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BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
The Lawrence Humane Society needs
money and now an opportunity is avail-
able. The Animal Rescue Site is offering
a grand prize of $25,000 to the humane
society that is voted the best on its Web
site. Voting began at the beginning of this
month and ends Dec. 14. Participants can
visit the site every day and type in which
humane society they think is the best.
Midge Grinstead, Lawrence Humane
Society executive director, said the money
could be put to good use, especially at this
time.
We are going to be out of money by the
end of this month, she said. I dont know
what were going to do. Well have to try
and get through it.
Grinstead said money was always need-
ed because it was a nonprofit organization
and the budget had been cut for the last
two years.
A lot of money goes to water bills, not
only to provide the 650 animals currently
there with water, but also for cleaning sev-
eral times a day, everyday.
Its a 25,000 square-foot facility,
Grinstead said. Our bills have always been
high, but theyve doubled this year com-
pared to last year.
Jackie Bunnell, president of the Lawrence
Humane Society Board of Directors, said
the humane society was always struggling
to make ends meet.
The shelter gets only minimal support
from the county and must constantly look
for ways to cut costs, in a time when costs
keep going up, she said.
Bunnell said employees at the humane
society went far to cut costs.
We go to the extent of heating the shel-
ter only to a temperature that will ensure
the health of the pets. The staff often wear
coats and gloves inside the shelter, rather
than turn up the heat.
She said if the Lawrence Humane Society
won the money, it would go to paying off
the loan it had to take out to make state-
mandated repairs to the old building.
Aside from the money for the shelter,
Bunnell said it was important to adopt
pets. She has four pets two dogs, Oscar
and Asha, and two cats named Calvin and
Hobbs.
Becca Sparling, Burnsville, Minn.
Senior, has volunteered at the humane
society for one year and adopted her first
pet from there two weeks ago.
Sparling said she had visited the
humane society every Friday for a month
in her search for a dog. She found, Tucker,
a two-year-old terrier mix after he became
available for adoption.
If it werent for the humane society, I
wouldnt have been able to have adopted
my best friend, Sparling said. Thats why
raising money for the humane society is
a must.
She said volunteering and applying for
a pet at the humane society is a simple
process.
Raising money is just as important,
Sparling said. She also said students spend-
ing time with the animals also helped stu-
dent morals.
Grinstead said as long as students dont
lie on their applications for adopting a pet,
its easy.
We encourage students to come and
volunteer, too, she said. We are very for-
tunate to have the University here to help
support us.
Edited by Brieun Scott
pet shelter stays hopeful
fetching funds
KU Dining
addresses
students
allergies
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Minutes after taking a bite of her
dinner at Mrs. Es dining hall, Heather
Himmelwright knew something was
wrong.
Her face turned red and she could
barely breathe. The peanuts in her food
had caused a severe allergic reaction.
She knew if she didnt get to a hospital
fast, she could die.
Himmelwright, Pratt freshman, is
one of only two or three KU students
who suffer from anaphylaxis, or severe
allergic reactions on campus each year.
The National Institutes of Health
said food allergies were among the most
common allergies in the country. The
severity of allergies differs from person
to person, but each can become severe.
Himmelwright said she was thankful
her friends had acted quickly, driving
her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital as
soon as they realized what was happen-
ing. While in the car, Himmelwright
had to give herself a shot of epineph-
rine, or manufactured adrenaline. Patty
Quinlan, nurse supervisor for Watkins
Memorial Health Services, said the epi-
nephrine helped open airways, allowing
people to breathe easier.
Sheryl Kidwell, assistant director for
KU Dining Services, said food allergies
were something Dining Services took
seriously. Kidwell said Dining Services
worked to address allergy issues with
freshman students each year during
orientation.
Kidwell said in addition to one-on-
one meetings with the dining hall man-
agers, students with food allergies were
also made aware of the signs in residen-
tial dining halls that noted the allergens
contained in each meal.
We take it very seriously every year,
Kidwell said. This is a rare case.
The NIH Web site said allergic reac-
tions, though rare, could occur at any
time It also said people were more sus-
ceptible to severe reactions if they had
a history of previous allergies, but that
reactions could happen to anyone.
Himmelwright has known of her
allergy, which last occurred when she
was 11 years old, since childhood.
Himmelwright said she had eaten the
dish that caused the reaction at Mrs. Es
before without incident. She said she
assumed the food was the same, and
failed to notice the peanuts sitting on
top of the dish. Himmelwright said she
didnt remember seeing an N denot-
ing nuts on the ingredient sign.
I will just have to keep a better
lookout for signs and information,
Himmelwright said.
Kidwell said along with posted signs
in the dining halls, students with food
allergies were also given copies of the
menu, complete with ingredient infor-
mation. She said open communication
between students and Dining Services
staff was important to avoid incidents
like Himmelwrights. She said students
could also use Dining Services new
Netnutrition program online to avoid
problem foods.
Himmelwright said she had made a
habit of only bringing epinephrine with
her every few days since arriving on
campus. Himmelwright, who finished
her medication for the reaction last
weekend, said she would be more cau-
tious in future trips to the dining hall.
Luckily I had that with me,
Himmelwright said. Ill never leave it
at home again.

Edited by Kelsey Hayes
University awards green employees and students
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Taking a green initiative has paid off some
at the University of Kansas.
This years Sustainability Leadership
Awards recognized people who were involved
in a variety of places on campus.
Anna Hoard lobbied Sen. Sam Brownback
(R-Kan.) and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) to
reform the farm bill in Washington D.C.
last year. Hoard, along with Oxfam America
members, appealed to the senators to make
the bill friendlier for sustainable farming and
to reduce overproduction.
Hoard, Topeka senior, was among KU
recipients of the second annual Sustainability
Leadership Awards on Tuesday. Steve
Goddard, senior curator of Spencer Museum,
Sara Vancil, assistant director of the Office
of Student Financial Aid, members of the
KU Dining Services staff and the Student
Rain Garden project were other winners of
the award, sponsored by the KU Center for
Sustainability.
Jeff Severin, director of the Center for
Sustainability, said that he had worked with
many groups and individuals who promoted
sustainability on campus since the center
opened in 2007. Hoard has been involved
in several groups on campus, including KU
Students for Fair Trade.
She and other students started an Oxfam
America chapter at the University this year.
The group, which advocates famine relief,
held a hunger banquet in October.
Steve Goddard, senior curator of Spencer
Museum and professor of art history, said
childhood memories from Altadena, Calif.,
inspired his sustainability work on campus.
Starting when I was about 8 years old, I
witnessed people living in a sustainable life
style, said Goddard, who received the faculty
award.
As a curator for the museum, he will
organize three environmentally themed exhi-
bitions next semester featuring artists, sci-
entists and sociologists. He said one of the
exhibitions, Trees & Other Ramifications,
explored the relationship between trees and
people.
I hope these exhibitions will encourage
us to reflect a bit about our actual situation
on the planet in a very literal sense, Goddard
said.
He also promotes recycling in the museum
and will install a bike rack for students and
its visitors.
Sara Vencil, assistant director of the Office
of Student Financial Aid, showed sustain-
ability leadership by making her office more
green.
Any change, even a little one that someone
is willing to make, will make a difference, said
Vencil, who received the staff award.
Vencil started by adding recycling bins
at the office, which allowed staff to recycle
a variety of materials. One of her biggest
achievements was a Green Day, which she
organized in May to raise awareness of sus-
tainability in her office. On that day, she
encouraged all staff in the office to carpool
or walk, not to print appointment schedules
and to turn off lights whenever the staff left
the office.
My main piece of advice for anyone want-
ing to get more involved in recycling or
energy conservation or in starting a program
in their own home or workspace is to just start
small, Vencil said.
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the lawrence Humane society, 1805 e. 19th street, could win a $25,000 grant to supply aniamls with food and better care. People can vote for their favorite humane society every day on the Animal Rescue Site through Dec. 14.
shaymarie Genosky/Kansan
a puppy named savanna stands up in her cage
at The Lawrence Humane Society. Lawrence Humane
Society executive director Midge Grinstead said the
center could use the money because it may run out of
operational funds at the end of the month.
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Fromleft, Stephen Goddard, senior curator of Spencer Museum, anna Hoard, topeka senior, and Sara Vancil,
assistant director of the ofce of Student Financial aid, display their Sustainability Leadership Award certifcates.
The Center for Sustainability sponsored the awards which were given to those who displayed environmentally friendly
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years ago.
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SEOUL, South Korea
North Koreas powerful military
announced Wednesday it will shut
the countrys border with the South
on Dec. 1 a marked escala-
tion of threats against Seouls new
conservative government at a time
of heightened tension on the pen-
insula.
