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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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Fraternity expels 4 members


after anti-Muslim Yeti video
MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59

The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity has expelled four men in


response to an Islamophobic
post on the social media app
Yeti, according to a statement
it released to The Kansan
Monday night.
The statement cited a
zero-tolerance policy for racism and discrimination as
the reason the fraternity expelled four members within
24 hours of them admitting
involvement, it said.

We stand in solidarity
with all students, faculty
and staff and are here to
support, listen and provide a
safe space for all to grieve,
process and heal.
OFFICE OF
MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

As an organization dedicated to our founding as the


world's first Jewish fraternity,
we take a strong stance against
bigotry and intolerance in all
forms, said the statement,
submitted by Ben Felderstein,
the fraternitys vice president
of external affairs.
The post was a 10-second
video of a few men laughing
as one yelled Allahu Akbar,

which means God is greatest in Arabic.


Shegufta Huma, president of
the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the University,
also gave the Kansan a statement on behalf of the organization. She said the MSA and
other Muslims on campus
have been appreciative of
Zeta Beta Taus swift independent action.
They demonstrated their
willingness to ensure the
Muslim community feels valued, Huma said in the statement. The actions of these
four individuals do not represent the values and standards
of Zeta Beta Tau. This type of
hateful behavior is entirely
unacceptable and marginalized the Muslim community.
Huma said the MSA has
been in talks with members
of ZBT to prevent similar
events from occurring in the
future, and the organization
is planning ways to educate
the University community to
be a safe, inclusive environment for all students.
Radwan Dayib, a junior
from Emporia, first tweeted
about the post on April 10.
Disgusted. Guy on Jayhawk
snaps stereotypically depicts
Muslims. Yells Allahu Akbar
with friends laughing, the
tweet, which has since been
deleted, read.
The Office of Multicultural
Affairs released a statement
on April 10, which said it is

BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
Watkins announced it will be adding OrthoKansas, a health provider in
Lawrence, for orthopedic care. OrthoKansas sends two physicians to provide
treatment on Monday afternoons.

Watkins adds
OrthoKansas for
orthopedic care
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
This is a screenshot of a post that appeared on the social media app
Yeti on April 9. In the video, a student, then a member of Zeta Beta Tau
fraternity, mocked Islamic culture and chanted Allahu Akbar.

committed to social justice


and equality for all.
We stand in solidarity with
all students, faculty and staff
and are here to support, listen
and provide a safe space for all
to grieve, process and heal,
the statement read.

Edited by Valerie Haag


Editors Note: Several Kansan staff members, including
Felderstein, are members of
the mentioned fraternity. None
of those staffers contributed to
the reporting on this story.

The Universitys Watkins


Health Center partnered with a
group of orthopedic physicians
from OrthoKansas, a health
provider that is based in Lawrence.
OrthoKansas sends two physicians to a satellite office in
Watkins Health Center to provide treatment on Monday afternoons.
Watkins Health Center director Douglas Dechairo said
that students at the university
benefit from this by receiving
care on campus as opposed to
traveling to the organizations
office on 6th and Maine.
Its pretty clear that if we
were going to be looking at
something that was going to be
benefiting students, it would be
orthopedics, Dechairo said.
Dechairo said orthopedics
was the number one referral
for Watkins by three times
higher than the referral that
was second on Watkins list.

OrthoKansas will pay rent


pro-rated based on the time
they spend in the Watkins
Health Center.
Orthopedics deals mainly
with sports injuries, said OrthoKansas physician Luis Salazar, who works in the Watkins
office. OrthoKansas works
with KU Athletics as its orthopedics providers.
We can bring an expertise and specialty care, but on
campus, Salazar said. Weve
all been in athletics. [Non-student-athletes] can see somebody directly if youre not
directly connected with the
athletic department.
Salazar also said that the convenience for students improves
the quality of care.
Its here and its convenient
versus waiting for injuries
to last longer, Salazar said.
When you have an active
community with a large student body, unfortunately injuries can happen.

Edited by Kelsi Kirwin

Police captain: Rise


in crime due to
more enforcement
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A still from the film The Hunting Ground shows a woman walking on campus. The University will screen the film tonight in Woodruff Auditorium at 7 p.m.

University to screen film relating


to campus rape tonight at Union
RILEY MORTENSEN
@RileyMortensen

As Sexual Assault Awareness


Month comes to a close, the
University will screen The
Hunting Ground tonight at
7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. The Hunting Ground
gives viewers a close-up look
at rape on college campuses
across the United States and
the toll these crimes take.

Index

OPINION 4
A&F 5

The film, which was screened


at the Sundance Film Festival,
runs about an hour and 45
minutes. There will be a short
introduction before the film
and a longer discussion after
when students will have the
opportunity to be heard, ask
questions of administrators
and talk about what our University is already doing and
can improve on, according to
Student Conduct and Com-

PUZZLES 6
SPORTS 10

munity Standards Coordinator, Joshua Jones.


The Office for Institutional Opportunity and Access
is sponsoring the screening.
Due to the content of the film,
the University Care Coordinator and advocates from the
GaDuGi SafeCenter will be
available to students who need
to process the subject matter
privately or one-on-one in the
Union.

CLASSIFIEDS 9
DAILY DEBATE 9

All contents, unless stated otherwise, 2015 The University Daily Kansan

Dont
Forget

The directing and producing


team of Kirby Dick and Amy
Ziering are for their previously Oscar nominated film, The
Invisible War, which examined sexual assaults in the U.S.
military. Forensic specialist
David Lisak, who spoke at the
University earlier this month,
also appears in the film.
Edited by Valerie Haag

To start on those end-ofthe-year papers.

Criminal offenses at the University increased 24 percent


from 2013 to 2014, according
to crime statistics released last
Wednesday by KU Public Safety.
University police captain
James Anguiano said the reason for the increase did not lie
in an increase in criminal activity, but in an increase in enforcement of criminal activity.
With a big drop last year,
we came back up to a little bit
higher than 2012, Anguiano
said. It has to do a lot with
enforcement and recognition
with drugs.
In 2013, there were only 670
criminal offenses, which is the
lowest since 2007, when only
664 offenses were handled.
This year, 840 offenses makes
for the highest number of offenses in the last 10 years.
A big increase was shown in
theft, where offenses increased
from 193 to 239. Anguiano
said theft was typically due to
unattended property.
Drug offenses increased from
107 in 2013 to 177 in 2014,
which, according to the Uni-

Todays
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versitys press release, was due


to the Office of Public Safetys
work with Student Housing to
better identify and recognize
drug activity.
Our officers work with the
KU Department of Student
Housing and keep them informed of current drug trends,
said Ralph Oliver, director of
Public Safety, in a University press release. The use of
technology and patrolling the
parking lots and residence
halls has led to an increase in
drug-related violations.
Diana Robertson, director
of Student Housing, said the
Universitys Public Safety Office trains housing employees
at the beginning of the year
by teaching them to identify
drug smells and paraphernalia. She said that the methods
of finding drug activity hasnt
changed, but the effectiveness
of those methods has.
I dont think [PSO has been]
more involved [in training
Housing staff] but the change
has been showing, Robertson
said. They have been obtaining search warrants. That has
been a change over the last two
years.
Edited by Kelsi Kirwin

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Business school to offer online MBA program


ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

Beginning next fall, the


School of Business will offer
a fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA)
program.
Students will be able to take
the entire 42 credit hours online, which will require about
two years to complete.
Currently, the University offers two other MBA programs:
the full-time program for students based in Lawrence, and
the part-time program that
offers evening classes at the
Edwards campus in Overland
Park.
Dee Steinle, the administra-

tive director of masters programs for the business school,


said the online program is
most similar to the program
at the Edwards campus because its part-time in nature.
However, theres still variation
within the curriculum.
It provides the ultimate flexibility for balancing work and
a graduate program, Steinle
said.
The program does not take
a business undergraduate degree to be enrolled in the program.
Engineers, scientists and
more working professionals are always being targeted
for management jobs, said
Catherine Shenoy, director of

MBA programs for the business school. This is a great


prospect for people like them
who might need more management education.

