2010-07-14

Barack Obama speaks in Kansas City
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Annual Sidewalk Sale this week

Shoppers and businesses alike prepare for a long day. PAGE 16
What the heck is wizard rock?

Musical duo Harry and the Potters make music for magic-loving muggles. PAGE 17
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Scuse me? Hendrix bandmate sues over 03 release

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LODI, N.J. Lonnie Youngblood was a hotshot sax player on the New York club circuit in the mid-1960s when he crossed paths with Jimmy James, a young musician who was turning heads with his dazzling virtuosity on the electric guitar. After briefly playing in Youngbloods band, James went back to using his real last name and conquered the music world as Jimi Hendrix, while Youngblood fronted a series of rhythm and blues bands that toured with James Brown, Jackie Wilson and other 60s legends. The friendship between the two endured, though, and in 1969, at the peak of Hendrixs popularity, the two men recorded several songs in a New York studio that became a coda to their relationship when Hendrix died in London the following year of a drug overdose. The tunes recorded during those two or three days are the subject of a lawsuit Youngblood filed this spring that claims one of the songs, Georgia Blues, was included on a 2003 compilation without his permission and without crediting him as its author. The suit seeks unspecified lostincome damages from Hendrixs estate, MCA Records and film director Martin Scorsese, who collaborated on the collection Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Jimi Hendrix. Through representatives, all three parties declined to comment on the lawsuit or didnt return calls Monday. The lawsuit has not marred Youngbloods memories of Hendrix, whom he describes in terms that evoke Chuck Berrys mythical Johnny B. Goode.
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July 14
n actor dean malissa will portray President George washington from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the dole Institute of Politics. He will discuss the importance of public service and bipartisanship as well as address questions from the audience. The event is free. n The lawrence city Band will perform its free weekly outdoor concert in the south Park Gazebo at 8 p.m. If it rains, the event will be moved to Room 130 in murphy Hall. n Royal crest lanes will host dollar bowling from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Games cost $1 in addition to a $3 shoe rental charge.
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July 15
n The annual sidewalk sale is here again. shops will open with bargains all along mass street beginning at 6 a.m. and will stay open until 8 p.m. n jaybowl in the kansas union will offer free cosmic bowling from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m.
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July 16
n university Theater will present its play shiloh Rules, a two-act drama about six women who are involved in a civil war reenactment at shiloh Battlefield Park in Tennessee. The event will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $12 for the public and $11 for senior citizens.
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July 17
n The downtown lawrence Farmers market runs from 7 to 11 in the morning at 8th and new Hampshire streets. n local musicians will gather at the wakarusa River Valley Heritage museum at Bloomington Park for the midsummer music jam. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is free.
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n scary larry Bike Polo is open to anyone with a bike at Veterans Park. mallets and balls provided. n The Fifth annual midwest mayhem Triathalon will begin at 5:30 a.m. at lone star lake. The event is free for spectators.
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July 19
n The Bottleneck has $1.50 almost anything drink specials and an acoustic open mic. ages 18 and over only. n jazzhuas will host karoake beginning at 10 p.m. for participants 21 and older.
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July 20
n science teacher Paul Verhage will lead a group star-gazing voyage at the lawrence Public library. He will show participants how to discern constellations, meteor showers, planets and moon phases using binoculars. The event is free and will begin at 7 p.m. and will last until 8:30 p.m.
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Dining Services raises retail prices to cover higher projected operating costs
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lwang@kansan.com Retail prices at The Market in the Kansas Union, The Underground in Wescoe Hall and The Crimson Caf in Burge Union, increased an average of 2 percent on July 1. The increase was necessary because of anticipated increases in utility and food costs and other operating expenses, said University Dining Services director Nona Golledge. The last time Dining Services increased its prices was two years ago, by about 3 percent. Our goal is to provide cuisine and services at a reasonable cost to our customers while remaining financially sound, Golledge said. Dining Services was closely monitoring projected food costs for the coming 18 months before it finalized the price increase. Golledge said food costs in the U.S. have increased 3.5 to 5.5 percent during the past four years. Many of Dining Services franchise partners, such as Pizza Hut, increased their prices, which resulted in an increase in Dining Services price. Golledge said Dining Services had researched food prices in the area to ensure it was offering a good value to customers. city tax. Our price increases fall below the Adam Skelton, a KU graduate and national food cost average, Golledge Jayhawk Bookstore textbooks assissaid. tant, went to The Increased state Underground to If its reasonable, I think sales tax also eat a quick lunch. caused students people will still come. Skelton said he to pay more when would still buy AdAM SKeltON buying food from his lunch there Customer at the underground Dining Services. with a slight The Kansas sales increased price tax increased because of the 1 percent at the options available. beginning of the month. The new If its reasonable, I think people sales-tax rate for Lawrence is 8.85 will still come, Skelton said. percent: 6.3 percent state tax, 1.0 Lei Yu, an undergraduate stupercent county tax and 1.55 percent dent from China, came to The Underground to eat her lunch every day last semester. Yu said she loved the Asian food there. Though the price was a little bit higher than she expected last semester, she said she could still accept it. Now, since the most recent price increase, Yu said she would eat in The Underground less frequently. I live in Jayhawker Towers now, Yu said, I can make food by myself. Golledge said jobs and employee salaries at Dining Services had not been affected by the increased operating costs.
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Briggs Auto Group was found not liable in the 2006 Cat tracker fan bus accident that led to the death of 27-year-old john Green. the double-decker bus transported Kansas State fans to lawrence for sports games. Green was standing atop the bus on Iowa Street when he struck his head on an overpass and died on November 18, 2006. His widow, Samantha Green, sued the dealership for allowing what she thought was an unsafe automobile on the streets. the defendant claimed the bus was given away as a gift before the upper deck was added and did not take responsibility for the changes made to the bus. Greens attorney claimed that Briggs was responsible for coloring the bus from yellow to purple and adding the upper deck before the bus was sold in February 2005. Briggs was the last remaining defendant in the case. All others settled with the plaintiff out of court.
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Candidates fight for conservative votes

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WICHITA U.S. Senate candidates Todd Tiahrt and Jerry Moran have sharpened their attacks on each other ahead of the two Kansas congressmens final debate before the states Aug. 3 Republican primary. Tiahrts campaign has launched a new ad suggesting Moran is soft on terrorism, and Moran is accusing Tiahrt of making false statements. The last of their three debates is Tuesday at a Wichita hotel, sponsored by the local chamber of commerce. During a televised debate Monday night, Tiahrt responded to the Moran campaigns claim that Tiahrt previously supported amnesty for illegal immigrants by saying Moran himself has backed amnesty. Both attacks are based on the candidates votes or legislation theyve supported; both candidates have said they dont support amnesty. Tiahrt also intensified his attack on Moran over votes in 2006 against legislation allowing military tribunals to try suspected terrorists. Tiahrts new television ad features Gracia Burnham, a Kansas missionary held hostage in the Philippines in 2001 and 2002, criticizing Moran. She was wounded and her husband, Martin Burnham, died in the rescue effort that freed her. Tiahrt and Moran are trying to appeal to GOP conservatives and the tea party movement. Tiahrt contends hes the more aggressive conservative, but Moran says Tiahrt is taking some votes on various issues out of context to portray him as inconsistent. Its amazing that you can simply keep repeating a sentence over and over and over in hopes that the Kansas voter believes it, Moran said after Monday nights debate. I hope that the people who listened to the things that Todd Tiahrt said wont believe them dont believe them. They should not. Tiahrt, whose campaign posts mythbusters about Moran on its website, said hes simply raising questions about Morans record. Tiahrt said after the debate that Morans record hasnt been examined thoroughly in his relatively easy congressional races. I know it makes him uncomfortable, but its the truth, Tiahrt said after the debate. He can flail all he wants, but we do make sure that we document everything that we bring up. Monday nights debate was broadcast live by KWCH, the CBS affiliate in Wichita. Tiahrts claim that Moran supported amnesty for illegal immigrants is based on a vote by Moran in 2003 against a proposal to cut off federal funding to cities that wouldnt allow their law enforcement officials to provide information about immigrants to federal authorities. Morans contention is based on Tiahrts co-sponsoring of bills in 2002 and 2003 to help some illegal immigrants with college tuition, a position Tiahrt has since repudiated. Tiahrt argued that by voting against military tribunals in 2006, Moran supported constitutional rights for terrorists. In Tiahrts latest television ad, Burnham says, Mr. Moran, theres no excuse for this. Moran said the 2006 legislation wasnt tough enough. His campaign released a statement from retired Lt. Gen. Rich Keller, former commander of U.S. troops in Europe, describing Tiahrts criticism as unfounded. Tiahrt has represented the 4th District in south-central Kansas since 1995, and Moran has held the seat for the 1st District in western and central Kansas since 1997. Two other candidates are on the ballot for the GOP primary: Mound City accountant Tom Little and Overland Park attorney Robert Londerholm, who was Kansas attorney general in 1965-69. Londerholm didnt participate in the debate, but Little did. Five Democrats also are running for the Senate seat now held by Sam Brownback, a conservative Republican whos running for governor. Kansas hasnt elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
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A collection of strange situations from around the world
Michelle Bilodeau hadnt seen her Edward little High School class of 1983 ring since it was stolen during her junior year. But on July 9, it was returned to her by a stranger who tracked her down on Facebook. Angie Foster says she found the ring years ago at a roller skating rink. She had held onto it and called the high school to figure out who had the initials MMB that were engraved on the band. Even after she learned Bilodeaus name, it took years for Foster to find her. It wasnt until Foster looked for her on Facebook that the search paid off.
Chili pepper delivery spices up remote seed vault
Skinny dippers in SF Bay area hope to set record
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WASHINGTON Wenks Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan Tsiles chili peppers have arrived at a doomsday vault in the Arctic. Sen. Ben Cardin says he and other congressmen delivered seeds from the pepper varieties on Sunday to a seed bank on the Svalbard archipelago. Operators say the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has the worlds most diverse repository of crop seeds and is a safeguard against war or natural disasters that could wipe out food crops. In addition to peppers, seeds for plants including peanuts and melons were sent to the vault.
a series of efforts on Saturday to establish a record tracked by a group calling itself the American Association For Nude Recreation. Organizers say besides the event in los Gatos, there were about 100 other record-breaking attempts across the country.
Maine woman gets stolen ring back after 28 years
AuBuRN, Maine A Maine womans high school class ring is back in her possession 28 years after it was stolen.
lOS GATOS, Calif. More than 100 people with nothing on but sunscreen crowded into a San Francisco Bay area swimming pool over the weekend trying to set a skinny dipping record. The 111 people in the pool at a los Gatos nudist resort took part in
BRENTWOOD, N.H. A New Hampshire couple says a 25-pound pet tortoise has reappeared four years after escaping from its pen. Mike and Christine Wellington say their African spur thigh tortoise, lucy, made off from their business in Brentwood. But on Friday, the Wellingtons received a call from a neighbor half a mile up the road that lucy had reappeared. The Wellingtons say theyre certain the tortoise is theirs because of the unusual protruding bumps on its back.
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President visits Kansas City

