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Gaypril 2015 kicks off with

Queers in the Media event
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

Gaypril, a month-long celebration of LGBTQ pride,

kicked off last Thursday with
a social gathering and a presentation, QUEERS and the
Media. Events like these and
more will continue throughout
the entire month of April.
Mitchell Cota, president of
Spectrum, the central organization behind the Universitys
celebration of Gaypril, described it as a month in which
all students who dont identify
as straight can come together
to feel included on campus.
Despite the month being full
of different discussion panels,
trainings, presentations and
more, there are a few different
events Cota said are especially
important.
One of these is the annual
drag show, Brown Bag Drag,
set for April 29.
Rather than being outside
like in the past, this years show
will be held in the Union Ballroom.
Staying consistent with the
previous years, though, is the
host. Daisy Bucket, a Kansas
City drag queen, will put on
the show with University student performers.
This is the most highly attended event throughout the
entire year for Spectrum, Cota
said. Its a good way to put
ourselves out there and create
awareness about our purpose.
Cota said after the show
brings attention to the or-

ganization, it can begin to

spread awareness about various issues that surround the
LGBTQ communities.
On April 21, Sam Brinton, a
survivor of conversion therapy, will speak at the University
as part of the month-long program.
Hes going to speak about
his experience with reparative
therapy, and the process in
general, which is important to
discuss, Cota said.
Another important event
covers feminism and queer
intersexuality. JULIA SERANO: Making Feminist &
Queer Movements Inclusive
will take place on April 29.
Serano, a trans-bi activist,
writer, biologist and feminist
will be a guest speaker at the
event.
Some might think that being queer doesnt mesh with
feminism, but it can and it
should, Cota said.
AbleHawks and Allies will
host the event Queering Disability on April 28.
One in seven students
on campus has a disability,
whether it be physical or mental, said Jennifer Marcinkowski, senior from Jefferson, Mo.
and president of AbleHawks.
Given the importance of intersecting identities, Im glad
and honored that were able to
lead this discussion.
This discussion will delve
into the intersectionality of
queerness and disability.
Marcinkowski works in Human Resources for the Uni-

CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
4/7: LGBTQIA+ career panel, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Big XII room,
Kansas Union
4/8: RENT How We Gonna Pay? 6:30-9 p.m. Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center classroom
4/9: Sexual Assault in Queer Relationships with SURGE
and KCAVP, 7 p.m., Smith 100
4/14: Faith, sexuality and gender panel, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center Classroom
4/16: Be you @ KU pride photo, 12:15-12:30 p.m., Campanile
4/21: Sam Brinton, You Cant Change What You Never
Choose, 7-8:30 p.m., Spahr classroom
4/22: Coming out gala, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center
4/22: HIV/STI testing day, Kansas Union
4/25: Student safe zone training, 12:30-4 p.m., Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center
4/28: Queering Disability, 6:30 p.m., Sabatini Multicultural
Resource Center
4/29: Brown Bag Drag, noon, Kansas Union ballroom
4/29: Julia Serano: Making Feminist and Queer Movements
Inclusive, 7 p.m., Spooner Hall
versity as an Americans with
Disabilities Accommodation
specialist. To highlight the
importance of this event, her
office decided to co-sponsor it.
Though this is the only event
AbleHawks is directly involved
with, Marcinkowski encourages everyone to go to any and all
of the events throughout the
rest of the month.

LGBTQ and non-heteronormative culture is for anyone who wants to be included,

Marcinkowski said. Its about
inclusion, not exclusion. We
want to give students a voice
and allow them to identify as
they are without any stigma.
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Cyclists say Lawrence remains

bike-friendly despite low rankings
JESSICA LEBEL
@jessica_lebel

Aaron Dittemore straps on

his helmet and puts on his
tennis shoes before making
his way down Massachusetts
Street to work every day. He
is a Jimmy Johns bike delivery
man and said he feels it is easier to travel by bike than by car
in Lawrence.
In 2014, Kansas was ranked
46th in the nation for bicycle-friendliness by The League
of American Bicyclists, moving down six places from 2013.
The ranking is based on legislation and enforcement, policies and programs, infrastructure and funding, education
and encouragement, and evaluation and planning. In 2012,
Lawrence was designated a
bronze-level city for bicycle
friendliness from the League.
However, some Lawrence cyclists say the city is more bicycle-friendly than the ranking
reflects.
I definitely think that Lawrence is biker-friendly, and
thats one of the things I really
love about it, Dittemore, a former KU student, said. I can
ride my bike anywhere I need
to go, and you dont normally
find that in other cities in Kansas.
In 2014, an estimated 400,000
cyclists rode 20 selected roads,
according to the Lawrence
Bike Count. Cyclists said they
hope to see this number grow

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JESSICA LEBEL/KANSAN
A bike route sign on the corner of Engel Road and Crescent Road in Lawrence urges cyclists and drivers to share the
road. Kansas was ranked 46th in the nation for bicycle-friendliness by The League of American Bicyclists in 2014.

in 2015 with bicycle-friendly programs in place such as

Transportation 2040 and Lawrence Unchained.
Lawrence is a terrific place
to cycle. We have a diverse and
dedicated cycling community, a knowledgeable bike shop
(Sunflower), and varied bik-

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ing experiences, said Leonard

Krishtalka, director of the Natural History Museum and avid
cyclist.
Krishtalka said he loves how
someone can ride in the city
and then be out in the country
within five or 10 minutes. Its a
feeling he said is the freedom

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Dont
Forget

to become exhilarated in the

Kansas landscape.
The Countywide Bikeway
System Plan is working toward
a goal called Transportation
2040; its vision is To advance
bicycling as a safe and efficient

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Kansas is the champion

in all of our hearts.

THAD ALLTON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-Kansas City, listens as the House Select Investigative Committee held its first meeting April 1 in Topeka. Kansas legislators
are reviewing a complaint against Winn during a legislative meeting.

