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KaNSaS Day
Read The Kansans state coverage NEWS 2a
JayhaWKS SquEaK by
huSKErS
Kansas wins in Lincoln, 68-62 SPOrtS 1b
COrmaC mCCarthyS
bOyhOOD hOmE burNS
The Tennessee house burned as others tried to save it; a literary
landmark is lost, preservationists say. ENtErtaINmENt 4a
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
Te Spencer Museum of Art is
showing climate change in a way
that combines maps, photographs
and an 18-foot-long kayak.
Te museums newest exhi-
bition, Climate Change at the
Poles, blends science, art and an-
thropology to show changes at the
earths North and South Poles.
Its really important for stu-
dents to realize and understand
that art really does reference every
part of our lives, said Sierra Falter,
Lincoln, Neb., senior, and presi-
dent of the art museums Student
Advisory Board.
Museum staf will give an over-
view of the exhibition at a gallery
talk this evening at the museum.
Te free event starts at 6:30 p.m.
and will also feature a preview of
the Lawrence Arts Centers pro-
duction of Te Ice Wolf, an Inuit
legend. Te production is one of
many community programs as-
sociated with the climate change
exhibition.
Other outreach events include
a book and flm series at the Law-
rence Public Library and the art
museum. DJ Spooky will perform
Exhibition, upcoming events at museum to explore reaction to environmental changes
Illustration by Cat Coquillette/KaNSaN
Read the story online
to see a map of events
related to the exhibition.
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Climate Change at the Poles
What: Gallery talk for the
Spencer Museum of Arts
newest exhibit
When: 6:30 tonight
Where: Spencer Museum
of Art
Why: To provide an over-
view of the exhibit and to
let people see a preview of
the Lawrence Arts Centers
production of The Ice Wolf
how much: Free
The exhibit will be on
display until May 24. The
Spencer Museum of Arts
new gallery hours are:
monday: Closed
tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday, saturday: 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.
spencer
show
examines
life at
the poles
arCtiC art
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutclif@kansan.com
The last time Ibrahim Alanqar
heard gunshots he was in Gaza
city, sipping tea in his aunts
apartment.
When Alanqar, Abu Dhabi
junior, asked about the bul-
let holes in the walls, his uncle
shrugged as if they belonged
there, a few feet away from fam-
ily portraits.
That was in 2004, during
the second intifada, a violent
Palestinian uprising against
Israelis.
Even though he was one of the
few that possessed a Palestinian
passport, tightened security and
increased sanctions would pre-
vent Alanqar from returning to
Gaza.
The recently ended 23-day
war between Israel and Hamas,
the militant Islamic group gov-
erning the Gaza strip, brought
back Alanqars memories of lit-
tered streets and bullet holes.
He said he worried students on
campus wouldnt understand, or
worse still, wouldnt care about
the recent violence.
According to a statement by
the Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the war began with Israel
responding to repeated rocket
and mortar attacks from Gaza.
Israel sent aerial and ground ini-
tiatives into Gaza on Dec. 27 to
destroy Hamas security com-
pounds and government build-
ings.
Alanqar said paying attention
to the situation in Israel was
important for the student body.
At least one person on this
campus will become involved
in politics, he said. And what
happened in Gaza wont be
the last time violence erupts in
Palestine.
Kimmy Lear, Minneapolis
senior, has spent her life studying
Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. She said she worried
about the media coverage of
the conflict. You dont get the
international
Confict in
Gaza Strip
burden for
students
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SEE spencer ON PagE 6a
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
Want to stop paying for gas
and lessen your carbon foot-
print? For a lump sum and a bit
of elbow grease, students can be
free from the power of gasoline.
What is a
biodiesel Car?
Te typical biodiesel car has a
two-tank system. One tank in the
car stores diesel or gasoline, and
the other tank, typically stored in
the trunk, contains waste vegetable
oil.
When initially started, the engine
draws petroleum fuel for a few min-
utes until the vegetable oil is heated
and fowing freely. Once the vegeta-
ble oil is ready to be used, the engine
draws fuel from the vegetable-oil
tank.
Two-tank systems are popular in
colder climates because vegetable
oil congeals in cold weather, and
ofen needs time to warm up before
it can properly burn.
Cotter Mitchell, materials lab co-
ordinator in the department of art
and design, considered making the
jump to a biodiesel car for the last
two years, and he said the two-tank
system would be necessary for him
because of the cold Kansas winters.
You have to have a way to warm
it up so it doesnt turn into jelly,
Mitchell said.
hoW muCh
does it Cost
to Convert a Car?
Greasecar.com provides custom-
ized biodiesel car kits for between
$1,000 and $1,500 depending on
the size of the vehicle.
Ozzie Backus, a Lawrence resi-
dent who uses alternative fuel
sources to run his car, estimated
that students could probably cut
the cost in half by putting
a kit together themselves.
For the two-tank system, a
separate vegetable oil tank, a
pump, flter, external hoses and
other supplementary parts are
necessary.
hoW muCh money Can
you save over time?
According to the Energy Infor-
mation Administration, the aver-
age American uses about 500 gal-
lons of gasoline each year, and the
average price of gasoline in 2008
environment
Biodiesel ofers cheap alternative
SEE biodiesel ON PagE 6a
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What is your favorite thing about Wichita?

Wichita Lawrence
Johanna Adolfs
Wichita junior
My favorite part of Wichita is
downtown. Its the most fun part
of Wichita because of the bars
and the atmosphere.
Nathan Blaine
Wichita sophomore
My favorite thing about
Wichita is its a good place to take
a date because there are a lot of
restaurants and movie theaters.
Carly McArthur
Wichita junior
My favorite time of the year
is the River Fest. Because of all
of the attractions, theres always
something to do.
Brandon Daley
Wichita sophomore
My favorite part of Wichita
would be the music venues like
the Cotillion and the Eagles
Lodge. They are good places to
see local and new bands.
By AliciA BAnister
abanister@kansan.com
City: Wichita
Nickname: Air Capital City,
316
Location: South central Kansas
County: Sedgwick
Distance from Lawrence: Two
hours and 32 minutes or 161
miles
Founded: 1870
Population: About 360,000
Destinations: Wichita State
University, Wichita River Festival,
Arkansas River, Wichita Grand
Opera, downtown Old Town, golf
courses, Wichita Ice Center, boat-
ing, Museum of World Treasures,
Wichita Art Museum and
Sedgwick County Zoo
Interesting Fact: MSN.com
ranked Wichita one of the Most
Livable Cities compared to the
top 100 biggest U.S. cities based
on employment figures, housing
prices, reasonable commute time,
affordability, downtown revitaliza-
tion and community.
Sources: wichitagov.org, mapquest.com
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
I dont know if I want to
go to New York. Theyll have
to pay me a lot more money
because I like it here in Kansas
City.
Roger Maris
Happy 148th birthday, Kan-
sas! In 1861, Kansas became a
state. Thats seven years after
Lawrence became a city, and
four year before KU became a
university. It all happened so
fast!
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The Dreamweaver: Creating
Web Pages workshop will be-
gin at 8:30 a.m. in the Instruc-
tion Center in Anschutz Library.
The Coping with Change
Panel Discussion will begin at 9
a.m. in the International Room
in the Kansas Union.
The Blackboard Strategies
and Tools will begin at 9 a.m. in
6 Budig.
The Unclassifed Senate
Executive Council Meeting will
begin at noon in Alcove G in
the Kansas Union.
The SPSS I workshop will
begin at noon in the Library
Computer Lab on the Edwards
Campus.
The Geography Brownbag
Series lecture will begin at
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The EndNote: Libraries and
Databases workshop will begin
at 2:30 p.m. in the Instruction
Center in Anschutz Library.
The Bouncing Back: Turning
Your KU Experience Around
workshop will begin at 3 p.m.
in the Regionalist Room in the
Kansas Union.
The University / Faculty Sen-
ate Meeting will begin at 3:30
p.m. in 106 Green Hall.
The Experiencing Disaster
with a Disability: Katrina Revis-
ited seminar will begin at 3:30
p.m. in the Seminar Room in
Hall Center for the Humanities.
The More than just McDer-
mitt: temporal-spatial relation-
ships of mid-Miocene magma-
tisim on the Oregan Plateau
lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in
103 Lindley Hall.
The Overcoming Advocacy
lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m.
in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The EndNote II in 60-Minutes
workshop will begin at 6 p.m.
in the Library Computer Lab on
the Edwards Campus.
The Gallery Talk and Perfor-
mance event will begin at 6:30
p.m. in the North and South
Balcony Galleries and Central
Court in the Spencer Museum
of Art.
The SUA Feature Films: Nick
and Norahs Infnite Playlist
showing will be at 8 p.m. in
Woodruf Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
By Aly VAn Dyke
editor@kansan.com
Lawrence has a history of con-
tradictions. The city prides itself
on tradition, yet was founded on
revolution. New Englanders estab-
lished the city on the ideas of
liberty, only to face injustice at the
hands of its neighbors to the east.
And today, outsiders often stereo-
type the city as flat and boring,
though one walk up Mt. Oread
could quiet both claims.
Along with its history of con-
tradictions, Lawrence
has a history of prog-
ress despite setbacks, of
determination, of resil-
iencetraditions that
continue to move the
city forward today.
Lawrence very much
takes a lot of its identity
from what happened in
its past, said Jennifer Weber, Civil
War historian and assistant profes-
sor. Heres a town that was sacked
more than once that insisted on
coming back, undaunted, to stand
up against pro-slavery forces.
On an early August evening
in 1854, 113 years before Fraser
Halls seven stories towered over
Lawrence, the city was only a
camp of 25 tents atop Mt. Oread.
The settlers, New England
Emigrant Society, brainstormed
Yankeetown, Excelsior and a few
other names for the city before
landing on Lawrence, after the
expeditions sponsor, Amos
Adams Lawrence, according to
early Lawrence historian Elfriede
Fischer Rowes book Wonderful
Old Lawrence.
After the naming of the city,
Lawrence rarely reached a decision
peaceably for the next decade. The
violence that plagued the citys
streets was a product of pre-Civil
War tensions, leading up to the
outbreak of the American Civil
War and the devastating Lawrence
Massacre of 1863.
In the four-day raid led by
Missourian William Quantrill,
Lawrence lost about 200 resi-
dents and had to rebuild from
the ground up once again. In fact,
Lawrences motto, From Ashes
to Immortality, became a testa-
ment to the resil-
ience and fortitude
of those early pio-
neers, as are the
remaining homes,
buildings and land-
marks scattered
throughout the city.
Krista Gampper,
Iola senior, said the
buildings seen around campus and
the city have an importance some
tend to overlook.
The present is really connect-
ed to the past, Gampper said.
Were where we are today because
of what happened then. Learning
about it reminds us where things
started so we can learn from our
history.
With five buildings on the
National Register of Historic
Places- Bailey, Dyche, Green,
Spooner and Strong halls the
University campus offers some
insight into the citys past. But
Lawrences vibrant history is
hardly contained within in the
University.
One of Lawrences first streets,
Massachusetts, still showcases
many of the buildings from the
citys reconstruction after the
Civil War. According to Lawrence
Community Connections, not all
of the shops sell the same goods
they did in years past.
