Bill could give free

tuition to some vets

Self reaches career milestone
After enduring an 18-game losing streak early in his career, Self has
persevered and picked up his 300th win on Saturday at Missouri.
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big 12
Let food get you in
the lovin spirit with
edible aphrodisiacs
such as chocolate,
oysters, cofee,
honey and wine.
Today, freshmen play
a more important
role in Big 12 con-
ference basketball
than they even have
before.
Senior guard
Shaquina Mosley has
made two of three
buzzer-beater shots in
the past few weeks to
secure two close victo-
ries for the Jayhawks.
President Bushs
budget proposal
has called for a
$550 increase to the
maximum Federal
Pell Grant.
By Erick r. Schmidt
A surprise witness who came for-
ward at the end of last week has led
the trial of Jason Allen Rose to be
declared a mistrial.
After four days, seventeen wit-
nesses, and hours of testimony, the
decision of Roses future will have to
wait at least two and a half months
more.
Roses attorney, Ron Evans, asked
for and was granted a mistrial when
Assistant District Attorney Amy
McGowan attempted to present the
surprise witness. District Attorney
Charles Branson said the witness
came to the states attention after the
close of business
Friday. Branson
said the police
d e p a r t me n t
investigated the
new witness dur-
ing the weekend,
and the prosecu-
tion decided to
attempt to admit
the witness
Monday. Evans
contended that
his defense had been stated and
that he would not have enough time
to investigate the new information
properly. Judge
Jack A. Murphy
agreed.
Branson said
the decision had
been handled
correctly.
Any time you
have late wit-
nesses, people
bringing new
information, it
puts the defense
at a disadvantage, Branson said.
The jury is supposed to be present-
ed all the information on an even
playing field. Anything less, and its
likely to be overturned.
The identity of the witness is
expected to be known once the new
trial begins.
Rose had been charged with set-
ting the October 7 fire in his 76-
unit apartment complex that injured
18 residents and killed three more,
including former KU senior Nicole
Bingham. Rose faced three counts
of first-degree murder, one count
By NAthAN Gill
The department of sociol-
ogy at the University of Kansas,
which began in 1890 and has a
strong gender studies focus, is
arguably the oldest in the nation.
The University of Chicago
also claims to have founded the
first sociology department in
America.
Bill Staples, sociology depart-
ment chair, said the dispute con-
cerned the date each department
became official.
We can certainly claim to
have taught the first class, he
said.
Staples said the confusion
centered around when each
department became official. The
University of Chicago claimed its
department began in 1892.
Whatever the date, one thing
is certain: the sociology depart-
ment here has had a profound
affect on the University. The cur-
rent departments of economics,
anthropology and social work
have their roots intertwined
with the sociology departments.
Staples said the department was
also known for its strength in
gender studies.
The sociology department
first offered Status of Women
in the U.S. in 1891, a course
Staples said could be considered
one of the first womens studies
courses in the United States. The
class was offered exclusively to
women.
The female-inclusive tradi-
tion of the department continues
today. Eleven of the departments
20 professors are women and
Staples said the majority of stu-
dents majoring in sociology were
women.
Tracey LaPierre, assistant
professor of sociology, is one of
three new professors the depart-
ment hired this academic year.
Three of the four professors were
women.
LaPierre said many of the
departments younger professors
are women. She said she was
interested in how these new pro-
fessors would change the depart-
ment in the future, but hoped
sociology would not be seen as a
female-oriented area of study.
The contributions of sociol-
ogy transcend gender boundar-
ies, LaPierre said.
Staples said the departments
focus, which began in a time of
rapid social change, was chang-
ing to address current sociologi-
cal issues. In the early 20th cen-
tury, sociologists were concerned
with such issues as urbaniza-
tion, industrial capitalism and
the nations trend of economic
booms and busts.
Now the department is look-
ing global. KU sociologists are
studying topics that include
global health systems, global
economics and the migrations
of peoples.
The U.S. is not just this island
someplace, Staples said. Its
nearly impossible to study things
social in isolation.
kansan staf writer Nathan Gill
can be contacted at ngill@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Darla Slipke
By joE huNt
Veterans may be getting free col-
lege tuition in Kansas, but only if
they served in the right countries.
The House Committee on
Veterans, Military and Homeland
Security is reviewing a bill that would
only give free tuition to veterans who
served in Iraq and Afghanistan at
least 90 days after Sept. 11, 2001.
The bill is one of three that the
committee has received that attempts
to get veterans tuition breaks for
higher education. By Tuesday, the
three bills need to be consolidated
into one bill that will be sent to the
House for proposal.
Don Myers (R-Derby), chair
of the committee, said that all the
bills would be considered and that
the final bill would not necessarily
exclude veterans who served in other
countries.
I think probably what the authors
were trying to do was award those
who are serving in dangerous war
zones, Myers said.
One of the other bills under con-
sideration was drafted by the Student
Legislative Awareness Board. That
bill would make any veteran dis-
charged after Jan. 1, 2000, eligible
for paid college tuition and fees
in the state of Kansas. The bill
was called the Returning Heroes
Education Act.
Myers described the third bill
being examined as being vague
in its language, and he said that
to be useful, it needed to be more
clearly defined.
Myers said that the bill would
likely grant eligible veterans paid
tuition for up to 10 semesters,
which is the same length of time
the Returning Heroes Education
Act would allow.
Having the state pay for tuition
for servicemen and women is
nothing new. Ian Staples, direc-
tor of the Student Legislative
Awareness Board, said that the
Returning Heroes Education Act
would give veterans benefits sim-
ilar to what those serving in the
National Guard receive.
kansan staf writer joe hunt
can be contacted at jhunt@
kansan.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
bOardWaLK triaL
Judge declares mistrial
KaNSaN FILE PHoto
Jason allen Rose, right, and his defense attorney Ron Evans, right, have an additional two and a half months to prepare for the reschduled trial. The defense was granted a mistrial after the prosecu-
tion attempted to introduce a surprise witness. The newtrial is expected to begin April 30.
sOciOLOgy
Dept.
was one
of frst
a slice of civil liberties
The jury is supposed to be
presented all the information on
an even playing feld. Anything
less is likely to be overturned.
charles Branson
District attorney
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Queers and allies event chairman, david ta, Wichita senior, cuts a slice of wedding cake
in the Kansas Union on Monday morning. Q&A gave away cake to raise awareness and collect
signatures on a petition about House Bill 2299, which would prevent any city in Kansas fromcreating
a domestic partnership registry.
LegisLatiOn
SEE ROSE oN PagE 3a
KU, Chicago vie
for claim to title
of oldest program
Located at 6th E. Ninth St., The
Bourgeois Pig opened its doors for
business 12 years ago as a bar/caf
combining the three marvels that are
liquor, coffee, and an unique atmo-
sphere. While it
does serve alcohol,
the establishment
appears to be very
friendly to any age.
There is no age
limit to walk in the
door, said co-owner Rob Pope.
They offer a variety of beverages
with coffee prices ranging from $1.25
to $4. Employee favorites include
the new Chocolate Patrone Tequila
Shot, or, for a non-alcoholic bever-
age, any kind of tea. All of their teas
are loose-leaf teas.
It is an establishment with enough
room for you and all of your friends,
with an beautiful dark wooden bar.
They also offer a heated smoking
porch and the perfect location for
people watching with their front
patio. On any given weekend you can
see The Bourgeois Pig filled with peo-
ple visiting and enjoying the unique
atmosphere.
There is always art on the walls at
The Bourgeois Pig, and openings to
exhibit the art nearly every month.
Currently they are
exhibiting Trash
Masters: A Group
Print Show until Feb.
25. This show, curated
by Michael Krueger
and Kendra Herring,
features screen prints, intaglio, litho-
graphs, and mixed media.
The Bourgeois Pig also offers a
variety of events that take place all
year long. On many evenings you
will find The Bourgeois Pig hosting a
theme-party. Some of the up-coming
events are Fat Tuesday, a viewing of
the Oscars party, and the one most
of the staff is excited about is the
Chinese New Year celebration. This
is the year of the pig and they will be
having drink specials and free food,
while the food lasts.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
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4. Schneider: Jayhawks ready
for mad March
5. Donation made for base-
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The Brownbag Discussion
Income Distribution and Re-
distribution in Ukraine will be
presented by Nazar Kholod and
Ivan Franko at noon at Room
318 in Bailey Hall.
The 2007 University Career
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the Kansas Union.
Jane Staiger will present the
lecture Cosmogenic nuclide-
derived boundary conditions
for numerical ice sheet model-
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Room 317 in Nichols Hall.
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By AmANdA EmEry
TrANSPorTATioN
Elections for busing
referendums this week
Special elections will be held
Wednesday and Thursday for
two transportation referen-
dums. One referendum would
allow for KU on Wheels to
purchase new buses. The other
referendum would implement
a fare-free bus system. If both
referendums pass, student
transportation fees will increase
$35.
Students can vote online at
www.ku.edu/computing/elec-
tion from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on
Wednesday and 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Thursday. Polling sites will be
open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday at Mrs. Es and Wescoe
Beach under the overhang.
Ashlee Kieler
ben geller
lakewood, Colo., freshman
Its OK as long as its not
obnoxious.
bryant Williams
atlanta, ga., freshman
People that complain a lot
are probably just jealous
that they arent getting any
[PDA].
sCottt Campbell
Hugoton freshman
The more the better.
todd manetH
great bend freshman
As long as Im getting play
then who cares?
By richEllE BuSEr
What do
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What do you think
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students to decorate cookies and create Valentines day cards.
news
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tuesday, february 13, 2007



By Brian lewis-jones
Students from low-income fami-
lies could more easily afford escalat-
ing tuition prices under President
Bushs budget proposal for 2008,
unveiled at the
beginning of
February.
S t e p h a n i e
C o v i n g t o n ,
associate direc-
tor of the Office
of Student
Financial Aid,
said the pro-
posal called for
a $550 increase
to the maximum
Federal Pell Grant. She said the
grant, which is offered to students
from low-income families, would be
increased to $4,600 in 2008 the
largest increase in 30 years.
It opens the doors for students
who dont have the funding to attend
college, she said.
Last year, 3,280 University of
Kansas students qualified for the Pell
Grant, Covington said. All of the
grants averaged to $2,510 per stu-
dent.
The proposal would also raise
the maximum Pell Grant allowance
to $5,400 by 2012, the largest 5-
year increase ever, according to the
Department of Educations Web site.
Covington said the Pell Grant maxi-
mum has been stuck at $4,050 since
the 2003-2004 school year.
In-state tuition and fees in 2004-
2005 cost $4,737 for 15 hours accord-
ing to a table of tuition and fees for
two semesters from the Office of
Institutional Research and Planning.
The Pell Grant was $700 less than
tuition that year, Covington said.
Ten years ago, tuition and fees for
in-state students were $2,310, while
the maximum Pell Grant amounted
to $2,470, exceeding the price of
tuition at the University.
Students receive the grant based
on information from their Free
Application for Federal Student Aid
information, a required financial aid
application, which formulates the
amount a fam-
ily is expected
to contribute
to their stu-
dents education.
FAFSA takes into
account the age
of the parents,
the number peo-
ple of the fam-
ily and numerous
other factors,
Covington said.
If the family cant contribute
anything, the student can receive a
maximum grant.
It truly goes to our neediest stu-
dents, she said.
The grant doesnt have to be
repaid. Covington said February was
an important time for students to
think about financial aid, as it was
declared Financial Aid Awareness
Month by Governor Kathleen
Sebelius.
March 1 is the application deadline
for several other types of financial
aid, including the KU Tuition Grant
and the Kansas Comprehensive
Grant, Covington said.
Rebecca Black, communications
director for Dennis Moore, said the
House Budget Committee would
consider the proposal in the next
few weeks.
Covington said a full Pell Grant
didnt cover 12 credit hours, but that
every increase in federal aid makes
school more accessible for students.
Kansan staf writer Brian lewis-
jones can be contacted at
bljones@kansan.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
of aggravated arson, and seven
counts of aggravated battery.
Binghams mother, Nancy
Bingham, had attended the first
week of trial and said she under-
stood Mondays development.
I want whats right, Nancy
said. They had new develop-
ments, its only right the defense
has time to prepare.
N a n c y
said she
wanted to
see the trial
h a n d l e d
t horoughl y
and correctly.
She also said
she appre-
ciated the
compassi on
she has seen
from every-
one, including some of Nicoles
friends who came from Colorado
for the trial.
The prosecution had focused
its case on the victims and wit-
nesses involved in the blaze, as
well as the taped interrogation of
Rose, who eventually confessed
to setting the fire on tape. During
the trial, eight Boardwalk resi-
dents had taken the stand, along
with witnesses from adjacent
buildings and several officials
who responded to or investi-
gated the fire.
Evans had built his defense
on questions about where in the
building the fire had started, as
well as the interrogation itself.
He had said
Rose was not
capable of
providing a
valid confes-
sion due to
his mental
condition and
a childhood
of alleged
abuse.
J u d g e
Murphy set
April 30 as the starting date for
the new trial.
Kansan staf writer erick r.
schmidt can be contacted at
eschmidt@kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
Financial aid
By elizaBeth Cattell
A class on job search strategies
paid off for senior Teresa Lo. The
history major is interning at the
Late Show with David Letterman
this semester.
Lo learned about the intern-
ship through her class mailing
list the day before applications
were due. She said the skills she
learned helped her compile her
application on short notice.
The stuff on my resume was
good, but the class helped me
polish it and it taught us how to
write cover letters, Lo said. If I
didnt take that class I dont really
think Id be here in New York.
Lo said the class also taught her
interviewing skills, which proved
helpful when she was invited to an
interview in New York during fall
break. She was one of 11 students
chosen for the internship.
Lo began her internship Jan. 2
and is earning credits through inde-
pendent study while in New York.
She researches Lettermans guests
in the CBS Library to gain informa-
tion on them for each show. She also
picks up items associated with each
guest, such as CDs or DVDs.
Lo said her hands-on experience
lets her see show business from a
new perspective.
I had to go to Marc Jacobs to pick
up a T-shirt with Julianne Moore on
it, not the store but where they make
designs. Ive gotten to see things
that are behind all the glamour so it
really helps me learn what the indus-
try is really about and what I need to
know, Lo said.
Ann Hartley, associate director of
the University Career Center, taught
Los job search class. The class, Job
Search Strategies for Liberal Arts
and Sciences Students, focuses on
lifelong job search skills.
Hartley said Lo is one of many
students who has secured a competi-
tive internship after taking the class.
I had one student e-mail me to
tell me they got their dream job. She
had pursued an internship with Liz
Claiborne and now she has a full-
time job for the company design-
ing leather goods, Hartley said. Its
important to know opportunities
exist and its very possible for a lot of
students to find success.
Lo said that even though her
internship has just begun, she has
already gained unique experiences
that will help her in the future. She
even met Letterman himself.
I was walking to the copy
machine with a huge stack of files
and I saw him coming around the
corner, Lo said. He smiled and
said Hello and I just said Hi all
quiet and walked away. He was really
friendly and I was just awkward.
Edited by Joe Caponio
Increase in Pell
Grants proposed
academics
Student uses job search class to land television internship
ROSE (continued from 1A)
i want whats right. they had
new developments, its only
right the defense has time to
prepare.
NaNcy biNgham
Victims mother
By terry Kinney
assoCiated press
BATAVIA, Ohio A woman
charged with murder in the death of
her developmentally disabled foster
son sat quietly at the defense table
Monday as potential jurors were
asked what they knew and thought
about the accusations against her.
Prosecutors say Liz Carroll and her
husband wrapped 3-year-old Marcus
Fiesel in a blanket, bound him with
packing tape and left him in a closet
last August while they went to a fam-
ily reunion in Kentucky for the week-
end, returning to find the boy dead.
