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By Kim Lynch
There are about 30 different
Mayan languages, but some are
beginning to die out as Spanish
becomes the dominant language.
One University of Kansas associ-
ate professor, however, now has the
chance to help change this trend.
Clifton Pye, an associate profes-
sor of linguistic, received a $315,000
grant from the National Science
Foundation to document three dying
Mayan languages. Pye traveled to
Guatemala and Mexico this summer
to begin his study.
The three languages Pye is docu-
menting are Chol, Qanjobal and
Mam.
Sara Rosen, linguistics chairwom-
an, said the department was excited
about the grant.
Rosen said the documentation
process included collecting data,
getting video tapes of the language
being spoken and then transcribing
those tapes to be studied.
Pye said the purpose of the grant
was to document the language as it
exists now for later use in the future. He
said his interest in the Mayan language
grew out of his dissertation about how
children acquired the language.
Pye said he planned to return to
Guatemala again over fall break.
Brent Metz, assistant professor
of anthropology, who is currently
studying indigenous movements
in Guatemala, Honduras and El
Salvador, said that the reason Mayan
languages are dying out in Guatemala
is because the new media, govern-
ment and courts are all in Spanish.
As Mayans have become more
integrated into the Guatemalan
community they have found out that
Spanish is more valuable to them
than their native language, Metz
said. However, a counter movement
has begun in Guatemala to re-teach
Mayan languages.
Kansan staf writer Kim Lynch can
be contacted at klynch@kansan.
com.
Edited by Brett Bolton
Professor to save Mayan languages
A KU linguistics professor has begun a study of three dying Mayan
languages in order to preserve them before they are lost forever
CULTURES
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison speaks at the frst Young Democrats meeting of the year Tuesday evening in Alderson Auditorium
at the Kansas Union.
By LinDA DEUTSch
ThE ASSociATED PrESS
LOS ANGELES John Mark
Karr, wearing an orange jail jump-
suit and handcuffs chained around
his waist, waived extradition to
Colorado on Tuesday to face mur-
der charges in the slaying of 6-year-
old JonBenet Ramsey.
Karr spoke only briefly during a
two-minute court hearing to con-
firm his decision. His blank expres-
sion changed only once when he
slowly closed his eyes as the judge
recited the charge of first-degree
murder.
Although his public defender
and a former defense attorney
described Karr as eager to go, it
was unclear when the 41-year-old
teacher would be transferred. The
Boulder County sheriff s deputies
would not discuss travel plans and
Los Angeles jail officials said they
had not yet been contacted about
a transfer.
Deputy Public Defender Haydeh
Takasugi, who represented Karr in
the hearing, said he was concerned
about having to appear in court
wearing jail attire rather than civil-
ian clothes.
Its going to taint any potential
jury pool out there, Takasugi said.
He was upset at that.
Karrs face has flooded news-
casts since he was named a suspect
in Bangkok last week in the long-
unsolved slaying of the 6-year-old
beauty pageant queen, who was
found strangled in the basement
of her Boulder home on Dec. 26,
1996.
Prosecutors have not disclosed
their evidence against Karr, and his
family has said he was at home in
Georgia at the time of the slaying.
Karr told reporters in Thailand
before he voluntarily flew to Los
Angeles on Sunday that he was
not innocent in JonBenets slaying,
explaining only that he was present
when she died and that her death
was an accident.
In addition to first-degree mur-
der, the charges against Karr in a
sealed probable-cause arrest war-
rant include felony murder, first-
degree kidnapping, second-degree
kidnapping and sexual assault on
a child.
The felony murder charge means
prosecutors are either accusing
Karr of killing JonBenet during the
course of a sexual assault or kid-
napping, or that he was present
while someone else killed the girl.
UPDATE
Ramsey defendant to go to trial
Morrison discusses platform
SPEAkER
By Erin cASTAnEDA
Paul Morrison, Johnson County
district attorney and recently con-
verted democrat, said switching from
the Republican Party wont affect his
campaign for attorney general this
fall because it didnt change any of
his beliefs.
If people respect you as a per-
son, people dont care about partisan
politics, he said Tuesday night to
about 25 students at the Alderson
Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
They care if you do a good job.
In an event sponsored by the
KU Young Democrats, Morrison
explained how he would do a bet-
ter job than Republican incumbent
Attorney General Phill Kline. He
said he was never interested in run-
ning for office until Kline was voted
in.
Morrison, who has tried sever-
al high-profile cases, said he was
stunned that Kline, who has never
tried a case, could get the job.
The race between the two is draw-
ing attention statewide in prepara-
tion of the Nov. 7 election. Morrison
said there was an incredible contrast
between the two.
I will give the incumbent one
hell of a run for the money and I
think we will win, he said.
Morrisons philosophy during his
26 years in law enforcement has
been punish the guilty and the right
will win.
His philosophy has carried over
to his campaign.
Morrison said his three-pronged
mission was about safety, priorities
and judgment.
He said he was in the best posi-
tion to keep Kansans safe because
he has put hundreds of criminals in
prison.
As for priorities, he thinks Kline
has them all wrong. Kline subpoe-
naed the medical records of patients
who had abortions and Morrison
said it was an invasion of privacy
that he would make a number one
priority.
Kansas has become the butt of
jokes nationally, he said. People
like Phill Kline have contributed to
that. I say this election, lets get the
last laugh.
Alex Treaster, Shawnee junior,
said he liked Morrison because he
was down to earth and came across
as a straight lawman. Kline doesnt,
he said.
I have a lot more respect for
someone who can enforce the law,
Treaster said.
Kansan staf writer Erin castaneda
can be contacted at ecastaneda@
kansan.com.
Edited by Jacky Carter
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(continued from 1a)
Michelle Rissky, senior biology
major and pre-med student whos
on this years calendar, said it vali-
dates what she stands for.
I think the calendar exists
because its one of the few forms of
trans-media around that recogniz-
es women for more than just being
a pretty face, Rissky said.