The militarys chief delegate
to inter-Korean talks informed
his South Korean counterpart
Wednesday that the North will
restrict and cut off cross-bor-
der routes next month, state-run
Korean Central News Agency said.
Analysts called it a pointed
political move designed to
humiliate Seoul by hobbling a
joint industrial park in the city of
Kaesong, just across the border,
that has served as a beacon of hope
for reconciliation.
South Korea was preparing
to send its official response to
the North on Thursday, Foreign
Minister Yu Myung-hwan told
reporters. He declined to elabo-
rate.
Relations between the two
Koreas separated by troops, tanks
and one of the worlds most heavily
armed borders since a three-year
war that ended in a truce in 1953
have been frosty since South
Koreas President Lee Myung-bak
took office in February.
Lee pledged to be tough with
communist North Korea, an
abrupt departure from his liberal
predecessors decade-long policy
of fostering reconciliation with aid
and other concessions.
Pyongyang reacted by cutting
off diplomatic ties with Seoul. Ties
deteriorated further in July when a
North Korean soldier fatally shot
a South Korean tourist visiting
Diamond Mountain, with Seoul
banning tours to the jointly oper-
ated resort in the North.
After months without contact,
the Norths military summoned
South Korea to the border for talks
last month, only to berate Seoul
over anti-Pyongyang leaflets that
continue to flutter over the border
in helium-fueled balloons.
The two Koreas had agreed in
2004 to end propaganda warfare
across the border, but the South
says it cannot prohibit activists
from dispatching the leaflets, cit-
ing freedom of speech.
Wednesdays warning the
Norths most concrete, calculated
threat yet amounts to an ultima-
tum to the Lee administration to
acknowledge that it must abide by
past agreements, analysts said.
This is a critical juncture in
their estimation that they have
to take some action, said Paik
Hak-soon of South Koreas Sejong
Institute. They feel that they have
waited enough.
This is an escalation of North
Korea warnings, Paik said.
The warning is very, very
serious, said Lim Eul-chul of
Kyungnam Universitys Institute
for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul.
The tension comes amid ques-
tions about the health of North
Koreas leader, Kim Jong Il. U.S. and
South Korean officials say Kim, 66,
suffered a stroke, but North Korea
denies he was ever ill.
Pyongyangs tactic may be to
wear Seoul down. However, the Lee
administration has stood its ground
and said little Wednesday about the
Norths latest move. Waiting is
sometimes a strategy, Lee said,
according to his spokesman.
The Norths decision to shut
the border is regrettable, said
Kim Ho-nyeon, the Unification
Ministry spokesman.
Paik said Pyongyang may
use Kaesong to humiliate Seoul.
Shutting down Kaesong would be
a serious blow to South Korean
politics. It will start off a debate
what went wrong with North Korea
policy.
The Kaesong complex has been
a key source of hard currency
for the impoverished North and
a symbol of reconciliation: South
Korean firms send raw materi-
als through the border and the
goods come back stamped Made
in Kaesong.
Lim said he doubted North
Korea would kick everyone out
Dec. 1.
They will take gradual steps to
pressure our government to change
their policy. That is their main
goal.
He and other analysts noted that
North Korea has a pattern of using
provocation as a negotiating tactic,
both with South Korea and with
other nations seeking to disarm the
Korean peninsula.
On Wednesday, the Norths for-
eign ministry announced that it
wont allow outside inspectors to
take samples from its main nuclear
complex to verify its accounting of
past nuclear activities.
The North said it never agreed
to such sampling, contradicting
statements by U.S. officials. The
conflicting statements could prove
to be a new snag in the long pro-
cess of nuclear disarmament on the
Korean peninsula.
State Department spokesman
Robert Wood contradicted the
Norths claims that it never agreed
to allow outside inspectors to take
samples. Sample-taking is believed
to be a key means of nuclear
verification.
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Light festival provides insight into Indian culture
Culture
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
Sudarshan Loya remembers the
last time he celebrated Diwali in
central India with his family. His
house was filled with vibrant shades
of orange- and magenta-dyed silk as
40 of his relatives and closest friends
gathered for Diwali, the festival of
lights.
Loyas mother lit oil-burning
lamps, which cast a soft glow on the
faces of those in the room. The rich
smell of spices and sugary sweets
filled the home as his friends knelt
to pray together and share what had
happened in their lives since their
last meeting.
Diwali is a celebration of lights
that is celebrated during the time of
Diya, which is a widely celebrated
East Indian festival. This year, Diwali
fell on Oct. 28. But on Sunday, the
KU Cultural India Club, a group for
international Indian students at the
University, will hold its sixth annual
celebration of Diya.
The event features native dances,
music and fashions from various
Indian states. After the dancing and
singing, Korma Sutra, an Indian res-
taurant in Kansas City, Mo., will
provide dinner. Loya, Maharashtra,
India senior and cultural chair of the
KU Cultural India Club, or KUCIC,
said Diwali was the most important
festival of the year.
Diwali is like Christmas, he said.
Its a fun thing for a family to get
together.
Families and friends gather for
fellowship and to share their lives
with one another during Diwali,
which lasts one week. Loya said
because India was such a large coun-
try, families prepared to travel and
meet together for the holiday.
We are waiting for this time to
happen, he said. We look ahead
to Diwali so we can all meet togeth-
er and have fun, enjoy sweets and
Indian food.
The festival of lights earned the
name Diya for the rows of small
earthen lamps, or diyas, families
light every day for the six days of
Diwali. The lights symbolize the vic-
tory of good over evil.
Amruta Bhadkamkar, Mumbai,
India, junior and president of
KUCIC, said other KU students
would benefit from attending the
event because it displayed Indian
culture.
India is not Europe or Germany
or Spain, which are pretty well-
known, but India has started coming
up recently and becoming economi-
cally strong, Bhadkamkar said.
She said Indian culture in
Lawrence was visible and that most
Indian students had a strong net-
work of support from other Indian
students, which helped many stu-
dents with the transition to U.S. cul-
ture. She said the biggest challenges
Indian students had to overcome
included the language barrier, the
difference in cuisine and the unpre-
dictable Midwestern weather.
I dont think its very difficult for
Indians to adjust, she said. If we
do find it difficult, there are people
who have been here for years and
they know what to do and what not
to do.
Santosh Thakkar, Maharash, India
graduate student, said the KUCIC
festival of Diwali was open to people
of all religions and cultures. He said
the event would accommodate all
nationalities and beliefs and celebrate
commonalities between individuals.
Loya said he enjoyed bringing
his vibrant native culture to the U.S.
while learning about American cul-
ture. He said he loved celebrating
Halloween and other American tra-
ditions, but learning about new cul-
ture gave him a greater appreciation
of his own.
America gives us the freedom
that we can celebrate our own cul-
ture and have other festivals, he said.
We get to see more areas and ideol-
ogies in a different part of the world.
We are not giving up our culture, but
are also celebrating yours.
The Diya festival begins at 6 p.m.
on Nov. 16, in Woodruff Auditorium
in the Kansas Union.
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aries (march21-april 19)
Today is a 7
Youre in the mood to catch up
on your reading. When you get
like this, you can devour stacks
of books and magazines. Fit in a
couple of really useful ones.
Taurus (april 20-may 20)
Today is an8
Follow through on the projects
youve already begun. Work is
involved, but it isnt as hard as it
used to be. Dont go shopping
until the check clears, however.
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the money.
gemini (may 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Youre so busy you may not
be in much of an afectionate
mood. Youre trying to fgure
out how much you have, and
what goes where. Set a date for
early next week. Youll be feeling
more cuddly then.
cancer(June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Some of the most important
work takes place behind the
scenes. You can fnd out, for
example, whats really going
on. Ask a few subtle but leading
questions.
Leo(July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Theres no time for long con-
versations, but you can update
your plan. Also, make sure your
assistants know how much you
appreciate their eforts. This kind
of feedback is important.
virgo(aug. 23-sept. 22)
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that youve already begun.
When this is done, youll have
accomplished big changes for
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to be easy, but it will be worth
the efort.
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Youre able to reach out a little
farther, and make the difcult
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port from far away. It can light
a fre under you and encourage
you to stop procrastinating.
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have to create.
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The wind blows the pink rib-
bons as the light grows too dim to
reflect the plastic faces of the pink
buttons. In the distance, the thuds
of sneakers against pavement cease.
All is quiet except for the panting
after the race the sound of a
movement exhausted.
