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Somalis out of home
MOGADISHU, Somalia So-
malis are experiencing near-daily
atrocities, including rape, the shell-
ing of civilian areas and fghting
that has forced more than 100,000
to fee their homes since May, the
U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
A surge of violence in Somalia
since last month has killed about
200 people as Islamist insurgents
battle the government and its al-
lies. Insurgents are trying to topple
the Western-backed government
and install a strict Islamic state.
Somalia has not had a function-
ing government since 1991, and
the U.S. worries that Somalia could
be a terrorist breeding ground.
2. Pablo Picasso drawings
stolen from Paris museum
PARIS A red notebook of 33
pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso
has been stolen from a specially
locked glass case in the Paris mu-
seum that bears the painters name,
authorities said Tuesday.
The book is believed to be worth
8 million euros ($11 million).
The theft took place between
Monday and Tuesday morning
at the Picasso Museum, removed
from a glass case that can only be
opened with a specifc instrument,
the Culture Ministry said.
A museum employee discovered
the notebook was missing Tuesday
morning from the second-foor
display case.
The market for stolen art is val-
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3. Hurled acid harms many
shoppers in Hong Kong
HONG KONG An unidentifed
assailant hurled acid in a busy Hong
Kong shopping district, injuring 24
pedestrians including a 4-year old
girl, police said Tuesday. It was the
third in a series of acid attacks that
have hurt around 100 people.
Police said a bottle of corrosive
liquid was thrown on a crowd in the
Mong Kok district Monday night.
None of the victims, aged 4 to 49,
were seriously burned.
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leading to an arrest.
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ORANGETOWN, N.Y. An
armed man walked into a suburban
New York middle school with a
handgun Tuesday.
No one was injured and no shots
were fred in the events at South
Orangetown Middle School in Blau-
velt, about 20 miles north of New
York City, authorities said.
The man walked into the school
around 11:45 a.m. and confronted
Ken Mitchell, the South Or-
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superintendent, about an unspeci-
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percent safe.
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GARNER, N.C. An explosion
at a Slim Jim meat products plant
Tuesday injured at least 38 people,
including four who sufered criti-
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around the facility as authorities
searched for two people still miss-
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Jefrey Hammerstein, district
chief with Wake County Emergen-
cy Medical Services, said a third
person initially reported missing
was found and taken to the hospi-
tal. Authorities were searching for
two others.
Hammerstein said 38 people
fve tagged as priority patients
with serious conditions were
taken to hospitals. Garner Mayor
Ronnie Williams said injuries
ranged from burns to smoke
inhalation.
6. Husseins source gets
four year prison sentence
DETROIT A man described by
the Saddam Hussein regime as our
good cooperating source was sen-
tenced Tuesday to nearly four years
in prison for supplying information
to Iraq .
Najib Shemami, 62, of Sterling
Heights, was a frequent traveler
from 1996 through 2002, smug-
gling items into Iraq.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Ed-
munds rejected Shemamis claim
that he acted under duress from
the Iraqi government.
There is no dispute that he told
Iraqi authorities about the activities
of expatriates in the U.S. He also re-
ported on U.S. military movements
in Turkey before the invasion,
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Campus
Graphic by Kelly Stroda/KANSAN
Construction disrupts parking
permit zones for faculty, staf
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Just outside Ann Eversoles office
window is the sound of loud drilling.
Some days its really noisy but
thats just the nature of the beast, said
Eversole, assistant vice provost for
student success.
Eversole even joked that a co-
worker said the noise was making her
desk vibrate. Since April, construction
has taken place behind Strong and
Bailey Halls, closing parking behind
the two buildings at the intersection
of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower
Road.
The construction has affected many
faculty and staff, including those that
require handicapped parking and
technicians who perform heavy lifting
of equipment to and from their cars.
Donna Hultine, director of parking
and transit, said the tunnel construc-
tion behind Bailey and Strong Halls
wasnt the only project being worked
on during the summer months.
Later in the summer, Hutline said
there were plans to work on the far
west section of the parking lot at the
Lied Center and to tear down the old
multicultural resource center near the
military science building to add more
parking spaces in the area. Hultine
said most of the construction was
projected to be done by early August.
Hultine said she knew there were
going to be problems with staff park-
ing during the construction, so the
department decided to let the staff
park in the Kansas Union parking
garage, which isnt usually allowed.
A lot of people took advantage of
it, Hultine said.
Eversole said she would park by
Danforth Chapel and walk to her
office. She said she thought the park-
ing department made every attempt
to let employees know about the proj-
ect and what their options were.
Parking is a problem on any major
campus, Eversole said. Its just a
temporary disruption.
Tony Brown, a systems specialist
who works in Bailey Hall, also parks
by Danforth Chapel. Brown said he
didnt think it was a big deal walk-
ing to work every day.
If this was January, that could be a
pain, Brown said.
For Brown, the biggest inconve-
nience was not having a place to load
and unload computers from Bailey to
other parts of campus.
I wish they had a spot for ser-
vice vehicles, primarily KU vehicles,
Brown said.
Brown said he sometimes got to
work early or stayed late in order to
park in front of Bailey to load com-
puters into his car.
He said that although it was an
inconvenience, it was not a big deal
because hes just one person. However,
Brown said he imagined it was more
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difficult for those who needed handi-
capped parking.
Betty Childers, a senior admin-
istrative associate at the University
Registrar office in Strong Hall, has a
handicapped parking pass because
she suffers from arthritis in her feet,
legs and hips, which makes walk-
ing long distances and taking stairs
difficult. Childers said she typically
parked at the far end of Strong Hall
or behind Snow Hall. Childers said
she had to arrive early just to get a
parking spot.
Being here at 7:30 and I cant find
a parking spot is very frustrating,
Childers said.
Childers said the parking situation
had also affected other co-workers.
Ive had conversations with sever-
al people with blue and gold permits
about them having to park in the red
zones and theyre unhappy with that,
Childers said.
According to the KU Parking and
Transit Department, the gold passes
are for employees approved by the
provost, blue passes are for faculty
members whose age and years of ser-
vice add up to a minimum of 62 years
and red passes are for all University
employees.
Some staff members said they were
upset about the disruption of park-
ing permits because they felt that
their service and dedication to the
University should earn them the
privilege of parking in the gold and
blue spots.
Those with gold permits can park
directly in front of and behind Strong
and Bailey Halls, whereas the red
parking zone is located farther down
the hill on Memorial Drive.
Childers also has difficulties with
the Park and Ride system running
from the Union parking garage. She
said it wasnt a good option for people
with disabilities because of having to
adjust to the bus schedule, but said
she relied on it when she couldnt find
a close parking spot.
If Park and Ride werent running,
it would be really horrible, Childers
said.
Childers said that although parking
had been difficult with the construc-
tion, she knew it was necessary.
It was so uneven before, Childers
said. Im sure it will be a nice parking
lot in the back, but time will tell.
Edited by Kristen Liszewski
coNStructioN
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DOWNTOWN
Annual flm festival ofers
classic Hepburn and tracy
BY MIKE BONTRAGER
mbontrager@kansan.com
Te annual Downtown Lawrence
Film Festival starts this Tursday
with a showing of Woman of the
Year, a 1940s flm starring Katharine
Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Tis is
the frst of six flms starring Hepburn
and Tracy that will be played during
the summer.
Te festival starts at 8 p.m. in the
empty lot next to the parking ga-
rage on Ninth and New Hampshire
Streets with live music performed by
the band Two Much Fun, free pop-
corn and prize drawings that will
include t-shirts and gif certifcates.
Te movie begins at 9:15 p.m. and
will be projected on the wall of the
parking garage.
Tose attending can bring blan-
kets or lawn chairs. In case of rain,
the festival will be moved to the Law-
rence Arts Center, 940 New Hamp-
shire St.
Jane Pennington, director of
Downtown Lawrence Incorporated,
said this was the third year for the
event and that the past two had at-
tracted between 250 and 300 people.
Pennington said the festival was
originally conceived as a flm noir
festival, which would include darker
flms with crime, murder and sex-
ual themes. Tis year the board of
Downtown Lawrence Incorporated
wanted the flms to be more family
friendly.
Duane Peterson, parks and rec-
reation special events supervisor,
selected the musicial acts preceding
the flms. Peterson said Two Much
Fun was a local band that had put on
good performances before and had
a variety of styles he thought people
would enjoy.
Dan Hughes, president of Down-
town Lawrence Incorporated, has
been involved with the festival all
three years and will act as master of
ceremonies for the event. Hughes
said people in the past had enjoyed
the flm selection and that he thought
this years theme of Katharine Hep-
burn and Spencer Tracy would have
the same resonance. He said he
hoped there would be a younger au-
dience attending the event.
Having the flm festival outdoors
and projecting it on the side of the
parking garage is kind of a novel way
of showing the flms, Hughes said.
Its free, theres free popcorn, you
can bring your family and its a great
way to kind of spend the evening.
