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BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Congressman Dennis Moore (D-Kan.)
came to campus on Friday to visit classes
and meet with members of Student Senate.
He spoke about the problem of national
debt and also said registering to vote on
campus was a positive change.
During his classroom visits, Moore
brought out a photo of several small chil-
dren gathered around one another.
These are my grandchildren, Moore
said. And we are currently passing this
national debt on to them and to you.
We have mortgaged our grandchildrens
futures.
Moore said that the national debt had
gone up $5.8 trillion since 1999. Currently,
Moore said, the United States collected
$375 billion a year on interest alone from
the national debt.
Thats money that could be used for
education, Moore said.
Moore also watched KU Young
Democrats register student voters on
Wescoe Beach.
I think its great that theres so much
political activism in young people,
Moore said. Im proud of the KU Young
Democrats because they know as well as I
do that it is a civic responsibility to regis-
ter to vote.
Moore also said
he remembered that
while he attended
the University as a
student from 1965
to 1967, students
werent able to reg-
ister to vote on cam-
pus.
This is a huge and positive change,
Moore said. It provides flexibility to stu-
dents.
Moore met with several other groups on
campus, including Student Senate and the
presidents of both Amnesty International
and the Black Student Union.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita junior and
student body president, and other mem-
bers of Student Senate ate lunch with
Moore.
politics
Moore visits University, speaks to classes, student groups
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutclif@kansan.com
With the beginning of the fasting month
of Ramadan on Sept. 1, Lawrence restau-
rants were empty of local Muslims, who
were required to fast from sunup to sun-
down.
The holy month is based on the lunar cal-
endar. It begins on the first day of the ninth
month to celebrate the initial revealing of
the Quran by Allah. Fasting is required and
entails neither eating nor drinking while
the sun is up, as well as abstaining from sex
and smoking.
Dalal AlBuhayri, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
graduate student, said she spent most of
her day sleeping to avoid being drained
from the fast, only getting up occasionally
to pray.
Last year I had to drop two classes
because of the fasting and being tired from
it, she said. I couldnt do my homework or
pay attention in class. This year she took
most of her classes at night to avoid the
harsh toll fasting takes on the body.
Middle Eastern businesses around
Lawrence also feel the presence of the fast,
especially with the meal after sundown,
called the Iftar. Mohammad Al Zaiti, man-
ager of the Mediterranean Market and Caf
on Kasold and 15th Streets, said he saw an
increase in Muslim shoppers preparing for
the evening meal.
We see a lot more Muslim and Arab
shoppers this time of year, he said. We sell
a lot of sweets, like Baklava and biscuits to
celebrate after the sun goes down.
BY JESSE TRMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
The famous KU whistle will sound
again.
University Chancellor Robert
Hemenway announced Friday that the
steam whistle, which signals the ending
of classes, would be turned back on as of
Monday.
Hemenway said he decided to have the
whistle turned on after hearing several
peoples remarks about the whistle being
gone.
Hemenway also said he appreciated
those who expressed their willingness to
support the whistles operation by donating
money to have it running again. Those who
wish to donate can do so at the Universitys
maintenance fund, which helps preserve
campus facilities and infrastructure for
current and future students. Those who
wish to donate online can visit the KU
Endowment Web site at: www.kuendow-
ment.org/.
Undarmaa Pirenlei is one of
five international students from
Mongolia at the University. She talk-
ed about the struggle of her life in
the U.S. and goal afer graduation.
The Downtown Lawrence Farmers
arket, a long-time community fix-
ture, ofers some KU students a unique
employment opportunity, and many more
the chance to purchase the freshest foods
available.
Lawrence Memorial Hospitals MRI
machine is going to be used on some-
thing other than humans. Te hospital
gave the KU physics department per-
mission to use the machine to research
the efects of magnetic felds on radio
waves.
Te Center for Community Outreach
is reaching farther than campus its
going all the way to the Philippines. Te
University organization is raising money
to help build a school for impoverished
children in the Southeast Asian nation.
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The seminar New Staf
Orientation will begin at
8 a.m. in 204 JRP.
The public event Jesse B.
Semple Brownbag Series will
begin at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove J
in the Kansas Union.
The public event Federalist
Society: Koch Associate
Program will begin at
12:30 p.m. in 104 Green Hall.
The lecture KU Department
of Design Hallmark Design
Symposium Series will begin
at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe.
The concert Visiting Artists
Winds of Freedom will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout
Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
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Man charged with
wifes teen lovers death
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A
prosecutor described a
schoolteachers husband as
a jealous, calculating killer as
trial opened Friday on charges
he murdered his wifes teenage
lover. But a defense lawyer
told the jury that the defen-
dant was a victim himself of
a spouse who faunted her
infdelity.
Eric McLean, 33, is charged
with frst-degree murder in
the shooting death of Sean
Powell, the 18-year-old who
was having an afair with
student-teacher Erin McLean,
then the 29-year-old wife of
the defendant and mother of
his two young sons.
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Obesity linked to liver transplants
By linDa a. JoHnSon
aSSociateD PreSS
TRENTON, N.J. In a new
and disturbing twist on the obesity
epidemic, some overweight teenag-
ers have severe liver damage caused
by too much body fat, and a hand-
ful have needed liver transplants.
Many more may need a new
liver by their 30s or 40s, say experts
warning that pediatricians need to
be more vigilant. The condition,
which can lead to cirrhosis and
liver failure or liver cancer, is being
seen in kids in the United States,
Europe, Australia and even some
developing countries, according to
a surge of recent medical studies
and doctors interviewed by The
Associated Press.
The American Liver Foundation
and other experts estimate 2 per-
cent to 5 percent of American
children over age 5, nearly all of
them obese or overweight, have the
condition, called nonalcoholic fatty
liver disease.
Its clearly the most common
cause of liver disease, said Dr.
Ronald Sokol, head of public policy
at the liver foundation and a liver
specialist at Childrens Hospital and
University of Colorado Denver.
Some experts think as many as
10 percent of all children and half
of those who are obese may suf-
fer from it, but note that few are
given the simple blood test that
can signal its presence. A biopsy is
the only sure way to diagnose this
disease.
As fat builds up, the liver
can become inflamed and then
scarred over time, leading to cir-
rhosis, a serious condition, which
in years past was mostly caused
by hepatitis or drinking too much
alcohol. Liver failure or liver can-
cer can follow, but if cirrhosis
has not yet developed, fatty liver
disease can be reversed through
weight loss.
The disease is most common
in overweight children with belly
fat and certain warning signs, such
as diabetes or cholesterol or heart
problems. However, its been seen in
a few children of normal weight.
Genetics, diet and exercise level
all play a role. It is most prevalent
among Hispanics, relatively rare
among African-Americans, and
more common among boys than
girls.
There are people in their 30s
or early 40s that will require a liver
transplant from developing the
condition as a kid, predicts Dr. Jos
Derdoy, head of liver transplants
at Cardinal Glennon Childrens
Medical Center in St. Louis. Hes
treated a 15-year-old, 530-pound
boy and many others with the con-
dition.
With fatty liver disease becom-
ing more common in adults, many
experts predict it will become the
top cause of liver transplants by
2020.
There arent enough livers to go
around, says Dr. Philip Rosenthal
of the University of California-San
Francisco Childrens Hospital.
ASSociAteD PreSS
irving Shafno, 15, plays with a basketball in Shallowater, Texas, on July 16. Irving developed
liver disease and had a liver transplant in July 2007.
oDD newS
cockatoo confuses
neighbors, cops with cries
TRENTON, N.J. Cries for
help inside a Trenton, N.J., home
turned out to be for the birds.
Neighbors called police
Wednesday morning after hear-
ing a womans persistent cry of
Help me! Help me! coming from
a house. Ofcers arrived and
when no one answered the door,
they kicked it in to make a rescue.
But instead of a damsel in
distress, ofcers found a caged
cockatoo with a convincing call.
It wasnt the frst time the
10-year-old bird named Luna said
something that brought authori-
ties to the home of Evelyn DeLeon.
About seven years ago, the
bird cried like a baby for hours,
leading to reports of a possible
abandoned baby and a visit to
the home by state child welfare
workers. But it was only Luna
practicing a newfound sound,
DeLeon says.
DeLeon says her bird learns
much of her ever-growing vocab-
ulary from watching television, in
both English and Spanish.
robber skips grabbing
cash, prefers condoms
DALLAS A robber rolled into
a Dallas convenience store came
armed with a bat and a knife. He
left with a lot of condoms and an
energy drink.
Dallas police Cpl. Kevin Janse
said Friday that a man in a wheel-
chair entered a Dallas 7-Eleven
Wednesday afternoon, rolled
straight toward the cash register
and beat it with a baseball bat
until it opened.
But he didnt grab any cash.
Instead, police say he stole 10
boxes of condoms and an energy
drink before making his getaway
Wednesday afternoon.
Associated Press
AssociAted Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -
Barack Obama isnt John McCains
only opponent. Sometimes McCain
sounds like hes running almost as
hard against President Bush and the
Republican Party as he is against
Obama, his Democratic rival for
the White House.
The GOP is guilty of indulging
in a spending spree of taxpayers
money, McCain laments. They
havent solved huge problems such
as the looming insolvency of Social
Security and Medicare, passing on
huge IOUs and perplexing issues
to future generations instead of fix-
ing them as they had promised. He
doesnt name Bush but the impli-
cation is clear: It happened on his
watch and he signed bills that made
the deficit soar.
We began to value power over
principle, McCain said in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Some lawmakers
turned corrupt and wound up in
jail, he told a rally in Albuquerque,
N.M.
Change is coming, change is
coming, McCain promised, pro-
jecting an image of independence
and political populism.
One of his challenges is to sepa-
rate himself from the unpopular
incumbent in the White House and
fight against Obamas charge that a
McCain presidency would amount
to a third term for Bush.
On the core issues, the economy
and the war, he has been joined to
Bush at the hip, said Democratic
pollster Mark Mellman. On the
other hand, Bush is a lead weight
dragging him down. He has to rely
on rhetoric to separate himself but
he cant separate himself on poli-
cies important to the American
people.
Eager to keep control of the
White House, Republicans are
keeping their mouths shut about
McCains barbs.
McCains criticism rankles
White House officials who are
eager to build up Bushs legacy.
They are quick to strike hard at
anything they perceive as criticism
from almost any quarter, particu-
larly the media. But Bush aides are
giving McCain a free pass even as
they quietly grumble about how
pointed his attacks have become.
Theres no free pass from
Obamas campaign.
Voting with George Bush 90
percent of the time isnt being a
maverick, its being the presidents
sidekick, said Obama campaign
spokesman Bill Burton. The
idea that John McCain represents
change in Washington is as laugh-
able as his claim that hell take on
the special interests when some
of the biggest corporate lobbyists
in America are running his cam-
paign.
Railing against Washingtons
political establishment is an old
tradition in presidential cam-
paigns, but McCain overlooks the
fact that he is an elder in the club.
He is Arizonas senior senator, hav-
ing served 22 years after four years
in the House.
He doesnt talk about how long
hes been in Washington, focusing
instead on the fact that he has been
at odds with many Republicans on
a range of issues such as campaign
finance reform, imposing limits on
harsh treatment of terrorist sus-
pects, tax cuts, which he opposed
before he supported them, and
federally financed embryonic stem
cell research.
Obviously, I was very unpopu-
lar in some parts of my own party,
whether it be on the issue of climate
change or against [former Defense
Secretary Donald] Rumsfelds
strategy and the presidents strategy
in Iraq, or whether it be on cam-
paign finance reform or a number
of other issues that I fought against
the special interests, McCain said
in an interview broadcast Sunday
on CBS Face the Nation.
The clear message is that there
are no sacred cows. Bush and
Congress are very unpopular, so
theyre an easy target.
I dont work for a party. I dont
work for a special interest. I dont
work for myself. I work for you,
McCain said in a televised address
Saturday to the AARP, the nations
largest group of older Americans.
Campaigning later, McCain has
not offered specific solutions, say-
ing instead he will reach out to
Democrats for answers. He said
he would have more than one
Democrat in his Cabinet.