More than a half million women
die from two causes annually:
heart disease, which claims nearly
350,000 women, and lung cancer
from smoking cigarettes, which
kills more than 178,000 women,
according to the Mayo Clinic and
the Centers for Disease Control.
In a distant third sits breast can-
cer, which is responsible for 40,000
deaths in women each year about
the same number of people who die
from car accidents each year.
Preventing car accidents and
reducing smoking and heart disease
in women receive almost no atten-
tion compared with breast cancer,
even though the last two are the
two biggest killers of women.
Rallying support for breast can-
cer is easier because it is more mar-
ketable. Who doesn't like breasts?
Healthy breasts are sexy whereas
healthy hearts and lungs are not.
Everyone is familiar with anti-
smoking campaigns: the black
lung pictures, the stained teeth,
the deformed jaws. You wont see
people walking around with such
shirts, but you will see pink ones for
race for the cure. In her journal
article in Social Text, professor and
author Samantha King writes that
the original intent of the movement
has been lost.
Nancy Brinker, founder
of the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation, tells how she
approached an executive of a lin-
gerie manufacturer to suggest that
they include a tag in their bras
reminding customers to get regular
mammograms. The executive told
Brinker, We sell glamour. We don't
sell fear. Breast cancer has nothing
to do with our customers.
Corporations that profit off this
horrible illness are the most sick-
ening aspect of the breast cancer
awareness movement.
In her 2007 article, Breast
Cancer for Fun and Profit, Suzanne
Reisman talks about a Campbell's
Soup campaign in 2006.
In return for the additional
sales, Campbell's agreed to donate
$250,000 to benefit breast cancer
awareness initiatives across the
country as part of Kroger's larger
initiative to raise $3 million for the
cause. While it sounds great, the
Campbell's donation amounts to a
measly 3.5 cents per can.
Let's follow the 3.5 cents to The
American Cancer Society. The
non-profit charity watchdog group
American Institute of Philanthropy
reports that only 60 percent of this
money actually goes to program
expenses like fighting cancer. Three
and a half cents become about two.
Other diseases could be used to
sell more products, but according
to Reisman, It is much easier to
exploit a fear of breast cancer than
that of other diseases. Many women
feel a strong link between their
femininity and their breasts.
When I now see the pink rib-
bons, buttons or T-shirts of the
breast cancer awareness movement,
beneath the pink, I see black.
In the end, I know it is this obses-
sion with pink that has allowed far
too many lives to turn to black.
Mangiaracina is a Lenexa
senior in journalism.
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how to submit A LEttER to thE EDitoR
Gay students shouldnt
attend separate schools
I would like to commend
Matt Hirschfeld on a very
poignant piece addressing gay-
geared schooling. Although it is
nice to think that these young
GLBT people may be able to
freely express themselves in
such an environment, they
potentially miss a great teach-
ing tool. Society at large was
one of my greatest infuences
concerning how to handle my
own sexuality, regardless of the
love or hate I have experienced
at its hands.
These lessons have run every
gamut, from befriending those
who never thought they might
have a gay friend, to standing
up against others who would
trample my very person based
on my orientation. Such experi-
ences strengthened me even
during episodes when so much
seemed uncertain.
Secluding GLBT individuals
in a false security bubble will
only make matters worse when
they enter schooling outside its
embrace let alone when en-
countering the world we live in
at large. Learning with all peers
also allows those harboring
issues with the subject a chance
to grow in tolerance. I give this
initiative a pat, but let society as
a whole grow together toward a
future that sees sexual orienta-
tion of all types for what
it truly is: only another trait that
further shapes those we love.
Brian Walters is a senior fromCatherine
LeTTers TO THe ediTOr
Rally e-mail should not
be called politicking
On Nov. 12, KU Queers and
Allies Executive Director Ryan
Campbell sent an e-mail out
to more than 550 student
organization leaders over the
Student Involvement and
Leadership Center listserv. The
e-mail contained one sentence
factually describing the passage
of California Proposition 8, fol-
lowed by an open invitation to
a rally. The text is as follows:
California's recent approval
of Proposition 8 ... has spurred
the LGBT community and its
allies to action. This weekend,
protests will be happening in
every major city in the United
States, and I hope that you'll
join us in our fght.
This paragraph has become
the focus of a mini-controversy
within the SILC listserv commu-
nity. About eight complaints
about its political nature were
sent to Aaron Quisenberry, SILC
associate director. In response,
Quisenberry sent out this mes-
sage:
"The listserv's primary func-
tion is to give registered groups,
students and advisors at the
University of Kansas an avenue
for informing other registered
groups and students of their
events as they occur...[SILC]
policy strictly prohibits debate,
politicking and profanity on the
listserv. Violation of this policy
may cause the individual to be
deleted from the listserv for the
remainder of the academic year
... Please refrain from sending
those messages out."
There are several reasons
why this response is inaccurate
and ofensive. First, the Q&A
e-mail would not fall under
any defnition of politicking
that could be set forth by the
University.
If the e-mail were politick-
ing, it would by defnition
ask you to vote a certain way
or support a certain issue.
Although the fnal sentence in
Campbell's e-mail toes that fne
line, it stays within the boundar-
ies of an event invitation and
does not cross into garnering
support for a cause. Merely
mentioning the reason for the
rally does not make it politick-
ing. For clarifcation, the univer-
sity-wide policy statement on
Electronic Information Resourc-
es states, Registered student
and campus organizations, such
as the College Republicans or
the KU Young Democrats, may
use their membership listservs
to notify members of meetings,
speeches, and/or rallies." (Sect.
8.C.)
Q&A was doing just what an
expressly political organization
would do to promote an event.
It was using the listserv to "fos-
ter a better understanding and
celebration of diversity" (from
the SILC mission statement)
and to inform "other registered
groups and students of [Q&A]
events as they occur" (from the
Quisenberry's above-quoted
letter.)
Finally, it is unfortunate that
a message about a Q&A event
must be seen instantly as a po-
litical message. It is through no
fault of their own that the very
identity of the people in the
organization is regarded as a
political stance and not an issue
of personal defnition. To call
this message political would be
to categorize any message from
the organization as a political
stance and unft for dissemina-
tion.
As a concerned KU student
and supporter of Q&A, I would
like to make a public call to
Quisenberry and the SILC ofce
to retract their condemnation
of the Q&A e-mail, not just
because of the technical error
in categorizing it as politick-
ing, but to ensure that future
messages from Q&A or other
diverse organizations Black
Student Union, Hispanic
American Leadership Organiza-
tion, Comission on the Status of
Women are not categorically
condemned by their possible
political identities.
You can e-mail Mr. Quisen-
berry at aquisenberry@ku.edu
or call him at 785-864-4861.
And that's the flaw of the
Bush doctrine, then-Sen. Barack
Obama explained to ABC News
anchor Charles Gibson in January.
It wasn't that he went after those
who attacked America. It was that
he went after those who didn't.
By consensus, the Bush doctrine
is dead. Its tenure as an organiz-
ing principle of American foreign
policy did not survive the Iraq War.
Bushs policies, according to the
president-elect, distracted America
from more pressing security con-
cerns, stifled its capacity for action,
diminished its influence and hin-
dered necessary cooperation with
allies in common struggles.
Yet, the verdict on the Bush years
remains open. Notwithstanding the
exorbitant costs of the Iraq War, it
remains to be seen if the alternative
course proposed by President-elect
Obama will yield better results at
lower costs.
Make no mistake: The costs were
high, but the Bush doctrine did
yield results results that years of
containment and diplomacy failed
to deliver on Iran and North Korea.
Saddam Hussein is dead. The issue
of Iraq has been dealt a final reso-
lution, and only because of this will
an Obama administration confront
other matters that would have been
impossible to manage with Saddam
Hussein still astride the Middle
East, thwarting American designs.
The test-case in-waiting that will
reveal the wisdom or foolishness of
Obamas critique of the Bush years
is Iran, the primary source of insta-
bility in the Middle East.
With the political stakes high
both at home and abroad, Obama
is not wrong to prefer a diplomatic
resolution. In the grandest fantasies
of Democratic policy wonks, Iran
would be offered a comprehensive
diplomatic bargain under which it
would abandon its support of ter-
rorism and its pursuit of nuclear
power in exchange for the lifting of
sanctions, economic aid, access to
Western markets and technology,
nuclear fuel and other incentives.
If it plays out according to this
outline, then Obama will face few
obstacles in keeping his promise
of a responsible withdrawal from
Iraq. The region will stabilize, and
Obama will probably easily win re-
election in 2012.
But what if the architects of the
Islamic Revolution of 1979 have no
intention of dealing with America?
