BY JUSTIN LEVERETT

jleverett@kansan.com
When he needs to escape the bustle of modern
life, Kelly England goes to the wetlands south of
Haskell Indian Nations University.
In a canoe, he explores the twists and turns of
the swamp. He prays at the medicine wheel south of
campus, a crop art image of an eagle facing the east,
the direction of the rising sun. He hangs wrapped
tobacco offerings in trees to purify the area, and uses
the sweat lodge to pray for those he cares about. For
him, the wetlands are sacred.
Its just another form of a church, England said.
If people would understand how much a church
means to them, they would kind of understand how
a place like this could mean a lot to somebody.
But the wetlands are threatened by state plans to
build the South Lawrence Trafficway, a proposed
six-lane highway with a 12-foot high sound barrier
that would cross through the wetlands just south of
Haskells land. The intended highway, which would
connect I-70 west of Lawrence to K-10, has been
contested for more than 20 years.
Student and local groups, including the Wetlands
Preservation Organization, Save the Wakarusa
Wetlands and the First Nations Student Advisory
Board, have filed a series of legal procedures to
prevent the highway from being built. So far, the
court filings have halted construction by challenging
proponents at every turn.
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Gill stresses the importance of mentors
Sacred tieS
Football
coachTurner
Gill speaks
to students
at Brewster
Auditorium
in Strong Hall
Tuesday. Gill
appeared
as a part of
the National
Society of
Collegiate
Scholars
Integrity
Week.
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BY JENNY TERRELL
jterrell@kansan.com
About 50 students went to
Brewster Auditorium in Strong
Hall Tuesday evening to hear foot-
ball coach Turner Gills opinion
on integrity.
The National Society of
Collegiate Scholars, NSCS, hosted
the event as part of the organiza-
tions annual Integrity Week.
Gill spoke of three mentors
his wife, former Nebraska foot-
ball coach Tom Osborne and his
spiritual mentor Todd Brown
who all keep him accountable.
He encouraged students to find
mentors who have the same core
values they do.
Its all about people when you
talk about the word integrity, Gill
said. We cannot do it alone.
Gill said he defined integrity
as a person being genuinely hon-
est and consis-
tent with his or
her character.
Gill shared his
vision for the
players on his
team, which
he said was the
same vision he
held for himself
and his family.
Gill said
integrity had
been important to him during
the recruiting process. He and the
coaching staff asked specific ques-
tions about the players lifestyle
both to the player and to those
involved in the players life.
We ask Do you respect them
and why? Gill said.
Gill said his
purpose as a
football coach
was to provide
the athletes
with a positive,
mo t i v a t i n g
envi ronment
for them to
grow.
During a
question and
answer session,
Gill was asked how he felt know-
ing that his job depended on his
ability to win games.
The number of wins and loses
does not define who I am, Gill
said. It defines what I do.
He said he didnt get wrapped
up in the worldly view of success.
Losses may determine a coachs
job security but Gill said he would
never change his ways just to win.
Ill be disappointed, but I
understand my purpose, he said.
Pam Fugate, a sophomore from
Savannah, Ga., said she enjoyed
hearing Gills personal views.
John Thornton, a junior from
Augusta, said he left the event
impressed by the coachs speech.
It was great, he said. This
coach is a legend and it was good
to see him talk.
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when you talk about the
word integrity. We cannot
do it alone.
turner gill
Football coach
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THURSDAY
Feb. 11
nstudent union Activities will host the Valen-
tines day open House, Love is in the Air, from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Traditions Area of the
kansas union. The open house will feature a
build-A-bear workshop, palm reading, trivia and
snacks.
n The engineering and computer science ca-
reer fair will be from noon to 4 p.m. in the ball-
room of the kansas union. students are advised
to research companies and agencies they are
interested in, dress professionally and bring
multiple copies of their resume.
FRIDAY
Feb. 12
n The sabatini multicultural resource center
will host the Tunnel of oppression, an interac-
tive exhibit into the various types of oppression
within society and the campus community,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours start on the hour
and last about 30 minutes.
n The student and Involvement & Leadership
center will ofer free HIV testing from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. in the 4th floor Lobby of the kansas
union.
SATURDAY
Feb. 13
n ku opera will present the play, The rakes
Progress, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the robert
baustian Theatre of murphy Hall. Tickets are
$5 for students and senior citizens and $10 for
adults.
n suA will screen the flm, Precious: based
on the novel Push by sapphire, from 8 to 11
p.m. in the Woodruf Auditorium of the kansas
union. Tickets are $2 with a ku student Id, $3
for the general public and free with student
saver card.
SUNDAY
Feb. 14
nValentines day
nchinese new year
mONDAY
Feb. 15
n ku school of music will present a visiting
artist workshop with trombonist, ron barron,
at 4:30 in the swarthout recital Hall in murphy
Hall. The workshop is free.
n The ofce of multicultural Afairs will host
black Jeopardy, a trivia game to test students
knowledge of black history topics, from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. in the Gridiron room of the burge
union.
TUESDAY
Feb. 16
nstudent Health services will have a Wellness
fair, Preparing for a Healthier u, from 10:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Lobby Area of the Wat-
son Library.
n The Human resources and equal opportu-
nity will ofer a time management workshop at
9 a.m. in room 204 of Joseph r. Pearson Hall.
n Trombonist ron barron will perform at 7:30
p.m. in the swarthout recital Hall in murphy
Hall. The workshop is free.
n The university career fair will be on the ffth foor of
the kansas union from 2 to 5 p.m.
n The play, ku confdential, will show from 7:30 to 9
p.m. in the William Inge memorial Theatre in murphy Hall.
Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for public and $14 for
senior citizens.
nIsraeli director ronit kertsner will discuss and present
his documentary, menachem & fred: a tale of two broth-
ersfrom 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium of the
kansas union.
n The Academic Achievement and Access center will
provide the workshop, reading and Listening to re-
member, from 3 to 4 p.m. in room 4076 of Wescoe Hall.
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Exterior of Spooner
to receive repairs
spooner Hall, one of the oldest
buildings on the ku campus, is set
to undergo a $1.1 million make-
over.
The university announced
Tuesday that the facade of the
117-year-old building will be
cleaned, repaired and water-
proofed.
crews will patch deteriorated
stone and replace capstones that
are beyond repair, Jill Jess, univer-
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release.
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begin in early march and would
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is expected to be completed by
fall, she said.
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CAmPUS HEALTH
First lady works to prevent childhood obesity
AssoCIAted Press
WASHINGTON Michelle
Obama on Tuesday unveiled Lets
Move her national public
awareness campaign against child-
hood obesity, a problem she says
concerns her both as first lady and
as a mom.
One in three American children
are overweight or obese, putting
them at higher risk of developing
diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol and other illnesses.
Billions of dollars are spent every
year treating obesity-related con-
ditions. And public health experts
say todays kids are on track to
have shorter lifespans than their
parents.
None of us wants this future
for our kids, Mrs. Obama said at
the White House. We have to act,
so lets move.
Her campaign has four parts:
helping parents make better food
choices, serving healthier food
in school vending machines and
lunch lines, making healthy food
more available and affordable, and
encouraging children to exercise
more.
The ambitious campaign, which
Mrs. Obama hopes will be seen as
her legacy, is aimed at solving the
childhood obesity problem in a
generation, so that children born
today can reach adulthood at a
healthy weight.
This isnt like a disease where
were still waiting for the cure to
be discovered. We know the cure
for this, Mrs. Obama said at the
unveiling, which was moved to
the State Dining Room as the sec-
ond blizzard in less than a week
bore down on
the city.
Major ele-
ments of Mrs.
Obamas cam-
paign include:
The Food
and Drug
Administration
working with
food manu-
facturers and
retailers to
make food labels more customer-
friendly. The nonalcoholic bever-
age industry said Tuesday it will
start putting calorie information
on the front of its products.
The American Academy of
Pediatrics is encouraging doctors
to monitor childrens body mass
index or BMI, which is a calcula-
tion of height and weight used to
measure body fat.
Serving healthier food
in schools. Congress is due to
rewrite the Child Nutrition Act
this year, and the administration
is asking lawmakers to spend
$10 billion over the next decade
to give schools more money to
make needed changes. More than
31 million children get meals
through the federal school lunch
program, and many kids eat up to
half their daily
calorie total at
school.
Offering
$400 million
in tax breaks
to encourage
grocery stores
to move into
food deserts,
areas with
limited sup-
plies of nutri-
tious food, and spending $5
million more to establish and
promote farmers markets. Both
steps would require congressional
action.
Encouraging children to
exercise more; an hour a day is
recommended.
Setting up a website, www.
letsmove.gov, with shopping tips, a
recipe finder and other resources.
Judith Palfrey, president of the
American Academy of Pediatrics,
said the problem needs a national
solution.
So having the president and
first lady take the lead on this,
particularly the first lady, the first
mom, is giving us the reinforce-
ment that weve needed, Palfrey
told The Associated Press.
Mrs. Obama has pushed a few
causes since becoming first lady,
including support for military
families, volunteerism and the arts
and arts education. She planted a
garden on the South Lawn, some-
thing that helped this self-pro-
claimed lover of burgers, fries and
White House pie to begin talking
to youngsters about the impor-
tance of eating a balanced diet.