Woman of the Year won Acad-
emy Awards for best writing and
original screenplay in 1943.
Edited by Zach White
FIlM FESTIvAl
SchEdulE
June 11: Woman of the Year
June 25: Without Love
July 9: State of the Union
July 23: Adams Rib
august 13: Pat and Mike
august 27: Guess Whos
Coming To Dinner
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Campus Crime
Gray-Little plans increased
focus on research, funding
BY HANNAH DECLERK
hdeclerk@kansan.com
Bernadette Gray-Little will be-
come the 17th chancellor at the Uni-
versity August 15 afer Chancellor
Robert Hemenway steps down June
30. Gray-Little is now the executive
vice chancellor and provost at the
University of North Carolina at Cha-
pel Hill. She spent a few minutes with
Te Kansan to discuss her plans and
how it feels to be a Jayhawk.
Q: Why did you choose the
university of Kansas?
A: Before I was even ofered the
position I tried to make an assess-
ment of it. I decided that KU has a
great reputation when it comes to
diversity. It is a university that has a
wide range of academics whose areas
of diversity are consistent with expe-
rience. It is also a university where
people want to be better than they
are.
Q: What are your plans for the
university and do they difer
from those of other chancellors
in the past?
A: Many of the plans do not dif-
fer but are a continuation. I am not
going to do this and this but I have
many ideas. One thing I want to
focus on is the graduation rate of
undergraduates. I want to fgure out
the factors about why they are not
graduating, and then look and sup-
port and focus. Another important
idea is to improve the Universitys
research profle. I want a full range
of research on campus and support
increasing the research. I also would
like to raise additional money for
the research.
Q: How do you plan to inter-
act and connect with students?
A: Excellent question. With the
variety of groups you have to pay
close attention. Tere are going to
be organized ways such as open
conversations with the students
from time to time. I am also open
to suggestions from students about
ways for interactions. I want the
students to know that I want to get
to know the students.
Q: How does it feel being not
only the frst female chancellor,
but also the frst african-ameri-
can chancellor at the university of
Kansas?
A: I recognize it is diferent and
important. Te University has made
a statement in a way and it is being
appreciated. When I was in Lawrence
the other day eating lunch I had many
delighted women come up and con-
gratulate me. To them, it is great
.Q: i understand you are coming
in from the university of North
Carolina. are you going to become
a Jayhawk basketball fan?
A: Absolutely. How could I not?
I think people may see me cheering
for the Jayhawks and never talk to me
again.
Q: How does it feel to be an of-
cial Jayhawk?
A: Feels good. I have had a wonder-
ful welcome. Everyone is open and
positive with care and love for the
University.
Editedby Ross Stewart
Bernadette Gray-
Little, selected
to become the
Universitys 17th
chancellor, ad-
dresses members
of the media May
30. Gray-Little,
executive vice
chancellor and
provost at UNC at
Chapel Hill, will
begin her duties
August 15.
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Teenagers murder
home supervisor
BY CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press
LOCKPORT, N.Y. Two teen-
age residents of a western New York
group home threw a blanket over
a supervisor, beat her to death and
then fled in a stolen van after one of
them fell under suspicion for steal-
ing, police said Tuesday.
The teens blindsided 24-year-old
Renee Greco on Monday night as
she played cards with other resi-
dents of the state-licensed home,
Lockport Detective Capt. Richard
Podgers said. Greco was supervis-
ing five 17- and 18-year-old boys by
herself when the two teens attacked
her with objects taken from the
homes basement, police said.
The pair, Anthony Allen and
Robert Thousand, both of Rochester,
were caught early Tuesday after
buying bus tickets in Buffalo. They
pleaded not guilty at their arraign-
ment Tuesday morning on murder,
robbery and burglary charges.
A third teen, whose name was
not released, was taken into custody
with them, but was not part of the
plot and was not charged.
Whats sad about this is the fact
that you have a young girl who
devoted her life to trying to make
their lives better, Lockport Police
Chief Lawrence Eggert said. Shes
kind of considered their mother
figure ... trying to give them a better
life, and this is her reward.
Allen, 18, was just a week away
from being released and was afraid
he would be caught for stealing
$160 from the homes office over the
weekend, Podgers said.
He decided he was going to
go AWOL. He had had enough,
Podgers said. I dont believe she
saw it coming. They formulated a
plan and carried it out.
Podgers described Allen as the
ringleader. Allen got the weap-
ons, which authorities declined to
describe, and enlisted Thousand,
17, to help, he said.
After attacking Greco, the teens
broke the door to an office, took
money and the homes van and
then drove to Buffalo, about 30
miles away.
Thousand will be represented by
a public defender. Allen will be
assigned a lawyer Wednesday.
wednesday, june 10, 2009
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ADMINISTRATION
Regents select interim chancellor for transition
BY JUSTIN HILLEY
jhilley@kansan.com
Barbara Atkinson, executive vice
chancellor of the University of Kan-
sas Medical Center, will fll the gap
between outgoing Chancellor Robert
Hemenways departure on June 30
and incoming Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Littles arrival on August 15.
Te Kansas Board of Regents called
Atkinson and asked her to serve as in-
terim chancellor June 4.
Atkinson said she did not expect
the ofer, but that as interim chancel-
lor she would ensure the transition
ran smoothly. She will be spending
time both in Lawrence and at the Med
Center in Kansas City, Kan. through-
out the summer.
I dont have anything specifc that
Im going to try to get done, Atkin-
son said. I will do whatever it is the
new chancellor would like me to do to
help prepare her so that she is ready to
start right away. Anything she wants
to have me do, Ill begin to work on.
Te two met afer the May 29 an-
nouncement of Gray-Littles appoint-
ment and will be meeting again this
week to discuss what Gray-Little
wants to accomplish this summer.
I am really excited about Dr. Gray
Littles appointment. I think she is an
outstanding person and a wonderful
ft for KU, Atkinson said.
Atkinson said she did not think her
interim position would require a lot
of preparation. She has worked close-
ly with Hemenway for the past seven
years and said she knew the position
well. She said things were slower in
the summer than during the fall and
spring.
Both educators have extensive
backgrounds in medicine. Gray-Little
earned both a Ph.D. and an M.S. in
psychology at St. Louis University.
And at the University of North Caro-
lina at Chapel Hill, the administration
of the medical school reports directly
to her. Atkinson is the executive dean
of the KU School of Medicine. Atkin-
son said Gray-Littles appointment
would help the University achieve its
2011 National Cancer Institute des-
ignation as well as advance its life-
science research.
As chancellor, Gray-Little will be
a member of the University of Kan-
sas Hospital Authority Board, which
manages the University Hospital. At-
kinson said the hospital was already
looking forward to working with the
new chancellor.
Hemenway said Atkinson was the
perfect choice for interim chancellor
because, like Gray-Little, she is famil-
iar with the challenge of balancing the
goals of a medical center and a uni-
versity.
We talk a lot about acting as one
university, and Barbara Atkinson
really believes in that philosophy. I
know that she will do everything in
her power to make Chancellor Gray-
Little have the support that she needs,
Hemenway said.
Hemenway has been a strong ad-
vocate for the Med Center, helping it
achieve many of its goals. In 2005, he
declared that the Universitys number
one priority was fnding a cure for
cancer.
Ill remember Chancellor Hemen-
way for setting the hospital on the
right course to be successful by al-
lowing it to separate out from the
University and into a separate hospi-
tal authority, helping generate money
and support to build a new research
building and for being supportive
during our changing curriculum, At-
kinson said.
Editedby Brandy Entsminger
Barbara
Atkinson,
executive
vice chancel-
lor of the
University of
Kansas Medi-
cal Center,
said she
would use her
time as interim
chancellor this
summer to
help prepare
Bernadette
Gray-Little for
her new posi-
tion starting
Aug. 15.
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AdministrAtion
Hemenway prepares ofce for new chancellor
BY JUSTIN HILLEY
jhilley@kansan.com
Chancellor Robert Hemenways
ofce is crowded with boxes of books
in preparation for his June 30 depar-
ture, but he still has books that need
to be packed before the new chancel-
lor takes over.
On May 29, Bernadette Gray-
Little, executive vice chancellor and
provost for the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, was named
as Hemenways replacement and
Hemenway has been working to
make the transition go smoothly.
When he announced that he would
step down, Hemenway said he would
work on the budget during his fnal
seven months as chancellor. Since
then, he has been responding to the
Board of Regents requests for infor-
mation in its attempt to manage the
impact of the states fnancial crisis
on higher education institutions.
Te Universitys budget will be one
of Gray-Littles frst challenges. She
recently told the Daily Tar Heel that
the last fve months at UNC present-
ed budget problems that prepared
her for the budgetary challenges she
will face this fall at the University.
Gray-Little has a very distin-
guished record so theres no question
in my mind that shell be able to help
the University make major moves
forward, Hemenway said. Im just
happy that weve been able to hire an
absolutely frst-rate person.