Traditionally at sunset Muslims
gather with friends and family and
partake in a shared meal usually
containing some sort of soup, nuts,
dates and tea, depending on the
geographical location. Dessert is a
main part of the meal, and Al Zaiti
said this is what he stocks up on in
his store.
Mostly people are shopping for
a large group, so they buy a lot at
once, especially desserts, he said.
While medical studies report-
ed by The Associated Press have
shown that fasting can be benefi-
cial to health, it is also dangerous
to overeat or overload the stomach
with heavy foods, hence the light
fare of sweets, fruits and soups.
AlBuhayri said the breaking of
the fast at sundown was the most
enjoyable tradition of the month.
After the sun goes down all
of your friends get together and
you eat a great meal, with a lot of
sweets afterwards to celebrate, she
said. After the meal at night we all
spend time together and talk about
the Quran and Mohammed and
pray and spend time talking about
stories and faith.
Health concerns are not sup-
posed to interfere with the month.
There are exceptions to the tradition
of fasting for people who are too ill
or unable to abstain from food and
water. Pregnant women, menstru-
ating women, the sick and elderly
are encouraged not to endanger
their health but to make up days
they missed later in the year.
But fasting isnt the only empha-
sized practice of Ramadan.
Erhan Delen, Mardin, Turkey,
graduate student and president of
KUs Intercultural and Interfaith
Dialogue Association, said focusing
on the poor was especially impor-
tant during Ramadan.
When we are fasting we are
understanding the poor people
better, he said. Although we have
food and water we cannot drink
them so we can understand the
poor peoples lives.
Fasting is one of the Five Pillars
of Islam, which are the backbone of
the religion. Almsgiving to the poor
is another pillar.
We do this for God, he said.
Just for God, not any other peo-
ple.
He said that giving to the poor
was to satisfy God, and to help
attain self-purification.
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Members of the Lawrence Islamic Society attend the Friday afternoon prayer during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
RAMADAN (continued from 1A)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Bush and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) walk down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House inWashington, prior to speaking to reporters
in the Rose Garden where the president endorsed McCain. Barack Obama likes to say, We cant aford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bushs third term.Bushs third termhas
become a favorite attack line for Democrats, one repeated almost daily by the candidate and his surrogates. They argue that McCain favors failed Bush administration economic policies and would
keep U.S. troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
Hes a very personable guy,
who obviously enjoys being
around students and constitu-
ents, McGonigle said. He had
about as much fun here as we
had having him.
During lunch, McGonigle
said that Moore spoke on issues
at the University and issues that
were going on within the elec-
tions and Washington.
Mason Heilman, Lawrence
junior and Student Senate
Executive Committee chairman,
said that Moore also spoke about
daily life at lunch.
It was a great way for us
to get to know the person rep-
resenting us in Washington,
Heilman said.
Andrew Toth, Colby sopho-
more and KU Young Democrats
president, said Moore was
great with the students and was
good at answering one-on-one
impromptu questions from the
students.
This is great for students
who want to know what govern-
ment officials know about, Toth
said.
Moore wasnt all business on
Friday, and occasionally joked
with the student audience.
Whats that funny looking
bird? the 62-year-old congress-
man asked students, pointing
to a Jayhawk. He soon began
laughing.
After Moore met with KU
Young Democrats on Wescoe
Beach, he attended a rally at the
Kansas Union, where Students
for Moore and members of KU
Young Democrats met him to
ask questions.
Students asked an array of
questions, with topics ranging
from global warming and the
situation in Iraq to lowering
costs of education.
What were doing is taking
our national charge card and
charging everything to it that we
want, Moore said to students.
And you know what? Were
making you guys pay for it.
Moore will be running against
Nick Jordan of Shawnee in the
upcoming election.
KU Young Democrats will
be on Wescoe Beach this week
registering students to vote and
providing information on the
upcoming elections. The group
will move to the Kansas Union
if it rains.
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NEWS 4A Monday, septeMber 08, 2008
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Undarmaa Pirenlei writes down
verses immediately whenever they
come to mind. Her poems emerge
from her encounters with people,
the events of everyday life and
her emotions. But Pirenleis poems
capture something else: her inner
struggle of her new life in the U.S.
Pirenlei came to the U.S. from
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in 2002.
She was a high school exchange
student in Phenix City, Ala. She
enrolled at Johnson County
Community College right after the
exchange program.
She transferred to the University
in 2007 and is a senior this semes-
ter. She is one of five Mongolian
international students at the
University.
In one poem, Soliorol, which
means madness in Mongolian,
Pirenlei expressed her trials with
life in a new country.
I was a talkative girl in
Mongolia, Pirenlei said. I felt like
I was a little baby here. When
I tried to say something, people
sometimes didnt understand me.
She said writing poems allowed
her to release emotion.
Stephanie Russel, graduate
teaching assistant in Humanities
and Western Civilization, said
Pirenlei brought a different per-
spective to class discussions, talk-
ing about her experience overseas.
Shes a very articulate woman
with a great perspective, said
Russel, who taught Pirenlei in
spring 2008.
She said Pirenleis emphasis on
community sometimes shocked
her students who took individual-
ism for granted.
Pirenlei said she has faced fewer
problems as her English improved.
However, she said peoples lack of
understanding about Mongolia
sometimes bothered her.
She said one of her instructors
at JCCC laughed at her name. Also,
she said some Americans thought
all Mongolians were nomadic and
barbaric.
I cannot ride a horse. Im from
a city, Pirenlei said. Some people
just dont get what other people
are like and live outside of their
world.
Pirenlei has returned to
Mongolia twice since 2002. She
said she experienced counter-cul-
ture shock when she went back
to Mongolia last winter. She saw
many poor people living in her
city. She said she felt guilty at her
comfortable life in the U.S. The
trip made her determined to even-
tually pursue a government job
in Mongolia and improve lives of
the poor.
Ider-Od Bat-Erdene,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, junior and
Pirenleis friend at the University,
said she had a strong sense of
justice. He said he always enjoyed
discussing everything from
politics to things happening at the
University with her.
He said she had strong opinions,
which Pirenlei said was different
than girls in Mongolia.
There, she said, girls cared more
about harmony than causing trou-
ble by being opinionated.
Pirenlei is majoring in politi-
cal science and economics at the
University. She said she planned to
attend graduate school.
Pirenlei said an American col-
lege degree would bring her to
better job opportunities when she
returned to Mongolia, which she
plans to do after graduate school.
Coming to the U.S. helped her
prepare for a life on her own after
school. She said in her hometown
of Ulaanbaatar, capital city of
Mongolia, many college students
lived with their parents. Living
away from her parents in another
country prepared her to be a more
independent person, she said.
Shes younger than me, but she
seems more mature, said Meng Li,
Shijiazhuang, China, graduate stu-
dent and Pirenleis roommate.
Li said she always enjoyed
Pirenleis quick humor and said she
always made her feel better when
she didnt do well in school.
Pirenlei said she made herself
feel better by writing. She has writ-
ten more than 150 poems; many of
them are about her home.
She said it was difficult for her
not to be able to go back home and
spend time with her family when-
ever she wanted to. She felt that
way particularly when her grand-
father passed away.
Some of her poems appeared
in an American Mongolian news-
paper in Columbia, Mo. One of
her friends recommended she
show her poems to a publisher in
Mongolia. Her collective work was
published as one book in Mongolia
in 2006. The book took the name
of her poem, Soliorol.
People who live away from
their home will like my poems,
Pirenlei said.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
PROFILE
Homesickness inspires Mongolian students poetry
Jerry Wang / KANSAN
Undarmaa Pirenlei, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia senior, immigrated to the United States in 2002. Pirenlei is double majoring in political science
and economics.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK The govern-
ment's historic bailout of Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday
will be good news to homebuyers
and some homeowners hoping to
refinance if it leads to lower mort-
gage rates, as experts expect.
But for homeowners already
behind on their mortgage pay-
ments, or who owe more than
their homes are now worth, the
plan unveiled Sunday by Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson offers
little in the way of extra relief.
"The bailout will give the mort-
gage industry a stability that we
haven't had in a couple of years,"
said Rich Cosner, president of
Prudential California Realty. "But
frankly no, it won't help [struggling
borrowers] to refinance."
Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac play a critical and increas-
ingly dominant role in the mort-
gage market. The companies buy
mortgage loans from banks and
package those loans into securi-
ties that they either hold or sell to
U.S. and foreign investors. That
allows traditional lenders like
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and
Washington Mutual to make more
loans.
Together, Fannie and Freddie
own or guarantee about $5 tril-
lion in home loans, about half
the nation's total. But an alarm-
ing number of those loans started
going into default, draining the
companies' financial reserves and
sending a chill through credit mar-
kets worldwide. As investors grew
more skittish, borrowing costs
started rising.
By placing Fannie and Freddie
into a conservatorship, the govern-
ment is promising investors that
the companies' debt is as safe as the
Treasury Department's.
While not a cure-all, the bailout
is still a step in the right direc-
tion, industry observers say. It
will at least "keep the lanes in the
mortgage freeway open," said Greg
McBride, a senior financial analyst
at Bankrate.com, possibly putting
the market on the road to recov-
ery.
If mortgage rates fall, that will
attract more potential buyers into
the market, which, in turn, will
help to prop up home prices, he
said.
He expects mortgage rates on
a conventional, 30-year fixed-rate
home loan to fall over the next few
weeks as the dust settles on the
bailout. Rates, which now average
6.35 percent, could fall as much as
half a percentage point, he said. But
continued investor wariness and a
depreciating housing market will
keep rates from dropping further.
Government officials declined
to speculate on how much mort-
gage rates would be affected, but
said they hoped government con-
trol would allow the companies to
focus on their mission of support-
ing the housing market.
Experts expect Fannie, Freddie bailout to help, to an extent
natIOnaL
AssociAted Press
KEY WEST, Fla. - With power-
ful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain
course toward the Gulf of Mexico,
many on these low-lying islands
took a wait-and-see approach to
evacuation orders Sunday, per-
haps a harbinger of the attitudes
to come from Louisiana and Texas
residents returning from an ardu-
ous evacuation and already show-
ing signs of hurricane fatigue.
Forecasts show Ike crossing
Cuba and skirting Key West by
Tuesday on a trek to the warm
waters of the Gulf of Mexico, slowly
strengthening to perhaps Category
3 strength on its way to a land-
fall late in the week somewhere
between the Florida Panhandle
and the Texas coast.
And once again, New Orleans
still recovering from the weak-
er-than-expected Gustav is
squarely in the crosshairs.
In Key West, evacuation orders
became mandatory Sunday for
tourists and the approximately
25,000 residents alike, but traf-
fic off the lone highway from
the island was steady rather than
jammed.
Mike Tilson, 24, was preparing
to ride Ike out in his houseboat,
only planning to evacuate if the
storm takes a sudden turn to the
north.
I got tarps and champagne, he
said as he pushed a wheelbarrow of
supplies including Heineken beer,
ice and a loaf of bread down the
dock.
Its just a good party. Ill stay.
At 5 p.m. Sunday, Ike was a
Category 3 hurricane with sus-
tained winds near 120 mph, locat-
ed about 75 miles northeast of
Guantanamo, Cuba, and moving
west at 13 mph. It was forecast to
track over Cuba, re-emerging over
the islands western coast Tuesday
morning about 100 miles south of
Key West as a Category 1.
Ike was a dangerous Category 4
hurricane packing 135-mph winds
earlier, but the National Hurricane
Center in Miami said it had weak-
ened a little in recent hours.
President Bush declared a state
of emergency for Florida because
of Ike on Sunday and ordered fed-
eral money to supplement state
and local response efforts.
Key West Mayor Morgan
McPherson said 15,000 tourists
had already evacuated the region,
and the Key West airport was set
to close at 7 p.m. Sunday.
McPherson warned that any-
one who thinks staying through
a major hurricane is champagne
time hasnt thought it through
clearly. He said emergency vehicles
would be pulled off the road if
the area gets tropical storm force
winds.
Still, many residents of the
nations most southernmost city
said they wanted to see what the
storm does over Cuba and possibly
reassess on Monday.