Reacting to Tuesdays election
results, Seyyid Hossein, a 30-year-
old Iranian school teacher, told The
Guardian, Obama's victory could
improve things because he has his
head on his shoulders. But I believe
the regime doesn't want better rela-
tions with the U.S. It wants to have
a big enemy to frighten people and
maintain its rule.
It remains a self-serving article
of liberal faith that Bushs obsti-
nacy has been the only barrier to
regional rapprochement.
But if Iran declines to come to
terms with the Great Satan, then a
quick, responsible withdrawal from
Iraq will be impossible, and Obama
will find himself in the shoes of
his predecessor, confronting the
worlds most dangerous regimes as
they seek the worlds most danger-
ous weapons.
If Obama fails, then Bush was
right, and it is not unlikely that
pre-emption, the cornerstone of
the Bush doctrine, will again see
its day, this time brought to you by
Democrats.
The Bush years demonstrated
that pre-emption is a bad option,
but it may yet prove to be the least
bad option on a policy menu filled
with worse options.
Armstrong is a Dallas senior
in business.
Will Obamas policy be
any better than Bushs?
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No wire hangers.
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My headphones sound like a
crappy fuzztone in a fshbowl.
n n n
Damn girl, you look fne in
them jeans, but you would
look even better with me in
between.
n n n
Mmm, chicken.
n n n
To the girl in my political sci-
ence class: Why would you say
something that idiotic in front
of more people than the one
in your mirror?
n n n
These boots were made for
Rock Chalkin.
n n n
After spending the week in
Arkansas, I am glad to be back
at KU where the women are
hot, not dirty.
n n n
Women will fake an orgasm
for the sake of a relationship,
but men will fake a relation-
ship for the sake of an orgasm.
n n n
Today my bro wanted to sit up
front in soc. Bad idea.
n n n
To the Alpha Gamma Delta
girls who came into my store
10 minutes before closing,
you were the rudest people
Ive ever encountered. Who
knocks something over,
laughs about it and then
walks away from it? Seriously.
Get some manners.
n n n
I love me some cottage
cheese.
n n n
To all you girls wearing leg-
gings as pants, I can see every
dimple in your cottage cheese
ass. P.S. Uggs plus leggings
equals fashion faux pas.
n n n
I challenge any teacher to
tell me I cant do something.
Please say it again because I
love proving you wrong.
n n n
Dear hot bus driver, please
quit coming to my apartment
and eating all of the alfredo.
n n n
Free for All, you got me going
from six to midnight for you
all the time.
n n n
Hey person who almost hit
me on Naismith: Yeah, you did
deserve that rock in your back
window.
n n n
I just called you for phone sex,
but all I got was the answer-
ing machine.
n n n
Do you look in the toilet after
you go? I know I do.
n n n
Why does Watson turn into
bro central after 9 p.m.?
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Tagliabue lectures at Dole Institute
speaker
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
During Paul Tagliabues 17-year
tenure as commissioner and CEO
of the NFL, the league saw sev-
eral advances that turned it into
the premier sports league in the
world.
Four expansion teams were
added to the league. A salary cap
was initiated. Instant replay began.
But maybe Tagliabues greatest
accomplishment, he said during
a speech Thursday at the Dole
Institute of Politics, was his ability
to keep steroids and other per-
formance-enhancing drugs out of
the league.
While Major League Baseball
and other leagues were going
through a steroid crisis, Tagliabue
had a plan in place years ago that
helped keep his players clean from
those illegal and harmful drugs.
We were able to share infor-
mation with
the players
and their lead-
ership through
the union and
were able to
convince them
that these sub-
stances were a
hazard and not
an attraction,
Tagliabue said.
The players
also viewed it
as unfair because they didnt want
the small group of players using
artificial substances to put pres-
sure on all of them to use them.
Tagliabues speech was the first in
a series started by the Dole Institute
of Politics called Leadership and
Globalization in Sports, intended
to bring in guests from around the
sports world to discuss inner issues
of sports and
not just the
winners and
losers.
T h e
Ge or ge t own
Un i v e r s i t y
graduate talk-
ed to a stand-
ing room only
crowd about
several sports
topics includ-
ing his ability
to turn the NFL into an economical
power. The NFLs television pack-
age is second to none and provides
$130 million to each NFL team
through its rights agreements with
the television networks.
When television first appeared
in sports, the owners in the NFL
made a decision that the league
would control all of the television
arrangements, Tagliabue said. No
other league would do that. And
more importantly, that each of the
teams would share the revenue.
Tagliabue cited the poor televi-
sion ratings for the recent World
Series featuring the small-market
Tampa Bay Rays and said that
would never happen in the NFL
because their television package
allows for each team to receive sim-
ilar television coverage each week.
Some of the greatest audienc-
es for Super Bowls have been for
some of the smallest market teams,
Tagliabue said. Because all of the
teams get the same exposure.
The speech, which was taped
and will air on CSPAN at a later
date, allowed members of the audi-
ence to ask the former commis-
sioner questions ranging from his
thoughts on the increased fines for
celebrations that have some call-
ing it the No Fun League to the
minimum three years wait needed
for students out of high school
wanting to play in the NFL.
Very few people have ever been
seen as being ready to play in the
NFL out of high school, Tagliabue
said. The likelihood is that you
would not be successful without
some sort of college or other expe-
rience. We were able to get that
agreed upon in the collective bar-
gaining agreement.
Tagliabue retired from the NFL
in 2006 but has spent the last two
years traveling around the world
to speak about his time with the
league and his thoughts on the glo-
balization and advancements made
in modern-day sports.
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Parents utilize drop-of
law before it changes
LINCOLN, Neb. The mother
was running out of more than
patience when she abandoned
her 18-year-old daughter at a
hospital over the weekend under
Nebraskas safe-haven law.
She was also running out
of time: She knew that state
lawmakers would soon meet in a
special session to amend the ill-
fated law so that it would apply
to newborns only.
Where am I going to get help
if they change the law? said
the mother, who lives in Lincoln
and asked to not be identifed
by name to protect her adopted
child.
To the states surprise and
embarrassment, more than
half of the 31 children legally
abandoned under the safe-haven
law since it took efect in mid-July
have been teenagers.
But state ofcials may have
inadvertently made things worse
with their hesitant response to
the problem: The number of
drop-ofs has almost tripled to
about three a week since Gov.
Dave Heineman announced on
Oct. 29 that lawmakers would
rewrite the law.
With legislators set to convene
on Friday, weary parents like the
Lincoln mother have been racing
to drop of their children while
they still can.
On Thursday, authorities
searched for two teens a boy
and girl, ages 14 and 17 who
fed an Omaha hospital as their
mother tried to abandon them.
The mother was trying to take
them from the car to the emer-
gency room when they took of.
Child welfare experts said
the late deluge of drop-ofs was
probably inevitable. After all, they
said, some date had to be picked
to begin changing the law.
But some of them said law-
makers and the governor missed
chances to change the law early
because they underestimated
the number of desperate families
looking for help. Heineman called
the special session only after a
spate of fve drop-ofs in eight
days.
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Former NFL head
calls keeping
steroids at bay
his best work
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Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the National Football League, speaks to an audience as part of the Leadership and Globaliza-
tion in Sports lecture series at the Robert Dole Institute of Politics Thursday evening. In his 17 years as NFL commissioner, Tagliabue supported the
construction of more than 20 newNFL teamstadiums and established NFL operations in overseas markets.
When television frst appeared
in sports, the owners in the NFL
made a decision that the league
would control all of the televi-
sion arrangements.
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Sherron Collins is excited to put his
legal problems behind him.
Jessica J. Brown,
who accused Collins
of exposing and
rubbing himself on
her in a Jayhawker
Towers elevator,
dropped her civil
suit against Collins
Thursday. Collins
also dropped his
counter-suit against Brown.
Im just trying to move on and focus on
basketball and put it behind me, Collins
said.
So is Kansas coach Bill Self. Self has
supported Collins since Brown made the
claims in May 2007. She filed the civil law-
suit a year later and after Collins failed to
respond, a Douglas County judge ordered
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BY TAYLOR BERN
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If everything is bigger in Texas, then how
do they explain Todd Reesing?
Generously listed at 5-foot-11 and 200
pounds, the junior quarterbacks small stat-
ure scared off a lot of major schools along
the recruiting trail. That includes the football
factory in Reesings backyard, the University
of Texas.
Reesings father, Steve, went to Texas.
Like most kids growing up in Austin, Todd
cheered for the Longhorns.
However, that fanhood didnt mean much
when it came to getting a scholarship offer.
Neither did his stellar high school numbers.
