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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

New sushi restaurant downtown impresses | PAGE 5

Professors weigh
in on Kansas new
EPA regulations
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

ADVANCE ACCESS: This includes publishing course

evaluations, cultural competency training, a shuttle
to the MCI airport, and extending the 100 percent
class refund time period, establishing semi-monthly conversations between students and administrations, and more human trafficking prevention work.

Kansas and 18 other states

are butting heads with the US
Environmental
Protection
Agency, claiming they werent
given enough time to comply
with the regulations effective
this July.
The EPA proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions last year in the effort
to reduce carbon monoxide
emissions.
While the legislature doesnt
think these regulations are
necessary, history has shown
us otherwise, said Professor
Johannes Feddema, chair of
the geography department and
affiliate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
The legislature has been upset with environmental regulations, period, because they
dont think theyre necessary,
Feddema said. If you go back
and look [at] why did we start
the EPA in this country, its to
manage things like the Clean
Air Act and the Water Act,
which came out of really bad
air pollution and water problems.

GET THE GRADES: Includes creating an easier add/

drop class form, requiring professors to release
syllabuses early so students can drop classes
before the 100 percent refund period is over. It also
includes creating a textbook checkout system.
BETTER STUDENT LIFE AND CONNECT COMMUNITIES: The coalition would create a KU mobile app,
an equity and diversity certificate and an incentive
to increase student attendance at non-revenue
athletic events. This platform would increase sexual
assault awareness and prevention and reestablishing the Haskell Bridge Program.

ADVANCE COMMUNITY: This platform includes

creating a student-athlete relationship, a Senate
accountability program, a student organization
fund and improving the University-Lawrence government relationship.
ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY: This platform focuses
on environmental policies like a campus sustainability plan with plans to work with the Universitys
Center for Sustainability. The coalition also wants
to implement motion sensor lights and additional
energy efficient air dryers.

FIX SENATE: To fix Senate, the coalition wants to

establish an open door policy with all senators and
demand accessibility from all senators along with
translating Senate meeting minutes and rules and
regulations into additional languages.

Platform information taken from advanceku.com

The reality is that the burden will be on some of these

interest groups that currently
are benefitting from the fact
they dont have to pay for
these emissions.

Platform information taken from the Imagine KU

Facebook page

HOW TO VOTE

TIME: Polls will open online at 6 a.m. on

Wednesday morning and will close on
Thursday at 4 p.m.

SHANNON OLEAR
Associate
professor
of
environmental studies

Beach and Mrs. Es from 7 a.m. to 9

a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday: Wescoe Beach and Mrs. Es
from noon to 4 p.m.

HOW: Students can only vote online

this year through Rock Chalk Central. Students will use their KU login
information to access their ballot. Rock
Chalk Central is located at https://rockchalkcentral.ku.edu/ and the log in
button is located in the top right corner
of the page.
WHERE: The Student Senate Elections
Commission will host locations around
campus where students can login to a
laptop and vote. Wednesday: Wescoe

WHO CAN VOTE? All current University

students. This includes seniors, nontraditional students and international
students. When students login to Rock
Chalk Central, they will be directed to
their specific ballot which will allow
them to vote for the presidential and
vice presidential candidate as well as
the senator for their specific school at
KU (Journalism, Business, Engineering,
etc.) as well as for an off-campus
or on-campus senator depending on
where the voter lives.

Professor Shannon OLear,

associate professor of geography and environmental studies, said regulations are necessary to reduce these emissions
even though there are varying
views on whether states have
been given enough time to
take the necessary steps.
If were trying to reduce the

All voting information courtesy

of the Student Senate Elections
Commission

@AllisonCristUDK

Uber users in Kansas may

be forced to find other forms
of transportation if Gov. Sam
Brownback signs SB117, a
bill that regulates ride-hailing
services.
Amendments were added
to the bill that tighten restrictions on insurance for company drivers, as well as requiring some to pay for even
more coverage depending
on how their car is financed.

Index

OPINION 4
A&F 5

These provisions were what

led to Uber threatening to
cease operations in the state.
Currently, Uber is only offered in Wichita and Kansas
City. However, despite Kansas
not being a huge market for
the company, Uber Spokeswoman Lauren Altmin said
every city is important.
Other cities in Kansas have
shown interest, Altmin said.
This bill is just going to impede innovation.

SEE UBER PAGE 2

PUZZLES 6
SPORTS 10

JOHN HANNA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

State senators Richard Wilborn, left, of McPherson, Jeff Longbine, center, of
Emporia, and Steve Fitzgerald, right, confer at the Statehouse in Topeka on
April 2 before a debate over a transportation bill that ride-hailing company
Uber says would force it out of the state.

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Kansas, along with 18 other

states, sent a letter opposing regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from
coal fire plants and other
such industries to the EPA.
The states said the EPA took
longer than the governmental requirement allows to
impose these regulations
which burdens the consumer and the industry.

carbon emissions, theres going to have to be regulations,

OLear said. Chances are the
industry isnt going to do it
themselves without some kind
of incentive.
The Kansas Attorney Generals office issued a press release
April 8 stating that Attorney General Derek Schmidt,
along with 18 other Attorneys
General, sent a letter to EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy asking her to withdraw the
proposed new Standards of
Performance for Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources.
The states argue the EPA will
have missed the mandatory
deadline by anywhere from six
to eight months, thereby subjecting sources or proposed
sources to at least 1.5 times the
delay permitted. Regulations
will burden the state and any
businesses involved, according
to the press release.
OLear said the reality is that
interest groups will bear the
burden, not the consumer.
These interest groups are
saying, The consumers are going to pay for this, were going
to have to close down some
facilities before we can even
open renewable energy plants
and this is going to be a burden
on the consumer, and thats
the way theyre painting it,
OLear said. The reality is that

SEE EPA PAGE 2

Greene sidelined for five

months for hip surgery

Uber threatens to leave Kansas if

Brownback passes proposed bill
ALLISON CRIST

TAKEAWAYS

Sophomore Brannen Greene will be

sidelined for five months due to hip
surgery, the Lawrence Journal-World
reported after the Kansas basketball
banquet on Monday. Greene wont
be able to participate in the World
University Games this summer with
the rest of the team. The games will
take place in Gwangju City, South
Korea, from July 3-14.
Greene has a torn labrum and is
on pace to return for the 2015-16
campaign at full health. Bill Self
reports that redshirting will not be
necessary.
[His hip] hurts, but thats not the
problem. The problem is its continuing
to get worse, Self said to the JournalWorld. Hes had [the problem] for
years, and theyve decided to get it
corrected. Hell be pain-free.
Greene logged 15 minutes per game
last season, recording 5.7 points per
game on 42.2 percent shooting from
three-point range. The sophomore was
considered one of the best shooters
in the nation by college basketball
analysts, including ESPNs Fran
Fraschilla.

Todays
Weather

Greene

During a six-game stretch last year,

Greene posted 10.7 points and 3.7
rebounds per game, while shooting
17-of-24 (71 percent) from three point
range. Over that stretch, the Jayhawks
went 6-1, with their lone loss coming
to Oklahoma State on the road.
Kansas will now be forced to choose
players from other rosters because
of certain player restrictions and
Greene's injury to fill the roster.

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percent chance of rain.
Wind ESE at 12 mph.