Strum guitars in Mass Street
Music, but remember that more
than a century earlier, Lawrence
residents would walk to the same
location to buy candy from Vicks
Place.
Rummage through books in
The Dusty Bookshelf, but realize
that at the turn of the 20th cen-
tury, audiences gathered there
from across the West to view mov-
ies in the regions first movie the-
ater, Nickel Theatre.
Cure your ailments with the
medicines at Round Corner
Drug, but appreciate that the first
Lawrence residents could do the
very same thing in 1855. Today,
this pharmacy stands as the oldest
drugstore in the entire state.
Lawrence has 46 buildings
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. And while these
buildings stand to remind resi-
dents of the citys history, local
historian Katie Armitage said
Lawrence has retained more than
the buildings of its past.
From the very beginning,
Lawrence has had a young popula-
tion, she said. And from the time
of the early settlement, people here
have always been very engaged in
the issues of their time.
The circumstances have
changed from Lawrences rough
beginning, but that doesnt mean
Lawrencians have forgotten the
citys struggles. Todays residents
and students continue to hold
their heads high, honored to walk
the streets of a city that stood for
justice amid persecution, for cour-
age during destruction.
Edited by Melissa Johnson
KULTURE
Matt Bristow/KANSAN
The Round Corner Drug Store, located on the corner of Eighth and Massachusetts
street, is the oldest drug store in Kansas. originally located at 634 Massachusetts st., the
building was burned down during Quantrills raid in 1863. throughout its history, the business has
changed ownership only three times.
he present
is really con-
nected to the
past.
KRISTA GAMPPER,
Iola senior
ODD NEWS
Thieves steal costumes
from Shakespeare fest
ASHLAND, Ore. Police in
southern Oregon are on the
lookout for a crook dressed to
lead 76 trombonists or to
troop across the moors.
Somebody broke into the
costume shop at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival last week-
end. They made of with hats
and coats designed for The
Music Man and Macbeth pro-
ductions opening next month.
Associated Press
Lawrence Community Connections:
http://history.lawrence.com/
Wonderful Old Lawrence :
by E.F. Rowe
http://www.kancoll.org/books/
rowe/lawrence.htm
National Register of Historic Places:
www.nps.gov/nr
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news 3A thursday, january 29, 2009
bioscience
Professor awarded for
research achievements
Jef Aub, professor of
medicinal chemistry, was
awarded the Bioscience In-
dustry Growth Award Tuesday
evening from KansasBIO, a
non-proft group representing
the Kansas bioscience com-
munity.
Angela Kreps, president of
KansasBIO, said Aub won in
the academic research and
development category. The
award is designed to highlight
outstanding achievement in
attracting federal research
funds to Kansas.
Aub was instrumental in
acquiring a $20.2 million grant
from the National Institutes
of Health that created the
Specialized Chemistry Center
on West Campus. The chemical
center is part of the multi-year
NIH Roadmap initiative, which
links researchers from around
the country investigating
molecules that can help fght
diseases.
Kreps said Aub was a re-
markable asset to Kansas.
He has proven that his work
can bring a signifcant return
on investment to the state of
Kansas, Kreps said. He should
be hailed as a champion of
scientifc research, hailed as if
he were winning the national
championship in basketball.
No kidding.
Aub credited much of the
award to the hard work of his
research team.
Im honored that KansasBIO
has chosen to recognize the
work of my colleagues and
me through this award, Aub
said. We are excited about the
work underway and looking
forward to contributing to the
biosciences in Kansas for years
to come.
Kevin Hardy
Let it melt
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Josh Houghton, a maintenance worker at KU, clears of snowand ice on Jayhawk Boulevard onWednesday. The high temperature was 34 degrees, so Houghton got cold staying outside all day. He said when he gets too cold to work, he jumps
in the maintenance truck, warms up, and gets back to work.
ReseaRch
KU, KSU work together for
cancer center designation
The University of Kansas and
Kansas State University will
cooperate in attaining National
Cancer Institute Comprehensive
Cancer Center designation for
the University of Kansas Cancer
Center, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
announced Tuesday.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
and Kansas State President John
Wefald signed a memorandum of
understanding, committing the
two universities to cooperate on
cancer research.
The KU Cancer Center is on
schedule to gain NCI designation
in September 2011. Upon receiv-
ing the designation, the center
will be able to conduct clinical
trials on new cancer treatments.
Hemenway compared
Tuesdays announcement to
the states efort in attaining the
National Bio and Agro-Defense
Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan.
What is refected here today
is the ability of universities to
join their talents to save peoples
lives, Hemenway said.
Kevin Hardy
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Just for Juniors is a program that will honor one upperclassmen at KU with a free
class ring. The award is for any student that is currently in their third year at KU,
with at least 60 KU credit hours, a 3.0 GPA, and is currently a member of Tradition
Keepers, the student membership program of the KU Alumni Association.
For an application and more information, go to www.kualumni.org/rings. Deadline
to apply is February 9. If you are not a current Tradition Keeper member, you may
join at the time of application for the Just for Juniors ring award.
The winner will receive a free ring of their choice. This award is sponsored by the
Student Alumni Association, the KU Alumni Association and Balfour Rings.
Are you a junior?
Are you a Tradition Keeper
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entertainment 4a Thursday, January 29, 2009
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
for rent
Horoscopes
jeffery Baldridge
monoland
joe ratterman
paper city
mackenzie hegedusich
aries (march 21-april 19)
today is a 7
Postpone making a decision
for a little while longer. Youre
just about to come up with the
perfect answer to the problem.
Youll know when its time for
action.
taurus (april 20-may 20)
today is a 7
Some people just dont under-
stand your sensitivities. Thats
why you should hang out with
the people who do. Be nice
to them, by the way, or youll
scare them of.
Gemini (may 21-June 21)
today is an 8
All sorts of new opportuni-
ties are opening up for you
now. Some of these are things
youve always liked, but never
done as a career. Consider new
options.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 7
Leave your savings tucked
away. You wont be needing
them now. Get out for a breath
of fresh air. The best things in
life are still free.
leo (July 23-aug. 22)
today is a 7
All your systems are function-
ing well, allowing you to be
efcient. Youve worked a long
time to get them that way, so
congratulate yourself.
Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
today is a 7
Try not to be too critical of a
person who wants to help. Its
a loving gesture and should be
treated as such. You may fnd
that this person can do more
for you than you thought.

libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
today is a 7
They say its best not to show
critics your unfnished work. So
keep the door to your studio
locked just a little while longer.
You need to be free to make
messes.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
today is a 7
Traditions are especially
important this time of year. Do-
ing things like you did before
brings the joy of the olden
days to bear on the present
moment.

sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
today is a 7
You can be especially creative
now, but you might be a little
bit shy. You dont have to show
anybody yet; wait till youve
got it right. Its art, and youre
the artist.
capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 7
Although things are going
pretty well, you still need to be
careful. Watch your pennies as
if there arent enough, or there
may not be.
aquarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18)
today is a 7
A penny saved is earned, and
it isnt easy. If you turn in your
coupons and rebates now,
however, you will score. Dont
miss out on this bonus that the
kindly manufacturers ofer.
pisces (feb. 19-march 20)
today is a 7
All you need is love. You
already knew that, but it may
have slipped to the back of
your mind. Bring it to the front
and give it top priority. Then
spread it around.
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD
Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The boy-
hood home of Pulitzer-winning
author Cormac McCarthy, long
abandoned and overgrown, has
been destroyed by a fire even as
preservationists tried in recent
months to save it.
We have lost a literary land-
mark, Kim Trent, executive direc-
tor of the nonprofit Knox Heritage
group, said Wednesday, a day after
the two-story wood-frame structure
was reduced to a smoldering ruin.
McCarthy lived in the house
at least a decade, years before he
wrote All the Pretty Horses and
No Country for Old Men, which
was made into a 2007 movie that
won an Oscar for best motion pic-
ture. His 2007 novel The Road
won the Pulitzer Prize.
The fire was a blow for a city that
also failed to save the early homes
of Pulitzer-winning writer James
Agee and poet Nikki Giovanni.
When something like this hap-
pens, it puts a sense of urgency
into preservation efforts, Trent
said. All it takes is somebody with
a match and it is gone forever.
Neighbors reported the fire
around 5 p.m. Tuesday. The
cause was under investigation,
said Bill Kear, spokesman for the
Rural Metro Fire Department.
Investigators say a homeless per-
son may have been staying there,
although nobody was in the home
when firefighters arrived.
McCarthy, born in Rhode Island
in 1933, came to Knoxville at age
four when his father became an
attorney for the Tennessee Valley
Authority. The McCarthys and
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1953.
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more years in 1957-1959, but left
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A
s corny as it sounds, its like
that old clich: The grass
is always greener on the
other side of the hill. And it took
traveling 1,800 miles from home
to finally realize how much I truly
love and am proud of the state I
live in. Lets face it: I love Kansas.
I grew up in Manhattan, which
may not seem like the pinnacle
of Kansas life to us who live in
Lawrence. To be quite honest,
by the time I finished with high
school, I had thoroughly had it
with Manhattan and Kansas. I
decided to completely get out of my
element and go on an adventure
during my freshman year of
college, moving to Eugene, Ore., to
attend the University of Oregon.
Everything was different in
Oregon. The weather was milder,
but it rained all the time. I could
see mountains, fir trees and ducks
as I walked across campus. After
growing up in the Midwest, the
coast was a complete culture shock.
For the first time, I had to
distinguish between being from
Manhattan, Kan., and Manhattan,
N.Y.
None of my friends had ever
met anyone from Kansas, and
a lot of stereotypes about us
are floating around. Evolution,
corn, Republicans, religion,
conservatism, cowboys, cornfields
and flatness were just some of the
things they found funny about
Kansas. Although at first these
jokes were amusing, after a while,
I started to defend my home state,
trying to tell everyone what was so
great about living there.
I even told my friends about
our highest point, Mt. Sunflower,
which stands at a trifling 4,039
feet and resembles more of a hill
than a mountain. Coincidentally,
Mt. Sunflower is only about 100
miles from Colorados lowest point,
which my Denverite roommate
wouldnt let me forget.
It may have been a shock to
them that I returned to Kansas
this year, but it suits me. Im glad
to be back in my home state, and
Ive realized that theres a lot to be
proud of: the history, the people,
the cities, the nature, and in short,
everything. Even our mascot, the
Jayhawk, reminds us of Kansas
struggles and history.
Its never until you live
somewhere different from what
youre used to that you begin to
realize all the things youve been
missing. And I realized that Kansas
means a lot to me because of all the
great times Ive had here.
So heres to you, Kansas. Happy
148th birthday, from one of your
most loyal fans.
Simon is a Manhattan
sophomore in journalism and
history.
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defne Senate
What the FOcA?
Cramming the facts of a very
scary American future into 300
words is not going to be easy,
but Im going to give it my best
because this information is sim-
ply too important to keep to
myself. Quite possibly the most
sugar-coated piece of legisla-
tion in the history of America
is trying to make its way into
law by quietly fying under
the radar. FOCA, a four letter
acronym that means quite the
opposite of its name, is going
against what every American is
guaranteed freedom.
