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    INSIDE
    By Mary Sorrick
    msorrick@kansan.com
    Bottled water is the drink of choice
    for many University of Kansas students,
    whose purchase of 437,000 bottles of water
    last year constituted almost a third of all
    campus beverage sales, said David Mucci,
    director of Kansas Memorial Unions.
    Bottled water has also become a
    favorite among Americans, who buy
    28 billion bottles each year, according
    to the Beverage
    M a r k e t i n g
    Corporation.
    Though, amid
    surging sales, many
    environmentalists
    have questioned
    the logic of bottled
    water consumption.
    Research shows
    that bottled water
    offers no signifi-
    cant health benefit
    that tap water doesnt offer.
    Despite this, consumers pay extra to
    drink water shipped from exotic loca-
    tions such as Fiji and France.
    The plastic bottles, once discarded,
    accumulate in city landfills and leach
    chemicals into the environment.
    HEaltH BENEfItS
    Students on campus pay $1.25 for a
    20-ounce bottle of Dasani. That trans-
    lates to $8 per gallon more than twice
    as expensive as a gallon of gas. For this
    hefty price, the bottled water is likely
    to be just as clean as the municipal tap
    water Lawrence gets from the Kansas
    River and Clinton Reservoir.
    According to the Food and Drug
    Administration, federal standards for
    bottled water are almost identical to those
    for tap water. As a result, neither one is
    significantly cleaner than the other.
    Though the FDA monitors lead in
    bottled water more closely than the
    Environmental Protection Agency
    monitors tap water, that potential ben-
    efit is offset by the presence of fluoride
    in city water.
    Fluoride, which improves dental
    health, gets filtered out of bottled water.
    The Natural Resources Defense
    Council also estimates that 25 percent
    of all bottled water, including Aquafina
    and Dasani, is municipal water taken
    directly from a tap and purified again.
    WatEr MIlES
    Even though Americans can get clean,
    cheap water from their kitchen faucet,
    the Earth Policy Institute estimates that
    a quarter of bottled water bought by
    consumers is shipped across national
    borders.
    Jeff Severin,
    director of the
    KU Center for
    Sustainability, said
    the water miles
    accumulated dur-
    ing the distribu-
    tion of bottled
    water from places
    such as Fiji or
    France was a big
    concern.
    Were bottling
    water far away from where its pur-
    chased, shipping it all over the world
    and in the process using fossil fuels,
    he said.
    Petroleum is
    used not only to
    ship water, but to
    manufacture the
    bottles as well.
    The production
    of the 28 billion
    bottles of water
    Americans buy
    each year uses 1.1
    million barrels of
    oil and releases one
    billion pounds of
    carbon dioxide into
    the atmosphere,
    according to the Container Recycling
    Institute.
    PlaStIc PollutIoN
    Of the billions of water bottles
    Americans buy each year, 80 percent
    end up in landfills or incinerators, even
    after getting recycled.
    Those bottles could take any-
    where between 400 and 1,000 years to
    degrade, the EPI estimates.
    Simran Sethi, environmental jour-
    nalist and Lacy C. Haynes visiting
    professor in the School of Journalism,
    said that plastic didnt biodegrade like
    many other materials in landfills, it
    photodegrades, or breaks down from
    exposure to light and heat.
    Chemicals from photodegraded
    plastic bottles can leach into the water
    during storage, Sethi said.
    If youre tasting plastic in your water,
    youre ingesting plastic, she said.
    Chemical leaching into bottled water
    increases the longer a person reuses a
    plastic bottle. For this reason, Sethi said
    it was best to avoid plastic altogether.
    BEyoND tHE BottlE
    Severin said one of the best ways to
    stay hydrated without bottled water was
    to buy a reusable stainless steel or alu-
    minum bottle and fill it with tap water.
    You can get the same convenience
    with a reusable bottle and not be con-
    tributing to environmental problems
    and health concerns, he said.
    Severin also said students could invest
    in a good water filtration system, such as a
    water jug or faucet filter if they were wor-
    ried about contami-
    nants in city water.
    At $8 a gal-
    lon, bottled water
    on campus is sig-
    nificantly more
    expensive than the
    24-packs available
    at grocery stores
    like HyVee. This
    water costs about
    $1.38 per gallon.
    But those value
    packs, despite
    being cheap, still
    contribute to the negative environ-
    mental effects of plastic bottles.
    But Sethi said she thought this may
    change.
    Cities such as San Francisco and
    Ann Arbor, Mich., have already acted
    on the problem by banning bottled
    water in city buildings.
    Bans like these have made her opti-
    mistic that a change will come, if only
    one bottle at a time.
    THE REAL COST OF
    BOTTLED
    WATER
    All contents, unless stated otherwise,
    2008 The University Daily Kansan
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    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    writers
    strike ends
    Hollywood screenwriters and
    producers fnally strike up a deal
    FuLL AP STORy PAgE 4A
    EcoNoMIcS
    Were bottling water far away
    from where its purchased, ship-
    ping it all over the world and in
    the process using fossil fuels.
    Jeff severin
    Center for sustainability Director
    You can get the same conve-
    nience with a reusable bottle
    and not be contributing to
    environmental problems and
    health concerns.
    Jeff severin
    Center for sustainability Director
    The Buran Theatre Companys pro-
    duction of Nightmares: An Artful
    Demonstration of the Sublime by Adam
    R. Burnett opens today and runs through
    the weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center.
    Admission is free. The play focuses on
    the art of 18th century painter Henry
    Fuseli.
    A new University Senate task force will
    begin research this month on college-
    level assessment tests. Dan Bernstein,
    chair of the task force and director of the
    Center for Teaching, said he thought the
    University would implement the recom-
    mendation of the task force.
    Students spend $8 for a gallon of bottled water despite
    clean, readily available and more energy efcient tap water
    Two faculty members at the University
    of Kansan are now in a position to make
    a difference for the environment. One of
    them is no stranger to the issue.
    FuLL STORy PAgE 3A
    FuLL STORy PAgE 4A
    FuLL STORy PAgE 8A
    tHEatEr
    EDucatIoN
    laWrENcE
    Student
    playwright
    presents
    Nightmare
    Photo Illustration by
    Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
    Faculty
    Senate
    considers
    standard
    testing
    Faculty
    members
    join new
    task force
    Group aims to
    protect environment
    thursday, february 14, 2008 www.kansan.com volume 118 issue 95
    NEWS 2A Thursday, FEbruary 14, 2008
    quote of the day
    most e-mailed
    et cetera
    on campus
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    media partners
    contact us
    fact of the day
    The University Daily Kansan
    is the student newspaper of
    the University of Kansas. The
    first copy is paid through the
    student activity fee. Additional
    copies of The Kansan are 25
    cents. Subscriptions can be pur-
    chased at the Kansan business
    office, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall,
    1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence,
    KS 66045.
    The University Daily Kansan
    (ISSN 0746-4962) is published
    daily during the school year
    except Saturday, Sunday, fall
    break, spring break and exams.
    Weekly during the summer
    session excluding holidays.
    Periodical postage is paid in
    Lawrence, KS 66044. Annual
    subscriptions by mail are $120
    plus tax. Student subscriptions
    of are paid through the student
    activity fee. Postmaster: Send
    address changes to The University
    Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall,
    1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence,
    KS 66045
    KJHK is the student
    voice in radio. Each
    day there is news, mu-
    sic, sports, talk shows
    and other content
    made for students, by
    students. Whether its
    rock n roll or reggae, sports or special
    events, KJHK 90.7 is for you.
    For more
    news,
    turn to
    KUJH-
    TV on
    Sunflower
    Cablevision Channel 31 in Lawrence.
    The student-produced news airs at
    5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and
    11:30 p.m. every Monday through
    Friday. Also, check out KUJH online at
    tv.ku.edu.
    Tell us your news
    Contact Darla Slipke,
    Matt Erickson, Dianne Smith,
    Sarah Neff or Erin Sommer at
    864-4810 or
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    Kansan newsroom
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    Love may not make the
    world go round, but I must
    admit that it makes the ride
    worthwhile.
    Sean Connery
    The frst commercial
    Valentines Day greeting cards
    produced in the U.S. were cre-
    ated in the 1840s by Esther A.
    Howland.
    www.history.com
    Rumplestiltskin, created
    by Moses Goldberg, will begin
    at 9:45 a.m. in the William Inge
    Memorial Theatre in Murphy
    Hall.
    The SUA Valentines Day
    Open House will begin at noon
    in the Traditions Area of the
    Kansas Union.
    The Engineering and Com-
    puter Science Career Fair will
    begin at 12:30 on the ffth foor
    of the Kansas Union.
    The Jo Renfro book signing
    will begin at 1 p.m. in Oread
    Boods inside the Kansas Union.
    The seminar Adiabatic Quan-
    tum Computing with Supercon-
    ducting Flux Quibits will take
    place at 4 p.m. in 1089 Malott.
    The flm Aelita, Queen of
    Mars will begin at 7 p.m. in
    the Spencer Museaum of Art
    Auditorium.
    The KU Wind Ensemble will
    begin its concert at 7:30 p.m. in
    the Lied Center.
    The SUA feature flm Ameri-
    can Gangster will begin at 8
    p.m. in the Woodruf Audito-
    rium of the Kansas Union.
    Tuesdays The University
    Daily Kansan contained an error.
    The article, Senators consider
    bill to lower tuition, should
    have said KU Endowment
    provides 9.2 percent of the
    University of Kansas budget.
    daily KU info
    It was 78 years ago this week
    that KU alumnus Clyde Tom-
    baugh announced his discovery
    of Pluto. He was 24-years-old
    at the time, and had not yet be-
    come a KU student. Tombaugh
    has had schools, planetariums
    and university observatories, in-
    cluding one here at KU, named
    in his honor.
    A cut above
    Alvamar golf club reported
    $1,629 worth of alcoholic bever-
    ages and a 32-inch television
    stolen and a broken glass door.
    Total loss was valued at $2,929.
    KU Public Safety ofcials fled
    a report against an Ellsworth
    resident who returned home
    intoxicated and damaged a
    screen and a wall. The suspect
    also bit his roommate.
    on the record
    Crime
    Area men rob Lawrence
    apartment on Tuesday
    Two men entered a Seventh
    Street home with a machete and
    a handgun early Tuesday morning
    demanding personal property,
    according to police reports.
    The four college-age residents
    of the house, three males and one
    female, as well as a 31-year-old
    male guest, said that the intrud-
    ers ordered them to empty their
    pockets.
    The victims said the intruders
    then made them all go into the
    bathroom while the intruders fed
    the scene.
    The intruders took with them
    various personal items from the
    home as well as electronic gaming
    systems.
    There was no sign of forced
    entry and no one was injured.
    Lawrence police are looking for
    two male suspects, both black
    and in their 20s.