Representative
calls bill racist,
may face hearing
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

This is a racist, sexist,

fear-mongering bill.
That is how Rep. Valdenia
Winn (D-Kansas City), who
is a professor of history at
KCK Community College,
characterized a bill in the
House Education Committee that would repeal in-state
tuition for people living in
Kansas illegally.
According to The Topeka
Capital-Journal, the comments in committee were as
follows:
Winn: I have dreaded this
day because this is a racist,
sexist, fear-mongering bill. I
would like first to apologize
to the progressively-minded
people of Kansas who are
appalled that we are turning
back the hands of to, and I'm
going to use strong language,
Jim Crow tactics. And, once
again, making Kansas a
laughing stock. I want to
apologize to the students
and parents whose lives are
being hijacked by the racist
bigots who support this bill,
because this bill
Rep.
John
Barker
(R-Abilene): Mr. Chairman,
I object. She just referred to
this committee as racist.
Winn: I said supporters.
You know what, you can do
anything you want, but I am
going to say what I have to
say.
Barker: I object.
Winn: If the shoe fits ... it
fits. This is an example of institutional racism.
Her comments during
the committee meeting on
March 19 prompted nine of
her Republican colleagues to
file a complaint, landing her
in the middle of what could
be a historic House Select Investigative Committee.
The Investigative Committee met April 1 to organize
and set ground rules. It will
decide whether to move forward with the investigation
when session reconvenes
in late April. Rep. Brandon
Whipple (D-Wichita) is one
of the six members on the
select committee and said
this type of hearing is very
unusual.
This is only the fourth
time in state history where a
complaint like this has been
brought up where they had

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to form an investigative committee, he said. The last two

times dealt with corruption.
The committee is made up
of three Democrats and three
Republicans, all of whom are
appointed by the Speaker of
the House. Whipple said the
first meeting was uneventful, though he did question
which rule Winn violated.
My question was about
the complaint, he said. The
chairwoman confirmed that
there was actually no violation of a House rule cited
in the complaint against Dr.
Winn.
Since no House rule was
broken, Rep. John Alcala
(D-Topeka) said this can be
chalked up to politics and
hurt feelings.
Ive been an elected official for 16 years, and the
first thing Ive learned being
an elected official is to have
tough skin, thick skin, Alcala said. As an elected official,
you know you cant please everybody, and when you take
it personally and file a complaint like they did, I think
its political.
Alcala also questioned why
it was only a portion of committee members who filed
the complaint, especially
since the chairman of the
committee never ordered
Winn to stand down.
Why was it that there
were only eight or nine people who filed the complaint
and why was it all men and
not women? he said. Why
didnt they file a complaint
against the chair? Barker said
she was out of order, and not
once did the chair gavel her.
She was operating within the
rules of the committee. Some
of the people that signed this
comp are senior politicians,
and Im surprised theyre so
thin-skinned.
Winn, who declined to
comment, also referred to
people who support the bill
as bigoted. Alcala said theres
a misconception of who she
was referring to.
The comment that she
called them racist and bigoted, thats not true, he said.
What she said is anyone
who supports it is that. Ive
seen worse things said on a
committee. I see no Demo-

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KATE HARTLAND

increase in revenue each year.

Business
owners
and
managers may find aspects
of Yelp irritating, but
the numbers prove that
consumers use the website
regularly and it does not
appear that will change
anytime soon.
According
to
figures
from the Digital Marketing
Ramblings website, 26,380
Yelp reviews are posted online
every minute. The article also
says that the growth in Yelp
reviews from 2013-14 was 41
percent.
Amy
Savoie,
general
manager of Wheatfields
Bakery Caf, said there is no
way to tell if the restaurant has
seen an increase or decrease
in revenue because of Yelp
reviews. She said she could
count how many people call
for directions or store hours,
but not how many people
come to eat because of reviews
they read on Yelp.
The general manager of Zen
Zero, Brett Showalter, also
said there is no way to gauge
the monetary gain attributed
to customers who checked the
restaurants Yelp page. He said
that although its not the same
thing, the restaurant has used
Groupon, a coupon app, and
could see the actual number
of customers it brought in.
With Groupon, theres
numbers. Theres no numbers
with Yelp, Showalter said.
Tagtalianidis has good
reason to keep track of this
past years revenue, but she
couldnt say whether it has
been affected by the Mad
Greeks Yelp rating (which is
currently 3.5 out of 5 stars).
She said the reviews, of which
the Mad Greek has 74, vary
so drastically from one to five
stars that she has no idea the
difference they make.
Our business has been up,

@katschats77

Scrolling through Yelp, Deb

Tagtalianidis may not stop to
read every positive review,
but the negative ones usually
catch her eye.
Tagtalianidis has co-owned
the Mad Greek restaurant at
907 Massachusetts St. with
her husband for a year now,
though the establishment has
been in place since 1988. As
a new owner, Tagtalianidis
said she reads the reviews that
customers write about the
Mad Greek on Yelp.com.
It drives me crazy to read
the Yelp reviews because I
think sometimes people are
just looking for a way to be
mean, she said.
Yelp was founded in 2004
to help people find great local
businesses, according to the
website.
Positive reviews on Yelp
have the power to increase
a businesss yearly revenue.
Owners and managers find
it difficult to measure the
potential monetary gain, but
are much more emotionally
affected by negative reviews.
Yelp gives power to
consumers,
but
those
interviewed did not feel the
same potential for influence
from their end. Consumers
create profiles for businesses
regardless of whether the
business wants to be on the
website or not. Negative
reviews will not be removed,
but untrue reviews can be
flagged.
The
effect
reviews
and ratings can have on
independent businesses is
substantial, according to a
study conducted by a Harvard
Business School assistant
professor. The study showed
that a one-
star increase on
Yelp leads to a 5 to 9 percent

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Customers eat on the patio of the Mad Greek restaurant at 907 Massachusetts St. The owner of Mad Greek, Deb
Tagtalianidis, says she reads the reviews customers leave for her restaurant on Yelp.

but do I attribute that to Yelp?

Not really, Tagtalianidis said.
Negative Yelp reviews can
catch a readers attention,
but some are so laughable
that they are becoming a
viral hit. An actor created a
YouTube series called Real
Actors Read Yelp Reviews
that is intended to highlight
the ridiculousness of some
pessimistic reviews.
Although
unfavorable
reviews concern management,
what may be more frustrating
are comments that falsely
describe businesses.

Tagtalianidis said she once

read a review that was wrong
on multiple accounts, so much
so that she wasnt even sure
if the reviewer was talking
about the right restaurant.
The Yelp website warns
businesses that responding
to criticism with criticism of
your own will almost always
work against you. It is this
one
sidedness that business
owners and managers find
irritating.
Showalter said he checks
Yelp when looking for a place
to eat in a new city. Businesses

with less than three stars

wont receive his patronage.
But as the manager of a local
restaurant, he sees one of
Yelps faults as the inability to
respond directly to customers
who write negative or untrue
reviews.
On Yelp, anybody can
say whatever they want,
Showalter said. He said it is
easier to apologize or explain
a situation to a customer when
they contact the restaurant
directly.

with paved shoulders, according to the Countywide

Bikeway System Plan. However, Dittemore, Lemon and
Krishtalka said Lawrence has
a lot of bike routes but not
enough bike lanes because of
its narrow roads.