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College shooting possible hate crime

EMERY P. DALESIO
MARTHA WAGGONER
MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press

A former community college student dismissed from a

work-study program for too
many absences is accused of
fatally shooting his former
supervisor, who was gay, and
police are investigating the
campus slaying as a possible
hate crime.
Kenneth Morgan Stancil III,
20, was arrested without incident early Tuesday while sleeping on a Florida beach, about
500 miles from Wayne Community College in Goldsboro,
North Carolina. Stancil made
his first court appearance later
in the day, saying in a profanity-laced and unsubstantiated
tirade that the man he killed
had molested a relative.
Police say Stancil shot
44-year-old Ron Lane on
Monday morning at the college. Lane, the schools print
shop director, had been Stancils supervisor in a workstudy program before Stancil
was let go in early March. It
wasnt clear how long they had
worked together.
Police have not released a
motive in the shooting. Stancils mother told The Associated Press that Lane made
sexually laced comments to
her son.
He was verbally inappropriate with Morgan at school.
Very much verbally inappropriate, Debbie Stancil said.
He would tell him to stop and
he kept on.
College spokeswoman Tara
Humphries said she did not

know whether any complaints

had been lodged against Lane.
Classes were canceled Monday, but the school re-opened
Tuesday.
Its a day of healing. We will
be paying personal tributes to
Ron Lane, Humphries said.
Debbie Stancil said she
knows one of her relatives was
not sexually abused by Lane,
as Kenneth Stancil claimed in
court, because the relative and
Lane had never met. She believes Kenneth Stancil is making the accusations because he
is rattled and confused.
He never recovered from his
fathers suicide in 2009 and
was angry about being dismissed from the colleges print
shop, she told AP.
I dont agree with what he
did, but in his mind he must
have thought that was the only
way, she said. Hes probably
out of his mind. I think he
needs mental help.
Experts who track hate
groups said Stancils facial tattoo with the number 88 is a
clear indication of a neo-Nazi a group that has been
accused of attacking gays.
However, police have not said
whether Stancil held white supremacist beliefs or what hate
crime they are investigating.
Stancils mother said he gave
himself the facial tattoo over
the weekend and it marked a
wannabe rather than someone who expressed neo-Nazi
views.
Stancil entered the print shop
on the third-floor of a campus
building and fired once with
a pistol-grip shotgun, police
said. The shooting sparked a
campus-wide lockdown and

officers stormed the building

looking for Stancil, who fled
on a motorcycle.
Mr. Stancil had a calculated
plan, Goldsboro police Sgt.
Jeremy Sutton said.
He left behind a six-page letter explaining his actions and a
video, which have been turned
over to police, his mother said.
Police found the motorcycle
abandoned in a median on
Interstate 95, about 80 miles
south of Goldsboro. They are
not sure how he got to Florida.
The manhunt lasted for nearly a day, ending with Stancils
arrest in Daytona Beach. He
had a knife on him but was apprehended without incident.
Police have not found the
12-gauge shotgun they believe
was used to kill Lane.
A booking photo from Florida showed Stancil with the
number 88 on his left cheek,
a number used by racist extremists, said Brian Levin, a
criminal justice professor and
director of the Center for the
Study of Hate & Extremism
at California State University,
San Bernardino. Because H
is the eighth letter of the alphabet, 88 equates to HH or Heil
Hitler, Levin said.
Those who get facial tattoos
tend to be the uppermost,
anti-social part of the scale,
Levin said.
Goldsboro police and the
Wayne County district attorneys office will work to have
Stancil extradited to North
Carolina to face a murder
charge.
At his bond hearing, Stancil told the judge there is now
one less child molester.
Doing time is the easy part,

states, Altmin said.

The insurance companies
and banks think they should
require commercial insurance
as soon as the app is turned
on, while Uber believes it
shouldnt start until someone
is actually picked up, said
Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady
(R-110).
Altmin said despite Uber recently becoming aligned with
the insurance industry, this is
separate from anything that
companies are pushing.

GERRY BROOME/ASSOCIATED PRESS

A North Carolina State Highway patrolman walks the grounds on campus
following a shooting at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, N.C., Monday. One person was killed and the campus was locked down as authorities
searched for a gunman, officials said.

know what Im saying? he

said.
The judge denied bond and
appointed a public defender.
Lanes brother and sister
declined to comment when
reached by AP.
Stancil had no criminal record before the shooting. He
was on the schools deans list
with a grade point average of
3.6 or better and due to graduate in July with a degree in
welding technology, the school
said.
Brent Hood, coordinator of

education support technology at the college, was Lanes

supervisor for the past three
years. He said he thought Stancil killed Lane because he was
upset over being dismissed,
not because he was gay.
I guess from my point of
view, he (Stancil) was angry
over getting dismissed from
his duties, Hood told The
Associated Press. He worked
very well with Ron; he worked
very well with my other employees.

Couture-Lovelady said he
voted against the bill.
I believe it stifles this ex-

citing new business, Couture-Lovelady said. [Uber]

has a huge effect on young
people that will decrease
drinking and driving.
However, Couture-Lovelady
said the bill does have some
good things in it from Ubers
perspective, such as limiting
local governments ability to
further regulate the company
beyond state law.
There is also a measure to
require drivers with liens on
their cars, an aspect of an auto
loan, to pay for collision and
comprehensive coverage.
Backing this collision insurance requirement is the Kansas
Bankers Association (KBA).
Our primary reason for
supporting the bill is because
we know that there are gaps in
coverage that dont protect the
collateral that banks have over
the drivers cars, said Doug
Wareham, executive vice president of government relations
for KBA. We support the language that ensures, whether its
Uber or a different transportation company, that when they
sign up drivers, its verified

that they have comp[ensation]

and collision coverage for the
vehicle in all three phases.
The phases are similar to
what Couture-Lovelady described as far as the drivers
process for picking up riders.
Phase one refers to a driver
roaming for business, usually
in popular areas like Kansas
Citys Power and Light District
or near Kauffman Stadium.
Phase two is when a driver has
actually connected with someone and is in route to get them.
Phase three is when the rider
is in the car.
Wareham said as of right
now, Uber only provides insurance policies for phases 2
and 3.
Some people think that the
drivers individual insurance
covers phase one, when it
doesnt, Wareham said. What
you have are drivers trolling
for business, in a car thats acting as collateral for a bank or
lender.
According to Wareham, this
bill wouldnt just protect these
banks and lenders, but drivers
as well.

If something were to happen to [the drivers] car in

phase one, theyd be stuck
without insurance and expected to pay back what they owe
to their bank or lender, Wareham said.
Rep. Scott Schwab (R-49) led
the amendment process when
it came time for the conference
committee stage. He could not
be reached for comment.
The bill was enrolled and
presented to Brownback on
April 10 and he will either sign
or veto it on April 29.
In an attempt to stop the bill,
Uber launched a petition that
now has over 6,000 signatures,
about 1,500 short of their goal.
Support Uber offers a letter
to Brownback, asking him to
veto the bill in order to save
jobs, money and safe rides.
We want to save this transportation for people who use
Uber to get home, to work or
anywhere else, Altmin said.
For drivers, these are jobs being taken away.

sions more strictly than the

EPA. Californias ability to
categorize this as pollutant
frightened some of the industries because it allowed for
more regulation, OLear said.
There was a backlash by
the American Legislative Exchange Council that worked
to try and get the EPAs hands
tied in a bunch of states after
California, she said. They
tried to undermine national
EPA operations. Thats why
its hard when we paint this
picture of the EPA wearing a
white hat or a black hat and

the industry is wearing the

other hat, its so much messier
than all that.
While the EPA is trying to
regulate these emissions that
change the atmosphere and
how energy passes through it,
Feddema said those opposing
the regulations dont realize
who it affects.
Poor air quality is a cost
shared by everyone in society,
particularly the poor because
of where they live which is
sometimes where there are
less than desirable conditions, Feddema said. In a

sense the EPA is there to make

sure the people that cant get
away, essentially, are still getting good air quality.
He said Kansas legislature
is reluctant to do anything to
regulations because it doesnt
want to spend money or limit
freedoms.
Theres this whole idea
called freedom, but my freedom to put a power plant
in my backyard if I wanted would really hinder my
neighbors quality of life, he
said. Theres always a tradeoff of whos benefitting and

whos bearing the brunt of

the cost. In this instance, its
mostly the poor bearing the
brunt of the cost and they
have the least voice.
Attorney General Derek
Schmidt.