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By Micole Aronowitz
editor@kansan.com
The Center for Community
Outreach is extending its reach all
the way to the Philippines.
The University organization,
which is a nonprofit, student vol-
unteer organization, is raising
awareness and funds to support
the building of a school to help
impoverished children living on a
dump site in the Tondo region of
the Southeast Asian nation.
This is the first time the CCO,
which generally provides service
within the Lawrence community,
has helped with an overseas pro-
gram. Co-directors Ali Zeigler,
Manila, Philippines, junior, and
Mandy Shriwise, Overland Park
senior, have identified their first
goal.
We want the organization to
be responsible for a biology class-
room, Zeigler said. We want them
to receive the same caliber of edu-
cation as in the U.S.
Zeigler and Shriwise are try-
ing to raise between $5,000 and
$12,000 for the project.
Although the CCO is involved
in several local programs, the stu-
dents said they wanted its grasp to
be global.
We are looking to broaden stu-
dents view of community in the
midst of globalization, Shriwise
said. We need to be aware of other
places, not just Lawrence, that exist
and have need.
Both Zeigler and Shriwise trav-
eled to the Philippines in July and
spent a day at the site. They said
they saw school-aged children
walking around barefoot. The chil-
dren were working instead of going
to school.
They said the site was a stark
contrast to the nicer, much wealthi-
er part of town, which was a 5-min-
ute drive away. They said what
they saw inspired them and they
brought their efforts home.
There was a community of sev-
eral thousand people living on this
dump site, making their living off
of it, Zeigler said. The poorest of
the poor make 60 cents a day.
The Philippine Community
Fund, founded by British woman
Jane Walker, is the main source of
funding for the school. The non-
profit organization receives dona-
tions from private donors and
philanthropic organizations. A goal
of the organization is to educate
the children living in the Tondo
region.
The construction of the school
will begin this fall and continue
throughout the school year.
There are incentives given to
the children that attend school,
Zeigler said. The child is fed two
meals a day at school. If they attend
school everyday for a week they will
be able to bring home a few kilos of
rice and some canned goods.
Student involvement is crucial
for the continued construction of
the school. Though the specifics
of fund raising are not yet final-
ized, ideas the CCO have include a
letter-writing campaign, monetary
donations and benefit concerts.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
By devin lowell
editor@kansan.com
A deal with a local hospital has
given a second life to a research
project that could change the way
scientists view radio waves.
Students working on research
with the KU physics department
recently received permission from
Lawrence Memorial Hospital to
use its magnetic resonance imag-
ing machine, or MRI, to conduct
their experiments.
The students are researching the
effects of strong magnetic fields
on radio waves as those waves
pass through ice, similar to what
may be happening at the Earths
poles. Originally, the experiment
was going to be conducted using a
particle detector in Ithaca, N.Y., but
that would have been too costly.
Using the hospitals MRI allows the
researchers to perform the experi-
ment repeately.
The outcome of this experi-
ment could have consequences
for prior research conducted in
Antarctica, which began in 1995.
When cosmic rays pass through
the Earths atmosphere and strike
the ice at the poles, they release
radio waves. A strong magnetic
field like the Earths could distort
these radio waves. The Antarctic
experiments have been measur-
ing the waves assuming there is
no such distortion.
Ryan Keast, Olathe junior, who
wrote the research proposal, said
the experiment used a stronger
magnetic field to compensate for
the shorter distance the radio
waves traveled compared with
those in Antarctica. Keast won an
undergraduate research award for
his proposal.
David Besson, professor of
physics, compares the measuring
devices the experiment uses to
rabbit-ears on old televisions.
Our rabbit ears are adjusted in
a particular orientation, Besson
said. If the waves are rotating, we
have to reorient the rabbit-ears.
The students experiments
have also suffered other setbacks.
During the summer, the freezer
in Malott Hall that had been stor-
ing the nonmagnetic icebox used
in the experiment broke. Until it
could be repaired, the students
stored the apparatus at Checkers
grocery. While in the freezer, the
box was accidentally crushed.
Since then, the researchers built
a new box, and the experiments
continue.
Edited by AdamMowder
Volunteerism
Community Outreach goes global
Hospital helps
research groups
equipment needs
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Center for Community Outreach co-directors, Ali Zeigler, Manila, Philippines, junior and Mandy Shriwise, Overland Park senior,
broaden the centers outreach to the Philippines. They travelled to this Tondo region dump site, above, during the summer.
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Sean Eitneiser flls his truck and gas cans with fuel, Sunday in Islamorada, Fla.
Mandatory evacuation ordered for Keys
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
The almost miraculous turn
of events occurs in the nick of
time. Youre gaining confdence
in your abilities, too. That will
come in handy later. Keep the
faith.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
No need to share news of
a recent windfall with your
friends and co-workers. Savor
the knowledge in secret and
get yourself a special treat.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Once youve decided upon
your objectives, its time to go
shopping. Put your resources
together with somebody elses,
so you can get the best.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
By now you should be ready
for a break. How can you
give yourself one? By asking
someone to do a noxious chore
for you, thats how. Pay, if you
must.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Make sure you understand the
objective before you begin the
job. An itty-bitty mistake could
grow all out of proportion
quickly. Take care.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
After a little preparation, youll
be ready to relax. Invite a favor-
ite person to join you. Youve
earned a mini-holiday.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Youre generally able to keep
your temper well under control.
Usually theres no reason to
raise your voice. Thats harder
to remember now.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Wind up your shopping now,
while you have a slight advan-
tage. You could also sell at a
proft, if you have a mind to do
that. As usual, your own good
sense is still required.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You have to be telling the truth,
but you dont always have to
be telling it. Thats an old Irish
saying that applies in this situa-
tion. Discretion is advised.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Youre the lucky one, and get-
ting luckier all the time. Make
a suggestion that helps your
company increase profts.
Youre getting smarter, too.
Luck isnt everything.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Get into that stack of stuff
thats been piling up. Theres
something in there that cant
be put off any longer. Theres
also something that will bring
in cash.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Keep quiet about your
fnances, even to your
friends. Youre making per-
sonal decisions and dont
need their input. Or maybe
you do? If so, choose your
advisors carefully.
fridays answers
AssociAted Press
NEW YORK - No soup for
Microsoft?
The software giants new ad star-
ring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely
negative reviews online after premier-
ing Thursday night during NBCs
broadcast of the National Football
Leagues season kickoff game.
The ad was the start of a highly
anticipated $300 million advertising
campaign that Microsoft is launch-
ing in attempt to rebuff Apples
popular TV commercials, which
have portrayed Microsoft and PCs
as uncool.
In the commercial which can
be found at Microsoft.com and on
video sharing sites Seinfeld is
walking through a mall when he
spots Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
at a Shoe Circus store. The come-
dian then helps Gates pick out a new
pair of shoes while the jokes come
quick: showering with clothes on,
Gates being a 10, platinum credit
cards for a fictional shoe store.
Its a zany ad that packs a lot of
quirkiness into 90 seconds. With no
direct mention of Microsoft or its
operating system, Vista, the com-
mercial concludes with the slogan:
The future, delicious.
The ad was created by Crispin
Porter & Bogusky a firm with a
reputation for oddness. Many tech-
nology and advertising blogs have
turned to Seinfelds trademark com-
edy description nothing to
describe the ad.
Huh? wrote Abbey Klaassen
for Ad Age. You could be for-
given for not knowing what the
heck Microsofts new TV ad ... was
about.
Dan Frommer, writing for the
Silicon Alley Insider, pronounced
the ad not funny and added that
the mall shoe store setting is not
going to help Microsoft look any
cooler.
For the blog Techcrunch.com,
Michael Arrington noted that the
tech and geek crowd is a little
underwhelmed by the ad, which
he said is a far cry from the brilliant
Microsoft v. Mac ads.
Brad Brooks, vice president of
Windows consumer product mar-
keting, said in a video posted on
the Windows press Web site, that
the ad is a teaser meant to engage
customers in a conversation ... to get
the conversation going again about
what Windows means in peoples
everyday lives.
Even if the reaction was mostly
negative, Microsofts ad has clearly
succeeded in getting people talking.
Critics pan Seinfelds
new Microsoft ad
aDVERtISINg
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld appeared in the
frst of Microsofts $300 million campaign ads.
The ad also featured Bill Gates.
sex on the Hill
2008
DAILY KANSAN THE UNIVERSITY
Fridays
WHAT THEY SAY:
The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade:
No sooner had the echoes
stilled from Sen. Barack Obama's
stirring acceptance speech in
Denver than Sen. John McCain
made a bold move. He picked
as his running mate Gov. Sarah
Palin of Alaska, who was not
much known outside her home
state and represents a maverick's
gamble if ever there was one.
There's nothing in her paper-
thin resume to suggest she knows
anything about foreign affairs,
which Republicans have insisted
was essential, and the issues that
matter to America's great urban
centers, given that Alaska is not
typical of the rest of the country.
Still, there's no denying her
appeal. A mother of five and
staunchly anti-abortion, she will
bring Christian conservatives
into the McCain camp.
Whether her right-wing views
will attract white working-class
women who supported Hillary
Clinton is debatable. In her
introductory speech, she explic-
itly said: "The women of America
aren't finished yet."
On the issues, there is much to
dislike about Sarah Palin and
other Clinton, not to mention
Obama, supporters will be the
first to point that out. But her
candidacy is exciting.
The Manhattan Mercury:
Give Sen. John McCain his
due. Hes not afraid to take
chances. He took a big one while
injecting yet more history in this
presidential campaign Friday in
naming Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
as his running mate.
Rather than decide immedi-
ately whether shes a great pick or
something else, we suggest voters
of both parties learn about her,
give her a chance. Certain she
deserves more of a chance than
Bill Burton, a spokesman for the
Obama campaign, was willing to
give her on Friday.
Sen. McCain hasnt done that.
If she ends up a heartbeat away
from the presidency, it will be
because voters in November think
highly enough of Sen. McCain
and Gov. Palin to elect them.
That said, were not suggesting
that voters blindly buy into the
Republican superlatives about
Gov. Palin, who is the GOPs first
female vice presidential nominee.
Yes, she might siphon off some of
the women who had supported
Sen. Hillary Clinton and are try-
ing to warm up to Sen. Obama.
Gov. Palin seems more than will-
ing to shatter the glass ceiling
that she says was weakened by the
18 million cracks Sen. Clintons
candidacy left in it.
Gov. Palin, not unlike Sen.
Obama, is something of a mys-
tery. Thats fine. To her credit, she
has been willing to take on the
political establishment, includ-
ing members of her own party
in Alaska. And she seems to be
something of the maverick that
Sen. McCain was until he began
running for president.
If Sen. McCain chose her out
of weakness, that will become
apparent soon enough. And
if he chose her because of her
strengths, our country might be
the stronger for it.
You like your politics like you
like your sex brief, apathetic and
impersonal. However, just like that
pretty-little-bad-decision who sits
next to you in English comp, the
presidential campaigns will soon
be leaving you emotionally over-
wrought messages and demanding
commitment.
But, unlike that smokin-hot-
unwanted-pregnancy you met in
the stacks, you cant just keep tak-
ing circuitous routes around cam-
pus to avoid them. Theyre every-
where.
Look at me, Im a registered
Democrat!
No, over here, registered
Republican!
No one cares Im a registered
sex offender, but you dont see me
bragging about it, putting up signs,
or going door to door in the neigh-
borhood because the state requires
me to.
Nevertheless, this is America:
You have a civic duty to cast a futile
and uninformed vote for either
the candidate who will continue
moving the country down its same
doomed path or the candidate who
will have the audacity of hope nec-
essary to take our country into new
and exciting areas of doom.
First, theres
Democratic nominee
Barack Obama. His
campaign symbol is a
giant O cresting the
flag, like the ever-open
eye of some pagan god
peering over the horizon
and into your soul.
The thing is abso-
lutely terrifying. I dont
know whether to vote
for him or offer him my
first-born.
Obamas wife has even
declared that Obama
will never allow you
to go back to your lives
as usual uninvolved,
uninformed. The hell he wont.