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crats filed a complaint.

The committee, if it decides
to move forward, could expel Winn from the House,
give her a citation or just
reprimand her. Either way,
the final decision will need a
two-thirds vote of the House.
Whipple said because he
hasnt spoken to fellow committee members about their
feelings, he cant predict
where they stand.
The upcoming meeting
will decide if we have an investigation or not, Whipple
said. I havent talked to any
of the members to see what
they think.
Alcala also preferred not to
speculate on the outcome,
and said hed prefer to stick to
the facts.
They cant cite a violation
theyre having a hearing for,
he said. The other facts are
there were two objections,
and not once did the chair
abstain or overrule, those
are the facts. Do I think shes
falsely accused? Yes. Do I
think the people who filed the
complaint are thin-skinned?
Yes. Do I think their feelings
are really hurt? Thats something theyll have to answer
for themselves.
While he said everything
in the legislature is obviously
political, this instance is a different kind of politics.
I would think if it gets
pushed out of committee

means of transportation
through facility development, educational programs,
and progressive governmental policy, with the ultimate
goal of connecting Lawrence
and Douglas Countys areas
and neighborhoods, improving quality of life, and
meeting transportation and
recreation needs.
In 2014, Lawrence created a bike lane along Ninth
Street from Avalon Road to
Vermont Street, a busy residential area that Dittemore
said he uses to make Jimmy
Johns deliveries on his bike
almost every day.
Shelby Lemon, president
of Bike KU, said shes glad
Lawrence has the non-profit organization Lawrence
Unchained. Lawrence Unchained is a part of a movement to get people on bikes
by creating spaces where old
bikes can be rehabilitated,
according to its website. Its
goal is to teach cyclists how
to stay safe and maintain
their bikes.
Douglas County has
about 69 miles of bike
routes which are roads
or highways with signs
alerting drivers to cyclists

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Members of the House Select Investigative Committee held their initial
meeting in regards to Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-Kansas City on April 1.

with some kind of reprimand

it becomes attack politics, he
said. I think that everything
is political, but this seems to
be a single attack on Rep. Dr.
Winn.
Citing hurt feelings as a reason for the complaint, Alcala
said there are more important
things to deal with in the legislature than a representative
using her First Amendment
rights and legislative immunity that happened to step on
the wrong toes.
This shows how things get
tangled up in political webs
at the Capitol, he said. We
have more important things
to deal with than people getting their feelings hurt to tie
up time and money in the
House. If you look at legislative immunity, that statute, it
gives you the freedom to cast
your opinion without any recourse.
This isn't the first time this
bill has caused controversy.
In 2013, Secretary of State
Kris Kobach pushed the same

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bill. During the hearing, Rep.

Ponka-We Victors (D-Wichita), the first Native American
woman elected to the Kansas
Legislature, told Kobach, I
think its funny, Mr. Kobach,
because when you mention
illegal immigrants, I think of
all of you.
When the Huffington Post
ran the story with her statement, she received death
threats, was harassed and was
called nearly every name in
the book. As this new round
of controversy launches into
full swing, Alcala said the
accusations against Winn are
bogus.
People got mad and they
didnt know how to address
their anger other than to file
a complaint that is bogus according to the rules, Alcala
said. Rep. Dr. Winn is very
outspoken. She says what she
thinks, and she represents her
people well. They just dont
like that.
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I definitely think that

Lawrence is biker-friendly,
and thats one of the things I
really love about it.

AARON DITTEMORE
Lawrence resident

But overall, I think the city

is doing a really good job,
and they promote cycling,
Dittemore said. A lot of people here move here and never
really thought of cycling as a
form of transportation, but
then they see so many other
people doing it and it kind of
catches on.

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Retracted Rolling Stone rape article leaves many angry

DAVID CRARY
Associated Press

NEW YORK The furor

over a retracted Rolling Stone
article may deter some rape
victims from coming forward,
but the national campaign to
curb sexual assaults on college
campuses will keep gaining
strength, according to advocates who have been following
the high-profile case.
The November 2014 article,
purporting to describe a vicious gang rape at a University
of Virginia fraternity house,
was retracted by Rolling Stone
on Sunday after the Columbia Journalism School issued
a scathing critique of how the
story was reported and edited.
The critical report followed an
announcement by police officials last month that investigators had found no evidence to
back the claims of the alleged
victim.
Advocates for victims of
sexual assault, in interviews
Monday, had mixed views on
the legacy of the Rolling Stone
article.
Im afraid this will perpetuate the myth that sexual assault
on campus is this made-up
phenomenon, said Alison
Kiss, executive director of the
Clery Center for Security On
Campus. It puts a lot more
on the plate of those who are
working to combat it.
Kiss described on-campus
sexual assault as an epidemic that needs to be addressed
aggressively. The rate of false
reports, she said, is between 2
percent and 10 percent.
At the University of California-Los Angeles, anti-violence
activist Savannah Badalich
also worried that the Rolling
Stone retraction might dissuade some assault victims
from coming forward. Badalich, a senior who is UCLAs
student wellness commissioner, has written about being
sexually assaulted during her

sophomore year and deciding

not to report the incident. She
subsequently founded a group
called 7,000 in Solidarity that
campaigns against sexual violence on campus.
Rolling Stone, she said, did
a disservice to the woman
featured in its article by not
fact-checking her account
more rigorously.
Survivors often jumble their
stories they remember bits
and pieces, she said. Now this
becomes this evidence for people who are trying to oppose
violence-prevention efforts on
campus. They say, Hey, this is
an example of someone lying
about their case just to get reported.
However, Badalich said there
could be a positive legacy to
the case if journalists improve
the overall coverage of sexual
assault.
If we take this as a teachable
moment on how to report on
incidents of violence like this,
it could be positive, she said.
Scott Berkowitz, president
of the Rape, Abuse & Incest
National Network in Washington, D.C., said he was hopeful
that the case would have only
a limited deterrent effect on
victims.
This was such an unusual
case in every respect, he said.
I think most victims would
see that its easily distinguishable from their own cases.
Berkowitz noted that the
University of Virginia and the
local police department responded vigorously when the
allegations surfaced last year.
There was a tremendous
amount of attention and effort
put into investigating them
and taking them seriously, he
said. Hopefully that would be
comforting to victims.
Nationally, Berkowitz predicts that efforts to curb
on-campus sexual assault
will gain further momentum,
with active engagement by the
White House, the NCAA and

CRAIG RUTTLE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Columbia Journalism School Academic Dean Sheila Coronel, left, and Columbia Journalism School Dean Steve Coll discuss findings of a report conducted at the
school surrounding Rolling Stone magazines expose of what it called a culture of sex assaults at the University of Virginia on Monday in New York.

many other parties.

