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hjones@kansan.com A Web site called JuicyCampus.com is raising concerns on college campuses across the country about where to draw the line between harmless discussion and malicious gossip. The cyber gossip grapevine reached the University of Kansas on Sept. 2, when JuicyCampus, which allows students to post unfiltered and anonymous comments, added a page for the University. Since then, people have started 368 threads about the University. The year-old JuicyCampus, which is owned by Los Angeles-based Lime Blue Inc., allows anyone who claims to be at least 18 years old to enter and post comments with no registration or e-mail verification but students such as Molly Hawthorne say it does harm without doing any good. required. Hawthorne, Lenexa freshman, said The site had pages for 63 campuses her friend posted in the beginning of Hawthornes name on September this year JuicyCampus last week and added its 500th It is a place where people can tagged with the name of campus Monday. her sorority Delta Delta JuicyCampus allows feel safe gossiping about other Delta and the subtitle, visitors to view and dispeople, maybe even their best Thoughts Anyone? cuss comments tagged She said there was a with keywords such as friend. reply within 30 minfraternity, sorority and utes. basketball. Users can The first response dish freely about indiMolly HawtHorne vidual students or camlenexa freshman read total whore. pus organizations while The next two defended remaining completely Hawthornes reputaanonymous. tion, but the subsequent replies slandered The cyber bulletin board of provocative her with malicious and accusatory namegossip has captured attention nationwide, calling. As of Tuesday night, the post had 668 views, 21 replies and seven votes. Despite this, Hawthorne said she didnt take the site too seriously. It is a place where people can feel safe gossiping about other people, maybe even their best friend, Hawthorne said. The people that spend their time commenting on other people and what they do or who they are have nothing to do with their time. On Oct. 6, the official JuicyCampus blog quoted Matt Ivester, founder, president and chief executive officer of JuicyCampus, saying that nothing was more American than the right to freedom of speech. The blog also quoted Ivester as saying he hoped that JuicyCampus would overcome resistance from campus administrations so that students could be free to discuss topics that interested them most. The site has caused an uproar at universities such as Pepperdine, Texas Christian and Villanova. The controversy has spread through student governments, university administrations, the Greek community and those labeled as GDIs, or goddamn independents, which refers to students who arent involved in the Greek community. Kara Rowlen, Wichita junior, said she was shocked when she saw all the offensive comments people wrote on the site. She said it frustrated her because it was all based on stereotypes. I cant believe people would sit and talk crap about other people online, said Rowlen, who is a member of Kappa Delta sorority. Yes, theres freedom of speech,

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Despite the languishing economy, the Universitys accounting department is still going strong. Enrollment in the masters program has grown 50 percent from last year and the program itself is ranked among the top four in the nation according to average CPA test scores. Students in the accounting program credit the steady demand for accountants in any economic climate with the programs success.

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Dr. Roberta Freund Schwartz, KU professor of music, has received the Association of Recorded Sounds Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Her book, titled How Britain Got The Blues: Transmission and Reception of American Blues Style in the United Kingdom, won the yearly award given to books dealing with recorded sounds in the category of Blues/Soul R&B. Freund Schwartz is also teaching classes in Jazz and African American music as well as the popular History of Rock and Roll.

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Not many people get to do what they love for a living. Roberta Freund Schwartz does. She turned her passion for blues music into a career. Schwartz, associate professor of musicology, recently received the 2008 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for her book about the transmission of American blues to the United Kingdom in the 1960s. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections awarded her publication with first place in the category of research of recorded blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music. Paul Laird, professor and division director of musicology, said honors such as this were not awarded frequently.

People decided its something worth and Robert Johnson. Learning about the music that inspired considering, Laird said. Its wonderful. She published her award-winning book, my favorite group, that got me interested first in the urban How Britain Got the blues, Schwartz said. Blues, in 2007. The blues of the 1950s Im especially pasI love music and love to share and 1960s, then, led me sionate about Africanback farther into the American music and knowledge of music if I can get very early history of the how strongly that has blues. impacted all the music people to understand it at more Chicago and Delta of the world, she said. depth. blues style influenced I like its focus on many British invasion rhythm. rock bands, including Schwartz said her roberta Freund ScHwartz The Beatles and The interest in the blues Professor of musicology Rolling Stones. Her began in her teens, book focused on how tracing back to her favorite band, Led Zeppelin. She listened those blues records became popular in to American blues artists whom Led the United Kingdom and were accepted Zeppelin referenced, such as Howlin Wolf by young Brits during the 1960s, when

the popularity of the genre had declined in the U.S. Some of her main sources of information were jazz publications printed in the United Kingdom between 1929 and 1970. She said she also interviewed people who were around the music scene in the U.K. in the 1960s. She traveled the U.K. twice to collect information. She said it took her six years to finish the book. A lot of this was extremely unsexy, Schwartz said. She said her research revealed that the blues had a niche appeal to some in Britain. To the British, the blues were emotional in ways to which they were unaccustomed, she said. Blues became the music of the non-conformist people who didnt fit in,