Speech focuses on projects and green technology
tdwyer@kansan.com Kansas City, Mo. Barack Obama stepped out from behind a barricade, white shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows and lavender tie loosened just a bit around his neck, and told the 50 employees of smith Electric Vehicles he was sorry. President Barack Obama visited smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo., thursday afternoon. the president toured the companys plant and gave remarks on the american economy. it was no grand-scale apology
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President Barack Obama delivers an address to the employees of Smith Electric Vehicles at the companys plant in Kansas City, Mo. Thursday afternoon. After touring the facility, the president spoke about the state of the economy and met employees who work at the plant.
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he simply didnt hit the right cue for the musical fanfare that typically accompanies his entrance and walked to the stage in silence but the apologetic tone lingered briefly as he talked about the current state of the american economy. Weve gone through as bad an economic situation as weve had since the Great Depression, he said. this recession was the culmination of a decade of irresponsibility, a decade that fell like a sledgehammer on middle class families. Obama also acknowledged the difficulties some families faced with stagnant incomes and rising tuition costs. His speech centered, however, on projects like smith Electric Vehicles, which benefited from a $32 million dollar government grant and is now on pace to double its work force by the end of the year. Our goal has never been to create
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another government program, Obama said. Our goal has been to spur growth in the private sector. The company designs and builds commercial electric vehicles that can haul more than 16,000s pounds over 100 miles using only one initial charge. Obama cited the company as one of several success stories of promising, innovative businesses across the country. All the companies he cited as recovering government grants were all related in some way to renewable, sustainable energy, an industry Obama made clear was at the fore of his economic agenda. This nation leads the industries of the future, he said. With the rise of Smith Electric and similar companies across the country, Obama said the United States could grow from producing just 2 percent of the worlds advanced batteries for electric and hybrid cars to producing as much as 40 percent within the next five years. All these efforts, taken together, are making a difference, Obama said. A year and a half ago, our economy was shrinking 6 percent a year. Now its growing. The economy was bleeding jobs, now weve created private sector jobs for six consecutive months. The slow progress gave the President an optimistic outlook for the future, even though it may not come tomorrow. Were not there. Weve got a long way to go, he said, but we are moving in the right direction. The surest way out of the storm is to go forwards.
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President Barack Obama smiles as he talks with employees of Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo. Thursday afternoon. The president toured the facility which produces commercial electric vehicles.
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KU too cautious in study abroad choice

find myself regretting not traveling abroad for a semester or more as I come to grips with my extra time in the Free State. Had I elected to spend a summer honing the Spanish I must now perfect post-graduation, Puebla, Mexico would have been a potential, if not likely, destination. It is the site of the Universitys Summer Language Institute and is located in central Mexico, about 70 miles from Mexico City. Eighteen students were to study there this summer, but a Department of State travel warning specific to the countrys northern border states necessitated other plans per University policy. I spoke to Sue Lorenz, director of the Office of Study Abroad about the influence of drug-related
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smontemayor@kansan.com violence on study abroad programs. She said that because the advisory was issued in March and later reissued April 12 the office was afforded enough time for alternate plans. As a result, 15 of the 18 students agreed to relocate their studies to Costa Rica. All this despite the fact that Puebla is located hundreds of miles and several hours away from the thickest areas of drug-related contention. Yet this matters not as
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University policy dictates that students may not be sent by the college to any country with a travel warning, regardless of the specifics of the advisory. What were just seeing is a straight up cautious policy, Lorenz said. Here we can be sure we have not sent students where the place is volatile. The University is saying were using our best and broadest judgment. The University is not alone in adopting such policies and caution must be exercised in critiquing measures taken for safety reasons. Still, this blanket policy begs the question of whether a more nuanced approach to interpreting travel advisories can be taken. It can. Even the most selective consum-
ers of news are aware of the grisly nature of drug-related violence in Mexico and around the U.S.-Mexico border. One or more reports of beheadings, daylight firefights or assassinations arrive each week. The situation in areas of cartel influence is indeed dire. This is not to say that the country as a whole is impassable. Those studying in Costa Rica this summer will need to exercise the same caution that would have been recommended in Puebla. Furthermore, we too often take for granted that just as many locations in our own country require as much or more caution. Bypassing a country like Mexico because a travel advisory is in effect
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Our generation should learn to take risks

RAKOW, POLAND If Scott Nicholsons story defines life as a millennial then Im embarrassed to include myself among his generational peers. Nicholson is the subject of a recent New York Times article titled, American Dream Is Elusive for New Generation. The crux of the story is simple enough. Nicolson, a recent college graduate, has spent the past five months searching for a job. When a job offer at a local insurance company finally materializes, he turns it down. Apparently a $40,000 starting salary equates to dead-end work in the tragic life of Scott Nicolson. Instead of taking the job, Nicholson continues his search for a corporate
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mholtz@kansan.com position that would put him on the bottom rungs of a career ladder. In the meantime, he continues to live with his parents, who cover his room and board, health insurance premiums and even his cell phone bill. This might explain the ease at which he turned down the job offer. Yet what concerns me most about
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the article isnt Nicolsons narcissistic sense of entitlement or even his nave optimism. Sadly enough, both are defining characteristics of the millennial generation. What I found most disheartening was a quote by Lisa B. Kahn, an economist at the Yale School of Management. According to Kahn, millennials are definitely more risk-averse than their parents and grandparents were at our age, a claim she supports in a recent study. Nicolson fits into the articles narrative so perfectly that its a wonder any exception could exist. Are millennials really a bunch of stay-at-home, nothings-ever-good-enough wimps? Not if you ask A.J. Goldmann.
Goldmann, a freelance journalist and recent college graduate, lives and works in Berlin. Though he supplements his freelancing career by guiding tours and performing monthly stand-up comedy, hes happy there. Hes even found time to work on his first novel. Of course Goldmann could hsve found a job back home or applied for graduate schools as his parents had encouraged. But he had grown restless in New York City, where he had spent his entire life. After spending a previous summer in Berlin completing research for his thesis, he was yearning for an excuse to go back.
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A Jayhawkers guide to the sci-fi galaxy

