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katrina
victims to
pay up
Grant program
overpays recipients
full AP STORy PAgE 9A
softball team
beats texas tech
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Cold weather doesnt affect performance
mountain
dewds
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Friends bought home to
promote awesomeness
Senators
question
presidents
vetoes
student senate
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Student body president Hannah
Love vetoed three pieces of legislation
last week.
The vetoes are
causing controversy
with some senators
because they say she
is no longer repre-
senting the interests
of students.
Student Senate
passed the leg-
islation at the
March 12 meeting, while Love was
in Washington, D.C. on a Student
Legislation Awareness Board trip.
The three pieces of legislation that
Love vetoed are: a resolution asking
KU Information Technology to consid-
er bringing Gmail to KU e-mail, a bill
that would create a sustainability stu-
dent fee and a bill that would give the
Student Senate Executive Committee
veto power over the Multicultural
Education Fund Board.
SEE veto On PAgE 3A
mASS. STREET mAyhEm
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Jayhawk fans throng Massachusetts Street after the Kansas victory against Davidson 59-57 Sunday afternoon in Detroit. Fans poured out of bars and restaurants and clogged the street for blocks, completely halting the fowof trafc.
Kansas will play North Carolina on Saturday in San Antonio in the Final Four. This will be the frst Final Four in NCAA history to have only frst-seeded teams.
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The student vOice since 1904
BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
Fans celebrating Kansas Elite Eight vic-
tory against Davidson turned Massachusetts
Street into an impromptu parade site Sunday
night.
Kansas basketball fans began to celebrate
on Lawrences famous street immediately after
the final buzzer sounded and the Jayhawks
punched their ticket to the Final Four.
As soon as the game was over, I imme-
diately started celebrating and came down
here, said Larry Sieve, Overland Park sopho-
more.
Cars traveling down Massachusetts Street
traveled at a slow pace, blaring horns as driv-
ers and passengers shared high-fives with fans
celebrating on the median of the street. Truck
beds were filled with more fans screaming at
the top of their lungs. A few lay across the roof
of a car as it traveled down the street.
Dani Davey, a law student from Overland
Park, said the celebration matched the
Jayhawks Final Four celebration in 2003 in
craziness.
Considering its still going on two hours
after the game, its pretty crazy, Davey said.
Most of the crowd gathered at the corner
of Eighth and Massachusetts streets.
Go Jayhawks! All the way to the title!
yelled one fan as he sprinted past the corner.
Lawrence residents joined students in the
celebration. Even some elderly residents took
a walk down the street sharing high-fives
with everyone in their
paths.
Mostly its a wild, good atmosphere, said
Taylor Porter, a Lawrence resident. I told all
my friends to come to town because when we
make it to the Final Four, its gosh darn Mardi
Gras down here.
Lawrence Police officers monitored the
crowd. Officers didnt bother trying to keep
people from blocking traffic. Instead, they
focused more on monitoring alcohol use in
the area. Officers forced some fans to pour
out their open containers of beer.
We deployed units to Mass. Street spe-
cifically for this, Lawrence Police Captain
Ray Urbanek said. Were just keeping people
from hurting themselves.
Urbanek said that he was not aware of
any arrests made on
Massachusetts Street during the night.
Although the scene may have looked like
a riot, Adam Knoerschilz, Lyndon senior,
said that trouble seemed minimal.
Ive seen some people who are obviously
underage and drinking, but I dont necessar-
ily call that trouble, Sieve said.
Knoerschilz said he hoped the city would
have an opportunity to have an even larg-
er celebration next week after the NCAA
Championship game.
Its been all positive and a hell of a good
time, Knoerschilz said. I could only imag-
ine this in my dreams.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Downtown erupts in celebration; Kansas enters Final Four and prepares to face North Carolina
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4. Kansas loses by four
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The public event Junior
Day will begin at 9:30 a.m. in
the Kansas Union. Registration
is required.
Osher Institute: Recover-
ing a Lost Kansas Lansdcape:
A Novelist Explores Personal
History will begin at 2 p.m. at
the Tallgrass Creek Retirement
Community.
The lecture At Last, abso-
lute radiometric ages for the
entire Pleistocene glacial sec-
tion in central North America
will begin at 4 p.m. in 412
Lindley.
The Physics & Astronomy
Departmental Colloquium
Do We Know How QCD Works
Inside Hadrons? will begin at
4 p.m. in 2074 Malott.
The flm Vremia zhatvy
(Harvest Time) by Marina
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p.m. in the Kansas Union.
Souls on Ice: Human Con-
quest and Study of the Antarc-
tic Icecap will begin at 7 p.m.
at Continuing Education.
The public event Indig-
enous Thinking in a Time of
Climat Change will begin at
7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute
of Politics.
The concert Faculty Art-
ist Steven Spooner, piano
will begin at 7:30 p.m. in
Swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall.
campus
School of Business rises to
fourth best in the nation
Accounting students from the
University of Kansas bumped
the School of Business up to
the number four school in
the nation with the highest
Certifed Public Accountant
exam passing rate for frst-time
candidates without advanced
degrees.
Paul Mason, professor of
accounting, said the success of
KU accounting students would
help attract new students and
job recruiters to the School of
Business.
This ranking refects well
on the quality of the account-
ing program and the KU
School of Business, Mason said
in a press release. There is no
question that we have some
of the best students in the
country, and this ranking helps
highlight that fact.
The CPA exam is a test that
people must pass in order to
qualify as a certifed public ac-
countant in any of the 55 U.S.
jurisdictions, according to the
CPA exam Web site.
According to a School of
Business press release, 72 per-
cent of the KU students who
took the Uniform CPA exam
passed on their frst attempt.
Nearly 22,000 candidates
across the country took the
exam.
Andy Greenhaw
Meet your Student Senator
with Ethan Zipf-Sigler, graduate senator
By alexandra Garry
agarry@kansan.com
As far as Student Senators go,
Ethan Zipf-Sigler isnt involved.
Hes not in any clubs and not affili-
ated with any coalition or special
interest. And he said that was his
greatest asset.
Grad students bring under-
standing and objectivity to Senate,
Zipf-Sigler said.
Eric Foss, a fellow law sena-
tor and Zipf-Siglers roommate,
encouraged Zipf-Sigler to get
involved with Senate because of his
objectivity.
He has a firm commitment to
getting things right, not getting
involved in political interests, Foss
said. Hes one of the most intel-
ligent and least partisan people Ive
ever met.
Zipf-Sigler, a second-year law
student, serves on the finance com-
mittee. He said that in finance, it
was especially important to include
the balanced approach of the ten
graduate students in Senate.
A lot of discipline is needed;
often, in the past, the committee
has let almost anyone get away with
spending funds, he said.
He also emphasized the impor-
tance of the finance committee
itself.
Thats where Senate makes a
big impact on every students life
the way in which it spends their
money, he said.
Lennea Carty, also a finance
committee senator, described Zipf-
Sigler as a natural leader with a
devotion to ethical debate and
uncovering the truth. Carty cited
Zipf-Siglers vocal opposition to
the highly contested Womens and
Non-Revenue Sports Fee as an
example of his willingness to take
on controversial issues.
Zipf-Sigler, who Carty said had
aimed to promote fiscal respon-
sibility without detriment to stu-
dents, said he was happy with the
way this term of Senate had gone.
Weve spent almost all of our
budget, but not all, he said. I
think thats a sign of a good com-
mittee it does what its sup-
posed to do, spends the money its
supposed to spend, but doesnt go
overboard.
Zipf-Sigler said he was happy to
be involved with Senate partially
because he found himself with
more time on his hands than when
he was an undergraduate.
Its something for me to do,
Zipf-Sigler said. But really, it is
fun. Its strange to say going to
three meetings a week would be
fun, but it is. You feel as if youve
gotten something done even
if its just spending other peoples
money.
Despite his enjoyment, Zipf-
Sigler, who debated and wrote
for The Hilltop Monitor, the stu-
dent newspaper of William Jewell
College, in Liberty, Mo., will not be
involved with Senate next year. He
said he made the decision to end
his Senate career so that he could
continue to be a part of the elec-
tions commission, which requires
objectivity from its members.
As law representative and adju-
dicator for the elections com-
mission, Zipf-Sigler uses his law
knowledge to oversee and moder-
ate complaints hearings, which he
said, like many Senate debates, can
get pretty heated.
This year, its been pretty tame
just complaints about late filing
and campaign advertising, he said.
There hasnt been anything terri-
bly controversial like voter intimi-
dation or anything.
The main focus of the elections
commission is outreach, Zipf-Sigler
said. This means increasing voter
turn out by staging a debate and
opening poll sites across campus
on election day, as well as making
the importance of voting better
known.
Were just trying to get students
aware, he said. The more you
remind people, the more its likely
theyll turn up.
Zipf-Sigler has no affiliation
with any Senate presidential can-
didate, but strongly encourages all
students to vote.
Theres three really good sets of
ideas, he said. Its important stu-
dents choose for themselves which
they want in control. We each pay
over $700 in fees every year. Thats
a lot of money, which will be con-
trolled by one of those candidates.
He also said that voting is
important because each person is
unique in the way that he or she
makes decisions that impact all
students.
Its amazing, he said. Smart,
well-informed people come to all
kinds of different opinions on the
same thing and sometimes they
just cant agree.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Hawk stomp
Alex Bonham-Carter/KANSAN
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, Upsilon chapter, participate in the annual Spring Step Show,
titledStompThe Hill, on Saturday at the Lied Center. National Pan-Hellenic Council played host
to the event.
Fridays column Coinci-
dence too much to ignore
misstated Kansas played
its frst NCAA tournament
game in Detroit since 1988. It
should have read that Kansas
was making its frst Sweet
Sixteen appearance in Detroit
since 1988 as the team
played in Auburn Hills, Mich.,
on March 17, 2006.
A photo caption for Tues-
days story Platforms address
fee spending misstated the
hometown of Jean Menager.
Menager is a sophomore
from Auburn, Kan.
InTernaTIOnal
Zimbabwe citizens wait
for election results
HARARE, Zimbabwe Zim-
babwes main opposition party
claimed an early lead Sunday
in elections, seeking to thwart
any possible vote rigging by
President Robert Mugabe amid
an ominous silence from the
Electoral Commission and the
deployment of security forces.
Earlier people celebrated in
the streets, dancing, singing
and giving each other the
openhanded wave that is the
opposition partys symbol.
But by sundown, as frustra-
tions grew more than 24 hours
after polls closed, riot police
and other security forces were
patrolling the capitals densely
populated suburbs, accord-
ing to independent election
monitors.
In previous elections, partial
results have been announced
within hours of voting ending.
Why are we not getting
the results? Its very clear to
me Mugabe wants to steal this
election, said Hapisson Mate, a
23-year-old frst-time voter.
Discontent with Mugabe has
grown nationwide and the elec-
tion was seen as the toughest
challenge to his 28-year rule.
Unemployment stands at 80
percent the same percent-
age that survives on less than
$1 a day.
Associated Press
news 3A monday, march 31, 2008
Gmail TechnoloGy
The Gmail resolution required
two-thirds of Senate to pass. It
passed in full Senate 34-8, which
is six more votes than necessary.
The resolution had no negative
speeches when it went through
committees or full Senate.
The Gmail resolution stemmed
from an initiative by Senate coali-
tion ConnectKU. Love said she
vetoed it because it brought party
politics into Student Senate.
My responsibility as student
body president is to keep Senate
non-partisan, Love said.
Jarrod Morgenstern, Overland
Park senior and journalism
senator, was involved in creat-
ing the ConnectKU initiative to
bring Gmail technology to the
University.
He said that in his two years of
experience in Senate, when Senate
put its name on a resolution asking
a University organization to do
something, the chances of it hap-
pening increased.
Morgenstern said that because
Love was vetoing a resolution that
so many senators voted in favor of,
Love was no longer representing
the best interests of students.
She thinks that shes smart-
er than the other 34 people who
voted for it, Morgenstern said.
Morgenstern said he planned to
override Loves veto. He also said
the veto signified her opposition
to Gmail for students. A veto takes
two-thirds of Senate to override.
SuSTainabiliTy Fee
Love also vetoed a change to the
distribution of student fees.
In 2007, the student body voted
for a referendum to pay $1.50 per
semester to a sustainability fund
for the campus. The vote did not
increase fees but moved the $1.50
from already existing fees.
The bill that passed through
Senate on March 12 by a 29-12 vote
took $.25 from the Womens and
Non-Revenue Sports fee, which
costs students $40 per semester,
and put it toward the sustainability
fund.
Love said she vetoed it because
there were other student fees that
could handle cuts and the money
shouldnt come from the athlet-
ics fee.
mulTiculTural
educaTion Fund
The Multicultural Education
Fund bill, which passed on March
12 by a 40-12 vote, proposed that
StudEx have oversight over the
board. Currently, there is no over-
sight on how the Multicultural
Education Fund Board spends
money. Students pay $1.50 per
semester to the Multicultural
Education Fund, which amounts
to about $75,000. The fund, which
is in its first year of existence,
has caused controversy in Senate
meetings about which groups
qualify as multicultural. The fund
is not governed by regular Senate
regulations.
Love said no other board that
distributes fee money has an over-
sight process and ordering one on
the Multicultural Education Fund
Board would be discriminatory.
In her veto statement, which she
sent out over the Student Senate
list server, she said she was disap-
pointed in the treatment of the
bill.
I am receiving the impression
from this body that these guide-
lines, passed by the student body,
are wrong, Love wrote. This is
not a students of color fund. This
fee is no different than many of the
other fees. A board is appointed
that Student Senate entrusts with
the funds. The system is not bro-
ken, and it does not need adjust-
ment. This fee has been through
the same processes, appeals, and
scrutiny as all the other student
senate fees.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita
sophomore and United Students
presidential candidate, said he
thought it was unfortunate that
three pieces of legislation were
vetoed at once.
If elected, I would work with
people I agree with and people
I dont, so we never get to that
stage, McGonigle said.
McGonigle is also the current
StudEx chair.
Austin Kelly, Lawrence junior
and ConnectKU presidential can-
didate, said all three vetoes were a
little different. He said that if Love
felt strongly about the MEF and
sustainability vetoes, then it was
her right to veto them.
Kelly said he thought the Gmail
veto was inappropriate. He said
every issue was partisan because
every student body president ran a
campaign and tried to get platform
issues accomplished once elected.
He said who got credit for an idea
was not what Senate was about.
I want a student body presi-
dent to embrace what is good for
students regardless of who thought
of it, Kelly said.
Senate rules give the student
body president the power to veto
legislation, but that power is not
used often.
In the five years before Love was
in office, only one student body
president used veto power. Steve
Munch, student body president
from 2004 to 2005, vetoed two
bills. Nothing since then had been
vetoed until Love entered office
and vetoed a bill regarding the use
of electronic voting devices, or
clickers, during summer 2007.
Full Senate meets Wednesday
at the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics. If it is going to, Senate
would probably have to over-
turn Loves vetoes at this meet-
ing because Senate typically does
not discuss legislation after Senate
elections. Elections this year are
April 9 and 10.
EditedbyKatherineLoeck
veto (continued from 1a)
Film festival takes on campus
enVironmenT
Biology professor to present An Inconvenient Truth slideshow
BY MARY SORRICK
msorrick@kansan.com
A free environmental film fes-
tival on campus this week will
usher in Earth Month.
The festi-
val will fea-
ture three
d o c u me n -
taries and a
presentation
of Al Gores
s l i d e s h o w
from An
Inconvenient
Truth.
Films for
Action, an
independent media outlet from
Lawrence, and student groups
KU Environs and E.A.R.T.H. are
sponsoring the event.
The movies and slideshow will
be spread throughout four nights
beginning on Monday and end-
ing with a panel discussion and
free Local Burger catering for
attendees on Thursday.
Margaret Tran, Derby soph-
omore and vice president of
E.A.R.T.H., said the festival took
shape when Tree Media Group, a
California-based media compa-
ny, asked if student groups from
the University wanted to show
its film, The 11th Hour, as part
of Tree Medias promotion of the
movie at college campuses across
the country.
Tree Media also offered to
provide food from Local Burger
including mini burgers, hum-
mus, cheese and crackers and
other organic foods.
We thought it was great
because we would want to put
on an event like this anyway,
Tran said. So the idea that they
want to provide us with funding
is great.
After showing The 11th
Hour on Thursday, a panel dis-
cussion comprised of faculty,
local environmental experts and
Stephan McGuire, co-producer
of Tree Medias films, will cap the
weeks festivities.
Other films
to be shown
this week are
The Power of
Communit y:
How Cuba
S u r v i v e d
Peak Oil and
What A Way
to Go: Life
at the End of
Empire.
B r i a n
Sifton, Kansas City, Mo., senior
and president of KU Environs,
said the films centered on the
impending natural resource cri-
ses and focused on issues rare-
ly tackled by the mainstream
media.
Tuesdays slideshow presen-
tation from An Inconvenient
Truth will be given by David
Gordon, associate professor
of biology at Pittsburgh State
University.
We thought it would be cool
to do it that
way because
it allows
people to ask
questions if
they would
like, Sifton
said. It also
gets around
the I dont
believe cli-
mate change
is real because
I dont like Al Gore mentality
that so many of us have.