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Accounting program remains strong during tough times

BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ
editor@kansan.com The economy is in the dumps. The job market is weakening. The government has just provided $700 billion to rescue the financial system. But Dave Kitchens is not the least bit worried. Kitchens, a graduate student in the University of Kansas masters of accounting program, has crunched the numbers and figures and the job odds are in his favor. In an economy with such uncertainty, the Universitys one-year accounting graduate program is prospering. The program averages a 95 percent job placement rate. Last year, it was 100 percent. The programs job placement rate is one of the highest on campus, and the Universitys accounting students average CPA test scores rank among the top four nationally. If we didnt have a strong program and we werent KU, I dont think we would have the same story, said James Heintz, professor and director of accounting and information systems. Wed have a good story, but I think ours is overwhelming. The demand for accountants has remained stable, despite the current economic climate. Kitchens said that whether the job market was strong or weak, taxes and audits werent going away. Pair that with the fact that many accountants are at the point of retirement, and you have the perfect work opportunity, he said. This isnt the first time the accounting industry has withstood hardship. In 2002, with the collapse of energy company Enron and the Chicago-based Arthur Andersen LLP, once one of the five largest accounting firms in the U.S., the accounting sector appeared to be entering a tough period. But the long-term effects turned out to be positive for accountants. Even though the company went under and a public accounting firm went under, it actually increased the need for accountants, said Lisa Ottinger, director of the Universitys masters of accounting program. Also, there was so much publicity about it that students became interested in the profession. Its kind of an interesting turnout. Ottinger said the Enron collapse caused companies to enforce regulations to try to prevent something similar from happening again. Because of the fallout, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress in 2002. This federal law imposed stricter regulations on public businesses by setting requirements for how businesses must keep their records. That act changed the accounting and auditing regulatory environment, Heintz said. It ramped up the requirements. That act has caused an explosion in the demand for accountants beyond what we had before. Paige Hatfield, an accountant for Lawrences Mize, Houser and Company, said accounting wouldnt go out of style any time soon. With accounting, you dont want to do it yourself. You need a specialists help, she said. The demand for accountants is also reflected in the burgeoning number of students seeking to join the masters program. Ottinger said the program, a 30-hour curriculum, had grown 50 percent from last year. Kitchens said accountants always stayed relevant regardless of economic ups and downs. That continued relevance is a draw of the accounting program at the University, he said. Beyond that, he credited accounting professors such as Timothy Shaftel with getting students exciting about the profession. I enjoy everything about accounting, Kitchens said. I enjoy crunching numbers. I enjoy the work that goes into it. Kitchens would like to work for one of the big four accounting firms: KMPG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, or Deloitte. He plans to take his CPA exam after graduation, but said he was keeping his job options open. Edited by Scott R. Toland