FOCA stands for the Free-
dom of Choice Act. As I said,
the name of the bill has noth-
ing to do with what is written
in it. FOCA is undoubtedly the
most drastic abortion legisla-
tion to ever make an appear-
ance on Capitol Hill. Among the
aims of the bill are: eliminating
safety regulations in abortion
clinics, forcing every state to
allow partial-birth abortions,
and refusing doctors, nurses
and other health care providers
the right to exercise freedom of
speech and conscience, forcing
them to aid in abortions, and
denying parents the right to
be involved in their daughters
abortion decision.
To all the pro-choice sup-
porters out there who are
about to stop reading and
call in opinions of me to Free
for All, I ask you to stop and
think for just one second. What
words stick out to you in the
above paragraph: eliminat-
ing, forcing, refusing, denying.
Should this be the attitude, or
even the right, of our govern-
ment? This act leaves nothing
to choose freely; in fact, it
does the complete opposite. I
urge students on this campus
to take an active stance in
fghting this bill. If our Con-
gress and president are so ea-
ger to take these fundamental
rights away, who knows what
will be forced, refused and
denied next.
Tara Elpers is a sophomore
fromWichita
n n n
Someone needs to make
a Snuggie made out of
Shamwows.
n n n
Ewwww, silverfsh! I got the
heebie jeebies just thinking
about it!
n n n
I would appreciate it
if whoever took my fash
drive from the music library
lab room on Tuesday or
Wednesday would return it.
My contact info is on the drive.
Thanks!
n n n
Just say no to Mexican food
before the Rec.
n n n
Sex makes me happy and
extremely hungry!
n n n
I found my roommates blog
10 minutes ago and I cannot
get enough of it.
n n n
So I ended up with the
smart, cute, rich guy and now
my best friend wont talk to
me because she ended up
with the loser fat guy. Jealous
much?
n n n
Hello, stranger, I hope you
dont mind me temporarily
humping you for this bus ride.
Its just, there isnt room, and
you seem more willing than
everyone else.
n n n
Ive noticed an epidemic
of girls getting on elevators
to go up two foors lately and
then ofering the explanation
that they had a really bad day.
Unless your bad day includes
a broken leg, I dont want to
hear about it.
n n n
Bus drivers who say Thanks
for riding the Pineapple
Express when I step of really
raise my day to a whole new
level.
n n n
The Nutcracker spoiler
alert: The Rat King dies.
n n n
I still have half of my jumbo
cup of cofee. This design
project is going down!
n n n
FUDGE!!!!!!! This royally
sucks!
n n n
To the guy who scraped my
car the other day: Thank you.
You made my day.
n n n
I had to miss my speech
today because I didnt come
prepared. Talk about big time
FAIL!
n n n
You should do something
productive today, like stop
breathing.
n n n
Thanks again people at The
Studio for giving me stale
bread and expired chips. Mm-
Mm, sucktastick.
KAnsAs dAy
B
arack Obamas first weeks in
power have been a hearten-
ing contrast to George W.
Bushs troubling and misguided
foreign policy. The executive order
to close Guantnamo Bay, the con-
demnation of torture and the will-
ingness to engage in dialogue with
the rest of the world are all signs
that Obama will seriously recon-
sider Bushs War on Terror.
But Obama needs to avoid the
discursive patterns of the Bush
administration, especially if he is
going to usher in a new era of for-
eign policy that is conscious of the
immense complexities of the world.
Lets consider the last words of
Bush and the first words of Obama
as presidents of the United States.
In his farewell address, Bush
defined his War on Terror as a
broader struggle between two dra-
matically different systems. In one,
a small band of fanatics demands
total obedience to an oppressive
ideology, while the other is based
on the conviction that freedom is
the universal gift of Almighty God
and that liberty and justice light the
path to peace. Although Bush tact-
fully refused to identify these sys-
tems, his intentions were clear: the
first system is Islam and the second
is the West. It doesnt matter how
broad and abstract these categories
are; Bush relied on them to make
significant foreign policy decisions
that have had negative consequenc-
es throughout the world.
The foundation of Bushs dichot-
omy between the West and Islam
comes from Samuel Huntingtons
celebrated thesis, The Clash of
Civilizations, published in 1993.
Huntington controversially argued
that major conflicts of the future
would occur between civiliza-
tions. He proceeded to arbitrarily
divide the world into seven major
civilizations: Western, Confucian,
Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-
Orthodox and Latin American.
Never mind that Arab-
Christians, for example, do not fit
any of these labels. Huntingtons
thesis is a simple, and therefore
attractive, way of understanding
the world, even if it doesnt exactly
correspond to reality.
The absurdity of Huntingtons
thesis is corroborated by his
comment that there might be an
African civilization. So, not only
does he reduce human diversity to
seven abstract and arbitrary cat-
egories, he also contributed to the
antiquated and offensive belief that
people in Africa lack any signifi-
cant form of civilization.
Bushs foreign policy and
discourse inherited a lot from
Huntingtons thesis. The us vs.
them arguments, and the ideas
of a monolithic Islam and an
unavoidable clash of values are all
connected to the broader concept
of a clash of civilizations.
These ideas have had devastat-
ing consequences, such as ignoring
distinctions between Sunnis and
Shiites. A big part of our problems
with the Middle East stem from
ignorance and unwillingness to
acknowledge that the region is just
as diverse as the rest of the world.
Obamas inauguration speech
offered both positive developments
and a disappointing continuity of
some of Bushs discourse.
He emphasized diversity and
the human capacity to solve old
hatreds. But he still used the label
Muslim world, as if it were homo-
geneous, and connected it to lead-
ers around the globe who seek to
sow conflict. This language is trou-
bling. It helps reinforce the imag-
ined geography, to use Edward
Saids term, created by Huntingtons
thesis and Bushs foreign policy.
And it is from Said that Obama
should take some advice. As Said
wrote in Clash of Ignorance, a
critique of Huntingtons thesis
published in The Nation in 2001,
these are tense times, but it is bet-
ter to think in terms of powerful
and powerless communities, the
secular politics of reason and igno-
rance, and universal principles of
justice and injustice, than to wan-
der off in search of vast abstrac-
tions that may give momentary sat-
isfaction but little self-knowledge
or informed analysis.
Obama may be in the process of
ending the misled War on Terror,
but it is also time to end the use of
the misleading idea of a clash of
civilizations.
De Oliveira is a Belo
Horizonte, Brazil, senior in
history and journalism.
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pOLiTics
calling an end to the
clash of civilizations
John Kenny is a Kansan col-
umnist and a member of Student
Senate. He is writing this column
in response to a recent Kansan
editorial.
T
he editorial titled
Students should be
aware of resources
provided by Senate, explores
the so-called raison dtre of
Student Senate and thus tries
to discover why the Senate is
important to students. However,
students can be important to
Senate and define what the
organization does. Students who
want to get involved in student
governance can also join Senate
committees that help make
decisions about policies such as
the $17.50 activity fee which the
Senate disperses, the $423.35
per student per semester fee,
and the Senates ability to write
resolutions.
The attitude of the edito-
rial is encapsulated in Mason
Heilmans remark on how the
biggest challenge the Senate
faced was helping students
understand what the organiza-
tion could do for them. This
talk would do little to ignite
my appreciation for the Senate
if I were not already a student
senator.
The question at hand
What can the Senate do? is
improperly phrased. It might
be better to recall the rhetoric
of JFK, that is, ask not what
the Senate can do for you, but
rather what you would like do
or change at the University. The
real value of Student Senate lies
in its existence as a democratic
institution for students, an insti-
tution which has approximately
one-third say in all University-
level decisions (far more than at
other Big 12 schools). Such con-
trol over our own affairs did not
come easily, and it is a tenuous
privilege. As Marlesa A. Roney,
the vice provost for student suc-
cess, reminded student senators
earlier this year, students must
constantly demand their rights
or they may be lost.
Most importantly, this real
value of the Senate is available
to us all. One need not apply for
the empty Student Senate seats;
all students can be members of
the Student Senate fortnightly
committees, which take a
direct and active role in the
legislative process of Student
Senate and essentially make
or break the Student Senate
agenda.
Once involved, you can make
of it what you want. More fees,
fewer fees, no fees, applaud Bill
Self, sweatshop-free University
apparel, responsible use of
student e-mail, environmental
practices, endowment transpar-
ency; it only happens with the
realization that anyone, not
just the self-selected elite, can
decide for themselves what is
best. Perhaps its time for us to
get our hands dirty and start
practicing some real democracy.

Kenny is an engineering
senator and a senior in civil
and environmental engi-
neering.
cAMpus
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whole story if you only get one
point of view, Lear said.
Alanqar agreed, and he said the
closeness between the United States
and Israel caused him to seek out
other news sources on a daily basis,
usually BBC and Al-Jazeera.
Alanqar and Lear said one of the
issues that seemed to be misrepre-
sented was the number of deaths
and the causes.
According to the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, damages
were high on both sides of the
Israeli-Gaza border, but civilians in
the Gaza strip comprised the most
casualties.
While exact numbers are being
debated by human rights groups,
during the conflict an estimated
1,314 Palestinians were killed, 512
of whom were women and chil-
dren.
The high number of civilian
Palestinian casualties doesnt mean
that Israelis havent suffered, Lear
said. The reason Israeli casualties
were so low was because of protec-
tive measures taken by the govern-
ment.
Israel has a top-of-the-line army
and security systems, she said.
It allows citizens near the rocket
attacks to take cover. They still suf-
fer damages and destruction.
Lear said the defenses, which
included bomb shelters and an ear-
ly-warning siren system for incom-
ing rockets, were put in place in
response to years of being bom-
barded by Hamas bombs and rock-
ets.
Philip Schrodt, professor of polit-
ical science, said another factor that
might have thrown perceptions off
about the death toll was the living
conditions of each side. Citizens in
the Gaza strip are far more crowded
than citizens of southern Israel, and
they do not have the means to take
cover, Schrodt said.
Schrodt spent nine months teach-
ing at Birzeit University in the West
Bank. He said even though Israeli
armed forces tried to warn civilians
of aerial attacks and urged them to
evacuate, it didnt matter.
Where would they go? The sea?
Schrodt said.
Living conditions in the Gaza
strip had steadily worsened since
the last time Alanqar was there.
He said he thought it was because
of the economic sanctions placed
on the region by western powers in
response to Hamas being elected.
Hamas has openly denounced Israel
and negotiations with western pow-
ers while promoting constant shell-
ing of Israel and suicide attacks,
which have not been used since
2005.
Alanqar said people supporting
another intifada wasnt likely.
The people are tired, he said,
They are tired of the economic
sanctions and the danger. They are
tired of their children growing up
in a war zone.
Editedby Carly Halvorson
NEWS 6A thursday, january 29, 2009
gaza (continued from 1a)
Contributed
Photo
Ibrahim
alanqar, abu
Dhabi junior,
is one of the
fewwho have
a Palestinian
passport. How-
ever, tightened
security
has made it
impossible
for Alanqar
to return to
the Gaza strip.
The last time
Alanqar was
in Gaza was in
2004, when
he was visiting
relatives who
had grown
accustomed
to the bullet
holes in their
home.
Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarc-
tica, a multimedia production
about Antarctica, on March 27
at the Lied Center. Campus and
community lectures have also
been planned for the coming
months.