The presentation and movies
will offer students the opportu-
nity to inform themselves about
topics related to climate change
and sustainability, Tran said.
Its starting to become more
and more apparent that we
should be trying to solve these
p r o b l e ms ,
she said. As
students, we
really are kind
of paving the
way, so the
more educat-
ed we can be
the better.
For more
i nf or mat i on
about Films
for Action
and Tree Media, visit their Web
sites at www.filmsforaction.org
and www.treemedia.com.
EditedbyJessicaSain-Baird
schedule
monday, march 31 - The
Power of Community: How
Cuba Survived Peak Oil
7 p.m. at the Ecumenical
Christian Ministries
Tuesday, april 1 - An
Inconvenient Truth slide-
show
7 p.m. at the ECM
Wednesday, april 2 -
What a Way to Go: Life at
the End of Empire
7 p.m. at the ECM
Thursday, april 3 - The
11th Hour
7 p.m. in Alderson Audito-
rium at the Kansas Union
$1 to $2 donations to help
compensate the ECM for
hosting the festival will be
appreciated.
its starting to become more
and more apparent that we
should be trying to solve these
problems.
MARGARET TRAN
Derby sophomore and
vice president of E.A.R.T.H.
tree media also ofered to
provide food from Local Burger
including mini burgers, hum-
mus, cheese and crackers and
other organic foods.

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EVENT: "RAGS TO RICHES"
CHARITY BALL
DATE: Saturday, April 19
TIME: 7pm-9:45pm
LOCATION: Gridiron Room at the Burge
Union
HOSTED BY: National Society of Colle-
giate Scholars & KU Honor Society
PURPOSE: Fundraiser event for the
Lawrence Humane Society. All you have to
bring are a donation of
old towels & rags! Monetary donations are
accepted.
INFO: Tis event is open to ANYONE!
NSCS members bring your friends! Tis
is for a good cause. Music, food & swing
dance lessons will be provided. It will give
students a chance to go to a formal event,
dress up,
have fun & dance the night away.
Finance Club Meeting
Tis Tursday, April 3rd
7 pm - 427 Summereld
featuring Fred Coulson
-Managing Director of
Five Elms Capital
**food and drinks provided
**please dress business casual
Be A Part of Center for Community Outreach!
CCO is seeking motivated, service-orientated people
for the following paid positions:
Co-Director Communications Director Financial
Director Technology Director
27 Volunteer Coordinating Positions are also open for
our 14 volunteer programs.
Applications are available at www.ku.edu/~cco or
outside 405 Kansas Union.
Co-director Applications are due April 7th
(Recommendations due April 11) All other
applications due April 21st
When: Sunday, April 13, 10:00 am
Where: Check-in at the north end of
Allen Fieldhouse. Race route through
campus- begins and ends at Burge Union
Why: To benet Devin McAnderson,
Leukemia patient & brother of KU run-
ning back Brandon McAnderson
Entry Fee: $10 for students &
$15 non-students
T-shirts: T-shirts for those registered by
April 8. Late registers not
guaranteed t-shirts.
Website: devinsrun.com <https://
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asp?URL=http://devinsrun.com>
(registration available online)
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Jacksonville Apartments
700 Monterey Way
1&2 Bedrooms
Westside 785.841.4935
Country Club Apartments
6th & Rockledge
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
Full Size Washer and Dryer
Fully-equipped Kitchen
Vaulted ceilings available
785.841.4935
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3rd Fl oor, Kansas Uni on,
1301 Jay hawk Bl vd.,
La wr ence, KS. EOE.
1701-17 Ohio, 2 bedroom apartments, 1
bath, w/d, d/w, central air. Close to KU.
No pets $635.00 749-6084 eresrental.
com
1317 Valley Lane, 3 bedroom - town-
home, 1.5 bath, w/d hook-up, fp, central
air. Close to KU. No pets. $900.00. 749-
6084. eresrental.com
3-6 BR Houses, 1-3 BR Apts, Rooms all
near KU. Possible rent reduction for labor.
Please call 785-841-6254
3-6 BR, nice houses for Aug. 1. Most
close to KU, wood frs, free W/D use,
parking. $895-2385/mo. Call anytime
841-3633.
3 BR, 1 BA house, close to campus. 1312
W. 19th Ter. Avail. Aug. 1. W/D, no pets,
$1050/mo. Call 785-218-8893
3BR 1BA at 1037 Tennessee, Available
August 1st. $1300/mo. 1 yr lease. W/D,
off-st parking, no smoking.
785-842-3510.
3BR 2.5BA avail. Aug. 1 @ Williams
Pointe Townhomes $1050 cable & inter-
net paid, gym, rec room, no pets, call 312-
7942
3BR 2BA apartment. 5th & Colorado.
Close to campus, W/D. $750/mo. Patio,
Small pets ok. Call 785-832-2258.
3BR 2BA Duplex, 1 car garage, W/D
hookups, avail. August 1st. 804
New Jersey. $950/mo. Please call
785-550-4148.
3BR, 1.5BA Townhome, 2301 Ranch
Way. Garage, DW, CA, MW, W/D, Pets
Okay, Available NOW. $770/mo. 785-842-
7644
4 BR 2 BA large duplex, 3928 Overland
Dr. 2 car garage, all appliances, avail.
Aug. 1. $1050/month. Call
785-766-9823.
4 BR 2 BA, Sweet house, big backyard.
$1400 a month. 3rd and Minnesota. Call
John at (816) 589-2577.
4 BR 3BA avail. June 1 & Aug 1 @
LeannaMar Townhomes, Open House
WThF 3-7 & Sat 11-2, internet & cable
paid, W/D, new appliances, freshly
remodeled. Move-In Specials $1160 no
pets, call 312-7942
4 BR, 1 BA, 1336 Mass. Newly remod-
eled, W/D, gas heat, $1520/month. Avail.
August 1, 1 yr lease. 760-840-0487.
4BR/2 full BA/Washer&Dryer/Free Inter-
net and Cable RIGHT ON CAMPUS! Only
$310 per person(4ppl) Contact Sarah at-
(785) 230-3023
Available August 08. College Hill Con-
dos. 3 BR, 2 BA Condo w/WD. On KU
bus route. Close to Campus (10 min.
walk). $800/mo. + utilities. (785)830-8404
ask for Amy. hawkchalk.com/1048
941 Alabama, six - bedroom house, 3
bath, w/d, d/w, central air. Close to KU.
No pets. $2600 749-6084. eresrental.
com
926 Ohio, four - bedroom house, 2 bath,
w/d, d/w, central air, basement, attached
garage, close to KU, No pets. $1600.00
749-6084. eresrental.com
Beautiful 2, 3 & 4 BR homes.
Available immediately. We love pets.
Call for details. 816-729-7513
Brand new 10 BR house ready for Aug
lease. Other houses available for May.
Close to Downtown/KU Campus. Call
816.686.8868 for more info.
Canyon Court. 1,2,3 BRs and BAs. Lim-
ited $99 dep/BR. Secure your luxury liv-
ing! 785-832-8805.
Perfect for college students! 2BR in 4-
plex. 928 Alabama. Close to stadium.
W/D included. $500/mo. Call Edie 842-
1822
River City Homes, Inc.
Well maintained town homes in west
Lawrence. All appliances and lawn care
furnished. Visit our website for ad-
dresses and current prices. www.
rivercity4rent.com
785-749-4010
Split level, 3 BR town house (near Kasold
& 6th) w/ 2 living areas, freplace, 2 car
garage, W/D. No pets. Seen by appt only.
$1150/mo. Jessie 469-667-6867.
Close to Allen Fieldhouse, 3 BR 2 BA,
1822 Maine or 1820 Alabama. W/D, A/C,
$1260/month. Avail. Aug. 3.
760-840-0487
House for rent, adjacent to the Rec Cen-
ter. Avail. Aug. 5 for male grad students.
3BR 1BA. Off-street parking. Part base-
ment. Seen by appointment only.
$900/mo. for information 785-528-4876
House for Sale at 331 Clayton Court in
Lawrence, KS. 4BD, 2BA, washer/dryer,
new fridge and water heater, private patio,
etc. Call 620-340-7742 & leave mes-
sage
Leasing for Summer & Fall 2, 3 & 4 BDR
apartments & townhomes. Walk-in clos-
ets, swimming pool, KU & Lawrence bus
route, patio/balcony cats ok. Call 785-843-
0011 or view www.holiday-apts.com
Nice 3 BR 1.5 BA townhouse at 1444
Brighton Cir. All appliances, garage, avail-
able now. $750/mo. Call 785-554-0077.
No Deposits, Large Pets allowed! 2 BR, 1
BA at Trailridge! Short-term lease, only 4
months! $619/mo. w/ $85 monthly utility
credit. Call 785-218-0880. Leave msg.
NOW LEASING FALL 2008 Downtown
Lofts & Campus Locations 785-841-8468
www.frstmanagementinc.com
Sunfower House Co-Op: 1406 Ten-
nessee. Rooms range from $250-$310,
utilities included. Call 785-749-0871 for in-
formation.
Tuckaway Management now leasing for
spring and fall. Call 785-838-3377 or
check us out online at www.tuck-
awaymgmt.com for coupon.
Very nice condo, 3 BR, 2 BA, W/D in-
cluded. Close to campus, only $279/per-
son. Call Sharon 550-5979
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& MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Camp counselors wanted.
Friendly Pines Camp, Prescott,
AZ, is hiring for 08 season
5.24-7/31. 30+ activities; equ-
estrian, waterski, waterfront,
ropes course, climbing and
more! Competetive salary.
Call 928-445-2128, email info@friendlypines.com
or visit website www.friendlypines.com
for app/info. Have the summer of a lifetime!!
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Get Paid To Play Video Games!
Earn $20-$100 to test and play new video
games. www.videogamepay.com
Help Wanted for custom harvesting. Com-
bine operators and truck drivers. Guaran-
teed pay. Good summer wages. Call 970-
483-7490 evenings.
Hetrick Air Services is seeking self-moti-
vated person for part-time receptionist at
Lawrence Municipal Airport. Phones, uni-
com, bookkeeping, fight school opera-
tions and cleaning. Must be detail ori-
ented with knowledge of Microsoft Word
and Excel . 4-8pm evenings plus week-
end hours. 1-2 evenings per week and 2-
3 weekends per month for year round.
Must be available for summer hours. Pick
up application 8am-8pm at Lawrence Mu-
nicipal Airport, 1930 Airport Road.
Janitorial Position $8.50/hr. 10-20 hrs/wk.
3-5 nights/wk. Flexible hrs. De Soto area.
Call 913-583-8631.
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Lawrence Country Club now taking appli-
cations for summer lifeguard and snack
bar cooks. Apply in person. 400 Country
Club Terrace.
LEAD SALON COORDINATOR Orga-
nized, analytical, task-oriented. Looking
for 2-3-yr commitment. Good benefts/
fun environment. Upscale spa/salon.
Email resume to lavonna@colorstu-
dioonline.com.
Landscaping! McDonalds of Lawrence is
looking for individuals to work in their
Landscaping Department. Must be able
to work a full day either Tues/Thurs OR
Mon, Wed, & Friday. Some Saturdays
are also available. $9 an hour to start!
Apply in person at the McDonalds Offce-
1313 W. 6th Street (6th & Michigan
Streets) Monday-Friday. McDonalds is
an equal opportunity employer.
Local mortuary desires to hire an individ-
ual to work 2-7hrs/day. This position en-
tails maintenance work, lawn work, detail-
ing automobiles and other general duties.
Flexible schedule. $7/hr. Requires a valid
drivers license. For an interview or any
questions please call Larry at 843-1121
Licensed Daycare needs helper.
Part-time, fexible hours. Please call
785-856-1940 or 785-317-7450.
Part-time, paid internships in Web Devel-
opment and/or Network Administration
available at Absorbent Ink. Great environ-
ment and challenging work! Visit www.Pil-
grimPage.com/jobs for details or to ap-
ply.
MONTANA MIKES is now hiring all
shifts & positions. Please apply at
1015 Iowa between 2 & 4PM.
NO LIMITS
Earn money selling cookbooks to help
cancer patients. Call Ron at
866-504-2423.
Paid Internships Available at Northwest-
ern Mutual. Marketing and Advertising Ex-
perience Preferred. 785.856.2136
PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE
MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving
counselors to teach all land, adventure
& water sports. Great summer! Call
888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.com
Summer Nanny for two children in SW
Topeka. Responsible and caring. Includes
light chores. Must have transportation and
references. Contact Mike 785-250-8226
Slow Ride Roadhouse needs cooks, FT
or PT, all shifts. Experience preferred. Ap-
ply in person at 1350 N 3rd St.
THE BEST SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE!!
CAMP STARLIGHT, an amazing sleep-
away camp in the PA (2 hours from
NYC) is looking for enthusiastic and re-
sponsible individuals June 21-August
17th. Hiring to help in: Athletics, Water-
front, Outdoor Adventure/Ropes Course,
and The Arts. Meet people from all over
the world and enjoy the perfect balance of
work and fun! Great salary with a travel al-
lowance and room and board included.
WE WILL BE ON YOUR CAMPUS
THURS, APRIL 17th for interviews. For
more info and to schedule a meeting www.-
campstarlight.com, 877-875-3971 or in-
fo@campstarlight.com.
Work in a fun, positive environment!
Camp Wood YMCA www.campwood.org
(Elmdale, KS) seeking caring, enthusias-
tic staff. Counselors, lifeguards, skate-
camp counselors, paintball staff, athletic
director, climbing tower staff. Call (620)
273-8641 or email Jill at ymca@camp-
wood.org to schedule an interview.
JOBS
Camp Counselors needed for great
overnight camps in NE Pennsylvania.
Gain valuable experience while working
with children in the outdoors. Teach/assist
with waterfront, outdoor recreation, ropes
course, gymnastics, A&C, athletics, and
much more. Offce & Nanny positions also
available. Please apply on-line at
www.pineforestcamp.com
CAMP COUNSELORS wanted for private
Michigan boys/girls summer overnight
camps. Teach swimming, canoeing,
lacrosse, skiing, sailing, sports, comput-
ers, tennis, archery, riding, crafts, drama,
climbing, windsurfng & more! Offce,
maintenance jobs too. Salary $1900 on
up plus room/bd. Find out more about our
camps and apply online at
www.lwcgwc.com, or call 888-459-2492.
Christian daycare needs reliable after-
noon helpers. 3 or 5 mornings per week.
Good pay. 842-2088
CAMP TAKAJO, Naples, Maine, Pic-
turesque lakefront locations, execptional
facilities. Mid-June thru mid-August. Coun-
selor positions in tennis, swimming, land
sports, water sports, tripping, outdoor
skills, theatre arts, fne arts, music, nature
study, Call Camp Takajo at (866) 356-
2267 Submit application on-line at www.-
takajo.com.
Budweiser Marketing Position Avail-
able Full-time mktg/promo position
available right here in Lawrence. Apply
in person at 2050 Packer Court between
1 & 4 pm M-F Bar/Restaurant Experi-
ence Preferred
Brand new Honda Metropolitan for sale.
$1350 OBO. less than 500 miles on it!
gets 90miles/gal. call for more information
(620)222-4518. hawkchalk.com/1081
First $175 takes it. TV works great, has
component inputs, not hdmi. I can help
you load it into your vehicle. Call 785-207-
0698. hawkchalk.com/1094
English Bulldogs Puppies, puppies come
with a 1 year Health Guarantee & Health
checked up to date with shots. Home
raised with kids and other pet: j.breed-
er@yahoo.com
Photograph your wedding for FREE! A
few 2007 dates left. Some restrictions
apply. Call 841-9886 for details.
Absorbent, Ink., recognized by Inc. Maga-
zine as one of the fastest growing compa-
nies in the country, is seeking talented
PHP Programmers and Developers Great
environment, competitive pay and bene-
fts. Visit www.PilgrimPage.com/jobs for
job description or to apply online.
Furniture 4 cheap- Mattress/box, Futon,
Dresser, TV, Home Theater System (3ft
speakers) & much more. EVERYTHING
MUST GO! Contact via email: kpadaw-
er@ku.edu hawkchalk.com/1100
Are you looking for work while attending
KU? HawkStudent Employment is the
place where employers and KU student
job seekers connect! Graduate and under-
graduate students can fnd employment
opportunities on HawkStudent Employ-
ment. Online at: KUCareerHawk.com.
Attention College Students!
We pay up to $75 per survey.
www.GetPaidToThink.com
BARTENDING. UP TO $300/DAY. NO
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. TRAINING
PROVIDED. 800-965-6520 EXT 108
CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTER
Teachers aides needed in classrooms 1-
6PM, Mon-Fri. Please apply at 205 N.
Michigan, 785-841-2185. EOE
Full and part-time cashiers needed for
new convenience store/boat repair shop
at Clinton Lake. Please send contact info
and resume to cnichols@dbpartner.net.
Must be 18 or older, $8-$10/hr, DOE.
Earn $8 - $11/hour and fexible hours! Ap-
ply for Caring Connections training pro-
gram to qualify as a substitute at child
care centers. Long and short term tempo-
rary assignments. Call Marie at ERC Re-
source & Referral 865-0669 or marie@er-
crefer.org for additional information.
Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand
new cars with ads placed on them.
www.AdCarClub.com
General yard help.
