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Giddens recovering in Oklahoma City. According to a Star article, Giddens threw the first punch in the fight that resulted in a leg stab wound. PAGE 3

New hall to house athletic memorabilia

MU police chief cleared of assault charges

Officials have completed the investigation into the March 6 MissouriKansas basketball game incident. PAGE 4

Le Mans design approved

The auto racing museum design by professor Dennis Sander is $200 million away from completion. Donations are being sought. PAGE 6

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HOK Construction employees work Monday on the Booth Family Hall of Athletics being added onto Allen Fieldhouse. Although there is no set date for the finished product, it is expected to be done before the start of the basketball season in November.

Senior forward retires early from team

Moulaye Niang cited health problems as the reason for his departure. Niang averaged 0.6 points over 16 games last season. PAGE 14

Construction crews continue work on multi-million dollar Booth Family Hall of Athletics. PAGE 6

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The University of Kansas will send 12 people to the NCAA track and field championships, which begins today and ends Saturday. page 13

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Sophomore guard J.R. Giddens was stabbed in the leg outside a nightclub during a brawl; the investigation continues. page 3

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MU police chief cleared of charges

Officials have cleared Missouri police chief Jack Watring of assault charges filed against him by a former KU student. page 4

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Column: Giddens fight hits Athletics Department hard

The ongoing investigation into the fight involving J.R. Giddens is the latest of several incidents shining a bad light on Athletics. page 13

Sophomore dies after lifetime of illness

Sophomore Lyndon Lyndy Hubbell Wells died May 20 after a long battle with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. page 5

Niang retires
Moulaye Niang announced his exit from the Kansas basketball team for health reasons. Niang will continue to work with the team. page 14

Fieldhouse to get new hall

The new Booth Family Hall of Athletics, under construction on the east side of Allen Fieldhouse, will be completed this fall. page 6

Softball exits early from NCAA Tournament

The team defeated Tenessee Tech in the second game, but lost its first and third games of the tournament to Georgia Tech. page 14

Le Mans Museum design approved

Professor Dennis Sanders design for a new Le Mans Museum of Auto Sport Racing needs $200 million to be completed. page 6

Late season rally pushes team to 36 wins

The Kansas baseball team ended its year with the third best record in school history. page 15

14th street open after year of work

Construction crews have re-opened 14th Street. Officials plan to finish repairs before the fall semester begins. page 7

Campus streets repaved

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Construction crews have been busy working to repave streets on campus since the close of the spring semester. page 7

New gaming systems displayed at symposium

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo gave sneak previews of their prototype systems. The new devices have myriad new features. pages 8-9

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Giddens incident investigated

Police continue investigation into May nightclub altercation

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Junior forward J.R. Giddens talks with members of the media in the Jayhawk locker room after a disappointing loss last season.

Liz Nartowicz

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KANSAN STAFF WRITER

Junior forward J.R. Giddens will miss the first term of summer school because he is recovering, at his home in Oklahoma City, from a sliced artery in his right calf, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Giddens received the cut during a fight in the parking lot of the Moon Bar, 821 Iowa St., early in the morning of May 19, according to Lawrence police. The police are conducting an investigation to determine the cause and the instigator of the fight, and have no comment at this time, said Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department. Bill Self, mens head basketball coach, has said that no decision on whether Giddens will remain on the team has been reached, but that he will be the one making the decision. Self is waiting for the police to conclude their investigation. Self could not be reached for comment yesterday because he attended a charity golf tournament. If Giddens remains on the team, he will be required to follow strict rules of behavior, Self has said. We will have rules and things well continue to go over, which will not be privy to the public, Self said to the Lawrence Journal-World yesterday. Giddens was one of the six persons injured during the fight. He was allegedly cut by Jeremiah Creswell with a four-inch folding knife. Witnesses said Giddens, along with ten other men, attacked Creswell after the bar had closed. Witnesses have identified two of these men as C.J. Giles, sophomore center, and former KU basketball player Bryant Nash. Giles denied any involvement in the fight, but Nash admitted to punching Creswell in the face, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Giddens, Creswell and the rest of the men were at the Moon Bar to celebrate the birthday of its owner, Ron Ruiz. Ruiz had no comment on the incident.

Nicholas Flores, witnessed events inside and outside the bar and said the group approached Creswell first. Flores said Creswell was waiting outside the bar for his ride when Giddens moved toward him yelling You got a problem? and Do you know who I am? Both Flores and Creswell said Giddens threw the first punch.Shortly after, five men joined in, throwing bottles, bricks, objects and fists. After being struck with an ashtray, Creswell fell to his knees where he allegedly withdrew his folding knife and started flailing. Creswell allegedly said to Jason Whitlock that he was unaware of who he was stabbing. It was self-defense, Flores said to The Kansas City Star last week. There aint no ifs, ands or buts about it. Creswell is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs 150 pounds. Giddens is 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. Marcus Knight, Lawrence resident, was the first one allegedly cut by Creswell. He became involved in the fight when he saw 10 men on Creswell. Knight said he was mad at Giddens because it was his fight and not Creswells. I cant be mad at the dude (Creswell). If 10 to 12 (men) rushed me, hey, I wouldve pulled a knife, too, Knight said to The Kansas City Star last week. Creswell was treated after the fight at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he received 12 staples on the side of his head. Edited by Adam Land

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Mizzou police chief exonerated

dividual interviews with the involved KU students, alumni and fans. Kaufman said he felt his side of the story was heard but that key witnesses were ignored. An MU fan who witnessed the argument was never interviewed, Kaufman said. Something doesnt add up, Kaufman said. We dont feel their fair investigation was so fair. Investigaters found Watrings actions reasonable considering the animated atmosphere between the rival schools. It could be reasonably predicted that the banner could have become a focal point for unruly behavior, Jackie Jones, vice chancellor of administrative services at MU, wrote in the investigations closing statement. Jones said Watring acted within his bounds throughout the incident, and that safety for all fans was his motive for removing the banner. The action in this incident was based upon my knowledge of past problems at similar athletic events at Mizzou, Watring said in his statement. These events often become highly charged and can become violent. Watring said although he followed all policies accurately, he regretted any misunderstandings that may have resulted from the incident. Watring, who remained active throughout the investigation, will continue working for the MU police department. No clear policy concern-