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UBER FROM PAGE 1

Kansas City is a broad term
for the area that Uber covers,
as it reaches out to cities like
Shawnee, Overland Park, Lees
Summit, Lansing and more,
according to Ubers map of
reach.
In fact, Altmin said users
and trips in these suburbs of
Wichita and Kansas City are
growing every week, and they
just hit records in the previous
weeks.
Additionally, before the bill,
Uber was looking to expand
its services to Lawrence and
Manhattan for the convenience of college students.
When SB117 was presented,
Altmin said the company supported the original draft; however, the amendments made to
SB117 would make operations
impossible to continue in the
state of Kansas.
A provision to the bill was
added that would require
drivers to carry commercial
insurance thats not currently
required in any of the other 49

EPA FROM PAGE 1

the burden will be on some of
these interest groups that currently are benefiting from the
fact they dont have to pay for
these emissions.
According to the press release, comments from Kansas and other states in 2014
of why the rule was unlawful
and where the EPA was wrong
have never been addressed by
the EPA. The letter insists that
[the regulations] must therefore be withdrawn.
OLear said while the
pushback from states was
to be expected, the EPA is
just doing its job to protect
the environment.
In 2009, California was
granted a waiver to restrict
carbon monoxide emis-

We want to save this

transportation for people
who use Uber to get home,
to work or anywhere else.
For drivers, these are jobs
being taken away.
LAUREN ALTMIN
Uber spokesperson








  








 




 


 
 

 


 

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Bird flu spreads to turkey flock in sixth state

DAVID PITT

Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa A
bird-flu strain that has already
led to the deaths of nearly 2
million turkeys nationwide
spread to an Iowa turkey farm,
authorities said on Tuesday,
bringing to six the number of
states hit with the outbreak
that was also confirmed at
eight more farms in Minnesota.
The announcements on Tuesday came a day after confirmation of the first case of the virus
in Wisconsin, the first case of a
U.S. commercial chicken farm
where the strain was detected,
according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Scientists believe domestic
poultry are getting the highly-contagious H5N2 virus
from wild migratory waterfowl but they are puzzled by
the accelerating spread despite
reinforced biosecurity measures at poultry production
and processing facilities. The
outbreak has prompted some
40 countries to impose import
restrictions on U.S. poultry
The Iowa farm is in Buena
Vista County housing some
27,000 turkeys, said Iowa
Department of Agriculture
spokesman Dustin Vande
Hoef. The disease was suspected when an abnormally
high number of turkeys began
dying. The farm is under quarantine and the turkeys will be
killed.
The confirmation at eight additional infected turkey farms
in the nations biggest producing state of Minnesota brings
the states total to 22 farms
and nearly 1.5 million turkeys
lost to the disease. Minnesota
raises around 46 million turkeys a year. State Veterinarian
Bill Hartmann said he expects
more farms to be hit before the
threat recedes.
Animal health officials have
long said the virus is dangerous to all commercial poultry.
Iowa has 130 turkey farms
raising 11 million turkeys a
year. The state also is the nations leading egg producer
with more than 59 million egg
layers but no chicken flocks in

Iowa have been infected.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a notice on
Monday that Canadian officials added Iowa to the list of
states prohibited from exporting raw poultry products.
I think it is important to
note theres no human health
consequence to any of the
previously found avian influenza outbreaks in the upper
Midwest nor do we expect that
here, said Randy Olson, Iowa
Poultry Associations executive
director.
Iowa Turkey Federation executive Gretta Irwin said food
is safe. No birds from infected
farms make it into the food
supply since theyre destroyed
and composted on the farm.
Poultry is tested for influenza
before it leaves the farm for
slaughter, she said.
Commercial turkey flocks
in Arkansas, Missouri, North
Dakota and South Dakota
have confirmed cases of the
H5N2 strain in turkeys in addition to Iowa and Minnesota.
Counting turkeys killed by the
disease and those destroyed
or soon to be killed to stop its
spread, about 1.8 million birds
have been lost in the Midwest
or approaching 1 percent of
the 235 million turkeys produced in the U.S. last year.
Seven of the newly affected
Minnesota farms are contract
growers for or owned by Jennie-O Turkey Store, a division
of Hormel Foods Corp, the
company said. The virus has
now hit 14 Jennie-O facilities,
costing the company over 1.1
million turkeys.
The virus was confirmed in
a commercial chicken flock in
Wisconsin Monday, affecting
200,000 birds. Cases also have
been found in commercial
poultry flocks in Ontario and
British Columbia in Canada.
Scientists havent found hard
evidence yet of the link to wild
fowl. Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr said
Tuesday that tests on fecal
samples of wild birds his researchers have collected near
infected farms have all come
back negative so far.

JANET HOSTETTER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Turkeys are pictured at a turkey farm near Sauk Centre , Minn., on Nov. 2, 2005. A deadly strain of bird flu has reached the Midwest, killing or requiring hundreds of thousands of turkeys to be euthanized. Officials confirmed the disease had spread to Iowa as of Tuesday.

RIHAM FESHIR/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Avian influenza testing samples were refrigerated after received at the University of Minnesotas Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory in St. Paul, Minn., on April 8.
Federal authorities have confirmed that a ninth Minnesota turkey farm has been hit by a form of bird flu thats deadly to poultry.

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ex-boyfriend.
The Jaybowl is shutting down
May 9th. We all should be
mourning. :(

College in 4 words: is this really

necessary?
Hope they can still scan my
scantron when its covered in
tears.
Planning for my summer makes
me question my sanity. Im going
to be involved in 4 shows, plus
another 2, plus auditioning for
another one. Wait. Im already
insane.