Calendar nominations are adver-
tised by the Womens Resource
Center. People are encouraged to
nominate women for the calendar
and a committee of students, staff,
and faculty decide who will be on
it. Rose-Mockry said about 75 per-
cent of the women on the calendar
are students.
There will be 5,000 copies of
the calendar printed. They are
available free at the Burge Union,
Jayhawk Bookstore, Kansas Union
and other places around campus.
Kansan staf writer Anna Falter-
meier can be contacted at afal-
termeier@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
crossing
(continued from 1a)
Were here to give back to the
community, said Chris Reine,
Kansas City, Mo., junior and presi-
dent of the Black Student Union. I
think the best way is to start with
people who dont have anything.
He said the group was trying to
get more involved outside of cam-
pus. He and friend Ashley Coleman
have volunteered overnight at the
shelter before.
Coleman, Shawnee junior, said
they woke up in the morning and
sang with the people at the shelter.
They wanted to raise awareness and
combat stereotypes about homeless-
ness.
The Black Student Union had
been spreading the word about the
shelter for several months, and spent
the past week gathering donations
and putting together supplies for
people of the shelter.
They collected from family and
friends as well as their own closets.
Their next volunteer project will be
to help out with Habitat for Humanity.
We just want to do more and be a
group not just for fun, but for com-
munity service, Reine said.
A member of the group intro-
duced herself to the woman wearing
the red cap. She warned the woman
that she better go get some enchila-
das before they ran out. The woman
smiled and agreed, but didnt budge
from her spot at the front of the
crowd gathered by the gospel group.
It sounds so good, she said.
Kansan staf writer Darla Slipke
can be contacted at dslipke@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
Anna Faltermeier/KAnsAn
michelle Tran, senior, above, and michelle rissky, senior, sign a copy of the Women of
Distinction calendar before a reception to recognize the 21 women on the calendar Tuesday
evening in the Malott Roomof the Kansas Union. Tran and Rissky were both recognized on the
calendar. The calendar focused on womens academic achievements as well as community and
campus involvement.
By KEN KUSMER
ThE ASSociATED PRESS
COVINGTON, Ind. A van
accompanying bicyclists riding to
raise money for slain police officers
was struck by a truck and spun into
the group, killing a state troop-
er and a retired sheriff s official,
authorities said. Another cyclist
was injured.
The van, which was marked with
a large banner that read Caution
Cyclists Ahead, had been traveling
with the group of 10 current and
retired police officers and another
man on Indiana 63 near the Illinois
state line when it was hit by the
truck, police said.
Killed were state police Lt. Gary
Dudley and Gary Martin, who had
retired in April as chief of the Lake
County Sheriff s Department. The
injured cyclist was airlifted to an
Illinois hospital, state police Sgt. Joe
Watts said.
The drivers of the two vehicles
also were injured, Watts said.
Southbound lanes of Indiana
63 about 50 miles north of Terre
Haute were closed Tuesday after-
noon. A crumbled red bicycle was
in the roadway, along with water
bottles, a helmet, shoes and other
bikes.
About 30 bicyclists from several
police agencies planned to ride por-
tions of 1,100 miles over 13 days,
while eight were planning to trek
the entire route.
The ride was to end Aug. 28 in
Indianapolis.
Martin, 63, was an avid cyclist
who had retired from the Gary
Police Department and was named
in 2002 to the No. 2 position in the
Lake County Sheriff s Department,
the department said.
Karen Shelton, director of oper-
ations for the Indiana Troopers
Association, said the group hosted
the riders last week.
They were all very upbeat when
they were here Friday night, she
said. They do this on their own
time which I think is admirable.
Watts said the riders were deter-
mined to finish.
My understanding is the ride
will continue, he said. I am sure
the officers would not want it any
other way.
Money raised supports Indiana
Concerns of Police Survivors,
which provides support for fami-
lies of officers killed in the line
of duty and helps send them to
Washington, D.C., for annual
memorial services.
Two people killed during
charity ride for slain police
national
cRiME
ofcers shoot and kill
knife-wielding man
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Ofcers
responding to a disturbance shot
and killed a man who lunged at
them with a knife, police said.
The shooting happened about
1:45 p.m. Monday. John P. Arzola,
34, whom police believed was from
Kansas City, Mo., was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Police spokeswoman Jackie Wa-
ters said the ofcers were called to
Union Pacifc Railroad property by
workers there. They found Arzola
outside his sport utility vehicle,
which was parked on some tracks.
Arzola was acting strangely and
throwing items out of the vehicle,
Waters said.
He was waving the knife
around, she said. The ofcers were
trying to get him to put the knife
down. He continued to refuse. He
lunged at the ofcers, and the of-
fcers then were forced to shoot to
defend themselves.
There were two or three ofcers
on the scene, Waters said, but it
was not immediately clear how
many of them shot at Arzola.
The ofcers had asked for
another ofcer with a stun gun to
come to the scene to help subdue
Arzola, Waters said. The shooting
happened before someone with a
stun gun could reach the scene.
international
AssociATeD Press
Local residents look at the crash site of RussianTupolev Tu-154 plane near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, about 400 miles (640 kilometers) east of Kiev
yesterday. A Russian passenger jet crashed in eastern Ukraine just minutes after sending a distress signal during a severe thunderstormonTuesday, killing
all 170 people on board, ofcials said. Dozens of children were among the victims.
Plane crash kills all passengers
By SERGEi VENyAVSKy
ThE ASSociATED PRESS
SUKHA BALKA, Ukraine A
Russian passenger jet crashed during
a thunderstorm just minutes after
sending a distress signal on Tuesday,
killing all 170 people on board,
including dozens of children.
Emergency officials said prelimi-
nary information led them to believe
that weather not terrorism
caused the Pulkovo Airlines Tu-154
to plummet to the ground in what
was the third passenger plane crash
involving Russias aviation industry
this year.