2hrs/wk. Flexible. $11/hr.
Please Call 865-0513
Coast to Coast Marketing is now hiring
money-motivated, energetic sales reps for
our day and evening shifts. Please call
785-690-7415 to apply.
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785-841-4935
Bedroom, 2 bath apt.
19th & Mass
Furnished at no cost
Washer/Dry provided
Access to pools
& tness center
On lawrence bus route
$200/person deposit
Call today and ask about
our 2-person special
Call Lindsey 785-842-4455
Email regents@
meadowbrookapartments.net
Available Immediately
1, 2, 3, & 4 BR Apts.
& Townhomes
Walk-in closets
Swimming pool
On-site laundry facility
Cats and small pets ok
KU bus route
Lawrence bus route
Now leasing for summer and fall
Lawrence bus route
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2 Bedroom $520 & Up
1 Bedroom $440 & Up
3 Bedroom $690 & Up
4 Bedroom $850 & Up
2 Bedroom Townhome $750
211 Mount Hope Court #1
(785) 843-0011 www.holiday-apts.com
SPECIAL SPECIAL
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For a showing call:
(785)840-9467
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2 Bath
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These go quickly,
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SERVICES
SUMMER SUBLEASER NEEDED!
1bed/1bath available in a 3bed/3bath at
the reserve. Rent $385(includes covered
parking) INTERESTED? call me(620)222-
4518;email at dani06ku@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/1082
ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE
Two rooms available in townhouse.
Comes with garage space. No smoking,
pets allowed. Shopping and walking trails
nearby. Contact Amanda at 913-909-
7199. hawkchalk.com/1101
$315 Sublease @ The Reserve avail-
able through July. Fully furnished apart-
ment, water, cable TV, Internet,wash-
er/dryer, On KU bus route, Contact me at
(913) 220-6070 hawkchalk.com/1049
1 BR lower apt. at Aberdeen (6th &
Wakarusa), $615/month w/ pet. Deposit
and pet deposit pd. Avail. May 15th -July
31st but can be fexible, can renew for
next year. klzerr@hotmail.com
1 room in 4 bedroom residential home.
ASAP until July 31st. Rent negotiable.
Three other girl roommates.Females only.
Contact Chelsea 620-365-9393.
hawkchalk.com/1063
1614 Co-Op seeking roommates. Free
laundry, utilities, internet. NO LAND-
LORDS! Minutes from campus. Call
842-3118 or email Nick at tinker_190@
hotmail.com hawkchalk.com/1047
Roommate needed, 10 minute walk from
campus. 5 BR 3 bath,, garage, front porch
& back deck, W/D. 1322 Valley Lane,
$375/mo + ut. Call Brandon (913)593-
6315 hawkchalk.com/1076
2 ROOMMATES NEEDED for a 3 bed-
room 2 bath condo close to campus.
Trendy condo on the bus route, wood
foors, updated painting and dcor. Wash-
er/dryer, microwave included. Off-street
parking, $865 per month landlord pays
water and garbage and is willing to do
separate lease per tenant. Please call
979-2778.
2 story duplex sublease from now until Au-
gust. Washer/dryer. Great location, just
a walk away from campus and down-
town. email sfblhawk@ku.edu or call 602-
799-4645 hawkchalk.com/1062
2-3 roomates to share 4 BR 2 BA town-
home close to KU & bus system. $450/mo
includes util. W/D, DW, CA, patio & 2 car
garage. 816-807-9493 or 785-979-4740.
2BR 1BA. Available May 1st. $450/mo
Nice quiet neighborhood, patio, well-main-
tained. Please call 785-760-1875
4 brm, 1 1/2 bth, lr, kit, rec room,
wash/dryer, fenced yard, garage storage.
cable/internet ready.$1300/mth.-
913.271.3720/913.888.4700. util approx
$320/mth. hawkchalk.com/1105
Female Roomates needed to share 3BR
2BA condo with W/D near campus.
$290/mo. +1/3 util. Avail June 1 or Aug 1.
Please call 550-4544.
I am looking to sublet a master bedroom
and bathroom over the summer. It is $300
a month, a great deal for anyone looking
to rent over the summer. 1-918-914-2542.
hawkchalk.com/1102
Looking for 1 Roommate. W/D, garage,
fenced yard. $400/mo, very nice house
Call Burton 785-550-8785 hawkchalk.-
com/1066
New house. Rent includes DirecTv, wif
dsl, lawn care. Live with owner and 1
other. Rent 300 + 100 utils available now!
Dallien 766.2704 hawkchalk.com/1052
One bedroom and bath. $250 plus half util-
ities. South end of town. hawkchalk.-
com/1104
One bedroom sublease for summer at
Chase Court (19th & Iowa)! Move-in day
is negotiable. Washer/dryer in unit & pets
allowed. Great location to campus! Call
918-576-9343 hawkchalk.com/1075
Room to rent from June 1st to Aug 1st. 1
Bed, 1 Bath. Garage, wash/dry, cable,
inet. Other room possible if have friend.
Call 785-410-8370 or email oneil@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/1109
Roommates needed for 4 bedroom house
2 miles from campus on the KU bus route.
Fully furnished with W/D, wireless internet
and garage. Questions? email me at
Sam24@ku.edu hawkchalk.com/1083
Spring or Summer Sublease. 2 BR, 1BA,
W/D hookups, FP, 1 car garage,
$700/mo, 3702 Elizabeth Ct.(785)760-
0207 or email tlw04@yahoo.com
hawkchalk.com/1061
Sublease at The Reserve $399; includes
covered parking, washer/dryer, internet,
water, and cable. One bed/One bath. Call
316-641-1616 or botts06@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/1051
Summer Sublease - $530 a month. 1
Bedroom/studio. Down the street from
the Union, across from the Ecumenical
church.Great location! email emdoak@
ku.edu hawkchalk.com/1118
Summer Sublease. June 1- July 31. 5 bed-
rooms/2 bath. Washer/dryer. 5 parking
spots. Walking distance to Mass and cam-
pus. $400/mo. + utilities. 913-787-2645 or
913-424-9650 hawkchalk.com/1085
ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE
1-4 BR homes. Some avail. now, others
Aug. 1. 945 & 945 1/2 Ken., 947 Miss.,
615 Ohio, 1128 New York. 785-842-2268
2 BR Flat $700/mo and 3 BR 1 1/2 BA
Townhome $1000/mo Available at
Delaware St. Commons. 785-550-0163
1131 - 35 Ohio, 3 bedroom apartments,
1.5 bath, w/d, cental air, Close to KU. No
pets. $915.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
1238 Tennessee, fve - bedroom house, 2
bath, w/d, central air. No pets. $2000.00
749-6084. eresrental.com
1317 Valley Lane, 2 bedroom - town-
home, one bath, w/d hook-up, fp, central
air. Garage. Close to KU. No pets.
$710.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
2 BR Duplex. Quiet, clean, no smoking,
W/D, 19th & Naismith Area. Lease
$600/mo. Avail NOW! Call 843-8643.
2 and 3 BRs, avail. now and in Aug. For
more info, visit www.lawrencepm.com or
call (785) 832-8728.
2 BR Apts. Avail June. 1 BR avail Aug. Be-
tween campus and Downtown. Close to
GSP/Corbin. $300 & $375 each/mo + utili-
ties. No pets. Call 785-550-5012.
2 BR August lease available. Next to
campus. Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W 11th
$600/mo. No pets. 785-556-0713
3 BR plus study, 1 1/2 BA, rancher, walk
to KU. D/W, patio, large fenced yard. Pets
okay. June 1st. $900. 766-9032
2 BR house avail. 6/1. W/D, C/A, no pets,
no smoking. $680/mo. Also, 3 BR avail.
8/1. $960/mo. Call 785-331-7597.
2BR, 1BA 1310 Kentucky. Close to KU
and Downtown. CA, DW, Parking. Avail-
able NOW. $500/mo 785-842-7644
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $870/mo. Remodeled. 785-
830-8008.
3 BR available now. Includes W/D.
Ask about our 2 person special.
Call Lindsey @ (785) 842-4455.
3 BR renovated older house on 1500
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BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
Kieran McBride, Lawrence
senior, knew it was destiny when he
found an 11th Street signpost in his
backyard. He was considering mov-
ing into the Mountain Dewd house
and knew after he found the sign
that he was meant to live there. Four
years later, he has one more year at
the University and cant imagine liv-
ing anywhere else.
History of tHe DewDs
In 2003, 10 friends came back
from a road trip and decided they
wanted to live together. They found
a house at 1115 Tennessee St. and
named themselves the Mountain
Dewds. The founders were
Christian men who wanted to set
an example for their community.
McBride said the house just
started as a bunch of guys who
wanted to live together, but has
since morphed into an alternative
way of doing college.
The house now has 14 members
in what they call the Big Green
House.
The Dewds recently added a sec-
ond house. Seven other Dewds live
in the yellow house, next door at
1121 Tennessee St.
The two houses are known col-
lectively as Dewdville.
wHat it means to
be a DewD
Jordan Guth, Plano, Texas
junior and a Dewd, said that a lot
of Christians tend to go over the
top, and the Dewds wanted to be
different.
We want to show people that
were like everybody else, that were
cool, that were normal, that we do
fun things, and that you can have
fun without going overboard, Guth
said.
The title and purpose of the
house, Guth said, had several mean-
ings. But it doesnt have anything to
do with the drink Mountain Dew.
We want to be a house up on a
hill, Guth said. We want to be held
to a higher standard.
The house actually received a
cease-and-desist letter from Pepsico
a few years ago after a Pepsico rep
saw a photo in the The University
Daily Kansan, in
which the Dewds
were wearing
modified Mountain
Dew shirts. The
Dewds wrote back,
explaining that they were not giv-
ing Mountain Dew a bad name.
The Dewds were allowed to keep
the name but cant use any Pepsico
logos.
Partying as a DewD
The Dewd house hosts several
events throughout the year, includ-
ing a Halloween party that boasted
around 450 people two years ago.
We always just blow that up,
Guth said.
The Dewds signature event is
Keith Day, the third Friday in April.
Keith Wilson was one of the
founders, but was hardly ever in the
house because of school work. The
rest of the Dewds decided to throw
him a party to show
him they still cared
about him.
Guth said the
party was original-
ly supposed to be
large, but not huge. Its now the
biggest celebration the Dewds have
in the spring.
At last years Keith Day, the
Dewds had everything from bob-
bing for Keith (pictures of Wilson
on apples), cups, balloons, T-shirts
and even a Keith kissing booth.
McBride loves living at the Dewd
house and participating in all the
activities.
We really dont know why people
want to come here, we just do stupid,
ridiculous stuff, McBride said.
He thinks that certain lifestyles
can be more destructive than oth-
ers, but the Dewd house is all about
being unique, different and con-
structive. McBride also said that the
Dewds didnt look down on anyone
else if they did things differently. He
just wants to make the alternative
that much better.
If were gonna do it differ-
ent, were gonna do it awesome,
McBride said. Were gonna jump
our bikes into a lake while the
ramps on fire.
The Dewd house is full of ran-
dom objects, like the 11th Street
sign that McBride found, a long sled,
a Kansas City Star vending machine
and even an old McDonalds drive-
thru sign.
awesomeness
as a DewD
The relics, as McBride calls
them, are brought to the house and
left there after people move out.
They obtained the McDonalds sign
when a few Dewds were driving
past McDonalds while the employ-
ees were replacing the signs. The
Dewds asked if they could have the
old one, and it now adorns a hall-
way in the Dewd house. A Quik-
Trip sign in the yellow house was
obtained the same way.
McBride is proud of the things
that happen in the Dewd house. He
said that people have had life-chang-
ing things happen because of the
house. Lifelong friends have been
made, and spouses have been met.
It affects peoples lives in a real
positive way, McBride said.
Men join the Mountain Dewds
mainly by being recruited via word-
of-mouth.
The Mountain Dewd house crest,
designed by former Dewd Chris
Jones, sums up what the Dewds
are about. The crest reads Semper
Awesomis.
Were promoters of awesome-
ness and all things that are awe-
some, Guth said. Were just a group
of guys living together that love the
Lord, but love awesome things.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
IntERnAtIOnAL
Shiite militiamen ordered
of Iraq streets on Sunday
BAGHDAD In a possible
turning point in the recent up-
surge in violence, Muqtada al-
Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen
of the streets Sunday but called
on the government to stop its
raids against his followers.
The government welcomed
the move, which followed intense
negotiations by Shiite ofcials,
including two lawmakers who
reportedly traveled to Iran to
ask religious authorities there to
intervene.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki,
whose ofensive that began Tues-
day in the oil-rich southern city
in Basra sparked the crisis, called
al-Sadrs statement a step in the
right direction.
But fghting continued in the
Basra area after the announce-
ment. Seven people also were
killed when a mortar struck a
residential district in Baghdads
Karradah district, and witnesses
reported clashes in the Shula
area in a northern section of the
capital.
North Korea threatens
to attack South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea North
Korea threatened South Korea
with destruction Sunday after
Seouls top military ofcer said his
country would consider attacking
the communist nation if it tried to
carry out a nuclear attack.
The statement from North
Koreas ofcial news agency
marked the third straight day of
bellicose rhetoric from the North,
which is angry over the harsher
line the Souths conservative new
president has taken against the
country since assuming ofce last
month.
Our military will not sit idle
until warmongers launch a pre-
emptive strike, said an unidenti-
fed KCNA military commentator.
Everything will be in ashes, not
just a sea of fre, if our advanced
pre-emptive strike once begins.
Associated Press
NEWS 6A monday, march 31, 2008
stuDent life
A 2003 road trip results in formation of Mountain Dewds
Alternative way of doing college for students expands to include two houses and 21 members
Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN
The Mountain Dewds live at 1115 Tennessee. They started the house fve years ago as promoters of awesomeness and all things that are awe-
some.
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Nathan Hickey, Lawrence sophomore, watches another Mountain Dewd resident play video
games. The chairs and sofas behind himare the Dewds stadiumseating,constructed by the
residents themselves.
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
The Mountain Dewds were driving past a McDonalds when the employees were putting
in newsigns and asked if they could have the old one. The Dewds have many randomitems
contributed by residents throughout their house.
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
The Mountain Dewds pride themselves
as being ahouse on a hilland promoting a
diferent way to do college.
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CHICAGO Leading doctors
urged a return to older, tried-and-
true treatments for high cholester-
ol after hearing full results Sunday
of a failed trial of Vytorin.
Millions of Americans already
take the drug or one of its com-
ponents, Zetia. But doctors were
stunned to learn that Vytorin failed
to improve heart disease even
though it worked as intended to
reduce three key risk factors.
People need to turn back
to statins, said Yale University
cardiologist Dr. Harlan Krumholz,
referring to Lipitor, Crestor and
other widely used brands. We
know that statins are good drugs.
We know that they reduce risks.
The study was closely watched
because Zetia and Vytorin have
racked up $5 billion in sales
despite limited proof of ben-
eft. Two Congressional panels
launched probes into why it took
drugmakers nearly two years after
the studys completion to release
results.
Results were presented at an
American College of Cardiology
conference in Chicago Sunday and
published on the Internet by the
New England Journal of Medicine.
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news 7A Monday, March 31, 2008
national
Revision to GI Bill enhances
veterans schooling benefts
BY aNDY GReeNhaW
agreenhaw@kansan.com
Students of Liberty, a stu-
dent coalition competing in this
years Student Senate election, has
revealed its platform regarding
building enough wind turbines to
power one-third of the University.
Eric Hyde, vice presidential
candidate for Students of Liberty,
said his coalitions goal would help
the University in becoming more
environmentally conscious.
Theres a green revolution
happening right now all over the
world, Hyde said. The University
of Kansas ought to be a leader in
this new trend.
At last weeks Student
Senate debate, Hyde cited Pratt
Community College as an example
of a campus that took on the same
initiative.
According to Pratt Community
Colleges Web site, it completed
three EW-50 wind turbines last
December.
Kent Adams, vice president of
finance and operations at Pratt
Community College, said the three
wind turbines provided about
465,000 kilowatt hours of electric-
ity per year, which powered about
25 percent of Pratts campus.
The projects initial cost was
about $565,000, but Adams said it
saved the campus about $46,700 per
year. In 12 years, Pratt Community
College will have saved enough to
make back its initial investment,
he said.
One key difference between
the University of Kansas and Pratt
Community College is the amount
of electricity each uses. Adams said
Pratt Community College used an
average of about 1,860,000 kilo-
watt hours of electricity per year,
which is about 1.7 percent of the
107.5 million kilowatt hours the
Universit used last year, accord-
ing to the KU facility operations
annual report.
Each wind turbine costs
$155,000, Adams said, and pro-
duced about 155,000 kilowatt
hours of electricity per year.
Adams said Students of Libertys
plan was feasible, but expensive.
It would be an awfully ambi-
tious goal, but somewhere between
10 to 20 percent would strike me as
pretty doable, Adams said, refer-
ring to the how much of campus
could be powered by the turbines.
William ODonnell, marketing
director at Entegrity Wind Systems,
said the University had no way to
predict how many wind turbines
the University would need, how
much the project would cost or
how much the project could save
without assessing the wind speed
in Lawrence and the monthly
amount the University pays for
electricity.
