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Jayplay
In this weeks Jayplay,
James Foley smokes
out the truth behind
Lawrences marijuana
scene and shows how
many KU students are
getting high before class.
Vaccine policy puts prerequisite on enrollment
Students who do no comply with new meningitis
regulations may have trouble enrolling for next
semester on time. PAGE 2A
Football team focuses on blocking crowd noise
As the Jayhawks embark on a string of road
games, they prepare for the inevitable distractions
of the opposing teams crowd. PAGE 1B 76 58 78 59
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Back to class
Top hawk to step down
By GaBy Souza
gsouza@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Provost David Shulenburger has an-
nounced he will step down at the end of
June 2006 after 13 years as a top adminis-
trator at the University of Kansas.
Shulenburger, 60, is the chief academ-
ic and operating offcer for the Lawrence
Campus. During his time as provost, he
has overseen the fve-year tuition en-
hancement plan and emphasized the
merging of teaching and research.
Shulenburger said he began thinking
about resigning from his position a few
years ago. He said he decided to leave be-
fore the job wore him down completely
and because he wanted to get back in the
classroom. He will remain on the faculty
and teach in the School of Business.
Its mostly about smelling the roses at
10 miles an hour instead of 70 miles an
hour, he said.
Shulenburger said there was only
one other provost in the Association of
American Universities that had been at
his position for longer than he has.
Jon Wefald, president at Kansas State
University, said Shulenburgers reputa-
tion as a dedicated and knowledgeable
administrator had won a name for him
not just in the Big 12 Conference, but
across the nation.
Wefald began working with Shulen-
burger during Board of Regents meetings
when Shulenburger was associate vice
chancellor for the University.
He is one of the smartest people I
know and a brilliant academic adminis-
trator, Wefald said.
Barbara Romzek, interim dean of lib-
eral arts and sciences, said Shulenburg-
ers leadership style made him an ideal
administrator.
He set boundaries for each school and
then let the deans decide what course of
action to take, she said. She said he had
made himself available to anyone who
wanted to speak with him and always
had the best interests of the University
at heart.
Shulenburger joined the School of
Business faculty as an associate profes-
sor in 1974.
He served as an associate dean and
undergraduate program director before
he was named associate dean for aca-
demic affairs in 1988.
He became the associate vice chan-
cellor for academic affairs in 1993. He
took over the role of provost of the Uni-
versity in 1996 after a national search
and interviews with more than 200
candidates.
Shulenburger said he wanted to
be remembered as someone who
understood the University com-
munity and did what was best
for the University.
The hardest part of leaving
his position will be leav-
ing the people he works
with, he said.
Shulenburger said he
would not have much
of a role in the selec-
tion process for a re-
placement. Chancellor
Robert Hemenway said
he hoped the search
committee would be
chosen within a week
to 10 days.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
Students value
provosts role
By John Jordan
jjordan@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Student leaders, past and
present, are joining adminis-
tration and faculty in bidding
Provost David Shulenburger
farewell after he announced his
resignation Wednesday.
Nick Sterner, student body
president and Shawnee senior,
said the provost went out of his
way to have active discussions
with students, especially when
the administration had a differ-
ent opinion than students.
An administrator that worked
so well with the University was
valuable for student leaders,
Sterner said.
Its going to be rough for the
University, Sterner said. Hell
be missed.
Shulenburger laid the ground-
work for the University for the next
ten years, working with the Student
Senate on projects such as the new
Multicultural Resource Center and
the proposed entrance gate at 13th
Street and Jayhawk Boulevard,
Sterner said.
Sterner said that he thought
Shulenburger enjoyed working
with students and that Shulen-
burger was fun to be around.
The provost never considered a
question stupid, Sterner said.
Shulenburger said in a press
conference Wednesday he had
respect for all the student leaders
he worked with. He said the most
important issue he worked on with
students was guaranteed tuition.
Guaranteed tuition ensures that
students pay the same fxed tuition
rate, without annual increases, for
their frst four years at the Uni-
versity. The students he worked
with genuinely cared about the
University, which made dealing
with them worthwhile, he said.
When everyone cares, you
have to respect one another,
Shulenburger said.
Steve Munch, former student
body president, said Shulen-
burger was accessible and always
had advice. The Bellevue, Neb.,
senior said there was never an
e-mail or phone call the provost
didnt return within the day.
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Shulenburger laid the
groundwork for the
University for the next
ten years, working with
the Student Senate on
projects such as the new
Multicultural Resource
Center and the proposed
entrance at 13th Street
and Jayhawk Boulevard,
Sterner said.
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Firefghters clean up Wednesday after extinguishing a fre at the West Hills
apartment complex, 1012 Emery Road.
t safety
Apartment fre displaces two tenants
By TraviS roBineTT
trobinett@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
An apartment in the West Hills
apartment complex, 1012 Emery
Road, caught fre Wednesday
afternoon. Emergency person-
nel arrived on the scene at 2:12
p.m. after receiving a 911 call six
minutes earlier.
Tom Bristow, Lawrence resi-
dent, said he was at the scene
around the time the 911 call was
made. He said he saw huge balls
of fames bursting from the two
bedroom apartments east win-
dow and smoke coming out of
the window above it.
Mark Bradford, deputy chief
of Lawrence-Douglas County
Fire Medical, said the origin of
the fre was inside apartment
nine in building F. He said that
the two people who lived in the
apartment were not home and
that all residents of building F
had already evacuated by the
time emergency personnel ar-
rived.
There were reports of 20 oc-
cupants in the building at the
time of the fre, according to
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire
Medical. There were no injuries,
Bradford said.
Bradford said that the cause
of the fre was unknown and
that it would be investigated. He
said that the fre did not damage
the surrounding apartments but
that smoke and heat did. He
said the extent of that damage
was unknown.
Apartment nine is on the sec-
ond story of the three-story, red
brick building northwest of the
University. The window glass
was completely gone and the
edges of the hole in the building,
where the window used to be,
were burnt. A large yellow hose
stretched from the fre hydrant
around the other buildings.
I cant go to work because
the hose is blocking my car,
Marqwuesa Cole, Lawrence
sophomore, said. Im more
worried about the people, as
long as they are OK.
Its really cold and it stinks
out here, Kylee Tibbits, Law-
rence sophomore, said.
Cole and Tibbits are room-
mates and live in building F.
Bradford said residents of the
building were not being allowed
back in at that time.
Peter Ingleman, director of
acquisitions at Nolan Real Es-
tate Services, which owns West
Hills, said that the most impor-
tant thing was that no one was
hurt. He said Nolan Real Estate
would help the residents of the
damaged apartment fnd anoth-
er place to live, possibly in the
same complex. The American
Red Cross is also assisting those
affected.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
t speaker
Powell says technology
vital to youth culture
By aly Barland
abarland@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Technological capabilities have
made a world of possibility just a
click away with the Internet, but
the advancements have also cre-
ated a society that is fast-paced,
impatient and diffcult to please, a
speaker said Wednesday night.
Michael Powell, former chair-
man of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, addressed a
Lied Center audience about the
impact of the digital revolution
and the speed of technological ad-
vancement in todays society.
Powell spoke as part of the
Anderson Chandler Lecture
Series sponsored by the School
of Business. Powell was nomi-
nated by President Bill Clinton
to the Commission in 1997 and
designated chairman by Presi-
dent George W. Bush in 2001.
He resigned earlier this year.
To demonstrate the generation
gap between himself and todays
youth, Powell used his sons, ages 11
and 16. He said his sons had never
used a record or a rotary phone but
instead only knew DVDs, CDs and
gaming consoles.
Advancement in technology
today is exponential and is driv-
en by innovation, Powell said.
Technology must constantly
change to maintain the attention
of teenagers and
young adults.
Theyre in-
credibly audio-
visual minded.
Their world
moves breath-
takingly fast,
Powell said.
The digital
revolution has
also led to impatience, increased
personalization and the consum-
ers need for interactivity, Powell
said. Powell used Napster as an
example. Americans demanded
music and used technology to
fnd it online instantly and cir-
cumvent music companies.
To demonstrate personaliza-
tion, Powell said that his son
would pay $2.99 for a ring tone
to personalize his phone, but he
refused to pay for downloaded
music online. Powell said that
cell phone carriers made $4 bil-
lion yearly in ring tone sales to
satisfy consumers need to per-
sonalize.
Powell said that even televi-
sion was often not advanced
enough for some of the young
in America because there was
no interactivity or consumer in-
volvement like there was with
the Internet or gaming con-
soles.
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Powell
By Ryan SchneideR
rschneider@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Finding a seat with friends at
the football game against Okla-
homa wont be as easy as it is on
a typical game day on the hill.
Unlike home games at Me-
morial Stadium, where student
seating is general admission, stu-
dents will have assigned seating
at the Kansas-Oklahoma game
Oct. 15 at Arrowhead Stadium
in Kansas City, Mo.
Jim Marchiony, associate ath-
letics director, said the change
in venue caused the change in
the student seating policy.
The ushers and staff at Ar-
rowhead are just not equipped
to handle general admission
seating, Marchiony said.
Marchiony said students
would sit in sections 132, 133
and 134 on the lower level
Joe Michaelsen, Omaha,
Neb., freshman, disagreed with
the decision to put students in
assigned seats at Arrowhead.
It should be just like home
games here, Michaelsen said.
We should be able to have
open seating.
Ben Suing, Omaha, Neb.,
freshman, was also unhappy
with the seating situation.
Its a bad deal, Ben Suing
said. Its going to be hard to sit
with a lot of friends.
Despite Oklahomas 1-2 re-
cord entering Big 12 Conference
play, Marchiony wasnt con-
cerned that the Sooners slow
start would affect ticket sales.
I think theyll get back on
track, Marchiony said. Were
not worried.
More than 43,000 tickets to
the game have been sold, Mar-
chiony said.
Students who purchased tick-
ets to the Oklahoma game can
pick them up starting Oct. 10
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Ath-
letic Ticket Offce. Ticket distri-
bution will end Oct. 14.
Students must present their
KUIDs and tickets at Arrowhead
to be admitted to the game.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
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By tRaviS RoBinett
trobinett@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Nineteen percent of stu-
dents living in the KU De-
partment of Student Housing
buildings, a total of 854 peo-
ple, have not complied with
the Universitys meningitis
vaccination policy.
In order to enroll for the
Spring 2006 semester, those
students must either receive a
meningitis vaccine from Wat-
kins Memorial Health Cen-
ter, give Watkins a record of
previous vaccination or sign
a waiver acknowledging they
refuse to be vaccinated.
I just havent gotten around
to it, Seth Metzler, Newton
freshman, said. I guess Ill do
it when it comes to the point
that I have to.
Cathy Thrasher, clinical
coordinator of support ser-
vices at Watkins, said that
when noncompliant students
tried to enroll, the Kyou por-
tal would show IMM hold,
which means immunization
hold.
Patricia Denning, chief
of staff at Watkins, said she
would like students to comply
with the policy now so they
would be able to enroll with-
out trouble and avoid a poten-
tially long line at Watkins.
Thrasher said Watkins kept
track of who had complied
through its health center op-
erating software.
When a student is vaccinat-
ed, brings in a record of vac-
cination or signs the waiver, a
record of it is entered into the
program.
Watkins will send letters
to noncompliant students.
Thrasher said students should
get them next week.
She said students who did
not know whether they had
complied with the policy could
call the compliance office at
864-9533, and that students
who wanted to get the vacci-
nation could call 864-9507 to
make an appointment.
For students who do not
want to be vaccinated, a
waiver is available at www.
ku.edu/~shs. Students can
print out the waiver or pick
one up at Watkins.
The waiver contains infor-
mation about meningitis that
lets students know what they
are waiving, Thrasher said.
Sam Williams, Topeka
freshman, said she knew the
possible consequences of not
receiving a vaccine.
Im not crazy, she said.
I like my limbs. Im kind of
fond of them.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
t student housing
Students urged to vaccinate
t athletics department
Assigned seats coming at Arrowhead Stadium
Jumping for joy
Language. Students may not understand how teach-
ers talk. Students may tease the teacher. I have never
been in a class with a GTA, so I dont have that experi-
ence, but I think they work hard.
Tzu-chi Liu, Kalhsiung,Taiwan graduate student.
Treagen Haas,
left, and his
sister Sierra,
5, bounce on
a trampoline
during a Kansas
sunset Tuesday
near Zurich.
Students who want to sit with
friends at the Kansas-Oklahoma
game at Arrowhead Stadium
have three options:
F Go together to the Athletic
Ticket Offce, located on the
west side of Memorial Stadium,
and fll out a group ticket form
by Oct. 7.
FSend one member of the
group to the ticket office
with the other members
KUIDs.
FAll pick up tickets at the same
time once tickets are available
Oct. 10.
Groups are limited to 20 students
each.
Source: Kansas Athletics
Department
how to sign up for group seating
The language barrier. Its hard for students to under-
stand and to communicate with them at all.
Courtney Crays, Fort Scott sophomore.
I think its all the immigration paperwork they have to
do, and then maybe the language.
Regan Postma, graduate teaching assistant, Spanish and
Portuguese department.
Accents or speech and stuff like that. I cant under-
stand them sometimes, but Im from somewhere else
anyway. I was born in Sudan.
Robel Yemane, St. Louis sophomore.
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The American Red Cross Blood Drop poses for a photo next to the Jayhawk outside the Kansas
Union Wednesday. The blood drive continues this week at the Kansas Union and other campus
locations.
Bleeding for a cause
t safety
Students posing
as security guards
By Steve Lynn
slynn@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Emily Soener and three other female
students were in a 10th foor room in
McCollum Hall late Saturday evening
when two students dressed as KU
Public Safety Offce security monitors
knocked on the open door and asked
permission to enter.
We asked what the complaint was,
said Soener, Omaha, Neb., freshman.
They said something about marijuana
and somebody said they could come
in.
A Public Safety Of-
fce report said that
Matthew S. Meyer,
Camarillo, Calif.,
freshman, and Seth
Breeding, Marysville
freshman, knocked on
several doors and en-
tered after residents
gave them permission.
Meyer worked as a
security monitor for
the KU Public Safety
Offce but was not on
duty Saturday. Meyer
let Breeding, his room-
mate at McCollum,
borrow a uniform shirt from his ward-
robe, Meyer said.
A resident assistant called KU Public
Safety, which did not cite the students
because they didnt break any law, Capt.
Schuyler Bailey of the Public Safety Of-
fce said.
Meyer said he was fred because of
the exploit.
The offce exhausted all avenues to
make sure the students didnt break any
laws, Bailey said. He said that, unfortu-
nately, a person could knock on some-
ones door and lie.
Breeding, Marysville freshman, said
he and Meyer knocked on doors on the
ninth and 10th foors looking for their
friends missing laptop, which they nev-
er found.
They told residents they received
a noise complaint or that they heard
someone was smoking marijuana, he
said. Meyer attached his laminated se-
curity ID to his shirt and Breeding used
Meyers hat for the effect, Breeding
said.
People were falling for it, Breeding
said. They actually believed we were
security.
Soener said the episode didnt de-
crease her trust in KU security, but that
it upset her.
The uniform gives them some sense
of authority, Soener said. I will be a
little more reluctant to believe them
right off the bat, which is too bad.
Both men said they wouldnt do it
again. Meyer, who worked security at
football games, said the
idea began as a joke.
I cant believe I was
that stupid, Meyer said.
I didnt mean any harm
by it.
Liz Phillips, assistant
director of the Public
Safety Offce, said the
offce employed students
as security monitors to
monitor footage from
cameras in residence
hall parking lots, foot-
ball games and libraries.
The offce does not
employ security to pa-
trol residence halls.
Ken Stoner, director of student hous-
ing, said that type of behavior was in-
appropriate and not allowed at the
University. Stoner had not, however,
received any offcial information on the
episode.
He said that it was a Public Safety
Offce matter and that he would take
action if he received a recommendation
from the offce.
Stoner said that students are not re-
quired to answer their doors. If a stu-
dent is uncomfortable with a situation,
he can phone the residence hall front
desk, call the police or contact a resi-
dent assistant.
I dont think there are dozens of
people who violate the rules, Stoner
said. We have a single instance.
Edited by Anne Burgard
on the record
F A 20-year-old KU student
reported a $300 Gary Fisher
bicycle stolen sometime
between 9 p.m. Tuesday
and midnight Wednesday at
the 1300 block of Louisiana
Street.
FA 19-year-old KU student
reported an $1800 Sony
Vaio laptop computer and
$500 in other valuables
stolen between 1 and 4
a.m. Saturday from the
2500 block of West 31st
Street.
FA 22-year-old KU student
reported a window esti-
mated at $200 broken at
2 a.m. Wednesday at the
1200 block of Tennessee
Street.
on campus
FA new interactive art ex-
hibit called Two Cultures:
Collection by Texas artist
Tracy Hicks will be un-
veiled at a reception from
4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the
Hall Center for the Hu-
manities, east of the Dole
Human Development Cen-
ter. Hicks will present and
discuss his work. Regular
hours for the exhibit will
be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting
Monday.
FA free performance of On
the Yellow Brick Road with
Salman Rushdie and Paul
Stephen Lim: An Evening of
Reminiscences and Revela-
tions will be held at 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Lawrence
Arts Center, 940 New
Hampshire St.
FTwo world-renowned mu-
sical groups are perform-
ing this weekend at the
Lied Center. The Avishai
Cohen trio will play at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and the Daedalus
String Quartet will play at 2
p.m. Sunday. Tickets can be
purchased at any campus
box office.
The University of Kansas School
of Engineering will again sponsor a
competition for high school students to
demonstrate that engineering is about
more than crunching numbers.
The 18th Annual High School Design
Competition is scheduled for Oct. 25 in Ea-
ton Hall. The event usually draws between
100 and 200 students. Teams will design
a mousetrap car powered by one spring.
The competition has three components,
including speed, power and handling. Jill
Hummels, director of public relations, said
the competition would help high school
students learn more about the profession.
The whole idea is to show high
school students who may not have
thought about the possibility of engi-
neering as a career that they can have
a lot of fun working on projects that
are directly related to the engineering
feld, Hummels said.
Participants can also tour the
schools facilities and meet with KU
faculty and students.
Aly Barland
The uniform
gives them some
sense of authority.
I will be a little
more reluctant to
believe them right
off the bat, which
is too bad.
Emily Soener
Omaha, Neb., freshman
on campus
Competition challenges high school students to design car
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KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The English test required for
international graduate students
at the University of Kansas un-
derwent major changes this
week, which might mean added
preparation for some incoming
students.
The Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL),
a standardized test taken by
750,000 students worldwide
last year, has been rewritten
and a speaking section has
been added.
The Educational Testing Ser-
vice, which developed the test,
implemented the new version
Saturday in U.S. testing centers.
It will replace the old version
worldwide within a year.
Chuck Seibel, director of the
KU Applied English Center, says
the new format may weed out
students whose spoken English
skills arent up to par.
A lot of people say its go-
ing to be more challenging, he
said. I think it might test skills
that the old version of the test
doesnt test as well.
A speaking section has been
added to the test in which test-
takers are recorded talking. It
also integrates reading, writing
and listening skills throughout
the test. Before, it tested reading,
writing and listening separately
and didnt include a speaking
section.
Xianping Li, Beijing gradu-
ate student, said he spent many
class hours preparing for the
test, as well as a lot of time read-
ing prep books.
He feared that the new test
would be difcult for students
from countries such as China
where English isnt as common-
ly spoken as in Europe or the
Americas.
Rajesh Maduri, Hyderabad,
India, graduate student, agreed
that the test may be more dif-
cult for students from countries
where writing and reading are
emphasized in class more than
speaking and listening are.
For students coming from
India, English is a primary lan-
guage taught from kindergar-
ten, he said. For students who
havent had English as primary
medium of instruction, that
might be a problem.
The University mandates that
international graduate students
new to the country obtain a
minimum score on the test. Un-
dergraduate students may also
take it to test out of some Eng-
lish classes.
Edited by Anne Burgard
Changes to test may
toughen admissions
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Tzu-chi Liu of Kalhsiung, Taiwan, works in the Learning English Online Lab in
Fraser Hall. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was changed
this week. Many foreign students believe the added speaking portion of the
test will make it more challenging.
MULTICULTURALISM
Kim Andrews/KANSAN
Joan Allen, Overland Park senior, hastily renders an interior perspective for her Interior Design Thesis course. Allen
is designing a cake boutique that will be called Le Gateau. This is one quick sketch project to create workable pieces
for her portfolio.
Intelligent design
NATION
WASHINGTON House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay
was indicted by a Texas grand
jury Wednesday on a charge of
conspiring to violate political
fundraising laws, forcing him to
temporarily step aside from his
GOP post. He is the highest-rank-
ing member of Congress to face
criminal prosecution.
A deant DeLay said he
had done nothing wrong and
denounced the Democratic
prosecutor who pursued the case
as a partisan fanatic. He said,
This is one of the weakest, most