Weve seen a tremendous
amount of effort from college
administrators in the past
year, he said. I wish everything about this... case had
never happened, but the country is going to continue to pay
more attention to sexual violence on campus.
At the University of Virginia, a group of students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and
board members has formed
to explore how to improve the
safety and well-being of sexual assault survivors and other
students. The effort is focusing
on prevention, institutional
response and campus culture,
holding town meetings and
preparing recommendations
for changes.
Some students have called for
disciplinary action against the

purported victim in the Rolling Stone article, identified

only as Jackie. Her lawyer, Palma Pustilnik, told The Associated Press on Monday that we
are not making any comment
at all at this time.
At the University of New
Hampshires Prevention Innovations center, co-director Jane
Stapleton and her colleagues
have been working to develop
and evaluate programs to help
end violence against women.
As soon as she read the Rolling Stone article, Stapleton
became concerned about its
sensational aspects.
It seemed to me so splashy
and flashy it set the bar so
high for what campus sexual
assault looks like, Stapleton
said. I worried that some
survivors might have thought,
My assault wasnt so bad.

Somehow I am less of a victim.

Then, with the retraction,
you have some people saying,

...the daily amount of

sexual assault on campus is
scandalous enough. We dont
need to sensationalize it to
report the story.
LISA MAATZ
American Association of
University Women

Well, she was lying. She had

ulterior motives, Stapleton
added. The effect on some
survivors would be, Well, Im
never going to tell my story
because nobodys going to be-

lieve me.
However, Stapleton expressed long-term optimism.
Theres more and more attention to sexual assaults on
campus, and what campuses
need to do to prevent them,
she said.
Lisa Maatz, the top policy
adviser for the American Association of University Women, said it likely would be a
boon for advocates to be able
to move past the Rolling Stone
case.
Weve seen that its only a
very sensational, scandalous
story that gets the attention,
she said. Truthfully, the daily
amount of sexual assault on
campus is scandalous enough.
We dont need to sensationalize it to report the story.

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safely.
I am not a Satanist, but I would
give summoning him the old
college try to save my semester.
One day I want to be as fearless
as a campus squirrel.

Campus should be safe, not just certain areas

Anrenee Reasor
@anreneer

Are you aware of your

language and behavior? Do
you think that what you
say creates an unsafe area
for those around you? The
Center for Sexuality and
Gender Diversity, along with
the Office of Multicultural
Affairs, created Safe Zone
as an educational program
that will help educate both
the campus... community
in order to create a safer,
more civil community for all
individuals, particularly those
of sexuality and/or gender
minorities. The University
offers Safe Zone training for
students who want to learn
more about fostering a safe
environment. The programs
purpose is to reduce homophobia, transphobia, and
heterosexism on our campus
to make KU a safer and freer

I overslept and didnt get to go to

the gym. Thats three years in a
row now. Ill try again tomorrow.

Just saw some chick almost fall

down trying to take a selfie with
her Starbucks.
The pH of blood is about 7.4, so
were technically all pretty basic.
That awkward moment when
youre in the bathroom stall and
you make eye contact with the
person checking to see if the
stall is empty.
It took me 20 years to figure out
that the alphabet song is actually Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

environment for all members

of our community...
The University followed other colleges in creating these
safe zones. Judith Shulevitzs
New York Times essay on
safe spaces describes them as
areas for an expression of the
conviction, increasingly prevalent among college students,
that their schools should keep
them from being bombarded
by discomfiting or distressing
viewpoints. In contrast, the

goal of Safe Zone is definitely

not to warn people where
they wont be bullied, but
instead, it tells individuals to
feel comfortable with themselves without worry of microaggressions aimed at them
because of their identities.
The problem with safe
zones is that they establish
both safe and unsafe areas.
This perpetuates the idea
of an unsafe area as being
dangerous or hostile to the

THE PROBLEM WITH SAFE ZONES IS THAT

THEY ESTABLISH BOTH SAFE AND UNSAFE
AREAS. ... ALL OF CAMPUS SHOULD BE
ABSENT OF HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA
AND HETEROSEXISM...
Universitys Safe Zone differs
from the wider definition of
university safe areas. They
emphasize a commitment to
the LGBTQ community, but
not necessarily other marginalized groups.
Students should not feel a
threat of physical violence
anywhere on campus. The

LGBTQ community, which is

simply not true. Just because
someone does not have a Safe
Zone sticker on their office
door does not mean it is an
unsafe zone. Students should
not have to seek out pockets
of safety here and there. All
of campus should be absent
of homophobia, transphobia

and heterosexism, right?

We should work toward an
atmosphere where people
feel safe based on their sexual
or gender identities. More
importantly, the University
should foster a safe zone
across the entire campus.
Are safe zones a good idea?
Of course. Students should
have a place to go where they
can freely communicate without receiving backlash from
others. But, wouldnt it be
better if the safe zones werent
necessary in the first place?
People should always feel
safe expressing themselves,
regardless of what they identify as. I dont like the idea
of marking certain areas as
safe because it marks others
as unsafe. I consider my area
safe, but I do not have a Safe
Zone sticker on my door.
I know many individuals
who promote diversity, yet
they do not have Safe Zone
stickers, as well. On our
Universitys campus, all places
should be assumed to be safe.

In College and Hiding

From Scary Ideas
Judith Shulevitz

Jewish Daily Forward

Judith Shulevitzs New York

Times essay on safe spaces
describes them as areas for
an expression of the
conviction, increasingly
prevalent among college
students, that their schools
should keep them from being
bombarded by discomfiting
or distressing viewpoints.