POLITICIANS RELIGION

PRO
CON

Voters care about

faith in government
Anrenee Reasor
@anreneer

m not religious, nor would I

vote for or against a political
candidate based on their proclaimed religion, but I do very much
believe a candidates faith matters.
Ted Cruz, 2016 presidential candidate, released his TV ad, and the first
scene shows his family praying at the
dinner table.
Todd Gillman of the Dallas Morning News calls it an attempt to nail
down as much of the evangelical
vote as possible, then build from
that foundation. Indianas religious
freedom forced 2016 hopefuls
to take a side, with many possible
Republican contenders standing
by the law. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio,
Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum and
Ben Carson defended the bill, which
allows businesses to refuse service to
homosexuals, claiming it violates an
individuals faith.
Religion clearly plays an important
role. If todays political candidate
seeks office, they must declare faith
to the American people. Every
single U.S. president has declared
a religion. Once in office, their
religious practices are still scrutinized. For example, every president
since Eisenhower has attended the
National Prayer Breakfast. Imagine
if President Barack Obama had not
attended. Outrage would ensue.
Why does a candidates religion
matter? Liberals can point toward
the conservative, evangelical base
like the 2011 prayer rally led by
then Gov. Rick Perry in Houston,
sponsored by the American Family

Association (AFA). The AFA opposes abortion and same-sex marriage

and advocates for religious liberty,
according to Anthea Butlers New
York Times article. Butler argues
how these events and organizations
provide platforms for their candidates and mailing lists of like-minded voters. But the conservative Republican crowd holds no monopoly
over religion.
Democrats can look at Obama
and Bill Clinton, both identifying
as Christians. Part of me thinks
Obama, Hillary Clinton and
other liberals claim to be Christian
because they know doing so would
help their campaign, as Americans
would not elect an agnostic or atheist. Another part of me believes the
staunchest of conservatives adhere
to their strict biblical beliefs in order
to attract radical voters. It makes
one wonder if anyone in politics is
genuine with their beliefs.
Candidates know everything
matters. From the cost of the labels
they wear, the location of their
fundraisers, when their biographical
books comes out, who they accept
campaign donations from (and how
much), the staff they choose to run
their campaign everything matters. Nothing is left to chance.
How can we believe a candidates
religious choices, like where they
go to church, how often, and with
whom, do not matter? They clearly
do. Remember when people accused
Obama of being Muslim, as if there
was something wrong with being
Muslim? Religion still matters to
Americans. Perhaps someday America will elect an atheist president,
but I am not holding my breath for
a few decades. Religion still matters
in politics.
Anrenee Reasor is a senior from
Thayer studying economics and East
Asian Languages and Cultures

Politicians religious
views are irrelevant
John Olson
@JohnOlsonUDK

any ill-informed citizens

think that President
Obama is Muslim, even
though he is not. Nevertheless, even
if President Obama were Muslim, it
simply would not matter. In my view,
any change in his religious identity
would not change his effectiveness as a
leader. The fact of the matter is, Barack
Obama is a politician, and that is all
you need to know to decide where he
stands.

WHAT IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN ANY
POLITICIANS RELIGION
IS FROM WHAT SOURCES
THEY GATHER THEIR
POLITICAL CAPITAL.
Politicians cater to whatever audiences hold the most political capital
for them. Once elected, they pursue
policies that appeal to their base and
donors to accumulate more and more
political capital in order to be reelected, according to organization behavioral psychologist Jeremiah Stanghini.
After all, being involved in the political
process is their career, and they will do
whatever feels necessary to maintain
or advance their position.
Ultimately, it is the political climate
that has the most bearing. Politicians
will vote a certain way one day, then

vote completely differently the next

if it becomes politically profitable. A
great case study of this would be the
recent controversy surrounding the
Indiana law that effectively legalized
discrimination against the LGBT population. The law initially passed with
ease, but once a nationwide uproar
ensued, Indiana legislators suddenly
changed their tune and amended the
statute. Social policy is not reflective
of a politicians faith, but of who gave
them power, according to economist
Russell Sobel. For instance, if social
conservatives made up the majority
that elected Governor Sam Brownback
which they did then Brownback
would pursue policies appealing to
social conservatives, as he has. The
root of the issue is that a politicians
religion does not matter, and given
how politicians make choices, it should
not matter.
What matters is the climate of opinion. As economist Milton Friedman
once remarked, we do not need to
change the makeup of legislatures in
order to improve policy. Even if you
had all the right people in charge
at this very moment, there is no way
to guarantee that they will be there
several election cycles from now. If it
is politically expedient for the wrong
people to do the wrong things, then
the key is, in the words of Friedman,
to make it politically profitable for the
wrong people to do the right things.
Perhaps that begins with ignoring
what religion, or lack thereof, a politician claims. What is more important
than any politicians religion is from
what sources they gather their political
capital. If it is from an informed populace that votes for productive solutions
rather than how a politician chooses
to define God, then perhaps fewer
problems will arise come lawmaking
season.

John Olson is a sophomore from

Wichita studying economics

LGBT discrimination reverses progress

A picture you take of someone

without them realizing it should
be called a stealthie.
Looks like Ill be setting up my
trail cam for the next person who
thinks its funny to throw eggs
at cars.

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Maddy Mikinski
@Miss__Maddy

s students, were
taught to look back
on the failings of
the past and learn from them.
We learn about the horror
of the Holocaust and about
Martin Luther King, Jr.s fight
for equality. Discriminating
against someone based on
their religion, ethnicity or
sexual orientation is an antiquated practice that belongs

in our history books, not the

21st century.
Recently, the Florida House
passed a bill allowing private
adoption agencies to refuse
gay couples from adopting based on the agencies
religious or moral grounds.
Floridas approval is on the
tail of a law passed by the
state of Indiana that allows
businesses to refuse service to
gay customers, the Indy Star
reports. This Indiana law was
passed only a few months
after Gov. Sam Brownback
rescinded an order that prevented state employees from
being discriminated against
based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.
To say the least, 2015 has
not been a good year for

equality. The Indiana law was

met with great opposition
from celebrities, large corporations and other politicians,
according to the Human
Rights Campaign.
These laws are repeating the
past. They regress us to a time
before equality was a main
priority. This is vaguely reminiscent of the white only
and no Irish signs we see in
history books. That is exactly
where this kind of legislation
belongs.
If Floridas adoption law
makes its way through the
states senate, it could take
away many childrens chance
at a happy home and a strong
childhood. In Indiana, a gay
individual could walk into
a business and be refused

DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SOMEONE

BASED ON THEIR RELIGION, ETHNICITY OR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS AN ANTIQUATED
PRACTICE THAT BELONGS IN OUR HISTORY
BOOKS, NOT THE 21ST CENTURY.
service based on a personal
aspect that doesnt affect
the business owner in any
way. Here in Kansas, state
employees can lose their jobs
on account of how they live
their life.
As this year progresses, we
need more people to remind
lawmakers that we cant re-

peat the past. We must move

out of this rut and create laws
that protect the rights of all
Americans.
Maddy Mikinski is a
sophomore from Linwood
studying journalism

Ugh I just wanna get tattoos and

get married, ya know.
I would lose weight but I hate
losing.
My roommates been pissing me
off, so Im changing the Netflix
password on her.
Intern needed: must be 21 with
at least 30 years of experience.
High school: Ill find someone in
college. College: Ill find someone
in grad school.
First draft = final draft.