...this program could be


good for not only people
currently working, but
students unsure of their
future like me.
MARISSA SARTORY
Freshman from
Overland Park

Nevertheless, any student is


allowed to enroll in the online

MBA program, so long as he


or she is eligible for a graduate
program.
The online program is
built on stackable certificates,
meaning that if a student
wanted to come in and get
their Foundations of Business
certification, they could finish
quickly, but also get the choice
to go on or stop, Shenoy said.
To finish the MBA program,
students have to choose between a specialization in finance, marketing or management and leadership.
Shenoy said many people
have expressed interest in an
online program over the years,
so shes glad to see it finally
happen.

Theres a huge advantage


because were still offering the
high-quality MBA education,
but they dont have to be in
Lawrence or even Kansas,
Shenoy said.
Marissa Sartory, a freshman from Overland Park, is
studying business, but is glad
to know that if she decides to
choose a different route, she
can always come back to the
online program.
I dont know whats going to
happen in the next few years,
so this program could be good
for not only people currently
working, but students unsure
of their future like me, Sartory said.
Edited by Chandler Boese

Riots in Baltimore persist over mans death


TOM FOREMAN JR.
AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press

BALTIMORE Rioters
plunged part of Baltimore
into chaos Monday, torching a
pharmacy, setting police cars
ablaze and throwing bricks at
officers hours after thousands
mourned the man who died
from a severe spinal injury he
suffered in police custody.
The governor declared a
state of emergency and called
in the National Guard to restore order, and Attorney
General Loretta Lynch, in
her first day on the job, said
she would send Justice Department officials to the city
in coming days. A weeklong,
daily curfew was imposed beginning Tuesday from 10 p.m.
to 5 a.m., the mayor said, and
Baltimore public schools announced that they would be
closed on Tuesday. At least 15
officers were hurt, and some
two dozen people were arrested. Two officers remained
hospitalized, police said.
"The National Guard represents the last resort in restoring order," Gov. Larry Hogan told a news conference. "I
have not made this decision
lightly."
Officers wearing helmets
and wielding shields occasionally used pepper spray to
keep the rioters back. For the
most part, though, they relied
on line formations to keep
protesters at bay.
Monday's riot was the latest
flare-up over the mysterious
death of Freddie Gray, whose
fatal encounter with officers
came amid the national debate over police use of force,
especially when black suspects
are involved. Gray was African-American. Police have
declined to specify the races of
the six officers involved in his
arrest, all of whom have been
suspended with pay while
they are under investigation.
Emergency officials were
constantly thwarted as they
tried to restore calm in the
affected parts of the city of
more than 620,000 people.
Firefighters trying to put out a
blaze at a CVS store were hindered by someone who sliced
holes in a hose connected to
a fire hydrant, spraying water

PATRICK SEMANSKY/ASSOCIATED PRESS


A man throws a brick at police Monday following the funeral of Freddie Gray
in Baltimore. Riots broke out in Baltimore after the funeral of Gray, a man
who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered while in police custody.

all over the street and nearby buildings. Later Monday


night, a massive fire erupted in East Baltimore that a
spokesman for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake initially
said was connected to the riots. He later texted an AP reporter saying officials are still
investigating whether there is
a connection.
The Mary Harvin Transformation Center was under
construction and no one was
believed to be in the building
at the time, said the spokesman, Kevin Harris. The center
is described online as a community-based organization
that supports youth and families.
The smell of burned rubber
wafted in the air in one neighborhood where youths were
looting a liquor store. Police
stood still nearby as people
drank looted alcohol. Glass
and trash littered the streets,
and other small fires were
scattered about. One person
from a church tried to shout
something from a megaphone
as two cars burned.
"Too many people have
spent generations building up this city for it to be
destroyed by thugs, who
in a very senseless way, are
trying to tear down what
so many have fought for,
tearing down businesses,
tearing down and destroying property, things that
we know will impact our
community for years," said
Rawlings-Blake, a lifelong
resident of the city.
Gray's family was shocked
by the violence and was lying low; instead, they hoped
to organize a peace march
later in the week, said fam-

ily attorney Billy Murphy. He


said they did not know the
riot was going to happen and
urged calm.
"They don't want this movement nationally to be marred
by violence," he said. "It makes
no sense."
Police urged parents to locate their children and bring
them home. Many of those on
the streets appeared to be African-American youths, wearing backpacks and khaki pants
that are a part of many public
school uniforms.
The riot broke out just as
high school let out, and at a
key city bus depot for student
commuters around Mondawmin Mall, a shopping area
northwest of downtown Baltimore. It shifted about a mile
away later to the heart of an
older shopping district and
near where Gray first encountered police. Both commercial
areas are in African-American
neighborhoods.
Later in the day, people began looting clothing and other
items from stores at the mall,

which became unprotected as


police moved away from the
area. About three dozen officers returned, trying to arrest
looters but driving many away
by firing pellet guns and rubber bullets.
Downtown Baltimore, the
Inner Harbor tourist attractions and the city's baseball
and football stadiums are
nearly 4 miles away. While the
violence had not yet reached
City Hall and the Camden
Yards area, the Orioles canceled Monday's game for safety precautions.
On Monday night, Maryland
Congressman Elijah Cummings and about 200 others,
mostly men, marched arm-inarm through a neighborhood
littered with broken glass,
flattened aluminum cans and
other debris, to protest Gray's
death. As they got close to
a line of police officers, the
marchers went down on their
knees. After the ministers got
back on their feet, they walked
until they were face-to-face
with the police officers in a
tight formation and wearing
riot gear.
In a statement issued Monday, Attorney General Lynch
said she would send Justice
Department officials to the
city in coming days, including Vanita Gupta, the agency's
top civil rights lawyer. The FBI
and Justice Department are
investigating Gray's death for
potential criminal civil rights
violations.
Many who had never met
Gray gathered earlier in the
day in a Baltimore church to
bid him farewell and press for
more accountability among

law enforcement.
The 2,500-capacity New Shiloh Baptist church was filled
with mourners. But even the
funeral could not ease mounting tensions.
Police said in a news release
sent while the funeral was
underway that the department had received a "credible
threat" that three notoriously
violent gangs are now working together to "take out" law
enforcement officers.
A small group of mourners
started lining up about two
hours ahead of Monday's
funeral. Placed atop Gray's
body was a white pillow with
a screened picture of him.
A projector aimed at two
screens on the walls showed
the words "Black Lives Matter
& All Lives Matter."
The service lasted nearly two
hours, with dignitaries in attendance including former
Maryland representative and
NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume
and current Maryland Rep.
John Sarbanes.
With the Rev. Jesse Jackson
sitting behind him, the Rev.
Jamal Bryant gave a rousing and spirited eulogy for
Freddie Gray, a message that
received a standing ovation
from the crowded church.
Bryant said Gray's death
would spur further protests,
and he urged those in the audience to join.
"Freddie's death is not in
vain," Bryant said. "After this
day, we're going to keep on
marching. After this day, we're
going to keep demanding justice."

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015

Rescuers in Nepal struggle to recover the dead


TODD PITMAN
Associated Press

KATHMANDU, Nepal For


hours after Nepal was shaken
by one of the most intense
earthquakes here in nearly
a century, 12-year-old Neha
Chumda screamed for help.
She had been inside her
familys four-story villa in
Kathmandu when the tremor
struck unexpectedly Saturday.
And in the life-or-death seconds
that followed when her
home swayed as its walls began
cracking apart she and 11
members of her family rushed
to get outside.
They all made it except
Neha, who was pinned in a
room between the second and
third floors, which had collapsed
on top of each other.
She was crying for so long,
we tried to help her, Transport
Minister Tek Bahadur Garung
said of the girl, who is the
daughter of one of his cousins.
The cries turned faint, then
ceased by the time Nepalese
army troops and security forces
began trying to break through
the front of the house to pry Neha
out at 4 p.m. Saturday. Then for
a day and a half the soldiers used
hammers, crowbars, shovels and
a generator-powered saw and
small jack-hammer to tear open
the front of the house, then bust
through the ceiling into the
second floor.
By Monday morning, they
could see Nehas lifeless body
curled up, covered in dust, a
single elbow poking out above
them. Then, at 10 a.m. 42
hours after the rescue operation
began they finally pulled her
out. They lowered her gently
into a rainbow colored blanket
that served as a makeshift
stretcher, then placed her on the
grassy ground outside, where
four members of her family
wept, their red-eyes filled with
tears.