In 2005, Hemenway said the Uni-
versitys number one priority was to
achieve the National Cancer Insti-
tutes designation as a comprehensive
cancer center. Since then, the Uni-
versity of Kansas Cancer Center has
created new research programs, re-
cruited international cancer experts
and opened a new outpatient facility.
Te University will submit the appli-
cation for NCI designation on Sept.
25, 2011.
One of Gray-Littles top priorities
as chancellor is to help complete the
Universitys campaign to obtain the
NCI designation. At the May 30 wel-
come ceremony held for her in the
Kansan Union, Gray-Little said the
NCI designation was a sign of the
maturity, progressiveness and size of
a universitys research program.
It would attract researchers, it
would attract more funding and it
also has the potential to make sub-
stantial contributions to the quality
of life. So it has many benefts that
would be useful to the University and
to the world, she said.
Michael OMalley, associate direc-
tor for the UNC Lineberger Compre-
hensive Cancer Center, said Gray-
Little was a fabulous provost and a
good friend to the cancer center. He
said she helped guide the cancer cen-
ters efort to reach out to diferent
schools and departments across the
UNC campus.
Getting someone who has
worked with a cancer center before
and understands how to help build
those bridges and to appreciate hav-
ing a cancer center can help build
the whole biomedical research enter-
prise, OMalley said.
He also said he thought Gray-
Little would beneft the University in
other ways.
Teres been a trade: We got
Coach Williams, KU gets Dr. Gray-
Little, OMalley said. Lets call it
even, and I think it is even. Hes a
great coach and I think shes going to
be a great chancellor for KU.
At the welcome ceremony, Donna
Shank, chair of the Kansas Board
of Regents, said she agreed with
Gray-Littles feeling that a univer-
sity should treat the importance of
having a top-ranked athletics pro-
gram the same as the importance of
having top faculty and researchers.
Hemenway said he was confdent
this would happen under Gray-Lit-
tles leadership.
I think that its appropriate to
have that balance between the aca-
demic life of a university, which is
always number one, and the athletic
part of the university, which is sup-
porting of academics, Hemenway
said.
Although he said he had no spe-
cifc recommendations for Gray-
Little, Hemenway said he was sure
she would fgure out the best way to
create an equilibrium.
Hemenway said that he thought
every University chancellor would
say working with students was the
most enjoyable part of the job and
that he always hoped he was doing
the best for students.
Ive loved every minute of the
fourteen years that Ive been chan-
cellor, and I just want to thank ev-
eryone for the support that they
gave me and the success for the fu-
ture that came out of my experience.
I love KU, and I think KU is the kind
of place that you can spend a lot of
time feeling good about.
Edited by Hannah DeClerk
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Chancellor Robert Hemenway announces he will step down from his position on June 30 at a
press conference in Strong Hall Dec. 8, 2008. Hemenway, the Universitys 16th chancellor, has held the
position since 1995. Hemenway said that he wished to dedicate more time to writing and teaching.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Chancellor Hemenway waves to the crowd at the 1998 commencement. Hemenway became well-
know for wearing his straw hat to commencement and outdoor activities throughout the years.
Chancellor expresses confidence in Gray-Littles fall arrival
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
Te Board of Regents announced
the salary of incoming chancellor
Bernadette Gray-Little this week, and
it is nearly an $85,000 jump from the
salary of the outgoing chancellor.
According to information com-
piled by Kip Peterson, director of
government relations & communi-
cations for the Regents, Gray-Little
will earn a maximum of $425,000
per year, up from $340,352 for
Chancellor Robert Hemenway. Te
state contribution of $267,177 will
remain the same. Te extra $84,648
will be made up in money from pri-
vate donations.
Gray-Little also has a deferred
compensation clause in her agree-
ment. Of the $425,000 per year,
$25,000 per year will be set aside and
will not be paid until she fnishes her
service as chancellor.
Other university leaders across
the country that the Regents said
Gray-Little trails in compensation
include Sally Mason, University of
Iowa president and Holden Torp,
the chancellor of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Richard Lariviere, former pro-
vost for the University, now makes
$425,700 per year as president of the
University of Oregon, although pri-
vate money picks up $180,000 of that
amount.
Te extra private funds for Gray-
Littles salary will come from sources
such as the University Leadership
Professorship at the Kansas Univer-
sity Endowment Association, a fund
started in 2002 with a $1 million gif
to support the chancellors position.
Dale Seuferling, president of the En-
dowment Association said the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Board of
Trustees had approved an allocation
of unrestricted funds.
Te need for more private funds
to help support a new chancellors
salary was identifed early on in the
chancellors search processes by the
Regents, and they contacted the En-
dowment Association, which agreed
to make the extra funding available.
Part of the mission at KU En-
dowment is to provide resources to
recruit a highly talented chancel-
lor, similar to providing support to
recruit top faculty and meritorious
students, Seuferling said.
Edited by Derek Zarda
AdministrAtion
Board of Regents ofers Gray-Little larger salary than outgoing chancellor
News
7 wednesday, june 10, 2009
difficult for those who needed handi-
capped parking.
Betty Childers, a senior admin-
istrative associate at the University
Registrar office in Strong Hall, has a
handicapped parking pass because
she suffers from arthritis in her feet,
legs and hips, which makes walk-
ing long distances and taking stairs
difficult. Childers said she typically
parked at the far end of Strong Hall
or behind Snow Hall. Childers said
she had to arrive early just to get a
parking spot.
Being here at 7:30 and I cant find
a parking spot is very frustrating,
Childers said.
Childers said the parking situation
had also affected other co-workers.
Ive had conversations with sever-
al people with blue and gold permits
about them having to park in the red
zones and theyre unhappy with that,
Childers said.
According to the KU Parking and
Transit Department, the gold passes
are for employees approved by the
provost, blue passes are for faculty
members whose age and years of ser-
vice add up to a minimum of 62 years
and red passes are for all University
employees.
Some staff members said they were
upset about the disruption of park-
ing permits because they felt that
their service and dedication to the
University should earn them the
privilege of parking in the gold and
blue spots.
Those with gold permits can park
directly in front of and behind Strong
and Bailey Halls, whereas the red
parking zone is located farther down
the hill on Memorial Drive.
Childers also has difficulties with
the Park and Ride system running
from the Union parking garage. She
said it wasnt a good option for people
with disabilities because of having to
adjust to the bus schedule, but said
she relied on it when she couldnt find
a close parking spot.
If Park and Ride werent running,
it would be really horrible, Childers
said.
Childers said that although parking
had been difficult with the construc-
tion, she knew it was necessary.
It was so uneven before, Childers
said. Im sure it will be a nice parking
lot in the back, but time will tell.
Edited by Kristen Liszewski
construction
(continued from 3)
DOWNTOWN
Annual flm festival ofers
classic Hepburn and tracy
BY MIKE BONTRAGER
mbontrager@kansan.com
Te annual Downtown Lawrence
Film Festival starts this Tursday
with a showing of Woman of the
Year, a 1940s flm starring Katharine
Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Tis is
the frst of six flms starring Hepburn
and Tracy that will be played during
the summer.
Te festival starts at 8 p.m. in the
empty lot next to the parking ga-
rage on Ninth and New Hampshire
Streets with live music performed by
the band Two Much Fun, free pop-
corn and prize drawings that will
include t-shirts and gif certifcates.
Te movie begins at 9:15 p.m. and
will be projected on the wall of the
parking garage.
Tose attending can bring blan-
kets or lawn chairs. In case of rain,
the festival will be moved to the Law-
rence Arts Center, 940 New Hamp-
shire St.
Jane Pennington, director of
Downtown Lawrence Incorporated,
said this was the third year for the
event and that the past two had at-
tracted between 250 and 300 people.
Pennington said the festival was
originally conceived as a flm noir
festival, which would include darker
flms with crime, murder and sex-
ual themes. Tis year the board of
Downtown Lawrence Incorporated
wanted the flms to be more family
friendly.
Duane Peterson, parks and rec-
reation special events supervisor,
selected the musicial acts preceding
the flms. Peterson said Two Much
Fun was a local band that had put on
good performances before and had
a variety of styles he thought people
would enjoy.
Dan Hughes, president of Down-
town Lawrence Incorporated, has
been involved with the festival all
three years and will act as master of
ceremonies for the event. Hughes
said people in the past had enjoyed
the flm selection and that he thought
this years theme of Katharine Hep-
burn and Spencer Tracy would have
the same resonance. He said he
hoped there would be a younger au-
dience attending the event.
Having the flm festival outdoors
and projecting it on the side of the
parking garage is kind of a novel way
of showing the flms, Hughes said.
Its free, theres free popcorn, you
can bring your family and its a great
way to kind of spend the evening.
Woman of the Year won Acad-
emy Awards for best writing and
original screenplay in 1943.