Nobody survived, Mykhaylo
Korsakov, spokesman for the
Donetsk department of the
Emergency Situations Ministry, told
The Associated Press.
Ukrainian officials said a storm
with high winds, driving rain and
lightning was raging through the
region at the time. Russias Emergency
Situations Ministry spokeswoman
Irina Andrianova, citing informa-
tion from her Ukrainian counter-
parts, said the plane was likely hit by
lightning.
Korsakov said the pilot asked to
make an emergency landing before
disappearing from the radar screens
at around 2:30 p.m.
The Tu-154 was en route from the
Russian Black Sea resort of Anapa
to St. Petersburg when it ran into
trouble. Two minutes after the crew
sent a distress signal, it dropped off
the radar, said Russian emergency
official Yulia Stadnikova.
Residents of Sukha Balka, a vil-
lage north of Donetsk and some 400
miles east of Kiev, found part of the
planes tail section and still-burning
pieces of debris in a swampy field.
Television footage showed scorched,
smoldering land covered in small
pieces of wreckage. Thick white
smoke hung over the debris.
Of the 170 people on board, 45
were children, Pulkovo Airlines
deputy director Anatoly Samoshin
told reporters at the St. Petersburg
airport. The list of passengers, most
of whom were from St. Petersburg,
appeared to include many families.
Investigators were searching for
the flight data recorders commonly
called black boxes.
Samoshin said the pilot decided
to climb about 3,300 feet to try to
get above the storm. But as the plane
ascended from 29,500 to 36,000 feet,
the pilot sent the first distress sig-
nal. Later, the pilot sent two more
distress signals, the last from 9,800
feet, he said.
The only known fact is that the
weather was bad, there was a strong
thunderstorm and poor visibility,
Ukrainian emergency official Leonid
Kastorsky told Russias NTV at the
site of the crash.
OPINION
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and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
JORGENSEN: Welcome, freshmen. Heres everything
about college they wont tell you at orientation, like
what happens when you wake up missing your shoes.
See kansan.com for more opinions and Free for All comments
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2006
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OPINION PAGE 5A
The University Daily Kansan emphasizes the First Amendment:
To those of you new to our il-
lustrious hill, youre going to like it
here. As the newest generation of
Jayhawks, you have not experienced
the blur that is the University of Kan-
sas and all that is associated with it.
Tere are a few things you need to
know.
Lets establish this frst and fast if
you are new to the University and
have a boyfriend or girlfriend who
lives more than 10 miles away: cut
loose and move on. Tere is fun to
be had, and all you need is your boys
or girls to make this happen.
If you are a returning male stu-
dent and you still have a girlfriend
from back home, you need to stop
playing Halo and Counterstrike in
your spare time, retire your Magic
cards and Pogs, and take a shot.
If youre a returning female and
you still have a boyfriend from back
home, hes (still) cheating on you. If
hes not, he will be soon. Tats okay,
because so will you. But dont fret
young ones; solo is the best way to
start college.
Te college lifestyle is much dif-
ferent from high school. Youre going
to do things you never could have
imagined while in your moms base-
ment, surrounded by Brad Pitt, J-Lo
or Te Lord of the Rings posters,
depending on your taste.
Men, you will at some point drunk-
enly hook up with some girl you may
think looks like Jessica Simpson but
who really looks more like the Ulti-
mate Warrior, circa 1991.
Women, youre going to make out
with your best friend, and with that
creepy guy on the dance foor who
wont take his hands of your butt.
But, hey, youll be able to milk him
for a couple drinks so dont be too
upset.
A weird morning in high school
would be waking up at your friends
house, or maybe in your car. A weird
morning in college is waking up by
the ATM at the Commerce Bank
next to Montana Mikes. You prob-
ably wont have your shoes. I prom-
ise all of you will wake up missing at
least one shoe at some point in your
college years.
Here is some advice to the new
women: If a guy walks up to you
wearing a shirt that says something
like, My girlfriend is at home, or
Moms love me, leave him alone.
He has herpes. If his shirt has a gi-
ant 68 on it and says, You owe me
one, you should at least give him
your number because that is just
funny. And no, I dont own that shirt,
but I almost wish I did.
Here is my advice to the men:
Never wear fip-fops when you go
out. When youre drunk and peeing
either at a bar or a party, youre go-
ing to splatter or pee directly on your
unguarded foot, and that sucks. Plus,
you never know when someone will
want to fght you. You never know
when you will need a solid kicking
foot.
Tats why I only wear steel-toed
boots with spurs. Whether its at a
party or on the beach, I never leave
my trusted rodeo boots at home.
Tis has just been a sampling of
things to expect or consider while in
college. Do things youll regret: Tey
make better stories. Dont do things
youll be ashamed of: they make sad
A.A. stories. Go out, meet some peo-
ple and have fun.
Jorgensen is a Baldwin City se-
nior in journalism.
Tis the season for rankings,
and depending on your atti-
tude, the University of Kansas
is either more rank than last
year, or the aroma has never
been better.
Kansan employees strive to
bring KU students unbiased
coverage successfully or un-
successfully but most of us
have a certain pride in the Uni-
versity, whether U.S. News and
World Report ranks it frst or
last. Many KU students share
this attitude.
Many would disagree, and we
would hope that they would be
working to improve our com-
munity through actions such as
voicing dissent or advocating a
worthy cause.
For what its worth, outsid-
ers opinions have improved.
For 2007, the publication ranks
the University 39th among
public universities and 88th
among national universities.
Te University improved six
spots among public universities
and nine spots overall from last
years standings. But the rank-
ings fail to tell the Universitys
story.
Te magazines analysis un-
covers a small fraction of the
Universitys qualities by em-
phasizing numbers. It used 15
quantitative indicators to mea-
sure academic quality, includ-
ing a peer assessment survey of
university administrators, stu-
dent retention rates, acceptance
rates, per-student spending,
graduation rates and the aver-
age percentage of alumni who
contribute.