ASSociAtEd PrESS
First lady Michelle Obama points out some student athletes as she announces a campaign to
address the rapidly growing problemof childhood obesity, Tuesday. She unveiled the cam-
paign, titledLets Move, in the State Dining Roomof the White House inWashington.
This isnt like a disease
where were still waiting
for the cure to be discov-
ered.
mIcHeLLe obAmA
first lady
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American Indian students and pro-
fessors point to the painful history
of cultural assimilation at Haskell as
motivation to fight the trafficway. They
view the struggle for the wetlands as a
fight for their cultural identity, which
has throughout history been effaced by
oppression.
THE HIgHWAY
The South Lawrence Trafficway,
which would cut through the wetlands,
was listed as the Kansas Department
of Transportations fifth-highest prior-
ity future highway project in the state.
The highway would extend seven miles,
running parallel to 31st Street, and is
expected to cost
approximately $150
million.
Although propo-
nents have fought to
build the highway for
more than 20 years,
K-DOT does not
have the funding to
complete the project.
The states 10-year
highway funding pro-
gram ran out in July 2009, and a new
State transportation funding program
is expected in July 2010. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers environmental
impact statement, written to determine
the effect the road would have on the
surrounding area, summed up the atti-
tude of highway proponents.
There is widely expressed frustra-
tion with the communitys inability to
move forward with the construction of
the bypass, the statement said. A lets
just get it done opinion was frequently
expressed.
According to an e-mail sent by Mayor
Rob Chestnut, the city and county gov-
ernments both support the trafficway,
but they still have not succeeded in fin-
ishing the project. Roger Boyd, retired
professor of biology at Baker University
and proponent of the highway project,
said he thought it would soon be built.
Boyd leads a mitigation project meant
to restore acres of wetlands to the area,
which he hopes will make up for the
environmental damage caused by the
proposed highway.
Boyd devoted his life to the wetlands
after his father died in an accident on
the land in 1982. He said he considered
the wetlands as sacred as the American
Indians did. The trafficway debate has
become simply a platform for activists to
fight, he said, and for American Indians
to strengthen their cultural identity.
If you argue against that, what does
that make you? he said. Well, Ive been
told it makes me insensitive, it makes
me clueless, it makes me racist, it makes
me a bigot and theres a long list of
names that Ive been called.
Corky Armstrong, head architect for
the project, said people should not allow
strong emotions and personal opinions
to slant their viewpoints or to obscure
the facts.
My point is to do the research, find
out what is going on for sure, before you
start making judgment calls, he said.
God bless em. The wetlands preserva-
tion people made a stand, and thats
fine. Thats based on their principles,
what they think is right.
THE BoARDINg ScHooL
For American Indians, the fight to
save the wetlands is rooted in the mem-
ory of troubling events that transpired
there.
Chuck Haines, professor of biology at
Haskell Indian Nations University, said
the school had a history of American
Indian children who were overworked,
abused and forced to live in unsanitary
conditions. During
this time, students
tried to escape the
boarding school by
fleeing into the wet-
lands. There, stu-
dents were free to
meet with members
of their tribe, speak
their language, and
pray the way they
were accustomed to
praying.
Many children died of malnutri-
tion, malaria, typhoid, and pneumonia
because of the poor living conditions at
the school. Haines said it was difficult
to get elders, who had been through
boarding schools, to talk about their
experiences.
Just think if you lost your kids, if
your kids were pulled from you, for no
reason other than you being an Indian,
he said. And if you said no you were
declared incompetent.
Called the United States Indian
Industrial Training School, the institu-
tion was one of a network of off-reser-
vation boarding schools operated by the
federal governments Bureau of Indian
Affairs. These schools forcibly took chil-
dren as young as 3 years old from their
tribal families and attempted to assimi-
late them into the
white mainstream
culture. Haskell
operated as one
of 1,400 boarding
schools throughout
the country, with a
reputation as one of
the strictest.
Patrick Freeland,
a Haskell senior
from the Muskogee
nation, said tribes
would leave medicine bundles for
the students of the boarding school
in the wetlands bordering the campus.
Medicine bundles contained medicinal
herbs specific to each tribe, allowing
students to reconnect with the culture
they had lost. In part, this is why Haskell
students consider the wetlands sacred.
Imagine if all of a sudden you were
taken to Siberia. It was someone else say-
ing I know more about you than you,
Freeland said. Haskells connection to
the wetlands is a synaptic bridge.
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Pinwheels mark the graves of children who died during Haskell Universitys time as a boarding school in the
early twentieth century. Poor living conditions and lack of sanitation drove some children to attempt to escape
into the wetlands, where many died fromtuberculosis and pneumonia.
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on for sure, before you
start making judgment
calls.
CORKY ARMStRONg
Head architect for highway project
If people sat down and
looked at it, they would
say, This happened in
America?
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Haskell professor
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like a military camp, and students who
tried to run away were called deserters.
Successful deserters were hunted by
bounty hunters and, when returned to
campus, were beaten or sent to a tiny
prison building.
Youre talking about a history thats
horrendous, Haines said. If people
sat down and looked at it, they would
say, This happened in America? It
was suppression, repression, cultural
genocide. It was like anything else if
someone was in your way, youd get rid
of them.
Kelly Englands
grandfather, Archie
Hawkins, experi-
enced the strictness of
the boarding school
first-hand. England
said his grandfather
was forced to wear
shoes that were too
small, which bent his
feet out of shape and
made it uncomfort-
able for him to walk for the rest of
his life.
He was 70 or so when he finally got
his feet corrected, England said. They
had to re-break his bones. He didnt
seem better, and you could tell in his
voice that he didnt like that.
Students at Haskell were organized
into platoons, forced to cut their hair
and sent to various work details in the
kitchens, laundry or sewing rooms.
They were given English names and
banned from speaking in their tribal
tongues. If they refused, they were
beaten or jailed.
Haines said the proposed highway
was the most recent incarnation of this
long history of abuse of tribal people.
The depth of American Indians pain,
he said, is what brings the activist
groups to court year after year, in
attempts to block the proposed high-
way.
LoSINg BATTLE
England said he thought the high-
way would eventually be built. But he
said the continuing struggle against it
continued to be a matter of American
Indian pride and history.
Theyll succeed, but it might take a
while, he said. Its not about a money
thing. As students and alumni and
everyone that uses this facility, they
know that its not about money. Its
about our dignity.
He said the painful past at Haskell
deepened American Indians concerns
for the fate of the wetlands. When
he walks through the wildlife south
of the school, he sometimes stops at
the small cemetery where the children
from Haskells years as a boarding
school are buried. For England, this
remains sacred ground.
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LITTLE SCOTTIE
CHICKEN STRIP: 2010
SKETCHBOOK
HOROSCOPES
Charlie Hoogner
Drew Stearns
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Dont be surprised if folks
change their minds, big time.
Dont be quite so conserva-
tive; take an independent
direction. You may need
fexibility to adapt.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 5
Listen and learn. While you
may not hear what you
expect, you defnitely get
the information you need to
move forward tomorrow.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 5
other people notice that
youre focused on indepen-
dent thinking and action
today. Use this awareness
to settle a disagreement. No
need to walk away.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Uncomfortable around oth-
ers, you dont want to adapt
at all. Even tiny changes feel
revolutionary to your sensi-
tive soul. Do take at least one
step.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Speak out loud and clear on
issues that challenge your
independence. Principles are
hard come by and could be
cherished or discarded as old
business.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 5
change your tune where
team efort is concerned.
Switch between leaderand
followerroles. Forward
momentum continues with
little strain.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
You could begin the great
American novel today. If the
plot development allows,
add a character who muses
over loves lost and found.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
Wherever you start out in
the morning, youll end up
somewhere very diferent by
the end of the day. choose
independence over acqui-
escence.
Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 5
Dont forget to grab the
material you need frst thing
in the morning. Later today
someone asks you to share.
Go ahead, but dont cramp
your own style.
CAPRICORN(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5
Your thoughts are already on
to the next project. But you
still need to clean up details
from the last one. cost
overruns are possible. check
before spending.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Spend most of your energy
today talking about the
future. Insights emerge even
from casual comments.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Dont think you have to get
your way on everything.
Someone has a bright idea.
It doesnt change everything,
but it brings excitement.
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LOS ANGELES The behind-
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Terminator franchise has gotten
as cutthroat as the killer robots
from the action movies.
Following a contentious auc-
tion Monday night in which pri-
vate equity fund Pacificor won the
right to make future Terminator
films, Sony Pictures and Lions
Gate Entertainment are now in
talks with Pacificor to jointly take
control of the property.
According to several people
familiar with the process who
asked for anonymity because the
talks are private, the two studios
joined together to bid for the
rights Monday against Pacificor.
However, the private equity fund
prevailed with an offer of $29.5
million.
Pacificor also agreed to pay
Halcyon Co., a production firm
that owns the Terminator rights
and filed for bankruptcy last
August, an additional $5 million
per movie for up to three sequels.
Pacificors so-called credit bid
would erase the disputed debt
owed to it by Halcyon.
With no experience in the
entertainment industry or ability
to produce sequels itself, however,
Pacificor is now engaged in discus-
sions with Sony and Lions Gate to
handle future Terminator films.
The parties are still working out
potential deal terms.
