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The University of Kansas debate team ranks No. 1 in the nation after the six tournaments. The team traveled to Harvard this week where they placed second as a team. In its history, KU debate has won four National Debate
Tournament championships.
A 20-year-old West Virginia black
woman was kidnapped, raped and
tortured for a week by six white
people.
A group of white students hung noos-
es from a tree at Jena High School in
Jena, La. The event sparked a fight
that resulted in six black students
being charged with assault, battery and
attempted murder.
The Jubilee Cafe might have to shut
down because of a lack of funding. It
could leave hundreds of homeless people
in Lawrence who depend on it without
meals.
After a two year absence, the NAACP
will once again have a presence on the
University of Kansas campus. Chris
DeLaCruz, Coffeyville senior, said
that the previously listed recent events
showed that racial and human rights
issues still existed. He said it was time
for a group at the University to fight
back.
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StuDENt group
NAACP
chapter reunites,
looks at racial
injustices
DEbatE
BY JEFF DETERS
jdeters@kansan.com
The University of Kansas has another
team in the Top 10. But this team isnt foot-
ball or mens basketball. This team makes its
points with words, literally.
The KU debate team was recently ranked
No. 1 in the nation after strong showings
in the first six tournaments of the year.
In addition, a $1 million endowment has
been raised through private donations to KU
Endowment to help fund the debate team.
The money will be used for scholarships,
travel and other expenses.
Scott Harris, debate coach and professor
of communications, said the teams accom-
plishments were a result of ability and dedi-
cation from the students.
This particular group of students is one
of the hardest working squads that I have
had at Kansas.
The KU debate
team has a long his-
tory of success, having
earned four National
Debate Tournament
championships and
13 NDT Final Fours.
In recent years, the
debate team has trav-
eled to tournaments on
the campuses of Wake
Forest, Dartmouth
and University of
California-Berkley. More recently, the
team returned Tuesday from a three-day
tournament at Harvard. The Jayhawks fin-
ished in second place. Andrew Jennings,
Silver Lake senior, and Brett Bricker,
Wichita senior, are the teams top two
debaters. Last season,
they finished the year
as the third-ranked
team in the nation, and
at Hereford the duo fin-
ished second as a team.
Jennings and Bricker
also finished third and
fourth individually.
Jennings has debated
since his freshman year
in high school. He said
his favorite debate topic
was the Middle East.
Its a very timely issue and the situation
there is constantly evolving, which makes
talking about it fun, he said.
Nate Johnson, Manhattan senior, has been
involved with debate since high school. He
finished 20th individually at Harvard and
said he enjoyed debate because it offered him
a unique way to compete against others.
I just really enjoy debating other people,
he said. Its more intellectually based rather
than physical.
Harris said the debate team was open to
all interested students, regardless of their
skill level.
Debate is a very time-consuming activity
that requires a lot of hard work, but it is an
incredibly rewarding experience, he said.
For more on the KU debate team, go to
http://www2.ku.edu/~coms3/index.shtml.
Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
Jayhawks see third team in Top 10
Kansas debaters ranked No. 1 in nation after six successful tournaments
Debate is a very time-consum-
ing activity that requires a lot of
hard work, but it is an incredibly
rewarding experience.
scott harris
Debate coach
KU student organizations and individ-
uals have volunteered their time to junior
high students this fall at Wednesdays at
Liberty Hall, an after school program.
The program provides students in grades
seventh through ninth with activities on
Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., when the
schools have early dismissal. Maggie
Bixler, program coordinator, said the
parents were in need of something struc-
tured yet fun for their junior high stu-
dents to do during those hours.
Bixler said the volunteers from
the University were very appreciated
because the students didnt see them as
adults and considered them cool. She
said the organizations that had visited
this fall had been received very well by
the students, and she hoped more orga-
nizations would share their time and
talent.
Andrew Wacker/KANSAN
lawrENcE
Christie Swarm, Johnson County Community
College student and Lawrence resident, adds
a touch of blood to Spencer McGlachlin, Central
Junior High 8th grader, at the Lawrence Art Center
Wednesday afternoon. The group that usually meets
on Wednesdays to help junior high students with
school work hosted a Halloween zombie party for the
students.
Group provides entertainment for adolescents
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After-school program well-received by students
StuDENt SENatE
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Full Student Senate met last night and
voted on legislative pieces.
During the meeting, one senator was
dismissed and one was suspended. Another
member of Senate took responsibility for a
closed meeting held last week that violated
Senate Rules and Regulations. Senate also
sent a bill back to University Affairs.
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Eighty nine years ago this
month, campus was closed for
31 days due to an infuenza
pandemic. While these types
of illnesses only occur a few
times each century, KU has a
formal pandemic response plan
outlined on www.pandemic.
ku.edu.
Flu Immunizations will be
available at 10 a.m. in the Un-
derground at Wescoe Hall.
Gary Reich will present the
seminar The Impact of Evan-
gelism on Brazilian Politics at
noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
Free tea and treats will be
served at SUAs Tea Time at 3
p.m. in the Union Lobby in the
Kansas Union.
Dr. Marco Odah, Accelerated
Remediation Technologies, Inc.,
will present the lecture The
Art-in Well Technology, an In-
novative and Cost-efcient soil
and Groundwater Remedy at 4
p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
The Public Service Career
Fair will start at 4:30 p.m. in the
Dole Institute of Politics.
Shaolin Warriors will
perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied
Center. Tickets are $15-19 for
students, $30-38 for public.
Gerald R. Butters Jr. will
present the lecture Banned!:
Motion Picture Censorship and
Kansas Exceptionalism at 7:30
p.m. in Conference Hall in Hall
Center.
The flm Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix will
be shown at 8 p.m. in Wood-
ruf Auditorium in the Kansas
Union. Tickets are $2 or free
with your SUA Card.
Grocery Bingo will start at 8
p.m. in Burge Union.
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What do you think?
by alex dufek
what is your favorite homecoming event?
melissa derbin
lenexa junior
Id have to say the corndog eating
contest because corndogs are deli-
cious, and I once took second place
in a hot dog eating contest at my
work, so it brings back memories.
Craig bersCheidt
gardner senior
I just recently purchased a very
large television so watching the
game is defnitely up there, espe-
cially since I can persuade a few
people to come over to my place
for that.
Carey walker
lansing senior
Not one in specifc. I just like see-
ing everything that goes on, on
Wescoe during the week.
ted klein
st. louis freshman
The football game would be my
favorite, because its a big game
against Nebraska.
Kansas No. 1 in Sagarin
computer poll.
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Katherine Loeck/KANSAN
Above: Lauren Ashman, St. Louis freshman, and a man known as White Owl enjoy hallow-
eenwednesday afternoon onwescoe Beach. Besides dressing as the solar system, ashmans holiday
plans included cooking an autumn feast and watching the rocky horror Picture show.
LEFT: A student enters the cash vault to grab as many playbills as possible in a matter of seconds
wednesday afternoon onwescoe Beach. the cash vault was hosted by the Kansas endowment. each
playbill was awarded a diferent prize such as a frisbee or a mini nerf football.
halloween on the beach
Adam MacDonald/KANSAN
odd news
Wednesdays The University
Daily Kansan contained an error.
The article, Closed-door meeting
violates regulationsstated Ray
Wittlinger was a Olathe sopho-
more. Wittlinger is a senior.
correction
Woman jailed for two days
because of settled warrant
YORK, Pa. A mistake in court
records led to a two-night jail stay
for a woman being investigated by
police for playing music too loud.
Andrea Conn, of Windsor, Pa.,
was jailed Saturday night after an
ofcer looking into the noise com-
plaint discovered she was wanted
for failing to appear in court in
2003.
But the warrant should not have
been in the countys system be-
cause it was taken care of that year,
York County Prothonotary Pamela
Lee said Wednesday.
The warrant was issued after
Conn missed a court hearing for
failure to pay court costs associ-
ated with seeking a protection-
from-abuse order, Lee said. Conn
was jailed briefy four years ago,
but was released after someone
else paid the court costs for her.
We dont understand why (the
warrant) wasnt taken out, Lee said.
I understand the womans angst.
Its awful.
Conn was released Monday.
Ghost inspector debugs
Santa Fe video mystery
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Jeepers,
it was just one of those creepers.
An investigator specializing in
all things bizarre has debugged the
mystery of the Santa Fe courthouse
ghost a specter captured on a
blurry surveillance videotape.
In the end, it was in fact a bug
or insect of some sort that was
on the lens of the surveillance
camera, said Benjamin Radford, a
paranormal investigator and man-
aging editor of Skeptical Inquirer
magazine.
The image a glowing spot
drifting in front of a patrol car
parked beneath some trees gen-
erated more than 132,000 hits on
YouTube.com since Santa Fe County
Deputy Alfred Arana frst noticed
the image June 15.
There were a wide variety of
theories on what it was,said Rad-
ford. Some said it was a ghost. Some
said it was drifting cottonwood fuf.
Some said it was a prank.
But the one that stuck was a ghost.
Radford drove to Santa Fe to
watch the original video.
After various tests, Radford
shelled out $9 for 1,750 ladybugs
and put the bugs on the camera
casing. Sure enough, we got the
ghost, he said.
Radford said it was a rare de-
fnitive answer in his line of work
investigating paranormal activity.
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events at the Dole Institute of Politics this semester.
Membership is free and anyone can join.
When: 4:30pm on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007
Where: Dole Institute of Politics on West
Campus next to the Lied Center
Mentors In the Live of Kids
Informational Meeting
ursday, November 1st at 7:00pm
Governors Room, Kansas Union
Make a dierence volunteering
at an after school program that
benets kids in the Douglas County
School District with just one hour
of your time a week.
Join in the fun with
CCO EARTH!
(Environmental Action for Revitalizing the Heartland)
Recycling at KU Football Games:
Together with Cans for the Community, a
local non-for-prot organization, you can help
EARTH collect and recycle cans from
tailgaters at the home games.
All proceeds from the recycling go towards
local charities.
Our tent is located at the southeast corner of
the entrance to the stadium. Feel free to stop by,
strap on some rubber gloves, grab a bag, and go!
Its a lot of fun for a great cause! FREE shirts
and snacks are included.

Check out the website for more information at
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Interested in becoming
a Student Senator?
Student Senate is currently accepting
applications for the following seats:
For more information please contact Adam Mcgonigle at
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BY SARAH NEFF
SNEFF@kANSAN.com
Nooses that hung in a school yard
and a young, black woman who was
tortured inspired Christopher Reine
to restart the University of Kansas
chapter of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Reine, Kansas City, Mo., senior
and president of the NAACP at
the University, said his mentor,
Robert Page, director of the Office
of Multicultural Affairs, suggest-
ed Reine work to bring back the
NAACP chapter to the University.
Reine said recent racial injustices
including the Jena Six six black
students were charged with second
degree attempted murder of a white
student after a group of white stu-
dents hung nooses in a Louisiana
schoolyard and Megan Williams,
a 20-year-old black woman who was
kidnapped, tortured and raped by six
white individuals, were part of the
inspiration for restarting the group.
I hope that we are taken seri-
ously, that the campus sees us as an
organization who is trying to put
forth the effort to change peoples
views on how they perceive other
races, Reine said.
Reine said he was still working
on getting the chapter together. He
said they put together their execu-
tive board and were working on
recruitment.
Koga Moffer, Overland Park
junior, said she joined the chapter to
bring attention to racial issues. She
said that at a predominately white
school, it was easy to forget about
the issues going on in the rest of the
nation.
If we can touch just one person,
just look outside of your little perfect
world and realize that theres other
things going on with people, and
they are not asking for it, Moffer
said. Megan Williams didnt ask to
be kidnapped and raped. I just want
people to have a broader view of
what life is like for other people.
Chris DeLaCruz, Coffeyville
senior and first vice president of
the NAACP at the University, said
he felt that there was apathy toward
racial issues on campus. He said the
University needed a student organi-
zation that rallied against injustice.
He said that members could pro-
mote the organization in the direc-
tion they wanted it to go.
If people dont like whats going
on, please join and voice your opin-
ions, DeLaCruz said.
Reine said the chapter planned
several mobilizations, which are
basically rallies and protests, for the
next semester.
DeLaCruz said one of the first
issues they would address was the
possibility of the Jubilee Caf closing
down. He said that although it was
not directly related to civil rights
issues, it was an important human
rights issue.
The right to eat and the right to
survive are things that view as impor-
tant. We dont want it to become
where all we are doing is complain-
ing about civil rights, DeLaCruz
said. We care about all people and
the Jubilee Caf is a good example
at that.
Other mobilizations include pro-
testing against Missouri Civil Rights
Initiative, a group that is working to
ban affirmative action. Reine said
they also wanted to help get more
minority faculty and staff, create a
brown bag discussion series on civil
rights issues and have a pizza and
politics event with an influential
minority leader.
For more information, contact
Chris DeLaCruz at Chris.DeLeCruz.
KU@gmail.com.
Edited by Meghan Murphy
NAACP reforms to fght against
racial injustices, create awareness
student groups
Chapter supports human rights issues, works to create discussion series
Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN
Chris DeLaCruz, Cofeyville, senior, and Christopher Reine, Kansas City, Mo., senior,
discuss their plans for the newchapter of the NAACPTuesday evening in the Multicultural Resource
Center. Both students look forward to promoting the association that they recently started at the
University.
Last night, full Student Senate
met and voted on several pieces
of legislation. Below is a recap
of the actions taken by Student
Senate.
suspensIons And
dIsMIssALs
The Student Executive Commit-
tee dismissed a student senator
and suspended the chairman of
the University Afairs committee.
Scott Paradise, an of-campus
senator, was dismissed because
of missed ofce hours and poor
attendance.
Patrick McGowan, chairman of
the University Afairs Committee
was suspended because of poor
attendance.
CLosed MeetIng
Mason Heilman, Lawrence
sophomore and chair of the
Student Rights Committee, took
responsibility for a closed Student
Rights Committee meeting held
last week in violation of Senate
Rules and Regulations. Heilman
said that the meeting was inap-
propriate but that he did not have
bad intentions when he allowed
the meeting to happen.
According to Student Senate
Rules and Regulations, meetings
that are not open to the public
are prohibited. On Oct. 24, the
Student Rights Committee used
a closed forum to discuss the
tuition sponsorships of several
members of the Student Senate
executive staf and the Graduate
and Professional Association. Dur-
ing the closed forum, nonvoting
members of the Student Rights
committee were asked to leave.