Perhaps equally important
are the characteristics for which
the publication lacks data. Te
publication acknowledges in its
About the rankings section
that its study neglects the feel
of campus life, activities, sports,
academic oferings, location,
cost and availability of fnancial
aid.
Once a student has enrolled,
rankings amount to little more
than a popularity contest. Fu-
ture students may rely on the
2007 rankings to make the de-
cision to apply, but afer they
have spent enough time here,
the reason they came wont be
the numbers 39 or 88.
Just ask the students who re-
sponded to the 101 things to
do before you graduate in last
weeks Jayplay.
As American author Henry
Miller said, Develop an in-
terest in life as you see it; the
people, things, literature, music
the world is so rich, simply
throbbing with rich treasures,
beautiful souls and interesting
people. Forget yourself.
Substitute the University
of Kansas for the world in
the above quotation and forget
your ranking too.
Steve Lynn, for the editorial
board
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By Kayvon Sarraf
The University of Kansas wom-
ens soccer club is working to recruit
players for this season that want
highly competitive games without
the varsity practice schedule.
Club members have the oppor-
tunity to travel around the coun-
try and play games against other
athletes.
Were competitive, but we still
have the camaraderie that comes
with any team or club, said Sarah
Murphy, club vice president and
Topeka sophomore. Were able to
combine a great bonding experi-
ence with playing the game that
we love.
Last year, the club traveled to the
National Intramural Recreational
Sports Association Soccer Sport
Club Championship in Tuscaloosa,
Ala., where it lost to eventual cham-
pion Virginia in an overtime quar-
terfinal match. This year, plans are
in place to travel to nationals in
Tempe, Ariz., in addition to play-
ing tournaments in Chicago and
Manhattan, Kan.
Caitlin McKeown, club president
and Barrington, Ill. senior, said the
team planned on keeping between
20 and 25 players, depending on
the talent pools depth at tryouts.
Every year the team is forced to
make a few cuts.
She said she was not worried
about the possibility of potential
players walking on to the varsity
team. Club sports require a differ-
ent attitude than varsity sports.
Varsity soccer requires much
more dedication and commitment,
she said. Were competitive but are
a lot more laid back than the varsity
team.
At the same time, Murphy said
the team finds a happy medium
between intramurals and varsity
level play. Intramurals are for play-
ers who do not have much experi-
ence playing, while only playing
one time per week.
McKeown said the teams sched-
ule is similar to that of a high school
club team, with practices three days
a week and games every weekend
in the fall. Every girl on the team
has experience playing at the high
school level, with some having a
stint playing varsity level soccer at
small colleges.
Murphy said that while she and
the other team captains will likely
make a few cuts at tryouts, soccer
skills are not the only thing she
will be looking for. She will also be
looking at how girls get along with
the rest of the team. She hopes to
get to know all interested partici-
pants.
Conditioning is another impor-
tant factor, but we really want to
find girls that are going to fit in well
with the rest of the team, Murphy
said.
McKeown said the whole season
is a build-up to nationals, where the
team has had success the past few
seasons, including a second place
finish three seasons ago.
All the tournaments we play are
to help us prepare for nationals,
which is the culmination of our
season, McKeown said.
As a club sport, the team is forced
to provide its own funds. Past fund-
raising events have included T-shirt
sales.
Any girls with questions about
the club should attend an informa-
tional meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday
at the Student Recreation and
Fitness Center. Tryouts begin at 4
p.m. Monday at the Shenk Complex,
23rd and Iowa streets, and will con-
tinue on Tuesday and Thursday
next week at the same time.
Kansan sportswriter Kayvon Sar-
raf can be contacted at ksarraf@
kansan.com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
By Shawn Shroyer
Dating back to his first spring
at Texas A&M, sophomore quar-
terback Stephen McGee made it
known that, someday, the Aggies
would be his team to lead.
Late in a 2005 spring prac-
tice, coach Dennis Franchione
approached McGee about becom-
ing a leader for the defense, in
addition to the offense. McGee then
took the field against the defense, in
the midst of a drill where quarter-
backs werent supposed to get hit,
and decided to ruffle some feath-
ers linebacker Justin Warrens
feathers.
So Stephen breaks a run, comes
down the line, and Justin comes
over to tag off like hes supposed
to do with the quarterback and
Stephen lowers his shoulder and
knocks Justin down, Franchione
said. I think the team responded
well to it and got everybody a little
bit fired up. And that was his way
of sending his message to compete
hard.
McGees fiery attitude will be a
welcome, and much needed, addi-
tion to a Texas A&M squad that lost
its last four games of the 2005 sea-
son when it needed only one more
win to become bowl eligible.
But dont confuse his in-your-face
demeanor on the field for arrogance
or showmanship. Hes the ultimate
team player.
When the guys see me play, I
want them to see a guy that first
cares about his teammates more
than himself, he said. If theres a
yard to get or an inch to get, Im
going to dive and take a hit for them
because theyre important.
McGee is used to the pain from
taking hits, but 2006 may also
inflict some growing pains on the
young quarterback. Texas A&M
will depend on McGee growing this
season along with an offense that
returns only six starters from 2005.
The rushing attack should suf-
fer no setbacks from last year with
most of the key elements return-
ing, including senior running back
Courtney Lewis and sophomore
Jorvorskie Lane.
Creating lanes for the backs will
be a line that returns four starters:
juniors Corey Clark, tackle, Kirk
Elder, guard, and Cody Wallace,
center, along with sophomore tackle
Yemi Babalola. Senior guard Grant
Dickey is listed as the fifth offensive
lineman.
McGee will have an experienced
group of receivers, although two of
them are coming off severe injuries.
Senior Chad Schroeder and junior
Earvin Taylor are listed as starters
for the Aggies, but both suffered
broken legs that ended their 2005
seasons. Schroeder was still the
teams second leading receiver with
335 yards and five touchdowns.