If those talks arent concluded
amicably, the people said, Sony
and Lions Gate may file objec-
tions to the way the auction pro-
cess was handled Wednesday at a
bankruptcy court hearing, which
is intended to approve the sale.
If the hearing goes smoothly,
Pacificor may leave with its debt
resolved and Sony and Lions Gate
with the opportunity to make
more Terminator films.
Halcyon would be in a stronger
position to emerge from Chapter
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doesnt go well, however, theres no
telling when and with whom the
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E
nvironmental issues are
among the most polarizing
in American politics today.
Recent blows to the environmen-
talists biggest tool, the theory of
man-made global warming, have
only exacerbated this divide.
First, there was the
Climategate scandal in
November. This was when
e-mails between some top-
level climate scientists conclu-
sively revealed they had distorted
research, plotted to destroy data
and conspired to prevent pub-
lication of dissenting views.
Although the mainstream media
did their best to ignore the issue,
the house of cards began to
tumble.
Fallout has continued since
Climategate. In early January, the
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) was
forced to issue a humiliating apol-
ogy over inaccurate statements
made in regard to global warm-
ings effect on the Himalayan
glaciers. The claims that the
glaciers would disappear by 2035
were based solely on a pamphlet
published by the World Wildlife
Federation, not on science at all.
Even more recently, shocking
revelations have led to further
embarrassment for the IPCC. Its
most recent report said reduc-
tions to mountain ice in the
Andes, Alps and Africa were
caused by global warming.
The IPCC cited two sources
for this claim. One was an
article published in a magazine
for climbers that was based on
anecdotal evidence from moun-
taineers in the area. The other
was from a Swiss college students
undergraduate geography dis-
sertation in which the student
used quotes from interviews with
mountain guides in the Alps.
These IPCC reports are not
something that should be taken
lightly. They are used by govern-
ments and policymakers world-
wide to aid policy decisions that
affect billions of people and bil-
lions of dollars.
When asked about these new
reports, Roger Sedjo, a contribut-
ing author of the last IPCC report
said, The IPCC is, unfortunately,
a highly political organization
with most of the secretariat bor-
dering on climate advocacy.
Walter Russell Mead of the
Council on Foreign Relations
wrote in The American Interest, a
non-partisan review, The global
warming movement as we have
known it is dead. The movement
died from two causes: bad science
and bad politics.
Republicans must not let this
slam-dunk issue slip through
their hands. The global warming
theory, not so coincidentally, fit
the liberal ideology to a tee. It was
about taking radical action in the
name of the environment. It was
about government saving every-
thing from ants to polar bears.
It created a great excuse to
raise taxes and slap more regula-
tions on corporations. It stirred
class warfare while demonizing
evil capitalism and the sinful
individual. It was about fear of an
apocalypse and the need for gov-
ernment to take drastic steps to
save us by curbing our activities.
Perhaps most importantly, it
was based on emotion rather
than logic, placing empathy over
reason, with no regard for the
consequences.
History shows that liberals are
in the habit of manufacturing
climate change fears every few
decades. Americans must not
forget this fraud like they did the
global cooling scare of the 1970s.
As the sun sets on the global
warming hoax, whether con-
servative or liberal, we all must
remember the lessons it taught
us. When science combines with
politics, a little skepticism will
serve us well.
Thats the right idea.
Compton is a senior from
Wichita in political science
Scientifc skepticism
key in good politics
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
OpinionTHE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
wEDnEsDAy, FEbRuARy 10, 2010 www.kAnsAn.com
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A
s recently as 1978, women
were banned from enroll-
ment in certain colleges.
Now, womens lead in enrollment
compared to men has capped
out at 57 percent. In students 25
and older, the gap has settled at
on even more drastic ratio: two
women to one man.
A recent study by the
American Council on Education,
however, shows the gender gap
in college has stopped growing,
the only exception being with
Hispanic students. There are many
theories as to why the gap has
plateaued.
Its possible that supply and
demand has as much influence
on gender roles as it does on Wall
Street. During World War II,
women rushed to fill the empty
jobs left by so many enlisted men.
Now, with the recession limit-
ing employment, many men are
returning to school in a similar
surge.
But why did the gap get so big
in the first place, especially in
older students?
Are women just brainier?
Anything women and men tend
to have different aptitudes, theres
nothing showing that one sex is
smarter than the other.
What about the feminist move-
ment? More women are putting
off raising families to focus on
their careers. But considering that
the population ratio of men to
women is fairly even, that should
just put womens enrollment at the
same rate as mens.
That is, if they had to work the
same amount as men to reach the
same goals.
One of the possible reasons that
so few men over the age of 25 go
back to school is that men con-
sistently get paid more for their
work. Before the Equal Pay Act
was passed in 1963, women made
half the pay of men.
Today, regardless of the job,
women still earn an average of 30
percent less than men. There is
less incentive for a man at Job A
to take off from work and go after
further qualifications than there
is for a woman at Job A. Basically,
women have to rack up the cre-
dentials for Job B to get the same
pay that a man is getting for Job A.
Its ironic that inequality in
the workplace is creating inverse
inequality in the classroom. I
experienced the result of this first
hand in my honors proseminar
class, where all but one student
was female. The class was enjoy-
able, but as a womens literature
class, certain discussions were
definitely one-sided. I felt I could
have gained more if so many of us
hadnt been white 20-something
females.
Many countries with simi-
lar problems have talked of
Affirmative Action-like quotas
for gender equality in schools and
businesses. Im not sure if quotas
are the proper response or not;
perhaps making gender-study
classes a graduation requirement
would raise awareness enough to
make a difference.
Whatever action is taken, its
clear that something has to be
done to even out the gender
gap. It creates a rushed, have-to-
achieve-it-all mentality for women
post-graduation, and it deprives
students of a properly rounded
education just as much as racial
inequality does.
Lytton is a senior from Kodiak,
Alaska, in creative writing.
ARooj KHALID
Gender inequality stunts chances for academic growth
T
he federal policy of Dont
Ask, Dont Tell is one of the
most forthright symbols of
gay and lesbian discrimination in
the United States. It would be neg-
ligent for young people, regardless
of sexual orientation, not to voice
their concern for the repeal of this
policy.
Passed under the Clinton
administration, the law bars gays
and lesbians from openly serving
in the military. Though originally
considered a compromise from an
outright ban of gays and lesbians
in the military, the law is nothing
more than a juvenile, poorly word-
ed and ignorant piece of legislation.
Dont Ask, Dont Tell evi-
dently demonstrates that the equal
protection clause in the Fifth
Amendment doesnt apply to the
treatment of gay people.
What is even more troubling
about the 16-year survival of
this law is that the Department
of Defense has failed to give any
rational explanation for why the
rule should be any different for
heterosexuals.
The sexual identity of a specific
group is in not relevant to its per-
formance as military personnel.
According to the Legal Defense
Network, millions of dollars are
spent a year on discharging LGBTs,
and this isnt going to make or
break the defense departments
budget. But surely a better way to
expend this money can be found
than by investing in the irrational
elimination of adequate service
members.
This unjust administrative
oppression has been a problem
since the investigation of gay men
and women serving in WWII.
These people were given blue
discharges, which were neither
dishonorable nor honorable, but
disqualified these soldiers from
subsequent military benefits.
The original policy of issuing a
blue discharge and the successive
Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy has
ruined the lives of thousands of
Americans who served with patrio-
tism and spirit.
Finally, after more than half a
century of gays and lesbians serv-
ing with mouths shut and cheeks
turned, Obama, as promised in his
campaign, pledged with enthusi-
asm a call to action for the freedom
of LGBTs in the military.
In his State of the Union speech,
Obama announced that after 2010
he would work with lawmakers and
defense leaders to reverse Dont
Ask, Dont Tell.
Its the right thing to do, he
said during the address.
People, particularly those will-
ing to risk their lives for this coun-
try, should not be met with intoler-
ance and forced into silence simply
because of whom they love or how
they identify themselves.
LGBTs should be allowed to
openly serve in the armed forces,
so that, at last, gays and lesbians
in all branches of military and
ROTC programs can be who they
are, without having to worry about
being discharged and stripped of
their benefits.
The president cannot persuade
congressmen and senators on his
own.
Take a stand and get involved
by contacting local representa-
tives. Kansas currently has no
co-sponsors in the House of
Representatives, and though things
may be looking up for LGBTs in
the military, this effort needs all the
help it can get.
James Castle for The Kansan Editorial Board
ediTOriAL BOArd
Policy for equal protection
in the military is overdue
POLiTiCs
The Right
Idea
By Chet Compton
ccompton@kansan.com
Consolidating schools is a much better option than cutting
programs. For example, Id rather have six good schools with well-
paid teachers and well-funded extra-curricular programs than 10
average schools that cant afford quality teachers and cant fund
important programs
JConnor, in response to Residents march to protest
school closing on Monday.
Every single one of us has a special interest. What happens when
they start attacking yours, and to what end? Until they have com-
partmentalized every single special interest group, dividing us
all so we cannot stand united against injustice? Has this already
happened?
RVanchieri, in response to Police and FDA raid local
herbal stores on Friday.
If the idea is help students expand their religious knowledge,
then why not allow each lecturer, each scholarly expertincluding
those of a Christian backgroundto openly reflect the religion
and culture that they are studying about, writing about and living
out?