Leed AMendMent
Student Senate sent a bill back
to the University Afairs Commit-
tee that would require new build-
ings built with Student Senate or
student fee funding to meet the
requirements of Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) Certifcation.
LEED Certifcation requires
a certain level of points that a
building must earn by implement-
ing energy efcient heating and
cooling, building bike racks and
having rooms with timers that
turn the utilities of when the
room is not in use.
Studie Redcorn, Shawnee se-
nior and former student senator,
said that meeting these require-
ments would only cost 1 to 6
percent more than a building that
does not meet the LEED Certifca-
tion requirements. He also said
that it would ultimately save the
University money in the long
term, because utility costs would
be lower.
University Afairs Committee
votes on the amendment next
week. If it passes in the commit-
tee, full Senate will vote on the
amendment.

HIstorY pAneLs
Student Senate passed legisla-
tion to spend $10,000 on history
panels that will be located in the
gateway connecting the Kansas
Union to the Multicultural Re-
source Center.
The panels will consist of
pieces that represent diferent
multicultural images and a digital
screen that will recount the his-
tory of the Multicultural Resource
Center. The panels will make
announcements about current
events at the center.
Ray Wittlinger, Olathe senior
and student body vice president,
said that the panels should be
bought with Student Senate
funds because the members of
the Multicultural Resource Center
want KU students to have owner-
ship in the center.
Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
student senate notes
BY mIkE SToBBE
ASSocIATEd PRESS
ATLANTA One in 60 older
people may be walking around with
benign brain tumors and dont know
it. Even more may have bulging blood
vessels in the head that could burst.
These results come from a sur-
prising new Dutch study that finds
brain abnormalities are not all that
uncommon.
Its not clear how alarming this
is. Most of the abnormalities hadnt
caused any symptoms, though some
were potentially life-threatening.
But the findings may have implica-
tions for patients in the future: As more
of these abnormalities are spotted with
more sophisticated equipment during
routine medical tests, some doctors
may urge patients to have surgery or
other treatment as a precaution. Or
some patients may push doctors to fix
the potential problem.
Its very scary to learn theres
something wrong in your head, said
Dr. Aad van der Lugt, an associate
professor in radiology at Erasmus
MC University Medical Center in
Rotterdam and a co-author of the
study published in Thursdays New
England Journal of Medicine.
The study is based on MRI,
or magnetic resonance imaging
scans of 2,000 healthy adults with
an average age of 63. They were
participating in a study to look
at the causes and consequences of
age-related brain changes. The new
papers findings were incidental to
the main research.
New Dutch study reveals many older adults
may have asymptomatic brain abnormalities
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THU NOVEMBER 1 7:30 P.M.
HALL CENTER CONFERENCE HALL
Reception and book signing to follow. This is a free event.
Gerald R. Butters, Jr. is Dean of General Education and
Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Aurora
University. He is a lm historian whose books include Banned
in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966 (2007) and
Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (2002).
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you still need to be cautious.
Only make suggestions that are
based on solid data. Your audi-
ence is not very receptive.

VirGO (aug. 23-sept. 22)
today is a 7
What youre learning seems to
be at odds with what you know.
Somethings going to have to
give, adapt or be expanded.
Dont worry, it wont be very
painful.

libra (sept. 23-Oct. 22)
today is a 7
Friends appreciate your insights
and seek more of your advice.
Dont be shy, go ahead and point
out what theyre obviously miss-
ing. Be nice, of course.

sCOrPiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21)
today is a 7
Use private connections to make
an important career move. This
could result in more income for
you, without taking on extra
work. Ask around.

saGittariUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
today is a 6
Better hurry and fnish up an old
assignment. You dont want to
do it now but you REALLY wont
want to do it later. Make more
time for fun.

CaPriCOrn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 7
As you pay the bills, you may
start to worry. Look around
for another source of income
instead. For example, collect an
old debt.

aqUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
today is a 7
Theres no point in arguing with
a pushy person. Let it be known
what you want, instead. Double-
dare him to get it for you.

PisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
today is an 8
Work demands your full attention
and it isnt fair. Youd rather be
out playing with your friends. The
good news is, youre making big
points with the boss.
anOther ChiCken
TONIA BLAIR
entertainment 4a tHURSDAy, novembeR 1, 2007
T
his city is full of bum-
per stickers. Most are
political and kind of
harsh in a more purposeful way
than the traditional horn bro-
ken, watch for fnger kind of
manner. But I saw one on a car
in front of me on Lollipop Lane
(Mississippi Street) that read,
Stop Chimpanzee Research.
This is a ridiculous imperative
statement, and one that I can-
not possibly imagine anyone
wanting to support. Chim-
panzees are intelligent, fasci-
nating and pretty darn cute. I
mean, who wouldnt want to
learn more about them?

If anything there should
probably be more chimpan-
zee research. I would love
to read about the little fellas.
Especially if the information I
was reading either had pictures
of baby ones with dry pieces of
grass in their fur with humor-
ous quotes above their heads, or
maybe a VHS tape of their ador-
able antics.
In fact, I would like to do
some chimpanzee research frst-
hand. Then I could put diapers
on them and hug them a lot.
I could play with a baby, and
teach him baseball. And then
communicate with the parents
to develop a relationship, in
which I would be a wacky out-
sider somehow fnding a place in
their ape family and, in the end,
bringing them closer together,
like Sinbad in Houseguest.
I would like to feed a banana
to a monkey. But chimpanzees
arent monkeys. They are apes.
I learned that in my chimpanzee
research.
I do understand some peo-
ples hesitance toward chim-
panzee research. My friend Dan
Barbuto hates chimpanzees. He
is terribly afraid of them, though
he is even more afraid of the hy-
brid humanzee.
If he found a chimpanzee
somewhere, and he felt that he
could take him, my friend would
have no problem with killing it.
But this seemingly irrational re-
action seems to stem from his
fear of anything that attacks the
human race in science fction
flms, like machines, or aliens or
the Chinese.
But, aside from Dan in his
apocalyptic Charlton Hes-
ton-inspired nightmares, who
wouldnt want to learn more
about our genetic next door
neighbors? Its just good bio-
logical manners.
White is a Colorado Springs,
Colo., junior in journalism.
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Felons on the
University payroll
So long as background checks are done, a criminal
past shouldnt keep someone from employment
An Oct. 14 article in the Law-
rence Journal-World exposed
the University of Kansas his-
tory of hiring convicted felons,
with at least seven currently on
the payroll, including a sex of-
fender.
In this day and age, a stigma
is placed on those who have a
criminal history, especially those
convicted of felonies. After pay-
ing fnes, serving possible jail
time and being placed on proba-
tion, the felon is then allowed to
try and reintegrate his or herself
into the normal working world
with the thought that their debt
to society had been paid. How-
ever, the article brought to mind
the uneasiness that our society
holds in regards to the thought
of sharing a break room with a
person who has a criminal his-
tory, however small or irrelevant
it may be to their current posi-
tion.
According to the Director
of Human Resources Ola Fau-
cher OShea, only within the
past three or four years has the
University of Kansas conducted
criminal background checks. In
addition, the University has only
recently begun checking the
Kansas Sex Offender Registry.
The University may employ staff
members who were hired prior
to the new background checks
and do not check the criminal
status on current employees.
OShea explained that there are
factors that determine whether
a felon would be considered for
employment such as: How long
ago the conviction was, the na-
ture of the conviction, eligibility
regarding the position sought
and reports from previous em-
ployers.
It is of course extremely im-
portant that the University
knows what type of people it
employs. KUs decision to con-
duct full background checks
is commendable, although it
should have been done earlier.
While everyone should be given
consideration for employment,
provided they dont pose a de-
monstrable risk to themselves
or others on campus, common
sense says that its still impor-
tant to know the past of all em-
ployees, whether theyre main-
tenance workers or lecturers.
With the stigmas and exten-
sive applicant checks, obtain-
ing a job post-felony conviction
can be diffcult. As a society, we
tend to hang out to dry the easy
targets, even when they have
served their sentence and are
trying to regain a sense of a nor-
mal life. We again point fngers
at those who have done wrong,
following the credo once guilty,
always guilty. In order to help
these felons continue to avoid
lives of crime, we need to look
past their history and convic-
tion and instead consider the
rehabilitation they underwent
and the steps they are taking to
become responsible, law-abid-
ing citizens again.
ross sTewarT
zach whiTe
Video game no match for the real thing
Rather than play Guitar Hero, its better to purchase a real guitar and learn to play it
I
m not the typical college
guy. The bane of my exis-
tence is not the idea of a
full nights sleep with an alarm
clock set for eight. What I truly
abhor in my college life is one
thing alone: Guitar Hero.
If youre not fuent with Gui-
tar Hero, let me explain it to
you. Its a video game played via
a guitar-shaped controller with
which one matches fve colored
buttons in rhythm with coin-
ciding colors on screen to play
a guitar part of a once popular
song. Sounds fun right? No, no
it is not.
As both a guitar player and
college student, I hate this game.
This is college. This is where
every guy in an English class
raises his hand when the class
is asked who plays guitar.
This is why the concept
baffes me so. One should go
out and learn to play a real
guitar instead of playing a sad
imitation. What happened to
pride?
As a guitar player I hate it
even more. The game isnt about
playing guitar, its about match-
ing colors in tempoIm con-
vinced its actually harder to do
than playing a real guitar.
The weirdest thing to me is
that guys enjoy playing a guitar
in part because of the attention
it earns them from women; gui-
tar playing can be a self-indul-
gent activity, one sometimes
preferable to sex, even though it
can eventually lead to it.
Yet, this game does not impel
women to talk to you. In fact it
can turn many of them away.
A man looks rather ridiculous
holding a plastic imitation gui-
tar playing along to Welcome
to the Jungle. Hows anyone
going to make that look sexy?
A few of my friends disagree
with me on this and have told
me to compare it to other video
games, like Grand Theft Auto
for instance, where one can do
something that they couldnt
normally do in real life by just
matching symbols with posi-
tioning.
But the major faw in that is
I can go buy a gun and jack a
person relatively easily, if not as
easily as in Grand Theft Auto,
while Guitar Hero is far more
diffcult than playing an actual
guitar (plus an individual is way
cooler for playing a real guitar).
Recently Guitar Hero III
came out on various video game
systems. My roommate pur-
chased it. I watched as several
of his friends and he thorough-
ly destroyed the gamethey
owned it (to put it in non-shred-
der terms, they did quite well).
While I watched them I sort
of zoned out and became mes-
merized by the fashing colors
and wicked guitar lines until my
eyes landed upon their fngers.
They were all playing that game
faster than I can play guitar now
with eight years under my belt.
I started to think about how ac-
complished they would all be as
players if they actually picked
up a guitar and learned some
basic theory.
I think Guitar Hero ruins
the drive for people to learn to
play the guitar. Who wants to
practice something that doesnt
have fashy colors or high scores
to beat nowadays?
So have fun with your imita-
tion rocking, Ill be over here
doing the real deal. That is un-
less youd like to pick up the
real deal, if so I completely sup-
port your decision.
Stewart is a Wichita junior
in journalism.
Studying and interacting with our genetic cousins is heartwarming, rewarding
Chimpanzee research should be encouraged
You know what really grinds my
gears? those damn babies in
restaurants that wont shut the
hell up.
Have you ever noticed how
Chuck norris jokes are actually
based on Winston Churchill jokes?
Kind of like, Winston Churchill was
able to shoot down nazis just by
pointing his fngers and saying,
bang.
Cupcakes. thats all im going
to say.
i just want to call in and thank
whoever found my Kuid in Wescoe.
Youre my savior.
i had no idea Lawrence had such
a huge opossum population. there
are literally four of them living on
my front porch.
every time i see Manginos name
in the paper, i accidentally read it as
Magneto. it actually makes things
exciting for a moment.
id like to say something that
should go without saying. Fans of
undefeated top 10 teams do not rip
down their goalposts after beating
a non-ranked team.
Quit looking for the medallion,
its already been found.
sorority girls. thats one.
Free for All, i need your help. i
lost my favorite black leather jacket
on a Ku bus on Monday. if anybody
fnds it, please turn it into the union.
ugg boots and running shorts
are a defnite no.
Anyone who thinks that Ku
should stop winning at football
should be stoned on Wescoe Beach.
Beer is good. Beer is good. Beer
is good.
On saturday, do not wear red.
do not wear red. do not wear red.
i just saw Mickey Mouse riding
his bike to class.
is that an elf?
i have three midterms this week.
two today and one the morning
after Halloween. they planned this.
BY SASHA ROE
sroe@kansan.com
Tio Duermeier recently spent
his Wednesday afternoon jug-
gling and visiting with seventh- to
ninth-grade students at the after-
school program Wednesdays at
Liberty Hall. The program brings
in entertainment, educational
presentations and organizations
to provide safe and fun activities
for the students each Wednesday,
when the students get out of
school early.
Duermeier, KU juggling club
vice president and Lawrence senior,
encouraged other KU groups to
visit. However, he warned them to
be aware of a big distraction for the
students.
That age is a tough crowd and
there was free pizza, Duermeier
said. But we showed them we had a
few tricks up our sleeve.
Maggie Bixler, KU alumna
and program coordinator, said
the program was a good balance
between awareness programs
and fun activities that ranged
from hip-hop
lessons, drug
p r e v e n t i o n
and t heater
performances.
She said about
50 students
attended each
week. The pro-
gram is usually
held at Liberty
Hal l , 644
Massachussetts
St., unless there
is a show or the activity requires
a di f ferent
location.
Bixler
said she loved
having KU stu-
dents volunteer
because they
connected so
well with the
middle school
students.
T h e
kids respond
really posi tively, Bixler said. I
think its a medium ground. Theyre
not adults, yet theyre still a little
cooler to them.
Duermeier said the juggling
club visited the program in
September to give basic dem-
onstrations and help the stu-
dents learn to juggle. He said
he attended Central Junior High
in Lawrence and wished he had
a similar after-school program
when he was in junior high. He
said he would have enjoyed the
regular structured activities and
exposure to
the University
organizations.
J u s t i n
Gramarye, jug-
gling club mem-
ber and Fairfax,
Va., graduate
student, said he
enjoyed goofing
around with the
kids and teach-
ing students how
to juggle.
We got them
involved, and
some made seri-
ous progress,
Gramarye said.
Overall, we had
fun; they had
fun.
