THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 | VOLUME 129 ISSUE 08

NEWS ROUNDUP
YOU NEED TO KNOW

FORMER GTA
CHARGED WITH
RAPE
Orion Mark Graf aims to
withdraw no-contest plea

News
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ITS ELEMENTARY
Sherlocks Last Case wraps
this weekend at Murphy Hall
Arts & Culture
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LEEWAY FRANKS
New restaurant draws
large crowds with
handmade hot dogs,
sausages

Arts & Culture

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THEY BE SLEEPING
Senior defensive end
Ben Goodman reminds
football world to keep an
eye on him this season

Sports
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With exceptions, residence hall construction progressing

DEREK SKILLETT
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The University campus has been

dominated by the sounds of construction this summer, but thankfully for future Jayhawks, one important construction project will be
completed by the time they move in.
The construction of the Oswald
and Self residence halls on Daisy
Hill, which began last fall, is slated to
be complete and ready for the next
batch of Jayhawks by the beginning
of August.
The student room furniture is
being delivered, the bed frames are
being installed, and weve got trucks
coming 11 days in a row to deliver
furniture for those two big buildings, Diana Robertson, director of
Student Housing, said.
Robertson said both Oswald and
Self Halls will include four-person
suites and two-person suites, as well
as a new two-person private room,
which will consist of two private
bedrooms and a shared living room
area.
New freshmen looking to sign a
last-minute contract to live in these
new residence halls will be disappointed, as the rooms have already
filled up.
I was pleased that all of our other
halls continued to fill at a nice pace
as well, Robertson said. Its not
like [the new residence halls] were
the only place people wanted to live.
Its a good sign that we have a nice

VALERIE HAAG/KANSAN
New dorms Oswald Hall, left, and Self Hall, right, sit on Daisy Hill amid construction. The project began in
March of 2014 and will be open to students next month. Each hall will house about 350 students.

variety and mix of options.

Oswald and Self Halls will be connected by a large common area that
offers a wealth of new features.
Robertson said the first floor of
the Daisy Hills Commons building
will include a living room, a kitchen
for students and a conference room.
The second story of the Commons
building will include an academic
service center, which will be made
up of a 40-seat classroom and several conference rooms.
The second floor of the Commons
building will include academic advising services, information technolSEE HALLS PAGE 04

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Former KU GTA charged with rape wants to withdraw plea

VICKY DAZ-CAMACHO
@vickyd_c

Former University of Kansas graduate teaching assistant Orion Mark

Graf attended a motion hearing on
July 22 to withdraw his no-contest
plea to charges of rape.
This May, Graf, 39, pleaded no contest on counts of rape and aggravated
sodomy against an 18-year-old when
his former attorney, Branden Smith,
represented him. Represented by his
new attorney, Michael Clarke, Graf
said hed like a mental evaluation to
ascertain whether he was competent
at the time of the original plea.
These were alleged crimes against
my ex-girlfriend, Graf, a former
GTA with the ecology and evolutionary biology department, wrote
for the defendant portion of the in-

vestigation report.
Background
The rape charges are in addition to
last years conviction against Graf for
hiding video cameras in the Gap at
643 Massachusetts St. between 2012
and 2013, in violation of K.S.A. 216106(a)(6), also known as breach of
privacy.
Investigators found a small camera
and several thousand video clips on
his computers. The content of these
devices total around 85 GB of data
or thousand and thousands of files
thats a lot, the report stated.
According to official complaints
filed with Senior Assistant District
Attorney Amy McGowan, Graf was
convicted of 10 counts for conceal-

ing video cameras in the store. He

also pleaded no contest to these
charges.
In April 2014, Lawrence Detective
Mike Schneider recovered photos
on Graf s phone and computer of an
unknown female that he believed
to be evidence of a possible sex
crime, according to case files.
This was during last years investigation of the breach of privacy
case, showing the unconscious or
sleeping victim while Graf committed sexual acts, according to court
documents. The evidence was handed over to Lawrence Police Officer
Josh Leitner.
Leitner identified the unconscious
SEE GTA PAGE 05

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Former graduate teaching assistant Orion Mark Graf, 39, has been
charged with rape and aggravated sodomy. These follow earlier
charges of breach of privacy as he is also charged with hiding cameras
in the Gap, located at 643 Massachusetts St.

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ogy services and other tutoring services.

I think its going to be a prototype for the
kind of service environment that we can provide in future projects," Robertson said.
McCarthy Hall, located on Naismith Drive
near Oliver Hall and Hoglund Ballpark, will
not be completed until Oct. 2.
A news release from the University reported project issues created by weather delays as
the primary culprit for this delay.
Paul Graves, the deputy director of Design
and Construction management, said the
contractors who are working on constructing McCarthy have had to spend a lot of extra
time clearing mud off of the streets and laying down gravel due to a very rainy summer.

Any time [the contractors] vehicles were

tracking mud out onto Naismith Drive, they
had to spend extra time trying to clean that
up, Graves said.
While McCarthy is still being constructed,
students who were originally scheduled to
live there will be relocated to one floor in
Naismith Hall, Robertson said.
When it is finished, McCarthy will contain such amenities as living rooms, meeting
rooms, multipurpose rooms and recreation
rooms as well as a half-court basketball court.
The total cost of the Daisy Hill construction
is approximately $48 million, which includes
the cost of the residence halls and the demolition of McCollum Hall, which will be imploded in November.