ODonnell said that a large
number of turbines would likely
be needed in order to save the
University a noticeable amount of
money, but he said he couldnt
predict the exact number unless
his company performed a proper
analysis of the Universitys situ-
ation.
The biggest obstacle facing
Students of Liberty would be get-
ting the funding to pay the ini-
tial cost of the project, said Jeff
Severin, director of the KU Center
for Sustainability.
One of Students of Libertys big-
gest platforms is cutting student
fees, which means that most, if not
all of the funding, would have to
come from the University itself.
There would have to be a pret-
ty major campaign to persuade the
University to invest in something
like that, Severin said.
Hyde said that he was fully
aware of the challenges facing his
coalition in this initiative.
One of the worst things you
can have for greening is politics
mixed in with it, Hyde said at last
weeks Student Senate debate.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
student senate
BY heatheR MelaNSON
editor@kansan.com
After Bruce Archambault
served a year in Iraq in the Army,
he returned home to Leavenworth
and picked up a few odds and ends
jobs.
He delivered pizza, changed oil
and picked up trash for the city.
Right before the fall 2005 semester
began, Archambault saw a sign for
school and decided he wanted a
change.
God, you know, I said, Thatd
be really nice, Archambault said.
Im tired of getting other peoples
trash and maggots and human
feces on me, basically, from when
we go pick up the dumpsters at
the water treatment plant. I dont
want to do that for the rest of my
life. I think its time for me to go
to school.
At the end of February, Senators
Jim Webb, D-Va., John Warner,
R-Va., Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.,
and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., intro-
duced to the Senate a revised ver-
sion of the Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act. This
bill is a modern version of the
Montgomery GI Bill and could
make school more affordable for
veterans like Archambault.
The revision would provide vet-
erans of Iraq and Afghanistan with
36 months of benefits, including
the cost of the most expensive
public university in the state. It
would also give veterans a monthly
stipend that covers local housing
expenses, according to a press
release on Sen. Webbs Web site.
KU Assistant Registrar Joan
Hahn helps veterans receive their
benefits from the GI Bill and said
extra money made available to vet-
erans would be helpful.
The current GI Bill covers 36
months of school and veterans
have to use the benefits within 10
years of leaving service.
I know for a lot of students it
still doesnt cover the full amount
of their tuition and fees, and then
they still have to get a job or take
out a student loan because they
still dont have enough money for
them to live on, Hahn said.
According to a press release
from Sen. Webbs Web site, the
revised bill is meant to give vet-
erans benefits comparable to the
aid that World War II veterans
received when the original GI Bill
of 1944 was issued.
During Spring 2004, a year after
the Iraq war started, 268 veterans
were receiving benefits from the
GI Bill at the Lawrence campus,
said Betty Childers, the registrars
senior administrative representa-
tive and Veterans Affairs certifying
official. This semester 231 veterans
were registered, she said, which
is about a 14 percent decrease.
Recruiting operations officer for
the KU Army ROTC department,
Major Ted Culbertson, said the
decrease in veteran registration
might have been for different rea-
sons, such as veterans had grad-
uated, started a full-time career
or they could
currently be
deployed.
Culbertson
said soldiers
would be
encouraged to
use their educa-
tion benefits if
the University
could offer full-
paid tuition
and a monthly
stipend because
of this bill.
Tom Ferry, Saint Michael,
Minn., junior, is a cadet in Army
ROTC. Even though he hasnt
served in Iraq or Afghanistan, he
receives aid from the GI Bill. Ferry
joined the National Guard, and in
order to receive benefits from the
GI Bill, he had to complete basic
training and advanced individual
training.
I think a lot of the reason
people join the military is to gain
their educational benefits. Its a big
part of why I did it, Ferry said.
I wanted to come out of school
debt-free.
According to the newspaper
Army Times, the Bush admin-
istration is against this revised
bill because it is worried soldiers
would leave the military to use the
improved benefits.
You have the potential to give
up your life for the nation, said
Army ROTC Cadet Fran Glass.
The least they can do is pay for
your education.
Fifty senators and 111 represen-
tatives are cosponsoring the bill,
which is bill number S.22 in the
state senate and H.R. 2702 in the
state house of representatives.
Jeremy Stohs, a legislative aide
for first district Congressman Jerry
Moran, R-Kan., said Moran was
not a sponsor of the bill, but that
he was concerned with improving
benefits for the National Guard
and Reserves, because some had
been deployed multiple times since
Sept. 11.
Thomas Seay, press secretary for
second district Congresswoman
Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., said Boyda
supported the principles of the bill,
but wasnt a sponsor of it.
Aside from the benefits the
revised bill
could offer,
Archambault
said he would
also like to see
an extension on
the 36 months
the bill covers.
Archambaul t
doesnt have
to take out
loans because
of benefits he
receives from
the bill.
Thats kind of what allows me
to go to school, is that extra money,
Archambault said. Otherwise, I
probably couldnt afford it.
If the bill passes, Archambault,
who is a junior, probably wont see
the benefits that future veterans
could gain. The Senate could vote
on the bill this year, but it is still
undetermined when specifically
that vote will occur, according to
the Army Times.
I didnt even start getting my
GI Bill until the second semes-
ter Id been in school, because it
really wasnt a big deal to me until
I found out we get $700 a month,
Archambault said.
Now, whenever Archambault is
enrolled in school, he receives his
GI Bill benefits.
Thats my mortgage payment
every month, he said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
Coalitions platform hopes to employ
wind turbines for a greener campus
You have the potential to give
up your life for the nation. The
least they can do is pay for your
education.
FRAN GLASS
Army ROTC cadet
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DNA research advances
genetic links to disease
NEW YORK Scientists are
scanning human DNA with
a precision and scope once
unthinkable and rapidly fnding
genes linked to cancer, arthritis,
diabetes and other diseases.
Its a payof from a landmark
achievement completed fve
years ago the identifcation
of all the building blocks in the
human DNA. Follow-up research
and leaps in DNA-scanning
technology have opened the
door to a food of new reports
about genetic links to disease.
On a single day in February,
for example, three separate
research groups reported fnd-
ing several genetic variants tied
to the risk of getting prostate
cancer.
And over the past year or so,
scientists have reported similar
results for conditions ranging
from heart attack to multiple
sclerosis to gallstones. The
list even includes restless legs
syndrome, a twitching condition
best known as jimmy legs in an
episode of Seinfeld.
Interviews with scientists at
the center of this revolution and
a review of published studies
over the past six months by the
Associated Press make clear the
rapid adoption of the new tech-
nology and the high expecta-
tions for it.
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national
Grant program overpays Katrina victims
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS Imagine that
your home was reduced to mold
and wood framing by Hurricane
Katrina.
Desperate for money to rebuild,
you engage in a frustrating bureau-
cratic process, and after months of
living in a government-provided
trailer tainted with formaldehyde
you finally win a federal grant.
Then a collector calls with the
staggering news that you have to
pay back thousands of dollars.
Thousands of Katrina victims
may be in that situation.
A private contractor under
investigation for the compensation
it received to run the Road Home
grant program for Katrina victims
said that in the rush to deliver aid
to homeowners in need some peo-
ple got too much. Now it wants to
hire a separate company to collect
millions in grant overpayments.
The contractor, ICF International
of Fairfax, Va., revealed the extent
of the overpayments when it
issued a March 11 request for bids
from companies willing to han-
dle approximately 1,000 to 5,000
cases that will necessitate collection
effort.
The bid invitation said: The
average amount to be collected
is estimated to be approximately
$35,000, but in some cases may be
as high as $100,000 to $150,000.
The biggest grant amount
allowed by the Road Home pro-
gram is $150,000, so ICF believes it
paid some recipients the maximum
when they should not have received
a penny. If ICFs highest estimate of
5,000 collection cases overpaid
by an average of $35,000 proves
to be true, that means applicants
will have to pay back a total of $175
million.
One-third of qualified applicants
for Road Home help had yet to
receive any rebuilding check as of
this past week. The program, which
has come to symbolize the lurching
Katrina recovery effort, is financed
by $11 billion in federal funds.
ICF spokeswoman Gentry
Brann said in an e-mail Friday that
the overpayments are the inevi-
table result of the Road Home grant
being recalculated to account for
insurance money and government
aid given to Katrina victims.
Brann said there was a sense
of urgency in paying Road Home
applicants, and ICF and the state
knew applicants would have to
return some money.
The choice was either to pro-
cess grants immediately or wait
until the March 2008 deadline (for
submitting Road Home applica-
tions) before disbursing any funds,
Brann said in her e-mail.
Brann pointed out that 5,000
collections cases would represent a
four percent error rate for the Road
Home that is quite good for large
federal programs.
Frank Silvestri, co-chair of the
Citizens Road Home Action Team,
a group that formed out of frustra-
tions with ICF, sees it far differ-
ently.
They want people to pay for
their incompetence and their mis-
takes. What they need to be is
aggressive about finding the under-
payments, he said. People relied,
to their detriment, on their (ICFs)
expertise and rebuilt their houses
and now they want to squeeze this
money back out of them.
The prospect of Road Home
grant collections comes less than
two weeks after the Louisiana
inspector general and the legislative
auditor said they were investigating
why former Gov. Kathleen Blanco
paid ICF an extra $156 million
in her waning days in office to
administer the program. With the
increase, ICF stands to earn $912
million to run Road Home, a con-
tract that also sweetened its initial
public stock offering, and helped
it buy out four other companies.
It now reaches into government
contracting sectors that include
national defense and the environ-
ment.
Paul Rainwater, executive direc-
tor of the Louisiana Recovery
Authority, the state body that asked
for the Blanco-ICF investigations,
acknowledged the collections could
be painful for applicants, many of
whom have used up their nest eggs
to rebuild.
The state must walk a fine line
of treating homeowners who have
been overpaid with fairness and
compassion and ensuring that all
federal funds are used for their
intended purpose, said Rainwater,
an appointee of new Gov. Bobby
Jindal.
Upon receiving money from
Road Home, grantees sign a batch
of forms, including one that says
they must refund any overpay-
ments.
Melanie Ehrlich, co-chair of
Citizens Road Home Action Team,
which has documented Road Home
cases that appear littered with mis-
takes, said she had no confidence
that ICF had correctly calculated
overpayments. She charged that the
company was more likely using
collections as retribution against
people who had appealed their
award amounts in effort to get the
aid they deserved.
I think they are looking for ways
to decrease awards and thats part
of dissuading people, she said.
Brann said applicants are told
an appeal could boost or diminish
their award. She called Ehrlichs
charge a totally unfounded asser-
tion.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NewOrleans City Council members, fromleft, Shelley Midura, Stacey Head Arnie Fielkowand Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco listen
to Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, right, before the start of a news conference opening the Road Home ofce in NewOrleans Aug. 22, 2006. The private con-
tractor under investigation for the compensation it received to run the Road Home grant programfor Katrina victims says that in the rush to deliver
aid to homeowners in need some people got too much. Nowit wants to hire a separate company to collect millions in grant overpayments.
Hired contractors to require aid recipients to repay funds provided for hurricane relief
ElECTIOnS
Complex printing process
causes shortage of ballots
Its a simple question with no
simple answer: Why do poll-
ing places across America keep
running out of ballots when its
no secret that this contentious
primary season keeps breaking
voter turnout records?
For one, even the best-made
plans have gone awry; ofcials
in state after state have ordered
more ballots, only to see turnouts
exceed their most ambitious
estimates.
Some states California, for
example extended registration
deadlines, in part to give would-be
voters more time to sign up for
the frst Democratic presidential
nomination race between a black
man and a woman.
But some election ofcials say
those extensions have necessitat-
ed a form of fortune telling when
it comes to deciding how many
ballots to order.
Not helping is the fact that
ballot printing is a highly special-
ized feld with a limited number of
companies willing to take on the
heavily monitored and time-con-
suming burden of producing and
delivering voting cards. Price per
ballot can range from 20 cents to
more than $1, depending on com-
plexity. Lead times for printing
can range from months to weeks
to days, depending on circum-
stances, including the proximity of
Election Day.
So with Pennsylvanias impor-
tant April 22 primary looming,
and nine other state nominating
contests scheduled for May, elec-
tion activists wonder if even more
voters could be subject to huge
lines and disenfranchisement
caused by an insufcient supply
of ballots.
Were going to keep having
this problem, said Doug Lewis,
director of the Election Center,
which represents voting ofcials
across the country. Running an
election sounds pretty simple until
you try to do it. Folks just dont
understand how much advance
planning goes into setting this up.
Associated Press
mOvIES
21 tops box ofce,
Horton slips to second
LOS ANGELES Movie-go-
ers laid their money down on
21, a gambling romp that
was the weekends box-ofce
high roller with a $23.7 million
debut, according to studio
estimates Sunday.
Starring Kevin Spacey, Kate
Bosworth and Jim Sturgess
as math geniuses who make
a killing at Vegas blackjack
tables, Sonys 21 bumped
of Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a
Who!, which had been No. 1
the previous two weekends.
Horton Hears a Who,
distributed by 20th Century
Fox, slipped to second place
with $17.4 million, raising its
total to $117.3 million. It is the
frst movie this year to pass the
$100 million mark.
Despite solid holdover
crowds for Horton, overall
business continued to dip.
The top 12 movies took in $90
million, down 23 percent from
the same weekend last year,
when Blades of Glory was No.
1 with $33 million.
Hollywood started 2008
with a strong uptick in January,
but revenues have trailed of
steadily since. Movie admis-
sions had been up as much as
10 percent in early February
but now are 2.6 percent behind
2007s, according to box-ofce
tracker Media By Numbers.
By this time last year, Hol-
lywood already had churned
out a blockbuster with 300,
which eventually topped $200
million, and other hits that in-
cluded Wild Hogs and Meet
the Robinsons.
Last year was very, very
strong at this point. Its made
comparisons very tough, said
Paul Dergarabedian, president
of Media By Numbers. Were
not that far into the year, so ev-
ery down weekend has a huge
impact on the bottom line.
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NEW YORK Dith Pran, the
Cambodian-born journalist whose
harrowing tale of enslavement and
eventual escape from that coun-
trys murderous Khmer Rouge rev-
olutionaries in 1979 became the
subject of the award-winning film
The Killing Fields, died Sunday.
He was 65.
Dith died at a New Jersey hos-
pital Sunday morning of pancre-
atic cancer, according to Sydney
Schanberg, his former colleague
at The New York Times. Dith
had been diagnosed almost three
months ago.
Dith was working as an inter-
preter and assistant for Schanberg
in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian
capital, when the Vietnam War
reached its chaotic end in April
1975 and both countries were
taken over by Communist forces.
Schanberg helped Diths family
get out but was forced to leave his
friend behind after the capital fell;
they were not reunited until Dith
escaped four and a half years later.
Eventually, Dith resettled in the
United States and went to work as
a photographer for the Times.
It was Dith himself who coined
the term killing fields for the
horrifying clusters of corpses and
skeletal remains of victims he
encountered on his desperate jour-
ney to freedom.
The regime of Pol Pot, bent
on turning Cambodia back into
a strictly agrarian society, and his
Communist zealots were blamed
for the deaths of nearly 2 million of
Cambodias 7 million people.
That was the phrase he used
from the very first day, during our
wondrous reunion in the refugee
camp, Schanberg said later.
With thousands being execut-
ed simply for manifesting signs
of intellect or Western influ-
ence even wearing glasses or
wristwatches Dith survived by
masquerading as an uneducated
peasant, toiling in the fields and
subsisting on as little as a mouthful
of rice a day, and whatever small
animals he could catch.
After Dith moved to the U.S.,
he became a goodwill ambassa-
dor for the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and
founded the Dith Pran Holocaust
Awareness Project, dedicated to
educating people on the history of
the Khmer Rouge regime.
He was a journalist and hero,
New York Times executive editor
Bill Keller said in a letter to the
staff Sunday. He added: that last
word is not one I use lightly.
He was the most patriotic
American photographer Ive ever
met, always talking about how he
loves America, said Associated
Press photographer Paul Sakuma,
who knew Dith through their
work with the Asian American
Journalists Association.
Schanberg described Diths
ordeal and salvation in a 1980
magazine article titled The Death
and Life of Dith Pran. Schanbergs
reporting from Phnom Penh had
earned him a Pulitzer Prize in
1976.
Pran was a true reporter, a
fighter for the truth and for his
people, Schanberg said. When
cancer struck, he fought for his
life again.
news 9A MONday, MaRCH 31, 2008
election
Females may hold partys fate
BY BETH FOUHY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Debra
Starks has heard the calls for Hillary
Rodham Clinton to quit the presi-
dential race, and shes not happy
about it.
The 53-year-old Wal-Mart clerk,
so bedecked with Clinton campaign
buttons most days that friends call
her Button Lady, thinks sexism is
playing a role in efforts to push the
New York senator from the race.
Starks wants Clinton to push back.
The way I look at it, shes a
strong woman and she needs to stay
in there, Starks said at a Clinton
rally. She needs to fight. If you
want to be president, you have to
fight for what you want. If she stays
in there and does what shes sup-
posed to do, I think shell be on her
way.
A m i d
m o u n t i n g
calls from top
Democrats for
Clinton to step
aside and clear
the path for
rival Barack
Obama, strate-
gists are warn-
ing of damage
to the partys
chances in November if women
who make up the majority of
Democratic voters nationwide, but
especially the older, white working-
class women whove long formed
the former first ladys base sense
a mostly male party establishment
is unfairly muscling Clinton out of
the race.