Edited by Zach White
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July 9: State of the Union
July 23: Adams Rib
August 13: Pat and Mike
August 27: Guess Whos
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INTERNET
Facebook helps, hurts young professionals
\ BY DAVID UGARTE
dugarte@kansan.com
About an hour or two each day,
Rachel Kormanik, Overland Park
senior, is on Facebook checking
friends statuses, writing on their
walls, making and looking at photo
albums. But staying in touch with
friends isnt the sites only use.
What some Facebook users may
not realize is that employers use the
site when considering applicants,
for better or worse. Journalism pro-
fessor David Perlmutter, author of
Blog Wars, said it was becoming
increasingly well-known that em-
ployers looked at job applicants Fa-
cebook profles. He said employers
might look at an applicants Face-
book to see if there were any issues
with integrity or radical feelings or
opinions, as well as any evidence
of drug abuse. Employers may also
look for opinions or interests that
confict with the interests of the hir-
ing company. Perlmutter said Face-
book photos could be an important
factor in an employers decision.
Toasting with a beer, they might
not care about, but if police would
take an interest, then its an issue,
Perlmutter said.
According to a survey conducted
by CareerBuilder.com, 22 percent
of employers said they were already
checking social networks such as
Facebook to screen candidates,
while an additional 9 percent said
they were planning to do so. Te
survey showed that the main con-
cerns for employers included infor-
mation about alcohol or drug use,
inappropriate photos or informa-
tion posted on a candidates page,
poor communication skills, notes
showing links to criminal behavior
and confdential information about
past employers.
Kormaniks favorite feature is
Facebook photos; she said she had
made 52 albums on her profle. She
said she did not care whether friends
tagged her in pictures on Facebook,
as long as the pictures were really of
her. She said she never did anything
she was worried about others see-
ing.
You can tell a lot about a person
by looking at what kinds of pictures
they post on Facebook, Kormanik
said.
She said she had heard of younger
kids being grounded and others los-
ing jobs they were interviewing for
because of pictures they posted on
Facebook.
Michael Williams, associate pro-
fessor of journalism, said he had
known students who were dismayed
to learn that employers looked for
anything about them online. Perl-
mutter said students could change
their privacy settings on Facebook
or create a separate identity with
a false name for friends only. Oth-
erwise, students concerned about
their profles would have to censor
themselves or get of Facebook en-
tirely, Perlmutter said.
Although many students have
caught on to the fact that they need
to censor what the general public
can see on their Facebook profles
to protect themselves, the latest
way some students have been able
to utilize Facebook is by creating a
professional looking profle that lets
employers see more about them.
Facebook is being used by a lot
of users to build contact networks,
but it is being used increasingly
by students to let employers know
more about them, Williams said.
Williams said employers could
be impressed by an applicants cir-
cle of contacts and networks.
Having a lot of contacts says
something about you, Williams
said. It has some positive possi-
bilities.
Edited by Zach White

Tips to make your Facebook
profle enhance your resume
from Professor Michael Wil-
liams:
Keep your profle clean of
profanity, radical rhetoric, or
embarrassing pictures
Make your profle look pro-
fessional by using Facebook
applications that demon-
strate your special talents or
interests
Feature a wide range
of friends on Facebook to
demonstrate you have a large
circle of contacts
Use your Personal Informa-
tion, Contact Information,
Education Work Information
and Groups to tell employers
about yourself in a positive,
impressive way.
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entertainment
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Music
Idol star acknowledges
sexuality in new interview
NEW YORK American Idol
runner-up Adam Lambert has
landed the cover of Rolling Stone
magazine, where he talks about
sex, drugs and his Idol experi-
ences.
The 27-year-old singer from
San Diego acknowledges in an
interview that hes gay, and says
it shouldnt come as a surprise to
anyone.
Im proud of my sexuality,
he says. I embrace it. Its just
another part of me.
Associated Press
Te trio Peter
Bjorn and John
have come out
with its ffh al-
bum Living Ting, an album chock
full of electronic beats, swelling gui-
tars and odd lyrics. Te group swayed
away from the indie feel of its third
album Writers Block and created
something unexpected.
Tough the head-bopping single
Nothing to Worry About makes the
album, it feels as if the rest of the tunes
are trying to be just as good as it is
and dont make the cut.
Te melody in the title track Liv-
ing Ting evokes a fashback to the
swooning vocal lines in Te Lion King,
and is hard to take seriously, which
could very well be the point, but it
doesnt mesh well with the seemingly
serious lyrics of the track.
Overall, the album is not worth the
money. If you enjoy a tune that lets
you get down, then purchase Noth-
ing to Worry About on iTunes. Its
worth the buck.
Ross Stewart
reviews
Music: Peter Bjorn and John
I honestly cant remember much
of the concert the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
played on June 3 at the Beaumont
Club in Kansas City, Mo. I was lef
with stinging neon aferimages and
a newfound addiction to Yeah Yeah
Yeahs concerts. Id better come clean
now: Im a Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan.
Te group played its old songs with
gusto, despite this tour being a promo-
tion for its new album, Its Blitz! For
the frst song, Heads Will Roll, lead
singer Karen O wore a bizarre hood
that had a spiral of pink lights. Tis
playful eccentricity defnes, at least in
part, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs music. Te
groups image, with crazy Karen O at
front and center with her band mates
cloaked in the shadows, meshes with
its music with startling fuidity.
Its hard to categorize the Yeah Yeah
Yeahs in a genre, especially with the
groups new album, in which it has in-
corporated a new synthetic sound to
its minimalist guitar-and-drums mu-
sic. Yet the group members have not
drifed from their roots; theyve sim-
ply elevated themselves, very daintily,
to the next level.
AdamSchoof
Music: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Music: The Dave Matthews Band
LeRoi Moore,
saxophonist
for the Dave
Matthews Band
for 20 years, died last August at 46 of
complications from injuries suffered
in an off-road-vehicle accident on
his farm in Virginia. He died early
in the production of Big Whiskey
and the GrooGrux King, however
his presence is felt in every aspect of
the album. The first track, Grux,
begins with a tribute to Moore, with
a high pitched saxophone melody
backed up by drummer Carter
Beauford and bassist Stefan Lessard.
Not only is LeRois presence felt
throughout the album, but his death
creates an ominous presence that
can only be created by a tragedy. His
death allows Matthews to dig deep
within his lyrical genius to pull up
some of his most meaningful songs
yet. Matthews also brings out his
infamous growls in almost a rocker
type fashion throughout his song
Squirm, creating not only dark lyr-
ics but also an all around dark tone.
The albums undertones are not
all about LeRois death, but also a
eulogy dedicated to his life. After
mixing Moores solos, death under-
tones, and lyrical praises, Big
Whiskey seems a funeral proces-
sion in itself, contributing to the
deepest album Matthews has made
yet.
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Gather up as much as you can,
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habit of shopping smart. Ask older
people how.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Contact with a person from far away
brings you just what you need.
Youre inspired to take action now.
Go ahead. Projects begun under
these conditions should turn out
very well.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Go ahead and make that call. Its
one of your specialties. You have
your spiel all written down, or you
should have, anyway. People are
more likely to respond positively
if you present the pertinent facts
upfront.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Continue to go along with the
crowd, they have some things they
want to show you. This could be at
a business meeting, or with a group
of children. The more attention you
pay to them, the happier theyll be.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Your work is drawing attention, and
even some admiration. Talk with
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youre on the right track. They may
not quite understand what youre
doing, so explain. Its best to have
them on your side.
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Today is an 8
A long-distance conversation clears
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although nothings really changed.
Your point of view has shifted slight-
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LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You have great optimism; its some-
thing you bring to the game. There
will be a lot of work involved in this
next endeavor, however. The others
want to see you out there sweating,
not just cheerfully urging them on.
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Today is a 7
You and your mate establish the
rules for your whole family. Once
youve got them hammered out,
there wont be much confrontation.
Thatll just be the way it is. Mean-
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Today is a 7
Youve fgured out something you
could use to make your business
more productive. Theres something
else youd like to have, but can you
aford it? If it counts as a business
expense, maybe you can.
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Today is an 8
Conditions are still excellent for
personal communications. You tend
to get so busy you forget to tell
people how much you appreciate
all theyve done for you. Do that
now, before you forget and get
sidetracked by another project.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Try out some of the ideas youve
had kicking around at the back of
your brain. You wont know if theyll
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Sorry, theres no other way. This is
recognized scientifc procedure,
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Today is a 7
It isnt easy to put your fondest
dreams into words. You may not
even want to do that, but it certainly
helps if you want others to support
you in achieving them. Thats one of
the hurdles youll get to overcome.
You can get help if you need it.
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University makes smart decision
when flling chancellors position
T
he selection of Bernadette
Gray-Little as the 17th
chancellor of the University
of Kansas was by all measures an
excellent choice by the Kansas
Board of Regents.
Gray-Little brings a
great deal of valuable
leadership experience
and good judgment to
the chancellors ofce
and is well suited to
guide the University.