We have manpower. But


we dont have nearly enough
equipment to do the job,
Garung said of his governments
rescue efforts. We need help
from every country that will
give it. We need bulldozers,
cranes, scaffolding, machinery.
Speaking outside the girls
home in a black tracksuit, with
dozens of distraught residents
looking on, Garung said: There
are a lot of dead bodies here and
its very difficult to get them out.
We cant do it with crowbars
alone.
The estimated death toll from
Nepals earthquake soared
past 4,000, and could go much
higher if it turns out that
vulnerable mountain villages
where information is still
scarce and rescue workers are
still struggling to reach were
hit hard.
The
catastrophe
has
overwhelmed
Nepals
government. Garung said the
Cabinet was meeting daily, but
we dont know what to do in
such a situation ... this is very
hard. Its a big problem. Its a
mess.
Although the vast majority of
Kathmandus five and 10-story
buildings actually withstood the
quake and still stand, many have
been damaged and its unclear
whether they are still safe. On
the four-lane road that runs up
a hill near Nehas home, most
buildings looked undamaged.
But half a dozen were in
ruins and several multi-story
apartment blocks were tilting
precariously, one at a 60-degree
angle.
Many people have camped
outdoors in the chilly night
cold since the quake, some in
tent cities in grass parks where
thousands have congregated.
Tens of thousands more squat
on sidewalks and roads
anywhere but their own houses
fearing aftershocks that have
shaken Nepal repeatedly. At one

WALLY SANTANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Rescue teams search for bodies in the collapsed Sitapyla church in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 27. A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepals capital and the
densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday. The catastrophe has overwhelmed Nepals government, with the challenge expected to worsen as the death
toll climbs as rescuers reach vulnerable mountain villages that were hit hard.

of the citys international hotels,


foreign guests have done the
same, dragging bed-sheets and
pillows into gardens outside and
sleeping on lounge chairs by the
pool.
For many, uncertainty reigns.
It is unclear what is happening
and when help might be on the
way. Power lines are down, cell
phone connections are sporadic
at best and most shops and
banks are closed. Long lines
have also formed at gas stations
as critical fuel supplies run low.
Just behind Nehas villa,
another much larger operation
to recover bodies was underway.
Nepalese troops and Indian
emergency
rescue
crews
were scaling part of a green,
three-story
building
with
orange columns that had been
destroyed.
Authorities
estimated
a
few dozen people died inside
the structure, most of them
Christians attending a church

meeting. P.B. Bista, a police


officer in the area, said 13 bodies
had been recovered since the
previous day, and six had been
pulled from the rubble.
On the ground outside, the
emergency workers brought
a shattered wooden donation
box filled with Nepalese rupees.
The words Youth Gospel and
Luke 6:38 were written across
its top. Beside it sat a blackbound Hindi language bible
covered in dirt and a plastic bag
of yellow biscuits.
Nepal is an overwhelmingly
Hindu nation and has a small
Christian population who
comprise 1.4 percent of the
countrys 27 million people.
Amir Amang, who worked at
the church, which was on the
second floor, said one of those
rescued had been saved after
midnight. But he said four of
his family members had been
found and taken to a morgue.
He said they were a niece, a

sister and two aunts. His father


was still missing.
I am shattered. Im getting
very emotional, he said, before
waving his hand to indicate
he could no longer speak, and
walking away.
As he spoke, rescue workers
brought down body after body
seven in the space of one
hour.
When the first man came on a
yellow plastic stretcher, wrapped
in a curtain with yellow and
blue flowers, his brother began
sobbing, putting his palms
across his eyes. The dead man
was face down, one of his fists
still tightly clenched. He was
placed, like the rest, on a plastic
Pepsi advertisement torn from
the buildings wreckage.
Navraj Bhatta said the victim
was a 25-year-old relative, a
high-school science teacher
named Rajendra Bhatta. He
said the man had just eaten
at a second-floor restaurant

called Daniels Cafe with one of


Bhattas relatives when the quake
hit. The two were on the way
out, but the teacher stopped to
go to the bathroom.
He never came out, Navraj
said forlornly.
Navraj said the family would
take Rajendras body to a
Hindu temple where he would
be burned on a pyre by the
Bagmati River. But he said there
were long lines there and he
was unable to say when it could
happen.
Navraj said Rajendra might
have survived if the citys
notoriously lax building codes
were enforced.
There are many rules, but
no one enforces them, nobody
checks, he said. There is a
lack of education, a weakness of
government. But I cant blame
anyone this was a natural
disaster, nobody ever wanted to
see it happen.

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Media covers presidential race too early


Matthew Clough
@mcloughsofly

merican society
is fast-paced.
Increasingly, we
want information as soon
as we can get it and we
become impatient when its
not readily available. This
isnt necessarily a bad thing,
as this sentiment often
pushes our society forward,
advancing our technology,
media and culture. But
sometimes this hastened
approach detracts from
present circumstances and
gives rise to misinformation,
such as the 2016 presidential
race.

So far, only four candidates


have officially declared their
campaigns for presidency:
Republicans Ted Cruz, Rand
Paul, Marco Rubio and
Democrat Hillary Clinton.
This isnt surprising given
that Inauguration Day is
more than 600 days away.
Perhaps its ridiculous that
American politics demand
candidates to declare their
intentions so early. Whats
even more ridiculous is
the media and the publics
response to the beginning of
the election season.
As early as November
2014, both CNN and
ORC International began
conducting polls asking
adult citizens which
potential candidates they
would most support in the
presidential race. When
these polls began, there
were no candidates officially
declaring their decision
to run. The poll asked

participants to select from a


list of individuals who may
be running in the primaries.
It is utterly impossible
to gain any significant
information from a poll
conducted so prematurely.
Another key problem
with focusing on the 2016
presidential race this early is
that none of the candidates
have had significant time
to establish meaningful
platforms. According to
Politico, Clinton attacked the
Republican contenders for
making her the focus of their
campaigns, saying, I dont
know what theyd talk about
if I werent in the race. The
fact that Clinton is currently
the only Democratic
candidate fuels the division
between the parties, giving
Republicans a specific target.
The media and the public
should be focusing on what
each candidate stands for
and not just how they relate

to one another.
The New York Times
opinion section published
a questionnaire on April 16
entitled Take Your Hillary
Temperature. The short
survey helps participants
determine how they feel
about Clintons run for
presidency. Although clearly
created in a playful spirit,
its existence fosters hype
about Clintons contention,
which is seemingly
inappropriate given that no
other Democrats have joined
the race yet. Its true that
early polls show Clinton far
ahead of other prospective
candidates, but again, how
accurate are these polls at
this stage?
Theres also the fact that
President Barack Obama still
has more than half a year
left in office. By focusing too
heavily on the developing
2016 race, the public largely
undermines any attention

given to new developments


in his presidency. The
Obama administration is
still operating and some of
its policies will likely become
important for the 2016
candidates down the road
that is, when its actually
clear who is running.
At this time, we cannot
gain useful information
regarding the 2016
presidential race, as it is
too early. The media and
public hype surrounding
the campaign is excessive
and detracts from focusing
on whats happening now
in Washington. Until more
candidates have entered the
race and the primaries begin,
our society shouldnt insist
on analyzing and critiquing
presidential candidates
every move.

Matthew Clough is a
sophomore from Wichita
studying English and journalism

Youre a brave, dumb soul if you


link your Facebook to an online
application instead of LinkedIn.
Finallyyy were back to normal
warm and sunny weather.
You cant ride in my red wagon.
Just saw where my supply chain
professor set 7 new American
Powerlifting Records over the
weekend. Wow!
To the 7 foot tall guy with a man
bun: I dig your style.
Less than 20 days until graduation and I still havent gotten
my priorities in check, but its ok
yall! Im still graduating!!!!
Protein shakes for breakfast
lunch and dinner. Meh.
Straight outta Kauffman.

