittsburg State,
7p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Womens
Volleyball:
vs. Kansas State,
6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
No events scheduled
FRIDAY
Mens
Basketball:
vs. Hofstra, 7
p.m.
SATURDAY
Football:
vs. Nebraska,
2:30 p.m.
Womens
Volleyball:
vs. Baylor, 11
a.m.
Cross Country:
NCAA Midwest
Regional
Championships,
Springfeld, MO
SUNDAY
Womens
Basketball:
vs. Oral Roberts,
2 p.m.
THIS WEEk
IN kANSAS
ATHlETICS
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The invention of basketball
was not an accident. It was de-
veloped to meet a need. Those
boys simply would not play
Drop the Handkerchief.
James Naismith
Sugar and spice? Not on this feld
MORNINg BREW
By Joel Petterson
jpetterson@kansan.com
FACT OF THE DAY
The womens basketball
team has won 27 of its last 29
preseason games.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Krysten Boogaard had 17
points and 10 rebounds in her
teams fnal preseason game
Sunday. How many career
double-doubles does she
have?
A: Six.
Kansas Athletics
Weston White/KANSAN
Big Jay raises his wings while being booed by a Kansas State fan in Manhattan Saturday. The Jayhawks lost 17-10.
Playing to a tough crowd
By FreD GooDAll
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. The Tampa
Bay Buccaneers saluted their past,
then rookie Josh Freeman gave the
struggling franchise hope for the
future.
Freeman passed for 205 yards
and three touchdowns Sunday,
including a 7-yard throw to Sammie
Stroughter on fourth-and-4, lead-
ing the previously winless Bucs to
a 38-28 victory over the Green Bay
Packers.
In his first pro start, the 17th
pick in the draft out of Kansas State
completed 14 of 31 passes with just
one interception. A critical second
pick was wiped out by a Green Bay
penalty during the go-ahead drive.
The Bucs (1-7) are the last team
in the NFL to win this season.
It was also the first victory for
the leagues youngest head coach,
33-year-old Raheem Morris, who
replaced Jon Gruden after Tampa
Bay went 0-4 in December and
missed the playoffs last year.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 266
yards and two touchdowns for the
Packers (4-4). He also threw three
interceptions and had one returned
for a TD that put the game out of
reach in the final minute.
Rodgers was also sacked six
times, hiking Green Bays NFL-
worst total to 37 takedowns in
eight games.
The Bucs wore throwback
creamsicle uniforms and made Hall
of Famer Lee Roy Selmon the first
inductee into the Ring of Honor
at Raymond James Stadium. They
trailed 21-17 during the halftime
ceremony, but Freeman refused to
let them lose.
The rookie threw second-half
TD passes to Kellen Winslow and
Stroughter, a seventh-round draft
pick who was wide open in the
right corner of the end zone with
4:14 remaining in the fourth quar-
ter.
Freemans 2-point conversion
pass to Michael Clayton put the
Bucs up 31-28. The defense, which
had all of its sacks after halftime,
ensured victory when Tanard
Jackson picked off Rodgers and
instead of going to the ground
weaved 35 yards through the
Packers to a clinching TD with 35
seconds left.
Rodgers threw a 74-yard TD
pass to James Jones on Green Bays
second play from scrimmage, then
led an 11-play, 69-yard march that
Ryan Grant finished with a 3-yard
run that made it 14-7 late in the
opening quarter.
The Bucs intercepted the Green
Bay quarterback twice, and Elbert
Mack beaten badly on Jones
long touchdown returned one
of the picks 36 yards to the Packers
8 to set up Freemans first pro TD
pass, a 6-yarder to Derrick Ward.
Trailing 14-7, Tampa Bays Geno
Hayes blocked a punt that Ronde
Barber scooped up and ran 31
yards for his 14th career touch-
down. Freeman led a 74-yard field
goal drive just before the half, trim-
ming Tampa Bays deficit to 17-14.
Rodgers looked like he might
have put the game away when he
scrambled 12 yards on third-and-
goal to give Green Bay a 28-17
lead.
But Clifton Smith returned the
ensuing kickoff 83 yards to set
up Freemans 7-yard TD pass to
Winslow and spark the comeback.
NFl
Buccaneers defeat Packers, 38-28
Before Sundays matchup, Tampa Bay was the only team in the league without a victory
nFl
Rivers helps lead Chargers
to victory against Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
Philip Rivers showed the New York
Giants exactly what they traded
away in 2004, and this one really
hurt the team that wanted Eli
Manning so much.
Rivers capped an 80-yard drive
with an 18-yard pass to Vincent
Jackson with 21 seconds to play
and the San Diego Chargers
stunned the Giants 21-20 on Sun-
day, handing New York its fourth
straight loss.