Women will indeed be upset
if it appears people are trying to
push Hillary Clinton out of the
way, said Carol Fowler, the South
Carolina Democratic Party chair
who is backing Obama. If you are
going to ask her to withdraw, youd
better be making a strong case for
it both to the candidate and the
public.
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy
last week became the first lead-
ing Democrat to openly call on
Clinton to abandon her bid and
back Obama, a sentiment shared
by many activists worried that a
drawn-out nominating contest only
bolsters Republican nominee-in-
waiting John McCain.
Other Obama supporters have
echoed that view while stopping
short of asking Clinton to with-
draw.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
on Sunday called Obamas lead
all but insurmountable, while
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said
the contest would be reaching a
point of judgment very soon.
I dont think its up to our
campaign or any individual to tell
Hillary Clinton or their campaign
when that is, Kerry, the 2004
Democratic nominee, said on ABCs
This Week on Sunday. But there
will be, I think, a consensus about it,
and I think its going to occur over
these next weeks.
To be sure, Clinton campaign
officials concede her path to win-
ning the nomination is not at all
clear.
She almost certainly will end the
primary season narrowly trailing
Obama in the popular vote and
among pledged delegates unless the
nullified primaries in Florida and
Michigan are counted an unlike-
ly scenario at best. But Obama is
unlikely to end the race with the
2,024 pledged delegates needed to
win outright either, meaning the
nominee will
be determined
by roughly 800
s u p e r d e l e -
gates elect-
ed officials and
party insiders
who can back
whichever can-
didate they
want.
Most observ-
ers believe the
superdelegates are unlikely to risk an
intraparty uproar not to mention
the ire of black voters thrilled to sup-
port a black candidate by siding
with Clinton if Obama maintains his
lead among pledged delegates.
But Clinton advisers believe many
superdelegates remain at least per-
suadable, due in no small part to the
influence of women voters on the
party and in the general election.
My e-mail is bursting with
women who are furious, and its
grown in the last week, said Ann
Lewis, Clintons director of womens
outreach and a longtime Democratic
activist.
T h e s e
women are the
volunteer infra-
structure of the
De mo c r a t i c
Party whove
been proud
to support
De mo c r a t i c
officials for what
they believe
and stand for, Lewis said. They
are very angry that people theyve
worked for so hard would be so dis-
missive of Hillary and, by extension,
of them and what they value.
Indeed, the gender gap in most
of the primaries thus far has been
stark.
In California, Clinton bested
Obama by a margin of 59 percent to
36 percent among women. She beat
him by 54 percent to 45 percent
among women in Ohio, an impor-
tant general election battleground
state.
Obama, in turn, has walloped
Clinton among men in nearly every
state. But hes prevailed among
women in just a handful of places,
including his home state of Illinois
and states with large black popula-
tions.
For his part, the Illinois sena-
tor whose seemingly disre-
spectful crack of Youre likable
enough, Hillary during a debate
with Clinton may have cost him the
New Hampshire primary said
Saturday he did not believe Clinton
should end her campaign.
My attitude is Senator Clinton
can run as long as she wants,
Obama said in Pennsylvania, which
holds its primary April 22.
Nine more primaries follow, end-
ing June 3.
Clinton insists shes in it to the
end, saying a spirited contest is
good for the party and ultimately
will produce a stronger nominee.
There are millions of reasons
to continue this race: people in
Pennsylvania, Indiana and North
Carolina, and all of the contests
yet to come, she told reporters
Friday in Hammond, Ind. This is a
very close race and clearly I believe
strongly that everyone should have
their voices heard and their votes
counted.
Campaigning across the state
Saturday, Clinton was greeted by
large, heavily female crowds that
shouted You go, sister! and Weve
got your back! in support of her
pioneering candidacy. Indiana votes
May 6.
Marie Wilson, president of the
White House Project that trains
women to run for office, noted that
women typically have rallied around
Clinton when shes appeared most
v u l n e r a b l e
from the
revelations of
her husbands
dalliance with
White House
intern Monica
Lewinsky to
Januarys New
Hampshire pri-
mary after the
bruising loss to
Obama in Iowa.
Women have always been asked
to step aside if it was somehow
for the greater good. In this case,
Clinton, and a lot of her female
supporters, clearly feel that she
would make the better president
and that it would not be for the
greater good for her to step aside,
Wilson said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary RodhamClinton, D-N.Y., campaigns at Saras Diner in Fort Wayne, Ind., Friday. With women
the majority of Democratic voters nationwide, strategists warn of damage to the partys chances in November if female voters sense Clinton was
unfairly muscled out by a mostly male party establishment.
Women will indeed be upset if
it appears people are trying to
push Hillary Clinton out of the
way.
Carol Fowler
South Carolina
Democratic Party Chairwoman
Women have always been
asked to step aside if it was
somehow for the greater good.
Marie wilSon
white House project president
Lights out for Earth Hour
enViRonMent
BY CARYN ROUSSEAU
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO From the Sydney
Opera House to Romes Colosseum
to the Sears Towers famous anten-
nas in Chicago, floodlit icons of
civilization went dark Saturday for
Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign
to highlight the threat of climate
change.
The environmental group WWF
urged governments, businesses and
households to turn back to candle
power for at least 60 minutes start-
ing at 8 p.m. wherever they were.
The campaign began last year
in Australia, and traveled this year
from the South Pacific to Europe
to North America in cadence with
the setting of the sun.
Whats amazing is that its tran-
scending political boundaries and
happening in places like China,
Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, said
Andy Ridley, executive director of
Earth Hour. It really seems to
have resonated with anybody and
everybody.
Earth Hour officials hoped 100
million people would turn off their
nonessential lights and electron-
ic goods for the hour. Electricity
plants produce greenhouse gases
that fuel climate change.
In Chicago, lights on more than
200 downtown buildings were
dimmed Saturday night, including
the stripe of white light around the
top of the John Hancock Center.
The red-and-white marquee out-
side Wrigley Field also went dark.
Theres a widespread belief that
somehow people in the United
States dont understand that this
is a problem that were lazy and
wedded to our lifestyles. (Earth
Hour) demonstrates that that is
wrong, Richard Moss, a mem-
ber of the Nobel Peace Prize-win-
ning Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change and the climate
change vice president for WWF,
said in Chicago on Saturday.
Workers in Phoenix turned out
the lights in all downtown city-
owned buildings for one hour.
Darkened restaurants glowed
with candlelight in San Francisco
while the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit
Tower and other landmarks extin-
guished lights for an hour.
New Zealand and Fiji were first
out of the starting blocks this year.
And in Sydney, Australia where
an estimated 2.2 million observed
the blackout last year the citys
two architectural icons, the Opera
House and Harbour Bridge, faded
to black against a dramatic back-
drop of a lightning storm.
Lights also went out at the
famed Wat Arun Buddhist temple
in Bangkok, Thailand; shopping
and cultural centers in Manila,
Philippines; several castles in
Sweden and Denmark; the par-
liament building in Budapest,
Hungary; a string of landmarks
in Warsaw, Poland; and both
London City Hall and Canterbury
Cathedral in England.
Greece, an hour ahead of most
of Europe, was the first on the
continent to mark Earth Hour. On
the isle of Aegina, near Athens,
much of its population marched
by candlelight to the port. Parts of
Athens itself, including the floodlit
city hall, also turned to black.
In Ireland, where environ-
mentalists are part of the coali-
tion government, lights-out orders
went out for scores of government
buildings, bridges and monuments
in more than a dozen cities and
towns.
But the international banks and
brokerages of Dublins financial
district blazed away with light, illu-
minating floor after empty floor of
desks and idling computers.
The banks should have
embraced this wholeheartedly and
they didnt. But its a start. Maybe
next year, said Cathy Flanagan, an
Earth Hour organizer in Dublin.
Irelands more than 7,000 pubs
elected not to take part in part
because of the risk that Saturday
night revelers could end up smash-
ing glasses, falling down stairs,
or setting themselves on fire with
candles.
Likewise, much of Europe
including France, Germany, Spain
and European Union institutions
planned nothing to mark Earth
Hour.
Internet search engine Google
lent its support to Earth Hour
by blackening its normally white
home page and challenging visi-
tors: Weve turned the lights out.
Now its your turn.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Montreal skyline is seen a couple of minutes after 8 p.m. on Saturday. The environmen-
tal groupWWF urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power
for at least 60 minutes wherever they were during a worldwide campaign to highlight the
waste of electricity and the threat of climate change.
DeAtH
New York Times journalist dies
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NewYork Times journalist Dith Pran
died Sunday. The Cambodian-born journalist
whose harrowing tale of enslavement and
eventual escape fromthat countrys murder-
ous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979
became the subject of the award-winning
flmThe Killing Fields,died Sunday. He
was 65.
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BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
Stouffer Place Apartments played
host to a program this weekend to
benefit the Jubilee Caf, located
in First United Methodist Church,
946 Vermont St., which provides
breakfast for the homeless.
On Saturday, Stouffer residents
painted ceramic bowls and will sell
them in front of Wescoe Hall.
Empty Bowls, a program
based in Burnsville, N.C., sponsors
events that help combat hunger
around the world.
Don Claus, a Stouffer resident
assistant, said the Jayhawker Towers
Tenants Association bought about
20 bowls from Sunfire Ceramics,
1002 New Hampshire St.
David Jones, JTTA president,
encouraged Jayhawker Towers and
Stouffer RAs to use extra budget
money to offer charitable activities
for residents.
Each bowl will be sold for $6 on
Wescoe Beach, but Claus did not
know when Sunfire would have all
the bowls fired and ready for sale.
Pedro Mateo, a graduate stu-
dent from Guatemala, and his son
Lwin painted bowls because Mateo
thought it would be fun for his son,
and to contribute to Jubilee Cafe.
Mateo and Lwin painted a detailed
pattern on their bowls, and Mateo
said they were trying to paint the
typical cloth from Guatemala.
Claus said he had the program
because there are a lot of children liv-
ing in Stouffer. If it were only adults at
the program, Claus said, it would be
obvious that the bowls were painted
by adults. He liked the spontaneous
creativity that children had.
I was hoping that they would
bring a nice little variety, Claus said.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
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Sale to beneft Jubilee Cafe
Empty Bowls program helps combat worldwide hunger
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Clark Zhu, 5, left, and Runzhe Cui, 4, showoftheir painted bowls at the Empty Bowls
programat Stoufer Place on Saturday. The bowls will be sold in front of Wescoe Hall, but resident
assistant Don Claus doesnt knowwhen.
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Finished bowls will be fred and then sold onWescoe Beach for $6. The proceeds will go to the
Jubilee Cafe, First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont.
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Police chief recounts shooting
Five students died in Northern Illinois University tragedy
BY MICHAEL TARM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEKALB, Ill. The police chief
at Northern Illinois University
replays the chaos over and over
in his mind: sprinting, pistol in
hand and reading glasses still on,
through waves of screaming stu-
dents at a lecture hall.
Donald Grady remembers
kneeling over the wounded and
dying as the gunmans body lay on
stage, dead of a gunshot wound.
And he still wonders weeks later:
could he have done more to prevent
the deaths of five students when a
former student opened fire in the
crowded hall on Valentines Day?
I know intuitively theres noth-
ing I could have done to protect
them, he told The Associated
Press in a recent interview. But
it doesnt change the fact that,
inside, I feel like I wanted to be
able to do something.
Grady has SWAT team training
and has advised governments and
militaries in war-torn countries,
but the shooting, he said, was the
ugliest test of his career.
On the day of the shooting,
the 6-foot-5 Grady ran into the
mayhem, scanning hands in the
crowds for an escaping gunman.
It took 90 seconds for the former
star sprinter to cover the 400 yards
between his office and the red-
bricked lecture complex.
At the entrance to Auditorium
101, Grady took point, two offi-
cers on his flank, one at his back,
in diamond formation. He pulled
open the door.
The shooter, Steven
Kazmierczak, already was dead of
a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Criminology major Maria
Ruiz-Santana, 20, had wounds to
her chest, head and neck from
a shotgun blast. She said Grady
arrived and held her hand, talking
to her to keep her from slipping
into unconsciousness.
If he didnt get there right
away, I might well be dead, she
said.
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DETROIT One little piece of net
wasnt enough.
Russell Robinson and Sherron Collins
got their first true taste of NCAA
Tournament glory with one net-cut-
ting ceremony, but they wanted more.
Robinson, walking off the court in his
Final Four hat and shirt after KUs 59-57
clinching victory against Davidson, told
an administration member he wanted the
net that was still hanging from the other
basket.
Russell, you should get that whole
thing, Collins shouted.
Finally, the other net came down.
Robinson took half of
it, and Collins took the
rest. They wore their
prizes around their
necks in the locker
room.
Looks real good,
Robinson said.
He just sat and
smiled. Collins bragged
about how he had
received 35 congratula-
tory text messages. No
KU player or coach could hide his excite-
ment, and why not? Theyd earned a spot
in the Final Four the first for all the
players, who had gone through two first
round losses and an Elite Eight disaster
last season, and the first for Kansas coach
Bill Self after coming so close four other
times.
All that negative talk he had in the
past, Darnell Jackson said about Self,
now we made it. Now we have a chance
to make something happen.
Self climbed the ladder to the net after
all the players and pumped his fists toward
the crowd out of joy and out of relief. All
the criticism from the first round losses
and the failures in the
Elite Eight had worn
on him and his family.
Players could tell Self
had been stressing out
since Friday night. He
never thought he had
to make the Final Four
to validate himself as
a great coach, but he
wanted it badly.
Weve been so close so many times,
Self said. Even though were always going
to get good players at Kansas, this was the
year this needed to happen for the imme-
diate future.
Funny how the postgame atmosphere
couldve been so different. Davidson gave
the Jayhawks everything they expected
after they watched tape of the Wildcats
rolling past higher seeds Georgetown
and Wisconsin. With 16 seconds left and
Kansas clinging to a 59-57 lead, Davidson
had the ball and an opportunity to win or
tie the game.
Self had one main instruction for his
players in the huddle: dont let Stephen
Curry take a three-pointer. Hed rather
they force Curry, the star of the tourna-
ment, to shoot a two or even foul him
hard. Curry had the ball in his hands for
most of the possession until Collins, Mario
Chalmers and Brandon Rush collapsed on
him. He dumped it to Jason Richards, who
missed an off-balanced three with Collins
in his face.
When he got rid of it, Self said, I was
happy.
Curry missed nine
of 13 shots in the sec-
ond half after scoring
15 points in the first
20 minutes. He started
to struggle when the
Jayhawks switched to a
box and one and used
Rush to defend Curry.
It was good for
Kansas that its defense
shut down Davidson.
Otherwise, the game
couldve been plenty
different. Outside of Sasha Kaun, who
played the role of unlikely hero with 13
points on six of six shooting, the Jayhawks
never really got into a flow on offense
because of Davidsons double teams, pres-
sure and an inability to force turnovers.
Jackson said they were trying too hard.
We wanted it so bad, he said. There
were a lot of guys so sped up.
Kansas wanted to win a sloppy one.
Before the season started, Robinson said
the coaches often talked about the impor-
tance of winning when they dont play at
a high level. Earlier round games against
Portland State, UNLV and Villanova pro-
vided few challenges,
and the Jayhawks
rolled.
They didnt in this
one, and it should
help them in the Final
Four against North
Carolina.
To win it all, dont
you have to win one
like this? Self said.
Everybody has to go through this.
The hollering and smiling continued
until the locker room closed. All the play-
ers felt satisfied but acknowledged that
theres still plenty more to accomplish.
This Saturdays game should provide
a bigger challenge and certainly more
drama because of the presence of Tar
Heels coach Roy Williams. The Jayhawks
will be ready for it.
After Robinson took down his first clip
of the net, Athletics Director Lew Perkins
greeted him with a bear hug near the
three-point line.
Thats a powerful hug, Robinson told
him.
Perkins has been telling Robinson
throughout the tournament that he needs
to step up and be the best leader possible.
This time, Perkins whispered a reminder
to Robinson that he and his teammates are
not done yet.
Eighty more minutes, Perkins said.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
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kbreckunitch@kansan.com
They call it March Madness for a rea-
son. For the third time this season, the
University of Kansas softball team had to
deal with cold weather that changed the
weekend game schedule.
Were tired of playing in the cold,
coach Tracy Bunge said.
She said that if you talked to baseball
coach Rich Price, you would probably
get the same response from him about
the weather. Bunge said it hurt the atten-
dance, but the team had still been playing
well in the poor weather.
The team had no problem getting
through the weekend with a sweep of
Texas Tech. Junior pitcher Valerie George
carried the team in the first game of the
doubleheader. George collected her fifth
shutout of the season, and junior third
baseman Val Chapple drove in the only
run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of
the first inning.
Bunge was happy that George got
the shutout, especially on a day when it
seemed like she didnt have her best stuff.
She got herself into trouble in a couple
of different innings with runners in scor-
ing position, Bunge said. Yet she pitched
really tough in those situations and thats
what you like to see.