Ted Cruz

Rand Paul

Marco Rubio

Hillary Clinton

U.S. Senator, Texas


Republican

U.S. Senator, Kentucky


Republican

U.S. Senator, Florida


Republican

Former Secretary of State


Democrat

Social media challenges can hurt your health

The one thing Ill miss about


graduating is the crunchy
cheddar chicken wraps. :(
Sure brown recluse spider you
can come into my apartment...
NOT! Get outta here!
When people wear sunglasses
they just look meaner...am I the
only one who thinks this way?
Im so pale that people could
probably mistake me for a ghost.
Where is summer when I need it?
I am rapidly running out of
tomorrows on which to begin
studying.
Nothing is sadder than going to
the dog park with your pup and
literally seeing no other dogs.
#lonelydogclub
I mean, whats school without
your life falling apart 1 or 5 or
80 times?
RIP to my Starbucks, you will be
dearly missed.
What I cant understand is a
golden retriever who doesnt like
to play fetch. I mean, seriously??
Thought I saw a man who looked
like Bill Self. Nope, not him.
Definitely not him.
If I see one more Facebook post
about which Disney princess you
are..
I still havent seen the new
Cinderella and Im slightly
freaking out about it.
Broke my screen door so now
every time I have the door open
stupid flies come in invading
MY LIFE!

Meg Huwe
@mphuwe

nless youve been


living under a
rock or boycotting
social media, you probably
noticed grotesque photos
of men and women whove
tried out the Kylie Jenner lip
challenge.
At first, I looked at these
images of over-swollen
and bruised lips and just
laughed. To me it was
just another goofy and
meaningless trend that
would eventually fade no
harm no foul. I would not
go so far as to criticize those
participating because its
just another one of those
trends that come and go
to provide some common
ground for youth across the
country. But then I realized
that not all social media
trends are as fun and lighthearted as we might think
they are.
If you look back over
recent years, there have
been a number of strange
but popular challenges
appearing on social media,
such as the salt and ice
challenge, milk challenge,
Sprite and banana challenge,
Big Red gum wrapper
challenge and the ever-sofamous cinnamon challenge.
The Sprite and banana
challenge consists of
eating two bananas, then
immediately drinking a
liter of Sprite, which usually
results in the challenger
vomiting. The milk

challenge takes on a similar


feat in which challengers
try to drink a gallon of milk
without vomiting. I watched
guys in my residence hall
participate in this last year,
and, trust me, it didnt
end well. For the Big Red
gum wrapper challenge, a
challenger sticks a licked
gum wrapper on his or
her forehead and creates
a burning sensation and,
sometimes, a red square.
Scientists are still in the
process of figuring why this
happens, and have thus far
concluded it has something
to do with cinnamic
aldehyde.
All of the challenges
listed above are relatively
harmless and can be
pretty entertaining to
witness. However, not all
these big social media
trends are innocent. As it
turns out, this new Kylie
Jenner challenge can cause
permanent disfigurement,
according to USA Today.
More seriously, the salt and
ice challenge, which asks
challengers to test their
endurance by holding ice
over salt on their skin for
as long as possible, caused
a 12-year old boy to get
second-degree burns, said
CBS News.
The cinnamon challenge
can induce asthma attacks,
which, according to Forbes,
and, while there have been
no reports of death yet,
asthma attacks have been
known to be fatal.
I tried the cinnamon
challenge once with my
friends when I was in
middle school. I use with
loosely, as I was the only
one who actually did it.
I spent the better part of
the evening coughing and
eating ice cream to stop

The submission should include the authors name,


grade and hometown. Find our full letter to the editor
policy online at kansan.com/letters.

Meg Huwe is a sophomore


from Overland Park studying
chemical engineering

JOEL RYAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS


The Kylie Jenner lip challenge, inspired by Kylie Jenner, is a social media
challenge in which participants try to enhance their lip size using glass
cups. Other social media challenges, like the cinnamon challenge, have
been shown to have harmful effects on participants health.

FREDERICK REED/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Dejah Reed, an Ypsilanti, Mich., teen, was hospitalized for a collapsed
lung after trying the cinnamon challenge. A new report from doctors to be
published April 22, 2013, advises against taking the challenge that involves
daring someone to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds
without water.

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the burning sensation in


my throat. As university
students, most of us have
had a chance to mature
since these socially awkward
teenage years.
According to the
Smithsonian magazine,
adolescent brains have a
tendency to make riskier
decisions because of an
extra sensitive reward
system, such as positive
reinforcement.
We dont need to be fun
police and shoot down every
silly idea to spread like
wildfire on the Internet, but
we have to take a moment to
consider the consequences
of these trends. Even if we
arent participating in said
activities, we must rethink
our response to these trends
so that the dangerous ones
are not positively reinforced.
My mom used to tell me
all the time that its all fun
and games until someone
gets hurt. This phrase can
still be applied to us today,
especially in the social
media realm. Social media
is powerful at providing a
common ground to unite
people across the world, and
share a good laugh about the
trends. However, we need to
be cautious when laughing
at possibly dangerous trends
or at least make sure that
the consequences are as
well-known as the challenge
itself.
In the meantime, keep in
mind that the only person
who should have Kylie
Jenners lips is Kylie Jenner.
You look great, probably
better, without sucking on a
shot glass for five minutes.

Brian Hillix, editor-in-chief


bhillix@kansan.com

Cecilia Cho, opinion editor


ccho@kansan.com

Jordan Mentzer, print sales manager


jmentzer@kansan.com

Paige Lytle, managing editor


plytle@kansan.com

Cole Anneberg, art director


canneberg@kansan.com

Kristen Hays digital media manager


khays@kansan.com

Stephanie Bickel, digital editor


sbickel@kansan.com

Sharlene Xu, advertising director


sxu@kansan.com

Jon Schlitt, sales and marketing adviser


jschlitt@kansan.com

THE KANSAN
EDITORIAL BOARD
Members of the Kansan
Editorial Board are Brian
Hillix, Paige Lytle, Cecilia
Cho, Stephanie Bickel and
Sharlene Xu.

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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19)


Today is a 9
Work gets profitable today and
tomorrow. Stick to practical
tasks, despite obstacles, and
earn abundant reward. Distractions and roadblocks could slow
the action.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Take more time for play today
and tomorrow. Make a splendid
mess. Hold yourself to high
standards. Collaborate with
people who are better than you.
Stay out of anothers argument.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 6
Make plans to renew your space
without spending yet. Attend to
household matters today and
tomorrow. Get family opinions
before proceeding. Consider all
views and take notes.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
Networking with friends lays the
infrastructure for shared benefit.
Research, study and write over
the next few days. Dont let a
loud person hurt your feelings.
Let your partner enforce the
rules.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
Theres potentially more money
arriving, but obstacles could
slow the action. Stick to
practical, short-term objectives.
Your ideas attract attention. Use
your own judgment regarding a
professional expense.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Youre gaining authority today
and tomorrow. Youre strong,
and getting stronger. Ignore a
pessimist. Avoid distractions.
Take a break along the road and
avoid traffic.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Wax philosophical today and
tomorrow. Thoughtful consideration reveals previously unseen
opportunities. Postpone a date.
Resolve logistical barriers first.
Your dreams can inspire a
change for the better.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Associates provide valuable
input today and tomorrow. Listen
to experience. It could seem
undisciplined and chaotic today,
but theres gold in the creative
mosh pit. Play with your friends.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Career matters emerge for your
consideration. Travel could seem
plagued with error and delay.
Use what youve kept hidden
to push past old barriers. This
gets profitable. A rise in status
is possible.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Keep to a practical track while
still having fun. Plan your
next adventure. Resist the
temptation to splurge on stuff
you dont need. You know what
you can spend. Stick to simple
ingredients.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Rejuvenate your relationship by
managing financial matters.
Dont forget to do the work. Pay
bills and file papers. Postpone a
chore in favor of an outing. Take
a walk together to celebrate the
work done.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
You dont have to do it all ...
delegate! Get assistance to navigate a change in plans. Take on
more responsibility by arranging
partnerships to assist with the
work. You have more help today
and tomorrow.