MOVE-IN DAYS
August 18: Jayhawker Towers open at 8 a.m.
August 20: Residence halls and scholarship halls open at 8 a.m.
August 24: Classes begin
Source: KU Department of Housing

Alumni Association president resigns

The University of Kansas Alumni Association is searching for a new president after Kevin Corbett announced
his resignation from the position, effective July 31.
According to a news release from the University, Corbett, president of the Alumni Association since 2004,
resigned to take a job as executive vice president of
Affiliated Builders Group in Edmond, Okla.
Heath Peterson, vice president of Alumni Programs,
will act as interim president while a search continues

for a new president. Peterson has been with the Alumni

Association since 2005. According to the release, Peterson has been instrumental in reestablishing the associations presence throughout the state.
Corbett, a 2008 graduate and Norman, Okla. native,
previously held a position in university development at
the University Endowment Association, as well as positions at other universities.
Madi Schulz

University to host public forum on construction

The University of Kansas will host a public forum on
Wednesday to allow Lawrence residents a more detailed look at the renovations and redevelopments of
the Universitys Central District.
The forum, hosted by the Office of Design and Construction Management, will take place from 5-7 p.m. at
the Schwegler Elementary School gym, 2201 Ousdahl
Road.
The Central District, also known as the Irving Hill area,
is bounded by West 15th Street, West 19th Street, Naismith Drive and Iowa Street.

The presentation will be a series of small conversations between attendees and University officials rather
than one large presentation, according to KU News.
Officials will also provide visuals related to the Central
District Development as well as the overall Campus
Master Plan.
The forum is part of the land-use agreement with the
city of Lawrence. An additional forum will be held from
4-6 p.m. Aug. 24 in the Burge Union.
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woman as the 18-year-old victim

who was in a relationship with Graf
prior to the allegations. She said she
was unaware these photos existed.
Schneider and Leitner were unable
to comment on the pending court
case.
In July 2014, the court held a preliminary hearing for all felony counts
of attempted rape, where the victim
testified. She told the court she began dating Graf in March 2013 and
said they had an on-and-off relationship that ended in November 2013.
Early into the relationship, the

victim said Graf became physically

violent. She testified that in one instance, Graf hit her, dragged her
into his room, bound her ankles
with tape and threatened to kill her,
according to court transcripts.
She took a photo as proof of a
black eye caused by the defendant
striking her, court documents state.
The photo was retrieved from Graf s
phone during the investigation.
Since Graf was arrested during his
16-month probation for 10 counts
of breach of privacy, hell carry out
the remainder of his sentence in
prison.
Pending Trial

Graf said he felt pressured to accept a plea instead of going to trial,

according to June 22 court documents. He dismissed his court-appointed attorney, Smith, because,
Graf wrote, he was ineffective and
shared false information about parole.
Graf s original trial was set for May,
but he took the plea agreement to
reduce the charges one week before
the planned trial. The charges came
in June 2014 when he was arrested
on suspicion of two counts of rape
while the victim was incapable of
giving consent one count of ag-

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gravated assault and one count of
felony criminal threat. The victim
was 18 years old at the time of the
alleged crime and reportedly unconscious, according to records.
He was charged with eight counts:
counts 1-3, rape; count 4, aggravated
criminal sodomy; count 5, sexual
battery; count 6, aggravated assault;
count 7, criminal threat; and count
8, battery.
If he is allowed to withdraw his
plea, they are going to set it for a trial
or something else down the line. But
itll be some time until [then], said
Jacy Wolfe, criminal/traffic supervisor with the Douglas County district

court. They havent resolved anything yet.

The outcome of the motion hearing has not been decided and the
trial date was not set.
Graf will return for a court hearing on Sept. 17. He is currently under custody of the Douglas County
Sheriff and has been since June 2014
with a $300,000 bond. If convicted,
he faces up to 20 years in prison.

KU to host conference for scientists studying reptiles and amphibians

CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese

The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles will rehash
old traditions at its annual meeting
next week but it will be the smallest one in about 15 years.
For the past several years, the society has held its annual meeting
in conjunction with three other
societies. Because it was held at a
larger convention center, the cost of
attending was more expensive than
some students could afford, said
Rafe Brown, a University curator
and co-chair of this years hosting
committee.
SSAR is trying something new,
which is also historical, by holding
a smaller meeting and going back
to a college campus with a smaller
crowd, Brown said. The idea is to
have an intimate and less expensive
meeting for students to try to be
able to have the experience of one of
these meetings.
This year, the conference is being
held on the Universitys campus and
only includes around 400 scientists,
Brown said. Hopefully, the smaller
conference and more affordable
lodging attendees can stay in a
hotel or dorm enable more students to attend.
By doing this, it enables the so-

ciety to do a lot of things it hasnt

done in a long time, since when I
was a young undergraduate, Brown
said. For example, doing things like
holding it in conjunction with a live
animal exhibit thats being held off
campus.
Brown said the plan is to host a
smaller meeting like this about every five years if this years conference
goes well. The Kansas Herpetological Society will host that exhibit at
the Oread Hotel during the conference, which will be open to the public.
The conference coincides with the
100th anniversary of the first herpetological paper published by University student Edward Taylor in 1915,
considered the start of herpetological studies at the University.
Since then, the department been
noticed for its research around the
country, said Jesse Grismer, a Ph.D.
student in the herpetology department from Oceanside, Calif.
Its been called the Harvard of
herpetology schools, Grismer said.
He said he learned about the Universitys reputation for herpetology
from his father, who is also a herpetologist.
The department is part of the KU
Biodiversity Institute and Natural
History Museum, which encompasses the graduate and research

programs. These programs spend

much of their time working with the
herpetology collection.
The collection includes more
than 340,000 specimens collected
over the past century, making it the
fifth largest collection in the world,
Grismer said. Its also the largest
neotropical collection in the world,
meaning that it has the most specimens from the tropical regions of
the Americas southern Mexico,
southern Florida, Central America,
South America and the Caribbean.
[The collection] is a global record
of biodiversity going back a hundred
years, said Rich Glor, a herpetology professor and curator. Thats
the history of our planet during human civilization. Maintaining some
kind of record of biodiversity on this
planet its such an obvious thing
that nobody thinks about.
Glor said the collection has been
built up by decades of researchers.
Bill and Linda Duellman, who are
now curators emeritus, have added
thousands of specimens to the collection and grown the program to
what it is now.