She later reported that Marcus went
missing from a suburban Cincinnati
park.
Ten of the first 30 prospective
jurors who were questioned were
excused, but only three because they
told Judge Robert Ringland they had
strong opinions about the couples
guilt. Jury selection was set to resume
Tuesday afternoon.
Carroll, 30, wore a black pantsuit
that covered the leg restraints she
was ordered to wear. She was brought
into the Clermont County courtroom
before prospective jurors entered so
they would not notice her hobbled
walk.
Her husband, David Carroll Jr.,
also is charged with murder and is to
be tried separately next month. They
are each being held in lieu of $10.1
million bail.
Liz Carrolls attorney, Gregory
Cohen, has asked that the trial be
moved from southwest Ohio. Ringland
has not ruled on that motion but
could at any time if a jury cannot be
seated.
Ringland cautioned prospective
jurors to stop reading newspapers,
listening to news reports or research-
ing the case on the Internet until the
trial ends. He said the trial was likely
to take two weeks.
Liz Carroll and David Carroll Jr.,
29, have pleaded not guilty to murder
and other charges including kidnap-
ping and child endangerment. David
Carroll, who is accused of burning the
boys body and dumping the remains
in the Ohio River, also is charged with
gross abuse of a corpse.
Liz Carroll acknowledged in grand
jury testimony days after the child was
reported missing that he had been left
in the closet and died, but she said she
had no intention of hurting him.
crime
Jury chosen for child-murder trial
it opens the door for students
who dont have the funding to
attend college.
StephaNie coViNgtoN
associate Director of the ofce of
Student Financial aid
NEWS 4A tuesday, february 13, 2007
At Jayhawk Bookstore
Get Some Lovin this Valentines Day....
$25.95 $12.95 $16.95
BY MARK DENT
After dining for more than a
semester on campus, Courtney
Rellihan has learned an impor-
tant lesson: Stay away on
Sundays.
They have days, the Prairie
Village freshman said, when I
just dont want to eat there.
Rellihan and other University
of Kansas students could be eat-
ing tastier food soon, even on
Sundays. KU Dining Services
may let students share recipes
from home with the dining
halls.
Nona Golledge, KU Dining
Services director, said it is one of
the services goals and will like-
ly be finalized later this semester
or in the summer.
When the program is finished,
students would go to the KU Dining
Services Web site to submit a recipe.
A menu committee would look at
the submissions and decide if it
could make the meal. If a students
dish is chosen, it would be named
after him or her.
The idea gives a bit more
engagement and enjoyment for our
customers, which is what we want
to do, Golledge said.
The GSP-Corbin Hall dining
hall already asked students to share
recipes during a homemade cookie
contest earlier this year. Golledge
said KU Dining Services has also
collected cooking ideas off and on
in the past.
When the dining halls start incor-
porating students recipes into their
meal lineup, they will be following
the example of other college caf-
eterias. According to an Associated
Press article, universities such as
Georgia, Harvard and Connecticut
are using the dishes to cure home-
sickness and create more variety.
KU Dining Services motive for col-
lecting recipes is to give students
more freedom to choose their food.
Everyone wants to participate
and have more input into their
meals, Golledge said. It gives them
more of a connection.
One possible problem with the
plan is that it might not comple-
ment health food programs at the
University such as Better Bites.
Ann Chapman, Coordinator of
Nutritional Health at the Wellness
Resource Center, said home-cooked
meals likely would not be as nutri-
tious as the healthy alternatives the
dining halls serve now.
Some people cook healthy at
home; some people dont, she said.
The better options in the eating
halls are already there.
The home-cooked meals could
lack the nutritional value of other
available foods, but the program
could succeed as long as students
such as Rellihan enjoy the new
dishes.
If theyre good recipes, she said,
then it would be great.
Kansan staf writer Mark Dent can
be contacted at mdent@kansan.
com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
BY CHRIS HORN
Music students will work one-on-
one with members of the National
Symphony Orchestra when it stops
in Lawrence for a residency program
next month.
Each year, the National Symphony
Orchestra spends at least a week in a
different state for its residency pro-
gram. The annual program, founded
in 1992, consists of educational and
professional activities throughout the
chosen state. Symphony members
and directors will spend three days in
Lawrence, working with elementary
and secondary school students, and
with students and faculty from the
Universitys School of Fine Arts.
Margaret Marco, assistant profes-
sor of Oboe, was excited that her
students will get the opportunity
to work with
oboists in the
national orches-
tra.
Its good for
them to hear dif-
ferent styles and
players, Marco
said.
D u r i n g
the 2007 resi-
dency pro-
gram, National
S y m p h o n y
Orchestra members will perform
chamber music concerts, provide and
administer master classes, work with
area youth orchestras and schools
and do a variety of other activities.
At the University, symphony mem-
bers will participate in workshops for
teachers and faculty, coaching ses-
sions and master classes and music
appreciation classes. Cynthia Pickett
Steele, orchestra manager at the
Kennedy Center, said the program
had mutual benefits.
We have a wonderful orchestra,
Steele said. The musicians really
enjoy the residency program.
Even though the residencys
week-long program in Kansas ends
March 30, KU students and faculty
still have a chance to work with
the National Symphony Orchestra.
The Kennedy Center and National
Symphony Orchestra offer a summer
institute for young musicians, ages 14
to 21. As part of the residency pro-
gram, up to six Kansas students have
the opportunity to receive scholar-
ships to the institute. The Kennedy
Center will also select a Kansas music
teacher to travel to Washington, D.C.
to take part in a program that will
develop the teachers professional
and musical skills. The chamber
music work of a
Kansas compos-
er will premiere
at the Kennedy
Center later in
the year. Bryan
Kip Haaheim,
assistant pro-
fessor of music
theory and com-
position, said
the residency
program and the
Kansas compo-
sition selection
offered someone the perfect oppor-
tunity to showcase his or her talents.
I think its a fabulous thing, he
said.
Kansan writer Chris Horn can be
contacted at editor@kansan.com.
Edited by Darla Slipke
artists
Professional musicians
work with students
We have a wonderful orchestra.
The musicians really enjoy the
residency program.
Cynthia PiCkett steele
Orchestra manager at the kennedy
Center
Students could shape menus
INTERNATIONAl
Celebs speak out against
Chinese rule over Tibet
BeRlin Richard Gere on
Monday urged Germany, which
holds the european Union and
G-8 presidencies, to press China
about its human rights record and
tibet.
Gere, a longtime advocate of
the tibetan cause, argued at a
news conference that the twin
presidency marks a historic
moment for Germany to step
forward.
this is a moment of great
possibility for ... not just punishing
but encouraging China to become
part of the modern world, he said.
tibet should be ever-present in
any discussion with China.
China has exercised an often
harsh, intrusive rule over tibet
since communist troops marched
into the region in 1950.
German Chancellor angela
Merkel has publicly raised the
broader issue of human rights
with Chinese leaders, saying dur-
ing a visit to Beijing last May that
they are an important issue of
bilateral dialogue.
Gere, 57, was in the German
capital for the annual Cinema for
Peace gala. it gathers celebrities
to raise money for humanitarian
organizations such as the U.n.
Childrens Fund.
also attending was rocker and
anti-poverty campaigner Bob
Geldof, who echoed Geres call for
action on China.
it is probably the job of
Germany this year, the privilege
of Germany this year to embrace
China into the international
norms that are expected of be-
havior, Geldof said.
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LEAVENWORTH David
Wittig, the former top executive of
Westar Energy Inc., was released
from prison Monday after serving
nearly 13 months in prison.
Wittig was released from
the federal detention center in
Leavenworth about 2 p.m. and was
greeted by his wife, Beth, and Jeff
Morris, one of his attorneys.
Wittig, the former chairman,
president and chief executive of
Westar, was convicted in July 2003
of engaging in a loan transaction
with a Topeka banker and helping
to conceal the loan from banking
regulators.
Wittig had been incarcerated
in a minimum security prison
in Sandstone, Minn., until last
month, when he was transported
to Topeka for his third sentenc-
ing in the bank fraud case. U.S.
District Judge Julie Robinson sen-
tenced him to two years.
On Thursday, Robinson granted
Wittigs request to be released on
bond pending his appeal of that
sentence.
Although Robinson granted
Wittig bond last week, he could
not be released until the 10th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in
Denver ruled on his request for
bond in another case, in which
Wittig was convicted in September
2005 of looting Westar. Robinson
sentenced him to 18 years in pris-
on in that case.
On Friday, the 10th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in Denver grant-
ed that motion.
Wittigs release may be only tem-
porary if the appeals court affirms
the two-year sentence in the bank
case, or prosecutors decide to put
Wittig on trial again for some of
the crimes in the Westar case.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TONGANOXIE Plans for
a proposed $13 million highway
interchange at the intersection of
Leavenworth County Road 1 and
the Kansas Turnpike are facing
strong opposition from residents
living near the area.
About 80 people turned out
Sunday to protest plans for the
p r o j e c t ,
which aims
to improve
County Road
1 from U.S.
Highway 24
to Kansas
Highway 32
to support
i n c r e a s e s
in traffic.
Leavenwort h
County offi-
cials argue that the proposal has
been in the works since the 1990s
and will provide better access to
the county, which will allow for
growth and development.
But opponents said the inter-
change would cost too much and
affect their rural lifestyle.
Its like the difference between
living on Walden Pond and living
near a strip mall, said resident
Maryam Hjersted, whose land has
several acres of forests and native
prairie grasses that she doesnt
want to see spoiled by the inter-
change. Development impacts not
only the envi-
ronment, but
the community
as well.
The opposi-
tion meeting
at the county
f a i r g r o u n d
came three
days after the
Le ave nwor t h
C o u n t y
Commi s s i on
approved a resolution reaffirming
its support for the project, at an
expense of about $8 million.
Tonganoxie is expected to pro-
vide $1 million, and the Kansas
Turnpike Authority has prom-
ised $2 million. The source of the
remaining $1.96 million has not yet
been identified, but Leavenworth
County Commissioners hope to
secure federal money for the proj-
ect.
Residents at the Sunday meet-
ing also said the project could end
up costing more than the pro-
jected $12.96 million. They said
the county would have to pay for
overruns, plus whatever is not pro-
vided by the federal government.
The money from the county and
Tonganoxie would come from a
voter-approved 1 cent sales tax
that runs through 2016.
Jan Bernhardt stands to lose
a portion of her 320 acres to the
project.
My concern is the access road
to the toll booth will go right by
my house, Bernhardt said. Even
beyond that, all the development
that will follow this interchange
is scary. We have a right to have
a voice in this process, and we
havent had a voice.
Local residents resist proposed
$13 M highway interchange
crime
development
SAM HANANEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON When
Congress passed the last farm bill
five years ago, Sen. Pat Roberts was
firmly in the no column.
The latest version of farm legisla-
tion offered by the Bush administra-
tion last month hasnt put to rest
Roberts concerns, or those of other
Kansas officials worried about its
impact on the states farmers and
ranchers.
We want to do a lot more
homework and run the numbers
to determine what we really think
the practical effect will be and then
well go from there, said Roberts, a
Republican.
Lawmakers and farm groups
have questions about Bushs plan to
reduce agriculture spending overall,
cut subsidies for producers earning
more than $200,000 in adjusted gross
income and make it more expensive
for farmers to buy crop insurance.
Yet the state also stands to benefit
from other aspects of the proposal.
The White Houses blueprint
would boost conservation funding,
promote renewable fuels and pro-
vide money to upgrade the quality of
rural hospitals all key for Kansas
farmers.
There are
some things that
make a lot of
sense to me and
some things that
are detrimental
to the agricul-
tural economy
in Kansas, said
Republican Rep.
Jerry Moran, who
represents all of
western Kansas.
C o n g r e s s
enacts new farm legislation about
every five years in response to
changes in the agriculture industry.
With the current farm bill expiring
in September, Bushs plan is viewed
as a starting point for discussion.
Kansas farmers received over $9
billion in subsidies from 1995-2005,
ranking the state 6th in the nation
according to a database compiled by
the Environmental Working Group,
a public interest group that tracks
payments. Texas ranked first in sub-
sidy payments, with farmers there
pulling in $14.8 billion over the same
time.
Many wheat farmers, whose crop
production suffered because of the
drought, believe they were treated
unfairly under the 2002 farm bill
because they could not qualify for
certain subsidy programs that are
based on yield.
We were in a situation where the
cost of production went up and we
just left that money on the table,
said Joe Kejr, a Brookville farmer and
president of the Kansas Association
of Wheat Growers. Were trying to
get those ineq-
uities fixed in
the farm bill.
While the
Bush plan
offers a 7 per-
cent increase in
direct payments
for wheat grow-
ers, Kejr said
that alone does
not cover rising
production costs
due to higher
fuel and fertilizer prices.
Kansas Farm Bureau President
Steve Baccus says he wants federal
lawmakers to change the way they
think about federal farm programs
and preserve an economic safety net
for producers through smart poli-
cies, not just a government check.
Representatives of 21 Kansas
farm organizations will travel to
Washington next month to lobby
lawmakers and administration offi-
cials on the farm bill.
One of Roberts biggest concerns
is that the plan would raise premi-
ums for crop insurance, increas-
ing costs for a large number of
Kansas producers. At the same time,
the Bush administration has con-
sistently opposed separate disaster
assistance legislation because crop
insurance is available.
How does taking additional
money out of this risk management
program help producers? Roberts
said. I dont understand that.
On the positive side, the adminis-
tration proposes to boost conserva-
tion spending by about $780 million
a year. Part of that money would
help cattle producers and livestock
feeders comply with environmental
standards for runoff, water pollu-
tion and air quality.
That will make a difference for
the states $5 billion a year beef
industry and be felt in Morans west-
ern Kansas district, which has more
cattle than any other in the nation.
Moran also is excited about the
plan to make $1.6 billion in low
interest loans available for small,
critical care hospitals to buy new
equipment and upgrade aging facili-
ties.
Ex-Westar chief fnishes prison time
Bill may hurt, help farmers
agriculture
Larry W. Smith/Associated Press
Joe Kejr looks over his John Deere 4720 sprayer, used to apply fertilizer as a top dressing, on his
farmnear Brookville, Kan., Monday. Lawmakers and farmgroups have questions about President
Bushs plan to reduce agriculture spending overall, cut subsidies to producers earning more than
$200,000 in adjusted gross income and make it more expensive to buy crop insurance.
Its like the diference between
living on Walden Pond and liv-
ing near a strip mall.
maryam hjersted
Leavenworth resident
There are some things that
make a lot of sense to me and
some things that are detrimen-
tal to the agricultural economy
in Kansas.
rep. jerry moran
r Kansas
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WASHINGTON Boeing Co.
on Monday announced a newly
designed KC-767 as its proposed
aircraft for a $40 billion Air Force
contract competition to replace 179
refueling planes.
The Chicago-based company
said at a press conference that it
tweaked the design of its long-range
767 freighter plane to improve fuel
efficiency and allow it to take off
and land on shorter runways, giv-
ing it greater flexibility in combat
situations.
Boeing is competing against
Northrop Grumman Corp., which is
expected to offer its KC-30, a modi-
fied Airbus A330, at a discounted
price.
They can afford to make improve-
ment to the aircraft by putting in
a couple of bells and whistles and
still be well below the price competi-
tion, said Paul Nisbet, analyst for
JSA Research Inc.
At stake for both competitors is
a multiyear contract to replace a
portion of the militarys older fleet
of KC-135 aircraft, a medium-sized
refueling plane made by Boeing. The
$40 billion contract is the first install-
ment of an expected three-phase deal
that calls for more than 500 planes
and could be worth an estimated
$100 billion.