PAGE 5

What to know about Neutral Milk Hotel


LYNDSEY HAVENS
@LyndseyAlana

Alternative-indie
band
Neutral Milk Hotel emerged
in the 90s with two iconic
albums On Avery Island
and In the Aeroplane Over
the Sea. Since then, the band
took breaks, reunited for
tours, took another break,
and is now touring again.
This time around, though, will
(most likely) be the last.
The band embarked on its
farewell tour just two weeks
ago. It will extend through the
middle of June. Tonight, the
band will perform a sold-out
show at Liberty Hall. Doors
open at 7 p.m., and the show
starts at 8 p.m.
Here are five things you may
not know about Neutral Milk
Hotel:
1. The band formed in
Ruston, La., in the late 80s. It
cites influences such as Arcade
Fire, Franz Ferdinand and
Bright Eyes, among others.
2. Since its inception, the
band has only released two
full-length
albums.
The
first, On Avery Island, was
released in 1996, and the
second, In the Aeroplane
Over the Sea, was released in
1998. The band has performed
in sold-out venues nationwide
with these two albums as
a foundation, according to
Billboard.
3. Following the release
of its second album and the
coinciding tour in 1998, the
band went on hiatus until
2013 nearly a decade and
a half, according to Rolling
Stone.
4. Frontman Jeff Mangum
identifies as a recluse,
according to a Slate article.
The band doesnt conduct
interviews, doesnt allow for
large monitors to broadcast
its
performance
during
larger festival performances
and requests concert-goes
dont photograph or record
performances.
Mangum
toured as a solo artist in 2011-

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY WILL WESTBROOK


From left, Jeff Magnum, Scott Spillane, Julian Koster and Jeremy Barnes make up alternative-indie band Neutral Milk Hotel. The band released two albums in
the late 90s, and will be in Lawrence tonight for what they say is their farewell tour.

12 he performed at Liberty
Hall in January 2013.
5. After its worldwide
reunion tour in 2013, the
band announced that it will
tour one last time in 2015. It
announced the tour on its site
along with this message:
dear friends we love you
but its time to say goodbye
for the never ending now to
announce that spring 2015
will be our last tour for the
foreseeable future and so we
extend our deepest gratitude
to all the beautiful people who
came to see us over the last
year.. [...]
wed also like to give thanks
to ms. aurora borealis, father
foam horse, and mr. valentich,
for there[sic] collaborative
contributions to the womb
rume message that made its
way onto this ear area only a
few months ago, but from now
on, all ciphers shall be sealed
exclusively by the meister
milk. thank you.
Edited by Emma LeGault

THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING COMPANY


Neutral Milk Hotels second album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, was the last album the band released.

TRENDING

Wells Fargo releases ads with diverse families

Kelly Cordingley
@kellycordingley

touching advertisement depicting the


journey of a samesex couple as they learn sign
language before adopting a
deaf little girl is the first in
a string of nine Wells Fargo
advertisements featuring
more diverse individuals.
The advertisement begins
by showing the two women
taking classes and practicing
sign language with subtitles
of what theyre signing,
but the reason is kept from
the viewer until the end
when they sit down with
their soon-to-be daughter.
Theyre able to sign to her
how thrilled they are to be
her mommies, and she signs
back, with a beaming smile,
that shes happy too.
The campaign, which
focuses on all the personal reasons people work,
launched on Monday, and
Wells Fargo released a statement saying:
We believe you can create
marketing that resonates
with a wide range of people
if you have storytelling with
universal themes that they
can emotionally connect
to, said Jamie Moldafsky,
Wells Fargos chief marketing officer. The message
behind our new advertising
is a great example we all
work, and do so for what

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM WELLS FARGO


This screenshot from the new Wells Fargo ad features two mothers who learn sign language for their adopted daughter, who is deaf. The ad is the first of
nine to be released, all featuring diverse families. The campaign has been touted by many on Twitter as being heart-warming and positive.

are often emotional reasons.


Thats a place where we
think Wells Fargos brand
can have a very meaningful
connection with people.
While small businesses
refusing services to samesex couples has been in the
news recently, its refreshing to see more and more
well-known businesses
standing for equality and
focusing on more diverse
individuals. Many other
companies, such as Tiffany
& Co., Cheerios, Hallmark
and Allstate have featured
same-sex couples, but Wells
Fargo is the most recent.
The statement from Wells
Fargo also reads, in part,
the new campaign aims
for a variety of narratives,
reflecting Wells Fargos
commitment to diversity

and inclusion and its total


market approach to major
marketing initiatives
outreach to mass market
audiences through fully
integrated cross-cultural approaches and messages that
represent the increasingly
diverse U.S. population and
incorporating cultural cues
with universal appeal.
In addition to this television ad campaign, Wells
Fargo is inviting people to
use the hashtag #WhyIwork
to express on social media
their personal motivations.
Some of those tweets included a tweet from LGBT
Segment Leader at Wells
Fargo, Alec Hughes, saying
Love makes a family!
An editor at Think Progress, Zack Ford, tweeted
OHMYGOD This @

WellsFargo ad just made me


bawl my eyes out! (I am not
exaggerating.)
Another Twitter user,
Christie, tweeted @
WellsFargo love the new
commercial!!! It gave me
chills! What a great way
to start our week! and @
WellsFargo I loved it all but
when she said were your
mommies is where it got
me. Thank you for showing all different kinds of
families.
While the first ad shows
the heart-warming journey of two women as they
start a family, Wells Fargo
has more touching stories
up their sleeves. Expect to
see more ads soon one
showing a one-man business owner playing all the
roles of a large corporation,

be it the sales department


or human resources. The
next one to expect is mostly
in Spanish, showing a
day in the life of a family
whos running their beauty
product business from their
home. Theyre transferring
calls from the father to the
mother to the daughters as
they work together to create
a successful business.
Wells Fargos motto, Together well go far, is more
clear than ever in its new
campaign featuring these
families and individuals
pursuing their dreams for
all the personal, emotional
reasons they hold closest to
their hearts.
Edited by Valerie Haag

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Prosecutor describes Colorado


gunmans path to 2012 murders
SADIE GURMAN
Associated Press

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. A
prosecutor declared Monday
that two psychiatric exams
found Colorado theater
gunman James Holmes to
be sane as he meticulously
plotted a mass murder,
considering a bomb or
biological warfare before
settling on a shooting so
that he could slaughter more
people.
Boom! District Attorney
George Brauchler said as
he showed pictures of the
victims and the weapons
Holmes used to kill them
on a TV screen. Boom! he
repeated, describing in detail
how bullets pierced organs
and destroyed limbs.
Holmes public defender,
Daniel King, countered that
20 doctors who examined
him in custody as well as the
therapist who saw him before
the shootings all agree he
suffers from schizophrenia, a
psychotic brain disease that
skewed his thoughts and
compelled him to kill.
He was a good kid
who had no record of ever
harming anyone before he
had a psychotic delusion that
compelled him to murder
12 people and wound 70 at a
midnight Batman premiere
nearly three years ago, King
said.
Holmes has pleaded not
guilty by reason of insanity.
His defense hopes jurors
will agree and have him
committed to an institution as
criminally insane for the rest
of his life.
Mental illness can sure
sound like an excuse, but in
this case, its not, King said.
There will be no doubt in
your minds that by the end
of this trial, Mr. Holmes is
severely mentally ill.
Under Colorado law,
Brauchler must prove
Holmes was sane so that he
will instead be executed or
spend the rest of his life in
prison.
Through this door is
horror. Through this door
are bullets, blood, brains
and bodies. Through this
door, one guy who thought
as if he had lost his career,
lost his love life, lost his
purpose, came to execute
a plan, said Brauchler,
standing before a scale
model of the theater.
Four-hundred people
came into a boxlike theater
to be entertained, and one
person came to slaughter
them, the prosecutor said.
Many more people would
have died, but a magazine
on his AR-15 assault rifle
jammed,
leaving
218
bullets unfired, Brauchler
said.
Jurors must eventually
decide whether he was
unable to know right from
wrong because of a mental
illness or defect when he
slipped into the theater,
unleashed tear gas and
tried to empty his weapons
on the crowd. Hes charged
with 166 counts of firstdegree murder, attempted
murder and an explosives
offense for the mayhem he
caused on July 20, 2012.
It remains one of
Americas
deadliest
shootings, and that Holmes
was the lone gunman has
never been in doubt. He
was arrested at the scene,
along with an arsenal of
weapons on his body and
in his car.
Holmes
sat
quietly,
harnessed to the floor by
a cable that ran through
his pants leg as the lawyers
described his emotional
rise and fall.
The prosecutor said the
once-promising doctoral
candidate told his exgirlfriend that he had an
evil plan to kill people,

BARRY GUTIERREZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he had been searching for his
son, Alex Sullivan, who was killed while attending The Dark Knight Rises, movie where gunman James Holmes
opened fire, in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. Twelve people were killed and 70 others injured in the shooting.

but she dismissed his threat as


theoretical.
Turning away offers of help
from his parents, friends and a
therapist on campus, Holmes
bought guns, protective
gear, a detonation system
and extremely flammable
chemicals to blow up his
apartment with. Holmes
also got earphones to blast
techno music to drown out
his victims screams, and died
his long hair a clown-like red,
not in a reference to Batmans
archenemy, but because he
wanted to be remembered,
Brauchler said.
By the time he gets into
that theater ... there is not
a millimeter of flesh that
is not covered by armor or
some protective material,
the prosecutor said. He was

wearing a kill suit.