Anrenee Reasor is a senior from

Thayer studying economics and
East Asian languages and culture

University should take the lead on LEED

Why did I do that? A novel by me,

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Gabrielle Murnan
@GabrielleKansan

What do Duke University,

the University of Iowa and
the University of Illinois
have in common? These
institutions have adopted
design standards that require
a minimum LEED Silver or
Gold certification for new
construction on campus, and
they are not the only ones. All
over the country, campuses
are stepping up their green
game and getting busy with
LEED certifications.
The U.S. Green Building
Council established LEED
certification, or Leadership in
Energy and Environmental
Design, as a mechanism for a

third-party rating of building

efficiency and sustainability.
Currently, the University
does not require LEED
certification of new buildings
or major renovation projects.
In order to stay competitive,
decrease operation costs
and foster sustainability, the
University must reevaluate its
design standards.
In order to become LEED
certified, building projects
must earn points in five
different categories: sustainable site development, water
savings, energy efficiency,
materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
It is common for large organizations such as universities
to establish energy-efficient
design standards for new
construction; however, few
standards are as rigorous
or holistic as LEED. The
University has its own set of
energy-efficienct design standards that outline the benefits
of LEED, yet do not utilize

LEED standards. Rather, they

use a different rating program, called ASHRAE, which
focuses solely on energy use,
but does not consider water
use, sustainable materials or
indoor environmental quality.
Our design standard allows
for continued monitoring and

sustainability. LEED certified

facilities use 25 percent less
energy and lead to 19 percent
reduction in total operational
costs, compared to nonLEED certified buildings.
Additionally, green buildings
have been shown to cost an
average of two percent more

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LEED certified facilities use 25 percent less energy and
lead to 19 percent reduction in total operational costs

maintenance to ensure that

energy efficiency is retained
throughout the life of the
buildinga component of
the LEED certification that is
largely missing.
In a time of rapidly
decreasing state funding
for higher education, the
University needs to invest in

in upfront construction costs

if planned and executed correctly. Investing in the worlds
premier standard for green
building will produce savings
in energy and operating
costs. In short, putting a little
bit more effort and cost now
will pay off in the futurea
philosophy that higher edu-

cation was built on.

As students at an international research institution,
we have certain expectations
for the facilities in which we
live, learn and discover. The
mission of the University of
Kansas is to educate leaders,
build healthy communities
and make discoveries that
change the world. Lets start
by building our own healthy
community. Lets start by requiring all new construction
to be LEED Silver certified.
These new spaces will provide
a sustainable foundation for
the education of future doctors and politicians, where
discoveries that inspire and
heal are made. Investing in
LEED is investing in success.
Gabrielle Murnan is a junior
from Pittsburg studying
environmental studies and
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HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is a 7
Friends and lovers compete for
attention. Consider big picture
goals. Another may get through
where you cant. Financial
arguments chill a romantic fire.
Take on more responsibility. Find
common ground, and return
frequently. Get gentle in tone.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Acknowledge your teams efforts.
Postpone an important decision
until youre sure. Clean up a
mess first. Beauty can arise
from chaos. Call as soon as you
find out youll be late. Take care
of your partner.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 9
It could get messy at work. Put
your back into it. Ignore a rude
remark. Hold on to whats most
important. Keep your eye on the
prize.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
Chores could interfere with
romantic fantasies. Can you
have it all? Get the work done
early, and then kick back with a
daydream, hobby or sport.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Disruptions at home could seem
frustrating. Chaos threatens.
Take action for long-term
benefit, even if it makes a mess
now. Dont step on any toes.
Compromise is the peacekeepers art.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Dont argue over stupid stuff.
Being right doesnt matter. Let
that go for a larger objective,
one that matters to you. Be a
source of comfort and good
sense. Beautify your surroundings.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Work together with a partner for
long-term benefit. Efforts made
now reap a bountiful harvest
later. Youre learning new
things. Solve a puzzle. Taking
risks (especially financial) is not
required. Plant your garden with
a delicious future.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
Feelings can be easily hurt now.
Dont get too hard on yourself.
Apologies provide relief and
peace. Try it out. Or forgive
someone, maybe.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Relax into a creative mess.
Make valuable discoveries while
sifting through the chaff. Keep
asking tough questions. Listen
for whats wanting to happen.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Juggle old and new chores.
Timing is everything. Dont allow
a sharp comment to hurt your
feelings. Someones grumpy, but
its not personal. Support a loved
one through a difficult situation.
Pizza can be quite persuasive.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Make a promise, and get a
friend to support you to keep
it. Test, measure and monitor
results. You could be tempted
to overindulge. Do you need all
that sugar? Reward yourself
with something fun rather than
sweet.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Step outside your comfort zone.
Travels and exploration cost
money now for long-term benefit.
Changes outside stir things up
at home. Follow through on what
youve chosen.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/CHANTEL MOSHER

Chantel Mosher, a freshman from Great Bend, started a fashion blog over a year ago as a creative outlet. She now has thousands of fans from all over the world.

Freshman
blogger pulls
inspiration from
more than just
fashion
KATHERINE HARTLEY
@kat_hart9

Upon first entering the

Wandering with C blog
homepage, readers are greeted
with an array of pictures and
color, accompanied by cheery
posts written about fashion
and the bloggers life. On the
other side of the screen is the
creator, Chantel Mosher, a
freshman from Great Bend,
who started her blog over a
year ago.
I just did it as a creative
outlet, Mosher said. I
wanted to combine my
writing and photography and
love for fashion. It kind of just
took off. I didnt think people
would actually read my posts
of take me seriously, but it
just all sort of happened really
quickly.
Mosher, a psychology and
English literature double
major, now has an Instagram
with more than 2,000
followers, a Facebook and a
Pinterest account connected
to her blog.
I really love connecting
with other bloggers, especially
through Instagram and social
media. I get that sort of in to
see what everyone else is up to
and Ive made a lot of friends
from it, which is really cool,
she said.
The blog is an accumulation
of Moshers life thus far. Her
interest in fashion began early
on, when she refused to wear
anything but dresses every
day in kindergarten. While
describing herself as a girlygirl, Mosher said her style is
still changing every day.
Her stepfathers interest in

photography led Mosher to

pick up the hobby early on, a
skill she still uses daily.
He had all of these different
film cameras that he let me
play with when I was growing
up and he finally bought me
my first digital camera, she
said. It was the most exciting
day of my life, because he
would not buy me one until
I learned with film, which
was really difficult at first,
but it ended up being really
rewarding.
Mosher said that aside from
fashion, traveling is one of her
biggest inspirations.
I like to go places, she said.
Im just really curious about
everything and so that really
inspires me to just run with
it and blog about things that I
am passionate about and can
really relate to.
Last summer, on a whim,
Mosher decided to buy a
plane ticket to Europe and
solo-travel the continent for
a month before starting her
freshman year at Kansas. She
and her parents had talked
about her dream to travel
before and once she found
a good time frame and a
cheap plane ticket, she set
off. She visited London and
the English countryside, the
Netherlands, Amsterdam and
Paris. While in London, she
met one of her blog readers,
who had seen that Mosher
was in Europe through her
Instagram
pictures,
and
happened to be traveling at
the same time as well.
I didnt expect that at all, so
it was kind of just another way
that my blog has helped me,
Mosher said.
Aside from the blog reader,
Mosher met Tyler Keenan,
also from Great Bend, who
was
backpacking
alone
through Europe at the same
time.
Keenan said after realizing
they would cross paths in

SEE BLOG PAGE 6

BLOG: wanderingwithc.blogspot.com
INSTAGRAM: @wanderingwithc
FB: WanderingWithC
PINTEREST: pinterest.com/chantelio/
TWITTER: @chantelio13

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/CHANTEL MOSHER

Chantel Mosher poses for photos for her fashion blog, Wandering with C. Her Instagram now has over 2,000 followers.