I barely let real God tell me what
to do in my day-to-day life, and
Obamas offering me free health-
care for eternity. Obama doesnt
stand a chance.
Still, Obama could make his-
tory. If elected, that would not only
make him the first black man to be
president, it would also make him
the first Hawaiian to be anything.
But Republican nominee John
McCain could also make histo-
ry, becoming the first 44th white
male president. Also, with vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin,
they could break another barrier.
Females have always been able to
secretly titter about the attractive-
ness of the male candidates.
Not anymore. I have a dream
that one day men will be able to
proudly proclaim: Oh yeah, Id
gerrymander her districts any day.
Filibuster her Senate floor for 24
hours straight.
However, McCain is old: older
than sin, or at least those sins
that involve moving pictures or
the ingestion of scientifically engi-
neered chemicals.
Hes been a Republican so long
his brain is like a time-capsule for
bad ideas. The only upside is that
its not conceptually possible for
him to become any older.
Like the Y2K bug, hes bound
to roll around to the aught-aughts
sometime soon.
If youve found this discharge
of your political duties painful
not to mention abnormally thick
dont blame me. Perky-young-
venereal-roulette just left you a
rather somber voicemail.
Reichert is an Oberlin gradu-
ate student in law.
You're out of luck, buddy.
Last Friday, BBC Radio broad-
casted a special report highlight-
ing Kansas City, Mo., as the least
bicycle friendly city in the United
States.
In the entire city, there are no
more than six miles of dedicated
bike lanes, which has more high-
way miles per person than any-
where else in the country except
Houston.
Travel 40 miles west (by car) and
youre back in Lawrence, which has
a better reputation with cyclists.
The League of American Bicyclists
recognized Lawrence as a bronze-
level bicycle friendly community
in 2004.
While driving eastbound
along the repaved stretch of 19th
Street between Naismith and
Massachusetts streets, I noticed the
new bike lanes on either side of the
road. It was a welcoming sight for
avid bikers. This seemed to confirm
the citys 10-speed designation.
But as I approached the busy
intersection of 19th and Louisiana
streets, the car lane abruptly cut
off the sliver of roadway reserved
for cyclists. The bike lane vanished,
leaving any biker with little recourse
but to quickly merge into traffic or
jump the curb and seek refuge on
the sidewalk.
Who can we blame for such
poor planning? According to a
six-month-old Lawrence Journal-
World article, city commissioners
decided that bike lanes could not
feasibly be added because of higher
costs and more delays.
The city seemed to conclude that
a shorter stretch of bike lane was
better than none at all, but this has
created a hazardous complication
near an already dangerous inter-
section.
This illustrates a larger problem
in Lawrence. We have an inco-
herent system of bike routes and
poorly planned paths.
When I have attempted to follow
these bread crumb trails of green,
bicycle-embossed street signs
through the city, I often find myself
marooned in strange neighbor-
hoods and sinister strip malls. The
city is certainly making an effort,
but it is a haphazard one at best.
The more often people choose
their bikes over their cars, the bet-
ter, but the bicycles benefits are
contingent on a well-developed
transportation network.
Bikes can cause traffic conges-
tion, lead to injuries and get in the
way of pedestrians. A half-baked
system creates more problems than
it solves.
Thompson is a Topeka senior
in economics and political
science.
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What everyone is
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Taxpayers footing
the conventions bills
As voters watch the
expensive sets and glitz of
the national political par-
ties' conventions, they may
wonder who's paying for all
this. The answer: They are.
Taxpayers are footing
a large share of the bill
for the conventions, and
they shouldn't have to. To
begin with, each conven-
tion will get more than $16
million in federal money
to help pay for convention
operations. To make mat-
ters worse, Congress voted
to appropriate $50 million
in Homeland Security funds
to pay for security.
There's really no reason
for this expense when mon-
ey is tight and the federal
government operates at a
tremendous defcit.
The conventions are no
longer a decision-making
part of the election process.
Nominees have long been
set. The conventions have
become nothing more than
political theater. They are
scripted campaign com-
mercials on free network
television time.
While the federal
government is operating
in the red, the campaigns
are awash in revenue. Both
presidential campaigns are
raising tens of millions of
dollars each month. They
and their parties should
pay for their conventions.
The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger
Sept. 2 editorial
ASSOCiATED pRESS
Today was the frst day of
the last two years that I didn't
think about you once, and
that doesn't feel as good as I
thought it would.
n n n
I really want a gnome.
n n n
Are there any good guys
on campus who don't only
want to play drinking games
and get really drunk? Because
I can't seem to fnd any.
n n n
Rock me sexy Muhammad!
n n n
To the person who found
my KUID: Thanks a lot. I didn't
even realized I lost it yet!
n n n
The FDA says oxycontin is
a dangerous drug because it's
easily abused.
n n n
Man, Free for All - seems
like everyone is breaking up
or pining for somebody else.
Darling Free for All, wouldnt it
be great if pathetic and needy
were attractive?
n n n
Hash: the potheads crack.
n n n
You may have been using
Google before it was cool, but
I was using your mom before
you were born.
n n n
Wahoo! The steam whistle
is coming back!
n n n
There is a dead pig in the
bathtub. Where in the world
did that come from?
n n n
I am le tired.
n n n
I went to work sans under-
wear and bra. And heres a
secret: It was hot.
n n n
All this political jargon
makes me horny.
n n n
Ever notice that everyone
who supports abortion has
already been born?
n n n
I won the poker tourna-
ment at the Burge, and I dont
even get mentioned in the
Kansans second page spread
about poker.
n n n
Since when did work be-
come the new Match.com?
n n n
Baseball caps worn to the
side piss me of. It completely
defeats the purpose of wear-
ing the cap.
n n n
I know why they dont
have the money to blow the
whistle. Its all going to paying
for the fre department to
come to the false alarms at
the dorms. Damn idiots.
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ASSOCiATED pRESS
COnTRiBUTED pHOTO
The bike lane along the newly repaved 19th Street comes to an abrupt halt just west of Lawrence High School, sending cyclists into oncom-
ing trafc or onto the sidewalk. This is the citys most recent addition to the hodgepodge of bike trails that have yet to forma cohesive path.
ASSOCiATED pRESS
NEWS 8A MONday, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
BY RYAN McGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
Three weeks into the semester,
it can be hard to find a place in
Lawrence removed from the ele-
vated noise levels that come with
the swell of KU students. But on
the edge of Pendletons Country
Market, four miles
east of Lawrence,
Bobby Sauder and
Rolf Petermann tear
sweet potatoes from
the earth by hand. The only sound
interrupting the ambient back-
ground of insects is the occasional
pickup truck driving by on its way
to pick up fresh produce.
Pendletons Country Market is
one of at least a half-dozen local
farms that regularly interact with
the Lawrence community through
the Lawrence Farmers Market.
The market, established in 1976,
is open Saturday mornings at 8th
and New Hampshire streets and
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at
10th and Vermont streets. Joanna
Voigt, assistant to the Market
Coordinator, said it regularly
featured between 60 and 70 ven-
dors. Students have become more
involved in the market as it grows.
Jennifer Kongs, Topeka senior,
began working at a market retail
booth for Hoyland Farm in 2007,
at first accepting free produce as
payment.
Ive been really interested in
sustainable agriculture and the idea
of local food economies for a couple
of years now, said Kongs. After
studying it in school, I decided
that I wanted to be a part of it.
I decided the best
way to do that was
to get experience
growing food.
John Pendleton,
who runs the land
his father purchased and began
farming in the 1950s, said he had
never imagined that the market
would come to compete for his
familys primary source of reve-
nue.
The Saturday morning market
is a phenomenon that is just abso-
lutely unbelievable, said Pendleton,
who planted his first half-acre of
asparagus in 1980. As the agricul-
ture crisis of the 1980s caused his
farm to shift away from livestock
operations, Pendleton began rais-
ing other vegetables and flowers for
direct sale at local markets.
I actually thought, 10, 15 years
ago, that we would have graduated
away from the farmers market by
now, said Pendleton. But every
year, the desire for people to go to
a farmers market has just exponen-
tially increased.
Pendleton employs the two stu-
dents to help with his farming, and
both are interested in sustainable
practices.
Petermann, Lawrence senior,
said he became involved with
organic farming as a result of his
architectural studies.
Youre growing all kinds of
food that you need to survive in
ways that can cut down on reliance
on natural resources, Petermann
said. Thats how I got interested in
working out here.
Sauder, a 2007 graduate, said he
found his work, picking vegetables
on the 35-acre farm, the perfect
foundation for his post-graduate
life.
Im a musician, actually, said
Sauder. Im pursuing music, and
this is where Im working while I
do that. I didnt want to take on
anything too serious.
The farmers and other vendors
found at the market enjoy a posi-
tion in the Lawrence community
similar to many businesses in the
area, serving KU students as both
employer and retailer.
Aspects of small-scale farming
like organic methods and limited
transportation distances are often-
voiced concerns of regular patrons
of the market. Brandon Stone,
a Camdenton, Mo., graduate stu-
dent, mentioned Eva, his one-year-
old daughter, as one motivating
factor.
With our daughter, we want
her to be eating pesticide-free, and
as local as possible, said Stone.
For example, tomatoes they
travel I dont know how far from
Mexico just to get to the grocery
stores. Its so much better just to
get a local tomato. It tastes better,
and its better for you.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Farmers market thrives because of students, town
LOCAL
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Rolf Petermann, a Lawrence senior who recently returned fromstudying abroad, overlooks a portion of Pendletons Country Market
while harvesting sweet potatoes Friday afternoon. The farm, located four miles east of Lawrence, is one of many local vendors to supply the Farmers
Market.
Cairo residents angry over lack of aid
ASSOcIATED PRESS
CAIRO, Egypt Hopes dimin-
ished Sunday for finding survi-
vors among hundreds of people
believed trapped beneath massive
boulders that destroyed an impov-
erished neighborhood on Cairo's
outskirts, killing at least 32 people,
including whole extended families.
Anger and resentment mounted
as authorities failed for a second
day to get heavy machinery into
the devastated shantytown to try to
clear the large slabs that split away
from the Muqattam cliffs early
Saturday. Survivors among the
100,000 residents of the Dewika
slum were also left to spend the
night without shelter, despite gov-
ernment promises to provide it.
"The area turned into a mass
grave," one bearded man shouted,
while a tearful young woman in
a black robe clutched a picture of
a newlywed couple whose bodies
remained trapped below.
Hundreds of anti-riot police
in helmets and shields cordoned
off the area to prevent journalists
and residents from approaching
the site. Only young residents who
have been involved in the rescue
efforts were allowed to get close.
"In America, rescue workers
would hurry to save a cat. Here,
hundreds of human beings are bur-
ied under the rocks and nobody
seems to care," said a taxi driver
who was helping with the rescue
but refused to give his name.
Many residents who spoke to
a reporter refused to give their
names, saying they felt intimidat-
ed and threatened by the security
forces in the area.
Rabie Ragab, whose house over-
looks the boulders, accused the
government of trying to deceive
the public. "The minister of hous-
ing told the media that no one
would sleep in the street. You can
see that we all slept in the streets."
Alleys leading up to the demol-
ished houses were packed with
women weeping and wailing while
calling out names of their loved
ones. One young man with a dusty
face burst into tears and lay on
the ground after losing his whole
family.
State television reported that
another body was pulled from the
rubble Sunday, bringing the death
toll to 32. A security official said
46 people were treated at hospi-
tals, but that many other people
remained buried. He spoke on
condition of anonymity because
he was not authorized to speak to
the press.
The densely populated shanty-
town, part of a sprawling slum
known as Manshiyet Nasr, is sand-
wiched between unstable cliffs
and an unused railroad track that
has made it difficult to get heavy
recovery machinery into the area.
More than 24 hours after the inci-
dent, rescue operations were still
being carried out largely by hand
and by residents.
Army personnel and Civil
Defense workers managed to cut
into the railway track and demolish
several houses to clear the way for
bulldozers.
Aboul-Ela Amin Mohammed,
the head of the earthquake depart-
ment at the National Research
Institute for Astronomy and
Geophysics, said the entire plateau
is in danger of further collapse.