Similar to the offense, the defense
returns six players with starting
experience, but only one started all
11 games last season. The defense
will have at least one veteran at each
level of its unit, which will feature
four linemen, two linebackers and
five backs. That experience leads
junior defensive tackle Red Bryant
to believe the Aggie defense has
something to prove in 2006.
If Texas A&Ms postseason
chances are on the line again down
the stretch, it will rely on its new
quarterbacks intensity to clinch a
postseason berth.
Its hard to replace Reggie
McNeal, but McGee just by his
leadership and the way he is
weve seen him get hit and he jumps
back up, Bryant said. He sparks
the team and I feel like he makes
everyone around him better, so I
feel like were headed in the right
direction.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn
Shroyer can be contacted at
sshroyer@kansan.com.
Edited by Brett Bolton
Knee injury forces team reorganization
volleyball
Womens soccer club recruiting to win this season Aggies new quarterback brings energy
club sports big 12 football
Bechard will look to freshmen to step up, fill spot of player out all season
By Drew DaviSon
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard
announced yesterday that Natalie
Uhart, middle blocker, will be out
the rest of the season.
Uhart, the preseason Big 12
Newcomer of the Year, injured
her knee during the KU Alumni
Scrimmage on Saturday. The sever-
ity of her injury was unknown until
yesterday.
An awkward landing caused the
injury, Bechard said, and Uhart will
have surgery in a couple weeks.
I am confident everybody here at
the University of Kansas will support
her and her total recovery, Bechard
said.
Uharts experience and athleticism
were expected to help fill the void left
by Josi Lima. Lima, a four-time All-
Big 12 selection, graduated and now
plays professionally in Spain.
Natalie came in at the same level
of Josi, Jana Correa, senior outside
hitter said. Now we have freshmen,
so we lose a little bit, but I think
theyll be okay. They just need to
grow up quickly.
Brittany Williams, freshman mid-
dle blocker, is projected to become
the starter.
Williams seems to have that
opportunity, Bechard said. We
were training Caitlin Mahoney
more on the right side, but now well
give Caitlin that opportunity too.
Those two have the most experience
that will make that transition the
smoothest.
Emily Brown, junior right side
hitter and setter, is confident the
team will be able to bounce back
after losing Uhart.
Definitely a big loss, not only
skill wise but Natalie is a great team-
mate, she said. Shes a great person,
just awesome to have in the gym. Its
definitely a loss, but I think well be
all right.
Staying healthy will be one of the
biggest goals for the Jayhawks.
Last year, Kansas had nine healthy
players for the NCAA tournament.
Therefore, the team has added depth.
Sixteen players are on the roster this
season and 15 are active.
One of the key losses from last
season was Correa, who tore her
ACL during the Kansas State game.
Correa said she was healthy
and ready to start the season after
Saturdays scrimmage.
I think I did well. It was my first
game after eight months, she said. I
was confident and I am excited for
the rest of the year.
The Jayhawks season gets under-
way at the Crismson Tide Invitational
in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Friday after-
noon they play Alabama A&M and
Saturday they have a double header
against Miami and Alabama.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davi-
son can be contacted at ddavi-
son@kansan.com.
Edited by Jacky Carter
By eDDie PeLLS
The aSSociaTeD PreSS
Sprinter Justin Gatlin agreed to
an eight-year ban from track and
field Tuesday, avoiding a lifetime
penalty in exchange for his coop-
eration with doping authorities and
because his first positive drug test
was deemed an honest mistake.
He will forfeit the world record
he tied in May, when he ran the 100
meters in 9.77 seconds. At age 24,
the lengthy ban would all but knock
Gatlin out of competition for the
rest of his life.
Gatlin tested positive follow-
ing the Kansas Relays in April for
testosterone or other steroids, five
years after his first positive test,
which was for medicine to control
attention-deficit disorder. Under the
World Anti-Doping Agency code,
a second doping offense calls for a
lifetime ban.
But Gatlin reached a compromise
with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency,
which levies doping penalties in
America. Under terms of the com-
promise, he can still appeal to an
arbitration panel in the next six
months to have the term reduced.
The first offense occurred while
Gatlin was in college. He stopped
taking the ADD medicine a few
days before competition, but it did
not clear his system. He received
a two-year ban for that test, which
was reduced by a year because of
the exceptional circumstances of
the offense.
The nature of Gatlins first
offense for use of his medication
puts this violation in a unique cat-
egory, said USADA chief executive
officer Terry Madden.
Gatlin has said he didnt know
how steroids got into his system
this time.
Photo by Megan True/ KANSAN
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard talks about his upcoming seasonTuesday afternoon. We are
excited for this season and hope to make it back to the NCAA tournament,Bechard said.
ku relays
Track star accepts ban
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Normally, Ill tell you which
players to add, drop, trade, trade
for, or put on the IR (Fred Taylor,
Im looking in your direction).
But today, with no regular season
games on the slate for the upcom-
ing weekend, well do a draft spe-
cial. These are the five fantasy
football draft commandments.
Why five? Because 10 is just too
many.
1) Thou shalt do a live draft.
Yeah, I know, the internet drafts
are convenient and fast, but there
arent many excuses for 10 buddies
to get together for a night of beer
and sports. Trust me. Its much
more entertaining to make fun
of your buddy for trying to draft
Marshall Faulk in person.
2) Thou shalt be on time and
with beer. Pretty self-explanatory,
nobody likes the guy who shows
up late and busts out lines like,
Hey man, you mind if I bum
another beer off of you? Ill hit you
back, I promise. Yeah, right.
3) Thou shalt not ignore thy
league scoring system. One of the
most common questions: Where
should I draft Peyton Manning?
Answer: It depends. How does
your league score passing yards vs.
rushing yards? My league last year
only valued rushing touchdowns
at four points each, so I drafted
Peyton Manning second overall
and won my league with ease.
With most formats though, Id say
late first to early second (maybe
higher with so many question marks
surrounding Clinton Portis, LaMont
Jordan and Brian Westbrook).