Because Gray-Little is entering
the job at age 64, the choice may
have raised a few eyebrows. But,
her age should not be viewed as a
shortcoming. It should be seen as
an advantage.
In her welcoming ceremony
last week, the incoming chancellor
said she expected this to be her last
professional post something that
should reassure KU students, staf
and faculty. Gray-Little wont spend
any time job searching. Tis isnt
a jumping post or a step towards
something better she plans to re-
tire from the University of Kansas.
With vacancies in the ofce
of the provost and ofce of the
dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Sci-
ences, fnding qualifed
replacements may
seem like a daunting
task. But Gray-Little
is uniquely suited to
fll these roles. She has served as
the dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences at the University of North
Carolina and currently serves as
the executive vice chancellor and
provost. She knows the demands
and responsibilities of these posi-
tions and will be able to choose
the best-suited individuals for the
posts.
In her time at UNC, Gray-Little
has climbed the administrations
ranks at an impressive rate.
At seven pages long, her rsum
is certainly impressive. A licensed
practicing psychologist, Gray-Little
has been a Fulbright Fellow and in
May received the UNC Distin-
guished Service Award.
As large public research institu-
tions, the University and the Uni-
versity of North Carolina have a lot
in common. Gray-Little currently
oversees UNCs medical campus,
which has already been designated
as a National Cancer Institute. Tis
experience should help the Univer-
sity achieve that same goal.
Gray-Little identifed education
and research as her main goals for
the University. Tis should assure
students that the new chancel-
lors priorities are in the academic
realm, not with outside infuences
such as the Athletics Department.
Gray-Little brings quality experi-
ence and is a promising replace-
ment for Chancellor Hememway.
Kevin Hardy for The Kansan Editorial Board
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EdiTorS NoTE
Lawrence is the
place to be over
the summer
versus any other
I
took classes over the summer
right afer my freshman year
and received one of the greatest
opportunities available to students
the opportunity to live in Lawrence
in the summer. Although it looked as
though someone had been murdered
on my dorm room mattress, I grinned
and beared it and had one of the best
summers I can remember. Lawrence
is a magical place any other time of
the year even though it may not seem
like it when youre cranking out that
English paper at 3 a.m.
But the best time to live in Law-
rence, in my opinion, is during the
summer.
Yes, parking is a pain, but when
is it not? Yes, theres always a ton of
construction going on. Read Jasons
story on page 3 to fnd out more about
where you can park this summer.
But with campus virtually empty
compared to the spring and fall se-
mesters, Lawrence carries an air of
calm, lazy summer days and nights.
Although many of you may be en-
rolled in a few classes, the work load
for most is condensed considerably,
allowing you to experience Lawrence
for what it really is.
Whether you go to a local bar and
sip on a beer outside at a bar patio or
visit the Farmers Market, the oppor-
tunities are endless. Check out Mikes
story on page 7 for more information
on what movies Downtown Lawrence
Incorporated will be playing over the
summer.
For now, Ill be sipping on a Boule-
vard at the Eighth Street Taproom.
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jtrimble@kansan.com
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After a month-and-a-half long
suspension, May Davis will serve
as student body vice president.
Davis was suspended on April 14
when Envision candidate Alex
Porte fled a complaint against her
for violating election rules.
the conteXt
Lawrence community members
held a vigil for George Tiller, an
obstetrician from Wichita who per-
formed late-term abortions and was
shot and killed May 31 in his church.
State senator Marci Fancisco also
spoke at the vigil to a crowd of 150.
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Groundbreaking for the new
School of Pharmacy complex
was held on May 26 at the Lied
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is planned to be completed by
2010, will allow more students
into the school.
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BY ANNIE VANGSNES
avangsnes@kansan.com
A dying tree on Spooner Hall lawn
gave the University a chance to com-
bine art and nature in a sculpture
made of tree saplings.
Te Spencer Museum of Art com-
missioned artist Patrick Dougherty
to build a sapling sculpture called
Te Bedazzler. It is one of more
than 200 sculptures Dougherty has
created worldwide. Dougherty said
he chose the site because Spooner
Hall was an interesting building and
because there was a lot of trafc sur-
rounding it.
It gave me the idea of a colossal
spinning object, Dougherty said. It
does in fact feel like some of the mo-
tion going on up there.
Dougherty and about 10 students,
graduates, faculty and community
members worked every day for the
last three weeks in May to com-
plete the sculpture. Te sculpture
used about 6,000
pounds of Silver
Maple and Rough-
leaf Dogwood sap-
lings.
Bryan Lloyd,
2009 graduate,
worked on the
sculpture on four
diferent occasions. Lloyd said that
the experience was hands-on and
that Dougherty gave the volunteers
freedom in weaving the saplings
and constructing the piece. One of
Lloyds favorite parts about working
on the project was getting to talk to
Dougherty.
His opinions on art are very in-
teresting about whats pleasing to the
eye, Lloyd said. Its experience you
couldnt get in a class.
Dougherty frst visited the site in
February 2008 and at that time chose
an ideal harvest site for
the saplings near Clinton
Lake.
Emily Ryan, museum
project coordinator, said
it was interesting to see
how much was involved
in the building process.
She said there were sev-
eral problems with the harvest sites
for the saplings. Te frst harvest site
fooded from heavy spring rain and
project coordinators had to fnd an
alternate location. Other sites were
completely overrun with poison ivy.
Dougherty said all of the saplings
were cut in a way that would allow
them to grow back, and were
cut from areas where they were
unwanted because the trees were
overpopulating.
Ryan said her favorite part of the
project was the involvement with the
artist and his cre-
ation.
She said most
people didnt have
the opportunity to
be with an artist
while he was creat-
ing and werent usu-
ally welcomed to tag
along.
Everybody has
some sort of ownership with it, Ryan
said. If that means climbing through
an acre of poison ivy, theyll do it.
You dont always get to be part of the
whole process and theres a great deal
of personal satisfaction people get
from that.
Carolyn Chinn Lewis, assistant di-
rector of the museum, said that the
sculpture was expected to stay up
about 18-to-24 months, but that it
depended on how and
when the sculpture de-
teriorated.
Its really like a birth
and death process of
his pieces, Lewis said.
It has its own life cycle
and I think well know
when its time.
Lewis said that the
tree beneath the sculp-
ture had Dutch Elm disease, which
also played into the process of life
and death. She said the sculpture was
a way to pay homage to a dying tree.
Dougherty said his sapling sculp-
tures combined his love for nature
and art.
Te material itself seems to be
promotive of a deeper view of man-
kind, Dougherty said. Teres a de-
sire to be creatures out in the natural
world just like any other creature.
Edited by Kristen Liszewski
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Above: Rachel Kirkendoll, senior sculpture student, uses her body weight to bend a branch into position May 15. The teamof volunteers used rope
and large branches to build the main structure of the sculpture during the last three weeks in May. Left: Patrick Dougherty reviews his most recent
installation in front of Spooner Hall May 27. Dougherty, who is based in North Carolina, was commissioned by the Spencer Museumof Art.
Above: David Cogorno, MFA candidate in sculpture, unloads fresh-cut saplings froma canoe. The teamof volunteers harvested saplings around
Clinton Lake May 22. Right: Bryan Lloyd, 2009 graduate, helped North Carolina sculptor Patrick Dougherty construct The Bedazzler,a towering
structure of woven sapplings and branches standing more than 20 feet tall in front of Spooner Hall. About 10 students and faculty assisted in the project,
one of more than 200 Dougherty structures around the world.
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Sculpture gives new life to dying tree on campus
Visiting artist Patrick Dougherty designed the sculpture and built it at the end of May with the help of students
Its experience you
couldnt get in a
class.
Bryan LLoyd
2009 graduate
The material itself
seems to be promo-
tive of a deeper view
of mankind.
Patrick dougherty
artist
Art At A glAnce
WHO: artist Patrick dough-
erty
WHAt: the Bedazzler
WHen: now
WHere: Spooner hall lawn
PrOceSS: the sculpture was
created around a dying elm
tree using saplings gathered
near clinton Lake.
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
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14 wednesday, june 10, 2009
Lawrence
City crime consistent despite reduction in student population
BY ADAM SCHOOF
aschoof@kansan.com
Last week, when Christine Nich-
ols got of work, she found her cars
windshield smashed. Nichols, a KU
almunus, said the incident was a real-
ity check for her.
It made me feel a little less safe
than before, not as nave as before,
Nichols said.
Although nothing from her car
was stolen, she said she wouldnt be
keeping valuables in her car anymore.
With much of the student population
away for the summer months, crime
still remains to be a problem for the
city, even though the frequency may
have decreased on campus.
Captain Schuyler Bailey with the
KU Public Safety Ofce said the
crime rate on campus was afected
by the lessened student population.
Bailey said that when 30,000 stu-
dents moved away, the crime rate
dwindled along with the popula-
tion.
Everything decreases, Bailey
said. Te parking lots arent flled
with cars, the dorms arent flled
with laptops and iPods.