VALERIE HAAG/KANSAN
Jesse Grismer, a Ph.D. student from Oceanside, Calif., holds a dragon
from the family of the Komodo Dragon from the collection storage.
Grismer and other collegues collect different animal species and study
them in the National History Museum in Dyche Hall.

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Various snake species can be found in the collection storage of the
National History Museum in Dyche Hall. The museum collects more
than 340,000 different species from all over the world.

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Philosophy professors article featured in prominent journal

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@KellyCordingley

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Armin Schulz, assistant professor
of KU philosophy, recently had his
article published in the Journal
of Economic Methodology.

Drawing on one science to help

make progress in another is something Assistant Professor of KU
Philosophy Armin Schulz focuses
on for his research. He also did this
with his recent article, "Firms, agency and evolution." This article was
recently published in the Journal of
Economic Methodology.
Schulzs work looks at what
prompts a firm or business to work
as an agent, or an influential factor.
Schulz initially thought firms would
strive to be agents to avoid bankruptcy, but through his research he
found something more pressing.
It turns out what really matters for
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likely to act as an agent when they

can have firm offspring, Schulz said.
Thats what really drives firms to be
agents of their own.
Schulz said he takes aspects from
evolutionary biology and applies
them to the social sciences.
Im interested in what happens
when you take ideas and insights
from one science and apply it to
another, he said. Im interested in
how this works and the challenges.
Im interested in trying to do some
of the work and seeing what happens.
Trevor Swanson, a second-year
doctoral student in the Social Psychology program, audited Schulzs
Evolution of Cognition course. He
said even though he wasnt enrolled
in the course, he never missed a
class.

Hes very, very intelligent, and

very easy to talk to. Hes very open
to getting peoples perspectives and
hes really easy to engage with; he
made the class exciting, Swanson
said. I looked forward to attending
every week.
He said looking at how businesses
grow, develop and change through
an evolutionary biology perspective
offers a new view.
I think its important to look at all
kinds of aspects of human culture
from all points of view, he said.
Schulz said there are two main
aspects he would want someone to
take away from his paper, regardless
of their major or discipline.
The hope is that someone takes
away the excitement and the value
of thinking outside the box and not
saying, This is how they do it in my

field, so Ill stick to the rules of my

field, he said. The second thing,
more about the paper is that its
possible that theres circumstances
where you really want to see firms as
having a life of their own.
Youve got to appreciate that
sometimes when you join a company, that can have an effect on you.
Youre a part of a bigger thing that
makes its own decisions.
The passion Schulz has for his work
is something Swanson said was everpresent in class, and that kept the
students engaged.
I was rewarded by taking the
class, Swanson said. He never
showed that disinterest that Ive
seen some professors have when
they just want to get back to their
research and that the class theyre
teaching is a burden.

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Find happiness alone before seeking a relationship

Tyler Schuckman
@TSchuckman_BK

Love can be described as merely

a biological response to physical
attraction, mixed with interest in
another individuals personality. It
can be the greatest feeling ever, but
its often coupled with the looming threat of potential heartbreak.
Romantic relationships require
vulnerability, which terrifies many
people.
But to truly take the emotional
leap to open ourselves up and
become vulnerable to another human being, we must first be happy
on our own. If you are happy alone,
you are going into relationships
looking to add to your life not

attempting to fill a void.

If you are incapable of being happy
by yourself, it is selfish to make
an attempt at a romantic relationship. A relationship should not be
your security blanket. It should not
be the ultimate deciding factor in
whether or not you are happy; it
should merely add to your happiness.
Being single often gets a bad rap.
Many people presume being single
equates to being alone and not by
choice, either. An individual who
happens to be single isnt automatically a sad person.
Being single at some points
throughout life is important for self
growth. When stress and the rollercoaster of life becomes insurmountable, you have to ultimately examine
yourself and improve something
that is not often done when in a
relationship with someone you can
emotionally lean on.
I am not a cynic, nor am I denouncing the idea of the emotional
connection of love. I simply consider myself a realist. A relationship
is not about having your movie

moment or the perfect person.

At one time I was on board with
the idealism of finding true love or
a soulmate the idea of an instant
spark that turned everything upside
down; a riding off into the sunset
scenario. With a few girls and
moments in my life, Ive tried to
convince myself that she might be
the one; and although truth may
sometimes be stranger than fiction,
it rarely follows the same narrative.
Whether it is having to endure
the pain of unrequited love, putting trust into someone only to be
cheated on, or the reality that you
were just not compatible, relationships can be unpredictable and
hurtful, especially when forced out
of fear of being alone.
Being alone is healthy. It forces
individuals to reflect on themselves
and look within for their own
happiness. Oftentimes, people
would rather not face the silence of
themselves those quiet moments
alone when you cant fill time with
people and the sobering light it
can shine on ones insecurities and
neuroses about themselves.

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But that is what most people need:

to be in those moments of sadness
or heartbreak.
It can be scary, but being alone
enlightens you to truths about
yourself, what you dont like about
yourself or why you rarely allow
yourself be alone.
Our pursuit for our other half
ends in disappointment a majority
of the time, simply because many
people arent truly comfortable with
their first halves. If heartbreak does
find you, take the breakup and pain
as motivation to examine yourself
and grow from the pain you feel.
Learn to enjoy your own company,
that way another person adds to
your happiness instead of merely
filling time with another individual.
Learn to not depend on others
for your happiness, but depend
on yourself. If the concept of love
is truly a reality, it should not be a
crutch for your own weaknesses but
a platform to make anothers life
more vibrant and colorful.