baseless indictments in American
history. Its a sham.
Republicans quickly moved
to ll the void, while voicing
polite support for DeLay.
The Associated Press
Powell
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They want to be a part
of the entertainment experi-
ence, Powell said.
David Stern, Minneapolis,
Minn., junior, said that he
learned a great deal about the
impact of the digital revolu-
tion, not only on the consum-
er, but also from the business
standpoint.
For the networks to grab
attention of teenage kids they
have to have so much stuff
coming at them, Stern said.
Powell addressed the edu-
cational system briefly, say-
ing that he was not sure if it
was the children or the edu-
cational system that should
change.
He said that he worried that
children were not taught in a
way that they responded well
to because of the fast-paced
world in which they lived.
Despite the immense
changes in technological ca-
pabilities and the broad reach
of media made possible by
the Internet, Powell said that
there was really no difference
between generations in terms
of values and the need for
community.
At the end of the day
whats going to matter for us
as human beings is what does
not change. At the end of the
day were still human, Pow-
ell said.
Jeff Oligschlaeger, Over-
land Park junior, attended
the lecture for extra credit for
a business class but was sur-
prised to find the lecture in-
teresting.
It was astoundingly well
presented, Oligschlaeger
said.
Edited by Anne Burgard
Chuck Seibel, director of the KU Applied English
Center, says the new format may weed out students
whose spoken English skills arent up to par.
Majority leader faces
criminal indictment
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A lone house stands among a neighborhood totally wiped out in New Orleanss Ninth Ward Wednesday. The area has nearly dried out for the second time
since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area a month ago.
Residents return to New Orleans
By AdAm Nossiter
The AssociATed Press
BATON ROUGE, La. More
areas of New Orleans that es-
caped fooding from Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita will be formally
reopened starting today, Mayor
Ray Nagin said.
The areas include the French
Quarter, the Central Business
district and Uptown with its his-
toric Garden District. Business
owners will be allowed in today,
and residents on Friday.
The re-entry started Monday
and is going very well exceed-
ingly well, Nagin told legisla-
tors at a hearing Wednesday at
the state capitol. Everything
you hoped to happen is happen-
ing. Algiers is alive and well and
breathing.
On Monday, Nagin opened
the Algiers neighborhood,
which has electricity and clean
water.
Nagin said checkpoints where
offcers stop people will be
pulled back today so that only
areas that were fooded will be
off limits. Homes in those areas
were heavily fooded and most
are likely beyond repair.
If all goes well, as of Oct. 5
only the Lower Ninth Ward,
which was hit especially hard by
the fooding, will be cordoned
off, Nagin said.
Electricity has been restored
to some dry parts of the city,
but the water is not yet drink-
able. The mayor disagreed with
the head of the states Health
Department about the condi-
tion of the citys water, insist-
ing residents could now wash
in it, though they shouldnt
drink it.
The two things that are ab-
solutely necessary to ensure
public health clean drink-
ing water and proper sew-
age systems simply are not
available in the east bank area
of New Orleans at this time,
said Fred Cerise, secretary for
the state Department of Health
and Hospitals.
People who re-enter the city
may be exposed to diseases such
as E. coli, salmonella or diarrhea
illness if they do not allow time
for the necessary inspections to
ensure public health and safety,
Cerise said.
Many residents of the city
have returned ahead of Nagins
offcial timeline, and the mayor
appeared eager Wednesday to
get more of them back.
Nagin complained that state
opposition was feeding a misper-
ception about New Orleans, say-
ing: Were fghting this national
impression that were tainted,
were not ready.
Yet a handout from the may-
ors offce to returning motor-
ists struck a more cautious tone
than Nagin himself.
You are entering the city
of New Orleans at your own
risk, it reads, before going on
to detail potential health haz-
ards from water, soil and air,
and advising residents to bring
in food.
By mArcy GordoN
The AssociATed Press
WASHINGTON The Se-
curities and Exchange Com-
mission, which is examining a
stock sale by Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist, has upgrad-
ed its initial informal inquiry
to a formal investigation.
The change means the
agency can issue subpoenas
for documents rather than
just requesting them.
Federal prosecutors also
are investigating the Tennes-
see Republicans recent sale
of stock in HCA Inc. about
two weeks before its price
dropped. Frists family found-
ed the big hospital operating
company.
The SEC has made the in-
v e s t i g a t i o n
formal, a per-
son familiar
with the matter
said Wednes-
day, speaking
on condition
of anonym-
ity because
the agency does not comment
publicly on its inquiries.
It is customary in potential
cases of insider trading for
the agency to initiate a formal
inquiry so investigators can
obtain telephone and finan-
cial records and other docu-
ments.
Were going to cooperate
with them every step of the
way. This is a usual step in
inquiries of this nature, Frist
spokesman Bob Stevenson
said.
Asked whether any sub-
poenas had been issued to
the majority leaders office,
he said, I cant get into that
right now.
Already, Nashville, Tenn.-
based HCA has said it has
received a subpoena from the
office of the U.S. Attorney in
Manhattan asking for docu-
ments the company believed
were related to Frists sale of
company stock.
Frists office said prosecu-
tors and SEC investigators
had contacted the senators
office about the sale.
Frist ordered the stock sold
from several blind trusts this
summer, about two weeks be-
fore HCA issued a disappoint-
ing earnings forecast that
drove its share price down al-
most 16 percent by mid-July.
He sold the stock at a time
when top executives and di-
rectors of HCA including
the chief executive and the
treasurer also were sell-
ing off shares worth a total of
$112 million.
Aides to
the majority
leader, who is
widely consid-
ered a poten-
tial presiden-
tial candidate
in 2008, say
he ordered his
trustee to sell
his shares to avoid any ap-
pearance of a conflict of in-
terest.
The new SEC chairman,
former Rep. Christopher Cox,
on Monday said that to avoid
a potential conflict he would
take no part in the agencys
investigation. Cox was a mem-
ber of the Republican leader-
ship in Congress with Frist.
Frist has hired two private
attorneys who specialize in
securities litigation and in-
sider trading cases: William
McLucas, a former SEC en-
forcement director, and Harry
Weiss, a former SEC attorney
who was a co-author of a text
titled Preventing Insider
Trading. Their representa-
tion of Frist was confirmed by
their law firm, Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Frist inquiry
now formal
The change means
the agency can issue
subpoenas for docu-
ments rather than just
requesting them.
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6a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan ThUrsDay, sepTember 29, 2005 news
By Eric TalmadgE
The AssociATed Press
TOKYO When a near-
ly 20-foot long tentacle was
hauled aboard his research ship,
Tsunemi Kubodera knew he
had something big. Then it be-
gan sucking on his hands. But
what came next excited him
most hundreds of photos of a
purplish-red sea monster doing
battle 3,000 feet deep.
It was a rare giant squid, a
creature that until then had
eluded observation in the wild.
Kuboderas team captured
photos of the 26-foot-long beast
attacking its bait, then struggling
for more than four hours to get
free. The squid pulled so hard
on the line baited with shrimp
that it severed one of its own
tentacles.
It was quite an experience to
feel the still-functioning tentacle
on my hand, Kubodera, a re-
searcher with Japans National
Science Museum, said. But the
photos were even better.
For centuries giant squids, for-
mally called Architeuthis, have
been the stuff of legends, ap-
pearing in the myths of ancient
Greece or attacking a submarine
in Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea. But they had
never been seen in their natural
habitat, only caught in fshing
nets or washed ashore dead or
dying.
The Japanese team, cap-
ping a three-year effort, flmed
the creature in September of
last year, fnding what one re-
searcher called the holy grail
of deep-sea animals.
The results were not an-
nounced until this week,
when they were published in
Wednesdays issue of the Brit-
ish journal, the Proceedings of
the Royal Society B: Biologi-
cal Sciences. Kyoichi Mori, of
the Ogasawara Whale Watch-
ing Association, co-authored
the study.
Giant squid are the worlds
largest invertebrates, having
been known to exceed 50 feet.
Kubodera said the one he caught
on camera was probably an
adult female. He said the squids
tentacle would not grow back,
but its life was not in danger.
The photos earned the team
cheers from researchers around
the world, largely because of the
diffculty of fnding the mysteri-
ous giant.
Thats getting footage of a
real sea monster, said Randy
Kochevar, a deep-sea biolo-
gist with the Monterey Bay
Aquarium in California. No-
body has been able to observe
a large giant squid where it
lives. There are people who
said it would never be done.
Its really an incredible ac-
complishment.
The photos taken with
strobe lights at 30-second inter-
vals also shed some new light
on the animals behavior.
We think it is a much more
active predator than was previ-
ously thought, Kubodera said
Wednesday. It had previously
been seen as more lethargic, and
not as strong.
In the pictures, the squids
tentacles can be seen stretching
out toward the bait, grasping it
and pulling away in a ball. It is
then seen struggling to get itself
free of the jig attached to the line
under the remote-controlled
camera. The struggle took place
at a depth of between 2,000 to
3,000 feet.
Kudodera said catching the
squid on flm was the result of
10 years of sleuthing.
He added that he had some
help from a population of
sperm whales.
We knew that they fed on
the squid, and we knew when
and how deep they dived, he
said. So we used them to lead
us to the squid.
Kudodera and his team found
the squid about 10 miles off the
remote island of Chichijima,
which is about 600 miles south-
east of Tokyo. They had been
conducting expeditions in the
area for about three years be-
fore they actually succeeded in
making their frst contact at 9:15
a.m. on Sept. 20 last year.
We were very lucky, he said.
A lot of research went into it,
but still, others have tried and
not succeeded.
t war in iraq
Legendary creature caught on flm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A 26-foot-long Architeuthis attacks prey hung by a white rope at 900 yards deep off the coast of Japans Bonin islands, 670 miles south of Tokyo, in the fall of
2004. The camera was operated by remote control.
lEE KEaTh
The AssociATed Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq A woman
disguised in a mans robes and
headdress slipped into a line of
army recruits Wednesday and det-
onated explosives strapped to her
body, killing at least six recruits and
wounding 35 the frst known
suicide attack by a woman in Iraqs
insurgency.
The attack in Tal Afar near the
Syrian border appeared aimed
at showing that militants could
still strike in a town where U.S.
and Iraqi offensives drove out in-
surgents only two weeks ago. A
female suicide bomber may have
been chosen because she could get
through checkpoints at which
women are rarely searched then
don her disguise to join the line of
men, Iraqi offcials said.
Iraqs most notorious insur-
gent group, al-Qaida in Iraq,
claimed responsibility for the
attack in an Internet statement,
saying it was carried out by a
blessed sister.
The bombing came a day after
U.S. and Iraqi offcials announced
their forces killed the second-in-
command of al-Qaida in Iraq,
Abdullah Abu Azzam, in a raid in
Baghdad over the weekend. His
death has not slowed insurgent
violence, with at least 84 people
including seven U.S. service
members killed in attacks since
Sunday.
President Bush warned violence
will increase in the days leading up
to a key Oct. 15 referendum on a
new constitution, a document that
has sharply divided Iraqs Shiite
Muslim majority and the Sunni mi-
nority that forms the backbone of
the insurgency.
We can expect theyll do ev-
erything in their power to try
to stop the march of freedom,
Bush said. And our troops are
ready for it.
The U.S. military announced
Wednesday that two more Ameri-
can soldiers and an airman were
killed in violence and a Marine was
killed by a noncombat gunshot.
The deaths brought to 1,922 the
number of U.S. service members
who have died since the Iraq war
started in March 2003, according
to an Associated Press count.
t science
Thats getting footage of a real sea monster.
Randy Kochevar
Deep Sea Biologist
Female
bomber
kills six
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THE KING OF BEERS
Rove: a smooth criminal
I am so glad that Sara Garlick
nally gured it all out for me in
her latest column, Santa Claus,
the Tooth Fairy, a woman presi-
dent. Because our country has
never had a female president, why
start now? After all, we wouldnt
want those chocolate cravings to
get in the way of running a coun-
try, would we?
Give me a break!
Garlick used the ultimate ste-
reotypes to defend her position on
how incompetent a woman might
be. If we instead use the clas-
sic stereotypes of men, then they
would be unt for commander
in chiefs as well. Beer-guzzling,
football-watching, ball-scratch-
ing, girl-oogling; all of these daily
activities would be too much of a
distraction for any man to run the
country.
Of course, if any woman gave
that man a blow job, well, as Gar-
lick put it, if it wasnt for the wives
of politicians, I highly doubt their
husbands would have publics
support for them to be in ofce.
Well, if it wasnt for women like
Garlick who condone this treat-
ment, I highly doubt that men
would fail to support their women
in any way possible. Or perhaps
this is just my mental inferior-
ity to men settling in. Or perhaps
my PMS has started making me
delusional, and men really are far
superior.
Jayme A. Aschemeyer
2005 KU alumna
I have never been so infuri-
ated and downright amazed at
the ignorance and severe lack
of logic presented in the ar-
ticle Santa Claus, the Tooth
Fairy, a woman president.
First of all, as a woman, I do
not enjoy being compared to
an imaginary fat man.
Secondly, the article was
based upon 1950s stereotypes
that lacked any form of logic,
making the entire argument
pathetic and contradictory. As
a favor to all women who are
in college to learn and make
something of themselves, I
have gladly taken the liberty
to take this article apart, piece
by piece, just so there is no
confusion that a woman can
and should become president
if she so desires.
First point, the writer
claims that in the past, men
believed that woman were too
incompetent to be put in posi-
tions of power. Of course, this
stigma still exists today.
If it did not, then women
would be making just as much
money as men and holding a
seat in the presidency.
The problem lies in the
writers claim that a woman
cannot and should not be-
come president because of
this misogynistic stereotype.
To discredit this view, I
would like to highlight that
scientific evidence shows that
females, on average, actually
have higher IQ scores and are
better at interpersonal com-
munication than males.
The last time I checked, in-
terpersonal communication
and intelligence were both
positive attributes desired in
a leader.
In conjunction with this,
the writer talks about politics
being a WASP playground.
Anyone who pays atten-
tion to this fact would have to
agree, but thank goodness not
everyone has given up and ac-
cepted this reality.
True, the white male still
outranks the African Ameri-
can, the Hispanic and female
population in Congress, but
the power is no longer ab-
solute. Thank goodness not
everyone just accepted that
having an African American
in Congress was equivalent to
believing in Santa Claus.
Third point, the writer ar-
gues that a woman should not
become president because she
would have no time for family,
and if she did have a family,
then her maternal instinct
would get in the way.
I guess the writer assumes
that due to this lack of ma-
ternal instinct in males, fa-
thers must not feel some kind
of responsibility to their fam-
ily and have no problem giv-
ing their undying attention
to the oval office.
Also, while were at it, be-
cause this article is based to-
tally upon baseless facts, why
dont we all just assume that
every women must have a
family and totally ignore the
reality that many women re-
main quite active and compe-
tent after age 40, a time when
most presidents are elected
and women finish child rear-
ing.
My fourth point starts with
a quote from our writer in ref-
erence to the incompetence
of women as leaders because
of biological factors such as
PMS.
The chemical imbalances
during this time have several
side effects from cramps to
becoming total bitches who
crave chocolate.
Now in this article I am go-
ing to ask you all to at least
pretend to be college students
who can use reason and logic
in the face of facts.
A woman experiences PMS
(pre menstrual syndrome)
when levels of estrogen fall.
As a result of this reduction,
the ratio of testosterone to es-
trogen increases.
Therefore, during these
times that men complain
women are so moody and the
writer claims that women are
so irrational, in all actuality,
a woman is more like a man
then any other time of the
month. As for being physi-
cally weaker, lets see a man
give birth.
The Nazis and I am by
no means condoning these
tests, just reporting the results
tested the endurance of
males and females and found
that females stayed conscious
longer than males during tri-
als of severe pain.
This makes sense when put
in the context of childbirth.
This also makes sense when
put in the context of politics,
or any other profession. Just
because a woman may not
be able to bench press 200
pounds, does not mean that
she cannot lead 200 or more
people. The belief that women
are the fairer and weaker
sex exists only because the
very ideals of what strength
consists of is built upon a pa-
triarchal construct.
My final point takes the
writers mention of the ex-
amples of Queen Boudicca,
Queen Elizabeth, and Marga-
ret Thatcher and says, Hey,
you just mentioned and high-
lighted three prominent lead-
ers of the western world, all
of which were women. This
eliminates and forces your ar-
gument to be reviewed as total
crap.
I do not know about the
rest of the women on this
campus, but I am willing to
bet that taking advice about
politics from Kim Cattrall is
not going to be viewed as the
best source.
You can give as many blow
jobs as you want, wear heels
and pearls while making
breakfast, and find yourself
living vicariously though the
male genitalia, but I will keep
my dignity as both a woman
and a human being intact by
using my God-given talents
that do not revolve around
sex or food.
It all depends on your per-
spective and talents as a hu-
man being, not your position
as a man or as a woman.
Goodrick is a Meridan
junior in psychology and
Spanish.
On Thursday, Sept. 15, right
after The O.C., President
George W. Bush walked out in
front of the New Orleans capitol
building and accepted blame for
the federal government not do-
ing its job correctly.
He was alone at his lectern;
no aides, no security visible, and
no Dick. Just as he was warned
before September 11, he was
warned about Katrina, and even
though he is in charge of the
greatest military in the world in
the richest country, he did al-
most nothing until it was too late
for thousands of Americans.
At this point, its irrelevant to
try to argue about Bushs presi-
dency based on moral beliefs
or opinions. Look whom we
elected twice, and lets look at
its immaculate track record: it
allowed September 11 to hap-
pen, lied about WMDs, causing
thousands to die at war, and did
nothing despite numerous warn-
ings when Katrina was coming.
You would think someone in
this presidential cabinet could be
convicted of some crime. Well, it
has, and it all goes back to the
man who Satan would start a fan
club for, Karl Rove.
Rove indicated that Valarie
Plame was a CIA agent to Time
reporter Matt Cooper in 2003.
Under Executive Order 12958,
all White House ofcials who are
subject to classied information
must sign a Classied Informa-
tion Nondisclosure agreement
stating they understand the laws
of the Executive Order 12958.
Section 5.5 of this Order states
that, Ofcers and employees of
the United States Government,
and its contractors, licensees,
certicate holders, and grantees
shall be subject to appropriate
sanctions if they knowingly, will-
fully, or negligently disclose to
unauthorized persons informa-
tion properly classied under this
order or predecessor orders.
Rove has signed this form, and
Matt Cooper was not an autho-
rized person. The important part
of this is the knowingly, willful-
ly, or negligently. The defenders
of Rove all say he cant be held
legally accountable if he did not
knowingly release her name.
This Executive Order was de-
signed with people like Rove in
mind, so that there would be no
way someone could release clas-
sied information, even if he did
do it unknowingly, without
harsh legal consequences.
The Order also specically
states that the president has to,
at a minimum, promptly remove
the classication authority of any
individual who demonstrates
reckless disregard or a pattern
of error in applying the classi-
cation standards of this order...
and launch an investigation into
the breach separate of any other
ongoing investigations.
Basically, Rove signed a legal
document saying he would not
reveal classied information or
acknowledge any classied in-
formation, and he did.
Under the Executive Order
12958, if someone does leak in-
formation, the president is sup-
posed to initiate an investigation
and immediately revoke that
persons classication clearance.
The president has not done any
of this.
This seems to be old news;
senator Henry Waxman of Cali-
fornia has been talking about it
for years and sending letters to
Bush asking for action. Other
senators have started sending
letters as well as community or-
ganizations.
It amazes me that, of all the
things Bush could and should be
held accountable for, he chooses
a natural disaster. To me, one of
the main arguments for a democ-
racy, as opposed to a monarchy
like the one we rebelled against,
is that everyone can be held ac-
countable under law.
It doesnt matter anymore if
you are Republican or Demo-
crat; you cant let things like this
go. Roves actions are a deni-
tive, tangible, illegal breach that
there is no defense for.
Im not worried about Rove
eventually having something
negative happen to him because
of this.
Rove so clearly broke the law
that, though he probably has
some favors from Satan still,
some legal action will be taken
against him. The wheels of jus-
tice grind slowly, especially when
they have to grind a whale of a
jerk like Rove.
After all, in the eerily similar
presidency of Richard Nixon,
Nixon wasnt the rst one to go.
The topple began with men who
had positions similar to Roves.
H.R. Haldeman was a presiden-
tial counselor, and John Ehrli-
chman was just in Nixons in-
ner circle. Haldeman, the White
House chief of staff, followed,
and then Nixon himself.
My main concern is that we all
understand that Rove did some-
thing illegal.
The reason being that U.S.
News and The New York Times
have reported White House in-
siders saying that Rove is going
to have a big hand in the rebuild-
ing of New Orleans.
To me, this would be like put-
ting Hitler in charge of Disney
Land on Children with Termi-
nal Illness Day. Have the people
of New Orleans not suffered
enough? He doesnt deserve to
be in New Orleans; he should be
in jail instead.
Kreutzer is a Leavenworth
senior in lm studies.
MICHELLE GOODRICK
opinion@kansan.com
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Turn down the stereotypes
MAX KREUTZER
opinion@kansan.com
You can nd
yourself living vicar-
iously through the
male genitalia, but I
will keep my dignity
as both a woman
and a human being
intact by using my
God-given talents
that do not revolve
around sex or food.
Columnists Rendition of Karl Rove
Max Kreutzer/KANSAN
I want to set the Rhombus House on re
because its dumb.