In his senior season at Lake Travis High
School, Reesing threw for 3,343 yards, 41
touchdowns and just five interceptions.
He was named Central Texas Player of the
Year.
Still, Texas coach Mack Brown never
gave Reesing a serious look. To his credit,
Brown already had a record-setting Texas
quarterback in his recruiting class, and Colt
McCoy has worked out just fine.
At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, McCoy fits
the bill of a prototypical Division-I quarter-
back. McCoys commitment ensured that
Reesing would never wear the burnt orange,
but fortunately, coach Mark Mangino was
there to sign him up.
In nearly three years at Kansas, Reesing
has accomplished more than anyone
expected.
On Saturday, Reesing could check off
another goal thats been around since he
first came to Lawrence beat Texas.
I would be lying if I told you it wasnt
a little bit bigger for me, Reesing said.
Youve got to try to not make it as big to
yourself, but it is going to be fun. I grew up
watching Texas and cheering for them, so
now that I am playing against them it will
be a lot of fun.
Back in July at the Big 12 media days,
Reesing said he couldnt wait for this game.
He said his father had already reserved about
30 hotel rooms for this weekend.
Flash forward three and a half months
and the game has arrived, but with less
national fanfare than Kansas would like.
The Jayhawks (6-4) must win out for a
shot at the Big 12 North title and a lot of
pundits have picked the Longhorns (9-1)
to win easily. The underdog role is nothing
new to Manginos crew and Reesing said the
key to keeping up with the favorites is to stay
on his feet.
Last week at Nebraska he was constantly
scrambling and took a number of vicious
hits. Now Reesing will line up across from
the Big 12s best front four.
They can rush the passer well and they
have gotten a lot of sacks, Reesing said.
Unfortunately for me that might mean
trouble.
One man trying to keep Reesing upright
will be senior Ryan Cantrell, a Sugar Land,
Texas, senior whos playing his last home
game. In total, the Jayhawks have 28 Texans
on the roster, which is the most of any state
(there are 27 Kansans). Mangino said he
could see a little different look from those
guys leading up to this game.
I think maybe our Texas players, they get
a little bit excited about it, Mangino said.
Theyre a little bit more bright-eyed about
it.
None more so than the fun-slinger. His
family and friends are in town, so all thats
left to do is suit up and become Saturdays
biggest lone star.
To get to play them is halfway to the
dream I would have had as a kid, Reesing
said. As good as they are this year, maybe
pulling off an upset would be special for
me.
This one means more to him
footBall
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
Not one of Kansas players knows
what its like to play in the NCAA
Soccer Tournament. Zero.
Its the unfortunate result of three
consecutive below average seasons. But
for the first time since 2004 the dry spell
is over, and coach Mark Francis team
has a priceless opportunity to make a
statement on an unfamiliar stage.
Sure, the Jayhawks are happy to be in
the tournament. But make no mistake,
Kansas wont be satisfied with an early
exit or a subpar showing.
One of our teams goal at the
beginning of the season was to make
t he NCAA
To u r na me nt ,
and we did that,
junior midfielder
Monica Dolinsky
said. But for a lot
of us, thats not
good enough.
This after-
noon Kansas
(12-7-2) and Sun Belt Conference
champions Denver (19-2-2) will meet
in the tournaments first round for the
right to play either UC Santa Barbara
or No. 1 seed Stanford in the second
round on Sunday.
Junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley
hadnt seen any film on the Pioneers
as of Wednesday, but said the team was
itching to get on the field and get its
first taste of the NCAA Tournament, as
well as the balmy California weather.
I just think we need to go in confi-
dent, Hanley said. We have everything
frst-round game
NCAA Womens Soccer Tournament
Kansas vs. Denver (frst round)
5:30 p.m.
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Palo Alto, Calif.
Hanley
Jayhawks
fnally
achieve
dream
Soccer
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
For the time being, the Kansas lineup
should have a distinct Kansas flavor.
The only two scholarship players
on the Jayhawk roster from Kansas
sophomore guards Tyrel Reed and Brady
Morningstar have earned significant
playing time to open the regular season
because of their performances in the two
exhibition games.
Reed averaged nine and a half points
and three assists in the two games, while
Morningstar averaged nine points and
three assists. Kansas coach Bill Self said
both have also improved defensively.
Theyre both going to be on the floor a
lot starting with Sundays regular-season
opener against UMKC.
I dont want to use the words separat-
ed themselves, but theyve really done a
good job, Self said. Theres no way were
going into the season without them being
a big part of our rotation.
The guaranteed minutes were not
handed to the duo of Kansas natives.
Reed and Morningstar proved they were
worthy of receiving them.
Self primarily uses five guards in his
rotation. Self said if a player wasnt one
of the top of the five, hed probably be
unhappy with his minutes.
Even with junior guard and Big 12
Preseason Newcomer of the Year Mario
Little sidelined because of a stress frac-
ture in his lower left leg, the Jayhawks had
seven guards who could fill those spots.
Junior guard Sherron Collins already
owned one. So Reed, Morningstar, junior
Tyrone Appleton, sophomore Conner
Teahan, freshman Tyshawn Taylor and
freshman Travis Releford were the six
candidates competing for four spots.
With the exhibition games as their
audition stage, Reed and Morningstar
outperformed the others. Self has sug-
gested their experience in the program
might have helped win the minutes.
Look at Tyrel last year or Brady the
year before; they were kind of the odd
man out, Self said. Unfortunately, thats
the way it is on every team. Youre going
to have some guys who until they crack
into the rotation group arent going to
play much.
Morningstar, who was a redshirt last
year, has also noticed the advantages
of spending two years in the program.
Despite not playing in a game last season,
Morningstar learned a lot from practicing
with the national championship team.
Morningstar said it had already started
to pay off before the season.
Even if youre not as good as some
of the younger players, being older is
an advantage, Morningstar said. Just
because you know what you can get away
with on the court.
Self stressed, however, that nothing
was permanent. Reed and Morningstar
are just the most ready to contribute right
now. That doesnt mean their minutes are
immune to change. Reed and Morningstar
Collins civil
suit charges
dismissed
Collins
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BY MIKE HARRIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORAL GABLES, Fla. When
it comes to good times and bad in
NASCAR, Richard Petty has seen
it all.
Stock cars King was already
part of the sport when American
automakers first began spending
money on the teams in the 1950s.
And he has been there as a driver
or team owner each time the man-
ufacturers have pulled out or dived
back in during the years since.
Now, with America facing the
worst economic downturn since
the Great Depression and the very
real threat that any or all of the
crumbling Big Three automakers
could leave again, Petty sees both
hard times on the horizon and the
eventual survival of NASCAR.
Back in the 70s, we depended
entirely on the technology that the
factories had, Petty said.
The teams now have started
hiring their own engineers and
doing a bunch of stuff, he added.
So, the technology coming from
the factory is nothing like it used
to be. ... It would be less crippling
if they leave now, except for the
economy. If the factories all went
home, the general public up in
the grandstand probably wouldnt
know the difference, if we had
sponsorship for the cars.
But the failing economy remains
a huge factor, with the sponsor-
ship outlook for midpack teams
like Petty Enterprises getting more
bleak by the day.
It costs far more to race compet-
itively these days than ever before
and, earlier this year, Petty become
part of a growing trend of find-
ing well-heeled partners when he
sold majority ownership in Petty
Enterprises, the team started by
his father more than 50 years ago,
to Boston Ventures, an investment
banking firm.
Even so, the signature No. 43
car fielded by the Petty team, has
only partial sponsorship for 2009,
and Petty does not deny the team
has talked about a possible merger,
similar to Wednesdays merger
of Dale Earnhardt Inc., and Chip
Ganassi Racing.
We talk to everybody about
everything that weve been talk-
ing about and were still standing
here independent, Petty said. But
were not wanting to take on some-
body elses bad because we have
enough of our own.
Petty is one of several former
champions brought here to cel-
ebrate Ford Championship Week,
with Jimmie Johnson on the
cusp of wrapping up his record-
tying third straight Sprint Cup
title in Sundays season-finale at
Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Despite the upbeat reason for
their presence, Petty was not alone
in expressing concern about the
impact of the economic crisis on
NASCAR.
Three-time champion Darrell
Waltrip, now a NASCAR ana-
lyst on Fox, said hes concerned
because of how deep the relation-
ship between the sport and the
manufacturers runs.
I dont think we really realize
how much the manufacturers do
for our sport, Waltrip said. So,
if the manufacturers continue to
struggle and have trouble, its got
to overflow to us.
Right now, youre not seeing
the effects of the economy so much
because a lot of the things that are
happening right now were already
budgeted and paid for. People have
already bought tickets to races.
Its next year when were going to
see the problems. I think when we
get to Daytona (in February) and
beyond, thats when were going
to see people that dont have jobs,
they cant charge stuff on their
credit cars. I think thats when
were going to really see a negative
effect on the sport.
Rex White, who won his only
championship in 1960 long
before NASCAR was the main-
stream sport it is now said some
things never change, especially for
the have-not teams.
sports 2B friday, november 14, 2008
quote of the day
trivia of the day
fact of the day
The Kansas football team
has 28 players from the state of
Texas.
It is a very good Texas
team that is coming here and
we are planning on having a
good week of preparation and
getting ready to play them. It is
an opportunity for us to play a
top-fve team here at home and
we want to play well.
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino
Q: How many players on
the Kansas football team are
from Kansas?
A: 27.
Today
Womens Basketball: Sacred
Heart, 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Saturday
Football: Texas, 11:30 a.m.
(Lawrence)
Swimming and Diving:
Nebraska-Omaha, 2 p.m.
(Omaha, Neb.)
Volleyball: Nebraska, 7 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Cross Country: Midwest
Regional Championships, TBA
(Stillwater, Okla.)
Sunday
Mens Basketball: UMKC, 7:30
p.m. (Lawrence)
KU sports this week
pick games. Beat the Kansan staf. Get
your name in the paper.
This weeks games:
No. 3 Texas at Kansas
No. 10 Georgia at Auburn
No. 16 North Carolina at Maryland
Arizona at Oregon
No. 17 Brigham Young at Air Force
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Texas A&M at Baylor
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Northwestern at Michigan
No. 24 Wake Forest at North Carolina State
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2) Give your name, e-mail, year in school and hometown.
3) Beat the Kansans best prognosticator and get your name in the
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4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper
next to the Kansan staf.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Submit your picks either to KickTheKansan@kansan.comor to the
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which is betweenWescoe Hall andWatson Library.
KICK THE KANSAN
:
wEEK TEN
Every Kansas fan has his own
story about what last years NCAA
Championship meant to him. And
theyre all eager to share it.
Even Chad Ford. Yeah, the guy
who covers the NBA and the NBA
Draft for ESPN.com and occasion-
ally shares an opinion or two on
SportsCenter hes a Kansas fan.
Ford never attended the
University he earned degrees
from George Mason and
Georgetown but grew up in
Kansas City and loved Jayhawk
basketball. He never stopped fol-
lowing the crimson and blue.
Ford, who is also a law profes-
sor at Brigham Young University
Hawaii, was on campus two weeks
ago to give a lecture titled When
Parties Bring Their Jump Shots
To The Table: Sports and Conflict
Transformation. Of course, he also
talked a little bit about last years
Jayhawks.
Ford said he was such a loyal
Kansas fan that every year come
tournament time, hed pick the
Jayhawks to march through the
tournament and win it all in his
bracket. Seriously, every year.
As you can imagine, this didnt
spawn posi-
tive results for a
20-year stretch.
The Jayhawks
always let Ford
down. His bracket
usually wasnt one
of the more accu-
rate ones among
his ESPN col-
leagues.
Around the
ESPN offices, peo-
ple would say, Arent you supposed
to be an expert? Ford said during
the lecture. How are the secretar-
ies beating you?
So finally last season Kansas
went to San Antonio for the Final
Four, won it all and made Ford
look like the genius he is supposed
to be. Right, Chad?
This year, I saw how well UCLA
was playing and Ford said.
He picked the Bruins to win. For
the first time, Ford picked against
the Jayhawks. Bad call. As you know,
Kansas erased a nine-point deficit
in just more than two minutes in
the national championship game,
Sherron Collins made
an incredible steal and
a three-pointer and
Mario Chalmers hit
The Shot.
Dont think Fords
failure to pick Kansas
as the eventual nation-
al champion tempered
his enthusiasm. After
all, this guy is a fan.
My family saw a
new side of me when
Mario Chalmers hit the shot,
Ford said. I used a vertical jump
I havent had since high school and
injured my coffee table.
BY cASE KEEfER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Chad Ford loves the Hawks
NASCAR
Racing teams could lose car manufacturers
As carmakers face hard times in the economy, the league could see top sponsors back out
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KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK 10
Think you can pick better?
Enter next weeks contest
no. 3 texas at kansas
no. 10 georgia at auburn
no. 16 north Carolina at Maryland
arizona at Oregon
no. 17 Brigham Young at air force
Vanderbilt at kentucky
texas a&M at Baylor
Minnesota at wisconsin
northwestern at Michigan
no. 24 wake forest at north Carolina state
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MLB
Clevelands Lee wins AL
Cy Young Award easily
NEW YORK Clif Lee won
the American League Cy Young
Award in a runaway yesterday,
capping a dominant comeback
season that made him the second
consecutive Cleveland Indians
lefty to earn the honor.
Demoted to the minors last
year, Lee went a major league-
best 22-3 this season with a
2.54 ERA. He received 24 of 28
frst-place votes and 132 points in
balloting by the Baseball Writers
Association of America.
Toronto ace Roy Halladay was
a distant runner-up with four
frst-place votes and 71 points.
Record-setting closer Francisco
Rodriguez of the Los Angeles An-
gels fnished third with 32 points.
Lee became the third Cleve-
land pitcher to win the Cy Young,
following Hall of Famer Gaylord
Perry in 1972 and CC Sabathia
last year.
Trudging through a disap-
pointing season and cognizant of
budget constraints, the injury-
depleted Indians traded Sabathia
to Milwaukee on July 7. He is
expected to fetch a huge contract
this ofseason after fling for free
agency.
An 18-game winner in 2005,
Lee was hurt in spring training
last year and struggled so badly
he was sent to the minors. He
returned to the big leagues and
fnished 5-8 with a 6.29 ERA, then
was left of Clevelands postsea-
son roster.
Determined to re-establish
himself, Lee won a spot in the
rotation during spring training
and was the leagues top pitcher
from April on. He was 12-2 with a
2.31 ERA when he started for the
AL in the July 15 All-Star game at
Yankee Stadium.
Pitching for an inconsistent
team that rallied late to fnish
81-81, Lee was a mark of consis-
tency. Confdent in his pinpoint
fastball, he walked only 34 batters
in 31 starts and suddenly went
from No. 5 starter to ace.
The 30-year-old Lee led the
AL in ERA and ranked second in
innings (223 1-3) and complete
games (four).
Still, Lee was a heavy favorite
to win Thursday. The only ques-
tion seemed to be whether the
vote would be unanimous.
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know it, too.
It doesnt bother them, especially
after last year. Reed referenced Sasha
Kaun, who started for the Jayhawks
for two years before becoming the
sixth man last season.
Whether you come off of the
bench or are a starter, it really
doesnt matter, Reed said. Like last
year, we had Sasha come off of the
bench and he was one of our main
guys.
Reed and Morningstar were
far from main guys last season.
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son and averaged two points. Two
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BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Three Jayhawks walked
through the side doors of Allen
Fieldhouse after soccer practice
on Tuesday without showering.
No, poor hygiene habits are not
to blame. Instead, point the met-
aphorical finger at the Emporia
State basketball players occupy-
ing the locker room before their
game later that night against Bill
Self and Kansas.
Luckily, its the only rejection
the Jayhawks experienced this
week. On Monday, members of
the soccer team gathered around
a TV in the Naismith Auditorium
and watched as Kansas was one
of 64 teams selected to play in the
NCAA Soccer Tournament.
We know we deserve to be in
this tournament. We have the abil-
ity to do so much, senior Missy
Geha said. I guess Im relieved
that somebody finally gave us a
chance to prove
ourselves to the
country.
Geha and
the rest of the
Kansas seniors
are quite familiar
with the hard-
ships brought on
by the tourna-
ment selection
show. During
Gehas freshman
and sophomore
years, the Jayhawks finished with
11-victory seasons and appeared
poised to make the tournament.
Both times, however, Kansas
didnt hear its name called.
We knew we had a pretty
good chance, senior Jessica Bush
said, but you just never know.
Now, Kansas is headed to
Palo Alto, Calif., to face Denver
(19-2-2) in the first round of the
NCAA Tournament.
But the Jayhawks road to
this point has been marred
with inconsistencies. One game
Kansas knocked off a ranked
Central Florida team, the next it
lost to Loyola Chicago.
You have to show up to play
every day, Geha said. Some
days, we werent there and we
werent all on the same page.
That trend continued up until
the end of the season. In its regu-
lar season finale, Kansas suffered
its worst loss since 1999 when
Missouri crushed the Jayhawks
6-0.