"It is not the first time or the
last time," he told The Associated
Press. "The area is full of densely
packed informal housing with no
central sewer system. ... When the
sewage touches the fragile surface
of the limestone it changes its con-
sistency into a flour-like paste."
Similar disasters happened in
1994 and 2002.
Despite the obvious danger and
residents' pleas to the local coun-
cil to provide safer housing, little
action was taken, said Mustafa
Mahmoud Sayyed, a five-year resi-
dent of the slum.
Like much of the housing,
Sayyed said his one-floor house
of bricks with a wood ceiling was
built illegally near the cliff edge
made possible by a bribe to the city
council's engineer.
Hundreds of new government-
provided apartments have been
built just a 10-minute walk from
the slums, but residents say only
5 percent is occupied because few
can afford the necessary bribes.
Haidar Baghdadi, the parlia-
mentary representative of the area,
told AP that 388 apartments from
this complex would be made avail-
able within 48 hours to those who
lost their homes.
wOrLd
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Local residents, police and fremen searching for survivors try to clear away rubble
with their bare hands and basic tools. The rock slide occurred in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on
Saturday.
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BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
If someone had told Angus Quigley
before the season that he would lead the
team in rushing in each of its first two
games, the 6-foot-2 junior running back
wouldnt have believed it.
With Jake Sharp and junior college
transfer Jocques Crawford primed to split
the carries, Quigley seemed destined for
special-teams duty.
But after his 47-yard performance
against Florida International last week,
and his career-high 84 yards during the
Jayhawks 29-0 victory against Louisiana
Tech on Saturday, its Quigley not Sharp
or Crawford who has led the team in
rushing in each of the first two games.
I probably would have chuckled at that
one, Quigley said of the preseason pre-
diction. I would have laughed or smiled
and said, Yeah, Im going to lead the team
in rushing from the special teams sure,
ok. Its just a privilege to even get in the
game these first two games. I just went in
and kept my feet moving and played the
way I know how to play.
While Quigley provided the spark
on the ground, it was quarterback Todd
Reesing who contributed through the air.
The 5-foot-11 gunslinger passed for a
career-high of 412 yards, the third-best
single-game total in school history.
After completing 37 of 52 passes against
FIU in week one, Reesing completed 32
of 38 passes against Louisiana Tech and
again had three touchdowns.
A large portion of Reesings yards came
after the catch, including all but five of
Dezmon Briscoes 48-yard touchdown
catch in the third quarter. Briscoe, who
had seven catches for 146 yards, caught
a short pass from Reesing and broke six
different tackles before falling into the
end zone.
When the replay was shown on the
video board, the students that had braved
the cold, rainy conditions counted out
each of the six missed Louisiana Tech
tackles.
Thats the ideal pass: when all you have
to do is throw it about 10 yards and get a
50-yard completion out of it, Reesing
said. It doesnt get much easier than that.
When you have guys that can take a short
pass and get a lot of yards after it, it makes
my job a lot easier.
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takes second place
The Jayhawks beat out Central Florida in the fnal round to
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Former basketball players ofcially sign to NBA,
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BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
Trailing for the first time this season
after four minutes against UAB, No. 20
Kansas could have panicked. The Jayhawks
could have reverted to the offensive form
that saw them shut out eight times one
year ago.
Instead, Mark Francis squad regrouped
and fashioned the perfect response, scor-
ing twice in the span of 30 seconds then
pulling away in the second half for an
electrifying 5-2 victory at the Jayhawk
Soccer Complex Friday afternoon.
Freshmen sensations Emily Cressy and
Kortney Clifton each scored twice, junior
midfielder Monica Dolinsky tallied from
the penalty spot and senior midfielder
Jessica Bush added two assists to ensure
Kansas maintained its unbeaten start to
the 2008 season.
It doesnt surprise me when we score
goals, Francis said about his teams
emphatic response to going down early.
You dont usually score two in 30 sec-
onds. But what that tells me is that when
they score a goal, we get mad about it.
Weve got to have that mentality when
its 0-0.
The UAB Blazers looked to have
grabbed the momentum when freshman
midfielder/forward Laura McCalla beat
senior goalkeeper Julie Hanley in the
fourth minute, but Kansas wasnt on the
back foot for long.
Dolinsky answered back from the spot
three minutes later when the referee blew
the whistle for a UAB handball during
the scrum to clear a Kansas corner kick.
Clifton followed that with her first goal
as a Jayhawk, glancing a pinpoint header
inside the back post from a Bush corner
kick.
Clifton said Kansas had been working
on organizing and timing runs in the box
during the past week in practice.
I knew my run, and I was able to get
on the end of it, Clifton said.
UAB forced its way back into the game
in the 12th minute when sophomore
defender Lauren Jackson was called for
a penalty kick after over-committing to a
tackle just inside the penalty area.
But Cressy was there to respond seven
minutes later, giving Kansas a lead it
wouldnt relinquish. Bush split the Blazers
defense, her pass leading the streaking
freshman through on goal, and Cressy
sent a left-footed blast into the side net-
ting.
She got her second six minutes after
halftime when Dolinsky sent a ball over
the top of the defense. Cressy fought her
way onto the end of it, and recorded her
team-leading fourth goal.
Not to be outdone, Clifton secured
her brace in the 66th minute when junior
forward Shannon McCabe spotted her
diagonal run. McCabe chipped the ball
into space where Clifton deftly finished,
leaving the goalkeeper and defender in
a heap.
Its nice to be able to finally contribute
to the team, and get my first goals on the
board, Clifton said.
Francis said he was happy to see Clifton
break through and begin building confi-
dence after failing to take advantage of her
previous chances.
As a forward the longer the season
goes on without scoring, the more pres-
sure you feel, Francis said.
Kansas picKs up fourth
victory in Dallas
Forty-eight hours after disposing
of UAB, Kansas overcame SMU 1-0 in
Dallas behind freshman forward Kortney
Cliftons third goal of the weekend.
The Jayhawks lost to coach Mark
Francis alma mater 2-0 in Lawrence last
season, but a moment of brilliance from
junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky and
Clifton sent them to their fourth win in as
many games.
Kansas scored the games lone goal in
the 26th minute when Dolinsky weaved
through the Mustang defense along the
byline, eventually finding Clifton at the
near post.
The Jayhawks are 4-0 for the first time
since 2004 when they started the season
with six consecutive victories.
Apart from the goal, Francis said he
was disappointed with his teams sloppi-
ness with the ball and defensive focus for
most of the first half. Still, he said Kansas
is starting to show it can win ugly when
things arent flowing on either side of the
ball.
Both sides combatted temperatures in
the high 80s, and Francis said the bench
was key to nabbing a second victory
this weekend. Twenty players saw action
against SMU, none less than 13 minutes.
I think our bench did a great job
coming in and giving us some energy,
Francis said.
Edited by Rachel Burchfeld
Weston White/kansan
Junior forward shannon mccabe battles for a header against a University of Alabama at Birmingham
defender. McCabe had two shots with one assist in Kansas' 5-2 victory Friday evening.
BY StEphEN MoNtEMAYoR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Marching to victory
suprise star leads ofense
Maybe I was wrong. Maybe Kansas can
continue to have a dismal rushing attack
and still be bailed out by Todd Reesing and
his stellar receiving corps.
Either way, Kansas put on an electrify-
ing performance on both sides of the ball
Saturday en route to proving capable of
notching 10 wins and perhaps another
BCS bowl berth.
Kansas 29, Louisiana Tech 0.
Should Kansas reach an unprecedented
second consecutive BCS bowl, the team
they will meet is 2008s college football
Cinderella: the Eastern Carolina Pirates.
This years version of last years
Jayhawks if you will.
Eastern Carolina knocked off its second
BCS and Top 25 team in as many weeks
after its 24-3 rout over No. 8 West Virginia.
Now no team stands in the way of
Eastern Carolina that is the caliber of a
Virginia Tech or West Virginia. There is no
reason to suspect the Pirates wont win out
this year and finish as one of or the only
undefeated teams in the country.
And a la the 2006 Boise State squad
that went unbeaten and crashed the BCS
party with their epic Fiesta Bowl win over
Oklahoma, an undefeated Pirate squad will
be relegated to one of the four other BCS
bowls rather than the championship tilt.
Conference USA Champs arent the cre-
dentials necessary for an Eastern Carolina
BCS title run.
But it was a Big 12 team that met Boise
State in the Fiesta Bowl two seasons past
and should the Jayhawks collide with
Eastern Carolina in a BCS bowl, prepare
to be short of breath for it will steal the
show and prove to be the top bowl of the
2008-2009 season.
The Pirates are the 2007 Jayhawks
but not the Kansas of 2008. No, this
years Kansas is better than the team that
shocked the world one season ago.
And with a legit running game there
would be few mirrors for this squad. No
matter, Reesing played better than he ever
has, completing 32-of-38 passes for 412
yards and another trio of scores to usual
suspects. Dezmon Briscoe had a stellar
48-yard score after breaking six tackles,
and Daymond Patterson continued his
bid to be our states diminutive answer to
Mizzous Jeremy Maclin. Im not break-
ing any news here when I reiterate that
in his first start at receiver, Patterson had
eight grabs for 130 yards and two impres-
sive scores. Odds are youve become well
acquainted with his highlights.
Tack those on to last weeks 75-yard
punt return score and Kansas has a legit
breakaway threat.
Jake Sharp and Jocques Crawford once
again were thoroughly disappointing with
just 14 carries and 41 yards combined.
My One-Three Punch theory should
be shelved for the time being as Angus
Quigley continued to pick up the twos
slack on the ground although paydirt
still eludes him.
You couldnt ask for more from Kansas
defensive unit. A shutout is as good as it
gets. There is nothing to complain about
here. Maybe save for that nearly nine min-
ute drive they surrendered to the Bulldogs.
But that drive ended in a Chris Harris
interception and was succeeded by a
scoring drive less than half as long as the
Bulldogs attempt.
Big play turnovers will be needed in the
games ahead, as will quick scoring drives.
Before kickoff in Lawrence, Pirates run-
ning back Jonathan Williams and signal
caller Patrick Pinkney were well on their
way to securing a second straight shocker.
Pinkney, darting around the field and
compiling near-perfect passing stats,
looked like Eli Manning during the New
York Giants Super Bowl run last winter.
Williams tore through any and all
tacklers, throwing video-game moves that
should leave the Jayhawks ground game
green with envy.
This week Eastern Carolina is ranked
No. 14 in the Associated Press Poll and No.
20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.
This is no ordinary year for the Pirates
and Kansas could tell them all about
see MonteMayor on paGe 4b
coMMentary
Pirates are
this years
Cinderella
Jon Goering/kansan
Junior quarterback todd Reesing throws a pass during the game against Louisiana Tech Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Reesing passed for a career-high 412 yards on 32-of-38 passing. The Jayhawks defeated the Bulldogs 29-0.
Hawks remain unblemished after two-win weekend
soccer
see GaMer on paGe 4b
Marcus, Markieff, welcome to the
University of Kansas. You guys are
officially students, and we here at the
Morning Brew hope the first day went
well. Markieff, hope you remembered
to leave the airsoft gun in your dorm
room.
The Morris
twins started
class on Friday,
just more than
two weeks
after the first
day. Skeptics
might think the
University is
acting unfairly
by letting them
start so late, but thats not the case.
This year, the last day a student can
enroll is Sept. 18.
The late start isnt ideal, but the
twins have someone they can call for
advice.
The first Brandon Rush sight-
ing came on Aug. 14, 2005. People
saw him at parties and around the
Jayhawker Towers during the next two
days as he made his first official visit
in Lawrence.
School started on the 18th that
year. Rush didnt make the first day of
class. He thought about Indiana and
Illinois for the next two weeks. When
he finally picked Kansas, it was Aug.