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LOS ANGELES The only hints of trouble in the big beige house on Como Lane were the newspapers in the driveway and the lack of any activity behind the front door. But when police summoned by worried friends of the residents got inside Monday, they found a horror six members of a family fatally shot in a murder-suicide committed by an unemployed father in financial crisis. The body of 45-year-old Karthik Rajaram, a gun clutched in one hand, was found by officers who followed a trail of carnage through the home in a gated community in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley. His victims, most slain in their beds, were his wife, three sons and his mother-in-law. Absolute devastation, Deputy Chief Michel Moore told reporters outside the home. Investigators quickly found two suicide letters and a will, and determined that Rajaram held a masters degree and once worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, a major accounting firm, and for Sony Pictures. But he had been unemployed for several months and his finances had reached a crisis point in recent weeks, Moore said. This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been destroyed, apparently because of a man who just got stuck in a rabbit hole, if you will, of absolute despair, Moore said. It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some pretty troubled times. Rajaram wrote in his suicide letter that he felt he had two options to kill himself or to kill himself and his family and decided the second option was more honorable, Moore said. The gun was purchased Sept. 16. The bodies were found when officers were sent to make a check on the home Monday morning after the wife, Subasri, 39, failed to show up at a neighbors home for her ride to work as a pharmacy bookkeeper, Moore said. Officers found the mother-inlaw, Indra Ramasesham, 69, dead in bed on the first floor. Upstairs, they found Subasri Rajaram dead in one room, and the 19-year-old son, Krishna, a college student, dead in another, Moore said. In a third room, 12-year-old Ganesha was dead on the floor, and his 7-year-old brother, Arjuna, was dead in bed. Their fathers body was nearby with a handgun in his grasp, Moore said. Coroners assistant chief Ed Winter said the victims were shot multiple times, sometime between midnight Saturday and early Monday morning. Rajaram had no record of mental disabilities or contacts with mental health professionals in Los Angeles County, Moore said. But one of Rajarams co-workers at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Greg Robinson, told the Los Angeles Daily News that he had hired Rajaram to work at his management consulting agency, but then fired him in 2005 after seeing erratic behavior. He would miss phone calls and miss meetings and sometimes couldnt be found for a couple of

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Internet service providers legal immunity to encourage them to develop their content and the use of the Internet, Kautsch said. But here we are in 2008 and the Internet is obviously well-developed and there seems to be no restraint on further development, he said. It appears sites are pushing the envelope and there will be no end of imitators. He said that as a growing number of people found themselves defamed and unable to hold the perpetrators accountable, Congress could call for a change in the law. Tom Volek, associate professor and graduate program director, teaches courses on ethics, media and the first amendment in the school of journalism. Volek said when people knew their names wouldnt be used, they tended to be more liberal with the facts and the possibility of embellishing the truth increased. Anonymity removes accountability, Volek said. People will say whatevers on their mind if theres no fear of recrimination. Maybe thats good, maybe thats bad. Edited by Brenna Hawley

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but if youre going to say something, who were defamed or were the you should want to back it up. You targets of malicious falsehoods to shouldnt be too scared to put your take legal action. name after something you write. But, he said, the site was conBut 100 percent anonymity is the structed to make it extremely diffipromise JuicyCampus makes to its cult to trace the identities of users, users as it beckons them, Cmon, making it practically impossible to give us the juice, on its home page. sue anyone. And users are answering the call. The operators of the Web site On Tuesday are taking the night, the site position that all had accumuYes, theres freedom of speech, theyre doing is lated 71,244 offering people posts since its but if youre going to say an opportulaunch on Oct. to engage something, you should want to nity humor or 24, 2007. in The topics on back it up. hyperbole and the site include that no reasonBest Frat able person on Campus, Kara rowlen would believe C h e a t e r s , wichita junior anything on the Biggest Stoner site anyways, and In The Kautsch said. Closet. Users give each topic a But he said that in reality, people juicy rating ranging from 0 per- did take it seriously and got angry. cent to 100 percent. We could basically condemn the Mike Kautsch, professor of law, site as a source of utterly unethical said federal law protected a Web and irresponsible communication site such as JuicyCampus from legal on the Internet and say its operaaction as long as it did nothing tors are unethical for providing the more than post the content others opportunity, or just say its the fault had generated. of the users and theyre exercising Kautsch, who teaches media freedom of speech, Kautsch said. law, said the law permitted people In the 90s, congress granted

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A rear view of the charter bus that overturned sunday is seen in a wrecking yard near Williams, Calif., on Monday. Eight people were killed and dozens were injured when the charter bus overturned on a rural road late on its way to an American Indian casino.