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Sherlocks Last Case final performances run this weekend

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Sherlock Homes and Liza, played by Robert Gibby Brand and Katherine Fried, discuss the case of death threats from Simeon, the supposed son of late Professor Moriarty, in a scene
from Sherlocks Last Case. The plays final performances run July 30 and Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

SAMANTHA SEXTON
@SamBiscuit

Its elementary, my dear: Sherlocks Last Case plays its final two
performances this weekend.
Sherlocks Last Case, which
opened two weeks ago, is what playwright Charles Marowitz calls a
parody play.
Its almost making fun of the
whole Holmes universe while at the
same time paying homage to it, said
Scott Glasser, guest director. My favorite part about it is how witty and
craftily it's been written.
Glasser is a nationally renowned
director and actor originally from
Brooklyn, New York, although he
spends much of his time in Omaha,
Neb., where hes frequently been invited to either direct plays or teach.
Glasser joined the graduate faculty
at the University of Nebraska in
2004 where he later became chair in
2008.
However, The Kansas City Reper-

tory Theatre, the company responsible for producing this summers

play in conjunction with the University Theatre, invited Glasser to direct
not for his teaching history but for
his colorful career as both an actor
and a director.
I put on my biographies that Ive
directed 160 plays, Glasser said.
But Ive really directed over 180
now. It helps when youve lived such
a long life.
Glasser said Sherlocks Last Case
is one of his favorites, having directed the show a few times before.
I dont normally direct plays more
than once, Glasser said. If there is
a play that I do more than once, its
because it either did really well or I
really liked it. Plus, were having a
great time here.
The play, published in 1998, focuses on Sherlock Holmes as he is
contacted and threatened by a new
nemesis. This time, instead of Dr.
Moriarty antagonizing Holmes, Moriartys son plays the villain in an at-

tempt to seek revenge after the late

professors death.
The tale, Glasser said, is full of
twists and turns and written to
amuse as well as enthrall. The language of the play attracted Glasser
to direct it again, as the production
is full of innuendo, double entendre
and snarky comebacks.
Its very clever, Glasser said. It
never fails to give me a good laugh.
While attempting to put together
an enjoyable performance for the attendees, the cast and crew had some
fun themselves.
I really, really enjoy this play, said
Kelly Vogel, visiting professor as well
as costume designer and lighting director. Everyone brings something
to it and I love that its a small cast,
which means that I can really get to
know each character and design the
perfect outfit for him or her.
Vogel said she jumped in the second she could, wanting to be a
part of the University Theatre this
summer as a visiting professor. She

played two roles as costume designer and lighting director with this
production but said theres some advantage to having the extra work.
When I can dictate how the lights
will show up on stage, I have the
benefit of knowing how to design
the costumes to best suit the stage,
Vogel said. I know exactly what
color lighting or what color thread
to use to make each character really
come alive.
The costumes were designed to
fit the correct era of the Holmesian
universe, set in the late 1800s, with
brightly colored gowns and silk
pocket squares. However, the costumes werent the only piece to the
puzzle that were accurate to Arthur
Conan Doyles fictional world.
The Sherlock Holmes works have
such a huge following; there are so
many people really dedicated to it,
Glasser said, so I wanted to make
my play as correct as possible. Thats
why the crew and I went to London
and visited the Holmes house.

The house in question is an accurate display of everything Sherlock

Holmes. Located at 221B Baker
Street, where Holmes and Watson
lived in the book series, the Victorian era house is faithfully preserved
to look exactly how it was described
in Doyles works.
Even the bathroom is meticulously designed, Glasser said.
The set was established as an open
stage, letting the audience enter
from the back so that they can get
a glimpse at the backstage action.
Each piece of furniture and decoration had been designed with the
Holmes house in mind in order
to be as accurate as possible to the
source material.
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6 live performances to catch before school starts

HARRISON HIPP | @HarrisonHipp

If the tail end of the summer is leaving you bored, consult this guide on six events to attend in the following weeks.
From national and local music talent to theatre at the Arts Center, Lawrence has plenty of culture to offer up before
school starts.

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When: Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Friday, July 31
Where: Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.
Cost: $25 in advance, $30 day-of
The opening acts supporting this Oakland, Calif.-based metal
band include The Body and Brothers of the Sonic Cloth.

BLUE ORLEANS
When: Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Friday, July 31
Where: The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
Cost: $8
Blue Orleans is a six-piece zydeco, blues rock band with cajun
flavor.

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When: Matinee at 2 p.m. and evening show at 7

p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1
Where: The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New
Hampshire St.
Cost: $10 for adults and $7.50 for seniors and
students
Little Orphan Annie is a School of Dance
Summer Dance Theater production directed
and choreographed by Melissa Mendl.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7

Where: The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New
Hampshire St.
Cost: $10
Lawrence band Drakkar Sauna, made up of
Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stoltz, will host its
farewell show at the Lawrence Arts Center.

RASPUTINA
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When: Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1
Where: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
Cost: $5
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band Play Dead will open the month with a
show for all ages.

When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8

Where: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
Cost: $15
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York with a unique cello instrumentation. The
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Fringe Festival sees largest turnout ever

AARON GROENE/KANSAN
Heilman, portrayed by Mike Ott, waits impatiently for Janie Turner, portrayed by Melody Butler, during Bird in the Hand. The play, written and directed by Dave Hanson, only gives
the audience one piece of an entire story and requires the audience to convene after the play to figure out the entire story.