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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is an 8
Handle urgent deadlines today.
It may not be fun, but has
long-lasting benefits. Somebodys testing your determination, and the strength of what
youve built. Relax after you hit
send.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Get friends to help. You can rise
to a challenge. There are plenty
of obstacles, including a lack of
funding. Expect the unrealistic.
Listen to all considerations.
Everything seems possible
together.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 9
Stick to simple plans. Curtail
spending on frivolities. Dont
count your chickens before
theyre hatched. Imagine a
brilliant future. Play by the rules
and exceed expectations. Be
gentle with a quiet person.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 9
Wade through more controversy
before you reach an agreement.
Old ideas die hard. Re-assess
your assets. Balance study with
exercise. Get outside. Sample a
new cuisine.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
Postpone chores. A financial
roadblock requires adaptation.
It could seem chaotic or confusing. Encourage your partner to
prioritize expenses. Ignore rude
comments or irritability. Avoid
stupid arguments. Lateness
could get expensive.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Avoid a misunderstanding with
your partner. It takes all your
concentration to follow the rules
and finish work. Its time well
spent. You get tested. Teasing
could cause jealousies.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Take care of business today.
Dont get cocky. Follow instructions closely. Collaborate
with your partner. Postpone
entertainment spending. Its all
for home and family. Reward
yourselves when work is done.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015

Restaurant review: Prime Blu Sushi House

Adam Swerdlow
@AdamSwerdlow

nybody who
personally knows
me is aware of my
interest for Japanese culture
and specifically sushi my
favorite food (with pizza as
a close second). When I was
told of a new sushi place in
town, I knew I had to review
it. This new restaurant is
called Prime Blu, located at
619 Massachusetts St. Living
in a landlocked state about
1,400 miles from the closest
ocean, its hard to have high
expectations for fresh fish.
But I like sushi far too much
to allow this fact to hinder my
mission.
I decided to check out
Prime Blu with two of my
friends from my Japanese
class. Entering the restaurant,
we were surprised by the
sheer amount of space and
ultra neon ambiance. Prime
Blu makes impressive work
of the great space they have.
There is a large square drink
bar, a small sushi bar and
several booths and tables.
Aside from the essentials,
there are large fish tanks,
colorful Japanese pop art, and
upbeat music accentuates the
atmosphere.
Prime Blus menu is about
what youd expect from a
sushi restaurant. You have
a myriad of choices from
appetizers to sushi rolls, with
an impressive drink menu
and everything in between.
While I enjoy most Japanese,
I was there for the sushi.
As a group we decided to
order individually but share
any sushi we ordered.
I ordered the Tropical
Roll (shrimp tempura, crab,
avocado roll topped with
tuna and avocado) and the
Big Boss Roll (crab, avocado,
cream cheese, 3 kinds of
fish tempura roll). One
friend ordered the Red Flash
Roll (Spicy tuna roll with
jalapeno topped with deep
fried red snapper) and the
Spicy Salmon Roll, while
the other ordered the Crazy
Crab Roll (crab, avocado,

KYLE THOMAS/KANSAN
Prime Blu, a new sushi restaurant located at 619 Massachusetts St., opened March 18. Arts & Features writer Adam Swerdlow went downtown to try out the
food, finding his overall experience at the restaurant positive.

cream cheese topped with

crunchies). Most rolls are
priced from $9 to $14. If you
know sushi, you can ascertain
from our order that this is not
a traditional sushi restaurant
but, as a whole, the sushi was
delicious.
A common gripe I have
with many sushi restaurants
is when they roll their sushi
with too much rice. I was
pleasantly surprised to see
Prime Blu avoid this mistake.
Each impressively large roll
had an ideal fish to rice ratio
and was neatly presented.
Of the sushi we tried, the
Tropical, Big Boss and Crazy
Crab rolls were my favorite.
Overall, my experience at
Prime Blu was great. While
the time we were there it
was pretty empty, I look
forward to returning soon
and checking it out at a
more bumpin time. Prime
Blu is open from 11:30 to 10
Monday through Wednesday
and 11:30 to 11 Thursday
through Saturday. And
Sunday from noon to 9:30.
Edited by Garrett Long

KYLE THOMAS/KANSAN
The Tropical Roll, which contains shrimp tempura, crab and avocado topped with tuna and avocado, contained an
ideal fish to rice ratio, according to Arts & Features writer Adam Swerdlow.

TRENDING

Pink gets self-love

party started with
body positive tweet

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today is a 9
Family comes first. Teach a lesson about waiting and deferred
gratification. Dont squander
your savings. Tried and true
methods work best. Reward
teamwork with fun and delicious
treats.

Mackenzie Clark
@mclark59

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today is an 8
Home expenses add up. Tally
the cost of a renovation, and
adjust the budget to suit. Stick
to practical actions. Dont try
something new. Let your partner
handle the details. Romance
sparks creativity.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 9
Discuss your home situation.
Keep shifting things for different
options. It could get awkward.
Chaos reigns. List differences as
well as your agreements.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 9
Consider the consequences
of your declarations. Handle
financial communications
with minimal fuss. It may take
patience and a thick hide.
Fantasies abound.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
Avoid distractions. Postpone
chores until deadlines are met.
Work takes precedence. Check
and re-check your procedures.
Increase your meditation to
reduce stress.

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PHOTO VIA PINKS TWITTER PAGE

Pink, seen here with her daughter Willow, posted a tweet recently about her alleged weight gain, saying she is
happy with her healthy, voluptuous and crazy strong body. The singer received positive feedback after the tweet
from Twitter users and news outlets alike.

he singer some of
us nostalgically
know for her album
Missundaztood, while others
only know her from her duet
with Nate Ruess, recently
tweeted that she is perfectly
happy with her healthy,
voluptuous and crazy strong
body.
Several media outlets
criticized Pink for apparent
weight gain after she was
photographed attending a
benefit for a friends stellar
contributions to the eradication
of cancer. She commented
that unfortunately her weight
was more important to those
criticizing her, and said in fact,
she feels beautiful.
Many fans tweeted in support
of the artist and her message,
such as @melissagpps, who
called Pinks comments nicely
said.
People are raving about Pink
all over the web. Cosmopolitan
magazine also praised her,
saying she slams bodyshaming haters in the BEST
way possible.
Pinks comments contribute
to an ongoing movement
toward body acceptance and
encouraging people women,
primarily to love themselves
and their bodies as they are.

On Tuesday, the hashtag

#ToTheGirls was also trending
on Twitter, full of messages
intended to support, encourage
and inspire young girls to be
individuals and to love and
respect themselves.
Many companies have picked
up on this trend, particularly
Dove. Since 2004, part of
Doves marketing has focused
on redefining beauty. In its
current campaign, Choose
Beautiful, the company
determined only 11 percent of
girls worldwide are comfortable
describing themselves as
beautiful.
Doves website offers
resources for parents, teachers
and mentors to educate kids
on self-esteem, bullying, body
image, relationships and
more. Its all part of its broader
mission to help the next
generation of women develop
a positive relationship with the
way they look helping them
raise their self-esteem and
realize their full potential.
Pink appears to be trying to
instill a positive body image
in her 3-year-old daughter,
Willow. Shortly after her first
message of self-acceptance, she
tweeted, Willow said to me
the other day whilst grabbing
my belly-mama-why r u so
squishy?And I said..b/cuz Im
happy baby [sic].
Edited by Victoria Kirk

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KANSAN PUZZLES
SPONSORED BY

MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Orange County Government Center is seen in Goshen, N.Y., on April 2. The long, heated debate over suburban Orange Countys government center could
finally be ending with renovations next month that would trade in stack-of-asymmetric-concrete-boxes look for a sleeker, more anonymous facade. Critics
compare the plan to desecrating a Michelangelo and note the building is on the World Monuments Funds global watch list. Others say the building is
simply ugly and poorly designed.

Modernist gem or eyesore?