Camps and conferences held on campus help science fiction writers improve their skills, offer perspectives on the craft
tdwyer@kansan.com James Gunn first met Theodore Sturgeon in 1952 in Sturgeons home on the Hudson River. They discussed their craft: writing sciencefiction novels and short stories. Gunn had yet to be published, but was an aspiring author. Sturgeon had released his first novel and a collection of short stories and was on his way to becoming, as Gunn put it, one of the best, if not the best, short story writers in the field. Fifty-eight years later, Gunn, now a Hugo Award-winning author himself and the director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, discusses the craft annually at the Campbell Conference at the University of Kansas with other aspiring and established writers. This year, the conference is in large part dedicated to Sturgeon and his body of work. The conference, which runs Friday
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For the past 25 years, writers from all over the world have come together for two weeks in the summer to evaluate, edit and rewrite their work. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel writers workshop is a camp held at the university every july. Ku professors coach and guide writers who can be university students or come from as far away as japan, denmark or Argentina. It brings writers from all over to lawrence for two intensive weeks of writing and trying to develop their skills, said james Gunn, a fiction writing professor and coach at the camp. The writers submit three stories to be considered for admission. The goal of the camp is to improve one of those stories in the first week and discuss it the second week. I think several of them are publishable, Gunn said. Gunn said one of the problems that writers have is writers block when they cant think of what to write. He said professor Kij johnson, who also helps lead the camp, uses sock puppets as a way of trying to break through it when she teaches the writers at the camp. Gunn said last year, one of the students who revised his story at the camp had it published this summer. Gunn has had 41 books published, including 11 novels and some short stories. He has been teaching fiction writing since 1960. Also leading the writers is professor Chris McKitterick. writers stay in lewis Hall for the duration of the camp and meet for three hours to discuss their writing every day.
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through Sunday at the University, is an annual gathering of some of the brightest minds in science fiction for free-form discussions and the presentation of two prestigious awards: the Campbell Award, given to the best science fiction novel of the year, and the Sturgeon Award for the best short science-fiction story of the year. This year, the conferences roundtable discussions will focus on the topic Theodore Sturgeon and the Science Fiction Short Story. It was primarily the short story at which he excelled, Gunn said, though Sturgeon also wrote several novels. He brought a level of literary skills to science-fiction writing that had scarcely been observed before. Sturgeon died in 1985, but his daughter Noel, who is part of the Sturgeon Award committee, finished the last volume of his completed works this year. This prompted the conference hosts to delve into
the works of the namesake of their short-story award. He would have been very touched, she said. He loved coming to Kansas to teach in the summer for many years and the Center for Science Fiction held a special place in his heart. The free-form discussion, Gunn said, is a place to address the present and future of the science fiction field. Gunn said they brainstorm ideas together and ask crucial questions regarding the status of the science fiction short story and how its nature has changed. They also speculate over factors that have influenced the writing, publishing and reading of science fiction. In addition to the roundtable discussions, there will be readings of Sturgeons works from 10:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oread Books in the Kansas Union, followed by a mass autographing session with almost a dozen award-winning authors.
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stokes the possibility for emerging stereotypes. Mexico is a beautiful land with vast cultural opportunities. Its beauty, however, is often overshadowed by the drug war and immigration debate. The University would do well by adopting the response procedures to travel warnings as suggested by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, or NAFSA. A report outlining eight suggested guidelines was published on NAFSAs website on March 22. It suggests a variety of stakeholders at the institution be involved in reviewing the warning, contacting relevant partners abroad to gauge what risks are of concern, establishing emergency response plans and comparing activities and program locations to the areas mentioned in the travel advisory. Though this could easily be met with ignorance and generalities about the state of affairs in Mexico, it bears repeating that it is indeed possible to be too cautious. We stand to lose a great deal in a world of opportunity if we do not take risks. A more nuanced approach to travel advisories would mean that the risks study-abroad participants and the University take would be calculated and, ultimately, rewarded.
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Author talks about local hauntings

mented ghost, the elevator ghost, will sometimes take elevator users to the fifth floor when they intendIts a chair rocking with no one ed to go to another. Room 506 has a piece of the origin it. Its a mysterious glow with inal building, which burned down no source. Its ghoulish trickery. Its when William Quantrill and his how Beth Cooper makes a living. Cooper, author of Ghosts of pro-slavery forces from Missouri Kansas, held a book signing at the raided the city in 1865. Some Lawrence Public Lawrence Library believe there is a spirit gateway on July 6. The crowd consisted mostly the fifth floor. Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN Cooper grew up in Topeka, where Beth Cooper, proprietor of Ghost Tours of Kansas of children captivated by their own fantasies of and adults who have had hearing local folklore prepared her and author of Ghosts of Kansas, speaks at the for her current Lawrence Public Library last week. Cooper told their own expeparanormal life- stories of ghost sightings in Lawrence and signed riences with the style. paranormal. copies of her book for the many attendees of the The most haunted place In 1990, while public event. But the presenon campus is Stubbs Man- hosting a radio tation didnt gloshow in Holton, sion, now home to Sigma rify the paranora group of ghost and you could be that source. mal. It was the Nu fraternity. I have enough trouble keeping hunters came on stories that made Coopers show. my own energy, she said. these phantasms Of course, not everyone believes She joined them come to life. visiting local in ghosts and Cooper has seen this Without the history, there are no haunted areas. That adventure moti- plenty of times. She said shes not ghosts, Cooper said. Ghosts of Kansas covers several vated her to find out more about here to change anyones mind, but they should try a tour and see for supposedly haunted cities, such as paranormal activity. Cocktails were involved, she themselves. Atchison, Kansas City, Leavenworth, As far as other myths you might said. Everybody had a great time. Manhattan and Lawrence. Now Cooper and her sister are see in The National Enquirer, Lawrences most notable ghastly infestations include Haskell School, in their eighth year of hosting tours Cooper is skeptical. No one can prove the power where Native American children covering haunted of ESP, and were educated stripped of their parts of Kansas We cant prove any of UFOs could be and Missouri. culture and language in order to be made on Earth Her experiencthis, but people have had integrated into white society. Many died from disease while living at the es make her an enough weird experiences for all we know. Even Einsteins school, which is now Haskell Indian expert on dealing that I listen to it. theory of quanwith the paranorNations University. tum physics is mal. For instance, The most haunted place on the Beth COOper just a theory. if you encounter KU campus is Stubbs Mansion, now Ghosts of Kansas author But Cooper home to Sigma Nu fraternity. A a ghost, you can has felt and seen long-haired woman is often seen simply ask it to the power of walking down the halls of the fra- leave. They dont ghosts. She has seen the inexplicable belong here, Cooper said. We do. ternity. Though she said most spirits are enough times to believe it. But perhaps the most haunted We cant prove any of this, she harmless, ghosts cause the negativplace in all of Lawrence, Cooper said, is the Eldridge Hotel on 7th ity you feel when you walk into a said. But people have had enough and Massachusetts. The most docu- room. They feed off human energy weird experiences that I listen to it. cthibodeaux@kansan.com
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Self-defense workshop teaches basics