SAMANTHA SEXTON
@SamBiscuit

The 10-day extravaganza that is the

Fringe Festival just wrapped up its
last shows Sunday with a larger turnout than ever before.
This years festival brought more
than 485 productions to 20 different venues ranging from ballet combined with jazz to a puppet remake
of the Star Wars saga.
We have dance, theatre, arts,
performing arts, puppetry, spoken
word, film you name it, said Rick
Duplessie, this years market chair
for the Fringe.
As it entered its 11th year, the

Fringe was the biggest its ever been,

which has made a lot of work for
Cheryl Kimmi, the CEO of the festival. However, she said she couldnt
be more excited to see what will happen next.
Im thrilled that the second decade of Fringe is upon us and that I
can be a part of it, Kimmi said.
Duplessie, as well as volunteering
for the Kansas City Repertory The-

atre, has spent the last couple years

working as the Twitter guy for the
Fringe. This year is his first time directly contributing to coordinating
the massive culmination of the arts.
Its absolutely amazing, Duplessie
said. We all get to see as many
shows as we can. So far, Ive managed to see 16 shows, and I hope to
pack another half dozen in before its
done. The record last year someone

held was 42 shows.

Duplessie admitted the plays were
his favorite but said there was plenty
of variety to suit anyones needs. He
also enjoyed an improv groups performance, a sequel to last years Bad
Auditions, called Badder Auditions.
Its retained its original idea and
jocularity and really translated well
as a sequel, Duplessie said. Its a

bunch of people who take actors

from other performances and they
improv a show with these people
that they barely know and you just
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never know whats going to happen,

but its always something good.
Despite the reappearance of the
Bad Auditions group from Whim
Productions, the Fringe Festival
had anything but reruns. Last year,
the show was home to 400 performances; this year there were 85
more shows with 15 new producers. Shows from the Fringe Festival
can go on to perform in the Fringe
Around the World tour where their
performances are produced for the
world to see, including at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival.
The Oscar award-winning film
The Kings Speech originated at
this festival, which may explain why
the festival is growing and why artists vie for a spot to perform.
Theres never a lack of theatrical
performances, Duplessie said. But
weve seen a growth in opera and jazz
as well over the past couple of years.
There have been some wonderful
performances including a completely unscripted musical called Presto!
An Improvised Musical.
Theres no limit to how provocative, intense or emotional a performance can be, which can be seen in
two successful shows: The Penis
Monologues, a performance devised of several documented conversations between men and women
about sexuality, and Never Ever After, in which Huckleberry Finn and
Peter Pan find themselves falling in
love.
Fringe is often described as unjuried, uncensored and unpredictable,
Kimmi said.
In order to become part of the
Fringe, all an artist need do is pay
the $300 entrance fee and produce
a piece that lasts a little under an
hour. Every artist involved with the
festival gets a cut at the door, making signing up a great opportunity
for new names.
The proceeds are split three ways:
part of it goes to the Fringe to keep it
going, part of it goes to the venues to
pay their bills, but the bulk of it goes
to the artist, Duplessie said. So
the artist not only has the chance to

AARON GROENE/KANSAN
Things get intense during Bird in the Hand as Janie Turner, portrayed by Melody Butler, interrogates Sasha, played by Nicole Santorella. The
Fringe Festival took place July 16 through July 26 and featured visual arts at venues across Kansas City.

get their show out there and recoup

the money but to really make some
money as a producer.
The Fringe Festival has its advantages for those who dream of making it big in the world with his or
her own freshly written ideas, but
how does it offer something of value
to the audience? Duplessie said for
those with any sort of appreciation
for the arts, the festivals value is immeasurable.
The wonderful thing about the
festival is that its always evolving,
Duplessie said. This is a completely
volunteer-run organization so every
year theres a change within, which
makes for a slightly different show.
Plus, with the growth, theres no
telling who were going to get to perform, and theres such a variety here.
Its really gratifying work to be here.
In order to join the festivities, art
lovers first purchased a Fringe Fes-

tival button, which let ushers know

they could see any of the shows.
The button could be purchased at
any one of the venues and acts as
an advertisement and overhead for
the festival at $5. From there, each
performance was an additional $10.
That means someone could see
three plays for $35 whereas one professional play could cost double that.
Its only $10 a show so its more acceptable to take a risk on the shows
that havent proven themselves yet,
Duplessie said. You can be more
adventurous with shows than you
normally would be.
Saturday, the shows were voted on
to see which among them can be
called the best of. These few performances will be featured in the
Fringe Around the World in August,
where Kansas talents will be put on
display for the world to see.

AARON GROENE/KANSAN
A flower-admiring man made of metal sits on display during the
Fringe Festival. James Catron created the piece, entitled Victor.

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Owner draws on memories to start restaurant, Leeway Franks

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@KellyCordingley

The small handcrafted sausage and

hotdog restaurant, Leeway Franks,
at 935 Iowa St., is more than another
storefront in a strip mall to owner
Lee Meisel. Its built on a foundation of memories combined with a
desire to bring food back to a more
natural state.
My wife and I have a cabin up in
Michigan; our annual trips are very,
very special to me, Meisel said.
You get up there and theres funny
little snack stands all around. Thats
kind of the inspiration, and this is
really all wrapped up in memories.
Meisel said since he opened the
doors to Leeway Franks on July 17,
people have flooded in.
Its been a little overwhelming.
Weve been really busy; were pretty
much running out of product, he
said. This has exceeded my expectations by quite a bit. I expected itd be
pretty steady, maybe serve 60 to 70
people at the beginning then ramp
up to 100 to 120 were already
there.
The 2008 Haskell University graduate said hes always loved working
with food. He worked as a butcher
at 715 Restaurant on Massachusetts
Street for three years and at The
Merc.
After being in fine dining for years
and it being all intricate, I wanted to
strip everything down and make it
really approachable, Meisel said.
With so much traffic in only the
first week, Meisel said he attributes
the success to social media and word
of mouth.
Social media is really the main
way [we got the word out] and just
being connected in the food scene in

A SAMPLE OF LEEWAY FRANKS

VICKY DAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN
Leeway Franks chili dog is made with a beef frankfurter spritzed with
yellow mustard, topped with Texas red chili and another spritz of
yellow mustard on a poppy seed bun. The order includes a side of fries
or tots.