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fair, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday. The accident was at least the eighth serious crash in the U.S. in the last three years involving buses carrying people to and from casinos. Watts didnt have the proper license to transport more than 10 people, said Fran Clader, a spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol. Investigators also said the bus had an invalid license plate. Records show Watts had been cited for speeding and other violations that resulted in the loss of his license for nearly two years. He regained his driving privileges last January. His mother said he had wrestled with drug and alcohol problems, was jailed several times on drug charges and had smashed a car into a tree a few years ago, though neither he nor a friend who was in the car was seriously hurt. He was a longtime truck driver, but had been unable to find a trucking job since being released from jail, said his mother, Chaney Mae Watts. His mother said she believed the crash came on her sons first day behind the wheel of the bus after several training trips watching the owner who was killed in Sundays crash drive. She and her husband told their son they were uncomfortable with him driving a vehicle that carried people instead of cargo. He wasnt the best driver, she said. He knew we didnt want him to drive. A witness said the bus carrying the driver and 42 passengers to Colusa Casino Resort drifted off a rural two-lane road before the driver overcorrected and swerved back. It overturned and rolled completely over, ending up on its wheels facing the opposite direction. Watts criminal record dates back to 1981, when he served state prison time for receiving stolen property. He also served time in 1996 for check fraud and credit card theft. Beginning in 1998, he spent more than a year in prison for possession of marijuana for sale and possession of a destructive device. His latest state term was for possession of a firearm by an exfelon. He was paroled in December 2007 after almost six months in prison, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. John Poyner, district attorney for Colusa County, said it will be at least two to three months before the full accident reports are in and any charges are filed. Blood test results are not expected for two to six weeks. Watts was among eight people injured in the crash who remained hospitalized Tuesday. Families flooded hospitals looking for relatives who may have been involved in the crash. Yvonne Haynes, 35, of Merced, got a phone call Sunday night from her brother Tou Xiong, 29, saying there had been a bus accident. They started calling hospitals looking for their mother. Finally, at 3 a.m., the siblings found their mother at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Mai Cha, 74, has a broken rib, face and right wrist. With tubes in her mouth, she cannot speak, said Haynes. Their aunt also was an injured passenger, 67-year-old Ge Vue of Sacramento. Her son, Xou Xiong, 26, said his mother described the crash to him. All of a sudden the bus swerved and then it felt like the driver tried to come back to the road and that made it worse, Xou Xiong said. She said as soon as she felt the impact, she flew to the back. Thats all she remembered. She got up and tried to look for my aunt and saw her laying there with another lady on top of her. She was shaking her, pulling her hand. She was trying to talk to her and she wasnt responding, Xiong said.

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didnt want to be a typical consumer, those who felt out of place in rigid British society, felt a certain kinship with the blues. Aside from researching, she said she also enjoyed teaching at the University, where this semester shes teaching a course about the history of rock and roll. I love music and love to share knowledge of music if I can get people to understand it at more depth, she said. David Chase, Olathe graduate student, took a music course with Schwartz last year. He said she was passionate about music and could make any kind of music accessible. Shes a lexicon of accurate information, but not boring, he said. If you want to talk about the blues, jazz or music of our generation, shes the one you talk to. Schwartz said her next book would be about the hokum blues, a type of blues that was popular from 1929 to 1937 and recorded primarily in Chicago. Edited by Brieun Scott

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Three scientists win $1.4 million physics Nobel Prize

Prize awarded for theoretical advances in explanation of smallest particles
a spokesman for the American Institute of Physics, put it: Nature Two Japanese scientists and an works in strange ways, and these American won the 2008 Nobel three physicists helped to explain Prize in physics on Tuesday for that strangeness in an ingenious theoretical advances that help way. They focused on a concept explain the behavior of the smallphysicists call symmetry, and more est particles of matter. The American, Yoichiro specifically on occasions when that symmetry is vioNambu, 87, of lated. the University In physics, of Chicago, won the idea of symhalf the $1.4 Nature works in strange metry means million prize ways, and these three that a physical for mathematisituation will cal work he did physicists helped to explain be unaltered by nearly a halfthat strangeness in an certain changcentury ago. es. At the subingenious way. I had almost atomic level, for given up on getting the Nobel, Phil Schewe example, things Nambu said. Physicist should happen the same way M a k o t o whether time is Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan shared running forward or backward, so the other half for a 1972 theory that if you were watching a movie, you forecast the later discovery of a new couldnt tell which way the movie was going. Similarly, symmetry family of subatomic particles. The insights of the three scien- could mean that you couldnt tell tists give us a deeper understand- whether you were viewing action ing of what happens far inside the directly or through a mirror. If one of those rules is violated, tiniest building blocks of matter, said the Royal Swedish Academy of the symmetry is broken. An important example of broken Sciences, which presents the physsymmetry arose immediately after ics award. Or, as physicist Phil Schewe, the big bang, when just a tiny bit

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Retired University of Chicago Physics professor Yoichiro Nambu responds to a question during a news conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Physics on the university campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago on Tuesday.