G r a ma r y e
said the group
was definitely
planning on vis-
iting again. He
said other groups, especially those
that would appeal specifically to that
age group, should seriously consider
visiting the program.
The junior high students met
at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940
New Hampshire St., for Halloween
activities of making caramel apples
and zombie costumes Wednesday.
The Lawrence-based E.M.U. the-
ater also performed for the stu-
dents and took them through
zombie boot camp to teach them
to be zombies.
Bixler said the Wednesdays
at Liberty Hall program began
last year with help from the
Community Impact Fund
grant from United Way. She
said the funding for the grant
lasted two years, so they were
already looking for additional
sponsors and funding. Bixler
said the after-school program
focused on prevention program-
ming for junior high students
and provided supervised activity
between the early release from
school on Wednesdays from 2 to
4 p.m. Bixler said Wednesdays
at Liberty Hall started at about
the same time the early dismissal
was implemented.
There was a lot of concern
throughout the community, Bixler
said. Where were these kids going
to go? Theyre very influential at this
age and make those critical choices.
We knew these kids needed a place
to go.
Bixler said many KU students
and organizations had volunteered
their time this semester, but she
would love to see more, especially in
the spring semester.
There are so many KU organi-
zations that could share something
with our kids, Bixler said, just to
have fun with them or share their
culture with them.
Edited by Rachel Bock
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lawrence
Wednesdays at Liberty Hall holds activities for junior high students
Andrew Wacker/KANSAN
Mauntell Ford, Wilson freshman, gets her zombie make-up applied by Melissa Morrell, Green Bay, Wis., senior, at the Lawrence Art Center Wednesday afternoon. KU student volunteers usually meet on
Wednesdays at Liberty Hall to help junior high students and plan events and projects.
Theyre very infuential at this
age and make those critical
choices. We knew these kids
needed a place to go.
maggie bixler
Program coordinator
After-school program
offers alternative for
early dismissal
We got them involved, and
some made serious progress.
Overall, we had fun; they had
fun.
Justin gramarye
Junior, Fairfax, Va.
EntErtainmEnt 7a thursday november 1, 2007
By SANDy COHEN
ASSOCiAtED PrESS
LOS ANGELES Britney Spears
defended her parenting and chas-
tised her critics, lamenting how
cruel our world can be, in a brief
interview on Ryan Seacrests radio
show Wednesday.
Spears, always photographed
but rarely interviewed these days,
also spoke about her new album
Blackout during the seven-min-
ute talk, during which she gig-
gled frequently as her assistant,
Alli Sims, and friend, Sam Lufti,
laughed and shouted in the back-
ground.
When American Idol host, who
has a morning radio show on KIIS-
FM in Los Angeles, asked Spears if
she was doing all she could for her
children, Spears replied, Oh God
yeah.
People say what they want and
do what they do and its sad how
people, how cruel our world can be,
she said. At the end of the day ...
youve just got to know in your heart
that youre doing the best you can
and thats basically it.
Spears ex-husband, Kevin
Federline, has primary custody of
her two sons, Sean Preston, 2, and
Jaden James, 1. A judge on Tuesday
granted Spears three monitored vis-
its a week. She must also take parent-
ing classes and submit to random
weekly drug and alcohol tests.
Spears was unclear when Seacrest
asked how often she would see the
boys.
Thats, like, all in the court, she
said. Stuff like that, my lawyers
know all that stuff.
Seacrest apparently woke
Spears up when he called her for
the interview, and at times she
didnt seem to understand his
questions. When Seacrest asked
Spears if the intense coverage
of her recent troubles has been
overwhelming, she said, Wait,
what?
However, she then said: People
talk and they say what they want at
the end of the day, you know in the
tabloids and in the magazines, she
said. But you just try to keep on
doing what you do, like, you know,
and as long as you know whats up
and you know whats true, thats all
that really matters, you know?
Spears Blackout, her first studio
album in four years, was released
Tuesday. Besides a video for Gimme
More and a widely panned per-
formance at the MTV Video Music
Awards, she hasnt promoted the
record.
As for rumors that she was dating
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony
Romo, Spears said: Who?
The interview ended abruptly
when Sims took the phone, saying
Spears had left to take a shower.
By rOBErt BArr
ASSOCiAtED PrESS
LONDON Heather Mills
McCartney accused Paul
McCartney of failing to protect
her and their 3-year-old daughter
Beatrice from abuse, which she
says ranges from lies and slander
to death threats.
Breaking her recent silence about
issues surrounding their divorce
case, Mills McCartney gave two
television interviews Wednesday.
She also announced that she would
seek European legislation to compel
newspapers to apologize for untruth-
ful stories.
Do you fear for your life? she
was asked in a British Broadcasting
Corp. television interview.
Yes I do, yes I do, she said.
And you are saying that Paul
McCartney does not protect you and
your child?
Im afraid not, Mills McCartney
said.
She also appeared earlier in the
day on an ITV television morning
show, saying she had taken precau-
tions because of death threats.
I have a box of evidence thats
going to a certain person, should
anything happen to me, so if you top
me off its still going to that person,
and the truth will come out, she
said.
There is so much fear from a
certain party of the truth coming out
that lots of things have been put out
and done, so the police came round
and said, You have had serious death
threats from an underground move-
ment.
On the BBC, she was asked if the
tabloid newspapers were at fault.
Its the tabloids and a certain
party, but it is so extreme and so
abusive ... I mean, Ive been called
monster, whore, gold digger, fanta-
sist, liar.
When you say certain party,
do you mean someone from Paul
McCartneys camp?, BBC reporter
Maxine Mawhinney asked.
Im not allowed to talk about Paul
and the court case and all that kind
of stuff, because we are in court,
Mills McCartney said.
Paul McCartney, 65, declined to
respond. Theres no comment from
our side, said his spokesman, Stuart
Bell.
Mills McCartney, who is still
negotiating a financial settlement in
the divorce case, urged the public
to stop buying sensationalist news-
papers.
By GAry GENtiLE
ASSOCiAtED PrESS
LOS ANGELES Hollywood
writers have a revision ready for TV
and movie producers.
Contract talks resumed on
Wednesday, with the Writers Guild of
America ready to submit a revamped
contract proposal with the hope of
avoiding a strike after the current
pact expired at midnight.
Details of the proposal were not
released.
Producers said they would con-
sider the revision but wouldnt agree
to anything that would restrict their
ability to experiment with new
Internet and other digital delivery
options for films and TV shows.
We will not ignore the chal-
lenges of todays economic reali-
ties, the shifts in audience taste and
viewing habits, and the unpredict-
ability of still-evolving technology,
the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers said in a pre-
pared statement.
A key issue in negotiations involves
giving writers more money from the
sale of DVDs and the distribution of
shows via the Internet, cell phones
and other digital platforms.
A federal mediator joined the
talks for a second day.
It was unclear when writers might
walk off the job if a new deal isnt
reached. More than 5,000 guild mem-
bers recently voted, with 90 percent
authorizing negotiators to call the
first strike since 1988, if necessary.
The union set a meeting of its
12,000 members for Thursday night
at the Los Angeles Convention
Center.
Jonathan Handel, an entertain-
ment lawyer who served in the 1990s
as an associate counsel for the writ-
ers guild, said it was in the unions
interest to delay a walkout, perhaps
by five days or more.
By rAQUEL MAriA DiLLON
ASSOCiAtED PrESS
LOS ANGELES Lane
Garrison was sentenced to three
years and four months in prison
Wednesday for a drunken driv-
ing crash that killed a 17-year-
old Beverly Hills High student last
December.
The public has the right
to know that conduct such as
this, causing devastation such
as this will have consequences,
Superior Court Judge Elden S.
Fox, said.
Unfortunately, in this case, you
have to be the messenger, he told
the former Prison Break actor.
Garrison, 27 could have received
nearly seven years in prison. He
had no reaction to the sentencing
and was taken away in handcuffs.
Before the sentencing, he apol-
ogized to the family of Vahagn
Setian.
Im sick of my own behavior
that night, he said. This remorse
is genuine. I feel it every day.
About 30 teenagers, many of
them Beverly Hills High students,
packed the courtroom, some wear-
ing T-shirts that had Setians pho-
tograph and the motto: Dream as
if youll live forever. Live as if youll
die today.
After the hearing, defense attor-
ney Harland Braun said his client
was hopeful but that someone was
dead and he was alive.
Braun said Garrison told him,
Im the lucky one.
Setian was a passenger in the
2001 Land Rover that Garrison
rammed into a tree on Dec. 2. Two
15-year-old girls who also were in
the vehicle survived.
Garrison met the teens at a
grocery store and accompanied
them to a party. At the time of
the crash, Garrison had a blood-
alcohol level of 0.20 percent,
more than twice the legal limit
for driving, and was under the
influence of cocaine, according
to police.
Garrison pleaded guilty in May
to one count of vehicular man-
slaughter without gross negligence,
one count of driving under the
influence with a blood-alcohol
level of 0.15 percent or higher and
a misdemeanor of providing alco-
hol to a minor.
New contract ready for TV, movie producers
divorce
Paul McCartneys
ex-wife speaks out
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heather Mills McCartney, estranged wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, broke her
silence Wednesday about her divorce fromPaul McCartney. InTV interviews she said that she feared
for her life because of death threats and blamed tabloids for her problems.
hollywood
Britney Spears defends parenting skills,
discusses album during radio interview
Brief over-the-phone interview leaves questions unanswered regarding rumors, court decisions
music
Court sentences Lane Garrison
to three years, four months in jail
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actor Lane Garrison was sentencedWednesday to three years and four months in prison for
a drunken driving crash that killed a teenager last December. This sentence is down fromthe
possible 7-year sentence.
crime
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By PAUL HAVEN
AssociAtEd PrEss
MADRID, Spain Spains
National Court convicted the three
main suspects in the Madrid com-
muter train bombings of mass mur-
der Wednesday and sentenced them
to tens of thousands of years in
prison for Europes worst Islamic
terror attack.
But the verdict was a mixed bag
for prosecutors, who saw four other
key defendants convicted of lesser
offenses and an accused ringleader
acquitted altogether.
With much of the case resting on
circumstantial evidence, the three
judges may have been wary after
a number of high-profile Spanish
terror cases were overturned on
appeal.
Spains prime minister said the
verdict still upheld justice. But vic-
tims of the attack, which killed 191
people and wounded more than
1,800 when bombs exploded on four
trains on March 11, 2004, expressed
shock and sadness over the courts
decision.
The verdict seems soft to us,
said Pilar Manjon, who lost her 20-
year-old son in the attack and has
become a leader of a victims associa-
tion. I dont like it that murderers
are going free.
Three lead suspects Jamal
Zougam and Othman Gnaoui
of Morocco and Emilio Suarez
Trashorras of Spain were convict-
ed of murder and attempted murder
and received prison sentences rang-
ing from 34,000 to 43,000 years.
Under Spanish law, the most they
will spend in jail is 40 years. Spain
has no death penalty or life impris-
onment.
Zougam was convicted of plac-
ing at least one bomb on a train
and Gnaoui of being a right-hand
man of the plots operational chief.
Trashorras, who once worked as
a miner, was found guilty of sup-
plying the explosives used in the
bombs.
One of the biggest surprises was
the acquittal of Rabei Osman, an
Egyptian already convicted and
jailed in Italy for the Madrid bomb-
ings.
Italian authorities said Osman
bragged in tapped Arabic-language
phone conversations that he was the
brains behind the Madrid plot. But
translations of the taped conversa-
tions by two sets of Spanish transla-
tors indicated his comments were
more nuanced and did not amount
to a confession.
The Spanish verdict came just
two days after an Italian appeals
court upheld Osmans conviction
there, but shaved two years off his
prison term, sentencing him to
eight years.
Osman watched the Spanish pro-
ceedings on a videoconference link
from the Justice Palace in Milan. The
Europa Press news agency reported
that he broke down in tears and
shouted: Ive been absolved! Ive
been absolved!
Four other top suspects Youssef
Belhadj, Hassan el Haski, Abdulmajid
Bouchar and Rafa Zouhier were
acquitted of murder but convicted of
other charges that included belong-
ing to a terrorist organization. They
received sentences of 10 to 18 years
in prison.
Fourteen other defendants were
found guilty of lesser crimes and six
others were acquitted.
Much of the evidence in the 57-
session, five-month trial was cir-
cumstantial.
By EditH M. LEdErEr
AssociAtEd PrEss
UNITED NATIONS The U.N.
General Assembly on Wednesday
urged all nations to observe a truce
during the Beijing Olympics next
summer to enable all athletes to
compete and help build a peaceful
and better world through sport.
A resolution adopted by the
192-nation world body recalled the
ancient Greek tradition of ekechei-
ria, or Olympic Truce, citing it as
a model for encouraging a peaceful
environment, ensuring safe passage
for athletes and mobilizing the youth
of the world to the cause of peace.
The truce covers Beijings Olympic
Games set for Aug. 8-24 and the follow-
ing Paralympic Games on Sept. 6-17.
The General Assembly revived
the call for an Olympic Truce in 1993
after an appeal from the International
Olympic Committee allowed athletes
of wartorn Yugoslavia to participate
in the 1992 Barcelona Games.
According to the IOCs Web site,
the General Assembly has unani-
mously called for a truce during each
Olympics since then. But while the
modern Olympics have been sus-
pended only for the two world wars,
the peaceful competitions have not
halted smaller-scale conflicts.
IOC President Jacques Rogge
and sports officials from a num-
ber of nations were in the General
Assembly chamber for the adoption
of the resolution, which was co-
sponsored by 182 countries. It was
approved by consensus.
Liu Qi, president of the Beijing
Organizing Committee, introduced
the resolution, saying that at its very
heart lies the pledge to safeguard
world peace and promote common
development of mankind, while at
the same time upholding the Olympic
spirit of swifter, higher, stronger.
By KAty PoWNALL
AssociAtEd PrEss
KISORO, Uganda Mani
Fostens wife and three children are
missing after the 35-year-old was
separated from them amid the surg-
ing violence behind Congos latest
refugee crisis.
Now the farmer has only the
clothes he wears and a small, bat-
tered Bible where he has scribbled
his familys phone numbers but
there is no phone in his refugee
camp.
Some 13,000 refugees like Fosten
have fled into Uganda in the past 10
days amid one of the worst spates
of fighting in Congo since elec-
tions last year. Theyre arriving with
tales of rape and murder and look-
ing set to stay permanently after
years of deadly strife in eastern
Congo linked to the 1994 genocide
in Rwanda.