VICKY DAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN
Leeway Franks breakfast sandwich is made of a pork sausage patty
topped with a fried egg, American cheese and spicy mayonnaise on
Texas Toast. A side of fries or tots costs $1.

town, Meisel said. This little neighborhood is really cool, lots of people
coming and going; they tell their
friends about it and our neighbors
and the barber shop down the road.
Martin Watson of Watsons Barber Shop, located just a few store
fronts down from Leeway Franks,
said Lee delivered menus and food
samples to attract more customers.

It worked.
Everyone had some, and we really
liked it, and weve been here every
day since, Watson said. Its only
been open about a week now, but
were spreading the word.
Watson attributes part of the large
crowd to the high quality of food
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Chili dog, $7: This beef frankfurter was delicious,

but the natural casing did catch me off guard. It
does have more of a bite to it, but it is a good bite
if you dont mind the casing. Im not a fan of mustard on my hotdog, but it was minimal and bearable. The chili and the onions werent overpowering, but the bun got soggy beneath the chili and
was a bit difficult to eat. The fries were a perfect
combination of crunchiness and softness and not
too greasy whatsoever.
Breakfast sandwich, $5: The fried egg, cheese and
pork sausage between some Texas Toast was like
your average breakfast sandwich, but better. The
sausage was unlike anything you can get from
your run-of-the-mill breakfast joint. The only issue
is that Leeway Franks doesnt open until 11 a.m., so
it makes for a late breakfast, brunch or a fun brinner (breakfast plus dinner). The tots were just as
perfect as the fries crispy but not overly greasy.
Pork chop sandwich, $7: This pork loin was beyond
perfect. Instead of tasting like an overcooked piece
of rubber or being difficult to eat, this was wonderfully tender on the inside with a nice crispy coating. These fries were ordered with cheese, which is
made with all-natural cheddar and milk, and they
were pretty darn good. They werent slathered in
some cheese from a bag or nacho-like cheese. I
didnt feel bogged down after eating them.

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to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
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served.
Its going to go really well for them because
its quick service and good food, Watson said.
That goes a long way. Its not about a quantity; its the quality. I look at them being around
here. If they leave, its only because they got a
bigger spot.
All of Lees meats are antibiotic-free, and he
doesnt use fillers, he said. He butchers the
pigs on Mondays and handmakes nearly 600
sausages by himself.
Its all my recipes Ive developed over the
years, he said. Each individual one looks
different than the rest. Theyre in natural casings, so they have snaps, and some people are
divided on it. Some people have never had
natural casing and sometimes the texture is
too much.
The natural casings to which Meisel refers
are made of washed pork intestines. He said
making his meat the most natural way possible is important to him because of where he
comes from and where hes worked.
Theres no mystery to what I do. I dont ever
want it to become a big manufacturers process, he said. My background is in butchering. I grew up in a small town in North Dakota
Mandan and thats where I learned how
to grind meat properly.
Meisel said the Classic Coney is one of the
most popular items on the menu. Its a beef
frankfurter with brown mustard, sauteed onions and sauerkraut on a poppyseed bun. He
said the restaurant tries to avoid using ketchup.

We try to stay away from ketchup unless

your kid still has training wheels on his bike,
he can have it, and we dont argue with pregnant women, so they can do that, Meisel said.
Meisel employs two individuals, one of
which he worked with for years at 715 Restaurant, but has thought about bringing others
on.
[Im] looking at maybe bringing on a couple part-time employees so I can get back to
focusing on the sausages, especially if my production increases, he said. Right now, between being open for eight hours then being
here between eight and 10 hours extra every
day, I can do it fine for now, but I dont want to
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Good referees should remain invisible

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

I didnt celebrate because that

penalty call left me with a bad taste.
Those were the words Mexicos
Andrs Guardado said to Fox
Sports following his countrys dramatic semifinal win over Panama on
Thursday. Guardado was awarded
a penalty kick after a questionable
handball call against Panama in the
89th minute, which allowed the
Mexican side to tie up the game and
force extra time nearly 10 minutes
later.
You read that correctly.
Following the penalty call by referee Mark Geiger, the furious Panamanians surrounded the referee. There
were fights on the field and fights
in the stands. Things were thrown
onto the pitch, and ultimately the
incidents would delay the match
for more than 10 minutes. The final whistle in regulation would not
blow until the 105 minute mark.
It was an absolute disaster.
Eventually, Mexico would go on
to win the match against a 10-man
Panama side, which had lost a man
earlier because of another questionable red card call.
Immediately following the final
whistle, the Panama players stormed
the field and went right after Geiger,
who would be ushered off the field
by security.
The public was furious. Fans were
all over Twitter talking about how
the match had essentially been
fixed by CONCACAF, and before
long, Geigers Wikipedia page was
changed to give him the nickname
Viva Mexico.
It was a sight to behold.
After the incident on the field, the
Panamanians took the pandemonium to a whole new level. They posed
with a banner that read CONCACAF LADRONES, with the word
corruptos written three times
across the bottom.
The translation: CONCACAF

thieves. Corrupt. Corrupt. Corrupt.