4) Thou shalt not draft players
with the same bye week. Having
Rudi Johnson, Shaun Alexander and
Andre Johnson on the same team
sounds great, right? Wrong. All
three of those players have a bye in
week five. Without those three play-
ers in your lineup, you might as well
forfeit the week.
5) Thou shalt pay attention to
weeks 15 and 16. When drafting,
think about your leagues playoffs
(weeks 15 and 16 in most leagues). If
you think your team is playoff wor-
thy, prepare for it. Clinton Portis will
face New Orleans and St. Louis dur-
ing fantasy playoff time. That sounds
a little more appetizing than Willie
Parkers Carolina-Baltimore finish.
Kansan sportswriter Evan Hengel
can be contacted at ehengel@
kansan.com.
Edited by Brett Bolton
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
FRIDAY
Soccer exhibition vs. Furman,
5 p.m., Jayhawk Soccer
Complex
Womens Volleyball vs. Alabama
A&M, 4:30 p.m., Crimson Tide Invita-
tional, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SATURDAY
Womens Volleyball vs. Miami,
11 a.m., Crimson Tide Invitational,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Womens Volleyball vs. Alabama,
7 p.m., Crimson Tide Invitational,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SUNDAY
Soccer vs. Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m.,
Jayhawk Soccer Complex
BY EVAN HENGEL
KANSAN COLUMNIST
EHENGEL@KANSAN.COM
Football in a fantasy world
FANTASY FOOTBALL
The biggest difference in the
system this season for Cornish is
that he wont be splitting playing
time with Green.
Last season, Green had near-
ly 20 more overall carries than
Cornish, yet Cornish still man-
aged 120 more yards. In the last
four games of the 2005 season,
Cornish averaged more than 80
yards a game. Hell need to average
just above 80 yards a game in all
12 games this season to break the
1,000 yard mark.
Mangino will need that much
production out of Cornish and
more to help take the pressure
off redshirt freshman quarterback
Kerry Meier.
Mangino will also rely on
Cornish for even more of the rush-
ing workload after the season-end-
ing injury to his backup, redshirt
freshman Angus Quigley, last
week. While Mangino believes
he has able backups in fresh-
man running back Jake Sharp
and junior fullback Brandon
McAnderson, Cornish will still
have to carry the offense, espe-
cially if Meier struggles early.
But thats just fine with
Cornish. Hes been waiting for
this chance all along.
I wanted to carry the load last
year, and I want to carry the load
this year, Cornish said.
Kansan senior sportswriter
Ryan Schneider can be con-
tacted at rschneider@kansan.
com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
CORNISH (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
Even though frozen lemonades
were the reason she started play-
ing golf, she believes her father is
responsible for her success.
He has always been my coach,
she said. I wouldnt be where I am
without him.
Costner said she has excelled in
golf with her fathers support and
a strong work ethic, She practices
every day for at least two hours.
In one putting drill alone, she will
force herself to make three con-
secutive shots from four different
angles before moving on.
During tournaments, Costner
plans every hole before she tees off.
She loves competition and said it
is one of the reasons she loves the
game so much.
Ive always been competitive,
and I like when pressure is put on,
Costner said. I think its awesome
that golf is something that you can
play your whole life and experi-
ence the camaraderie that comes
with it.
The ability to play the game she
loves is a blessing in her eyes.
God is definitely the number
one thing in my life. God gave me
this gift, so that is what I do it for,
she said.
After the season ends, she
wants to continue playing golf.
She is looking for sponsors for
the LPGA, and plans to be on the
Futures Tour after graduation.
If golf does not work out,
Costner, an applied behavior sci-
ence major, wants to work with
under-privileged children and is
looking forward to an intern-
ship with a truancy program this
year.
Costner and her teammates
enjoy going to movies together
and eating fast food at each oth-
ers apartments.
My favorite is Taco Bueno,
actually, Costner said. But
Taco Bell is where I can get my
Mexican food fix.
With the help of her friends
and family, Costner has already
experienced success in the golf
world, and this is only the begin-
ning.
Kansan sportswriter Josh Lan-
dau can be contacted at jlan-
dau@kansan.com.
Edited by Jacky Carter
During her first year, Giangrosso
did not make the five-man roster for
the first tournament and also con-
tracted mono during the winter.
She bounced back and earned a
spot on the roster for the Marilynn
Smith Invitational, where she took
fifth place. Her biggest success
came during the summer when she
placed first at the Kansas Amateur
Championship.
After the first two days it was
between a girl from K-State and
me, and I would rather die than
see someone from K-State win,
Giangrosso said.
She hopes to use the win as a
springboard into the season to lead
the incoming freshmen by example.
Although Giangrosso said the
past summer was the best of her
golfing career, it was the first time
she traveled without her family.
They have been nothing but sup-
portive all along. I call them every
day, she said. My home is always
open to my teammates.
Even with success on the golf
course, Giangrosso doesnt plan
to continue playing after college.
Instead, she wants to focus on coach-
ing.
Right now, my heart is not in
playing professional golf, she said.
Although she does not wish to
continue playing golf after graduat-
ing, she still loves the game, and
said being a coach will allow her
to stay close to it. She said golf is
something she has a deep respect
for, and golfers are people she wants
to be around.
It takes a lot of guts to go out
and take a chance that you might not
play as well as youd like, Giangrosso
said. I like how you are going to go
out and at the end of 18 holes, you
sign your score card and its only
your responsibility.
Kansan sportswriter Josh Landau
can be contacted at jlandau@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Jacky Carter
LEADER (CONTINUED FROM 12A) SUMMER (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
BY BEN WALKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Carlos Beltran
swung, and quickly an exciting night
for the New York Mets became an
exhilarating one.
Beltran hit a two-run homer in
the ninth inning, putting a rousing
ending to a game of grand-slam
derby between Albert Pujols and
Carlos Delgado and rallying the
Mets over the St. Louis Cardinals
8-7 Tuesday.