George W. Bush doesnt care about bunnies.

Sara Garlick is making conservatives look bad. I bet


you a million dollars that she would vote for
Condoleezza Rice, just like I would.

Is it just me, or has Free for All become


a gathering place for bitter GDIs?

I just want to say that the women population of


KU do not consider Sara Garlick one of their own.

If the crossword puzzle sucks, printing it


again is not going to make it not suck.

Me and my greek friends had a frat-tastic time at the


Lake of the Ozarks with 100 hot chicks!
Beats sitting in the dorms, doesnt it?

Sara Garlick: I hope you become president.

True or False: The Free for All misspelled Manhattan

Whenever you guys publish something that I say, I always


cut it out and put it on my wall! Im so damned lonely.

People in fraternities and sororities dont buy their


friends. People in dorms just dont know what friends
are. They only know about drug dealers!

Sara Garlick: Im going to be the female


president you said this country couldnt handle.
news 8A The UniversiTy DAily KAnsAn ThUrsDAy, sepTember 29, 2005
Value
continued from page 1a
Andy Knopp, former student
body president, said that when the
approval of online course evalu-
ations was announced during a
University Council meeting, Shu-
lenburger stood up, by himself, and
clapped because he was so glad
the evaluations fnally happened.
Knopp said he thought that the pro-
vosts gesture showed that Shulen-
burger supported student interests.
Munch said the University is
losing a great asset, a great tradi-
tion at KU.
Sterner said he was happy Shu-
lenburger was staying at the Uni-
versity to teach. He said he would
like to take one of Shulenburgers
classes. His expansive knowledge
of all the ongoing projects on cam-
pus will be an important tool for
the next provost.
Its critical that he stays and
critical he still have infuence,
Sterner said.
Edited by Anne Burgard
By Malinda OsBOrne
mosborne@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Provost David Shulenburger re-
signed his position yesterday after
holding it for almost a decade.
His tenure was one of reinvigo-
rated academic research and better
communication between students
and administration, said Kim Wil-
cox, former dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences and now
provost at Michigan State Univer-
sity.
He will be known for creating
structures that will be maintained
for years, Wilcox said.
Shulenburger helped initi-
ate an overhaul of the Univer-
sitys tuition plan, instituted
fall break at the University,
defended Dennis Daileys sex
education class and approved
the ban of alcohol sales in the
Kansas Union.
Shulenburger said his back-
ground in business helped him as
provost because it familiarized him
with the notion of opportunity
cost. Essentially, what it means is
that just about everything is worth
doing, but you cant do everything,
he said.
Despite his signifcant effect
on the University, he is just a
down-to-earth man from the
South, said Toni-Marie Mont-
gomery, former dean of the
School of Fine Arts and now
the dean of the School of Music
at Northwestern University.
Shulenburger grew up in Salis-
bury, N.C. He earned his bachelors
degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College
in Hickory, N.C., and his masters
and doctorate from the University
of Illinois.
Shulenburger began his profes-
sional career as a faculty member at
Clemson University. He was later
an economist for the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor.
He joined the University of Kan-
sas faculty as an assistant professor
in the School of Business in 1974.
He held various positions in the
school before being named asso-
ciate vice chancellor for academic
affairs in 1988.
Shulenburger was named pro-
vost in 1996 and executive vice
chancellor in 2002. He is respon-
sible for administering, overseeing
and guiding academics, research
and student services.
Wilcox said Shulenburger
would leave not only an impressive
professional legacy, but also one of
bringing the best human values to a
leadership position.
He was a very caring person,
a decent human being and a role
model, Wilcox said. He symbol-
izes a commitment to excellence.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
t AdministrAtion
Provost leaves legacy
Kansan fle photo
Provost David Shulenburger bites into the frst sandwich from Chick-fl-A
during the restaurants opening at the Underground at Wescoe Hall last
semester. Shulenburger announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon.
By Matt Wilson
mwilson@kansan.com
Kansan sTaff wriTer
The Kansas volleyball team
committed countless unforced er-
rors at Texas Tech last night and
was swept for the frst time this sea-
son, despite a performance by se-
nior middle blocker Josi Lima that
broke the KU kills record.
Kansas 3-0 loss added to the
teams road struggles. The Jay-
hawks have lost all three of their
games away from home.
Kansas coach Ray Bechard
said that was typical in a con-
ference as tough as the Big 12
Conference. He said the team
would have to be able to win
road matches if it wanted to fn-
ish near the top of the league.
The Red Raiders dominated
the match from the outset and
dropped the Jayhawks to 11-3
and 3-2 in the Big 12.
I think Texas Tech was better
prepared than we were tonight,
Bechard said. Well get another
opportunity when they come to
Lawrence.
The Red Raiders jumped in front
with a 30-28 victory in game one.
Kansas never held a lead in the
frame despite being tied as late as
25-25. The Jayhawks committed 13
errors and posted a .041 attack per-
centage. A hitting error by junior
outside hitter Jana Correa ended
the proceedings.
Game two saw the Jayhawks
bounce back to take an early
8-5 lead. Texas Tech responded
with a run to tie the game at 9-9.
From there the Jayhawks strug-
gled again, allowing the Red
Raiders to build a 21-18 advan-
tage. They kept Kansas at arms
length the rest of the way to win
30-25, putting the Jayhawks
down 0-2 for the second straight
road match.
An early 6-1 run by Texas
Tech gave it the cushion it need-
ed to close out the match. The
Red Raiders extended their lead
to 26-16 before putting the Jay-
hawks away, 30-19.
The fnal stanza was the Jay-
hawks worst from an effciency
standpoint. Their -.024 attack
percentage was their worst of
any game this season.
Bechard lamented the errors
and blamed much of the out-
come of the match on the Jay-
hawks sloppy play.
Many of our errors were un-
forced, he said. We have to get
back to work.
For the match, Kansas hit just
.075 as a team. It wasted a good
defensive effort in which the
team held Texas Tech to .171.
Junior outside hitter Philister
Sang led a balanced attack for the
Red Raiders with 10 kills and 10
digs. Senior outside hitter Paula
Caten had 15 kills for the Jayhawks
while hitting a team-high .290.
Lima had 11 kills, which
made her the Jayhawks all-time
kills leader with 1,308 total.
Bechard dismissed the idea
that Kansas might not have tak-
en Texas Tech seriously.
Our team understood that
you dont take anyone light-
ly, he said. After Oklahoma
pushed us to fve games a cou-
ple of weeks ago, we knew that
it was going to be tough every
match.
Kansas returns to action
Saturday, when it will have a
chance for its frst conference
road victory when the team vis-
its Colorado.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
By Ryan Colaianni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
Kansan sTaff wriTer
Beginning Saturday against
Texas Tech, the Jayhawks will
play their next four football
games away from the friendly
confnes of Memorial Stadium.
The road stretch has Jayhawk
players preparing for hostile en-
vironments.
The Jayhawks have strug-
gled on the road since Kansas
football coach Mark Mangi-
no took over the program
in 2002. Mangino has just
one conference road victory,
which came against Missouri
last year.
We need to continue to build
on that, Mangino said. We
have played in hostile environ-
ments everywhere.
Despite being the frst road
game of the season, the players
will prepare for it like any other
road contest.
Its just a different environ-
ment to play in, senior quarter-
back Brian Luke said. I think
for the most part, we are mature
enough to handle that.
Mangino said he told his
players that playing on the road
was no different than playing at
home.
I tell our kids that the fans
arent out on the field. They
still only have 11 guys out
there and the field is still only
100 yards long, Mangino
said. We have to do our job
and stay focused and Im con-
fident that we will.
Luke said that coaches
turned on loudspeakers at prac-
tice to simulate the noise the of-
fense would face when playing
Texas Tech on Saturday.
It is going to be a test to see
how we react to those circum-
stances and that environment,
Luke said.
Luke successfully dealt
with the crowd in last sea-
sons victory over Missouri.
He will have to deal with
the crowd again in Lubbock,
Texas, especially when trying
to change plays at the line of
scrimmage.
Junior center David Ochoa
will also play a role in changes
from the line of scrimmage.
You just have to make calls
a little louder. You have to have
your hands up a little bit more,
Ochoa said.
Senior wide receiver Mark Sim-
mons said road games change the
teams routine, especially after play-
ing three straight home games. He
said the biggest concern on the feld
would be for younger players who
have yet to experience the road en-
vironment. The Jayhawks will have
to keep their mental edge when the
crowd erupts, senior linebacker
Brandon Perkins said.
The Red Raiders have aver-
aged more than 48,000 fans per
game this season.
Everything thats different
from home contributes to mak-
ing the road tougher. The crowd
noise, especially, Perkins said.
You just have to stay focused
and do what you are supposed
to do. We just have to be able to
win on the road.
Edited by Anne Burgard
thursday, september 29, 2005 www.kansan.com page 1b
sports
sports
By antonio Mendoza
rmendoza@kansan.com
Kansan sporTswriTer

After finishing in eighth
place Saturday in the 20th
Annual Roy Griak Invitation-
al in Minneapolis, Minn., the
Kansas mens cross country
team is now ranked 24th in
the nation.
Junior Benson Chesang, who
fnished second overall at the
invitational, was named Big 12
Runner of the Week.
By fnishing eighth overall,
Kansas placed higher than Ari-
zona State, Butler and Provi-
dence, which are ranked 11, 17,
and 27 respectively.
Outperforming those teams
was enough for Kansas to earn
the national recognition of a
ranking from the Mondo Cross
Country Poll.
Its an indication of hard work,
cross country coach Stanley Red-
wine said. They have been work-
ing hard to achieve a goal, and that
is to be nationally ranked and to
make it to the NCAA, and I think
that it is a step along the way.
The Jayhawks also moved
from fourth place in the Mid-
west Regional Poll to third.
In addition to being the sec-
ond runner to cross the fnish
line in a race of 255 runners,
Chesang was named Big 12
Runner of the Week for the sec-
ond time in his career. It was a
year ago this week when Che-
sang frst received the honor.
It just caught me by sur-
prise, Chesang said. At the
same time, it means something
really important to me. It shows
how much effort I have put into
my running this season.
The only runner to fnish
ahead of Chesang was last sea-
sons national champion, Simon
Bairu of Wisconsin.
Benson is a very talented
athlete and a great competitor,
Redwine said.
Redwine added that at one
time in the race, Chesang was
not even in the top 20. He said
that he looked again and he had
pulled up to second place.
The mens and womens cross
country teams will be off this
weekend. The next race will be
the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invita-
tional in Terre Haute, Ind., Oct.
15.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
Strong fnish leads to Top 25 ranking, award
t Cross Country
Benson
Chesang races
to the fnish
during a cross
country meet in
Topeka last fall.
Chesang was
named Big 12
Runner of the
Week Tuesday
after fnishing
second overall
at the Roy Griak
Invitational in
Minneapolis,
Minn., Satur-
day. This is the
second time in
his career he
has received the
honor.
Benson is a very talented athlete and a great
competitor.
Stanley Redwine
Kansas cross country coach
t football
Players prepare for crowd distractions on the road
Contributed photo
The Texas Tech band could be one of the crowd distractions Kansas will face as it travels to Lubbock, Texas, Satur-
day. The Red Raiders have averaged 48,000 fans a game at Jones SBC Stadium this season.
Its not often that a game on
the frst Saturday of October
can give insight to how the rest
of a season will turn out.
But, perhaps Saturdays
game between Kansas and
Texas Tech will be one of
the more symbolic games for
Kansas in some time.
With a win, Kansas fans will
count on a bowl appearance. A
close loss will have fans talking
about Kansas realistic chance
for victory next week at Kansas
State.
A blowout loss, however,
will have the fckle Kansas fans
those who constantly whine
about when basketball season
will once again resurface
jumping off the football band-
wagon in a hurry.
Thats a lot for just one
football game, but after three
wins against inferior compe-
tition, fans want to see Kan-
sas compete against Big 12
Conference teams in what
will undoubtedly be a gruel-
ing stretch that will continue
through the Saturday after
Thanksgiving.
Of course, you could say the
same for Texas Tech and its
Playstation-like offense. The
Red Raiders started the sea-
son against competition that
would make Kansas State foot-
ball coach Bill Snyder, who
is infamous for playing cream
puff nonconference schedules,
chuckle.
You have to give Texas Tech
football coach Mike Leach
credit. By producing a peren-
nial winner in Lubbock, Texas,
he has proven that hes one of
the most underrated coaches
in the nation.
But you dont have to tell
Kansas football coach Mark
Mangino that. The two are
good friends and worked to-
gether in 1999 at Oklahoma
when Leach was the offensive
coordinator and Mangino
was an assistant. The follow-
ing year, Mangino replaced
Leach, who had left to take
the Texas Tech job.
That year, Mangino helped
the Sooners to an undefeated
season and the National Cham-
pionship, collecting honors as
assistant coach of the year along
the way.
Saturday in Lubbock, the
two friends will meet a year
after Leach got the upper
hand on Mangino when the
Jayhawks blew a 25-point
lead and Leach called a 70-
yard draw on fourth and six
to score the winning touch-
down.
Despite that, Kansas did show
that it could play with the Red
Raiders. And make no mistake,
Texas Tech in no way is a power-
house in the conference.
Texas Tech wont be recog-
nized as a power until it lines
up against Texas or Oklaho-
ma and comes away with a
victory.
Thats why this game could
reveal a lot about both teams.
Although their goals seem
different, they are really the
same. Both teams are work-
ing to overcome stigmas that
have plagued their respective
programs.
A win would go further in
establishing change for both.
Of course, it will mean more to
Kansas. If Kansas wins Satur-
day, the line for the bandwagon
will get a lot longer.
F Chavez is a San Antonio,
Texas, senior in journalism
Game
will be
symbolic
Jimmy Chavez
jchavez@kansan.com
t volleyball
Hawks fall again
Kansas loses,
but Lima hits
milestone
Our team under-
stood that you dont
take anyone lightly.
After Oklahoma
pushed us to fve
games a couple of
weeks ago, we knew
that it was going to be
tough every match.
Ray Bechard
Kansas volleyball coach
Kelly Matherly/DAILY TOREADOR
Senior blocker Josi Lima tips the ball during the game at Texas Tech last night.
Texas Tech swept Kansas 3-0, however Lima set the career record in kills.
Kansan fle photo
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soFtBall
The threat of rain forced the Kansas softball team
to wait until today to play William Jewell College.
The game was originally scheduled for today,
but a forecast that included a 50 percent chance
of rain pushed the game back to today.
The teams will meet at 2:30 p.m. at Arrocha
Ballpark.
William Jewell, a member of the Heart of
America Athletic Conference, posted an overall
record of 35-17 last season.
The Jayhawks enter the contest with a 4-0
record after winning the Kansas Softball Invita-
tional last weekend.
The Kansas pitching staff produced two no-
hitters and allowed only two earned runs in the
four victories.
Sam Carlson
Kansas to make up missed softball
game against William Jewell today
t TENNIS
Kansan fle photo
Junior tennis player Brittany Brown strikes a backhand shot during a match last spring. Brown was 3-0 in singles competition during the Hurricane Invitational Sept. 16
to 18, in Tulsa, Okla. Brown and the tennis team will compete in the Indiana Invitational this weekend in Bloomington, Ind.
Jayhawks expect test in Indiana
By Eric JorgEnsEn
ejorgensen@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas tennis team is off to a
good start and playing at a level that
may help erase the memory of last
years disappointing season.
The team performed well in its
previous tournament, and it expects
nothing less during the Indiana Invi-
tational Friday through Sunday. But
the coaches and players know they
cant just walk in and be as success-
ful. This tournament features talent-
ed teams that can push the Jayhawks
harder than before.
This is going to be a tough tour-
nament, senior Christine Skoda
said. These matches will be harder
than the last weekend. We still have
the same expectations though.
The schools Skoda and company
will face Friday through Sunday in-
clude Indiana University, Kansas
State, Louisiana State, Murray State
and Notre Dame.
Kansas tennis coach Amy Hall-
Holt said the quality of teams in
Bloomington, Ind., would make for
a true test for her squad.
Notre Dame has some of the top
players in the country, Hall-Holt
said. There is going to be a higher
talent there.
Besides better competition, the
tournament presents one more fea-
ture for the Jayhawks. They get an
early shot at rival K-State.
Im anxious to play K-State,
Hall-Holt said. Its nice to get a
look at a Big 12 team in the fall.
For Evansville, Ind., junior Brit-
tany Brown, this will be her home-
state debut for the season. Brown
went undefeated in the Hurricane
Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., Sept.
16 to 18. She said she felt more
confdent during the tournament.
She hopes this confdence will fnd
its way into her game as she faces
opponents who present more of a
challenge.
Im really anxious to play, Brown
said. I hope I can go into the tour-
nament with confdence like I had in
the frst one.
Confdence may be Browns path-
way to success, but determination may
be the key for the team as a whole.
I think well maintain the level
we played at in the frst weekend,
Skoda said. Weve been working
hard these last few weeks.
Hall-Holt said the team is show-
ing a new-found confdence that it
didnt have last season.
I think the frst tournament was
a confdence builder, Hall-Holt
said. You can see the confdence at
practice. Its very encouraging as a
coach.
Skoda said with the better compe-
tition, she and her teammates would
have to focus.
Were going to have to fight
through the matches, Skoda
said.
EditedbyTriciaMasenthin
t NCAA fooTbALL
Kansas State features young offensive squad
By DavE skrETTa
the associated press
MANHATTAN At Kansas State
this season, about the only thing that
has drawn as much attention as run-
ning back Thomas Claytons recent
arrest is the play of the offensive
line.
The two-deep chart lists eight
freshmen and sophomores among
the 10 total spots. Kansas State has
already lost an expected starter and
a backup for the season, and the
line got even thinner during Kansas
States 54-7 victory over North Texas
on Saturday.
Redshirt-freshman Matt Boss
went down with a leg injury in the
frst quarter, followed shortly after
by center Jacob Voegeli.
Coach Bill Snyder said Tuesday
he doesnt expect Boss to play when
the Wildcats open Big 12 Conference
play Saturday at Oklahoma. Voegeli
is listed as probable.
Its obvious the depth we started
with is no longer existent, Snyder
said. I would have liked to main-
tain the depth we had, but thats no
longer possible.
Kansas State lost Ryan Schmidt,
who was expected to start at center,
and guard Michael Frieson during
fall camp.
Other than senior Jeromey
Clary, who has started 29 straight
games, the Wildcats offensive
line has consisted of junior Greg
Wafford, sophomores Voegeli
and John Hafferty and redshirt
freshmen Gerard Spexarth, Jor-
dan Bedore, Caleb Handy, Brad
Rooker and Boss.
But despite their youth and inex-
perience, Snyder said the linemen
were living up to expectations.
Weve made progress, he said.
I thought last ballgame, there
were signs improvement was con-
tinuing. We still make mistakes.
We still got penalized more than
I would like. We still had assign-
ment errors, but nevertheless, you
look at it theyve made steady
improvement.
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CHICAGO Rookie Nate McLouth homered
for the third straight day to lead Pittsburgh to a
3-2 victory over Chicago on Wednesday.
The Cubs fnished the season 38-43 at Wrigley
Field.
Paul Maholm (3-1), in his sixth major league
start, outpitched Mark Prior (11-7), who lost to
Pittsburgh for the frst time in his career.
McLouths fourth homer of the season gave
Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead. Jose Macias hit his frst
homer of the season for Chicago.
The Associated Press
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with win against Chicago Cubs
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DENVER Champ Bailey didnt
apologize when he learned he made Kan-
sas City coach Dick Vermeil mad for say-
ing the Chiefs werent playing hard.
Instead, Bailey insisted hed say it
again.
Im doing my job, doing it well, Bai-
ley said Wednesday. Im going to keep
doing it and Im going to talk about it.
At issue were statements Bailey
made to teammates during Denvers
30-10 victory over Kansas City on
Monday. Bailey wore a microphone
during the game and some of his com-
ments were heard on ABC.
The way they played up there in
Kansas City, it aint the same, though,
said Bailey, referring to last seasons
45-17 Chiefs win. Theyre playing a
little different. Theyre not playing as
hard. I aint going to relax, though.
Bailey left the game in the second
quarter with a hamstring injury, which
has put his availability in limbo for next
weeks game in Jacksonville, which
would be his 100th consecutive start.
The results of the MRI exam were
better than he expected.
I dont know the complete diag-
nosis, Bailey said Wednesday. I just
know I didnt tear anything and that
was the best news possible.
It didnt look as good last Monday
night when he dragged down Chiefs
fullback Tony Richardson for a mod-
est gain late in the second quarter. He
tried to get up, but the leg buckled un-
der him.
The way it felt then, I thought my
leg was going to fall apart, Bailey
said. Im fne now.
Still, the hamstring wasnt good
enough to allow him to practice
Wednesday.
Im very optimistic Ill play, he
said. I always think I can play. I never
count myself out.
On Tuesday, Vermeil vented some
frustration over Baileys in-game com-
ments.
I know this none of our play-
ers said Champ Bailey didnt play
hard when we beat them by three
touchdowns last year out here,
Vermeil said. Eddie Kennison
didnt say that Champ Bailey was
not playing hard.
Vermeil said he has never let his
players wear microphones during
games because sometimes that em-
barrasses the player.
If Bailey was embarrassed or up-
set about what he said, it sure didnt
sound like it Wednesday.
Im not going to shy away from
speaking my mind, Bailey said. I
felt like I was kicking (expletive). So,
I just said it.
Bailey pointed out that Vermeil
pretty much agreed with what Bailey
said.
Look at his quotes. He did say
they should have played harder, Bai-
ley said.
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This may be a breakout season for ju-
nior golfer Amanda Costner.
The look of a winner is seen in the pre-
cocious look in her blue
eyes. Her solid golf game
is apparent in her third-
place individual fnish at
the Ptarmigan Ram Fall
Classic.
But most important-
ly, her determination is
heard in the cool confi-
dence of her speech.
I want to win at least
another tournament and
go to Regionals, Costner said. I want to
be an All-American.
Costner has already made strides
this summer by qualifying for the
U.S. Amateur Public Links and the
U.S. Womens Amateur, the two most
prominent tournaments for amateurs
in the country.
Last season, Costner won her frst
college tournament at The Lady Boiler-
maker Invitational at Purdue University
in what she said was her proudest golf
achievement.
Costners work ethic has not only ben-
eftted herself, but also beneftted the rest
of the team.
The team looks to Amanda to see
what we are striving for, sophomore
teammate Sarah Kierl said.
Her hard work is paying off and mak-
ing the team better.
Costner has used the infuence of her
father to reach new heights in her golf
game.
Her father showed her how to be dili-
gent when she was a kid growing up in
Claremore, Okla.
My dad always kept on pushing
me. He took me away from sitting on
the couch and just being lazy, Cost-
ner said. I wouldnt be here without
him.
Costners father, a preacher in Clare-
more, gave his daughter the gift of faith
as well.
When Costner was a senior at Clare-
more High School, she did not receive
any scholarship offers from Division I
Oklahoma schools.
This included Tulsa, her No. 1 choice
at the time.
Costners faith shined through when
she talked about her present situation
in Lawrence.
KU is where Im supposed to be,
Costner said. God sent me here for a
reason.
Costner has an interest in arts as well.
She said she played the guitar and drums
in her spare time.
She also has an interest in Harry Pot-
ter movies and stayed up all night to read
the newest book. She enjoys a bit of tele-
vision, too.
I love Higher Ground, she said.
It was on Fox Family in like 1998, but
nobody has ever heard of it. Luckily,
it was on some digital cable channel
this summer so I taped all of the epi-
sodes.
Costner is obviously having fun off
the course, but she knows when she
needs to focus on school and golf in
order to reach her goal of becoming a
professional. Costner is a behavioral
sciences major at Kansas.
After I graduate, I want to be on the
Futures Tour, she said of the profession-
al womens tour that serves as a stepping
stone to the LPGA tour.
And if that doesnt work, I want to
help people.
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Big ambitions
drive team leader
I want to win at least
another tournament and go
to Regionals. I want to be an
All-American.
Amanda Costner
Golfer
Costner
Work ethic is key
to junior golfers
success this year
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Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey says he doesnt regret making comments
about the Chiefs not playing hard during the two teams Monday night match-up. Baileys
comments frustrated Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil.
Bailey
defends
remarks
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ATLANTA On a night
when a lot of rookies were on
display, Colorado first-year
shortstop Clint Barmes had
the biggest hit, driving in the
go-ahead run
with a two-run
double in the
sixth inning,
and the Rock-
ies beat the
Atlanta Braves
10-5 Wednes-
day night.
F o u r t e e n
rookies started
for the Braves
and Rockies, including both
teams starting pitchers. It
was the most rookies to start a
major league game since Sept.
24, 2003, when 14 started for
Cleveland and Minnesota.
Jeff Francis (14-12) gave
up seven hits and four runs,
three earned, in five innings
for Colorado.
Kyle Davies (7-5) gave up
seven hits and five runs, two
earned, in 5 2-3 innings for
the Braves.
Davies was a fill-in starter
for John Smoltz, who is rest-
ing a stiff right shoulder the
last week of the regular sea-
son.
One day after clinching
the NL East title, the Braves
lineup included seven rookies
and only two regular starters
first baseman Julio Franco
and Ryan Langerhans, who
played center field instead of
his normal spot in left.
The 48-year-old Franco
and 38-year-old Brian Jordan,
who started in right field,
stood out in the otherwise
young lineup.
Colorados only veteran
starters were first baseman
Todd Helton and left fielder
Matt Holliday, a second-year
player.
One of the Braves rook-
ies, catcher Brayan Pena, led
off the second inning with a
double and moved to third
on Wilson Betemits single to
center. Langerhans single to
right drove in Pena, and Da-
vies drove in Betemit with a
fly ball for a 2-0 lead.
With two
outs in the
third, Helton
struck out on
a wild pitch
but was safe
at first as the
pitch bounced
past Pena.
H o l l i d a y
followed with
a run-scor-
ing double to left-center, and
he scored on Garrett Atkins
single up the middle for a 2-
2 tie.
A throwing error by Rock-
ies catcher Danny Ardoin
helped the Braves take a 4-2
lead in the fifth.
Three straight hits by Da-
vies, Pete Orr and Jordan
loaded the bases.
On Andy Martes grounder
to third, Atkins throw to the
plate forced Davies, but Ar-
doin slipped while throwing
to first and threw wildly into
right field for an error, allow-
ing two runs to score.
The Rockies scored three
runs in the sixth, knock-
ing Davies out of the game.
Pinch-hitter Todd Greenes
double drove in the first
run.
Barmes greeted reliever
Anthony Lerew with a bloop
two-run double to right for a
5-4 lead.
The double, which land-
ed just fair in shallow right
field, drove in Ardoin, who
was hit by a pitch, and Choo
Freeman, a pinch runner for
Greene.
Making his major league de-
but, left-hander Chuck James
walked Helton, threw a wild
pitch and gave up a run-scor-
ing single to Holliday, giving
the Rockies a 6-4 lead in the
seventh.
James gave up one run in
two innings.
The Rockies had four runs
and six hits in the ninth off
reliever Dan Kolb.
Notes: Langerhans has a
seven-game hitting streak and
hits in 15 of 20 games in Sep-
tember.
Hollidays third-inning RBI
double gave him 29 in Sep-
tember, a team record for the
month.
His RBI single in the sev-
enth pushed the total to 30.
Dante Bichette drove in 28
runs in September 1995.
Holliday leads the NL in
RBIs this month, and has 59
since the All-Star break.
James became Atlantas
18th rookie to appear in a
game this season.
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(John Bazemore/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Dan Kolb walks back to the mound after giving
up a run in the ninth inning of the Colorado Rockies 10-5 victory Wednesday
in Atlanta. Kolb allowed four runs on six hits in the ninth.
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frst-years
start game
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It was the most rook-
ies to start a major
league game since
Sept. 24, 2003, when
14 started for Cleve-
land and Minnesota.
By r.B. FAllsTrom
The AssociATed Press
ST. LOUIS Morgan Ens-
berg had a tie-breaking dou-
ble in the ninth inning, his
fourth hit of the game, and the
Houston Astros beat the St.
Louis Cardinals 7-6 Wednes-
day night to maintain a 2 1/2-
game lead over Philadelphia
in the NL wild-card race.
With the score 6-6, Willy
Taveras led off the ninth with
his major league-leading 69th
in-field hit and scored with-
out a play on Ensbergs dou-
ble into the left-field corner
off Jason Isringhausen (1-2).
Houston swept a two-game
series against the NL Central
champions, finishing the sea-
son 5-11 against St. Louis,
and will close the regular sea-
son with a four-game series at
home against the Cubs that
starts today.
Lance Berkman and Mike
Lamb homered for the Astros,
who at 87-71 are a season-
best 16 games above .500.
Chad Qualls (6-4) worked
a perfect eighth, and Brad
Lidge finished for his 40th
save in 43 chances.
Reggie Sanders hit his first
home runs since early July,
connecting on consecutive
at-bats for the Cardinals, who
got another spotty outing
from 21-game winner Chris
Carpenter.
The Cardinals are 3-8 since
clinching the division and
must sweep a season-ending
series at home against the
Reds to give the franchise
consecutive 100-win seasons
for the second time, the first
since 1942 to 1944.
Carpenter has failed in four
attempts at getting his 22nd
win while reaching a career-
high 241 2-3 innings.
Carpenter was shaky from
the start, giving up a line-drive
single to Craig Biggio on his
first pitch. In all, he allowed
six runs five earned and
nine hits in six innings.
Carpenter is 0-1 with a 9.14
ERA since throwing seven
scoreless innings against the
Mets Sept. 8, hiking his over-
all ERA from 2.21 to 2.83.
Against the Astros he was
better with the bat, hitting his
first two career doubles and
scoring twice.
Houston took a 4-2 lead
against Carpenter in the fifth
on consecutive home runs by
Berkman and Lamb, the first
leaving the frustrated pitcher
barking into his glove at him-
self.
A four-run fifth highlighted
by Sanders second homer
and 20th overall, a two-run
shot off Scott Strickland, put
the Cardinals ahead 6-4.
Carpenters second double
of the game started a rally that
included an RBI single by Jim
Edmonds and a sacrifice fly
by Larry Walker.
Carpenter, who won 13
straight games from June 14
to Sept. 8, couldnt hold a
lead for the second straight
outing, surrendering a sacri-
fice fly to Biggio and a tying
single by Taveras in the sixth.
Notes: Carpenter finished
12-1 with a 2.75 ERA against
the NL Central.
A crowd of 40,616 was the
Cardinals 39th straight of
40,000 or more.
The final weekend, a three-
game series against the Reds,
is a sellout.
Sanders has 26 multi-hom-
er games, including two this
year.
Carpenter was a career .067
hitter and was batting .040
this year (3-for-75) before
doubling and scoring in both
of his at-bats.
Astros still in lead
of wild-card race
sports
By Dan Gelston
The AssociATed Press
PHILADELPHIA Dono-
van McNabb tossed touchdown
passes on a broken ankle and
played an NFC title game with
an agonizing rib injury.
Now McNabb is taking his
biggest health risk yet: playing
with a severe abdominal strain
that likely will need surgery and
defnitely will leave the fve-time
Pro Bowl quarterback in dis-
comfort and pain all season.
Fortunately for me, I
havent got to the point where
you just cant go, McNabb
said. Once that happens, then
I think the best way of handling
this is not being out there. But
I dont think that would ever
happen.
Trainer Rick Burkholder said
rest will not fx the problem
and McNabb can play if he can
handle the pain. McNabb, who
practiced Wednesday, does not
have to be sidelined now for the
sports hernia.
Were hoping its something
well be able to manage, Burk-
holder said. The plan with
Donovan is to allow him to par-
ticipate, continue to rehabilitate
him and were going to take it
on a day-by-day, game-by-game
situation.
McNabb is expected to start
Sunday against Kansas City and
is willing to play through his
various injuries. McNabb also
is playing with soreness in his
chest and a shin contusion.
Im ready to go, McNabb
said Wednesday. I dont have
any concerns right now. ... Its
just something you have to
deal with and realize some days
youll feel great and some days
you wont.
McNabb was tested last week
for the sports hernia, but coach
Andy Reid called the injury an
abdominal strain after the Ea-
gles win over Oakland. McNabb
went to Boston on Tuesday for
another opinion and it was con-
frmed he has a sports hernia.
His pain may get worse, it
may get better, the condition
wont, Burkholder said. Its
not like hes going to do a ca-
reer-ending problem to his ab-
domen or his groin.
McNabb hoped to delay sur-
gery. Burkholder said it usually
takes eight to 12 weeks to recov-
er from that type of surgery.
If I can avoid it, I defnitely
will avoid it, McNabb said.
If thats the case that I have to
have it, then it will happen.
McNabb didnt know when
he frst hurt the area. He came
into training camp with sore-
ness in his abdomen. He seemed
to be fne until the second game
against San Francisco, when the
injury was aggravated.
The injury hasnt affected
McNabbs performance too
much. Against the 49ers, he
matched his career best with
fve TD passes and threw for
342 yards while playing three
quarters.
Against the Raiders, McNabb
rebounded from a slow frst half
and fnished with 365 yards
passing, two touchdowns and a
career-high 52 passes.
Its good that Ive been in
the situation before where Ive
dealt with pain, Ive dealt with
soreness, dealt with injuries,
McNabb said.
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By HowarD FenDricH
The AssociATed Press
WASHINGTON The
head of the baseball players
union told Congress Wednes-
day that a new drug-testing
agreement could be reached
next month after he heard
Hank Aaron and other Hall
of Famers call for tougher ste-
roid penalties.
Commissioners and union
leaders from the NFL, NBA
and NHL also testified at a
Senate Commerce Committee
hearing about legislation that
would standardize steroid
testing in U.S. professional
sports.
But the focus was squarely on
Major League Baseball and,
more precisely, on players asso-
ciation chief executive Donald
Fehr.
I particularly single out
baseball. And in baseball, I par-
ticularly single out the players,
said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-
West Virginia) because they
have negotiated reluctantly, if
at all.
Lawmakers looking at ste-
roids in sports have focused on
baseball since March 17, when
Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmei-
ro, commissioner Bud Selig and
Fehr testifed before the House
Government Reform Commit-
tee.
Palmeiro emphatically told
Congress he never used steroids;
he was suspended Aug. 1 after
failing a drug test.
Were at the end of the line,
Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona)
said Wednesday. How many
more Rafael Palmeiros is there
going to be?
Five weeks after that March
hearing, Selig proposed going
from a 10-day ban to 50 games
for a frst violation, from 30 days
to 100 games for a second, and
from 60 days to a lifetime ban
for a third.
Fehr this week outlined an
approach that would increase
the frst penalty to 20 games
and wouldnt mandate a life-
time ban. He stressed Wednes-
day the need for case-by-case
examination of players who fail
drug tests.
Dont you get it? McCain
asked Fehr. Dont you get it
that this is an issue thats greater
than the issue of collective bar-
gaining? Dont you understand
that this is an issue of such tran-
scendent importance that you
should have acted months ago?
The patience of this body ... is at
an end.
Pressed to say when there
will be a new steroids agree-
ment, Fehr said: Can I give you
a precise date? No. Do I expect
to know within the reasonably
near future whether that will
be done? Yes. Would I expect
it to be by the end of the World
Series? I would certainly hope
so.
The World Series is scheduled
to begin Oct. 22 and end no lat-
er than Oct. 30. Asked whether
thats a workable deadline, Selig
said, I dont see that we have a
choice.
Selig received more criticism
in past congressional appear-
ances. But now hes advised by
former White House spokesman
Ari Fleischer and has received
praise for proposing changes to
baseballs drug policy.
Yesterday, he brought along
former stars Aaron, Ryne Sand-
berg, Phil Niekro, Robin Rob-
erts and Lou Brock.
McCain invited them to
speak, and all backed Selig.
I want to applaud the com-
missioner, and I also just want
to make sure that whatever we
do, we make sure that we clean
up baseball, said Aaron, whose
lifetime record of 755 hom-
ers is being approached by San
Francisco Giants slugger Barry
Bonds.
Asked by McCain what
should be done about records
tainted by steroid use, Aaron
said: Thats going to be left up
to the commissioner and the
rules committee. They would
probably have to go back and
look at some of those things that
happened.
Later, Sen. George Allen, R-
Va., made a not-so-veiled refer-
ence to Bonds: As far as Hank
Aaron is concerned, if a certain
player breaks his home run re-
cord, its not a question of an as-
terisk. ... There probably ought
to be an RX next to it.
The Senate is considering two
bills that call for a two-year sus-
pension for a frst positive drug
test and a lifetime ban for a sec-
ond.
McCain sponsored the Clean
Sports Act. Sen. Jim Bunning (
R-Kentucky) a member of base-
balls Hall of Fame, sponsored
the Professional Sports and In-
tegrity Act. There are three simi-
lar House measures.
NBA, NFL and NHL offcials
raised some complaints about
the bills, saying a one size fts
all proposal isnt fair; U.S. law
couldnt be applied to Canadian
teams; and the two-year ban for
a frst offense is too harsh.
McCain and Bunning said
theyd prefer not to legislate but
warned that Congress is pre-
pared to.
For whatever reason, you
just cant get it done, and you
cant get your act together,
Bunning said. I and millions of
fans think thats pathetic.
Congress demands standard test
from all professional athletes
t MLB
Dont you under-
stand that this is an
issue of such transcen-
dent importance that
you should have acted
months ago? The
patience of this body
is at an end.
Sen. John McCain
R-Arizona
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb greets the media as he
walks into a news conference Wednesday in Philadelphia. McNabb has an
abdominal strain that will likely need surgery, but the Eagles medical staff
said the star quarterback could play if he can handle the pain.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005:
You dont always want to hear a
partners point of view this year. This
person could be quite critical and dif-
fcult, and might feel as if he or she is
always right. Dont deal with others in
the here and now, but rather consider
the value and importance of their re-
lationship. Learn to focus rather than
scatter, which could come naturally
this year. If you are single, romance
could knock on your door, though get-
ting along with this person has its own
set of challenges. If you are attached,
take in what your sweetie says and
evaluate it. Make it OK to look at life
differently. The period between Dec.
28, 2005, and Feb. 3, 2006, could be
touchy. Try to avoid anything major at
this time. VIRGO reads you cold.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHH You might be pushed more than
usual. You could lose your temper eas-
ily, as you are high-energy right now.
Others pitch in to try to take some of
the pressure off of you. Be gracious
and say yes. Tonight: Do something
you love.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHH You might not be as easygoing
as usual. In fact, early in the day you
could be seeing red, like a true Bull.
One way to calm down is to do some-
thing physical. Take a walk by yourself
and chill out. Tonight: The later it gets,
the better.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH You might not be aware of the
impact your words have on others. You
might have a sharp edge, as you have
been suppressing frustration or anger.
Use your humor to lighten up. Tonight:
Try to get in early.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH Someone pushes you beyond
your limits, and you might let this per-
son know it. Use care with spending,
as tempting as a purchase might be.
Someone might not have all the facts.
Do your own research. Tonight: Run
errands frst.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH Someone chooses to take you
on. You might be challenged directly
by a boss or superior, or someone you
care about. Dont get upset. Simply
discuss the issues. You fnd that often
many opinions are helpful. Tonight:
Decide to get in early.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHH You might not be in the
mood to run around. In fact, you
might want to do less physically
and more mentally, if possible. You
have a unique ability to get the
facts. Dont assume that you have
the whole story. Tonight: The later
it gets, the happier you will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHHH Use today to straighten out
a potential misunderstanding involving
another. The issue could involve your
fnances or a problem with taxes. By
grabbing the bull by the horns, youll
succeed. Tonight: Try for an early
bedtime.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH Others look to you for leader-
ship, but still might be quite critical
about what you do. You might fnd this
mixed message irritating. Let it go. Use
your sixth sense, which kicks in and
points you in the right direction. To-
night: Once you hook up with a friend,
the going gets wild.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH You give that extra push to
complete a project. Someone might be
put off by how assertive you are. Also,
dont take information as solid. Exag-
geration might be involved. Detach
and go on your own fact-fnding mis-
sion. Tonight: Watch a movie or hop on
the computer.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHH Someone else is running the
show, whether you like it or not. You
discover how much you dislike being
in the back seat. Be positive about
what is happening. Others will need
your feedback soon enough. Tonight:
Accept a very personal invitation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH Others have the cards in
their hands, no matter where you
go. You express upset to someone
close, who just might not be in
the mood to listen. Stay calm and
detached, and remain confident.
Everything will work out. Tonight:
Socialize all you want.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHH Your words and actions come
off a lot harsher than you realize. You
could fnd an associate reacting quite
strongly. Its best to focus on your
work and security. Right now, clearing
the air doesnt work. Tonight: Nap and
then decide.
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NEW YORK Are Ben and
Jen expecting a girl?
When a pregnant Jennifer
Garner appeared on NBCs To-
night Show on Tuesday night,
host Jay Leno asked, So what
do we have here? A boy or a girl?
Do you know yet?
We have one or the other for
sure, replied Garner, who is mar-
ried to her Daredevil co-star
Ben Affeck. Later in the show,
Garner seemed to refer to her
baby bump as a she.
You can just start to feel really
pregnant. Like you are the hugest
person on the face of the planet.
The 33-year-old actress stars
as Sydney Bristow on ABCs
Alias, returning Thursday night
for its ffth season.
Garners pregnancy was writ-
ten into the show.
The Associated Press
Will it be a boy or girl
for Ben and Jen?
LONDON Vivienne West-
wood has launched a line of
T-shirts to take a stand against
a proposed anti-terror law..
I am not a terrorist. Please
dont arrest me, says one
T-shirt, which Westwood
designed to raise funds for
Liberty, one of Britains largest
civil rights organizations.
Another design says: Lib-
erty throw away the key.
The campaign opposes the
governments proposal to al-
low terrorist suspects to be de-
tained for up to three months
without being charged, instead
of the present 14 days.
The Associated Press
Ben and Jen stay quiet
on new babys gender
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Palm reading
Whats in a hand?
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12
JAYPLAYERS
Last January, I spent
two weeks working an
internship with a magazine
in Manhattan, New York. I
stayed in a Midtown hotel
with three journalism
classmates and we ventured
out exploring
every night
for those two
weeks. One
rainy, Saturday
night we were
out bar-hopping
and, with the
average price
for a beer at $6,
my wallet was
starting to look
too empty for
comfort. So when I spotted
a sign that read ATM Only
$1.50 Charge! I made
straight for the building. The
cash machine was nestled
in a foyer of an old building.
Just as I was taking my
check card out of my wallet
I heard an old womans
voice. Excuse me? she
said. I spun around to nd
a little woman cloaked in a
hooded poncho. I must see
your hand, she told me.
I was taken aback and for
some reason I agreed. She
looked at my palm. You
have a boyfriend, she told
me. I told her I did. You will
have a bright and wonderful
future together, she told
me. I smiled. Youre a good
person, she said. I smiled
again. Come into my room,
she said pointing her hand
in the direction
of a tent with red
sheets. Only $30
for me to read
your palm, she
said. No thanks,
I said, realizing
that the entire
conversation had
probably been a
ploy for money.
Whether or not
the woman had
some connection with the
stars and knew my future
or if she was just trying to
make a buck, I dont know.
Perhaps James Foleys
article will inspire you to
explore the world of palm
reading. (See Page 18). I
guess I tend to lean to the
skeptical side when it comes
to palm reading. But who
knows? Maybe the woman
inside the ATM foyer knew
something I didnt Ben
and I are still together.
Anja Winikka
Editors note
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know when it started. I was in ele-
mentary school, not even 6 years old.
Lunch came right before recess, and
if I wanted to secure my spot on the soc-
cer team, I needed to hit the playground
early.
My mom was quick to notice my 20-
minute lunch habits affecting my meals
at home. She looked at me with alarm
as I shoveled Dads homemade meat-
loaf from plate to mouth, hardly taking
time to breathe.
Kelsie Lee, Mom said to me, her
eyes wide as she watched my unsavory
and unsettling cafeteria-style eating.
Looking back, Im not sure if she was
scolding me or was just plain worried I
was going to choke.
Nutritionist Ann Litt, author of Col-
lege Students Guide to Eating Well on
Campus, says my habits were normal,
that in todays society speed eating is a
way of life.
Many meals are eaten on the run.
People are always in a rush. Families do
not sit down and dine. They are running
out to meetings, practices, etc., Litt
says. There is little modeling done for
slow eating.

Slow down, youre chewing too fast
Youve heard the story it takes your
stomach 20 minutes to let your brain
know its full. Doesnt seem like a big
window, but youd be surprised how
many Krispy Kremes you can consume
in such a narrow time frame.
Twenty minutes later when it reach-
es your brain you will be stuffed, Litt
says. If you can eat slower, you will eat
a more reasonable amount, enjoy the
taste of the food you are eating and less
prone to digestive disturbances caused
by eating too quickly.
The idea is simple. If you eat slower,
your brain has plenty of time to get the
Hey, Im full message before you are
forced to unbutton your jeans on the
way home from the restaurant. So that
means you eat less, thus consuming
fewer calories.
But that isnt the only plus for those
who suffer from acid reux, taking your
time at dinner can ease your pain. In
an August 2004 study by doctors at the
Medical University of South Carolina, 20
volunteers ate the same meals on two
different days, but dined in ve minutes
one day, while taking 30 the next. The
instance of reux increased from 14 af-
ter the ve-minute meal to 10 after the
longer one.

But I just cant help myself!
If you just cant make yourself slow
down at the dinner table, in the car or at
the Underground, there is another op-
tion. But be warned, this seems slightly
extreme, like $500 extreme. Its called
the DDS System, and, essentially, its
a retainer. Yep, the bane of your fth-
grade existence, back to haunt you in
your adult years.
The discreet oral insert as the com-
pany calls it, is designed to be worn
only during meals. Formed to t your
mouth, the DDS System actually makes
your mouth smaller, forcing you to eat
slower, and, ideally, less. Litt hasnt
heard of the DDS System but says it
sounds ridiculous.

Damn those skinny French women
Really, there has to be another option.
Mireille Guiliano, author of the best-sell-
ing book French Women Dont Get Fat,
says eating slowly can change your life,
and your waistline. It did, after all, work
for her.
Born and raised in France, Guiliano
was left disheartened after a stint in
America as a foreign exchange student
left her with 20 ex-
tra pounds. Back
in France, she
visited her fam-
ily physician in a
desperate attempt
to shed her Yankee
bulge. The doctor
helped appreciate
hereditary French
gastronomic wis-
dom. Which,
among other
things, means
simply, French
chicks eat slower.
His advice
worked and, years
later, Guiliano
decided to write
about it in an at-
tempt to rescue
a culture of diet-pill poppers and carb-
ophobics. In an excerpt from the book,
the author stresses the French approach
that is a balanced and time-tested re-
lation to food and life.
Guilianos instructions come in four
phases: wake-up call, taking inventory
of what you are eating so you begin
to realize what you are putting in your
mouth; recasting, where you learn
French-sized portions and diversity of
nourishment as Guiliano writes; sta-
bilization, where you reintroduce your
favorite foods in (gasp!) moderation;
and, nally, the rest of your life, where
youve learned what your body needs,
what you should eat and how much you
should eat of it. Guilianos point in this
fourth phase is that, now, you should
know your body enough to make nec-
essary adjustments down the road.
A new attitude
So maybe eating slowly teaches a
bigger lesson in life. Next time you sit
down for dinner,
try to really enjoy
what youre eating.
Chew and swallow
each bite before
putting the next in
your mouth. Set
your fork and knife
down in between
bites. Have a con-
versation with your
roommates. Make
meals more about
the people and less
about the food.
If you can eat
slower, you will eat
a more reasonable
amount, enjoy the
taste of the food
you are eating and
less prone to diges-
tive disturbances caused by eating too
quickly, Litt says.
Not to mention you wont disgust the
people sitting next to you.
By Kelsie Smith, Jayplay Writer
Try not to eat standing up. Sitting
down will keep you more relaxed,
and, hopefully, slow your normal
eat-and-run habits.
Never eat anything directly out of
the package, especially while sit-
ting in front of the television. This
lends to mindlessness. Your hand
keeps going for more Doritos and
soon you look down and realize
youve demolished half the bag in
one sitting.
Chew and swallow each bite be-
fore taking the next.
Put down your silverware between
each bite.
Curb speed eating
Taking it
slow
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of the week:
Nessa Medick, Chicago
senior, has been a server at
Bambinos Italian Caf for
about two years. She is an
English major and plans to be
a high school English teacher.
Best tip: Working the
beverage cart at a golf
course in Chicago, Nessa
got a $100 tip. The old men
gave me money because
they knew I was going to
school, she says.
Worst tip: Getting stiffed on
a $40 tab at Bambinos
Favorite dish:
Pesto Genovese
Pet peeves: When customers
get a drink and ask for water
too, and then dont drink it.
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Nessa Medick
Bambinos Italian Caf
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Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 package (3 ounces) Oriental-avor ra-
men noodle soup mix
2 tablespoons sesame seed
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cut-up cooked chicken
1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts
4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
1 bag (16 ounces) coleslaw mix
1. Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium
heat. Stir in seasoning packet from noo-
dles. Break block of noodles into bite-size
pieces over skillet; stir noodles into but-
ter mixture. Cook 2 minutes, stirring con-
stantly; stir in sesame seed. Cook about
2 minutes longer, stirring constantly, until
noodles are golden brown
2. Mix sugar, vinegar, oil and pepper in large
bowl. Add remaining ingredients and
noodle mixture; toss.
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After attending four colleges (KU being
one of them) Ryan Dolan took a chance.
Originally from Kansas City, Mo., Dolan de-
cided to do what many only dream of. He
dropped everything, moved to the big city
(Chicago) and is trying to make it big in the
world of improvisational comedy. He has
been a part of many different improv groups
including a guest act at Chicagos infamous
Saturday Night Live breeding ground, Sec-
ond City. Currently working in Boston with
Improv Asylum, he and his partner Tony
Amatuzio, are bringing their improv show,
Powder Blue Unis, to Kansas City. Dolan
gives Jayplay his opinions on why Lawrence
needs an improv theater, advice for future
improv artists and his take on why the Roy-
als suck.
Q. Why and how did you decide to go ahead
and go for it and move to Chicago?
A. KU was fourth college I had attended
(Georgetown, Johnson County Commu-
nity College and Washburn). Except for
Washburn, I really struggled in the class-
room. After dropping out of KU at the age
of 26, I gured maybe I should stop kidding
myself and go to Chicago and study im-
prov. I had taken an online writing course
through Second City and had gotten good
feedback from my teacher. I had seen
shows at Second City and Improv Olym-
pic, and loved it. At I.O. (Improv Olym-
pic), I saw a hilarious show at 10:30pm on
a Tuesday, which was packed. I thought
that was where I needed to be. I was ac-
tually so bad at improv in Topeka, I told
everyone I was moving to study sketch
writing; lest they think I was crazy.
Q. How did you start out as a newbie in the
improv eld in a big market such as Chi-
cago?
A. Chicago is the best place on Earth to
learn improvisation. Its affordable. Its a
one hour, $100 round trip ticket from KC.
People are friendly, and its easier to sup-
port yourself as opposed to New York. It
has three great improv schools: Annoy-
ance, I.O. and The Second City. The best
thing you can do to meet people is to ei-
ther intern at I.O, or work at Second City
in some capacity. I got a job in the box of-
ce and I learned a lot about the business
aspect of comedy and theatre.
Q. What is the funniest (to you) topic some-
one has shouted out to you during a per-
formance?
A. In Chicago, I never did shows that gar-
nered a lot of suggestions. Here at Improv
Asylum in Boston, we get a lot of sugges-
tions over the course of a show. A lot of
people think theyre being funny, when
they yell out crap like proctologist or
porn-related things but we hear them so
often, its not funny. Sometimes, we will
pull people up to tell us about their day
or a bad date, and the funniest people
just tell the truth. Life is funny enough on
its own. And honestly, comedians are the
lthiest people on Earth. If you want to
see a scene about a dildo, well do one so
awful it will make you sorry youre alive,
but in a good way.

Q. What is a time that you were on stage
and had a performance where you felt like
you nailed it?
A. The rst time I played during the Second
City, we got a suggestion for a scene of
Underwater Apartment or something.
Seven of us went out, and everyone made
a comment about the great underwater
view. I was last, and I commented, the
sh tank is kind of redundant. You had
to be there but there was this pause, and
then the audience of 180 people blew
up. That was a pretty awesome feeling. I
went to the side of the stage with a stu-
pid grin on my face and started shaking. I
blame it on hypothermia.

Q. You have traveled all over performing,
what has been your favorite place and
why?
A. Being able to play for three weeks at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was pretty
awesome though. I went with this show
from Chicago called Chairs. We had
good crowds, covered some expenses,
fought a lot and Ill never forget it. After
our show one night, the girls in the cast
went out and the guys from our show
went to a bar to drink. A couple of hours
into it, Andrew Moskos, from Boom Chi-
cago walked in (Boom Chicago is a com-
edy theatre in Amsterdam, where a lot
of actors and writers at MadTV and SNL
have performed). He was with Boom
Chicago alum, Seth Meyers, who is on
SNL. We drank with them all night. Later
the girls came running in and they had
these oomp-loompa outts on from this
show they had been to and they were
covered in paint. My friend runs in laugh-
ing and then realizes that shes staring at
Meyers and Moskos and she looks like
a Smurf on acid. That was my favorite
night there.
Q. Compare American audience suggestions
to audiences overseas?
A. American audiences are more improv
savvy, so they laugh at what they think
is funny. In Edinburgh, improv isnt well
known so half of the time they were just
trying to absorb the fact that we were
making it up on the spot and did not pre-
plan anything.

Q. How do you calm down or get pumped
up before a big show?
A. It doesnt take much to pump myself up. I
bring a lot of energy to my work. If I didnt
like what I did, I would get my degree
with Ryan Dolan
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Courtesy of Ryan Dolan
Starring Ryan Dolan
Saturday, October 1
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Wesport Coffeehouse Theater
4010 Pennsylvainia Ave., Kan-
sas City, Mo.
All ages
$8
For more information, go to www.
city3.org or call 816-792-3066
Powder Blue Unis
Im the only person in the world
who, as a college student at
their respective institutions, has
eaten in a cafeteria with both Al-
len Iverson and Kirk Hinrich.

I think Kevin Wilmott teaches
awesome lm classes. And
everyone should take a Chuck
Berg lm class on classic lms. I
learned about Billy Wilder lms
that way. One of my favorite
lms I saw was in Bergs class,
Five Graves to Cairo.

The best job in comedy is work-
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and go into a eld that actually had job
security. This may sound stupid, but Kelly
Clarkson songs will have me bouncing
off the walls in about 0.3 seconds. I calm
down by drinking beer and occasionally
making out with a woman who is stupid
enough to want to kiss me. I dont rec-
ommend that to anyone, but thats what I
do.

Q. Why do you like/dislike performing with
your partner for this performance, Tony
Amatuzio?
A. Tony is this short Italian guy from
Delaware, who pretends hes from
Philly. Were doing a show in KC be-
cause were in town to eat and party with
my friends at the American Royal BBQ and
watch the Chiefs/Eagles football game at
Arrowhead. Hes an Eagles fan. Im not
sure what I like about him. Im starting
to regret doing this show.
Q. Explain the title of your current show?
A. The Kansas City Royals suck. Back when
they were good, they used to wear pow-
der blue uniforms. I have named the show
Powder Blue Unis in protest of Allard
Baird and David Glass for ruining the Roy-
als organization. Im pretty sure theyre
going to resign after it and sell me the
team for a penny and some Junior Mints.
Its improv. I have no idea what the show
is going to be about. I could have named
it Crimson Girls Forever and it would
make no difference. I do actually have
a show idea called Kirk Hinrich, but I
wont bore you with the details.
Q. What can people ex-
pect from this show?
A. Well ask for a simple
suggestion up top like
a word or a house-
hold object. Tony and
I will use that sugges-
tion to inspire a 30-
40 minute longform
piece. Well do several
different scenes as
different characters
and try to tie them
together or at least
revisit them through
out the show. Noth-
ing is pre-planned. We
do not plot out the
scenes or pre-plan the
characters. The great
thing about improv is that its all made
up on stage. It will be the funniest thing
to see in Kansas City and Lawrence on
October 1st. If it isnt, Im blaming Allard
Baird.
Q. Why come back to Kansas City?
A. One of the reasons Im doing the show
is that I wanted to connect with the Kan-
sas City improv scene. There are a lot of
people from Kansas in Chicago doing not
only improv but also theatre. There is no
reason why we cant take what weve
learned in Chicago and bring it back to KC
through shows, workshops or even start-
ing an improv theatre. City 3 Improv is
helping me produce this show and they
and a few other groups are re-launch-
ing a Kansas City improv festival. There
used to be a very popular one a few years
ago. The fact that City 3 can rent out the
Westport Coffee House for me on a Sat-
urday night two weeks before the show
speaks about how much room for growth
there is for a KC/Lawrence theatre scene.
Events like the new KC Fringe festival will
only help build a dynamic theatre/improv
community. Theatre is more than another
Shaw production at the Missouri Rep or a
touring production of Cats. Those pro-
ductions are ne but it could be so much
more.

Q. Where should KU theatre grads and
people interested in improv go once they
graduate?
A. First off, just because Im a drop out,
doesnt mean I advocate it. Its much eas-
ier to get a job to support your passion
for theatre or music or art, if you have a
degree. Chicago is widely regarded as the
best theatre town in the country bet-
ter than New York. This is because of
the wealth of talent and its really easy
to form a theatre company and put up
new work. Its denitely the most vibrant
theatre scene in the country. Everybody
wants to go to New York or L.A. to make
it. Those cities just chew you up and spit
you out. Chicago allows you to grow as
an artist and as an individual. It also al-
lows you to develop your chops. It will
also make you a bad ass, if you want to
move back to KC to start your own theatre
company. After a few years, youll actual-
ly know what youre do-
ing from an artistic and
business standpoint.

Q. Who inspires you?
A. The people that in-
spire me are the people
I have seen perform in
Chicago. John Lutz,
who writes for SNL,
taught me at Improv
Olympic. Dan Bakke-
dahl, performed at I.O.
and Second City, and is
the newest correspon-
dent on The Daily Show.
There are so many tal-
ented people in Chicago
that its disgusting. They
could replace the cast of
SNL, 20 times over with people from Chi-
cago and it you wouldnt know the differ-
ence and they should probably do that.
Q. Who is that someone famous you aspire
to be like or meet?
A. Bill Murray and Steve Martin. They are
intelligent, good actors, understated and
go a mile just by raising an eyebrow.
Martins a great writer. Pretty much 90%
of all improvisers would love to have Bill
Murrays career. He may not know it, but
hes the unspoken icon in our eld.
Lindsey Ramsey
As the needle hits the record and the
bass line drops, the
emcee clinches the
mic with a tight st.
A drop of sweat drips
off the brow of the
lyrical mastermind
and hits the stage
oor. As the beat
kicks in, the crowd
starts bobbing their
heads to the percus-
sion jumping out of
the speakers. With
the stage presence of
a messianic prophet,
all eyes are on the
emcee. Rhythmical-
ly he drops rhymes,
awing the crowd with a linguists vo-
cabulary. Throughout this symphony
of beats and rhymes, you catch yourself
in the moment and say, Damn, this is
some next shit! With the crowd of fel-
low hip-hop heads, you exit the show
being force-fed yers of all sizes and
colors, and you wonder if that show can
possibly be topped.
Where are you? Right here in town,.
Thats right, Lawrence, Kan.: a recog-
nized Midwestern Mecca for local hip-
hop artists.
Lawrence has hosted many of hip-
hops pioneer acts, such as KRS-One,
Talib Kweli, Mos Def and De La Soul.
By selling out these shows, Lawrence
shows its support of famous hip-hop
acts, but the local hip-hop scene has
gained national, and even global, rec-
ognition, as well.
Edwin Mo-
rales, local promoter
and owner of Down-
play Productions, says
that the Lawrence
community has shown
great support of the
hip-hip shows he has
promoted. He has
promoted shows in
Lawrence since 1999
and started a weekly
Friday night hip-hop
event called Project
Groove in 2001. Law-
rence is always look-
ing for a fresh sound
that many local hip-hop acts have been
able to provide, Morales says.
Lawrence has local, independent re-
cord labels that are helping propel the
progression of its hip-hop culture as
well. Sean Hunt, owner of the Law-
rence-based hip-hop label Datura Re-
cords, explains the mark Lawrence is
making on the national scene.
Five years ago it wasnt possible to
have hip-hop artists from Kansas releas-
ing groove-based and darker hip-hop off
independent labels that are being heard
nationally and across the globe. Now
that is not the case, Hunt says. Hunt is
a local hip-hop artist that raps under the
moniker Approach.
Approach has received national rec-
ognition for his music including a four-
star review in the Fall 2004 Los Ange-
les-based music publication URB for his
album Ultra Proteus. He has toured na-
tionally and in Europe with the hip-hop
group, Souls of Mischief. Approach has
gained additional fame through his col-
laboration with Oh No,
West Coast producer
and brother of hip-hop
mogul Madlib. The two
have put together an
entire album, which is
set to be released some-
time in early 2006.
The Kansas City/Law-
rence hip-hip group
Deep Thinkers, also on
Datura Records, is soon
to reach recognition
from the Eastern hemi-
sphere. As a Japanese
hip-hop label contacted
Datura to release the
Deep Thinkers album Necks Move this
October in Japan.
It is crazy to think that these record
labels from around the world are hear-
ing the music local artists such as Deep
Thinkers and myself are releasing on
these independent labels, Hunt says.
Another turning point in the popu-
larity of Lawrences hip-hop scene has
been the start of the Web forum Law-
rencehiphop.com. The site was started
in 2001 to post shows and promote lo-
cal artists. Today, it is one of the most
popular tools for hip-hop fans in Law-
rence and the Midwest to nd out about
upcoming shows or post comments on
recent releases.
Andrew Giessel, creator of the site,
started it as a medium to help fans and
musicians chat online and swap beats.
Lawrence has always had great de-
sire and artistic drive for
hip-hop. The Web site just
gave these artists a way
to share their talents. It
has now created a ripple-
effect as more and more
artists in Lawrence are be-
ing inspired, Giessel says.
Giessel, now pursuing a
Ph.D in Neuroscience at
Harvard Medical School
in Boston, says the ever-
growing hip-hop scene in
Lawrence competes with
many east cost cities such
as Boston.
Hip-hop is rapidly
growing in Lawrence and there appears
to be a bright future for its local beat con-
ductors and rhyme spinners. Certainly
their sound will echo loudly in the ven-
ues of Lawrence. Soon it may ring loudly
throughout the rest of the world.
music
By Rory Flynn, Jayplay writer
Lawrences ever-
growing local hip-hop
scene
Check out these Lawrence/
Kansas City area hip-hop
artist releases:
Approach, Ultra Proteus,
Datura Records
Deep Thinkers, Necks Move,
Datura Records
Soundsgood, Biscuits and
Gravy, Datura Records
iD & Sleeper, Displacement,
Mush Records
Mac Lethal, The Independent
Success Story, Datura
Records
Pick these up
hot
The
Lawrence emcee Approach lays
down rhymes in front of a massive
crowd at the KJHK wax clash at Lib-
erty Hall. Photo courtesy of www.
kjhk.org.
Lawrence DJ Josh Powers
spins on the turntables as
Kansas Citys Joc Maxx is on
the mic at the Gaslight Tavern.
Photo by Rory Flynn
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T
hough formed only four years ago,
Conner have already established
themselves as one of Lawrences best
local bands, evidenced by their raucous 2002
debut, The White Cube, and this years fol-
low-up, the sublime Hello Graphic Missile.
With a national release date for the new al-
bum scheduled for October and a tour ten-
tatively planned shortly thereafter, Conners
mix of dance-rock rhythms and guitar hero-
ics could (and should) soon earn them the
label of Next Big Thing. Only a month
removed from an opening slot on the tour
of new-wave revivalists the Killers, Conner
front man and 2005 KU grad James Duft sat
down to talk about the benets of touring
with superstars and why drinking before a
show isnt always a good idea.
Q: You guys recently opened a few shows
for the Killers. What was it like to be part
of a large tour?
A: We were nervous and freaked out at rst
to be playing in front of 5,000 people ev-
ery night, but we adapted to it. The best
part was we got these tour passes that
gave us unrestricted access to everything.
Also, they gave us a lot of free alcohol.
Q: How did the crowds respond to your mu-
sic?
A: We got a great response every night. We
sold all the merchandise we brought with
us, like 600 CDs. We sold more in three
days on that tour than we had in the four
months before.
Q: So there wasnt any hostility at all, even
though you were opening and playing for
people who had never heard Conner be-
fore?
A: Well, at one of the shows this guy yelled,
You suck! but some smart-ass always
does. The cool thing was that, like, ve or
six guys around him started punching and
kicking him after he said it, which made
me feel good.
Q: Did you learn any lessons from the tour?
A: Yeah, dont drink before you play! When
youre playing a big venue like a theater,
the people in the back cant actually see
that youre drunk so they just think you
cant sing or play.
Q: Do you consider Conner a new-new
wave band, like the Killers?
A: No, not at all. Lazy journalists have tried
to pigeonhole us as one, but thats not our
sound. Were like 70s-disco rock mixed
with post-punk. I mean, yeah, we listen
to the Smiths and the Cure, but we also
listen to the Rolling Stones and Led Zep-
pelin.
Q: You just put out your second record, Hello
Graphic Missile. Hows it different from
Conners debut, The White Cube?
A: We smoked a lot more pot in the studio,
so its slower. We tried to make a full re-
cord, one that ows together front to back,
each song complementing the others.
Q: Youre not hesitant to confront people in
the audience when youre onstage. Why
is that?
A: Because weve played a few shows where
people were just standing around talking.
I just try to let people know were onstage
playing. Its like, if youre not into it, leave.
Go. If you are into it, smile and have fun
its just a little rock n roll. Shows are
always more fun when youre involved.
Q: Whats the nerdiest thing Conner has
done together as a band?
A: Were just music dorks. The Simpons,
Seinfeld and Spinal Tap dominate all our
vocabularies. We even stole Spinal Taps
band motto: Have a good time, all the
time.
Dave Ruigh
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Amidst the decades of writings on the
wall and a sign that reads Beware of At-
tack Bartender, Stuart Lamb, Tulsa gradu-
ate student, has been tend-
ing bar at The Wheel for two
of the bars fty years. One
of Lawrences landmarks The
Wheel is an institution unto
itself. Lamb says it this his-
toric atmosphere that makes
him enjoy where he works.
Favorite part of the Wheel:
Game days. Alums still
come in on game days be-
cause they remember the bar and they
can see that it hasnt changed.
Worst part of the job: Seeing your friends
have a good time and them wanting to
buy you shots while you are working.
Favorite music to listen
while working: Tom Petty,
The Doors and ABBA.
Craziest day at work: After
the K-State game last year we
sold out of every alcohol and
only had a few beers left.
Favorite drink to make:
Petey Palooza Employee
Pete Krsnich made up this Wheel special-
ty drink.
Lindsey Ramsey
1 shot raspberry vodka
1 shot orange vodka
Fill with Tonic
Splash of pineapple
Two limes
Mix well
Petey Palooza (16oz)
Stuart Lamb
of the week
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artender
photo courtesy of www.connermusic.comf
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Continued on page 14
By James Foley, Jayplay writer
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Kit Lefer/Jayplay photographer
Bongs and pipes are sold at stores in Lawrence.
However, businesses post signs, explicitly informing
shoppers their paraphernalia is intended for tobacco
use only.
Ryan Bonacker smiles sheepishly as he takes a hit from the pipe.
Exhaling a cloud of smoke, a slight droopiness accents the sanguine
hue of his eyes. He is stoned. I ask himwhy he smokes bud, and he
pauses for a few seconds before taking another hit. He says he has
never really thought about it before. He enjoys it. Simply put, mari-
juana just makes some things better. Music is one of them. Indulg-
ing my questions about his smoking habits, Bonacker, a Lawrence
resident, digresses, recalling a recent night of eating brownies and
smoking a bowl.
I was lying on the oor, looking at the ceiling, listening to Inter-
pol when it hit me, he says, talking about the moment the pow-
erful combo took its effect. The swooping bass lines of the album
transported him to places hed never been. The music, the drug of
drugs, entranced him. His mind wandered away, exploring the end-
less subtleties of his pleasant apartment before returning and com-
manding his body into a deep, refreshing sleep.
This is marijuana at its nest.
There are numerous varieties of pot
grown around the world. U.S. markets
are exposed primarily to grass grown
in Canada, Mexico and even right here
in our own backyard. So far, in 2005,
the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has
processed more than two tons of
marijuana.
With weed so widely available all
over the country, its no surprise that
more than 72 million Americans
roughly a third of the U.S. population
have been high at least once in their
lives. The same is true at the University
of Kansas, where plenty of students
get high regularly. An informal survey
of a Western Civilization class revealed
20 percent of the 150 students queried
smoke marijuana on a regular basis.
But there are consequences, both legal
and physical, which probably keep this
country fromgoing up in smoke like Ja-
maica on April 20.
Marijuana is the most commonly
used illegal drug in the U.S. Last year,
in Douglas County alone, law enforce-
ment agents seized 211 high-grade
plants from indoor growers. Fifty of
these plants can produce 2.5 pounds of
high-grade bud every six weeks. Just
an ounce of this high caliber stuff can
be worth $1,200.
Old school herbage
Lawrence once had a reputation for
having a lot of ditchweed, a very low-
grade of marijuana that gives smokers
little more than a headache. The soils
and climate in the Midwest allow ample
marijuana growth. It isnt called ditch-
weed for grins: marijuana is essentially
a weed. It grows everywhere, especial-
ly in ditches. According to Bill, a Law-
rence resident of more than 30 years,
the ditchweed harvested here in the
70s was shipped across the country,
deceptively being passed off as higher
quality Mexican grass.
Despite the ease with which cannabis
grows in the area, the number of at-
tempts at outdoor cultivation is steadily
decreasing because law enforcement
ofcials are good at catching people.
The Law vs. Mary Jane
Kyle Smith, deputy director of the
Kansas Bureau of Investigation, boasts
of the KBIs skill at spotting outdoor
marijuana cultivation. Surveying the
land fromhelicopters, the KBI is able to
effectively spot any signicant, concen-
trated marijuana growth. Agents know
where to look mainly along fences
and railings to nd camouaged cul-
tivation areas. Last year, the KBI seized
a 900-plant crop in a single bust. This
type of marijuana, commonly referred
to as schwag because of its low qual-
ity and cheap high, is what comes from
the majority of the plants cultivated
outdoors.
Pot-savvy green thumbs have moved
their operations indoors where there is
a more controlled environment. Indoor
cultivation allows the grower to prevent
nature from interfering with the quality
of the plant. An expertly tended plant
can produce very potent marijuana.
known as sensemilla. This high quality
formof marijuana is also known as kind
bud (KB) or nugget.
Smith says detecting indoor grow-
ers is a difcult task, and police rely
on informants and good Samaritans,
such as nosy landlords, to tip off home
growers. Home growers have become
increasingly skilled at their trade, too,
with the average THC content in sense-
milla leaping from 3.2 percent in 1977
to 13.34 percent in 2004.
The marijuana that is not grown in
state is trafcked in. Smith says much
of it comes from Mexico. Either way, it
all eventually trickles down to individu-
al buyers. A typical end-market transac-
tion is for one person to buy an eighth
of an ounce of high-grade kind bud for
$50. Usually, an entire ounce will cost
$350, meaning the seller who takes the
risk of buying the ounce can smoke for
free by selling seven friends an eighth
ounce bag.
Needless to say, theres a lot of mon-
ey in the marijuana biz. There are also a
lot of KU students ready to support the
cause.
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Smokin a jay
As Rory Smith walks down bustling
Jayhawk Boulevard, he basks in the
warm afternoon air. The slight breeze
feels good against his skin. He is relaxed.
Calm. Enjoying the beautiful day as he
makes his way toward his next class. He
is on cloud nine. His stomach grumbles
quietly. The joint he just smoked did its
job. He is high.
And he is not alone.
The same 20 percent of people in the
surveyed Western Civilization class also
claim to have been high on campus at
least once.
Smith, Olathe junior, regularly gets
high. He admits to smoking pot four or
ve days a week, sometimes on cam-
pus before class. Only 20 years old now,
hes smoked weed for nearly six years.
He only gets high during the daytime
occasionally, preferring to save it until
night, after hes ready to settle down.
Smith says getting weed is rarely a
problem. Everybody smokes, he says,
and getting a bag of grass here is just
as easy as any other place hes lived. If
you know the right people, an hour or
two is all it takes to put something to-
gether.
How often, and with how many peo-
ple Smith smokes determines how of-
ten he buys. He prefers good KB over
schwag. Schwag is less expensive than
KB because its easier to grow and not
as potent. But veteran smokers like
Smith want the good stuff. He says he
hasnt bought a bag of schag since he
was in high school.
Know the rules
Despite the relative ease of buying
marijuana, it is still illegal to possess.
Currently in Kansas a rst time offense
is classied as a misdemeanor and can
earn you up to a $2,500 ne or a year
in jail. A second possession offense is
a low-level felony and can land you a
pricier ne or almost two years in jail.
Cultivating ve or more plants will get
you a full-edged felony and up to 17
years in prison.
In 2004, there were 139 marijuana relat-
ed cases in Douglas County. The harsh
penalties are rarely fully enforced. The
typical punishment in Douglas County
for a single pot offense is a $117 docket
fee and $100 diversion fee.
Often, people will get busted for a
more serious crime, like a DUI, and then
get nailed with a secondary marijuana
offense, too. Sgt. Dan Ward, spokesman
for the Lawrence Police Department,
says in his experience, the majority of
cases he sees are drug or alcohol relat-
ed.
While ofcers are obligated to take
action if they encounter even a small
amount of marijuana while on the job,
busting individual users for marijuana
possession is not a primary goal of the
LPD or the KBI. The goal of the KBI is
to limit growth and distribution, Depu-
ty Smith says. Its not cost effective to
try and arrest individual users. The KBI
also doesnt worry about small-level
transactions and city-level distribution.
Thats left up to the citys law enforce-
ment.
In Lawrence, lawmakers are debat-
ing the idea of making the possession
of small amounts of marijuana a low
priority for the LPD. Under the new pro-
posal, getting busted for pot would be
much like getting a speeding ticket. The
offenders would be issued a citation,
appear in municipal court (rather than
district court) and perhaps ned, much
like the streamlined process of receiv-
ing a trafc violation.
Smoking abroad
Other college towns across the coun-
try are adopting similar policies. Co-
lumbia, Mo., just enacted a law similar
to the proposed Lawrence ordinance.
The two largest pot-per-capita cities,
Boulder, Colo., and Boston, also have
liberal laws regarding possession of
small quantities of grass.
While the laws regarding possession
are slowly loosening, the world has a
long way to go before pot can be of-
cially legalized. Contrary to popular
belief, marijuana is illegal in the Neth-
erlands. They just happen to have a
non-enforcement policy. De facto le-
galization, yes, but its still technically
against the law. If the Netherlands were
to legalize, it would jeopardize interna-
tional relations with countries that have
a ban on marijuana, such as the United
States.
Dude, wheres my lung?
Depending on where you stand on
the issue, Lawrence may or may not
have a marijuana problem. But the
health risks surrounding marijuana
are a cause for concern. Any time you
smoke a plant, youre going to inhale
a certain amount of nasty carcinogens.
Obviously, heavy smokers are at the
greatest risk for developing health prob-
lems. Lung problems, pulmonary prob-
lems and bronchitis are just some of
the hazards related to heavy smoking.
These risks are prevalent in smoking
both tobacco and marijuana. Though
scientic data is not available, a com-
mon estimate is that one joint poses the
same health risks as four cigarettes.
James Grobe, assistant professor
of psychology, teaches a class called
Drugs and Behavior. He says there are
unique risks associated with smoking
marijuana. But he says there are also
unique benets, which make the little
green plant quite the paradox. For in-
stance, sufferers of bronchitis report
that smoking pot loosens up their air-
ways for a short while, allowing them to
breathe easier. Ironically, the toxins re-
leased into the body from smoking the
plant are what cause bronchitis in the
rst place.
A study sponsored by the U.S. De-
partment of Transportation found that
the THC in marijuana causes a moder-
ate degree of driving impairment, but
is far less of a danger than driving un-
der the inuence of many prescription
medicines or alcohol. Drivers under the
inuence of marijuana retain insight of
their driving performance, compared
with drivers under the inuence of alco-
hol, who do not. The study concluded
that THCs adverse effects on driving
performance appear relatively small.
According to Grobe, some studies
show that smoking marijuana actually
increases productivity when perform-
ing monotonous tasks. This might ex-
plain why so many people who work at
restaurants are stoned all the time.
Another bizarre property of marijua-
na is that in some cases, a person who
is vulnerable to certain disorders may
be pushed over the edge if they use
marijuana. A person prone to anxiety
may trigger an episode by smoking.
Grobe says that people who are highly
anxious about smoking weed probably
shouldnt.
The effects of marijuanas active in-
gredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC), are different for everybody. It
chills some people out; energizes oth-
ers; some report tension, paranoia or
apathy. Grobe says because marijuana
affects every person differently, overtly
labeling it as addictive would not be ac-
curate. Some people show more signs
of addiction to marijuana than others,
Grobe says.
Justin, a Lawrence resident, has
smoked in the past, but generally
avoids it now. He says getting high
used to make him feel relaxed and a
little goofy, but eventually he stopped
having a good time when he smoked.
The more he smoked, the less he liked
the effects. It made him feel anxious,
like he always needed to do something.
It also caused the level of his conversa-
tions with people to decline. He says
he would strike up interesting conver-
sations that digressed into distracted
rants and incomplete thoughts. I got
tired of acting stupid, he says.
Meanwhile, Bonacker says the rst
few times he smoked herb he also felt
really anxious and panicky. Though
now, he doesnt get those feelings.
Share the love
The social aspect surrounding mari-
juana use is perhaps one of its greatest
benets. Smith says he rarely smokes
alone. He usually lights up with two to
four people. The communal activity of
sharing a pipe is very satisfying and its
a good way to chill out, he says. Bon-
nacker says he has a good mix of friends
who do and dont smoke pot. He says
whether or not he smokes depends on
his mood. He says pot has a tendency
to make him introspective and asocial.
People have been using psychoactive
substances since the dawn of civiliza-
tion. Grobe says problems from heavy
drug use, whether its binge drinking or
marijuana use, are everywhere in the
country. The real problem, he says, is
not that people are doing it, but how to
get help to people who need it. Heavy,
prolonged marijuana use can cause
cognitive impairment, but its unclear
whether it persists once someone
quits. He says that punishing a person
for using marijuana is not an effective
behavioral control device. He says the
best way to keep people from develop-
ing drug problems is a rich environment
with lots of activities other than using
drugs.
Growing (up)
Bill, who spent almost a year in pris-
on for growing marijuana, says herb
has had a very positive effect on his life,
despite his time in the pen.
He says youth is a time to experiment
and do drugs and go a little crazy, be-
cause when youre older youll want to
focus on other things.
You get older. You have kids. You dont
have time to be dicking around with it.
You grow past the age where drug con-
sumption makes any sense, he says.
Though he doesnt smoke anymore,
Bill says he has no regrets about smok-
ing pot.
Bill says Lawrence was a fantastic
place to be in the early 70s; marijuana
made his young life a lot more fun.
This town rocked, he says, and
drugs were at the center of it.
By Katie Moyer, Jayplay writer
contact
09.29.05 Jayplay |
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ou lie exhausted next to your partner,
smiling contentedly after the nights
sexual endeavors. Suddenly, your heart
skips a beat. You are panic-stricken and
gasping for breath as you think, Holy
shit, I forgot to take my pill! Your part-
ner notices your exasperation and he
asks whats wrong. When you reply,
he only smiles reassuringly and says,
Dont worry, babe, I took my pill.
Although it sounds too good to be
true, shared oral birth-control responsi-
bilities are an imminent possibility. The
University of Kansas and the University
of Kansas Medical Center recently won
a nearly $8 million, ve-year contract
with the National Institutes of Health
to research chemical compounds to
develop into effective male oral con-
traceptives. The results of this research
may soon provide men with a weekly
or monthly pill that temporarily switch-
es off their fertility, giving them a safe
means to play a more active role in birth
control.
As part of the NIH contract, about
500,000 compounds will be tested on
enzymes that play a key role in either
sperm development or sperm motility.
The Universitys research facilities hous-
Illustration by Greg Griesenauer
Too hard to swallow?
control
birth
Male
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Y
About 7 in 10 students at the Univer-
sity are sexually active
70% of female students are on the pill
78% of men say they would be willing
to take birth control pills if they were
available
66% of women say they wouldnt be
willing to rely on their male partner to
consistently take a birth control pill
According to an informal Jayplay survey
conducted here at the University.
KU Sex Stats
About one-half of preg-
nancies in the United
States are unintended.
More than nine in 10
women at risk of an un-
intended pregnancy are
using a contraceptive
method, the most popu-
lar of which is the pill.
The female birth control
pill accounts for 31 per-
cent of contraception
use in the United States;
Condoms account for
only 18 percent.
The typical U.S. woman
wants only two chil-
dren. To achieve this, she
must use contraceptives
roughly three decades of
her life.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Preven-
tion
Pill Facts
es a technology called High Throughput
Screening (HTS), which is able to screen
thousands of compounds
at a time. HTS is one of
the reasons the Univer-
sity was able to win such
a prestigious contract.
The University and the
KU Medical Center are
the only institutions in the
United States involved in
the NIH contract. How-
ever, Gunda Georg, lead
researcher, says her team
might collaborate with
other institutions that are
doing similar research
to speed up the process.
Georg is also the director
for the Center for Drug
Discovery at the Higuchi
Biosciences Center and
professor of medicinal
chemistry. Other primary
members of the research
team include Qi-Zhuang
Ye, research professor at
the Higuchi Biosciences Center; Joseph
Tash, associate professor of molecular
and integrative physiology; and Ernst
Schonbrunn, assistant professor of me-
dicinal chemistry.
According to Schonbrunn, KU re-
searchers are determined to achieve at
least the 95 to 99 percent effectiveness
that women now have when taking the
pill. The biggest difference between the
female pill and the one being developed
for men, he says, is that the female pill
is hormonal and the male pill would be
non-hormonal. The main advantage of
this approach is that by leaving mens
hormones alone, the pill will have fewer
side effects.
After its ve-year contract is com-
plete, the University will give NIH a list
of the compounds that have proved ef-
fective in temporarily sterilizing mice
and rats, Schonbrunn says. The NIH will
then begin clinical studies.
The biggest obstacles in developing
the male pill are reducing side effects,
ensuring reversibility and maintaining
mens sexual drive, Georg says. A cou-
ple of psychological issues also arise
from this development: Would men be
willing to use the new oral contracep-
tive and would women be able to trust
men to take them? According to an in-
formal Jayplay survey conducted at the
University, 78 percent of
men say they would in
fact be willing to take the
pill to prevent pregnancy
if it were available.
Despite mens willing-
ness, 66 percent of wom-
en report that they would
not be willing to rely on
their male partner to
share in the pill-popping
responsibility. Several
responses on the survey
from women argued that
men are too forgetful
and irresponsible to be
counted on to take the
pill to prevent pregnancy,
which is ultimately the
womans problem. Other
women claim that its dif-
cult for them to remem-
ber, so the chances of a
guy remembering to take
a pill consistently are slim to none.
Keep your chin up though, guys.
Some women out there do have faith
in you. Stefani Gerson, Overland Park
senior, says that her boyfriend has to
remind her to take it most of the time,
so she knows she could count on him.
Other women claim men would use the
pill out of pure fear of paternity.
Guys are so scared of getting a girl
pregnant, I think theyd do anything to
avoid it, Amy Hamilton, Bucyrus se-
nior, says.
Until the KU research team proves
otherwise, though, it looks like the pill-
popping duties are left up to women.
Sorry, guys. Youre stuck with the rubber
for now.
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Friends: Grant & Chris
5
Top ve
5. I know what youre think-
ing and its not that.
4. DUDE!! You interrupted
me at the best part.
3. Quick, get some help! My
hand and penis are ght-
ing!
2. Come and join in. We can
race!
1. Let me nish off and Ill
talk to you.
Chris Moore
Jessica: If it feels wrong, dont do it and
tell him why youre not doing it. Maybe
thatll change his mind about going to
strip clubs in the rst place when he
realizes he has his very own free and
private peep show to go home to. For
your sake, I sincerely hope he gures
that out before you nd a man who
knows youre the only stripper he wants
in his life.
Brian: Sometimes boys will be boys.
This includes acting without regard for
how it will affect someone else. If he
doesnt know you have a problem with
this, then he is doing no wrong. Youll
need to confront him about how you
dont feel at ease with him lusting after
you when he comes home. A refusal to
budge at all by him will show that your
relationship is destined to crash and
burn anyway. His desire to conform to
your needs will show that he isnt going
to the strip clubs to get turned on but
to spend time with his friends. As much
as you need your time with your girls,
he needs his time with his guys. By giv-
ing him time to be with his buds other
than this monthly ritual, it will minimize
the frequency of him going to the clubs.
If all else fails, starting practicing your
stripper routine and look into buying a
pole for your house.
Brian: Ahh. Already feeling like youre
married and the sex is slowly dying
off? Girls are much more emotionally
driven than guys are, meaning that she
probably isnt leaving you because you
dont make her orgasm. Look back and
think of all the times she has needed
you at her side recently. Have you been
there to help her? She wants to go out
and date other people because she
knows you two connect sexually but
wants to see if someone else is more
in touch with her emotional needs. If
you want to keep her, make that extra
effort. Be willing to give up friend time
for time with her. Find out her deep-
est desires and make them come true
even something as simple as cook-
ing her dinner after a long day. It will
all go a long way towards helping you
get more action in the bedroom.
Jessica: Shes not leaving you because
of your crappy love-making skills.
Shes leaving you because you have
no idea how to love her. Most girls
will attest that although sex is a ma-
jor component in a relationship, the
emotional connection far outweighs
the bedroom business. If shes just not
feeling the chemistry, the lack of sex is
a moot point. You need to learn how
she wants to be loved, not how she
wants the pipe laid. The sex will come
when you learn to care for her in the
way she wants to be cared for. For
future reference, no matter who you
end up with, make sure youre more
concerned with her and not how you
measure up in the sack. Jerk.
My girlfriend and I used
to have sex every day,
but its been two weeks
and every time I try
she isnt in the mood.
Now she wants to take
a break and date other
guys. Is she leaving me
because my lovin isnt
satisfactory?
Garrett, Sophomore
?
You wouldnt think youd nd many
friends out in the wilderness. But thats
not the case for Grant Zehner, Overland
Park senior and Chris Rogge, Kansas City
senior. Zehner was mountain biking at the
Spillway in Manhattan. He wrecked his
bike and bent his wheel in half. As Zehner
was walking his bike back to the car, Rogge
saw him and they started talking. They be-
gan to hang out and became friends. After
their sophomore years, they both decided
to transfer from K-State to KU.
Zehner is going to be Rogges best man
in his wedding next year.
Meghan Miller
things to say if caught
masturbating
we
met
My girlfriend and I have been dating for eight months. My family is
from out-of-state and when my parents visited last weekend, she
didnt want to meet them. Whats going on here?
Jim, Senior
?
Jessica: Either shes on a different wave-
length in terms of the relationships com-
mitment or she suffers from a parental
phobia. Explain to her that you wish she
couldve been there to meet them and
then ask her if there was anything pre-
venting her from doing so. Hopefully,
its just a minor fear of parental accep-
tance, but if youre still questioning her
level of commitment you should talk
with her about where you both stand.
Good luck!
Brian: You might have a case of a very
caring girlfriend on your hands. If you
have been expressing how overly ex-
cited you are that your parents are com-
ing up, she might have been trying to
give you space for some quality fam-
ily time. On the other hand, you might
have a case of a relationship that isnt
quite where you thought it was. Meet-
ing parents is almost as big of a deal as
Ron Burgundy and she just might not
feel like your relationship is yet at the
meeting parents stage. This shouldnt
qualify as a reason to break up, but it
gives you a better insight into her mind.
The biggest mistake you could make
right now is to assume anything. Talk to
her and nd out exactly what the deal
is. Dont push the issue too heavily,
but make sure she knows how you feel
about this.
My boyfriend goes to the strip clubs with his friends a few times a
month, and every time he comes home wanting sex. This feels so
wrong since hes just been looking at other women. What should
I be doing?
Ellie, Junior
?
Bitch
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With Brian Bratichak and
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How
contact
Maybe its the glazed and detached
look in my eyes, or my scraggly 5 oclock
shadow from three days ago that tips
her off, but Tina Lee is right on the mon-
ey. I am stressed and exhausted, and
she can tell. But the funny thing is when
she notices this, she isnt paying any at-
tention to my faceshes looking at my
hand.
Sitting in wicker chairs inside a pri-
vate room, Lee speaks to me calmly,
thoughtfully choosing her words. Her
dark brown eyes blink and move rap-
idly, as if focusing on everything and
nothing. Her concentration is steadfast,
unbroken by the murmur of the news
program on the television in a nearby
room. She asks what is troubling me.
Unsure of how to respond, my eyes be-
gin to wander around the room as I try
to work out the answer for myself.
The rest of our encounter goes the
same way, with her making bold state-
ments and me, palm outstretched,
searching my mind for an answer to
what all these thoughts mean. Fortune
telling works this way. She doesnt have
answers for what Im supposed to do;
she can only bring certain issues to my
attention. My palm is the map to my life,
and she understands how to read it. In
the world of soothsaying, you can nd
a map to your life anywhere, whether
its in the palm of your hand, a deck of
cards or the celestial bodies. All you
need to do is read it.
Lee runs the Lawrence Metaphysi-
cal Shop, 11