Amy Stack, Kansas City, Kan., se-
nior, said she thought fewer people
on campus was disquieting.
It almost feels less safe on campus
because theres fewer people around,
Stack said. It feels like there would
be less people in the case of an inci-
dent.
Bailey said the Public Safety Ofce
made no changes to its operations for
the summer because the dorms were
flled with summer camps partici-
pants.
Weve got a population to pro-
tect, Bailey said. Its just a diferent
population.
Sergeant Bill Cory with the Law-
rence Police Department said Law-
rence was generally a safe communi-
ty to live in year-round, with students
or without.
Like the Public Safety Ofce, the
Lawrence Police Department makes
no changes to its operations during
the summer months.
We stay busy year-round, Cory
said.
When asked about the relatively re-
cent shooting at the Hawk, Cory said
that having a shooting wasnt out of
the ordinary for Lawrence anymore.
One instance in March isnt going
to afect the crime rate in June, July or
August, Cory said.
Crime statistics from the Lawrence
Police Department Web site do not
show a disproportionate change in
the number of crimes for the sum-
mer. Te Kansas Incident Based Re-
porting System Statistics (KIBRS),
which counts all the crimes and of-
fenses committed year-round, ac-
counts the summer months of June,
July and August for about 25 percent
of the total number of crimes.
Heidi Raak, owner of Te Raven
bookstore, said she wasnt worried
about crime except for shoplifing,
which she said she thought would
always happen. She said that she
didnt think the student population
increased crime and that she felt no
more or less safe in the summer.
William Riggs, Lawrence sopho-
more, had his garage door vandal-
ized last week and had to replace it
for $400. He said he didnt feel any
more or less safe since the incident,
and didnt fnd the summer any safer
than the other seasons. Although
the college student population is
mostly gone, he said he thought that
the poor economy had given local
youths fewer job opportunities over
the summer and led them to act out
with vandalism.
Edited by Derek Zarda
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
A woman heads to her car in downtown Lawrence Monday night, passing by a nearly-deserted La
Prima Tazza, a cofee shop popular with both students and year-round Lawrence residents. Despite the
fuxuation in population as the bulk of students leave Lawrence for the summer, the citys crime rate
has historically remained unafected during June and July.
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WASHINGTON An advocacy
group for online poker said Tuesday
that the federal government has
frozen more than $30 million in the
accounts of payment processors
that handle the winnings of thou-
sands of online poker players.
The Justice Department has long
maintained that Internet gambling
is illegal, a view that the poker
group challenges.
The Poker Players Alliance told
The Associated Press that the U.S.
attorney for the Southern District of
New York instructed three banks to
freeze the accounts.
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were subject to seizure and forfei-
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transactions and illegal gambling
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BY DYLAN SANDS
dsands@kansan.com
Te Lawrence-Douglas County
Health Department has confrmed
two cases of H1N1, commonly
known as the swine fu, in Douglas
County in the last two weeks.
Lisa Horn, spokeswoman for the
Lawrence-Douglas County Health
Department, said the man diag-
nosed with the frst case was in the
later stages of the illness and was no
longer contagious.
We asked him to isolate and stay
at home to limit contact with others,
Horn said.
Horn said the patient in the sec-
ond case showed mild symptoms
and had been asked to isolate from
others until recovery.
She added that a case of H1N1 had
also been confrmed in Leavenworth
County, which includes the cities of
Leavenworth and Tonganoxie.
Horn said she did not think the fu
should afect students travel plans
for the summer.
At this point, travel isnt as big a
concern as it was early in the out-
break, she said. Te disease is so
widespread that changing travel
plans to avoid infection is not really a
recommendation. Its just not some-
thing you can really avoid.
According to the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, there
have been 92 confrmed cases of
H1N1 in the state of Kansas. Out of
13,217 cases in the U.S. and Puerto
Rico, only 27 have resulted in death.
Patricia Denning, chief of medical
services at Watkins Memorial Health
Center, said outbreaks in other
countries were also of concern at the
health center. Tey did have a travel
ban to and from Mexico in May, but
they did lif that. We do watch that
because we have a lot of students
traveling to study abroad, she said.
Denning also said that while
H1N1 has afected people interna-
tionally, there was no need to panic
because the fu has a low mortality
rate.
All that indicates is how wide-
spread it is, not how virulent, she
said.
Both Horn and Denning suggest-
ed simple tips for avoiding not only
H1N1, but most viruses in general,
including:
Toroughly washing hands daily
with soap and water.
When we say wash your hands,
very few wash their hands correctly
or well enough. When youre wash-
ing your hands, that means lots of
soap and water and working between
your fngers and say your ABCs
slowly twice. Its not a dash under the
sink and a slap with the soap, Den-
ning said.
Avoid touching the triangle of
your eyes, nose and mouth.
Harmful bacteria on your hands
could be spread to these areas by
touching.
Denning said that being aware of
ones surroundings and avoiding oth-
ers who exhibit symptoms of illness
was important to staying healthy.
We can, as caregivers or parents,
tell people to do this, and they kind
of blow it of. But if we can encour-
age this policing it can make a difer-
ence. Denning said.
Denning said students should be
aware of the symptoms of H1N1,
which are similar to the symptoms of
any fu virus: fever, body ache, sore
throat, cough, nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea.
If people are feeling poorly, we
encourage you to take your tempera-
ture and if it is high, call a health care
provider, Denning said.
She said more thorough testing
was needed to confrm whether or
not a patient has H1N1. A nasal test
must be administered and the results
sent to a state facility that tests for
H1N1 strains.
Edited by Zach White
HEALTH
H1N1 hits Douglas County
Monday night music
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Robbie Levin and Erica Brandt, both of Lawrence, entertain a small crowd outside the Free
State Brewing Company in downtown Lawrence Monday night. Levin and Brandt, both occasional
buskers, said they had never met each other before they began playing for the crowd.
CRIME
Charges fled in migrant
smuggling accident
MIAMI A second person
faces charges in the case of a mi-
grant smuggling boat that cap-
sized May 13 of South Floridas
coast, killing nine people.
A criminal complaint fled
in federal court charges Jean
Nelson with alien smuggling re-
sulting in a death, which carries
a potential death sentence.
Authorities say Nelson was
identifed by one of the 16
rescued migrants and by the
other man charged in the case,
33-year-old Jimmy Metellus. Nel-
sons lawyer didnt immediately
respond Tuesday to an e-mail
seeking comment.
The boat capsized about 16
miles of the Palm Beach coast.
CELEBRItY
Mike Tyson weds after
personal tragedy
LAS VEGAS Mike Tyson
has married for a third time,
two weeks after his 4-year-old
daughter died in a tragic ac-
cident.
County marriage records in
Las Vegas show the 42-year-old
Tyson and 32-year-old Lakiha
Spicer got a marriage license
about 30 minutes before their
ceremony. She is not the mother
of Exodus Tyson, who died.
The girl sufocated after she
either slipped or put her head in
the loop of a cord hanging un-
der a treadmills console at the
Phoenix home where she lived
with her mother and brother.
Associated Press
CRIME
Suspicious circumstances
surround Missouri deaths
COLE CAMP, Mo. Police found
three bodies in a Missouri home and
said the circumstances surrounding
the deaths are suspicious.
Sgt. Scott Meyer of the Missouri
Highway Patrol said police found
the bodies in the Cole Camp home
Tuesday after receiving a call from
someone concerned over its oc-
cupants.
He said investigators hadnt de-
termined how the people died, and
the names were not immediately
released.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. A man fac-
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ing three women who had advertised
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vices section apparently committed
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Obama works to open dialogue in the Middle East
BY MARK S. SMITH
Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Presi-
dent Barack Obama began his lat-
est bid to open a dialogue with
the Muslim world by paying a call
Wednesday on Saudi King Abdul-
lah, guardian of Islams sacred sites
in Mecca and Medina.
Te monarch of Saudi Arabia
greeted Obama at Riyadhs main
airport with a ceremony when the
new U.S. president arrived afer an
overnight fight from Washington.
A band played Te Star-Spangled
Banner and each leader shook
hands with members of his counter-
parts entourage.
Perched on or-
nate chairs behind
a fower arrange-
ment, Obama and
Abdullah then
chatted briefy in
public and shook
hands, with cam-
eras capturing the
scene. Ten they
retreated to hold
private talks on a
range of issues.
Saudi Arabia is a stopover en
route to Cairo, where Obama deliv-
ered a speech that hed been prom-
ising since last years election cam-
paign aimed at setting a new tone
in Americas ofen-strained dealings
with the worlds 1.5 billion Mus-
lims.
Many of those Muslims still smol-
der over Iraq, Guantanamo and un-
finching U.S. support of Israel, but
they are hoping the son of a Kenyan
Muslim who lived part of his child-
hood in Indonesia, the worlds most
populous Muslim country, can help
chart a new course.