This is a potential playoff atmo-
sphere, Beltran said. Whoever
wins this series is going to make a
statement.
Pujols hit a slam and a three-
run homer for St. Louis, setting
a career-high with seven RBI.
Delgado almost matched that for
the Mets, crunching a solo shot and
a slam to reach 400 homers.
It doesnt matter. Its not about
me, Pujols said.
Beltrans one-out drive to right
field off Jason Isringhausen (4-7)
capped the Mets comeback from a
7-1 deficit.
It also decided the game between
NL division leaders and gave the
Mets a five-game winning streak.
On a rollicking night at Shea
Stadium, a Mets crowd of 49,661
that included former President
Clinton had plenty to cheer about.
Fans found out before the game
pitcher Tom Glavine would not
need surgery on his left shoulder.
They later learned outfielder
Shawn Green was acquired from
Arizona.
It was a nice night, Delgado
said.
BY DOUG TUCKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Mark
Teahen is doing his best to make the
Carlos Beltran trade turn out well
for the Kansas City Royals after all.
A key in the deal that sent the
All-Star center fielder to Houston,
Teahen was thought to be a bust
when he was shipped down to
Triple-A this spring hitting a paltry
.195.
However, a month in Omaha
apparently did wonders. After going
4-for-4 Tuesday night in the Royals
5-2 victory over Cleveland, the slen-
der third baseman is hitting .295.
Hes an impressive young play-
er, said Cleveland manager Eric
Wedge. Hes a great example of
somebody thats worked hard.
Teahen had a home run and two
doubles and scored the go-ahead
run on Victor Martinezs throwing
error, helping Odalis Perez (1-1)
get his first victory in four months.
Teahen also had two stolen bases.
You go through the minors
always being a good player, Teahen
said. Then you get here and I strug-
gled through last year and struggled
the first month (this year). I think
it was good for me to get there and
regain that confidence that Im a
good ballplayer.
In his last 13 games, he has
scored 10 runs and driven in eight
while hitting six doubles and three
home runs.
I didnt change a whole lot
mechanically, Teahen said. I just
got comfortable with what I was
doing and got some confidence. Ive
just been building that more or less
ever since I got back.
Perez gave up two runs and seven
hits in seven innings for his first
victory as a starter since April 21
when he beat Arizona while pitch-
ing for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Teahen hit a two-run homer
in the first inning and then hus-
tled out his second double in the
sixth. He bolted for an attempted
steal of third a moment later and
came home, making it 3-2, when
Martinezs throw sailed a couple of
feet over the head of third baseman
Andy Marte.
Cards fall to Mets
MLB
Royals overpower Indians
MLB
sports
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard
announced yesterday that an injury
will keep a key player out
all season.
10A
student football ticket pick-up continues today
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Allen Fieldhouse
ticket office. students must present a valid
KUID to redeem their tickets.
wednesday, august 23, 2006
www.kansan.com
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golf
Josh Landau / KANsAN
Amanda Costner, senior, and Annie Giangrosso, junior, get together Saturday at the Alvamar Golf Course in Lawrence. Both girls went to the Amateur Championships in Oregon.
Families help golfers fnd success
Team leader discovered love of sport
after trips to golf course with father
Summer gives players a chance to travel,
compete, prepare for upcoming season
By Josh LAndAu
Amanda Costner can attribute all
of her success in golf to one thing:
frozen lemonades.
If it werent for them, Costner said
she would have never played golf.
When I was 10 or 11, my dad
used to take my sister and I to the
driving range. We only went for the
free frozen lemonades, Costner, a
senior, said.
After a few frozen lemonades, she
tried her luck at the game, and her
father saw potential.
Costners father thought she hit
the ball well so he enrolled her in
lessons and entered her in tourna-
ments.
At Claremore High School in
Oklahoma, she won the state tour-
nament her junior year and was run-
ner-up her sophomore and senior
years.
Costner became a team lead-
er during her first season at the
University of Kansas. She led the
team in four of the six spring tour-
naments and finished seventh in the
Big 12 Championships. Last year,
Costner was named to the All-Big
12 team and she recently competed
in the Amateur Championships in
Oregon.
see leader oN pAGe 11A
By Josh LAndAu
Annie Giangrosso usually travels
with her family for golf tournaments,
so it took some convincing to per-
suade her parents to let her take a
road trip to Colorado with her team-
mates.
Along with having fun, she was
able to learn a lot from teammate
Amanda Costner.
We knew each other before I came
here, Costner said, but we became best
friends when we traveled together.
Annie is a great golfer and our
team wouldnt be the same without
her, Costner said.
Giangrosso, a junior, saw it as an
opportunity to improve on her game
by spending time with Costner.
It really helped me out to see how
she prepared and played in tourna-
ments, Giangrosso said.
Giangrosso was not always focused
solely on golf. She played multiple
sports in high school. She didnt
start seriously golfing until halfway
through high school, when she said
she focused on golf to earn college
scholarships.
Giangrosso knew she wanted to
pursue sports management in col-
lege and picked the only school that
made sense to her: the University of
Kansas.
see summer oN pAGe 11A
By RyAn schnEidER
Jon Cornish could have played
professional football this year.
Despite never declaring profes-
sional intentions, Cornish was the
first running back selected by the
Calgary Stampeders in the second
round of Aprils Canadian Football
League draft. The senior was eligible
because he had been in college four
years and had Canadian citizenship.
Cornish said he never serious-
ly considered the offer, though. It
wasnt because he grew up play-
ing football by American rules or
because he just isnt a CFL fan.
No, the reason he never consid-
ered returning north of the border
to continue playing football was sim-
ple: Hes still got unfinished business
here in Kansas.
I have some pretty lofty goals for
myself this season, Cornish said.
I want to carry the ball as much as
possible, I want to catch the ball as
much as possible, and I want to help
the team as much as possible.
He has already said that a 1,000
yard season isnt out of the question.