NYC building again stirs debate
MICHAEL HILL
Associated Press

SUDOKU

GOSHEN, N.Y. From the

time it was built in this quaint
village 45 years ago, the county
building has stirred strong
opinions for its modernismmeets-Mayberry
look:
a
geometric jumble of irregularly
stacked
concrete-and-glass
boxes.
While the Orange County
Government Center has been
hailed by architectural experts
as a modernist treasure, many
residents have viewed it as just
an odd, ugly place to apply for
a drivers license.
As crews prepare to renovate
and partially demolish the
sprawling building in this
suburban and rural county 50
miles northwest of Manhattan,
local preservationists are
fighting in court to halt
a project they say will
permanently disfigure the
landmark.
Many locals have more
mixed feelings.
From the outside, its a
horrible-looking
building,
said resident Arnie Weintraub.
It doesnt fit the right look of
our village, or town, or area,
added Brian Dunlevy, as he
worked on a bike at his Joe Fix
Its shop. Its here. Should it be?
I dont think so. But its here.
The building was designed by
the late architect Paul Rudolph,

recalls buckets placed around

the building 25 years ago
when he applied for his drivers
license.
With the threat of demolition
looming a few years ago, the
World Monuments Fund put
it on its 2012 global watch list.
County officials settled on
a compromise plan to replace
one of the three sections to
give the front entrance a more
generic, glassy municipal look.
The other two sections would
be taken down to their concrete
At the time that
skeletons and built back up the
Michelangelo and Da Vinci
shape of the original building,
were painting there were a
with some functional changes
lot of other painters who had such as a simpler roof line.
Youre going to still look at
greater favor among people.
this building and see Rudolphs
It took a while.
touch in it, Neuhaus said.
GENE KAUFMAN Critics see it more like
New York City architect fronting St. Patricks Cathedral
with vinyl siding.
It would be a Frankensteins
a celebrated figure of mid-20th monster, New York Times
century style that came to architecture critic Michael
be known as brutalism. (The Kimmelman wrote this year
name is not derived from the in urging county lawmakers
word brutal, as many assume, to block the plan. The National
but from the French term Trust for Historic Preservation
for raw concrete.) Though described the plan as drastic.
Preservationists
are
considered a genius, Rudolph
hasnt always been appreciated especially galled because
by a public that sees cold- New York City architect
looking concrete instead of Gene Kaufman offered to buy
elegant interplay between light the building, turn it into an
artists center and build a new
and space.
The building was closed in government building nearby
September 2011 after it was in a deal he said would save
damaged by the remnants the county money. Kaufman
of Hurricane Irene, forcing said Rudolphs building reflects
county operations to other a time when people had more
faith in government. And
buildings.
But
complaints
about he believes the architects
maintaining the building, reputation will rebound.
At
the
time
that
completed in 1970, predated
the storm: Those big windows Michelangelo and Da Vinci
letting in light also let in too were painting there were a
much cold; the roof which lot of other painters who had
looks like a three-dimensional greater favor among people. It
checkerboard leaks. County took a while, Kaufman said.
executive Steven Neuhaus So I think that the notion that

CRYPTOQUIP

MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Arnie Weintraub poses on April 2 in Goshen, N.Y. Weintraub, a resident, said the new Orange Countys government
center is a horrible-looking building. The long, heated debate over suburban government center could finally be
ending with renovations next month that would trade in stack-of-asymmetric-concrete-boxes look for a sleeker,
more anonymous facade.

FIRST LAST/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brian Dunlevy poses at Joe Fix Its cycle shop on April 2 in Goshen, N.Y. Dunlevy, a resident, said Orange Countys new government center doesnt fit
the right look of our village, or town, or area. Renovations to the center will
begin next month to make the building more appealing to citizens. Critics
compare the plan to desecrating a Michelangelo and note the building is on
the World Monuments Funds global watch list. Others say the building is
simply ugly and poorly designed.

today we may not like it, so

lets destroy it and no one can
have it, ever, is a very sort of
selfish kind of opinion because
it assumes not only that youre
right, but that youll always be
right.
Neuhaus vetoed legislation
that would have allowed
the sale to Kaufman amid
opposition
from
village
officials. Neuhaus and Goshen
Mayor Kyle Roddey said it
was important to consolidate
government agencies in a
functional building as soon
as possible after many delays.
Roddey said the village
businesses have been hurting
since the building closures.
People can throw critiques
and criticize us from New
York and California, but they
havent been in the mom-andpop shops that are potentially

closing down, Roddey said.

There also are locals like
Vincent Ferri, who learned
to appreciate the different
ways light streamed through
the Rudolph buildings big
windows as seasons changed.
He is among three plaintiffs
in a lawsuit seeking a halt the
renovation. A judge hearing
their arguments Friday set a
May 15 due date for papers
arguing for and against a
preliminary
injunction.
Meanwhile, no demolition will
occur before July.
The county said it will start
removing asbestos from the
building and seek dismissal of
the suit.
Ferri remained optimistic.
Until the wrecking ball
swings, Ferri said, the
building can be saved.

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THE DAILY DEBATE

Who will replace Ike Opara on Sporting KC?

Griffin Hughes
@GriffinJHughes

KEVIN ELLIS

ith all their

defensive
options in the
midfield, it seems that the
loss of a center back should
not be the end of the world
for Sporting KC, which has
only given up six goals in
their six games.
But Ike Opara has been
more than just a center
back to the Sporting KC
defense. After suffering an
injury to his right ankle that
nearly cost him his entire
last season, Opara returned
this year at full form. He has
already scored twice, playing
every minute of every game.
He made several crucial
tackles in the Sporting KC
defensive third, and proved
that he was a force to be
reckoned with on Sporting
KCs incredibly successful
offensive set piece unit.

Replacing a player like

that is no small task. Oparas
impact was offensive and
defensive; in the air and on
the ground. After Opara
ruptured his Achilles
tendon during a 0-0 draw
against RSL, the question
immediately became Who
can take his place?
The simple answer is, as
a coaching staff, Sporting
KC has to be able to trust
the powerhouses in their
defensive midfield Roger
Espinoza and Benny
Feilhaber. Nobody can
replace Oparas vertical
threat, but there are options
on Sporting KCs bench that
would fill his void on defense.
The most dynamic of
these options is 23-year-old
defender Kevin Ellis. Hes had
just two years of experience
in the United States top
flight, but has proven that
he is athletic and quick. The
defense would be giving up
a lot of size going from
the 6-foot-2 Opara to the
5-foot-9 Ellis but Ellis is
faster and a little bit quicker.
KC will have to change
its strategy in the defensive
midfield, because Kevin Ellis
cant lock down one side
of the field the way Opara
could. Espinoza will have to

KC WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE ITS STRATEGY
IN THE DEFENSIVE
MIDFIELD, BECAUSE
KEVIN ELLIS CANT
LOCK DOWN ONE SIDE
OF THE FIELD THE WAY
OPARA COULD.
accept a more defensive role,
as hell have to track back
quicker and even drop to a
defensive position. We saw
in their last match against
Salt Lake, Servando Carrasco
dropped to a near center
back position, so when the
KC defense set up, it was
essentially a five-in-the-back
formation.
This will have to become
a lot more prevalent when
Sporting KC tries to defend
against the top offensive
teams in the country in the
coming months, like Seattle,
Vancouver and Toronto.
Without Ike Opara, it will
be difficult for the midfield
to push up, but Kevin Ellis
would fit the void well
enough to allow the midfield
to have some movement.
Edited by Victoria Kirk

FC Kansas City players

selected for U.S. team

ELAINE THOMPSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

FC Kansas City players lift their championship trophy after beating the Seattle
Reign FC 2-1. Four FC Kansas City players were chosen for the national team.

FC Kansas City's Heather

O'Reilly, Becky Sauerbrunn, Amy
Rodriguez and Lauren Holiday have
been selected by United States
women's national team coach
Jill Ellis for the United States'
Women's World Cup roster.