The Boeing-led team includes
Smiths Aerospace, a unit of Smiths
Group, Rockwell Collins Inc., Vought
Aircraft Industries Inc., Honeywell
Inc. and Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
Boeing said it would primarily
build the refueling tankers at facilities
in Everett, Wash., but that additional
work and flight tests would take
place in Wichita, Kan. Boeing esti-
mateed that if the Air Force selected
the KC-767, the contract would sup-
port more than 44,000 American
jobs and 300 suppliers.
The tanker program has been on
hold for three years, after Boeing lost
the contract amid an ethics scandal
that resulted in prison terms for a
former company executive and a for-
mer high-ranking Air Force official.
Boeings 767 is, on paper at least,
more affordable than Northrops air-
craft, with a listed retail price of
roughly $120 million. But industry
insiders expect Northrop Grumman,
which is partnering with European
Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.,
the parent company of Boeings arch
rival, Airbus, to heavily discount its
KC-30 to increase its competitive-
ness. The current retail listing of the
A330 is roughly $160 million.
Both aerospace manufacturers
typically sell planes to prime custom-
ers at a discount.
Last week, after much specula-
tion that Northrop would bow out
of the competition, the Los Angeles-
based defense firm said it would bid
on the contract. Northrop officials
said changes made by the Air Force
addressed concerns it had that the
contract specifications would unfair-
ly favor Boeing.
The Los Angeles-based company
has been viewed as the underdog
in the competition with a heavier,
less fuel-efficient aircraft. The Airbus
tanker would have a maximum fuel
capacity of 200,000 pounds.
Boeing shows
tanker design
to Air Force
BY MicHaeL J. sniFFen
associated press
WASHINGTON Three promi-
nent journalists testified Monday
that Bush administration officials
volunteered leaks about a CIA oper-
ative, as I. Lewis Scooter Libbys
attorneys sought to suggest he was
not responsible for exposing her.
The jury in Libbys perjury trial
heard a 66-second snippet of one
of the deep background interviews
given to Washington Post editor Bob
Woodward for use in one of his
books. They also saw a parade of
Pulitzer-prize winning journalists
discuss who did and did not leak
the information that set off a scan-
dal and ultimately brought Libby
to trial.
Woodward, who never wrote
about Plame, and columnist Robert
Novak, who first identified her in
print, testified that then-Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage
first told them in the summer of
2003 that the wife of prominent Iraq
war critic Joseph Wilson, Valerie
Plame, worked at the CIA.
Another Post reporter, Walter
Pincus, testified that then-White
House press secretary Ari Fleischer
suddenly swerved off topic dur-
ing an interview to tell him of her
employment.
This contradicted a point in
Fleischers testimony last week.
A major government witness,
Fleischer testified Libby told him
about Plame
_ earlier than
Libby has told
investigators he
thought he first
learned about
her from NBC
reporter Tim
Russert.
On cross-
e x a mi na t i on,
Fleischer also
testified that he did not recall telling
Pincus about Plame. The reporters
testimony Monday was the most
direct hit the defense made on the
prosecutions evidence that Libby lied
to FBI agents
and a grand jury
about his talks
with reporters
about Plame
and obstructed
an investigation
into how her
name leaked.
Libby, the
former chief of
staff to Vice President Dick Cheney,
is not charged with the actual leak.
The defense did show Libby had
numerous opportunities to leak
Plames identity to reporters and
did not. But none of Mondays tes-
timony went directly to the precise
charges that he lied about his con-
versations with three other reporters
about her.
The days highlight was the tape
of Woodwards June 13, 2003, inter-
view with Armitage about how Bush
decided to go to war. Armitages
name was never supposed to be
connected publicly to what he said,
but the scandal prompted him to
release Woodward from his pledge
of confidentiality. Armitage has said
he revealed the name accidentally
off-the-cuff and didnt realize that
Plames employment was classified
information.
With Armitages frequent pro-
fanities deleted, the jurors heard
him tell Woodward no less than four
times where she worked.
Woodward asked about Wilsons
2002 fact-finding mission to Africa
for the CIA that the ex-ambassa-
dor says helped him debunk prewar
intelligence on Iraq.
Why would they send him?
Woodward asked.
Because his wifes a (expletive)
analyst at the agency, Armitage
replied.
Its still weird, Woodward
said.
Its perfect. Thats what she
does. She is a WMD analyst,
Armitage said.
Later Woodward asked if she
was the WMD chief at CIA.
Armitage said she wasnt but was
in a position there to suggest
that her husband had contacts
in Africa.
Finally, Armitage said: His
wife is at the agency and is a
WMD analyst. How about that
(expletive).
Dana Verkouteren/ASSOCIATED PRESS
This artist rendering shows Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus, left, questioned by I. Lewis Scooter Libbys attorney WilliamH. Jefress Jr., right, standing, as District Judge Reggie Walton, seated,
center, and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, seated, right, look on during Libby perjury trial at federal court inWashington Monday.
Journalists testify in perjury trial
The defense did show Libby had
numerous opportunities to leak
Plames identity to
reporters and did not.

nation
Bush honors present-day
contributors, sacrifces
WASHINGTON To honor black
history, President Bush on Monday
didnt spend much time looking
back.
He focused instead on people
contributing today those who
are seizing opportunities gained at
great price, the president said.
Their stories, Bush said, speak
a lot louder and a lot clearer than
I could.
Like the breakthrough by Lovie
Smith and Tony Dungy, who this
month became the frst black
coaches to take their teams to the
Super Bowl. Or the work of astro-
nauts Robert Curbeam and Joan
Higgenbotham, whose helped
rewire the International Space
Station.
And then theres Tyrone Flow-
ers, a once aspiring basketball
star who was shot and paralyzed.
Instead of seeking sympathy or
revenge, Flowers became a lawyer
and teamed with his wife to form
a leadership program for at-risk
children.
Thats what were honoring
today: ordinary citizens who do
unbelievably fne things, Bush
said in an East Room ceremony
honoring Black History Month.
Our call and our need is
to continue to remember the
promise belongs to everybody,
Bush said. And our call for this
country is never to rest until
equality is real, opportunity is
universal and every citizen can
realize his or her dreams.
The nation has honored
Black History Month since 1926.
Bush seemed to delight in
recognizing some of the star
personalities around him.
Reprising a memorable
scene from his State of the
Union speech at the Capitol
last month, he honored Wesley
Autrey of New York, a construc-
tion worker who jumped onto
the tracks in a subway station to
save a man who had fallen from
a seizure. Autrey pointed with
pride to the president and blew
kisses to the audience. Were
proud youre here again, Bush
said. We thank you for your
courage.
Associated Press
courts
BusINEss
world
7A
tuesday, february 13, 2007
by MICHAEL MELIA
AssoCIAtEd prEss
NASSAU, Bahamas
Photographs of Anna Nicole
Smith in bed embracing the
Bahamian immigration minister
who approved her application for
permanent residency here revived
a scandal in the islands Monday.
Also Monday, the son-in-
law of the American developer
embroiled in an ownership dis-
pute over the Nassau mansion
where Smith was living said he
found methadone in her bed-
room refrigerator when he went
to secure the estate following her
death in Florida last week.
A private pathologist has
said methadone contributed to
the death of Smiths 20-year-old
son Daniel in the Bahamas in
September. Daniel Smith died
while visiting his mother and
newborn half-sister in a Bahamas
hospital and an inquest into his
death in the Bahamas is planned.
Two photographs published
on the front page of The Tribune
of Nassau Monday showed Smith
and Immigration Minister Shane
Gibson, both fully clothed,
embracing on a bed decorated
with pink flowers and a white
ribbon. In one of the photos, they
look into each others eyes, their
faces a couple of inches apart.
Gibson, an elected member
of Parliament from the ruling
Progressive Liberal Party, has
already been accused of show-
ing Smith preferential treatment
by fast-tracking her residency
application last year. With general
elections due this spring, many
said the photographs, taken in
Smiths bedroom, could damage the
ruling party.
Cassius Stuart, leader of the
Bahamas Democratic Movement, said
Gibson has shamed the Bahamas
and called for him to resign.
He should do the right thing and
step down, he told reporters outside
Smiths Nassau residence. The BDM
is a small opposition party with no
seats in parliament.
Gibson did not return calls seek-
ing comment. But government
spokesman Al Dillette dismissed any
suggestion of impropriety.
Minister Gibson is a friend of
Anna Nicole, and thats all a matter
of public record, he said.
John Marquis, managing editor
of The Tribune, declined to say who
provided the photographs. He said
he published them because of their
potential political impact.
For the Bahamas, its not just a
salacious story, he said. Its a story
with pretty far-reaching political
implications.
Ron Rale, a lawyer for Smith and
representative of her most recent
companion, Howard K. Stern, scram-
bled Monday to keep control over
items he said were stolen from the
mansion over the weekend, includ-
ing images from a computer taken
from the house.
Rale said anyone who dissemi-
nates the items without his prior
written consent will be held liable to
the fullest extent of the law.
Photos of Smith, ofcial surface
J. Pat Carter/ASSOCIATED PRESS
A small memorial to Anna Nicole Smith sits against a tree Sunday in Dania Beach, Fla. in front of the Broward County Medical Examiners ofce where
her body is kept as lawsuits continue.
Three car bombs shatter
Baghdads oldest market
by KIM GAMEL
AssoCIAtEd prEss
BAGHDAD, Iraq Thunderous
car bombs shattered a crowded mar-
ketplace in the heart of Baghdad
on Monday, triggering secondary
explosions, engulfing an eight-story
building in flames and killing at least
78 people in the latest in a series of
similar attacks aimed at the countrys
Shiite majority.
The blasts in three parked cars
obliterated shops and stalls and left
bodies scattered among mannequins
and other debris in pools of blood.
Dense smoke blackened the area
and rose hundreds of feet from the
market district on the east bank of
the Tigris River. Small fires, fueled
by clothing and other goods, burned
for hours in the rubble-strewn street
as firefighters battled blazes in two
buildings.
Where is the government? Where
is the security plan? survivors
screamed. We have had enough.
We have lost our money and goods
and our source of living.
The attack appeared timed to
coincide with
the first anniver-
sary on the
Muslim lunar
calendar of
the bombing of
a Shiite shrine
in the town of
Samarra north
of Baghdad, an
al-Qaida provo-
cation which
unleashed the
torrent of sectar-
ian bloodletting that has gripped the
capital for months.
Mondays bombings wrecked the
Shorja market, Baghdads oldest, a
day after joint U.S. and Iraqi forc-
es temporarily sealed an adjacent
neighborhood. The operation was
part of the latest Baghdad security
push to which President Bush has
committed an additional 21,500
American troops. The U.S. military
would not say if it had increased
security patrols against potential vio-
lence on the Samarra anniversary.
Nationwide, 139 people were
killed or found dead in violence on
Monday, according to police reports.
About 30 minutes before the attack
on the market, a suicide bomber det-
onated an explosives vest in a crowd
near a popular falafel restaurant in
the nearby Bab al-Sharqi area. Nine
people were killed and 19 wounded.
A 15-minute period of com-
memoration in the capital marking
the February 2006 attack on the al-
Askariya shrine had just ended when
attack on the market took place.
The sound of two of the blasts was
caught on tape as Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki was delivering a
speech live on television from the
Cabinet building in the heavily for-
tified Green Zone at the end of the
commemoration.
The Shiite prime minister didnt
flinch though his bodyguards did
as he called for unity and said he
was optimistic about the U.S.-Iraqi
security sweep that officials said will
gain momentum this week.
We have great faith in our secu-
rity services, army and police who
have proved that they are a real
protective force for this country, and
we have faith that Iraqis have real-
ized that there
will be no future
for this country
unless terrorism
is curbed, he
said.
Brig. Abdul-
Karim Khalaf,
the Interior
M i n i s t r y
spokesman, told
Iraqiya state
television that
three suspects
were arrested an Iraqi and two
foreigners in the attack on the
marketplace.
The car bombs exploded within
seconds of each other. One of the
cars was parked near the entrance
to a parking garage under one of the
two targeted buildings, about 200
yards apart.
Ambulances and pickup trucks
rushed many of the 166 wounded
to nearby al-Kindi Hospital in the
largely Shiite neighborhood, which
has been hit by a series of deadly
bombings this year.
IntErnAtIonAL
British Attorney General
decries Guantanamo Bay
MIAMI Revised rules for the
treatment and military trials of
detainees at the Guantanamo Bay
prison camp are too little and too
late, Britains attorney general said
Monday, repeating his call to close
the facility.
Attorney General Lord Gold-
smith said Guantanamo remains a
symbol of injustice because pris-
oners held in the facility in Cuba
cannot use American courts to
protest their detention and may be
convicted of crimes on the basis of
coerced evidence and other means
not typically allowed in civilian
courts.
There remain fundamental
problems with this system of
detention, Goldsmith told the
American Bar Association at its
meeting in Miami.
Goldsmith said the fght against
terrorists must be won not only
through force, but also values and
ideas.
The presence of Guantanamo
makes it so much more difcult to
do this for all of us, he said.
Cmdr. J.D. Gordon, a Pentagon
spokesman, said the detentions
have allowed interrogators to
learn information to avert terrorist
attacks and kept so-called enemy
combatants from returning to the
battlefeld.
The detainees at Guantanamo
include some of the worlds most
vicious terrorist operatives, includ-
ing those who are alleged to have
planned the attacks of Sept. 11, the
bombing of USS Cole and the U.S.
Embassy bombings in Kenya and
Tanzania, Gordon said. We have
no desire to be the worlds jailer
and do not hold detainees for any
longer than necessary. We have
been working to persuade other
countries to accept their citizens.
Associated Press
Where is the government?
Where is the security plan?
survivors screamed. We have
had enough. We have lost our
money and goods and our
source of living.
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entertainment 8a tuesday, february 13, 2007
horoscope
sal & ace
caleb goellner
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
aries (March 21-april 19)
Today is an 8
Tales of glory and adventure
are your inspiration. Get a good
crew on board and youll exceed
your own expectations.
Taurus (april 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
A startling discovery seems
to change everything, but it
doesnt. Maintain your course
and youll achieve your original
objective.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Somebody else fnds the pas-
sageway frst. Hopefully, youre
on good terms. A concept you
thought was ridiculous actually
has merit. Abandon pride and
forge ahead.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Youre fnding things you
thought youd lost forever. Youre
building things you never had
before. Hide all of it away in safe
places, clearly marked, so you
can fnd them again.
leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is an 8
The more you focus attention on
others, the better youre going to
feel. This is going to be easy, too,
and a lot of fun.
VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 5
The tension will dissipate as ev-
eryone fnds their new position.
Youll see, this recent develop-
ment will work out to your
advantage.
libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
The truth is revealed, and that
could cause a disruption to your
routine. You werent really doing
anything wrong, you were just
going down the wrong path.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Youre still doing well, fnancially,
but youll be better of if you
dont talk about money very
much. Dont provoke jealousies.
saGiTTarius (nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is an 8
Your persistence is beginning
to show results. Your profts are
coming in. Resist the temptation
to splurge, this may have to last
a while.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
The trick is to look at previously
expendable items a diferent
way. Instead of being icky, see
them as potentially valuable.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Youll soon be past the idea
phase and into the heavy lifting.
In other words, the fun parts
over. It is time to get back to
work.
pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
The assignment youve taken on
is certainly not easy. Although
youre not making much money,
youre defnitely paying dues.