Jennifer Talbott, assistant to
the director, said the exhibi-
tion emphasized how people
could adapt to change. It coin-
cides with the current fourth
International Polar Year, which
began in March 2007 and ends
in March of this year. IPY is an
international scientifc program
that involves projects in the Arc-
tic and Antarctic.
Te exhibition was organized
primarily by three museum staf
members: Talbott, Kate Meyer,
curatorial assistant, and Angela
Watts, assistant collections man-
ager.
Te three organizers set up the
museums north balcony gallery to
represent the North Pole and the
south balcony gallery to represent
the South Pole.
Te north balcony is more how
people live in the Arctic and the
south balcony is about how people
analyze the Antarctic, Watts said.
Te North Pole section contains
more than 50 Inuit objects, includ-
ing a polar bear suit and a kayak.
Te museum obtained these ob-
jects from the former Museum of
Anthropologys Ethnographic Col-
lection, Watts said. Te Inuit are an
indigenous people who live in the
Arctic regions of the world.
Its nice how we can learn from
people who have dealt with chal-
lenges in places of the globe where
scientists tell us change is occur-
ring, Meyer said.
Talbott said the South Pole sec-
tion contained more than 20 items
that focused on the scientifc aspect
of climate change. Tis includes
tools and maps from the Center
for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets,
or CReSIS.
Te art museum and CReSIS
worked together to develop the
idea for the climate change exhibi-
tion. CReSIS has its headquarters
at the University of Kansas.
Stephen Ingalls, associate di-
rector for CReSIS administration,
said the center evaluated how ice
sheets in Greenland and Antarc-
tica responded to climate change
and how the sheets contributed to
a rise in sea level.
Its another avenue for us to be
able to go out and communicate
the challenges of climate change
and to highlight the work going on
at KU, Ingalls said.
Johannes Feddema, professor of
geography, said climate change was
difcult to communicate because
of the misconceptions surround-
ing the topic. Feddema, who also
serves on the Inter-governmental
Panel on Climate Change, said
people ofen made the mistake of
seeing climate change as some-
thing to believe or not believe.
Its something you should look
at the best evidence and see what
it tells you, Feddema said. Te
museum has a way of showing this
information in a nontraditional
way.
Falter said that every student
could learn something from the
exhibition, no matter what his or
her major may be.
Climate change is something
we have to deal with for a while
and the whole museum is going
to encompass climate change from
now until the summer, Falter said.
It involves diferent conversations
about climate change and this is
just the beginning.
Te exhibition opened on Sat-
urday and will remain open until
May 24.
Edited by Heather Melanson
Technology / Nature
juried art show
The Spencers Student Advisory
Board is hosting a juried art
show to display student work.
The theme is Technology / Na-
ture and students can submit
works of any medium before
March 1, said Lauren Doshier,
Wichita sophomore and direc-
tor of the show. Selected pieces
will be on display in the SUA
Gallery in the Kansas Union
from March 29 to April 18.
A Greenland Glacier: The
Scale of Climate Change
This exhibition opens Feb. 7
and features photographs by
Terry Evans, a Chicago-based
artist who was commissioned
by the museum to take photos
of the Jakobshavn Glacier
where CReSIS is working.
Trees & other Ramifcations:
Branches in Nature & Culture
This exhibition opens March
7 and includes a collection
of works inspired by trees in
nature and human cultures.
Patrick Dougherty, the mu-
seums artist-in-residence in
May, will create a tree-branch
sculpture at The Commons at
Spooner Hall.
upcoming events
sPenCer (continued from 1a)
was $2.69 a gallon. Tese fgures
show the average American spent
$1,345 on gasoline in 2008.
Even if students purchased
a preassembled biodiesel kit, it
would pay for itself over time by
reducing petroleum consumption.
WheRe CAN you GeT
WASTe veGeTABle oil?
Chuck Magerl, owner of
Free State Brewery, said people
frequently came to Free State to
get their waste vegetable oil. Te
restaurant stores its used peanut
oil, the only cooking oil Free State
uses, in a bin in the alley behind
the restaurant. Magerl said the
fll-up process was informal.
A lot of people just poke their
head in the back door and say Hey,
is it OK if I use this, he said.
Magerl said most restaurants
downtown put their waste oil be-
hind the restaurants as well, but he
said Free State was known for the
quality of its oil among biodiesel
car owners.
Something thats made ours a
little more ideal is the fact that we
are using strictly peanut oil and
nothing else is getting blended in
there with it, Magerl said.
He said other restaurants some-
times shared oil bins, and difer-
ent types of cooking oil could get
mixed together, decreasing the
quality of the oil.
WhAT mATeRiAlS do
you Need?
In addition to materials needed
for a converter kit, a few tools
are needed in order to pump the
vegetable oil itself. Magerl said
people usually used their own
portable pump to fll their cars
with the restaurants oil.
Backus said he had a 12-volt
pump, which costs about $140 at
biodieselwarehouse.com. Magerl
said most people brought some-
thing to flter the oil before they
put it into their cars. He said people
found unique ways to flter the oil.
Ive seen things from as sim-
plistic as a used nylon hosiery all
the way up to more sophisticated
poly bags and flters of that sort,
Magerl said.
No moNey To CoNveRT
youR CAR?
If your car already has a diesel
engine, there are alternatives to
the two-tank system. Backus said
he had a diferent system of using
vegetable oil in his car. He drives
a Volkswagen Golf with a diesel
engine. Instead of having the typi-
cal biodiesel two-tank system, he
creates his own blend of biodiesel
fuel.
Backus combines waste veg-
etable oil from restaurants with
a small amount of diesel fuel and
kerosene to help make the fuel
more combustible. Backus said he
used about two gallons of diesel for
every 20 gallons of vegetable oil.
At that rate, he said he spent
about $0.50-$0.60 per gallon of
fuel in his car. He said that kind
of system would be easy for stu-
dents to manage if their car came
equipped with a diesel engine.
Backus said he couldnt drive his
car in the winter because he didnt
have a two-tank system.
Although this alternative fuel
system worked for Backus, Dave
Bach, owner of Das Autohaus, said
that method could destroy diesel
pumps and had negative efects on
engines. Bach said running a car
of a biodiesel system was not ideal
but that the two-tank system was
the most reliable and less likely to
damage engines.
Edited by Andrew Wiebe
bIoDIesel (continued from 1a)
Economy
House hurries to pass
obamas stimulus plan
WASHINGTON Moving
with remarkable speed, the
Democratic-controlled House
lined up eagerly Wednesday to
approve $819 billion in spend-
ing increases and tax cuts at
the heart of President Barack
Obamas economic recovery
program. Republicans fought
the bill as wasteful.
We dont have a moment
to spare, Obama declared at
the White House as Democrats
hastened to do his bidding.
A mere eight days after Inau-
guration Day, Speaker Nancy
Pelosi heralded a new era. The
ship of state is difcult to turn,
said the California Democrat.
But that is what we must do.
That is what President Obama
called us to do in his inaugural
address.
With unemployment at its
highest level in a quarter-
century, the banking industry
wobbling despite the infusion
of staggering sums of bailout
money and states struggling
with budget crises, Democrats
said the legislation was desper-
ately needed.
Another week that we delay
is another 100,000 or more
people unemployed. I dont
think we want that on our con-
sciences, said Rep. David Obey,
D-Wis., chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee and
one of the leading architects of
the legislation.
Republicans said the bill was
short on tax cuts and contained
too much spending, much of
it wasteful and unlikely to help
laid-of Americans.
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BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
One finds more practice time
excessive and drawn out; the other
thinks of all the ways to improve.
One cant wait to play games again;
the other cant wait to continue cor-
recting.
Theres little doubt that Kansas
needed more practice to improve
and get players healthy. But, when
talking about the Jayhawks week
full of practices without breaking
for a game, its easy to notice a gap
between player and coach.
Personally, for me, I dont like
going a whole week without a
game, said junior guard LaChelda
Jacobs. But its part of basketball.
I mean, its going to be good for us.
Yet, coach Bonnie Henricksons
viewpoint varies. Coming off three
consecutive losses, and with junior
guard Sade Morris slowly healing,
Henrickson said the Jayhawks need
the time to tinker and recover.
Kansas last played on Jan. 24
against K-State and, unlike most
weeks when a mid-week game is
scheduled, the Jayhawks dont play
again until Saturday.
Its good just to clean up some
stuff for a team thats been strug-
gling and for us to get some more
offensive reps and more offensive
execution, Henrickson said
Regardless of their personal
stances, both player and coach
agreed more time in the gym
and more repetitions can only be
seen as a positive.
In the first couple days of practice
this week, Kansas focused almost
solely on internal problems, not
on its next opponent, Texas A&M.
Actually, Kansas only touched on
Texas A&Ms game plan when the
Jayhawks worked on their zone
defense against the Aggies offense.
This weeks a long week for us,
but its good because were focusing
on us, sophomore center Krysten
Boogaard said.
Perhaps the two biggest benefi-
ciaries from not having a mid-week
game are Morris and freshman for-
ward Aishah Sutherland.
Morris began practicing in
limited action on Monday. Both
Henrickson and Morris said this
week without a game couldnt have
come at a better time.
Im really happy theres no
game, Morris said. I finally can
practice and I dont have to worry
about oh man, am I going to be able
to make it?
After playing the center posi-
tion for the first time and after
scoring nine points and grab-
bing 12 rebounds against K-State
on Saturday Sutherland has
increased her repetitions in the low
post this week.
Sutherlands combination of
athleticism and length make her
a valuable asset for the Jayhawks.
But the freshman is still raw and,
as Henrickson said, the more reps
the better.
Aishah is a great player,
Boogaard, Kansas starting center,
said. It just shows what she can do
offensively and defensively. If I play
with her, in transition I can trail and
she can handle herself on the block
if shes in that position now.
And while she may not be the
biggest fan of this week, Jacobs
understands how important the
extra time in the gym has been for a
Kansas team looking to climb from
the bottom of the Big 12 standings.
We just took a step back from
everything and worked on us for a
couple of days, Jacobs said. Weve
been getting the things right that we
need to get right.
Edited by Carly Halvorson
Improve three-point
shooting.
Kansas has made just seven of
31 three-pointers the last three
games.
Get Sade Morris back into
live action.
Kansas needs Morris scoring
and defense back in the lineup
ASAP.
Continue working Aishah
Sutherland in the post.
The freshman needs as many
reps in practice as she can get
in order to become more com-
fortable at the center position.
Work on McCrays isolation
game.
Against K-State on Saturday,
McCray played a one-on-one
game multiple times. Its a
good strategy if McCray can
continue improving at fnish-
ing.
Reestablish Krysten
Boogaard.
The Jayhawks need Boogaards
inside presence for a balanced
ofensive attack.
Jayson Jenks
points for kansas to improve this week
Ryan mcgeeney/KANSAN
Junior guard Sade morris dribbles across court after a turnover fromTexas Tech during a Jan.
17 game in Allen Fieldhouse.
WoMenS BASKetBAll
Womens basketball grateful for extra practices
J
im Chappell grabs a pair
of menus and greets you
when you enter Chappells
Restaurant and Sports
Museum. And yes, he has a
minute to spare to share any
number of the impossible to
count memories adorning the
walls and ceilings.