To
prove
beyond
a
reasonable doubt that he
was NOT insane, Judge
Carlos A. Samour Jr., told
the jury, the state must show
he had a culpable state of
mind. If Holmes acted with
deliberation and intent
willfully taking actions that
he knew would kill people
then even if he had mental
problems, he should be found
guilty of murder, the judge
said.
Prosecutors allege that
Holmes planned the violence
for months. He tried to
murder a theater full of
people to make himself feel
better and because he thought
it would increase his selfworth, Brauchler said.
But King said there is

nothing inconsistent between


mental illness and planning.
The question is what are they
planning for? Is it a logical,
rational objective? Or is it
a delusional objective that
makes no sense?
King quoted from a journal
the failed doctoral student
in neuroscience mailed to
his therapist just before
the shooting. In it, Holmes
wrote: Why? Why? Why?
Why? Why? Life has no value
whatsoever ... Untruth is
converted to truth by violence
times zero, problem equals
question mark, zero times
problem equals question
mark times zero, based on
an incorrect theorem, zero
equals zero, problem solved.

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Royals keep Kluber winless, defeat Indians 6-2


ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND Alex
Gordon, Mike Moustakas and
the Kansas City Royals kept AL
Cy Young Award winner Corey
Kluber winless this season,
beating the Cleveland Indians
6-2 Monday night.
Kluber (0-3) gave up six runs,
four of them earned, and 10 hits
in 6 1-3 innings. After going
18-9 last year, he hasnt won in
five starts and has a 4.24 ERA.
Gordon drove in two runs,
and had a go-ahead double in
the sixth. Moustakas had four
hits, including an RBI single
in the seventh, and is 11 for 25
lifetime against Kluber.
The Indians committed a
season-high three errors and
have lost seven of 10.
Jason Vargas (2-1) allowed
two runs in five innings. The
left-hander,
who
pitched
around five walks, gave up a
two-run homer to Mike Aviles
in the fifth.
Kluber recorded his 500th
career strikeout when he
whiffed Lorenzo Cain in the
sixth. The right-hander struck
out five and walked two.
Errors by shortstop Jose
Ramirez and Aviles, playing
third base, helped Kansas City
score twice.
Eric Hosmer, who had an
RBI single in the third, drew a
leadoff walk to start the sixth.
He took third on Kendrys
Morales single before Gordon
dropped a double near the line
in left field for a 3-2 lead.
Kansas Citys Jarrod Dyson
stole three bases, his first of the
season.

TONY DEJAK/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon hits an RBI-single off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Nick Hagadone in the seventh inning of the game Monday night in Cleveland. Lorenzo Cain scored on the play.
Indians catcher Roberto Perez watches.

The gametime temperature


of 44 degrees, along with 13
mph winds, forced many in the
crowd of 9,668 to bundle up in
wintertime clothing.
TRAINERS ROOM
Royals: OF Alex Rios (broken

left hand) was examined by


a specialist. He could begin
strengthening exercises if his
X-rays are clean. Rios was hit by
a pitch on April 16.
Indians: OF Nick Swisher,
who had surgery on both
knees in August, hopes to

Kansas golf finishes 8th


in Big 12 championship
NICK COUZIN
@Ncouz

TOURNAMENT NOTABLES
The Jayhawk womens golf
team finished in eighth place
in the nine-team field this
weekend, shooting a final
team score of 906 (+42)
in San Antonio, Texas.
Sophomore Pornvipa Sakdee
earned an all-tournament
honor, and junior Yupaporn
Kawinpakorn earned both
an all-tournament honor and
her third consecutive allchampionship team honor.
Sakdee was the individual
leader in the tournament
shooting an even par of 216
(E), and she entered the
final day tied for second,
but finished fourth overall.
Kawinpakorn shot a 217 (+1)
and tied in fifth behind her

teammate, Sakdee.
BIG 12 CHAMPION
Baylor won the tournament
shooting an 867 (+3) to claim
the Big 12 title.
OTHER NOTABLE FINISHES
The three other golfers who
competed for the Jayhawks
this last weekend were
seniors Gabriella DiMarco
and Minami Levonowich and
freshman Pitsinee Winyarat.
Levonowich tied for 40th
with her overall score at
233 (+17). DiMarco shot an
overall score of 240 (+24)
which placed her at 44th,
and Winyarat rounding out
at 45th, shooting an overall
score of 252 (+36).
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP CHANCES
Despite not having the best

finish to the year, coach Erin


ONeil is still optimistic that
her team could make it to
regionals.
I dont know that we are
completely out of [NCAA]
regionals yet, ONeil said.
Theres still a slight chance
since there were some Big
10 schools that were ranked
above us who didnt play well
at their championship. Mook
(Kawinpakorn) will likely go
as an individual.
The NCAA Regional will
take place from May 7-9, and
the Jayhawks will find out
Monday night if they qualify.
Last year, Kansas made the
tournament as an at-large bid
and will look to do the same
this year.
Edited by Valerie Haag

rejoin the team next week.


Hell continue his minor league
rehab assignment with Triple-A
Columbus on Tuesday. Its
been a long road, he said. I just
want this to be over so I can get
back here with my guys.

UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Jeremy Guthrie,
who allowed three runs in the
first inning against Minnesota
in his last start, is 5-5 lifetime
against Cleveland, the team that
drafted him in 2002. Guthrie
pitched for the Indians from

2004-06.
Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer,
who was scratched Saturday
because of food poisoning, will
start against the Royals. He
pitched seven shutout innings
against the White Sox in his last
start.

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Chair of Cardiovascular Services, University of Kansas Hospital

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

#FaceoftheStreak

THE DAILY DEBATE


THOMAS ROBINSON

MARIO CHALMERS
Shane Jackson
@jacksonshane3

VERY KANSAS FAN


CAN REMEMBER
EXACTLY WHERE
THEY WERE WHEN...

they watched The Shot, the


now-famous moment when
Mario Chalmers tied the
2008 National Championship
and forced overtime.
Tears were shed that
night, and Mass Street was
flooded with people from
the community. Kansas had
won a national title. It was
all made possible by one of
the greatest shots in program
history.
The Shot has been played
in every single pre-game hype
video ever since.
Every game, students
save a chunk of shredded
newspaper to toss up when
Chalmers shot finds the
bottom of the net in the
video.
For the last few weeks, The
Kansan has been having
a contest to find out who
exactly has been the face
of the streak of eleven
consecutive conference titles.
Eleven years, 11 conference
titles. But one year stood out
from the rest.
In 2007-08, Bill Self
coached arguably his most
talented team all the way to
the National Championship
game.
The path to the 2008 NCAA
Championship included

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN

CHALMERS FOR THE


TIE GOT IT
- JIM NANTZ
another conference title, the
teams fourth consecutive title
at the time.
Self s squad willed its way
through one of the toughest
routes to the title game that
a team could have. They
narrowly escaped Davidson
in the Elite 8 with current
front-runner for the NBA
MVP, Stephen Curry. The
Jayhawks bullied their way
past a Tyler Hansbrough-led
North Carolina team in the
Final Four.
Kansas capped it off with
an overtime victory against a
Calipari-coached Memphis
team in arguably one of the
most thrilling title games in
college basketball history.
Chalmers had a little
something to do with that.
Memphis led by nine with
2:12 left in regulation, led by

Derrick Rose. The comeback


looked improbable. Missed
free throws by the Tigers
opened the door, and
Chalmers did the honors of
shutting it completely.
With 2.1 seconds left in the
game, Chalmers netted the
game-tying three to force
overtime. Kansas would end
up cutting down the nets and
winning its first title in 20
years.
Chalmers was rightfully
awarded the 2008 Final Four
Most Outstanding Player
immediately following the
win.
Its not like the moment
Chalmers is now famous for
came out of nowhere. He
was a vital contributor in his
three-year career at Kansas.
Chalmers averaged 12.2
points per contest during his
time at Kansas. He also added
2.8 rebounds and 3.8 steals
per game.
Aside from his obvious
accomplishments, Chalmers
left a dent in the Kansas
history books. He remains
the total steals leader in
Kansas mens basketball
history at 97. He led the Big
12 in steals all three years.
Many teams have come and
gone over the last 11 years.
Bill Self has continued to
get the best out of his team,
year after year. But only one
team has cut down the nets.
None of that would have
been possible without Mario
Chalmers.
Edited by Miranda Davis

Scott Chasen
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VERY KANSAS FAN


CAN REMEMBER
EXACTLY WHERE
THEY WERE WHEN...