By Liz Nartowicz

lnartowicz@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER

University of Missouri officials cleared university police chief Jack Watring from assault allegations after a three-month investigation that ended May 27. Watring was under investigation for using improper force at a Missouri-Kansas mens basketball game on March 6. Watring had approached Chris Kaufman, 2005 Kansas graduate, about a 3-by-6-foot banner that said Mizzou Arena was the Allen Fieldhouse of the east. During the confrontation Watring allegedly grabbed Kaufman by the back of his shirt. Kaufman later filed an assault complaint against Watring. Kaufman, along with his three friends and fellow KU fans, received permission from an usher to hang the banner along a nearby railing. The banner hung for 15 minutes before Watring started to take the sign down. In his complaint, Kaufman wrote that when he tried to retrieve the sign from Watring, Watring grabbed him by the collar. Kaufman said Watring was on a power trip. It was totally unnecessary, Kaufman said. Lisa Wimmenauer, associate director of business services at the University of Missouri, led the investigation along with two independent officers. During the investigation, Wimmenauer traveled to Lawrence for in-

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Rich Littrell, Lees Summit, Mo., junior, left; Andrew Wymore, a 2004 KU graduate, center; and Chris Kaufman, Denver, Colo., senior, right, display the sign they hung during the Kansas-Missouri game in Mizzou Arena on Sunday. The sign prompted a scuffle that ended with Wymore being taken to jail, the men said. ing banners and signs at Mizzou Arena is in place. Christian Basi, assistant director of MU news service, said the University of Missouri was in the process of developing a policy and expected to have one finalized by the start of the 2005-06 basketball season. Related training for event staff to avoid further incidents is also expected. Kaufman will be in Columbia, Mo., today to support his friend Andrew Wymore, 2004 alumnus, who faces trespassing charges. Wymore was arrested for trespassing at the game when he tried to re-enter the arena after Maj. Doug Schwandt revoked his ticket. Kaufman plans to speak with attorneys about further actions he can take against Watring while in Columbia. Edited by Erin M. Droste

Lindley annex readied for demolition

The Lindley annex building for architecture is in the process of being demolished. Graffiti seasons the insides of the buildings drywall while the outside siding has been ripped off in the process of demolishing the building.
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Wilcoxacceptspositionatalmamater
Kim Wilcox is leaving the University of Kansas and has accepted the provost position at his alma mater, Michigan State University. The 51-year-old dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences held the position at the University for nearly three years and awaits final approval from the Universitys board of trustees to set a date for his departure. Wilcox will be chief academic officer for MSU making $275,000, which is a $95,000 pay increase. Wilcox will be the second college dean to leave for a provost position at another university. The previous dean, Sally Frost Mason, left in 2001 to become provost at Purdue University. Associate dean Barbara Romzek will become interim dean of the college on July 1. Romzek has been associate dean since 2000 and is currently a professor of public administration. The University will begin its search for a permanent dean this fall, and the new dean will more than likely start in the fall of 2006, according to a University press release.
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Kealing said Wells always had health problems, but managed to keep a positive outlook. Described by friends and family as hilarious, laid back and always smiling, Wells was an active member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. He enjoyed camping, paintball, cars and golfing with his father, His father moved to Lawrence about a year and a half ago in case of emergency. Lyndy went out the way he came in, Gordon Wells, Lyndons father, said. Quietly and with dignity. Additional survivors include a sister, Molly Wells, Denver; paternal grandmother, Mary Wells, Wichita; maternal grandparents Donald and Shirley Martin, Peoria, Ariz,; and a large extended family. He would have served as the best man in his sisters wedding on July 23. Services for Wells were held Monday, May 23 at Danforth Chapel on the KU campus. The family asks that memorials to Make-A-Wish Foundation or other charity donations be sent in care of Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Kan. 67114. Edited by Erin M. Droste

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Illness didnt get Wells down

By Liz Nartowicz

lnartowicz@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER

After friends delivered a commemorative scrapbook to Lyndon Wells mother at his funeral, she noticed something similar about all the photos. He was always smiling, Wendy Wells said. Lyndon Lyndy Hubbell Wells, 20, died Friday, May 20 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Wells, who was a Chesterfield, Mo., sophomore, suffered from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and was undergoing surgery for the illness at the center. He died from complications following the surgery. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a vascular illness that lowers the collagen levels in tissues and complicates a bodys natural healing process. Wells was diagnosed with the illness at 14 years of age when his physician first noticed a heart murmur. The heart murmur, caused by an aortic aneurysm, led to a biopsy that detected the illness. His mother said she was surprised he died so young because the average life expectancy for

people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ranges between 40 and 60 years of age. Andrew Martin Wells, Lyndons twin brother who died at 3 weeks Wells old, was also diagnosed with the illness. Born into a legacy of Jayhawks on Aug. 16, 1984, Wells realized he wanted to be a Jayhawk when he was 6 years old. He was a third-generation Jayhawk. Both of his parents and his paternal grandparents attended the University. Lyndon even decorated his childhood room with KU wallpaper. He sought a degree in education and wanted to become a high school history teacher after graduation. A 2003 graduate of Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Mo., a suburb outside of St. Louis, Wells spent much of his free time working on his 1992 Honda. No catastrophe held him back, said Jonathan Kealing, high school classmate and Kansan spring associate sports editor. He didnt let anything stop him.