The worries can never stop
now, said Fosten, looking at the
sea of makeshift tents and bonfires
at the U.N.-administered refugee
camp. Things are just that way
now.
The latest fighting in Congo is
pitting government forces and allied
militants against forces loyal to a
renegade army commander, Gen.
Laurent Nkunda, who split from
the Congo military after the official
2002 end of a four-year civil war that
displaced millions of Congolese.
Nkunda says his fighters are
protecting the Tutsi people, who
were the main victims in the 1994
Rwandan genocide that saw Hutu
extremists slaughtering more that
500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Nkunda says hell drive out the
Hutu militants who fled to Congo
after the genocide, but his pre-
dominantly Tutsi forces now stand
accused of atrocities they claim to
want to stop.
Elections last year overseen by
some 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers
were meant to knit the country
back together. But President Joseph
Kabilas re-elected government has
yet to stabilize the east.
In recent weeks, the government
has moved forcefully to neutralize
Nkunda and fighting has spread,
the refugees in Uganda said.
More than 300,000 people have
been driven from their homes since
late 2006, New York-based Human
Rights Watch said in a recent
report.
Thousands of refugees
fee into Uganda amid
intense fghting in Congo
uganda
Glenna Gordon/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Congolese refugees arrive on the back of a truck Monday at the Nyakabanda transit camp near
Kisoro, a reception center in Uganda. The United Nations Refugee Agency set up the center 10
miles fromthe Congo border. Violence in eastern Congo has reached newlevels. The remote, vast
and lawless land has become a playground for roaming militias and armed groups who terrorize
civilians.
olympics
U.N. urges for truce
during games in China
Spanish court convicts suspects in Madrid train bombings
Prosecutors have mixed reactions about verdict; victims family members say men deserve more punishment
World
News 9a thursday, november 1, 2007
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
HOUSTON NASA scrambled
Wednesday to deal with two power
problems at the international space
station that could delay future mis-
sions and make it even harder to
finish building the orbiting outpost
before the space shuttles must be
retired.
Both issues competed for the pre-
cious little spacewalking time thats
left in Discoverys mission, which
already was extended a day after the
first problem cropped up last week-
end. Spacewalks were scheduled for
Thursday and Saturday.
Astronauts Scott Parazynski and
Douglas Wheelock were getting
ready Wednesday to spend the mis-
sions fourth spacewalk thoroughly
inspecting a malfunctioning rotary
joint that keeps the stations solar
panels turned toward the sun.
But that task may be pre-empted
if NASA can figure out how to repair
a giant solar wing that ripped as it
was being unfurled on Tuesday. The
tear forced the space agency to halt
the process before the wing was fully
extended.
Until at least one of the prob-
lems is resolved, the station wont
be able to generate enough power to
support new equipment, such as a
European lab that is supposed to be
delivered by Atlantis in December.
Delaying that mission would set
back other deliveries, including the
planned February installation of a
new Japanese lab.
NASA is up against a quickly
nearing 2010 deadline to complete
the space station and retire the three
remaining shuttles.
The solar wing damage marred an
otherwise very successful day. Two
of shuttle Discoverys crew had just
finished a seven-hour spacewalk to
install the beam that holds the wings.
Deploying the damaged wings twin
went off without a hitch.
Astronauts took pictures of the
wing tear, but NASA engineers
couldnt tell what caused the damage,
space station flight director Heather
Rarick said late Tuesday. The crew
was asked to take more pictures on
Wednesday.
Until we know what we think
the cause is, maybe until we get
some better pictures, I dont think we
really have any solid leads on how to
fix it yet, Rarick said.
Earlier Tuesday, space station
program manager Mike Suffredini
said spacewalking astronauts could
cut whatever might be snagging the
solar wing, like a hinge, and possibly
sew up the tear.
NASA also wasnt sure about the
cause of the rotary joint problem.
Steel shavings were found during a
spacewalk this past weekend in the
joint on the right side of the station.
Until NASA figures out whats
grinding inside the gears and fixes
it, the right joint will remain in a
parked position as much as possible,
limiting power collection.
On Thursday, Parazynski and
Wheelock plan to remove 21 protec-
tive covers from the joint and search
for whatevers causing the problem.
They also may clean up some of the
debris.
By RITA BEAMISH
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
Reversing course, NASA
Administrator Michael Griffin
p r o m i s e d
Congress on
Wednesday he
would publicly
disclose results
of an unprec-
edented federal
aviation survey
which found
that aircraft
near collisions,
runway interfer-
ence and other
safety problems
occurred much more often than pre-
viously recognized.
NASA had said previously that
it was withholding the information
because it feared it would upset
air travelers and hurt airline prof-
its. Citing an insider familiar with
the research, The Associated Press
reported last week on the survey of
some 24,000 pilots.
In testimony prepared for a
congressional hearing Wednesday,
Griffin said he has directed release as
soon as possible of all the research
data that does
not contain what
he described
as confiden-
tial commercial
information.
One of the
most important
NASA principles
is to ensure the
dissemination of
research results
to the widest
practical and
appropriate extent, Griffin wrote.
In an odd twist, Griffin raised
doubts in his testimony about
the reliability of his own agencys
research by telling lawmakers that
NASA does not consider the surveys
methodology or data to have been
sufficiently verified.
Griffin also expressed regret over
NASAs assertion that revealing the
survey findings could damage the
publics confidence in airlines and
affect airline profits. NASA cited
those reasons in refusing to turn
over the survey data to the AP, which
sought the information for more
than 14 months under the Freedom
of Information Act. Griffin has
directed his agency to reconsider its
denial of the data to the AP.
I regret any impression that
NASA was in any way trying to put
commercial interests ahead of public
safety, Griffin wrote. That was not
and never will be the case.
On Tuesday, Griffin bowed to a
request from the lawmakers and sent
copies of the raw data contained
on four CDs to the House Science
and Technology Committee.
Officials who have worked on
the survey said it contained no pilot
names or airline names. The ques-
tionnaire asked pilots to state how
many times in the previous 60 days
they had encountered a wide range of
aircraft problems and safety issues.
By dAISy NGUyEN
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
LOS ANGELES Officials
blamed a wildfire that consumed
more than 38,000 acres and
destroyed 21 homes last week on
a boy playing with matches, and
said they would ask a prosecutor to
consider the case.
The boy admitted to sparking
the fire on Oct. 21, Los Angeles
County sheriff s Sgt. Diane Hecht
said Tuesday. Ferocious winds
helped it quickly spread.
He admitted to playing with
matches and accidentally starting
the fire, Hecht said in a statement.
Police did not release the boys
name. Los Angeles County fire
Capt. Michael Brown only would
say Wednesday that he was younger
than 13.
The boy was released to his par-
ents, and the case will be present-
ed to the district attorneys office,
Hecht said. It was not clear if he
had been arrested or cited by detec-
tives.
Arson investigators first talked
to the boys parents on Oct. 22 after
determining the blaze began the
day before in the back yard of their
Agua Dulce home, Brown said.
The home was not damaged in
the fire, Brown said.
Investigators initially considered
a downed power line as the source
of the fire, but never officially listed
it as the cause.
The blaze, which spread quickly
through the neighborhood, was
among 15 or so major wildfires
that destroyed some 2,100 homes
and blackened 809 square miles
from Los Angeles to the Mexican
border last week. Seven deaths were
blamed directly on the fires, six
evacuees died of natural causes and
one person died of a fall.
Authorities arrested five people
for arson during that period, but
none have been linked to any of the
major blazes.
All but four of the blazes are
now fully contained. Firefighters on
Wednesday continued to cut lines
around the remaining fires and
kept a close eye on the weather.
Los Angeles County Sheriff s
Department spokeswoman Deputy
Maribel Rizo said prosecutors were
yet to determine if the boys parents
would be held accountable for any
financial losses caused by the fire.
Rizo did not know when prosecu-
tors would be given the case.
Investigators have blamed
an arsonist for setting a destruc-
tive wildfire in Orange County
that blackened 28,500 acres and
destroyed 16 homes. Authorities
were seeking the driver of a white
Ford F-150 pickup truck.
Boy plays with matches,
starts devastating wildfre
ASSOCIATED PRESS
This southern California home lies in ruins after wildfres blackened thousands of acres and damaged hundreds of homes. Ofcials blamed one
fre that destroyed 21 homes last week in Aqua Dulce, Calif., on a boy playing with matches.
nation
naSa
Space station power problems
confuse crew, delay missions
Astronauts search for causes of Discoverys malfunctions
Congress to view aviation survey results;
safety problems could afect airline profts
naSa
I regret any impression that
NASA was in any way trying to
put commercial interests ahead
of public safety. That was not
and never will be the case.
michael griffin
naSa administrator
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Hundreds of California sex offend-
ers who face tough new restrictions
on where they can live are declaring
themselves homeless truthfully
or not and thats making it dif-
ficult for the state to track them.
Jessicas Law, approved by 70 percent
of California voters a year ago, bars reg-
istered sex offenders from living within
2,000 feet of a school or park where
children gather. That leaves few places
where offenders can live legally.
Some who have had trouble find-
ing a place to live are avoiding re-
arrest by reporting falsely, in some
cases that they are homeless.
Experts say it is hard to monitor
sex offenders when they lie about
their address or are living day-to-
day in cheap hotels, homeless shel-
ters or on the street. It also means
they may not be getting the treat-
ment they need.
We could potentially be making
the world more dangerous rather
than less dangerous, said therapist
Gerry Blasingame, past chairman of
the California Coalition on Sexual
Offending.
Similar laws in Iowa and Florida
have driven offenders underground
or onto the streets.
They drop off the registry
because they dont want to admit
living in a prohibited zone, said
Corwin Ritchie, executive director
of the association of Iowa prosecu-
tors.
The organization tried unsuc-
cessfully in the past two years to
persuade lawmakers to repeal the
states 2,000-foot residency restric-
tion.
Most legislators know in their
hearts that the law is no good and
a waste of time, but theyre afraid of
the politics of it, Ritchie said.
The problem is worsening in
Florida as about 100 local ordi-
nances add restrictions to the
states 1,000-foot rule, said Florida
Corrections Department spokes-
woman Gretl Plessinger. Sixteen
homeless offenders are now living
under a Miami bridge, while one
another took to sleeping on a bench
outside a probation office.
As society has imposed restric-
tions, it becomes almost impos-
sible for them to find places to live,
Plessinger said.
Twenty-two states have distance
restrictions varying from 500 feet to
2,000 feet, according to California
researchers. But most impose the
offender-free zones only around
schools, and several apply only to
child molesters, not all sex offend-
ers.
Californias law requires parolees
to live in the county of their last legal
residence. But in San Francisco, for
example, all homes are within 2,000
feet of a school or park.
The state is requiring parol-
ees to find eligible housing in San
Francisco, knowing full well there
isnt any, said Mike Jimenez, presi-
dent of the California parole offi-
cers union. It will be impossible
for parole agents to enforce Jessicas
Law in certain areas, and encourag-
ing transient living arrangements
just allows sex offenders to avoid it
altogether.
State figures show a 27 percent
increase in homelessness among
Californias 67,000 registered sex
offenders since the law took effect in
November 2006. Since August, the
number of offenders with no perma-
nent address rose by 560 to 2,622.
This is a huge surge, said
Deputy Attorney General Janet
Neeley, whose office maintains the
database. Any law enforcement
officer would tell you we would
prefer to have offenders at addresses
where we can locate them.
Offenders who declare them-
selves homeless must tell their
parole officer each day where they
spent the previous night.
Those who declare themselves
homeless are still legally bound by
the 2,000-foot rule; they cannot stay
under a bridge near where children
gather, for example. But it is more
difficult for parole officers to keep
tabs on them.
Parole officers said some offend-
ers are registering as homeless, then
sneaking back to homes that violate
the law. Thats easy to do because
fewer than 30 percent of transient
offenders currently wear the Global
Positioning System tracking devices
required by Jessicas Law.
By JOHN HANNA
ASSOciATeD PreSS
LAWRENCE Josh Link some-
times spends 15 or 20 minutes shap-
ing a single stone for a wall. Hes
proud of using a Flemish bond pat-
tern not the standard American
one for a brick walkway. And he
points out that Winston Churchill
laid bricks as a hobby.
Link specializes in projects for
homes like the gray mansion hes
working on west of Lawrence, and
he worries about being undercut by
companies hiring illegal immigrants.
He also said the Sept. 11, 2001, ter-
rorist attacks jarred him into think-
ing about issues such as national
security and immigration.
He lists his company, Masonry
Art, of Kansas City, Mo., on a 5-
month-old Web site operated by a
Dallas-based nonprofit, ProAmerica
Company. He took a pledge not to
knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
His decision earlier this year made
him part of ProAmericas fledgling
effort to encourage firms not to hire
illegal immigrants and to help con-
sumers patronize
businesses that
dont. The think-
ing is that illegal
immigrants wont
come to the United
States if they cant
find jobs.
Theyre run-
ning from Mexico.
If they had a job
over there, they
wouldnt want
to leave, he said.
They work hard. They want money
for their families. They cant get it in
Mexico.
ProAmericas effort began while
Congress struggled with illegal
immigration. Comprehensive legis-
lation failed in June, and last week,
a measure designed to give some
children of illegal immigrants a path
to legal status stalled in the Senate,
probably dooming further work this
year.
Also this year, some Kansas leg-
islators sought stiffer penalties for
businesses hiring illegal immigrants.
Their bill stalled, and the only immi-
gration-related measure to pass des-
ignated English as the states official
language.
Last year, the Pew Hispanic Center
estimated that between 11 million
and 12 million illegal immigrants
were living in the United States,
with between 40,000 and 70,000 in
Kansas.
A Gallup poll in June said about a
third of the nearly 2,400 Americans
surveyed thought illegal immigrants
were hurting their or their families
job opportunities. Nearly half said
immigration should be decreased.
But Michael Barrera, chief execu-
tive of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce, said that Americans
had expressed frustration with
immigration throughout history and
that Latinos were the flavor of the
decade. He said illegal immigrants
filled jobs requiring manual labor
that Americans didnt fill.
When was the last time you saw
a teenager mowing a lawn? he said
during an interview. Someone is
going to have to be there, picking the
fruits and vegetables.
Stepping into the ongoing debate
was David Marlett, a Dallas attorney,
accountant and political consultant.
He formed ProAmerica in June and
launched its Web site.