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instead of increasing our
required campus fee, how about
they just turn of the lights at the
baseball feld in the middle of the
winter?
n
i dont know what i like better,
seeing ku win or seeing duke
lose four in a row. i hate duke!
i also hate how they get to sit
court-side at all their games.
come on, Lew!
n
did anybody fnd an iPod in
the wescoe second foor bath-
room?
n
to the person who tried to
save their spot with the orange
safety cone: thanks for the park-
ing spot!
n
ive got my rain boots and
my umbrella. im prepared for
rain, sleet, snow, or shine. im so
prepared, i should be a boy scout
working for the post ofce.
n
so i think im going to drop out
of school and become a weather
man.
i hope i just made someones
day today, because i totally
slipped outside of budig and
busted my ass, and it hurt.
n
i am honestly so bored that im
considering letting people see
my boobs for $40.
n
to those who saw me on sat-
urday night: im sorry i cried. its
quite unlike me, and i dont plan
on it happening again.
n
some people must have
special umbrellas that protect
against mist.
n
since when were alexander
Hamilton or ben Franklin presi-
dents? and im pretty sure that
ulysses s Grant was a pretty bad
president.
n
my French teacher just asked if
we eat rabbits here in america.
n
to the lady with a small child
that saw me smoking a joint on
campus today: that was a mean
look!
n
to the asian kid that just tried
to walk on the ice at Potters
Lake: its clearly not frozen, you
dumbass!
n
to the ku basketball players
who just tried to play chicken
with me on 15th street: i would
be very upset with you and call
the police, but you just beat mu,
so i guess ill allow it.
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There is a disconnection
between dating on Valentines Day
and the other 364 days of the year.
More than half of young, single
adults in America are not actively
searching for romantic relation-
ships, according to a study by
pewinternet.org and American Life
Project. In fact, 49 percent have
gone on no more than one date in
the past three months. With the
dating scene being more casual
than ever, why do singles still feel
un-entitled to celebrate Valentines
Day?
We live in a time when the
prevalence of text-messaging and
hooking-up are ever-present
reminders that mating is adapt-
ing to 21st-century America. In a
society in which dating has come
to have significance only when pro-
ceeded with online
speed or in reality
TV, its time we
take this holiday
into todays con-
text.
As a single
woman adapting to
this normative of
dating since hit-
ting Mount Oread,
its natural that Ive
come to rely heavily on my platonic
relationships.
Family ties have strengthened
thanks to e-mailing. My high
school girlfriends and I use AOL
Instant Messenger and the ever-rel-
evant fresh ink line of Hallmark
cards. My male-roommate and I
tend to frequent 24-hour favorites
like Java Break and IHOP to catch
up.
Nothing about
today looks or
feels like it did in
1840 when the
first Valentines
were mass-pro-
duced in the
United States
to celebrate
romantic love,
according to his-
tory.com.
So in line with the progression
and development that our society
has become known for and accus-
tomed to: Im spending time with
my Valentines this year. My girls
will be receiving their fresh-ink
cards, my parents a special phone
call and my co-workers and I will
take a break to celebrate our good
working relationship. My room-
mate and I will enjoy a platonic
evening of baking chocolate cake
and ordering pizza with toppings in
the shape of a heart
Its easy for singles to be disil-
lusioned into thinking that they are
in the lonely minority and not real-
ize that conventional dating isnt so
conventional in the 2007 context.
Celebrate your relationships with
the ones you care most about and
stop expecting your Valentines to
fall into a neat-tidy-dating category
that doesnt exist anymore. After all,
who doesnt deserve to celebrate the
good people in their lives?
Hughes is a St. Louis senior in
journalism.
Our professor gazed down at us
with hooded eyes. You could feel
them burning into the back of your
skull. As always, he was searching
the room for a sign that someone
had not read the weeks assignment.
All at once, he would notice a timid
expression and swooping down
would cry out, You there, Mr. So-
and-so, tell us
the significance
of this statement
on page 224.
Have you
ever had one of
those classes that
inspired Freddy
Krueger dreams
in you the night before? Ever had a
class that was unable to raise either
your eyelids or your interest? In
a university as big as this, theyre
bound to exist; accept that fact,
and then avoid those classes. You
deserve better.
I lived in a
three-credit-hour
hell because of that
famous freshman
statement, This
sounds interest-
ing. At that time I
didnt understand
that a good pro-
fessor is more
important than
the name of the
class. I found
ratemyprofes-
sors.com later
that semester.
Now when a new semester comes
around, I sit at my computer and
open two tabs on my browser. The
first contains the class lists put out
by the university. The second is the
Rate My Professors Web site. First
I find a class that
sounds interest-
ing and a time
that will fit my
schedule, then I
check the attached
professors rating.
If I find a negative
consensus among
students, I look for
another class.
Of course, not everyone loves
this site (though few of these oppo-
nents actually take classes). They
point out that its quite possible for
a student who has received a well-
deserved F to slant the rankings
negative. What you see is a slice
of extremes: People who loved or
hated a particular class, because no
one else would have the motivation
to leave a comment.
Theyre right that the comments
tend to be a collection of praise and
damnation for each professor, but
they miss the point. We dont take a
class because no one cared about it.
We choose a class precisely because
someone raved about it or blew up
in it.
To make sure Rate My Professors
has actually helped me, I tested my
own seven favorite professors. Sure
enough, most of their overall ratings
sat securely near a perfect five and
only two dipped below a four.
Be wise. Dont base your decision
entirely on ratings. But do use them.
They may not reveal to you to the
best professor in Kansas, but they
do a fine job illuminating the worst.
Enjoy the classes you take while
in college. If you can avoid bad
professors and gravitate to the many
excellent ones on this campus, do it.
Schneider is a Topeka junior in
English.
Observers were understand-
ably taken aback during President
Bushs recent goodwill visit to Wall
Street, where he spoke out against
the exponentially escalating salaries
of Americas top corporate officers.
Could this be the same Bush, the
punditocracy wondered, who had
long embraced the free market and
whatever conditions it dictated?
Was the nations first MBA president
really calling for public checks on
private wages?
As it turns out, the executive pay
speech was only part of a broad pas-
tiche of surprising proposals advo-
cated by Bush in the last few months.
Bush has lately embraced and sup-
ported the causes of increased
healthcare coverage, explorations
of renewable and alternative energy
sources and higher spending for
environmental protection.
These, along with the obvious use
of the military for nation-building
and instituting global change, causes
decried by Bush in 2000, make the
president a starkly different politi-
cal creature today than he was just
a few years ago. If a voter had taken
an Rip Van Winkle-esque nap after
the 2000 election and had just awo-
ken, he would hardly recognize the
president.
Bushs many critics will quickly
denounce his tactics as crass political
opportunism, the product of a man
who sees the mounting coverage of
the 2008 race and has shifted his
focus to his own legacy. Cynics will
recall the same strategy employed
by President Clinton, who in his
waning years embraced a number of
conservative causes to burnish his
own Oval Office accomplishments.
But in Bushs case, these evolu-
tions of principle do not seem to be
aleatory or strictly political. After
all, he is not going to win any more
business-sector friends by calling for
salary caps. Rather, these changes
reflect the developing worldview of
a man confronted by new realities,
and in these new ideals lie important
lessons for young voters.
Presidents enter office with the
highest ambitions, busiest agendas,
and loftiest aspirations. But the con-
strictive nature of the governing pro-
cess requires that presidents turn
instead to the tools of practicality
and trappings of bipartisanship. Our
nations best leaders have been those
who embrace cooperation over com-
bat, compromise over contention,
and consensus over conflict. As the
focus on the 2008 election hones
in on the basest and most rabid
elements within each party, young
voters should remember that little in
American history was accomplished
with the politics of division and dis-
pute. A better future lies down the
path of collaborative pragmatism,
not rigid idealism.
McKay Stangler for the
editorial board.
By ABBy huGhEs
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
By sAm schnEidEr
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
professor-rating site deserves hits
Valentines Day deserves celebrating by singles
Ever had a class that was unable
to raise your eyelids or your in-
terest?
Guide food
Valentines Day
valentines day 10a tuesday, february 13, 2007
What do you think?
what restaurant would you like a
date to take you to on valentines day?
By Jennifer Torline
By CAiTlin THornBrUGH
This Valentines Day add spice to
your day, literally, with some nutmeg.
This is just one of many stimulating
aphrodisiacs that could potentially
enhance your romantic and sexual
encounters.
Valentines Day dates back to
270 A.D., but aphrodisiacs can be
traced to the ancient goddess of love
Aphrodi t e.
She believed
sparrows had
an amorous
nature.
But what
exactly is an
aphrodisiac?
According
to Jocelyn
Morse and
M a r t h a
H o p k i n s ,
c o - a ut h o r s
of InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac
Cookbook, an aphrodisiac is, A
food that taps into most, if not all,
of the senses.
Going beyond food, American
Heritage Dictionary defines an aph-
rodisiac as a drug, potion, or other
agent that arouses sexual desire.
Overland Park sophomore Andy
Lufkin just thinks an aphrodisiac
is anything that stimulates sexual
attraction. Other than his natural
charm he admits to never having
any experience with them, but is
open to new ideas.
Probably the only time I would
use them is if I was going after
someone that was way out of my
league, but I wouldnt do anything
unnatural like trying to make my
johnson bigger or anything like
that.
Hopkins says she has grown to
enjoy the sensuality of an oyster.
I believe that some foods do have
a physiological effect on the body.
Oysters, for instance, are loaded
with zinc, which increases testoster-
one level.
With resources such as aphro-
disiac cookbooks available, mak-
ing a Valentines Day dessert is a
reasonable option for impressing a
date or just increasing your passion.
Numerous different foods can have
stimulating effects.
I think it would be kind of spe-
cial for a guy to use a recipe that
included an aphrodisiac, but mak-
ing something at all is good enough
for a guy, said Julie Heschmeyer,
Lawrence sophomore.
Lufkin agrees with her.
I guess it would make me feel
nice or whatever. It would be kind of
cool as long as they were okay with
it first, he said.
This Valentines Day, and in daily
life, feel free to take some aphrodi-
siacal advice from the goddess of
love. Spice it up with stimulating
aphrodisiacs.
Top10Aphrodisiacs
1. chocolate
2. oysters
3. cofee
4. honey
5. wine
6. strawberries
7. bananas
8. vanilla
9. nutmeg
10. pineapple
ByCArlyHAlVorSon
Making a special
Valentines Day for your
sweetheart can be difficult
with an empty wallet. Five-
star restaurants arent exact-
ly in a college students bud-
get. Hopefully, the follow-
ing recipes can help you out
a bit. With these simple yet
classy recipes, your special
someone will be impressed
with your skills.
Curried Pumpkin
Lentil Soup
Provided by Sam Sieber,
Operations Manager at
Pachamamas, 800 New
Hampshire St.
This recipe is from their
October menu. Since
Pachamamas is a fine-dining
restaurant, the difficulty level
of each dish is fairly high.
The real dish might be a
little complex for students.
One of our menu items could
involve seven different reci-
pes, said Sieber.
Ingredients:
4 cups red or mixed lentils
1-2 butternut squash,
peeled, seeded, and diced
4 onions, chopped
6 tbsp. vegetable oil
20 garlic cloves, minced
4 grated, peeled, fresh gin-
ger root
1 tbsp. ground cumin
1 tbsp. ground coriander
seeds
2 tbsp. green curry powder,
toasted
14 cups chicken stock
4 cups drained canned
tomatoes
To make:
In a large bowl, wash the
lentils in several changes of
cold water until the water
runs clear. Drain them in a
fine sieve. In a large, heavy
saucepan, cook the onions
in the oil over moderate
heat, stirring, until they are
softened. Add the garlic
and the ginger root, and
cook the mixture, stirring,
for one minute. Add the
toasted curry, cumin and
the ground coriander seeds.
Cook the mixture over
moderately low heat, stir-
ring for one minute. Add
the lentils, squash, chicken
stock and the tomatoes.
Simmer the mixture, cov-
ered, for 15 to 20 minutes,
or until the lentils and
squash are tender. Season it
with salt and pepper.
Crme Brulee
Provided by Josh Powers,
Executive Chef at Ten, 701
Massachusetts St.(at the
Eldridge Hotel)
Everyone loves crme
brulee, and it is pretty easy
to make, said Powers.
This is a revised recipe
that should make crme
brulee for two. Of course, it
depends on what sized dish
is being used. However,
this recipe can be time con-
suming.
Ingredients:
4 egg yolks
2 oz. (about 2 tbsp.) sugar
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
To make:
In a mixing bowl, whip
egg yolks and sugar togeth-
er until light. Heat the
cream and salt to a boil and
then turn off the heat. Pour
half of the cream and salt
mixture into the bowl with
the eggs and sugar (this is
called tempering). Then
pour that mixture back
into the sauce pot. Place
the pot back on low heat
and stir with a spatula or
spoon to avoid scorching.
Stir for three minutes. Pour
the mixture back into oven-
safe souffl dishes or soup
bowls. Bake in water bath
in conventional oven sat at
350 degrees for 30 to 45
minutes. To make the water
bath, just fill an oven-safe
pan or dish with one inch of
water, then place the brulee
dishes in that pan or dish.
The water should come up
to the halfway point of the
brulee dish. Let the brulees
cool for two hours. Then,
top with sugar and place in
oven set to broiler. The heat
from the top will caramel-
ize the sugar. This should
only take a couple of min-
utes. Serve immediately.
The final product can
be topped with whatever
you want, said Powers.
Berries are a classic gar-
nish.
PAIGE BLAIR
Chicago, Ill., junior
I would go to Zen Zero be-
cause they have coconut fan
thats perfect for two people
to share.
TYLER HUGHES
McPherson freshman
I would go somewhere
fancy and romantic, but
I havent had a chance to
sample Lawrences fne
cuisine yet.
APRIL KELEHER
Burlingame, Cali. sophomore
Pachamamas because its
a fun atmosphere, especially if
you get a table by the window.
Plus, afterwards you can walk
somewhere and get ice cream.
Sexy treats can
conjure up love
For valentines day, or anytime, some
food could put lovers in the mood
Top recipes to
make at home
local chefs share their secrets
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
JefFrenya, waiter at Paisanos Ristorante,
2112 W. 25th St., carries breadsticks and
salad to a table Monday evening. Paisanos has
been in lawrence since 1995. the restaurant
serves traditional italian cuisine.
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Spaghetti and Fettuc-
cine Alfredo are two
dishes served at Paisanos
ristorante.
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Luis and Erin Pardo, Wichita, celebrate
valentines day early at the Mad Greek restau-
rant, 907 Massachusetts, Monday evening. the
Mad Greek serves Greek and italian dishes at
prices ranging fromabout $6 to $15.
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the rant
Steady
play key
to good
seeding
Consistency is
primary concern
big 12 basketball
Shaq makes
big plays at
the buzzer
By MArk DEnt
He leads the league in assists as a
freshman.
He sent a game into overtime
twice by making late jump shots.
He just scored 31 points and
handed out six assists against Iowa
State.
Hes one of those special guys,
Texas coach Rick Barnes said. Hes
got the mentality of the point guard
where hes trying to win and get
everyone else involved. He has the
identity I wish we could get across
the board.
Hes D.J. Augustin, and as good
as he is, hes not even the best rookie
on his team. Anyone who hasnt
been living on Mars the last two
months knows that designation
belongs to Kevin Durant. Durant is
the headliner for the Longhorns, but
Augustin and two other freshmen
also play significant minutes.
Ten years ago, a team with as
many young pups as Texas would
have been punished by the veteran
big dogs in conference play. The
Longhorns would probably find
themselves reeling toward an eighth
place or worse finish.
Welcome to 2007. Texas is tied for
second place, and Durant is the best
player in the Big 12 and maybe the
nation. Such is the reality in the Big
12 these days as freshmen have taken
on a larger role than ever before.
The Longhorns are the best
example of this injection of youth.
Durant and Augustin have won eight
of the 15 Big 12 Newcomer of the
Week Honors this season. Take into
account that Durant would have won
another three if he hadnt been cho-
sen Big 12 Player of the Week, and the
number becomes even more absurd.