George scattered three Texas Tech hits
over seven innings, including two dou-
bles to Texas Tech senior first baseman
Jennifer Corkin. The
Jayhawks gathered five
hits and capitalized on
a Texas Tech throwing
error to earn their one
run.
Bunge said the team
did just enough to win
the ball game. She
said that she was not
extremely happy with
the offensive output
but that she was glad that the team is
coming through in close games.
Were doing the things it takes to win
close ball games right now, Bunge said.
The second game was a much more
offensive affair. The Jayhawks scored 12
runs on 12 hits and held on for a 12-7
victory. Senior left fielder Betsy Wilson
continued her impressive season with
a perfect four-for-four day at the plate,
including a double, six RBI and her third
home run of the season. Junior center
fielder Dougie McCaulley and sophomore
second baseman Sara Ramirez also had
multiple hits, and seven Jayhawks total
got a hit in the game.
Bunge was pleased to see Wilsons con-
tinued success on the field.
Shes having the
best year of her career
since shes been at KU
this year, Bunge said.
She said she was
happy not only to see
Wilson perform, but
to also see the produc-
tion that she sparked
with the rest of the
Jayhawks at the bot-
tom of the line-up.
Bunge said the team definitely need-
ed these two games against Texas Tech
to gain momentum in the Big 12. The
Jayhawks play at Creighton on Wednesday
and will not play at home again until April
12 against Texas. Bunge looks forward
to another road test in Nebraska. Right
now, the bottom line is the teams just
playing with a lot of confidence, Bunge
said.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
SportS
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ROCK CHALK RIVER WALK
FINAL FOUR
Kansas wins against Texas Tech
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior pitcher Valerie George throws to frst after felding a ground ball. kansas defeatedTexas Tech 1-0 saturday
afternoon at arrocha Ballpark.
SOFtbALL
Were doing the things it takes
to win close ball games right
now.
TRACY BUNGE
Coach
seven Jayhawks get a hit in game; weather doesnt affect victory
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bill Self cuts the last strand of the net in celebration of kansas victory over davidson sunday evening at Ford Field in detroit. self and the Jayhawks head to the
Final Four in san antonio, Texas, where they will face north Carolina. The trip to the Final Four is the frst for self.
kansas beats davidson 59-57, prepares to face former coach williams; self avenges critics with first trip to Final Four
Even though were always
going to get good players at
Kansas, this was the year this
needed to happen for the
immediate future.
BILL SELF
Kansas coach
This Saturdays game should
provide a bigger challenge and
certainly more drama because of
the presence of Tar Heels coach
Roy Williams.
CONTINUED COVERAGE ON 4B
sports 2B monday, march 31, 2008
Q: When was the last time the
Final Four was held in San Antonio
and what teams made it there?
A: 2004. Georgia Tech, Oklaho-
ma State, Connecticut and Duke
played at the Alamodome. The
Huskies beat the Yellow Jackets
82-73 in the National Champion-
ship behind a combined 45 points
from Ben Gordon and Emeka
Okafor.
espn.com
MLB:
Toronto at New York Yankees,
Noon, ESPN
Milwuakee at Chicago Cubs,
1:00 p.m., WGN and ESPN2
San Francisco at Los Angeles
Dodgers, 3:00 p.m., ESPN
Los Angeles Angels at Minne-
sota, 6:00 p.m., ESPN2
Houston at San Diego, 9:00
p.m., ESPN2
Womens College Basketball:
Elite Eight, 6:00 p.m., ESPN
Elite Eight, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Tennis:
Sony Ericcson Open, Noon, FSN
Kansas will wrap up its spring
practice season by playing its
spring football game at 1 p.m.
Saturday April 12 at Memo-
rial Stadium. Admission to
the scrimmage will be free. At
halftime, Kansas coach Mark
Mangino will accept the Sport-
ing News coach of the year
trophy, and players will sign
autographs after the game.
The public scrimmage will be
the last of the Jayhawks 15
spring practices. Kansas will
hold an open practice at 3:30
p.m. Friday on the felds west of
Hoglund Ballpark.
Asher Fusco
sports trivia of the day
sports fact of the day
quote of the day
on tv tonight
Ten Final Fours have been in
Kansas City, which is the most of
any city. New York City has the
second most with seven but hasnt
had the event since 1950.
fanbay.net
I will never play the Uni-
versity of Kansas in a regular
season game. It will have to
be some type of tournament
- whether its NCAA or a holiday
tournament. But nobody in the
world could have more love or
tried to give more to that place
than I did for 15 years.
North Carolina coach Roy Williams
calendar
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. Wichita State, 7
p.m., Lawrence
WEDNESDAY
Softball vs. Creighton, 2
p.m., Omaha
Softball vs. Creighton, 4
p.m., Omaha
Baseball vs. St. Mary, 6
p.m., Lawrence
Track, Texas Relays, All day,
Austin, Texas
football note
Get your dot out of my way
BY AARON BEARD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Tyler
Hansbrough always found a way for
North Carolina, whether it was car-
rying the Tar Heels when they lost
their point guard or making a shot
despite every defender knowing the
ball would end up in his hands.
Now, with his relentless drive and
unyielding will, Hansbrough has the
Tar Heels back in the Final Four.
Hansbrough had 28 points and
13 rebounds Saturday night to help
the Tar Heels hold off Louisville
83-73 in the East Regional final
and reach the national semifinals
for the first time since winning the
championship in 2005.
The Tar Heels (36-2) advanced
to play the Kansas-Davidson win-
ner next Saturday at San Antonio,
setting up a potential matchup
between Hall of Fame coach Roy
Williams and the Jayhawks program
he left behind when he returned to
his alma mater in 2003.
On this night, however, the focus
was squarely on the Atlantic Coast
Conferences player of the year.
Battling in a physical contest
inside, Hansbrough finished 12-for-
17 from the floor in 38 minutes
and was named regional MVP. That
included a pair of clutch jumpers
over 6-11 center David Padgett as
the Tar Heels desperately tried to
hold their tenuous second-half lead
in the final minutes.
He is the most driven, focused
player Ive ever seen in my life,
Williams said. He wants to be the
best player he can be and win.
For Hansbrough and his team-
mates, it was a reversal from last
years second-half collapse against
Georgetown in the NCAA tourna-
ments round of eight.
The Tar Heels have won all four
of their games in this tournament
by double digits. All four victo-
ries came in their home state, too,
allowing them to celebrate in front
of plenty of blue-clad fans Saturday.
Ty Lawson added 11 points
including a key 3-pointer with
about 5 minutes left for North
Carolina, which blew a 12-point
halftime lead, then broke away from
a tie at 59 to earn their 17th trip to
the Final Four.
Last year, nobody could hit a
shot when the Tar Heels needed one
most against the Hoyas in a loss that
had stayed with them all season. But
this time, the Tar Heels played with
steady poise when the third-seeded
Cardinals (27-9) erased the margin
and traded baskets with them in the
anxious final minutes.
First, with the Tar Heels cling-
ing to a 68-64 lead, Lawson came
around the baseline and knocked
down a 3 from the corner in front of
his bench that pushed the margin to
seven. Then, after a basket from Earl
Clark inside, Hansbrough knocked
down a straightaway jumper over
Padgett to make it 73-66 with 2:27
to play.
Hansbrough essentially closed
the door on Louisville on the next
possession. The 6-9 junior got the
ball on the left wing with the shot
clock winding down, then pump-
faked to get Clark up in the air and
step in for another jumper over
Padgett. The ball swished cleanly
through while Hansbrough was
knocked to the ground, pushing the
lead to 75-66 with 1:33 left.
Ive been playing with him my
whole college career, said junior
Danny Green, who had 11 points
despite needing four stitches to close
a cut above his left eye late in the first
half. A lot of shots that he takes and
makes, it still shocks me to this day.
Im like, How did he get that off and
how did he make it? Hes been doing
it his whole career.
The baskets left Louisvilles play-
ers in similar disbelief.
You see the guy as a junior and
hes getting his jersey retired and
youre like, Why? said Terrence
Williams, who had 14 points for
Louisville. Then you play against
him and you say, Thats why. Hell
go through the floor just to get a
rebound. Hes a great player.
The Tar Heels went 8-for-8 at the
foul line to seal it in the final min-
ute. That steady hand was a from
change last years loss to the Hoyas,
in which they missed 22 of 23 shots
and let an 11-point lead slip away in
the 96-84 overtime loss.
Jerry Smith scored 17 points to
lead Louisville, which shot 53 per-
cent and gave the Tar Heels all they
could handle after halftime.
We played exactly the style of
play we needed to win, Louisville
coach Rick Pitino said. (Its) very
difficult sometimes for people to
admit when the other team is bet-
ter. But were a very good basketball
team this year, very good, and they
were better tonight.
Lawson back at full speed after
spraining his left ankle in February
had nine assists while operating
as a one-man press break against
the Cardinals full-court defense all
night.
The Tar Heels shot 53 percent
to become the first team to shoot
better than 50 percent against
the Cardinals. The win allowed
Williams to move past Pitino and
Bob Knight and into a tie with
Kentuckys Adolph Rupp and
Louisvilles Denny Crum with six
Final Four appearances, which is
fourth most all-time.
The game came hours after
the Louisville and North Carolina
womens teams played in the NCAA
round of 16 in New Orleans. In that
game, the top-seeded Tar Heels ral-
lied from an 18-point deficit to beat
the fourth-seeded Cardinals 78-74.
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Three lucky Jayhawk faithful sprint the bases during thedot runSaturday afternoon during the Kansas vs Texas A&Mbaseball game. The blue dot won the race and a Kansas baseball prize
pack. Kansas lost the game 9-6 in ten innings.
ELiTE EiGhT
Hansbrough leads North Carolina past Louisville 83-73
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NCAA East Regional fnal basketball game
against Louisville, Saturday, in Charlotte, N.C.
North Carolina won 83-73 to advance to the
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BY BEN FELLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON To a mix of
cheers and jeers, President Bush
opened baseballs newest stadium
Sunday night with a ceremonial
first pitch.
Bush waved twice quickly as he
strode to the mound at Nationals
Park. He wasted little time before
throwing a high pitch straight
down the middle to Washington
Nationals manager Manny Acta.
Bush acknowledged the crowd
one more time by raising his hand
as he left the field, again hearing
applause and boos. A few minutes
later, Actas team took the field to
play the Atlanta Braves to open the
National League season.
It was the second time Bush has
performed the honor in Washington
and the sixth time overall in his
presidency. He threw out the first
pitch in 2005 mostly to cheers
when baseball returned to the
city after more than three decades.
Bush visited both teams in their
clubhouses before the game and
was escorted onto the field by Acta
and Nationals third baseman Ryan
Zimmerman.
It wasnt surprising that Bushs
pitch was high just as it was
in 2005. People tend to have long
memories when the ball is bounced
to home plate, so Bush made time
this week to hurl some practice
pitches in his backyard the South
Lawn of the White House.
The tradition of a presidential
first pitch goes back to 1910, when
a formally dressed William Howard
Taft threw the ball from his seat in
the stands. Each occasion is dif-
ferent, but some years surely have
more pizazz than others, and Bush
is benefiting from a little good tim-
ing.
Washington is buzzing about
baseball. There are opening days
of a season every year, but opening
days for a stadium are etched into a
citys history.
The $611 million riverfront
Nationals Park is earning raves as
a plush, appealing attraction from
fans who have seen it so far during
trial runs; the players, meanwhile,
cant get over the immaculate con-
ditions and amenities.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Bush throws out the ceremonial frst pitch before the home opener for the Nationals
in their newballpark Sunday inWashington. The Nationals face the Atlanta Braves in the frst
game of the season.
sports 3b Monday, March 31, 2008
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bush throws to cheers, jeers at game
MLB
Rockies look for 07 repeat
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
AP SPORTS WRITER
ST. LOUIS Are the
Colorado Rockies for real? Is this
a rebuilding year for the St. Louis
Cardinals?
The NLs surprise World Series
entrant last fall and a team thats
jettisoned many of its stars from
an unlikely 2006 postseason
championship run open with a
three-game series on Monday.
Doubt surrounds both teams, the
Rockies after a quiet offseason
and a middle of the road pedi-
gree, and the Cardinals because
of pitching injuries and a rebuilt
lineup.
Spring trainings full of pre-
dictions, both good and bad,
Rockies manager Clint Hurdle
said Sunday. Most of them are
wrong.
We dont really concern our-
selves with what people believe or
dont believe.
Besides the departed Jim
Edmonds, Scott Rolen and David
Eckstein, the Cardinals open
without most of their projected
rotation and have been picked by
many to finish in the bottom half
of the Central Division. It would
be a big drop-off for a franchise
thats made it to the postseason
six of the last eight seasons.
You mean the same guys who
picked us to win last year? man-
ager Tony La Russa said. Theyre
just guessing and who can blame
them when they look at all of our
questions and changes?
Yet St. Louis finished spring
training on a 12-1-1 tear after
signing free agent right-hander
Kyle Lohse to plug one of the
holes.
Were playing with that sense
of What do we have to lose?
said Adam Wainwright, who will
get his first opening day start.
Nobodys expecting anything
from us. Were going to go out
there and play free and easy and
stinking go after it with an excite-
ment level thats pretty hard to
match.
The Rockies were overlooked
entering last year, and their 18-27
start justified that thinking. A
magical 21-1 run propelled them
to the World Series, but then they
were swept by the Red Sox and
during the winter concentrated
on retaining their top players.
We believe weve made
improvements from just some
grounded facts, that everybodys
got a years more experience in
the core group together, Hurdle
said. Weve played games where
weve been tested by fire all
through September.
Weve played playoff games,
went to a World Series. Those
things help you as you grow up.
In the opening series, theyve
also got their best player facing a
team he has owned. Matt Holliday
has a .418 career average against
the Cardinals, his best against
any opponent, and is at .483 with
five homers and seven RBIs at
new Busch Stadium, entering its
third season.
Hes like Albert (Pujols)
almost, Wainwright said.
Almost. I have a game plan and
Im going to follow it, and if I
make my pitches Im very confi-
dent I can get him out.
Just like the Cardinals, the
Rockies appear shakiest in the
rotation. Left-hander Jeff Francis
won 17 games last year and gets
his first opening day start.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher AdamWainwright sits in the dugout during a spring training
baseball game against the Florida Marlins March 20 in Jupiter, Fla. Wainwright is scheduled to
be the opening day starter Monday in St. Louis against the Colorado Rockies.
MLB
Car owned by Santiago
seized in investigation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A car seized
as part of an investigation into a
high-end cocaine conspiracy in
Kansas City was owned by former
Royals catcher Benito Santiago, a
newspaper reported Sunday.
The Kansas City Star said federal
and state records show Santiago,
43, bought the 2003 Mercedes-Benz
CL55 two-door coupe that was
linked to Jacques Lavigne.
Lavigne, who pleaded guilty
last week to federal drug trafck-
ing charges, told authorities that
he gave an unnamed individual
$80,000 in drug money so that
person could buy the car and title
it in their name in Florida. He then
kept it as his own at his Kansas City
apartment.
Associated Press
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
DETROIT Kansas can breathe a
sigh ofrelief. North Carolina, stocked
with All-Americans, awaits Kansas
in the Final Four. The Tar Heels have
skills, athleti-
cismsand expe-
rience. But at
least they dont
have Davidsons
Stephen Curry.
Davi ds ons
b a b y - f a c e
shooting guard
scored 25 points
against Kansas
on Sunday, add-
ing to his lengthy NCAA tourna-
ment legend.
Curry made his usual amount of
step-back three-pointers and acro-
batic circus drives to the hoop. But
it was the shot that Curry didnt
take that will have people talking.
With Davidson trailing 59-57 with
seconds remaining, Curry drove
to his right, ran out of space and
had to pass the ball off to point
guard Jason Richards. Richards shot
was off target and the clock finally
struck midnight for the Wildcats.
Kansas coach Bill Self was just
glad Curry didnt take the last shot.
If he would have shot it fromhalf
court, I would
have said it was
pitiful defense,
because I fig-
ured he would
have made it,
Self said about
Curry.
Kansas said
it knew that
Curry would
be a challenge
the team had sat in the lock-
er room before its victory against
Villanova and watched Curry knife
through Wisconsin on Friday but
the Jayhawks still had trouble stop-
ping Curry in the first half.
Scoreless for more than 10 min-
utes to start the game, Curry made a
three-pointer with 9:43 to go in the
first half, and proceeded to score 15
of the Wildcats last 21 points in
the first half.
Every time he hit a shot, it
was like Michael Jordan was hit-
ting a shot, Russell Robinson
said.
Self finally switched Kansas
to a box-and-one defense with
four minutes left in the first half,
tabbing Robinson to shadow
Curry and placing the rest of the
Jayhawks in a zone.
The Jayhawks went back to the
defense in the opening minutes of
the second half, with a combina-
tion of Rush, Robinson and Rush
chasing Curry step-for-step.
He got a little frustrated,
and he forced a couple shots,
Collins said. That was what we
wanted.
Curry made just 4-of-13 from
the field in the second half and
just 2-of-10 from behind the
three-line.
I really just think he was little
tired, Robinson said.
Curry played all 40 minutes
against Kansas.
With a player like him, he
does so much, you just got to try
and slow himdown, Sophomore
guard Sherron Collins said.