Businesses can list themselves as
not hiring illegal immigrants and
receive help in verifying workers sta-
tus as legal. Marlett said Wednesday
that ProAmerica also plans a Web-
based catalog of Christmas gifts
offered by participating companies.
Marlett said ProAmerica arose
from a per-
sonal experi-
ence. Around
C h r i s t ma s
2006, his wife
wanted several
rooms in their
home painted.
Marlett said he
loathes paint-
ing and tried to
hire someone.
I think you
ought to say,
Are you sure all your employees are
legal? If you care, youll ask; thats
my opinion, he said. I ended up
painting those rooms. I made about
10 phone calls and wasnt happy with
any of the answers.
A ProAmerica chapter formed in
the Kansas City area in September,
and about 600 businesses now are
listed on the Web site. Besides
Links business, they include an air-
craft parts distributor in Dallas,
an advertising firm in Panama
City, Fla., and a sandwich shop in
Geneva, Neb.
This week, as California battled
wildfires, his group issued a state-
ment saying the state should verify
the status of workers hired to clean
up debris and rebuild businesses.
Still, he said, many responses to
illegal immigration should come
from outside government: How
about we as a collective society
say, OK, now wait a minute. We
have laws. We need to follow
them. What are we teaching our
kids?
Sex ofenders declare homelessness,
state has difculty tracking them
Laws restricting where offenders can live prove troublesome
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Department of Corrections parole agents Jerry Ramirez and Guillermo Viero Rosa talk
with a sex ofender parolee who wished to remain unidentifed in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of
recently paroled sex ofenders are listing themselves as homeless.
ProAmerica Web site
discourages hiring
of illegal immigrants
Theyre running from Mexico. If
they had a job over there, they
wouldnt want to leave.
Josh LINK
owner of Masonry Art
IMMIGRATION CRIME
SportS
GAME DAY: Jayhawks face
gorillas in season tune-up
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The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com Thursday, november 1, 2007 page 1b
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
When the Kansas coaching staff sits down
to study Nebraskas personnel and schemes
in preparation for Saturdays game, they
wont have much film to choose from. The
Cornhusker team that shows up at Memorial
Stadium this weekend will probably bear
little resemblance to last years or even last
months Nebraska squad.
Nebraska has endured an unsteady season
heavy on turmoil and light on success. The
Cornhuskers are 1-4 in Big 12 Conference
play (4-5 overall) and could need victories in
their final three games to earn a bowl berth.
The school dismissed Athletics Director
Steve Pederson on Oct. 15, and rumors
about the job security of coach Bill Callahan
have been swirling around the campus. In
addition to those large-scale adjustments,
Nebraska has made a major on-field change.
Sam Keller, Nebraskas starting quarter-
back for the first nine games of the season,
is sidelined for the season after suffering a
shoulder injury against Texas last week. The
Cornhuskers will call on Joe Ganz, a junior
who has not started a game since high school.
What a great way to have your first start,
against Kansas and the great defense they
have, on the road, against the number eighth
team in the country, Ganz said. Its going to
be a great atmosphere and I like playing road
games so its going to be kind of fun.
Ganz is in his fourth year in the Nebraska
program, but he is anything but a seasoned
veteran. He has thrown just 17 passes in his
collegiate career, completing 10 for 158 yards
and four touchdowns. Ganz, a 6-foot-1, 200
pound, Illinois native, played in five games
last season and competed against Keller for
the starting job in the preseason.
Though he is a standard drop-back pass-
er, Ganz is considered a more mobile quar-
terback than Keller. As a senior at Amos
Alonzo Stagg High Scool, he rushed for 600
yards and 11 touchdowns. Though he can
make plays with his legs, Callahan said he
was not planning on significantly altering his
offensive game plan.
Theres not going to be much variation
from the system, aside from what we do,
Callahan said. Were going to add some
things, but I dont think thats going to shock
or surprise them.
Ganzs relative inexperience could end
up helping Nebraska solve the tough Kansas
defense. With only six games and 17 passes
worth of film to study on Ganz, the Jayhawks
will not have the luxury of dissecting each
and every tendency of the Cornhuskers new
signal-caller.
Theres not much to evaluate, so you
prepare for their schemes and what you
know about them, Mangino said. You try
to anticipate what his strengths might be and
how they might try to feature them. But we
dont know and its hard to speculate.
So far this season, Kansas has game-
planned well enough to handle all sorts of
quarterbacks. The Jayhawks are ranked fifth
in the nation in pass efficiency defense and
second in the nation in scoring defense.
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Something must be incredibly wrong here.
Kansas enters Saturdays game against
Nebraska as a 17-point favorite. Forget that
the Jayhawks have beaten the Cornhuskers
only once in 38 years. And overlook that in
that span, Nebraska has played in 37 bowl
games opposed to eight for Kansas.
Its been a century of inconsistency
here, and we are trying to get that righted,
Kansas coach Mark Mangino said. As far
as Nebraska, we have great respect for
the program. But if you look at the last
four games against Nebraska, theyve been
hard-fought; theyve been toe-to-toe.
Kansas has competed better with
Nebraska of late.
It took overtime
in Lincoln, Neb.,
last year for the
Cor nhuskers
to beat the
Jayhawks. Two
years ago, Kansas
embar r as s e d
Nebraska in
Lawrence with a
25-point victory.
But theres
a role reversal
in effect for
Saturdays con-
test at Memorial
Stadium. For
the first time
since 1974,
Kansas (8-0) has a better record than
Nebraska (4-5) coming into the game.
What happened in the 1974 showdown
when Kansas (4-1) traveled to play Nebraska
(3-2)? The Cornhuskers thrashed the Jayhawks
56-0. But Kansas players dont need history to
convince them to take Nebraska seriously.
You cant sleep on Nebraska, junior
cornerback Kendrick Harper said. They
are a very good football team. We are just
going to practice well and hopefully be
ready on Saturday.
These Cornhuskers clearly arent the same
caliber as past Cornhusker teams. They have
lost four games in a row, which hasnt hap-
pened at Nebraska in 46 years. The memo-
ries of players like Tommie Frazier, Lawrence
Phillips and Ahman Green, who helped lead
Nebraska to three national championships
in the 1990s, seem more distant than ever.
Even last years quarterback, Zac Taylor,
who won Big 12 Offensive Player of the
Year honors and led Nebraska to a Big
12 North title, looks legendary compared
with this years team. Despite the teams
record, Nebraska coach Bill Callahan said
that he had seen signs of life.
I just want our kids to give their very
best; I believe they are striving to do that.
Thats what Im encouraged about as a
coach, Callahan said. I see that on the
field, and you see it on film and their atti-
tude. I know theyll be encouraged to go
on the road and upset Kansas this week.
Adding to an already disastrous season, this
week was the announcement that Cornhusker
senior quarterback Sam Keller will miss the
rest of the season with a shoulder injury. To
beat Kansas, Nebraska will have to do it behind
inexperienced junior quarterback Joe Ganz.
To beat Nebraska, Kansas will have to
escape its unsuccessful history in the series.
EditedbyChrisBeattie
T
his Saturday, presuming Kansas
beats Nebraska, there will be no
excuse for Jayhawk fans to tear
down the goalposts. Kansas already defeat-
ed Nebraska for the first time in nearly four
decades in 2005 and is also already bowl-
eligible. So whats at stake now?
Dont think it ludicrous of me to predict
that the goalposts will go down anyway this
Saturday.
Remember 2005? The team went 7-
5. In college football, goalposts were
torn down a total of seven times that
year. Of those seven times, three were
after victories at Memorial Stadium by
Kansas fans Missouri, Nebraska and
Iowa State.
Maybe tearing down the goalposts in
2005 after a 40-15 victory against Nebraska
was somewhat under-
standable, but the other two
instances were not. Tearing down the
goalposts three times in one season was
embarrassing for the University and for the
football team. It is great to have school spir-
it and to cheer the team on, but three times?
Is that not excessive?
Once again in 2006,
fans tore down the goalposts after
a victory over Kansas State, which was 7-4
at the time. It was Kansas second consecu-
tive home victory against Kansas State and
certainly not a reason for tearing down the
goalposts.
During a press conference the following
Tuesday, Kansas coach Mark Mangino was
asked about the incident. Mangino said, I
wrote a letter at the beginning of the season
to the school newspaper asking (students)
not to do that and I still do not want them
to do that.
Plain and simple, folks. The coach wrote
The University Daily Kansan asking stu-
dents not to tear down the goal posts and a
few did not get the memo.
Mangino also said, I dont like it for
two reasons: one, there is a safety reason
and number two, we need to have the
same expectations that our players have.
But our student body has been great
and what happened is not necessarily an
indictment against our whole student
body.
This season, students have not torn
down the goalposts yet, even after the 58-10
victory against Baylor, which established
bowl-eligibility. But this could be because of
the fallout in the student section after half
time this season.
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
Cole Aldrich planned to go trick-or-
treating last night. It was all about keeping
the tradition.
I love trick-or-treating, he said. I dont
think Ive taken a year off trick-or-treating,
and Ill probably do it until Im 30.
This Halloween wasnt quite the same,
though. He couldnt eat his candy Halloween
night because of Kansas exhibition game.
Blame it on the early start. Aldrich, a fresh-
man center, wanted to be prepared for his first
debut today against Pittsburg State at 7 p.m.
Thats right. Today. One day after
Halloween, three weeks after practice started
and eight days earlier than the Jayhawks
first exhibition game two years ago. This is
Jayhawk basketballs earliest start since 2000.
What gives?
Well, Kansas is playing host to The
Jayhawk Classic this season, and games for
the tournament start Nov. 9. The Jayhawks
have to get some playing experience before
the season starts, even if it means the team
has less time to practice.
Early starts are nothing new for college
basketball. Several other teams started the
season before Kansas to prepare for early
season tournaments. Louisville had its first
exhibition game Monday night. Memphis
starts its regular season on Nov. 5.
Outside of Aldrichs Halloween traditions,
Kansas hasnt changed much to accommo-
date for the early start. The Jayhawks havent
had many long practices because Kansas
coach Bill Self doesnt want to wear them out
for their eight November games. But with
several upperclassmen, less time to practice
isnt a big deal.
Senior guard Rodrick Stewart thinks the
early start is a blessing.
Its definitely more urgency knowing
that we play earlier this year, he said. Guys
just cant take any day off. We might walk in
the gym one day and not feel like going that
hard. But just knowing that the season is
right around the corner, you have no choice
but to take it seriously and take every day
like its your last. You have no choice but to
get better.
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Hawks
expect
to beat
Huskers
history
overall: Nebraska
leads withan88-
22-3record
Inlawrence: Ne-
braska leads with
a 46-7-1 record
Past 10 years:
Nebraska leads
with a 9-1 record
biggest KU win:
31-0 in 1960
biggest nU
win: 70-0 in 1986
football
Kansas to face new starter
quick stats
Joe Ganzs career
statistics
comp./att. 10/17
comp. percentage 58.8
tD/Int. 4/0
rush att. 6
rush yds. 17
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Team sees beneft of playing early exhibition games
BY BRYAN WHEElER
BWHEElER@KANSAN.COM
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Cole Aldrich, freshman center, drives past senior
center sasha kaun at late night. aldrich was a top
recruit for the season.
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SEE basketball ON PAGE 7B
Goalposts dont belong in Potter Lake
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Nebraskas SamKeller lies on the feld after being injured in the fourth quarter at texas. keller will miss the rest of the season, causing another bump in nebraskas rocky season.
Power forward twins to join
Jayhawks next season
Marcus and Markief Morris, twin power
forwards from Philadelphia, have committed
to play basketball at Kansas, according to
Jayhawkslant.com.
Marcus is RivalsNo. 37 player in the class of
2008 and Markief is the RivalsNo. 74 player. They
chose Kansas over Villanova and St. Johns. Marcus
and Markief visited Kansas for Late Night and
visited Villanova last weekend.
Kansas was my dream school growing up,
Marcus told Jayhawkslant.com. The winning tradi-
tion is just great. I just remember seeing all of the
fans when I would watch Kansas games on televi-
sion. I just want to help bring a championship to
Kansas. Coach Self was very excited when we told
him about our decision.
Kansas now has fve commitments for the class
of 2009: the Morris twins, guard Travis Releford,
forward Mario Little and power forward Quintrell
Thomas. JMison Morgan, who is considering Kan-
sas, is expected to make his decision Friday.
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Kansas is 5-0 all time when
facing Pittsburg State.
KU Basketball media guide.
THURSDAY
Womens Swimming vs.
Arkansas, 4 p.m., Lawrence
Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburg
State, 7 p.m., Lawrence
FRIDAY
Womens Soccer vs. Missouri,
3 p.m., Lawrence
Womens Tennis, Florida
State tournament, All Day, Tal-
lahassee, Fla.
SATURDAY
Womens Swimming vs.
Nebraska-Omaha, 2 p.m.,
Lawrence
Football vs. Nebraska,
11:30 a.m., Lawrence
Volleyball vs, Oklahoma, 7
p.m., Lawrence
WomensTennis, FloridaState
tournament, All Day,Tallahassee, Fla.
SUNDAY
Womens Basketball vs.
Pittsburg State, 4 p.m.,
Lawrence
Womens Tennis, Florida State
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If the NBA were on channel
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love was on channel 4, Id watch
the frogs even if they were
coming in fuzzy.
Bobby Knight, Texas Techbasketball coach
Q: Whenwasthefirst meeting
betweenPittsburgStateandKansas
A: January 3, 1944, a game
that Kansas won 35-21 in
Lawrence.
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NFL
John Lynch optimistic
about Monday stinger
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. John
Lynch said he felt optimistic
Wednesday that the stinger he suf-
fered Monday night was unrelated
to his 2004 neck surgery but the
concerned look on his face and the
worry in his voice belied that brave
front.
Im feeling all right, obviously
not too well when youve got to
come out of a game. But I got a
little stinger and just waiting on
doctors to see how were going
to proceed. But I feel better, the
eight-time Pro Bowl safety said
after watching the Denver Broncos
workout.
Lynch, 36, struggled with neck
injuries in 2003, his fnal season in
Tampa Bay, and he had surgery to
remove bone spurs in early 2004,
just before joining the Broncos.
He said the doctor who per-
formed his neck operation was
reviewing his latest MRI, and that
he had no timetable for his return.
No, again, just waiting on all
the information to come back.
Took the MRI yesterday and theyre
waiting on the specialist out in Los
Angeles who did my neck surgery
to kind of check it out and see
what he has to think, Lynch said.