    The frst is described as 5-foot-9
    and 210 pounds. The other is
    described as 5-foot-5 and 145
    pounds.
    They were both wearing hoods,
    dark bandanas and blue jeans at
    the time of the incident.
    Police request that anyone
    with information on this crime call
    the TIPS Hotline at 785-843-TIPS
    (8477).
    Jessica Wicks
    Golf
    Watson lobbies legislature
    for anti-annexation bill
    TOPEKA PGA Tour great Tom
    Watson was in the spotlight again,
    but this time it had nothing to do
    with golf.
    Watson was in Topeka on
    Wednesday urging legislators to
    approve a bill that curtails invol-
    untary annexation.
    The House Elections and
    Governmental Organization
    Committee is debating the bill,
    which would require mail ballots
    to be sent to people in proposed
    annexation areas. If annexation is
    rejected by those residents, the
    question couldnt be raised again
    for four years. The committee took
    no action Wednesday.
    Watson says he lives in south-
    ern Johnson County and is upset
    over eforts by Overland Park to
    annex 15 square miles of mostly
    rural land near Miami County.
    Associated Press
    odd News
    Police set up fake business
    to expose safety problems
    NEW YORK Undercover
    police secretly set up a fake com-
    pany to demonstrate how easily
    and anonymously a terrorist could
    purchase chlorine on the Inter-
    net for a deadly chemical strike
    against the city.
    A videotape presented
    Wednesday at a briefng of private
    security executives discloses
    for the frst time the results of
    Operation Green Cloud a ref-
    erence to the yellow-green color
    of chlorine gas.
    The purpose was to assess the
    ease or difculty with which a
    terrorist in the United States could
    acquire large quantities of chlo-
    rine without being detected by
    law enforcement or intelligence
    agencies, a narrator says on a
    copy of the video obtained by The
    Associated Press.
    The conclusion: At the present
    time, few if any barriers stand in
    his way.
    There has been no specifc
    terror threat against the city in-
    volving chemicals, but New York
    City police recently put more
    emphasis on screening shipments
    of chlorine after learning that it
    has become a favored component
    of homemade bombs in Iraq.
    A 2007 United Nations report
    found that at least 10 attacks in
    Iraq involved explosives attached
    to chlorine canisters.
    Chlorine typically is used as
    a disinfectant or purifer, and
    as an ingredient in plastics and
    other products. While routinely
    transported in liquid form, it can
    turn into a deadly toxic gas when
    exposed to air.
    Police Commissioner Raymond
    Kelly said that while there were no
    places to obtain chlorine in New
    York, there are several locations in
    neighboring New Jersey.
    Its something we have to
    be concerned about, he said of
    the potential of an attack using
    chlorine. We think the whole area
    needs a lot of regulation.
    Kelly said the NYPD has been
    lobbying the Department of
    Homeland Security to draft strict-
    er regulations requiring chlorine
    vendors to verify the legitimacy of
    their customers.
    The department sent federal
    ofcials a copy of the videotape
    and asked them to include strict
    know-your-customer rules, Kelly
    said.
    Homeland Security has been
    focusing on high-risk manufactur-
    ers, distributors and retailers of
    chlorine in an attempt to secure
    the nations domestic supply,
    agency spokesman Russ Knocke
    said. The agency also has been
    briefng other law enforcement
    groups on the issue, he said.
    Police stressed that the chlorine
    deal was within current regula-
    tions, which have no requirement
    that vendors verify identifca-
    tion of their customers or report
    transactions.
    In the video, an intelligence
    detective describes how in June
    2007 the department fabricated a
    water purifcation company, com-
    plete with a mailing address, Web
    site and a phony contract with the
    city to clean up a polluted creek
    in Brooklyn. Investigators, after
    using the Internet to identify local
    vendors, used a credit card to
    place an order with one unnamed
    frm for three 100-pound cylinders
    of chlorine.
    No one ever asked for identif-
    cation and the purchase required
    little human interaction, police
    said.
    The video includes surveillance
    footage of a truck delivering the
    canisters on a rain-slicked Brook-
    lyn street lined with warehouses.
    At the time, hazardous mate-
    rial teams were on standby to
    respond to any accidents, police
    said.
    Associated Press
    reliGioN
    Billy Grahams health
    improves after surgery
    ASHEVILLE, N.C. Evangelist
    Billy Graham is in fair condition at
    a North Carolina hospital after a
    successful surgery.
    Doctors say the 89-year-old
    Graham was talking immediately
    after the surgery Wednesday at
    Mission Hospitals near his home
    in Montreat.
    Graham has a buildup of fuid
    within the brain. The surgery re-
    placed a valve in a shunt installed
    in 2000 that drains excess fuid
    from his brain through a small
    tube.
    Associated Press
    Want to know what people
    are talking about? Heres a list
    of Tuesdays fve most e-mailed
    stories from Kansan.com:
    1. Seniors enjoy last hockey
    game
    2. Jury fnds Walton guilty of
    misdemeanor
    3. Senators consider bill to
    lower tuition
    4. National Merit Scholar
    recruitment down
    5. Stewart: Why not adopt
    bad habits for Lent?
    Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
    Natalie Kolega, Shawnee freshman, cuts tape for a corner of a design project while Jon Martin, Olathe freshman, sews together his project. The students were working on a design project that required
    themto create a 3-D cube with three windows.
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    080793
    news 3A thursday, february 14, 2008
    by andy greenhaw
    agreenhaw@kansan.com
    Editors Note: Tis article features
    Simran Sethi, who is one of the two
    KU faculty members chosen to serve
    on the Lawrence City Commissions
    Climate Protection Task Force. A pro-
    fle on Sethi will be in an upcoming is-
    sue of the University Daily Kansan.
    Two faculty members at the
    University of Kansas have found
    themselves in a position to make
    a positive environmental effect on
    Lawrence.
    One of whom is Jeff Severin,
    director of the Environmental
    Sustainability Center, who Mayor
    Sue Hack appointed to work on the
    citys new Climate Protection Task
    Force. Lawrence city commission-
    ers officially approved the task force
    Tuesday night.
    According to Cynthia Boecker,
    assistant city manager, the task
    force consists of people from vari-
    ous parts of the community who
    are interested in climate protection
    and improving the overall environ-
    ment.
    I think I was appointed because
    I do work with a variety of orga-
    nizations on campus, and I have a
    pretty good feel for how our cam-
    pus views environmental issues,
    Severin said.
    Severin is no stranger to envi-
    ronmental issues. After he gradu-
    ated from the University of Kansas
    in 2001 with a bachelors degree in
    environmental studies, Severin got
    a job working for the Caw Valley
    Heritage Alliance where he coordi-
    nated a state-wide watershed educa-
    tion program.
    The organizations goal was
    to educate students about the
    natural and human influences on
    water quality and how people can
    moderate their effects, Severin
    said.
    After three years of working for
    the Alliance, he got a position at the
    University of Kansas where he man-
    aged a recycling program.
    It was great to get a job at the
    same university I graduated from,
    said Severin. Its a great community
    and weve got a lot of opportunity
    here as far as the campus impact on
    the community.
    He soon worked his way up
    to becoming the director of the
    Environmental Sustainability
    Center, where hes now worked for
    four years.
    Now that hes a member of the
    citys Climate Protection Task Force,
    hes ready to start working with nine
    other appointees to put together a
    plan to lower greenhouse gas emis-
    sions in Lawrence by 7 percent while
    preserving economic development
    in the city.
    Some people see reducing green-
    house gas emissions as halting or
    impeding growth and development,
    but I think we need to keep in mind
    that we can have a strong economy
    that limits our impact on the envi-
    ronment, Severin said.
    Severin said he wasnt sure when
    the Climate Protection Task Force
    will have its first meeting, but he
    said he expected the committees
    first priority to be to compile a
    greenhouse gas inventory to get a
    base line measurement of the cur-
    rent level of carbon emissions in
    Lawrence.
    Edited by Jared Duncan
    Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
    JefSeverin, director of the Environmental Sustainability, was recently appointed by the mayor to work on the citys Climate ProtectionTask
    Force. The task force works to control the climate through various measures such as recycling.
    Faculty members join new environmental task force
    Lawrence
    Student Senate notebook
    Selective student groups
    allowed to advertise
    Student Senate passed the bill to
    allow student groups with selec-
    tive membership to advertise
    with the Student Advertising
    Program in The University Daily
    Kansan.
    Previously, only groups open
    to all students could advertise
    in the space, but now groups
    like Greek organizations,
    scholarship halls, performing
    arts groups, residence halls
    and sports clubs can advertise
    events open to all students.
    Many of these events are
    charity fundraisers, which will
    benefit from free advertising in
    The Kansan.
    Senators amended the bill
    twice. The first amendment
    gave advertising preference to
    groups open to all students if
    more ads are submitted than
    there is room. There are 16
    spaces in the advertisement.
    Roderick Patton, the deputy
    communications director who
    helped put together the ad,
    said he had never seen all 16 ad
    spaces filled.
    The second amendment said
    the groups with selective mem-
    bership could not use their ads to
    recruit members.
    Michael Gillaspie, Interfrater-
    nity Council senator and writer
    of the bill, said by excluding
    groups with selective member-
    ship from the program, the Sen-
    ate was excluding students who
    help pay fees.
    Whether or not a group is open
    to all students has nothing to do
    with the event theyre holding,
    Gillaspie said.
    Senate replacement com-
    mittee members chosen
    Five senators became mem-
    bers of a replacement committee
    that will fill vacant seats on Sen-
    ate. They were chosen randomly
    and there could not be more
    than one of each type of senator
    on the committee.
    The fve committee members
    are:
    chair Mitch Knopp
    freshman/sophomore CLAS senator
    Jeremy antley
    Graduate and Professional Associa-
    tion senator
    David Le
    junior/senior CLAS senator
    Jordan williams
    Queers and Allies senator
    Libby Johnson
    freshman senator
    The committee will be
    responsible for filling posi-
    tions that are vacant because
    the senators graduated or quit.
    There are two business senator
    positions open, two freshman/
    sophomore CLAS positions, two
    junior/senior CLAS positions
    and one off-campus senator
    position open.
    Stop day still intact
    Student Senate approved legis-
    lation presented at the meeting to
    oppose the elimination of stop day.
    Last semester, the calendar
    committee voted by e-mail to re-
    move stop day from the academic
    calendar. Mark Pacey, graduate
    student senator, is a member of the
    calendar committee and wrote the
    resolution.
    Pacey said that in his experi-
    ence as a Resident Assistant,
    students used stop days to fnish
    projects, study for tests, and visit
    ofce hours for professors. He said
    eliminating this day would make it
    more difcult for students to do all
    of these things.
    The calendar committee is
    meeting on Monday, where the
    resolution will be presented.