Then, in the first round of the
Big 12 Championship, Kansas
topped eighth-ranked Texas
A&M a victory that seemingly
sealed KUs spot in the NCAA
Tournament.
Now, its just about the games
we have ahead of us, junior
Shannon McCabe said. I think
were playing some of our best
soccer at the end of the season.
That means more practice
for the
Jayhawks
he adi ng
into cold-
we a t he r
s e a s o n .
And the
c o n d i -
tions for
Tuesdays
p r a c -
tice were
anythi ng
but ideal:
rainy, slippery and windy.
But with a long-awaited berth
in the NCAA tournament, the
Jayhawks seemed more than
pleased to take on all of the ele-
ments.
Were playing outside and its
awful, Bush said. But I think
well really appreciate Californias
weather when were playing in the
heat.
5b Friday, november 14, 2008
COLLINS (continued from 1B)
was not surprised.
We have supported Sherron
since day one of this so the dis-
missal does not surprise me, Self
said in a statement. I am happy for
him that this is now totally behind
him.
SNAER TO ANNOUNCE
FRIDAY
Michael Snaer, the No. 11 recruit
in the nation, will announce where
he plans to attend college today live
at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.
Snaer is deciding between
Kansas, Florida State and
Marquette. Kansas has already
signed Thomas Robinson, the No.
18 player in the nation according to
Rivals.com, and received a verbal
commitment from Elijah Johnson,
the No. 27 player in the nation.
The Jayhawks only have one
remaining scholarship for next
years team.
to play for still. Its just going to be
a really fun opportunity because
nobody has
been here
before.
Hanley and
the rest of
the Jayhawks
may not have
seen much of
Denver, but
Francis said he
had an oppor-
tunity to watch a few of its games
from this season, including a 1-0
victory over No. 15 Colorado in
Boulder this August. The Pioneers
lost only one conference game
this season and have made three
s t r a i g h t
N C A A
Tournaments
under coach
Jeff Hookers
guidance.
I thought
C o l o r a d o
was one of
the best two
teams we played this year, Francis
said. Thats not easy to do, espe-
cially at their place. Its a tough
matchup, but I know the kids are
excited.
Denver received 15 votes in the
seasons final NSCAA rankings,
falling just outside the top 25, while
Kansas received zero. Francis said
the Pioneers most potent threat
offensively would be senior mid-
fielder Taryn Hemmings, the two-
time Sun Belt player of the year.
He said the backline would have
to stay organized and communi-
cated well to slow the explosive
Hemmings, who has accumulated
16 goals and dished out six assists
a year after missing the entire sea-
son because of injury.
She is very good, and I think
she is the type of kid that can do
it on her own, Francis said. She
gets a ball and she didnt neces-
sarily need anyone else. She is fast.
She is good one vs. one. I think we
just have to be sure to stand her
up and not let her turn and run
at us. Thats when she is the most
dangerous.
Fans can expect close to perfect
weather this afternoon. Forecasts
call for temperatures in the mid
70s. Kansas Athletics will have
online updates for those who want
to follow the action.
meNS baSketbaLL (continued from 1B)
SOCCeR (continued from 1B)
We know we deserve to be in
this tournament. We have the
ability to do so much.
Missy Geha
senior midfelder
FOOTbAll
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
The 18 members of the 2008
senior class will play their final
home game Saturday when they
play No. 3 Texas at 11:30 a.m. on
FSN.
It may be one of coach Mark
Manginos best classes ever at
Kansas, who together helped turn
a struggling program into one of
respectability.
We have kids who have been
here for, some of them, four or
five years, Mangino said. A lot
of guys that came in here werent
highly touted recruits and they
worked hard and made themselves
better and were productive in the
program.
The 2008 senior class has a
record of 31-16 in the past four
years, the second most victories in
a four-year period in Kansas his-
tory. They had at least six victories
in each season for first time since
1903-06.
They also helped get Kansas
back into the national polls for the
first time since 1996 and played
in the schools first January bowl
game since 1969, when they won
the FedEx Orange Bowl against
Virginia Tech, 24-21.
Dedicated, hard-working kids
that wanted to be apart of this
program and help it get better,
Mangino said of his 18-member
senior class.
Among the seniors playing their
last game are wide receiver Dexton
Fields and offensive linemen Chet
Hartley, Adrian Mayes and Ryan
Cantrell.
Defensive ends Russell Brorsen
and John Larson will suit up in the
home blues for the final time, as
will linebackers Joe Mortensen,
Mike Rivera and James Holt. The
trio of linebackers has been the
core of the KU defense for three
years and will likely be the greatest
loss heading into next season.
When I first got here I think
their record the season before was
four and something, Holt said.
The growth has been outstand-
ing. My experience here has just
been one of greatness. I got all
these great guys around me and
they have been like my brothers.
Hopefully I can keep in contact
with them because weve built a
friendship and hopefully it will
last a lifetime.
Senior Jayhawks prepare for their
fnal home game this Saturday
lPGA
Golf legend lags in competition
After the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, the tournaments
namesake is struggling to stay afloat, trailing the leaders by five strokes
BY CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GUADALAJARA, Mexico
Lorena Ochoa struggled Thursday
in the first round in her own
Lorena Ochoa Invitational, shoot-
ing a 1-over 73 on her home course
to drop five strokes behind Annika
Sorenstam and the other leaders.
I cant say Im happy because
Im not, but Im feel like I can
get closer. I hope to do it tomor-
row, said Ochoa, who took up the
game 21 years ago at Guadalajara
Country Club. Its a good pressure
to play here, to feel the good vibes,
and the love of my fans. I feel moti-
vated because I know that we have
three more days to play.
LPGA Championship winner
Yani Tseng, No. 2 in the world
behind Ochoa and ahead of
Sorenstam, topped the leaderboard
at 68 along with Sorenstam, Angela
Stanford, Karen Stupples, Seon
Hwa Lee, Nicole Castrale, Hee-
Won Han and Brittany Lang.
Ochoa has two victories
the 2006 and 2008 Corona
Championship in nine LPGA
Tour starts in Mexico. She has
seven victories in 20 tour starts this
year and leads the money list with
$2,738,888.
I was off rhythm, especially on
my second shot, and that took away
the chances of birdies, Ochoa said.
I will take another round of prac-
tice later on so tomorrow can be a
better day.
Ochoa bogeyed Nos. 4 and 6
to make the turn at 2-over 38. She
birdied the par-5 10th, bogeyed the
15th and closed with a birdie on
the par-5 18th.
It was hard to concentrate with
the comments from the crowd and
me trying to play good, Ochoa
said. But I think I was able to con-
trol the pressure fine and, hope-
fully, do better the next few days.
Sorenstam, leaving the tour at
the end of the season, birdied five
of the first 13 holes to take the lead
at 5 under, but missed shot par
putts on 14 and 16 before rallying
with a birdie on 18.
There is really not much to talk
about, Sorenstam said. I missed
two short putts. I tried to move on
and not to think to much about it.
The Swedish star is coming off
a playoff victory two weeks ago in
a Ladies European Tour event in
China. She has three LPGA Tour
victories this season.
Jon Goering/kaNSaN
Junior safety Darrell Stuckey trips up Oklahoma kick returner DeMarco Murray during the
opening kickof return Saturday. Coach Mangino said after the game that special teams was one
area where the Jayhawks improved this week.
SOCCER
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to postseason
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MEMORIAL STADIUM WILL
ROCK IF ...
Kansas can win the time of possession battle
and not have any turnovers. If the Jayhawks
can keep control of the ball and not turn it over,
they might have a chance to hang with Texas.
They also need a strong performance from the
secondary, which has struggled in recent weeks.
GAIL SAYERS WILL WEEP IF...
The Kansas secondary has another poor
performance and allows Texas QB Colt McCoy
to have a big game. The Jayhawks pass defense
ranks fourth worst in all of Division I and they
must fnd a way to slow down the high scoring
Texas attack. If they cant, its going to be a long
day for the Jayhawks and their fans.
Prediction:
Kansas 24, Texas 45
6B Friday, november 14, 2008
COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF
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TexaS rOUndUp...
This Saturday promises to bring a battle of the QBs.