Personal safety seminar is offered every semester
BY RICHELLE BUSER
rbuser@kansan.com Incoming freshman Amelia Wilson wasnt nervous about moving to Lawrence in the fall. But she wanted to know some basic moves to protect herself. So, Wilson and her mother Virginia traveled from their home in Baldwin City on July 8 to attend a self-defense workshop to learn important safety information that could ward off a potential attacker. Three times a semester and once in the summer, the Emily Taylor Womens Resource Center provides free self-defense workshops for students at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. The program is also open to non-students for a $5 fee. Kathy Rose-Mockry, director of the Emily Taylor Womens Resource Center, spoke at the workshop. She warned that seemingly normal decisions can give attackers useful information. Personalized license plates are my pet peeve, Rose-Mockry said. If your license plate says Susie,
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n dont let strangers know your schedule. n ask service workers to show identification upon arrival. n Install and use peepholes at home. n walk with confidence and self-assurance. n Have keys in your hand before you walk to your car. n keep your car maintained and with a full tank of gas. n If you suspect someone is following you, dont drive home. n never leave drinks unattended.
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an attacker immediately knows a woman is driving this car and can follow her. Rose-Mockry said Facebook accounts, mailboxes with names on them and public cell phone conversations can all give attackers clues to manipulate their victims. The workshop included hand-outs for participants that emphasized safety at home, on the streets, in vehicles and in relationships. Rose-Mockry also said being aware and assertive can help ward off a potential attacker. She said that as children, we trust our natural instincts, but as we grow older we are conditioned out of them and
Ardis Zeleznak, a 2007 graduate, practices a hammer strike during a self defense class at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center last week. The program is sponsored by the Emily Taylor Womens Resource Center, and is free for KU students. told to not jump to conclusions. You learn to turn off those feelings of discomfort, your gut feelings, Rose-Mockry said. Im challenging you to turn them back on. Participants spent the majority of the workshop learning basic selfdefense moves from Don Booth of Premier Martial Arts. He told the class to put their warrior faces on, and make as much noise possible. Bad guys dont like noise, Booth said. Feel free to yell and scream. For an hour and a half, participants were striking, jabbing, pivoting and punching, learning moves such as the hammerstrike. Nataly Ozak, a graduate student from Colombia, and Josefina Llinas, a Lawrence resident, came to the workshop together after seeing fliers in the rec center. Neither of them had attended a self-defense workshop before, but they said it was a valuable experience. I feel safe here, Llinas said, but at night when Im running or in the parking lot of a grocery store fumbling with my keys, I know I need to have more skills to protect myself. Rose-Mockry said its important for people to realize that anyone could be a target, but that basic precautions can lower a persons attack risk. Its all about access and opportunity, she siad. Thats what theyre looking for.
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300 arrested in Instant connection major anti-crime changes experience sweep in Italy
BY JANENE GIER
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BY ALESSANDRA RIZZO
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ROME Italian police launched one of their biggest operations ever against the powerful ndrangheta crime syndicate on Tuesday, arresting 300 people including top bosses and seizing millions worth of property in pre-dawn raids. The man believed to be the ndranghetas top boss, Domenico Oppedisano, was picked up in Rosarno, a small coastal town in Calabria, the southern region where the organization is based, police said. Also arrested was the man in charge of the gangs businesses in Milan, where the ndrangheta has been making major inroads. The raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Those arrested faced charges including murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of the biggest blows ever to an organization that is now considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the sweep struck at the heart of the ndrangheta in both its organization and its finances. The sweep dismantled some of the most powerful families in the organization, Italian news agencies said. It also enabled investigators to shed light on the ndranghetas structure and power hierarchy. The biggest operation was in the Milan region of Lombardy, where 160 people were reportedly arrested. They included businessmen and the director of state medical services in the city of Pavia. The last big operation against the Calabrian mob came in the 1990s. Since then, it has expanded its power, not only in Italy but in such countries as Germany. A clan war spread to Germany in 2007, when six Italians were gunned down by a rival gang in retribution for an earlier killing as they left a birthday party in the
western city of Duisburg. Italian officials have said all three people responsible for the shooting have been arrested. Anti-mafia prosecutors say Milan has become the economic center for the organization, which migrated to the north in the 1970s and 1980s. Nearly all of the clans are present in Lombardy. Prosecutors say wiretaps are key to investigating hard-to-infiltrate mafia clans, and have complained bitterly against a proposed new bill that aims to limit the use of electronic eavesdropping. Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been stung by embarrassing disclosures in published transcripts of private conversations mostly unrelated to investigations, is pushing the measure through parliament. While terrorism and mafia investigations are exempt from the proposed restrictions, magistrates complain that big probes often stem from low-level criminal cases. Passage of the law, they say, will protect criminals operating in Italy. The restrictions include a strict time limit on wiretaps, which prosecutors say is insufficient, and a level of proof needed to obtain permission to launch the wiretaps that investigators charge is tantamount to evidence needed for a conviction.
At concerts, the once-standard sea of lighters is replaced by a sea of cell phone screens, often lit with text messages and Facebook posts. Wireless devices have changed the way we experience events and the connections we make with people while at those events. This change is a reflection that we, as a social species, like to be in touch, said Sam Gosling, associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. I think it speaks to peoples constant need to be known and need to be attached to one another, he said. What once was an escape from the world and a chance to hang out with a group sharing a common interest, is now a reason to update a Facebook status while watching Eclipse at the theater, text a friend in the middle of a Lady Gaga concert, or Tweet a reaction after a winning World Cup goal while sitting at the sports bar. If Im enjoying an event, I can share that with someone, Lauren Brown, a senior from Hermitage, Mo., said. Or if Im frustrated, I can share that, too. Brown said her phone is always on and she likes to answer text messages and calls immediately. Mobile phones were once used primarily for emergencies. Now they seem to be a necessity, providing
immediate connections at the touch going on in our lives, Gosling said. of a button or screen. Joe Garvey, a senior from Valley Gosling, a Facebook researcher, Center, said everyone wants to have said online social networking helps their thoughts and opinions regardus to fulfil the social demands that ed and listened to, and they want to we have. be in a community in which their We have a basic need to stay advice is recognized. in touch with our group members, Social media gives them the but the size of our groups has out- forum to share their everyday expestripped our cognitive ability to keep riences, said Garvey, who is also an up with them all, Gosling said. interactive advertising intern at E.W. In Stone Age times we lived in Scripps. small groups of Most people fewer than 200 will say they I think it speaks to people and didnt dont immemeet more than diately care peoples constant need to 200 more people in whether their be known and need to be a lifetime, Gosling friends checked said. He said we in at a baseball attached to one another. replicate that now stadium or a SAM gOSliNg and actually tend new restaurant, Associate professor of psychology, to keep in contact Garvey said, university of Texas with a relatively but he thinks select group of that kind of people on sites like word-of-mouth Facebook, despite the hundreds of advertising is a fun system. He said friends we maintain. a friends suggestion could prompt Goslings latest research, published him to check out a new place. earlier this year and conducted in It is showing the way we now collaboration with six other psy- appreciate events. One person can chologists, studied whether people transmit to dozens, hundreds, thoureflect their actual personality on sands of people their thoughts on Facebook. The results showed that the concert, the party, the ball game, people are pretty good at portraying Garvey said. themselves as they actually are. When we see those things from Because its a somewhat honest our friends and family, Garvey said, representation of ourselves, posting we tend to believe it, positive or information about where we are and negative. what were doing is basically a way to let our group of people know whats
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Student recognized for green chemistry

BY MEGAN RUPP
mrupp@kansan.com Plastic bottles, antifreeze, paints and detergents all common household items that contribute to the increasing rate of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. A few KU researchers, though, are working to lessen that effect. Madhav Ghanta, a doctoral student in chemical and petroleum engineering, received national recognition for his work in green technology that makes the production of plastic less environmentally adverse. For two years Ghanta, from Hyderbad, India, and his research team experimented with alternative ways to produce ethylene-oxide, an industrial chemical used in consumer goods. Theres a lot of emphasis on environmentally benign and clean technologies, Ghanta said. Its very exciting to see my work on the same platform as those that are already impactive. The American Chemical Society presented Ghanta the Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award in Green Chemistry last month in Washington, D.C. He collaborated with Hyun-Jin Lee, a postdoctoral researcher, and worked under the guidance of Bala Subramaniam, a professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, and Daryle Busch, a professor of chemistry, at the Universitys Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis to develop the greener technology. Ghanta said existing technologies produced an environmentally adverse and economically inefficient carbon dioxide by-product, contributing to the 3.4 million total tons of CO2 annually. The amount of CO2 emissions equates to the annual pollution created by about 900,000 cars, more than 11 times the amount generated from the 79,270 registered cars in Douglas County. Ghanta said Claudia Bode, education director at the center, said demand for similar products will continue to increase as it has in past years. The volume of things used with this chemical continues to grow, especially as other countries like India and China begin to grow and their standard of living goes up, Bode said. Subramaniam agreed that as demand increased, the production of CO2 would increase proportionately. He said the increase couldnt be predetermined, but as other countries showed greater interest in green technology, technological impacts could be significant. The Center focuses on high-volume commodity chemicals, like ethylene-oxide, because they are in high demand worldwide. Minimizing CO2 waste generated in their production could have a broad effect in creating more sustainable lifestyles for the global community in the long-term, Bode said. Still, she said because increased consumption was also a significant concern, large industries and individual consumers needed to find ways to reduce waste and consumption. Shannon OLear, a professor of environmental studies and geography, said other ways of addressing environmental concerns, like decreasing consumption, were uncomfortable and politically messy. She said the green movement was centralized around issues like CO2 emissions that were quantitatively tangible, but allowed people to overlook measures of how much populations consume, how they generate waste and if they should consume at such high levels. Just thinking about your carbon footprint is like only focusing on not eating sugar for your diet, OLear said. Research that deals with lessening CO2 is important, but its not the silver bullet.
Madhav Ghanta, a graduate student from Hyderbad, India, recently was awarded the Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award in Green Chemistry. Ghanta is the first student from the university to win the award. their technology produced ethyleneoxide, without generating the CO2 by-product. Subramaniam said he was proud to see that Ghantas work had led to a technological breakthrough. We dont have to produce materials the way we always have, we can find ways to lessen the environmental footprint for the next generations, Subramaniam said. Ghanta said there has been a lot of interest in the technology, but there was still a lot of work to do. Hes now running an economic analysis to determine his technologys commercial potential. He said he hoped it would be cheaper because of decreased waste and less energy use. Ultimately, he said he needed to assess whether rhenium, the metal he used, had a longer lifespan than the traditionally used and less expensive silver. It cant be commercially successful if its not economically viable so companies make money out of the deal, Ghanta said. The objective is to develop green technology that is environmentally sustainable, but to do that you need to see commercial success. Ghanta said dense populations and high pollution in India drove him to investigate sustainability. He said the 1984 Bhopal gas leak motivated him and served as a reminder that obsolete technologies can be harmful to both the environment and populations. The largest industrial catastrophe to date cost thousands of Bhopalis their lives. More than 20 years later, the Dow Chemical Company still faces legal repercussions. After receiving his undergraduate degree in India, Ghanta said he was eager to study at the University. I had heard about the engineering department and I knew I wanted to study here, I just hoped they would take me, Ghanta said. He said he would eventually return to India where the market is rapidly growing, commercial demand is changing and most chemical companies have research centers. Everyone in the U.S. has access to environmentally friendly commercial commodities, but if you look at the market in India, the billion people living there do not, Ghanta said. Ghanta said that as product demand increased, his commitment to cleaner production also increased.
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Former technician says veterans clinic was irresponsibly handling equipment