    Brenna Hawley
    Taste the World
    in just one night
    free international dinner
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    BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
    fchambers@kansan.com
    Students who sleep through gen-
    eral education classes are in for a
    wake-up call.
    The University of Kansas may
    start requiring students to pass
    an assessment of skills they have
    learned at the University before
    receiving their diplomas.
    Dan Bernstein, director of the
    Center for Teaching and chair of
    the task force that was created to
    research the
    tests, said the
    a s s e s s me n t
    would focus on
    knowledge of
    human cultures,
    the physical and
    natural world,
    intellectual and
    practical skills,
    analysis, cre-
    ative thinking,
    written and oral
    communication, literacy, problem
    solving and teamwork.
    He said the task force was unsure
    whether the assessment would be
    a multiple choice test, a portfolio
    of what a student is already doing
    in his or her classes or another
    approach, because the task force
    had just begun its research.
    Last semester the Board of
    Regents invited the states universi-
    ties to decide which student assess-
    ment would be the best option
    if such a test were mandated. In
    response, University Senate created
    the task force on learner outcomes
    to research the various assessment
    tests universities and organizations
    around the nation were using and
    the practicality of those tests. The
    task force will perform the research
    this spring, run trials of the tests
    this summer and present its find-
    ings early next fall.
    Bernstein said two members of
    the task force, Elizabeth Friis, an
    associate professor in mechani-
    cal engineering and Dan Spencer,
    an associate professor in business,
    would attend an informational ses-
    sion about college-level student
    assessments next week in Boston.
    He said after Friss and Spencer
    returned, the task force would
    begin its research.
    Rick Levy, president of Faculty
    Senate and a professor of law, said
    the goal of the task force was to
    adopt and pro-
    mote an assess-
    ment without
    distorting the
    mission of the
    University the
    way No Child
    Left Behind
    had distorted
    elementary and
    secondary edu-
    cation.
    He said
    University Senate created the task
    force because it was trying to pre-
    empt a federal mandate that would
    require the University to imple-
    ment a specific test.
    They typically come with strict
    paperwork requirements and fund-
    ing penalties if you dont meet tar-
    gets, Levy said. So, I think its
    much more likely a federal mandate
    would force us to teach what they
    would like us to teach, not what we
    as educators think we need to be
    teaching.
    Levy said there was a very strong
    push within the national and state
    political arenas for colleges to prove
    they were effectively teaching stu-
    dents.
    U.S. Representative Dennis
    Moore (D-Kansas) said he had
    not heard of a federally-mandated
    college-level assessment test, but
    that he would not support it if he
    did. Moore said Congress should
    set goals for universities, but the
    experts in education were bet-
    ter suited to assess students than
    Congress.
    Students are not happy with the
    institution of any type of assess-
    ment test, but Tommy Kesterson,
    Overland Park sophomore, said if
    an assessment test were to be insti-
    tuted at the University, a federally
    mandated test would be the best
    option.
    Kesterson said if the overall point
    of the test was to compare how
    much students at the University of
    Kansas are learning compared with
    students at other universities, each
    university would have to use the
    same test.
    Jackie Prine, Omaha, Neb.,
    sophomore, said she thought the
    Universitys reputation would be
    enhanced if it did institute an
    assessment, but that students would
    not appreciate the move.
    No one is going to look at it as a
    learning opportunity. They are just
    going to see it as another hoop to
    jump through, Prine said.
    Bernstein said he thought the
    University would adopt the assess-
    ment the task force recommend-
    ed. He said the University already
    selects about 200 random seniors
    to do an hour long interview with a
    random set of faculty each year.
    He said those students were
    asked questions related to the
    Universitys six goals of general
    education, including the practice
    of citizenship and the understand-
    ing and appreciation of cultures.
    Bernstein said the University was
    simply investigating assessments
    it could do in addition to what
    it does now or could replace the
    interviews.
    Edited by Samuel Lamb
    legislation
    Senate studies test options
    Task force looks into best variation of federal standardized test
    No one is going to look at it as
    a learning opportunity. They are
    just going to see it as another
    hoop to jump through.
    Jackie Prine
    Omaha, neb. sophomore
    entertainment
    Writers Guild back to work
    as 100-day holdout ends
    ASSoCiAtEd PRESS
    LOS ANGELES One day after
    the Writers Guild of America voted
    to end the walkout, writers on idled
    TV shows were back at the studios,
    reviewing projects with executives
    or pestering their agents to set up
    meetings. Agents were pitching,
    producers were assessing how to
    resume interrupted projects, and
    the little guys who keep the dream-
    factory engines running were just
    glad to be back at work.
    Its back to school with all the
    trepidation of, Do you remember
    how to do your job? And did you
    forget the characters name? said
    Eddie Gorodetski, a writer for Two
    and a Half Men. I want to forget
    all the strike stuff and just make
    people laugh.
    We, like every other writer in
    town, have a million calls in to our
    agents and managers to see whats
    next, said Brian Sawyer, who with
    partner Gregg Rossen had sold a
    sitcom pilot to Fox before the strike
    began Nov. 5.
    Amid the relief, however, was
    caution: The Screen Actors Guild
    could go on strike after its contract
    expires June 30.
    Heralding that the strike is
    over is a half-truth because we
    have the Screen Actors Guild,
    said producer Peter Guber, former
    head of Columbia Pictures, cur-
    rent chairman of the Mandalay
    Entertainment Group and co-host
    of AMCs Shootout. The stu-
    dios, unless theyre going to start
    production in the next 10 days so
    they can finish it before June, arent
    going to start the pictures.
    The strike reduced prime-time
    TV to reruns and reality shows
    and forced the late-night comics to
    write their own material. For shows
    that went into reruns, producers
    and writers began meeting to figure
    out how much of the season they
    could salvage and how they would
    meet tight deadlines to write and
    shoot new episodes.
    Dates were announced
    Wednesday for some series to
    return to the air. Among them were
    How I Met Your Mother, Two
    and a Half Men and The Big
    Bang Theory on March 17; and
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    on April 3.
    Rainn Wilson, a Writers Guild
    member and co-star of The
    Office, said he was hearing that
    everyone on the show will report
    back on March 10 to shoot six more
    episodes.
    Writers returned after guild lead-
    ers and producers came to terms
    on a key sticking point com-
    pensation for shows and movies
    distributed over the Internet. Guild
    members are expected to ratify the
    contract in voting over the next 10
    days.
    Along with the 10,500 writers
    who walked out, the strike immo-
    bilized thousands of technicians,
    makeup people and other produc-
    tion workers. The Los Angeles
    Economic Development Corp.
    estimates the strike cost the local
    economy $3.2 billion in lost wages
    and revenue.
    How long it takes before its
    business as usual in Hollywood is
    anyones guess. But screenwriter
    John Ridley, whose credits include
    Undercover Brother, expects one
    constant to quickly resurface: That
    talent writers have for putting off
    work.
    Writers, and I include myself,
    are the whiniest bunch of people
    on the planet, Ridley said. Im
    sure the first day back, somebodys
    already saying, Wheres lunch? Did
    anybody order lunch? And the
    producers are saying, Oh, theyre
    whining about lunch again. Were
    back. Its really over.
    ASSociAted PreSS
    Writers Guild of America member Bradford Winters makes a telephone call in his NewYork
    ofce as he goes back to work on a newNBC television series The Philanthropist,Wednesday Feb.
    13, 2008. Members of the Writers Guild of America members voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to
    lift the unions strike order, allowing the industry to jump-start stalled production of numerous TV
    sitcoms and dramas.
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    By COLLEEN LONG
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    NEW YORK Police hunted
    yesterday for a man who entered a
    psychologists office with a bag of
    knives and a meat cleaver, hacking
    her to death so savagely that blood
    spattered the walls and floor and the
    entire room was torn apart.
    A colleague who responded to
    the victims screams was seriously
    injured, and investigators were try-
    ing to determine whether the attack-
    er was a patient at the clinic. Three
    knives were recovered at the scene,
    including a 9-inch knife and the
    cleaver, which was apparently bent
    from the attack, police said.
    Kathryn Faugheys office was in
    shambles: Furniture was overturned,
    shades torn and blood was on the
    walls and pooled on the floor. She
    suffered 15 stab wounds, including a
    gash to her head believed to be from
    the cleaver, police said.
    The condition of the room was
    that of a fierce struggle, police
    spokesman Paul Browne said.
    Investigators do not know the
    name of the suspect. Authorities
    released a sketch of a balding, mid-
    dle-aged man believed to be the
    killer along with surveillance vid-
    eotapes of the attacker entering and
    leaving the building.
    He left behind two bags that con-
    tained bizarre clues, authorities said.
    A roller suitcase was filled with
    adult diapers and womens cloth-
    ing, including blouses and slippers,
    and a smaller second bag was filled
    with eight knives, rope and duct
    tape, tools apparently not used in the
    attack, police said.
    Believing the killer might have
    been injured in the attack, authori-
    ties issued alerts to area hospitals and
    looked through Faugheys computer
    files for clues. They also examined
    surveillance footage to see whether
    he had been to the office prior to
    the attack.
    The attack happened Tuesday
    night in a 13-story apartment build-
    ing on East 79th Street, in a bustling
    neighborhood just blocks from a
    major hospital complex, police said.
    The suspect, carrying the two
    bags and dressed in a three-quar-
    ter-length green coat, knit cap and
    gloves, breezed past the buildings
    doorman, saying he had an appoint-
    ment with Dr. Kent Shinbach, a 70-
    year-old geriatric psychiatrist who
    worked in the same office suite as
    the victim, according to police.
    The suspect walked into the suite
    waiting room, where a female
    patient was waiting to see Shinbach,
    and at some point went into
    Faugheys office and started to attack
    her, police said.
    It wasnt clear how long the strug-
    gle continued before Shinbach heard
    Faugheys screams and ran to help.
    The traumatized female patient,
    who was in Shinbachs office during
    the attack, was being questioned by
    authorities.
    The suspect apparently didnt rec-
    ognize Shinbach when he opened
    the door and said, Shes dead,
    referring to Faughey, who was lying
    behind her desk, police said. He then
    attacked the psychiatrist, stabbing
    at Shinbach and pinning him to the
    wall with a chair before stealing $90
    and escaping through a basement
    door.
    Shinbach was in serious con-
    dition at New York Hospital with
    slash wounds on his head, face and
    hands.
    Blood was found on the base-
    ment doorknob, and police said the
    route outside from the first-floor
    office wasnt very obvious; it was
    possible the suspect knew where he
    was going. Surveillance tapes show
    the suspect deliberately leaving the
    luggage by the basement door before
    walking out.
    Shinbach screamed out to the
    street from Faugheys office for help,
    and the building doorman called
    911 around 9 p.m., but by then the
    suspect had escaped.
    The attack sent shock waves
    through the citys large community
    of mental health professionals.