Mellotron, in response to Blackmon: Bring a theolo-
gian back to residence on Saturday.
Chatterbox
What people have been saying on Kansan.com
sexuAL HeALTH
Sex and
Sensibility
By melissa lytton
mlytton@kansan.com
Call or write to the Lawrence ofce of your representative and ask
him/her to co-sponsor the repeal of dont Ask, dont Tell.
dennis Moore: Lynn Jenkins:
Phone: (785) 842-9313 Phone: (785) 234-5966
Address: 901 Kentucky St. #205 Address: 3550 SW 5th St.
Lawrence, KS Topeka, KS
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INTERNATIoNAL
Deborah Fraser/KANSAN
Marcy Smalley (left), lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, meets with urban planning student Kassie Shelton, a second-
year graduate student fromWichita. The class is working on a project to create transportation plans for the cities of Lawrence andWichita.
Students help improve transportation in Kansas
moNEY AND
ExpERIENcE
mortinger calculated that
each student would spend
about 200 hours working on
the projects by the time they
handed their proposals to the
cities in may.
If these studies were be-
ing done by consulting frms,
it would probably be worth
$75,000,marcy smalley, a
lecturer in the school of
Architecture, design and
Planning said.
The students wont leave
with money in hand, but earn
experience instead.
This, more than any
other coursework, makes us
welcome to the real world,
Jessica mortinger, a second-
year graduate student from
Hayssaid.
elias said the project gave
him the opportunity to see
what he likes and dislikes
about planning, and shelton
said the experience would
teach project management
skills that would come into
play eventually.
In this stage of the process,
the groups are spending
time gathering data from
transportation agencies and
sketching potential plans. The
Wichita group will be visiting
their site Feb. 12 to meet with
the transportation board.
Nothing we do is isolated
anymore. Everything is so
connected and really kind
of delicate.
kAssIe sHelTon
Wichita graduate student
North Korea could rejoin U.S., China
in nuclear disarmament discussion
AssociAted Press
SEOUL, South Korea A
senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead
Wednesday with international
eforts to get North Korea back
into nuclear disarmament talks,
during the world bodys frst high-
level visit to the reclusive state in
nearly six years.
In Beijing, top nuclear
negotiators from North Korea and
China were to meet again today, a
day afer discussing how to restart
the six-nation nuclear talks aimed
at ridding Pyongyang of its atomic
weapons program in return for aid,
according to South Koreas Yonhap
news agency.
Te meeting in China was
believed to have focused on the
Norths calls for U.N. sanctions to
be lifed and a peace treaty signed
with Washington formally ending
the Korean War before it returns
to the disarmament talks, Yonhap
reported, citing unidentifed
diplomatic sources in Beijing.
Te furry of diplomacy
heightened speculation that
there could be a breakthrough to
jump-start the stalled talks, which
include the two Koreas, the U.S.,
China, Russia and Japan.
Tis is a sign that the
resumption of the six-party talks
is imminent, said Yang Moo-jin,
a professor at the University of
North Korean Studies in Seoul.
Te Norths top negotiator is
expected to tell Chinese ofcials
about North Koreas disarmament
plan in a more concrete manner
probably in return for aid from
Beijing, he said.
U.N. political chief B. Lynn
Pascoe was greeted Tuesday by
North Korean ofcials at an airport
on the outskirts of Pyongyang,
according to footage broadcast by
APTN in the Norths capital.
Pascoe said the aim of his visit
was to fnd ways we can cooperate
better, according to the footage.
So it should be quite useful we
hope.
Pascoes trip was the frst to
North Korea by a high-level U.N.
ofcial since 2004, according to
Seouls Foreign Ministry. Te
envoy is reportedly bearing a letter
from U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon.
Te four-day visit came a
day afer North Korean leader
Kim Jong Il assured visiting top
Chinese Communist Party ofcial
Wang Jiarui that Pyongyang is
committed to the denuclearization
of the Korean peninsula. Te next
day, Kim sent his chief nuclear
envoy to Beijing for talks.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A protester participates in a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean governments policy against
North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday. The wordMDmeans U.S.
missile defense system.
BY BreNNA LoNG
blong@kansan.com
Yilei Huang remembers when
cars didnt clog the roads of his
hometown in China. But that was
in grade school.
Huang, a Ph.D. student from
Jiujiang, China, has seen the prob-
lems caused by billions of cars on
the roads, both in China and the
United States.
And now Huang is learning
how to fix these problems in the
Universitys urban planning gradu-
ate program. This semester, eight
graduate students will be working on
plans to improve
transportation
in Wichita and
Lawrence. The
projects are
based on pro-
posals that the
two cities sent to
Marcy Smalley,
a lecturer in
the School of
Archi t ect ure,
Design and
Planning. The semester-long proj-
ect requires the students design
improved transportation plans for
their assigned city. At the end of the
semester, they will hand their plans
over to the transportation boards,
Smalley said.
When I started in urban plan-
ning, it was all about completing
the interstate, Smalley said. Today,
transportation planning is about
managing the system we have.
John Elias, a second-year gradu-
ate student from Atchison, said the
transportation network had influ-
enced the way cities had grown.
Car-oriented cities face public
transportation difficulties and cause
environmental problems.
The way our cities are laid out
affects our vehicle miles traveled
and climate change, Kassie Shelton,
a second-year graduate student
from Wichita, said. Nothing we
do is isolated anymore. Everything
is so connected and really kind of
delicate.
The class two main projects are
highlighted below.
cREATINg A bIKER-
fRIENDLY LAWRENcE
Jonathan Hurst-Sneh can feel the
frustration from the cars behind
him as he peddles down the road
on his bike and hears horns honk-
ing around him.
I find it difficult to ride my bike
sometimes with the narrow roads,
and now the pot holes, Hurst-Sneh,
a senior from Overland Park, said.
Two students in the urban plan-
ning program are focusing on the
problems posed by different types
of transportation on the same roads
in Lawrence. Nicholas Pappas, a
s e c ond- ye ar
graduate stu-
dent from
Albuquerque,
N.M., and
J e s s i c a
Mortinger, a
s e c ond- ye ar
graduate stu-
dent from Hays,
are working
with a design
plan called
complete streets, making roads
accessible for all users. Historically,
the city invested in automobile and
freight roadways, but Pappas and
Mortinger are hoping to accommo-
date pedestrians and bicyclists.
Money for sidewalks and bike
trails doesnt grow on trees; cities
have to fund it, Mortinger said.
You have to find a balance between
planning ideally with unlimited
resources and where you put your
first priorities based on the realistic
funding.
Hurst-Sneh said he found the
bike paths in Lawrence helpful and
that connections to business areas
such as 6th Street would entice
more people to bike.
In the bike lanes, 99 percent of
the time no one is going to bother
you, he said. Its more comfortable
riding in the lanes because its just
you and your bike.
pUTTINg WIcHITA oN
THE gRID
Huang, Elias and Shelton are
three of the six students focusing
on how to make the Wichita public
transit system run on a grid, instead
of the current hub-and-spoke sys-
tem. The grid design would cover
the entire city, as opposed to the
hub-and-spoke system, which runs
all the lines through downtown.
It is now kind of like the KU
buses; they are all obviously routed
through KU, Shelton said. It would
be a really big shift for them.
In a Wichita survey from last
year, only 12 percent of the popula-
tion reported using public trans-
portation, but 22 percent said they
would if it was more convenient,
Elias said.
Another aspect of the Wichita
project will address park-and-ride
lots for residents of local suburbs
and Huang is working on ways to
create greater efficiency with intel-
ligent transportation systems. As a
civil engineer, he uses technology
to improve transportation networks
by making signs to alert drivers of
congestion or the time it will take
to reach downtown. The system can
even time traffic lights to be green
for the buses as they pass through
intersections.
We are just starting to make a
game plan of what we want to do,
Shelton said. Theres a lot of work
to be done, but were just excited to
get started and see where it takes
us.
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Unbeaten Nebraska comes to Lawrence. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | 6B
Jayhawks want big upset
Kansas looks forward to match against UMKC Wednesday. TENNIS | 4B
Tennis team stays hopeful
men's basketball
Henry steps up his game to help Kansas win against Texas
commentary
March
Madness
best with
65 teams
By nicolas roesler
nroesler@kansan.com
twitter.com/nroesler8
By corey THiBoDeaUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
Its been so long since freshman
guard Xavier Henry was in the spot-
light, he was beaming while sitting
at the podium after the Jayhawks
80-68 victory against Texas Monday.
His smile, something hes known
for, has been absent the past couple
weeks.
This time, though, Henry had a
reason to show his teeth.
He scored 15 points for the
Jayhawks, shooting 6-of-13 and
adding five rebounds all coming
after an abysmal Big 12 campaign.
I thought Xavier played the best
game hes played in league play by
far, Kansas coach Bill Self said.
During nonconference games,
Henry was shooting 46 percent from
the floor. That percentage dropped
to 26 percent in Big 12 play.
Self said that Henry had been
ineffective as a shooter, but that he
was gaining a better understanding
of the game and how to play
defense.
His rebounding totals remain
as steady as they were earlier in
the season. And in conference play,
Henry had at least one steal in each
game except for the first game
against Nebraska.