Kansas vs. TexaS 11: 30 a.m., memOrIal STadIUm, FSN
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Game Time Channel
No. 1 Alabama vs. Mississippi State 6:45 p.m. ESPN
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 25 South Carolina 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 6 USC at Stanford 6 p.m. Versus
No. 7 Utah at San Diego State 7 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 8 Penn State vs. Indiana 11 a.m. Big Ten Network
No. 9 Boise State at Idaho 4 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 10 Georgia at Auburn 11:30 a.m. ESPN360.com
No. 11 Ohio State at Illinois 11 a.m. ESPN
No. 16 North Carolina at Maryland 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 17 BrighamYoung at Air Force 2:30 p.m. CBS College Sports
No. 19 Florida State vs. Boston College 7 p.m. ABC
No. 20 LSU vs. Troy 7 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 23 Tulsa at Houston 7 p.m. No TV
No. 24 Wake Forest at 2:30 p.m. ESPNU
North Carolina State
Game Time (CT) Channel
No. 3 Texas at Kansas 11:30 p.m. FSN
No. 12 Missouri at Iowa State 5:30 p.m. FSN
No. 13 Oklahoma State at Colorado State 7 p.m. ABC
Nebraska at Kansas State 2:30 p.m. Pay-Per-View
Texas A&M at Baylor 3 p.m. No TV
OFFENSE
Todd Reesing became the schools
all-time passing yardage leader during the
45-35 loss at Nebraska last Saturday
the 32nd school record set by the Austin,
Texas junior. Reesing was just 15-for-30
but fnished with 304 yards and three
touchdowns. He was only 8-of-14 entering
the fourth quarter before erupting as he
tried to bring the Jayhawks back into the
game. Reesing has passed for 2,942 yards this season but has
thrown 10 interceptions three more than he threw all of
last season.
DEFENSE
The weak spot for the Jayhawks in 2008
has been the defense hands down.
After being one of the top defenses in the
nation a year ago, the losses of Aqib Talib,
James McClinton and defensive coordina-
tor Bill Young seem to have had a bigger
efect than expected. The Jayhawk defense
is giving up an average of 28.2 points per
game after allowing only 16.4 points per game last season.
Tackling, poor pass rush, a young secondary and injuries
have all contributed to the poor turnaround.
SPECIAL TEAMS
The Jayhawks kick returning unit
continues to be dead last, 119th out of
119 teams, in kick returning yardage. After
being named a preseason All-American
by several national publications, Marcus
Herford inexcusably has struggled mightily
in 2008. He is averaging just 14.7 yards on
his 24 returns in 2008 and his replacement,
Jocques Crawford, is averaging 18 yards
on seven returns. Punt returner Daymond Patterson took a
77-yard punt return for a touchdown early in the season but
has averaged just 12.4 yards in his 18 punt returns.
COACHING
You cant fault coach Mark Mangino and his staf for trying.
They have tried just about everything to
fx the struggling Kansas defense but
nothing seems to be working. They
have tried to use James Holt as more of a
pass rusher. They made personnel changes
to the secondary. They have even tried rotat-
ing multiple guys in to keep everybody fresh.
None of it has seemed to work, as the defense
has given up 12 more points a game this year
compared to last.
MOMENTUM
Kansas comes into this game knowing that
they need a miracle to win the Big 12 North. Had
they beaten Nebraska, they could have lost to
Texas and it wouldnt have mattered. But the
crushing loss to the Cornhuskers pretty much
sealed its fate as runner ups in the North.
They would have to beat both Texas and
Missouri and hope Nebraska loses a game
along the way to sneak into the Big 12 Cham-
pionship game. Seems unlikely.
OFFENSE
The Longhorns have scored fewer than
30 points just once this season, and thats
coming against one of the best sched-
ules in the country. The Longhorns run
through junior quarterback Colt McCoy,
who leads the team in rushing (449 yards)
and completes 78 percent of his passes.
Recently, running backs Fozzy Whittaker
and Chris Ogbonnaya have balanced the
ofensive attack. However, the ofense still thrives on McCoys
passing to wide receivers Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby. A
defense can only hope to contain these guys.
DEFENSE
Texas secondary couldnt put the reins
on Oklahomas Sam Bradford or Texas
Techs Graham Harrell, but then again,
who could? The Longhorns defensive
passing numbers are atrocious, but that
has more to do with the stellar passing
attacks theyve faced. Texas front four is
a menacing bunch that excels at getting
to the passer. The Longhorns hit both
Bradford and Harrell more than any other
team had before or since. They make up for any perceived
defciencies in the secondary.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Top receivers Shipley and Cosby
double as a dynamite tandem on kick
returns, too. Cosby has 16 returns with an
average gain of 21 yards, while Shipley
averages more than 30 yards on his nine
returns. The special teams highlight
of Texas season was Shipleys 96-yard
kickof return for touchdown against
Oklahoma. It brought the Longhorns
back into the game and proved they can
strike at any time. Shipley has also returned two punts for 68
yards, including a 45-yard touchdown return. Kicker Hunter
Lawrence is 9-for-11 on feld goals.
COACHING
Since Mack Brown took over at Texas in 1998, no team in
the country has won more games. Browns teams
average 10.2 victories per season, and thats in-
cluding this incomplete year. He won one of the
most exciting national championships in the his-
tory of college football and hes a legend among
legends in Austin. If you search for University of
Texas football in Google, it takes you to the ofcial
UT athletics site, which is titled www.mackbrown-
texasfootball.com. What more can I say?
MOMENTUM
No team faced a more brutal four-week schedule
than the Longhorns. Texas played four consecutive
games against top 12 opponents, and the Horns would
have emerged unscathed if not for a dropped intercep-
tion in the waning seconds against Texas Tech. As it
stands, Texas needs help to reach the Big 12 title game.
Oklahoma must beat Tech, but all that Browns team
can do is win its remaining games. They looked
awfully focused in last weeks 45-21 pounding of
Baylor.
There isnt a long history

between the two teams, but Texas
does lead the series 6-2. The Long-
horns have won six in a row start-
ing in 1996. Kansas two victories
came at home in 1938 and 1901.
That doesnt fgure to change as
Texas comes into Lawrence with a
goal the Big 12 Championship.
The Longhorns still have a shot at
the Big 12 and National Champi-
onship, so Brown will likely tell his
players that they need to not only
win, but win with style.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
5th
scoring ofense (44.3 ppg)
10th
passing ofense (301.9 ypg)
37th
rushing ofense (174.1 ypg)
37th
scoring defense (20.7 ppg)

109th
passing defense (266.9 ypg)
6th
rushing defense (86 ypg)
Junior quar-
terback Colt
McCoy
Hes the
soft-spoken boy
next door, but
with a victory
on Saturday
McCoy will tie
Vince Young for most quarterback
victories in school history. He
beats teams with his arm or his
legs and McCoys machine-like ef-
fciency is just one reason to keep
an eye on him Saturday.
How often will Texas hit Todd
Reesing?
The junior quarterback took
his worst beating of the season
last week, and Texas pass rush
is far better than Nebraskas. The
Jayhawk ofensive line will have to
work really hard to keep Reesing
upright.
Will Colt McCoy bump his
Heisman status?
Most agree that a Big 12 quar-
terback will win the Heisman. This
week, McCoys contenders will
watch from their couches. A big
game combined with a sub-par
performance from Harrell could
vault McCoy back into the lead.
Shipley
Orakpo
Cosby
McCoy
Reesing
Holt
Herford
Reesing
Kansas hasnt beaten Texas
since a 19-18 victory in 1938, but
dont let the numbers deceive you.
The teams have met just eight
times in history including 2004
when the Jayhawks lost on a con-
troversial ofensive pass interfer-
ence call against Kansas late in the
game. Manginos BCS rant after
the game helped turn around
the program Kansas was 11-23
before it, and 32-16 since.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
31st
rushing defense (116.4)
116th
passing defense (276.30)
84th
scoring defense (28.2)
68th
rushing ofense (143.70)
11th
passing ofense (299.50)
21st
scoring ofense (34.50)
Junior quar-
terback Todd
Reesing
The Austin,
Texas, native
wasnt recruited
by his home-
town school,
Texas. Kansas
hasnt played the Longhorns since
Reesing has been a member of
the team, meaning Saturdays
game will give him his frst shot at
getting them back for overlooking
him. Reesing plays well with a chip
on his shoulder, and could be in
line for a big game.
Can Kansas slow down Texas
QB Colt McCoy?
The Jayhawks will be facing
a Heisman Trophy candidate
quarterback for the third time this
season in Texas QB Colt McCoy.
Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and
Graham Harrell of Texas Tech both
lit up the Jayhawks for record-
setting days. If the Jayhawks want
to have any chance against the
Longhorns, they must fnd a way
to slow down McCoy.
Can Kansas limit its turn-
overs?
The Jayhawks have been turn-
ing the ball over at an alarming
rate. Kansas will have to win the
turnover battle to have a real
chance against the Longhorns.

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