TRENDING

Reports say Netflix may have Full House remake

Kelly Cordingley
@kellycordingley

he show most of
us plopped down
to watch from our
terribly uncomfortable plastic
blowup chairs while munch-

ing on Fruit Gushers and

drinking orange Fanta may
soon be remade.
While nothing is set in stone
yet, media outlets, including
CNN, E! and Yahoo!, are
reporting Netflix will probably
carry a new series, Fuller
House, a revival of the popular 90s sitcom Full House.
To take the words from
Uncle Jesses mouth: Have
mercy.
The remake is rumored to
star former Full House actress
Candace Cameron Bure
returning to her role as DJ, the
oldest sister from the Tanner

household. She may be accompanied by Andrea Barber,

who played her best friend
on the show, Kimmy Gibbler.
According to CNN, John
Stamos, who played beloved,
hair-obsessed, rockandrolling
Uncle Jesse on the original
show, will be a producer on
the show. CNN also reports
Jeff Franklin, the original
creator, will be involved in the
remake.
The TODAY Show tweeted
its excitement, using Uncle
Jesses go-to phrase. Entertainment Tonight also expressed
excitement, tweeting #Full-

House revival might be headed to @Netflix and we couldnt

be more excited!
E! Online had a few suggestions for what the plot of the
revival could be. Speculations
ranged from DJ and her father, Danny Tanner, becoming
stoners together, Kimmy
Gibbler finally getting her own
key to the house so she can
stop barging in, Steve and DJ
marrying and having three
children together, and Danny
finally getting a cleaning lady.
Personally, Im hoping Comet,
the family dog, has some fluffy
kiddos running around.

John Stamos, Bob Saget

(who played Danny Tanner)
and Dave Coulier (who played
Joey Gladstone) are all expected to make guest appearances
on the show, according to reports, though Mary-Kate and
Ashley Olsen are less likely to
be Tanners again.
Fuller House would follow
the trend of revivals of other
popular 90s shows, such as
Boy Meets World and The
X-Files. We can only hope
this, too, is legitimate.

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Amsterdam, the two made
plans to meet up, and they
explored the city together.
When I met Chantel,
Wandering With C had
existed for five months
or so, but years before
meeting her, I stumbled
upon her writing on
Tumblr. I thought it was
excellent and Ive followed
her blogging ever since, he
said.
Amsterdam ended up
becoming Moshers favorite
stop, style-wise, which
surprised her.
I thought I would fall in
love with Paris because its
every girls dream fashion
place, but Amsterdam
really had the diversity that
I was looking for, she said.
Everyone was just happy
with what they had and
no one really cared what
anyone else was doing.
Mosher spent most of
the trip documenting
her travels on Instagram,
and returned to her blog
once she got back to the
States. Since then, it has
grown and she hopes it will
continue to do so. As an
English major, Mosher is
drawn to the writing part
of blogging and hopes that
she can make a career out
of the hobby that she loves.
I want to start treating it
more like a business instead
of a hobby, she said.
Blogging has definitely
taught me that you can
write for a living, which is
weird because no little girl
says, Oh, when I grow up
I want to be a blogger or
anything. I just want to
travel, and write, and be
happy. Thats what I want to
do with my life.
Friends, sorority sisters
and readers of Mosher see
the potential in her blog
and her dreams, too.
I continue to read her
blog because it is a very
real thing, said Melissa
Wertheim, a sophomore
from Tampa and fellow
Alpha Gamma Delta.
Since I actually know
Chantel personally, I see
how her personality shines
through her writing and I
appreciate that a lot. That
is why I think her blog is
unique.
Keenan said Moshers
blog will become wellknown because of her
ability to not only write and
photograph well, but also
to continue to be herself.
Chantel is a cat-loving,
star-gazing,
wanderlustinspired,
word-obsessed
human being, Keenan said.
She embraces who she is
and remains fearless and
passionate in everything
she creates.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/CHANTEL MOSHER

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Will the Oklahoma City Thunder make the playoffs as an eight seed?

Dylan Sherwood
@dmantheman2011

YES

he Oklahoma City
Thunder have major
impact players out,
including Kevin Durant and
Serge Ibaka, but one guy they
have healthy is playing his
best is Russell Westbrook.
Westbrook has been a
triple-double machine,
recording 11 triple-doubles
on the season, with his last
coming on Sunday at home
vs. the Houston Rockets. In
that game Westbrook had 40
points, 11 rebounds and 13
assists.
The guard is currently
averaging 27.5 points, 8.6
assists and 7.2 rebounds per
game in 61 games played.
For now, Durant and Ibaka
may be out, however, its
possible that Ibaka could

come back if the Thunder

make it to the NBA Playoffs.
Ibaka leads the Thunder in
blocked shots per game with
2.4, and hes averaged 14.3
points and 7.8 rebounds per
game for the Thunder in 64
games played this year.
Durant on the other hand
has had multiple injuries
throughout the year, but
averaged 25.4 points, 6.6
rebounds and 4.1 assists per
game in 27 games played.
One player who has made
an impact for the Thunder
in a midseason trade is Enes
Kanter. Kanter was traded
away from Utah, where he
just did not fit into the Jazzs
system. He found himself a
home in Oklahoma City.
The third year player out
of Kentucky, has played 20
games for the Thunder and
has been key with Thunder
forward and former Jayhawk
Nick Collision out with an
ankle injury.
Kanter is averaging 18.4
points and 11.6 rebounds per
game, ever since the Thunder
got him from the Jazz.
If Westbrook and Kanter
could lead this team to the

playoffs, with Ibaka scheduled

to come back, the Thunder
could give their first round
opponent a good test. If the
Thunder were in the playoffs
currently, they would take on
the best team in the league in
the Golden State Warriors.
With five games to play, the
Thunder play three teams
with below .500 records, but
two of those contests are
away from Oklahoma City.
The other two teams the
Thunder plays are the Spurs
at home tonight and on April
13 against the Portland Trail
Blazers.
If the Thunder could get
balanced with an injurybugged team, this team could
see themselves in the playoffs.
Westbrook is going to have
put up even bigger numbers
in the last few games of the
season or the Thunder will
miss the playoffs for the first
time since they moved to
Oklahoma City prior to the
2008-09 season.
Edited by Miranda Davis