Your attention is initially
drawn overhead to the more
than 1,000 football helmets
hanging that range from high
school to the pros including
a half dozen Jayhawk helmets
despite the restaurants location
at 323 Armour Road, Kansas
City, Mo.
Here liquor bottles are over-
shadowed by a fleet of framed
baseball jerseys and the Kansas
City Royals World Series trophy
behind the bar. As you make
your way past the 1984 and
1996 Olympic torches two
items Chappell says patrons
often miss you find your
seat near the fireplace where a
mounted elk rests above Paul
Hornungs Heisman Trophy.
You order the rainbow trout
amandine the best youve
had and your date selects the
smokehouse chicken grill. And
while Ole Miss seals an upset
of Kentucky on television, you
spot a chair hanging that was
once occupied by fans at the old
Sportsmans Park in St. Louis.
See that wire under the bot-
tom? Chappell asks. That was
where you put your straw hats.
Chappell takes the time,
every day, to meet customers
and deliver impromptu tours
when asked. When Chappell
learns that you are a KU stu-
dent, another floodgate opens.
He can list the entire roster of
this years basketball team and
reminisces of the games he has
attended this season with Jim
Hinrich Kirks dad.
Jim coaches up the road at
North Kansas City High School
and drops by Chappells twice
a day. The only thing keeping
him away tonight is a game
underway. Chappell says he
will accompany the two to see
Kirks number retired in Allen
Fieldhouse March 1.
This of course inspires
another KU story. One cap-
tured in a glossy action shot of
Bud Stallworth who once
dropped 50 points on Mizzou.
The signature reads: To my
good friend Jim, I remember
the night you held me to 50
points. Always, Bud Stallworth.
When you finish your curly
fries, youve long resigned that
one trip is not enough to take
it all in and no number of visits
will be. As Texas and Baylor
play on television, A.J. Abrams
breaks Jeff Boschees Big 12
record for three-point baskets
inevitably stoking a few
more KU memories.
Then the check arrives. You
pay, tipping 20 percent, and leave
much in the same fashion you
entered eyes glancing every-
where. Near the door, Chappell
wishes you a good night and safe
journey on your way out into the
Kansas City night. You tell him
youll be back soon.
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Junior guard mario Little gets restrained by Sherron Collins and a ofcial after getting into a scufe with Nebraskas Cookie Miller. Miller appeared to have thrown a punch on the play while fghting for a loose ball on the foor, but no foul was
called on either team.
Scrappy Jayhawks battle back
Second-half scuffle drives Kansas as it recovers from subpar first half to stay unbeaten in Big 12
BY CASE KEEFEr
ckeefer@kansan.com
LINCOLN, Neb. Kansas coach
Bill Self said it was nothing.
Self thought a loose ball scufe be-
tween junior guard Mario Little and
Nebraska guard Cookie Miller with
nine minutes remaining in Kansas
68-62 victory at the Devaney Cen-
ter was meaningless. Junior guard
Sherron Collins disagreed.
Tat was the biggest thing, Col-
lins said. When someone tries to
punk us and do something like that,
thats when we come out fghting.
Self and Collins both have evi-
dence to support their opinions. Self
would say the game wasnt decided
until eight minutes later when Col-
lins hit four consecutive free throws
in the fnal 30 seconds to put the
game out of Nebraskas reach.
Collins pointed out that it was
44-44 at the time of the mix-up.
From then on, Kansas outscored
Nebraska 13-7.
But what exactly happened? No
punches were thrown. Te refer-
ees called no fouls. What triggered
the ofcials and Kansas assistant
coaches to come out on the foor to
separate the players afer Little and
Miller tangled for the ball at the top
of the key? Te Jayhawks say it was
Miller.
All Im saying is he was talking,
Little said.
Little and Collins declined to be
any more specifc than that. Tey
also didnt mention that Miller had
SEE basketball oN pAgE 5B
Y
oull still hear John Rig-
gins stories from time
to time.
Two men will sidle up to the
bar at Te Wheel and talk about
the day Riggins broke Gale Sayers
Kansas rushing record.
Tey might talk about the
times, when Riggins was already
a world famous football player,
hed show up
unannounced
at Te Wheel
and order a
beer.
And of
course, theres
Riggins
grandest story.
Tat warm
night in Pasadena in 1983 when he
became immortal.
Tat night, with the world
watching, Riggins ran for 166
yards and led the Washington
Redskins to their frst Super Bowl
title, a 27-17 victory over the
Miami Dolphins.
Riggins, who set Super records
for yards and carries (38), became
the frst and only Jayhawk to
be named Super Bowl MVP.
Tomorrow is the 26th anniver-
sary of that night in Pasadena.
Now, 26 years later, the Arizona
Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers
will play in Super Bowl XLIII, and
someone will join Riggins, the
former Kansas All-American, on
the list of Super Bowl immortals.
Yep, people still love to tell Rig-
gins stories.
Rob Farha has one. Farha, the
owner of the Te Wheel, was
working one afernoon in either
1985 or 1986. Riggins pulled up to
the front Te Wheel in a pickup
and told Farha to get Te Wheels
old owner, John Wooden, on the
phone.
I called him and I said, Riggos
here. Farha recalled on Wednes-
day afernoon.
He said, give him whatever he
wants.
Te Riggins stories dont end
there. Tere was the time in sev-
enth grade when he outjumped a
long-jump pit and broke his ankle.
Te time in 1980 when Riggins
quit football, hung around Law-
rence and spent the football season
hunting and fshing.
And then the time in 1981 when
Riggins returned to the Redskins
and simply stated, Im bored, Im
broke and Im back.
Tere are millions of these crazy
little Riggins stories, little tales
about a Kansas football folk hero.
He wore a Mohawk. He negotiated
his own contract with Redskins
coach Joe Gibbs over a beer. When
his football days were over, he
acted on the television soap opera
Guiding Light.
Te man was Bill Brasky in
football pads.
Farha has one more story. It was
just months afer Riggins won the
Super Bowl MVP award. Sports
Illustrated wanted to do a story.
Tey wanted to tell Riggins story.
He said hed only do the inter-
view if they did it at Te Wheel,
Farha said.
Super ConneCtionS
Riggins, who now lives on
the East coast and splits his time
between broadcasting and acting,
isnt the only Kansas Super Bowl
connection.
Former Kansas ofensive
tackle Justin Hartwig, who earned
second-team All-Big 12 honors as
a senior, will start at center for the
Pittsburgh Steelers. Hartwig was
drafed in the sixth round by the
Tennessee Titans in the 2002 NFL
Draf.
Hartwig, of course, played
under former Kansas coach Terry
Allen, who, amazingly, has another
Super Bowl connection.
Allen coached Kurt Warner at
Northern Iowa during Warners
senior season.
Super broadCaSterS
Te Super Bowl returns to NBC
for the frst time since 1998, and
Te Brew thinks thats good news
and bad news.
NBC will roll out Bob Costas,
Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann
for the pregame and halfime
shows, and well get the legendary
Al Michaels on the play-by-play.
Unfortunately, well have to endure
John Madden and his state the
complete obvious shtick for four
quarters.
Te Steelers-Cardinals match-
up should be plenty of fun, but
it might be impossible for this
game to top last years epic battle
between the Patriots and Giants in
drama or television ratings.
According to the Neilsen Rat-
ings, Super Bowl XLII was the
second-most watched television
event in U.S. history (97.5 million
viewers) behind the series fnale of
M.A.S.H.
Youtube SeSh
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only watch the Super Bowl for the
commercials. You can relive the
top commercials from last year on
YouTube. Type in Top 10 Super
Bowl Ads 2008 and enjoy.
reCommended
reading
Morning Brew favorite Joe Pos-
nanski, a columnist for the Kansas
City Star and a Sports Illustrated
contributor, wrote a wonderful
essay on Bruce Springsteen for
SportsIllustrated.com. Springsteen
is playing at halfime of the Super
Bowl, and it seems many longtime
fans of Te Boss arent sure how
to feel.
Edited by Andrew Wiebe
sports 2B Thursday, January 29, 2009
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CommentarY
Reminiscing about John Riggins
By rustin dodd
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Quote oF the daY
I never really understood the
strip-joint thing. Why go to a
place and get all excited and
then have a hard time walking
out?
Ravens DT Tony Siragusa, Sports
Illustrated
FaCt oF the daY
Strip club owners and opera-
tors in Tampa Bay expect this
years game to have similar
efects as the last time the Su-
per Bowl was in town in 2001
when profts quadrupled.
Associated Press
triVia oF the daY
Q: How many strip clubs will
Super Bowl attendees have to
choose from in Tampa Bay?
a: There are 43 such es-
tablishments in the Tampa
metropolitan area. Ironically
enough, that is one for each
Super Bowl.
Associated Press
By ALAn roBinson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. Ryan Clark
levels Willis McGahee and Wes
Welker. Hines Ward breaks Keith
Rivers jaw. James Farrior stacks up
Derrick Ward.
The Pittsburgh Steelers dont
deliberately try to injure opposing
players. Its just that it happens
sometimes when a team is taught
to hit only two ways: hard and
harder.
The Steelers are as physical as it
gets in the NFL, and the Arizona
Cardinals understand they must be
prepared to match that hit-or-be-
hit mentality if they want to win
the Super Bowl.
The Ravens-Steelers AFC cham-
pionship game might have been
the NFLs most punishing all sea-
son, and the Cardinals know whats
ahead.
Lets get physical, indeed.
Theyre definitely differ-
ent, Cardinals linebacker Karlos
Dansby said Wednesday. They fly
around to the ball and they play
with a passion, and thats a beauti-
ful thing when you see a team play
with a lot of passion. ... You admire
stuff like that, seeing people com-
ing down, making big hits and
changing the game.
Playing with toughness and an
edge didnt begin in Pittsburgh
with the Bill Cowher or Chuck
Noll eras, either. The Steelers
teams of coach Buddy Parker were
rugged, hard-hitting and nasty in
the late 1950s and early 1960s, too,
although they didnt win like their
predecessors did.
The Steelers transformed physi-
cal play into an art form during
the Steel Curtain days, an image
personified by Jack Lamberts
body-slam hits, Joe Greenes mean-
ness, Mike Websters blocking and
Mel Blounts punishment of wide
receivers at the line of scrimmage.
The way they ran the ball in
the 1970s, the way they played
defense, you had to be physical,
cornerback Deshea Townsend
said. Pittsburgh, its a rough city.
Its a tough city.
A lot of hard-nosed people live
in that city, so you have to be that
type of team to fit in there.
Cardinals wide receiver-return-
er Steve Breaston grew up in
Pittsburgh and was educated at
length about those Steelers teams.
He plays a skill position, yet he
has always tried to make his family
proud by playing with toughness,
too.
The football there is smash-
mouth and a real physical style.
The Steelers, that defines them
right there, Breaston said. Look
at their linebackers, secondary, all
the way through. Theyre all mak-
ing plays, getting to the quarter-
back.