Youre not going to stop him.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
kansas 59, davidson 57 4B monday, march 31, 2008 kansas 59, davidson 57 5B monday, march 31, 2008
Aspecial editionof theHigh/Low
fromaweekendinDetroit
HigHs
gusJohnson
Cheersfor oneof thebest sports
broadcastersinthebusiness.
Aninterestingmoment occurred
at halftimewhentheyplayedaclassic
montageof famousplaysinNCAA
tourmament historyontheFord
Center scoreboard. Theyreplayedthe
endingof theOhioStatevs. Xavier
gamefromlast seasonagame
that featuredaclassiccall fromCBS
broadcaster GusJohnson. Remember
hiscall,Andweregoingtoover-
timeTHISISMARCHMADNESS.
Well, Johnson, whowascallingthe
gamesinDetroit, just happenedtobe
lookingupat thescoreboardat the
verysametime.
WereNotgonnaTakeit
SittinginsidetheFordCenter,
listeningtoKansasbandplaythis
classicTwistedSister songduringthe
last mediatime-out of thegame, you
finallygot thesensethat Kansaswas
about tosmashCinderellasglassslip-
per. It wasasif themusicwastelling
what Kansaswasprobablythinking.
All right Davidson, youhadanicerun,
but werenot gonnatakeit anymore.
showerforself
TheplayersgaveBill Self aGatorade
shower inthelocker roomafter the
game.I thinktheythought wewon
theOrangeBowl,Self joked.
LoWs
FordField
Itsbeentalkedabout alot, but this
buildingshouldnot havebeenthesite
of abasketball gameat least not
initscurrent configuration. Putting
thefloor inthemiddleof wherethe
football fieldwouldbe, totallytookthe
fansout of theequation.
ontheBall Defense
Self wasnt pleasedwithKansas
on-the-ball defenseinthefirst half,
andDavidsonsJasonRichardsand
StephenCurrycontrolledthetempo
for most of thegame. WhenKansas
guardcommittedanother foul with
14minutesleft inthefirst half, Self had
seenenough.Wecant guardtheball,
Self saidonthesideline.
RustinDodd
the
HIGH
low
MENS BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
DETROIT The sweat wasnt
quite dried on Sasha Kauns face, and
his game worn socks from Kansas
59-57 victory against Davidson
were still strapped to his feet.
Kansas senior center had just
lead Kansas to the Final Four with
13 points on 6-of-6 shooting in
front of 57,563 fans at Ford Field,
and Kaun was exhausted. Figures,
because on the night before the
biggest game of Kauns life, Kansas
6-foot-11 senior center couldnt fall
asleep.
Junior forward Matt Kleinman
slept soundly in the bed next to
him, but Kaun kept tossing and
turning. His last opportunity to
play in a Final Four sat in front of
him and Kaun couldnt stop think-
ing about it.
I couldnt calm myself down to
go to bed, Kaun said.
Kaun wanted this game so much,
in fact, that he surprised his team-
mates in the locker room before
the game. Kaun worked himself
into a frenzy, just trying to get his
teammates hyped. Russell Robinson
couldnt understand what Kaun was
saying, but he got the message.
You normally dont see that side
of him, Robinson said.
Yet, it was Kansas fans that might
have had trouble recognizing Kaun
in the second half. The kid who had
grown up in Russia and moved to
Florida in the ninth grade played
with fire and intensity, scoring nine
points in the second half.
Kaun called it urgency that only
a college senior could know.
I thought it might be over,
Kaun said.
With Kansas trailing 49-45 with
9:33 left in the second half, the
butterflies started growing. Junior
guard Mario Chalmers drove to the
basket, and hoisted up a shot that
rimmed out. But Kaun was there
for the tip-in, cutting the Davidson
lead to two.
A few possessions later, after
sophomore guard Sherron Collins
made a three-pointer to give Kansas
a one-point lead, Kaun extended the
lead to three with another layup.
He was due for it. He works
so hard, and he does everything
coach asks him
to do, Collins
said.
Kaun said
last years Elite
Eight loss to
UCLA was his
lowest moment
on basketball
floor, and that
game entered
his mind on Sunday.
As Kansas players sat on stools
during a timeout, Kaun, with sweat
flying and muscles flexed, let out a
roar: Come on, lets go.
Kaun wanted to make sure his
career didnt end in the same round
that brought on so much heartache
last year. With 2:19 left, Kaun made
one-of-two free
throws, giving
Kansas a 57-53
lead.
Sasha, in my
opinion, Self
said, may have
been as good a
performer we
had this week-
end.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
DAViDsoN
Player Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA FT-FTA Rebounds Assists Points
Thomas Sander 3-6 1-1 1-4 4 2 8
Andrew Lovedale 3-8 0-0 0-1 5 1 6
Jason Richards 3-9 0-4 1-2 1 9 7
Max Paulhus Gosselin 0-1 0-1 0-0 5 2 0
Stephen Curry 9-25 4-16 3-3 4 3 25
Boris Meno 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Will Archambault 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Stephen Rossiter 0-0 0-0 0-2 3 0 0
Bryant Barr 4-6 3-4 0-0 1 0 11
KANsAs
Player Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA FT-FTA Rebounds Assists Points
Darrell Arthur 3-5 0-0 1-2 5 1 7
Darnell Jackson 4-6 0-0 1-4 7 3 9
Russell Robinson 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 1 0
Mario Chalmers 5-10 3-4 0-0 3 2 13
Brandon Rush 4-14 1-5 3-3 7 2 12
Sherron Collins 1-8 1-3 2-2 3 3 5
Jeremy Case 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Sasha Kaun 6-6 0-0 1-3 6 0 13
Cole Aldrich 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Kansas 59, Davidson 57
Jon Goering/KANSAN
The Kansas Jayhawks celebrate their Midwest regional championship after defeating Davidson 59-57 Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit. Kansas was the fnal No. 1 seed to advance to the Final Four, making this the frst year all four top-seeded teams advanced to
the Final Four. North Carolina, Memphis and UCLA will join in San Antonio to play for the championship.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Senior center Sasha Kaun hugs senior forward Darnell Jackson after Kansas defeated Davidson 59-57. Kaun was named the most valuable player of the regional championship game. He scored 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting and grabbed 6
rebounds in the game.
Lack of sleep no
problem for Kaun
during Elite Eight
I couldnt calm myself down to
go to bed.
SASHA KAuN
Kansas center
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Darrell Arthur embraces teammate Darnell Jackson, senior forward, during the post-game celebration. Arthur and
Jackson combined for 16 points and 12 rebounds in the game.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Freshman center Cole Aldrich, sophomore guard Sherron Collins, senior guard Russell Robinson and sophomore forward Darrell
Arthur celebrate at half court following the Kansas victory over Davidson. Kansas advances to the Final Four where they will face North Carolina.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
A last-second shot attempt leaves the hands of Davidson guard Jason Rishards and foats towards the basket as the clock runs out. Davidson trailed 57-59, when the three-point attempt went up. The ball missed wide left and the clock ran out, ending Davidsons tournament run.
Currys 25 not enough for Davidson
Every time he hit a shot, it was
like Michael Jordan was hitting
a shot.
RuSSELL ROBINSON
Kansas Guard
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Sherron Collins gets up after forcing Davidson guard Stephen Curry to
force up a tough three-pointer during the second half of the game. Curry scored 25 points in the
game, but hit just 9-of-25 shots, including 4-of-16 on threes.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Junior guard Mario Chalmers battles for the ball early in the frst half of the game. Chalmers
scored 11 of his 13 points in the frst half, hitting 4-of-5 of his shots including 3-of-3 frombehind
Halftime lead dissipates for Kansas;
Hawks narrowly escape another
early exit from NCAA tournament
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Today is an8
Success is great, but it doesnt
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confdence to succeed again
and again and again and again.
Theyre the ones who are really
important.
TAuRuS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
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Today is a 7
Youve been having a few dif-
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Today is a 7
Stash away as much as you can
for the future. Dont go on a
shopping spree. What looks like
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Today is a 7
The hard part is almost over. Let
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Youll get more accomplished by
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Today is an8
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LOS ANGELES Unions rep-
resenting film and television actors
will negotiate separately with pro-
ducers in upcoming contract talks
after board members of the TV
actors union voted Saturday to
sever a long-standing agreement
between the two guilds.
The vote by the board of
the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists came
hours before a meeting with the
Screen Actors Guild and just three
months before the expiration of
the contract covering movies and
prime-time shows.
Despite a sometimes rocky 27-
year relationship the unions had
shown recent signs of peace as
they prepared for the upcoming
talks.
The two groups had hoped at
Saturdays meeting to set a start
date for negotiations. Instead of
discussing strategies the sides
swapped accusations.
For the past year SAG leader-
ship in Hollywood has engaged in a
relentless campaign of disinforma-
tion and disparagement, AFTRA
president Roberta Reardon said in
a written statement.
SAG President Alan Rosenbergs
written response: AFTRAs refus-
al now to bargain together with
us and their last-second abandon-
ment of the joint process is calcu-
lated, cynical and may serve the
interests of their institution, but
not its members.
The AFTRA board said the
vote to terminate the agreement,
known as Phase One, was over-
whelming.
Wary of repeating the damage
wrought by the recently ended
100-day Hollywood writers
strike, producers and several A-
list actors including Tom Hanks,
George Clooney, Meryl Streep
and Robert De Niro had been
pressing for negotiations to start
as early as this week.
The 120,000-member Screen
Actors Guild represents actors in
movies, TV and other media. The
70,000-member TV and radio
federation represents, among
others, actors, singers, announc-
ers and journalists.
The Alliance of Motion Picture
and Television Producers, which
represents studios, said in a state-
ment that it looks forward to bar-
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Economy causes
strife for students
editorials around the state
Sebelius sensitive to
climate change
In vetoing an ill-considered
bill that would have allowed
two massive new coal-fred
power plants, Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius sent this message to
state lawmakers:
Kansas cant continue to
ignore climate change or the
growing momentum nationally
to regulate carbon.
Wall Street is convinced that
carbon regulation is coming,
and three major investment
banks recently announced new
rules requiring utilities to show
that coal-plant proposals factor
in the cost of future regulation.
Instead of pushing quick-
and-dirty solutions to state
energy needs, Kansas lawmak-
ers should get behind this
reality-based approach.
The Wichita Eagle
March 25 editorial
Minimum wage
isolates state
Kansas has the embarrassing
distinction of being the only
state in the nation with a mini-
mum wage below the federal
level.
An efort by House Demo-
crats to boost the states mini-
mum wage and put it on track
with the federal wage stalled
Thursday. House Republicans
scuttled the proposal, which
was tied to a labor bill, by
voting to send the bill back to
committee.
The Garden City Telegram
March 24 editorial
COMMentary
Bad habits die hard,
even in election season
BLOGs
I have a bad habit I'm going
to have to break if I ever want to
fulfill my dream of being elected
president of a home-owners asso-
ciation: I have been known to exag-
gerate the truth.
There was a time that the
American people accepted that
from their leaders, but not any-
more. Now we demand complete
honesty (or at least a more-com-
plete destruction of contradictory
evidence).
My dishonesty started as a
fantasy Id think about but never
do. Then one day I signed in to
the high school library as Nikita
Khrushchev, and it was all down-
hill from there.
First I told myself it was some-
thing I had to do to protect myself.
Had I used my real name at the
library, the faculty would know
I was ditching German class
(again). Then I went on a trip to
Washington, DC, and told the beg-
gars who asked my name that I was
Steve Lawrence. Why were they
asking my name, anyway?
I knew my dishonesty had
become a problem when I lied to
my doctor. I had a medical prob-
lem that could have been associ-
ated with my city government desk
job. When I got to the doctors
office and filled out the paperwork,
I decided that I could claim a thrill-
ing job description and, as long as
it was still a desk job, I wouldnt be
keeping my doctor from anything
he needed to know. Instead of writ-
ing city planner for my line of
work, I wrote hostage negotiator.
The doctor came in to my room
and went through my question-
naire. He said, So, youre a hostage
negotiator?
I said, That's right.
Really?
No.
He said, So what do you really
do? And then he made sort of
a big deal out of crossing out my
previous answer and writing in my
new one.
I know that stunts like this have
to stop or else they will derail my
political career. No more claims
of sniper fire, no matter how
badly Im losing. I will no lon-
ger claim to be People magazines
reigning Sexiest Man Alive, despite
how plausible it seems. Although
I might make extensive use of the
Internet, I will stop telling people
that I invented it.
Of course, in the past few
decades, America has made great
strides in no longer giving a crap
if its elected leaders have anything
to hide.
Gone are the days when Thomas
Eagleton had to give up a vice-
presidential nomination because of
previously suffering from depres-
sion.
Now were all looking forward
to the Democrat Partys convention
in Denver, fully expecting Hillary
Clinton to go nuts and knock over
the microphone stand like in the
climactic scene of Billy Madison.
Following the ouster of New
York governor Eliot Spitzer, his
replacement, David Paterson, has
decided to head off any future
embarrassing revelations by pro-
viding them all to the media him-
self. He acknowledged affairs he
may have financed with campaign
money, and he admitted to past
drug use.
If thats really what it takes these
days, then let me get two things off
my chest: I wish happy birthdays to
people even though I dont really
care if they have happy birthdays,
and when flying, I use the noise of
the airplane engines to allow me to
fart with impunity.
There, I've said it.
I hope you can see past these
youthful indiscretions and support
the electoral juggernaut that is my
campaign for home-owners asso-
ciation president.
Minster '08: Now More Than
Ever.
Minster is a Lawrence senior
in economics.
Max Rinkel
how to suBmit
For the past few years, the
music industry has struggled
with sales because of illegal
downloading. This is why I love
the idea of the mixtape.
Rappers have been using
mixtapes to their advantage for
years.
It's great for up-and-coming
rappers, because they can get
their voice heard in places they
normally wouldn't be heard. My
suggestion is that artists outside
of rap try this mixtape thing.
A lot of the time, mixtapes
really plug an artist's upcoming
album and can result in better
sales.
Happy listening to all!
Matt Lindberg
Mixtapes are a great way to get music out to the
general public
was earth hour efective?
Attention all students: the
economy sucks.
It will likely continue to suck
long after the classes of 2008 and
2009 have graduated.
It all seems fairly humorous to
me, considering just four years
ago the biggest money issue for
college students was a possible
cap on tuition costs. Pick up any
issue of Newsweek or watch a 24-
hour news channel, and you will
learn that many daunting eco-
nomic ailments such as increasing
inflation, stagnant wages and ris-
ing unemployment sap graduat-
ing students for all theyre worth.
Middle-class students with par-
ents who have modest-to-boastful
incomes should be more aware of
the parental nest egg. Economists
suggest that Americans between
18-30 will subsidize their parents
Medicare, Medicaid and Social
Security at the largest proportions
in the history of these programs.
Baby boomers will pose a huge
strain on government spending.
Compound this with the prob-
lem that students are taking out
loans at record highs. According
to The College Board, private loan
recipients rose 30 percent from
2004 to 2005. Banks push loans
with interest rates that would
make Capital One blush, and they
claim these loans are convenient
and necessary.
The American dollar is worth
less and less every year. The
Canadian dollar outpaces America
by approximately one cent now.
And don't even think about travel-
ing to the United Kingdom unless
your surname is Trump.
Lou Dobbs may be on to some-
thing when he says there is a
war on the middle-class, and spe-
cial interests are the main per-
petuators. Some conservatives in
Congress, who eagerly lob the
socialist moniker for their respec-
tive economic plans, seem to have
no qualms with stabilizing or res-
cuing flailing banks and other
poisoned Wall Street entities with
taxpayer money (Bear Stearns,
Bank of America, anyone?).
But in all fairness, neither
of the candidates has proposed
policies that come close to solv-
ing pressing economic prob-
lems. According to most ana-
lysts, these proposals wouldnt
pay for themselves and would
cause today's college graduate to
pay much higher taxes.
Students are somewhat aware
of the pitfalls of loans that tar-
get workers with less-than-stellar
credit. Unfortunately, many col-
lege students haphazardly wield
credit cards like magical items
and sometimes fail to make regu-
lar payments.
Even more destructive are
checking account overdrafts that
can encourage a preventative
charge-off of that bank account,
which acts as a giant beacon
to future lenders, which is bad
unless one does not want to get a
job, a new car, etc.
Many Americans dont know
their country is in debt to coun-
tries like India and Mexico.
Incessant borrowing from other
countries blunts the potency of
the future American dollar by
deepening the national debt,
which we as future laborers will
have to neutralize.
Conventional wisdom says a
college education is quite necessary
and sometimes expensive. Couple
this with the frightful apparition of
a receding economy and wasteful
government spending on entitle-
ment and social programs (not to
mention a duo of wars), and stu-
dents have something of a lose-
(maybe)-win situation.
Students cannot do anything
about inflation or gas prices, but
they can be careful about credit
card debt and student loans.
It wouldnt hurt politicans to
be more concerned about people
losing their homes than the Wall
Street aficionados losing their
year-end bonuses.
This topics urgency will settle
in when that starting salary of
$75,000 can barely cover monthly
expenses that would have been
manageable a decade ago.
Williams is a Coffeyville ju-
nior in English and pre-law.