Kansas defeated Missouri


in the last installment of
the Border War, where
Robinsons thunderous block
electrified the Fieldhouse in
a way that it had never been
seen before, and has never
been seen since.
Following Robinsons block,
Allen Fieldhouse reached a
noise level of 127.3 decibels,
which was an NCAA record.
For reference, 130 decibels
produces a noise comparable
to a military aircraft takeoff
from 50 feet away, according
to chem.purdue.edu.
And yes, prolonged
exposure to such a noise is
not only painful, but can
cause long-term hearing loss.
Thats what Thomas
Robinson did. Thats who
Thomas Robinson was.
In his three years at Kansas,
Robinson improved at an
exponential rate, culminating
in a junior campaign when
he finished as one of the four
finalists for Naismith Player
of the Year award.
That season, Robinson
averaged 17.7 points and
11.9 rebounds per game, and
it was apparent that it was
going to be his year early
on. After all, Robinson posted
double-doubles in his first

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN

TAKES IT ALL THE


WAY BLOCKED
OVERTIME.
VERNE LUNDQUIST
six games, and even had a
30-point, 20-rebound outing
in nonconference play.
Robinson was a huge part
of the Jayhawks massive
success, all the way into
March, reaching the Final
Four for the second time in a
five-year stretch.
In the tournament,
Robinson posted 18 or more
points in four out of the six
games, and he had 13 or
more rebounds four times as
well. His motor allowed him
to continue to relentlessly
attack opponents all the
way through the end of the
season, despite the incredible
body of work hed put in
throughout the year.
After all, Robinson played
more than 1,200 minutes for

the Jayhawks that season.


Since Bill Self took over in the
2003-04 season, there have
been exactly zero other power
forwards or centers that have
played that many minutes on
the year. Zero.
Whether it was him
pumping his fist and letting
out a yell after swatting Phil
Pressys end-of-regulation
attempt, or pretending to
tear off his jersey Supermanstyle, Robinson was one of
the most electric basketball
players in the Bill Self era,
and, for that, he was also one
of the most beloved.
At Kansas, Robinson wore
his heart on his sleeve and
played with a toughness that
is seldom seen in college
basketball. Dealing with
the loss of family members,
Robinson grew up and
became a man, and that was
present every time he stepped
on the court.
While Robinsons
accomplishments on the
court are obvious, he left
another legacy: FOE.
Family Over Everything.
That motto didnt just apply
to the team, but to Kansas
fans as a whole. In his time
at Kansas, Robinson wasnt
just another player. He was
so much more. Kansas fans
cared for Robinson like he
was one of their own, and
thats why he should move
on to the Final Four in Face
of the Streak, even at the
expense of Mario Chalmers.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

If youre a general manager and


youre a team that is right on the
verge of being an elite team, a Super
Bowl contender, I wouldnt go out and
draft a young running back. I think
Adrian is somebody Im going to go
out and get because he can put you
over the top.
Herschel Walker, via
FoxSports.com

FACT OF THE DAY

Adrian Peterson holds the NFL


single game rushing yard record
at 296 yards against San Diego on
Nov. 4, 2007.
ESPN.com

TRIVIA OF THE DAY


Q: Who is the highest paid NFL
player?

A: Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears


quarterback, has a seven-year
contract of $126.7 million.
CBSSports.com

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015

THE MORNING BREW


Finding Adrian Petersons best NFL fit

ikings running back Adrian


Peterson has a tough case on
his hands this time outside
the courthouse.
Peterson has made it apparent that
he may not want to resign as a Viking.
After Petersons indicted child abuse
charges last year, he did not feel the
Vikings were welcoming and that
there might be a better fit elsewhere.
The Minnesota Vikings drafted Peterson in 2007. Since then, he has won
multiple awards, broken several NFL
records and became one of the best
running backs in the NFL.
When Peterson signed his contract
in 2011, he was guaranteed $36
million, and he has received all of the
guaranteed money at this point. However, Petersons high-paying salary
will work against him during trading.
Most teams cannot match the cap
space that the Vikings have. However,
that has not prevented all teams from
being a possibility for Peterson.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
The Jaguars do not suffer from cap
size issues, making Peterson within
their budget. Gaining Peterson would
mean an upgrade from Denard Robinson and reuniting Peterson with his

Shelby Dufour
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former teammate, Toby Gerhart. Off


the field, Peterson could boost the Jaguars franchise and media attention,
although its far from a perfect fit.
After all, Peterson may have hesitation toward Jacksonville because it is a
young team that has yet to prove itself.
With a player of Petersons caliber,
there are still tons of opportunities to
play for already established teams.
ARIZONA CARDINALS
Right now, there are a few ways the
Cardinals could acquire Peterson.
First, they could get him from a trade
with the Vikings for a draft pick,
which would require Peterson to
rework his contract, but that does not
seem likely.
The other route Arizona could go is
trading starting quarterback Carson
Palmer in hopes to use a first-round
draft pick on a quarterback. The
Cardinals would then foresee using
Adrian Peterson the next three years.
Overall, the Cardinals see Peterson
as the complete package according
to Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS


With the lack of production
from Doug Martin and Bobby
Rainey, the Buccaneers could
utilize Peterson in the backfield. Since the Buccaneers are
looking at obtaining a rookie
quarterback, having Peterson
in the backfield will help ease
the growth. Peterson has shown much
interest in the Buccaneers as they
are able to accommodate to his high
salary. Although, Tampa Bay will have
to hand over more than just money
to gain Peterson. The teams 34th selection in the draft will not be enough
for a one-on-one trade.
DALLAS COWBOYS
As a native Texan, Peterson is very
interested in the Cowboys, yet they
have shown no interest in him. Owner
Jerry Jones has not reached out to Peterson at this point, and according to
Yahoo Sports, he does not want to pay
the price the Vikings demanded.
However, this wouldnt be first time
Jones has changed his mind during
the offseason. With the reworking of
Tony Romos deal, the Cowboys are
capable of adding Peterson with the

right trade. But


another problem
emerges, in that
the Cowboys are
not interested in
trading for veterans,
and they could possibly be deterred by a
player with a scandal on
his profile.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
If Peterson stays put with the
Vikings, what will happen? He has
already been offered $13 million for
2015, an unguaranteed salary of $15
million for 2016 and $17 million for
2017. In addition, they have discussed
alleviating some of his injury-risk
with guaranteed money. Resigning
with the Vikings is Petersons only safe
bet at not losing any money.
Deals are continuously being discussed and strings are being pulled all
in an effort to gain Adrian Peterson.
However, no one will know for sure
where Peterson is going to play until
this weekends NFL Draft.
Edited by Valerie Haag

Wichita State cancels


softball matchup
against Kansas, cites
scheduling concerns

Carter-Williams hit 10 of 15
shots while outplaying Derrick
Rose. The Bucks guard rolled his
right ankle early in the third but
came back late in the quarter.

The Jayhawks will get an


extended break between games
this week, as the regularly
scheduled Tuesday matchup
against the Wichita State
Shockers has been canceled.
According to a University
release, Wichita State canceled
the match due to overscheduling
concerns. NCAA regulations
limit each Division I team to 56
games per season, not including
postseason contests. Tuesdays
game would have put the
Shockers over this limit.
The match will not be
rescheduled.
Due to the cancellation, the
Jayhawks will finish the season
with an impressive 30-3 record
against nonconference teams.
The Jayhawks will be back in
action Friday at 5 p.m. for the
final home conference series of
the 2015 season against the No.
13 Baylor Bears.
During Saturdays game, the
Jayhawks will honor their senior
class, composed of infielders
Maddie Stein and Chanin Naudin,
as well as pitchers Beth Wilson
and Alicia Pille.