He had seven steals against
Baylor, which is a season high for
any Jayhawk this season.
Ive been playing defense lately
as hard as I can, Henry said. My
offense hasnt been going, so I have
to bring something to the team.
Granted, his game against Texas
wasnt his 27-point debut or his
31-point outing against La Salle,
but it was a step in the right direc-
tion. Sophomore forward Marcus
Morris, who finished with 18 points
and eight rebounds against the
Longhorns, said Henrys greatest
trait was his persistence.
I know he was missing a couple
shots, but the thing about X is he
keeps shooting, Morris said. We
needed him to step up.
All it took was time for the shoot-
er to get going, whether it was time
in practice or time waiting.
Ive been practicing hard lately
so Ive been making sure Ive got
all my sightseeing after practice,
Henry said. I knew eventually they
were going to fall. They just werent
falling at that time.
Against what could have been the
Jayhawks toughest challenge of the
season thus far, the most important
duo was Henry and Morris, not
Cole Aldrich or Sherron Collins.
I would have never thought we
could come to Texas and win and
have our two best players go 5-of-
23, Self said.
Collins and Aldrich combined for
22 points while Henry and Morris
had 33. With his confidence back,
Henry said he hoped he was back to
his usual self.
Its been a long time coming,
Henry said.
Edited by Kirsten Hudson
Freshman guard
Xavier Henry gets
a hand on the
ball for a tie-up
Monday night
at Texas. The
Jayhawks won
80-68 to move
to 23-1 on the
season and 9-0 in
the Big 12.
Weston White/KANSAN
S
ixty-five teams narrowed
down to one champion in
six rounds is the system
that makes March Madness one
of the best sports spectacles
in this country. The NCAA
Tournament is a polished
machine that needs no fixing.
Yet the NCAA may now opt
out of its $6 billion contract with
CBS and most likely get picked
up by ESPN, allowing for the
expansion of the tournament
while deals get made, and people
start asking for more money.
Arguments floating in peo-
ples heads are that the proposed
expansion would benefit more
of the 347 Division I basketball
teams. Right now, only 18 per-
cent of those teams make it into
the tournament. The increase
to 96 teams would expand it to
37 percent, which is still fairly
exclusive. But the exclusivity
is what intensifies every game
during the regular season and
makes conference tournaments
that much more important.
Seeding in a field of 96 teams
would be much less of a concern
for powerhouse teams going
through the regular season.
Money is what is on every-
bodys mind sitting in the board-
rooms of the NCAA. Fans love
March Madness so much that
the NCAA assumes expanding
the tournament would benefit
the fans and the schools them-
selves. Financially, there is a
thought that more money can
be raked in for the schools and,
ultimately, for the NCAA. But
the money gained by the NCAA
hurts the conference tourna-
ments.
The Big 12 Tournament
in Kansas City would lose a
number of attending fans and
money because it wouldnt
mean as much to earn the Big
12 Tournament title when your
team might have already won
the regular season title. Losing
early in the conference tourna-
ments would just mean more
time to rest and get your team
ready for the Big Dance.
The NIT Tournament pro-
vides teams that dont make the
main stage the opportunity to
extend their season. The increase
to 96 teams could possibly
eliminate the NIT tournament
and shorten the season for those
teams.
The frustration and anger at
the structural failure of other
areas of American sports does
not exist in college basketball.
College football has the BCS
debate. Pro basketball and base-
ball have a season that seems to
last year-round, detracting value
from each game.
The system in place creates
the drama and intensity the
sport needs. Americans and
money-chasing NCAA officials
need to realize that super-sizing
everything does not make it
better.
The exclusivity of the tour-
nament is what makes these
no-name teams so entertain-
ing. They're striving to reach
something rare. Each conference
game carries so much more
importance. And fans appreci-
ates every moment the world of
college basketball brings.
Editedby MeganHeacock
Slugger in the spotlight
by ben Ward
bward@kansan.com
twitter/bm_dub
If you walked into the baseball
teams locker room at any point dur-
ing the preseason, youd probably have
bumped into junior third baseman
Tony Thompson. Even before the start
of official practices even if he didnt
have an individual workout scheduled
for the day he was there.
Maybe he was lifting weights or get-
ting in some extra swings in the cages
between classes. In any case, he was
there.
Even after posting perhaps the best
offensive season in Kansas baseball
history, Thompson is still committed
to improving, to keeping on course
with his record-setting offensive pace
last season.
Thompson may embody the person-
ality behind this group of Jayhawks;
never shy to get grass and dirt stains
on their uniforms, never bogged down
by inflated egos or the urge to put per-
sonal success above the team.
As he kicks back for a minute in
front of his locker, Thompson unwinds
by turning on some music. Most of
his teammates prefer country or hip-
hop, but not Thompson. Hes blasting
heavy metal a genre not exactly syn-
onymous with relaxation and one that
seems a bit at odds with his personal-
ity. Just then his roommate, junior
outfielder Casey Lytle, walks into the
room. And like many of his other
teammates, Lytle lets Thompson know
how he feels about his taste in music.
We always give him a bunch of crap
about it, Lytle said. But I think he
loves it. Hell just play it even louder.

Given Thompsons preference for
ear-splitting guitar riffs and thunder-
ing drum solos, its interesting that the
only loud thing about him is his bat.
Scratch that loud can barely
describe the buzz Thompson stirred in
the Big 12 last season. After a modest
freshman year, the Reno, Nev., native
exploded onto the national scene during
his sophomore season. Thompson
smashed a number of Kansas all-time
records while leading the conference in
batting average (.389), home runs (21),
and RBI (82) making him the Big
12s first-ever triple crown winner.
No slugger in the conference had ever
come close, not even current Royals
players Alex Gordon and John Fields,
who tore up the league during their
tenures at Nebraska and Oklahoma
State, respectively.
Predictably, accolades and nation-
al media attention followed, placing
Thompson very much on the radar
this season. Its enough of a spotlight
to inflate even the coolest of heads, but
for the most part, Thompson appears
as if the exposure cant faze him.
Ask him about his production, and
hell praise the guys at the top of the
lineup for getting on base, or the guys
behind him for protection. Or hell
attribute his success to the coaching
staff for logging extra hours with him.
But every now and then, Thompsons
cool outer shell cracks, and hes willing
to soak up the adoration even if for
only brief moment.
It does motivate me a bit,
Thompson said, knowing that people
actually think I can play now.
And for as much noise as Thompson
makes at the plate, in all other avenues
hes a pretty unassuming guy, whether
introducing himself to a stranger with
a quiet hello and a firm handshake,
or interacting with teammates he has
known for years.
He pretty much goes about his busi-
ness; theres not a lot of talk, senior
second baseman Robby Price said. He
just worries about what he needs to
worry about.
Injury temporarily
sidelines Thompson
A knee injury has left
Thompson unable to play for
the next four to six weeks; see
the full story on page 3b
SEE Thompson ON pAgE 3B
Photo by AdamBuhler/KANSAN
W
hether you think that new
USC coach Lane Kiffin is
a major jackass or just a
minor one (its undoubtedly one or the
other), no hater can deny his recruiting
prowess. After stacking the Trojans with
a top-10 incoming class on top of an
already loaded roster for the upcoming
season, Kiffin decided to take a longer
look down the roads of the future.
I can picture it now: Kiffin quickly
glances around a press conference
room, chugs two Red Bulls in 10 sec-
onds, flees any previous job commit-
ments that dont include the letters
U-S-C (this month at least), literally
tramples scurrying journalists in the
process, pauses his steps and brushes
his play-signaling right hand through
his California-tailored dirty blond hair.
Then he thinks to himself: How about
that 2015 class?
With guidance from national quar-
terback tutor Steve Clarkson, Kiffin has
offered a scholarship to Wilmington,
Del., quarterback prospect David Sills.
The catch: Sills is in seventh grade.
Yet at nearly six feet tall and already
breaking down NFL film, Sills is no
brace-faced middle school chump.
Clarkson, who has developed big-
time players such as Matt Barkley,
Jimmy Clausen and Ben Roethlisberger,
said Sills skill-set at age 13 indicates
that he might someday be better than all
three of the aforementioned and already
established stars.
Because the NCAA takes no action
to this absurdly premature recruitment
and Kiffin repeatedly leaves hesitance in
the waste basket, Sills has verbally com-
mitted to his dream college, USC, before
he has even chosen his high school.
Such an unorthodox decision brings
a king-sized buffet of questions to the
table.
What will this kid look like at age
18? Will USC still be such a heavenly
destination after Kiffin has had his way?
Should schools be allowed to snoop
around Pop-Warner fields and school-
yards for prospects?
Sills commitment equates to nothing
more than a pinky swear, not a signed
letter of intent. But such publicity could
spell a dooming fate for a kid so young.
He may lose a certain work ethic
while dreaming of girls and beaches
in sunny southern California. He may
succumb to the pressures of childhood
celeb status and falter under the bright
lights of stardom.
Or he may pan out to be the next
great USC quarterback.
Either way, Kiffin and Clarkson
should have waited this one out instead
of starting a possibly horrifying trend.
After Sills, why wouldnt several other
big-money schools poke their noses
around the jungle gym or the crib of the
baby with the oversized right arm?
Skills aside, this prospect is simply
too young to glorify.