Rivers was 24 of 36 for 209
yards and three touchdowns,
including two to Jackson, in help-
ing San Diego (5-3) win its third
straight game.
Associated Press
nBA
Atlanta Hawks defeat
Denver Nuggets, 125-100
ATLANTA Jamal Crawford
scored 25 points, and Josh
Smith had 22 points, nine
rebounds, six blocked shots
and seven assists in the Atlanta
Hawks 125-100 victory over
the Denver Nuggets on Satur-
day night.
Smith was 8 of 10 from the
feld and 6 of 8 from the line.
Joe Johnson added 21
points, Marvin Williams had 14,
Mo Evans 12 and Al Horford
and Mike Bibby 11 each for the
Hawks.
Carmelo Anthony had
30 points for Denver, and
Chauncey Billups added 25.
The Nuggets lost their second
straight after winning their frst
fve. Anthony was 7 of 21 from
the feld and 15 of 18 from the
line.
The Hawks scored the frst
10 points of the second half to
make it 70-50. Denver never
got closer than 12 points at
90-78 less than a minute into
the fnal quarter.
The Hawks shot 52 percent,
hitting 45 of 87 shots, includ-
ing 8 of 19 3s. Bibby was 3 of 4
from 3-point range.
Both teams were coming
of Friday night losses. The
Hawks lost 103-83 at Charlotte,
and the Nuggets fell 96-88 at
Miami.
Associated Press
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Monday, noveMber 9, 2009 sports 3b
By ANDREW TAyLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
Theres little doubt that Emporia
State senior guard Cassondra
Boston had the game against
Kansas circled on her calendar
from the time she first saw the
exhibition schedule.
You get up for it because its a
big D-I school and the fact that
were able to compete with them is
pretty exciting, Boston said.
Two years ago, the last time the
Hornets met the Jayhawks in an
exhibition game, Boston led her
team back from an early 23-5 defi-
cit to what was almost a shocking
upset in overtime.
This year was a different story
for Emporia States outstand-
ing senior athlete as the Jayhawk
defense gave Boston problems for
most of the game as she went
5-for-13 from the field as her team
lost 85-48.
I knew it was going to be a
different situation, Boston said.
I mean obviously theyre a
really good team.
In a prime defensive effort dur-
ing a 10-minute stretch in the
first half where the Hornets did
not have a single field goal, the
Jayhawks forced a shot clock vio-
lation. Boston had the ball as the
shot clock expired and threw up a
prayer just after the buzzer sound-
ed. In that moment, a smile lit up
senior Sade Morriss face, who was
guarding her at the time.
It just felt good that we were
able to play out the full 30 seconds
and not let them get the shot off,
Morris said.
The field goal drought was
ended by none other than Boston
as she hit a three-pointer with one
minute to play in the first half.
Coming into the game,
Henrickson said she worried
about Bostons ability to thread the
defense and drive the lane for easy
baskets. Kansas managed to remove
that aspect of her game by forc-
ing Boston, a strong right-handed
player, to drive to her weaker left
side more often than not. Anytime
Boston managed to get into the
lane, the Jayhawk defense would
immediately bring help, forcing
Boston to either retreat or kick it
out to a teammate behind the arc.
When I got beat I felt like I had
great help, Morris said.
With that aspect of her game
thwarted, Boston took the shots
Kansas gave her and managed to
gash her opponents from beyond
the arc. On the night, 12 of Bostons
15 points were the result of three
pointers.
Shes just a great player she
figured out that she couldnt get
to the lane and she had to make a
shot for herself, Morris said.
Throughout the game,
Henrickson rotated several of
her guards around Boston in an
effort to contain the impressive
senior athlete. While freshman
guard Monica Engelman strug-
gled to keep up with Boston in
only her second collegiate game,
Henrickson complimented the
job done by junior guard Marisha
Brown.
I thought she did a pretty good
job, she sat down and tried to stay
in front of her, Henrickson said.
Morris spent a significant por-
tion of the game on Boston as well.
She had a solid game doing so,
despite a few minor struggles.
Sade did a good job of staying
underneath and making her hit
some tough shots, senior guard-
forward Danielle McCray said.
Although the Jayhawks kept
Boston from even coming close
to the 29 points she notched in
her last meeting with Kansas
and forced an impressive scoring
drought, Henrickson said she was
still dissatisfied with the teams
defensive effort.
Defensively weve got to be bet-
ter guarding the ball one on one
and then guarding the three-point
line, Henrickson said.
Follow Andrew Taylor at
www. twitter. com/andrew_
taylor11.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
Kansas thwarts Emporias game
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Junior forward Krysten Boogaard reaches to catch a pass froma teammate in the frst half of
Sundays game against Emporia State. Boogaard led the teamwith a double-double, scoring 17
points to go with her 10 rebounds in the Jayhawks 85-48 victory.