Golf tournament honors deceased law graduate

Prairie Highlands Golf Course in Olathe will host the Andrew Keenan Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, Sept. 16. The tournament will benefit brain cancer research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and honor Andrew Keenan, 2005 graduate. Keenan was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) during his second year at the University of Kansas School of Law. The World Health Organization rates GBM as the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor. GBM patients are given an average survival time of less than one year. Keenan fought GBM for 22 months before he died Jan. 31, three days after receiving his Juris Doctorate. The tournament will begin at 8 a.m. and the entry fee is $135 per person. Prizes for longest drive, putt and closest to the pin will be awarded. For more information on the tournament visit www.andrewkeenan.com.
Liz Nartowicz

Watermain work restricts traffic

Downtown traffic will be a little slower during the next three summers. Lawrence utilities will repair water mains throughout Massachusetts and other surrounding streets, said Bob Skinner, field operations manager for the water division of Lawrence utilities. Utility crews began construction of the mains in mid-April and will continue to work through August, Skinner said. Crews will reduce traffic on Massachusetts Street and other surrounding streets to one lane, but pedestrians and motorists will still be able to use the streets. Skinner said when this round of construction ends, Lawrence residents can expect the same type and length of construction in 2006 and 2007 as the utility crews work their way south on Massachusetts Street.
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Hall changing Fieldhouse face

By AdAm LAnd

aland@kansan.com
kansan staff writer

Tradition will continue to grow at Allen Fieldhouse this fall with the addition of a memorabilia museum. It will include interactive displays, trophy cases and pictures celebrating the traditions of athletics at the University. Construction crews will continue to work throughout the summer on the new Booth Family Hall of Athletics, which will be added onto the east side of the Fieldhouse.

The ground-breaking ceremony was May 21, and construction began the next week, Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said. He expects completion before basketball season begins in November, but the opening date has not yet been set. We wanted someplace where we could celebrate KU athletics, Marchiony said. The cost for the new hall would be between $6 and $8 million, with the Booth family donating more than $4 million, Marchiony said. The donors grew up off of Naismith Drive, but have since moved away.

They made the donation in honor of their parents. The idea for the new hall came from Lew Perkins, athletics director. The concept is something Lew has talked about since he arrived at KU, Marchiony said. After the idea took shape, the Athletics Department shared its idea with possible donors, Marchiony said. The Booth family also contributed ideas to the structure. Architects and designers bid for the job, which was ultimately given to HOK Construction. The Athletics Department

was happy with the design firm, Marchiony said, which renovated the Jacksonville stadium for Super Bowl XXXIX. The addition will be made from the same materials as the fieldhouse, which turned 50 this past year Marchiony said. The only possible change to the exterior grounds may be the position of the Phog Allen statue Marchiony said. It may have to be moved, Marchiony said. But it will be a prominent part of the Hall of Athletics. During and after construction the Athletics Department will sell

commemorative pavers, Marchiony said. The pavers will be bricks that customers can purchase and have inscribed with whatever message they would like and that will fit. The pavers will come in two sizes; the smaller size is a sixinch square that will cost $350, and the bigger size is a one-foot square that will cost $600.Not everyone is as pleased with the addition as Marchiony. I think its corporate, its about more ways to make money, Matt Moreno, Wichita junior, said. EditedbyErinM.Droste

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edroste@kansan.com
kansan staff writer

Dennis Sander looks over his site model of the Le Mans Auto Sport Racing Museum. Sander designed the museum after the curving lines of the race track.
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Le Mans officials have approved the design of the new Le Mans Museum of Auto Sport Racing. After years of researching and designing, Dennis Sanders museum is $200 million away from becoming a reality. Sander, associate professor of architecture and urban design, has been working on the design of a new Le Mans museum since December of 2002. Sander traveled to Le Mans, France in 2004 and pitched his idea to the Le Mans committee. He said it immediately approved of his idea. I very seldom have had the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, Sander said. That did it. Sophie Delahaye, instructor in French and Italian, served as interpreter for Sander at the presentation in Le Mans. She said although there were a few questions about the design of the building and its costs, the committee was pleased with the design. Everyone was pleased and surprised that the project was so far along, Delahaye said. Everyone thought it was awesome. Sander said the total cost of the museum would reach $200 million. He is working with the Automobile Club de LOuest (ACO) to raise the funds. Sander said he hoped to get donations not only from the big names in auto racing, manufacturing and supplies, but from ev-

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Replica race cars sit inside a model of the Le Mans Museum of Auto Sport Racing. The museum will be able to hold 160 to 200 race cars. eryone involved with the race. This museum will be a gift from the entire automotive industry that has gained so much from this race, Sander said. The new museum will be dedicated to what Sander called the most glorious of all motor sport races: the 24-hour Le Mans. The race attracts almost 400,000 people, including 30,000 to 40,000 Americans, each year and is the original 24hour auto race, Sander said. The museum will house 160 to 200 historic and contemporary race cars popular to the Le Mans, including Bentleys, Audis and Mercedes. In addition to cars, Sanders 500,000-square-foot design includes two IMAX theaters and eight smaller theaters, which can accommodate a total of 6,400 visitors. Sander said his piece de resistance was the in-car experience. Twenty individual rooms will have an actual race car that visitors will be able to drive through a virtual race. Delahaye said the museum would be a great place for families to visit, not only during race week, but all year long. Its a great concept and a wonderful project. Its extremely original, Delahaye said. It will be a wonderful landmark. The original idea for the museum developed from assignments Sander gave to his studio design students. During the last few years Sander has spent his own time and money to research and develop his design and has amassed 14 notebooks full of his research. I personally have logged approximately 2,200 hours, (or about 90 full Le Mans races) in the research and design of the museum, Sander said in a written statement. Sander is currently planning a trip to the Bentley Motors Headquarters in Crewe, England, to raise funds for the museum. He said it would take at least seven to nine years to complete the project.