Christian Hardy
@HardyNFL

CHANCE MYERS
Sporting Kansas City right
back Chance Myers hasnt
played in a live soccer game
since May 23, 2014. In that
Friday game against Toronto
F.C. at Sporting Park, Myers,
then 26 years old, tore his
Achilles tendon in the first
half of that game.

IF MYERS CAN GET

BACK, ITLL GIVE
VERMES PLENTY OF
OPTIONS FOR CENTER
BACK, BUT THE BEST
OPTION LIKELY ISNT IN
KANSAS CITY YET.
Since then, hes rehabbed
on the pitch, off the pitch,
and hes only weeks from

I feel extremely blessed to be a

part of a team as special as this
one, Holiday said in the teams
press release. There is no better
feeling than putting on that U.S.
jersey and representing your
country.
At the end of 2014, Holiday was
awarded US Soccer's 2014 Female
Athlete of the Year award.

getting back to joining his

team. Now, with center back
Ike Opara likely done for the
season after rupturing his
Achilles tendon, the team
may need to rush him back
sooner than planned.
Of course, Myers, who is
wholeheartedly a full-back,
wouldnt fill the Opara role
directly. But, he would give
Vermes an extra body in
filling that Opara role, and
manager Peter Vermes is
going to need the extra
bodies until the transfer
window opens up in June.
The team has Erik PalmerBrown, the standout teen
from Kansas City. While
hes been solid in his time
on the pitch with Sporting
KC, hes not a guy who will
play 90 minutes week in and
week out. Its important to
remember that hes not even
18 years old yet; he cant
man an MLS starting gig.
Theres also Kevin Ellis, who
plays best in the center, but
hes only seen as a plug, and
always has been.
On Monday, Vermes said
current right back Jalil
Anibaba, who joined the
team this offseason, could
be pushed inside. He played
the position in Seattle, and
really can be a plug at any
The players will leave FC Kansas
City for a friendly against South
Korea on May 30, and stay with
the national team through the
month of June. If the United States
advances as far as the final, the
players will return to Kansas City
as late as July 5. During that
period of time, FC Kansas City has
four matches three away and

position on the back-line.

But, thats not going to be the
most optimal option, because
Anibaba has been very good
on the right side thus far, and
best fits there.
If Myers can get back, itll
give Vermes plenty of options
for center back, but the best
option likely isnt in Kansas
City yet. Vermes said at
training on Tuesday that the
team will have to look to
replace Opara elsewhere.
The best option for Vermes
is to stall until the transfer
window opens up this
summer. But Vermes can
do his best stalling with
Myers healthy, as it would
give Vermes three options
Anibaba, Ellis or PalmerBrown to rotate in at
center back. Thatll allow
Vermes to decide if any of
those three are the right guy.
Myers should be expected
to return to the pitch anytime
in May. He practiced with
the team on the practice
pitch for the first time in his
rehab process on Monday,
and Vermes said he looked
good. As he does more on
the practice pitch, itll give
Vermes more options as to
what he can do with Oparas
open spot.
Edited by Victoria Kirk
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All players on the United States'
roster are currently National
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Senior outfielder Connor McKay slides on to second base in the game against New Mexico on April 8. After losing to the Missouri State Bears on March 24, the
Jayhawks look for revenge tonight at 6 p.m. in Lawrence.

MISSY MINNEAR/KANSAN
Senior first basemen Blair Beck hits the ball while up to bat during the first
game of the series against Oklahoma State on April 10.

Jayhawks look to avenge early season loss to Bears

KYLAN WHITMER
@KRWhitmer

Coming off a series win

against No. 9 Oklahoma State
over the weekend, the Kansas
baseball team will challenge
Missouri State on Wednesday
for the second time this
season. The teams met in
Springfield, Mo., this March.
The Jayhawks had a great
showing this weekend when
they recovered from a loss
in the first game against
the Cowboys. Kansas took

QUOTE OF THE DAY

He was kind of like Buzz Aldrin, the

second man on the moon, because
he was the second African-American
player in the majors behind Jackie
Robinson. He was just as good of a
ball player, an exciting player, and a
very good teammate.

Bob Feller, Dobys teammate, on

the Indians, via baseballhall.org

FACT OF THE DAY

Larry Doby led the Majors with 32

home runs in 1952, becoming the
first African American to do so.
baseball-reference.com

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: What year was Dobys number

14 retired by the Indians?
A: 1994

baseballhall.org

the series with the final two

victories. While the story of
the season focused on the
Jayhawks offense, the teams
pitching received praise for
their role in the series victory
as well, holding the Cowboys
to just two runs in both of the
Jayhawks wins.
We are just trying to get
better, coach Ritch Price
said. Our pitching has gotten
better, and if you look at the
pitching numbers and stats,
you see that they arent very
good, and as a result of that

this was a huge step forward

for our pitching this weekend.
The Jayhawks (15-21) stellar
pitching over the weekend is
needed on Wednesday since
the previous meeting against
the Bears (24-8) ended in a
15-9 loss.
During the teams matchup
in March, the Jayhawks struck
first with three runs in the first
inning with two RBIs by senior
Blair Beck. The Jayhawks held
an 8-4 lead going into the
bottom of the fourth, looking
like the controlling force in the

game.
Pitching posed a problem for
the Jayhawks in Springfield as
the Bears defense dominated
the fourth through sixth
innings.
The Bears scored 11 runs
throughout the three innings
and resulted in three pitching
changes for the Jayhawks.
The game saw a total of eight
different Jayhawks on the
mound.
A
similar
occurrence
is unlikely to happen in
Wednesdays game at Hoglund

Ballpark. The Jayhawks have

made major strides since the
previous meeting. Kansas
averaged three pitchers during
the series against Oklahoma
State, including a seven-inning
showing from senior Drew
Morovick with five strikeouts.
I do feel like were starting
to get better starts from our
guys, Price said. Its weekby-week, it isnt just going to
happen overnight which is
what weve been preaching
when you got so many new
young guys pitching in starting

roles.
The Jayhawks will look to
their pitching development
since the teams previous
meeting to avenge the loss and
even up the two-game series.
Sophomore Sean Rackoski
will start on the bump for
the Jayhawks with first pitch
scheduled for 6 p.m. at
Hoglund Ballpark.

Edited by Vicky DiazCamacho

THE MORNING BREW

Larry Doby should be honored like Jackie Robinson

Matthew Corte
@MattCorte7

On this date 68 years ago, Jackie

Robinson broke the color barrier in
the MLB by playing his first game for
the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
Today, Robinson is still immortalized
by every MLB franchise, his number
hanging next to the other members of
each teams Hall of Fame, and youd
be hard pressed to find anyone who
hasnt at least heard his name.
What about the name Larry Doby
though?
The second African American to
break the color barrier in professional
baseball, Doby made his major league
debut less than three months after
Robinson, on July 5, 1947, for the
Cleveland Indians. So why is this
pioneer often forgotten not only by
baseball fans, but by our society?