But I think everythings good and
well see.
Lynch sustained what the team
said was a pinched nerve in his
neck early in Denvers 19-13 over-
time loss to Green Bay on Monday
night. Lynch said one of his arms
went numb for a while and that he
was never cleared to return to the
game even though the team said
that night his return was probable.
Well, just you know, a stinger,
you get your whole arm kind of
goes numb, Lynch said. Been
there before, but hopefully this is
something not related and well be
all right.
Lynch said he was worried given
his history with neck surgery.
The 15th year pro has 24 tackles
so far. He missed one game with a
pulled groin.
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BY THOR NYSTROM
tnystrom@kansan.com
Nebraska fans are used to travel-
ing in mass to Memorial Stadium
in Lawrence to fill it with red. If the
homecoming advisory board and
certain student-led Facebook.com
groups have their way, Saturday will
feature a Homecoming Blue Out.
Jennifer Alderice, University of
Kansas homecoming adviser, said
she received numerous e-mails from
alumni asking for a unified color.
They are excited about being
8-0 and one of the things they
hate about playing Nebraska is
they all show up in red, Alderice
sai d. So
wouldnt it
be great if we
wore blue?
Al d e r i c e
said a factor
of the blue
out was urg-
ing fewer
fans to wear
Kansas other
color, crim-
son, which is similar to the Huskers
color. Alderice said wearing blue
would allow KU fans to look more
unified.
Alderice, who
has worked on
h o m e c o m i n g
activities for six
years, could not
recall a home-
coming game
that was sold
out. The Kansas-
Nebraska game
was announced a
sellout more than
a month ago, and Alderice expects
a big influx of fans to attend home-
coming activities.
Those activities include a
pancake breakfast from 8 to 11
a.m. on the Stauffer-Flint Hall
lawn, located between Wescoe
Hall and Watson Library, and
the Homecoming Parade along
Jayhawk Blvd. at 9:30 a.m. The
pancake breakfast costs $5 and is
open to the public.
Bradley Friedman, Leawood
sophomore, created a Facebook
group on Tuesday called
BLUEOUT Nebraska, which
had more than 1,000 members on
Wednesday.
This year we dont have any
good teams that we are playing at
home, Friedman said. This is the
best game we will see at home. Plus,
we are eighth in the nation. We need
to support the team because they
will be competing for a BCS Bowl
Game.
Alderice did not think the blue
out measure was too extreme, see-
ing as the 8-0 Jayhawks are 18-point
favorites against the 4-5 Huskers.
One, its Homecoming, and two,
its Nebraska, so why not? Alderice
said. Lets do it and have fun and
just blue them out.
EditedbyMeghanMurphy
schedule
Pancake breakfast, 8 to 11
a.m., staufer-Flint hall lawn
homecoming Parade,
9:30 a.m. start time, Jayhawk
boulevard
homecoming blue out,
wear blue to the football game
homecoming
Students, fans, advisory board urge game day Blue Out
Jayhawk Nation, Memorial Stadium to surprise traveling Nebraska fans with unified blue colors
They are excited about being
8-0 and one of the things they
hate about playing Nebraska is
they all show up in red.
jennifer alderice
Homecoming adviser
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By Joe Preiner
jpreiner@kansan.com
All students could hear
when walking into the Student
Recreation and Fitness Center
Tuesday evening were the sounds
of basketball shoes and balls hit-
ting the floor. More than 75 teams
registered for the annual 3-on-3
intramural basketball homecom-
ing tournament.
The tournament was divided into
three divisions: mens, womens and
co-recreational. The event, which
took place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
tested the skills and endurance of
players.
Weve all been here since 5
oclock, Koytt Nichols, Springhill
sophomore, said. It sucks.
Tournament rules were simple.
The first team to score 11 points
won and advanced. To maintain
a timely tournament, a 12-minute
limit was set for each game. Teams
tied at the end of the time played
overtime, and the team that scored
first won.
There were no referees for
the tournament, so the honor
rule was brought into play, with
teams calling their own fouls.
Every shot was
contested and
numerous times
pl ayers coul d
be seen sliding
across the floor
on their stom-
achs to keep the
ball in play.
When each
game came to
an end, it was
obvious who
won or lost. Victorious teams cel-
ebrated with fist pumps and high
fives, while the defeated simply
left quietly. Good sportsmanship
was shown by all players at the
conclusion of each game with a
handshake.
As the evening wore on, the crowd
watching play grew thinner. Teams
that advanced stayed to watch com-
petitors and cheer for friends. At
10 p.m., as the last players walked
off the courts, the talk was not of
the hard-fought battles or crushed
d r e a m s .
Instead, it was
talk of things to
come, such as
homework that
awaited stu-
dents at home.
Nichols, who
threw his team
together just
hours before the
first tip-off, said
he enjoyed the
tournament.
Its fun to play in, Nichols said.
The level of play is pretty good. Its
competitive.
EditedbyElizabethCattell
Chi Omega 1 defeats Chi
Omega 2 in 3-on-3 fnals
The women of Chi Omega
Lambda dominated the homecom-
ing 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
Mallory Hammersmith, Olathe
senior, said she was estatic about
winning and that this was Chi
Omegas fourth year in a row.
With three consecutive champi-
onships coming in, this years came
as no surprise.
Were competitive in all events,
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said. Its a great way to get the girls
involved.
Chi Omegas odds of winning
seemed likely, but not just because
the women had previous wins
under their belts. The sorority had
three teams involved in the tourna-
ment, with Chi Omega 1 defeating
Chi Omega 3 in the fnals.
It shows we care about KU and
that things are important to us
outside of our house, LeRoy said.

KathrynKisthardt
Homecoming
No referees, just good
old-fashioned fun
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Mallory Mahoney, Russell freshman, jump stops in front of Mandy Smith, Shawnee junior, duringTuesday nights Homecoming 3-on-3 basketball
tournament. The tournament tested players stamina, lasting from5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Homecoming
3-on-3 intramural
Basketball results
Division: mens
champions: Phi Delt 2
Team members:
Koytt Nichols - sophomore
Cameron Heck - sophomore
Philip Ozorkiewicz - fresh-
man
Steven Fee - freshman
2nd: DU 3
3rd: SAE Old Ball
Division: Womens
champions: chi omega 1
Team members:
Jennifer Ruck - sophomore
Mallory Hammersmith
- senior
Laura Frizell - junior
Erica Lathrop - junior
Amanda Hammersmith - fresh-
man
2nd: Chi Omega 3
3rd: Tri Delta 2
co-recreational
champions: showtime
(non-greek)
Team members:
Angelo Phillips - junior
Stephanie Gerber - senior
Ricky Thrash - junior
2nd: SAE/Tri-Delt
3rd: DU/Chi 0 1
3-on-3 basketball tournament provides competition
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Aaron Rogers, Manhattan sophomore, drives up for two between Shawnee juniors Mandy Smith and Marcus Rivers. The tournament had mens,
womens and co-recreational divisions.
Its fun to play in. The level of
play is pretty good. Its competi-
tive.
KOyTT NICHOLS
Springhill sophomore
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Aaron Rogers, Manhattan sophomore, powers up for two during a 3-on-3 coed game in the
Student Recreation and Fitness Center. The tournament was held onTuesday night as part of this
weeks homecoming activities.
ASSoCiATeD PreSS
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Colorado Rockies picked up pitcher
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Wednesday and declined their $3.75
million option on reliever LaTroy
Hawkins.
The Rockies also announced
they will bring back manager Clint
Hurdles entire coaching staff next
season.
Cook started Game 4 of the
World Series against the Red Sox
and pitched valiantly, allowing three
runs and six hits in six-plus innings.
Still, he took the loss as Boston com-
pleted a sweep with a 4-3 victory. It
was Cooks first major league outing
since Aug. 10 because of a strained
muscle in his side.
That injury probably cost Cook
$500,000. If he pitched 21 1-3 more
innings this season his 2008 option
would become guaranteed at $5 mil-
lion.
Cook, the teams opening-day
starter, finished 8-7 with a 4.12 ERA
in 25 starts covering 166 innings.
The right-handers career was side-
tracked a few years ago because of
life-threatening blood clots in his
lungs.
Hawkins joined the Rockies
before the season and went 2-5 with
a 3.42 ERA in 62 appearances. The
right-hander gets a $250,000 buy-
out. His salary this year was $3.25
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BY EMILY MUSKIN
emuskin@kansan.com
Te KU sailing club is out to have
fun, compete and turn around some
old stereotypes.
When most people think of sail-
ing, they imagine wine, crackers and
cheese on a big, slow boat, Scott Da-
lin, Wichita senior, said. Dalin has
spent the past four years on the KU
sailing club doing just the opposite.
He described racing as physically
and mentally fast paced.
Eight racers on the 25-member coed
KU sailing club compete, while the re-
mainder of the them sail recreationally.
Tat does not stop the racing members
from being highly competitive around
the nation. Last year, the team placed
fourth in districts and were just several
points away from qualifying for the
national tournament.
Tis spring, the team travels to
Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin and
Chicago. Danielle Giampoli, Chi-
cago junior, said the yearly trip to
her hometown was always especially
memorable. She said that her favorite
sailing memory was when the team
raced in Chicago last Tanksgiving
because her family and friends were
able to see her race.
At every regatta, there are various
types of competitions. Te races vary
by size of boat and how many people
are in the boat at one time. Dalin
competes in several events, includ-
ing the single-handed Olympic Laser
class. Tis competition has been a
part of the summer Olympics since
1996 and only requires one person
in the boat at a time. Dalin said that
he drew inspiration from this type of
racing because the boats were built
identical to one another, leaving the
skill of the sailor as the only variable
that difered from boat to boat. Te
competition is ofen challenging for
KU because the team primarily faces
southern schools that sail a longer
season. But the team still manages
to fnd a way into the top spots of its
district each year.
Aside from the regattas, KU sail-
ing club is a unique sport that creates
an enjoyable venue for people of all
ages and experience levels. Dalin and
Giampoli sailed for the larger part of
their lives, while other members ex-
perienced their frst sailing lesson on
Clinton Lake with the team.
I started racing when I was fve
and probably wont stop until I cant
move anymore, Alli Jones, Bloom-
ington, Minn., junior, said.
Te team does not hold tryouts and
welcomes anyone who is interested in
competing in sailing or just having a
good time and meeting new people.
Tough the sailors may not down a
bottle of wine on the sailboat, the team
always remembers to have fun while
remaining focused on competition.
Edited by Meghan Murphy
Team focuses
on competition,
fun in water
Club SportS
KU sailing club
Alli Jones, Bloomington,
Minn., junior
Andy Spalding, St. Louis, Mo.,
junior
Jill Dryden, Houston junior
Danielle Giampoli, Chicago
junior
Evan Charles, Wichita senior
Scott Dalin, Wichita senior
Andrew Conyers, Kansas
City, Kan., sophomore
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
The disappointment contin-
ued for the Kansas volleyball team
against Baylor Wednesday night.
The losses are starting to pile up.
Baylor defeated Kansas 3-1 (30-
19, 20-30, 30-24, 30-22) Wednesday
night in Waco, Texas, dropping
Kansas to 10-14 and 3-11 in the
Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks
have lost six in a row and nine of
their past 10 games, and havent
won since an Oct. 10 home match
against Colorado.
Its just an inability to sustain a
level for an hour and a half that you
need to to be successful, coach Ray
Bechard said. The key is to play
better longer, and our players see
that and its frustrating.
Kansas played one of its bet-
ter offensive games of the season.
Freshman outside hitter Jenna
Kaiser had 16 kills and a .538 hit-
ting percentage, while senior right
side/setter Emily Brown finished
with her third consecutive triple
double. Brown finished with 13
kills, 25 assists and 12 digs. Senior
middle blocker Natalie Uhart added
12 kills and five blocks, while soph-
omore setter Katie Martincich had
23 assists and 13 digs. Bechard said
he was pleased with his teams .264
hitting percentage, one of the high-
est of the season.
But despite Kansas offensive
success, the Jayhawks couldnt stop
the Baylor onslaught. The Bears
produced one of the best offensive
efforts in school history. Baylor fin-
ished with 72 kills and a .374 hit-
ting percentage, the third best four-
game hitting percentage in Baylor
volleyball history.
In games three and four we just
did nothing to slow them down,
Bechard said. Thats a sign of youth
and lack of experience.
Middle blocker Ashley
Breyfogle and outside hitter Ashlie
Christenson led Baylor with 18 kills
each during Baylors fifth straight
victory. Setter Taylor Barnes had
eight kills, 56 assists and eight digs.
Baylor improved to 14-10 and 6-7
in the Big 12.
This team is getting better every
time they play, Baylor coach Jim
Barnes said in a postgame radio
interview.
Kansas is struggling to stay afloat.
That wasnt the case when these two
teams met on Oct. 17. Kansas was
10-9 and 3-6 in the Big 12 before
that game, while Baylor was 9-10
and 1-7 in the Big 12. Two weeks
later, Kansas hasnt won another
game and Baylor hasnt lost.
Theyre more comfortable at
home obviously, Bechard said.
They kept the pressure on us. Both
teams came in knowing what the
other was going to do, and they
executed their plan better than we
did.
Kansas returns home to play
Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Saturday at the
Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
Edited by Meghan Murphy
volleyball
Kansas falls to 3-11 in Big 12
Despite offensive success, Jayhawks fall to Baylor causes sixth loss in a row
Laurisa Lopez/Baylor Lariat Staf
Jayhawk players protect the net against a Baylor drive Wednesday night inWaco, Texas. Baylor defeated Kansas in one of its best ofensive eforts in
school history, 3-1 (30-19, 20-30, 30-24, 30-22), dropping Kansas to 10-14 overall and 3-11 in the Big 12 Conference.
Laurisa Lopez/Baylor Lariat Staf
Freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser goes up for a block against Baylor Wednesday night.
Depite the Jayhawk defeat, Kaiser had 16 kills and a .538 hitting percentage.
SPORTS 6B THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
SPORTS
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THE VIGIL DIVINE LITURGY
Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 15 at 6p.m.
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Tuesday, Nov. 6 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Underground
The single best way to avoid getting the u is to get the u
vaccine. Student Health Services is holding u clinics that are
open to all KU students, faculty, staff and retirees (ages 18 and over).
Cost
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(Nasal mist for ages 4 - 49; subject to availability.)
Cant make it to a clinic? You can also get a u shot or the nasal
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At each game, the student section
has looked like a ghost town by the
third quarter, which is a completely
different topic for another time.
You might think that this season,
the fans would have some faith in
the football team and would not
think a victory against Nebraska
this weekend would warrant tearing
down the goalposts. But considering
students tore down the goalposts
after consecutive home victories
against Kansas State, it is quite pos-
sible the same could happen this
weekend.
This season Kansas is ranked No.
8 in the BCS standings and is unde-
feated. Though it is an exciting time
for Kansas football, students need
to realize the Jayhawks are 17-point
favorites in this weekends game.
Nebraska, which was ranked No.
19 in the preseason, is now 4-5 (1-4
in Big 12) and is possibly headed
toward its worst season since 1961
when the team went 3-6-1.
A victory this weekend would
give Kansas its first 9-0 start since
1909. While this could be monu-
mental for the program, the team
would still have three games remain-
ing in the regular season. Students
should realize a victory against a 4-5
team whose star quarterback, senior
Sam Keller, is injured and out for the
season, is in no way a reason to tear
down the goalposts.
Edited by Rachel Bock
The seniors and juniors have been
practicing for years. They know how
to play the Jayhawk system and play
with each other, but the freshmen
are at a slight disadvantage. College
has been a blur for Aldrich and
freshman guard Tyrel Reed.
Its come real fast, Reed said. I
feel like I just moved into the Towers
the other day.
The freshmen have had to put in
extra time after practice to get famil-
iar with the Jayhawk system and
keep up with the veterans. Aldrich
said he looked at a handbook with
all the plays in it every night after he
finished doing his homework.
If Aldrich and Reed learn the sys-
tem soon, they could still have trou-
ble finding minutes. Kansas returns
everyone from last seasons Elite
Eight team except Julian Wright.
Expectations are high again. The
Jayhawks are ranked No. 4 in the
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and
are favorites to win the Big 12 for the
fourth straight year.
The season may be starting early,
but none of the players are complain-
ing. Theyre excited, even Aldrich.
He doesnt mind waiting a little lon-
ger to eat his candy.
Its going to be fun, Aldrich said.
They said to just enjoy it. Not too
many people get to go out there with
16,300 people cheering for you.
Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
wheeler (continued from 1b)
past incidents
Sept. 27, 2003 Kansas defeated No. 23 Missouri 35-14 in the frst key win of the
Mark Mangino era.
Oct. 9, 2004 Kansas ended an 11-game losing streak to Kansas State by win-
ning 31-28.
Oct. 29, 2005 Kansas beat Missouri 13-3.
Nov. 5, 2005 Kansas ended a 38-game losing streak to Nebraska with a 40-15
home victory.
Nov. 26, 2005 Kansas clinched Bowl-eligibility with a 24-21 win against Iowa
State.
Nov. 18, 2006 Kansas beat Kansas State for the second-straight time at home.
Date event legitimate?
Yes.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
No.
basketball
(continued from 1b)
AssociAted Press
SAN DIEGO Mike Cameron,
the Padres Gold Glove center fielder,
was suspended for the first 25 games
of next season on Wednesday after
testing positive a second time for a
banned stimulant.
Cameron said he believed he took
a tainted supplement.
The one thing I wanted to make
sure was explained is, no steroids,
Cameron told AM 1090, the Padres
flagship radio station. I never took
nothing like that before in my life.
That would be 50 games, and that
would affect me a whole lot more.
Cameron issued a statement
through his agent, saying doctors
for the players association helped
him narrow down what triggered the
positive test.
After all of the analysis and test-
ing, I can only conclude that a nutri-
tional supplement I was taking was
tainted, he said. Unfortunately,
the actual supplement is gone, and
therefore cannot be tested. Without
the actual supplement in hand, the
rules are clear, and I must accept the
suspension.
Players who initially test positive
for a stimulant receive counseling.
Suspensions begin only with a sec-
ond positive test.
Mike has been a valuable mem-
ber of the Padres over the last two
seasons who has been respected for
his contributions on the field, his
stature in the clubhouse and his
involvement in the San Diego com-
munity, Padres CEO Sandy Alderson
said in a statement. Accordingly, the
Padres are extremely disappointed
that Mike has tested positive for a
stimulant banned by MLBs drug
policy.
Cameron is best-known for hit-
ting four home runs in a game in
2002 and for a frightening collision
in Petco Park three seasons later.
mlb
Padres cameron tests positive, suspended
prOfeSSiONal
Duncan a superstar,
only real winner
AssociAted Press
The baseball season ended
with an arrogant superstar taking
some of the fun out of the World
Series. Two days later, the basket-
ball season began with an arro-
gant superstar telling everyone
hes no longer having any fun.
Alex Rodriguez is so greedy
he cant get by on just $25 million
a year anymore. Kobe Bryant is
so self-absorbed he cant figure
out why Jerry Buss doesnt just
give him the Los Angeles Lakers
and let him pick his own team-
mates.
One of the perks, of course,
of being a superstar is that youre
able to get away with just about
anything. As long as you pro-
duce, fans will still love you.
So when the home fans booed
him opening night at Staples
Center, Bryant seemed a bit
taken aback by the reception. But
it wasnt long before those same
fans were cheering their star
when he almost led the Lakers
back from a 12-point deficit in
the final few minutes against the
Houston Rockets.
And dont let the Dont Sign
A-Rod chants from Red Sox
fans fool you. They already have
a World Series winner, but you
can be sure fans in Los Angeles,
Queens or San Francisco would
be more than happy to have the
overpaid star in their uniform.
A-Rod picked the World
Series to announce his breakup
with the Yankees because its not
only all about the Benjamins, but
all about him. So while hes never
played in a World Series, he can
one day tell his grandchildren
that he was once the talk of one.
Bryant, meanwhile, has
already spoiled what figures to
be an awfully long season for Jack
Nicholson & Co. in Los Angeles.
His interaction with his team-
mates on opening night seemed
stilted and forced, which isnt
surprising since hes basically told
them theyre not good enough to
play with him.
Meanwhile, down in Texas,
Time Duncan, who defines what
a superstar, should really be qui-
etly negotiated a contract exten-
sion, picked up his fourth ring,
and just as quietly went about the
business of playing basketball for
the San Antonio Spurs.
All three are true superstars.
All three are dominant in what
they do.
But only one is a real winner.
san Diego Padres Mike Cameron is con-
gratulated upon returning to the dugout after
scoring a run in the eighth inning against the
Arizona Diamondbacks in San Diego on Aug. 29.
Cameron was suspended for the frst 25 games
of the 2008 season onWednesday after testing
positive a second time for a banned stimulant.
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BCS repS attending
The Jayhawks 8-0 start has
grabbed the attention of nearly
everyone in college football, includ-
ing members of the bowl selection
committees. Representatives from
the Cotton, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange
bowls will attend Saturdays game
against Nebraska to catch a glimpse
of Kansas, one of the nations five
undefeated teams. Two officials from
each bowl will watch the game.
new Starting Corner-
BaCk
The depth chart underwent
some tweaking this week, as junior
Kendrick Harper officially replaced
freshman Chris Harris at the starting
right cornerback spot. Harris started
the first seven games of the season
before playing a more limited role
last weekend at Texas A&M. Harris,
a true freshman,
has fared well in
his first season,
with 33 tackles
and one inter-
ception. Harper
earned co-defen-
sive player of the
week honors for
his seven-tackle
performance last weekend and has
recorded 12 tackles since returning
from an injury that held him out of
the first four games.
UnprediCtaBle
Nebraskas defense could be tough
for Kansas to scout. After playing
conservatively for the majority of the
season, the Cornhuskers blitzed exten-
sively against Texas last weekend. The
change of philosophy did not go unno-
ticed in the Kansas meeting rooms.
The Jayhawks
are focused on
making in-game
adjustments to
whatever style of
defense Nebraska
brings, senior
tight end Derek
Fine said.

Asher Fusco
Harris Fine
AssociAted Press
ST. LOUIS John Mozeliaks
month-long stint as St. Louis
Cardinals interim general man-
ager was a strong selling point
that he could be their long-term
solution.
Mozeliak had been the teams
assistant GM for five years before
Walt Jocketty was dismissed
Oct. 3. During the search pro-
cess, he moved swiftly to retain
three pitchers, then got Jockettys
job and a three-year contract on
Wednesday.
I can tell you I was extremely
impressed with what he got done,
team president Mark Lamping
said. We didnt miss a step we
took a step forward.
Mozeliak has been with the
organization for more than a
dozen years. His hiring, along
with the two-year contract man-
ager Tony La Russa signed nine
days earlier, signifies a belief last
years 78-84 record was a misstep
rather than a downward trend
for the 2006 World Series cham-
pions.
But Mozeliak said he wont be a
Jocketty clone. Mozeliak might be
more impulsive than his predeces-
sor, and unlike Jocketty, he doesnt
mind including other organiza-
tional points of view in the deci-
sion-making process.
I think moving forward and
thinking ahead I will be my own
man, Mozeliak said. The biggest
thing I learned from Walt is he
was a very patient man, and I do
admire that.
I do think he and I are very
different people, and hopefully in
the next few years you can see
why.
As interim GM, Mozeliak
picked up an $8 million option
on closer Jason Isringhausen, re-
signed starter Joel Pineiro to a
two-year, $13 million deal, and re-
signed reliever Russ Springer to a
one-year, $3.5 million deal.
High on his agenda now is a
decision whether to pursue short-
stop David Eckstein, who has filed
for free agency. The Cardinals also
are in the market for another start-
ing pitcher and an outfield bat.
Id say hes high-energy, proac-
tive and he wants to accomplish
things, chairman Bill DeWitt
said. Mo has been instrumental
in our success this decade. He
brings a great deal of strength to
all areas of our operation.
The Cardinals interviewed
three other assistant general
managers: Chris Antonetti of the
Indians, Peter Woodfork of the
Diamondbacks and Rick Hahn
of the Rockies. Also interviewed
was Jon Weil, manager of minor
leagues for the Rockies.
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Bryants continued success keeps him with Lakers
AssociAted Press
He took the lions share of the
shots, scored nearly half the points
and almost stole the game at the
end.
About the only thing different
between the way the Lakers ended
last season and began this one is
that most of the people booing Kobe
Bryant happened to be sitting in
Staples Center.
A healthy chorus of catcalls greet-
ed his introduction Tuesday night
in Los Angeles, and it turns out
the crowd was only warming up.
They howled again the first time
Bryant touched the ball and coach
Phil Jackson, who should have seen
this coming, didnt.
I turned to one of my coaches,
Jackson told the Los Angeles Times,
and said, Are those boos? And one
of them said, Yeah, those are boos. I
was surprised.
This could be a messy season in
the NBA. There is so much unfin-
ished business left that commis-
sioner David Stern should have been
required to write an essay, Things I
Didnt Do Over the Summer, before
the league opened its doors. Theres
the lingering aroma of disgraced
referee Tim Donaghy, the border-
line competence of some officials
he left behind, competitive imbal-
ance, the growing West vs. East
divide and thats just the opening
paragraph.
But nowhere is it going to be
messier than in Los Angeles.
At least until Kobe splits.
One game doesnt make a sea-
son, but this one was close. Bryant
was his brilliant, maddening self.
And the other team in this case,
Houston was better. The Rockets,
coincidentally, also happen to be one
of (insert your own number here)
teams rumored to be a possible des-
tination for Bryant.
But like almost all the others, the
front office there devoted no more
time trying to win the Kobe sweep-
stakes than it did the Publishers
Clearing House.
Ever since Shaquille ONeal lit
out of L.A. with the three rings he
and Kobe won together, the Lakers
havent had a supporting cast even
that good. Its hard to say whom that
has frustrated more.
There hasnt been enough talent
in Los Angeles to swap for any of the
sidekicks that have topped Bryants
wish lists the last few seasons: Kevin
Garnett, Jermaine ONeal and Jason
Kidd.
To the growing legion of Kobe-
haters, its a perfect standoff; theres
no reward more just than losing
for someone whos desperate to win
but only on his terms.
There might be something noble
about Bryants stubbornness, if only
he suffered his fate a little more
nobly. More typical, though, is what
Bryant did this summer, telling one
radio interviewer that he wanted to
be traded, then going on a second
show later the same day and rescind-
ing his request.
Instead of getting mad or mad-
der, since the soap opera has been
going on for some time Lakers
owner Jerry Buss decided to get
even. He told an interviewer barely
three weeks ago that the Lakers were
listening to trade offers for Bryant.
At any time, I think you have to
do that with anybody, Buss said.
Its just part of the game, to listen
to somebody who has a dissatisfied
player that you think is going to fit.
You cant keep too many loyalties.
Youve got to look at it as a business.
(Bryant) looks at it the same way I
look at it.
Question Buss timing if you
want, since optimism runs so high
at the start of every season that
few teams are willing to blow up
their roster. But questioning his
motives is another matter. Bryant
might be the best player in the
league. But if Buss is finally serious
about unloading him, then Bryant
has probably become its biggest
headache as well.
Based on the scant evidence so
far, Jacksons concerns that Bryant
would be too distracted by the trade
talk to perform at his best turned out
to be unfounded. The funny thing,
though, is that the more Bryant suc-
ceeds, the more he entices general
managers around the league to take
a shot at prying him away and the
less likely the Lakers are to move
him.
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guard Kobe Bryant
yells during the
second half of a
basketball game
against the Houston
Rockets in Los Angeles
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By JOHN NADEL
AssOciAtED PrEss
LOS ANGELES General man-
ager Ned Colletti acknowledged
Wednesday he had spoken with
Joe Torre about managing the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
While Colletti insisted they had
not agreed on a contract, he indi-
cated the former New York Yankees
manager was the leading candidate
to replace Grady Little, who resigned
on Tuesday.
Weve had some conversations
with him very recently, Colletti said.
Certainly as you look at his resume
and what hes done and the market
hes done it in, youve certainly got to
start there.
Having said that, Colletti was
quick to point out that other candi-
dates were also being considered.
Were talking about a number of
people, Colletti said. Were cross-
ing off names. It may be a very short
list.
Colletti said he was aware of base-
balls directive regarding minorities
being interviewed for open manage-
rial jobs, but wouldnt say wheth-
er the Dodgers would honor the
request.
Were taking it into consider-
ation. Well see how things go, he
said. Id rather look at what weve
done. What weve done speaks well.
I think its pretty indicative of a thor-
ough thought process.
By any reasonable gauge, Torres
name is at the top of the Dodgers
list. However, when asked whether
the parties dis-
cussed money
and if they were
close to a deal,
Colletti retreat-
ed.
We have
interest, he said.
It may be mutu-
al, thats really a
question for the
other side.
I dont cat-
egorize anything
as close, far. Its either done or its
not done. Were still trying to learn
about each other. Theres been some
light discussions to try and get a feel.
Im not going to get into where the
negotiations are. Its still early in the
process in some ways.
Torres agent, Maury Gostfrand,
declined comment Wednesday.
Soon after Little resigned Tuesday,
published reports said Torre and
the Dodgers already reached a deal,
some claiming he agreed in principle
to a three-year contract worth $14.5
million.
Ive watched stuff in the last 72
hours that I cant believe Im watch-
ing, Colletti said. I can tell you we
do not have an
agreement. Ive
seen more inac-
curacy than I
can ever remem-
ber.
Still, it would
be a surprise
at this stage if
Torre didnt fol-
low in the foot-
steps of Hall of
Famers Walter
Alston and Tom
Lasorda in what would likely be the
final chapter of his own Hall of Fame
career.
Colletti acknowledged the buzz
surrounding Torre might cause other
potential candidates to decline to be
interviewed.
Thats certainly a factor, Colletti
said. I believe it will play a role.
The 67-year-old Torre, who man-
aged the Yankees to four World Series
titles and 12 playoff appearances in
12 seasons, completed a $19.2 mil-
lion, three-year contract this year.
He ranks eighth on baseballs career
list with 2,067 victories and has won
a record 76 postseason games.
Colletti said he sensed Little was
leaning toward stepping down, so
he began discussing the job recently
with potential replacements. One of
those candidates, the GM acknowl-
edged, was Joe Girardi, hired by the
Yankees as Torres successor earlier
Tuesday.
The Dodgers entered this season
as the clear-cut favorite to win the
NL West. They had the leagues best
record in mid-July, but lost 11 of
their last 14 games to fade out of
contention, finishing at 82-80.
Once one of baseballs glamour
franchises, the Dodgers struggled in
recent years, failing to win a single
playoff series since winning the 1988
World Series. In fact, theyve won
only one playoff game since winning
their sixth Series championship.
Since Lasorda stepped down dur-
ing the 1996 season, the Dodgers are
1-9 in postseason action. The lone
victory came three years ago, when
they lost to St. Louis 3-1 in an NL
division series.
The Dodgers won the NL wild
card in 2006, Littles first year as their
manager, but were swept by the New
York Mets in the first round of the
playoffs.
Torre and his former bench coach,
Don Mattingly, have discussed the
possibility of joining the Dodgers
together, according to a person with
knowledge of those talks. The per-
son spoke on condition of anonym-
ity because the managers position in
Los Angeles was vacant.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti considers Joe Torre as new manager
mlb
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NewYork Yankees picked experience over popularity Monday. The Yankees ofered the managers
job, left vacant by Joe Torre, left, to Joe Girardi, right, at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away
fromthe franchise. Torre, who managed the Yankees to four World Series titles and 12 playof appear-
ances in 12 seasons, completed a three-year contract this year.
nfl
By cOLiN FLy
AssOciAtED PrEss
GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre
said hes relying on his experience in
his 17th season to lift the Packers.
Now hes on the brink of leading his
young teammates to heights even he
never accomplished.
Green Bay has a five-game road
winning streak for the first time in
nine years. The last time Green Bay
won six in a row on the road was
between 1966 and 1967, when Vince
Lombardis Packers won the first two
Super Bowls.
Favre, who has the most wins in
NFL history as a starting quarter-
back, said Wednesday hes offsetting
some of Green Bays youthful exu-
berance while off to a 6-1 start.
Where I need to be the differ-
ence maker is with my experience
and knowledge of the game, Favre
said. I think for the most part Ive
done that.
Its obvious that the Packers under
second-year coach Mike McCarthy
have figured out ways to win on the
road. Besides winning 10 of their last
11 overall, the Packers are 8-3 away
from Lambeau Field since McCarthy
took over.
I know as you get older, age,
youre fighting that, but I still feel
like I can make all the plays, Favre
said.
Favres experience
leads young team
Ive watched stuf in the last
72 hours that I cant believe Im
watching. I can tell you we do
not have an agreement.
ned colletti
los Angeles dodgers GM
Lets be honest. Nothing.
This is an exhibition game, and
the earliest one at that. The
Jayhawks have been practicing
for only three weeks; theres an
entire season left to be played.
Kansas will probably look a little
rusty, and it wont matter. The
real season doesnt start until
Arizona comes to town in late
November.
Sophomore forward Darrell
Arthur has been the man in
practice. He missed part of the
summer
because
of a stress
fracture but
has made up
for lost time.
In last years
frst exhibi-
tion game,
Arthur scored
21 points. Expect a similar
performance.
Will the Jayhawks top 100
points?
Much of the preseason talk
has centered around a high-
powered ofense that is at its
best when the team runs. The
last time Kansas scored 100
points? Nov. 23 against Chami-
nade in the Maui Invitational.
The Jayhawks did score 99
points against Washburn in
their frst exhibition game last
year.
Like I said last year after the
UCLA game, were going to be
a great team, and I really mean
that. Were going to be a great
team this year. Were going to
have our ups and downs. Were
going to hit a wall somewhere
during the season and were
going to bust through that wall
and make something great hap-
pen this year.
Darnell Jackson, senior forward
Your stuf does look good in
practice because you guard stuf
a certain way. Other people guard
diferently, and you see how you
react to that. Our guys will be
excited to play, and it will be fun.
I just want to see where we are
when the lights are on. Were not
ready to play yet, but hopefully
we will be in a couple weeks.
Bill Self, coach
(The seniors) just come out
and give us the mindset we have
to work hard and be able to play
every time we step on the court.
Were an older team and a better,
mature team, and you can see
that in the way we play.
Mario Chalmers, junior guard
For Pittsburg State, this is
more than a November exhibi-
tion game. Its an opportunity
to prove that Division II players
can hang tough against a
top-fve team. Pittsburg State
players also get an opportunity
to play at Allen Fieldhouse. The
Gorillas are picked to fnished
third in the Mid-America
Intercollegiate Athletics As-
sociation, and theyll play more
important games, but tonight
they will experience some-
thing they will never forget.
You think they will be a little
excited?
While the Pittsburg State
roster is flled with unfamiliar
names, the teams coach has
one of the
most famous
surnames in
the history
of basketball.
Gene Iba,
who has been
at Pittsburg
State since
1996, is the
nephew of legendary Okla-
homa State basketball coach
Henry Hank Iba. Henry Iba
amassed 652 victories in 36
seasons at Oklahoma State.
Gene Iba has 450 victories in
27 seasons as a head coach.
He coached at Houston Baptist
University and Baylor Univer-
sity before fnding a home at
Pittsburg State.
Will Kansas overlook Pitts-
burg State?
Who are these guys? Thats
the question that will probably
be running through the heads
of Kansas players right before
the opening tip. However, Pitts-
burg State returns four starters
from a team that qualifed for
the Division II NCAA Tourna-
ment last season. It could be
easy for Kansas to go through
the motions and use its superior
athleticism to cruise to a 20-
point victory. But relying on its
athleticism against the Pittburg
States of its schedule will not
help Kansas justify its preseason
hype.
Obviously, the exhibition
season is a lot to deal with. That
said, it gives our players and our
fans a great deal of enjoyment. I
dont know that any of the Divi-
sion II schools in the state have
played KU, K-State and Wichita
State all in the same year.
Pittsburg State coach Gene Iba
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pittsburg state at Kansas 7 p.m. tonight, allen Fieldhouse, Jayhawk t.V.
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hear ye, hear ye
(stats are from the 2006-2007 season)
Player Avg. Min. FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Avg. Reb Avg. Pts.
1 Aaron Jackson JR TR N/A
3 Chris Roe SR 10.0 18-44 12-33 0.7 2.1
5 Keith Windom SR 23.1 65-191 43-125 1.8 7.7
12 Zach Quick FR N/A
14 Andy Smith FR N/A
20 Jarez Howard JR TR N/A
22 Nathan Lang SR 10.0 28-70 1-3 3.1 2.8
24 Carlos Taylor JR 26.5 73-179 41-99 2.4 10.1
30 Spencer Magana SO 10.0 29-76 15-45 0.8 3.1
32 Justin McCoy JR 4.9 7-19 1-4 0.5 1.1
33 Jef Ivory JR TR N/A
34 Bryan Campbell FR N/A
40 Jerry Nash JR TR N/A
42 Seth Burris FR N/A
44 Cory Abercrombie SR 25.3 176-307 0-0 5.9 14.5
55 Michael Hutchingson SR 22.9 50-140 15-45 3.8 4.7
the projected starting Five
Carlos Taylor, junior guard
Taylor stared 17 games last season, averaged 10.1
points per game, and is one of Pittburg States biggest
three-point threats. Expect him to start bombing away
from beyond the arc if the Gorillas fall too far behind.
Keith Windom, senior guard
Windom started 11 games last season and led
Pittsburg State in assists with a paltry 2.5 per game.
Aaron Jackson, junior guard
Jackson is a junior-college transfer from Cof-
feyville Community College in Dallas, Texas. He
shoots, passes and rebounds well for a 62 guard.
Michael Hutchingson, senior forward
Coach Gene Iba says Hutchingson, a Kansas City,
Kan., native, has evolved into one the team leaders
after starting 16 games last season.
Cory Abercrombie, senior center
What a great name. The Pittsburg State athlet-
ics Web site says that Abercrombie, who averaged
14.5 points per game last year, is a Division II
All-American candidate. Well see.

the sixth man
Nathan Lang, senior forward
The 68Lang is one of the few Pitts-
burg State players who can measure up
to Kansaspost players well, at least
height wise. Lang only started one
game last season for the Gorillas,
but he developed into a valuable
role player, averaging 2.8 points
and 3.1 rebounds per game.
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Kansas should play through rust, cruise to victory in exhibition
the projected starting Five
Russell Robinson, senior guard
Think about it: only one more season of hearing
New York, New York when he runs onto the court.
Lets enjoy it while we can.
Mario Chalmers, junior guard
Chalmers is ready to become a leader. During
preseason pick-up games, he would often volun-
teer to organize the teams. He said Kansas coach
Bill Self wanted all three guards to be leaders.
Sherron Collins, sophomore guard
Thats right, three guards in the starting lineup.
Its not for sure theyll all be starting, but Self said
Collins, Chalmers and Robinson would spend about
15 to 20 minutes together on the court.
Darrell Arthur, sophomore forward
Ask Arthur about last season, and hell tell you he
was too much of a ball hog. This season, he wants
to become a better passer. Hell need to pass if he
wants to make up for the loss of Julian Wright.
Sasha Kaun, senior center
Self said Kaun had the most productive ofsea-
son of his Kansas career this summer. Self wants
him to be a consistent double-digit scorer and
rebounder. Oh yeah, wait til you see the hair.
the sixth man
Rodrick Stewart, senior guard
Stewart has been one of the
most impres-
sive players
in practice
so far. Hes
a perfect
ft to fll in
for Rushs
defense
and could
play power forward if the Jayhawks
want to play really small ball.
allen FieldhoUse will rocK iF...
The Jayhawks walk on the court. The frst game of the sea-
son is always interesting, and this year has more story lines than
the last few years. Who will step up for Brandon Rush? Can Sherron
Collins and Darrell Arthur make the jump from good freshmen to two
of the best players in the conference? How are freshmen Tyrel Reed,
Cole Aldrich and Conner Teahan going to perform? Will Bill Self fnally
lead a team to a Final Four?Not all of these questions will be answered
tonight, but this is at least a start. Basketball fans have waited for this
night for almost eight months, and its fnally here. Kansas doesnt have
to prove anything tonight. This is a game that fans can watch and en-
joy without worrying about their team losing, a game players can use
to gain experience and work out the jitters and a game coaches can
use to try new things. Basketball is back, and thats all that matters.
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Arthur
phog allen will roll over
in his grave iF...
Sorry, no possible chance of that
tonight. This is an exhibition game.
Nothing counts. It would obvi-
ously be a historic upset if Pitts-
burg State defeated Kansas,
but thats not going to hap-
pen. The Gorillas could keep
the game close for the frst
few minutes, but if the Jayhawks
have a terrible game, they will still
win by double digits. Kansas just has
too much talent. Mario Chalmers, Russell
Robinson and Sherron Collins are three of
the best defensive guards in the country.
Theyll prevent Pittsburgh States guards
from penetrating. And if Carlos Taylor
and Keith Windom do dish the ball
of to the Gorillasbig men, it wont
matter. Pittsburg States tallest
player is 68,and its front court will
be hopeless against shot blockers
like Sasha Kaun and Darrell Arthur.
105-60
Kansas will start the game with something like an 18-4 run, and Pitts-
burg State will never come closer. This one is going to be a blowout.
Witherspoon meter
Will senior walk-on Brad Witherspoon get the opportunity to play
tonight? This meter tells all. Very High
(stats are from the 2006-2007 season)
Player Avg. Min. FG-FGA 3FG-FGA Avg. Reb. Avg. Pts.
00 Arthur, Darrell SO 19.0 155-288 0-5 4.7 9.8
2 Teahan, Conner FR N/A
3 Robinson, Russell SR 28.3 85-195 27-78 3.1 7.2
4 Collins, Sherron SO 22.3 129-270 47-116 2.3 9.3
5 Stewart, Rodrick SR 5.8 10-28 5-11 0.8 0.9
10 Case, Jeremy SR 5.2 13-31 10-27 0.6 1.9
11 Bechard, Brennan JR 2.2 1-3 1-3 0.3 0.3
12 Morningstar, Brady SO 5.6 13-26 4-9 0.8 2.1
14 Reed, Tyrel FR N/A
15 Chalmers, Mario JR 29.2 159-324 59-146 3.0 12.2
22 Chase Buford FR NA
24 Kaun, Sasha SR 17.4 88-166 0-0 3.8 5.9
25 Rush, Brandon JR 32.5 186-420 75-174 5.6 13.8
32 Jackson, Darnell SR 15.4 71-129 0-0 5.1 5.5
40 Witherspoon, Brad SR 1.7 1-6 0-2 0.4 0.3
45 Cole Aldrich FR N/A
54 Kleinmann, Matt JR 4.4 5-9 0-0 0.9 0.9 V
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