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ST. LOUIS A former medical supply technician at the St. Louis VA Medical Center told a congressional hearing Tuesday that she warned more than a year ago that dental equipment sterilization was inadequate, but her pleas were ignored. Earlene Johnson spoke at a special hearing in St. Louis called by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. The committee convened the hearing after the VA sent letters two week ago, warning 1,812 veterans treated at the St. Louis dental clinic that lapses in sterilization of dental equipment potentially exposed them to viruses including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. A VA official said Tuesday that some veterans have since tested positive for the viruses but it was too soon to tell if the dental equipment was the cause. Johnson had worked at other VA hospitals and went to work in St. Louis in December 2008 in the sterilization division. She did not work directly in the dental division but said she saw flaws in dental sterilization. She said that starting in March 2009, she tried to alert VA officials at the St. Louis center and in Washington about the inadequacies, but no one listened. It was a full year later that VA notified veterans of the sterilization problem and urged them to get blood tests. Meanwhile, Johnson was fired she believed because of the concerns she raised. She is appealing to get her job back. What happened in the dental clinic shouldnt have ever happened, Johnson said during testimony. If people were taking their jobs seriously, not passing the buck and pointing the finger, none of this would have tion to our veteran patients is in happened. this instance statistically low, the psyThe VA determined in March chological consequence of the error 2010 that lapses is a high price in dental sterilizato pay for those tion had occurred men and women What happened in the from Feb. 1, 2009, who have already dental clinic shouldnt through March, paid so much 11, 2010. As part on behalf of this have ever happened. of the investiganation, Petzel tion, dental sersaid in written eArleNe jOhNSON vices chief Danny testimony to the former medical supply technician L. Turner was put committee. on administrative Procedures leave. An internal have been corinvestigation is rected, Petzel planned in addition to the congres- said, so those who have undergone sional inquiry. procedures since March 11 are not Dr. Robert Petzel, VA undersecre- considered at risk. tary for health, said the problem arose Dr. George Arana of the Veterans because workers prewashing dental Health Administration said 950 vetequipment failed to use a detergent erans have come in for free blood before the equipment was sterilized. screenings so far, and some have Even though the risk of infec- tested positive for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. He would not say specifically how many have tested positive nor what viruses they had but stressed that more testing is necessary to determine the cause. St. Louis VA medical facilities provide services for veterans in Missouri and Illinois. Five members of the Missouri delegation and two from Illinois participated in the St. Louis hearing in a packed courtroom of the Eagleton U.S. Courthouse. Veteran Terri Odom told the committee she went to the dental clinic for partial dentures and noticed dirty and rusty molding pieces and a filthy room. Odom told the committee she suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder from military sexual trauma while serving in the Navy. So with my panic attacks and anxiety level already on overdrive, this terrible mistake by the VA has made me even more anxious.
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Stores prepare for Sidewalk Sale

BY ALISON CUMBOW
alisonc@kansan.com Andrea Morgan has a $100 budget and she needs make it stretch. Shes looking for tops, skirts and jewelry. At the 50th Annual Sidewalk Sale Thursday, she can find what shes looking for. More than 80 stores on Massachusetts Street will participate in the sale, some opening as early as 5 a.m. Jane Pennington, director of Downtown Lawrence, Inc., said she thought the sale was originally planned as a way to clear out stockrooms and get ready for the return of students. Now, she said it was one of the biggest days of the year for the stores that participate. Its become a real shot in the arm for everybody, Pennington said. Its about making the most of one day as possible. The sale will be from sunrise to sunset, rain or shine. Businesses had to buy sidewalk permits for the day, and Pennington said she estimated last year there were between 10,000 and 15,000 people at the sale. She said the sidewalks would be really crowded. Morgan, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., said she would head to the sale at about 11 a.m. after her classes end for the day. She said her strategy for the day was to head to the newly marked sale stuff first and then the already-marked sale items last. Theres not as good of stuff in the super-sale section, she said. Paul Davis, owner of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop, 802 Massachusetts St., said he went through the items he had in the stores warehouse to see what would be going on sale. We slash prices, he said. And
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Have you ever been to the Lawrence Sidewalk Sale? Do you think youll go this year?
Brett Lisher, a senior from Lawrence, prepares a rack of T-shirts Tuesday afternoon at Francis Sporting Goods, 731 Massachusetts St., for Thursdays Sidewalk Sale. The annual sale draws thousands of shoppers in search of discounted items from the many stores downtown. usually there are things that are guard chair outside its door telling $10 and $20 that used to be $150. people what the sales are just like Davis said last year. c u s t o m I know last ers should be year was a very Its become a real shot in patient and successful day the arm for everybody. Its grab something for us, Davis they liked right said. We tend about making the most of when they saw to be one of one day as possible. it. the main destiHe said cusnations, if not jane PennIngton tomers usually the first stop. director, downtown lawrence, Inc. lined up outside Rob Smith, his store before co-owner it opens, and of White many times, they grab items that Chocolate, 933 Massachusetts St., are being taken outside. said his store would open at 7 a.m., The store will have a former and that it would be a day full of employee and mascot on a life- guaranteed foot traffic. He said the deals at White Chocolate would include lots of shoes and T-shirts. Smith said he knew it would be a hot and humid day and that the store would have Red Bull and Monster energy drinks chilled outside for those who needed it. Allison Yoder, a recent KU graduate from Lawrence, said she wouldnt be hitting the sale until later in the day. Id rather pay full price than go in a huge crowd and be hot, she said. Pennington said to get the best deals though, the earlier shoppers got out there, the better.
BEA KILAT Salina junior I havent. I wasnt in town for it last year, and in 2008 I think I wasnt in town either, so this is my first time being here. Im going this year. I really love clothes so I think just getting them cheap is going to be great. I had a friend go last year, kind of later and it was all gone, so were going at seven oclock.
JENNIfER NISH Omaha, Neb., grad student I havent. I would be, but Im super poor. Itd probably just tempt me. Id probably see a bunch of stuff I thought I needed, but wouldnt really be able to afford it.
JOE mcDONOUgH Wichita senior
Ive gone once or twice. I know a bunch of my friends will stay up all night and then theyll go right when it opens. Its pretty competitive, actually. People will just go crazy for the deals. I just kind of like browsing everything. Its a lot of variety. so many stores have different things.
no, but Ive heard that theres always good deals. I hadnt really though about it, but why not? Itd be fun to see everyone on the street and shopping on the street rather than in the stores where you cant really see them. HANNAH ScHULT manhattan junior
BEN STEINEgER Overland Park senior no, but I might if I dont have too much homework. I try to do my homework during the week.
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Joe and Paul DeGeorge perform Acchio Hagrid as the band Harry and the Potters at the Lawrence Public Library June 8. Audience members form hearts with their hands to match the lyrics Hagrid is fun to hug/Hagrid is full of love.
Wizard rock comes to town