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While his number is retired by

the Indians, you wont find a day
where every MLB player dons Dobys
number 14 like they do with Jackies
42. Robinsons struggle to make
teams respect him as a baseball
player was well documented, as racial
biases followed him to every visitor
ballpark, as well as his own. But were
Dobys struggles not the same?
He was forced to eat in different
restaurants than his teammates, sleep
in different hotels and faced the same
racial slurs often shouted by fans that
Robinson did. The only difference
with Doby is that he received far less
media attention than Robinson.
For this, Doby has almost been
lost in the annals of baseball, but in
reality, hes arguably a superior player
to Robinson.
During his career, Doby led the
majors in home runs twice, in RBIs

housing

once, was a seven-time All-Star

and became the first African
American to win a World
Series, along with teammate
Satchel Paige. He also went on
to become the second AfricanAmerican manager in baseball
history, three years after Frank
Robinson did so.
In comparison, Robinson
was a six-time All-Star, two-time
stolen base champion, one-time
batting champion and became the
first African American to win an
MVP award.
However, the point of this article
isnt to debate whether one was better
than the other, but rather celebrate
how both of their careers made
owners, coaches and players aware
that African Americans were just as
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Robinsons 42 on April
15. It didnt take just one
man, albeit an amazing one, to break
the color barrier in baseball, and
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Jayhawks look to avenge early season loss to Bears | PAGE 9

COMMENTARY
Perry Ellis made
right decision
with return
Ben Felderstein
@Ben_Felderstein

erry Ellis returning

for his senior season
was the right decision.
Ellis finished his junior
season at Kansas in the round
of 32 for the second straight
season.
The forward from Wichita
has been a part of the
consecutive Big 12 regular
season championships but has
not advanced past the Sweet
16. According to CBSsports.
com, Ellis was the 71st
best prospect in this years
upcoming NBA draft.
Ellis announced that he will
play for Kansas next season at
this years basketball awards
banquet Monday night.
Barring injury, Ellis play is
expected to only improve over
another seasons time.
If Ellis can improve his
play and lead the Jayhawks
into a deeper March run
next season, his draft stock
will likely improve. Ellis is
the third Jayhawk listed on
CBS top 100 draft prospects.
Former teammates and
Jayhawks Kelly Oubre Jr. and
Cliff Alexander come into
the list ranked 10th and 30th
respectively.
Ellis has averaged 10.9
points per game over his
three-year career, including
5.8 rebounds per game as
well. Ellis improved his
scoring total all three years at
Kansas, but shot a careerlow from the field this past
season.
During his senior season,
Ellis will likely improve his
numbers across the board and
improve his stock similarly to
former Jayhawk Jeff Withey
his senior year.
Like Ellis, Witheys scoring
average increased every year
he played at Kansas and
reached a pinnacle his senior
year when he averaged 13.7
points.
Witheys numbers improved
all around in his senior
season, including blocks
(146), assists (35) and
rebounds per game (8.5).
Withey was drafted 39th
overall by the Portland Trail
Blazers. The center currently
plays for the New Orleans
Pelicans, averaging 7.0
minutes per game.
Ellis current draft stock
does not bode well for him.
If he were to declare for the
draft, he would be a late
second-round pick, if drafted
at all. Posting a solid senior
season can only improve his
position for next year.
Ellis also has unfinished
business to attend to as a
Jayhawk. In high school,
Ellis was a four-time state
champion. With three straight
Big 12 titles, he will be going
for eight championships in
eight seasons.
While regular season
success is commendable, you
can bet Ellis is still yearning
for more March success. He
has seen former high school
teammates in the Final Four;
maybe his senior season will
finally be his turn.
Next April, Ellis will prepare
for the next step of his career.
For now, he will focus on
capturing an eighth straight
title to add to his resume and
more post-season success.
Things will only get better for
Ellis from here.
Edited by Garrett Long

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Members of the 2013-14 Kansas track team run in the Kansas Relays. The 88th Kansas Relays begin today at 10 a.m. and will continue through Saturday.

Jayhawks begin annual Kansas Relays today

G.J MELIA
@gjmelia

The 88th annual Kansas

Relays are set to begin today
at 10 a.m. with the decathlon
100 meters. The majority of
the day will include decathlon
and heptathlon events in
both the college open and the
quadrangular.
The college open meet
features
athletes
from
multiple Midwest schools,
while the quadrangular will
feature Kansas, Kansas State,
Purdue and Colorado State.
Kansas Relays is a fourday meet, as compared to
a smaller one-to-two day
event. Head coach Stanley
Redwine said that it gives the
multi-event athletes a better
opportunity to compete.
He also said the Relays are
similar to the Big 12 and

NCAA Championship meets,

with the four-day format.
I think it is great
preparation for the end of the
season, Redwine said. So this
is the first time we are going
to be able to start preparing
ourselves and looking at it
from that perspective.
Thursday will be the start
of track and field events for
the college open, along with a
continuation of the decathlon
and heptathlon events. Friday
is the first day of Kansas
high school competition,
with college open events
intertwined throughout the
day.
Kansas Relays is the first
of two home meets for
the Jayhawks this outdoor
season. The next will be
the Rock Chalk Classic on
May 2, Kansas last regular
season meet before the Big 12

Outdoor Championships.

So this is the first time

we are going to be able to
start preparing ourselves
and looking at it from that
perspective.
STANLEY REDWINE
Kansas coach

Both Redwine and junior

distance runner Hannah
Richardson said they prepare
for the Relays like any other
meet, but realize that it is one
of the biggest meets of the
season.
I try to treat each race
the same and focus just the
same, but its just really nice
when you win on your own
track, Richardson said. And

it also brings another level of

comfort because we train on
[Rock Chalk Park] so much.
So to get to race on it, its just
more fun than anything.
Richardson is coming off of
two straight weeks with wins
in the 1,500 meters, including
a personal record last week
in the John McDonnell
Invitational. Richardson will
not be running the 1,500
meters this weekend, but will
be anchoring the distance
medley relay and competing
in the 800 meters.
Senior hurdler Michael
Stigler with be running in
the 400 meter hurdles for
the first time since the Texas
Relays, posted a time of
48.44 seconds. That recordbreaking mark was Stiglers
personal best, a school record
and the world-leading time
for the event this season.

He was later named National

Athlete of the Week by the
U.S. Track & Field and Cross
Country Coaches Association
for the performance. Stigler
is coming off of first-place
finishes in both the 110 meter
hurdles and the 4x400 relay
in Fayetteville, Ark., over the
weekend.
Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday
will be the invitational shot
put competition in downtown
Lawrence. This event will
feature some of the top shot
putters in the United States.
Saturday is the final day of
the Relays, and will include the
entirety of the quadrangular.
It will also entail the final
events of Kansas high school
and college open competition.
Edited by Victoria Kirk

FACE OF THE STREAK

Keith Langford vs. Tyrel Reed

KEITH LANGFORD

PPG: 13.3
RPG: 4.3
APG: 2.4

Langford spent four seasons

as a Jayhawk. Langford was
a sharp-shooting lefty at the
shooting guard position and
averaged double-digit scoring
in his final three seasons. As a
sophomore, Langford earned
a spot on the NCAA All-Final
Four team and was a Wooden
Award Finalist as a junior. The
streak began during Langfords
senior season, in which he
earned All-Big 12 Second Team
honors while averaging 14.4
points per game.

TYREL REED

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Ranked 2nd on Kansas in points, rebounds and assists

per game in 2003-04
All-Big 12 Second Team for two seasons

While never really breaking out

as a star, Reed was a fixture of a
Kansas team that started 18-0,
winning six games by 30-or-more
points. Reeds ability to stretch
the floor with his shooting made
him one of the more dangerous
Jayhawks. While he may have
been a little smaller than a typical
two or three, he certainly didnt
lack heart. Reed would exit
the University as the all-time
winningest player in Kansas
history.

PPG: 6.3
RPG: 1.9
APG: 1.2

Winningest Jayhawk of all time

Led the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage in 2009-10