Hey Sills, you thought long divi-
sion was tough? Try lugging a Kiffin-
wrapped Trojan sword from class to
class.
Edited by Drew Anderson
2B / SPORTS / Wednesday, FeBruary 10, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kansan.com
Early recruiting a bad idea
MORNINg BREw
By Max RothMan
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everybody pulls for david,
nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain
FACT OF THE DAY
kansas coach Bill self will look for
his 400th career victory against
Iowa state on saturday. He is 192-
41 during his tenure at kansas.
Kansas Athletics
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no. 6 Purdue 76, no. 10 michigan state 64
no. 7 Georgetown 79, Providence 70
no. 22 Vanderbilt 90, no. 12 Tennessee 71
Illinois 63 , no. 11 Wisconsin 56
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chicago 109, Indiana 101
Philadelphia 119, minnesota 97
charlotte 94 , Washington 92
miami 99, Houston 66
sacramento 118, new york 114
atlanta 108, memphis 94
detroit 93, milwaukee 81
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So maybe Thompson isnt the
guy teammates look to for a pas-
sionate speech or a verbal kick
in the pants when the Jayhawks
are slumping. But he provides an
equally effective boost in his own
way.
Hes definitely a lead-by-exam-
ple type guy, very calm and col-
lected. He just does what he needs
to do on the field, Robby Price
said. But hes definitely a leader,
and a guy we look up to.
On a team full of guys will-
ing to get their uniforms dirty,
Thompson fits right in, despite
his emergence as a premier tal-
ent. Perhaps, as those closest to
him suggested, he may not even
realize just how eye-popping his
numbers are.
He might have even sur-
prised himself last season, Tim
Thompson, Thompsons father,
said.

The average student walking
on campus might never recog-
nize Thompson. Even among his
teammates a cluster of crimson
and blue pullovers and sweatshirts
Thompson doesnt stand out.
Hes a big guy, sure, standing at
6-foot-4 with a broad frame and
long arms. But he doesnt boast
the hulking, muscled physique
typical of many top-of-the-line
sluggers.
When hes up at the plate,
though, he isnt as easy to glance
past a lesson that many teams
across the Big 12 learned the hard
way.
Though he avoids them in con-
versation, the moments are equally
hard to ignore: the walk-off dou-
ble that helped Kansas complete a
sweep of No. 17 Oklahoma State;
the game-tying grand slam in the
ninth inning against Missouri;
his two-homer, six-RBI outburst
at No. 9 Oklahoma. In a season
where he topped the conference in
seven offensive categories, the list
of such games goes on.
Thompson says his power hit-
ting days truly began once he hit
a growth spurt in high school. But
Thompsons dad, who coached
him until high school, fondly
recalls his sons first home run
a towering blast he hit at the age
of eight.
His mother, Terry Thompson,
remembers not only his knack for
clutch hits, but his cool demeanor
at the plate as well. During his
sophomore year
of high school,
T h o m p s o n
stepped to the
plate in the bot-
tom of the sev-
enth, his team
down a few
runs with the
bases loaded
and two outs.
The ace of the
league was star-
ing Thompson down from the
mound.
Then Thompson completed the
backyard dream re-enacted by
generations of kids, swinging and
launching a grand slam (to the
opposite field, no less) that sent
Thompsons team walking off with
the victory.
He just walked up there calm-
ly and took his pitches, Terry
Thompson, said. But when hes up,
Im a nervous wreck. Sometimes I
cant even watch.
He wont bring it up, but if you
mention the story to Thompson,
the smile that creeps across his
face is evidence enough of what
the moment means to him.
For that to be my first home
run in high school, Thompson
said with a grin, I was pretty
pumped.

Still, not all stories end so per-
fectly.
Despite his record-breaking
season, Thompson missed being
named Big 12 Player of the Year,
which went to Oklahoma senior
catcher J.T. Wise. After the
announcement Thompson, then
a sophomore,
offered noth-
ing but praise
for Wises sea-
son. Half a
year later, that
feeling hasnt
changed.
Its always
mo t i v a t i o n
when you see
a great player
like J.T Wise
get it, Thompson said. You get
a chance to see what he did and
just compete with that, and know
thats what I have to compete with
to win an award like that.
But deep down, after leading
the league in nearly every major
offensive category, some part of
Thompson has to be disappointed,
right?
It would have been awesome to
get it, but its still not something
that really bothers me as long as
we win, Thompson said.
Thompson is still thinking
about the final game of last sea-
son: a 12-1 drubbing at the hands
of No. 4 North Carolina that
ended Kansas postseason run in
the Chapel Hill
Regional Finals.
It was a loss
that Thompson
hopes will pro-
pel Kansas to
even greater
heights this
season.
His real
focus and goal
this year is
hed like to see
Kansas go to
the World Series, Tim Thompson
said. If what he does wins him
awards along the way, hell take
it but hes always been a total
team player.

Thompson is quick to point
out his flaws. He knows he lacks
the speed to be a prolific base
stealer, and sometimes he isnt
quick enough to take the extra
base. Hes just as quick to point out
that his defense needs some work.
He made 10 errors last year, which
in his mind is 10 too many.
Defense is something you
should be able to do all the time,
Thompson said. Its not some-
thing that when you can hit, you
can have bad days defensively.
Listening to Thompson go on
about improvement, it would be
easy to think that he had a rough
year at the plate as well.
I think I only walked about 20
times last year, said Thompson,
who actually walked 21 times. I
need to be a bit more selective this
year and hit in good counts all the
time instead of swinging at stuff
out of the zone and putting myself
in a hole.
That may
sound odd
coming from
a player who
hit a .389 last
season, but
T h o m p s o n
might be spot
on. Even if he
isnt paying
much attention
to the hype
brought on by
last seasons
results, opposing coaches certain-
ly will be.
Coach Ritch Price is sure of
that point, noting that although
Thompson may be a better player
than he was a season ago, his
numbers might not end up reflect-
ing it.
There were like three times last
year where there were runners on
second and third, with two outs
and first base open, the opposing
coaches would pitch to him and
hed hit three-run homers, Price
said. And that isnt going to hap-
pen this year.
Price said pitchers would
undoubtedly tiptoe around the
strike zone, trying to avoid becom-
ing another victim of a Thompson
home run. Although Thompson
might not get a Barry Bonds buffet
of intentional walks, Price said he
had faith that his third baseman
would find a way to adjust.
Hes going to get pitched
around a lot more, so hes going to
have to stay in the strike zone, take
his walks and hope that the guys
hitting behind him in the lineup
can protect him, Price said.
It all goes back to who Thompson
is: a player with his feet firmly on
the ground, despite all the flashy
statistics and national praise.
The great thing about him is
he has a really great makeup,
Price said. Hes not an ego guy;
he doesnt lose control of his emo-
tions. I think his makeup will
allow him to handle that success
and the differences this year very
well.
Edited by Katie Blankenau
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WedNeSdAy, februAry 10, 2010 / SPORTS / 3b
thompson (continued from 1B)
AccOLADES fROm LAST SEASON
All American by three diferent publications (Ping! base-
ball Second Team, NCbWA Third Team, Louisville Slugger Third
Team)
first Team All-Central region
first Team All-big 12
big 12 Championship and Chapel Hill regional All-Tourna-
ment Teams
Academic All-big 12 Second Team
PRESEASON HONORS
Ping! baseball All American
Louisville Slugger All American
National Collegiate baseball Writers Association All
American
College baseball blog selected Thompson as the No. 10
Player to Watch
Ofensive statistics from last season
Topped the big 12 in the following categories:
.389 batting average
.753 slugging percentage
27 doubles
21 home runs*
186 total bases*
82 rbI
96 hits kuathletics.comand big12sports.com
Weston White/KAnsAn
Junior third basemenTony Thompson, right, high-fves junior right felder Brian Heere in a game last season. Thompson had a record-setting
sophomore season, beating multiple Kansas records and winning the frst triple crown in the Big 12.
baseball players are used
to taking foul balls of a foot
or leg. So when junior third
baseman Tony Thompson
fouled a pitch of his left
knee in practice last week,
he initially didnt make too
much of it.
I wasnt really sure if
something was wrong,
Thompson said.
but X-rays revealed a
hairline fracture in his left
kneecap, leaving Thompson
sidelined for at least the frst
month of the season.
The good news for
Kansas is that Thompsons
MrI showed no ligament
damage, or any additional
structural damage. As a re-
sult, team physician dr. Jef
randall said he was conf-
dent that Thompson would
be completely healthy
within four to six weeks in
time for big 12 play.
Still, there is little that
Thompson can do to rehab
the injury aside from rest
and a whole lot of ice.
I basically have to stay
of it, and just play the
waiting game until it heals
up,Thompson said. Its
a bummer that I cant do
much more to heal it.
In Thompsons absence,
the Jayhawks are planning
to use a platoon of players
to fll the hole at third base.
Coach ritch Price said he
would look to sophomore
James Stanfeld and two
redshirt freshmen, Jordan
dreiling and Jake Marasco,
to step in and produce.
Thompson said that each
one of the replacements
would be able to perform at
a high level.
I think theyll do a great
job,Thompson said. Weve
got a number of guys that
can play the position well.