In Big 12 play, Durant is averaging
an insane 31 points and 13 rebounds
per game. His teammate Augustin is
averaging 8.5 assists per game. Two
other freshmen, Justin Mason and
Damion James, are the teams fourth
and fifth leading scorers.
The thing that other people are
missing out on is all their other guys,
Nebraska coach Doc Sadler said.
They are a very talented team.
In addition to Mason and James,
the state of Texas also produced
another outstanding freshman in
Kansas Darrell Arthur.
It was apparent that Arthur would
be special after just one game. Shady
told everyone what his name was in
the Jayhawks first exhibition game
by scoring 23 points. His numbers
have dipped slightly in conference
play, but another Kansas freshmans
have gone up. Sherron Collins has
been attacking the basket fearlessly
the last month, and he recorded
seven assists in both Jayhawk victo-
ries last week. A month ago, he and
Arthur took over for Kansas down
the stretch in a close victory against
Missouri.
The two freshmen scored 14 of
our last 16 points, Kansas coach Bill
Self said after the 80-77 victory. Id
say those two stepped up pretty big.
Other youngsters who have
stepped up this year include Iowa
K
ansas put together one
of its most complete
performances of the
season on Saturday, because of
consistent play of Julian Wright
and Brandon Rush.
Those two played at the level
that was expected when they
were named Big 12 Preseason
Players of the Year.
It was understood with the
talent and depth that Kansas has,
neither Rush nor Wright would
score 20 or more points a night.
It simply would not be possible.
Coach Bill Self even said that,
but those two players can still be
efficient and play at the level that
garnered them those pre-season
accolades.
Rush put together his most
efficient game of his career,
going eight of 10 from the field,
hitting all three of his three-
point shots, and did not miss a
free throw. Granted, Rush will
not do that on a consistent basis,
but it was a nice change of pace
from the 3-for-13 games that he
had been struggling with over
the past month. He needs to
continue his solid marksmanship
down the stretch to keep defend-
ers honest.
Wright showed why he is pro-
jected to be such a high selection
in the NBA draft with his timely
offensive rebounds, and easy
putbacks, while going 14-for-21
from the floor, good for a career
high 33 points.
Kansas will need Wright and
Rush to continue to be efficient
if they are going to make a run
in March. If not, the consistency
this team has lacked is going to
be a problem.
Often times, the NCAA tour-
nament does not dictate who
has played the best basketball
throughout the season. Instead,
it proves who is able to pay the
best basketball over a three week
period. Look at last year. No one
is going to argue that Florida
was the best team in the coun-
try for the majority of the year.
They started the season off hot,
but struggled down the stretch,
before getting hot at the right
time, and getting a favorable
draw in the tournament. Then,
they played better than anyone
else and got the job done.
If Kansas can find the consis-
tency that it has lacked all sea-
son, there is no reason to think
that Kansas cannot be this years
Florida.
The talent is there. The desire
is there. They have proven
against Florida and Oklahoma
State that when they play the
way they are capable of, no team
in America is better. It is just a
matter of putting it all together,
By ryAn ColAiAnni
kansan sports columnist
rcolaianni@kansan.com
see Colaianni on page 6B
mens basketball
self hits milestone
Coach looks forward to another 300 career victories
By MiChAEl PhilliPs
In 1994, Oral Roberts coach Bill
Self was not thinking about coaching
milestones. He was thinking about
keeping his job.
You lose 18 in a row, and you
wonder if youll make it to the end of
the season, he said.
He put those days behind him
in a hurry, and on Saturday Self
won his 300th game as a head coach
when Kansas defeated Missouri in
Columbia.
His first victory came during that
1993-1994 season, when he took the
reins at Oral Roberts. Despite an
18-game losing streak, he made it
though the season, and three years
later the team finished with a 21-
7 record and made the postseason
National Invitation Tournament.
The 300th victory is a milestone
one, but gets overshadowed in the
Big 12 Conference by senior coaches
like Bob Knight at Texas Tech, who is
marching toward his 900th.
Ive coached for 14 years, so if I
just coach 28 more, I can maybe get
to 900, Self said.
He didnt know that the Missouri
game could be his 300th victory until
a reporter asked him about it earlier
in the week. He said that the record
was more about how long he had
been around than anything else.
To get to 500 or 600 would mean
a lot more, he said.
Self didnt even tell his players
about the accomplishment, instead
letting them find out on their own.
Sophomore guard Brandon Rush
read about it on the Internet, and
junior guard Russell Robinson heard
about it from the assistant coaches.
Im happy for him, its a big num-
ber, Robinson said. But I think hes
after the big ones.
Robinson added that Self has
been able to hang around so long
because of the way he interacts with
see self on page 6B
see Big 12 on page 6B
Womens basketball
Freshmen playing better, scoring more than before
By AshEr fusCo
The buzzer-beater is one of the
most exhilarating and elusive plays
in all of sports. While most basket-
ball players are lucky to have one
chance at a game-winner in their
entire college career, senior guard
Shaquina Mosley has had three
such opportunities in the last two
weeks alone.
Mosleys first chance to make a
last second shot came on January
31st. Through 39 minutes of play,
the feisty Jayhawks had managed
to hang with the more talented
and experienced Texas Tech Lady
Raiders. Mosley was putting the
finishing touches on an impressive
18 point, 11 assist, nine rebound
performance.
With eight seconds remain-
ing and Kansas trailing by one
point, freshman forward Danielle
McCray secured a rebound and
quickly passed to Mosley. The
senior guard raced down the floor
but settled for a jump shot instead
of driving to the basket. As the ball
fell just short of the cylinder, she
dropped to the floor in dismay.
I thought about going to the
hoop, but I pulled back, Mosley
said. I should have gone to the
rim.
Less than one week later, Mosley
found redemption. With Kansas
stuck in the cellar of the confer-
ence standings at 0-9, Colorado
paid a visit to Allen Fieldhouse.
The contest was heart-fought from
the opening tip, complete with 12
lead changes, the last of which
came with five seconds remaining
in overtime.
Mosley was the one responsible
for Kansas final basket and its
first conference victory. Having
learned a valuable lesson from her
experience nearly one week earlier,
Mosley decided to take the ball
toward the hoop. The miniscule
guard knifed quickly through the
lane and converted a layup to win
the game.
I thought to myself, do not set-
tle for a jump shot, Mosley said. I
was trying to pull the defense and
then kick it or finish at the rim.
On the heels of its first Big 12
victory, the team traveled south to
take on a strong but inconsistent
Texas squad. It was in Austin, Texas
that Mosleys most dramatic buzzer-
beater would occur. She struggled
through most of the game, and was
held scoreless in the first half, but
Mosley found success at the most
important time.
With less than one second
remaining and the Jayhawks
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
senior guard shaquina Mosley makes a shot against Colorado on Feb. 6. Mosley has made
two game-winning shots at the buzzer in the past fewweeks, against Colorado andTexas.
see womens BasketBall
on page 6B
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By DOUG FEINBERG
assOcIatED pREss
Dukes Top 25 streak is over.
Saddled by its first four-game
losing skid in 11 years, Duke fell
out of The Associated Press poll
Monday for the first time since
the end of the 1995-96 season.
The Blue Devils had been in the
media poll for 200 straight weeks
the second longest streak
behind UCLA.
The Bruins run lasted 221
weeks, from the 1966-67 pre-
season poll to Jan. 8, 1980. North
Carolina is third all-time with
172 straight weeks from the
1990-91 preseason poll to Jan.
17, 2000.
If you do it for a long period
of time, it means youve been
good that long, Duke coach Mike
Krzyzewski said of his teams
streak that began in the 1996-97
preseason poll. We never bring
it up. Its a nice stat thing.
UCLA and Memphis are now
tied for the longest active streak
at 34 straight weeks in the Top
25.
Duke was
No. 8 two
weeks ago
before los-
ing in the
final seconds
to Virginia
and Florida
State. The
Blue Devils
lost to then-
No. 5 North
Carolina 79-73 on Wednesday
and fell 72-60 at Maryland on
Sunday for their first four-game
losing since Jan. 3-13, 1996.
We travel a narrow road
between winning and losing,
Krzyzewski said. We were in
a position to win, you have to
make sure the kids know that.
They are doing a lot of things
to put themselves in a position
to win.
Duke received 150 points, fall-
ing just eight short of No. 25
Alabama.
The Blue Devils will try to end
their slide Wednesday against
Atlantic Coast Conference leader
Boston College. The Eagles (18-
6, 9-2) are finally back in the
poll at No. 21 after falling out in
week 3.
Florida remained a unanimous
No. 1 for the second straight
week, garnering all 72 first place
votes.
Florida beat Georgia 71-61 on
Wednesday and won at then-No.
20 Kentucky 64-61 on Saturday in
front of a raucous record crowd
of 24,465. It was the Gators fifth
straight victory over their rivals.
It had been 20 years since
the Wildcats, college basketballs
winningest program, lost five
straight games to an opponent.
Tennessee was the last to do it
from 1975-77.
UCLA fell to fifth after split-
ting games this past week. The
Bruins beat then-No. 19 Southern
California 70-65 on Wednesday,
but lost to West Virginia by the
same score Saturday.
The Bruins had to fly across
the country and play an early
afternoon game. UCLA found
itself down
by 19 early
in the second
half before
clawing back.
I was
really pleased
with the way
we fought
back, UCLA
coach Ben
H o w l a n d
said. Obviously its a long way to
come to get beat.
With UCLAs loss, Ohio State
moved up to No. 2 _ its highest
ranking since 1991.
Wisconsin and North Carolina
also gained a spot, moving up to No.
3 and No. 4, respectively.
Texas A&M was No. 6, followed
by Pittsburgh, Kansas, Memphis and
Washington State.
The Cougars (21-4, 10-3 Pac-10)
moved up four spots after beating
then-No. 25 Stanford and California.
Washington State is only a half-
game behind first-place UCLA as
the Cougars chase their first league
title.
Nevada was No. 11, followed
by Marquette, Butler, Georgetown,
Oregon, Southern Illinois, Air
Force, Oklahoma State, Arizona and
Kentucky.
Georgetown made the big-
gest jump, moving up eight spots
to No. 14 after convincing wins
over Louisville and then-No. 11
Marquette. The Hoyas have won
seven straight.
Were getting better, and our
guys definitely have a comfort level
with how we want to skin the cat, so
to say, said Georgetown coach John
Thompson III after Saturdays win
over Marquette. Were more poised.
A lot of times early in the season
teams would make a run, and wed
stand around looking starry eyed.
Oregon fell two spots after split-
ting games with Arizona State and
then-No. 24 Arizona. Southern
Illinois moved up five spots to No.
16.
Boston College was followed by
Southern California, West Virginia,
Indiana and Alabama.
sports 2B tuesday, february 13, 2007
6!,%.4).%3$!9
Shred Your Ex
athletics calendar
Wednesday
nswimming and diving at big
12 Championships, all day, Col-
lege station, texas
nWomens basketball vs. Mis-
souri, 7 p.m. allen fieldhouse
nMens basketball vs. Colorado,
8 p.m. boulder, Colo.
Thursday
nswimming and diving at big
12 Championships, all day, Col-
lege station, texas
Friday
nswimming and diving at big
12 Championships, all day, Col-
lege station, texas
nsoftball vs. south Carolina, 11
a.m. tallahassee, fla.
ntennis vs. brigham young, 2
p.m. first serve tennis Center
n softball vs. florida state, 6:30
p.m. tallahassee, fla.
Saturday
nswimming and diving at big
12 Championships, all day, Col-
lege station, texas
nsoftball vs. Jacksonville, 11
a.m. tallahassee, fla.
ntennis vs. utah, 11 a.m. first
serve tennis Center
nMens basketball vs. Nebraska,
3 p.m. allen fieldhouse
nsoftball vs. Memphis, 6:30
p.m. tallahassee, fla.
Sunday
nWomens basketball vs. Kansas
state, 1 p.m. allen fieldhouse
nbaseball vs. North dakota
state, 3 p.m. Hoglund ballpark
Duke fnally falls out of poll
NCAA bAsketbAll
If you do it for a long period of
time, it means youve been good
that long.
Mike krzyzewski
Duke coach
BasEBall
Home-opening series
rescheduled again
kansas and North Dakota
state will test the third times a
charm theory next week.
The three-game series, origi-
nally scheduled for Feb. 15-17,
was moved early in the season
to Feb. 14-16. On Monday, the
athletics department reported
the series would be moved
again.
The series is now scheduled
to start Feb. 18 and end Feb.
20 in an efort to play in better
weather conditions.
According to weather.com,
instead of opening at home on
wednesday with a forecasted
temperature of 17 degrees, the
temperature on the resched-
uled opening day should reach
49 degrees.
This is the Jayhawks second
attempt at a home-opening
series.
Alissa Bauer
NBa
Celtics set new team record
for consecutive losses
The Boston Celtics are in a re-
cord-breaking rut that has shaken
their confdence and damaged the
image of a once-proud franchise.
you can feel it in the locker
room, each loss defnitely hurts,
Paul Pierce said. These guys are
going to keep playing hard. we just
need to get it out of our head.
easier said than done, especially
when youve lost a franchise-record
18 consecutive games. The latest
loss came sunday when ricky
Davis jumper from the corner with
0.2 seconds remaining lifted the
Minnesota Timberwolves to a 109-
107 victory.
it is tough, the guys played
so hard and deserve to win, said
Pierce, who scored 29 points. we
did everything we could. Down the
stretch, they made the last play.
The Celtics previous franchise
low was 13 straight losses in 1993-
94 and 1996-97. Theyve blown
past that mark, and havent won
since beating Memphis on Jan. 5.
The Utah Jazz also lost 18
straight in 1982 and seven teams
have lost 19 games in a row. The
Celtics still have a ways to go to get
to the NBA record of 24 straight
losses by the Cleveland Cavaliers,
a streak that spanned the end of
the 1981-82 season and start of the
1982-83 season.
in other NBA games, it was: Chi-
cago 116, Phoenix 103; seattle 114,
sacramento 103; Cleveland 99, the
Los Angeles Lakers 90; Miami 100,
san Antonio 85; indiana 94, the
Los Angeles Clippers 80; Portland
94, washington 73; Dallas 106,
Philadelphia 89; and Atlanta 106,
Golden state 105.
At Minneapolis, the Celtics led
by 10 points in the frst half and
107-105 with 1:17 to play after
Pierce fed Al Jeferson for a dunk.
But kevin Garnett tied it with
two free throws, then got a steal
on the defensive end to give the
wolves a chance to win it with 3.6
seconds left.
Associated Press
NHl
Chicago Blackhawks win
games, but want panache
COLUMBUs, Ohio The
Chicago Blackhawks are no longer
satisfed with just winning. They
want to play well while doing it.
Martin Havlat had a goal and
two assists and the Blackhawks
scored three times in the open-
ing period of a 5-4 win over the
Columbus Blue Jackets on sunday.
its a young team, Chicago
coach Denis savard said. we made
a few mistakes. The good thing
about this is we can fx it.
Peter Bondra and Bryan
smolinski each had a goal and an
assist and Patrick sharp and Martin
Lapointe also scored for the Black-
hawks, who have won fve of their
last seven games.
A few Blue Jackets fans chanted
we want a refund! in the third
period before their team came
back with two goals to almost
force overtime.

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Kansas (21-4, 8-2)
Its almost impossible to ask for a
better week after the disappointing
loss to Texas A&M. The Jayhawks
didnt just beat their rivals; they
absolutely annihilated
them. Kansas defeated
Kansas State 97-70 last
Wednesday and bet-
tered Missouri 92-74 last
Saturday. Most important-
ly, these victories came
at a time when Kansas
fans were getting restless.
According to coach Bill Self, the
loss to A&M created a sky is fall-
ing feeling among the fan base. The
two victories also gave confidence to
the big fellas. Julian Wright, Darnell
Jackson, Darrell Arthur and Sasha
Kaun all played well in at least one
of the two games.
send a CongRatulations
FaCebook message to
Julian Wright, Kansas
Way to go Wright. Two weeks ago
he was in the Oh My Gosh section
for missing a wide open dunk and
faking an injury. Now look at him.
Wright dropped 33 points against
Missouri on 14-for-21 shooting. He
was able to get most of those looks
because of eight offensive rebounds.
Plus, hes came full circle since that
missed dunk two weeks ago. He
more than made up for it by knock-
ing down Missouris Kalen Grimes
for a thunderous dunk.
staRt a ConveRsation with
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run em Cowboys
Oklahoma State has
to be getting tired of
these marathon games.
It defeated Texas Tech
in double overtime last
Saturday. That victory
came about three weeks
after the Cowboys defeat-
ed the Longhorns in
triple overtime. But it doesnt stop
there. Oklahoma State had to go
extra minutes earlier this season to
beat Missouri State. Its a good thing
that the Cowboys (19-5, 5-4) are
good in overtime, because if they
werent they would be 16-8 and on
the outside looking in at the NCAA
Tournament.
Third-rate third place
Kansas State and Texas are only
one game behind Kansas in the Big
12 standings, but both teams are
much further back in terms of skill.
The Longhorns are talented, but
their players stand around too much
and wait for Kevin Durant to do
something. The Wildcats dont have
enough quality victories. They beat
Texas only because they couldnt
miss from three-point range and
havent defeated anyone else in the
top half of the conference.
streaking sooners
The Sooners have won four
games in a row and should make it
five at Iowa State Tuesday. Saturday,
Oklahoma has a home date against
Texas A&M and could alter the Big
12 race and give it a better chance for
an NCAA Tournament berth.
The dora Watch
For those who arent familiar with
the Dora watch, the Big 12 Fastbreak
bet Darryl Dora, Texas Tech forward,
wouldnt score in double figures for
the rest of the season after scoring
18 against Kansas. This week, Dora
once again kept pace. He came dan-
gerously close by scoring nine points
against Oklahoma State Saturday.
But Saturdays high scoring output
was understandable since he didnt
even step on the floor last Monday
against Nebraska.
keep a Close watCh on the
RaCe FoR iRRelevanCe
The Big 12 Fastbreak apologizes
for the lack of Colorado criticism
in this section. Stay tuned for regu-
larly scheduled Buffalo bashing next
week. For now, lets turn our atten-
tion to western Texas. Bobby Knight
haters received not just one, but
two special treats this week. First
there was Nebraska. Lets take some
time to remember how mediocre the
Huskers can be. Does a 14-minute
scoreless stretch ring a bell? Well,
last Tuesday that same team out-
scored the Red Raiders by 15 in the
second half and won on a last second
shot that only happened because
Techs Charlie Burgess accidently
gave the ball to Nebraskas Charles
Richardson. Texas Tech followed up
that loss by blowing a seven point
lead in the last 1:30 of regulation
against Oklahoma State. The Raiders
lost in double overtime. Tech, team
that upset Kansas and Texas A&M,
has now lost five games in a row and
is, to describe it in word: irrelevant.
you pRobably said oh my
gosh about
Kalen Grimes, Missouri
Julian Wrights dunk from last
Saturdays game was good, but it
wasnt Grimy. Before the Tigers fell
off the face of the earth late in the
first half, Mizzou fans were treated
by getting to see this jam. Grimes
received the ball in the lane and
threw down a scary one-hander in
Sasha Kauns face. But poetic justice
worked against Grimes. After all, he
was the victim of Wrights dunk later
in the game.
kansan sportswriter mark dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
Horn Born, Hawk Bred
by maRk dent
Kansan sporTs ColuMnisT
mdent@kansan.com
I
ts been nearly a week and
a half since the Texas A&M
student ticket incident and
the story has only gotten hazier.
The more people I talk to about
what happened, the more con-
fused I am.
At least one thing is certain:
The testimony from student eye-
witnesses and Associate Athletics
Director Jim Marchiony dont cor-
roborate.
Marchiony claimed the game
was not oversold.
We had the same number of
people in Wednesday night as we
did Saturday night. ...What we
didnt do was a good job of man-
aging the crowd when they came
in. ...People were trying to get in
through the vomitories and they
couldnt because of the number
of people trying to get in at the
same time. So because of that log
jam we had to shut the doors,
Marchiony said.
But Mission Hills senior Sam
Stepp was outside when he and
the other students were told the
game in fact was oversold.
It took them at least 45 min-
utes to address the crowd. Finally
they said the reason why we
couldnt come in was because
they had oversold the game by
about, well they said several hun-
dred tickets, Stepp said. Many
other students confirmed that this
happened.
If the game was not oversold,
why were the students told oth-
erwise?
I dont know who made that
announcement, Marchiony said
in a follow-up interview. If it
was made it was incorrect.
Stepp, who ended up inside
Allen Fieldhouse after waiting
in Hadl Auditorium, thought the
game was definitely oversold.
There were no seats in that place,
and considering about 200 kids
had already gone home, you know
that they didnt have seats for
everyone.
University Fire Marshal Bob
Rombach makes the recommen-
dation for when to stop letting
people in, and he said its not an
exact science.
For 10 years Ive tried to
figure out the count and I cant
do it, theres no way to find out
how many seats athletics sells,
he said.
If the Fire Marshall doesnt
know Allen Fieldhouses limit
exactly, how would Marchiony
know whether they oversold that
limit?
It doesnt stop there. Another
of Marchionys statements couldnt
be confirmed. He later said to
have misspoke about this, but at
the time of the interview he said,
we gave an option of a refund
or a GA ticket to another game.
Between students and GAs we
gave about 140 refunds.
With all these contradictions,
does anyone know anything?
Really, everyone involved, includ-
ing Marchiony, is confused. The
students were hoarded together,
cold and angry. They were at the
game, but were far from in charge
of the situation. They couldnt say
the reason why it all happened.
You never want this to hap-
pen, Marchiony said. No one
wants this to happen. We hope
the students realize that this has
not happened before and we took
immediate steps to make sure this
wont happen again. ...Its the
students school. We cant forget
that. Thats why we feel so sorry
about it.
After all this talk, does any-
one, and I mean anyone, really
know what happened that night?
Apparently not.
Robinett is an austin, texas se-
nior in journalism.
Edited by Joe Caponio
by tRavis Robinett
Kansan ColuMnisT
trobinett@kansan.com
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. For
all the fuss over Tiger Woods taking
another week off, perhaps the Nissan
Open should consider this possibil-
ity: It still might have the hottest
player in golf at Riviera.
True, one victory by Phil
Mickelson still leaves him six short
of the PGA Tour winning streak
Woods is riding.
And despite a five-shot victory
at Pebble Beach, some perspective
is in order.
Lefty usually wins at least once
before leaving his native West Coast,
and this was the 11th time in 15
seasons that he won before the PGA
Tour reached Florida. Plus, the only
serious competition he faced Sunday
came from Kevin Sutherland and
rookie John Mallinger, whose world
ranking last week was, respectively,
No. 256 and No. 454.
But there was something about
Mickelsons game that indicated he is
ready to step back into the ring.
In years past when his game
has slipped a notch, Mickelson has
devoted time to scoring shots spe-
cifically, 150 yards and in and
sharpening his putting stroke by
staying on the practice green until he
made 100 straight putts from 3 feet.
But after the debacle at Winged
Foot not just the double bogey
on the 18th hole, but hitting only
two fairway in the final round of the
U.S. Open he was consumed by
becoming a better driver off the tee.
Mickelson hit 81 percent of his
fairways in two rounds at Pebble
Beach and one each at Poppy Hills
and Spyglass. PGA Tour statistics
show him missing only one fairway
in his final round of 66, although he
said he also missed the fairway at
No. 9 by a foot.
Dont get the idea Fred Funk, a
guy who picks out stripes left by the
lawn mower, has anything to fear.
I will never lead the stat in
driving accuracy. Lets not overdo
this, Mickelson said. But if I could
improve 20 or 25 percent in my
accuracy, thats going to make a big
difference in my scores.
His score at Pebble Beach was
20-under 268, tying the tournament
record set by Mark OMeara in 1997
when he won by one shot. Mickelson
won by five, matching the largest
margin of victory at Pebble.
Sutherland is good friends with
Mickelson and sees him plenty. And
he was impressed.
He drove it for the most part on
a string, right down the middle of
the fairway, Sutherland said. If he
is driving the ball like that, theres
not a player in the world that is not
going to have a hard time beating
him.
Mickelson is so confident about
the longest club in his bag than he
used it on the short fourth hole,
which plays uphill with Stillwater
Cove on the right and bunkers on
the left. Thats where he tried his lat-
est shot, a low draw, and it twice set
him up with the perfect angle into
the green for a short wedge.
This is the first time he can
remember hitting a tee shot and not
being overly concerned when he
looked to see where it was headed.
Ive never had this type of feeling
on the tee box, he said. I just feel so
confident right now.
Mickelson has not played Riviera
since 2001, and he hasnt played
it very well. The classic design off
Sunset Boulevard has tight fairways,
not necessarily of the U.S. Open
variety, but tight to have an optimum
angle into the green. Lefty has been
there eight times, never finished in
the top 10 and went home four times
before the weekend.
But he was so excited about his
game that he said after Thursdays
round of 65 at Poppy Hills that he
might add the Nissan Open to his
schedule, and by Friday morning at
Pebble Beach, it was a done deal.
Never mind that it will give him
six straight tournaments.
I wanted to play a little bit more
competitive golf with the way Im
playing before I start my run up for
Augusta, Mickelson said. Im look-
ing forward to playing at Riviera.
It wont be a similar style golf at
Augusta, but its pretty close to a U.S.
Open.
Strangely enough, the U.S. Open
is where it all started.
Mickelson didnt linger on Winged
Foot because he had two majors still
to play in 2006. But once he shut it
down for the year, right after going
0-4-1 in the Ryder Cup, he allowed
himself to reflect on his collapse and
fix the problem.
Still no answers
in Texas A&M
ticket incident
Officials need to clear up confusion
Tigers vacation gives others chance
pga
sports 4B tuesday, february 13, 2007
big 12 basketball
Oklahoma looks to rise out of checkered recent past
AssociAted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. After a
couple weeks on the job, Oklahoma
coach Jeff Capel figured he had
already bottomed out.
Former coach Kelvin Sampsons
messy departure amid an NCAA
investigation into hundreds of ille-
gal phone calls to recruits left the
program on probation. The Sooners
top three players Taj Gray, Kevin
Bookout and Terrell Everett had
finished their careers.
Then three high-level recruits
secured by Sampson suddenly
backed out of verbal commit-
ments.
That was a tough period, Im
not going to lie, said Capel, the for-
mer Duke star who came over from
Virginia Commonwealth. It was
really tough for me personally. But
Ive always felt I dont want guys
who dont want to be with me.
The ones who stuck around are
suddenly turning heads.
The Sooners, picked ninth in
the Big 12 preseason coaches poll,
have won four in a row and are 15-8
overall. Their 6-4 mark in confer-
ence play puts them fifth, not far
behind NCAA bubble teams Texas
and Kansas State.
Oklahoma has the Longhorns
and the Wildcats left on its sched-
ule, along with games against
Missouri and Iowa State. Throw
in home games against No. 6 Texas
A&M and No. 9 Kansas on national
television, and the Sooners have
plenty of chances to make a state-
ment during the last three weeks of
the season.
Weve won four games in a row,
guys are feeling good about our-
selves, but we still have to remain
hungry and humble, the 31-year-
old Capel said. Thats sort of been
a mantra of mine.
Capels peers in the Big 12 say
Oklahomas turnaround came in a
Jan. 6 loss to Texas Tech, when for-
ward Longar Longar pulled down a
rebound and threw an elbow that
fractured the eye socket of Red
Raider center Esmir Rizvic.
The Sooners leading scorer
began receiving hate mail and
threatening letters. Texas Tech
coach Bob Knight said he didnt
believe Longar should be allowed
to play anymore. The Big 12 agreed,
in part, by suspending him for two
games.
They had some guys step up,
Baylor coach Scott Drew said. Nate
Carter to take Longar Longars spot,
it really added another dimension
to the team.
Carter, a senior transfer from
UC Riverside, has gone from aver-
aging about 5 points per game in
the non-conference to more than
19 per game in the Big 12. In last
weeks 67-60 bedlam upset of No.
17 Oklahoma State, he poured in 18
points and had nine rebounds.
The key is Nate Carter,
Colorado assistant Paul Graham
said. He just had a phenomenal
night against Oklahoma State.
Figure in Longars return and the
resurgence of senior guard Michael
Neal, and Capel is telling his team
that an NCAA tournament berth is
still possible.
The Sooners have reached the
postseason 25 consecutive seasons,
the longest streak in Division I bas-
ketball. Twenty of those trips have
been to the NCAA tournament,
including 11 in the past 12 years.
One of the deals for us now
is how do we deal with success?
Struggling through adversity is a
great teacher, but also success,
Capel said. Theres nothing that
can help you deal with success but
success itself.
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Parkway Commons Now Leasing
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Jersey. $900/mo. Contact 550-4148.
3 BR Townhome. Close to KU. W/D. All
appl. $1,000/mo.+ util. Fireplace. No pets
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BA apartment at Campus Court on 23rd &
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sports 6B tuesday, february 13, 2007
States Wesley Johnson, who is sec-
ond in the conference in rebounding,
Colorados Xavier Silas, Nebraskas
Ryan Anderson and Baylors Tweety
Carter.
Having this many freshmen
compete for conference honors was
unheard of in the first year of the
league. Not a single first-year player
was named the Big 12 Player of the
Week and only two made Honorable
Mention All Big 12. This year, Durant
is a lock to make First Team All Big
12, and several freshmen could make
honorable mention.
College basketball analysts usu-
ally point to the NBAs new age limit
as the reason for the rise of play
in first-year players. But that rule
only affected a few freshmen such as
Durant or Ohio States Greg Oden.
The rest of the Big 12s and nations
top freshmen werent good enough
in high school to make the NBA leap.
Baylor coach Scott Drew credits bet-
ter conditioning, increased strength
training and the number of summer
basketball games that high school
players take part in.
Players are more experienced
and in better shape than they were
15 years ago, he said. That combi-
nation of everything is why theyve
been getting more minutes.
Regardless of the reason, teams,
such as Texas, that are dependent on
freshmen are performing at a high
level. With the game of basketball
getting increasingly younger, having
a large amount of freshmen contrib-
utors could become the norm. And
Drew believes that would be good for
the conference.
People who have seen the Big 12
play, and especially the minutes that
are young guys are getting, are see-
ing these arent just role players, he
said. I think the future of the Big 12
is very bright cause its a very young
league, and success with younger
players bodes well for the future.
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
his players.
I wouldnt say hes a players
coach, Robinson said, But he
definitely has a great relationship
with his players and knows how to
get the best out of us.
Self has been rewarded nation-
ally several times, including being
a finalist for the Naismith Coach
of the Year Award every year from
2000 to 2003.
Of his 300 victories, 93 of them
came at Kansas, which is more
than he won at any other school.
Before arriving in Lawrence, he
spent three years at the University
of Illinois, where he won the Big
Ten regular season or postseason
championship every season. Two
years after he left, the Fighting
Illini advanced to the National
Championship game.
Aside from Oral Roberts, the
other stop on Self s coaching
journey was at the University of
Tulsa, where in 1999 and 2000 his
teams won the Western Athletic
Conference championship. In
2000, Tulsa advanced to the Elite
Eight as a seven seed in the NCAA
tournament.
Self said that hes not spending a
lot of time looking back at the past
14 years, instead focusing on this
year and the future.
Ive been pretty fortunate to
stick around this long, he said.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted
at mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
and that starts with the play of
Wright and Rush.
Those two players have to
demand the ball in situations where
the team is struggling. That will
take pressure off Mario Chalmers,
Russell Robinson and Sherron
Collins. If they know that Rush and
Wright want the ball and are going
to get the job done, and those play-
ers would be more confident with
their own games.
The next few weeks leading up
to the tournament will determine
how far this team can go. Kansas
will be favored in every game it
plays the remainder of the regular
season. It needs to get victories in
those games to lock up a No. 2 seed
in the tournament and put itself in
the running for a No. 1. If Kansas
gets consistency from its players,
especially Wright and Rush, a No. 1
seed and a solid run in the tourna-
ment will happen.
Colaianni is a McLean, Va., senior
in journalism and political sci-
ence.
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Big 12 (continued from 1B)
Colaianni (continued from 1B)
trailing by one point, sophomore
guard Ivana Catic found Mosley
underneath the basket on a des-
peration inbounds play. Mosley
made the shot from point-blank
range as time expired to wrap up
an improbable victory.
The seniors improved play has
not come merely in clutch situa-
tions. Since the beginning of con-
ference play, she has been Kansas
key contributor. She has led the
team in scoring with 13 points per
game, while pulling down more
than five rebounds per game.
The consistency of her play in
recent weeks is a complete turn-
around from the struggles she
endured in her first season and a
half at Kansas. After arriving as a
highly touted junior college trans-
fer, Mosley clashed with the Kansas
coaching staff and fought for play-
ing time last season. She opened
her senior season on the bench
but eventually supplanted Catic as
Kansas point guard.
Shaq is playing like I knew she
could, coach Bonnie Henrickson
said. This is who we recruited.
This is the kid we knew we had.
Though the misfire against
Texas Tech was a disappointment,
Mosleys most recent efforts have
helped push Kansas improb-
able winning streak to two games.
Mosley will once again have the
chance to come up big in two very
winnable rivalry games against
Missouri and Kansas State this
week.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fus-
co can be contacted at afusco@
kansan.com.
Edited by Darla Slipke
Self says...
Coach Bill Self held his weekly
press conference Monday.
Heres what he had to say
about...
OFFense:
Were not always going to
shoot 56 percent or have guys
go for 33 points, but as a team I
think were getting better.
The CrOwD in BOuLDer,
COLO.:
People in the western part of
Kansas and eastern Colorado
have done a great job support-
ing us out there. On a Wednes-
day night I dont know if well
have that many, but I still think
well have a good contingent
following us out there.
LeTTing The PLAyers resT:
this time of year, as much as
you want to practice, having
rested bodies is as important as
anything. We defnitely need to
cut back in some areas. If youre
going to practice, you might
as well practice. you just dont
practice for as long.
Big 12 TeAMs in The nCAA
TOurnAMenT:
I think well get a minimum
of fve. I counted them up
yesterday, and I think our
league will get at least fve. the
ffth one who knows? but
I believe texas a&M, K-state,
texas and Oklahoma state and
hopefully our team have put
themselves in a good position,
and Oklahomas right there.
The ALTiTuDe in
COLOrADO:
Its not something were going
to make a big deal of. Most of
these guys have played out
there before. We have enough
depth to sub out and keep
guys fresh.
Self (continued from 1B)
.
Bill SelfS Career
(300-133):
Oral Roberts (55-54)
1993-94 6-21
1994-95 10-17
1995-96 18-9
1996-97 21-7
Tulsa (74-27)
1997-98 19-12
1998-99 23-10*
1999-00 32-5*
Illinois (78-24)
2000-01 27-8*
2001-02 26-9*
2002-03 25-7
Kansas (93-28)
2003-04 24-9
2004-05 23-7*
2005-06 25-8*
2006-07 21-4
*Conference champion
Source: Kansas Athletics
details
womenS BaSketBall
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nCAA BAsKeTBALL
norm Stewart recounts
his coaching years
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Norm Stewart was named
national coach of the year for
1993-94. His Missouri Tigers won
28 games, and nowadays, Stew-
art looks back on that season
with pride.
Well, most of it.
Arkansas slipped by us by 48,
Stewart said.
Stewart spoke Monday at the
Downtown Tip-Of Club, and
the crowd of Razorbacks fans
enjoyed his recap of that blowout
in December of 93. Stewart
actually sold the Hogs a bit short:
the fnal score of that game was
120-68, a 52-point margin in one
of Arkansas most impressive
wins en route to the 94 national
championship.
But Missouri recovered and
had a good season of its own, so
Stewart can joke about the Tigers
ugly visit to Fayetteville.
The ofcials got me again,
he said.
Stewart entertained the crowd
with his dry, self-deprecating hu-
mor. He was known as Stormin
Norman for his animated behav-
ior on the sidelines. On Monday,
he jokingly tried to dispel that
reputation.
I was a docile guy, he said,
drawing a laugh.
I sat, Stewart added, imitating
a coach dozing on the bench.
Guys would wake me up and Id
say, How we doing?
Most of the time, they were
doing pretty well. Stewart won
731 games in 38 seasons, the
last 32 of which were at Missouri.
He took the Tigers to the NCAA
tournament 16 times.
Stewart was diagnosed with
early stages of colon cancer in
1989 and underwent surgery and
chemotherapy. Stewart has re-
mained active in the fght against
the disease he helped found
the Coaches vs. Cancer program,
an outgrowth of the American
Cancer Society.
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for turning the league into his personal playground. He just wants to have some fun here while he
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Baylor (0-3)
Whos up: Junior right-hander
Randall Linebaugh was the only
Baylor starting pitcher to experience
much success in
the Minute Maid
Park College
Classic. He
allowed only
one run in four
innings before
the bullpen sur-
rendered the deciding runs.
Whos in the hole: The entire
batting lineup. In 95 at bats over
the weekend, the Bears collected
only 15 hits, for a .158 team batting
average.
Whos on deck: Baylor will host
Stephen F. Austin for a three-game
set this weekend.
Kansas State (NR)
Whos on deck:
Kansas State trav-
els to Shreveport,
La., this weekend
and will play both
Penn State and
Centenary twice.
Missouri (3-0)
Whos up: Sophomore right
fielder Ryan Lollis
4-for-12, GS (1)
9 RBI, and 4 R
Whos in the
hole: Sophomore
right-hander Aaron Crow 3.1 IP, 6
H, 3 BB, 5 R, 3 ER, and 2 SO
Whos on deck: The Tigers head
to Surprise, Ariz., this weekend
for the Spring Training Classic.
Missouri will play No. 13 Arizona
State, Gonzaga and No. 10 Oregon
State.
No. 18 Nebraska (NR)
Whos on deck: The Cornhuskers
will participate in
the University of
Texas-Arl i ngton
Invitational this
weekend. Nebraska
will play a double-
header with New
Mexico and then take on Texas-
Arlington and Illinois State.
Oklahoma (2-4)
Whos up: Senior designated hit-
ter Cory Williamson made a push
to become Oklahomas permanent
DH in the teams only
victory, going 4-for-
5 with a home run,
three RBI and two
runs.
Whos in the hole:
Although he record-
ed a hit as a pinch hitter in the
first game of the weekend, freshman
right fielder Devin Shepherd went
0-for-8 as a starter the next two
games.
Whos on deck: The Sooners
begin a nine-game home stand
this weekend. Oklahoma will host
Western Illinois for a three-game
series.
No. 17 Oklahoma State (3-0)
Whos up: Senior second base-
man Tyler Mach 7-for-13, HR (1),
4 RBI and 3 R
Whos in the hole: Oklahoma
States pitching was shaky against
Illinois-Chicago. Four different
Cowboys pitched in the first six
innings and allowed all five Flame
runs.
Whos on
deck: The
C o w b o y s
head to Boca
Raton, Fla.,
this weekend
for the Florida
Atlantic Tournament. Oklahoma
will play La Salle, Florida Atlantic
and Ball State.
No. 14 Texas (3-4)
Whos up: Sophomore third base-
man Bradley Suttle 6-for-12, HR
(2), 2 RBI and 1 R
Whos in the hole: Sophomore
left-hander Kyle Walker 2.1 IP, 2 H,
3 BB, 4 R, 3
ER, 3 SO and
3 HBP
Whos on
deck: Texas
will take on
Stanford for a three-game series in
Round Rock, Texas.
Texas A&M (3-1)
Whos up: Sophomore right-
hander Kyle Thebeau 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1
BB, 1 ER and 8 SO
Whos in the hole: Sophomore
center fielder
Kyle Colligan 1-
for-11, 4 SO and
caught stealing
once
Whos on
deck: Texas A&M
begins a 19-game
home stand this week and will play
a three-game set against Texas Pan-
American this weekend.
Texas Tech (4-3)
Whos up: Junior catcher Matt
Smith 4-for-12, 2 HR (3), 3 RBI
and 4 R
Whos in the hole: Texas Tech
used three dif-
ferent leadoff
hitters during
the weekend
and they com-
bined to go 2-
for-11 with two
walks and only
three runs scored out of the Red
Raiders 23 total.
Whos on deck: Texas Tech will
play Eastern Michigan, Dallas Baptist
and St. Johns this Thursday, Friday
and Saturday in Midland, Texas.
Kansan sportswriter shawn shroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Darla Slipke
Big 12 BaseBall
Baylor in the hole; falls to 0-3
By JIM LITKe
assocIaTed press
The crowds still love him, even
though theres less of Lefty to love.
Both things were apparent as
Phil Mickelson strolled onto the
final green at Pebble Beach to nail
down career win No. 30. And why
not?
Mickelson is still one of the best
stories in golf, one of the two or
three really magical golfers out
there, and if shedding some weight
is a sign hes serious about getting
even better, everybody wins. Tiger
gets a rival. Golf gets more buzz. We
get to watch.
And if not?
Well, hes still good theater. Guys
with that much talent always are.
The next-
to-last shot of
Mi c k e l s o n s
round Sunday
was a nifty lit-
tle pitch that
flew low over a
greenside bun-
ker, landed a few
feet past the flag,
then backed up and nearly went in.
Not everybody on the tour has that
shot, and only so many of them
would pull it out on the final hole
of a tournament, even with a five-
shot lead. But thats what makes
Mickelson so entertaining.
Its the same thing that drew
most of those people to the 18th
green and made the applause that
little bit louder when he pulled it
off. Theyd come to see whether
Mickelson had turned timid after
last summers spectacular last-hole
collapse at the U.S. Open, whether
the five mediocre performances
that closed out that season and the
three disappointments that began
this one meant his confidence was
permanently shot.
The second that little pitch shot
quit dancing and Mickelson ambled
up behind it, they had their answer:
Not only had he shed the psychic
baggage, he was anywhere from 15
to 25 pounds lighter.
I was hoping to play like this the
first couple of weeks, Mickelson
said after tapping in for a 6-under
66 and tying the record of 20-under
Mark OMeara set 10 years ago. Im
glad that I finally did.
Near the end of that interview,
CBS reporter Peter Kostis offered
Mickelson a chance to fire back at
his critics.
I dont really think much about
that, he replied.
Nor should he.
All this talk about Mickelson
being through was, frankly, over-
done.
As Associated Press golf writer
Doug Ferguson noted recently, hes
not Len Mattiace, Jean Van de Velde
or Mike Reid guys who know
theyve blown their only shot at a
major and never recover. For all
the winning hes done, Mickelsons
career has been marked at least as
much by disappointment. He was
0-for-42 in the big ones before he
finally broke through at the 2004
Masters. And the two majors he won
since plus the one he threw away
at Winged Foot last June all came
during the Tiger era, which means
theyre worth
almost twice as
much.
It didnt hurt
Mi c k e l s o n s
chances that
Woods had
skipped Pebble
Beach, though
it likely wouldnt
have mattered this weekend. When
Mickelson is on his game, hes a
match for anyone, Tiger included.
What he accomplished Sunday was
just a reminder of that.
All the great ones have thrown
majors away, though none quite
as often nor as spectacularly as
Mickelson.
Woods is still probably kicking
himself over the chunked chip and
three-putt that
produced back-
to-back bogeys
at Pinehurst and
cost him the U.S.
Open in 2005.
In a wide-rang-
ing interview
in this months
Golf Digest,
Jack Nicklaus
made it abun-
dantly clear that
hes still stew-
ing about a few
loose shots that lost him a British
Open at Royal Lytham 34 years
ago. There are similar stories about
Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Gary
Player, Lee Trevino.
The demands on talent increase
under pressure, Nicklaus said in
the same interview, and some play-
ers dont possess the talent to get
them through the hard part.
That was never Mickelsons prob-
lem. He had all the shots almost
from the start of his career, just not
the temperament to always string
them together in the right sequence.
What his failure at the U.S. Open
reminded us and him is that
its a different exam every time you
tee it up.
Hes tried to take the guesswork
out of the equation by careful study
of just about
every venue
and drawing
up a detailed
game plan, after
c o ns u l t a t i o n
with his several
coaches, that
would make any
NFL franchise
proud. Hes tin-
kered endlessly
with his equip-
ment throw-
ing two drivers
in the bag at Augusta, four wedg-
es at Winged Foot and thats
worked, too, up to a point.
His latest changes, though, might
turn out to be the most productive.
Mickelson says hes been working
out in earnest, swapping flab for
muscle through cardio training and
martial arts. As sacrifices go, it
suggests that Mickelson not only
plans to be around coming down
the stretch, but that he understands
theres still plenty of heavy lifting
left to do.
pga
Mickelson at top of game, sharp as ever
Aggressive shot at end of tournament proves his renewed mettle
ncaa BasKeTBaLL
Duke loses four straight;
Krzyzewski not rattled
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Mike
Krzyzewski knows all about win-
ning streaks and dominating the
Atlantic Coast Conference. It had
been 11 years since Dukes head
coach experienced the sensation
of losing four in a row, however.
He plans to approach the Blue
Devils next game Wednesday
at Boston College in much the
same fashion as he always does.
One thing you have to do
when youre a coach or a player is
keep a positive attitude, prepare,
fght and attempt to win the next
time no matter what, Krzyzewski
said after a 72-60 loss to Mary-
land on Sunday.
Weve been in that position
coming of many wins over the
years. Now were in that position
coming of four straight losses.
You have to fgure it out. The one
thing you cant do is feel sorry for
yourself.
James Gist had 16 points and
10 rebounds, freshman Greivis
Vasquez scored a season-high 18,
and Maryland forced 17 turn-
overs in handing No. 16 Duke
its most lopsided defeat of the
season.
The Terrapins (18-7, 4-6) trailed
early before taking control with
a 29-4 run in the frst half, then
used a late surge to hold of a
comeback bid by the skidding
Blue Devils (18-7, 5-6).
Josh McRoberts scored 20
points and Greg Paulus had 12 for
Duke. The Blue Devils previous
three losses were by a combined
nine points, but this turned out
to be Dukes most lopsided ACC
defeat since a 14-point loss to
Wake Forest in February 2003.
Of the four games, the other
three we had a chance to win,
Krzyzewski said. This game,
something a little more extraordi-
nary had to happen for us to win.
Dukes last four-game losing
streak was from Jan. 3-13, 1996.
After the fnal buzzer, the
Maryland fans didnt rush the
court an indication, perhaps,
of Dukes fall from elite status.
Associated Press
Mickelson is still one of the best
stories in golf, one of the two or
three really magical golfers out
there.
By BernIe wILson
assocIaTed press
SAN DIEGO Chargers
coach Marty Schottenheimer was
fired Monday night in a shocking
move by team president Dean
Spanos, who cited a dysfunc-
tional situation between the
coach and general manager A.J.
Smith.
Less than a month after San
Diegos NFL-best 14-2 season
was wrecked in a home play-
off loss to New England, Spanos
cited the exodus of both coor-
dinators and other assistants in
firing Schottenheimer. The coach
had a year left on his contract
and will be owed more than $3
million.
When I decided to move
ahead with Marty Schottenheimer
in mid-January, I did so with the
expectation that the core of his
fine coaching staff would remain
intact, Spanos said in a state-
ment. Unfortunately, that did
not prove to be the case, and
the process of dealing with these
coaching changes convinced me
that we simply could not move
forward with such dysfunction
between our head coach and gen-
eral manager.
In short, this entire process
over the last month convinced
me beyond any doubt that I had
to act to change this untenable
situation and create an environ-
ment.
ESPN first reported the firing.
Schottenheimer didnt immedi-
ately return messages left on his
office and cell phones.
This decision was so hard
because Marty has been both a
friend and valued coach of our
team, Spanos said. But my first
obligation is always to do what
is in the best interest of our fans
and the entire Charger organiza-
tion. I must take whatever steps are
necessary to deliver a Super Bowl
trophy to San Diego. Events of the
last month have now convinced me
that it is not possible for our organi-
zation to function at a championship
level under the current structure.
On the contrary, and in the
plainest possible language, we have a
dysfunctional situation here. Today
I am resolving that situation once
and for all.
Defensive coordinator Wade
Phillips was hired as head coach of
the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday,
following offensive coordinator Cam
Cameron and two other assistants
out of town for better jobs.
Although Schottenheimer said
last week that change was inevitable,
Smith sounded concerned, saying,
Both in the same year Wow.
Tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski
became Clevelands offensive coor-
dinator, and linebackers coach Greg
Manusky was hired as San Franciscos
defensive coordinator.
Running backs coach Clarence
Shelmon, whos never been a coor-
dinator, was promoted to replace
Cameron. Shelmon accepted only a
one-year contract due to what had
been Schottenheimers lame-duck
status.
Three days after the 24-21 playoff
loss to New England, Schottenheimer
declined the teams offer of a $4.5
million, one-year extension through
2008, which came with a club-option
$1 million buyout. Spanos and Smith
seemed visibly angry that the coach
turned them down.
Schottenheimer has been at odds
with Smith since the 2005 season,
apparently over personnel decisions
by the GM.
With a regular-season record of
200-126-1 with Cleveland, Kansas
City, Washington and San Diego,
Schottenheimer is the most success-
ful coach never to have reached the
Super Bowl.
Schottenheimer fred after
dysfunctional situation
nfl
Move follows winningest season
The demands on talent
increase under pressure and
some players dont possess the
talent to get them through the
hard part.
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AssociAtEd pREss
NEW YORK Bill Cosbys ter-
rier bounced into the show ring,
wagging his tail a mile a minute.
Harry walked onto the green carpet
at Madison Square Garden as if he
had no competition in fact, he
didnt.
Of the 2,628 entries at the
Westminster Kennel Club dog show,
little Harry was the only Dandie
Dinmont. So he merely needed to
take a leisurely stroll to win best of
breed Monday.
Its kind of a luxurious feeling,
star handler Bill McFadden said.
The breed judging can be the hard-
est part.
He loves to show. He walked in
there, heard the crowd and it was
like, Oh, Im here, he said.
The 6-year-old Harry is royalty
in the show world and fittingly, hes
named for Prince Harry. Hes play-
ful and a bit of a mischief maker
much like his namesake.
Hes also the No. 1 show dog
in America, winning 57 events last
year. And that makes him a top
favorite at the No. 1 dog show in the
country.
A toy poodle bred in Japan, an
English springer spaniel that won
the recent AKC/Eukanuba event, a
top Sealyham terrier and a precious
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen also
were among the main contenders for
best in show, to be presented shortly
before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Westminster is a champions-only
show for purebreds, and many dogs
come with interesting backstories.
There is a vizsla that was bitten by a
rattlesnake, a Dachshund that looks
for bones on archaeological digs and
a Great Dane that posed on David
Bowies album cover.
With 165 breeds and varieties,
the dogs come in all shapes, sizes
and ages. Theres a Tibetan spaniel
only 13 months old and a schipperke
named Nan thats 13 1-2 years old.
I think in human years, hed be
about 77, said Graham Mocklow,
from Bermuda and, indeed, wearing
shorts. Hes got a little gray under
his muzzle but other than that, hes
as young as ever.
Among the missing: Rufus and
Vivi.
Rufus, whose perfect football-
sized noggin made him head of the
class last year, has retired. Vivi, the
3-year-old whippet who ran away
at Kennedy Airport last February
right after winning a ribbon, is still
missing.
Judging for the terrier, working,
toy and nonsporting groups was to
be held Monday night. The sport-
ing, hounding and herding winners
will be picked Tuesday night, before
the silver bowl for best in show is
presented.
A sellout crowd of nearly 20,000
was expected both nights, and the
fans that come are vocal. People were
packed three-deep around the velvet
ropes to see Harry.
Not that everyone knew what a
Dandie Dinmont something like
a Dachshund crossed with a pouffy,
bigheaded poodle looked like.
Wheres the Dundee? The
Dandie, or whatever you call him,
asked a lady sporting a huge dia-
mond ring.
Behind her, a beefy guy wearing
a paint-splattered T-shirt craned his
neck for a closer view. Where is
he? he said.
Alan Lazar was in town from
Boston with his two daughters. He
was eager to spy Harry, too.
Actually, Ive never seen one,
he said. I wouldnt know him if I
saw him.
Dandies tend to be rare, and their
breeders are selective. Only four
Dandies showed at Westminster last
year; this time, no one dared chal-
lenge Harry.
Off to the side, McFadden kneeled
to comb Harrys legs and apply hair-
spray while an assistant stood nearby.
Even though his dog was guaranteed
a win in a walkover, McFadden was
taking no chances before entering
the ring.
Cosby was out of town because
of a commitment, but Harry had
plenty of support. Judge Betty-Anne
Stenmark put him through the rou-
tine paces, smiling and joking with
McFadden the whole time.
It took only two minutes for
Stenmark to point to the winners
stand. Harry jumped up, putting his
paws on McFaddens legs.
Weve got a bit of break now,
he said, studying Harry backstage.
Well take him for a nice, long walk
before tonight. And he gets a little
massage.
Mary Altaffer/ASSOCIATED PRESS
A papillon is presented in the ring by its
handler during the 131st Westminster dog show
Monday at Madison Square Garden in NewYork.
The best of
the doggy best
Harry, the only Dandie Dinmont, secures victory
Mary Altaffer/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Silky Terriers wait for their turn to compete backstage in the 131st Westminster dog showMonday at Madison Square Garden in NewYork. Some
2,628 dogs are entered for competition in the Westminster Kennel Club showwhich runs throughTuesday.
sports
9B tuesday, february 13, 2007
AssociAted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms
with 13 reserve and future free
agents including three cornerbacks
and a fifth-round draft pick at
quarterback, the team announced
Monday.
Players who signed two-year con-
tracts include safety Robb Butler;
fullback Greg Hanoian; defensive
tackle Brian Howard; guard Rob
Hunt; quarterback Omar Jacobs;
tight ends Adam Johnson and
Keith Willis; defensive end Montez
Murphy; cornerbacks Zach Norton,
Dimitri Patterson and Justin
Phinisee; and linebackers Nick
Reid, a former KU linebacker, and
Timi Wusu.
The Chiefs are hoping that
Norton, Dimitri or Patterson could
step up and help strengthen the
Chiefs struggling secondary.
Norton was on the Chiefs prac-
tice squad for their AFC wild card
game at Indianapolis last season.
He was drafted out of Cincinnati as
a rookie free agent with Baltimore
in 2004.
Patterson entered the NFL as a
rookie free agent with Washington
in 2005 after playing at Southeast
Missouri State and the Tuskegee
Institute. He played in three games
for the Redskins and had one inter-
ception.
Phinisee spent 2006 on the
Chiefs practice squad and origi-
nally entered the NFL as a Tampa
Bay Buccaneers draft pick out of
Oregon.
Jacobs will get a chance to prove
himself at quarterback, studying
under the aging Trent Green. The
Bowling Green standout began his
NFL career as a fifth-round draft
pick with Pittsburgh in 2006, but he
was released before the start of the
regular season.
By roB MAAddi
AssociAted Press
PHILADELPHIA Eagles coach
Andy Reid will leave the team for a
month to deal with family issues, a
decision that comes less than two
weeks after two sons got into sepa-
rate legal trouble on the same day.
The team said the leave of absence
will last until
mid-March.
Hes not
going to
come into the
office, but he
will be avail-
able for calls
and to col-
laborate and
he will be
here if we have free agents in for a
visit, Eagles president Joe Banner
said Monday. He will retain final
say over whatever we do.
Reid, who is also the teams head
of football operations, will miss the
NFL scouting combine and the start
of free agency. Teams may begin
voluntary offseason workouts March
19. Reid plans to attend the NFL
owners meetings in Arizona in late
March, and will be back for the NFL
draft April 28-29.
The Eagles have 11 unrestricted
free agents, notably wide receiver
Donte Stallworth and backup quar-
terback Jeff Garcia.
Before any of this happened, we
had finalized our own plans on our
free agents and we had put together
our preliminary plans on players
we would be interested in, Banner
said.
General manag-
er Tom Heckert and
the teams assistant
coaches will handle
the interviewing
of players at the
scouting combine
in Indianapolis,
though Reid might
be able to meet with
some players at another time.
Garrett Reid, 23, tested positive
for heroin after he caused a traffic
accident Jan. 30, police said. No
charges have been filed, but prosecu-
tors are looking at the case. Police
have said he could be charged with
driving under the influence of a con-
trolled substance, a misdemeanor.
Britt Reid, 21, was arraigned on
drug and weapons charges. He is
accused of pointing a handgun at
another driver following a dispute
and faces a felony charge of carrying
a firearm without a license as well
as misdemeanor charges of lying to
authorities, simple assault, making
terroristic threats and possession of
a controlled substance.
Andy Reid has led the Eagles to
the playoffs six times, including four
trips to the NFC championship game
and one Super Bowl, in eight seasons
as head coach. Hes dealt with several
challenges the past two seasons from
the Terrell Owens soap opera and a
series of key injuries in 2005 to los-
ing five-time Pro Bowl quarterback
Donovan McNabb in Week 11 this
past season.
Despite McNabbs injury, the
Eagles won their final five games
behind Garcia, finished 10-6 to cap-
ture their fifth NFC East title in
six years and reached the second
round of the playoffs. Many con-
sidered it Reids best coaching job
in Philadelphia. Players credited his
steady approach for helping them
overcome a difficult midseason
stretch and the injuries to McNabb
and star defensive end Jevon Kearse.
People deal with circumstances
in life of all different kinds and still
carry on their careers and profes-
sions, and thats the kind of guy
Andy is, Banner said.
Andy Reid has led the Eagles to
the playofs six times, including
four trips to the NFC champion-
ship game and one Super Bowl.
Chiefs sign former Jayhawk, 13 others
NFL
NFL
Eagles coach takes break
Chris Gardner/Associated Press
Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, right, reacts to the crowd as he and his sons Garrett, left, and Britt, center, walk of the feld after the Eagles
beat the NewYork Giants 24-21, Dec. 30, 2001 in Philadelphia. Reid will take a temporary leave of absence through the middle of March to deal with
family issues, teamofcials announced Monday. Reids decision comes less than two weeks after two of his sons, Garrett and Britt, got into separate legal
trouble on the same day.
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By JeNNA Fryer
AssociAted Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Suspending a crew chief for the
Daytona 500 hasnt seemed to deter
teams from cheating. Maybe its
time to throw out the driver, too.
Three teams failed inspection
Sunday during qualifying for the
biggest race of the season. If its
determined they deliberately skirted
the rules, it will prove teams didnt
get the message when NASCAR
sent crew chief Chad Knaus home
after cheating while preparing
Jimmie Johnsons car a year ago.
But what lessons could they have
learned? With Knaus banned from
the track for four weeks, Johnson
still won the Daytona 500 the
Super Bowl of racing and a sec-
ond event two weeks later.
Then he capped the season by
winning the Nextel Cup title.
So dont blame the crew chiefs
for Kasey Kahne, 2003 cup cham-
pion Matt Kenseth and new Toyota
team owner Michael Waltrip the
three drivers who failed to make it
past NASCARs inspectors Sunday.
Blame NASCAR instead.
Crew chiefs get suspended, driv-
ers get fined points and cash, but
the infractions continue to pile up.
Sure, series officials scowl in the
inspection bay, and president Mike
Helton looms like a gun-toting
sheriff in a bad western movie.
Spokesman Jim Hunter insists
NASCAR is fed up with the rule
breakers. Still, cheating also is cele-
brated as a quaint piece of NASCAR
culture. If you aint cheatin, you
aint tryin, right?
If NASCAR is serious about end-
ing cheating, suspending the driver
the teams most high-profile
member just might do it.
Outrageous? Maybe. But sus-
pending a driver for a crews cheat-
ing would force the sports biggest
stars to keep a closer eye on those
who put their race cars together.
Its one thing to suspend a crew
chief. Its quite another to send
home a star who keeps fans in the
stands and glued to the TV.
NASCAR argues suspending
drivers would punish fans. But if
fans got mad about a drivers sus-
pension, it would create more pres-
sure on teams not to cheat.
Because todays NASCAR has
progressed so far from the days
when a driver built his own car and
changed his own engine, officials
say the crew chief, not the driver,
should pay the price when things
arent right.
We have someone who we know
is in control of the mechanical part
of the race car, and thats the crew
chief, competition director Robin
Pemberton said. For now, we are
content going down the avenue of
holding that person responsible.
In more cases than not, its plau-
sible the driver doesnt have a clue
what his crew is doing. Maybe thats
the problem.
Another problem: Wheres the
line between flagrant cheating,
working the margins of the rule
book and a simple mistake?
NASCAR isnt even sure the
three teams questioned Sunday
were cheating.
Waltrip, a two-time Daytona
500 winner, had a suspicious sub-
stance in the intake manifold of his
new Toyota Camry that NASCAR
officials didnt recognize. So they
seized the part and shipped it back
to North Carolina, where a team of
inspectors spent Monday examin-
ing it.
Waltrips car also was impound-
ed, and NASCAR hasnt decided
when or even if it will give
the Camry back. Once officials fig-
ure out what the substance was,
NASCAR will have a hard time
figuring out why the substance was
there and whether it was put there
on purpose.
Same goes for Kahne and
Kenseth, who had holes in their
cars wheel wells. Was it cheating or
a careless mistake?
Ray Evernham, who owns
Kahnes car, said Monday the holes
were a minor infraction that doesnt
qualify as cheating.
NASCAR saw the holes in
inspection and told my guys to tape
them up. They were taped, but the
tape came off, Evernham said. I
dont know why they made such
a big deal about it. It was not an
aerodynamic device or something
that was built to fool them.
Still, Evernham expects crew
chief Kenny Francis to get hit with
a suspension when NASCAR hands
out its penalties.
Pemberton said NASCAR still
was discussing Monday how to
properly punish cheaters this sea-
son but indicated the penalties
would be tough. After Knaus and
Slugger Labbe, then Dale Jarretts
crew chief, were suspended early
last season, Pemberton said teams
were on their best behavior.
Now its time to get the garage
back in order. Again.
It looks like weve got to get
their attention, he said.
Sending drivers home certainly
would do it.
Nascar
Cheating stumps ofcials
Crew chiefs usually punished, but drivers could be next
Paul Kizzle/Associated Press
NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth waits to qualify for the Daytona 500 auto race Sunday at
Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Kenseth fnished 11th.
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