Graydon Melia
@gjmelia

NO

ith the NBA

Playoffs
approaching,
the race for the eight seed in
the Western Conference has
boiled down to three teams:
the Oklahoma City Thunder,
the New Orleans Pelicans and

BETWEEN NEW
ORLEANS AND
OKLAHOMA CITY,
THE THUNDER
HAVE AN EASIER
ROAD IN THE
FINAL WEEK OF
THE SEASON.

the Phoenix Suns.

As it sits now, Oklahoma
City holds a half-game lead
over New Orleans for the
eight spot and a three-game
lead over Phoenix. The
Thunder do not play either
team in the final week of the
season, while the Pelicans
and Suns meet April 10. This
game is essentially a mustwin for Phoenix, and New
Orleans can inch closer to
Oklahoma City with a win.
Phoenix would need a lot of
help from both New Orleans
and Oklahoma City. They
would also have to win at
least three of their final five
games to hang around in the
playoff hunt.
Between New Orleans and
Oklahoma City, the Thunder
have an easier road in the
final week of the season. In
their final six games, the
Pelicans play Golden State,
Memphis, Houston and San
Antonio, four of the top
six teams in the West. The
Thunder only have to slave
off San Antonio and Portland,
two of the top six in the West.
Although they face the
tougher opponents, this

might play into the favor of

the Pelicans if some of the
teams rest players.
One factor to take into
account is the Thunder are
without Kevin Durant for
the remainder of the season,
while the Pelicans have been
able to stay relatively healthy
towards the end of the regular
season after battling injuries
early. Guard Jrue Holiday is
out with a stress fracture in
his right leg, but guard Tyreke
Evans is set to return from
an ankle sprain Wednesday
against Memphis.
After returning from a
shoulder sprain in February,
forward Anthony Davis has
come back strong and has
three 30-plus point games,
nine 20-plus point games and
one 43-point outing in 14
games.
If Davis can continue his
impressive play through the
Pelicans final six games and
have Tyreke Evans return
fully healthy, they will have
every chance to compete with
and possibly overtake the
Thunder for the final Western
Conference playoff spot.
Edited by Miranda Davis

Ventura overcomes thumb cramp, Royals rout White Sox

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runs. Moustakas homered the opposite
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A QUIET VICTOR

COMMENTARY
Recruiting could
improve team
culture

Claudijah Lever: The award-winner you probably dont know

GRIFFIN HUGHES
@GriffinJHughes

Ben Felderstein
@Ben_Felderstein

he Kansas mens basketball team needs

some new faces next
season. One of the biggest
issues that the team faced
this season was what looked
like the lack of a winning
mindset.
The easiest way to change
these issues is to bring new
players into the program.
Seven of the top 12 recruits
for next season are currently undeclared, and Kansas
could use the help of a few
of them.
Kansas lack of a solid lowpost big man was evident
throughout most of the
season and No. 10 recruit
Stephen Zimmerman fits
that build well. Zimmerman
is a 7-foot-tall left-handed
center.
Bill Self is well-known
for his high-low offensive
mindset when it comes to
big men. Landen Lucas will
likely start the season at
the center position, but has
not yet proven his ability to
effectively perform on the
offensive side of the ball.
Zimmerman has the ability
to run the floor and can
finish strong at the rim. He
also has an outside shot that
he can continue to develop
his freshman year at college.
Zimmerman is considering
Kansas, UNLV, Kentucky
and Arizona among others.
Another option for Kansas
at the big man position is
Mike Thorne Jr.
Thorne is a senior transferring from Charlotte, N.C. He
has already graduated and,
similarly to former Jayhawk
Tarik Black, he will not have
to sit out a year after transferring.
Thorne is scheduled to visit
Kansas on May 1. Thorne
has narrowed down his
choices to three schools:
Kansas, Pittsburgh and
Illinois. He announced on
Instagram that he will make
his decision on April 25th.
Thorne is 6-foot-11 and
weighs 270 pounds. He
would bring a similar skill
and mindset to the Jayhawks
that Black did. He is a big
body down low and brings
the experience of having
played four years of college
basketball already. In 26
minutes per game, Thorne
averaged 10 points and eight
rebounds.
Cheick Diallo would be the
best-case scenario for Kansas
at the big man position.
Diallo is the No. 11 recruit
in the country at 6-foot9. Diallo was named the
McDonalds All-American
Game MVP after recording
18 points and 10 rebounds.
Diallo brings a similar skill
set to the table that Kansas
commit Carlton Bragg does.
Whoever it is, Kansas
needs help at the big man
position. If Self is to continue running his high-low offense, the Jayhawks will need
to improve at the position.
Edited by Miranda Davis

As reporters, when an athlete wins an award, our job is

quite simple.
We interview the athlete and
he or she says, Its an honor. We interview his or her
teammates and they say, Its
the work ethic and ability that
sets him or her apart. We interview the coach, who says
the athlete stands out and deserves to be recognized.
And when we do all this, we
sometimes lose touch with
who the athlete really is. We
lose touch with the fact that a
person is being honored.
This is the story of Claudijah
Lever, a senior whose effect
on our community extends
far beyond what she does on
the water.
Yes, Lever is a rower. Lever
is a rower who won the 2015
Marlene Mawson Award for
her excellence as an athlete, as
a student and as a philanthropist. Her drive comes from
her upbringing.
My dad is my motivator,
she said.
She talked about her parents,
and their attitude that if she
wasnt rowing, getting good
grades and working outside of
school, she wasnt really doing
anything.
I did it for my parents, Lever said.
Lever helped lead her varsity eight boat to a third-place
finish in last years Big 12
Championship. She took her
second varsity eight boat to
a second-place finish at that
same competition during her
sophomore season.
She has been a three-time

selection to the Fall Athletic

Directors and Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll, and
she was All-Academic First
Team last year. She works as
a Big Sister and volunteers at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital,
extending her help to anyone
who needs it.
[My little sister] just looks
up to me. She doesnt care that
Im an athlete, Lever said.
I do it because I want to
it gives me a warm feeling in
my heart. Things that give you
the most joy are free, and my
helpful hand is free.