Stanfeld, one of the
teams top options at
catcher, will split time be-
hind the plate and at third.
That means more playing
time for Marasco, who was
initially considered a part-
time option at dH. dreiling
will primarily be a defensive
replacement in later innings.
Well try to take advan-
tage of each guys strengths,
Price said.
Ben Ward
THOmPSON INjURED bY fOUL bALL
He's defnitely a lead-by-
example type guy, very
calm and collected. He
just does what he needs
to do on the feld."
rObby PrICe
Senior second baseman
The great thing about
him is he has a really
great makeup. He's not an
ego guy; he doesn't lose
control of his emotions.
rITCH PrICe
Coach
Evansville wins 65-62,
breaks losing streak
eVANSVILLe, Ind. James
Haarsma scored 18 points as
evansville held of Wichita State
65-62 Tuesday to end a 14-game
losing streak.
The Purple Aces (7-17, 1-13
Missouri Valley) led 59-49 with
3:54 to play, but the Shockers
eventually pulled to within one
with 7.5 seconds remaining
following three free throws by
Clevin Hannah.
Two free throws by Colt ryan
put evansville up 65-62 with 5.8
seconds to play. Wichita State
(20-6, 9-5) got the ball back, but
turned it over, giving the Aces
their frst victory since december
19.
Garrett Stutz scored 15 points
to lead Wichita State, which fell
to 19-2 when scoring at least 60
points.
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BY Kathleen Gier
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The Kansas womens tennis team
remains optimistic for its match
against UMKC Wednesday despite
a tough 7-0 loss to No. 13 Notre
Dame Friday.
We played well. We all
played well and we could win,
but we didnt, freshman Vika
Khanevskaya said. We need to
move forward and we are looking
forward to the next match.
In looking past the loss to Notre
Dame, theteamisremainingsupportive.
I think this match brought us
closer together as a team and I think
with that we can
do a lot of great
stuff coming up,
freshman Sara
Lazarevic said.
This will be
the third time
this season the
Jayhawks face the
Kangaroos. The
first was the KU
Tournament in
September and the second was the
Jayhawk Invitational in November.
In the tournament, five singles play-
ers and two doubles teams battled
against UMKC. Kansas won six of
the nine match-
ups and two of
their losses came
after injuries or
retiring from the
match.
On Sunday
UMKC fell to
5-2 after losing
to Montana State.
Freshman Eva
Dalvai, who won
her singles match, and sophomore
Jillian Yakominich who won her
singles and doubles at the No. 5 and
No. 3 spots, led the team. Junior
Chelsea Horner, from Overland
Park, is a former Blue Valley
Northwest standout and played at
the No. 2 singles spot and No. 1
doubles spot Sunday with Dalvai.
With coach Amy Hall-Holt,
the Jayhawks are 3-0 against the
Kangaroos.
Todays matches are set for 2 p.m.
at the Jayhawk Tennis Facility.
I think we are ready and I think
we will do really well, sophomore
Ekaterina Morozova said.
Editedby KirstenHudson
Mike Gunnoe / KANSAN
Freshman Sara Lazarevic forehands the ball in the doubles match Friday. Kansas lost to No. 13
Notre Dame 7-0. The teamwill play UMKC today.
Kansas prepares for UMKC match
I think this match
brought us closer together
as a team.
sara Lazarevic
Freshman
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No. 7 Hoyas play balanced
game, pick of Providence
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. Chris
Wright scored 21 points and Greg
Monroe had 12 points and 12
assists to lead No. 7 Georgetown
to a 79-70 victory over Providence
Tuesday.
Wright scored 16 points in the
second half as the Hoyas (18-5,
8-5) erased an eight-point deficit.
Jamine Peterson scored 23
points and Bilal Dixon had 16
rebounds for Providence (12-12,
4-8).
Providence led 47-40 with 15
minutes left before Georgetown
scored 14 of the next 15 points,
getting a three-point play from
Wright to tie it and then took the
lead with 12 minutes left.
Julian Vaughn scored 19 points
for the Hoyas.
At No. 7, Georgetown is the
worst team Providence will play
in the next two weeks. Coming up
are No. 4 Villanova, No. 5 West
Virginia and No. 3 Syracuse. The
Friars, who had already beaten No.
19 Connecticut and lost to third-
ranked Syracuse, fell to 1-2 against
ranked teams.
Providence led by as many as
eight points in the second half
before Georgetown came back,
tying it on
Wrights steal
and fast-break
layup with 12
minutes left and
taking a 49-48
lead when he
hit the foul
shot to convert
the three-point
play.
P e t e r s o n
missed two free
throws Providence missed 12
foul shots in all then Wright
made a free throw. After Peterson
missed a 3-pointer, Wright made
two more free throws to give
Georgetown a 54-48 lead with 9:40
left. Sharaud Curry hit a 3-pointer
and PC later cut the deficit to
56-54, but never got any closer.
Providence had a last chance at
a comeback in the last 2 minutes
when Marshon Brooks made a
layup to make it 69-64, then the
full-court pressure forced a base-
ball pass that just missed the out-
stretched fingers of a Friar defend-
er. Monroe caught it instead and
moved in for a
layup and foul,
converting the
t h r e e - p o i n t
play to give
Georgetown a
71-64 lead with
70 seconds left.
Provi dence
outrebounded
Ge o r g e t o wn
42-31, but the
Friars shot just
34 percent from the field and 64
percent from the line.
Players got tangled up under the
basket with 16:43 left in the game,
with Monroe and Dixon jawing
before the referees sent the teams
to their benches to cool off.
Providence led by as
many as eight points in
the second half before
Gerogetown came back...
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Georgetowns Chris Wright, left, knocks the ball fromProvidences Sharaud Curry during George-
towns 79-70 victory Tuesday night. Four Hoyas scored in double fgures.
Rams running back
wont face charges
Las veGas st. Louis
rams running back steven
Jackson wont face criminal
charges over allegations that
he beat a girlfriend who was
nine months pregnant with
the couples child at his Las
vegas home last year, a police
spokeswoman said Tuesday.
investigators found insuf-
fcient evidence that Jackson,
26, attacked supriya Harris
of mableton, Ga., in march
2009, Las vegas police ofcer
Barbara morgan said.
our investigation is com-
plete, said morgan, a depart-
ment spokeswoman. i dont
think the time passage was
a factor here. We contacted
the victim, the accused and
witnesses. Theres insufcient
evidence to go forward with
the case.
morgan said the case would
be closed, and that records
relating to the investigation
would not immediately be
released.
Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. John Wall
had 22 points and 10 rebounds for
his first double-double, and fel-
low freshman DeMarcus Cousins
got his seventh in a row, as No.
3 Kentucky outmuscled Alabama
66-55 Tuesday.
With 16 points and 13 rebounds,
Cousins extended his UK freshman
record with 15 double-doubles. The
last Kentucky player to get seven in
a row was Jim Andrews, who had a
team-record 10 straight in 1973.
Five of Cousins rebounds were
on the offensive end, while all of
Walls career-high 10 were defense.
With the victory, Kentucky
(23-1, 8-1) remained in first place
in the Southeastern Conference
East Division, one game ahead of
Vanderbilt, which beat Tennessee
on Tuesday.
Tony Mitchell had 13 points for
Alabama (13-11, 3-7).
Cousins got his 10th and 11th
points on a one-handed heave in
traffic midway through the second
half that gave the Wildcats their
biggest lead at 46-32.
He got his 10th rebound the next
trip down the court, then scored
again off Eric Bledsoes missed 3.
Alabama chipped away at the
lead and cut it to 51-45 with 8 min-
utes left on a jumper by JaMychal
Green. The Tide matched that six-
point deficit with under a minute
left on Anthony Brocks 3-pointer
but got no closer as two free throws
by Wall and a dunk by Patrick
Patterson helped seal the victory
for the Wildcats.
Cousins, who grew up in Mobile,
Ala., has acknowledged a some-
times-rocky high school career
there, and was heavily recruited
by former Alabama coach Mark
Gottfried. Instead, he opted to sign
the first letter of intent under coach
John Calipari at Kentucky.
The 6-foot-11, 260-pound cen-
ter claimed Monday that the game
against the Crimson Tide was just
another game, although he had
assigned it far more weight in past
statements to the media.
Although Wall lit up the score-
board at the end, the game started
ugly for UKs other freshman phe-
nom. While he came in ranked
second in the country in assists, he
only managed two in this game
both in the second half. By then,
he had racked up six turnovers
many of them sloppy ones.
He also gave the Wildcats a scor-
ing boost, especially in the first
half when they needed it most.
Other than a wide-open 3 that gave
Kentucky its first lead at 15-13,
the rest of Walls first-half points
came under tight pressure from the
stingy Alabama defense.
First, Wall faked a pass, drove
to the basket and drew Charvez
Davis first foul.
A few minutes later came anoth-
er three-point play on a similar
drive, this one sending Davis to the
bench with his third foul.
With Alabama up 11-4 early,
Kentucky scored 13 of the next
15 points. The Wildcats took the
lead for good with 5:45 before
halftime on Patrick Pattersons
dunk off a steal by Bledsoe.
Patterson added a 3-pointer
seconds before halftime just
Kentuckys second in 11 first-
half attempts to give Kentucky
a 31-24 lead.
Alabamas defense was tough,
but Kentuckys was better.