Jayhawks keep up the pace
in fnal fall season regatta
By BEN WARD
bward@kansan.com
Among the massive field com-
peting at the Head of the Hooch
regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
the Kansas rowing team made its
presence felt.
In their last event of the semes-
ter, the Jayhawks competed in
seven events during the weekend,
turning in solid times in each one.
The strong finish to the fall season
impressed coach Rob Catloth.
As a whole I think we did pretty
well, Catloth said. Thats primar-
ily what well take out of it on
a really big stage with some great
schools, we were in the mix.
Kansas began competition
Saturday afternoon by enter-
ing two boats in the Womens
Championship Eight race, plac-
ing 22nd and 26th. The Jayhawks
also finished 22nd in the Womens
Championship Four.
Though Kansas achieved less-
than-desirable times with the
larger boats, the team fared much
better in its use of the smaller
boats.
Thats what the fall is about,
Catloth said. Its a transition from
the small boats to the big boats in
the spring.
Seniors Stacy Rachow and
Lindsey Lawrence teamed up
to place fifth in the Womens
Championship Double, followed
by junior Nicole Schneider and
senior Katie Beall, who finished
eighth.
We work really well together,
Lawrence said. As seniors, weve
been through a lot together, so
we just went out and did what we
needed to do.
Kansas began Sunday morning
right where it left off on Saturday
with success from the smaller
boats.
Rachow placed seventh in the
Womens Championship Single
to lead Kansas, followed by
Lawrence in 11th, junior Meagan
Oven in 13th, and Schneider in
14th. From there, Beall built on
her performance Saturday with a
fourth-place finish in the Womens
Lightweight Single.
Some novice rowers got into
the act, too. Sophomore Paige
Stephens and junior Cassie
Sparks placed first and second,
respectively, in the Womens
Novice Single.
They were really impressive
in their first singles race, Catloth
said.
The Jayhawks finished up the
weekend at Chattanooga with the
Womens Open Four, where they
placed fourth, sixth and eighth.
Many on the team considered the
weekends results to be indicative
of the recent work theyve put in.
In all our scull boats we did
really well, Rachow said, add-
ing that sculling where each
member of the boat in a single,
double, or quad race has two oars
had been a focal point of fall
practices.
Though the team considered
its performance at the Hooch
to be mostly successful, it now
faces a number of decisions
over the winter.
Weve got to identify who the
strongest individuals on the team
are, Catloth said. From there,
weve got to decide whos going to
be on the eight and four boats for
the NCAAs in the spring.
Coupled with these personnel
decisions is the need for improve-
ment.
We definitely have a lot to
work on to get where we want to
go, Lawrence said.
Follow Ben Ward at twitter.
com/bm_dub.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Members of the Jayhawk varsity rowing teamcatch their breath after crossing the fnish line in the 2009 Big 12 Rowing Championship. The
Jayhawks competed in the Head of the Hooch regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend.
GAME BALL: Krysten
Boogaard Boogaard fnished
with 17 points and 10 rebounds,
displaying dominance in the
paint with her height (6-foot-5)
and skill. If she can regularly
post double-doubles, oppos-
ing defenses will be running
in circles to guard the array of
Kansas playmakers.
Quote of the Day: Weve got a
couple of em that need to take
her out to dinner tonight.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson
on Angel Goodrich fnding post
players for easy buckets.
Stat of the Game: 24 ofensive
rebounds Last week against
Pittsburg State, Kansas strug-
gled in this department with
only 14 ofensive rebounds (28
percent of its total rebounds).
This week that percent ascend-
ed to 47.
Reason to hope: Double-Dou-
bles Both of the Jayhawks
starting post players, Krysten
Boogard and Aishah Sutherland,
had double-doubles against the
Hornets. A large reason for that
lies in how well point guards got
the duo the ball down low and
in transition. If Kansas can get
production like that on a regular
basis from its players under-
neath the net, it will be tough to
stop the team.
Reason to mope: Missed Op-
portunities Redshirt fresh-
men Angel Goodrich had seven
assists against the Hornets. That
number could easily have been
much larger if not for dropped
passes and missed baskets by
her supporting cast. Thats not
to say Goodrich was completely
free from these types of mis-
takes as she also turned the ball
over by dropping a pass when
no one was around her.
What to watch out for:
Better perimeter defense
One of Coach Bonnie Hen-
ricksons biggest complaints
following the game was that the
Jayhawks allowed the Hornets
to put up 24 shots from beyond
the arc. While Emporia State only
made 25 percent of them, other
teams on the Jayhawks schedule
may make them pay.
Defense worked to hold off star athlete Cassondra Boston, but there is still room for improvement
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