It would be quite an accomplish-
ment, considering the last Kansas
running back to rush for more than
1,000 yards in a single season was
13 years and two head coaches ago.
Former Jayhawk June Henley rushed
for 1,127 yards in
1993, which ranks
sixth all-time on
Kansas single sea-
son rushing list.
Cornishs goals
dont bother
Kansas coach
Mark Mangino.
They just come
with one stipula-
tion.
If hes going
to talk the talk, he better walk the
walk, Mangino said jokingly.
Mangino said Cornishs role from
last season would change in order
for the team to be successful.
The reality is that he has to
become a complete running back,
Mangino said. He has to catch the
football and has to be a good pass
protector. He has made a concerted
effort to improve himself in those
areas.
It has taken Cornish four seasons
of continued improvement to get to
the point of talking about such high
aspirations.
He came to
Lawrence in 2002
off a stellar high
school career in
New Westminster,
British Columbia,
where he rushed
for 2,136 yards
and 31 touch-
downs during his
senior season. As
a result, Cornish
was named the
provincial player of the year in
British Columbia.
He saw time on the field his fresh-
man season, but took a redshirt after
an undisclosed injury ended his sea-
son just two games in. During his
redshirt freshman season, Cornish
made one rushing attempt for three
yards. After serving as a backup
running back for former Jayhawks
Clark Green and John Randle in his
sophomore season, Cornish had his
breakout season in 2005.
He led Kansas last season in total
rushing yards, 780, rushing touch-
downs, 9, average yards per carry,
5.8, and average rushing yards per
game, 65. Above all, Cornishs speed
provided a complement to Greens
power rushing style.
Cornishs speed and ability espe-
cially became evident toward the end
of last season. His 72-yard touch-
down run in the third quarter of last
seasons emotional victory against
Nebraska showed just how explosive
he had become.
I dont really understand what
made me faster towards the end of
the season, Cornish said. I think
it was just coming around with the
whole system and getting really
comfortable with it. I was just able to
do my own thing.
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Cornish sets goals high for season
Jared Gab/KANsAN
Jon Cornish, senior running back, pictured at media day, returns to the Jayhawk teamafter
declining a draft ofer fromthe Calgary Stampeders. Cornish has set high goals for himself and hopes
to break the 1,000 yard mark in rushing this season.
After four years senior running back takes feld with new optimism and no backup
I want to carry the ball as much
as possible, I want to catch the
ball as much as possible, and I
want to help the team as much
as possible.
Jon cornish
running back
serenity now
Chiefs will improve
afer early blunders
By FREd A. dAvis iii
kansan columnist
fdavis@kansan.com
Im nervous about this
Saturday.
Not because its my last day at U-
Haul or because my social calendar
is as bare as most college students
kitchen cupboards, save for that
lone can of tomato soup.
Im nervous because the Chiefs
are playing Saturday night.
I dont care that theyre play-
ing the St. Louis Rams for the
Governors Cup. Yeah, bragging
rights in the preseason, get your
best jabs ready. No, forget the Rams,
it doesnt matter who the Chiefs are
playing. This game Saturday is as
big as a preseason game gets for a
professional franchise.
But Fred, didnt you write a
column over the summer that was
singing the praises of your Chiefs
and how the signing of Ty Law
and the addition of coach Herm
Edwards were the missing piec-
es to a Super Bowl celebration in
the streets of Kansas City come
February?
Yes, evil Fred, youre correct, I
did write that column. Gulp. But to
anyone who has seen the chumps,
err, Chiefs in action so far, the
Chiefs look about as ready for the
regular season as Floridians for a
snow storm. The Chiefs have not
looked good. A big, 6-foot-5-inch,
320-pound reason the Chiefs have
not looked good this preseason
has been the departure of Willie
Roaf. The 13-year veterans retire-
ment prior to training camp has
dwarfed any news coming out of
Kansas City or River Falls the last
three weeks, because, as anyone
who watched last year knows, this
team needs Big Willie.
Speculation has run rampant
since Roaf s retirement that he was
going to come back and that he just
wanted to miss training camp. Yet
Big Willies appearance on ESPN2s
Cold Pizza a week or so ago dis-
missing that notion set a lot of
Chiefs fans back. Most of us are
still hanging on to the fact that, hey,
he is an athlete, and athletes usually
retire three or four times before
they really retire.
Check out the most recent case,
Junior Seau. Did you see that guys
retirement press conference? I
couldnt tell if the dude was rapping
or preaching. Best part, he signs
with the Patriots a few days later.
Back to the Chiefs though.
Besides missing Willie Roaf, the
Chiefs are missing tackles, blocks
and, against the Giants, the score-
board.
After the Texans game, I
thought, no biggie, the defense did
look like the Chiefs defense weve
known to despise and bemoan,
Casey Printers overall Madden rat-
ing should be somewhere around
59 and why isnt our boy Nick Reid
getting more looks? Its preseason!
Who cares?
I just knew Herm the Perm
Edwards would get things right
before the Giants game.
Then after watching the Chiefs
get drubbed on national television
by the Giants and wondering how
Joe Buck has made it as far as he
has oh, his dad, thats right I
got to thinking, this isnt good. I
thought Herms mantra was You
play to win the game, not You
lose so no one remembers your
name.
But despite all that Ive seen
Casey Printers included from
my beloved Kansas City Chiefs so
far, Im still sticking with my boys
to, as the great Big Daddy Kane
would say, Get the Job Done.
Herm Edwards is a leader of
men, and he knows what every
Chiefs fan knows, the team hasnt
played to its potential. The defense
is still figuring things out and
though it has looked dismal, there
is too much talent for it to continue
playing the way it has.
Meanwhile the offense, yeah,
about the offense, weve still got
Larry Johnson! And besides, its
only the preseason! So why isnt
my man Nick Reid getting more
looks?
Kansan sportswriter Fred A. da-
vis iii can be contacted at fda-
vis@kansan.com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts