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University found in violation of hazardous waste regulations
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
The alleged mishandling of hazardous
wastes will cost the University more than
$80,000 to clean up.
The Environmental Protection Agency
evaluated University laboratory buildings
last December for compliance with the fed-
eral Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. It cited the University for multiple vio-
lations of the RCRA and Kansas hazardous
waste regulations. The University and the
EPA reached an agreement on the matter
Monday afternoon.
The violations included improperly
labeling, documenting, handling and stor-
ing hazardous waste at several locations
around campus, including labs in Burt and
Malott halls and the McCollum lab in the
Higuchi Biosciences Center.
The University agreed to pay $39,431
to the EPA for the violations and will also
spend at least $41,585 on a project aimed
at reducing the use and production of haz-
ardous and toxic waste on campus, usually
produced during scientific processes. The
process will involve evaluating 301 labo-
ratories in various departments as well as
the Universitys Natural History Museum.
It will also include more training for people
involved in the handling of the hazardous
materials.
Chris Whitley, public affairs specialist for
the EPAs region seven, said the University
had to complete the project within the next
two years.
We dont expect it all to be done right
away, Whitley said. Evaluating 301 labs is
a big undertaking.
To assure the University stays on track
with the project, Whitley said it would
submit progress reports to the EPA. If
the University fails to make the necessary
progress in the allotted time, additional
fines will be added. Whitley said whenever
something such as hazardous waste was not
being handled according to regulations, a
potential for damage to human health was
present.
Mike Russell, director of environ-
ment, health and safety for the University,
said none of the violations the EPA cited
involved exposure or harm to the environ-
ment or people. He said that while there
was potential for harm in everyday life, the
problem with hazardous waste handling on
campus would not be hard to address.
People need to follow through with the
procedures and responsibilities, Russell
said. It is something we worry about.
Jack Martin, deputy director of the
office of University communications, said
the Universitys agreement with the EPA
came after a series of discussions among
University officials about the agencys
inspection. He said the University was
able to show that some of the issues the
EPA had brought up were not violations.
Despite disagreeing with the EPA on some
remaining issues, Martin said the deal was
fair overall.
Ryan Callihan, Lenexa senior and a
coordinator of KU Environs, said that while
the EPA fine may seem like a lot of money,
it seemed petty considering the violations.
He said the University wasnt immune to
the rules and regulations imposed on other
organizations.
Martin said covering the cost of the
fines was a matter of reallocating existing
resources to where the need arose. He said
the money for the environmental project
would come from assigning new duties to
existing staff members. The source of fund-
ing for the $39,341 penalty is still being
determined.
Edited by Rachel Burchfeld
locAl
Concert to
play at new
location
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior,
first organized an annual concert for
local bands when he was in high school.
This year the concert, Music for the
Masses, will take place from 12:30 p.m.
to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday at South Park.
full story page 6a
heAlth
KU students
exercising
more at Rec
New fitness classes are allowing more
KU students to get in shape. Turbo Kick
is the newest addition to the Student
Recreation Fitness Centers class list.
full story page 3a
ACCIDENT
student killed in one-car
crash, one passenger injured
A student was killed early Thursday
morning in north Lawrence when his
vehicle crashed into a power pole and
a tree, Lawrence Police Department
ofcials say.
Neil Hockenbarger, 26, was driving
northbound on Michigan Street when
he apparently lost control of the
vehicle, leaving the road and striking
the impediments. Hockenbarger died
at the scene of the accident. Ofcers
were dispatched at 12:15 a.m. Thurs-
day morning, according to a media
release issued by the Lawrence Police
Department Thursday morning.
Hockenbargers wife, Tifany, 25,
was riding in the passenger seat of
the vehicle. She survived the accident
and was treated for minor injuries.
Hockenbarger was involved with
the Universitys Air Force ROTC pro-
gram and was also a student in the
School of Mechanical Engineering.
According to an e-mail sent by school
administrators, grief counselors will
be visiting each of Hockenbargers
classes today for anyone who needs
assistance dealing with the loss.
Sgt. Bill Cory, a media relations
ofcer with the Lawrence Police
Department, said that the accident is
currently under investigation.
Ryan McGeeney
marching Jayhawks get $100K donation
And the bAnd plAys on
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
One of the smallest marching bands in
the Big 12 has a big
reason to smile.
Dana and Sue
Anderson, long-time
donors to the University,
donated $100,000 to
start an endowment
fund for the Marching
Jayhawks, the 251-piece
KU Athletics band.
Dana Anderson said
he wanted to estab-
lish a fund that would
help cover the cost of
the bands instruments, uniforms, travel
expenses and other costs.
A first-class band is reflective of a first-
class university and a first-class athletic
program, Dana Anderson said.
Taylor Smith, Fulton, Mo., sophomore,
plays the saxophone in the band and also
receives a scholarship from band. He said
he was glad that more band members
would have the opportunity to receive a
scholarship in the future because of the
donation.
Smith said the band gave him an outlet
to play his saxophone
and practice perform-
ing, an important
aspect of his music
performance major.
It also helped me
meet a ton of peo-
ple right off the bat
because I didnt know
anyone when I got
here, Smith said. Its
just a really fun expe-
rience.
Scott Weiss, direc-
tor of KU bands, said band members were
aware of the effect they had on players and
they took the job of supporting the team
and rallying the crowd very seriously.
We dont have to tell our students,
Weiss said. They know what a big part
they play in a game.
Weiss said the marching band was as
much a KU tradition as walking down the
hill at graduation or running through the
underground tunnels.
These things are things that define
game day at the University of Kansas,
Weiss said.
Anderson said he decided to donate
to KU Athletics several years ago when
he noticed the Universitys football pro-
gram was not as successful as Kansas State
Universitys program. He said a strong ath-
letics program helped schools attract stu-
dents, securing more donations and allow-
ing people to take greater pride in their
university.
I think the Universitys front porch is
its athletic program, Anderson said. My
goal was if K-State could do it, KU could
too, Anderson said.
The Andersons were major donors to
the $31 million Anderson Family Football
Complex and have also donated to the
School of Business, the Spencer Research
Library, and Allen Fieldhouses renova-
tions. Anderson said athletics was his fam-
ilys primary focus in donations.
While KU football has gained increas-
ing attention, the Marching Jayhawks have
grown by 40 percent during the last year,
from 150 members last year to 251 this
year.
Weiss said he anticipated more growth,
but that also meant the band would fund
more members through scholarships. The
band currently supports 10 times as many
students through scholarships as it did last
year.
This donation really supports the long-
term financial security of the Marching
Jayhawks, Weiss said. It will allow us to
give more students scholarships and buy
new instruments and uniforms.
Anderson and his wife, who live in Los
Angeles, come back to Memorial Stadium
for every home game. He said the bands
sound no longer was swallowed up in
Memorial Stadium and it was now able
to do much more impressive formations
because of the number of people involved.
Its a night-and-day difference between
two years ago, Anderson said. Now its
very much of a presence.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
ryan mcgeeney/Kansan
members of the Ku marching band high-fve football fans after a halftime performance in September. A recent $100,000 donation will allowthe band to pay for instruments, uniforms and travel expenses.
A frst-class band is refective
of a frst-class university and a
frst-class athletic program.
DANA ANDERSON
Donor
Endowment comes from Dana and Sue Anderson of Los Angeles, who return to Lawrence for every home game
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The student group event
Sigma Lambda Gamma Na-
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Awareness Day will begin at
noon on Wescoe Beach.
The seminar Trials and
Tribulations in Airplane
Design will begin at 2 p.m.
in the Continuing Education
building.
The seminar Peace, War,
& Global Change Seminar
- Jenny Weber will begin
at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar
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The seminar Synthe-
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Electrocatalytic Applications
of Dendrimer-Encapsulated
Nanoparticles will begin at
3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott.
The soccer game against
Texas Tech will begin at 4
p.m. at the Jayhawk Soccer
Complex.
The swim meet against
Pentathlon will begin at 4
p.m. in the Robinson Center.
The lecture What Does
a Liberal Society Owe the
Disadvantaged? will begin at
4 p.m. in the Conference Hall
in Hall Center.
The entertainment event
SUA First Fridays will begin
at 5 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
The public event Chef Kurt
Michael Friese to discuss Slow
Food will begin at 5 p.m. in
Oread Books in the Kansas
Union.
The flm Friday Night at
the Kino Film #1 Master
and Margarita Part #2 will
begin at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey
Hall.
The concert KU Wind
Ensemble with Visiting artist
Dai Zhonghaui, trumpet and
Steve Leisring, trumpet will
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied
Center.
The play A Flea in Her
Ear will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in
Murphy Hall.
The flm event SUA
Feature Film: Get Smart will
begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruf
Auditorium in the Kansas
Union.
The entertainment event
FREE Cosmic Bowling will
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Will Allen, Overland Park graduate, returns a hit during a tennis game Thursday afternoon. Allen played tennis throughout junior high and
high school and continues to play with a friend at least twice a week.
BY PATRICK SWAIN
editor@kansan.com
A group of students hopes to
bring concealed firearms to class
along with backpacks and iPods.
The grassroots organization, known
as Students for Concealed Carry on
Campus, held an open meeting
Monday to discuss its desire to bear
arms on school grounds.
The main reason that con-
cealed carry license holders should
be able to carry on campus is due
to the fact that campuses are just as,
if not more, unsafe as everywhere
else in society, said Eric Stein,
Topeka senior and the KU leader
for SCCC. The crime statistics and
school shootings are prime exam-
ples that schools are just as unsafe
as anywhere else off campus.
Stein said Colorado State
University and Blue Ridge
Community College in Vermont
have both allowed concealed fire-
arms on campus for a combined
total of more than 18 years. Utah
passed a law in 2006 that per-
mits licensed individuals to carry
concealed handguns at the states
public universities. None of these
schools has had any acts of gun
violence.
The SCCC consists of college
students, faculty members, parents
and concerned citizens.
In the state of Kansas there are
over 15,000 concealed and carry-
licensed holders and there are 65
members on the campus of KU,
Stein said.
The organizations primary
goals are to educate the public
while putting to rest the common
myths associated with concealed
handguns. Additionally, members
hope to convince school admin-
istrations and state legislatures to
provide individuals the right to
carry concealed firearms on college
campuses.
But not all students are excited
to see guns on school grounds.
To carry guns on campus is
unnecessary, said Aren T. Ryan,
Kansas City, Mo., sophomore. We
are adults and should be able to
solve quarrels without killing each
other.
KUs chapter of SCCC takes
action every year to have its voice
heard by participating in a semi-
annual demonstration.
Kansas laws permit individuals
21 or older to carry a concealed
weapon after passing a training
course. They must have no prior
felonies and no history of serious
mental illness. Individuals must
also pass a series of background
checks.
UnKUsual
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
In the wake of an increasing
trend of school shootings on
American college and high school
campuses, a Florida entrepreneur
has developed a lightweight
solution: armor designed to fit in
a book bag or backpack.
The Safety Book, developed by
Mark Fitzsimmons, president of
the Sjoman Bjorn Corp. based in
Boca Raton, Fla., measures about
14 inches by 8.5 inches, and weighs
about 1.25 pounds. It is currently
rated at Level II, the National
Institute of Justices designation for
ballistic armor that will stop up
to a .357 Magnum round, fired
at a distance of about 15 feet.
Fitzsimmons said that the armor
is currently being evaluated for
Level III, which indicates that a
piece of armor can stop rounds as
powerful as a .44 Magnum.
Fitzsimmons said that in
addition to unstable areas abroad,
the Safety Book could prove useful
to students on campuses in the
United States and other friendly
areas of the world. In the wake
of the Virginia Tech shootings of
2007 and other similar events,
Fitzsimmons decided to develop
and market his product toward the
college demographic.
What I saw is the epidemic
thats happening now in universities
of innocent people getting shot at,
just sitting in a classroom or by a
locker, Fitzsimmons said.
Fitzsimmons said that while
the Safety Book isnt a substitute
for a full-body armor apparatus, it
would at least offer protection for a
persons vital organs.
A KU Office of Study Abroad
spokesperson was not available
for comment, but as a rule, the
office does not arrange for student
travel to unstable or hostile regions
of the world. The Study Abroad
Handbook, furnished by the
office, offers a wide array of safety
precautions for American students
in foreign countries.
Fitzsimmons, who founded
the Sjoman Bjorn Corp., said he
expects to bring the Safety Book
to market as soon as early 2009
starting with Amazon.com.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Book-sized body armor developed
SAFETY
The Safety Book aimed toward college students after school shootings
CAMPuS
New record for number
of registered voters
The Student Legislative
Awareness Board, or SLAB,
broke its record for registering
students to vote on campus.
So far, SLAB has registered
about 700 students, which
almost triples the 250 students
it registered last year. Ryan
Lawler, Brolingbrook, Ill., senior
and SLAB community afairs
director, said SLAB had two
weeks left to register students
to vote. He said SLAB had not
yet collected registration forms
from seven greek houses and
residence halls.
Haley Jones
Spring 2009 course
listing available online
The Spring 2009 course
listings became available
Thursday. Enrollment for next
semester begins Thursday,
Oct. 23. Students can fnd their
enrollment appointment times
posted on their Enroll & Pay
account under the Student
Center link.
Enrollment appointments
are diferent from advising
appointments. Advising begins
Oct. 20 in the College of Liberal
Arts & Sciences and in most
schools.
Haley Jones
ODD NEWS
Police use ad to snare
armored truck robber
MONROE, Wash. An
online advertisement ofered
$28.50 an hour to anyone who
wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt,
yellow safety vest, eye protec-
tion and ventilator mask and
waited near a bank.
The ad was a decoy set up
by police to catch the robber of
an armored truck.
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More KU Fit passes help more students get in shape
FITNESS
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
New fitness classes available
at the Student Recreation Fitness
Center are helping more KU stu-
dents stay in shape this semester.
As the name entails, Turbo Kick,
one of the new classes, is a form
of cardio-based kickboxing. The
exercises are accompanied by hip-
hop music used for dance classes,
combining two of the recreation
centers most popular activities.
Amber Long, coordinator
for Recreation Services, said the
increase in class enrollment was
due to the availability of KU Fit
passes as an
optional campus
fee. She said rec-
reation services
had seen class
attendance and
sales increase,
with about 800
students having
bought KU Fit passes already this
semester. Students also can buy
single-session passes for $3.
The classes, of which there are
55 weekly, range in focus from
cardio and strength to yoga and
dance. The vari-
ety helps stu-
dents find a class
that fits their fit-
ness needs and
busy schedules.
The recreation
center posts
the schedule
of classes online for students who
may be interested in enrolling.
Hollie Swindler, Mott, N.D.,
graduate student, attends Turbo
Kick classes each week. She said the
timing of the class fit in well with
the rest of her schedule. Swindler,
who is also a KU Fit instructor, said
group fitness classes like Turbo
Kick helped motivate participants.
I like the atmosphere of group
exercise, Swindler said. Its a lot
harder to quit halfway through
when there are other people going
through a tough workout with
you.
Maggie McCormick, Turbo
Kicks instructor, said the class had
been popular in part because of
how it was structured. The pre-cho-
reographed routines the instructor
uses in Turbo Kick are presented
in rounds. Each round of the class
lasts six weeks. McCormick said it
allowed students to memorize the
movements, which then allowed
them to push themselves harder.
The Turbo Kick class meets
every Monday and Thursday after-
noon in the exercise room at the
recreation center. McCormick said
turnout had been good so far, and
no one had been turned away from
the 45-person class.
Katie Phillips, Buhler junior,
began attending Turbo Kick last
week after a friend told her about
the class. She said finding time to
work out in between her classes
was difficult, but she went when-
ever she could spare a moment. She
said setting a routine helped keep
her organized and focused.
The recreation center plans to
add more Turbo Kick classes next
semester, when more certified
instructors are available.
@
n See a video of the
Turbo Kick class online
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ELECTION 2008
Vice presidential candidates exchange points in debate
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS Under intense
scrutiny, Republican vice presiden-
tial candidate Sarah Palin stood her
ground Thursday night against a
vastly more experienced Joe Biden,
debating the economy, energy and
global warming, then challenging
him on Iraq, especially with your
son in the National Guard.
The Alaska governor also
noted that Biden had once said
Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama wasnt ready to be
commander in chief, and I know
again that you opposed the move
that he made to try to cut off fund-
ing for the troops and I respect you
for that.
Biden responded that John
McCain, too, voted against fund-
ing, and said the Republican presi-
dential candidate had been dead
wrong on the fundamental issues
relating to the conduct of the war.
The clash over Iraq was the
most personal, and pointed, of the
90-minute debate in which Palin
repeatedly cast herself as a non-
Washington politician, part of a
team of mavericks that she said
was ready to bring change to a
country demanding it.
From the opening moments
of the debate, Biden sought to
make McCain out as a straight-
ahead successor to an unpopular
President Bush. He voted four
out of five times for George Bushs
budget, which put us a half-trillion
dollars in debt and over $4 trillion
in debt since he got here, he said
of McCain.
Palin merely accused Biden
of reciting the past rather than
looking to the future. Americans
are cravin that straight talk that
McCain offers, she said.
The two running mates debat-
ed for 90 minutes on a stage at
Washington University, their only
encounter of a campaign with little
more than one month to go.
Recent polls show Obama with
a small but perceptible lead, and
Republican officials said earlier in
the day that McCain had decided
to pull out of Michigan, conced-
ing the state to the Democrats.
At the same time, his own aides
said the campaign may soon begin
to advertise in Indiana a state
that has voted Republican in every
presidential election since 1968.
Palin faced enormous challeng-
es of her own, though. After five
weeks as McCains ticket-mate, her
poll ratings had begun dropping
and even some conservatives have
questioned her readiness for high
public office.
Her solo campaign events are
few, and she has drawn ridicule
for some of her answers in the
few interviews she has granted
including her claim that Alaskas
proximity to Russia gives her an
insight into foreign policy.
After intense preparation
including two days at McCains
home in Sedona, Ariz., there was
only one obvious stumble, when
she twice referred to the top U.S.
commander in Afghanistan as
Gen. McClellan. His name is
David McKiernan.
Bidens burden was not nearly
as fundamental. Although he has
long had a reputation for long-
windedness, he is a veteran of more
than 35 years in the Senate, with a
strong knowledge of foreign policy
as well as domestic issues.
For much of the evening, the
debate unfolded in traditional fash-
ion the running mates praising
their own presidential candidate
and denigrating the other.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Republican candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shake hands fol-
lowing their vice presidential debate in St. Louis Thursday night. It was the frst time the two candidates crossed paths on the election trail.
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Jacob Burghart
CELEbRITy
Comedienne ofends shelter
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON Comedian Sandra
Bernhard says the decision by a
womens shelter to cut her act from
its annual benefit was based on a
misleading account of what she
said about Republican vice presi-
dential candidate Sarah Palin.
Bernhard made the remarks
last month during her one-woman
show in Washington before Palin
visited New York to campaign. The
53-year-old comedian said Palin
would be gang-raped by my big
black brothers during a diatribe in
which she also criticized Palin for
opposing abortion rights.
Rosies Place, a Boston shel-
ter, announced Wednesday that
Bernhard would not take part in its
Oct. 16 luncheon, Funny Women
... Serious Business.
Many women at the shelter
have been victims of violence, said
public relations director Leemarie
Mosca.
In light of our mission, we dont
think violence against women is a
laughing matter, she said.
In a statement Wednesday,
Bernhard said the decision by
Rosies Place was based on a mis-
leading account of what she said,
and her words were taken out of
context.
She said the gang rape comment
was part of a larger piece from her
one-woman show about women,
racism, freedom and the extreme
views of Gov. Sarah Palin.
In no way am I making any
sort of joke about crimes against
women quite the contrary.
Im speaking out about someone
who doesnt do enough to protect
women, Bernhard said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comedienne Sandra Bernhards Oct. 1 stand-up routine was cut fromthe schedule
for a Boston womens shelter annual beneft after shelter leaders caught wind of Bernhards
content in another act. Bernhard allegedly made comments about Republican vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin, saying Palin would be gang-raped if she ever visited NewYork.
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reach your destination, just
in case. And hide a few extra
bucks in your shoe, unless
youre fying.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Theres so much work, you
wonder how youll ever get
it all done. Do what you can.
Pay of a few bills. Take it one
step at a time. You can relax
later.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Your partner and-or mate is
the one wholl come up with
the next good idea. Dont
argue so much that you miss
it. Be watching for it instead.
And give credit where credits
due.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
A private conversation helps
you reorganize priorities. Get
back to work on a diferent
project. Something else is
more urgent now.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Your lucks much better now.
Put your plans into action.
Therell be a couple of minor
setbacks, but everything
turns out well. Full speed
ahead!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Resolve domestic issues,
physical and mental. A family
meeting will put all sorts of
odds and ends to rest. Its also
easier now to fx things that
are broken and throw away
useless stuf you still have
hanging around.
LIbRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Its easier to get information
now, through your investiga-
tions. Youd rather just ask
somebody who knows, and
thats certainly an option. Go
ahead and do the reading
on your own, too. Youll be
amazed at what you discover.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
You could get a very nice
bonus or tip of the fnancial
kind. Or maybe youll fnd
$20 in an old shirt pocket.
Looks like youre in for a nice
surprise involving money.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21)
Today is an 8
OK, now you can move boldly
forward. Hopefully, you have
a plan. But even if you dont,
your chances of success are
better now. Proceed with
confdence.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19)
Today is a 6
You get some of your best
information from behind
the scenes. Start asking your
better informants leading
questions. Youll get more
gossip than you know what
to do with.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Many job-related difculties
clear up pretty soon. You
and your friends continue to
talk about the way you want
things to turn out. You keep
generating more enthusiasm.
Its working, so keep at it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
They want you to take on
more responsibility, but they
dont want to pay you any
more than youre already
making. Is this a good deal?
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The percentage of KU students
who are originally from swing
states. CountMore.org, a Web site
that tell out-of-state students
where their vote counts the most,
says most students dont realize
how much of an infuence they
can have on the election.
thE biG PictuRE
Obviously, Lawrences liberal vote
isnt enough to make Kansas a
swing state, but if enough out-
of-staters stick around, Kansas
has more of a potential to elect a
non-Republican.
thE contEXt
The number of U.S. senators and
representatives from Kansas who
voted to approve the fnancial
bailout package.
thE biG PictuRE
Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat
representing Kansas 3rd district,
which includes part of Law-
rence, was Kansas only person
in Congress who approved the
bill. The fnancial bailout package
defes party and ideological lines,
but its still shocking to see Sen.
Sam Brownback and Rep. Nancy
Boyda agree on anything.
thE contEXt
The number in millions of people
who tuned into the presidential
debate last Friday.
thE biG PictuRE
The most-watched vice presiden-
tial debate in history was in 1984
between Geraldine Ferraro and
former President George H.W.
Bush, which brought in 56.7 mil-
lion people, according to the New
York Times. This vice presidential
debate is expected to pull in
more eyes than the presidential
debate and any vice presidential
debate in history.
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MariaM Saifan
Election was sealed
with the last debate
aSSOCiaTED prESS aSSOCiaTED prESS aSSOCiaTED prESS
FrOM THe drAWinG BOArd
Its the economy, stupid. Again.
Its not 1992, but James Carvilles
famous slogan for former presi-
dent Bill Clintons campaign so
prophetically captured the elector-
al insignificance of George H.W.
Bushs foreign policy proficiency
in the face of Clintons economic
appeal. This was especially rel-
evant in light of the economic
turmoil of the past few weeks.
Democratic nominee Barack
Obama is winning. And Republican
nominee John McCain is los-
ing. This probably is not going to
change before election day, simply
because foreign policy issues are
no longer front and center. The
national security anxiety of 2004
that delivered the White House
back to President Bush has given
way to this years economic anxi-
ety, an ominous development for
a candidacy founded on national
security appeal.
Consider moderator Jim
Lehrers introductory remarks in
last Fridays debate on foreign pol-
icy: Tonight's [debate] will pri-
marily be about foreign policy and
national security, which, by defini-
tion, includes the global financial
crisis. In college and in less polite
corners of the world, this is called
bullshit.
Thanks to Lehrers verbal cre-
ativity, the candidates spent at
least half of the only debate on
international affairs discussing
tax policy, earmarks, health care,
regulatory frameworks, tuition
expenses, electrical grids, ethanol
subsidies and the DNA of bears in
Montana.
Check the transcript. This was
not just a rhetorical stunt by a vet-
eran news anchor. The change in
debate content accurately reflected
the anxieties of an electorate that
has drastically shifted its priorities
away from foreign policy.
In this altered electoral land-
scape, the strategic blunders of the
McCain campaign have become
apparent. Its efforts in the preced-
ing months to broaden the GOPs
economic appeal were half-heart-
ed at best, and instead, significant
resources and policy positions were
sacrificed to reassure the tax-cut-
ting, libertarian wing of the Bush
coalition, a school of ideologues
who see the shadow of creeping
socialism and governmental excess
behind all economic evils.
The hazards of runaway capital-
ism dominate the headlines, and
this was not an optimal approach
to have taken. In addition, McCain
lacks the requisite fluency and
background on economic issues
that would make his candidacy
more appealing to anxious middle-
class voters. His embarrassingly
under-performing running mate
does nothing to help this short-
coming.
McCain easily got the better of
Obama when the subject turned
to foreign policy, but at a time
when national security messages
have ceased to resonate, it changed
nothing.
Over the course of his campaign,
Obama has carefully cultivated
his appeal among economically
apprehensive voters, and now his
efforts are rewarded. In November,
national security and foreign
policy will be afterthoughts, and
financial turmoil and middle-class
anxiety will control. Other things
staying equal, this election is prob-
ably over.
Armstrong is a Dallas senior
in business.
PAuL ARmstRonG
ASSUMPTION
CHECK
Top reasons why men
should take birth control
After reading Ross Stewarts
column Top 9 Reasons I Wont
Take Male Birth Control, I came
up with my own list of why he
should.
8. Although condoms are
the most efective way of pre-
venting HIV and STDs, they are
only about 85 percent efective
because of improper use. Oral
contraception is 99.9 percent
efective when used correctly.
7. Unless your roommates
are deeply concerned with the
inner workings of your repro-
ductive system, I highly doubt
they would be enthralled with
how it feels when you ejacu-
late.
6. Our society assumes that
the personal and fnancial bur-
den of purchasing contracep-
tion should always fall on the
woman, and thats extremely
ofensive. Last time I checked,
sex requiring birth control
involves two people, which
means both should be respon-
sible for preventing pregnancy.
Perhaps when male birth con-
trol gets over the stigma that
is presently attached to it, it
will be available at a lower cost
through health clinics. Also,
if purchasing a monthly pill is
going to bankrupt you, you
may want to consider the cost
of raising a newborn.
5. It is irresponsible to think
that just because you are
not having a lot of sex, you
shouldnt take measures to be
personally responsible in your
sex life. Millions of women stay
on the pill for years, decades
even, regardless if theyre hav-
ing enough sex to warrant it.
4. If I didnt have a word
count, you can bet I would
school you on how sexist it is
to suggest that all women in
politics on birth control are
harlots.
3. Women have been going
on and of the pill for half a
century, and there is no indica-
tion that this leads to sterility.
2. If you have any female
friends left after this article, I
would think that they would
fnd it alluring that you are
taking the initiative to prevent
unwanted pregnancy. Why
would you be carrying your
birth control packet with you?
Its not a pack of gum. You can
take it in the privacy of your
own home at the same time
every day. It takes a total of
three to fve seconds.
1. Most women fnd misogy-
ny extremely unattractive, so I
dont think youll have to worry
about having a lot of sex.
Courtney Kivett is a sophomore
from Olathe.
red Cross should know
gay blood doesnt exist
I am not lesbian, but I am
in no way freaked out by the
gay community. Gays should
have equal rights. After I read
this heart-breaking, touching
article, I was completely ap-
palled and a feeling of sadness
overwhelmed me (Column:
Why wont the Red Cross take
my blood? Sept. 29).
Getting tested for HIV not
only shows that the writer cares
about his well-being, but it also
showed that he tested negative.
Yet, when he was asked one of
the billion questions asked by
the nurses, he was no longer al-
lowed to give his blood because
he stated that he is a "male who
has had sexual contact with
another male, even once, since
1977.
Really now?!
The statistics prove that
anyone who is not protecting
themselves correctly can in-
crease the risk of catching an in-
fection, including HIV. Does Red
Cross still live in a stereotypi-
cal world? America has gone
through some tough times:
black rights, womens rights and
gay and lesbian rights.
We have an African-American
running for president. Women
are highly paid executors, but
we can't get over a stereotype
that was big in the 1970s?
Giving your blood to a sick
child, a dying elder or a victim
of a tragic accident is one of
the best things to do to better
your country. The majority of us
dont even realize how helpful
we truly are being by doing this
simple task.
Matt Hirschfeld, the col-
umnist, clearly felt compelled
to help in any way he could,
and he was turned down even
though he has clean blood. I am
O-positive, and I know blood
banks have been dangerously
low of this type. What if he, or
any other gay person, had this
uncommon blood type but
couldn't give and help people
because of sexual orientation?
Forget that his blood is infec-
tion-free and can save a life.
Red Cross needs to take a
second look at the questions
it asks its donors and consider
changing them.
To Hirschfeld and any other
gay person out there, don't give
up trying because you, like ev-
eryone else, should be treated
as an equal and not looked
down upon just because of a
stereotype.
Blood is blood, no matter
what race, ethnicity or sexual
orientation it comes from. As
long as it's healthy, infection-
free blood, it can still save a life.
Ashley DeSandre is a sophomore from
Pocono Lake, Pa.
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The Athletics Department
should have to pay to be as-
sociated with the University.
n n n
Thats the stupidest thing Ive
ever heard. Aside from tuition
and state funds, the Athletics
Department keeps the Univer-
sity running.
n n n
I'm totally having ramen for
breakfast. Yay, college!
n n n
I refuse to accept this isn't the
Cubs' year.
n n n
To the idiot who complained
about the new athletic build-
ings going up and nothing
new for the university: They
are two separate entities, so
quit complaining.
n n n
I miss our Monday laundry
dates. I hope you do too.
n n n
Ron Paul is still an old douche.
n n n
I drank before my sociol-
ogy test and got a drunk 98
percent on it.
n n n
Why are guys only interested
in sluts but then complain
that the only girls available on
campus are sluts?
n n n
I really wanna make out with a
random girl in Anschutz.
n n n
After I woke up from my lab
today, my butt was in major
pain. I wonder what hap-
pened.
n n n
Im not worried about second-
hand smoke on campus. More
like second-hand liberalism.
n n n
I have a huge test tomorrow
morning and all Ive done is
YouTube Colbert Report and
SNL clips with my roommates.
Can you say ADD?
n n n
The good news is that in a few
months Bush will no longer
be president. The bad news?
Either McCain or Obama will
replace him. Oh great.
n n n
Yea, youre probably right.
n n n
I saw a someone from the
parking department writ-
ing someone up. They were
parked in the handicapped
spot. Thats what, like $100
per minute?
n n n
Capri Sun is awesome.
n n n
The Naismith cafeteria is so
strict about taking food out,
a girl tried to take out a half
eaten ice cream cone and she
got chased down.
n n n
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
On Aug. 26, 1920, women
gained the right to vote. 88 years
later, the U.S. faces the possibility
of electing a woman as its next vice
president.
Clarissa Unger, Colby senior and
a Democratic delegate for Kansas,
said this year had been an exciting
one for women politically. Unger
traveled to the Democratic National
Convention in Denver and watched
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) speak
on Aug. 26 about womens rights
and how far the nation had come
since then. Clinton ran what Unger
called a very successful campaign
until conceding the Democratic
presidential nomination to Sen.
Barack Obama.
Its great to see whats been hap-
pening with the women candidates
this year, Unger said. Women can
run for president and become pres-
ident if we want to. I think thats a
great and powerful thing.
Unger said it was also great
to see a woman in Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palins position, but said she
thought Palin was chosen for the
wrong reasons.
I feel like she was chosen
because shes a woman, Unger said.
And shes doing a major disservice
to women because she hasnt been
a major advocate for women in
the past.
Don Haider-Markel, professor of
political science, said the U.S. had
fallen behind many other countries
in regards to its number of serious
women candidates for high office.
In other countries they require
30 percent of their parliament to be
women, Hider-Markel said. We
dont have anything like that in the
United States.
Carrie Lindsey, president of
the League of Women Voters in
Douglas County, cant say much
about Palin, but has been very
excited about the national election.
Its been an interesting year,
both with gender and race issues,
Lindsey said. Its so great to be
a part of the league because of
the level of participation in the
process.
The league currently has 115
members and was ratified as an
official organization in 1947, and
became the first League of Women
Voters in Kansas. Lindsey said that
the league was a nonpartisan orga-
nization that focused on action,
education and advocacy.
The league has been a very
structured organization aimed at
not only helping women learn to
vote, but also to help them become
informed about issues and the can-
didates themselves, Lindsey said.
Lindsey said it was all about the
process of the issue itself rather
than the person in the office. That
is why, she said, the league didnt
endorse political candidates. She
said it asked all candidates the same
questions on all the issues.
Voters need to look at the
issues that are important to them,
Lindsey said. They need to see
where they stand before deciding
on something so important.
Lindsey said that it was interest-
ing when an election became about
a candidates personality, which
made it more difficult to get to the
issues.
From the leagues perspective,
thats whats important how the
issues affect you and your life,
Lindsey said.
The league is publicly endorsing
keeping the T, Lawrences public
transit system, up and running.
The next forum sponsored by
the League of Women Voters of
Douglas County on the issue of the
T will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Oct.
8 at the Plymouth Congregational
Church, 925 Vermont St..
Regardless of what happens in
November, Haider-Markel said the
country is ready for a woman to be
vice president.
I would even argue that it has
been ready since 1984, she said.
The glass ceiling is no longer there
it has been broken for a female
vice president.
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MUSIC
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Lawrence residents will have
the opportunity to hear eight local
bands at Music for the Masses,
an annual outdoor concert, this
Sunday.
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence
junior, organized the show. He
said he first started the concert
as a high school student in 2005
because he wanted to give bands
an opportunity to perform outside
the restrictions of traditional
venues.
Theres a lot of politics in the
music scene here, Armstrong
said.
Brian Baggett, guitar player
for the band Dojo, said Lawrence
had a wide range of venues, but
that it was sometimes difficult to
find one that fit his bands unique
style.
If we were somewhere else in
Kansas wed have no gigs at all,
Baggett said. Its just too artsy.
In the past, the concert was
held at Burcham Park near Second
and Indiana streets on the bank
of the Kansas River. Armstrong
said the location was perfect
because it provided an open field
for the audience and the river as a
backdrop for the stage.
He moved the concert this year
because he wanted it to be more
accessible to drive-by traffic.
The events biggest crowd at
Burcham Park was 240 people.
Armstrong said his goal was 400 to
500 people this year.
Cody Henry, who provides lead
guitar and vocals for ClusterFunk,
said it would be nice to play at
an outdoor venue because people
could drop by easily.
I think its just more liberating
to be outside, in a park, playing,
Henry said.
Baggett said having the concert
outside would also allow younger
fans to see local talent that usually
played in clubs.
Armstrong starts planning the
shows five months in advance.
He handles financing, promotion,
booking, logistics and sound.
The cost of the concert includes
buying a permit, renting a stage,
sound equipment and advertising.
This year the cost is about $1,000.
Most of the advertising for the
concert is done through posters
and fliers. To promote the concert
on campus, Armstrong wore a
robot costume and handed out
fliers in front of Wescoe Hall.
Alex Folsom, Lawrence junior
and guitar player for Capital D
and the Rest of Me, said having
the concert on a Sunday afternoon
would encourage people to come
out.
Music for the Masses is free to
the public and will run from 12:30
p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday on the west
side of South Park near Vermont
and 12th streets.
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held in BurchamPark on Sunday. The concert is free.
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Harris becomes defensive leader
stepping up
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Chris Harris knew Kansas trio of fresh-
men cornerbacks had a rough night two
Saturdays ago in a 38-14 victory against
Sam Houston State.
He saw Bearkat quarterback Rhett
Bomar, who passed for 340 yards and
a touchdown in the game, pick on Ryan
Murphy, Isiah Barfeld and Corrigan Powell
by continually throwing to receivers they
were covering.
Harris consoled them afer the game.
Tats whats going to happen being a
corner, Harris told them. Youve got to
have the shortest memory being a corner.
Te Kansas football roster lists Harris as
a sophomore. But he doesnt seem like one
doesnt act like one. Even Harris fumbles
his words when trying to describe his role
among the cornerbacks.
Hes the same age as Murphy and
Barfeld, who coaches and fans ofen peg as
being young. Harris was a member of the
same recruiting class, but played his fresh-
man year instead of receiving a redshirt.
But in football, experience trumps age
and Harris has experience. Hes started 14
games during the past two seasons for the
Jayhawks, practically making him a grandfa-
ther compared with the other cornerbacks.
Harris understands that and its why
hes become one of the leaders for Kansas,
which plays on the road against Iowa State
tomorrow at 11:30.
Harris has spent the Jayhawks bye
week encouraging the other cornerbacks
and working on drills with them before
and afer practice. He knows they need to
improve and fgures he can help expedite
the process. Harris wants them to feel com-
fortable coming to him with problems. He
wants them to know he understands how
tough it is to be a freshman cornerback.
Youre not just going to dominate,
Harris said. Especially in the Big 12, its
not just going to happen.
But it did for Harris. Maybe he didnt
exactly dominate, but he certainly didnt
struggle during his freshman season.
He won the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer
of the Year award. Sporting News named
him an honorable mention Freshman All-
American. He intercepted a pass in Kansas
24-21 victory against Virginia Tech in the
Orange Bowl.
All those accomplishments are great. But
Harris has new goals for this season. He
wants to continue to be a reliable player
while establishing himself as a leader.
From high school, Im used to it, Harris
said. Just being one year away doesnt make
you not the leader of the secondary.
* * * * *
Hes too small.
Tats what Bixby High School football
coach Pat McGrew kept hearing from col-
lege coaches two years ago when he tried to
get recruiters interested in Harris.
Tey didnt listen when McGrew said
Harris was a leader on one of the best high
school football teams in Oklahoma.
At cornerback, Harris would call the defen-
sive plays on the feld and align everyone.
Not just defensive backs. He would make
sure the defensive linemen and linebackers
understood their adjustments and were in
the right spot.
He was awesome, McGrew said. He
was like a coach.
But recruiters couldnt get over how
short he was. Kansas lists Harris at six feet.
Coaches shied away from him because they
were worried about how he would match
up with taller receivers.
Except for Kansas. McGrew said the
Jayhawks were the one team that consistent-
ly showed interest in Harris. Kansas coaches
traveled to Bixby to watch him play a num-
ber of times and kept in close contact.
Te Jayhawks were the frst team to ofer
Harris a scholarship. McGrew said every-
thing changed afer that.
Everyone started going after him,
McGrew said. And he said, no, Kansas was
the one that liked me from the beginning
and theyre the ones who respected me. He
respected them and took the scholarship.
Harris received offers from Tulsa,
Wyoming, Colorado State and Iowa State,
but knew he wanted to come to Kansas.
McGrew knew the Jayhawks were swip-
ing a great player out of Oklahoma.
When hes out there on the feld, hes
playing hard and making sure everyone
else is, McGrew said. Tats what you look
for.
Jon Goering/KANSAN FILE pHoto
Sophomore cornerback Chris Harris (16) and other Kansas defenders pounce on a Florida International player in the Jayhawks frst game of the season. Harris has become a leader for Kansas freshmen cornerbacks this season.
Home turf matters in
upcoming Big 12 play
soccer
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
After practice Tuesday, junior forward
Shannon McCabe stood on familiar, and
comforting, ground: the Bermuda grass on
the Jayhawk soccer fields.
The short surface may appear rather
insignificant, but it plays a crucial hand in
the Jayhawks short, crisp passing game.
Following four straight road games,
including two played on thicker-cut grass,
the Bermuda surface was a soothing sight
to McCabe and the Jayhawks.
Its more comfortable playing at home,
McCabe said. Our fans are here. Its our
field, and were used to this surface. Were
able to play our game more.
Kansas returns to the Jayhawk Soccer
Complex to play Texas Tech on Friday and
No. 15 Colorado on Sunday following a 2-2
road trip. And grass playing fields created
a new challenge for the Jayhawks in their
last two games a 2-1 double-overtime
loss to Nebraska and a 3-2 victory against
Iowa State.
In an attempt to capitalize on long, loft-
ing passes, both schools featured a slow-
playing Bluegrass surface.
That was a bit of a struggle for us
this weekend, coach Mark Francis said.
Getting back on our own surface, I know
the girls are excited about that.
It isnt just the makeup of the grass,
though, that makes playing on the road
more difficult. Keeping up with homework
and tests can be tricky. So, too, are flights
and buses.
Its just a lot of time in the hotel,
McCabe said, a lot of sitting and waiting
around. Its a good team bonding thing, but
its also good to be home.
For the first time since the first week of
the season, Kansas enters a game unranked.
The Jayhawks are 3-1 at home, having out-
scored their opponents by six goals.
At an away game theyre cheering
against you, McCabe said. You look in
the stands and dont really see anyone you
know. Its nice to see familiar faces.
And this weekend Kansas faces two
quality Big 12 opponents. Texas Tech
enters Fridays contest at 6-3-1 and a 1-2
mark in conference play. Colorado arrives
in Lawrence toting a nine-game unbeaten
streak and 8-1-2 record.
For the Jayhawks, the home stand repre-
sents a return to normalcy.
I know the girls are excited about not
having to travel, sleeping in their own beds
and not having to live out of their suitcas-
es, Francis said. Thats why playing on the
road is so tough.
Were excited to be back.
Jessica Sain-Baird/KANSAN
Kelsey and Kortney Clifton, Wichita freshmen, are twins and forwards on the Universitys soccer team. Both
played soccer in high school, and Kelsey said the biggest diferences in college-level soccer were speed and intensity
on the feld.
volleyBall
Junior sparks Jayhawks, sets career high
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Being a defensive specialist, junior
Melissa Grieb does not get the attention
of some of the outside hitters. After all,
kills are certainly
flashier than digs. But
it was hard not to take
notice of one specialist
Wednesday night.
Grieb had five aces
against the Wildcats,
a career high. More
importantly she tailed
four of them during an
11-0 run during the fourth set that put
the Jayhawks up 14-7, and led to their
most impressive set of the season, win-
ning 25-18.
Thats about as long a serving stretch
as Ive seen in quite some time, coach Ray
Bechard said.
Grieb, who is also second on the team
in digs per set and aces, has been the spark
the Jayhawks have needed in the serving
game. She only has nine serving errors
and is the only player to have more aces
than errors with at least 35 attempts.
We know that the first contact tells
what the rest of the play is going to be
like, Grieb said.
Aces are all well in good, but Bechard
said after the loss that it really mattered
more if Kansas couldve secured the fifth
and final set against K-State.
Kansas has finally made it out of their
toughest stretch of the season, finally play-
ing an opponent tomorrow night in Texas
Tech that is not ranked after playing three
in a row. Even worse, the Red Raiders do
not even have a Big 12 victory this season,
winless in five matches.
Bechard is not content though, he
knows that Texas Tech will be hungry to
get its first victory against Kansas and will
not let the five-set heartbreak cloud his
players thoughts.
Texas Tech is a difficult place to play,
and well be prepared. Bechard said.
Were not going to let this match affect
our preparation for the next one.
But Grieb understands the lessons
learned from Wednesday nights match,
even if the lessons are repeated. All the
players and Bechard talked about the con-
stant struggle for focus and coming out
stronger at the beginning of sets. Even
in the sets the Jayhawks won against the
Wildcats, it was not a picture perfect
start.
I dont know what it is. We just really
need to work on being able to come out
every set and come out strong. Grieb
said.
With a 1-4 standing the in the Big 12,
Kansas has to make a move and pick up
some victories, and Grieb might have
to pull a couple of more aces from her
sleeve.
Edited by Brieun Scott
Grieb
commentary
Key player comes back to lead defense
Its the kind of situation that no coach
ever wants to be in.
When senior cornerback Kendrick
Harper was taken off the field on a stretch-
er during Kansas game against Louisiana
Tech, there were questions of a possible
neck or head injury. After the game was
finished, coach Mark Mangino was still
waiting for word on his status.
Right now we dont have a whole lot of
information. I can just tell you hes in very
good care, he said. We want to talk to his
family before, you know, stuff is printed
off all over the Internet.
In a great sigh of relief for everyone,
Harper was released from the hospital the
following evening. There was even a slight
possibility at the time that Harper would
be ready for the next weeks game against
South Florida.
Erring on the side of caution, Harper
would sit out that game and the next against
Sam Houston State. Though Harper has
recovered, the Jayhawks pass defense has
not. Since then, Kansas has had to rely
on a platoon of freshmen: Isaiah Barfield,
Corrigan Powell and Ryan Murphy. The
results have been abysmal.
With Harper slated to play for the first
time since the injury as Kansas opens
its conference season against Iowa State
tomorrow, the timing couldnt be bet-
ter. Make no mistake, Kendrick Harpers
return to the gridiron may be the biggest
key to the Jayhawks success in the Big 12.
Its uncertain whether Harper will be
up to speed this weekend after the injury,
but there is no question about the joke
that is Kansas passing defense. In its last
two games, Kansas has given up an aver-
age of 339 yards. Louisiana Tech, who has
the worst passing defense in the nation,
has given up an average of 348.67 yards
in its three games. In Kansas first two
games, the team surrendered an average
of 96 yards.
After South Floridas junior quarter-
back and preseason Davey OBrien Award
candidate, Matt Grothe, threw for 338
yards and two touchdowns, engineering
a comeback against the Jayhawks, it was
arguable that they were just shown up by
a ranked team on its home turf.
But when Kansas gave up 340 yards
to Division I-FCS Sam Houston State at
home the following week, there was a
cause for concern. Play after play, Kansas
three freshmen cornerbacks were beat
on vertical routes, making the Bearkats
receivers look like Randy Moss and Terrell
Owens.
Id say on a couple of those plays, (asso-
ciate athletics director) Larry Keating and
I could have got underneath the coverage
faster than the corners did, Mangino said
sarcastically after the game.
Statistics are misleading and the
Jayhawks did intercept Bomar three times,
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Illustrated last season after
defeating Iowa State 45-7 in
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Today
Swimming: Pentathlon, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Soccer: Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Saturday
Softball: Western Illinois, 11 a.m.
(Iowa City, Iowa)
Football: Iowa State, 11:30 a.m.
(Ames, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 4 p.m. (Iowa City,
Iowa)
Volleyball: Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
(Lubbock, Texas)
Cross Country: OSU Jamboree,
TBA (Stillwater, Okla.)
Rowing: Head of the Oklahoma,
all day (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Sunday
Softball: Western Illinois, 10
a.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 12:30 p.m. (Iowa
City, Iowa)
Soccer: Colorado, 1 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Monday
Womens Golf: Jeannie
McHaney/Audrey Morehead
Invitational, Day One (Lubbock,
Texas)
Tuesday
Womens Golf: Jeannie
McHaney/Audrey Morehead
Invitational, Day Two (Lubbock,
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Wednesday
Womens Volleyball: Texas A&M,
7:00 PM (Lawrence, Kan.)
Will the next Brad Witherspoon please stand up?
Dig through your closet and
find your athletic shoes from high
school, because its time to revive
your career.
The calendar just flipped to
October the month of open
tryouts. If you think youre good
enough to play basketball at an elite
collegiate level or tough enough to
play professional football, youre
in luck.
Lets start with the team almost
everyone would love to be a part
of. The Kansas basketball team will
hold walk-on tryouts Sunday, Oct.
26.
Anyone who wants to partici-
pate needs to pick up an informa-
tion packet from the mens bas-
ketball office in Allen Fieldhouse
before Wednesday, Oct. 15.
If youve got hoop skills, dont
pass on this tryout thinking you
dont stand a chance. Its worth
it. Just ask Brad Witherspoon.
Witherspoon played on the bas-
ketball team for the past two seasons
after earning a spot through one of
these open tryouts. Witherspoon
exhausted his eligibility but left
with a championship ring.
Not to mention his popularity
on campus skyrocketed and the
Kansan featured a Witherspoon
Meter every game day, which
ranked the probability of him play-
ing that night.
If your glory came on the grid-
iron instead of the hardwood, dont
worry. The Arena Football Leagues
Kansas City Brigade will hold its
open tryouts Sunday, Oct. 12 at the
Kansas City Soccer Dome.
You can register on the teams
official Web site and will receive a
discount if you do it by Wednesday,
Oct. 8. Just think you could
be teammates with Quincy Carter,
former Georgia great and the
Brigades starting quarterback.
The Brigade also held a tryout
for their dance team that started
yesterday. Although its too late to
apply, the finals will be held Friday,
Oct. 10 at the Ameristar Casino
and are open to the public.
WACKY WEEKEND
IN THE BIG 12
Six Big 12 teams are ranked
in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Yet,
none of them will play each other
Saturday.
How is that even possible? If
all six of the favorites win, the Big
12 will really be a juggernaut in
next weeks poll. But the odds are
against that. This is college foot-
ball. Count on at least one upset in
the Big 12 this weekend.
The most likely Top 25 Big
12 team to fall? Id say Missouri
traveling to Nebraska. The Tigers
havent won at Memorial Stadium
in 30 years and Nebraska coach Bo
Pelini is desperate for a trademark
victory to kick off his tenure.
The most likely Top 25 Big
12 team to roll? Oklahoma State
playing Texas A&M at home. The
Aggies are in complete disarray
and barely slipped by Army last
week. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State
is the most surprising team in
the conference and has destroyed
everyone standing in its way.
WORLD SERIES PICK?
Sure, Major League Baseball
playoffs are what October is all
about.
Ill take the Philadelphia Phillies
and the Boston Red Sox to be
playing for the title. The Phillies
power their way to a seventh game
triumph at Fenway Park.
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ckeefer@kansan.com
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2. No. 7 Texas Tech at Kansas State
3. No. 14 Ohio State at No. 18 Wisconsin
4. Florida State at Miami (FL)
5. No. 23 Oregon at No. 9 USC
6. Stanford at Notre Dame
7. Washington at Arizona
8. UNLV at Colorado State
9. South Carolina at Mississippi
10. Nevada at Idaho
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Rays bedevil White Sox, win 6-4
associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Evan
Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays
looked perfectly at home in the
playoffs.
The rookie homered in his first
two at-bats and the surprising AL
East champions were a big hit in
their postseason debut, beating the
Chicago White Sox 6-4 Thursday
in their AL playoff opener.
After 10 seasons as baseballs
doormat, Tampa Bay took the divi-
sion with the best home record
in the majors. And there were no
October jitters as the young Rays
kept winning at Tropicana Field
behind James Shields effective start
and Grant Balfours testy, bases-
loaded escape.
Tampa Bay ranked near the bot-
tom of the attendance charts this
year, yet was cheered on by a sellout
crowd of 35,041. Rays season-ticket
holder Dick Vitale waved a We
Love Longoria placard from his
first-row seat next to the visitors
dugout.
Game 2 is Friday, when Tampa
Bays Scott Kazmir (12-8) faces
Mark Buehrle (15-12).
We want to win both of them
now. We have such an advantage at
home, Longoria said.
Chicago beat Minnesota in the
AL Central tiebreaker Tuesday,
and took a 3-1 lead on Dewayne
Wises three-run homer in the third
inning. But Javier Vazquez, who has
a history of flopping in big games,
could not hold it.
Longoria became the second
player to homer in his first two
postseason at-bats, joining Gary
Gaetti from 1987.
Longoria started the year in the
minors and became an All-Star
third baseman in the majors. He
hit 27 homers despite missing 30
games with a broken right wrist.
He homered on his very first
postseason pitch, a leadoff drive
in the second. He put Tampa Bay
ahead 4-3 with another solo shot
in the third, a homer off one of the
infamous catwalks that support the
roof at Tropicana.
I was just looking for a pitch out
over the plate I could hit, Longoria
said.
He also had a RBI single and fin-
ished 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
The Rays led 6-3 in the seventh
when the game got tense.
Balfour relieved Shields with the
bases loaded and one out, and struck
out Juan Uribe. Orlando Cabrera
was up next, and he kicked dirt
toward the mound and appeared
to shout something at Balfour. The
reliever walked toward the plate
before being stopped by umpire
Joe West.
Balfour fanned Cabrera to end
the threat, pumped his fist and
pointed at the White Sox shortstop.
The exchange also brought man-
ager Joe Maddon and bench coach
Dave Martinez out of the dugout
and more words were exchanged
between Martinez and the White
Sox bench.
It was the same kind of feistiness
the Rays displayed in spring train-
ing during a dustup with the New
York Yankees and a bench-clearing
brawl in June on their first visit to
Boston to play the Red Sox.
Shields allowed three runs and
six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Balfour
struck out both batters he faced
and J.P. Howell worked a perfect
eighth.
Dan Wheeler gave up a solo
home run to Paul Konerko in fin-
ishing for a save. Wheeler is filling
in for closer Troy Percival, who has
been slowed by injuries and was
left off the playoff roster.
Tampa Bay slugger Carlos Pena
left the game after the second
inning with slightly blurred vision
in his left eye.
The Rays said he accidental-
ly scratched his eye at home on
Wednesday night. The injury is
not considered serious and he is
expected to return to the lineup for
Game 2.
Pena, who led the Rays with 31
homers and 102 RBIs this season,
struck out in his only plate appear-
ance in the first inning. Willy Aybar
entered the game at first base at the
beginning of the third, and his sac-
rifice fly in the bottom half of the
inning made it 3-all.
The Rays, who never won more
than 70 games in a season before
this year, entered their playoff debut
on three days rest, expecting their
youth and speed to be an advan-
tage against the more experienced
White Sox, who have struggled on
artificial surface this year.
The White Sox, who led the
majors in home runs, fizzled after
winning three straight elimina-
tion games, including a tiebreaker
against Minnesota to determine the
AL Central title, to reach the post-
season for the first time since win-
ning the 2005 World Series.
ASSOCIATED PrESS
Tampa Bay Devil rays Evan Longoria hits a solo home run in the second inning against the
Chicago White Sox during Game 1 of the American League Divisional Series baseball game in St.
Petersburg, Fla., Thursday. The Rays defeated the White Sox 6-4
nfl
Former Broncos owner
loses bid for a buyback
DENVER Former Denver
Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser Jr.
lost his latest bid to force cur-
rent owner Pat Bowlen to sell
him part of the team.
The Colorado Court of
Appeals Thursday refused to
revive Kaisers state case that
was tossed out last year.
Kaiser, who sold his 60.8
percent share of the team to
Bowlen in 1984, lost his case in
federal court in 2006. The case
involved an ofer to sell part
of the team to Hall of Fame
quarterback John Elway.
Kaiser argued the 1984
contract included a buyback
provision if Bowlen tried to
sell the team or a partnership
holding majority interest in the
team to anybody else. The case
in state court involved Bowlens
acquisition of an additional
interest of the team through
a stock deal involving family
members.
A U.S. District Court jury in
2004 ruled in favor of Kaiser,
saying Bowlen violated the
contract by ofering 10 percent
of shares in a company that
held ownership of the team
to Elway for $15 million. That
verdict was overturned by the
10th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in August 2006.
The state appellate court
agreed the same legal issues
resolved in the federal appel-
late court also apply to the
state case. That was that the
transactions involved the par-
ent company and not the team
or the partnership holding
majority interest in the team,
This was anti-climatic,
Bowlen attorney Dan Reilly
said. The heart of the case was
decided in the federal case. This
was an attempt to resurrect a
dead case that the court of ap-
peals rejected.
Bowlens 1998 ofer was
declined by Elway, who at the
time said he wanted a more ac-
tive role in managing the team
than what he was ofered.
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sports 3b FRIday, octobeR 3, 2008
ROWING
After tough opening loss,
team heads to Oklahoma
The row-
ing team
will head to
Oklahoma
for the Head
of Oklaho-
ma regatta
Saturday
on Oct. 4 in
Oklahoma
City. The team is coming of last
weekends tough races against
in-state rival Kansas State. The
Jayhawks came seconds short
behind the Wildcats.
After the frst regatta, the
team is focusing on the changes
it needs to make for this week-
ends regatta and continuing to
improve for the spring season.
Whitney Hamilton
SWIMMING & DIVING
Team begins its season
with Pentathlon tonight
The swimming and diving
season is un-
der way as the
women begin
with Pentath-
lon events to-
night at 4 p.m.
in Robinson
Natatorium.
Swimming
coach Clark
Campbell heads into his seventh
season coaching, while diving
coach Eric Elliot begins his ffth
season with the Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks will begin the
duel meet season with a trip
to Arizona the weekend of fall
break. The Arizona State Sun
Devils will host the frst of the
two meets in Arizona. The
Jayhawks will conclude the
weekend with a duel in Flagstaf,
Ariz., against Northern Arizona.
The team is scheduled to have
six home meets this season,
including the Big 12 Relays Oct.
24, along with duels against
Texas A&M, Drury, Evansville,
Iowa State and a triangular meet
with South Dakota and Northern
Iowa.
Elliott earned Big 12 Coach of
the Meet at the Big 12 Cham-
pionships last spring. Four of
Elliots divers competed in the
NCAA Zone Meet and while
none of them qualifed for the
NCAA Championship Meet, all
had strong performances. Three
of the four divers return this
season including senior Hannah
McMacken, junior Meg Proehl,
and sophomore Erin Mertz.
The Jayhawks look to capital-
ize on their fourth-place fnish at
the 2008 Big 12 Championships,
a meet in which there were fve
team-records broken and one
NCAA automatic qualifying swim
from senior Danielle Herrmann.
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Here are some players that could
come through as emergency start-
ers on your fantasy squad.
Mewelde Moore,
running back,
Pittsburgh steelers
Moores shot at playing time
looked slim at the start of the sea-
son. But with starter Willie Parker
and backup Rashard Mendenhall
injured, Moore is in the starting
role this weekend. The Steelers
rely heavily on the running
game, and while quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger will shoulder more
of the offensive load, Moore could
have a solid game and should get at
least one touchdown. If youre in a
tough spot at running back, be sure
to pick up Moore.
greg olsen,
tight end,
chicago bears
The top tight ends have per-
formed up to expectations this year,
but the rest have been inconsistent
at best. If you need some produc-
tion at the tight end spot, look to
Olsen. While teammate Desmond
Clark is listed as starting tight end,
Olsen gets more looks in the pass-
ing game. The Bears have been try-
ing to establish the passing offense.
Against a weak Lions squad, they
could make a strong statement. Its
a good time to pick up Olsen.
steve breaston,
wide receiver,
arizona cardinals
With the injury to wide receiver
Anquan Boldin, the door opens for
Breaston. He came up big with nine
catches for 122 yards in the game last
weekend against the Jets, matching
teammate Larry Fitzgeralds perfor-
mance. The Cardinals like to throw
the ball deep. With Fitzgerald
facing a potentially tough match-
up against Buffalo cornerback
Terrence McGee, Breaston could be
a diamond in the rough this week,
so pick him up soon.
kerry collins,
quarterback,
tennessee titans
The Titans are built on defense
and lean on the running game to
fuel their offense, but Collins is try-
ing to power a balanced attack on
offense. Collins doesnt have to do
much to keep the offense on track,
other than minimize mistakes, and
so far hes done that. Collins has
gradually gotten closer to 200 yards
passing through each game this
season. He draws a tough matchup
against Baltimore this weekend, but
beyond that he could be someone
to watch if you need a quarterback.
bold Prediction
San Francisco running back
Frank Gore will gain nearly 200
yards of total offense and score two
touchdowns. Yes, San Francisco
plays a rested New England squad,
but I think San Francisco, playing at
home, may have a little edge. Gore
was the key to his teams offensive
success early this season, and he
could make more than 100 rush-
ing yards and close to 70 receiving
yards, at least thats the way I see
it. But what do I know? Ive blown
the last two calls. Theres a reason
these are bold predictions. Still,
start Gore and the reward should
be high.
Edited by AdamMowder
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BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Two words: Clean slate. Those
two words describe the attitude
that the Kansas Cross Country
team has going into Stillwater,
Okla., this weekend to compete in
the 72nd OSU Jamboree.
It has been three weeks since
the team came in second place at
the Missouri XC Challenge, but the
team hasnt dwelled on that.
You cant focus on the past or
what you previously done because
then youre not focused on what
you have in front of you, fresh-
man Zach Zarda said.
Junior Lauren Bonds had a
similar opinion.
It was a good experience to
race another Division-I school,
she said. Now were going to
race a whole bunch of Division-I
teams. Were on to bigger and bet-
ter things.
Since then, the Jayhawks has
been doing more workouts and
are feeling more confident going
into Stillwater this weekend.
We got some workouts under
our belt, Junior Isaiah Shirlen
said. Were a lot more fit than we
were three weeks ago. Were more
race-ready.
The OSU Jamboree is the sec-
ond new event on the Jayhawks
schedule, but the oldest cross
country race in the nation.
Its a lot of top teams from
across the nation, said Shirlen. It
will be interesting to mix it up.
There will be more than 100
college teams competing alongside
the Jayhawks, including Arkansas,
Indiana, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
State and top-ranked Division-
II school Abilene Christian
University.
Although the competition
looks stiff this weekend, Kansas
sees plenty of opportunity for
themselves.
This is a meet where we get
points for at-large bids to go to
nationals, junior Levi Huseman
said.
Freshman Donny Wasinger
believes that this meet is an oppor-
tunity to show what they can do
after a long break. Wasinger said
hes gotten used to running 8Ks,
but said he saw plenty of room for
improvement and had a goal for
this weekend,
If I feel good about the race,
then Ill be happy with myself, he
said.
Redshirt freshman Kara
Windisch talked about strategy for
this weekends race.
Were trying to pack run,
she said. Keep our number one
through seven girls close and try to
get some points.
Sophomore Danny Van Orsdel
hopes that his experience would be
an advantage for the Jayhawks. Van
Orsdel ran the course in Stillwater
two years ago.
Its mostly flat with a ravine in
the middle that you go through
a couple of times, Van Orsdel
said. Its nowhere near as hilly
compared to Bob Timmons or
Missouri.
Seven women and 12 men
will compete, including fresh-
men Donny Wasinger, Austin
Bussing, Rebeka Stowe and Lauren
Nightengale. Nightengale said she
was excited to make the travel
squad for this weekend meet.
Ive been working really hard
in practice and trying to get better
and my teammates have been help-
ing me a lot, she said.
The womens 5K race will start
at 9:10 a.m., followed by the mens
8K race starting at 9:45 a.m.

Edited by Brieun Scott
Kansas prepares for meet
cross country
Jayhawks focus on upcoming race at OSU Jamboree
but Kansas cannot afford to give up
that kind of yardage in conference
play.
Texas Colt McCoy, Oklahomas
Sam Bradford, Missouris Chase
Daniel and Kansas States Josh
Freeman all rank in the top 10 in
passing efficiency in Division-I
FBS. Texas Techs Graham Harrell
and Nebraskas Joe Ganz are in
the top 25. All six of these players
will have a chance to torch Kansas.
Harper may or may not be the sav-
ior to a wide-open secondary, but
one thing is for sure, its not going
to get any easier for the Jayhawks.
wheeler
(continued from 1B)
* * * * *
Even McGrew was surprised by
what happened next.
Harris arrived on campus
before the 2007 season for practice
with the mindset that he could play
right away. McGrew wasnt so sure.
As good as he knew Harris was,
McGrew thought cornerback was
one of the hardest positions to play
in college right out of high school.
Te difculty didnt deter Harris.
After then-junior cornerback
Kendrick Harper got hurt before
the season began, a starting position
opened up in the secondary.
I was going to compete with
whoever, Harris said. I didnt care
who was at the corner position, I
was going to compete.
Harris won the job and started
alongside All-American Aqib Talib
at cornerback at the beginning of
the season. Naturally, quarterbacks
threw toward Harris and away
from Talib.
Te strategy didnt work. In the
frst eight games Harris started,
only Kansas States Josh Freeman
threw for more than 200 yards.
Harris was one of the key cogs in
a pass defense that ranked among
the top in the nation.
Hes just done a phenomenal
job, Mangino said in an interview
last year. To come in here and
essentially win the corner position.
Te way he did it he showed
a lot of enthusiasm, courage and
football aptitude for a freshman.
* * * * *
Mangino isnt normally that
pleased with freshmen cornerbacks.
Take the Sam Houston game this
season for example Mangino said
he could cover receivers better than
his freshmen cornerbacks. Mangino
may have criticized their perfor-
mance, but Harris has defended it.
Harris maintains that the three
freshmen who played all have great
potential. He said getting burnt by
the Bearkat receivers could serve
as an invaluable lesson.
Tey can learn from the expe-
rience, Harris said, and take that
with them in their career.
Much like he did during his
high school career, Harris is trying
to spread his leadership beyond
the defensive backfeld. He said
during the bye-week he was also
more vocal with the front seven.
I tell them the more pressure yall
get, the more picks we get, Harris
said. Basically, we just try to work
together on that. Te more coverage
we get, the more sacks they get.
Although the silver chain with
a No. 16 pendant dangling from
his neck and the sparkling studded
earrings may suggest otherwise,
Harris is modest. He says hes just
one leader on a defense full of them.
His teammates are more likely to
expound on his leadership.
Hes a very good leader to our
team, Harper said.
Harper is Harris roommate.
Harper missed the Jayhawks last
three games afer he sufered a
head injury during the frst game
of the season against FIU.
Of course, Harper has eagerly
wanted to get back on the feld.
Harris said his roommate has been
frustrated and wished he had an
extra year of eligibility.
But Harris has kept Harpers spir-
its high. Harper, who is expected to
play against Iowa State, said Harris
was always telling him to work
through it and get back on the feld.
Hes always smiling, Harper
said. He never has a bad day. Hes
a great guy to be around.
Edited by Jennifer Torline
Football (continued from 1B)
JAYHAWK NATION WILL
ROCK IF
Kansas fnds a running game and is able to
be successful both on the ground and through
the air. Reesing has carried the load so far but
the trio of running backs need to step up and
start producing at a higher clip.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF
Kansas struggles with the early start time and
allows Iowa State to stay in the game and get the
crowd behind them. Kansas also needs a much
improved performance from their pass defense
or they could be in trouble in Ames.
PREDICTION:
Kansas 38, Iowa State 14
6B Friday, OctOber 3, 2008
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COnFerenCe KICKS OFF
The Jayhawks hit the road to open Big 12 play
Kansas vs. IOWa STaTe 11:30 a.m. saturday, JaCK TrICe STadIUm, Versus
OFFENSE
Sophomore quarterbacks Austen
Arnaud and Phillip Bates have accumu-
lated 74 percent of the total ofensive
yardage this season. Arnaud takes most
of the snaps and has eight total touch-
downs, while Bates comes in mostly to
run. He leads the Cyclones with 166 yards
on 24 carries. Both are mobile but prone
to mistakes. No matter whos throwing it,
their main target is R.J. Sumrall. On the season, Sumrall has 15
receptions for 284 yards and four touchdowns.
DEFENSE
Cornerback James Smith and linebacker
Jesse Smith, no relation, have combined to
make 53 tackles this season to lead Iowa
States improved defense. Defensive end
Kurtis Taylor and linebacker Michael Bibbs
also have impressive numbers. The Cy-
clones have 21 tackles for loss, but the real
strength of the unit and the team is
its ability to create turnovers. Iowa State
has 13 takeaways, the most in the Big 12 and tied for eighth
most in the country.
SPECIAL TEAmS
Freshman kicker Grant Mahoney has
attempted (11) and made (7) more felds
goals than any other kicker in the Big
12. His accuracy leaves something to be
wanted, but all seven makes were from at
least 30 yards away with a long of 48 yards.
Junior punter Mike Brandtner averages 42
yards per punt. In the return game, fve dif-
ferent Cyclones have returned a kick and
four of them averaged at least 22 yards per return.
COACHING
Gene Chizik has won at nearly every level of coaching.
In 1986 he started at Seminole High School, and eventually
worked his way up the college ranks. In 2004 he was the de-
fensive coordinator at Auburn when it fnished 13-0 and after
that he spent two seasons as the co-defensive coordinator at
Texas, winning a national championship in 2006. It will take
time, but Chizik knows how to build a winning team.
mOmENTum
Iowa State rolled to victories in its frst two
games, winning by a combined score of 92-45.
Since then it lost a pair of road games to
in-state rival Iowa and UNLV. The UNLV
loss was especially tough, as Arnaud
completed a 28-yard pass to Sumrall with
three seconds left to put the game into
overtime. Once there, the Cyclones settled
for a feld goal while the Runnin Rebels
scored a touchdown on their frst play.
Both teams are coming of of a

bye week, and coach Gene Chizik
said the time of allowed him to
assess his team. What he realized
is that most, if not all, of their
struggles are caused by youth.
Sixteen freshmen have seen the
feld for the Cyclones, and both of
his quarterbacks are sophomores.
Players cant just grow up over-
night, but Chiziks laying down a
solid foundation for the next few
years.
4
total touchdowns for Austen
Arnaud against UNLV
11
true freshmen whove played for
Iowa State, the sixth most in the
country
13
takeaways by ISUs defense, the
most in the Big 12
121.5
passing efciency the Cyclone de-
fense allows per game, the worst
in the Big 12
141.22
passing efciency for Arnaud, who
ranks 38th nationally but 11th in
the Big 12
176
passing yards allowed per game,
fourth best in the conference
Senior
defensive end
Kurtis Taylor.
Last year, Taylor
fnished second
in the Big 12
with 6.5 sacks.
This season he
has one inter-
ception, fve tackles for loss and
one sack, complete with a forced
fumble. Taylor is a quick pass
rusher whos also athletic enough
to drop back into coverage. He
could wreak some havoc in the KU
backfeld all afternoon.
Will Iowa State score in the
frst quarter? In its two victories,
the Cyclones scored a combined
31 frst quarter points. In their two
losses? 0 points. Its important
for Iowa State to keep the crowd
involved and the best way to do
that is to give them something to
cheer for early and often.
Who will win the turnover
battle? This may be the most
intriguing game within the game
on Saturday. Iowa State creates
more takeaways than any team in
the conference, while Kansas has
the second fewest turnovers.
Game Time (CT) Channel
Saturday
No. 1 Oklahoma at Baylor 11:30 a.m. FSN
No. 4 Missouri at Nebraska 8 p.m. ESPN
No. 5 Texas at Colorado 6:10 p.m. FSN
No. 7 Texas Tech at Kansas State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 16 Kansas at Iowa State 11:30 a.m. Versus
No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M 6:05 p.m. No TV
Game Time Channel
Friday
No. 8 BYU at Utah State 7 p.m. No TV
Saturday
No. 2 Alabama vs. Kentucky 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 6 Penn State at Purdue 11 a.m. ESPN
No. 9 USC vs. No. 23 Oregon 7 p.m. ABC
No. 12 Florida vs. Arkansas 11:30 a.m.
ESPN360.com
No. 13 Auburn vs. No. 19 Vanderbilt 5 p.m.
ESPN
No. 14 Ohio State vs. No. 18 Wisconsin 7 p.m. ABC
No. 20 Virginia Tech vs. Western Kentucky 12:30 p.m. No TV
No. 22 Fresno State vs. Hawaii 9 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 24 Connecticut at North Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN2
Arnaud
James Smith
Mahoney
Taylor
OFFENSE
Todd Reesing has pretty much done it
all for the Kansas ofense through the frst
four games of the season. Reesing has
passed for at least 350 yards in each of the
past three games and has 1,405 yards and
11 touchdowns on the season. The return
of Dexton Fields could help those num-
bers climb even higher as the senior from
Dallas will play in his frst game since be-
ing injured in the frst quarter of the season opener against
Florida International. Fields led the Jayhawks in receptions in
each of the past two seasons and is a strong run blocker
something the receiving core has struggled with so far.
DEFENSE
The return of Kendrick Harper should
give the Kansas defense a noticeable
boost on pass defense. The Jayhawks
struggled to replace Harper during the
two games that he missed as inexperi-
enced corners Isiah Barfeld, Ryan Murphy
and Corrigan Powell all had unsuccessful
chances to fll the void. Harper says that
he is 100 percent following an undisclosed
injury that forced him to be carted of the
feld on a stretcher.
SPECIAL TEAmS
The Kansas kick return game ranks
dead last, 119 out of 119, in Division-I in
yards per kick return, but Mangino said
Wednesday that he had no problems with
how the unit was performing. He pointed
out that most teams were short-kicking
the Jayhawks, so while the return yards
werent very high, the starting feld posi-
tion for the Jayhawk ofense was. Jacob
Branstetter is tied for second in the nation with an average
of two feld goals per game and is six of seven on the season
overall.
COACHING
Kansas has won three straight games when com-
ing of of a bye week, which is the case Saturday.
Mangino and his staf went back to the basics
during the bye week to work on fundamen-
tals and improving in every aspect of the
game. They worked a little bit on Iowa State
late in the week but didnt start focusing on
the Cyclones until this week. Mangino is
one of the most prepared coaches in the
nation when it comes to knowing and
scouting his opponents and always has his
team ready to play.
mOmENTum
Kansas enters Big 12 play rested and
ready to roll. The returns of cornerback Kendrick Harper
and wide receiver Dexton Fields will help tremendous-
ly, as will the bye week that allowed the Jayhawks a
chance to focus on improving their fundamentals and
getting better. Kansas rolled over Sam Houston State
before the bye week, so they come in with plenty of
momentum.
After four night games to open

the season, the Kansas Jayhawks
will play during the day for the frst
time. They were 5-0 in day games
last year and Mangino said that
the morning start time shouldnt
afect his team. Kansas opened Big
12 play on the road last year and
beat Kansas State in Manhattan.
1
Kerry Meiers national rank in
receptions, with 9.25 per game
2
Todd Reesings national rank in
completions with 31.50 per game
3
Consecutive wins following a bye
week for Kansas
5
Number of KU opponents ranked
in the top 10 of this weeks AP poll
13
Freshmen who have seen action
for Kansas this season
16
Consecutive weeks that Kansas
has been ranked in the Associated
Press poll
Senior Line-
backer mike
Rivera. Rivera
was called out
indirectly by
Mangino fol-
lowing the Sam
Houston State
game when the
coach said that the team wasnt
getting consistency from his posi-
tion. Rivera was benched for much
of the game and its unknown if
he has regained his starting spot.
If hes back in the lineup, expect
Rivera to try and make as many
plays as possible.
Have the benched regained
their starting spots? Mangino
benched several players for much
of the Sam Houston State game to
try and shake things up, including
Dezmon Briscoe, Daymond Patter-
son and Mike Rivera. Mangino said
Tuesday that those players hadnt
regained their starting spots, but
could do so before Saturdays
game.
Will the 11:30am start time
afect the Jayhawks? Kansas has
played four night games in 2008
and will take the feld much earlier
than usual on Saturday. The team
said that other than waking up
earlier, the start time shouldnt
have any efect. Todd Reesing
said he liked the early start time
because he doesnt have to wait
all day for the game to start.

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Fields
Harper
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