You know, there are misappre-
hensions about the West on the part
of the Muslim world, Obama said
in a pretrip interview with the BBC.
And, obviously, there are some big
misapprehensions about the Mus-
lim world when it comes to those of
us in the West.
Aides cautioned that Obama was
not out to break new policy ground
in his Cairo speech, which follows
visits to Turkey and Iraq in April
and a series of outreach eforts in-
cluding a Persian New Year video
and a student town hall in Istan-
bul. And they said the president is
not expecting quick results, even
though the speech will be distrib-
uted as widely as possible.
We dont expect that everything
will change afer one speech, White
House spokesman Robert Gibbs
said Tuesday. I think
it will take a sustained
efort and thats what
the president is in for.
Ofcials said Obama
also wouldnt finch
from difcult top-
ics, whether its the
Iraq and Afghanistan
conficts, the goal of
a Palestinian state or
democracy and human
rights. Obama has been criticized
for setting the address in Egypt,
where President Hosni Mubarak has
jailed dissidents and clung to power
for nearly three decades.
In Riyadh, the president was
talking to Abdullah about a host of
thorny problems, from Arab-Israeli
peace eforts to Irans nuclear pro-
gram. Te Saudis have voiced grow-
ing concern in private that an Ira-
nian bomb could unleash a nuclear
arms race in the region.
Te surge in oil prices also was
on the agenda. Crude topped $68 a
barrel this week, sparking fears that
a fresh jump in energy costs could
snuf out early sparks of a recovery
from a deep global slump.
Obama likely will be looking for
help from Saudi Arabia on what to
do with some 100 Yemeni detain-
ees locked up in the Guantanamo
Bay prison. Discussions over where
to send the Yemeni detainees have
complicated Obamas plan to close
the prison. Te U.S. has been hesi-
tant to send them home because of
Yemens history of either releasing
extremists or allowing them to es-
cape from prison.
Instead, the Obama adminis-
tration has been negotiating with
Saudi Arabia and Yemen for months
to send them to Saudi terrorist reha-
bilitation center.
Te president was to stay over-
night at the kings horse farm in the
desert outside Riyadh. Abdullah,
who hosted then-President George
W. Bush at the ranch in January of
last year, keeps some 260 Arabian
horses on its sprawling grounds in
air-conditioned comfort.
In any efort to court Muslims,
the Saudis will be key not just for
their oil wealth, but by virtue of the
authority they wield at the center of
Arab history and culture.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama receives a gift of a gold necklace called the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit, the countrys highest honor, from Saudi King
Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the Kings Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 3.
Obama has been
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Tony Thomspon to try out for Team USA
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Sophomore third baseman Tony
Tompson didnt even realize that
Team USA was still looking for play-
ers. He fgured that, with the college
season all but over and the profession-
al season well under way, the national
teams roster would be set.
Tat doesnt mean he wasnt excited
when Jayhawks coach Ritch Price told
him he was wrong, and that the United
States national team wanted Tomp-
son to come tryout.
I really didnt know anything about
it until our interviews at the end of he
year, Tompson said. Skip told me
when we all went in for our end of sea-
son meetings that they wanted me to
go out there. So when he told me that,
it was pretty amazing. It was a great
honor for me.
Price said he recommended
Tompson not only for his skill on the
baseball diamond Tompson had
arguably the most productive season
at the plate ever by a Jayhawk but
also for his character of of it.
When I recommended Tony to
Team USA, I was proud to point out
that not only is he an outstanding
player, he is an even better person,
Price said. He will represent our
country, himself, his family, the Uni-
versity of Kansas and our program in a
frst-class manner.
Tompson, who hit .389 with 21
home runs and 82 RBI and became
the frst Triple Crown winner in Big 12
history (leading the conference in all
three categories), was one of 36 play-
ers to get the invite. Despite fghting
for a spot on the roster against some of
the top players in the country, Tomp-
son feels comfortable in his abilities.
I feel pretty confdent, Tomp-
son said. If I play the way I have the
whole year, I think Ill have a pretty
good shot.
Price also said he thought Tomp-
son had the ability to represent the
University and the country in interna-
tional play.
I am confdent that he will contin-
ue to play this great game at the high-
est level and will earn a roster spot on
our 2009 team, Price said.
Tompson will have the chance to
see if Prices and his own confdence
is well founded starting June 14. Te
fnal 22-man roster will be announced
10 days afer the start of tryouts, on
June 24.
Even if I dont make the team, just
the honor of being invited to play
for my country is really amazing,
Tompson said.
If he does make it through tryouts
unscathed, hed become the frst Jay-
hawk to do so as a player. Price was an
assistant coach on 2008s undefeated
national team, but no player from the
University of Kansas has ever donned
the national colors in international
play.
Its amazing, Tompson
said. I never thought Id have
the chance to do that. When Skip
told me that I had the chance to
play for Team USA in interna-
tional competition, it was really
pretty humbling. Just knowing
that, you know, Im representing
not only myself and the Universi-
ty of Kansas, but also our country,
that would be the greatest honor I
could have.
Should Tompson make the fnal
roster, he will be part of a team that
will play host to other teams including
the Canadian national team, and will
travel as far as Japan for games. Price
said the experience would be one
that Tompson would remember
forever.
Having been an assistant
coach on the 2008 gold medal
and undefeated club, I know
frst-hand the experiences
that lie in front of Tony,
Price said. It will be the
greatest experience of his
baseball life.
Edited
by Ross
Stewart
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Team falls short of Super Regionals
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Kansas baseball was one of 64
teams competing in the Regionals
rounds of the NCAA Tournament
during the last weekend in May but
fell short of making it to the Super
Regionals.
For Kansas baseball, this was the
final note on a well-played season.
The Jayhawks swept a then No. 1
Texas Longhorns team in March,
had a 30-3 record at home, were
ranked in the Top 25 for the first
time in three years and made it all
the way to the finals of Regionals.
Coach Ritch Price said this was
a step in the right direction for the
team as it grew and matured.
And I think well be better for the
experience a year from now and in
the future that we were able to get
to the championship game today,
Price said.
The 64 teams were broken up into
groups of four in 16 cities across the
country to battle it out in a double-
elimination tournament.
The winner of the Regionals
tournament competes in the Super
Regionals, which leads to compet-
ing in the College World Series in
Omaha, Neb.
SEE baseball oN pAGE 22 SEE track oN pAGE 22
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
The Kansas track and field
teams season will continue this
week when four of its members
travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to
compete in the NCAA Outdoor
Championships.
At the Midwest Regionals dur-
ing the last weekend in May, senior
Zlata Tarasova was the first to
qualify after throwing 55.87 meters
(183 feet) in the hammer throw.
She placed fifth in the competition
May 29th.
The following Saturday, junior
Lauren Bonds and freshman Keith
Four qualify to compete
in NCAA championships
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t present, the wind is whip-
ping the shit out of my apart-
ments windows like it has an
old score to settle. Behind us now, as
quick as it began, is another weekend
in the world of sports.
Plentiful oferings were to be had.
Tat is unless your event of choice
was to be broadcast on the glut of
channels blacked out by a despicable
outage at Sunfower Broadband Sun-
day.
All told we had a series that, save
for one brief success, saw the Royals
continue their annual (albeit delayed)
spiral into mediocrity. Greinke is even
getting roughed up these days.
Te Belmont Stakes were run Sat-
urday in what will be horse racings
last campaign under the spotlight
this year. If it gets major publicity
between now and the next Kentucky
Derby, something bad has probably
happened.
Te NBA and NHL Finals looked
prime for a swif conclusion at week-
ends end.
And Roger Federer captured his
elusive French Open title, stoking
further discussion of his credentials
as the sports king. He grabbed that
title, however, not at the expense of
the worlds No. 1 player, Rafael Nadal.
Now that would have been a contest
everyone would have been desperate
to see as much as, if not more than,
the Kobe-LeBron rivalry that isnt.
In hand-to-hand combat, however,
such a bout was to be seen. Two com-
petitors at the top of their class bleed-
ing the best out of one another.
World Extreme Cage fghting
featherweight champ Mike Brown
retained his strap with an Instant
Classic fve-round unanimous de-
cision against Urijah Faber Sunday
night at WEC 41 in Sacramento, Ca-
lif. Te night before, Strikeforce was
in St. Louis, Mo. for a Showtime card
with equal electricity, albeit the kind
that arrives in short, violent bursts.
Let us frst speak on Brown-Faber
2. Broadcast free on VERSUS, this
bout wouldve netted its fair share
of pay-per-view buys alone. Brown
(22-4) stopped Faber (22-3) last No-
vember for the belt afer catching him
of a failed spinning elbow attempt.
Each with an additional successful
match under their belts before to-
night, the two combined for the com-
panys, and likely the divisions, most
anticipated fght. It delivered.
Faber returned to his hometown
with a chorus of jubilation and ex-
pectations of regaining his title via a
storybook scene. Brown arrived to a
Arco Arena that rained boos and ill
will as if it were flled with 10,000
beasts with hate in their eyes.