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14th opens; repairs continue

By AdAm LAnd

aland@ku.edu
kansan staff writer

Months and months of orange cones and frustration are now close to completion with the reopening of 14th Street last week. With construction nearly finished, tenants on the street are happy to have the construction completed, but many of the students most affected were scholarship hall residents and residents living off of 14th Street. These students did not even get to use the open street, but had to deal with the construction nearly all semester. It was almost as if they closed the street when I moved in, and opened it when I moved out, said Greg Summers, 2005 Topeka graduate and former Kinney Coach apartments resident, 1430 Louisiana St. It irritates me more to know they

opened it after I moved out. Summers statement may not be that far off considering the street has been blocked off for more than a year for one set of repairs or another. Last summer, it was closed for repairs to steam tunnels that ran under the street. The street has been under construction for these repairs for more than four months and still is not done, Mark Reiske, associate director of Design and Construction Management at the University of Kansas, said. But the street should not suffer any further closings while crews work to finish the project before the fall semester begins. Construction crews did not administer any repairs to the street itself. The purpose of this round of repairs is to fix drainage and communication issues in the scholarship halls, Andrea Albright, spokeswoman for University Relations, said.

Stormwater drains to Douthart Scholarship Hall, 1345 Louisiana St., and KK Amini Scholarship Hall, 1318 Louisiana St., needed to be redone, Albright said. Although the water drains were an issue, the most time-consuming part of the process was digging trenches to the scholarship halls. The trenches, which are the most important part of the construction, are for communication wire, carrying internet and telephone cables, Albright said. KU really dropped the ball on this one, Summers said. It seemed it was closed much longer than it should have been. Albright said Design and Construction Management, the University department heading the project, plans to continue laying communication wire until it reaches Ohio Street.

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Road work to continue, but not hinder

By AdAm LAnd

aland@kansan.com
kansan staff writer

Every summer the University of Kansas repairs and repaves roads and parking lots throughout campus. Its the easiest time because fewer students take classes and less traffic populates campus streets. Joel Garcia, Liberal senior, agrees with the notion that summer is better a time to repair the streets. I know there was construction but it doesnt really seem that bad, Garcia said. The only construction that bothered him was the repairs being made during the past year to 14th Street. The largest summer repair that Facilities Operations and Design and Construction Management, the two departments that handle road repair, corrected was Naismith Drive. Facilities Operations, generally, works more with road repair. The department repaves, rebuilds and patches the roads year round. During the summer many of the larger projects are bid out to contractors. The Naismith job, as well as other jobs, are bid out to contractors who can do it faster or have the necessary machinery, said Mike Lang, director of construction and landscaping for Facilities and Operations. We dont have enough people to do it fast, Lang said. We dont have a laydown machine. Facilities Operations does some of the curb work and other parts of construction process. Crews began repaving the street

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Construction crews have been busy throughout campus since the end of the spring semester. Crews will continue to repair campus roads throughout the summer. about two weeks ago, said Mark Reiske, associate director of design and construction management. The crews repaved the streets and built new curbs from 19th Street to Jayhawk Boulevard. That was really the largest renovation of the summer, Reiske said. Speed was important, because Facilities and Operations wanted the Naismith project done after commencement but before the summer term, Lang said. Facilities and Operations plans on some patching on Jayhawk Drive, repaving Westbrook Road on west campus and repaving the road behind the Spencer Museum, Lang said. Design and Construction Management also plans on doing more road repair. DCM deals more with planning and parking lot repair. Both Linley Hall parking lots are slated for repair this summer, Reiske said, because Design and Construction Management plans on tearing down the Linley annex. The new space will be turned into parking spaces, Reiske said. One lot is behind Linley Hall and the other is west of the Art and Design Building. The Universitys two repair departments will work throughout the summer with only minimal delays, Lang said. Hopefully, we are done with road delays this summer, he said.

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Killzone

The console:
New systems show an industrys evolution
By Cameron monken

editor@kansan.com
Kansan Correspondent

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The current generation of college students, those born in the early to mid 80s, has grown up alongside a rapidly evolving form of entertainment, the home video game. We were born with the original Nintendo and the industry took its first steps with us. The consoles began to develop their basic genres (RPG/action/sports) on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis as we entered elementary school, learning the foundations of knowledge (science/math/history). Then came middle school and as we began getting more specific and difficult with what we were learning, the games became more vivid and interactive as the consoles grew again into the Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64, and Sega CD. Into high school and into college, we matured and began taking the steps we would need to attain the ultimate life goals we envisioned for ourselves. At the same time, the Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, and Microsoft X-Box showed the world what games were capable of, and built the foundations of what they would become. Even as many of us hit puberty, the games seemed to notice. This is when controllers began to vibrate. Now, as many of us are getting closer to graduation and the real world, the video games are reaching a point where they are poised to become the dominant form of entertainment and break out into the real market. A new generation of seriously powerful video game consoles is about to hit the market, and they are going to hit it hard. According to Doug Lowenstein, president of the Electronic Software Association, the video game industry will surpass the music industry as the No. 2 form of entertainment, earning a projected $58 billion a year by 2008. At the 11th annual Electronic Entertertainment Expo., a video game symposium, he said games are more and more developing a mass market appeal, getting licenses from movies, TV shows, and books. The newest step in this development of gaming will be arriving soon, a generation of gaming consoles that demonstrates the undeniable power they can wield. This May, at the symposium, The Microsoft X-BOX 360, Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Revolution were unveiled.

