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When two transgender students requested special accommodations to live in campus residence halls this fall,
University housing officials
worked with them to make it
happen.
It wasnt the first time the
University had received such
requests, but this year Student
Housing added a statement
to its website that explicitly
speaks to students with diverse gender identities and
encourages them to reach out
if they have a special accommodation request.
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The language changes are
part of a growing recognition
at the University of the needs
of transgender students and
come at a time when college
students here and elsewhere
want more control over how
theyre identified, addressed
or seen.
Adam Alexander, a sophomore from Shawnee and
a member of the Spectrum
KU executive board, identifies as bigender. Bigender, he
said, falls under the umbrella
of transgender and means he
identifies as both male and
female. Transgender means
that a person's gender identity
doesn't align with the sex they
were assigned at birth.
Over the past year, the University has added more gender-neutral bathrooms, hired
its first full-time employee
as a resource for students

with diverse sexualities and

opened a room in the Kansas
Union designated as a safe
space for LGBTQ+ students.
Alexander said having the
space in the Union, part of the
Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, is a step toward
increased inclusion.
I love having the center because its a place I can go and
just be me, Alexander said. I
never have to worry about being uncomfortable there.
Alexander said the University dedicating that space to the
community is huge. Because
of the center and in part because of other programs that
the University has recently introduced, Alexander said he
feels confident and hopeful
about the things the transgender community can do on
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Students and faculty find

expression through hip-hop
MYSHA PHELPS
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On a cold Thursday night,

Unity, the Universitys hip-hop
dance group, meets in the Centennial Room of the Union for
dance practice. The 14 women
start out with a few warmup
dances, going over specific techniques and formations. Using
every muscle in their bodies,
they move along in perfect synchronization with the music.
They step, kick, pop, hop, lock,
bop-bop and twirl with the
greatest attention to every detail.
You can feel the power in each
step and the diligence needed
to keep every move perfect and
tight. An electric energy fills the
room and shows the passion this
group exudes in the dance and

music.
Unity itself is very diverse.
There is a mix of people from
black, white, and Asian backgrounds.
We are called Unity because
we are a variety of individuals
with different backgrounds,
cultures, and races that all come
together with the same passion
for hip-hop dance," said Emily
Haggard, Unity president and
a senior from Overland Park.
"When going through the audition process, we look for that
passion in potential new members.
Hip-hop has connected people
that are ideologically diverse,
said Nicole Hodges Persley, associate professor and director of
graduate studies in the theater
department. It gives voice to
disenfranchised groups.

The genre of hip-hop began the

black and Latino communities
of the West Bronx in the 1970s.
It signaled a break from the politically charged movements of
the 1960s as a new generation
tried to express itself through
new ways, according to the BBC.
There are four main elements
that make up contemporary
hip-hop culture in the United
States: DJing, breaking, MCing
and rapping.
Hip-hop is part of a larger African-American musical continuum, Persley explained. You
can hear jazz, blues, and R&B
influences in the genre. Hip-hop
also introduces a whole new
generation to the past. It could
be firmly in the present but allows you to make connections
to the past.
Throughout its history, hip-

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hop has managed to evolve and

recreate itself through its explorations of different arts and subject matters.
Hip-hop keeps me on my
toes, Persley said. Just when I
think I figured it out it reinvents
itself.
There are a number of professional hip-hop groups in the
United States based in major cit-

ies like New York and Chicago,

but in Kansas options are more
limited. Several dance schools
in the area teach courses in hiphop, but theyre mainly found
in Kansas City and Missouri.
Those in Kansas are few and far
between.
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What its like to be Muslim at KU

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Clockwise from the left: Zoya Khan, Sabaa Anees and
Brett Cooper

When Sabaa Anees was in

third grade, she transferred
from a private Islamic School
to a public school. The switch
between schools came just on
the heels of the 9/11 terrorist
attacks.
As one of only two Muslim
students in the school, Anees,
a junior from Wichita, said she
felt particularly targeted.
There were the incidents
where I was being called a
terrorist, she said People are
harsh, especially then with everything that was going on in
the country at the time, people
werent that accepting.
Anees said she felt that many
of the people at her school saw
her as a representation of the
entire Muslim community.
I had to be the face of all
Muslims everywhere in the
world," she said. "A lot of the
people I went to school with,
and even my teachers, had never met another Muslim person
in their lives."
Throughout her elementary,
middle and high school education, Anees battled between
trying to stand up for herself
and trying to be accepted.
At first when I was younger, I would just say to myself,

Its not worth it. Sometimes I

would play along and just say,
Haha, yeah, really funny. But
its really difficult to go through
your entire life with that happening and then being ostracized when you try and stand
up for yourself, Anees said.
Although she tried to ignore
the bullying, Anees said that,
after a while, the taunts from
her classmates began to get to
her.
It really pulled me away from
my culture and my religion for
a while, I didnt want to be associated with it. Because I just
wanted to fit in, Anees said.
But looking back, I really wish
I didnt let it get to that point.
I tried for so long to hold onto
everything. And I just kind of
realized it wasnt going to be
possible to exist without kind
of giving that up.
For many Muslims in America, misrepresentation is a
common theme, according to
Jameel Syed, a Muslim prayer
caller from Michigan.
Last spring, Syed made a journey to every state in America
making the Muslim Call to
Prayer a short verse recited
to summon Muslims to the
Mosque at 50 mosques in
35 days.
Syed received national attention and acclaim, earning the

name 50 Mosque Man. Now

Syed is touring the country
to talk about his feel-good
mission and how he wants to
change the perception of Islam
and bridge cultural gaps.
Being Muslim in America,
theres so much negativity and
falsehood out there, Syed said.
Weve been villainized and
demonized. And Ive spent so
much time playing defense and
apologizing. I decided to go out
there, make my own story and
encourage others to do that as
well.
Syed will be at the Kansas
Union on Friday at 3 p.m. as a
stop on his tour of the Kansas
City area to talk with students
on campus. On Saturday, Syed
will go to the Edwards Campus in Overland Park for his
main presentation of his journey across America. During
the presentation, Syed will talk
about the different Muslim
communities and people he
encountered during his travels.
College students are arguably
some of the best students to
deal with, Syed said. People
want to express themselves and
people want to invest in dialogues and debates.
For Anees, the University
provided her with a safe space
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Committee looks to ensure campus

safety before guns allowed at KU
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Following another school

shooting tragedy, national attention has once again been
turned to the topic of gun safety on campuses.
In the lead-up to July 2017,
when concealed weapons will
be allowed on Kansas college
campuses, the Weapons on
Campus Committee will come
up with a plan to ensure campus safety. The committee,
comprising 10 members, met
for the first time last week.
The committee includes three
members each from Student
Senate, Faculty Senate and
Staff Senate. Mike Williams,
president of University Senate,
is the chair.
The committee discussed
goals last week. Members of
each committee will break into
student, faculty and staff sub-

committees, which will ask for

input from the members of the
University.
Williams said the committee
is not stacked on one side of
either pro- or anti-gun laws,
so it will be a good opportunity to hear several perspectives
on the topic, especially with
the upcoming expiration of
the weapons on campus policy
exemption.
I was very troubled after the
events last week in Oregon
because on the one hand, itd
be very easy to become very
anti-gun or pro-gun, but that
doesnt solve the issue were
facing, Williams said. As representatives, its our responsibility to try and step it up a
notch above the political fray
and make sense of this in a way
thats best for the University.
The committee received casual feedback but wants more
as the semester progresses,
Williams said.

Its difficult right now to say

weve heard a true cross-section of opinion, but after last
week, the comments that Ive
heard on the street from folks
are overwhelmingly against
the idea of guns in the classroom, Williams said. But its
our responsibility to represent
the whole University and be
sure to get as many voices as
we can before we come up with
our solutions.
One way of accessing student opinion of weapons on
campus will be through an
online survey, said Student
Body President Jessie Pringle.
The Docking Institute at Fort
Hays State University formulated the survey and will make
it available in mid-October
to students at the six Kansas
Board of Regents schools and
Washburn University.
The committee will tentatively have solutions for campus
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totype or drafted document by

spring 2016.
Until then, Williams said the
committee has several goals to
achieve.
We cant assume were going to change the Kansas gun
laws, Williams said. Our
goal at this point is to use
our energies to go towards

making ways people feel safer, knowing how to feel safer

and helping people who need
assistance if someone is exhibiting signs of mental distress
and finding ways to get them
help, so they dont resort to
this kind of violence.
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Ruling prompts close

look at KU jurisdiction
CASSIDY RITTER
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A ruling by the Kansas Court

of Appeals will require the
University to toe the line between off-campus freedom and
on-campus safety.
The court ruled Sept. 25 that
the University cant punish students for off-campus actions,
including students tweets.
The case was that of Navid
Yeasin, a former student and
would-be senior from Overland Park, who was expelled
for violating a no-contact order
from the Office of Institutional
Opportunity and Access (IOA).
Yeasin and his then-girlfriend
had a bad breakup that led
to a one-year no-contact order
through Johnson County District Court. Upon returning
to the University in August of
2013, Yeasins ex-girlfriend reported the no-contact order to
IOA, and the office told him not
to contact her. When he tweeted
about her, he was expelled.
The Code of Student Rights
has since been updated to clarify
the Universitys jurisdiction over
off-campus behavior, but at the
time of Yeasins case, it only applied to acts committed on campus or at a University-sponsored
event.
In November of 2014, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
added clarification to Article 17
of the Code of Student Rights
and Responsibilities. Before the
clarification, the article read,
The University may institute
disciplinary proceedings when
the alleged violation(s) occurs
on University premises or at
University sponsored or supervised events or as otherwise required by federal, state, or local
law.
Article 17 has since been expanded to also include, For
purposes of clarification, with
respect to federal law this means
and includes violations of the
Universitys nondiscrimination
and sexual harassment policies,
regardless of the location of the
conduct.
The court the fourth set of
judges to review the case said
the Code of Student Rights that
was in place when Yeasin was
expelled did not give the University the right to expel him.
When he was expelled in November 2013, the code only applied to actions on University
premises or at University-sponsored or supervised events.
The Court of Appeals is a
three-judge panel that unanimously said the Universitys
Code of Student Rights did
not allow for punishment of
off-campus incidents, said Terry
Leibold, Yeasins lawyer.

They said their code was

clear on that point, said Leibold, essentially affirming what
Judge Fairchild said a year ago,
and they found it on the same
grounds essentially.
Mike Kautsch, a media, torts,
copyright and digital works law
professor, said the Universitys
jurisdiction applied to campus
events, not what type of media
was used.
So what were really talking
about is the authority of universities to discipline students
for communicating in a way
that disrupts campus activity,
Kautsch said.
Jane McQueeny, executive
director of IOA, said the big
picture is that all off-campus activities could come onto campus
and have an effect on campus.
This includes sexual violence
and sexual harassment, she said.
The University should have jurisdiction when an off-campus
issue comes onto campus, she
said.
In our society, everybody
has their phone with them all
the time and so to say that a
tweet only effects on-campus
or off-campus behavior, I think
that paradigm is limiting, McQueeny said.
IOA relies a lot on text messages for investigations, McQueeny
said.
Were trying to ask more
questions: Where did you get
the tweet? Do you remember
where you were when you read
the tweet? Things like that, more
inline with the geographical interpretation that the court came
up with, McQueeny said.
The clarification of the student
code does not change student
rights or create new jurisdiction
but explicitly states the Universitys responsibility to comply
with Title IX in the Code of
Student Rights and Responsibilities. Title IX requires universities to prohibit discrimination
based on sex including sexual
harassment and sexual assault.
We have an obligation by federal law that if there is off-campus conduct related to sexual
violence that comes on campus,
affects the on-campus environment atmosphere for a student,
then we have to address it, said
McQueeny.
The University has until Oct.
9 to ask the court to reconsider.
Leibold said they could also ask
the Kansas Supreme Court to
review the case.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, a
University spokeswoman, said
KU has not decided whether it
will pursue that request.
As for Yeasin, he will re-enroll at the University and begin
classes in the spring of 2016.
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CARE program in the works

MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford

A woman wakes up groggy

and confused. She doesnt remember what happened last
night, but she knows that something is wrong. She doesnt
know what to do or who to talk
to or whether she should say
anything at all. She comes to
you. What do you do?
This is one of the hypothetical situations that will be used
in a new program to train two

women in each of the Universitys 12 sororities to help victims

of sexual assault this spring,
called the CARE Advocate program. CARE stands for campus
assistance, resources, education
and engagement.
We want this to be a peer-topeer [program] because we are
going through the same dayto-day routine, said Johanna
Hecht, director of interfraternal
relations for Panhellenic. Its
just a chance to feel more com-

fortable. We want more women

to report about it or talk about it
without the worry of having to
press charges if thats something
theyre not comfortable with.
The launch of the CARE Advocate program comes at a time
when pressure has increased
on the Greek community and
the University as a whole to aggressively address the issue of
sexual assault. Both sororities
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and fraternities have increased
discussion and training for their
members.
In addition to the CARE program, sororities made a point of
discussing the topics of sexual
consent and alcohol use with
their new recruits during Panhellenic 101 orientation. The
Universitys fraternities, in the
meantime, have been developing
their own peer education program through the Interfraternity
Council to focus on sexual assault prevention.
I dont know that the attitude
has changed [on sexual assault],
but I think people are more
ready to listen and learn, said
Stephonn Alcorn, director of
leadership and membership deMUSLIM FROM PAGE 1

where she felt able to express

her religion freely.
Ive been exposed to people
who have gone through the
same things I had, and now
Im in an academic environment where I feel like that
kind of behavior would never
be tolerated, Anees said.
Yet, for other Muslim students like Zoya Khan, a freshman from Kansas City, its still
easy to feel some aspect of discrimination on campus.
Khan, who wears a hijab a
headscarf worn by some Muslim women said she often
notices people treating her
differently.
A lot of people, I feel like,
are uncomfortable when I sit
next to them. Theres a bit of
shifting in their seats when I
sit down, Khan said. Or if I
have a question, they wouldnt
necessarily answer like they
would the person on the other
side of them.
The inequalities might seem
minor, but to Khan, theyre
still noticeable.
Its just little things that I
experience that lots of people
may not pick up on unless
theyve experienced these

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Jane McQueeny, executive
director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access
(IOA), said research shows that
students involved in Greek life
may be more vulnerable to sexual assault because of the peer
pressure to not intervene in a potentially bad situation.
If theres a lot of pressure to
conform and maybe not speak
out or intervene or get involved
in situations where you think
things arent good, McQueeny
said.
While the University has not
released numbers showing the
number of assaults involving
sorority members, the National
Institute of Justice reports being
in a sorority increases the risk of
being sexually assaulted. A 2007
things throughout their life,
Khan said.
Khan said that although
none of the discrimination is
blatant or rude, its still upsetting to see people hesitate to
interact with her.
I would say it bugs me just
because I know Im like everyone else, Khan said. Just
because I wear the Hijab, or
just because my skins a little
darker doesnt make me less
capable or less American. So
it does bother me, I can say
that.
Brett Cooper, a junior from
Shawnee and president of the
Muslim Student Association
on campus, said part of the
reason many people act differently toward Muslims is
because theres a lack of understanding perpetuated by
the media.
A lot of people dont know a
whole lot about it, and theyre
not really going to make a
solid decision for themselves
about it, but theyre just going
to go with the flow about what
media says, Cooper said.
Cooper said he feels that
with the ongoing coverage of
radical Islamic groups, media
have failed to capture the true
meaning of the religion.
Media could be better. It

report from the NIJ found sorority members made up almost

a quarter of the victims of both
incapacitated and forced sexual
assaults, but they made up only
15 percent of the population surveyed.
According to the Universitys
spring 2015 climate survey, 14.75
percent of students said they experienced sexual harassment and
4.87 percent experienced sexual assault. McQueeny said IOA
doesnt track whether a victim is
in Greek life unless its pertinent
to the case.
McQueeny said the increased
visibility of sexual assault as an
issue on campus has driven reporting and response. She has
noticed more of a response from
students and more complaints
of harassment and assault than
could be more educated on
what the religion itself is,
Cooper said. People tend to
kind of mix culture in with
the religion.
The Muslim religion is actually very tolerant, and thats
a verse in the Quran: To you
be your way, to me be mine,
Cooper said.
For Cooper, Syeds mission
and his tour across America is
helping to change the perception of Muslims throughout
the country.
Hes not just going to
mosques and giving talks
hes going to historic sites for
the states community, hes
meeting with politicians and
with people from the media,
hes meeting with activists and
philanthropists, Cooper said.
Hes just trying to highlight
the good that comes from the
communities, both Muslims
and non-Muslims.
I think stuff like that, it helps
put out a much better idea of
what Islam is, Cooper said.
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McQueeny said the CARE advocate program is another step
in the right direction and a good
way to support survivors. The
sorority advocates will be able
to connect students to resources
and answer questions about consent and sex, Hecht said.
Hecht said Panhellenic hopes
to have the 24 positions filled by
the end of the semester and that
they will ideally be in position for
a year.
This is a chance for the Panhellenic community to come
closer together and be there for
each other, Hecht said Were
just trying our best to come up
with the most plausible solution.
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campus now.
He said he would love to see
more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus and a residence hall for LGBTQ+ students and allies.
Currently, there are 11 buildings on campus that have gender-neutral restrooms. Vanessa
Delgado, assistant director of
the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center and coordinator for the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, said
she would like to see more.
We have very old buildings
on campus, which is great
for tradition but not so great
for trying to accommodate
all trans students, Delgado
said. Its hard to change the
infrastructure of many of the
buildings because they are so
old, but we try to do the best
we can.
Delgado and the Center for
Sexuality and Gender Diversity
have worked with several campus departments to provide
training on inclusivity, including gender identity.
Jenny McKee, a health educator and grant coordinator
for Watkins Memorial Health
Center, said Watkins employees specifically have been
trained on gender identities
and the variance individuals
may have when they come in
here.
They learn not to make assumptions about a student
right when they walk in the
door, McKee said.
One issue that McKee and
others said could use more attention is the forms students
use for applying to the Uni-

low victims to share their stories

with someone they can relate to
and get help from without having
to report.
Its filling a huge gap in the KU
safety net, Klebenow said.
The KU CARE Advocates
program will be based on a new
Delta Advocates program at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill where 15 women are
serving as peer resources, Hecht
said.
UNC Panhellenic president Julia Mullendore said the program
there has received good reviews
so far, but its in the early stages.
At the University, sorority
advocates will participate in a
six-week training program this
spring involving presentations
by several experts in the community including the Public Safety

Office and the CARE coordinator at Watkins, said Amy Long,

associate director of the Student
Involvement and Leadership
Center for Greek life.
Its a leadership skills training
piece and then the understanding of the process and resources
available to them, Long said.
[We] are trying to figure out
ways to infuse a message of empowerment and consent.
Hecht said advocates wont be
encouraging survivors to report
unless they want to but will offer
them whatever resources they
may need.
Really this is about the victim,
and thats the clear message we
want to get across, so were not
forcing you to do anything. We
are just here as a support system,
Hecht said.

versity. The registrars forms

dont allow applicants to input their preferred name or
gender identity. Instead, the
form requires students to identify as male or female, and they
must use the name on their
birth certificate. This information is then available to campus
departments.
Student Housing uses the
registrars information when
students fill out their housing
contracts.
Our housing assignments
are gender-specific because
they are assigned based on the
information you give in your
application to KU, Robertson
said. But we can work around
that.
And while they cant change
the computer system, Robertson said Student Housing will
work with students to make
sure they have comfortable
room assignments.
The request for assistance is
usually about wanting a private bath or a single room with
bath, Robertson said. After
students move into the halls,
they sometimes are asking for
help in identifying a different
roommate someone open to
them being transgender.
Watkins also uses the registrars information for basic patient needs. However, to ensure
that all students are as comfortable as possible when they visit
Watkins, the health center has
adapted its system to allow students to list their birth name,
preferred name, assigned gender at birth and gender identity
in the Watkins database.
This ensures that our staff
knows each students preferences and needs every time
they walk in our doors, McKee

said.
But other parts of campus life
can be more difficult to navigate. Transgender students
may be faced with an issue if
they change their name during
their time at the University. Account usernames for the University's online services typically include an individual's
initials and cannot be changed
by KU Information Technology, McKee said. So if someones
initials change because of a
name change, their login must
still remain the same.
This could be very painful for
a transgender student to have
to relive their former self every time they login to anything
KU-related, McKee said.
While the online ID issue is
one that can be an obstacle for
students, other departments
on campus, like the Ambler
Student Recreation and Fitness
Center, strive to improve accommodations for transgender
students.
A student can identify as they
please and use our facilities accordingly, said David Krone,
associate director of facility
management.
Last year, the Rec Center established what it calls an accessible bathroom, Krone
said.
We call them accessible restrooms because they can really be used for anything gender-neutral, breast-feeding and
so on, Krone said. Bottom
line, we believe that the restrooms should be accessible to
the entire KU campus community. Our whole goal is to for all
KU students to feel as comfortable as possible in our facility.

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Pro/con: Does Greek life benefit students?

AUNGELINA DAHM
@ aungelina_dahm

PRO
Recently, Greek organizations have attained bad
reputations reputations
that have become so strong
that those involved in the
Greek community tend to
be judged and labeled as
soon as they are seen in their
houses Greek letters.
But the Greek system does
more than give women
excuses to monogram
everything or for men to
wear pastel-colored shorts.
The Greek community also
provides life experiences,
friendships, tutoring and
connections that will aid
members after graduation.
Despite the popular belief
that being in Greek life
RACHEL GONZALES
@rachellnoel

CON
There are several stereotypes that typically apply to
Greek life, and many of these
stereotypes are not always
misleading. While there are
benefits to sororities and
fraternities and the work that
these organizations do, the
cost both literally and figuratively could outweigh
the value.
The large financial commitment is a primary reason
many students choose not
to join Greek life. According to a 2014 USA Today

Fall break: I want to

go to there
I have no patience to
wait for busses.

I am so ready to
graduate but so not
ready to graduate at
the same time

Heres a thought:
school is the Devil
and pizza is Jesus
and I wanna be
saved.
RT if you cried on
your midterms
and the Scantron
wouldnt read
because of it.

community and help contribute to each foundations

philanthropic mission.
Sorority and fraternity
members have constantly
been scrutinized for different
stereotypes. Members of
Greek life are often portrayed as snobby, self-centered partiers. Whats even
worse is the stigma that
those people are paying for
their friends.
People who are not involved in Greek life can easily assume these stereotypes
are true. In reality, Greek
members are paying for the
resources that the organizations provide. Just like any
other organization, sports
team or club, every member
needs to pay dues.
In addition, some chapters
even allow their members to
eat meals, do laundry, seek
tutoring and much more

within the comfort of the

Greek organizations house.
For that, members pay a
significant amount of money,
but most fraternities or sororities have payment plans
to apply for, which can make
it more affordable so that no
matter how much an individual's family makes, they can
be a part of Greek life.
Being a part of Greek life
gives its members many
opportunities and pushes
them toward success. All but
three of the U.S. presidents
since 1825, for example,
have been members of a
fraternity. According to
USA Today, 85 percent of
Fortune 500 executives were
members of Greek life. And
people who show up in the
history books, like the first
female astronaut and the
first female senator, were
also Greek members. It is

evident by the 20 percent

higher graduation rate of
Greek members compared
to non-Greeks that success
comes hand-in-hand with
Greek life.
Ultimately, women and
men who join Greek life
are given the opportunity
to experience being a part
of something that is greater
than themselves. Building
relationships, business connections and personal skills
are things I have acquired
through being in a sorority
that will help me further my
personal success, and countless other members have
similar experiences.

article, the most recent data

published by the University
of Central Florida found
that the average new sorority
member will pay $1,280 per
semester and the average
fraternity member will
pay $605 per semester, not
including room and board at
the chapter house.
Many chapters also charge
fines as punishment for unexcused absences and even
tardiness at events. That is
in addition to the cost of
tuition, books and more.
Beyond this are less obvious financial costs, like
required clothes or gifts for
your little or big.
For recruitment, they have
very specific outfits, Jaclyn

Schwartz, a junior at the

University of Illinois and a
member of Alpha Epsilon
Phi, told USA Today. We
had to buy two different
pairs of shoes, jewelry, a nice
dress shirt for one of the
days and then two dresses.
Besides the financial obligation, joining Greek life will
also cost individuals their
time. Being in Greek life
requires commitments such
as weekly chapter meetings,
formals, Greek-sponsored
events, pledging activities
and recruitment, all of which
can distract or take away
from other responsibilities.
In college it is important to
remember that academics
come first, and in some cases

Greek life can get in the way

of that.
When considering whether
to join a sorority or fraternity, one should ask: What
does that money and time
buy?
It buys college students a
social life, which may not
be such a bad thing for the
out-of-state student trying to
make connections in a new
place. However, that social
life is one that promotes
classifying and dividing
people rather than bringing
them together. The nature of
Greek life itself relies on exclusivity. Each chapter, each
year, either accepts or rejects
potential new members,
judging their decisions on a

week of forced, minimal and

literally rushed" interactions.
Even from the time of
recruitment, young men
and women are divided and
judged by their peers. There
is pressure to fit in with the
group you want to belong
to, and an implied status is
attached to each of those
groups.
There are ways in which
involvement in Greek life
can be good. But it is up to
each individual contemplating going Greek to closely
consider how much they will
give up to be a member, and
the kind of social circle that
they are buying into.

Aungelina Dahm is a freshman from Chicago studying

journalism and political science.
Edited by Amber
Vandegrift

How the famous Rock Chalk chant came to be

BRITTNEY OLENIACZ
@smrtglrjournys

Mid term
Sid term
Sad term
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changes those involved for

the worse, Greek organizations set goals and hold
standards for their members
that help mold individuals to
be successful in the professional world.
The GPA standards set by
the Greek community encourage students to achieve
high academic success. In
fall 2013 at the University,
the all-Greek GPA stood at a
3.18, which was 0.14 percent
higher than the all-university GPA, according to the
Greek academic report from
the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center.
Philanthropy is also a
significant part of joining
a sorority or fraternity.
Through foundations like
St. Jude Childrens Hospital,
the Make a Wish Foundation and more, members of
Greek life are involved in the

Rock Chalk, Jayhawk.

Every student has said it.
Many have sang it, yelled
it and chanted it, but many
students are actually unaware of what it means. Yes,
we all know the Jayhawk is
our mascot, but many do not
know what this term means
to the University and its history.
The term Rock Chalk
originated in Europe to describe the soft, white, porous
sedimentary rock composed
of calcite, a mineral commonly referred to as calcium
carbonate or CaCO3. Rock

chalk, a variety of limestone,

forms in deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of tiny, minute
calcite shells shed from microorganisms smaller than
a grain of sand. The presence of limestone indicates
a stable environment during
deposition.
So, what does Rock Chalk
have to do with Jayhawks?
Well, we walk on it, we
take classes on it, we study
on it and everything we do
on campus is done on rock
chalk. Underneath the buildings, the roads and grass sits
a thick unit of limestone
called the Oread Limestone,
member of the Douglas Formation. Erasmus Haworth,

professor of geology and

founder of the Kansas Geological Survey, named the
limestone after Mount Oread
in 1894 in his article, "A Geologic Section Along the A.T.
and S.F. R.R," published in a
University quarterly.
He describes the rock as
very fossiliferous limestone,
light-blue, weathering buff,
10-feet thick, capping all hills
in vicinity of Lawrence, Kansas. The unit is present in
not only Kansas but extends
into surrounding portions of
Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. The rock was deposited
in the late-Pennsylvanian of
the Carboniferous Period,
approximately 250 million
years ago. During this time,

the state of Kansas was almost entirely underwater.

The warm epi-continental
sea, located along the equator, allowed for the optimal
environment for the formation of limestone.
The original chant was
created by E.H.S. Bailey, a
professor of chemistry, and
his students in 1886. Bailey
worked extensively on the
mineralogy of Kansas and
published his revised list of
Kansas minerals in 1891. Because Bailey was one of the
many founders of the first
science club at the University, the club was the first to
use the chant. The original
chant was Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, K-U, and soon it was

adopted by the entire study

body. Following Haworths
publication, it was suggested
by students that the chant be
revised to Rock Chalk, Jayhawk.
As the University gained
athletic success, the chant became all the more important
and was officially adopted by
the University in the early
1900s. It seems only fitting
that, as Jayhawks, we want it
to be known that we stand on
steady and firm ground. And
that ground is rock chalk.
Brittney Oleniacz is a second-year Master's student
from Phillipsburg, N.J.
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CHILDISH GAMBINO (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

LOWKEY LISTENS
Every month, Lowkey Listens showcases five tracks to listen to from
five different artists. For October, read about and listen to Father,
Ebony Tucks, Childish Gambino and more.
Father Please Stop Making Fake Versace
This Atlanta rapper/producer and Awful Records frontman released this bass-heavy track back in May as a shot
at anyone who wears fake designer. Its part of his Papicodone EP, which has since been completed.
At times, Fathers monotone, unenthusiastic voice can
make the track boring or skippable, but once the bass hits,
its mesmerizing. Father is making a place for himself in
the 2015 rap scene, which is all about the turn up. Hes
coming to Lawrence with Vic Mensa at the Lied Center
on Thursday.
Best line: Please stop makin fake Versace / Please stop
coppin fake Versace / Please stop rockin fake Versace /
Please stop makin fake Versace

Tommy Gold Bliss

Im not entirely sure how I stumbled across this track;
it only has 2,000 views on Soundcloud and was released
back in the summer. That said, Im glad I did.
Gold destroys this lethargic beat which relies on a single, ultra-catch loop with thought-provoking lines. This
masterpiece is a part of his 11-track mixtape, which he released on Soundcloud five months ago. A lot of his tracks
have an Earl Sweatshirt vibe, though Gold relies on stronger drums and oftentimes has less emotional lyrics than
Sweatshirt, though Golds lyrics are no slouch.
Best line: Its me, myself and I, so Ill never be alone /
Trouble on my mind, and I doubt that ever leave / And
theres shit up in my heart that I cant put up on my sleeve

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

Childish Gambino So Into You (Cover)

Bowdown Got a Lot of Clothes They Imported

(feat. Toni)

Gambino really is a mastermind; and hes shocked us

again by remixing a classic R&B track by Tamia. Gambino has stayed very underground and more into the movie scene than the music scene since dropping his mixtape-album STN MTN/Kauai.
The view count on this Soundcloud link is a bit misleading; the original YouTube video from Triple J an Australian radio station has over 600,000 views in a week.
Its a beautiful showcase of Gambinos vocals, which has
really come full circle since his release of Camp in 2011
he hit some seriously high notes in this one, and the
live instrumentation behind it is extremely smooth. Its a
must-listen piece, and an easy one at that.
Best line: I really like what youve done to me / I cant
really explain it, Im so into you

Bowdown remixes Tonis the forest beautifully to give

it a bit of an eerie feel through the verses, but much more
excitement in the chorus. Tonis braggadocios lines match
up perfectly with the in-your-face production from Bowdown, a 13-year-old whos still in middle school.
This track was originally produced by Jakob Green, the
Flexington front man, as only the third original track
posted on Tonis Soundcloud account. The remix, as well
as the original version, certainly have left me excited for
more from Toni. As for Bowdown, this is his first remix,
but hes working with Flexington on more tracks that
should be released in the near future.
Best line: According to the fans, I aint boring / Lyin in
the forest and Im roarin / I aint lyin to you people / I was
born in the forest

Cousin Stizz The Wave

Ebony Tusks feat. Kid Benz COMETH

This is the first time Ive heard Boston rapper Cousin

Stizz, but the way the first minute of this track plays out, it
made me want to seek out more.
I stumbled upon his Suffolk County mixtape, which is
very solid and gave him some momentum on this track.
Stizzs flow on this track is the most impressive, as well as
his effortless wordplay, but the spacious, slow beat produced by Tee-Watt and M. Ali is what allows him to do
that. Stizz has proven to be consistent in his quality, and
hes got nowhere to go but up.
Best line: Im the best at what I do

I heard this song when Ebony Tusks opened up for Vince Staples
at Liberty Hall last week. The group, led by Lawrence musician
Marty Hillard, released the track three years ago, but the energy in
concert made it feel as if it was their newest content it was quite
the performance.
This track, produced by Tom Richman, was easily the most
catchy and exciting song that came out of scrolling through the
groups Soundcloud, just as it was in concert.
Best line: It seldom matters what youve got to prove / Let the
trigger finger point the pack / and you are not to choose

David Cook,
winner of Idol
will perform at
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KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_

Despite his Missouri roots,

musician David Cook says he
holds no ill will toward Lawrence and Kansas.
Originally from Blue Springs,
Mo., Cook has visited Lawrence several times before.
"When the Lawrence, Kansas, [option] came up, I was all
for it," he said. "I was in a band
in Kansas City, and we played
Abe and Jake's. We do love that
downtown area of Lawrence."
If he did harbor any animosity, he'd have to put it aside
soon. Cook, the rocker who
won "American Idol" in 2008,
will bring his "Digital Vein"
tour to the heart of the Free
State at the University's Lied
Center on Oct. 17.
Cook exploded onto the
music scene after he won the
seventh season of "American
Idol." After his win, he made
chart history by securing 11
debut entries by a male solo
artist on the Billboard Top 100
Chart. His debut album after
his win, "David Cook," went
platinum the same year.
However, Cook started a
new path in his career as he

self-produced a record for the

first time. He said his desire to
be more creative with his work
led to the decision.
"This record was my intention to have fun making new
music again," he said. "The last
record was a huge undertaking, and I put a lot of pressure
on myself. On top of that, I was
also dealing with the loss of my
brother at the time, and I just
didn't enjoy that whole record
process as much as I should
have."
Despite his excitement to
start self-producing, the transition wasn't as easy as he'd
hoped.
"When I started writing, I
wasn't sure if I was going to
finish," Cook said. "If I didn't
enjoy it, I'll figure something
else out. Maybe that would be
the end of me as a musician."
Luckily, Cook said he found
inspiration to continue writing. He reflected on the seven years of his career when
writing his new record, "Digital Vein" (also the title of his
tour). His first album was
called "Analog Heart," and he
said he likes to think of the two
albums as bookends to one another showing how much
he's grown as an artist.

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David Cook will come to the Lied Center in Lawrence on Oct. 17.

Crucial to this is his ability to

use his own creativity in crafting an album he is proud of, in
contrast to presenting songs to
a producer and hoping they'll
go the direction he wants.
"Making an album that had
my fingerprints all over it was
really appealing. With this
record, I have to write all the
songs and kind of step away
from them," he said. "I like

to be connected to them. The

songs I like to put on records
are the songs I feel connections to. But I have to be objective, which is a bit of a new
experience for me."
For his first go at self-producing, though, Cook seems
to have found what he was
missing before the love for
the process.
"This record has a vibran-

cy and energy to it that only

comes from enjoying the
process," he said. "I think I've
learned to trust the process
and trust that it's going to be
what it's going to be."
Although he's in town for a
business trip, Cook admitted
he might have to have a little
fun while in the area.
"It certainly doesn't hurt that
the Royals are in the playoffs,

and if they make to the ALCS,

we'll be in Kansas City before
our show, and this is a day
off for me," he said. "All these
things are kind of falling into
place."

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On campus, Unity stands

as the most visible student
group that actively showcases hip-hop dance.
Julia Patterson, a senior
from Lawrence and Unitys musical director, has
been involved in the group
since her freshman year.
She planned on joining the
dance school to become a
choreographer in hip-hop
and contemporary styles,
but she said she couldnt find a
program within the school that
interested her. She joined Unity
to find another way to express
herself.
I joined Unity to grow and
develop my dancing style to
connect with people, she said.
Dance kept me out of trouble.
I was one of the tallest girls in
my [middle] school, and dance
taught me not to be so awkward. Dancing makes me feel
confident.
Haggard said hip-hop makes
her feel the same way.
Hip-hop dance allows you
to express yourself, Haggard
said. It was my favorite dance
style since I was little.
Because they were introduced to hip-hop when they
were young, Unity members
try to return the favor to the
community. The group often
hosts dance clinics for younger
kids and high school students,
teaching hip-hop dance and
choreography.
Despite this, Patterson admits
that Unity could do more in
promoting itself throughout
campus through talking with
other students and advertising,
especially because of the lack of
hip-hop groups and classes at
the University.
Michelle Hayes, Department
of Dance chair, said the department offers classes in modern
dance styles and attempts to incorporate a well-rounded education in global styles. However, stories like Pattersons show

that students perceive a lack in

what the school has to offer in
areas like hip-hop and other diverse styles.
Hayes said she recognizes certain things can be improved
upon to make the dance department more diverse.
We need to think more about
diversity than we did in the
past, Hayes said. We need to
look at diversity at every stage
of a decision.
In keeping with this goal,
the dance department may
propose a new hire that concentrates on African diaspora
styles, Hayes said. The department may also add an interdisciplinary hip-hop studies major that would incorporate all
departments under the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
I believe it would be great to
have an interdisciplinary hiphop studies major incorporated into the dance program
because it would diversify the
department, Haggard said. If
I had the option to change into
this major, I would because it
would help to prepare you for
the future of being a hip-hop
artist [or] choreographer.
Persley is among the few on
campus who offer classes to
familiarize students with hiphop culture. She focuses on
showing how the styles elements are incorporated into
theater and aiming to examine
its history in a wider global
context. She said she empowers her students to find ways to

creatively express themselves

through the culture.
The majority of students
[taking these classes] are rarely
theater students, Persley said.
Their backgrounds range
from biology to engineering.
Her own personal interest in
the genre was piqued when she
was in high school.
My brother was a break
dancer, and I connected with
the music through him, Persley said. After college, I incorporated hip-hop elements
through the improvisation I
used in performance.
She said she hopes to teach
more classes on the dance style
and is awaiting approval to
teach a course that would discuss Kanye West as an American cultural icon.
Shes quick to point out that
the University is working toward being more inclusive.
She says hip-hop could help
in spreading awareness about
other modes of cultural expression on campus, but its by no
means the only way.
The fact that KU is open to
include courses that explore
different aspects of human
identity is exciting, she said.
When they see that student
demand is high, they will create more classes to accommodate. Its a step in the right direction.

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Superhero Titanium Rex
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who portrayed Walter White
in the critically-acclaimed TV
series, Breaking Bad) has
led the League of Freedom for
many years, devoting his life
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in his golden years, he has
reluctantly traded his proud
years of crime fighting for the
dismally-unsuccessful new age

CAMERON MCGOUGH
@cammcgough

SuperMansion, created by
Matthew Senreich and Zeb
Wells, is a Crackle original
Internet series set to debut
Oct. 8. As a stop-motion
animation, SuperMansion
displays some similarities to
the veteran Adult Swim show
Robot Chicken, which was
co-created by Senreich and

of superheroes.
Whilst fighting inescapable
insecurities regarding his
age, he must act as a mentor
to a whole new era of young
heroes who tend to ignore the
old saying, with great power
comes great responsibility.
Together, they live in the
SuperMansion where superpowers are put to the test.
With its crude jokes, dark
sense of humor and creepy

animated characters, SuperMansion is not for everyone.

The premise has been done
before an old timer starts
to realize his or her youth is
quickly fading while juggling
the responsibilities of ushering
in an era of new, fresher faces
(American Horror Story:
Coven, anyone?).
Because of a lineup of annoyingly-ignorant superheroes, Titanium Rexs gray hairs

may turn a shade lighter by

the end of the series. Some of
the character names indicate
the direction the series looks
to head in.
On top of the ridiculous superhero names, the
jokes throughout the series
premiere may be even more
ridiculous. They are often
recycled throughout the
episode, causing an unpleasant reaction rather than the

intended laughter response.

Hopefully the show picks
up its quality in the second
episode. The crude, unimpressive jokes must be traded in
for more purposeful ones. The
storyline must be catapulted
forward with a message.
Unfortunately for SuperMansion, Cranstons four
Emmys and one Tony may not
save the show from obscurity.
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How to navigate the Lawrence music scene this October

HARRISON HIPP
@harrisonhipp

Lawrence music venues will be bustling this

October, and choosing
what to make it out
to can be tough. This
event breakdown tells
you what shows are
happening and what to
catch later this month.

3 4 5
2

Bully w/ Heat and Fake

Limbs
When: Thursday, October 8 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Bottleneck
Price: $12

Nashville quartet Bully

finds its way to The Bottleneck as it is currently
on tour for its debut album
Feels Like. Founded in
2011 in Chicago and signed
to BLVD Records, Fake
Limbs will play in support
of Bully on Thursday.

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Vic Mensa
When: Thursday, October 8 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Lied Center
Price: $10 with KU ID,
$15 for the public in advance / $13 with KU ID,
$18 for the public day of
show

Chicago rapper and member of XXLs 2014 Freshman Class, Vic Mensa will
bring his charged live performance to the Lied Center Thursday night. Having
collaborated with the likes
of Kanye West, Disclosure,
Chance The Rapper, and
Danny Brown, Mensa recently inked a deal with
Jay Z's Roc Nation. Mensas
anthem U Mad will probably be heard from down
the block.

Mooner w/ Maybe Not

When: Tuesday, October 20 at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge
Price: $3 for 21+

Youth Lagoon w/ Moon

King
When: Saturday, October
17 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Bottleneck
Price: $15

Broncho w/ Psychic Heat

When: Thursday, October
15 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Bottleneck
Price: $11

Dirty Ghosts w/ Mr. and

the Mrs.
When: Thursday, October 8 at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge
Price: $3/21+

San Francisco trio Dirty

Ghosts will be at the Replay
along with Kansas duo Mr.
and the Mrs. Dirty Ghosts
are currently touring for
their sophomore release
Let It Pretend.

Oklahoma punk trio Broncho will play the Bottleneck

Thursday with electric locals
Psychic Heat. The band is currently touring for their latest
release Just Enough Hip To
Be Woman. The Bottleneck
is only the bands second stop
on tour.

Spirit Is The Spirit w/ The

Philistines and Sona
When: Friday, October 16
at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge
Price: $3/21+

Enjoy a night at the Replay

with locals Spirit Is The Spirit
who will play alongside The
Philistines, from Kansas City,
and Lawrence trio, Sona. Spirit
Is The Spirit performed a great
matinee show at the Replay
last month with No Magic and
UK artist Beans N Toast.

Idaho native Trevor Powers, the creative force behind

Youth Lagoon, returns to the
Midwest following the release of the band's new album
Savage Hills Ballroom. The
band was last in Kansas City
at the recordBar in the fall of
2013. Youth Lagoon will tour
with Toronto duo Moon King,
signed to Last Gang Records.

Chicago power-pop band

Mooner will grace the Replay stage Tuesday night
with local indie-rock trio
Maybe Not. Mooner has
recorded with sound engineer Mike Hagler, known
for his work with Chicago group Wilco and Neko
Case of Vancouver band
The New Pornographers.

9
8
Toro Y Moi w/ Astronauts, etc.
When: Sunday, October 18 at 7 p.m.
Where: The Granada
Price: $17 in advance /
$20 day of show
Toro Y Moi is South Carolina native and Company
Records operator Chaz
Bundick. Toro Y Moi is in
support of his latest album
What For? and will be
joined by Astronauts, etc.
from Oakland.

Lettuce w/ Filibusta
When: Wednesday, October 21 at 8 p.m.
Where: Liberty Hall
Price: $24
Lead by guitarist Eric Krasno,
Lettuce brings its high energy,
virtuosic jazz and funk fusion
to Liberty Hall. The group
was formed in 1992 when the
members met at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Lettuce will be joined by Illinois
DJ/producer Filibusta.

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BAYLOR
EVAN RIGGS
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BAYLOR

KEY CONTRIBUTORS

KEY CONTRIBUTORS

FISH SMITHSON
JUNIOR SAFETY

SETH RUSSELL
JUNIOR, QUARTERBACK

Smithson enters the Baylor game tied for the lead on the team in tackles
with 36. The junior safety is a co-leader with fellow defensive back Tyrone
Miller Jr., a freshman. Smithsons mark of 36 tackles is good for fourth in the
conference. He racked up double-digit stops for the second time this season
against Iowa State when he recorded 13 total tackles. The only other time he
recorded that was 12 against Memphis; both games he led the team.

The Baylor offense hasnt missed a beat with the departure of Bryce Perry because of the fantastic play of Russell, who leads the nation with 19 touchdown
passes. Russell is the leader of an offense that averages 64 points per game,
which also leads the nation.

TRE PARMALEE
SENIOR, WIDE RECEIVER

SHOCK LINWOOD
JUNIOR, RUNNING BACK

The senior receiver hauled in his first college touchdown reception last week
in Ames. It came on the longest play of the season for Kansas, a 47-yard
touchdown connection between Cozart and Parmalee. Parmalee hauled in
a team-best five balls for 81 yards last week against the Cyclones to up his
season totals to 15 receptions for 242 yards.

Linwood has been one of the most effective running backs in college football
with 584 yards and six touchdowns, and he has averaged 9.4 yards per carry,
which is second best in the nation. Linwood should have a big day against
a Jayhawk run defense that allowed 9.7 yards per carry to Iowa States Mike
Warren last week.

RYAN WILLIS
FRESHMAN, QUARTERBACK

COREY COLEMAN
JUNIOR. WIDE RECEIVER

The freshman will make his first start in the conference home opener against
a Big 12 title contender in Baylor. In his limited playing time, Willis has
shown flashes of his potential with his strong arm. Last Saturday Willis was
8-of-16 for 100 yards. As a freshman, he is still adjusting to the collegiate
level, but Kansas will hope he can grow up in a hurry this weekend.

Coleman has made a living blowing past opposing secondaries with his elite
athleticism. His 40-yard dash time of 4.38 and vertical jump of 45.1 makes
him an incredibly tough cover. Coleman already leads the nation by a wide
margin with 11 touchdowns, and he should be able to reel in a few more this
weekend.

MARCQUIS ROBERTS
JUNIOR, LINEBACKER

SHAWN OAKMAN
SENIOR, DEFENSIVE END

Roberts provided Kansas its first defensive points of the season last weekend
against Iowa State. It was the first time a non-defensive back had a pick-six
for Kansas since 2009 against Duke. In addition, Roberts had six tackles on
Saturday, increasing his season total number to 27, which is good for third
on the team.

In the three games he has played this season, Oakman has racked up 14
tackles and two sacks. But stats dont tell the whole story with Oakman. At
6-foot-9 and 275 pounds, he demands double teams from opposing offensive lines, which allows other guys to make plays.

KEAUN KINNER
JUNIOR, RUNNING BACK

GRANT CAMPBELL
SENIOR, LINEBACKER

There is little debate about who the most important player on the offensive
side of the ball is for Kansas. The junior running back has carried the ball 70
times for 341 yards and a team-best five touchdowns. However, his numbers
are inflated by consecutive 100-yard performances. Last week, Kinner struggled to rush for 46 yards, but that was in part because he had 11 carries.

Campbell has been one of the few consistent guys for the Bears so far this
season on defense. He leads the Bears with 32 tackles, with next best being
23. The Bears are the 50th best rushing defense this year, but that number
would be much worse without Campbells production every week.

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Brew: Common sports names cause confusion

WESLEY DOTSON
@WesleyDee23

Imagine you're a fan of the

New York Jets. Its easy to say
your team had a great deal of
success this past offseason. In
addition to the team's early
3-1 record, Todd Bowles was
welcomed in as the new head
coach, and your team's most
notable player acquisition
was wide receiver Brandon
Marshall formerly of the
Chicago Bears.
So, naturally, one would expect Jet fans to make their way
onto their Twitter accounts
and mention Marshall in their
various words of encouragement and support tweets as he
prepared himself for New York.
Well, that kind of, sort of,
happened. A verified account
with the name Brandon

Marshall was often mentioned,

but it just so happened to be
the linebacker of the Denver
Broncos with the same exact
name.
@BMarshh54 yo man
how does it feel to be a NY
Jet!?????
@twobucktrevor
@BMarshh54 Welcome
to NY #Jets
@cdome06
So It wasnt enough to
have bears fans always
blowing up my Twitter.
Now I have Jets fans blowing it up.. This is a never
ending journey lol
@BMarshh54
Tweeting at the wrong player
or person seems to happen
more often than one would

think. Just this past Sunday, the

Liverpool football club decided
to relieve manager Brendan
Rodgers of his duties.
Apparently, this sent Liverpool fans on a Twitter tirade,
and they each gave their own
aggrieved opinions to the first
verified Twitter account with
the name Brendan Rodgers
they could find. As you could
have probably guessed, fans
once again did not successfully
tweet at the correct one.
IM NOT THE LIVER POOL
MANAGER
@Broddddd3
This Brendan Rodgers happens to be a shortstop in the
Colorado Rockies organization. He was the No. 3 overall
pick in the 2015 MLB Draft
and is expected to perform at a
high level in the coming years

for the Rockies.

Former Liverpool manager
Brendan Rodgers does not
have a Twitter account.
There was another similar situation back in 2013
involving the Chelsea football
club, and a regular, ordinary
girl named Chelsea LaSalle.
Seeing as LeSalle shares her
first name with arguably the
most popular football club in
the world, the pattern would
suggest her mentions were
constantly flooded with tweets
on the football club.
Not only was that the case,
she has even been mistaken for
the football club by FIFA. Yes,
even the FIFA organization
itself mixed up poor Chelsea
LaSalle with one of its most
popular teams.

Now this situation actually

has a simpler fix. She could
easily change her Twitter
handle and not have to worry
about all the flood of sports
tweets again, but she has chosen to stick with it. Maybe she
appreciates her new following.
These instances should serve
as a message to all sports fans.
If you want to bash Jets wide
receiver Brandon Marshall on
Twitter for, say, trying to lateral
after picking up a first down
and instead fumbling terribly,
make sure you do your due diligence and retrieve his correct
Twitter handle (@BMarshall).

I AM NOT A FOOTBALL
CLUB

Brandon Marshall's failed

lateral attempt #OnlyThe-

@chelsea
i hate football season
@chelsea

Jets
@NFL_Stats
If youre a Liverpool fan
and you want to give former
manager Brendan Rodgers a
piece of your mind, well, youll
have to track down his address
and send him a personal letter
because he is not on any form
of social media.
All in all, just be sure that
whomever youre about to
mention in that tweet is
indeed the person you want to
address. Because if they arent,
a following will begin, and
the last thing we need is more
confusion in the sports media
world.
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DAILY DEBATE
Should KU students go to Late Night or
the Kansas City Royals game on Friday?

Late Night

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Students waiting outside of Allen Fieldhouse.

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

Bill Self has a certain set of

expectations. Surely his teams
back-to-back early exits from
the NCAA Tournament werent
part of his plan. Nor was Cliff
Alexanders issues with the
NCAA last year, or Cheick
Diallos this year.
But Self has an expectation
that the fans that pack Allen
Fieldhouse on Friday night will
create the greatest atmosphere
in college basketball.
Last year, Kansas fans failed to
do so at Late Night. The tops of
sections were only dotted with
fans as fall break began that
weekend, so the environment
didnt meet the standard.
After all, Late Night is an event
for the fans. Its for the diehard
fans who want a glimpse at the
Kansas basketball team whenever the opportunity arises. Its for
the casual fans who dont know
a lot about the Xs and Os of
basketball, and also for the fans

who love the extracurricular

parts of the game halftime
performances and the like.
I would appeal to everyone to
say, dont assume that you cant
get in. Assume that you can, and
you will, cause you will be able
to, and it should be a really fun
night, Self said. I cant wait.
If Self sets an expectation for
the crowd, meeting it is the least
Kansas fans can do. After all,
this is the man who has brought
Kansas 11 straight Big 12 titles, a
national championship, and another championship appearance,
which has provided bragging
rights for more than a decade.
There are three options for
Kansas sports fans on Friday:
Go to Kauffman Stadium and
see the second game of a bestof-five series against Houston,
head to Late Night at the Phog
in the legendary Allen Fieldhouse, or go home early.
When making the decision,
remember this: You have four
nights to go to Late Night for
free as a student. You have four
years to spend in the basketball
cathedral that is Allen Fieldhouse. You have four chances to

Kansas City Royals game

watch the players the players
who represent the University of
Kansas to the entire nation
dance in front of a crowd of almost 20,000. Four years of pump
up videos, Bill Self monologues
and the team scrimmages.
Sure, the Royals making the
postseason doesnt happen every
year especially in the last
couple of decades, but its going
to happen again. And either way,
youre going to shell out a hunk
of cash to go. Even this season,
the Royals are guaranteed two
home games in the AL Divisional Series, as Game 1 is set for
Thursday night at Kauffman and
Game 2 on Friday.
If youre really dying to go to
a Royals postseason game and
could see them losing in the
ALDS, then venture over to see
Yordano Ventura in Game 1. Itll
probably be better than watching
Johnny Cueto, who has struggled at times down the stretch, in
Game 2, which you can catch on
TV before Late Night anyway.
Finally, its likely that the video
board operator will have plenty
of Royals highlights throughout
the night, should the result be
positive. Not only will you be
surrounded by thousands of
Kansas fans, but for a few brief
moments youll get the feeling
of being surrounded by Kansas
City Royals fans as well. And
youll be living up to Selfs
expectations while doing it.
Oh, and, if youre lucky, you
can pick up $10,000, too.
Two #kubball fans will have a
chance to win $10,000 at Late
Night per the University. All
they have to do? Make a half
court shot...

DEREK SKILLETT
@derek_skillett

Sports fans in Lawrence

have a tough decision to
make this week. It is a
decision that has virtually
no negative outcomes. This
decision is whether they
should go to the Kansas City
Royals ALDS Game 2 or
Late Night in the Phog on
Friday.
In this instance, more
people should attend the
Royals game.
Look, Late Night in the
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Phog is always an extremely
Kansas City Royals fans cheer during practice on Oct. 6.
fun event. It celebrates the
the trip.
Speaking of the price of adreturn of basketball season to
After not making the playmission, things can get pretty
Lawrence and a celebration of
offs for 29 years, the Royals
costly. StubHub currently
the history of Kansas basketfinally broke through in 2014,
has the cheapest standball. It would take something
making a memorable World
ing-room-only tickets priced
special to draw Kansas basSeries run before losing to the
at around $121, with premiketball fans away from Allen
San Francisco Giants in seven
um dugout seats going for
Fieldhouse on Friday night.
games. With the experience
about $2,656. Add in another
As it happens, something
of that postseason run, this
20 or 30 bucks for a parking
special will be happening on
Royals team has been even
pass, and you are looking at a
Friday night: The Royals are
better this season.
fairly sizable investment in a
in the playoffs.
In 2015, the Royals sent
playoff baseball game.
The Royals (95-67) recently
seven players to the All-Star
But seeing that playoff
wrapped up on the most sucGame. This lineup included
baseball in Kansas City is
cessful regular season in fransomething of a rarity nowchise history. The 95 wins they outfielders Alex Gordon
(who did not participate in
adays, and this seems like a
accumulated were the most
the All-Star game due to an
worthwhile investment.
for a Royals team since 1980.
Luckily, for the more opporThey won their first American ankle injury) and Lorenzo
Cain, catcher Salvador Perez,
tunistic Lawrence sports fans,
League Central divisional title
infielders Alcides Escobar and Game 2 of the ALDS is set for
in league history and secured
Mike Moustakas, and pitchers
a first pitch at about 2:45 p.m.
a home-field advantage
Wade Davis and Kelvin
Late Night in the Phog is set
throughout the postseason by
Herrera.
to begin at around 6:30 p.m.
having the best record in the
The opportunity to once
If one were so inclined, he or
American League.
she might be able to attend
Besides the fact that the Roy- again see all of those players,
plus pitcher Johnny Cueto
both events, but there could
als will be going up against a
be a lot of risk involved.
quality opponent in the Hous- and utility player Ben Zobrist,
playing in a playoff environRegardless, with the Royals
ton Astros, the promise of an
ment should be well worth the in the playoffs, its absolutely a
exciting playoff atmosphere at
price of admission.
risk worth taking.
Kauffman Stadium is worth

KU to host 5 official and 6 unofficial recruit visits

EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggsUDK

For the 31st annual Late Night,

Allen Fieldhouse will host more
than a dozen elite high school
prospects from across the U.S.
The Jayhawks dont have any
verbal commitments yet, but
they will have three scholarships
to give with Jamari Traylor,

Hunter Mickleson and Perry

Ellis all graduating and possibly
more if anybody leaves for the
NBA Draft.
For perspective on how effective late night has been as a recruiting tool for Kansas, here are
all of the Kansas commits that
attended at least one Late Light
since 2010: Carlton Bragg, Kelly
Oubre, Cliff Alexander, Perry

Ellis, Brannen Greene, Wayne

Selden, Joel Embiid, Conner
Frankamp and Ben McLemore.
This year, Kansas will host four
of the countrys top 20 players in
the 2016 class and another talented big man for official visits.
2016 recruits
Harry Giles, center, No. 2 (Rivals150)
Giles is considered a cant-miss
big man prospect in his class. At
6-foot-10, Giles possesses elite
size to go along with his athleticism that he puts to good use by
playing above the rim and running the floor.
DeAron Fox, point guard,
No. 5 (Rivals150)
Fox is a long and quick combo guard that is good in the fast
break. Fox is a natural slasher
who uses his athleticism to play
above the rim offensively. His

jump shot is still a work in progress, but hes capable of getting

hot and putting up points.
Malik Monk, shooting guard,
No. 6 (Rivals150)
At just 6-foot-3, Monks 6-foot7 wingspan is elite for his size.
Hes easily the most athletic
player in his class, with his highlight dunks rocking the AAU
circuit. Hes a good shooter who
also has the ability to create for
others off the dribble.
Marques Bolden, center, No.
19 (Rivals150)
Bolden is a long post who
can protect the rim and finish
through contact. He has great
touch around the rim and is a
very willing passer. He also rebounds at a very high rate. His
post moves need some work,
but he already has good footwork for his age.
Schnider Herard, center No.

34 (Rivals150)
At 6-foot-11 and 240 pounds,
Herard has all of the physical
tools to be a good big man. He
plays a physical style and can
finish around the rim, but his
skills and feel for the game are
all very raw.

2017 and 2018 recruits

The Jayhawks will also host six
unofficial visits from players in
the class of 2017: Michael Porter,
Trae Young, Mitchell Ballock,
Jeremiah Tilmon, Chaundee
Brown and Wyatt Wilkes.
Porter, who has been coined
Baby KD on the AAU circuit,
is the most prominent underclassman attending. CarteAre
Gordon and Courtney Ramey,
both from the class of 2018, will
also attend on unofficial visits.

Edited by Jackson Vickery

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Kansas soccer program is strengthened through

a move to Rock Chalk Park for first full season
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolSports

Mark Francis wraps up a

phone call with a new recruit.
On a rainy Monday afternoon,
his Kansas Jayhawks are practicing in preparation for Baylor the teams third Big 12
matchup, happening on Friday.
This particular recruit has
told Francis, the teams manager of 15 years, that she will be
committing to Kansas.
Youll love the facilities
here, Francis said.
Its the first thing he mentions
about the program in the call,
although the recruit has surely
seen them before. For the first
full season, Franciss team is
playing at Rock Chalk Park, a
2,500 capacity stadium the Jayhawks call home.
The grass that the Jayhawks
practice on at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex on the south end
of campus, which is about 6.5
miles from Rock Chalk Park,
is impeccable. The team has
played home games on it since
the program began in 1995,
and its been up-kept since.
The scoreboard still stands on
the northwest corner of the
field, but with the bleachers
removed, the Jayhawk Soccer
Complex no longer has the
looks of anything more than a
cutting-edge training ground.
Its [a] completely different
experience, said associate
head coach Kelly Miller. Just
the mentality of us training
here [at the Jayhawk Soccer
Complex] and going to a different park for games is a dif-

ferent mentality.
The best thing to players is
playing under the stadium
lights. Miller said the professional environment afforded
by Rock Chalk Park changes
the mentality completely compared to the teams previous
digs.
In the building process of the
stadium, Frank Masterson, director of Rock Chalk Park, said
a locker room close to the field
was at the top of the teams
wish list for the new parks
features. Now, only feet from
the locker rooms door is the
walkway to the pitch. Miller
said this attention to detail is
what makes Rock Chalk Park
feel like a professional environment.
Initially, artificial turf was
discussed for the stadiums
playing surface, but that discussion was short.
When we were building the
new facility, [grass] was something that we talked a lot about
to the architects, Miller said.
Theres nothing like playing
on grass.
Senior forward Ashley Williams played at the Jayhawk
Soccer Complex for her freshman and sophomore year as
well as half of her junior year.
The complex and Rock Chalk
Park arent comparable for her.
Its night and day from this
field to that [Jayhawk Soccer
Complex], Williams said after
practice at Kansas home-fieldturned-practice-field.
Mastersons preparation for
each game is a weeklong process that has been developed
and refined over the last year.

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Freshman forward Bailey Bravard fights for possesion during a game on Sept. 4.

The field is mowed each day,

and fertilizer is applied after
two days. The day before the
match, Masterson and his staff
paint logos. The lines are then
added to the field the day of.
In Kansas Big 12 opener
against Texas, a 2-1 loss, the
full atmosphere was present
for the first time at Rock Chalk
Park; attendance was 1,074.
I was not too nervous until
I stepped on the field before
the first Big 12 game, said
freshman midfielder Parker
Roberts. After just stepping
on the field you look around
and you get some butterflies in
your stomach. You definitely
dont have that anywhere else.
Roberts was one of the most

immediate and direct fruitions

of the parks luxury and atmosphere the facility creates.
Roberts was recruited after
Rock Chalk Park was built. She
was one of the latest recruits of
the 2015 freshman class, Miller said. Robertss club team
played on the field in a match
against the Jamaican national
team, which helped her choose
Kansas for her collegiate career. Roberts was recruited by
almost every Big 12 school, including West Virginia, which
is currently ranked fourth in
the nation.
Francis and Miller hope to
use Rock Chalk Park to build
the program, but the full benefit of the change hasnt been

realized yet.
A lot of the freshmen have
contributed and done really well, but the other thing is
that the recruits weve brought
in on visits during the home
games [are] just totally impressed, Francis said. Not
just with the facility but with
the atmosphere of the game.
Recruiting in soccer begins
very early. Most players will
have decided where they are
headed after their sophomore
year. Most of Kansas current
freshmen were recruited with
the promise that they would
play at Rock Chalk Park but
not the guarantee it would
have the gameday atmosphere
it has proven to have.

Freshmen like Roberts were

shown renderings and drawings of the park before signing
with Kansas but didnt really
get a feel for the finished product until they stepped on the
pitch. This season is the first
time the coaching staff can
bring recruits into games at
Rock Chalk Park.
The 17 and the 18 class will
be the first kids that actually
got to see a game there live,
Francis said. And thats probably the first class that is really
going to be influenced by actually seeing it.
Edited by Abby Stuke

Baylor matchup will test

quarterbacks confidence
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Junior middle blocker Tayler Soucie hits the ball over two UMKC blockers on Sept. 5.

Victory over Texas Tech

extends win streak to 16
AMIE JUST AND
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@KansanSports

Kansas volleyball continues

to extend its win streak. The
lucky number for the Jayhawks? Sweet 16.
On Wednesday evening,
No. 10 Kansas (16-0, 4-0 Big
12) easily defeated the Texas
Tech Red Raiders (12-6, 1-3
Big 12) in Lubbock, Texas, to
continue to rewrite the programs record books. The Jayhawks topped the Red Raiders in straight sets (25-21,
25-14, 25-21), the 12th time
the team has swept its opponent this season.
Kansas program record
win streak was 15 straight, a
record dating back to 1991.
That was broken after 24
years on Wednesday night
as coach Ray Bechards team

got to its 16th straight win

versus Texas Tech. The team
also continued its best start
to a season, previously 10-0
in 2001.
Im proud of this team, but
we know it is early October
and there are a lot of matches
to play still, Bechard said in a
news release. This team has
high expectations and high
goals for this season, and we
know that there will be many
upcoming opportunities to
take our game to another level.
Texas Tech got out to leads
in both the first set 7-3
and the third set 5-1, but
Kansas held steady, and especially strong in its defense.
What impressed me the
most about tonight was that
we showed confidence in
what we are trying to do
when things werent working

out as planned as it did in

the start of the first and third
sets, Bechard said.
Sophomore right side hitter
Kelsie Payne dominated the
floor with 17 kills throughout the match and hit a career-high .483 percent. Sophomore outside hitter Madison
Ridgon and sophomore middle blocker Janae Hall both
added eight kills, respectively. Sophomore setter Ainise
Havili paced the offense with
41 assists.
In the back row, every Kansas athlete recorded at least
one dig. Junior libero Cassie
Wait led the defense with 16
digs.
Next up in the quest for 17
straight is Iowa State. The Cyclones come to Lawrence on
Saturday, Oct. 10

When Ryan Willis played a

full series in a Kansas uniform
for the first time in his career
last Saturday, he walked off the
field with a smile.
The Jayhawks didnt score
points and were punting after
moving the ball just 15 yards
downfield, and he had just
been hurried out of the pocket
and hit by Iowa State defensive
back Jarnor Jones.
Willis popped to his feet,
walked off the field, and told
coach David Beaty something
that made him laugh.
He just knocked the dog out
of me, Beaty remembers Willis saying. Im ready to go.
It seems that Willis hasnt
come down from that moment of being on the field. He
got more of it in the fourth
quarter, too, as junior Montell Cozart left the game with
a shoulder sprain the same
injury that will keep him out of
this weeks game against Baylor, forcing Willis to step into
the starting spot.
Weve seen him with a smile
on his face walking around
here, Beaty said. Man, hes
excited. I think thats the thing
that Im more encouraged
about with him He has no
shortage of confidence. Thats
something you cant just give
them. Either they have it or
they dont.
Willis, in essence, is the
teams fourth quarterback. Expected starter Michael Cummings went down with a season-ending knee injury during
the spring game; Cozart, the
week 1 and regular starter, is
dealing with a shoulder sprain;
and transfer junior Deondre
Ford will require surgery on
his thumb and will miss the
season.

That leaves the freshman a

confident freshman albeit
in his place. But confidence
has its limits. That limit probably lies somewhere before the
level of football Baylor, which
Vegas has as 44-point favorites, will bring to Lawrence in
what is expected to be a seriously lopsided game.
Willis will likely have a more
limited playbook than Cozart
or Ford did, but it also going to
feature something that Beaty
has reiterated the freshman
does better than any other
quarterback: throwing the ball.
I really think Ive said quite
a few times from fall camp is
how talented this guy is with
his arm. I think thats pretty
evident. Most of us can see
that, Beaty said. The big
thing is just getting him familiar with structure and understanding what hes seeing and
how to move the parts around
so hes not just looking for an
open guy.
Essentially, Willis has the
system; he understands everything about Kansas itself, and
what offensive coordinator
Rob Likens draws up for him.
He just has to execute it. And
in execution is where questions arise, especially when its
a freshman quarterback under-center.
Thats what this whole
week of practice is going to be
about, Likens said. If I call
the play, he knows what the
play is, he knows this and that.
Muscle memory, how quick
can he see it, how quick can
he get it out of his hand, how
quick can he hand it off, how
quick can he make the check
all of that stuff, thats what
weve got to find out.
That said, Likens knows he
has to limit expectations in a
game like this against an
offense of this caliber that can
put points on the board in a

heartbeat. The Bears are averaging 13 points more per game

than any other team in the nation; they average 368.5 yards
a game (8th in the nation), and
another 376.8 (2nd) on the
ground.
Beaty put the Baylor offense
in a simple perspective: If
it you miss a tackle, theyre
gone. That speed is what has
allowed them to be so explosive on the offensive end.
As youre a coordinator,
youre thinking, Oh man,
theyre averaging [64] points
a game. So youre thinking,
Oh wow we have to at least
score this, Likens said. Really, where were at, you cant get
into that game, because its not
going to bring good thought
process.
You just have to think about,
okay, what can our guys do?
How can I help [Willis] in his
first star be as successful as he
can be and as the team can be?
Thats got to be enough.
But maybe, with a shellacking expected by oddsmakers,
its the perfect environment for
Willis to improve his craft.
Willis came in last week and
took shots downfield he
completed three passes past
the 10-yard mark during his
short time in the game. Maybe, if he fires his rocket arm
which Likens often calls it
well enough, Kansas can do
enough to finish the game with
a respectable score and valuable game experience to inch
him closer to the future of the
starting quarterback position
at Kansas.
Hes not afraid. Hes not
afraid to see it and throw it.
Hes pretty decisive, Likens
said. I hate to use the word be
patient, I know fans are sick of
hearing about all of that stuff,
but, really, its just a process.
Edited by Maddie Farber

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Illustration by
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I WANT YOU

FOR KANSAS
NEAREST RECRUITING STATION

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Ben McLemore committed to Kansas after attending Late Night in the Phog in 2010.

The pitch: Breaking down the way KU

basketball sells its program to recruits
SCOTT CHASEN, DEREK SKILLETT AND MATT HOFFMANN
@KansanSports

Late Night in the Phog presents a prime opportunity for the coaches and staff to get students and
fans excited for the season, but its also prime recruiting season as well.
The Kansan broke down the various areas in which Kansas basketball is most well known, describing the ways in which the University markets its mens basketball program.

The Tradition

Allen Fieldhouse

As far as recruiting is concerned, the University is incredibly fortunate to have the student base
of support that it does. While there are outliers, typically every game features a packed Allen Fieldhouse, where there have been more than 225 straight sellouts since the 2001-02 season, according
to the University.
Those strong attendance numbers have carried over into Late Night in the Phog, looking at the
last decade, although last years turnout was far from ideal. Because of a multitude of reasons,
including a Royals playoff game, there were plenty of open seats left in the building.
[Attendance] has always been good. We had a problem two years ago when [Andrew Wiggins]
was a freshman. We turned away about 5,000, so they kind of changed how they handled things,
and I think that scared people from coming last year, Self said. We had bad weather and an accident I believe on K-10 [too]. They kind of slowed some things down.
Self said he believes the issues will sort themselves out, which bodes well for Kansas. Numerous
recruits have come to Late Night and then committed to Kansas, including Kelly Oubre Jr., Joel
Embiid and Ben McLemore.
Current players Carlton Bragg Jr., Wayne Selden Jr., Landen Lucas, Jamari Traylor, Brannen
Greene and Perry Ellis all attend Late Night in the Phog as well, an event which should be considered one of the biggest for Kansas recruiting.

The Facilities

The facilities at Allen Fieldhouse are a big part of the recruiting draw on both the mens and
womens side. On Wednesday, Kansas womens basketball coach Brandon Schneider spoke to the
media about how effective the facilities are for the womens team; the same is true on the mens
side.
McCarthy Hall is the new apartment building on campus that will hold student athletes, single
nontraditional and upper-class students. McCarthy Hall features study rooms and lounges, like
other on-campus housing, but also has a basketball court.
Additionally, the DeBruce Center, which will house the original rules for basketball written by
James Naismith, is scheduled to open in 2016.
Its been debatable that [Allen Fieldhouse] is the best home court in college basketball, Self said
in a news release. It will not be debatable any longer once this structure is erected.
For any University, being able to sell student facilities is a big part of recruiting. With a couple
of new projects finishing up at the University of Kansas, these next few years should be absolutely
crucial; it will be important for the coaching staff to capitalize.

Miscellaneous

EA Sports no longer produces an NCAA basketball video game, but this year theres another way
to play as the Jayhawks on your desired gaming platform.
The University of Kansas jumped on the opportunity to be featured in this years NBA 2K video
game. There are nine playable college teams in the MyCareer mode including Kansas.
It isnt exactly a perfect replica. While the jersey and court were designed well by the NBA 2K
crew, the stadium looks nothing like Allen Fieldhouse, and theres only one player on the team,
Oubre, who isnt just a randomly generated avatar.
Regardless, both players and coaches are excited about being in the game.
Once we found out we sent it out to our recruits right away and we got great feedback from
some of the guys, said Kansas assistant coach Jerrance Howard. A lot of these kids play a lot of
[video] games. To get [Kansas] on 2K, thats really cool.
I saw that [KU was in the game]. Thats pretty cool that were one of those schools, senior forward Perry Ellis said. Its just an honor to be in there.
Another opportunity to market the program showed itself over the summer, as the Jayhawks
participated in and won the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. The
Jayhawks got the added boost of having their summer games broadcast on the ESPN family of
networks, which included highlights of the championship game shown on ESPNs SportsCenter.
Edited by Abby Stuke

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Wayne Selden Jr. committed to Kansas after attending Late Night in the Phog in 2012.

Letter from the

Editor
Recruiting is not only
one of the most important
parts of establishing a successful basketball program,
but also a huge part of Late
Night in the Phog.
Year after year, some
recruits who make the trip
to Late Night commit right
away; others keep looking,
attend other games and
even other editions of
Midnight Madness yet
still end up at Kansas.
The theme of this years
special section is how the
basketball programs use
Late Night in the Phog to
both create excitement for
KU students and entice
recruits. Throughout the
section youll see stories
highlighting some of the
things and people that
make Late Night and the
program what it is.
With that, welcome to
the 2015 Late Night in the
Phog special section.
Scott Chasen

dine-in or carry out!

TAILGATE

TRUITY

with

One of the biggest selling points for University is in the tradition that goes along with the program. If you made a college visit to campus, you definitely heard the stories about what happens at
the different sporting events and all the ways that the University is unique.
But with athletics, this extends past the typical ideas of what those traditions are.
Sure enough, there are things like the Rock Chalk chant and the students waving the wheat, but
theres also a winning culture that has been established. The last time the Kansas mens basketball
team had a losing season was back in 1983. Since then, Kansas has won two national championships. The last time the Jayhaws won fewer than 23 games in a season was in 1989.
That tradition has carried over to the next level.
Right now there are 19 NBA players who attended Kansas. At the moment, there arent really
any superstars, as Paul Pierce is toward the end of his career and Andrew Wiggins is just getting
started with his, but that still is a big part of why players come to Kansas.
We say all the time, that faces change, expectations dont, Self said in a news release toward the
end of last season. I expect whoever is out there to play well ... They came here because theyre
good players.
However, when it comes to the recruiting pitch, Kansas has more to offer than the history of the
program, which has more than 2,100 wins all time and 14 Final Four appearances.

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DYLAN SHERWOOD

The Kansas mens and womens basketball teams come into this season in dramatically
different shape. The mens team has a loaded veteran roster, whereas the womens team
features 10 newcomers, six of whom are freshmen. Regardless, we gave our projections
for the starting lineups for the majority of the year.
Note: Mens team players
in dark blue and womens
team players in light blue.

Point guard

Point guard

Frank Mason III

Devonte Graham
Evan Manning

Lauren Aldridge
Jayde Christopher
Aisia Robertson
Timeka ONeal

Shooting guard
Kylee Kopatich
Sydney Benoit

Shooting guard
Wayne Selden Jr.
Lagerald Vick
Tyler Self

Shooting forward
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
Brannen Greene
Clay Young

Power forward
Perry Ellis
Jamari Traylor
Carlton Bragg Jr.

Power forward
Jada Brown
Tyler Johnson
Lorraine Enabulele

Shooting forward
Chayla Cheadle
Kelea Dennis

Center
Cheick Diallo
Landen Lucas
Hunter Mickelson

Center
Caelynn Manning-Allen
Chelsea Lott

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MENS TEAM

WOMENS TEAM
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`

AT A GLANCE

This years veteran-laden mens basketball team

is absolutely loaded. The
team has two legit point
guards in Mason and Graham, loads of talent on the
wings and a slew of big
men that should be pretty
solid, even if highly touted
freshman forward Cheick
Diallo isnt cleared by the
NCAA. Even without a
true superstar recruit, this
Kansas team will be highly
ranked to start the year.
PLAYER TO WATCH

PROJECTED STARTERS

PROJECTED STARTERS

Frank Mason III, junior, guard

There really isnt much that Frank Mason III
cant do on a basketball court; on offense he
can penetrate and dish or find his own shot,
while on defense his speed in being able to
swipe the ball away and athleticism in getting
up for a board round out his game. Really, the
only question left to answer is how much Mason has improved from year-two to year-three.
Has he peaked? Well soon find out.

Lauren Aldridge, sophomore, point guard

Aldridge is Kansass top leading scorer returning from last years team. Aldridge was named
to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team last year. To
this point, her best career game came against
Oklahoma State, where she posted 16 points.
She also had a career-high 10 assists against
TCU back in February. Expect Aldridge to lead
the team as a sophomore, with the most playing experience back from last years team.

The
biggest
question
on the team is obviously whether or not Cheick
Diallo will be eligible, but
outside of that, it remains
to be seen who will start
at the three. Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk seems to be
the early candidate for that
position, but Self could
also opt to start Mason
and Graham together, and
move Selden to the three.
Brannen Greene is also an
intriguing option, especially with his shooting ability.

Devonte Graham, sophomore, guard

Devonte Graham is definitely the teams purepoint guard, but he just happens to be playing
behind a guy who could be an All-American.
For Graham, getting to work with new assistant coach and former Kansas point guard,
Aaron Miles should be absolutely crucial to
his development as a player, and hell certainly
have the opportunities to show that growth on
the court this season, as coach Bill Self seems
to have a lot of confidence in the sophomore
PG.

Kylie Kopatich, freshman, guard

Kopatich is a young freshman who was a highly
recruited player out of Olathe South. Kopatich
tore her ACL during her senior year, but now
she is back and ready to go for her freshman
campaign at Kansas. Kopatich was named the
2014 Sunflower League Player of the Year, and
she was the runner-up for the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year during her junior year
at Olathe South. She is one of four McDonalds
All-Americans on the Kansas roster.

Perry Ellis leads all active Kansas players with 1,157 points

954

New KU assistant coach Aaron

Miles posted 954 assists in his
college career, the most by any
Big 12 player in the last two
decades

11

Wayne Selden Jr., junior, guard

Who is the real Wayne Selden Jr.? Throughout his first two years, Selden has had times
where hes looked like an All-American and
future NBA Draft lottery selection, but hes
also had moments to shine where hes just
faded into the background. This is Seldens
chance to step out and shine. After absolutely
dominating at the World University Games in
Gwangju, South Korea, the stage has been set
for Selden; now he just has to capitalize.

Chayla Cheadle, sophomore, wing

Cheadle is the second leading scorer returning
from last years team. Last year, she started in
29 games and averaged 5.1 points per game.
On several occasions last season, Cheadle was
known for a drawing a four-point play and
boosting the Kansas offense. Cheadles breakout game was against Arkansas State, where
she scored a career-high 19 points. Expect the
sophomore to get a better shot at being one
of Kansas leading scorers after contributing as
a freshman.

Aldridge is determined as a
leader on this team after a
breakout freshman season
where she started in all 32
games. Aldridge averaged
8.1 points per game and
five assists per game as a
freshman, which was good
enough for third in the
Big 12 last year. Aldridge
scored in double figures on
12 different occasions and
still has room to improve.

Who replaces the

seniors scoring?

With two 1,000 point scorers gone in Chelsea Gardner and Natalie Knight, who
is going to replace all that
scoring? Aldridge seems
a plausible candidate, but
a surprise player like Manning-Allen, Cheadle or even
one of the freshmen
such as Kylee Kopatich or
Tyler Johnson could step
up. With four seniors gone
from last years squad, the
Jayhawks will need offensive production, and theyll
need it right away.
BY THE NUMBERS

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, sophomore, wing

Mykhailiuk is listed at 6-foot-8, but he may
even be taller than that, as he claimed at Kansas mens basketball media day that he has
not checked his height in some time. Despite
not being able to play with the team over in
South Korea, Mykhailiuk was able to refine his
game, working with strength and conditioning
coach Andrea Hudy over the summer. However, Svi is still just 18 and still has a lot left to
show.

Jada Brown, junior, forward

Brown has started 44 games for Kansas in
her two years. Brown really didnt have too
many top-tier performances, but her best
game came last year against Alabama. In that
game she scored 12 points, well above the
total she averaged as a sophomore (2.1 points
per game). Brown is expected to have a much
bigger role this year, and she should contribute
more on the front line for the Jayhawks.

64.2

The percent of scoring Kansas

lost from last year to this one.
Kansas returns just 21.5 points
per game (out of 60)

28

The number of wins Kansas

womens basketball has had
over the past two seasons after appearing in back-to-back
Sweet 16s

Last year, Bill Self won his 11th

straight Big 12 title, so now
he has two more than home
losses in his Kansas career

The number of seniors on the

team this season

BIG JAY WILL CHEER IF

Lob-rence returns. In addition to its overall depth,

one of the best things
about this years roster is
how skilled some of the
players are. In addition to
the backcourt guys, there
are players like Carlton
Bragg Jr. who, with time,
should continue to develop
an already diverse skillset.
That should lead to better
ball movement, and more
importantly, more lobs.

PLAYER TO WATCH

QUESTION MARK

BY THE NUMBERS

1,157

A new era is beginning in

Kansas womens basketball
with Brandon Schneider replacing Bonnie Henrickson
as head coach. Schneider
posted a career record of
401-138 in his 17 years as a
head coach in two tenures
at Emporia State and Stephen F. Austin. Now well
see if he can have the same
success against tougher
competition coaching in
the Big 12.

Lauren Aldridge
sophomore, point guard

QUESTION MARK

Who starts at the

three?

@dmantheman2011

AT A GLANCE

Frank Mason III

junior, point guard
Last year, Mason posted
an absurd streak of double-digit scoring games,
which lasted for over 20
contests.
Against
just
about any opponent, Mason can get to the rim at
will while also being able to
step out and knock down a
jumper or dish out assists,
rather than looking for his
own shot. As a junior, Mason should be even better
than he was last year.

DYLAN SHERWOOD

Perry Ellis, senior, power forward

Along with Mason, Perry Ellis seems to be
about the closest thing to a sure bet that
youre going to get when it comes to Kansas basketball. Between the last two years,
Ellis points-per-game, rebounds-per-game
and assists-per-game totals have varied by
a grand total of 0.3, 0.2 and 0.2 respectively,
but thats not necessarily a bad thing, considering hes been in the top two on the team in
total points and rebounds over the last two
years.

BABY JAY WILL CHEER IF

Caelynn Manning-Allen, junior, center
Manning-Allen dealt with injuries during her
first two years, but she seems to be in line as
one of Kansas most improved players. Last
year, she averaged just 2.1 points per game
but was second on the team with 1.1 blocks
per game. She had a career-high four blocks
against Oklahoma State last February, but
the task at hand is now a large one. She has
to step in and replace Chelsea Gardner, who
was one of the countrys best players last
year.

Frontline players can get

easy points and Aldridge
controls the team. This is
a very young team with
very little experience and
no seniors to depend on.
Aldridge and Cheadle have
to step up with the experience they got on the team
last year, while Manning-Allen and Brown need to
carve out their roles.

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Jerrance Howard joined the Kansas coaching staff back in May 2013 after former assistant coach Joe Dooley left to take over the head coaching job at Florida Gulf Coast.

THE SEASON IS HERE

Assistant coach Jerrance
Howard brings excitement
and enthusiasm to Kansas
basketball
SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

5 a.m.
The all-too-familiar sound of
an alarm pierces the air.
For most, the noise is far
from pleasant perhaps even
excruciating but for Kansas assistant coach Jerrance
Howard, it signifies something
more.
The season is here.
At the collegiate level, the
responsibilities of an assistant
coach in season can be pretty
broad. Day-to-day tasks can
include recruiting, running
practices, working with particular players and just about
everything in between, but
Howard said he has one main
responsibility that supersedes
the rest.
Once we get here, my role
is to bring energy and bring
some enthusiasm, Howard
said. While theyre stretching,
were clapping, telling them to
get their minds right.
That energy, which Howard
brings with him on a daily
basis, is absolutely infectious
throughout the team. Several
of the mens basketball players
lit up while talking about their
coach at Kansas Mens Basketball Media Day a couple
players even noted a few of his
catchphrases.
He always runs into the gym

and yells, The season is here,

senior forward Hunter Mickelson said. Hes definitely the
energy guy. And what comes
along with that is you never
really know what hes going to
say.
[Hell yell] fight through
it; its all mental, sophomore
guard Devonte Graham said.
That was one of the big things
[what takes place] in between your ears. Youre not really tired; you just think youre
tired."
And Howard said bringing
that energy isnt a challenge; it
just comes naturally.
Its just me being me. Ive
been like this since day one,
Howard said. Thats one of the
reasons Coach [Self] brought
me on board just to bring
that energy.
Howard joined the Kansas
coaching staff back in May
2013 after former assistant
coach Joe Dooley left to take
over the head coaching job at
Florida Gulf Coast. However,
Howards experience working
with Self extends far beyond
the last 2 and a half years.
Howard played for Self from
2000 to 2003 at the University of Illinois. Self left to take
the Kansas head-coaching job
prior to Howards senior year,
but the connection has always
been there.
Howard credits Self with

starting his coaching career

and said because of their connection, the change between
playing under Self and coaching under him hasnt been a
problem at all.
From a player to a coach, its
definitely different, but at the
same time, Im still Jerrance;
Im still helping guys on and
off the court, Howard said.
For me, its nice to [be able to]
help them understand want
Coach [Self] wants and how
hard they have to play, so they
can get on the floor especially for those young guys.
At just 35 years old, Howard
not only relays Self s messages
to the team but also brings a
unique perspective as someone who played college basketball relatively recently. Because of that, the players say
he knows exactly what to do
to get them in the right state of
mind, especially for the early
morning practices.
When were getting to
stretch, he comes in really
vocal, just trying to get everybody awake, senior forward
Perry Ellis said. Hes younger,
so he can relate real well to us.
I feel like that really helps.
That ability to empathize
with the players has helped
Howard get the most out of
the group, especially during
boot camp a week of practices that start at either 6 or 7
a.m., where the players perform conditioning drills with
target times they have to meet.
This year, every player hit
that target time, although
Howard said this years camp
may have been a little easier
than those in the past.
I tease Coach [Self] that hes

getting a little soft, Howard

said with a smile.
As an assistant coach, Howard brings many things to the
table that benefit the program.
As an Illinois native, Howard
is well-known for being able
to recruit in Chicago and the
surrounding areas, which have
produced players like Dwyane
Wade, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, Jahlil Okafor, Jabari
Parker and even Cliff Alexander, who played at Kansas last
year.
The other coaches say he
brings a strong work ethic to

the staff. In fact, at Illinois,

Howard received the Kenny
Battle Award twice as a player
who went above and beyond
with his hard work and effort
both in games and practices,
according to the University.
However, Howard brings one
thing to the table thats hard to
find nowadays and wont show
up in any set of numbers or
data. Its the reason he is the
coach he is, and why he wakes
up excited for work every day,
even when that wake-up call
comes at 5 a.m.
Howard has a genuine love

for the game of college basketball, and that carries over to

both where he works and who
he works with.
Its still overwhelming. Im
excited to go to work every
day, Howard said. Driving
up Naismith Drive and coming into the office its kind
of surreal sometimes. You feel
the history and tradition when
you walk in here that you cant
really explain. You just have to
experience the feeling.
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A Q&A WITH REDHEAD,

THE CREATOR OF THE
SONG FRANK MASON
@SChasenKU

As Kansas point guard Frank

Mason III burst onto the scene,
so did a song with the same
name, written by Redhead, or
Derek Minigan, a rapper from
Hopewell, Va.
The song is approaching
50,000 views on YouTube and
has spread Redheads name
around the Midwest specifically around the University of
Kansas.
Redhead talked with The
Kansan about a recent trip he
made to Kansas, how he was
inspired by Mason to make
the song in the first place and
where hes gone in his career
since then.
Kansan: You made the
trip to Lawrence pretty recently. What was your time
like here?
Redhead: It was amazing.
The campus was amazingly
huge. Ive never been to a campus that big at all. It was really
fun catching up with Frank
(Mason III) and seeing how
his day-to-day life is.
What type of things did
you do while you were
here?
We just really chilled and
played the game. We watched
TV and just [focused on]
catching up on old times. And
I met some of the players; I
met Wayne Selden, and I met
Brannen Greene as well. [I
was] just talking to those guys,
[doing] guy stuff sports. I
talked to them a little bit about
my music. I asked them about
the campus and how they liked
it there. Everything was good.
With the song Frank Mason and the visit, is it safe
to say you consider yourself a Kansas basketball
fan?
Yeah, I used to be a Tar Heels
fan because [being] from Virginia, there are really no teams

Read the rest at

Kansan.com/sports
especially like any national
teams and stuff like that so
we can really just pick anywhere. So, I was a Tar Heels fan
because of Michael Jordan, but
once I heard Frank committed
to Kansas, it gave me a reason
to actually be a fan of an actual
college team. Ever since I first
heard he committed Ive been
converted. Ive been a Jayhawk
fan ever since. And Im going
to be a Jayhawk fan forever,
even after he leaves.
So lets talk about the
song Frank Mason. Of all
the things to write a song
about, why Frank Mason
III?
Why Frank? Where were
from, its not really easy to
make it out [of there]. Its kind
of a bad area out here, basically all around. To see somebody
do good and make it out, I
really saluted Frank for that. I
just wanted to show him some
recognition, but instead of just
telling him like everybody else
does, I wanted to make it into a
song, because thats how I vent.
Thats how I let things out. I
put my words and my experiences to music. If I want to tell
you something, Ill say it in a
song or something like that.
And with Frank? What
did you want to say?
I really wanted to highlight
his accomplishments, [while]
at the same time trying to
make it into a chant. It was a
little vulgar, but I just wanted
to make it into a chant and
just show him my respect for
what hes done. With my music career, Frank was at my
first show I ever did in my life.
It was at [Club Rain] out here
in Petersburg (Virginia). Im
from Hopewell, Virginia, but it
was at this club in Petersburg:
My first show ever and Frank
was right there. Hes been supporting me since before I even

[blew up]; you know Ive been

to Hollywood and Ill be with
celebs all the time now, but before even all that, Franks just
been supporting me, so I just
wanted to show my love back.
And I didnt know he was going to be as big as he is right
now. Thats why I made the
song. I made the song before
he was even doing amazingly
great at Kansas. A lot of people
were doubting him because in
his freshman year, his numbers werent what everyone
expected, but I knew he was
going to come out on top the
whole time. It was just a matter of time with him getting
comfortable and everything.
Because he was a star around
here. And I just stayed with
that and supported him all the
way through, and Im going to
keep on supporting him all the
way to the league.

was so exciting, and the thing that

really excited me the most was that
Sean Keeler (of Fox Sports Kansas
City) sent me an email and basically
saying he wanted to do an interview
with me so I could be featured on
FoxSports.com. That made my
year. I was just so excited.
To get a message from
you about this
just to continue
it its just a
blessing. I just
give all thanks
to God.
Edited by
Derek Skillett

The song really blew up

last year, even though you
had written it the year before. What was it like to go
through all of that all
of the features and interviews?
Man I remember just
waking up and my phone
was just like jumping off
the dresser. I was like,
What in the world? and
then I checked the views
on YouTube. Everyone was
tweeting about it, but I didnt
know [what had happened].
I had seen some people that
work for ESPN and Fox Sports
and all of that tweeting about
it, [and I thought] No way;
this cant be real. And then
I checked the views (on the
video) and the views were
at 4,000 for a long time Id
seen it in just two hours shoot
up to like 8,000 in just two
or four hours.
I was like, What in the
world? because I dont pay for
views or anything like that. I
like everything to be real; I
dont pay for followers or anything. So Im like, Man, what
is going on? This cannot be
real. To find out that it was real

You have

arrived.

SCOTT CHASEN

Why Frank (Mason)? Where were from, its not really

easy to make it out [of there]. Its kind of a bad area
out here, basically all around. To see somebody do
good and make it out, I really saluted Frank for that.

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9B

Former player Natalie Knight

is a mentor for young players
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolSports

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Senior Guard Natalie Knight seraches for a way to pass
the ball.

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Natalie Knight fields questions from the media on
Wednesday, Oct. 7.

At the end of the 2014-15 season, Kansas womens basketball

guard Natalie Knight graduated,
tasking Brandon Schneider with
replacing her 1,110 minutes and
390 points.
And it gets even harder.
This season, Schneiders team
doesnt have any seniors, which
might typically mean there's
a lack of leadership. However,
the team wont need to replace
Knights off-the-court leadership.
As part of her master's program in sports management,
Knight joins the coaching staff
as a graduate student manager.
As a grad assistant youre just
trying to learn as much as you
can from everyone, Knight
said. I can help the players
make their lives a little bit easier,
especially the freshmen because
I know how tough it can be.

Schneider, taking over in his

first season at the head of the
program, is looking forward to
Knights ability to relate and help
the young players. The team is
adding six freshmen this season.

Shes a really upbeat

person. Anytime
youre around her the
energy changes. She
gives us energy before
practice and after
practice. Shes really
motivating.
TYLER JOHNSON
Freshman Forward

She can go and put her arm

around a young player and maybe theyve had a really tough day
or a difficult practice and say,
Hey, I was there. I know exactly what youre going through,

Schneider said.
Schneider said the most important thing that Knight can
bring to the coaching staff is
the ability to effectively communicate with players. Just one
year after playing on the team,
Schneider said he believes
Knight can help players adjust
to college basketball being just a
few years older than the players.
Freshman
forward/center
Tyler Johnson has had this experience already. Since Knight
joined the coaching staff, Johnson said she has been pleased
with Knights ability to acclimate
her to the reality of being a collegiate athlete.
Shes a really upbeat person.
Anytime youre around her the
energy changes, Johnson said.
She gives us energy before
practice and after practice. Shes
really motivating.
Replacing Knight on the court
will be tough; sophomore guard
Lauren Aldridge will be the

teams go-to. Just last season,

Aldridge played nine more minutes than Knight last season as
a freshman and shot 37 percent
from the field.
Natalie was that person last
year when I was in those freshman moments and very overwhelmed, Aldridge said. Id always look to Nat, and Nat would
always give me some positive
reinforcement.
Its going to be really helpful
for me again to look over to her
and for her to be like, Lauren,
take a deep breath.
Aldridge also highlighted the
importance of Knights role in
the coaching staff for the freshman class. The value of this, Aldridge says, comes in Knights
one-on-one leadership style.
[Knight] has never been vocal, Aldridge said. With her
being there every day, shes already working with some of the
girls individually.

Edited by Minami Levonowich

Womens basketball team prepares for Late Night skit

SEAN COLLINS
@seanzie_3

For nearly two weeks, the women's team has been working on a
dance routine. Theyll perform
the skit in front of an audience
for the first time with the bright
lights on Late Night, which has
some of the younger players a
little anxious.
Its very nerve-wracking, said
freshman guard Kelea Dennis.
Im very excited to go out there
and show everybody my personality.
With the help of the Rock
Chalk Dancers, who choreographed the dance, the team is
able to show everyone who they
are when they arent on the court.
The dancers are really fun and

put our own swag in the dance,

said freshman guard Aisia Robertson. Im excited to be part of
the history and nervous because
the crowd will be expecting a
good show.
Even with two weeks of practice and the Rock Chalk Dancers
helping them perfect the routine,
the team struggled to bring the
skit together.
When we were first practicing
the dances I thought it was hard
and wondered how the dancers practice multiple routines
and perform them well the very
next day, said sophomore guard
Chayla Cheadle.
The Jayhawks gained a lot of
young talent over the offseason, including six freshmen.
While the young talent is good

for building a strong basketball

team, the new players also give
the veterans a scapegoat if they
mess up on the skit.
Having a lot of freshmen on
the team gives me confidence,
said junior forward Jada Brown.
If Im messing up then there are
probably bunches of freshmen
messing up around me, so we
will all look goofy together.
While a choreographed dance
is tough in front of a full house,
many of the players on the team
like to mess around and dance in
the locker room, which they said
makes the process easier.
We definitely have more dancers on the team so a lot of people
are more comfortable dancing,
Brown said. I dont think it will
be as nerve-wracking.

Late Night sets up the rest of the

season for the team, and the skit
allows them to have time to bond
without having to grind in practice or the weight room, even if it
means being made fun of.
Im usually the one that gets
laughed at because I cant dance,
but any time we can come together as a team and joke and
laugh its always good for team
chemistry, said sophomore
guard Lauren Aldridge.
Last year the dance ended in
a battle. Aldridge and the Jayhawks hope to surprise the
crowd with something different
now.
The dance involves a little
more people than last year, Aldridge said. There might even
be a surprise at the end.
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Womens basketball coach Brandon Schneider addresses reporters at media day on Wednesday.

Late Night in the Phog is a recruiting tool for

both mens and womens basketball coaches
DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

Late Night in the Phog is one

of the Universitys biggest recruiting tools when it comes
to athletics. For Kansas womens basketball coach Brandon
Schneider, this is one of the
biggest opportunities to recruit future players.
I think there might be a few
recruits here, Schneider said
at womens basketball media
day.
Schneider said he thinks that
Friday night is a big night for
both for the mens and womens teams, the entire athletic

department and the Lawrence

community in general. This
will be the first chance for fans
to see both teams in action before the regular season starts in
the beginning of November.
Ever since he was hired in
April as the sixth head womens basketball coach at the
University, Schneider has
brought in two freshmen and
three transfers.
Schneider said he thinks Late
Night could be a good night
for the program for recruits.
From a recruit standpoint
I hope everyone has a terrific experience at Late Night,
Schneider said.
Schneider also said he thinks
the Big 12 Conference is a draw

for recruits, adding the Big 12

has been one of the toughest
conferences to play in over the
past few years. He also said the
state of the program played a
big role in recruiting as well.
I love our location, Schneider said. I feel like we are basically three hours away from
anywhere in the country. Kansas basketball is our biggest
selling point.
And it goes far beyond that.
Schneider said the facilities
that Kansas has to offer are
some that other schools cant
beat, and thats what brings
players to Lawrence. Largely
because of this, the team has
nine newcomers, six of whom
are freshmen.

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
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Two of the newcomers, who

will have to sit out the season
because of NCAA transfer
rules, are sophomore guard
McKenzie Calvert and junior
guard Jessica Washington.
Some of the new freshmen
on the team, like guard Kylee
Kopatich and forward Tyler
Johnson, have had multiple experiences attending Late Night
as a fan and as a recruit. Both
players committed to Kansas
last November when Bonnie
Henrickson was the Kansas
head coach.
Junior guard Sydney Benoit,
a transfer from Hutchinson
Community College, was recruited by Kansas because of
her junior colleges success in

the NJCAA Division I Womens Basketball Tournament.

Benoit tore her ACL last February while playing for the
Blue Dragons, which left her
on the bench during a recruiting time for Division I coaches.
Nationals, is kind of like
where everyone recruits and
since I was out with an injury,
my coaches [at Hutchinson]
helped me get to Kansas, Benoit said.
For freshman guard Kelea
Dennis, Schneider saw the
guard in practice and then offered Dennis a chance to come
to Kansas the following day.
Dennis was also recruited by
Henrickson before she left.
The situation was different

for freshman forward Chelsea

Lott, however, as she originally
committed to Schneider at Stephen F. Austin before choosing
to come to Kansas. Dennis said
she was enticed to become a
Jayhawk because thats where
Schneider went.
When I got this opportunity,
I could not pass this up, Lott
said.
After Late Night, Kansas will
have 22 days to prep for its first
of two exhibition games of the
season. The first will be held
on Nov. 1 against NCAA Division II school Pittsburg State.
Edited by Maddie Farber

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11B

THE TOP 5
MOMENTS
FROM LATE
NIGHTS

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN

5 4 3 2 1

Bill Self at the 2014 Late Night in the Phog.

SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

This year Bill Self is giving

fans an added motivation to
come to the 31st annual Late
Night in the Phog. Self will
randomly select one female
and one male fan and give
each of them a pair of halfcourt shot attempts. If the
fan makes the shot, Self will
give him or her a check for
$10,000 dollars.
If one or both shots go in this
Friday, that will undoubtedly
be one of the best moments
in the history of Late Night
under Self. But for now, lets
look at the top five moments
from the past 12 Late Nights.

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MOCKING WIGGINS
After a pair of debuts and banners being unveiled, there are
several moments that could
make a case for being in the top
five. Bill Self rolling out on a motorcycle is certainly popular.
But last year, Self stole the show
with his outrageous tuxedo,
mocking the one that Andrew
Wiggins wore to the NBA Draft.
Even freshman forward Carlton Bragg, who attended the
30th Late Night, said that Self
walking out in the tux was his
favorite moment.
Late Night remains an annual
tradition under Self, who every
year seems to find something
new to please the crowd. Its
unclear what Late Night has in
store this year, but one thing is
certain: Self will steal the show.

Late Night 2013

ANDREW
WIGGINSS
DEBUT
Thousands of fans were
turned away in 2013 to see the
debut of the top-ranked recruit
Andrew Wiggins. In the 29th
annual Late Night, anywhere
from 3,000 to 5,000 fans were
turned away at the door.
Wiggins hit six of his eight
shots that night, giving fans
a glimpse of what was to be
expected by the highly touted
freshman. His 12 points were
second on the team to Perry
Ellis, who led the way with 14.
However, it was Self who stole
the show with his Ron Burgundy impersonation from
the movie Anchorman. Actor
Rob Riggle, who was a featured
guest that night, approved of
Self s performance.

Late Night 2012 THE

FINAL FOUR BANNER
For the first time in several
years, a few hundred fans were
actually turned away at Late
Night. The biggest reason was
the unveiling of the Final Four
banner that was revealed to a
sold-out crowd. The 16,300
fans that were able to get inside
let out a huge ovation for the
banner that was unveiled in
the rafters.
Self said after the scrimmage
that the biggest highlight was
turning away that many people
for a practice. The 2012 Late
Night was the first for current
players Perry Ellis and Tyler
Self, who performed a dance
number in all-black outfits before the scrimmage.

Late Night 2003 BILL

SELF CHANGES THE
NAME
Self admitted there were
some nerves before his
first-ever Late Night in 2003.
He was, however, greeted with
approval by Kansas fans in his
first taste of Allen Fieldhouse
as the Kansas head coach.
Fans also rocked the house
when members of the 1988
title team were introduced
that night, led by coach Larry
Brown.
Before the annual scrimmage, Self had changed the
name to Late Night in the
Phog, because he did not
want to be featured in the
name as it had been done in
the past. His reasoning was
that basketball at Kansas was
bigger than one single person.

Late Night 2008 UNVEILING THE BANNER

It should come as no surprise
when Allen Fieldhouse is loud.
Still, there are times when the
16,300 fans are even louder.
The Late Night following the
2008 NCAA National Championship was one of those.
Kansas fans watched in awe as
the 2008 NCAA Tournament
highlight video was displayed
on the big screen. Immediately
after the conclusion of the video,
a temporary championship banner was unveiled, causing one of
the loudest ovations in the history of Late Night.
Self admitted afterwards that
it was an emotional experience
and he almost started crying.
Late Night is a historic tradition,
but its almost impossible to top
that banner unveiling.

Cheick Diallo cleared to participate in Late Night activities

EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggsUDK

When the Jayhawks mens

basketball team held its media
day last Thursday, freshman
forward Cheick Diallo was in
no mood to discuss his eligibility.
Ive talked to my coach, but I
dont really know, Diallo said.
I dont want to talk about it.
Nonetheless, Diallo was the
recipient of good news last
Wednesday when the NCAA
cleared him for practice. When
asked if he was excited to practice, Diallo smiled during his
response.
Of course, Diallo said. I
was so excited.

Because Diallo is cleared for

practice, that means he will be
a full participant in Late Night
in the Phog Friday.
Late Night is practice, so
yeah, thats absolutely no problem, head coach Bill Self said.
Were excited hes not going
to be behind from a practice
standpoint because he is going
to be allowed to go, and he obviously needs that because he
missed the summer, and then
hes missed the last three weeks
as well.
Self said Diallo, who was
praised for his constant motor
in high school, will change the
culture of their practices.
Hell give us things from an
intangible standpoint, Self

said. Hell change the culture

of practice because hell play so
hard. Hell keep balls alive that
maybe we didnt keep alive in
past years.
Diallos status is up in the air
as the NCAA investigates Diallos three years spent at Our
Savior New American, a private school in Centereach, N.Y.
It's frustrating for everyone,
but no one is as frustrated as
Diallo, Self said. Diallo came
to the United States from Mali
and has done exactly what he
was asked to do to play college basketball. The situation
is stressful for Diallo, who has
goals and aspirations that are
put on hold, Self said.
Even though Diallo has been
cleared to practice, Self reiter-

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ated it wasnt permanent, and

he has no impact on whether
Diallo will play for Kansas this
season.
So it doesnt mean that its
permanent; it doesnt mean
anything other than the fact
that we still have to do our job
and they have to give a ruling
on where they stand on the
situation, and that hasnt happened yet, Self said.
Although there is no timetable for a decision on Diallos
full eligibility, Self hopes there
is a decision sooner rather
than later.
Im not sure if theres any
indication of when it will happen, Self said. Im sure it will
be done before the season.
Edited by Rebecca Dowd

CONTRIBUTED BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

Cheick Diallo has been cleared to practice by the NCAA.