    This is, I think, an extraordinary
    occurrence, said Sharon Brennan,
    a psychologist in Manhattan and
    a spokeswoman for the New York
    State Psychological Association. It
    has had a shocking impact on the
    whole New York community.
    Faughey, a licensed psychologist
    and graduate of Yeshiva University
    in the Bronx, described herself as
    a specialist in cognitive behavioral
    therapy, which focuses on chang-
    ing thoughts that cause feelings or
    behaviors.
    Serious attacks by patients on
    their mental health providers are
    rare, but they do happen usually
    in institutions that see more seri-
    ously ill patients.
    A psychiatrist in Nebraska died of
    head injuries in August, several days
    after a patient with a grudge and a
    history of violence attacked him as
    he arrived at a medical center.
    It is common for therapists who
    see patients in their homes or pri-
    vate offices to install alarm sys-
    tems, or even help buzzers, in the
    event that a patient starts to lose
    control.
    In Manhattan, these safety sys-
    tems are often complemented by
    the usual security systems for office
    buildings, which include doormen
    and video cameras.
    Safety is always a concern,
    Brennan said. She added that thera-
    pists are thoroughly trained in how
    to assess a patients potential for
    violence, and would normally see
    patients in a private setting only if
    they had determined that the safety
    risk was low.
    news 5A thursday, february 14, 2008
    By JOHN HANNA
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    TOPEKA Senators debated
    Wednesday whether Kansas should
    enact its first limits on carbon diox-
    ide emissions as they considered a
    bill allowing two coal-fired power
    plants in southwest Kansas.
    The bill is a response to a deci-
    sion in October by the states sec-
    retary of health and environment
    to deny an air-quality permit to
    Sunflower Electric Power Corp. The
    Hays-based utility wants to build the
    coal-fired plants outside Holcomb,
    in Finney County.
    In denying the
    permit, Secretary
    Rod Bremby
    cited the plants
    potential CO2
    emissions, an
    estimated 11 mil-
    lion tons a year.
    But Sunflowers
    $3.6 billion proj-
    ect has bipartisan
    support among
    legislators.
    Supporters of
    the project view it as an economic
    development opportunity that the
    state shouldnt
    miss. But they
    also believe that
    the state eventu-
    ally will need the
    power the new
    plants would
    provide.
    Weve heard
    a lot over the
    months about
    the economic
    devel opment,
    Senate President
    Steve Morris, a Hugoton Republican,
    told his colleagues. Thats certainly
    a very important, critical part of this.
    The even more important reason for
    this bill and this debate is for our
    energy security.
    As originally drafted, the bill
    included proposed limits on CO2
    emissions from new power plants
    and a carbon tax of $3 for each
    excess ton of emissions for a utility
    that didnt comply.
    But the Senate Utilities Committee
    stripped those proposals out of the
    bill. Environmentalists, some leg-
    islators and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
    viewed the rules as far too weak.
    Some conservative legislators and
    anti-tax groups objected to any plan
    to regulate CO2, arguing it would
    hurt the economy.
    On the left side, we were
    told $3 was an insult because it
    wasnt enough, said Sen. Janis
    Lee, of Kensington, the Utilities
    Committees top Democrat. On
    the right side, we were told $3 was
    an insult because it was a carbon
    tax.
    But Sen. Chris Steineger, a Kansas
    City Democrat, argued that the state
    should try to regulate CO2 emis-
    sions, which many scientists have
    linked to global warming.
    I accept the fact that coal is
    going to be burned by the human
    race for a long time, said Steineger,
    a Kansas City Democrat. I think its
    incumbent upon us to find a way to
    burn coal more cleanly and more
    efficiently.
    The debate stretched into
    Wednesday evening. Senate leaders
    hoped the chamber would decide
    whether to give it first-round approv-
    al, allowing final action Thursday.
    The House is working on its own
    energy bill.
    state LegisLature
    Kansas senators take sides on coal-fred power plant bill
    I think its incumbent upon us
    to fnd a way to burn coal more
    cleanly and more efciently.
    Sen. ChriS Steineger
    Kansas City Democrat
    crime
    Psychiatrist killed with meat cleaver
    Brian McDermott/ASSOCIATED PRESS
    A police ofcer stands outside the building on NewYorks Upper East Side yesterday where a man hacked psychologist Kathryn Faughey to death with a
    meat cleaver Tuesday night in her ofce. The male suspect, who also seriously injured another therapist, was still at large Wednesday.
    By MALCOLM RITTER
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    NEW YORK A fossil found
    in Wyoming has apparently
    resolved a long-standing ques-
    tion about when bats gained their
    radar-like ability to navigate and
    locate airborne insects at night.
    The answer: after they started fly-
    ing.
    The discovery revealed the
    most primitive bat known, from
    a previously unrecognized spe-
    cies that lived about 52 million
    years ago.
    Its skeleton shows it could fly,
    but that it lacked a series of bony
    features associated with echolo-
    cation, the ability to emit high-
    pitched sounds and then hear them
    bounce back from objects and prey,
    researchers said.
    Until now, all the early known
    fossil bats showed evidence of
    both flying and echolocating, so
    they couldnt reveal which ability
    came first, said researcher Nancy
    Simmons.
    Her teams research appears
    in Thursdays issue of the jour-
    nal Nature. Simmons chairs the
    vertebrate zoology division at the
    American Museum of Natural
    History in New York.
    The early bats wingspan was
    nearly a foot, just a bit smaller
    than that of todays big brown
    bat, she said. Its teeth show it
    ate insects, which it evidently
    plucked off surfaces after seeing,
    smelling or hearing them, she
    said. Simmons said she suspects
    the bat was active at night, but
    she noted theres no evidence for
    that.
    The creature was unusual for
    having a claw on all five fingers rath-
    er than just one or two. Researchers
    dubbed it Onychonycteridae
    finneyi, meaning clawed bat. The
    name honors Bonnie Finney, the
    commercial collector who found
    the fossil in 2003.
    Two specimens of the crea-
    ture have been recovered. These
    outstanding fossils considerably
    advance our understanding of
    bat evolution, researcher John
    Speakman of the University of
    Aberdeen in Scotland wrote in a
    Nature commentary.
    Oldest bat fossil
    found in Wyoming
    Fossil expands knowledge of bats
    science
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    today is a 7
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    leads to new questions, naturally.
    You never have to worry about
    being bored; you wont let that hap-
    pen. Youre interested in everything.
    taurus (april 20-May 20)
    today is a 7
    Look around, while youre out there
    in unfamiliar territory. Odds are
    good youll fnd a way to do busi-
    ness at a proft. You love it when
    this happens.
    GeMini (May 21-June 21)
    today is a 7
    Dont rush of before youve
    fnished a task that must be done.
    You know what it is, or if youve
    forgotten youll be reminded. It has
    to do with money.
    CanCer (June 22-July 22)
    today is a 6
    Review your holdings and you
    will fnd a leak that needs to be
    plugged. Youre paying too much
    for something you dont use
    anymore.
    Leo (July 23-aug. 22)
    today is a 7
    Youve almost had too much of a
    good thing in the past few days.
    Schedule a break to share with con-
    genial friends. Restore your sense
    of humor.
    VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
    today is a 7
    Important business decisions will
    have to be made soon. Things
    should go well once you have mis-
    understandings cleared away. Ask if
    there are any.
    Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
    today is an 8
    Through your own intervention,
    your place is quite comfortable. It
    may not be quite fnished, but its
    good enough. Gather with good
    friends.
    sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
    today is a 6
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    discuss an upcoming purchase. You
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    years, if you pool your resources.
    saGittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
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    The most difcult part of the task
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    Soon you can hand the mainte-
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    CapriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
    today is a 7
    Your reverie is broken by an urgent
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    Keep your priorities straight.
    aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
    today is a 7
    Once youve made the decision
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    interesting evening for you and
    somebody you love.
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    today is a 6
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    of not getting any from the honey
    on the third floor.
    I simply mean that Im frus-
    trated with the sexes, males vs.
    females. Why must we continue
    to live in a society where equal-
    ity between men and women is
    lacking?
    Its 2008 already. Lets get on
    this.
    Being a girl who makes her
    living at an electronic store has
    been challenging. Its not because
    I struggle with learning new
    technology or soldering a wire to
    a circuit board.
    Its because I am a female.
    My expertise and my hon-
    est suggestions often get rejected
    based on my sex.
    Many times I am passed up
    or simply ignored. Other times,
    customers tell me that they wish
    to speak with a male associate.
    I comply with those customers
    desires, and I simply keep my
    opinions to myself, question-
    ing the true sense of equality
    between men and women.
    Last week, I was riding the
    bus to Park and Ride, (I had
    happened to leave my iPod at
    home), and I overheard a conver-
    sation taking place in front of me
    between two males.
    I am not one for eavesdrop-
    ping, but overhearing this con-
    versation was an insult.
    The two males were discuss-
    ing how women should not be
    allowed to teach math or English,
    because as women, they are not
    knowledgeable in either subject.
    I was offended and slightly
    dumbfounded at this belief
    because its absolutely not true.
    A study reported in the
    American Psychological Society
    Journal in 2000 found that
    women outperform men in both
    math and science by almost 12
    percent.
    This article was not intended
    to rattle off statistics from a psy-
    chological journal or to be a rag-
    ging feminist.
    Its more about calling atten-
    tion to an idea: Men and women
    are both capable of accomplish-
    ment in this word.
    If the gender divide continues
    to prevent women from perform-
    ing, accomplishing, teaching or
    making suggestions, then society
    is hindered and biased.
    Inequality is something soci-
    ety has created.
    We must now revert to equal-
    ity.
    Durbin is a Hays junior in
    journalism and English.
    Dear Free For All,
    Theres no gentle way to say this,
    so Ill be blunt.
    Its over.
    Im breaking up with you. Things
    between us have run their course,
    but I dont want you to take this the
    wrong way.
    Its not me. Its you.
    I know that youve treated me well
    during the past few years. Youve
    always been there for me.
    Ever since my first days on cam-
    pus when I was still making new
    friends and I was a little lonely, you
    helped cheer me up.
    I got to know you, and I liked
    you. You made me laugh and you
    made me think.
    Eventually we started seeing
    each other every day, sometimes
    in between classes. Sometimes we
    would start the morning together.
    Then you gave me your phone
    number. That was a huge step for us,
    but it was exciting too. I felt like we
    were developing a real bond.
    Then one afternoon when I
    was bored, I called to tell you that
    Mizzou sucks. Thats when you let
    me inside of you. It felt really good.
    I was giddy.
    I bragged to my friends about
    what happened, but they said it was
    no big deal. They said they had been
    in you three times already.
    Even though I was mad and
    didnt call you for a week, you were
    there and listened to me when I
    forgave you. Thats when I knew we
    had something different than what
    either of us had had before.
    No matter what happened, we
    would be there for each other.
    You challenged me, too. Even
    when we disagreed, we could still
    get along. That only made us stron-
    ger.
    Remember how we used to argue
    about whether or not David Padgett
    sucked? You said he was holding
    the basketball team back, and I said
    he was only a freshman and would
    develop.
    And not to brag, but look whos
    the team captain at Louisville now.
    I guess you just arent a good judge
    of talent.
    But we both knew this would
    happen eventually.
    Maybe we didnt expect it so soon,
    but youve changed. You spend all
    your time online and dont take my
    phone calls. You dont make time
    for us. I dont want to hear your
    empty promises about answering
    your voicemails again. Its too late
    to beg.
    Ever since you joined Facebook,
    you seem more distant. I know we
    were never exclusive.
    I dont care that you see other
    people, but hooking up with people
    over the Internet and letting them
    submit everything to you?
    Thats downright skanky.
    Sometimes when we meet up
    now, you dont even make sense.
    Its like youre talking backwards or
    something.
    And last week you misspelled
    Lew Perkins name four times in
    one day.
    Are you just cutting and pasting?
    Thats serious stuff. You could get
    addicted.
    I dont think you even use spell
    check anymore. Thats just lazy and
    unsafe. You have to use protection.
    Lets just make a clean break now,
    and go our separate ways. Ill cher-
    ish the good memories.
    Like when we exchanged Chuck
    Norris jokes all the time. You used
    to love Chuck Norris.
    Maybe that should have been
    a clue that you were wishy-washy.
    Youd always talk about one thing
    for a week and then act like it was
    the lamest thing ever.
    I know this comes as a blow on
    Valentines Day, but I just cant take
    it any more.
    You annoy the crap out of me.
    You just arent funny anymore.
    I think its best if we dont see
    each other again.
    Id really appreciate it if you could
    stop hanging around my column.
    Yours truly,
    Dennis
    Mersmann is a Lawrence se-
    nior in creative writing.
    MAX RINKEL
    Commentary
    Dennis MersMann
    Overheard
    discussion
    illustrates
    big gender
    division
    I cant date someone so free for all
    Dennis may have broken up with Free For All, but you dont have to. Spend a
    little more time today with the one you love, on kansan.com and on the phone.
    Will someone please remind
    me why I paid $130 for a Nai-
    smith parking permit when half
    the time I try to fnd a parking
    spot in the lot and there isnt
    one so I have to park on the
    street. Naismith, you can go
    suck it.
    n n n
    To the sports columnist who
    picked Texas to beat KU: If you
    dont bleed red and blue we
    dont need you. Youre through.
    n n n
    Glad to see Lawrence is so
    strict on their drug parapher-
    nalia and so lax on their killers.
    Good priorities, guys.
    n n n
    Did you know if you switch
    the vowels in the word taxes
    you get Texas?
    n n n
    You should be worried that
    you have a kid, and you still call
    into the Free For All. No ofense,
    Free For All.
    n n n
    When was the last time the
    Yankees and Red Sox played
    in the World Series? Oh yeah,
    that would be never because
    they both play in the American
    League.
    n n n
    Free For All, will you let my
    girlfriend know that Im sorry
    that we cant go out on Valen-
    tines Day because Im sick?
    n n n
    Im so sorry, baby. I just cant
    get you sick. I owe you. Big
    time.
    n n n
    My tentative plan for
    Valentines Day includes some
    Jack Daniels, a dark corner and
    maybe some tears. Im excited
    to see how it turns out.
    n n n
    One thing I like about the
    cold is that it keeps White Owl
    away from campus.
    n n n
    Can someone explain to me
    how club hockey and baseball
    practice gets more publicity
    than womens softball? Get it
    together, UDK. Immediately.
    n n n
    Me and my friend are looking
    for formal dates. Applications
    may be submitted by Friday.
    Thank you.
    n n n
    Journalism 608: Worst class
    ever?
    n n n
    Of all the women Ive met,
    none have touched my heart
    like my mom.
    Visit kansan.com and add
    the facebook application,
    or call 785-864-0500.
    I really truly believe that #47
    on the football is my true love. I'm
    talking about you Max Onyegbule.
    n n n
    Valentines Day: The day to hang
    out with your best girlfriends and
    wallow in self pity.
    n n n
    If you're smart enough to pass
    college, then you should be smart
    enough to know the diference
    between "your" and "you're." Jesus,
    people, is it really that hard?
    n n n
    Valentine's Day: The perfect day
    to make me realize how extremely
    lonely and dull my life is.
    n n n
    Valentine's Day: The perfect
    opportunity to mock my friends
    who think they are in the perfect
    relationship that is actually incred-
    ibly dysfunctional.
    n n n
    I would just like to say that I
    love Corey Delaney and his famous
    sunglasses.
    n n n
    Who wants to hire an idiot who
    can't pass anything? If you're so
    against college, return to the drive-
    thru window where you belong.
    And yes, I WILL have fries with that.
    n n n
    I really want to stick it to this girl
    in my anthropology class. Some-
    thing tells me that my girlfriend
    wouldn't approve.
    n n n
    I wish I remembered the mul-
    tiplication tricks. I have to use a
    calculator.
    n n n
    Free For All, when you post
    what I say, my friends get a little bit
    jealous. But you know what I say?
    Sucks to their ass-mar.
    n n n
    Just a heads up: 33 days until
    Spring Break!
    chelsea Durbin
    BY ANDREW WIEBE
    awiebe@ku.edu
    Adam Burnett said he
    expected audiences to leave his
    play, Nightmares: An Artful
    Demonstration of the Sublime
    struggling to come to terms with
    themselves and what theyve wit-
    nessed. The play will debut tonight
    at the Lawrence Arts Center
    If nothing else, it would be nice
    for them to leave conflicted, for there
    to be a conflict, Burnett, Topeka
    senior, director and playwright said.
    They will leave with a lot to think
    about.
    Nightmares centers around
    the work of painter Henry Fuseli
    through the mind and life of Joshua
    Chapman,
    an assistant
    pr of e s s or
    of art who
    develops an
    uncommon
    obsession with the gothic, and often
    disturbing, work of the 18th century
    artist.
    After acquiring one of Fuselis
    most notable works, Nightmare,
    and publishing a best-selling book
    on Fuselis life and work, Chapmans
    life suddenly begins spiraling down-
    ward. In the process, Chapmans
    supposed model life is violently
    destroyed along with the life of the
    woman who adores him, his wife
    Valerie.
    Lara Thomas, Overland Park
    senior who plays Valerie, said
    Nightmares is an examination of
    the manner in which art of all forms
    can affect the human mind. She said
    it was difficult to come to terms
    with many of the shows controver-
    sial aspects at first. Nightmares
    includes full frontal nudity and adult
    language, but the plays complex
    nature and powerful content make
    the adult themes an afterthought for
    the actors and audience.
    Its a very involved show, there is
    a lot going on, there is a lot of infor-
    mation presented and I think they
    will come away questioning what
    they expect from art, Thomas said.
    Just because we show things very
    realistically then we show things fan-
    tastically.
    Erik LaPointe, who plays the
    character of Chapman, said it was
    difficult at first to come to terms
    with the violent
    nature of his
    character and the
    actions he must
    portray on stage.
    He said although
    he thought he
    was ready to
    perform the part
    after audition-
    ing, committing
    himself to the
    role was a diffi-
    cult but reward-
    ing process both
    personally and
    in terms of his
    p r o f e s s i o n a l
    aspirations.
    I stuck to
    this security
    blanket for a lot
    of the first half
    of the process,
    LaPointe said.
    You know, just
    getting used to
    the subject mat-
    ter and at some
    point you just have to let go of that
    and completely invest yourself in
    the actions on stage. It was kind of
    hard to do that because sometimes
    it frightened myself. I would walk
    away from rehearsals almost like a
    shell scared of myself and scared
    of what I had done on stage.
    Burnett wrote Nightmares
    during a four-
    day playwright-
    ing retreat in
    Italy after con-
    ducting a year
    of research on
    Fuselis life and
    paintings. He
    said the notion
    of creating the
    sublime, the
    notion of the
    utmost emo-
    tion associated
    with art, moti-
    vated him to
    create a play
    merging Fuselis
    work with the
    dynamic of the-
    ater. Many of
    Fuselis paint-
    ings are project-
    ed on a theater
    wall throughout
    the play.
    It really
    becomes about
    the responsibil-
    ity of the artist as well as those
    who view art, the limits of art
    taking over us and the danger of
    art, Burnett said. Not to say art
    is a bad thing, but seeing how
    far something can take a man or
    any person, taking them to their
    extreme limits.
    When the play is seen by
    audiences for the first time on
    Thursday, members will surely be
    pushed to their own limits. The
    most accurate way to describe what
    audience members will see may
    come directly from Chapman when
    he describes his own fascination
    with the disturbing, yet sublime,
    Nightmare hanging from his liv-
    ing room wall.
    The most supreme the most
    supreme form of art is that which
    horrifies, terrifies and strikes you
    with fear, but also reverence.
    EditedbyMadeline Hyden
    NEWS 8A thursday, february 14, 2008
    Photos by Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
    Lara Thomas, Overland Park senior, and Eric LaPointe, Kansas City, Mo., junior, undress each other in their roles as Valeria and Joshua, a
    professor and his wife, inNightmares: An Artful Demonstration of the Sublimeby AdamR. Burnett. Burnett said that sex is used as a language in the
    play. None of it is for sensationalismor shock. Its all about these characters communicating in ways that are very deep and personal and real on stage,
    he said.
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    Blevins, Hutchinsonsenior, in
    his role as Dr. Rose. Blevins plays
    multiple characters inthe play.
    The play follows Joshua as his life
    begins to unravel inthe wake of
    newfoundsuccess.
    Right: Adam Burnett, author
    of Nightmares, watches
    a dress rehearsal of the play
    Tuesday night at the Lawrence
    Arts Center. He wrote it in four
    days. Out of all of the stuf I
    have written this is probably the
    closest to what I had imagined
    in my head, it actually coming to
    life on the page, because of how
    it all just came out,he said.
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    all smiles for the jayhawks
    Weston White / KAnsAn
    Tony Thompson, freshman third baseman, prepares for his frst season as a Jayhawk. thompson was heavily
    recruited and coach ritch Price had himas his no. 1 pick before thompson joined the team.
    Coach sets high expectations for freshman
    baseball
    BY SHAWN SHROYER
    shroyer@kansan.com
    In the summer of 2006, Kansas coach
    Ritch Price made frequent trips to Nevada
    and his friends feared he was spending too
    much time at the poker tables in Las Vegas.
    In reality, Price never bet a dollar on those
    trips, but he was gambling.
    Price was staking a summers worth of
    travel to the Silver State on convincing his
    No. 1 recruit to come to Kansas. Nearly two
    years after Prices first trip to Reno, Nev., he
    can still recall it vividly.
    Price first arrived in Reno to watch a
    showcase tournament featuring teams made
    up of high school juniors from the area. In
    search of future Jayhawks, Price didnt have
    to look hard to find a player he wanted. A
    two-way player representing the High Desert
    League named Tony Thompson stole the
    show.
    As Price remembered in a game against
    the University of Nevada-Reno, Thompson
    went 3-for-4 and hit a home run over the
    light tower in left field. That feat alone was
    enough to bring Price back to Reno a month
    later during a Connie Mack League tourna-
    ment. In the semifinals, Thompsons team
    trailed by three runs with two outs in the
    ninth inning. But when he stepped to the
    plate, the bases were loaded. With one swing
    of the bat Thompson sent his team to the
    next round.
    At that point in time, he was my guy,
    Price said. I targeted him as the No. 1 guy
    on my recruiting list. Hell probably tell you
    I went to Reno about four times that sum-
    mer to see him play in person so every time
    he was in a tournament hed see a Jayhawk
    coach.
    Prices dedication and ability to
    avoid casinos on those trips to Nevada
    paid off last year when Thompson signed
    to play baseball at Kansas. This season,
    Thompson is penciled in as Kansas start-
    ing third baseman and could be one of
    the top freshmen in the Big 12, if not
    the nation. By the time his Kansas career
    is over, his name may be etched in the
    Kansas record book.
    But Thompson hardly comes off as a hot-
    shot recruit whos well on his way to a Major
    League career. He can barely believe Price
    put so much effort into recruiting him.
    Hed usually call me and tell me he was
    coming out and hed wait after the game,
    Thompson said of Price. It was kind of an
    honor to have someone come that far just
    to see me.
    Of course, Thompson wasnt giving any
    college coaches reason to stay out of Reno.
    As a junior, he was named first team all-state
    after batting .468 with 16 home runs and 53
    RBI. In addition, he was 7-3 with a 2.19 ERA
    and 56 strikeouts that season as a pitcher for
    Galena High School.
    BY mARk dENt
    mdent@kansan.com
    Their reactions to the news were almost
    celebratory.
    Kansas had just scored 100 points in a
    victory against Baylor without making a
    three-pointer.
    Unbelievable, Kansas coach Bill Self
    said. I cant imagine that.
    Sherron Collins certainly wasnt bothered.
    The game was going so fast we didnt
    realize, he said.
    The inability to shoot three pointers didnt
    seem so amazing two days later, when the
    Jayhawks struggled with their outside shots
    again in Monday nights loss to Texas. The
    loss highlighted a glaring problem: Kansas
    has been in a shooting slump from the
    perimeter in its last two games.
    The Jayhawks made zero of nine three-
    pointers against Baylor and four of 17 against
    Texas (15 percent in the two games com-
    bined). Guards Collins, Russell Robinson,
    Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush have
    made only 27 of 66 total field goals (40 per-
    cent) in those games.
    Because of their inability to shoot the ball,
    Kansas has done the majority of its scoring
    with free throws and points in the paint. Of
    the 169 points the Jayhawks have scored the
    last two games, 137 of them have come from
    those two areas.
    An offense dependent on inside scoring can
    work as long as the post players get the ball.
    That didnt happen in the second half against
    Texas on Monday. After scoring 25 points
    in the first half, Darrell Arthur and Darnell
    Jackson only scored 10 after intermission.
    The guards had to pick up the slack,
    and they didnt. Chalmers missed six shots,
    including four three-pointers. Rush and
    Collins each made one of three field goals.
    Robinson missed his only shot attempt. With
    the guards missing from the outside and
    hesitant to shoot the ball, the offense stalled.
    After scoring 42 points in the first half, the
    Jayhawks put up just 27 in the second half.
    mens basketball
    Cold streak
    hangs over
    perimiter
    shooting
    outside woes
    against texas
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    1-6 SherronCollins 0-3
    3-10 BrandonRush 2-5
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    to score only paint-points
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    sophomore guard Kelly Kohn high-fves Katie smith, junior guard, late in the second half of Wednesdays game against Colorado after junior guard Ivana Catic made a basket and drewa foul with just more than two minutes left in the game.
    the Jayhawks defeated the bufaloes 70-59 and improved to 14-9 overall and 3-7 in the big 12.
    BY tAYLOR BERN
    tbern@kansan.com
    After Kansas impressive performance
    in a 64-58 loss to Kansas St. on Saturday,
    senior Taylor McIntosh said that the way
    her squad was playing didnt at all resemble
    the team that took the court in Boulder less
    than a month ago.
    Wednesday night the Jayhawks proved
    McIntosh right, converting from the free-
    throw line and recording a season-high
    nine blocks to brush off the Buffaloes for a
    70-59 victory.
    Everything that Kansas failed to
    do in its 59-41 loss in Boulder, coach
    Bonnie Henricksons team did in Allen
    Fieldhouse.
    When they tried to make a run we
    answered the run, Henrickson said. Our
    free throws were great and were starting
    to grow up and starting to play with some
    more toughness.
    Junior guard Ivana Catic said, When
    we were there we came out of the gate like
    crazy and made a big run. Then we stopped
    playing and just hoped that it was going to
    happen for us.
    There was no hoping from the Jayhawks
    Wednesday, just action.
    To start the game Kansas fed the ball
    to center Krysten Boogaard down low
    and the freshman responded with eight
    quick points. Getting
    Boogaard the ball early
    has been the game plan
    the past few contests
    because Henrickson
    finds that it has a calm-
    ing effect on the rest of
    the team.
    The fact that we can
    go to her and shes a
    high-percentage offen-
    sive weapon, it gets
    everyone else to take a
    deep breath, Henrickson said.
    The extra attention paid to Boogaard
    allowed other players more freedom, and
    sophomore guard Danielle McCray took
    advantage with 14 first half points on her
    way to a game high 24.
    I was just being big, using my size to
    create some things, McCray said.
    Kansas (14-9, 3-7) shot nearly 58 percent
    from the field in the first half to take a 38-31
    advantage into halftime.
    Buffs freshman forward Brittany Spears
    who played with ban-
    dages to stop a bloody
    nose caused from inci-
    dental contact in the
    first half battled to
    keep her team in the
    game. With 15:40 left
    she drilled a three-
    pointer and made the
    score 43-41, but Kansas
    would go up four just a
    minute later and never
    let Colorado (13-11, 2-
    9) get within three again.
    The Jayhawks defense was their biggest
    improvement from the first half to the sec-
    ond as they held the Buffaloes to a meager
    27 percent shooting.
    With a 60-55 lead and the shot clock
    winding down, Catic normally happy to
    pass the ball attacked the rim and drew a
    foul on a made layup.
    I knew at that point that I had to make a
    play, Catic said.
    Added Henrickson, Shes not going to
    make a play every time, but shes got a
    couple in her.
    Kansas iced the game at the charity
    stripe where they finished 23-for-32.
    Catic finished with 10 points while
    Boogaard recorded 16 points and eight
    rebounds. McCray added 10 rebounds to
    her 24 points and said her team had made
    some big strides lately.
    Were just more mentally tough and
    more aggressive, McCray said. We
    play together and our huddles are more
    tight we just know that we have to
    stick together because all we have is
    us.
    Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
    Allen Fieldhouse turnaround
    Women return favor for buffaloes at home after falling earlier in Colorado
    Our free throws were great and
    were starting to play with some
    more toughness.
    BonniehenRiCkSon
    kansasWomensBasketballCoach
    2008 football
    reCruItIng
    PAGE 3B
    sports 2B thursday, february 14, 2008
    Q: Who was the second pick
    of the 1994 NBA Draft by the
    Dallas Mavericks?
    A: California point guard
    Jason Kidd. Glenn Big Dog
    Robinson was selected frst by
    the Milwaukee Bucks, opening
    the door for the Mavericks to
    take the years most highly-
    touted point guard.
    databasebasketball.com
    Mens College Basketball:
    North Carolina State at Bos-
    ton College, 6 p.m., ESPN
    Rutgers at West Virginia, 6
    p.m., ESPN2
    Michigan at Iowa, 8 p.m.,
    ESPN
    Fordham at Massachusetts,
    8:00 p.m., ESPN2
    Womens College Basketball:
    LSU at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m., FSN
    NBA:
    Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m., TNT
    Dallas at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.,
    TNT
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    sports 3b thursday, february 14, 2008
    football notes
    Mark Mangino held a press
    conference Wednesday to discuss
    Kansas footballs 2008 signing
    class. The press conference was
    originally scheduled for last
    Wednesday the frst day of
    the spring signing period but
    inclement weather forced the
    postponement.
    All of the 20 players in Kansas
    signing class should qualify aca-
    demically in time for next season,
    Mangino said. If all of the incom-
    ing players are eligible, Kansas
    will have two open scholarships.
    Mangino said he planned to
    grant two current veteran walk-
    on players the scholarships, but
    hadnt decided which players he
    would reward.
    There
    will be plenty
    of position
    battles to
    analyze once
    spring prac-
    tice begins
    on March 12,
    but the kicker spot probably will
    not be up in the air. Mangino said
    sophomore kicker Stephen Hoge
    was the favorite to win the job
    vacated by now-graduated Scott
    Webb.
    Four of the new Jayhawks
    are already on campus for spring
    workouts and practices. Junior
    ofensive tackle Nathan DCunha,
    sophomore wide receiver Rod
    Harris, freshman quarterback Kale
    Pick and freshman tight end Nick
    Plato are the newcomers who
    have enrolled early.
    -Asher Fusco
    Hoge
    By dAnny nordstrom
    dnordstrom@kansan.com
    Senior sprinter Julius Jiles eyes
    lit up when he started to talk about
    his recent trip to New York City. It
    was a great atmosphere for track,
    he said. They love track in New
    York.
    Senior pole-vaulter Kate Sultanova
    felt the same way. I didnt want to
    come back, she said. I wanted to
    stay. It was so amazing.
    The Kansas Track and Field
    Teams visit to the New Balance
    Collegiate Invitational last week-
    end was a profound success. The
    22nd ranked men and 18th ranked
    women faced a huge field of com-
    petitors, filled with some of the
    best teams in the nation, and man-
    aged to come away with three vic-
    tories.
    Sultanova won the womens
    pole vault after she set a new meet
    record and automatically qualified
    for the NCAA Championships in
    Fayetteville, Ark. Her vault of 4.30
    meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches) is cur-
    rently the highest jump made by a
    woman in the country.
    Following Sultanovas perfor-
    mance, sophomore pole-vaulter
    Jordan Scott had the opportunity to
    make his mark.
    It was really cool to watch her
    (Sultanova) break the meet record
    and tie her PR with the best jump
    in America. And then I got on the
    runway knowing what she had just
    done and wanted to do really well
    too because theres no excuses if
    someone else did that well.
    Scott met his high expectations
    by doing essentially the same as
    Sulatanova. He won the event and
    set a new meet record with his auto-
    matic NCAA qualifying jump of 5.50
    meters (18.5 feet.)
    Regarding his trip to New York
    City, Scott said, Thursday and
    Friday we got to walk around the
    city and sightsee. By the time I got
    to jump on Saturday, I felt like I was
    at home.
    The Jayhawks might as well have
    been at home. In addition to Scott
    and Sultanovas domination, senior
    Egor Agafonov set yet another meet
    record in the mens weight throw.
    His 22.13-meter throw landed him
    an automatic trip to the NCAA
    Championships. Agafonov was the
    first student-athlete in the nation
    this year to break the 22-meter
    mark.
    Junior sprinter Nickesha
    Anderson continued to shine in New
    York as well. She broke her own
    school record in the 60-meter dash
    with a time of 7.28 seconds. The
    performance was good enough for a
    respectable fourth place.
    Anderson wasnt the only one to
    run a season best time in New York.
    Jiles performance in the 60-meter
    hurdles was his best this season as
    well. He placed ninth with a time of
    7.88 seconds.
    I had the greatest start of my life,
    he said. Coming out of the blocks,
    I really didnt expect to be in front
    all ready.
    Jiles excitement isnt limited to
    his own performance.
    The team is coming together a
    lot more quickly than I thought we
    would, he said. Im expecting us to
    be at least in the top four at the end
    of the season.
    Junior sprinter Jarrell Rollins ran
    the 500-meter dash for the first time
    this season and faired well. He took
    eighth place with a time of 4.19 sec-
    onds. Rollins said the New Balance
    Invitational gave the Jayhawks posi-
    tive momentum.
    A performance like this gives
    us great confidence going into the
    Big 12 Conference Championship,
    he said.
    The Jayhawks hope to take their
    positive energy from New York
    into their meets this weekend. The
    team will split up between the ISU
    Classic in Ames, Iowa and the
    Tyson Invitation in Fayetteville,
    Ark.
    Im expecting a lot of big things
    to happen this weekend, Jiles said.
    Everybodys a lot more focused
    just because they went into an
    atmosphere where it was just like a
    national championship meet.
    Edited by Mandy Earles
    Track and Field
    Team breaks records during trip to New York
    KANSAN FILE PHOTO
    Senior pole-vaulter Kate Sultanova competes at the Jayhawk Classic on Jan. 25th. The
    Jayhawks participated last week at the NewBalance Collegiate Invitational in NewYork City.
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    BY TAYLOR MICHEL NYE
    tnye@kansan.com
    The Kansas swimming and diving
    team finished the dual meet season
    on a high note and continued its hot
    streak this past weekend.
    The Jayhawks won their meet in
    Ames, Iowa, against the Iowa State
    Cyclones by a
    score of 188-106.
    It was the sixth
    victory in a row
    for the Jayhawks.
    The team fin-
    ished the dual
    meet season with
    a record of 7-2.
    Coach Clark
    Campbell said
    that the victory
    was a great way
    to go into the championship season.
    We are very happy with how the
    swimmers and divers performed,
    Campbell said. We talked about
    rising to the challenge in each com-
    petitive situation throughout the
    season.
    Senior Terri Schramka and
    Junior Maria Mayrovich each had
    four victories on the day. Schramka
    had individual victories in the 50-
    yard and 150-yard freestyle events,
    while Mayrovich took the 50-yard
    and 150-yard freestyle events. Both
    swimmers had two relay victories.
    Terri is having a very solid senior
    year, Campbell said. Each week she
    has been get-
    ting better and
    is really setting
    up for a stellar
    champi onship
    season.
    Junior co-
    captain Danielle
    H e r r m a n n
    recorded three
    individual vic-
    tories in the
    50-yard and
    150-yard breast-
    stroke events, and a victory in the
    100-yard individual medley. Junior
    Ashley Leidigh was strong with vic-
    tories in the 50-yard and 150-yard
    butterfly events, as well as two relay
    victories.
    Ashleys comeback this year
    has been inspirational to us all,
    Campbell said. She is looking for-
    ward to getting some rest and swim-
    ming lights-out at Austin.
    To complete their dominance,
    the Jayhawks won both the 1-meter
    and 3-meter diving events, behind
    freshman Erin Mertz. Kansas also
    captured a one-two-three finish in
    the 800-yard freestyle event.
    With the conclusion of the
    dual meet season, the team now
    focuses on the upcoming Big 12
    Championships. The Jayhawks are
    going into the tournament with a lot
    of confidence.
    Were at a good place. Each ath-
    lete has had a glimpse of how good
    they can be, Campbell said. Now,
    its time to realize their potential.
    The Jayhawks will spend the next
    two weeks in training and head to
    Austin, Texas, for the conference
    championships from Feb. 27 to
    March 1.
    Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
    We are very happy with how
    the swimmers and divers
    performed.
    Clark Campbell
    Womens swim team coach
    Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
    Alyssa Potter, Bentonville, Ark. freshman, competes in the border showdown against Missouri in Robinson Oct. 26, 2007 evening. The Jayhawks
    won seven events while Missouri took nine events.
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    SURPRISE, Ariz. Officially,


    the Kansas City Royals open spring
    training on Thursday with pitchers
    andcatchers.
    Intruth,most
    of the teams
    31 pitchers and
    seven catchers
    have been in for
    volunteer work-
    outsforaweekat
    the invitation of
    rookie manager
    TreyHillman.
    I dont know
    any specific
    counts, Hillman
    said of the early
    arrivals. Its not been a priority
    of mine, simply because it was the
    unofficialofficialinvitecamp.
    Atleast30playersalreadywork-
    ing out. Among the early arrivals
    were Gil Meche, Brian Bannister
    and Zack Greinke, who are the top
    three in the Royals rotation, plus
    veteran catchers John Buck and
    Miguel Olivo. Beyond the pitchers
    and catchers, several position play-
    ers including David DeJesus, Joey
    Gathright, Billy Butler, Ryan Shealy
    andAlexGordonwerealsoatcamp
    early. The first
    full squad
    workout is not
    scheduled until
    Tuesday.
    T h e r e
    seems to be a
    little excite-
    mentintheair,
    Hillman said.
    Its very excit-
    ingforme.This
    is my percep-
    tion:thattheres
    a lot of energy very early. I dont
    believethereisanywayofthinking
    thatsabadthing.
    Besides Hillman, who spent the
    past five years managing Japans
    Nippon Ham Fighters, Kansas City
    has two new coaches, Rusty Kuntz andDaveOwen.
    Hillman will have his pitchers
    throwtohittersonThursday.
    Im going out on a limb here,
    but I suspect well be the only
    clubthrowinglivebattingpractice
    the first day of pitchers-catchers
    reporting,Hillmansaid.
    Hillmansaidthepitcherswould
    have a screen in front of them
    whenthrowingbattingpractice.
    That is not optional, and
    the hitters will all wear helmets,
    Hillmansaid.Iveseenguysmove
    thatscreenoutofthewayandget
    smoked on the shin. Ive never
    seen a major injury from it, but
    Ive seen contusions that put you
    twotofourdaysbehind.Youcant
    afford to get behind. Were try-
    ing to get ahead. Weve got spots
    open.
    The Royals have finished last in
    the American League Central the
    pastfouryears,includingthree100-
    lossseasonsfrom2004-06.
    Hillman and his coaching spent
    most of Wednesday in meetings
    with general manager Dayton
    Moore,scoutsandotherfrontoffice
    personnel.
    Itisgoingtostartgettingfaster;
    things are going to start speeding
    up,Hillmansaid.
    Im going to be open-minded
    about everybody that is invited to
    camp. Do something to grab our
    attention without hurting yourself.
    I dont want guys coming out the
    firstdaytryingtomaketheclub.We
    always have to evaluate in spring
    training, but we always have to put
    the spring training evaluations in
    perspective.
    We just missed a lot of open
    shots, Chalmers said. We had the
    looks. We just couldnt knock them
    down.
    The recent decline in shooting
    from the guards is a bit surpris-
    ing, as earlier this season they shot
    much better. The four guards had
    been shooting 44 percent from the
    field before the Baylor game and
    40 percent from beyond the three-
    pointarc.
    Thesestatisticsshowthatthelast
    two games could be an anomaly.
    Good shooters can go through bad
    streaks.Still,thisisntaproblemthe
    Jayhawkscantakelightly.
    Iftheguardscontinuetostruggle
    from the outside, Kansas offense
    becomes highly one-dimensional.
    The Jayhawks have to go inside
    whentheguardsaremissing,andthe
    Longhornsshowedthatagoodteam
    canshutdownthelowpostoffense.
    For Kansas to regain its spot near
    the top of the polls and to contend
    for the Big 12 title, Chalmers, Rush,
    Robinson and Collins all need to
    regaintheshootingformtheyshow-
    casedformostoftheseason.
    Its very wide open, Chalmers
    said about the conference. We just
    have to keep playing our ball and
    keepbeingfocused.
    They also might want to make
    theiropenjumpshotsagain.
    Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
    sports 6B thursday, february 14, 2008
    Jon Goering/KANSAN
    Junior guard Mario Chalmers shooting a three-pointer during the mens basketball game at
    Texas Feb. 11, 2008.
    basketball (continued from 1b)
    As a result, Thompson had
    coaches from all over California
    and Nevada knocking on his door
    to play at their schools. However,
    itwasPricethecoachwhotrav-
    eled the greatest distance to see
    Thompsonwholandedtheprize
    recruit.
    The thought of moving away
    was the hardest for me because all
    the schools I wanted to go to were
    so far away, Thompson said. But
    thecoacheswereawesomeandjust
    knowingIdhaveachancetoplayin
    the Big 12 and hopefully go to the
    College World Series was the big-
    gestdealforme.
    Considering Kansas hasnt
    reached a College World Series
    since 1993, those expectations
    might seem a little lofty, but they
    arent much higher than the expec-
    tationsforThompsonhimself.
    Price cautioned that Thompson
    issuretoendurethegrowingpains
    that most freshmen go through
    early on, but he doesnt expect
    Thompson to take long to adjust
    tothespeedofthecollegegame.By
    seasons end, Price said hed like to
    see Thompson hitting around .300
    with double-digit home runs and,
    mostofall,playingsoliddefense.
    He has really good hands, he
    has a plus arm and he profiles as a
    professional third baseman, Price
    said. If he plays well defensively, I
    know hes going to play. Hes going
    to struggle, theres no doubt. Every
    freshman struggles the first half,
    butifhecanhandleitmentallyand
    not bury himself, I think when the
    seasons over hell have very good
    numbers.
    And by the time Thompsons
    Kansas career is over, he could
    solidify himself as Kansas single-
    season and career record holder
    in home runs. Travis Metcalf, who
    is now with the Texas Rangers, is
    Kansas current leader in both cat-
    egories,with18homerunsin2004
    and 29 in his career, but the latter
    may fall by seasons end. Seniors
    ErikMorrisonandRynePrice,who
    bothhave24careerhomeruns,are
    on pace to surpass Metcalf s career
    mark.
    Coach Price isnt a betting
    man, but he wont be surprised
    if Thompson owns both records
    withinthreeyearsbeforepursuinga
    professionalcareerofhisown.
    When I walked on this campus
    five years ago and Travis Metcalf
    was standing next to me, I thought
    This guys has a chance to be a big
    timeplayer,CoachPricesaid.He
    fulfilledhisdreamandIthinkTony
    hasthatsametypeoffuture.
    Edited by Madeline Hyden
    thoMpson (continued from 1b)
    royals start training early for pitchers, catchers
    sean stefen/assoCIateD pRess
    Fromleft, kansas City Royals announcer Ryan lefebvre, catcher John buck, and pitchers
    luke hochevar and brandon Duckworth autograph items during a Royals Caravan stop
    yesterday in Pittsburg, Kan. Royals baseball players, coaches and other teammembers are visiting
    cities in the Midwest.
    this is my perception: that
    theres a lot of energy very early.
    i dont believe there is any way
    of thinking thats a bad thing.
    trey hillman
    manager
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    As Pharmacy and Got It From
    My Mama practiced minutes before
    last nights game at the Student
    Recreation Fitness Center, each team
    got a sense of the competitiveness
    in the air.
    By the time the first half began,
    the intensity of both teams made it
    clear that this wasnt going to be an
    easy vicotry.
    Even through the last minutes,
    the teams tried to put more points
    on the scoreboard. But, Got It
    From My Mama fell short and
    Pharmacy took home the 54-49
    victory.
    At tip-off Got It From My Mama
    player Jorden Bates, Hoisigton
    junior, grabbed the ball. But, a
    Pharmacys defensemen blocked
    passes and Clint Freeman,
    Osawatomie Kansas alumni, stole
    the ball.
    With help and some blind
    passes from teammates, Michael
    Hansford, Topeka senior and
    Pharmacy player, drove down
    the court and scored a two point
    field goal. Its defense quickly
    moved to the other side of the
    court awaiting Got It From My
    Mama.
    Got It From My Mama wasnt
    going to let the defense stop it from
    making shots. The team made deep
    passes and used inside shooting to
    score field goals throughout the
    game.
    With a two-on-one defense,
    Freeman was able to cross dribble
    through Craig Bates, Leavenworth
    senior, for an effortless layup.
    By the end of the first half,
    Got It From My Mama had seven
    fouls, while Pharmacy only had
    two.
    The first half ended with
    Pharmacy leading by 11. As both
    teams hydrated, they discussed the
    strengths of their opponent and how
    to better themselves.
    For the next few minutes
    before the start of the second half,
    Matthew Morrison, Dodge City
    junior, told his teammates to keep
    pressing and block out to keep
    the lead.
    Throughout the second half, Got
    It From My Mama kept getting fouls,
    which made some teammates very
    upset with the calls from the ref-
    erees.
    The game turned ugly when play-
    ers from Got It From My Mama
    questioned the referees calls and
    taunted Pharmacy during its free
    throws.
    Towards the end of the half,
    the teams had a three-point field
    goal showdown. Players from
    both teams took every opportu-
    nity to put up three-pointers. For
    each swoosh of the net Pharmacy
    nailed from behind the arc, Got
    It From My Mama answered with
    the same.
    With only 28.6 seconds left in
    the game, Got It From My Mama
    called one last time out to set
    up one final play. Teammates told
    each other to shoot three-point-
    ers any time they had the ball in
    an effort to send the game into
    overtime.
    Got It From My Mama fell
    short as shots whirled on the
    rim of the basket but fell out.
    Pharmacys defense rebounded
    the ball and played keepaway
    while Got It From My Mama
    looked at the seconds ticking
    away on the clock.
    Pharmacy stayed focused as
    they continued to score baskets
    and ended the game with a close
    five point lead on Got It From My
    Mama.
    Coming into the second half
    we picked up our defense to keep
    a steady lead, said Shannon Cork,
    Dodge City graduate student and
    Pharmacy player.
    Morrison added, We had solid
    teamwork and hit each free throw
    down the stretch.
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    and sometimes blistering question-
    ing, Roger Clemens stuck to his
    story Wednesday. So did his chief
    accuser and former personal train-
    er, Brian McNamee.
    And after a four and a half hour
    hearing, Congress settled for a draw
    in the he-said, he-said between the
    two men over whether the seven-time
    Cy Young Award winner used perfor-
    mance-enhancing drugs. Ultimately,
    the matter may be referred to the
    Justice Department for a resolution
    and, possibly, criminal charges.
    I havent reached any conclu-
    sions at this point, said California
    Democrat Henry Waxman, chair-
    man of the House Oversight and
    Government Reform Committee.
    But, as ranking Republican Tom
    Davis of Virginia, put it: Both cant
    be telling the truth.
    Clemens and McNamee, once
    employer and employee, and by all
    accounts once friends, sat at the
    same witness table and rarely, if
    ever, looked at the other.
    His reputation and legacy on
    the line, Clemens gestured toward
    McNamee with his right arm and
    said, I have strong disagreements
    with what this man says about me.
    At times, Clemens struggled to find
    the right words as he was pressed by
    lawmakers about McNamees allega-
    tions told to federal prosecutors
    and then baseball investigator George
    Mitchell that he injected the pitcher
    with steroids and human growth hor-
    mone from 1998 to 2001. Clemens
    also was asked about new accounts of
    drug use made against him by former
    teammate and pal Andy Pettitte.
    Using words like misremem-
    bered and even mispronouncing
    McNamees name at one point,
    Clemens raised his voice toward
    the end to interrupt Waxmans clos-
    ing remarks. Waxman pounded his
    gavel and said, Excuse me, but this
    is not your time to argue with me.
    I have never taken steroids or
    HGH, Clemens said after rising
    with McNamee to swear to tell the
    truth. No matter what we discuss
    here today, I am never going to have
    my name restored.
    For many, his denials rang hollow.
    Its hard to believe you, sir,
    Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland
    Democrat, said. I hate to say that.
    Youre one of my heroes. But its
    hard to believe.
    McNamees answers were gener-
    ally quick and concise. His credibil-
    ity also came under scrutiny.
    Youre here under oath, and yet
    we have lie after lie after lie after
    lie, Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana
    Republican, said.
    Clemens briefly stared at
    McNamee, his former employee,
    during his accusers opening state-
    ment, in which the trainer said he
    injected Clemens more times than
    he previously had said.
    Members of Congress ques-
    tioned the credibility of both.
    Waxman who opened the pro-
    ceedings by saying he thought this
    would be the last hearing his com-
    mittee holds on baseball pointed
    out inconsistencies in Clemens
    comments. Waxman also accused
    Clemens of possibly attempting to
    influence statements to the commit-
    tee by the pitchers former nanny.
    Burton repeatedly read remarks
    McNamee had made, and each time
    the former trainer was forced to
    admit they were untrue.
    This is really disgusting. Youre
    here as a sworn witness. Youre here
    to tell the truth, he said. I dont
    know what to believe. I know one
    thing I dont believe and thats you.
    Cummings set the tone within
    minutes of the start, repeatedly
    reminding Clemens he was under
    oath and admonishing the pitcher to
    keep your voice up. McNamee was
    asked to pull his microphone closer.
    Debbie Clemens, the pitchers
    wife, sat behind her husband and
    listened as Waxman implicated her
    in HGH use, citing statements by
    Pettitte. Later, Clemens read a state-
    ment from his wife and said she
    has been broken up over this.
    ASSociAted PreSS
    Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher roger clemens, right, lawyer charles
    Scheeler center, and his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, are sworn-in before
    they testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday before the House Oversight, and
    Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball.
    Clemens denies all allegations of steroid use in hearings
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    For the first nine games of Big
    12 Conference play the dominant
    Danielle McCray who terrorized
    nonconference opponents with her
    dynamic play remained a distant
    memory. The sophomore guards
    points per game and shooting per-
    centages both dropped off as the
    Jayhawks struggled to replicate the
    form that gave them 11 victories in
    theirfirst13games.
    Turns out the old McCray
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    waiting for the right time to
    emerge. Wednesday night against
    Colorado, McCray poured in
    24 points and ripped down 10
    rebounds to lead Kansas to its
    thirdconferencevictory.
    McCray was the best Ive seen
    her all year, Colorado coach Kathy
    McConnell-Miller said. She was
    just really effective. Her line looks
    good,obviouslyyoudonotwantfive
    turnovers, but everything else was
    solid. She was a difference maker
    tonight.
    Much of McCrays offensive suc-
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    theconferenceseasonbeganthetal-
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    McCray found her touch from
    thefieldaswell.Hersevenfieldgoals
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    seasonhigh.Shesaidshetriedtobe
    moreaggressiveandtakeonmoreof
    theoffensiveload.
    When I went in, I just tried to
    be aggressive and tried to draw the
    contact as well as finish it, McCray
    said.
    WithMcCraydrawingthedefens-
    es focus, freshman center Krysten
    Boogaard and junior guard Ivana
    Catic found more room to operate.
    Boogaard finished with 16 points
    and eight rebounds while Catic
    added10pointsandfourassists.
    Caticsaidhavingaconfidentand
    aggressive McCray made the whole
    team better and made her own job
    distributingtheballeasier.
    Thats as good as it gets, Catic
    said. You know theres somebody
    whoknowshowtoreadascreenand
    comeoffofit.Itsreallygood.Idont
    havetothinkaboutmuchexceptfor
    gettinghertheball.
    Coach Bonnie Henrickson said
    she thought McCrays energy was a
    catalyst for her teams play. In addi-
    tion to her double-double, McCray
    contributedfourassists,threeblocks
    and three steals. Henrickson said
    both she and assistant coach Kyra
    Elzy saw the performance coming
    based on McCrays intensity and
    focusinpractice.
    She was more aggressive off the
    dribble, off the catch, to the boards
    and she was able to get the free-
    throwlinetonight,Henricksonsaid.
    She was able to manufacture some
    pointsatthefree-throwlinetonight.
    We really fed off of her and tonight
    she was more aggressive and more
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    LaChelda Jacobs, sophomore guard, gets ready to take the ball to the basket during the second half of the game. Kansas led Colorado 38-31 at
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    Below: Freshman center Krysten Boogaard looks to the basket over the outstretched arms of
    a Colorado defender during the second half of the game. Boogaard shot 6-for-11 fromthe foor and
    4-for-6 fromthe line for 16 points.

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