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The Revolution is the successor to the longest running line of consoles, the Nintendo. While the system itself hasnt been finished and there hasnt been any software officially announced, the capabilities of the machine have been hinted at by Nintendo officials. The biggest new feature of the Revolution is its internet connectivity. The wireless card being built into the system will allow users to interact between two consoles face-toface or over their wireless gaming service, the Nintendo WiFi Connection. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president, said in a press release that Nintendo will show the world what a next-gen system can be. With this new level of connectivity, gamers will be able to learn a whole new meaning to the phrase backwards compatible, meaing the Revolution will be able to down load the best games released over the past 20 years of Nintendo consoles. The Revolution runs off a chip code named Broadway and a graphics card known as Hollywood. It also comes with 512 megabytes of internal flash memory and an SD memory card slot, which will be used by owners to store games in the console. The projected release date of the Revolution is sometime in 2006, putting it behind Microsofts 360. As of now, no games have been announced but Nintendo has hinted at new Metroid, Tony Hawk, and Smash Bros. titles among the first run of games for the new system.

Each generation of PlayStation has made a dramatic improvement in how we create and play videogames. PLAYSTATION 3 will be a breakthrough in how the world experiences entertainment, said Larry Probst, Chairman and CEO, Electronic Arts in a Sony press release given at the symposium. With a new processor known as Cell and a potent new graphics card called RSX, Sonys new machine will be capable of two teraflops, giving the PS3 more efficiency and speed than most modern personal computers. This level of technology will allow the PS3 to render acres of environment down to individual blades of grass and show a characters every facial expression. The prototypes of the PS3 were also showcased at E3 where the line reached over 200 people. Sony showcased titles such as Guerrillas KillZone and a re-mastered Square blockbuster for the oiginal Playstation, Final Fantasy VII. The internal bluetooth card allows the systems to support up to seven wireless controllers at a time and the WiFi card will allow it to connect with the new Playstation Portable (PSP). The PS3 will also be able to play Playstation and Playstation 2 games. The Playstation 3 is planned to ship Spring of 2006.

While only supporting half the maximum computing power of the PS3, the 360 will be out before the end of this year and sports a lighter, more user friendly feel. The new X-Box will have a customizable look, unlike the widely criticized appearance of the original X-Box. There will be different faceplates for the console itself that you can change around and the software interface will have a customizable look and feel. The 360 will continue the success of X-Box Live, Microsofts console gaming network. The system will have downloadable content, online play, and player rankings for many of its new games. A feature called the Gamer Guide is a convenient way of organizing friends, games, and whatever else on X-Box Live. This new feature can be accessed from a button on the controller and allows the user to remotely turn your X-Box on and off. The 360 will also allow users to stream music from their portable music players, view photos on their digital cameras, and watch DVDs.Microsoft further adds to the aesthetics of the system by removing the controller ports. The new controllers are all wireless and the system can support up to four at a time. X-Box 360s ship this holiday season. The first generation of games will include Electronic Arts Godfather game and the highly anticipated sequel to Bethesdas Morrowind, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

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people WeDnesDay, JUne 8, 2005 Time for Seventeen Candles? Lindsay Lohan
parts and raising a daughter, now 1 1/2. Ringwald, 37, said she had been approached repeatedly about doing a sequel but recently read a script that she liked and wanted to star in the movie. Ive turned it down for years. I couldnt see how it would work, she said Saturday. Now, it seems right. Ringwald was reunited Saturday at the MTV Movie Awards with three fellow The Breakfast Club cast members. Appearing on stage with her were Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Paul Gleason, who played the principal in the 1985 Hughes movie about high school detention. Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez didnt show, and Hall joked, Theyre in Africa with Dave Chappelle.
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Could it be time to put more candles on the cake? Molly Ringwald said shes in discussions to make a sequel to Sixteen Candles, the 1984 movie about the obstacles and embarrassments a teen girl faces on her birthday. The John Hughes film shot Ringwald to teen stardom but she has not appeared in a major role in many years. She said shes been appearing in theater, small TV and film

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LOS ANGELES Kelly Osbourne, the 20-year-old daughter of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked herself into a drug treatment center, according to a published report. Osbourne entered the Pasadena facility on Thursday, Us Weekly reported Friday. A message left for her mother, Sharon Osbourne, was not immediately returned. A family representative told the magazine that Kelly Osbourne was dealing with some personal issues and would be back in a few weeks. Kelly Osbourne spent several weeks last year at a Malibu drug treatment center for an addiction to prescription pain killers. Her brother, Jack Osbourne, checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in 2003 and Ozzy Osbourne has been candid about his decades of battles with substance abuse. The siblings became international stars following the success of the MTV reality show The Osbournes, which showed an oft-dazed Ozzy doting over his family with Sharon.
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Actor Russell Crowe is taken in handcuffs from a lower Manhattan police precinct Monday. He was arrested for allegedly throwing a telephone at a hotel employee. Crowe, 41, plays a boxer in his latest movie Cinderella Man.

LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan wasnt injured after her car was hit by a photographer who allegedly was following the Mean Girls actress. Galo Ramirez, 24, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after running into Lohans car Lohan Tuesday, police said. Ramirez was released on $35,000 bail, a watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Departments Wilshire station said Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the 18year-old actress said Wednesday that Lohan was shaken up and extremely upset after the crash. Lohans new film, Herbie: Fully Loaded, will be in the aters June 22.
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The AssociATed Press LOS ANGELES Who says opposites attract? Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, star of The Simple Life reality show, is engaged to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, her spokesman said Monday. They are happy and excited, said Rob Shuter, confirming the story first reported on People magazines Web site. Latsis, 27, proposed to Hilton, 24, on Wednesday after she returned from a threeweek publicity tour in Europe to promote her horror flick, House of Wax, and her new fragrance. No wedding date has been set. It would be the first marriage for both. Im so in love and grateful to have found such an honest and loyal person, Hilton told Us Weekly. I feel like we were meant to be, and Im happy to have found someone to spend the rest of my life with. The couple, who have been dating for about eight months,