Steelers hard-nosed reputation precedes them
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investment frm Goldman
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of its stake in the company
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Investors have been pres-
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The company holds a 17.8
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The Times reported in De-
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The announcement came
Wednesday as the Times Co.
reported its earnings plunged
48 percent in the fourth
quarter because of lower
advertising revenue in a weak
economy.
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sports 3b Thursday, January 29, 2009
Nfl
Whisenhunt gets tough on team
By BOB BAUM
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. Even the weather
in Arizona was gloomy in the after-
math of the Cardinals 40-point loss
to New England.
One game remained before the
playoffs began, and coach Ken
Whisenhunt was mad.
The grueling Christmas week
of practice that followed somehow
transformed these NFL chumps into
NFC champs who face Pittsburgh
Sunday in the Super Bowl.
I think its easy to look back
on it now and say that it was the
turning point, Whisenhunt said on
Wednesday. Obviously, I was very
upset with the way we were playing.
I also was concerned about a playoff
game being two weeks away and
the style of football that we were
playing.
Concerned is way too mild a
word. He was as embarrassed as he
was angry, and he apologized to the
community.
Whisenhunt put the team in
full pads for heavy workouts in a
chilly rain on Christmas Eve day.
Christmas morning was the same,
and the weather was even more
miserable for a team accustomed to
sunny workouts with temperatures
in the 70s.
He said, You know what? Bring
the big-boy pads, Robinson said.
Thats the only way I know to
basically show Im not lettin up,
that Im keeping my foot on the gas
pedal and well see what happens.
Whisenhunt told the players that
anyone who didnt give it his all
would not play in the playoffs.
It made us wake up and realize
the playoffs were coming and if we
were going to keep playing like we
did, we would have a short playoff
run, defensive end Bertrand Berry
said.
The Cardinals had surrendered
without a fight in New England;
they trailed 28-0 at the half and
44-0 after three quarters.
The Patriots rolled for 514 yards,
183 on the ground and 331 through
the air. Kurt Warner completed 6 of
18 passes for 30 yards. The players
seemed more interested in huddling
around the sideline space heaters
than in playing football.
His team, which had started the
season 7-3 and ran away with the
weak NFC West, had lost four of
five. A defeat in the season fina-
le against Seattle would send the
Cardinals into the playoffs at 8-8.
I think he was real disappointed
in the fact he felt like hed taken
care of us all year, taken care of our
bodies, being healthy, cutting down
reps in practice, Robinson said,
and then we go out there and lay
an egg.
Make that eggs.
The first fell in a 48-20 blowout
at Philadelphia in front of a national
television audience Thanksgiving
night. Brian Westbrook ran over,
through and around the awful
defensive game.
The following week the lowly
St. Louis Rams came to town, and
Arizona clinched the NFC West
with a 34-10 victory. It was a bit
of fools gold for Cardinals fans.
When the competition got tough
again, Arizona folded like a cheap
tent.
In the franchises worst home
performance in Whisenhunts two
seasons in Arizona, the Cardinals
lost to Minnesota 35-14, allow-
ing Adrian Peterson to rush for
165 yards and Tarvaris Jackson to
throw for four scores.
Those games shocked us a little
bit, Warner said.
We were playing good teams,
he said, and it was like, all of a
sudden, a cloud moved over us and
said, Hey, this is what it is going to
be about. These are what the teams
are like in the playoffs. You better
show up.
Arizona is 4-0 since then.
The Cardinals beat the Seahawks
34-21 in Seattles final game under
coach Mike Holmgren. They
opened the playoffs by beating
Atlanta 30-24, then stunned the
Panthers in Carolina 33-13 before
beating Philadelphia 32-25 to win
the NFC championship.
Few sports turnarounds have
been more dramatic.
We kind of had an up and down
year where there were times we
werent prepared for and we didnt
handle very well, assistant head
coach Russ Grimm said. But were
a young football team. Theyre
learning as they go, so we just have
to see if we can put together one
more.
AssociAted Press
Arizona cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt, center, talks with Kurt Warner, right, and Larry Fitzgerald, left, during a Nov. 16 NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle.
The Arizona Cardinals as an organization had never been there before, but their coach had. KenWhisenhunt won a Super Bowl ring in Pittsburgh, and he brought some of that Steelers toughness to
the desert.
Nfl
Warner back in the
game afer struggle
By BOB BAUM
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. Four years
ago Kurt Warner was having a
hard time finding a job.
No matter that he had been to
two Super Bowls and won one of
them, or that hed been an NFL
and Super Bowl MVP.
The perception was that he
was washed up, finished, that his
storybook career was approach-
ing an ignominious end.
Then the 37-year-old quar-
terback wrote the most amazing
chapter of all with a season that
might cement him a spot in
footballs Hall of Fame, espe-
cially if he can lead the Arizona
Cardinals, of all teams, to a
Super Bowl victory Sunday over
the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hopefully, it would recog-
nize him for exactly what he is
one of the best players to ever
play his position, his coach,
Ken Whisenhunt, said.
Warners story is rooted in a
deep faith and a persistent drive
to be the very best he can be as a
person and a football player.
His return to the top is a
dominant theme leading up to
this Super Bowl, just as it was in
his 1999 season.
Most times when you do
something great, its not over-
night, he said. Its not some-
thing that comes easy. It comes
with a lot of hard work, a lot of
time, a lot of commitment.
The comment pretty much
sums up his life.
Warner played for Northern
Iowa, but didnt start until he
was a senior. Then he tried out
for the Green Bay Packers, but
was quickly released. So it was
back to Cedar Rapids, where he
got a job stocking shelves for a
supermarket.
His route from there to the
NFL included three seasons
with the Iowa Barnstormers of
the Arena Football League and
two years with the Amsterdam
Admirals in NFL Europe.
Before the 1999 season,
Warner was a backup with the
Rams when starter Trent Green
was injured. Coach Dick Vermeil
turned to Warner, and the result
was one of the most prolific
offenses in NFL history.
In the next three years, despite
missing five games because of
injury, Warner threw for 12,612
yards and 98 touchdowns. There
was the Super Bowl champion-
ship season and the near-miss
against New England in 2001.
But injuries to his finger
and hand in 2002 signaled the
beginning of the end of his days
in St. Louis.
He lost the starting job to
Marc Bulger and was released by
the Rams after the 2003 season.
I never felt like the physi-
cal part of my game ever dis-
appeared, Warner said. I felt
like that was always there. The
one question I had when I left
St. Louis was would I ever get
the opportunity to display that
again. Warner will make his
20th start of the season on
Sunday, the most of his career.
As far as his teammates are con-
cerned, hes already a Hall of
Famer.
Warners contract with
Arizona ends after the Super
Bowl. General manager Rod
Graves says Warner wants to
come back and the Cardinals
want to re-sign him. Its hard
to imagine him not wanting to
keep flinging the ball after a
season like this.
But Warner also hints at
retirement. His wife Brenda
would like him at home with
their seven children and hed
have more time to work with his
First Things First foundation.
Its a Christian organization
to match his faith-based life.
Everything I do, everywhere
I go, Im trying to live up to or
represent Jesus, Warner said.
Having the faith I have is first
and foremost in my life.
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Junior guard Sherron Collins
Collins better have an adequate long-term
memory bank because almost every game this year
has been worth remembering. Collins didnt have his
best game in Lincoln. But when it mattered, when
the Jayhawks didnt knowwhere to turn, Collins
emerged. He hit four straight free-throws in the last
30 seconds and made a key steal on an in-bounds
pass. He also scored seven points during a one min-
ute stretch in the middle of the frst half.
Freshman guardTyshawnTaylor
Kansas had opportunites to put the game out of
Nebraskas reach. Taylor routinely prevented it from
happening. He fnished with six turnovers equal
to his number of points and had three personal
fouls. One of his most glaring ofenses came with
2:45 remaining in the game when he attempted
a pass the length of the court. He threwit right to
Nebraska guard Paul Verlander.
KU 68, NU 62 5B thursday, january 29, 2009 KU 68, NU 62
4B thursday, january 29, 2009
29 39 68 KANSAS
34 28 62 NEBRASKA
KANSAS (16-4, 5-0)
NEBRASKA (12-7, 2-4)
MENs BAsKETBALL REWIND
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Result/Time
11/4 vs. Washburn (Ex.) W, 98-79
11/11 vs. Emporia State (Ex.) W, 103-58
11/16 vs. UMKC W, 71-56
11/18 vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 85-45
11/24 vs. Washington (in Kansas City, Mo.) W, 73-54
11/25 Syracuse (in Kansas City, Mo.) L, 89-81 (OT)
11/28 vs. Coppin State W, 85-53
12/1 vs. Kent State W, 87-60
12/3 vs. New Mexico State W, 100-79
12/6 vs. Jackson State W, 86-62
12/13 vs. Massachusetts (in Kansas City, Mo.) L, 61-60
12/20 vs. Temple W, 71-59
12/23 at Arizona L, 84-67
12/30 vs. Albany NY W, 79-43
1/03 vs. Tennessee W, 92-85
1/6 vs. Siena W, 91-84
1/10 at Michigan State L, 75-62
1/13 vs. Kansas State W, 87-71
1/17 at Colorado W, 73-56
1/19 vs. Texas A&M W, 73-53
1/24 at Iowa State W, 82-67
1/28 at Nebraska W, 68-62
1/31 vs. Colorado 3 p.m.
2/2 at Baylor 8 p.m.
2/7 vs. Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m.
2/9 at Missouri 8 p.m.
2/14 at Kansas State 2:30 p.m.
2/18 vs. Iowa State 7 p.m.
2/21 vs. Nebraska 3 p.m.
2/23 at Oklahoma 8 p.m.
3/1 vs. Missouri 1 p.m.
3/4 at Texas Tech 8:30 p.m.
3/7 vs. Texas 3 p.m.
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points Rebounds Assists
TyshawnTaylor
3
Cole Aldrich
8
Sherron Collins
17
GAME NOTES
PRIME PLAYS
VIEW FROM PRESS ROW
Taylor
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGARebs A Pts
Brady Morningstar 4-6 2-3 5 0 11
Tyshawn Taylor 1-3 0-2 4 3 6
Marcus Morris 1-2 0-0 1 0 5
Sherron Collins 6-11 1-3 2 0 17
Cole Aldrich 3-5 0-0 8 0 8
Quintrell Thomas 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tyrel Reed 2-2 2-2 2 1 7
Markief Morris 1-2 0-0 5 0 5
Mario Little 2-6 0-0 7 2 4
Travis Releford 2-2 0-0 3 0 5
Team 1
Total 22-39 5-10 38 6 68
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGARebs A Pts
Chris Balham 1-2 0-0 3 0 3
Sek Henry 3-6 2-3 1 2 10
Ade Dagunduro 10-16 1-2 5 2 24
Steve Harley 5-12 1-3 0 2 11
Cookie Miller 3-10 2-4 2 3 8
Paul Velander 1-5 1-5 2 0 3
Ryan Anderson 0-6 0-5 2 2 0
Brandon Richardson 0-1 0-1 0 0 0
Cole Salomon 1-2 0-1 3 2 3
Team 4
Total 24-60 7-24 22 13 62
IT WAS OVER WHEN ...
GAME TO REMEMBER ...
GAME TO FORGET ...
STAT OF THE NIGHT ...