Later that night, Mark Geiger began trending on Twitter, capping off
an eventful night for soccer fans, but
this called a greater point into question.
Why would you want to be a referee?
At a glance, being a referee seems
like a thankless job, and thats because approximately 99 percent of
the time, it is. Even when a referee is
praised, like Mark Geiger was at the
2014 World Cup, where he became
the first American official to referee
in the knockout round of the FIFA
World Cup, not to mention the fact
that he has been voted MLS Referee
of the Year twice, the praise is often
short lived.
So can there be good referees? Perhaps.
Time after time, the preferred officials in sports, at least to fans, are the
ones who simply stay out of the way.
To illustrate this point, Id offer
up the example of the NBAs Joey
Crawford. Crawford is by all accounts a good referee. He has nearly
40 years of refereeing experience under his belt and has officiated more
than 2,000 NBA games.
However, people dislike him, and
theres no secret as to why. Any
quick Google search will show you
that Crawford puts himself in the
spotlight. Whether hes ejecting Tim
Duncan for laughing while sitting
on the bench, or yelling shut up at
Cavaliers center Timofey Mozgov,
Crawford has the propensity to act
well un-official-like, to put it
nicely.
And people flat out hate him for it.
For example, if you search his name
with the word kill on Twitter,
youll see that people offer up what
are essentially death threats left and
right.
Every single bad call he makes is
amplified to the 1000th degree because of the way he puts himself out
there, which brings me back to the
central point: People want invisible

DAVID GOLDMAN/AP PHOTO

Panamas Alberto Quintero, right, makes a point to referee Mark
Geiger at the conclusion of a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal playoff
soccer game against Mexico on Wednesday, July 22, in Atlanta. Mexico
won 2-1 after a controversial call.

referees.
More often than not, referees are
going to make the right call. However, when a referee gives out a harsh
red card or a technical foul, and then
continues to argue with players and
coaches about it, he or she makes
the game about the call, not about
the play on the court, field, pitch or
ice.
Ultimately, bad referees typically
become known as such for one of
two reasons: either they (1) truly

are poor officials or officiate a game

poorly on a big stage, or (2) put
themselves in the spotlight. Regardless, the end result is the same
ruthless, unadulterated hatred.
People want invisible referees. Its
as simple as that.
Its like a longtime referee once told
former University of Washington
athletics representative, Pat Dobel:
I know I have done my job when I
am invisible.

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Key points from Big 12 Media Days

SHANE JACKSON
@JacksonShane3

Kansas coach David Beaty got

his first chance to talk about his
plan and display his passion for
Kansas football on the national
stage July 20. He did that and
much more in his inaugural Big
12 Media Day in the Dallas Omni
Hotel.
Here are two key points from the
two-day event.
Michael Cummings update
Typically at media days, coaches
steer away from revealing too
much about their team in large
part because camp is still two
weeks away. However, Beaty did
give an update on senior quarterback Michael Cummings who

tore his ACL in the spring game.

[Cummings] had surgery in
the middle of June, and I looked
out of my window the other day
and saw him throwing the ball already, Beaty said. If anybody can
make it back this year, it would be
him.
Still, Beaty admitted the football program is looking at a sixth
year of eligibility for Cummings.
As of right now it appears junior
quarterback Montell Cozart has
the inside track to start in the season opener, but talented freshmen
Ryan Willis, Carter Stanley and TJ
Millweard will push him in camp.
Backfield depth
One of the few positions Beaty
broke down was the running

back position. Even with the loss

of sophomore Corey Avery due
to violation of team rules, it appears Kansas will have plenty of
talented running backs to hand
the ball to.
Ive learned it is very difficult to
make it through the season with
one or two running backs, Beaty
said. We need every one of them;
this is a tough league.
As of right now it looks as if
DeAndre Mann, the leading returning rusher, has the upper leg
on a talented group. Kansas also
has talent with senior Taylor Cox
coming back from an injury and
KeAunn Kinner, the reigning NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year,
transferring from Navarro Junior
College.

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Dallas on Monday, July 20. Beaty said he is looking at a sixth year of
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Ben Goodman: Sleeping giant of Kansas football

SHANE JACKSON
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They be sleeping.
Kansas football defensive end Ben
Goodman admitted he likes to tweet
that phrase every so often to remind
the college football world it needs to
pay attention to what he can do for
Kansas in 2015.
My whole career people have been
sleeping on me, Goodman said on
Monday at Big 12 Media Days in
Dallas. Part of the reason is because
I have played out of position.
Even though he has been listed
as defensive end for the first three
years of his career, Goodman has
served as more of a defensive tackle
because the Jayhawks ran a 4-3 defensive scheme.
Thats all about to change.
With a new head coach comes a
new identity for Kansas football. Although former interim head coach
Clint Bowen remains on staff as the
defensive coordinator, Kansas will
run a different scheme, the 3-4 a
defense Goodman considers home.
Its the same defense we ran in
high school, Goodman said. It allows me to focus on getting to the
quarterback [and] not filling in a
certain gap.
Goodman played high school ball
at West Brook High School in Beaumont, Texas. He did exactly what his
coach told him and got to the quarterback at will. The 25 colleges that
offered Goodman a scholarship out
of high school took notice.
But the defensive scheme isnt
the only throwback to high school
for the 6-foot-3 senior. After wearing No. 93 for the first three years,
Goodman will wear No. 10 for his

final stint in a Jayhawks uniform.

Previously, he wore No. 10 for two
years in high school because it was
the number his dad wore when he
played.
I had some good moments in 93,
Goodman said, but I dont think
I did anything too spectacular for
people to remember me by 93. We
have this new coaching change and
Im looking for a change myself. Im
trying to do things I havent done
before.
One of the things Goodman has
never done at the collegiate level?
Get to the quarterback at will.
Im trying to break the single season sack record at KU, which is 14.5,
so Im shooting for 15, Goodman
said.
Goodman said after every sack this
season he will do the bird dance
seen during the tour he gave on
ESPN this past weekend.
Breaking the single season sack record will be a tall task. In his threeyear career, Goodman has recorded
a total of five sacks, meaning he
would have to triple a three-year
mark to accomplish his goal. He has
taken some measures to do just that.
Ive been doing yoga twice a week
to help with my hips, Goodman
said. I stretch 24-7; I stay in and
work on my hips.
Goodman started doing yoga in
the spring semester when he got an
Ambler Student Recreation Center
pass for a yoga class after being encouraged by his good friends and
former teammates JaCorey Shepherd, Dexter McDonald and Ben
Heeney.
They were like Yeah, bro, we be
doing yoga all the time, Goodman
said. [...] If they are doing yoga and

SHANE JACKSON/KANSAN
Senior defensive end Ben Goodman speaks at Big 12 Media Days on Monday, July 20, in Dallas. He said he
wants to break the single season sack record of 14.5. He has five sacks in his three-year career.

getting to the NFL, I need to be doing yoga.