27. But he still didnt start class.
The pesky NCAA Clearinghouse,
which the twins know plenty about,
had work to do. You see, Rush liked to
travel in his high school days. He just
couldnt quite find a high school that
worked for him. He started at Hogan
sports 2B monday, september 8, 2008
quote of the day
trivia of the day
fact of the day
Kansas is an outstand-
ing football team, and
when you play an out-
standing football team you
better take advantage of
any opportunities that you
get. We had a couple of
opportunities early to put
some points on the board
and we didnt do it. When
you dont take advantage
of opportunities against a
good football team then it
is going to be a long night.
Derek Dooley,
Louisiana Tech football coach
Kansas football started
the season 2-0 for a record
fifth straight season. Kan-
sas also posted a shut-out
in its second game last
season a 62-0 vic-
tory against Southeastern
Louisiana.
Kansas Athletics
Q: When was the last
time Kansas lost one of
its frst two games of the
season?
A: 2003. Kansas lost its
week one opener at home
against Northwestern,
28-20, on Aug. 30, 2003.
Kansas football media guide
By mark dent
mdent@kansan.com
Morris twins arent
the frst to start late
Run, baby, run
Allison Richardson/KANSAN
Ben Westerman, Derby senior, outruns a blitz fromChelsea Magruder, Norwich senior, and Keslie Kandt, Hays senior, during a coed football
game at Shenk Recreation Complex on Sunday afternoon. Magruder and Kandts team, the Fighting Seans, went on to beat Westermans team,
ThrowIt to Ricky.
Congrats to Grady Millikan,
a junior from Ulysses and this
weeks Kick the Kansan victor.
Millikan successfully picked
nine of the 10 games, and cor-
rectly predicted that East
Carolina would defeat No. 8 West
Virginia. Millikans only slip-up
was choosing Bowling Green to
beat Minnesota.
Mark Dent, University Daily
Kansan managing editor, was the
best the Kansan staff could offer.
Dent finished 8-2.
In honor of Millikans victory,
heres a brief look at his home-
town, Ulysses.
Its located in Grant County in
Southwest Kansas, approximately
35 miles from the Colorado and
Oklahoma borders. And accord-
ing to the United States census
bureau, Ulysses had a population
of 5,960 in 2000.
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK THREE
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staf.
Get your name in the paper.
This weeks games:
1. No. 13 Kansas at No. 19 South Florida
(Predict Score)
2. No. 5 Ohio State at No. 1 USC
3. No. 10 Wisconsin at No. 21 Fresno State
4. UCLA at No. 18 BYU
5. No. 16 Oregon at Purdue
6. Bowling Green at Boise State
7. Iowa State at Iowa
8. Stanford at TCU
9. Rice at Vanderbilt
10. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
Name:
E-mail:
Year in school:
Hometown:
Rules:
1) Only KU students are eligible.
2) Give your name, e-mail, year in school and hometown.
3) Beat the best prognosticator at the Kansan and get your name in
the paper.
4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper
next to the Kansan staf.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Either submit your picks to KickTheKansan@kansan.com or to the
Kansan business ofce, located at the West side of Staufer-Flint Hall,
which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library.
KICK THE KANSAN
WEEK TWo RESulTS
College BasketBall
NCAA desegregation
leader dies Sunday
EL PASO, Texas Don Haskins,
credited with helping break color
barriers in college sports in 1966
when he used fve black starters
to win a national basketball title
for Texas Western, died Sunday.
He was 78.
Texas-El Paso spokesman Jef
Darby said the Hall of Fame coach
died Sunday afternoon. He had
no other details. UTEP was previ-
ously known as Texas Western.
Haskins was an old-time coach
who believed in hard work and
was known for his gruf demean-
or. That attitude was portrayed in
the 2006 movie Glory Road, the
flm chronicled Haskins improb-
able rise to national fame.
The Associated Press
Prep, then moved to Kansas City
Career Academy, which promptly
went bankrupt. Next came Westport
High School and then finally, Mt.
Zion Christian Academy.
Rush spent a total of five years
at four high schools, a transcript
nightmare. The Clearinghouse got it
done, and finally, Rush was deemed
eligible on Sept. 2. But he still didnt
start class.
Sept. 2 was a Friday, the Friday
before Labor Day in fact. Rush first
stepped in a KU classroom the next
Tuesday, on Sept. 6. That means
Rush missed nearly three weeks of
classes, plenty more than the Morris
twins have missed.
Rush was enrolled in 15 hours
that semester and finished with a
3.6 GPA. Not bad. He probably
didnt take Organic Chemistry or
Roman Military History, and the
twins wont either.
And to be eligible in the spring,
all they have to do is pass six hours.
DucK siGhtinG
Bet the KU basketball team
would never do this. They often
order in and stay away from public
restaurants on the road.
On Thursday night, the Oregon
volleyball team ate at Buffalo Wild
Wings on Mass. Street. They came
in their green and yellow warm ups
and got a few cheers and compli-
ments from the other customers at
the restaurant.
My only question is this: Is it
really that smart to eat spicy chicken
wings the day before competition?
Hey, it must work. Oregon is
ranked No. 13 in the country, and
the Ducks swept the Jayhawks on
Friday.
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Kansas 29, Louisiana Tech 0
4B Monday, SepteMber 8, 2008 Kansas 29, Louisiana Tech 0 5B Monday, SepteMber 8, 2008
Football WRaP-UP
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
Louisiana Tech wide receiver
Phillip Livas took the end-around
at his own 20-yard line and found
a gaping hole on the left side of the
Kansas defensive line.
With his team trailing 20-0 in
the third quarter, Livas broke for
daylight, sprinting down the left
side of the field without a single
Kansas defender between him and
a sure touchdown.
Darrell Stuckey didnt see it that
way.
The junior safety was on the
opposite side of the field. Livas was
already past him at full speed and
at that point a touchdown wouldnt
have damaged Kansas stranglehold
on the game.
None of that mattered to
Stuckey, who put his head down
and sprinted at an angle.
He hoped there was enough yard-
age between Livas and the end zone
for himto catchup. He hopedthat he
could channel the 4.4 speed that he
displayed in off-season workouts.
Stuckey hoped that he could
make a touchdown-saving tackle,
that he could be the hero and help
his team preserve its shutout
something the entire unit so des-
perately wanted.
That play, it was amazing, said
Stuckey. I thank God that he really
used me to speed up and never
give up.
Stuckey caught Livas and wres-
tled himdown at the two-yard line,
but thats not where it ended. On
first and goal, Stuckey sprinted to
the ball and planted running back
Patrick Jackson four yards behind
the line of scrimmage.
On third down, Stuckey pres-
sured quarterback Taylor Bennett
and forced an incompletion.
Bulldog kicker Brad Oestriecher,
who hit a 60-yarder before the
game, came in on fourth down and
doinked his 23-yard attempt off the
right goal post.
The Jayhawks took over and
marched down the field, adding a
field goal to their already bounti-
ful lead.
Coach Mark Mangino pointed
to Stuckeys hustle play as an exam-
ple of how to play defense.
The gutsiest play in the game
of football is when a player is out
in the open running for a touch-
down, and youre the only guy who
can make the play, Mangino said.
You have everything going against
you, yet you go down and make
the play.
The whole complexion of the
game is completely changed in
our favor because Darrell Stuckey
chose to hustle.
Senior captain Joe Mortensen
echoed Manginos take on the play.
That was the momentum-chang-
er in the game and its a good hall-
mark play of our defense, he said.
Stuckey laughed at a reporters
assessment of Livas as pretty fast.
I dont know if pretty is the
word. He was very fast, he said.
The play that seemed impossible
when he sprinted after the high
school sprinter became real when
Livas looked back and realized he
could be caught.
It was just one example of the
Jayhawk defense giving up a big
play Livas gained 78 yards
on the run but stopping the
Bulldogs when it mattered most.
Theres a popular term to describe
such a defense, but dont tell that to
Mangino.
I dont go for that bend and
dont break stuff. Thats ridiculous,
he said. If your defense is bending,
its going to shatter someday, and
thats not how we play here.
Kansas defense held on for
the shutout, the second of the
Mangino-era. Its the only Big 12
teamthis season that hasnt surren-
dered an offensive touchdown.
Still, not everything went
according to plan for the Jayhawk
defense.
Stuckeys roommate, senior cor-
ner back Kendrick Harper, had to
be carted off the sideline with an
undisclosed injury. Mangino said
his replacement, freshman Isiah
Barfield, suffered through some
mental lapses but eventually settled
into the role.
The defense also allowed
Louisiana Tech to march down the
field on a 22-play, 82-yard drive
before Chris Harris intercepted a
pass in the end zone. Harris caught
the ball after Stuckey stuck his
hand in the way of the pass and
tipped the ball away.
Stuckeys overall game was stel-
lar. He helped with the interception
and led the team with 10 tackles.
Finally, of course, there was that
one play.
Its hard to put any more empha-
sis on Stuckeys third quarter hustle
play than Mangino did in credit-
ing it as complexion -hanging, but
Stuckey gave it a shot.
I think that play alone defines
me as a person and how willing I
was to throw everything out there
for our team, he said.
However, even with an all-
important and persona-defining
play, theres room for improve-
ment.
If I wasnt so tired, Stuckey
said, I think I would have tried to
make him fumble.
Edited by AdamMowder
It was over when
Dezmon Briscoe caught a five-
yard pass and broke six tackles
to turn it into a 48-yard touch-
down. During the replay on the
big screen, Jayhawk fans brave
enough to stick through the driz-
zling weather counted each one of
Briscoes victims. Briscoe finished
the night with seven catches for a
career-high 146 yards and that one
score. The touchdown put Kansas
up 20-0 with 10 minutes to play in
the third quarter.
Player to remember
Daymond Patterson. In his first
start at wide receiver, the freshman
electrified Memorial Stadium even
more than he did with last weeks
75-yard punt return touchdown.
Patterson caught eight passes for
130 yards and two touchdowns.
The first one was a three-yard lob
to the back corner from Reesing in
the second quarter, and the second
was a five-yard crossing route in
the third quarter that Patterson
turned into a 39-yard score. The
Bulldog defense gave him a crease
and Patterson streaked through it,
leaving a trail of smoke behind
him.
Player to forget
Louisiana Techs Patrick Jackson.
Kansas defense completely shut
down the running back, allow-
ing only 19 yards on 13 carries.
Jackson, a dual threat as a runner
and catcher, accumulated only 31
all-purpose yards all night.
CoaChes Corner
I dont go for that bend and
dont break stuff. Thats ridiculous.
I hear that all the time, people
saying, Well this teams defense
bends and doesnt break. If your
defense is bending, its going to
shatter someday, and thats not how
we play here. We play good, hard
defense and try to keep people out
of the end zone.
Coach Mark Mangino on the defense stopping
the Bulldogs after surrendering big plays
Ill tell you what: Ive got the
worst seat in the house. Im try-
ing to wade through bodies chas-
ing him. I can hear the coaches
upstairs saying, Hes still on his
feet, hes still on his feet, hes still on
his feet! Its a touchdown! I could
hardly see. Hes weaving in and out
of people and theyre blocking my
vision so I couldnt tell. Im glad he
was in the end zone, though.
Coach Mark Manginoon trying towatch Dez-
mon Briscoes 48-yard touchdown reception
Taylor Bern
FRoMThe
VieW
PRessBoX
Not very often does a drive last
22 plays, cover 82 yards, take more
than nine minutes off the clock and
result in zero points, but such was
the case for Louisiana Tech.
The Bulldogs failed to score on
a drive that took almost two-thirds
of a quarter when Chris Harris
picked off quarterback Taylor
Bennetts pass in the end zone mid-
way through the second quarter,
giving Kansas the ball after a mara-
thon Louisiana Tech drive ended
with nothing to show for it.
I didnt like it because its
uncharacteristic of our defense,
coach Mark Mangino said of his
defense on the long Louisiana Tech
drive. I really thought they were
out there for a very long time. It
shows you the character of those
kids. They were tired, but they
toughened up and went out there
and competed.
What could have been seven
points for Louisiana Tech resulted
in seven points for Kansas when
the Jayhawks drove down the field
80 yards in eight plays on the ensu-
ing drive capped by a three-
yard touchdown catch by freshman
Daymond Patterson that made it
10-0.