Duo sings about Harry Potter and life at Hogwarts
tdwyer@kansan.com J.K. Rowling described Harry Potter as a wiry boy with jet-black hair, green eyes and a trademark lightning bolt scar. Joe and Paul DeGeorge are scarfree, brown-haired and brown-eyed. But for the brothers and their fans, theyre close enough to the mythic boy who lived. The Norwood, Mass., brothers tour as Harry and the Potters, a two-man wizard rock band that exclusively plays songs about Rowlings instantclassic series. On July 7, they took their act to the Lawrence Public Library and performed for a fanatic crowd of about 200 that ranged from kids and their parents to University students. Theyre the pioneers of wizard rock, Garrett Childers, a senior from Lawrence, said. Theyre like the Led
BY TIM DWYER
Paul DeGeorge performs at the Lawrence Public Library last week. Paul and his brother Joe tour as Harry and the Potters, playing music exclusively based on the best selling Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling.
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Zeppelin of wizard rock. If youre a Harry Potter fan, you have to see them at some point in your life. On stage, Joe, 23, inhabits the persona of Harry Potter, year four. Paul, 31, is Harry in his seventh year. We thought it was kind of a cool, goofy idea, Joe said. Its like one of those band ideas people have but never do anything about. The brothers DeGeorge did do something about the idea, though, and now theyve been playing and touring for eight years, debuting between the releases of the fourth and fifth books. After releasing their first album, Voldemort Cant Stop the Rock!, Paul said word spread across the Internet and they started getting requests from fans to come play their hometowns. People started saying, Oh, man it would be awesome if you could play in, like, Dallas, Paul said. I never thought we could play in Dallas. So we just packed up the minivan and hit
the road. Wednesdays performance was the brothers fifth in Lawrence. Theyve played at four different local venues The Dusty Bookshelf, the library, the Jackpot Saloon and the Replay Lounge since 2004. Paul lived in Lawrence for nine months and his girlfriend recently graduated with a masters degree from the University. Weve got some hardcore Lawrence connections, he said. We just wanted to spend her birthday and Joes birthday around here. Some fans had less connection to Lawrence than the brothers did,, traveling in some instances from as far as Springfield, Mo., and Omaha. For a lot of those kids who are here, its probably their first concert ever, Paul said. We want to get them psyched up for that. We want it to be a blast. We want to be the best first concert experience ever.
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Law could make books cheaper

By Kirsten Kwon
kkwon@kansan.com The hefty cost of books could decrease thanks to a new federal textbook price disclosure law that went into effect July 1. The law requires publishers to clearly state their prices and the changes made to every new edition of textbooks. This will give professors the information needed to choose less expensive books for their courses. Faculty must give their lists of required books to the book stores sooner, allowing students to know exactly how much a course will cost before enrolling. Professors were required to submit their book lists by March 15 for the fall semester. The goal is to allow students the information up front so they know the true cost of the course including the course materials, Estella McCollum, KU Bookstores director, said. their responsibility to seek it. The As a part of HEOA, or the Higher details were not readily available or Education Opportunity Act, the law required. was created to provide more inforMegan Greene, professor of mation to both teachers and stu- Chinese history, said that the probdents in an attempt to help students lem of high-priced textbooks lies save money. with the constant Nicole Allen, need to buy new The goal is to allow textbook advoeditions of the cate for Student same book. She students the information Public Interest said because the up front so they know the R e s e a r c h publishers make Groups, said small changes to true cost of the course. their campaign the books, the to make textestella mccollum older editions ku Bookstores director books more are taken out of affordable aims circulation, makto help students, ing it difficult to who lack any control over prices. avoid the newest version. It limits the publishers ability to Its hard to let your students rip people off, Allen said. Theyre use the older editions because then able to take advantage of students theres not enough of them for all because they dont have a choice. the students, Greene said. Its kind Professors were not denied infor- of being forced to buy the newer mation like the prices of books edition. before the law passed, but it was In attempts to end this cycle, the new law states that publishers must include the dates of the last three editions. Allen said she was confident the law would be enforced. Watchdog groups like ours will be watching, but I dont think it will
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BeerGenius finds the brew for you

BY RICHELLE BUSER
rbuser@kansan.com Jameson Huckaba supports local breweries, drinks an average of two beers a day, favors abolishing restrictive beer laws and is occasionally given free beer. And its all just part of his job. huckaba In the summer of 2006, at 23rd Street Brewery with friend Jeffery Ward, former KU student Huckaba pondered the potential of a Food Network show specializing in the growing craft beer market. From their brainstorming, the idea for their BeerGenius website was born. Huckaba began traveling the country while working with co-founder Ward to develop written reviews, blogs and video segments as a beer critic. BeerGenius is meant to make interesting beer more approachable through education and amusement, Huckaba said, As well as give you and your friends yet another reason to come together to appreciate beer and life. Brian Bucky Buckingham, the head brewer at 23rd Street Brewery, had his beers profiled by Huckaba for the BeerGenius website. Buckingham said the attention BeerGenius brings to craft beers is a reflection of its increasing popularity. Its definitely a growing industry, Buckingham said, I think the craft-beer movement is exploding and just starting to really take off out here in the Midwest. Huckaba compared the public interest in craft beers today to the wine-tasting phenomenon that sprouted 10 years ago. Ward, type of beer theyll enjoy. a University graduate and current Huckaba said there are many facculinary student, said that just like tors that can influence the beer a wine, pairing beer with certain person is attracted to. foods was imporThe neat tant to enhance thing about beer and compliment is that there are If people learn from flavors. Together, so many styles those who know about Huckaba and available, and beer then Im sure they Ward review theres one for craft beers for every mood I can find a type of beer others who may may have, seatheyll enjoy. not have been son, company, brave enough situation or BriAN BuCKiNghAM to try them on genre of music I head brewer, 23rd Street Brewery their own. By may be listening increasing expoto, he said. sure to crafts, Even though BeerGenius tries BeerGenius is to help find the right beer for each represented primarily through its individual. Internet presence, Huckaba said its There are so many types of beer goals revolved more around what out there, Ward said, If people readers did offline than what they learn from those who know about learned while surfing the website. beer then Im sure they can find a Were looking to build something that becomes an everyday part of our readers lives social interaction with the people you care about, all while drinking good beer, Huckaba said. In Lawrence, students can taste local craft beers at Free State Brewery and 23rd Street Brewery. With a reservation and a short drive to Kansas City, Mo., they can also take a free tour of the Boulevard Brewery. Huckaba recently moved to Portland, Ore., where July is Oregon Craft Beer Month. Ward, a Lawrence resident, will collaborate with Huckaba from across the country. In the future, Huckaba said he hoped to see more communities embracing the craft-beer industry. We want to get people to engage in really good beer, Huckaba said, The more people we can get in front of and show how much fun were having, the better.
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France prepares to ban Islamic face veils

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PARIS Frances lower house of parliament appeared ready Tuesday to approve a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates. The issue is potent in Europe: Several other countries have similar proposals in the works, including Belgium and Spain, and they are closely watching the bills progress in France. After Tuesdays vote, the ban on face-covering veils will go in September to the Senate, where it is also likely to pass. Its biggest hurdle will likely come after that, when Frances constitutional watchdog scrutinizes it. Some legal scholars say there is a chance it could be deemed unconstitutional. The main body representing French Muslims says face-covering veils are not required by Islam and not suitable in France, but it worries that the law will stigmatize Muslims in general. Frances has Europes largest Muslim population, estimated to be about 5 million of the countrys 64 million people. While ordinary headscarves are common, only about 1,900 women in France are believed to wear face-covering veils. Champions of the bill say they oppress women. With the proposed ban, the government is also seeking to insist that integration is the only path for immigrant minorities. France has had difficulty integrating generations of immigrants and their children, as witnessed by weeks of rioting by youths, many of them minorities, in troubled neighborhoods in 2005. At the National Assembly, the lower house, relatively few dissenters have spoken out about civil liberties or fears of fanning anti-Islam sentiment.
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Obama reveals plan to fight AIDS

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WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination. The strategy calls for reducing the rate of new HIV infections by 25 percent over the next five years, and for getting treatment to 85 percent of patients within three months of their diagnosis. Administration officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and domestic policy chairwoman Melody Barnes, were to unveil the strategy at the White House on Tuesday. Obama was to discuss the strategy at a reception honoring the work of the HIV and AIDS community later in the day. This is a moment of opportunity for the nation, Obama said in a report to be released Tuesday. Now is the time to build on and refocus our existing efforts to deliver better results for the American people. The report is the result of more than a year of discussions between the administration, state and local officials, advocacy groups and the private sector. While the strategy calls for improved coordination among federal agencies, it doesnt identify any new government money to implement the strategy. Approximately 56,000 people in the U.S. become infected each year with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and more than 1.1. million Americans are living with the HIV, according to the White House. The new policy will concentrate HIV prevention efforts at the highest-risk populations, which include gay and bisexual men as well as black Americans, far more than is done today, said Chris Collins of the Foundation for AIDS Research, one of the groups that met with administration officials.
KU Public Safety debuts crime-mapping project