An NFL career is certainly the
goal for Goodman, who has totaled
13 tackles for loss in his Kansas career. Goodman understands he has
to drastically improve in his senior
campaign for that dream to become
a reality.
Goodman isnt only interested in
personal goals for the upcoming
season; he has team goals that go beyond this season.
I want to be remembered as one of
the guys that helped turn this thing
around, Goodman said. I want to
begin the process of changing the
culture of Kansas football.

Coach David Beaty has already

referred to changing the culture as
a process, not an overnight occurrence. One of the driving factors in
this process is a new motto Kansas
has adopted under Beaty: Earn it.
Goodman found himself saying the
phrase multiple times during Media
Day.
Nothing is guaranteed, Goodman said. Even for me, I feel like
I have to earn it, even though Im a
senior and here at media days.
If he earns the starting role at defensive end as expected, Goodman
will spearhead a defensive line that
plans to get after the quarterback at
will.

Our whole defense is going to pin

their ears back and [opposing offenses] are going to be like, Man,
that Jayhawk team hits hard, Goodman said.
No one is considered safe from the
wrath of the defensive line, Goodman and his bird sack dance. Not
even the league's best quarterback
a Heisman favorite out of Big 12
favorite TCU.
Just ask Trevone [Boykin] at the
end of the season, Goodman added
with a big smile.
Until then, the whole world might
keep sleeping on Goodman, but after 2015 that may not be the story.

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Womens volleyball set for breakthrough in 2015

KANSAN FILE PHOTO

Senior outside hitter Tiana Dockery prepares to serve the ball during a
skirmish on Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center.

DEREK JOHNSON
@DJohnson1510

We need to win a Big 12 Championship. We need to get past the

Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four,
and we need to do that consistently.
These were the words of Kansas
volleyball coach Ray Bechard, who
is preparing his team for the 2015
season after three of the most successful years in the programs history.
Three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances have been great
for the Kansas program, but following a Sweet 16 appearance in 2013,
the team suffered a setback with a
tough loss in the first round of the
2014 tournament. 2015 will be the
year Kansas tries to get over the
hump.

This years schedule will not be

easy for Bechard and the Jayhawks,
who begin play at the Arkansas
Tournament on Aug. 28 in Fayetteville, Ark. Kansas will square off
with the University of Arkansas in
the third game, which would mark
the start of a rigorous road for the
Jayhawks.
[Arkansas has] a chance to be one
of the top three teams in the SEC,
Bechard said. Duke is going to be
one of the top teams in the ACC;
UMKC is coming off their best
season ever in program history and
they have everybody back except
one player. Gonzaga could win their
conference and it just goes on and
on and on. The tournament at Wyoming with Marquette and Northern
Colorado all three of those teams
could be NCAA tournament teams
so itll certainly get us ready.
Adding to a tough schedule is the
loss of Sara McClinton, who finished sixth all-time in kills at Kansas,
as well as the loss of Chelsea Albers,
who became the seventh player in
program history to record 900 kills
and 800 digs. Both McClinton and
Albers graduated last May.
Two incoming freshmen and two
more incoming transfers will supplant the loss of McClinton and
Albers with the 12 Jayhawks who return. The transfers Anna Church
from Saint Louis University and
Ashlyn Driskill from Wichita State
should help the team immediately and give two more seniors to a
young but experienced squad.
The only other senior on the roster,
Tiana Dockery, will look to improve
on her 2014 campaign in which she
received All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors. Dockery was third on
the team in kills a season ago.
We are beyond excited for this upcoming season and more than ready
to dominate, Dockery said.
Dockery will help anchor the offense at the outside hitter position,

as will AVCA All-American Honorable Mention setter Ainise Havili.

The Jayhawks may lack some size up
front, but they have a plethora of capable athletes to be productive.
I dont think we will be as dominant physically as weve been, but
I think offensively we can be more
balanced than weve ever been,
Bechard said. We can play faster,
and I think we can control tempo
and pace more so than we ever have.
Defensively, the Jayhawks return
all of their libero/defensive specialists from a season ago and add
another with Churchs transfer.
Sophomore Kayla Cheadle, twin
sister of Kansas womens basketballs
Chayla Cheadle, brings some size to
the middle blocker position, where
Kansas could be loaded with the
return of juniors Janae Hall and a
healthy Tayler Soucie.
Maybe the biggest difference maker in 2015 will be Kelsie Payne. The
6-foot-3 rising sophomore finished
the 2014 season with a career-high
15 kills and eight blocks in the teams
final match against UALR.
Shes gonna be a lot more comfortable this year even though we might
be putting her in a new position. She
can dominate from a block and attack standpoint, Bechard said. We
want her to be very comfortable in
the role of a go-to player.
A trip to Europe over the summer
also helped the team bond and play
together. For Dockery, Havili and
Payne, experiences with the Collegiate National Team should better
prepare them for tough competition
ahead.
After setting the sell-out record a
season ago and collecting 73 wins in
the past three years, the goal is clear
for Kansas volleyball: make it further than ever before and challenge
for a Big 12 Championship with
powerhouse Texas.

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