AssociAted Press
EAST LANSING, Mich.
ETwaun Moore scored a sea-
son-high 25 points and JaJuan
Johnson added 19, lifting No.
6 Purdue to a 76-64 victory
against No. 10 Michigan State
Tuesday.
The Boilermakers (20-3, 8-3)
have won six straight, while the
Spartans (19-6, 9-3) have lost
three in a row to lose their com-
manding lead in the Big Ten.
Michigan State trailed by 18
points early in the second half,
but pulled within three with 4
and a half minutes left.
The Boilermakers held off the
rally to snap a nine-game skid
at the Breslin Center and reach
the 20-win mark for the fourth
straight season.
Michigan States Chris Allen,
who scored 21 points, made a
three-pointer to make it 65-62.
Purdue closed the game with
an 11-2 run, making the score
lopsided as it was for much of
the night.
The loss dropped Michigan
State into a first-place tie with
Illinois, which won at Wiscon-
sin Tuesday.
Purdues win puts it in a sec-
ond-place tie with No. 13 Ohio
State.
The Spartans 12-point loss
at home was their biggest since
Illinois beat them 81-68 four
years ago, and snapped their
18-game winning streak since
losing to Penn State more than
a year ago.
Purdue, coming off its first
victory at Indiana in more than
a decade, won at Michigan State
for the first time since 1998.
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Wildcat freshmen see double
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Purdues Robbie Hummel puts up a layup in front of Michigan States Marcus Delvon Roe and
Raymar Morgan. Purdue dropped Michigan State into a tie at the top of the BigTen standings.
Boilermakers muddy
the Big Ten standings
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kentuckys DeMarcus Cousins grabs the ball in front of Alabamas Senario Hillman during the second half of Kentuckys 66-55 victory Tuesday .
Cousins had 16 points and 13 rebounds for his Kentucky freshman-record 15th double-double.
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wOmENS bASKETbALL
Jayhawks eager for shot at upset
by Max RothMan
mrothman@kansan.com
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Nebraska, the only undefeated
team in womens basketball, comes
to Allen Fieldhouse tonight at 7.
Maybe its youthful ignorance, but
Kansas likes its chances.
Were gonna beat em, fresh-
man forward Carolyn Davis said.
The Jayhawks are using the
third-ranked Cornhuskers prow-
ess as motivation rather than hid-
ing from it.
I actually want to play them
undefeated, freshman guard
Monica Engelman said. It will
make the game even more excit-
ing.
E n g e l ma n
and other
eager Jayhawks
beware: The
Cor nhus ke r s
arent escaping
with victories.
Theyre whoop-
ing the compe-
tition. Trailing
only the afore-
m e n t i o n e d
Conne c t i c ut ,
Nebraska is second in the nation
in scoring differential. The
Cornhuskers win by an average of
23.6 points per game.
For Kansas to stand a chance, it
must find a way to relinquish far
less than its season average of 17
turnovers per game.
They dont beat themselves,
coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Senior forward Kelsey Griffin
leads an experienced and balanced
Nebraska lineup, which features
10 players who average at least a
minutes per game. Nine of those
10 are upperclassmen.
The Danielle McCray-less
Jayhawks dont have that kind
of tenure. Freshmen Davis and
Engelman led Kansas to Sundays
70-60 victory against Kansas
State. The youngsters have some
skills, but when the clock is tick-
ing down experience is immea-
surable. Where will the Jayhawks
turn when trailing by one point
and holding the ball with 10 sec-
onds to go?
The sea-
s o n e d
Cornhuskers
dont have that
problem.
In crunch
time its going
to Kelsey
Griffin and
shes going
to take it and
make a big shot, Henrickson
said.
To prevent this scenario, the
Jayhawks must play to the same
strengths that led them to victory
against the Wildcats. In improv-
ing to 4-4 in the Big 12, Kansas
attacked the basket inside.
Weve been looking at more
options in different offensive
sets in getting the ball to the low
posts, junior forward Nicollette
Smith said.
Davis is the first choice in these
post-oriented sets. Shes most
effective with constant looks early
in the shot clock.
Since moving into the start-
ing lineup Jan. 17 in a 72-59
vi ct or y agai nst Mi ssouri ,
Davis has averaged 12. 5 points
and 7. 7 rebounds per game.
Riding a hot streak like that
wil l get anyone chomping at
the bit to get a crack at a team
such as the Cornhuskers.
We want them to come in
undefeated, Davis said, because
we want to be the team to say that
we beat them.
Edited by Taylor Bern
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Freshman forward Carolyn Davis battles to maintain possession of the ball against Kansas State
guard MariahWhite. Davis defense will be crucial against senior forward Kelsey Grifn and
Nebraska.
Key to the game
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Oklahoma City gets
hockey next season
okLaHoma cI Ty Pr o
hockey will return to oklahoma
city starting next season and
at a higher level.
representatives of Prodi-
gal Hockey LLc and the nHLs
edmonton oilers said Tuesday
that oklahoma city would be
the home of the oilers american
Hockey League franchise, which
has been dormant since 2005.
The oilers will let their afliation
agreement with an aHL team in
springfeld, mass., expire at the
end of this season.
The aHL unanimously ap-
proved the plan on monday.
The announcement culminated
more than a year and a half of
negotiations between Prodigal
Hockey and the oilers. The new
team, which will play at the
downtown cox convention cen-
ter, does not yet have a nickname.
Prodigal Hockey President Bob
funk Jr. said the teams fans will
have input in that area.
we want to maintain our ties
to oklahoma city in terms of the
hockey history, funk said. This
has been a great hockey town
since the 1960s and we want to
maintain that connection.
Associated Press
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Illini notch another top-15 win
Illinois victory ends
Wisconsins 18-game
home winning streak
NHL
We want them to come
in undefeated because we
want to be the team to
say that we beat them.
caroLyn davIs
freshman forward
associated PRess
MADISON, Wis. Demetri
McCamey scored 27 points and
Mike Tisdale added 19 on 8-of-11
shooting to lead Illinois to a 63-56
upset against No. 11 Wisconsin
on Tuesday night, snapping the
Badgers 51-0 home record against
unranked Big Ten opponents under
coach Bo Ryan.
The Illini (17-8, 9-3) became the
first team to beat Ryan three times at
the Kohl Center after wins in 2005
and 2006 and ended Wisconsins
18-game home winning streak.
More important, Illinois won its
fifth straight game after a 78-73 vic-
tory against then-No. 5 Michigan
State on Saturday that featured fans
rushing the court.
This one may have been better,
because the Illini are now in prime
position to challenge the Spartans
for the regular-season conference
crown. The schedule isnt easy for
Illinois, which plays four more
ranked teams in its final six games,
including two games with No. 13
Ohio State and a rematch with
the Badgers in the regular-season
finale.
It was a shock for Wisconsin (18-
6, 8-4), which got 15 points from
Jason Bohannon, including 13 in
the second half, and 12 from Trevon
Hughes.
The Badgers built a 22-11 lead
while only Tisdale could find the
basket, hitting every field goal for
the Illini until just over 6 minutes
to play in the first half.
Thats when McCamey took
over.
McCamey, the Big Ten player
of the week for his performanc-
es against Iowa and the Spartans,
scored 15 of Illinois final 20 points
of the half and the Illini hit 10 con-
secutive shots straddling halftime to
erase the double-digit deficit.
The Badgers missed nine con-
secutive shots down the stretch,
including a layup by Taylor with
just over 2 minutes to play and
3s by Keaton Nankivil, Taylor and
Bohannon.
McCamey hit one free throw with
58 seconds left and Richardson hit
two more to seal it.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Illinois Bill Cole, top, pulls down a defensive rebound over Wisconsins Jason Bohannon during
the second half of the Illinis 63-56 upset victory. This was Illinois second straight victory
against a top-15 ranked team.
Post play
with the injury to senior guard danielle mccray the Jayhawks have
already shown an increased tendency to get the ball inside to their
post players. kansas may experience some difculty doing that again
as no. 3 nebraska boasts one of the premier forwards in the country in
senior kelsey Grifn. although Grifn poses somewhat of a defensive
challenge to the Jayhawks, the true threat lies in her ofensive capabili-
ties. freshman forward carolyn davis had a career-high four blocks
against kansas state and she may need a similar performance to help
control Grifn.
monica Engelman
freshman guard monica engelman has some very
big shoes to fll for the rest of the season, taking
over mccrays spot on the roster. In engelmans frst
start sunday she played the best game of her short
career. she led the Jayhawks with a team-high 16
points and fve assists. engelman will need another
outstanding game if the Jayhawks hope to upset the
third-ranked cornhuskers.
Kelsey grifn
Grifn is the guiding force behind nebraskas
stellar season. Through 21 victories Grifn nearly
averages a double-double, recording 19.4 points
and 9.9 rebounds per game. Grifn took a redshirt
last season to rehab her torn acL. In her last game
against kansas in the 2008 Big 12 Tournament, Grif-
fn torched the Jayhawk defense for 21 points.
Its a really good locker room. you cant ever diminish what that
feels like. now we get to feel like that until midnight, because, yeah,
weve got a pretty good team coming in here on wednesday.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson after Sundays 70-60 victory against Kansas State
Nebraska 78, Kansas 65
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