ASSoCiATED pRESS
Gordon Kubanek, Frank de Jong and Chris Bradshawhold candles belowthe unlit Peace
Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Saturday. FromRome's Colosseumto the Sydney Opera
House, foodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour.
taLK BaCK tO the Kansan OPiniOn desK
BOB SAGET!
n n n
If you vote for United Stu-
dents, you are retarded!
n n n
Oh, Justin, I didn't know they
came that small!
n n n
I wish I never got a Facebook.
It makes me look at your
profle obessively when I
don't know whats going on
between us for some sort of
clue.
n n n
Hello people. I really dont
care how much alcohol you
can consume, so please stop
talking about it. Thanks.
n n n
I would study more in Watson
if the desk lamps worked and
there wasn't dead ladybugs
everywhere.
n n n
My friend had sex on my TV
set. That aint right!
n n n
I miss you so much right now.
n n n
To the bouncer at Abe and
Jakes that got me back my ID
after the door guy took it, I
love you! Love, the girl who is
forever in your debt.
n n n
He makes me feel accepted,
normal and beautiful. Too
bad he doesn't know it.
n n n
To the idiot who pulled the
Oliver fre alarm at 3 a.m., I
hope you don't get laid for a
long, long time.
n n n
Its all fun and games until
you wake up to fnd puke in
your shower the next
morning.
n n n
At KU, we have a pretty weak
showing on CollegeHumor.
com. We're #43. I guess other
schools really do have a bet-
ter party scene.
n n n
I love the movie "The Prince
and I at 1 a.m. just after
thinking that all chances of
romance and love are impos-
sible.
n n n
Don't blow it, Bill. Let them
play.
n n n
To all people involved in
Student Senate: Bring back
Ignite!
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The World Wildlife Fund of
Australia asked people and busi-
nesses to turn of their lights and
electronics to shed light on the
issue of climate change by reduc-
ing electricity use and carbon
dioxide emissions.
The goal of Earth Hour was to
highlight the diference an indi-
vidual can make to fght global
warming. Did this event succeed?
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sports 8B monday, march 31, 2008
BY ANDREW BAGNATO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX After reaching the
Final Four for the third straight time,
UCLA coach Ben Howland called
these Bruins by far the best of the
three.
The other two didnt have fresh-
man Kevin Love, who had 19 points
and 10 rebounds as the top-seeded
Bruins blitzed Xavier 76-57 Saturday
to earn their record 18th overall trip
to the Final Four.
Love was picked as the most out-
standing player of the West Regional.
Obviously, its unbelievable,
Howland said after taking the last few
snips of the net. Thats really a credit
to how good the players are and how
well we performed under pressure the
last three years.
Its the Bruins longest string of
Final Four appearances since they
closed the John Wooden era with
nine straight trips and added a 10th
consecutive trip in 1976 under his
successor, Gene Bartow.
The Bruins 1980 Final Four was
later vacated by the NCAA because
of rules violations.
At times on Saturday, Howlands
Bruins looked every bit as dominant
as Woodens finer squads, annihilat-
ing a proud Xavier team that had set
a school record for victories.
The Bruins (35-3) lost in the Final
Four the last two years. But they go
to San Antonio with Love, who has
given them a formidable inside pres-
ence and has raised his game in this
tournament.
UCLA plays the Memphis-Texas
winner in the national semifinal in
San Antonio on April 5.
Were getting spoiled with Kevin,
Howland said.
Love made 7-of-11 shots from the
floor, including 2-of-4 from beyond
the arc. Half of his rebounds came at
the offensive end and he added four
assists for good measure.
He looks like hes 25 years old
when hes playing, Xavier coach Sean
Miller said of Love, who is 19.
The Musketeers (30-7) had no
answer for Love on a day they shot
36.2 percent from the floor a cred-
it to UCLAs relentless man-to-man
defense.
We can play better than we did
today, Miller said. I couldnt be
more proud and really at ease right
now because I really felt we went
about as far as we could and lost to a
great team. Theyre unique. Im really
pulling for them. I hope we lost to the
national champion.
The knock on UCLA is that it
often coasts with a big lead. Not this
time.
Leading by nine at halftime, the
Bruins snuffed out third-seeded
Xaviers comeback hopes with a 14-0
run early in the second half.
It all started with defense, Love
said. Thats what really won the
game for us.
college basketball
UCLA defense topples Xavier
Bruins 76-57 win advances team to third straight Final Four
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UCLAs Kevin Love , left, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute react during the frst half of their
NCAA mens basketball tournament West Regional fnal against Xavier Saturday in Phoenix.
college basketball
Dream Team sweeps Texas
ASSOCIATED PRESS
John Calipari has a good rea-
son for calling his Memphis Tigers
a Dream Team a kid from
Chicago who wears No. 23 and
makes plays that bring fans out of
their seats.
With freshman Derrick Rose
soaring and scoring, Memphis
ended two years of regional final
failure and routed Texas 85-67 to
reach the Final Four.
The victory in Houston backed
up the Tigers season-long reign
near the top of the rankings and
sent them to the Final Four for the
first time since 1985.
Rose had 21 points, nine assists
and six rebounds, outplaying Texas
star D.J. Augustin and leading the
Tigers (37-1) into a national semi-
final Saturday against a UCLA team
making its third straight Final Four
appearance.
Memphis and UCLA met in the
regional finals two years ago and
in the 1973 title game, with the
Bruins winning both.
Rose took the doubt out of this
one in the first half, making a
Michael Jordanesque layup as part
of his 4-for-4 start, blocking an
open-court layup by Augustin and
throwing a long pass for a thunder-
ous dunk by Joey Dorsey among
his four early assists.
The Tigers were up 29-13 after
12 minutes, with Rose accounting
for more points than Texas (31-7)
scored.
Rose finished 7-of-10 and was
voted the most outstanding player
of the South Regional
Chris Douglas-Roberts led
Memphis with 25 points, with 14
coming on free throws. Dorsey pro-
vided 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Memphis 37th win matched an
NCAA Division I record held by
four other teams, and it was its
103rd victory over the last three
seasons, the second-best run by
any program.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts
pulls on his jersey after his teamdefeated
Texas, 85-67, in the NCAA South Regional
basketball fnal Sunday in Houston. Douglas-
Roberts scored 25 points in the game.
Yeah, that just happened
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Tyler Cook, Oberlin senior, takes on Michael Strider, the defending champion, in the Central States Wrestlings Heavyweight Championship
at the Kansas National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa Street, in Lawrence on Saturday. Strider defeated Cook in the main event, continuing on as the
heavyweight champion. CSWwill be back in Lawrence on Saturday, May 3 at the Kansas National Guard Armory. For more information visit
cswwrestling.com.
BY LARRY LAGE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT Jim Leyland gath-
ered the Detroit Tigers for a meet-
ing in Houston before they traveled
home to open the season Monday
against the Kansas City Royals.
Detroits manager did not share
his entire message with reporters, but
did discuss some of what he said as it
related to owner Mike Ilitch spend-
ing about $135 million this season.
This isnt one of those teams,
I cant believe we didnt pick up
this player, or this guy. Weve got
no excuses, Leyland said Sunday
morning.
The Royals, meanwhile, will have
to hope their relatively low payroll
allows them to be competitive.
Kansas Citys only significant
addition on the field in the offseason
was signing free agent outfielder Jose
Guillen to a $36 million, three-year
deal.
I think Guillen is going to be
huge, and so does everybody else,
said Gil Meche, who will make his
second straight opening day start in
Detroit. I know as a pitcher, Im glad
Im not facing him again.
The Royals hope Guillen will lift
their offensively challenged team
that hit a league-low 102 homers
last season. He has had at least 20
home runs four times in the past
five seasons and had 99 RBIs in 2006
with Seattle.
Kansas City also hired a new man-
ager, putting Trey Hillman in charge
of a team in the majors for the first
time after he was one of the most
successful managers in Japan.
Hillman takes over a team with
only one winning season since 1994
and four straight last-place finishes
in the AL Central.
Its not something were proud
of, Royals general manager Dayton
Moore said. I think guys are com-
mitted to winning.
BY SHAWN SHROYER
shroyer@kansan.com
Before the season, senior Ryne
Price said hitting coach Kevin Tucker
wanted his hitters to improve with
runners in scoring position. Price
said Tucker called it being badas-
ses.
Well, Kansas could have used a
badass in the bottom of the fifth of
Sundays game against Texas A&M.
Already leading 7-6, Kansas first
three batters of the inning reached
to load the bases. The next three bat-
ters promptly made outs, ending the
inning with the score unchanged.
Failing to convert any of those run-
ners into runs may not have cost
Kansas (18-12, 1-5) the game, but it
certainly didnt help as Texas A&M
(21-6, 6-3) completed its sweep with
a 10-8 victory.
Im really proud of how hard we
played. Im really proud of the matu-
rity thats in our dugout, how hard
we played and the way we swing the
bats, Kansas coach Ritch Price said.
I just told my team, everything that
we need to do better, we can fix. Itd
be one thing if we didnt have good
enough players to fix it. Its got to
start with our starting pitching, and
weve got to do a little bit better
job making adjustments within the
game because our number of quality
at-bats throughout the course of the
game needs to improve, too.
Junior left-hander Sam Freeman
started for the Jayhawks, but he
didnt last long, allowing six runs in
two innings, including a grand slam
in the top of the first to Texas A&M
designated hitter Darby Brown.
In his brief appearance, Freeman
saw his ERA jump from 5.04 to 6.67.
As for Brown, his day was far from
over.
Hes still learning how to pitch,
Price said of Freeman. He does not
have good mechanics yet, and he was
out of sync today. You could see him
rushing. His front foot was falling on
its heel, and he had no command.
For the weekend, Price received
a grand total of 7.2 innings from his
starting pitchers. Junior lefty Nick
Czyz collected 5.1 of those himself
Saturday.
Its tough when youve got to try
to fight your way out of a hole from
the first inning, and the first three
innings take an hour and a half,
and youve still got six to go, senior
shortstop Erik Morrison said.
But the Jayhawk offense didnt
roll over, striking back in the bottom
of the second.
With two on and no out, junior
first baseman Preston Land doubled
to the left-center field gap to drive
in Ryne Price and Morrison. Kansas
collected five more hits and runs in
the inning, sending 13 batters to the
plate, and got Freeman off the hook,
assuming a 7-6 lead.
Freshman T.J. Walz entered in the
third and the young right-hander
gave his team a brilliant effort. At
one point Walz had retired nine
straight Aggies, but he was no match
for Brown in the top of the seventh.
With an 8-6 lead to work with,
Walz put second baseman Blake
Stouffer on with a leadoff walk. After
Walz retired the next two batters,
Brown sent a bomb to center field
that nearly flew over the batters eye,
a giant tarp behind the fence that
allows hitters to see pitches. Browns
second home run of the day tied the
game, 8-8, and capped off a 2-for-5
day and 8-for-15 series for the des-
ignated hitter.
Kansas escaped the inning with
the score tied, but Texas A&M
right-handers Kyle Thebeau (2-2)
and Travis Starling shut down the
Jayhawk offense.
After Kansas squandered its
bases-loaded, no-outs opportunity
in the fifth, it managed to tack on
only one more run to its total an
RBI single by Morrison in the bot-
tom of the sixth.
Senior right-hander Andres
Esquibel (2-1) got Kansas out of
the seventh, but Texas A&M got to
him in the eighth. With two on and
two out, third baseman Dane Carter
singled to center field, driving in
pinch runner Brooks Raley and cen-
ter fielder Kyle Colligan.
With a 10-8 lead, Starling sealed
the victory for the Aggies, earning
his sixth save of the season and
dropping the Jayhawks to last place
in the Big 12.
We racked up 12 hits, and we hit
around a good ball club pretty good
and, when you score eight runs in a
game, you should be able to come
out with a win, Morrison said. Our
main thing is, just to not give up on
each other, not start pointing fingers,
stay positive and keep the aggres-
siveness and confidence that weve
got at the plate and everything will
work out for us.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
sports 9b monday, march 31, 2008
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Junior pitcher Nick Czyz throws a pitch against Texas A&MSaturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. Czyz fnished with fve strikeouts in 5 1/3
innings, surrendering three runs. The Jayhawks lost to the Aggies 9-6 in ten innings Saturday.
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Junior pitcher Nick Czyz throws to frst on a pick-of attempt Saturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. Czyz gave up six hits over 5 1/3 innings,
striking out fve in the 9-6 ten inning loss.
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Tigers manager JimLeyland, center, during practice on Sunday, the day before Tigers Open-
ing Day at Comerica Park Monday against the Kansas City Royals.
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10B Monday, March 31, 2008
Tennis
Three conference wins: one more than team had last year
BY ALEX DUFEK
adufek@kansan.com
The Kansas basketball team
wasnt the only University sport
to pick up two big wins during the
weekend.
The Kansas tennis team holds
bragging rights over the state
of Oklahoma for this season,
after defeating the University of
Oklahoma, 4-3, on Friday and
stomping Oklahoma State, 6-1, on
Sunday.
Fridays nail-biting victory
against the Sooners snapped
a three-game losing skid for the
Jayhawks and avenged last years 4-
3 season ending loss to Oklahoma
in the Big 12 tournament.
Right now, winning two in a
row is really exciting, coach Amy
Hall-Holt said. You know, beating
both Oklahoma schools when they
both beat us last year is a quick
turnaround, and its just really
exciting right now.
It was senior Lauren Hommell
who yet again showed up in the
clutch for the Hawks. With Fridays
match knotted at 3-3, the senior
again demonstrated her poise under
pressure defeating Tara Eckel of
Oklahoma, 6-2, 6-2, to give Kansas
its second conference victory.
Hommell said playing with the
match on the line brings out the
best in her.
I kind of like clinching it. I feel
like I play better, Hommell said. It
just helps me focus.
In both Fridays and Sundays
contests the Jayhawks won two out
of the three doubles matches to pick
up the doubles point. A quick start
in doubles has benefited Kansas a
lot this year. The team is now 5-2
this season when it takes the early
lead through doubles.
In Fridays contest against
Oklahoma the Jayhawks benefited
from a strong push at the bot-
tom half of their singles line-up.
No. 3 junior Edina Horvath, No.4
junior Kunigunda Dorn and No.6
Hommell all contributed victories
to give Kansas the edge.
On Sunday, however, the
Jayhawks were firing on all cyl-
inders and didnt need any late-
match heroics. The only singles
loss was at the No. 3 spot, where
the Jayhawks most winning singles
player, Horvath, fell to the Cowgirls
Jo-Anne Karaitiana 6-3, 6-1.
The team didnt have to sweat
out Sundays victory thanks in
large part to freshman Magdalena
Tokarczyk who pulled out a 6-3, 7-
6(3) victory at the No.1 position to
seal the deal for Kansas. Tokarczyk,
who has been playing the No.1 spot
since Kansas home opener against
Illinois on February 10, feels like
she is becoming more comfortable
with her spot atop the singles depth
chart.
After some time, I just got used
to it, Tokarczyk said. Whether I
play the first racquet (spot) or sixth
racquet, the feel of the game comes
at some point. I feel confident right
now.
The pair of victories improves
Kansas record to 7-8 overall and
3-2 in the Big 12. With three con-
ference wins on the season Kansas
has already tallied more conference
victories than last years total of
two.
The Jayhawks reward for this
weekends success will be a visit
from the second ranked team in the
country, Baylor. The Bears are 18-2
on the year and undefeated in con-
ference play. Kansas will be trying
to snap a six match losing streak
to the Bears, when the two teams
square off Saturday at 11 a.m.
Hall-Holt knows the Jayhawks
have nothing to lose coming into
a match versus an opponent like
Baylor.
One thing that I keep preaching
to the girls is that we have every-
thing to gain this weekend and
nothing to lose, Hall-Holt said.
We got to go out and practice hard
like were playing for a national
title.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
Taylor Miller/Kansan
Magdalena Tokarczyk, Poland freshman, hits against Oklahoma on Friday.
Taylor Miller/Kansan
Magdalena Tokarczyk, Poland freshman,
serves against Oklahoma on Friday.
OLYmpics
Protest expected for
85,100 mile fame journey
BEIJING The Olympic fame
arrived in Beijing for a torch
re-lighting ceremony Monday,
signaling the start of a round-
the-world relay that is expected
to be a lightning rod for protests
against Chinas policies and hu-
man rights practices.
The fames arrival in Beijing
was shown live on state televi-
sion, and comes a week after the
lighting ceremony for the Olym-
pic torch in Greece was marred by
protests. There also were protests
Sunday by a pro-Tibetan group
when Greek ofcials handed over
the fame to organizers of the
Beijing Games in Athens.
The torch relay has been
heavily promoted by the Chinese
government.
Chief Beijing organizer Liu Qi
carried the fame of the plane in
a small lantern. He was greeted
by Zhou Yongkang, a member of
the Communist Partys supreme
nine-man Politburo Standing
Committee.
About 5,000 people, includ-
ing 220 foreign journalists, were
on hand for the ceremony in
Tiananmen Square in the heart of
Beijing.
Martial artists and dancers
wearing costumes representing
minority ethnic groups, includ-
ing Tibetans, cavorted on a huge
red carpet covering much of the
north end of the square.
After a one-day stop in Beijing,
the fame goes Tuesday to Al-
maty, Kazakhstan, the start of the
20-country, 85,100-mile global
journey.
Associated Press
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