BY KIRSTEN KWON
kkwon@kansan.com A new crime-mapping system on campus will help protect the KU community and work as rumor control. The website, www.crimereports. com, will allow users to visually see where crimes occur. The KU Department of Public Safety debuted the mapping tool this month. KU Public Safety Chief Ralph Oliver said he hoped the map would put an end to gossip that is often spread about crimes on campus. Its real information to either support or debug rumors, Oliver said. A few of the crimes reported on the map within the past two weeks included disorderly conduct on Bagley Drive, an arrest for driving under the influence on West 18th Street, and an incidence of graffiti damage to the Kansas Union on Jayhawk Boulevard. Icons on the map show the location, time and severity of the crime. Columns of information tell users what crimes have occurred in the past said the site acted as a modern way seven days, and users can view crime for community members to keep information from several months ago. watch over their neighborhoods. Its a perfect tool to collaborate Members of the KU community will with a neighborknow which areas hood watch prohave recently seen gram, Kinzie crimes such as Its a perfect tool to said. car thefts, assaults collaborate with a The Lawrence and robberies. Police Department Oliver said the neighborhood watch also uses an interdepartment comprogram. nal system similar bined the map to the crime mapwith the informascott kinzie ping of outside tion it is required senior vice president of marketing sites. Sgt. Michael by federal law to for crimeReports.com Monroe said report, but that the department the highlighted areas on campus werent necessarily planned to upgrade its system in the near future. dangerous. We developed our system years If theres a laptop stolen in Wescoe, that doesnt mean its dangerous to be ago but were not saying ours is best, in Wescoe, but were required to put Monroe said. It is an older systhat all up, Oliver said. If there is tem and we are exploring different an area where we think there is a real options. It will cost the Public Safety threat, we would put out a separate Department about $2,000 a year to crime alert, Scott Kinzie, senior vice president create the online maps through the of marketing for CrimeReports.com, site.
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lwang@kansan.com The Collegiate Newspaper Readership Program is distributing newspapers in fewer locations during the summer. Students can still get newspapers The Kansas City Star, The Lawrence Journal-World, The New York Times, and USA Today on campus, but they may have to look a little harder. Amanda Muhammad, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., noticed the empty Newspaper Readership Program distribution box in front of the Burge Union. Muhammad said she usually got newspapers from the boxes during the spring and fall semesters, but she began reading news online in the summer because she didnt know whether the Newspaper Readership Program was funded in the summer. Terry Wade, who works in the Burge Union, said the newspaper distribution box there was always empty during the summer. During the summer semester, papers are only distributed in the
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more frequently used. There isnt a set number of copies of each paper per day, Pishny said. It is really all about demand from the students. areas where they are most highly Jordan Post, a senior from used, such as the Kansas Union, Scottsbluff, Neb., said he read a Wescoe Hall and Watson Library. newspaper every day, but seldom You will see full service restored picked up newspapers on campus. at the beginning of the fall term, He was afraid said Student the distribution Body President box would empty You will see full service Michael Wade by the time he Smith. restored at the beginning arrived. Smith said I have seen of the fall term. the Universitys the empty boxes, newspaper conmichael wade smith Post said. I feel tract was manstudent Body President like I dont pay aged by a collemuch attention giate readership during the sumprogram through mer. USA Today. The Stu d e nt s USA Today Collegiate Readership enrolled in more than five credit Program decides on the number hours at the Lawrence Campus pay of papers to distribute based on a summer newspaper readership fee daily, weekly, monthly and annual of $2.20. The fee is $4.45 in the fall distribution numbers. It uses the and spring semesters. This includes card swipers on the machines to an 85-cent subscription fee for The keep count. Kansan, which was put into place Student Senate Treasurer Erin during the last fee cycle. Pishny said that if one location had Pishny said that anyone enrolled all of the papers taken every day, in fewer than five credit hours paid then the distributor might look at a fee of approximately 44 cents per shifting papers from another locacredit hour. tion with less traffic to one thats
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WASHINGTON The U.S. trade deficit widened in May to the highest level in 18 months as a rebounding economy pushed up demand for imports of foreignmade cars, computers and clothing. The trade deficit increased 4.8 percent to $42.3 billion, the largest imbalance since November 2008, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. American exports of goods and services rose 2.4 percent but this increase was outpaced by a 2.9 percent rise in imports. American manufacturing has been a standout performer so far in this recovery, benefiting from a global economic recovery. But the concern is that export sales will be hurt by the European debt crisis, which has dampened growth prospects in Europe. Through May, the U.S. trade deficit is running at an annual rate of $474.8 billion, up by 26.6 percent from $374.9 billion deficit for all of 2009. That had been the lowest annual trade gap since 2001,
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kidnapping and child custody charges. During a hearing Monday, he MONTCLAIR, Calif. Prince was served with a governors warSagala has pined for her son and rant from California and his bond daughter since her estranged hus- was revoked. His Florida attorney band took them and fled to Mexico said Utrera could be extradited to 15 years ago but she never gave up California anytime. In an interview, Sagala recounted hope that she would see them again. The Indonesian-born nursing how Utrera took the children and assistant was rewarded for her faith fled to Mexico in 1995, when her son earlier this year, when she stumbled and daughter were just toddlers. Sagala said Utrera, whom she maron her daughters Facebook page in a ried in 1993, had become abusive story that made national headlines. But in the four months since that a charge now denied by Utreras discovery, Sagalas unbridled joy attorney and that she was about has slowly turned to anguish. The to seek a restraining order. Then case has led to the public airing of Utrera called her at work one day to say he would take the children to the years-old domestic park and then allegations against to a movie. She Sagala informaI told her, you can see told him they tion that will likely were sick and me right now, Im not be used in court should be home and her nowthat person like what you early. When she teenaged children returned home, thought for 15 years. want nothing to do they werent with her. PriNCe SAgAlA there. At Sagalas sole Mother of estranged kids Several hours supervised visit at later, one of a Florida library her husbands recently, her friends called to tell her Utrera had son kept his nose in a book about witches and her daughter gave terse, taken the children to his native one-word answers to her questions, Mexico and wasnt coming back. Sagala said she immediately called Sagala said. She doesnt know me, her fathers the police and also told her story to a in jail. I guess she does blame me Spanish-language TV network. Montclair police pursued the case, for this, Sagala said of her 17-yearold daughter. She doesnt know the but when they learned the children truth. I told her, you can see me right were in Mexico, they turned the file now, Im not that person like what over to the San Bernardino County you thought for 15 years, like what district attorney. Its unclear now why the case wasnt pursued by prosyour father told you. The childrens father, Faustino ecutors in 1995, but Deputy District Fernandez Utrera, 42, was initially Attorney Kurt Rowley said its held in an Osceola County, Fla., unlikely Mexico would have extrajail after being arrested in May on dited Utrera at the time.
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tiny outfits she had saved. As she hovered nervously, three I went to church, I prayed, teenagers with her daughters name because as a mother, Im not strong popped up on the Facebook site. enough for the burden I have now. Sagala didnt know which teenager My two kids right to try first until now, they help she realized that Before, I missed evme to be strong, one girl looked Sagala said of her like her younger erything as a mother. I younger children. daughter, Joana. missed their birthdays. It Before, I missed The girl also everything as a had a Facebook really hurts. mother, I missed friend with the PriNCe SAgAlA their birthdays. It same name as Mother of estranged kids really hurts. Sagalas missing In March, son. Sagala sent a friends told Sagala about Facebook. She had her message and received a heartbreakyounger daughter, now 12, tap her ing reply. The 17-year-old wrote that older daughters name into a com- she had no interest in a relationship. puter at the local library.
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Darrell Stuckey fights for Chargers starting position