Collins
For more mens
basketball cover-
age, check out Case
Keefers Blog allen
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you would rather
kick back and rest
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to the postgame
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sophomore guard Brady Morningstar drives to the basket for a two point layup and draws the foul on the play. Morningstar converted the free throwfor the three point play fnishing with 11 points
in Kansas 68-62 win over Nebraska Wednesday night. Kansas will face of against Colorado this Saturday at 3 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.
FIRST HALF
18:20 Steve Harley stole a
pass at midcourt and bolted
toward the basket. He missed
the layup, but Cookie Miller was
there for the follow. After Miller
missed his lay-in, Ade Dagunduro
thundered in to slamhome the
rebound and put Nebraska up
6-0. Bill Self blewup and took a
quick timeout.
10:45 Dagunduro picked of
a bad pass and breezed in for a
layup to put Nebraska up 21-9.
Self was forced to take another
timeout.
3:29 Little-used Cole Saloman
6-foot-5 guard blocked Cole
Aldrich under the basket and
harnessed the rebound. Aldrich
reached in for the ball and was
called for his second foul. Aldrich
sat for the rest of the frst half.
0:00 TyshawnTaylor pulled up
for a three-pointer but instead
passed it to a wide-openTravis
Releford under the basket. Rel-
eford barely beat the buzzer and
his shot gave Kansas something
to build on in the second half.
SECONDHALF
10:46 Sherron Collins toe
edged inside of the three-point
line, but his long deuce was still
enough to give Kansas its frst
lead of the game at 42-41.
8:47 Mario Little hit the foor
chasing after a loose ball and
Nebraskas Cookie Miller piled
on after him. What ensued was
a scrumthat Collins said defned
the game and Kansas never-
back-down attitude.
1:03 Sek Henry lit up the
Devaney Center with a pair of
improbable threes to cut Kansas
lead to 63-62. The crowd erupted
and Nebraska nearly got another
steal which would have given it a
chance to take the lead.
29.1 Henrys heroic fnish
was almost complete when he
appeared to block Collins layup
attempt, but the refs whistled
Ryan Anderson for hitting Collins
on the head. The junior calmly hit
both free throws to go up 65-62.
Taylor Bern
WITHEY IMPACTING
PRACTICE
Kansas coach Bill Self says
hes amazed by the way Cole
Aldrich continues to progress.
Sometimes, Self cant even
explain it. But lately, hes
noticed a newchallenge for
Aldrich in practice: Freshman
center JefWithey. Aldrich often
plays against Withey, the 7-foot
transfer fromArizona.
Jefs been good for Cole,
Self said. Hes hard to score
over.
Withey will have to sit out
until the end of the winter
semester after transferring to
Kansas at the beginning of the
spring semester. He is allowed
to practice with the teamuntil
then.
He plays on the second
bunch, Self said, so Cole and
the guys who are playing the
majority of the minutes have to
go against himeveryday.
NOENCORE FORTHOMAS
Quintrell Thomas got his op-
portunity.
In fact, the freshman forward
checked into the game early.
Thomas came in with 15 min-
utes remaining in the frst half
and proceeded to give up a
layup and commit a turnover.
Thomas played only one
minute in Kansas frst three
conference games before log-
ging seven against Iowa State
and grabbing four rebounds.
Self said he likedThomas
aggressiveness against the
Cyclones and that he had a
chance to re-gain a rotation
spot if he continued perform-
ing steadily.
That didnt happen in
Thomas two minutes against
the Cornhuskers.
ALDRICHABUSED
Verbally, that is.
And not fromSelf or any of
his teammates during his of-
night, where he fnished with
eight points, eight rebounds
and four turovers. Aldrich heard
it fromtheRed Zone, Nebras-
kas student section.
When he missed a free-throw
or committed a turnover, the
Red Zone chanted his name.
The students also chanted,
Aldrich sucks, during one
timeout.
Case Keefer
21: Thats the number of turnovers Kansas committed. It surpassed the
18 it recorded against Colorado for the highest total of the season. As
Self would say, thats unacceptable. Its probably the reason why the
game wound up so close.
Junior guard Sherron Collins picked of Nebraska guard Sek Henrys
in-bounds pass with 16 seconds remaining. Collins lifted his right arm
and pulled the ball down with one hand before it could reach Nebraska
point guard Cookie Miller. Miller immediately fouled Collins. He made
both freethrows to put the score at 67-62. Nebraska fans headed for
the exits while the Jayhawk bench rejoiced. Henry committed the turn-
over moments after hitting two three-pointers to make it a one-point
game.
Collins leadership seals Hawks victory
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
LINCOLN, Neb. Clinging
to a one-point lead with less than
one minute to go, Sherron Collins
drove to the basket and drew the
most controversial foul of Kansas
season. It was also the Jayhawks
most important.
Its no surprise that Collins,
junior guard, wouldnt give up the
ball. Hes the Jayhawks leader, and
when he feels like making a big
shot it usually swishes through
the net.
Collins crossed over to his left
and used his bulky body to shield
defenders. Nebraskas would-
be hero Sek Henry, guard, who
brought the score to 63-62 with
a pair of threes, jumped in and
clearly blocked the ball. But a
whistle sent panic through the
Devaney Center and the rafters
echoed with boos and obscenities.
Henry and the crowd were
angry and confused until the PA
announced that it was guard Ryan
Anderson who was whistled for
hitting Collins head on the drive.
Anderson hit me right across
the head. Wasnt no doubt, Collins
said. The block was clean, but
that wasnt Anderson.
The explanation didnt satisfy
anyone wearing red, but the play
was simple from Collins view.
When he started the drive he
anticipated drawing a foul and
getting his two points from the
line rather than the paint. And
thats exactly what he did.
The junior calmly placed his toe
at the free-throw line and sank a
pair to put Kansas up 65-62.
Still a one-possession game,
Nebraska ran down court into its
offense. Junior guard Mario Little,
who played a career high 30 min-
utes, kicked an entry pass with
17.4 seconds left. It didnt seem
like much, but forcing the Huskers
under the basket was a huge swing
in momentum.
Henry was the inbounds man.
I was really looking for Ade
(Dagunduro), but the way the guy
was defending me, I didnt think
it was open, Henry said. Cookie
(Miller) was my last option.
Instead of an easy bounce
pass to Dagunduro, Henry had
to chuck a deep pass across half
court toward Miller.
It would have been a success
just to force an inbounds pass
that far away from the basket, but
Collins wasnt satisfied with a nice
play. He wanted a perfect one.
So Collins shadowed Miller into
the backcourt and channeled his
free safety skills from high school
to intercept the pass.
I was just thinking about where
Cookie was coming from, Collins
said. I knew if I chinned it then
Id probably get a foul.
Miller immediately fouled,
which sent Collins to the free-
throw line once more. Kansas
coach Bill Self said its a good
thing they called a foul because
he thought Collins was about to
lose control.
Collins disagreed. However, his
second straight pair of free throws
made it a non-issue.
Nebraska coach Doc Sadler
pointed to the free-throw line as a
big difference in the outcome.
We go 14 times, they go 27 and
make 19. They outscored us by 11
free throws, Sadler said. We just
cant overcome that.
Collins didnt score from the
field in the final 10 minutes, but
his four free throws iced the game.
The final seconds could have gone
a lot of different ways, but Collins
play and a little luck ensured that
Kansas stayed perfect in Big 12
play.
We were fortunate, just in the
span of 20 seconds, to have a lot of
things go right, Self said.
Edited by Heather Melanson
Four free throws help ensure Huskers loss
Weston White/KANsAN
Junior guard sherron Collins leaps up to steal a backcourt pass fromNebraska guard
Cookie Miller with 16 seconds left and the Jayhawks up 65-62. Collins led the way for the
Jayhawks with 17 points in a 68-62 win over the Cornhuskers Wednesday night.
a reason to be enthusiastic.
Te Cornhuskers (12-7, 2-4) had
out-played the Jayhawks (16-4, 5-0)
until that point and led for nearly
the entire game.
Te frst half belonged to the
Cornhuskers. Tey were ahead
by as many as 13 points and held
the Jayhawks scoreless for a four-
minute stretch in the middle of the
half.
Nebraska senior forward Ade
Dagunduro scored 13 of his game-
high 24 points in the opening 20
minutes. Te Cornhuskers went to
the locker roomwith a 34-29 lead.
I felt very fortunate that we
were only down fve at halfime,
Self said. Tey dominated the frst
half.
A major part of Nebraskas suc-
cess came fromslowing sophomore
center Cole Aldrich. As expected,
the Cornhuskers double-teamed
Aldrich any time he received the
ball in the paint.
Aldrich fnished with eight
points and eight rebounds, but all
of it came in the second half.
He had a bad game, Self said.
Hed be the frst to tell you that.
He didnt play as well as hes been
playing.
Collins and sophomore guard
Tyrel Reed compensated for Al-
drichs sluggish night in the second
half.
Nebraska guard Steve Harley
made a layup with seven minutes
remaining to give his team a 51-50
lead. It was the last time the Corn-
huskers led.
Reed answered by making two
consecutive three-pointers that
sent the Jayhawks of on a 9-0 run.
Afer he made the second shot, the
usually reserved Reed even yelled
something at Miller.
I couldnt tell you what I was
saying, Reed who had seven
points said. It was in the heat of
the moment. My competitive juices
were fowing.
When Aldrich capped of the
run with two free throws to make
the score 57-50, the Jayhawks ap-
peared to be pulling away. Tey
kept the seven-point lead intact for
the next three minutes.
All Kansas needed to do was take
care of the ball to leave the Devaney
Center undefeated in conference
play. Tat didnt happen.
Kansas, which fnished the night
with a season-high 21 turnovers,
had passes from Reed and fresh-
man guard Tyshawn Taylor stolen
on the next two possessions.
Nebraska guard Sek Henry
turned both turnovers into three-
pointers. Nebraska trailed only
63-62.
Te Cornhuskers fouled Collins
on the Jayhawks next trip down
the court, and he made both free-
throws. Eleven seconds later, Col-
lins made two more afer intercept-
ing an in-bounds pass intended for
Miller with one hand to seal the
victory.
We got the one stop we needed,
Self said. Tat was the ballgame.
Collins remembered the steal,
but was in no mood to talk about it.
He wanted to focus on the incident
with Miller.
We arent going to take nothing
fromnobody, Collins said.
Editedby AndrewWiebe
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Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor fghts to maintain possession of the ball on the foor. Taylor scored six points and turned the ball over six
times in the Jayhawks 68-62 win over Nebraska Wednesday night.
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sports 7b Thursday, January 29, 2009
By BEN WALKER
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) In years
past, the Super Bowl was so much
more than a game. It was an out-
right orgy of football, glitz and glut-
tony, a celebration of excess where
too much was never enough.
Te No. 1 sporting event in
America is still a big deal. Nearly
100 million of us will tune in Sunday
night when the Pittsburgh Steelers
play the Arizona Cardinals.
But in these tough economic
times, its easy to see: Te Super
Bowl is taking a hit, too.
General Motors and FedEx
pulled their TV ads, even though
NBC lowered the price. Playboy
canceled its annual party. Almost
200 fewer media credentials were
issued.