Te frst round began explosively,
with Faber taking the opener. Faber
connected on several stif blows,
kicks and elbows, immediately cut-
ting Browns right eye but also deliv-
ering himself a fatal blow.
Te fght went all fve rounds but
the broken right hand Faber experi-
enced between the frst and second
round dealt the challenger an adver-
sity he couldnt overcome. Faber was
forced to rely exclusively on elbows -
which he landed with marked success
- and kicks but when it went to the
mat for the umpteenth time by the
ffh round, Fabers shattered hand
could not allow him the choke hold
he so desperately needed.
Twenty-fve minutes of excruci-
ating pain for Faber. A continuing
emergence of Brown as one of the
sports premier fghters. A rivalry
that, title or no title, by the time Faber
is healed deserves to produce a tril-
ogy.
Up next for Brown will likely be
Jose Aldo (15-1) who few out of his
corner and crushed a bent knee into
the face of Cub Swanson (13-3) to
end the fght before the last echoes of
the opening bell could dissipate.
Te opening bout at WEC 41 was
a tough-to-watch 34-second submis-
sion of the legendary Jens Pulver
(22-12-1) and Josh Grispi (13-1). Te
loss was Pulvers fourth straight and
if generations of fading boxers is any
indication, these legends exit stage
lef with equal difculty.
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Unfortunately for the Jayhawks,
their run for Omaha ended when
they fell short of making it out of the
Regionals round in the final game
against North Carolina.
Kansas competed in the Chapel
Hill Regional in Chapel Hill, N.C.,
as the number three seed. Kansas
started off on the wrong foot, losing
to Coastal Carolina 11-3 in the first
game.
On the brink
of being elimi-
nated early, Kansas
rebounded with a
16-0 victory against
the number four
seed, Dartmouth
University.
In that game,
Kansas jumped out
to a 2-0 lead in the first inning
thanks to senior catcher Buck
Afenirs two-run home run. Afenir
went 3-for-3 on the day, scoring
four runs.
The Jayhawks were able to keep
Dartmouth from scoring thanks
to the left arm of junior pitcher
Shaeffer Hall.
Hall threw for a complete game,
allowing only five hits and getting
six strikeouts.
We had to, Hall said in a press
conference on May 30 about pitch-
ing the whole game. With some
upcoming games, I had to go deep.
Hall said he focused on one
inning at a time to help him get
through.
Price had nothing but praise for
his starting pitcher.
I think after we got beat up
yesterday on the mound, especially
when you need to turn your team
around, you start with the starting
pitcher, Price said in a press confer-
ence on May 30. And he was really
special today.
With the victory
against Dartmouth,
Kansas went 1-1 and
played the second
seed Coastal Carolina
Chanticleers again in
the semi-finals. The
Jayhawks won 5-1.
Obviously theyre one
of the top programs in
the country, and its a
great win for Kansas, Price said in
a press conference.
Kansas got an early lead thanks
to sophomore right fielder Brian
Heeres single that allowed junior
second baseman Robby Price to
score 1-0. It wasnt until the seventh
inning before either team scored
another run.
Catcher Jose Iglesias scored the
only run for Coastal Carolina off a
home run in the top of the seventh
inning. But the Jayhawks responded
in the bottom of the seventh scor-
ing three runs, including a single by
junior shortstop David Narodowski
into left field, allowing freshman
first baseman Zac Elgie and senior
center fielder Nick Faunce to score.
With that victory, Kansas faced
the number one seed North Carolina
in the Regional finals. The win-
ner would move on to the Super
Regionals and have a chance to play
in the College World Series.
With the help of pitcher Adam
Warren, the North Carolina Tar
Heels held the Jayhawks score-
less until the ninth inning. Warren
pitched 6 and 2/3 innings, allowing
only five hits and striking out eight
batters.
He kept us in check most of the
day, and hats off to him, sophomore
third baseman Tony Thompson said
of Warren in a press conference on
May 31. He was a fantastic pitcher,
one of the best weve seen all year.
Thompson was the only Jayhawk
to score a run against the Tar Heels,
hitting a home run in the ninth
inning before the Jayhawks fell to
the Tar Heels 12-1.
My compliments to North
Carolina, Price said after the game.
Certainly they deserve to be a
national seed.
Although its journey to Omaha
came to an end early, the team was
pleased with the way season turned
out.
I think we put Kansas baseball
on the map with what weve done
this year. Thompson said.

Edited by Derek Zarda
Hayes both qualified for the Outdoor
Championship. Bonds qualified in
the womens 1500-meter run with
4 minutes, 26.04 seconds. Hayes
qualified in the mens 110-meter
hurdles with 13.37 seconds.
Senior Nickesha Anderson took
seventh in the 200-meter finals
on Saturday with a time of 23.66
seconds, which was strong enough
to get her an at-large bid to join
her other three teammates in
Fayetteville.
Anderson was the only Jayhawk
to receive an at-large bid.
Tarasova will be the first to com-
pete for Kansas at the Outdoor
Championship on Wednesday in
the qualifying round of the hammer
throw event at 1 p.m.
Anderson, Bonds and Hayes will
compete in the preliminary rounds
of their track events this Thursday.
The 110-meter hurdles are at 5:50
p.m., the 200-meter at 6:10 p.m. and
the 1500-meter at 7:55 p.m.
Edited by Kristen Liszewski
My compliments to
North Carolina. They
certainly deserve to
be a national seed.
Ritch PRice
coach
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to learn the landscaping business
but soon found himself the front
man in a plot by a white landscaper
to get a contract set aside for a
minority frm, cotter said. harper
went into the contract with honest
intentions, his attorney said.
Landscaper Aiden Monahan was
sentenced in April after pleading
guilty as the mastermind of the
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Red Wings face tough competition this season against Penguins
BY IRA PODELL
Associated Press
PITTSBURG Nicklas Lidstrom
carried his traveling bag back into
the hotel for the Red Wings fnal
road trip of the season.
If all goes well for the Detroit cap-
tain and his teammates, Lidstrom will
be lugging his luggage along with the
Stanley Cup out of Pittsburgh for the
second straight year.
Te Red Wings returned to the
Steel City on Monday, the eve of
Game 6 of the Stanley Cup fnals.
Like a year ago, Detroit owns a 3-2
lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins
and can wrap up another champion-
ship on the ice at Mellon Arena.
We know as a team that were not
there yet, Lidstrom said upon his
arrival. We know we need another
win to get to where we want to be.
If anyone knows what it takes
to reach that supreme level its Lid-
strom and his teammates, many of
whom join him in going for their
ffh championship in 12 seasons.
Game 6 has been quite kind to the
Red Wings. Detroit won 13 straight
Game 6s when the opportunity was
there to eliminate an opponent. Te
run ended when Anaheim forced a
seventh game this year in the second
round, but that was the only time
Detroit has let a team of the hook in
these playofs.
What makes it even more impres-
sive is that the Red Wings have had
home-ice advantage so ofen in re-
cent years that those Game 6s have
largely been played on enemy ice.
If the Penguins keep the home-ice
advantage going for the sixth straight
time in this series, Game 7 will be
played Friday night in Detroit. For
the third time since 1978, the home
team has won the frst fve games in
the fnals.
Tis is the second consecutive
year the Penguins returned home for
Game 6 of the fnals, trailing the Red
Wings 3-2. Te diference is Pitts-
burgh pulled out a triple-overtime
victory at Detroit in Game 5 to stay
alive in 2008. Tis time they limped
back following a 5-0 rout at Joe Louis
Arena on Saturday night.
Tis year it was 2-2 and we play
good at home. Were coming back for
a Game 6 and the guys are confdent.
Were looser. Were ready to go. We
know it wont be easy, but its the big-
gest game of our career and we def-
nitely dont want to have the same
feeling as last year.
Te Red Wings recalled the sour
taste they had in their mouths afer
blowing the chance a year ago to win
the Cup in front of their home fans
in Game 5.
Detroit was 34.3 seconds away
from claiming the prize when Tal-
bot scored the tying goal and forced
overtime.
Last year was disappointing be-
yond belief when we lost Game 5,
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock
said. We had the game won and we
turned it over two times. ... Te way
it turned out in the end its not a big
deal. Can you imagine if you didnt
win the Cup and you did that? Youre
32 seconds away from winning. I can
remember thinking that for a sec-
ond.
Te Penguins will be facing elimi-
nation for the second time in these
playofs. Tey blew out the Washing-
ton Capitals on the road in Game 7
of the second round afer overcom-
ing a 2-0 series defcit and then a
home loss in Game 6.
Tis years series there is a
higher confdence, Penguins cap-
tain Sidney Crosby said of the Red
Wings matchup. Weve seen a lot
better results with the way weve
played. Well draw on that experi-
ence more so the results when
weve played our game and the suc-
cess weve had with it. Well take that
more from this series than we would
last years.
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Court documents allege he took
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