she still continues to learn

from Lever, which can also be
summed up in just one simple
phrase.
We all want to be that same
way, Obrochta said.
Every program needs a signature athlete, one who defines the early stages of the
sport through her athletic
performance and her influence on her teammates and
coach.
Lever has helped the veterans improve and the rookies
learn.
Unfortunately, in a school
where basketball is the light at
the end of every days tunnel,
rowing goes unnoticed and so
do the athletes.
Its tough, Obrochta said.
People just dont know what
we do. They have no idea the
work we put in [they] dont
give us respect for what we
do.
But Lever is a special athlete
who won a special award. She
represents all the athletes who
get looked over by people like
me when were trying to find
a story.
You wont find a much more
compelling story than Claudijah Lever. This is a story of
dedication, passion, and love,
not just to the sport, but to her
team and her community.
Attitude, action, devotion
and hard work are all the
things that as a coach [I] appreciate, coach Rob Catloth
said. Do coaches have favorites? Yeah the ones that
work hard and try to make
the team better. Theyre [our]
favorites.
Catloth hopes for a long
line of award winners as the
team gets older, and all lines

Attitude, action, devotion

and hard work are all the
things that as a coach [I]
appreciate.
ROB CATLOTH
Kansas rowing coach

Not only is her helpful

hand free to the community,
its free to her teammates. Senior Brooke Thuston has been
with Lever throughout her entire time at the University, and
her view of her teammate can
be summed up in just three
words.
She motivates me, Thuston
said.
Kenzie Obrochta is a sophomore this year. When she
entered the program, Lever
was well entrenched as a
leader and a star on the team.
Obrochta has a rowing pedigree. She is from Buffalo,
where rowing is as natural to
her as football is to the South.
Despite rowing all her life,

BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
Claudijah Lever, a senior on the Kansas rowing team, won the 2015 Marlene
Mawson Award for her excellence as an athlete, student and philanthropist.

have to start with one point.

I dont look at her any differently [now], Catloth said.
But history always will.
History will see her as an
award winner. Catloth will
look at her as a leader on his
best boat. Kansas rowing will
look at her as the start of the
rich tradition its building.
But what Lever has done
transcends opinion and history.
By being the first rower to
win the Marlene Mawson
Award, shes made her perma-

nent mark on KU rowing, but

she doesnt see it like that. For
her, its just one less space in
the trophy cabinet.
Whether shes recognized
or not, shell continue to excel on the water, in school
and change her community
as shes done throughout her
career.
I may try to paint her as a
star but her team will always
see her as, simply, Claudijah
Lever.

Edited by Valerie Haag

FACE OF THE STREAK

Wayne Simien vs. Frank Mason III

WAYNE SIMIEN

PPG: 15.0
RPG: 8.3
FG%: 56

Wayne Simien earned Big 12

player of the year his senior
year, as well as being named
a consensus All-American.
His teams at Kansas won three
conference championships and
went to the NCAA Tournament
every year, including two
appearances in the Final Four.
Simien finished his career 13th
all-time on the Universitys
scoring list with 1,593 points.
Simien averaged 20.3 PPG and
11.0 RPG his senior year.

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Ranked 1st in the Big 12 in points per game in 2004-05
McLaughlin earns Big
12 Newcomer of the
Week honor
Kansas baseballs Matt McLaughlin has been selected Big
12 Newcomer of the Week for
his outstanding play throughout the week of March 30-April
5.
The Big 12 announced Monday
that the freshman third-baseman was chosen for the award
along with West Virginia junior
Blake Smith for week eight of
the season.
"I am absolutely thrilled for
McLaughlin," head coach Ritch
Price said in a KU Athletics

press release. "He is having an

outstanding season both offensively and defensively, and he
is well deserving of this honor."
McLaughlin earned the award
for his dominance in the batters box during last weeks
games. The freshman produced
seven hits in 18 at bats, including three doubles and four RBI.
Since beginning Big 12 play,
McLaughlin ranks second
among all players in the conference with a .435 batting
average and tops the league in
on base percentage, getting on
base over 55 percent of his at
bats.
As the hitting streaks of
teammates Connor McKay and

Mason surprised everyone

when he became the Jayhawks
most valuable player in the 201415 season. Mason scored 10plus points and recorded 2-plus
assists in 21 consecutive games
as the Jayhawks went 18-3. Last
season, Mason led the team in
minutes, assists, steals and threepoint percentage while finishing
in the top four in points,
defensive rebounds and free
throw percentage. Mason ended
the year with the second-most
minutes per game in a season at
the University since 2009.

PPG: 9.1
RPG: 2.6
APG: 3.0

Second Team All-Big 12 in 2014-15

Ranked first on Kansas in minutes played in 2014-15

Blair Beck were snapped last

week, McLaughlin earned a hit
in every game and currently
leads the team with an eightgame hitting streak.
"When we recruited McLaughlin, we had high expectations
for him becoming an impact
player," Price said. "It has been
a pleasure to watch his development over the course of the
season."
McLaughlin will look to continue his hot streak on the
diamond starting Tuesday at
6 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark
against New Mexico to begin a
10 game home-stand.
Kylan Whitmer

Former KU guard Jo Jo
White to be inducted into
Basketball Hall of Fame
Former Kansas Jayhawk great Jo
Jo White will be the 18th Jayhawk
to be inducted into the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
on Sept. 11 in Springfield, Mass.,
the hall of fame announced Monday.
White played guard for Kansas
from 1965-69, and was named to
The Sporting News and Converse
First Team-All America in 1968.
White scored 1,286 points 29th
all-time at Kansas while shooting 42 percent from the field.
White was drafted ninth overall

in 1969 by the Boston Celtics and

went on to make seven all-star
teams and win two NBA Championships. He averaged 17.2 points
per game, 4.9 assists and 4.0 rebounds in his 11-year career.
White is among five others who
will be inducted in September,
including NBA referee Dick Bavetta, Kentucky coach John Calipari,
former NBA forward Spencer Haywood, former NBA center Dikembe
Mutombo and three-time WNBA
MVP Lisa Leslie.
Both White and Haywood were
part of the USA National Team
which won an Olympic gold medal
in 1968.

Ben Felderstein