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Americas image down the toilet

CRAWFORD, Texas A Pentagon report detailing desecration of the Quran at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba is creating a public relations challenge for President Bush. Two weeks ago, Newsweek published a nowretracted report that U.S. interrogators at the detention center had ushed a Quran down a toilet. Saying Americas image abroad had suffered irreparable damage, the White House launched a verbal offensive against the media. On Saturday, a day after the Pentagon described a series

of cases of U.S. personnel mishandling the Quran, the White House downplayed the issue.
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WASHINGTON People who smoke marijuana to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The courts 6-3 decision in the case declared that federal agents could arrest even sick people who use the drug as well as the people who grow pot for them. Justice John Paul Stevens, an 85-year-old cancer survivor, WASHINGTON Watergate whistleblower Deep Throat helped bring down a president and inspire a famous political mystery. Thirty years later, the secret is out. After decades of hiding his role as The Washington Posts tipster, former FBI No. 2 ofcial W. Mark Felt told his secret to a lawyer his family had consulted. Im the guy they used to call Deep Throat, Vanity Fair

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afternoon. The court on Friday ordered legislators to double the amount of additional money appropriated for schools for the next school year, and set a deadline of July 1. The court rejected an education funding plan pushed through the Legislature by Republicans, providing a $142 million increase, The court said spending must increase by $285 million, or about 10 percent, to more than $3 billion annually. The decision will force legislators to consider raising taxes, expanding gambling, cutting government programs, or some combination of those alternatives. Sebelius has advocated both higher taxes and new gambling.
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Sheldon Battle, junior thrower, swings the hammer around on his third throw for a round at the Kansas Relays outside Memorial Stadium. Battle qualified for three events at the NCAA Championships which begin today.

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F Sheldon Battle, junior (shot put, discus and hammer throw) F Gavin Ball, sophomore (discus) F Benson Chesang, junior (5,000 meter run) F Jeremy Mims, senior (800 meter) F Julius Jiles, freshman (110 meter hurdles) F Jen Widerstrom, senior (hammer throw) F Amy Linnen, senior (pole vault) F Ekaterina Sultanova, freshman (pole vault) F Brooklyn Hann, senior (triple jump) F Crystal Manning, freshman (triple jump) By Ashley MichAels

Twelve athletes make the grade for championships

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Twelve members of the University of Kansas track and field team compete this week at the NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. The tournament begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday. Of the 12 athletes in Sacramento this week, seven are from the womens team and five are from the mens team. The teams competed in the 2005 Midwest Regional Track and Field Tournament, May 26-28 in Norman, Okla. Athletes who placed in the top five in their events automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships. In the Regional Tournament, the mens team finished third and the womens team placed sixth overall. Regionals went really well, senior middle distance runner Jeremy Mims said. We had a lot of fun and there were a lot of people who had big performances. Mims placed second in the 800-meter and junior thrower Sheldon Battle, won the shot put and discus and placed fourth in the hammer throw. Freshman horizontal jumper/sprinter Crystal Manning placed third in the

triple jump. Senior horizontal jumper/sprinter Brooklyn Hann placed second in the triple jump. Mims will compete in the 800-meter, making this his second appearance at the NCAA Championships in the same city. He qualified his sophomore year, and said he wasnt pleased with his performance. My first time at the NCAAs, I was just happy to be there, I wasnt really concerned with how I performed, Mims

said. I got beat by everyone. This time Im in the same situation except now I know exactly what it takes to win. For Mims, it is simply going into the tournament with a different mind set, the mind set that this time he is going with a purpose. I wont be satisfied with just making it, I want to compete and win, Mims said. While Mims prepares for sweet revenge, some of his teammates, like senior thrower Jen Widerstrom, are going to the NCAA Championships for the first time. I am a little anxious but I am ready to get going, Widerstrom said. I still need to train a little more before I go, but Ill be ready. Last year Widerstrom didnt make it past Regionals. This year is her opportunity to prove that she belongs at the NCAA Championships. Changes for the better are occurring in the track and field program at the University, but head coach Stanley Redwine doesnt take credit for the teams recent success. Last season the mens track and field team placed twelfth in the Big 12. This year it ended up in fourth place. The athletes want it more, Redwine said. The coaches emphasize doing well every time they go out there, but the credit goes to the athletes for pushing themselves harder and wanting it more. Edited by Erin M. Droste

Lew Perkins is going to need an awfully big steak to remove the black eye that now looms large on the face of the University of Kansas Athletics Department. Local authorities still havent finished their investigation of the infamous Moon Bar fight, but it doesnt really matter what the police report says. Sure, J.R. Giddens may avoid criminal charges for his role in the brawl, and stay on the basketball team, but not even the best public relations spin will make him look like an innocent bystander. Nor will it cover up the fact that Giddens ut not even poor decision making means that players the best public on three of the Universitys major sports relations spin teams were involved in a criminal altercation will make Gidof some kind over the dens look like past year. First, the Jayhawk an innocent baseball team made the news when pitcher bystander. Scott Sharpe faced battery charges after a fight in early March. The football team followed suit when former running back John Randle was arrested for using the Granada as a toilet and punching a man in the face. That, of course, was his fourth arrest in an 18-month span. Then the mens basketball team threw its hat in the crime ring when Giddens, along with C.J. Giles and Bryant Nash, took part in a melee outside the Moon Bar, which left Giddens with a severed artery in his calf. The first two incidents did little to hurt the Universitys image. The Sharpe story disappeared in a few days, and Randle was labeled as the bad apple in an otherwise good bunch. But Giddens being stabbed, coupled with slow summer sports news and the national exposure that comes with the Kansas basketball team, has created one ugly mess. Even if it turns out that Giddens was the victim in the melee, this story wont be going away soon.