The punt-returning sensation
Patterson replaced the injured
Dexton Fields in the starting lineup
and had eight catches for 130 yards
and two touchdowns.
The only dull moment of the
night for Kansas came when defen-
sive back Kendrick Harper was
taken off the field on a stretcher
and driven to the hospital after
appearing to injure his head or
neck as he attempted to make a
tackle late in the first quarter.
The 5-foot-9 senior left the field
under his own power but soon
needed medical attention and was
attended to for several minutes
before being put in an ambulance.
I dont know all of the details.
Were still working on that, coach
Mark Mangino said of Harpers
condition after the game. Hes in
good care. Hes in good hands. We
dont have a whole lot of informa-
tion, and we want to talk to his
family before stuff is printed all
over the Internet.
The defensive play of the game
came midway through the third
quarter with Kansas leading 20-0.
Louisiana Techs Phillip Livas
took an end-around from his own
20-yard line and broke free for
what looked like was going to be an
80-yard touchdown run.
But safety Darrell Stuckey, who
tipped a ball intercepted by Chris
Harris in the end zone earlier in the
game, somehow chased down the
speedy Livas and knocked him out
of bounds at the two-yard line.
Stuckey tackled running back
Patrick Jackson for a four-yard loss
on the next play and then pres-
sured quarterback Taylor Bennett
on third and goal, causing his pass
to go incomplete and forcing a field
goal attempt that Bulldog kicker
Brad Oestriecher would miss.
Its what you always talk about
and what you always want to see
from your players not ever giv-
ing up on a play, no matter how
hopeless it looks, said defensive
coordinator Clint Bowen. Thats
exactly what he did. He continued
to run, and he caught the guy and
made what turned out to be a play
that saved the shutout for us.
Edited by AdamMowder
unprecedented seasons.
The stage is now set for the
two teams, both 2-0, to meet early
January. Eastern Carolina will win
out and Kansas will continue to
improve and silence doubters this
year.
Momentum has propelled the
two so far.
The Jayhawks are riding a
three-game win streak dating back
to their Orange Bowl title.
The Pirates closed 2007 with a
Hawaii Bowl win against a team
no stranger to disrupting the BCSs
plans either former Fiesta Bowl
champs Boise State.
Edited by Rachel Burchfeld
Gamer (continued from 1B)
football notes
HarPer UPDaTe
Coach Mark Mangino
released a statement Sunday
evening with an update on
senior cornerback Kendrick
Harper.
As we speak he is being
released, Mangino said. He
underwent a battery of tests
and everything seems to be
fne and he feels a lot better. I
amglad he is doing well and
that is the main thing. We will
discuss football stuf when he
comes over.
Harper was carted of the
sidelines and taken away in
an ambulance late in the frst
quarter. He sufered an appar-
ent neck injury while attempt-
ing to make a tackle.
BIG PLaY DeFeNSe
Kansas defense surren-
dered only three plays of more
than 12 yards on the evening.
Quarterback Taylor Bennett
escaped the defensive rush for
a 14-yard run and also threwa
22-yard pass to Phillip Livas.
Livas had the Bulldogs
longest play of the game,
a 78-yard end-around that
ended at the two-yard line.
Without that run, the Jayhawk
defense allowed only 70 rush-
ing yards in the 29-0 victory.
KICKIN IT
Freshman kicker Jacob
Branstetter was cleared aca-
demically late in the week and
assumed the starting role on
Saturday.
Branstetter was impressive
in warm-ups, hitting fromas
far as 46 yards away. In the
game he nailed feld goals
of 28, 25 and 26 yards, but
missed his third extra point
attempt.
Branstetter should remain
the starting kicker ahead of
Grady Fowler, but Mangino
may still use punter Alonso
Rojas for longer feld goals.
Taylor Bern
moNTemaYor (continued from 1B)
Shutout against all odds
ryan mcGeeney/KaNSaN
Freshman wide receiver Daymond Patterson takes a hard hit during the frst half of Saturday's game. Patterson's fumble on the play was recovered by sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe.
Jon Goering/KaNSaN
Sophomore defensive tackle Jamal Greene tries to stif-armaway a tackle by Louisiana
Tech quarterback Taylor Bennett during the third quarter of Saturday's game. Greene picked up a
fumble and started rumbling for the end zone, but the play was reviewed and overturned.
Jon Goering/KaNSaN
Sophomore corner back Chris Harris smiles on his way back to the sideline after picking of a Louisiana Tech pass in the end zone. The turnover
ended the Bulldogs' best scoring chance of the night.
ryan mcGeeney/KaNSaN
aBoVe: Senior defensive end russell
Brorsen, right, takes down a Louisiana Tech
receiver with other Jayhawk defenders during
Saturrdays game in Memorial Stadium. The
Jayhawks shut out the visitors 29-0.
Jon Goering/KaNSaN
aBoVe rIGHT: Junior safety Darrell Stuckey
takes down Louisiana Tech running back Patrick
Jackson during Saturday's game. Stuckey led
Kansas with 10 tackles, six solo and four assisted,
in the game.
ryan mcGeeney/KaNSaN
LeFT: Junior quarterback Todd rees-
ing throws a pass to freshman wide receiver
Daymond Patterson during the frst quarter
of Saturdays match against Louisiana Tech in
Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks shut out their
challengers 29-0.
sports 6B monday, september 8, 2008
MENS GOLF
Team looks to get of to a
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After a sixth place fnish in the
Big 12 Championship last season,
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tournaments
for the fall
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Course (par-72, 7,158 total yards)
in Nebraska City, Neb.
We have a lot of young players
this year, but we will be a better
team than we were last season,
said coach Kit Grove.
Seniors Walt Koelbel and
Andrew Storm, junior Patrick Roth
and sophomore Nate Barbee
return from last years team.
Freshman Ian Anson and redshirt
freshman Blake Giroux will make
their debut for the Jayhawks.
Ian has been playing very
well, said Grove. I expect him to
be a big contributor this year.
The 54-hole event will be held
for the frst time since 2005 and
Kansas last victory came in 1999, in
the tournaments inaugural year.
Bryan Wheeler
By RALPH D. RUSSO
ASSOciAtED PRESS
NEW YORK East Carolina
cant play the underdog role any-
more.
After opening the season by
upsetting two ranked teams, the
Pirates earned themselves a place
in the AP Top 25 for the first time
in nine years.
East Carolina was No. 14 in
the media poll released Sunday.
Southern California remained No. 1
and Georgia was No. 2. Ohio States
sluggish 26-14 victory against Ohio,
without star tailback Chris Wells,
on Saturday cost the Buckeyes two
spots in the rankings. They fell to
No. 5 behind No. 3 Oklahoma and
No. 4 Florida.
The Buckeyes will have a chance
to move back up when they visit
USC on Saturday.
USC received 33 of a possible 65
first-place votes and 1,577 points.
Georgia got 23 first-place votes
and 1,525 points. Oklahoma (two),
Florida (four), Ohio State (one),
No. 6 Missouri (one) and No. 7
LSU (one) also received first-place
votes. The Buckeyes had 15 first-
place votes last week.
Texas, Auburn and Wisconsin
round out the top 10.
East Carolinas latest big win was
its third straight against a ranked
opponent, dating to last seasons
Hawaii Bowl victory against Boise
State.
I think it went a long way to help
build confidence in this team, coach
Skip Holtz, the son of Hall Fame
coach Lou Holtz, said Sunday during
a conference call. Two years ago the
main goal the team wanted to accom-
plish was to get to a bowl game. Last
season, they not only wanted to get
to a bowl game, but win one. Now we
want to build on that.
East Carolina manhandled pre-
viously No. 8 West Virginia 24-3
Saturday, shutting down Pat White
and the Mountaineers speedy spread
offense. That came a week after the
Pirates took out Virginia Tech.
West Virginia dropped all the
way to No. 25.
The second 10 in this weeks
poll starts with Alabama, followed
by Texas Tech, Kansas, and the
Pirates.
College football
Overlooked team
jumps into Top 25
By HOWARD ULMAN
ASSOciAtED PRESS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.
Tom Brady screamed. The fans
went quiet.
The seemingly indestructible
star of the New England Patriots
lay on the ground, clutching his
left knee. The NFLs reigning MVP
and three-time Super Bowl cham-
pion was done for the day at
least.
He was in a lot of pain. When
you hear a scream, you know that,
Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard
said after hitting Brady on the
left leg midway through the first
quarter.
Untested Matt Cassel took over,
and played well as the Patriots beat
the Chiefs 17-10 in Sundays open-
er. But they needed a last minute
defensive stand to do it.
There was no word on the extent
of Bradys injury I am not sure
what we are dealing with, coach
Bill Belichick said or how long
he would be out. But his 128-game
starting streak, third-longest in
NFL history, is in jeopardy.
It kind of looked bad, Randy
Moss said. I know the show must
go on and, hopefully, Matt Cassel
is ready to step in.
He was Sunday. That came as
somewhat of a surprise after he
failed to produce a touchdown in
17 exhibition series, leading many
to wonder if he would even make
the team on which he backed up
Brady the past three seasons.
He did a good job coming in
and, obviously, made some big
plays for us, tackle Matt Light
said. That guys had a lot of criti-
cism cast down on him and I felt
like he stepped up and played like
a professional.
Still, the Patriots plummeted
from an exclamation point of an
unbeaten 2007 regular season to
a huge question mark in 2008.
They lost the Super Bowl to the
New York Giants 17-14 then went
0-4 in the exhibition season while
Brady had a right foot injury and
missed all four games.
But for the first time in 57
games, Brady wasnt listed on the
Patriots injury report for Sundays
game. He completed seven of 11
passes for 76 yards.
Cassel, who had thrown just 39
passes in his first three seasons,
went 13-for-18 for 152 yards and
one touchdown.
This is something Ive been
preparing for [for] a long time. Its
not something that we expected to
come up on opening day, he said.
Since Ive been here and been
around Tom, hes always popped
back up.
Not this time. And Kansas
City also had its own quarterback
woes.
Damon Huard, playing after
Brodie Croyle left with a bruised
shoulder late in the third quar-
ter, completed a 68-yard pass to
Devard Darling, who cornerback
Deltha ONeal ran down and tack-
led at the Patriots 5 with 53 sec-
onds left.
It was a gut check. Go get
him, said ONeal, a two-time Pro
Bowler who signed early last week.
Thats what my whole mentality
was.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NewEngland Patriots quarterback TomBrady (12) has his leg buckled by Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, bottom, during the
frst quarter of a football game at Gillette Stadiumin Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday. Brady left the game and was taken to the locker room.
Patriots win game, lose Brady
Chiefs stay close,
lose first game
of season
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AssociAted Press
NEW YORK No one ever
seems to run Rafael Nadal ragged,
and yet Andy Murray did just that
in the U.S. Open semifinals.
Murray finished a stunning,
rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6,
6-4 victory Sunday at Flushing
Meadows to reach his first Grand
Slam final and stop the No.
1-ranked Nadals 19-match win-
ning streak at major tournaments.
Trying to become the first
British man to win a major tennis
championship since Fred Perry at
the 1936 U.S. Open, Murray will
face four-time defending cham-
pion Roger Federer in the final
Monday night.
Hes got loads of experience in
these situations, Murray said, and
its something new to me.
The sixth-seeded Murray won
the first two sets against Nadal
and was down a break at 3-2 in
the third when play was suspended
Saturday because of Tropical Storm
Hanna.
Tough to sleep, Murray said.
As should surprise no one, the
generally indefatigable Nadal made
a stand Sunday, taking the third set
and going ahead 3-1 in the fourth.
But Murray took five of the last six
games, breaking Nadal twice and
ending the Spaniards bid to make
his first final at the U.S. Open.
Murray never before made it
past the quarterfinals at a major
and never had defeated Nadal in
five previous tries. Nadal, mean-
while, won 54 of his preceding
56 matches and took the titles at
the French Open, Wimbledon and
Beijing Olympics.
But Murray, the 2004 U.S. Open
junior champion, was up to the
task this time. He wound up with
more than twice as many winners
as Nadal, 65-32.
Murray won a 22-stroke point
with a volley winner to get to
match point, leaving Nadal bend-
ing over behind the baseline, chest
heaving. Then Murray completed
the service break to end the match,
easily chasing down Nadals drop
shot and smacking a winner.
I just had to keep my head
down and watch the ball and
that was that, Murray said. I didnt
feel particularly nervous.
Murray runs Nadal ragged in the semifnals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andy Murray, of Britain, throws his sweatbands at spectators after his four set victory over
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, in their semifnal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in NewYork.
Rain, rain go away
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Lauren Schimming, Wichita sophomore, checks a text message on her cell phone through a protective rain poncho during Saturday nights game against Louisiana Tech. Fans sat through light rain showers as Kansas rolled to a 29-0 victory.
Tennis
AssociAted Press
MIAMI Brett Favre
hardly looked like the retiring
type, raising his arms to signal
a touchdown, then leaping and
skipping to the bench, where
he vaulted into the arms of two
teammates.
Six months after Favre
decided to call it a career before
changing his mind, he made a
successful debut with his new
team as Broadway Brett, throw-
ing for two scores to help the
New York Jets beat the Miami
Dolphins 20-14 on Sunday.
Favres new beginning had
a happy ending thanks to two
late stands by the Jets defense.
Dwight Lowery batted away a
fourth-down pass in the end
zone with nine minutes left, and
Darrelle Revis intercepted Chad
Pennington again in the end
zone with five seconds left.
Favre finished 15-for-22 for
194 yards and his 161st victory,
extending his NFL record for
starting quarterbacks.
For the Dolphins, the loss
marked a disappointing start
to the Bill Parcells era, and it
was painfully reminiscent of last
years 1-15 team. Parcells took
over last December, but despite
turning over more than half the
roster and hiring Tony Sparano
as coach, Miami gave up too
many big plays and sputtered on
offense until a frantic late rally.
The Dolphins convert-
ed a fourth-and-7 during a
53-yard drive that ended with
Penningtons 11-yard touchdown
pass to David Martin, making it
20-14 with 3:27 left.
New York kept the ball on the
ground for three plays and was
forced to punt, and the Dolphins
started from their 39 with 1:43
left. They reached the Jets 18,
but when Pennington tried to
hit Ted Ginn Jr. in the corner of
the end zone, Revis had posi-
tion and made a one-handed
interception.
That clinched the Jets fifth
consecutive win over their AFC
East rivals.
Newcomers helped make
it seem like old times for the
Dolphins. Pennington, playing
against the team that released
him in favor of Favre, drew boos
early before finishing 26-for-43
for 251 yards. Three times the
play clock was about to expire
and Pennington was forced to
waste a timeout that would have
come in handy in the final min-
ute.
Miami tackle Jake Long, the
first overall pick in this years
draft, drew penalties for tripping
and holding. New defensive end
Randy Starks failed to wrap up
Favre, who turned a sack into a
touchdown.
That score came on a 22-yard
fourth-down completion to
Chansi Stuckey, putting the Jets
ahead to stay.
Favre was traded to New York
after his decision to delay retire-
ment led to a messy divorce
with the Green Bay Packers. The
Jets hope Favre can transform
a team that went 4-12 last year
into a playoff contender, and it
didnt take long for him to make
an impact.
Wearing his familiar No. 4,
Favre went deep on the first
play of the Jets second posses-
sion. Jerricho Cotchery caught
the long pass in stride at the
5 and scored to complete the
56-yard play. At the other end
of the field, Favre celebrated like
a rookie.
With the score 7-all and
Jets kicker Mike Nugent nurs-
ing a thigh injury suffered in
the first quarter, the Jets decid-
ed to go for a touchdown on
fourth-and-13. Under heavy
pressure, Favre shrugged off the
305-pound Starks, and as he was
sandwiched by two defenders,
threw a dying-quail pass that
found an open Stuckey for the
go-ahead touchdown.
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BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
The Kansas volleyball players
had three goals for the weekend:
compete, show signs of improve-
ment, and, of course, win all their
games. Well, as the saying goes,
two out of three aint bad.
The Jayhawks wrapped up the
Jayhawk Invitational Sunday after-
noon with a convincing victory
against Central Florida in four sets,
finishing second in the invitational.
Kansas, which improved to 3-2,
had its only setback of the weekend
against nationally ranked Oregon.
Coach Ray Bechard said he was
relieved his team came out with
energy after losing to Oregon in 3
sets the night before.
It really was a pretty good
match, Bechard said. It was an
hour-and-45-minute match, and
we played really well for an hour.
Bechard said that after the
Jayhawks dominated the Knights
in the second set 25-10, they came
out flat for the third, falling 25-20.
Consistency was a common prob-
lem for the Jayhawks all weekend.
The Jayhawks would follow a great
play with a hitting error or ser-
vice error, making it hard to main-
tain any momentum. But thanks
to back-to-back aces from senior
middle blocker Natalie Uhart,
Kansas took a 18-9 lead in the sec-
ond set and never looked back.
A big reason the Jayhawks rolled
against the UCF was an incredible
balance that showed six players with
five or more kills, three of them
having at least
10, with fresh-
men Allison
Mayfield lead-
ing the way
with 11.
You cant
get too top-
heavy to the
left side. Teams
will game plan
against that,
Bechard said.
Uhart, who was doubtful for the
weekend after tweaking her ankle
on Tuesday, finished with 10 kills
and continued to live up to her
preseason All-Big 12 team selec-
tion. And as for that flat third set?
Uhart said it would be used as a
practice point.
Just like last night, we were
a roller coaster, Uhart said. We
know that we do it, and were very
aware and were trying to get over
the humps that we go through.
Another factor to watch was
how junior middle blocker Brittany
Williams looked after playing three
games in two days. Williams looked
like the player of old at times, as it
was obvious Williams still needed
more time to continue to get herself
back to 100 percent.
We need to get Brittany more
involved, which we will, Bechard
said. She has some soreness after
back-to-back
games, but I
think that it
will continue to
be more man-
ageable.
Wi l l i a ms
said her trainer
gave her a spe-
cific regimen
for her to fol-
low, which has
helped her feel
better after a long stretch of games.
Williams also knows how impor-
tant these non-conference games
are.
We realize that from these past
couple of years, that these non-
conference games are actually the
ones that put us above the .500
mark, Williams said.
Which is exactly where the
Jayhawks stand after the invitation-
al, with a 3-2 record heading into
a Tuesday match against UMKC.
This is the challenge this early in
the year: can you play better long?
Becahrd said.
Edited by AdamMowder
Ducks top Hawks
Oregon swept Kansas 3-0 on
Saturday in the volleyball teams
second match of the Jayhawk
Invitational.
Sophomore outside hitter
Karina Garlington led the team
with 12 kills.
We looked tentative,Coach
Ray Bechard said, needed to
show a little bit more courage
at times.
Sophomore outside hitter
Heather Meyers led a balanced
Oregon attack with 10 kills.
Oregon tallied 44 digs.
kansas wins opener
Sophomore Karina Garlington
had a career-high 15 kills as the
Jayhawks defeated the Utah
Valley Wolverines 3-0 in their frst
match of the tournament Friday
afternoon.
We moved forward pretty
good this morning in some
areas,coach Ray Bechard said.
all-tournament
selections
Sophomore outside hitter
Karina Garlington and senior
middle blocker Natalie Uhart
were the two Jayhawks named
to the Jayhawk Invitational All-
Tournament team. Junior middle
blocker Neticia Enesi of Oregon
was selected as the tourna-
ments most valuable player.
Homecoming for
Heppert
It was a special homecoming
for Jenny Heppert of the Univer-
sity of Central Florida. The senior
hails from Lawrence and grew
up watching Jayhawk volleyball.
Its been a really great experi-
ence,Heppert said. What a
great program it is.
Although Heppert said she
loved her hometown, she never
really considered playing for her
childhood team.
Lawrence is a really great
town, but I wanted to go
elsewhere,Heppert said. KUs a
huge program so they probably
had some more physical athletes
in mind.
Heppert had by far the big-
gest reception from the home
crowd during pregame introduc-
tions, as many of her friends
came to watch her play.
Coach Bechard said he was in
contact with Heppert during her
recruiting process.
It was a little about how she
would ft in the Big 12,Bechard
said. She had an opportunity to
really go help a program. Here,
she thought it would be more of
a role-type situation.
Bechard also wanted UCF
to come to Lawrence to give
Heppert a chance to play on the
court she watched as a child.
Weve been after them for a
couple of years to get them out
here,Bechard said. I think it was
great for UCF to come out and
reconnect with some of their
home people.
JoshBowe
volleyball notes
Second-place fnish for Hawks at tournament
Volleyball
Just like last night, we were a
roller coaster.
NATALIE UHART
Middle blocker
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior setter Katie Martincich jumps over a teammate to hit a shot Friday against UtahValley. Martincich fnished with seven defensive digs in
Kansas 3-0 victory.
playing as pros
All fve former Jayhawks who
were drafted in this summers
NBA Draft will play profession-
ally next year.
Darnell Jackson became the
fnal Kansas player to sign a
contract this weekend when the
Cleveland Cavaliers ofered him
a three-year deal.
The Cava-
liers acquired
Jackson in
a trade with
the Miami
Heat, who
selected him
in the second
round, on
draft night.
Jackson played for Clevelands
summer league team in Las
Vegas and averaged nearly
six points and more than fve
rebounds per game.
Darnell has showed us he is
a young, smart, hard-working
player, Cleveland general man-
ager Danny Ferry said in a state-
ment. And we are excited to
see his development continue.
The Cavaliers also hold the
rights to former Kansas center
Sasha Kaun, but Kaun will play
professionally in Russia for CSKA
(a major Russian sports club)
Moscow this season. Brandon
Rush and Darrell Arthur were
given guaranteed contracts by
the Indiana Pacers and Memphis
Grizzlies, respectively, for being
picked in the frst round of the
draft. Mario Chalmers signed a
contract with the Miami Heat
this summer after they picked
him in the second round.
cHalmers, artHur
apologize
Mario Chalmers and Darrell
Arthur both issued apologies
for being kicked out of the
NBA rookie symposium this
weekend, but said they were
not using marijuana.
Chalmers released an apol-
ogy through the Miami Heat.
Arthur expressed remorse in
an interview with the Memphis
Commercial Appeal. They both
said they were wrong to violate
the leagues policy by bringing
women into their room, but
denied reports that they were
smoking marijuana.
Everyone who knows me
knows I am a good person,
Chalmers told the Miami Herald.
I am embarrassed this hap-
pened. I broke the rules, but I
did not smoke marijuana.
Chalmers and Arthur will
have to attend the symposium
again next year. They were fned
$20,000 each and could be sus-
pended to start the season.
I made a bad mistake by
bringing the girls in and violat-
ing the rules, Arthur told the
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
It was a bad mistake. Im not a
bad kid or anything. I just put
myself in a bad situation.
Case Keefer
basketball notes
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fnally wins PGA title
ST. LOUIS For three years,
Camilo Villegas made a name for
himself without winning.
He was the young Colombian
with model good looks and
chic clothing, limber enough to
strike a pretzel-shaped pose on
the green to read putts, earning
him the nickname Spider-Man.
Trouble was, not many of those
putts went in.
That changed Sunday at the
BMW Championship.
Clinging to a one-shot lead on
the back nine at Bellerive, Villegas
saved par with a 12-foot putt, fol-
lowed that with two birdie putts
and fnished of a 2-under 68 for
a wire-to-wire victory and his frst
PGA Tour title.
It was a pretty good little
stretch there that just tested my
nerves and showed myself that
I was good enough to stay out
there,Villegas said.
Villegas pulled away from Jim
Furyk, held of Anthony Kim and
wound up winning by two shots
over Dudley Hart, who birdied
his fnal two holes for a 65. It was
Harts best fnish in four years and
it earned him two trips to Georgia
the Tour Championship in two
weeks and the Masters next April.
With one playof event remaining,
the FedEx Cup essentially is over.
Vijay Singh, who won the frst
two events, tied for 44th but
earned enough points that all he
has to do is fnish four rounds at
the Tour Championship to collect
the $10 million payof.
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