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ife doesnt get much better for Darrell Stuckey. I cant complain at all, he said. Its 70 degrees every day. The former Kansas safety lives in San Diego. About four times a week after practice, he sees a movie. He signed a four-year deal with the San Diego Chargers late last month. And with the recent release of Kevin Ellison, San Diegos primary strong safety last year, signs point to Stuckey becoming the starter.
Its a dream come true, he said. His main competition in camp at this point is Steve Gregory, but Stuckey has the overall coverage ability, making him the early favorite. Working out with talented players such as restricted free-agent Shawne Merriman, Shaun Phillips and Luis Castillo is just enough for him at this point, he said. Stuckey said he practiced on both the first and second team, so he wasnt about to dub himself the starter yet. The team is now on vacation for a couple of weeks after the completion of organized team activities. Former Kansas linebacker Mike Rivera, who is in Lawrence working out after
signing to the Tennessee Titans practice squad, said he wasnt surprised at all about Stuckeys position. Obviously hes got the skills and hes a student of the game, Rivera said. Thats the difference between what makes a player a starter and a contributor. Stuckey also helps the Chargers with his conduct off the field. Ellison was released essentially because of his May 24 arrest for drug possession. Wide receiver Vincent Jackson was suspended for three games because of his legal troubles and now wants a new contract. So the 2010 Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year seemed like a classy choice in the fourth round for San Diego.
Former Kansas defensive coordinator Clint Bowen, who now has the same position at Western Kentucky, said Stuckey surpassed a lot of players in terms of intelligence and self-discipline. Thats why its not a surprise to see him with all this early success. No one wants to deal with the problem of guys who cant seem to do things right, Bowen said.
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PHOTO ABOVE: Former Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey returns an interception during a game against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium in 2008.
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ball camps. And whether hes giving But it is surprising to see him back to the community, giving an in San Diego. Out of all the teams interview or just doing what his that called before the draft, Bowen team asks, he is giving it his all. If you arent doesnt rememgoing to do ber the Chargers If you arent going something being one of them, wholeheartedly, even though to do something dont, Stuckey four other teams wholeheartedly, dont. said. seemed ready to He goes to take him. darrell stuckey practice and does But despite the Former kansas safety everything he transition from can for the team, a 3-4 to a 4-3, but Stuckey said Bowen learned the Chargers do play a style of it hasnt hit him yet that hes in the defense similar to how the Jayhawks NFL. He said it will probably hit him early on during the season. did last season. The San Diego Chargers play A lot of the stuff will be carry the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday over for Darrell, Bowen said. Night Football Stuckey was September 13, known at Kansas at Arrowhead for his involveThis is what you wanted Stadiums seament in youth to become, and all you son opener. groups and the To play in his can do is cherish it and Student Senate on hometown the campus along with not take it for granted. first game of the his leadership in a season in that tumultuous year darrell stuckey atmosphere, he for Kansas footFormer kansas safety said, is like a gift ball. Much of that, from God. it seems, has travThis is what you wanted to eled with him to San Diego. Already, Stuckey said he is become, Stuckey said. And all you involved in his new community, can do is cherish it and not take it helping foster homes and basket- for granted.
cole Aldrich sticks to defense in Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY Cole Aldrich says defense always has come naturally, probably because he almost always was bigger than everyone else on the basketball court. The 6-foot-11 Aldrich went on to become one of the greatest aldrich shot - bl o cke rs ever at Kansas, and just because hes in the NBA now doesnt mean he wont keep focusing on what got him there. Defensively is, I think, really where Im going to make an impact, Aldrich said Monday. The Thunder acquired Aldrich, the No. 11 overall pick in the NBA draft, and veteran forward Morris Peterson from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange to the draft rights to Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter. In making the trade, Oklahoma City added a player with a defense-first approach, something general manager Sam Presti said can be rare among rookies. Cole really shares the same mentality and approach that we try to embody with our team, Presti said. Hes another hardworking, highcharacter player. Thunder coach Scott Brooks listed Aldrichs positives: Defense, protects the basket, rebounds, sets great screens. Hes a great outlet passer. Notice Brooks didnt say scoring. On a team that already includes the NBAs reigning scoring leader in Kevin Durant and other players capable of big offensive games, were not looking for him to come in here and be a big-time scorer, Brooks said. Aldrich grew up in Bloomington, Minn., as a Minnesota Timberwolves fan. And defense was an early love. I was, I wouldnt say a bully on the court, but I was bigger than everybody so I just loved to block shots and rebound, he said. If somebody comes in the lane, I dont want them to score. I take real pride in blocking the shot or altering the shot or (making opponents) pass it out. Ive always liked to think that the paint is kind of my home and I dont want anybody coming in my home. As a sophomore at Kansas, he averaged 14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds per game and recorded the first official triple-double in the history of the Jayhawks storied program with 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in a NCAA tournament game against Dayton. Last season as a junior, he set a school record with 125 blocked shots and was named the Big 12 Conferences top defensive player. Favored to make the Final Four, Kansas lost a second-round game
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eBron James made his now infamous decision last week, and since then seemingly everyone from talk radio hosts to grocery store cashiers has chimed in with an opinion. There are those who wish the self-anointed King had stayed with his roots and brought a championship to the success-starved city of Cleveland. And then, on the other side, there are those who cant wait to watch the hype machine of LeBron, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh form one of the NBAs most appetizing, if not top-heavy, teams. Yet as I watched The Decision last week, two thoughts crossed my mind. The first probably resonated with anyone watching the overhyped, completely unnecessary hour-long special LeBron requested on ESPN: This is the biggest waste of television time since MTV rolled out Parental Control and Date My Mom. But while LeBrons one-hour announcement screamed of narcissism and was an open-handed slap in the face to the entire state of Ohio, those emotions were to be expected with such a stupid idea. What I didnt fully expect was the backlash against LeBron in strictly the basketball sense of his decision. LeBron James isnt Michael Jordan or Larry Bird. Heck, he isnt even Kobe Bryant. Hes not a killer
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jjenks@kansan.com a guy who will crusade through a career with the ruthless win-andstomp-on-the-competition approach those aforementioned players displayed. No, James has dazzled with his powerful dunks and blocks and, simply, his ability to make anyone watching shake his head and smile. In an age of Top 10 replays, thats impressive. But he never appeared ruthless on the court. And so, instead of shouldering the weight of an entire city of an entire state, really by having to almost single handedly lead a team to a championship, James decided to join with another superstar (Wade) and another extremely talented player (Bosh). James is 25 and he has been playing in the NBA for seven seasons. At the end of his current contract, hell be 31 with loads of game experience ripping at his knees. So James did what any successful businessman or any successful person does in life: He realized
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PAMPLONA, Spain A man was gored in the arm in a tense, fast-paced penultimate running of the bulls at Spains San Fermin festival, officials said Tuesday. Three people were hospitalized, one from a goring to the right arm and another two with unspecified injuries from falls, a spokeswoman for the regional government of Navarra said. Live television shots of the 8 a.m. dash ahead of six fighting bulls showed the gored man back up on his feet and looking for medical assistance. The spokeswoman said all three were Spaniards and none was in serious condition. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with local government policy. Earlier, hospital officials had said just two people were hospitalized. The run lasted two minutes, 14 seconds, the fastest of seven staged
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cthibodeaux@kansan.com Junior forward Marcus Morris is one of 20 college basketball players named to the USA Mens Select Team to help the 2010 USA Basketball Mens National Team. The collegians will practice against the professionals during training camp, July 19-24, in Las Vegas. Practices will be at UNLVs Cox Pavilion. I think it is a great opportunity to see where my level of play is compared to NBA players, Morris said in a news release. I also know now that people are watching me since I was invited to something of this caliber. Coach Bill Self said he knew how excited Morris was to play with them and put his summer workouts to the test. He had a great summer and has been working hard on his game, Self said in a news release. He is very much looking forward to playing against many of the worlds best. The Big 12 has three representatives: Morris, Jacob Pullen from Kansas State and Lace Darius Dunn from Baylor. The Big Ten has five players, while the ACC has four. The Atlantic 10, Big East and SEC each have two and the Horizon League and Mountain West have one player each.
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hjennison@kansan.com The Lawrence City Commission deferred its July 6 vote on a request by The Oread hotel to hold neighborhood block parties. These parties would require blocking off some streets during six Kansas home football games and various local high school games. The commission asked for more information about exactly where they are going to be blocking streets and access and how the residents down there are going to have access to their homes, City Clerk Jonathan Douglass said. The Oread described the proposed events as family friendly, including music, a kids zone, food tents and special guests from Kansas and local athletic teams. In supporting the local high schools and KU football games, The Oread hotel is excited to bring family fun and entertainment to the Oread neighborhood and the north gate of KU campus as we embark on a new 2010 football season, said Nancy Longhurst, general manager of The Olivia Collection, a management company for The Oread, The Eldridge and The Eldridge Extended hotels. Commissioners did not set a date to hear the proposal again.
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Two former employees of Kansas Athletics Inc. will plead guilty to charges related to the recent ticket scandal. Former assistant athletic director Brandon Simmons was charged July 6 with misprision of a felony, which essentially means he had knowledge of a crime and did not take action. Former assistant director of ticketing operations Jason Jeffries was charged with the same crime June 28. According to court documents released July 7, Simmons and Jeffries knew but did
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