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Niang bids farewell to court

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I will miss the fans the

most, the atmosphere, having the chance to put the uniform on and the fans appreciate me.
Moulaye Niang
senior forward for one more year. Specialists tell me my back wont get better, it might feel better, but it wont heal. Calling it off is the best thing for me to do. Although the coaches and staff would like to see Niang stick around for his last season, they also understand the risks involved. Moulayes health is deteriorating to the point of his health problems affecting his quality of life, said Danny Manning, Director of Student-Athlete Development. As an athlete, you might have to decide whether playMoulaye Niang, junior forward, and Jeff Hawkins, junior guard, cheer at Late Night in the Phog as fellow Jayhawks promise Niang will become the highest-scoring Senegalese player at Kansas.
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Moulaye Niang announced his decision to leave the University of Kansas mens basketball team because of health reasons on Friday. The 6-foot10 senior forward is suffering from severe back problems and has been advised by doctors that ending his career would be the best option Niang for him in the long run. Niang averaged 0.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in 16 games during the 2004-2005 season. My health is very important to me, Niang said. It is a great risk for me to continue to play. I cant take much more pounding on my back

ing the sport is worth the trade-off of the use of your body. Niang will remain at the University as a student and as a student-assistant coach, finishing up his bachelors degree in business and finance. For any athlete, leaving a

sport behind is a difficult decision, especially when the program has a tradition as rich as the University of Kansas. I will miss the fans the most, the atmosphere, having the chance to put the uniform on and the fans appreciate me, Niang said.

Everything else Ill be around for. Ill be in the locker room with the guys hanging out, cracking jokes and Ill be on the road with them. I will not be missing out on much, Ill be around. Edited by Erin M. Droste

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By Ashley MichAels

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Kansas softball wrapped up its season with a 31-24 record and an NCAA regional tournament invitation, its first since 1999. The Jayhawks started the season with the No. 3 defense in the Big 12. They ended preconference play with a 15-9 record and opened conference play against No. 4 Texas, but lost 4-1. The season was one of ups and downs, despite an eight-game winning streak that Missouri halted in the Border Showdown. Our offense was great for the majority of the season, junior outfielder Heather Stanley said. Our pitchers struggled and we lost some games early on, but when our pitching came around we started doing better. We were winning games we shouldnt have won and losing games we shouldnt have lost. The season left the Jayhawks with accomplishments to be proud of. One of the best things about this season was sweeping Okla-

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Jessica Moppin hit a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning against Georgia Tech on May 20. The home run, which bounced off the scoreboard, made Moppin the new Kansas career home run leader. homa when they came to Lawrence, Stanley said. They were No. 5 at the time and it was a great accomplishment for us. Five Jayhawks earned All-Big 12 honors. Junior infielder Destiny Frankenstein and Stanley were named first team All-Big 12, while junior infielder Jessica Moppin, junior outfielder Ashley Frazer, and junior pitcher Serena Settlemier all earned second team honors. Moppin and Frankenstein were also named Big 12 Players of the Week during the season. Moppin broke the Universitys all-time home run record with 24 home runs in her career and her 10th of the season. I got my 24th home run at my last to-bat in the last game, Moppin said. I just told myself that I wasnt going to leave the tournament without a hit. It is a great honor beating a record that so many great players before me have held. The Big 12 Tournament produced two losses for the Jay-

hawks. Kansas was defeated by No. 3 Texas, 1-0, and No. 2 Oklahoma, 5-0. Despite their lack of success in the Big 12 Tournament, the Jayhawks got an invitation to the NCAA Regional Tournament in Athens, Ga. It was the first invite for all the current players on the team. In the first round Kansas matched up against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and lost 3-1 in nine innings. Next they faced Tennessee Tech and won 4-0, which led them into one more match-up with the Yellow Jackets, where they lost 5-2. With experience under their belts from last season and all but three players returning from last year, the Jayhawks have high hopes for next season. They are only graduating one senior, pitcher Kathy McVey. Our goal for next year is to get to the same place we went this year and then get farther in the tournament, Moppin said. We almost beat Texas and Arizona and both of them are in the World Series right now. We are close to where we need to be. Edited by Erin M. Droste

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Jeff Jacobsen/KUAC Junior infielder Ritchie Price dives back safely to first base on a Baylor pick off attempt. Kansas lost to No. 13 Baylor in extra innings 2-1 on May 25. The next day Kansas lost to No. 3 Texas 9-0. The Big 12 Tournament marked the end of the Jayhawks postseason as they were not invited to compete in the NCAA Tournament.

Team achieves third most winning season

By Ashley MichAels

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KANSAN STAFF WRITER

The University of Kansas baseball team ended the 2004-2005 season with a 36-28 record and succeeded in being the second team in the Universitys baseball history to make it to the Big 12 Tournament since joining the Big 12 Conference. Although its season was cut short when an NCAA Tournament invite did not come through, the KU baseball team has nothing to be ashamed of. Its 36 victories makes it the third most winning baseball team in school history. Three Jayhawks, senior catcher Sean Richardson, junior shortstop Ritchie Price and junior outfielder Matt Baty, were selected to the Big12Baseball.com Preseason AllBig 12 team. Junior outfielder Matt Baty, junior outfielder A.J. Van Slyke, junior outfielder Gus Milner, and junior pitcher Don Czyz were all awarded Big 12 Player of the Week honors during the season. Slyke was honored twice this year. It was a great honor being chosen as Big 12 Player of the Week, Baty said. I was playing well at the time. For that many people to be honored, that is fairly new for our program. The season started out well for Kansas. They headed to Hawaii and swept HawaiiHilo, starting the season with a 7-0 record for the first time since 2002. Coming off a great start in Hawaii, the team headed to Palo Alto, Calif., to face No. 6 Stanford, losing the series 3-0. We started out really well in the beginning of the season going to Hawaii and heading to Stanford with a 7-0 record, which was a first for me since I have been at KU, Baty said. When we played Stanford we got a wake-up call and realized we werent quite ready for conference play and we struggled. Kansas won the series against No. 2