Associated Press

Derek Skillett

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Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol, middle, scores between Milwaukee Bucks center Zaza Pachulia, left, and Khris Middleton, during the first half in Game 5 of the NBA basketball playoffs Monday in
Chicago. The Bucks beat the Bulls 94-88, avoiding being eliminated from the tournament.

Bucks avoid elimination


again, beat Bulls 94-88
in Game 5
CHICAGO Michael CarterWilliams had 22 points and eight

assists, Khris Middleton scored 21


points, and the Milwaukee Bucks
avoided elimination again with
a 94-88 victory over the Chicago
Bulls on Monday night in Game 5
of their first-round playoff series.
With a 3-2 lead, the Bulls will try

to close it out again Thursday at


Milwaukee. But the Bucks arent
going quietly after dropping the
first three games.
They took Game 4 on a lastsecond layup by Jerryd Bayless
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COMMENTARY
New basketball
apartments will
draw in recruits

Christian Hardy
@HardyNFL

ansas basketball
already has Allen
Fieldhouse, but now
Bill Self and company have
something else to be excited about a new housing
facility.
Established with the $17.5
million donated to Kansas
Athletics from various donors,
as well as bonds, Marie S. McCarthy Hall will offer private
bedrooms and bathrooms, an
indoor basketball court, pool
tables, a theatre room, meeting
rooms and a dining room.
Those donations will make
all of that possible, and itll
give the Kansas basketball
program another advantage: a
recruiting boost. The exclusive,
basketball-only apartments
should be a massive addition
to a program that is already
one of the best in the nation in
recruiting.
According to a Student
Housing release, construction on the building will be
finished this July.
The University of Kentucky
was the first to revolutionize
the luxury apartment incentive
in 2012. But Caliparis player
mansion isnt quite as luxurious as the one Self will open
up this summer.
Though locations are similar
for both the Kentucky and
Kansas facilities both just a
jaunt away from the practice
facilities there are a few
amenities Kansas offers that
Kentucky doesnt.
Kansas facilities will include
a full-court basketball facility,
whereas Kentucky doesnt
have one at all. McCarthy Hall
will also house a full-fledged
theatre, unlike Kentucky. The
Jayhawk players will live in
individual rooms and private
bathrooms, while players
share a room and bathroom at
Kentucky.
In all, the apartments will
house 66 students, but more
than half of those of those
spots (38) will go to regular
students, adding up to about
$265,000 per tenant. The cost
might sound outlandish, but,
once its built, compounding
the apartments with Allen
Fieldhouse will make Kansas
seemingly irresistible for
recruits.
If Kansas basketball fans
expect the team to pull in
some of the top recruits in
the nation, theyre just going
to have to get over the dollar
figure. With practice and
workouts nearly every single
day, no student-athlete has the
ability to work, study and buy
these amenities for themselves.
Its not as if they arent paying
the University back, either:
theyre the people who put
fans in the 16,300 seats in Allen Fieldhouse for every single
game, and bring in thousands
of dollars in jersey sales each
and every season.
Before you criticize the
dollars being thrown around,
dont forget what the student
athletes, current and future,
represent and all they embody
for the Universitys student
body.
Edited by Chandler Boese

KC ROYALS

Royals take 6-2 victory over Indians Monday night | PAGE 7

Kansas QB Cummings to have knee surgery


SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

More than 6,200 fans held


their breath, as they watched
junior quarterback Michael
Cummings being walked
back to the locker room. Despite wearing a red jersey, a
symbol meaning no contact,
Cummings took a hit to his
left knee in the Spring Game
on Saturday.
Monday morning, Beaty
announced in a news release that the quarterback
would require surgery on
his injured knee. He did not
provide any specifics about
the injury or a timetable for
Cummings return.
Following his surgery he
will work diligently, alongside our medical staff, to get
back to the field as quickly as
possible, Beaty said.
Cummings, a 5-foot-10
Texas native, played in 12
games his junior season,
starting in the final seven
contests under center. Cummings threw for 332 yards
against TCU, the most pass-

ing yards by a Kansas quarterback since 2009. He also


threw for more than 235
yards in five straight games,
another feat that hadnt been
accomplished by a Kansas
quarterback since 2009.

Following his surgery he


will work diligently, alongside our medical staff, to
get back to the field as
quickly as possible.
DAVID BEATY
Kansas football coach

Like every position on


the roster, Beaty expects
the starting quarterback to
earn the title. Cummings
had been competing with
sophomore Montell Cozart,
who began the 2014 season
as the starter before Cummings replaced him.
The two quarterbacks were
splitting time leading the
blue offense on Saturday
to give the coaching staff a
chance to evaluate them.

In the second quarter,


Cummings broke downfield
for a quarterback scramble,
showing he had the ability to
run. Cummings was not expecting to get hit.
However, junior walk-on
safety Michael Glatczak attempted to pull himself away
from a downfield block, and
the force caused him to drift
toward Cummings. His helmet hit the quarterbacks left
knee.
On Saturday, Beaty said
Glatczak was not at fault.
Monday morning, Beaty reiterated it was an accident.
I have reviewed the film
from Saturday and Michael
Glatczak was being blocked
down the field and had his
back to the action for almost
the entire play, Beaty said.
At the last second he turned
to make the tackle without
having any idea who was carrying the ball.
Without Cummings, Kansas will have to move forward with Cozart and sophomore T.J. Millweard sharing
reps under center in practice.
Edited by Emma LeGault

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Junior Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings rears back for a pass against
TCU on Nov. 15, 2014. Cummings will have surgery on his injured knee.

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Krauth earns Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week


KYLAN WHITMER
@KRWhitmer

Kansas baseball junior pitcher Ben Krauth was named


Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the
Week on Monday for his performance in the Jayhawks
weekend series against West
Virginia.
On Friday, Krauth pitched
6.1 innings and sent a third of
the batters he faced back to the
dugout with eight strikeouts.
He also kept the Mountaineers
offense to a minimum, allowing one run and three hits.
"I am really proud of him,"
coach Ritch Price said in a
press release. "He has made as
much progress in his first year
on campus as any junior college player we have ever had.

The confidence level he


brings in our dugout is that
we can win every time he
walks onto the field.
RITCH PRICE
Kansas baseball coach

Since transferring to Kansas


from Diablo Valley College in
Pleasant Hill, Calif., Krauth
has developed into a major
asset in the Jayhawks pitching rotation. He has started
11 games this season and
cemented himself as the Jayhawks Friday starter.
He sets the tone for the
weekend and gives us a legitimate chance to win on Fri-

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Junior pitcher Ben Krauth throws against Utah on March 6. Krauth was named the Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week Monday after Kansas weekend series
against West Virginia.

day night, Price said. The


confidence level he brings in
our dugout is that we can win
every time he walks onto the
field. He is that special."
Krauth has a 6-3 record
throughout his starts and
leads Jayhawk pitchers in
multiple statistics. Krauth has
recorded the most strikeouts
in the rotation with 68 on the
year 23 more than any other pitcher on the team. Krauth

also leads starting pitchers


with a 3.73 ERA, while tying
teammate Drew Morovick
for least earned runs allowed
among the starters at 30 this
season.
Krauth has established himself as one of the leagues best
pitchers in his first year playing in the Big 12. He is ranked
fifth among Big 12 pitchers in
ERA, throwing a 2.00 since
conference play started. He

also has the second-most


strikeouts with 38 against
league opponents.
At this level everything is
heightened, Krauth said earlier this season. You got to
take advantage of the things
you can control and if you do
that, everything else takes care
of itself.
Krauth is the second Jayhawk to earn the honor this
season. Freshman infielder

Matt McLaughlin was the Big


12 Newcomer of the Week for
his performance in the Jayhawks series against Oklahoma in early April.
The Jayhawks will face Arkansas-Pine Bluff at home on
April 29. Krauth is set to start
for the Jayhawks on May 1 as
they host the Baylor Bears at
Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence for a weekend series.
Edited by Emma LeGault

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