When I think of the NFL, I think
of recession-proof, Cardinals line-
man Elliot Vallejo said this week.
But thats not true anymore.
Used to be everywhere you
looked around a Super Bowl town,
all you could see was advertising.
Tere were commercial booths at
every turn. Te headquarters hotel
and media center looked like giant
trade shows.
Now you can look pretty much
everywhere and actually see things.
Such as empty tables at local res-
taurants and vacant hotel rooms
downtown.
StubHub does have a sign on the
mezzanine level at Raymond James
Stadium. Te nationwide ticket
broker also had more than 3,000
seats for sale, as of midweek. Tey
were getting less expensive by the
minute.
In terms of pricing, this game
has become the Limbo Bowl how
low can it go? StubHub spokesman
Sean Pate said. When it comes to
plunking down $7,000 for a week-
end, people are becoming more
pragmatic. Tey have other needs.
Dave Gornick hears that from
his pals. Now a dentist in Gibsonia,
Pa., the lifelong Steelers fan grew
up in steel-mill country.
Some of the guys I tailgate with,
theyre blue-collar guys making
$30,000 or $35,000 a year, and they
didnt have the $1,600 you had to
put up in advance to get into the
lottery for Super Bowl tickets,
he said. In the past, I think they
wouldve done anything to get to
the Super Bowl. Not now, not with
this economy.
On the other hand, it might be
cheaper to go to the game.
While tickets are still pricey
about 15,000 at a record $1,000
apiece, and 53,000 at $800 each
another 1,000 cost $500 down
from last years low of $700, the frst
cut in Super Bowl history.
And tickets that cost $2,500 or
more from scalpers and brokers
could be selling at face value by
kickof.
I havent seen empty stadiums
yet. I havent seen games being
blacked out on TV because they
havent sold out, Cardinals defen-
sive end Travis LaBoy said. But
theyre saying this is the lowest
price for a Super Bowl ticket. Tats
the economy, tenfold.
Poor economy upsets Super Bowl
Unsold tickets and less advertising mark this years game
By TIM REyNOLDS
Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) Michael Bea-
sley has big plans for All-Star
weekend, including getting to his
old home court in time to watch
Kansas State play rival Kansas.
First, though, will be a trip to
Phoenix for the NBAs rookie
challenge.
Beasley was the lone Miami
Heat player selected for the game
between the leagues top rookies
and sophomores, something he
said was disappointing. He hoped
that fellow rookie Mario Chalmers
and second-year player Daequan
Cook would be joining him in
Phoenix for the Feb. 13 contest,
but neither got enough votes from
the leagues assistant coaches.
Honestly, I thought they were
both a lock, a shoo-in, Beasley
said. Te year Mario is having,
I thought there was no question.
He played great against Derrick
Rose. He played great against Rus-
sell Westbrook. And Daequan de-
served to go. At least, thats what
I think.
Instead, itll be Beasley and only
Beasley on the court from Miami
in that game, making him the sixth
Heat rookie to be selected. He
joins Khalid Reeves, Kurt Tomas,
Caron Butler, Udonis Haslem and
Dwyane Wade who will help
coach the rookie squad, alongside
sophomore coach Dwight Howard
of the Orlando Magic.
I thought they would have a
chance, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
said of Chalmers and Cook. Its
tough. I know it would have meant
a lot for the two of them. Its a
tough process. I hate even getting
involved in it. I get so many things
in the mail, people politicking for
their players, agents, people from
other teams. I dont really like the
whole process.
Cook entered Wednesdays
game against the Washington
Wizards as Miamis ffh-leading
scorer at 10.4 points per game,
plus has hit 42 percent of his shots
from 3-point range. He entered the
night with 99 makes from 3-point
range this season, ffh-best in the
league.
Chalmers, the Heat starter
at point guard, is averaging 9.5
points, 4.6 assists and 1.8 steals for
Miami. Chalmers ranks seventh in
the NBA in steals per game.
I think both of them have good
enough numbers to be there, said
Beasley, who plans to leave Phoe-
nix quickly and get to Manhattan,
Kan. where he spent last year
with Kansas State in time for
the Feb. 14 game between the
Wildcats and the defending na-
tional champion Jayhawks.
Besides Beasley, the rookie
team was composed by Rose (the
No. 1 overall draf selection from
Chicago), Westbrook (the No. 4
pick from Oklahoma City), O.J.
Mayo of Memphis and the Los
Angeles Clippers Eric Gordon
at guard; Beasley and Portlands
Rudy Fernandez at forward; and
centers Marc Gasol of Memphis,
Brook Lopez of New Jersey and
Portlands Greg Oden.
Im disappointed, Chalm-
ers said. I thought I was going
to make it. Everybody said my
chances were going to be pretty
good, but it didnt turn out that
way.
Te sophomore team has
Houstons Aaron Brooks and De-
troits Rodney Stuckey at guard;
the Los Angeles Clippers Al
Tornton, Philadelphias Tad-
deus Young, New Yorks Wilson
Chandler, Houstons Luis Scola
and Oklahoma City teammates
Kevin Durant and Jef Green at
forward; and Atlantas Al Horford
at center.
Im fne. Its over, Cook said.
Beasley chosen for NBA rookie challenge
NBA
Chalmers not voted to go; disappointed to stay home
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley, right, is trapped with the ball by Denver Nuggets
forward Kenyon Martin in the frst quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver onWednesday.
NASCAR
NASCAR blamed for
Florida plane crash
WASHINGTON (AP)
Investigators on Wednesday
blamed NASCAR for a tragic,
unnecessary plane crash in
2007, saying the racing organi-
zation let one of its aircraf take
of without checking an electri-
cal problem reported the day
before.
Te Cessna 310 was en route
from Daytona Beach to Lake-
land in Florida when it crashed
outside Orlando. Te plane hit
two homes, killing a 24-year-old
law student and her 6-month-
old son as well as a 4-year-old
neighbor. Also killed were the
NASCAR pilot and the husband
of a NASCAR executive, a pilot
himself.
Te National Transportation
Safety Board said the crash re-
sulted partly from sloppy main-
tenance record-keeping at NA-
SCARs aviation unit.
Investigators said NASCAR
kept poor records of mainte-
nance problems with its planes
and had no system for ensuring
that reports were addressed or
tracked.
NASCAR spokesman Ram-
sey Poston said NASCAR has
worked with aviation industry
experts to improve our safety
management systems so as to
prevent an accident like this
from occurring in the future.
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BY JUSTIN HILLEY
jhilley@kansan.com
Last season, the womens tennis
team finished fifth in the Big 12
under the leadership of the teams
three seniors, the Jayhawks best
closing since 2002.
This season, senior duo Edina
Horvath and Yuliana Svistun hope
to provide the same guidance to
their younger teammates. Horvath
and Svistun will lead one junior,
three sophomores and four fresh-
men.
They are really trying to push
the younger players, said coach
Amy Hall-Holt. They were very
excited about the way they per-
formed last spring, and they know
they can continue on that high
level.
The Jayhawks open the 2009 sea-
son at 11 a.m. on Saturday against
the University of Texas at El Paso at
First Serve Tennis, followed by two
matches on Sunday against Drake
and St. Louis University.
Based off of last seasons per-
formances, Kansas young play-
ers are in good hands. Horvath
was the teams top singles player,
with 12 dual victories. Svistun fin-
ished with 10 victories, tied with
Kunigunda Dorn and Lauren
Hommell. In doubles, Horvath and
Elizaveta Avdeeva finished with a
13-9 record.
The strength of the Jayhawks
doubles team will be on display
this weekend. The new combina-
tions of Horvath and Dorn (3-1),
Maria Martinez and Erin Wilbert
(4-2) and Svistun and Ekaterina
Morozova (6-2) all had winning
seasons last fall.
If you put anybody on the team
together, theyd get along, Hall-
Holt said. The team unity is so
high. Ive never seen the unity of a
team this passionate before.
The next several months will
have the Jayhawks facing a seem-
ingly endless list of high-ranked
opponents. The Big 12 is one of
college tenniss toughest confer-
ences, led by No. 16 Texas and
2008 conference champion No. 4
Baylor. The Jayhawks were ranked
73rd in the ITAs preseason poll.
The University of Oklahoma will
host the Big 12 Championships
in Norman, Okla. this year. Hall-
Holt was proud of the teams 5-6
match record last season, and she
recognizes that this season will be
equally, if not more, challenging.
We have a very strong confer-
ence, straight across the board,
Hall-Holt said. Its tough, but
there is nothing holding us back
right now, including injuries. We
play a lot of tough schools, and
it seems like every year you turn
around and everybody is getting
better and better. And thats our
goal every time we step out onto
the court, weve got to continue to
get better.
Although the Big 12 confer-
ences marquee teams reside south
of Lawrence, Kansas players have
their aim set on a team located to
the east.
We look forward to playing all
conference teams, but I think one
of the big matches that the girls
are set on is, of course, Missouri,
Hall-Holt said. Last years match
was a tight one, and we should have
won that.
The Jayhawks will play Missouri
at home on March 22.
Edited by Carly Halvorson
Tennis
Seniors lead by example
Returning players hope to teach freshmen, repeat last years success
File photo/KANSAN
Senior Edina Horvath returns the ball in a Feb. 2008 match. Horvath, along with senior Yuliana Svistun, hopes to lead their younger teammates
to another successful season and ranking in the top half of the Big 12. Horvath was the teams top singles player last year with 12 dual victories. The
teams frst game is this Saturday against UTEP.
BY BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) This
much apparently isnt changing at
the White House: You better know
the language of sports.
When press secretary Robert
Gibbs set out Wednesday to
explain the status of a massive
economic bill, he repeatedly spoke
in baseball terms.
Reporters pressed him on
details such as why some programs
were worthy of getting money and
whether President Barack Obama
was disappointed about opposi-
tion from House Republicans as a
vote neared.
Gibbs then took the field.
I hesitate to call the game after
the third inning. I hate to declare
the winner, Gibbs said. I know
we all have analysis to write, but
lets not lets not stop after the
third inning and tell us who won
in the ninth. Its a long process.
It was reminiscent of the George
W. Bush White House, where offi-
cials explained even the most seri-
ous matters in sports analogies.
A reporter asked Gibbs if
some spending programs might
be scrapped when a final bill
emerged.
I think this largely proves my
somewhat maybe possibly weak
baseball analogy, Gibbs said.
Again, he said, it is only the third
inning.
They do, Gibbs said. But they
dont declare winners. You get up
and stretch at one point during
the game. And theres a man that
says you cant buy beer after a cer-
tain time, but the umpire doesnt
declare the game over except for
one point in the game, so I guess
I would stress that, even as you
get up to stretch and buy beer,
they only call one winner, so lets
hope that that one winner is the
American people, because both
teams have worked together.
Fall 2008 singles Record
Seniors: 6-5
Junior: 3-3
Sophomores: 7-8
Freshmen: 10-13
Fall 2008 Doubles Record
Yuliana Svistun/Ekaterina
Morozova: 6-2
Maria Martinez/Erin Wil-
bert: 4-2
Edina Horvath/Kunigunda
Dorn: 3-1
Kate Gof/Alessandra
Dzuba: 2-4
last season
PoliTics
White House uses baseball analogies to explain large economic bill