Texas, but lost the Border Showdown against No. 20 Missouri. It ended conference play 11-14, with a victory against Oklahoma State University to ensure it a spot in the Big 12 Tournament. We struggled, won the games we should have won and then the last month we were playing the best ball of the season, Baty said. Going into the tournament, the Jayhawks were on fire, having won three of their last four conference series. The team made it to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament, May 25-29 in Oklahoma City. Seeded No. 7, their first opponent was No. 2 Baylor. The Jayhawks lost to the Bears 2-1. We were probably the hottest team in the Big 12 heading into the tournament, Baty said. But baseball is a weird game, one more catch here or one more out there and we could have won that game against Baylor. Next they matched up against No. 3 Texas and lost 9-0. Earlier in the season they won the series against Texas, but failed to defeat them in the tournament. Playing a ranked team on national television and winning was the highlight of the season for the Jayhawks, Baty said. The two losses in the tournament brought the Jayhawks all-time record in the Big 12 tournament to 0-4. Ten members of the KU baseball team earned All-Big 12 honors. Van Slyke became the second Jayhawk to be named first team All-Big 12. Baty said he is looking forward to next season but the loss of 12 seniors would also bring a loss of leadership. It will hurt us a lot if we lose Milner or Quick to the draft, Baty said. But we have good arms coming in and good arms coming back, so we are looking forward to it. Edited by Erin M. Droste

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The list of 18 players selected by the Kansas City Royals yesterday on the first day of the baseball draft. 1. Alex Gordon, 3B, 6-1, 215, Nebraska 2. Jeffrey Bianchi, SS, 6-0, 175, Lampeter-Strasburg HS, Pa. 3. Christopher Nicoll, RHP , 6-2, 190, UC Irvine , 4. Joseph Dickerson, CF 6-1, 190, Esperanza HS, Calif. 5. Shawn Dickerson, SS, 6-4, 220, Franklin Pierce, N.H. , 6. Ryan Dickerson, LHP 6-0, 175, E. Connecticut . , 7 Brent Fisher, LHP 6-2, 185, Tolleson Union HS, Ariz. 8. Nicholas Doscher, C, 6-2, 205, Moore Catholic HS, N.Y . 9. Kiel Thibault, C, 6-0, 200, Gonzaga 10. Jeffery Howell, C, 6-0, 200, Florida Southern , 11. Michael Penn, RHP 6-4, 200, Michigan , 12. James Harkcom, RHP 6-1, 180, New Mexico JC , 13. Andrew Larsen, CF 6-0, 200, Stony Brook, N.Y. , 14. Antonio Sabatini, CF 6-0, 190, Erskine, S.C. 15. Brady Everett, C, 5-11, Washington St. , 16. Mario Santiago, RHP 6-2, 210, Baton Rouge CC, La. . 17 Miguel Vasquez, SS, 6-1, 185, De Witt Clinton HS, N.Y . 18. Paul Raglione, RHP 6-5, , 195, Grant HS, Ore.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The good news came to Alex Gordon via sign language. While still on the field during practice at Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon, he spotted his brother, who had a big smile and was holding up two fingers. That meant Alex had been drafted No. 2 overall and he was the property of the same Kansas City team his family of baseball fans had always followed. Im definitely excited and definitely looking forward to playing for them,said the smooth-swinging third baseman The Royals claimed Gordon with their highest pick ever, just a moment after Arizona made high school shortstop Justin Upton the overall No. 1 selection. Hes the guy we wanted, said Deric Ladnier, the Royals director of scouting. Gordon is hitting .382 with 18 home runs and 62 RBIs for the Huskers. He also has 58 walks and has stolen 23 bases in 26 attempts. We feel like hes an impact bat for us, Ladnier said. The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder said he wants to get started as soon as he can. A contract and bonus package could be in the $4 million to $5 million range. I think if history repeats itself, the negotiation process will take some time, which it tends to when youre selecting that high in the draft. But as to a timetable when we might get

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Nebraskas Alex Gordon, right, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning against Texas in Lincoln, Neb., April 19, 2003. Gordon, a Nebraska third baseman who grew up cheering for Kansas City, was taken by the Royals yesterday as the overall No. 2 pick in the baseball draft. Lincoln, Neb. His father, Mike, played college baseball. In the second round, with the 50th pick, the Royals went for high school infielder Jeff Bianchi of Lancaster, Pa, who hit .575 with 13 home runs and 37 RBIs. The 5-11, 180-pounder also has signed a letter of intent with North Carolina State.

something done, it depends on how the negotiation process goes, he said. Gordon and his three baseball-playing brothers grew up in

This isnt equivalent to Paul Pierce, NBA All-Star and former Kansas basketball stud, being stabbed in the back multiple times at a Boston bar and turning into a local hero after his recovery. Opposing fans already taunt Giddens with Wal-Mart sacks. One can only imagine what next years trip to Missouri will look like. Its a shame too, because this all could have been avoided with some stricter rules from the coaching staff. How these athletes were allowed to be bar-hopping past two in the morning on a Wednesday night, where something like this could happen, escapes me. I understand that controlling over a dozen college students is a difficult task, but shouldnt players representing the Universitys proudest athletic program at least be barred from bars until they are of legal drinking age? Maybe alcohol wasnt the primary cause of this incident. We might never know. But when the facts finally come out I hope Perkins sends all his coaches the message that this type of behavior cant continue. Otherwise we might see him in Amarillo, Texas, buying a 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan Restaurant. If the black eye gets any bigger, that may be the only piece of meat that can help. n Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior, in journalism. He was the Kansan spring Big 12 basketball reporter.

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