W. 9
th
St., the bright purple
neon storefront just off of Massachu-
setts Street. She offers a variety of ser-
vices, from palm and tarot readings, to
a full-edged psychic reading. She says
clairvoyance runs in her familyshes
a fth generation psychicand credits
much of her ability to her lineage and
her connection to God.
When we begin our session, she asks
to see my right hand. This distinction is
important, she says, because the right
hand channels all the positive energy.
Reading the left hand would result in
negative conclusions. Being positive is
key to the entire experience. As long
as youre positive, you can make things
happen, Lee says.
Essentially, she is a counselor. She
helps people address their problems
and work them out by focusing on the
positive elements in life. She says more
than 75 percent of her clients are stu-
dents, most of which have their palms
read for the friendly price of $15. What
she says must be good advice, too, be-
cause many of her clients make regular
visits every few weeks.
Look at your hand. The three most
dened lines on the palm are the heart
line, the life line and head line. An ex-
pert palmist is in tune to the subtle vari-
ations of these lines and how they inter-
act with the less dominant lines, alerting
you to the troubles and fortunes that lie
ahead. A correct interpretation of the
lines can forecast the span or your life,
your success in the future and the vital-
ity of your love life.
Its in the stars
Some people, like Anna Bruursema,
arent comfortable with another person
telling them what awaits them in the
future. Shed rather gure it out for her-
self. Bruursema, Olathe senior, studies
astrology and dream analysis to help
her understand and interpret her life.
On the telephone, she sounds lively
and optimistic. She tells me about how
her family ran a metaphysical school
while she was growing up and how her
parents introduced her to the world of
astrology when she was a child. Be-
cause she was constantly exposed to
metaphysical thought throughout her
childhood, today she actively practices
astrology. Bruursema says astrology
is a more personal form of fortune tell-
ing. Its something you can do yourself,
compared to palm reading which re-
quires an expert reader to understand
the meaning.
Astrology supposes that the positions
of the celestial bodies inuence ones
destiny. The exact positions of the Sun,
moon, planets and the Earth at the pre-
cise moment of birth can be plotted into
birth chart. This information is unique to
everyone. It is the hand one is dealt in
life. A correct interpretation of the birth
chart can provide incredible keys to
understanding, says Michael McClain,
who has been practicing astrology for
more than thirty years.
Bruursema says she usually doesnt
look at her birth chart because she en-
joys the surprises in life. She considers
herself a lucky person, everything al-
ways worked out for the best. But about
two years ago, she began going though
a period where nothing seemed to go
her way. Even simple tasks like mak-
ing doctors appointments were frustrat-
ingly difcult. Distressed, she consulted
her birth chart. Sure enough, it foretold
that she would be going a rough period
for about two years, but once it was over
her life would completely turn around.
About six months ago, things did turn
around. Now, I feel like a completely
different person. Im more understand-
ing, less frustrated and more relaxed,
she says.
She says that having a rm under-
standing of the past and present helps
you understand what will happen in
the future. Its all about awareness.
She doesnt discredit palmistry or tarot
reading, saying theyre all variations of
coming up with the same answers.
So, next time you need metaphysical
advice a little more substantial than the
horoscope in The Kansan, think about
checking your palm or the stars. You
might learn something.
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notice
A clairvoyant
journey through
the streets of
Lawrence
By James Foley, Jayplay writer
is out there
The
truth
Kit Lefer/ Jayplay photographer
Wescoe wit
Not to scare you, but were eavesdropping
on your conversations. Yes, we hear
everything. And then we print it. But
dont worry if you say something stupid,
we wont identify you unless you owe
us money or beer.
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What is your favorite candy bar?
We love the mini-assortment candy
bars, but Mr. Goodbar is our favorite
Twix, Im a sucker for caramel.
When you are driving around looking for an address,
do you turn down the volume on the radio?
We denitely do. I dont think I do that.
Were you ever in a school play?
We were in every school play in
middle school, but we mostly danced,
except for the time Erin was a nun in
a murder mystery play...she actually
turned out to be the killer.
I was Baby Bob in 7th grade in a show
called Dirty Work in High Places. It
was funny.
What is the worst job imaginable?
A zookeeper. Any low-level position at a water treat-
ment plant. You know, the person who
has to clean up when things go wrong.
What is the worst street in Lawrence?
12th Street because we have to walk
up that hill to get to campus everyday.
It is a killer.
Ohio Street between 9th Street and
11th Street. They changed it to brick, a
really backward move.
2
3
4
5
Five
questions
KU not (yet) famous: KU famous:
Erin and Kristen Maxwell
St. Louis seniors and last years
Crimson Girls captains
Thomas Tio Duermeier
Lawrence sophomore
Katy Humpert
Guy: Do you remember
The Berenstain Bears?
Girl: Fuck yeah.
(girls 1 and 2 glaring at girl 3)
Girl 3: Dont look at me like
Im the Death of Christmas
Past or something.
Girl 2: Isnt it the Ghost of
Christmas Past?
Girl 3: Shut up. Im
Jewish.
Guy: Today I rolled the fat-
test joint ever.
Girl: Oh yeah?
Guy: It would make Bob
Marley jealous
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The Corpse Bride
Flightplan
Reviews: lm&game
The Corpse Bride is a claymation fai-
rytale about Victor and Vic-
toria: two sweet, restrained
young people pushed into
marriage by their dour,
pinched parents. The plan
falls through when Victor
accidentally marries a dead
woman instead.
With the possible excep-
tion of Cillian Murphy, The
Corpse Bride is the most
gorgeous thing youll see in
theatres this year. The Night-
mare Before Christmas was
no mean accomplishment,
but Tim Burton and his animators have
added layers since then. The story takes
place in a colorless, blood-
less world that is as conn-
ing as Victorias corsets. But
its also richly textured. The
people and places have a
cold, eshy presence, like a
dead sh. You could proba-
bly watch it with the sound
off and still be fascinated.
(Though I dont recommend
trying this. The voice actors
including Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter, and
Ab Fabs Joanna Lumley
are excellent, and the script
is charming.)
There are a few musical numbers,
but Corpse Bride is not really a musical.
Danny Elfman always gives good score,
but his work here is not on par with the
dreamy, tenacious soundtrack of The
Nightmare Before Christmas. When the
denizens of the underworld prepare for
a wedding, you may nd yourself long-
ing for the cackling energy of Making
Christmas.
My main complaint about the movie
is that there is not more of it. But, de-
spite the simplicity of the script and
story, the lms 76 minutes are a rich 76
minutes.
Kit Fluker
How do you pull a disappearing act
at 40,000 feet? Thats what Kyle Pratt
(Jodie Foster) wants to know in Flight-
plan, the second thriller to be set mostly
inside an airplane in as many months
(Wes Cravens Red Eye being the oth-
er). While Flightplan does create a real
sense of paranoia as we watch Fosters
character slowly unravel, the lms
plot holes and third act ultimately drag
down the rest.
As Kyle and her daughter are passen-
gers aboard a new, mammoth airplane
transporting the dead body of Kyles
husband, the daughter mysteriously
disappears and we learn she was prob-
ably never even on the ight. What fol-
lows, for the rst two-thirds of the mov-
ie, is watching Kyle slowly grow uneasy
at the possibility that her daughter was
never aboard the plane and is, in fact,
dead. Meanwhile, she tries to convince
the ight attendants, pilot (the ever-
graceful Sean Bean), and sympathetic
air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) that shes
not crazy.
I was reminded of that
Twilight Zone episode with
William Shatner where hes
a passenger on a plane
and sees a monster ripping
apart pieces of the wing
whenever he looks out the
window, only nobody be-
lieves him. The difference
between that and Flight-
plan is that we dont know if
Kyle is crazy or not. The lm
suggests that she is. For in-
stance, the opening scene is
her strolling on a Berlin street with the
hallucination of her dead husband. The
air marshal also raises a good point: if
somebody is hiding her daughter on
board a plane, what would anyone have
to gain by kidnapping her? What makes
Kyle so important?
Foster is impressive as her character
goes a little more insane every second
she cant nd her daughter and does
a great job playing a pro-
tagonist were not sure if we
should be rooting for. And
the always-great Peter Sars-
gaard seems primed for lead-
ing-man status. Watch out for
him in Sam Mendes Jarhead
during the upcoming holiday
movie season. The set of this
two-story plane with nooks,
crannies and little rooms ev-
erywhere is impressive, and
the hand-held camera work
does a great job of creating
a sense of claustrophobia.
What brings Flightplan down are its
plot holes and its nal act. I cannot re-
veal them without giving away key plot
details, but you could y thorough them
with a 747.
Jon Ralston
Flightplan
93 minutes , PG 13, Southwind
1/2
The Corpse Bride
76 minutes, PG, Southwind

MOVIES
One Piece: Grand Battle
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One Piece: Grand Battle
Gamecube, PS2

The battle to become the Pirate King


is a tough one. Good thing Monkey D.
Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates
are ready for battle.
One Piece: Grand Battles ghting
style is run on simple mechanics. If you
have every played Super Smash Broth-
ers, then you should feel right at home.
The ghting is funnier than anything
else, so dont expect anything more
than cutsie ghts between opponents
with some funny gags as well. The su-
per moves are also fun to look at.
The Story Mode is lacking, to say the
least. Even after beating the game with
all of the Straw Hat Pirates, you dont
get really any ending that gives you a
sense of accomplishment. Its more of a
Is that it? feeling.
While the ghting is decent (and I
do like some games to use spectacu-
lar beat-down moves), there needs to
be somewhat of a story behind it. This
games just leaves you wanting more.
Chris Moore
GAME
reviews
Reviews: music & fashion
To begin with, there is no Corpse
Bride without Danny Elfman. He writes
the lyrics, sings the songs and com-
poses the music. Nothing in this movie
works without the musi-
cal genius that is Elfman.
Except for the few of us
who have been living un-
der a rock for the last 15
years, were all familiar
with Mr. Elfmans illustri-
ous composing resum.
Beetlejuice, Edward Scis-
sorhands, The Nightmare
Before Christmas, the
Batman franchise; the
guy has done everything. Hes sort of
my personal hero, so to say that I was
excited to see a movie that he had such
an imperative hand in making is a bit of
an understatement.
Luckily, Elfman doesnt disappoint.
The music perfectly matches director
Tim Burtons visuals and ideas. Every
harrowing picture Burton conjures is ex-
pertly coupled with a dark, moody tune.
But soon, we see that Elfmans work is
so much more than a background ele-
ment.
As the movie progresses, the musical
aspect becomes a character of its own.
Burton has invested so much of this
movies feel and themes into Elfmans
music. Victoria and Emily, after all, fall
in love with the main character, Victor,
because of how beautifully he plays the
piano.
So, what you have here is a torment-
ed, shy protagonist, who doesnt have
much screen dialogue to convince the
audience that he has
depth, especially con-
sidering that the casting
choice of Johnny Depp
leaves no room for Victor
to sing any songs of his
own.
The only form of ex-
plication that the women
in Victors life, and con-
sequently the audience,
have to judge him by is
Elfmans music. Victors piano playing
had to be haunting and profound. It had
to all at once persuade us to take stock
in Victor. This would be an insurmount-
able task for a novice composer, but not
for Elfman.
From the rst note of the second
track, Victors Piano Solo, the audi-
ence is enamored with Victor. His song
injects an automatic, undeniable feeling
of empathy for Victor a must for any
protagonist.
If you appreciate the form of musical
expression that Elfman has so adeptly
mastered, then please do yourself a
favor and pick up The Corpse Bride
soundtrack. Youd have to be dead to not
like it.
Matt Sevcik
Corpse Bride Soundtrack
Danny Elfman

MUSIC
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reviews
Fall ofcially arrived exactly one week
ago and I thought it would be tting to
give a synopsis of whats on the run-
ways of the most noted design-
ers. Personally, fall is the best
season in the fashion world; its
colors are vibrant, its styles are
classic and its wardrobe range
is plentiful.
At the 2005 Fall Fashion Week
in New York, designers show-
cased spectacular garments that
mimicked those of the mid-20
th

century. The following is a run-
down of the highlights. Diane
von Furstenbergs collection
features paisleys, circles, dia-
mond shapes and rufes turned plain-
Jane skirts into couture bottoms. Oscar
de la Renta is using heavy, geometric
designs and gemstone colors in his en-
sembles. And Carolina Herrera is mix-
ing sleek, A-line skirts with small jackets
to create a sophisticated look. Another
major motif in the collections of Fash-
ion Week was the trench coat. Long and
luxurious, the coats of Christian Dior
and Stella McCartney are facets in their
respective styles. Stella is using a lot
of natural fabrics in her trendy, tweed
coats and Diors use of brown
and black exudes his simpli-
ed fall collection. I also no-
ticed an abundance of boots
on the runways. Chic, fabu-
lous boots of suede, leather
and alligator graced the col-
lections of Dior, de la Renta
and McCartney.
The beauty of these
three key items is that they
are versatile. Whether youre
dressing up for a date or hit-
ting the bars, boots, coats and
skirts will help to solve your seasonal
fashion woes. To put it in more simple
terms, if you have a great coat, a pair of
hot boots and some sleek skirts, youre
ready for a stylish Autumn 2005.
Chris Horn
photo courtesy of www.style.com from
Fall Christian Dior collection
Fall fashion preview
FASHION
Treasure has been discovered, but
the year is 2005 and the goods are from
across the pond.
Goldrush hails from Oxford but is not
part of the dance-
rock, Brit-pop
sensation. In fact,
you would never
know they are
chaps from the U.K.
by their sound on
Ozona. One could
call them coun-
try rock. But fear
not, fellow haters
of country mu-
sic: these lads are
heavily inuenced
by Neil Young, an
American classic.
Robin Bennetts
chalky voice sounds like that of Alex
Greenwald from Phantom Planet, while
the lyrics and laid-back feel call to mind
songs like Tequila Sunrise and Take
It Easy by the Eagles.
Ozona has a reective feel, evoking
many of the thoughts and emotions
that would be present while sitting on
the California coast in the slanted, late
afternoon sunlight,
or road-tripping
across the South
with hopes of get-
ting there. Wait
for the Wheels, a
catchy song with
great potential for
radio play, begins
the journey with a
crash of cymbals
and guitar before
moving into a free
indie-rock song.
Let You Down is
the rst slow song,
lled with feel-
ings of shame and regret. Next comes
the highly-reective Each Moment in
Time, in which the band perfectly de-
scribes the feelings of hunger for some-
thing better that many college kids feel.
The beat picks up again with Come On
Come On as they warn that every mo-
ment is a lifetime passing you by. With
Outro, one feels the journey come to
an end, as the waves gently roll over
the sand in the last rays of the California
sun.
Just as their songs speak of possibil-
ity, so does Goldrushs Ozona possess
great potential. Go buy this CD. You,
too, could be soaking in the motivation
Ozona is sure to stir up, for theres a
world waiting for the chance to hap-
pen.
Kelsey Coon
Ozona
Gooldrush

MUSIC
reviews
Reviews: music & game
We Love Kataman
PlayStation 2

I just spent the last two days picking


things up. If you know me, youre laugh-
ing right now, because I am not the tidiest
person in the world. But this game We
Love Katamari is incredibly addictive.
You assume the role of the Prince, son
of King of All Cosmos, and youre try-
ing to make stars out of random stuff
youve picked up because Daddys got
a temper and has decided to blow up
all of the stars. You use the two analog
sticks to move the Katamari, the ball of
stuff, around different environments.
When you pass the levels, youre given
a ashback into the Kings childhood
which is kind of sad, but very funny. For
those who didnt have a chance to play
the original Katamari Damacy, there is
a tutorial to get you into the game prop-
erly. This is denitely a simple game, but
dont let that fool you. Everything from
the hilarious graphics to the horric mu-
sic makes me grin. Denitely make this
a part of your collection, especially since
its only $29.99.
Charley Forsyth
GAME
I was 7 years old when my family and
I drove out to a small farm in the coun-
try to buy a dog. It was fall,
the landscape a mixture of
gray, red and brown, the sky
overcast. The hills arched and
fell like a roller coaster and I
was nauseated with anticipa-
tion.
When we arrived, the litter
of pure-bred golden retriev-
ers mingled with their sib-
lings and parents for the last
time as strangers began to
cart them off, one by one.
When I saw her, tiny and the color of
light copper, I knew I had to have her.
She reminded me of a penny, and be-
fore we were home, that was what I
named her.
As we drove home, she lay in my lap,
cradled in a blanket. Because I was an
only child, Penny would become the
closest thing I had to a sister for the
next 13 years, as we grew up together.
She started small but grew quickly.
Before I knew it, she weighed as much
as I did. Penny loved to shake peoples
hands and play in the snow. She hated
recrackers and thunderstorms, and
she never failed to greet me at the top
of the stairs when I would come home.
As Penny grew older, her face whitened
and she couldnt run as fast, but she
aged gracefully and sat like an elderly
monarch, hunched yet regal.
When I decided to go to school 200
miles from home, I didnt realize how
much I would miss her. I
looked forward to seeing her
more than just about anyone
else whenever I went back
home. Every time I came back
she met me at the top of the
stairs, just like always, whin-
ing with her thick tail wagging
frantically.
When I moved back
home this past summer, I
knew Penny wasnt going to
live very much longer. Her
hind legs would give out, slipping on
the linoleum or tripping on the stairs,
and my dad would have to pick up her
aging body and set her back on course.
He would mention, quietly and reluc-
tantly, that we couldnt let her live like
this.
One day Penny fell in the yard, the
same yard where we played in the snow
every winter for more than a decade,
and couldnt get back up. She had never
fallen in the yard before, and I knew
what would happen if she couldnt raise
herself.
I panicked. I sat down next to Penny
and begged her to get up. If she could
get up on her own, I reasoned, she
wouldnt need to be put down. She
tried, but couldnt. Her hind legs were
sprawled awkwardly underneath her
body and her front legs, pawing for
balance, could not nd steady ground.
Eventually, she stopped struggling. I
begged her again, but she just smiled
at me in the way only golden retriev-
ers can, with a sagging tongue and up-
turned gums. I cried. I never cry.
My dad called the veterinarian that
evening to make an appointment to
have Penny put down the following day.
When I left for work that next morning, I
shook her hand one last time and kissed
her on the forehand. She looked happy.
I couldnt turn back and look at her as I
walked down the hallway. My mom said
goodbye to me, but I couldnt respond.
I had no air in my lungs.
At work that day, I couldnt look any-
body in the eye and I felt sluggish and
dazed. My legs barely existed and could
hardly support me. When a co-worker
said something offhandedly about what
her pet had done the night before, I felt
like throwing up. I didnt tell anybody
what happened.
When I got home that afternoon,
there were owers from the veterinari-
ans ofce on the table and my dad was
sitting in a chair. We didnt speak for a
few minutes. Finally, he told me how
strong Penny had been before the vet-
erinarian gave her the shot in the back
of our pickup. My dad had held her in a
blanket through it all; she left us as she
came to us, cradled in a blanket. It was
over so fast that my mom was still pet-
ting her when my dad told her Penny
was gone.
As my dad sat in his chair, he asked
me, his voice cracking, if I would write
something for Penny. He told me I was
the writer in the family. But I couldnt do
it then.
Penny had been my friend and part of
our family since I was 7 years old. Ive
never experienced a death in the family,
so hers was one of the hardest things
Ive had to go through.
My parents swear they will never get
another dog. Most people say this after
a pet dies, but I believe them when they
say it. Penny does seem irreplaceable.
When I get a place of my own, though,
I know Ill get another dog. Pets add
something to life that nothing else can,
a constant source of friendship and
comfort.
But no matter how many dogs I have
in my life, Ill never forget Penny. She
was my rst dog, my friend and my
family.
The recent death of
my childhood dog
was difcult, but
the thoughts of the
time we had together
overshadow the pain
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