more matter than antimatter was later, they were proven right. The Japanese-born Nambu created. Because these two kinds of particles annihilate each other moved to the United States in 1952 when they meet, that excess of mat- and is a professor at the Enrico ter was responsible for seeding the Fermi Institute at the University of visible parts of the universe. Chicago, where he has worked for Nambu introduced his descrip- 40 years. He became a U.S. citizen tion of so-called spontaneous bro- in 1970. ken symmetry into particle physics Kobayashi, 64, works for the in 1960. The Nobel citation said his High Energy Accelerator Research theories now permeate the Standard Organization, or KEK, in Tsukuba, Model of physics, which is the basic Japan. Maskawa, 68, is a phystheory of how the universe oper- ics professor at Kyoto Sangyo ates. For example, spontaneous University in Japans ancient capibroken symtal of Kyoto. He metry offers also teaches I wasnt expecting the prize. an explanation at Nagoya for how differ- Ive been only pursuing my University ent particles in his homeacquired differ- interest. town in central ent masses. Japan. In 1972, I wasnt ToShihide MaSkawa e x p e c t i n g Kobayashi and Maskawa Physicist and Nobel Prize recipient the prize, explained why Kobayashi said an earlier experiment had found at a news conference. Ive been that some subatomic particles called only pursuing my interest. kaons failed to follow the rules of Masakawa told reporters that as symmetry. Their explanation cor- a scientist he wasnt thrilled. rectly predicted the existence of a The Nobel prize is a rather new family of quarks, which are a mundane thing, he said. kind of subatomic particle. The prizes in chemistry, literaKobayashi and Maskawa also ture and the Nobel Peace Prize will predicted that broken symmetry be announced later this week. The would arise for other particles economics award will be presented called B-mesons. Nearly 30 years on Monday.

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My fellow feminists have me in a malaise over this election. More than once I have heard Sarah Palin criticized for putting her face over Rosie the Riveters. This criticism comes from open endorsers of Barack Obama, who once put his own face over Rosie the Riveters because the Spanish version uses his campaign slogan. Where was the feminist outrage then? Most feminists dont agree with Palin, nor should we; she would set women back a great deal. But shouldnt Obamas hypocrisy and sexist tone be a bone of contention between Obamas campaign and feminists? We feminists have not only given Obama-Biden a pass on their sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton and Palin, but weve sadly taken to adopting some of their sexist tactics when we criticize Palin. We forgot that during the primaries, Obama reprimanded reporters and surrogates for speaking ill of his male competitors, but found MSNBCs rampant sexism a non-issue. We are remised in letting all this go excused because we disagree with the person on the

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Republican ticket who happens to be a woman. Certainly, I dont endorse Palin. I disagree with her on nearly everything. I do, however, feel that its a massive mistake for feminism to pardon some of the most patriarchal campaigning weve ever seen because we disagree with the woman on the opposite ticket. We feminists should be content to civilly disagree with dignity and say, Im proud that the Republicans have caught up with Democrats and nominated a talented woman for vice president. Now lets talk about the reasons shes wrong.
Bryce Myers is a senior from Overland Park.

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An Oct. 7 column titled How narrow victories will pile up for McCain had many misleading statements and some that were just plain untrue. First is this talk of Barack Obama as an elitist. Lets compare the candidates past and present and decide who the elitist is. Obama grew up with a single mother and was on food stamps for much of his life. He worked hard and put himself through school and law school at prestigious institutions. Until he wrote his first book and gave his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he and his wife were paying off student loans. Instead of taking a high paying job right out of Harvard law school, he moves to a lower income community in Chicago and becomes a very successful community organizer and motivate people to get involved in improving their community. He owns one house, and his family has one car a hybrid. John McCain grew up rebelling and not doing well in school and got into the naval academy on legacy. He served our country admirably in Vietnam nobody disputes that. He had an affair after his first wife was badly hurt in a car accident, and then he divorces her for his current wife, who has a huge family beer fortune. Neither he nor his wife know how many houses they own. (For the record, its seven.) They own 13 cars. They didnt pay taxes on their beachfront condo in La

How can you call Barack Obama an elitist?

Jolla, Calif., for four years and then paid the minimum on it to avoid it going into default. McCain gets full disability benefits, $75,000 per year. He does deserve some disability pay although he is not hurting for money, but not full disability pay. The government has people getting disability pay followed to see whether they are getting their own groceries and will then cut their pay, but McCain takes well documented hikes and talks about how active he is. He says the middleclass consists of people who make $5 million per year or less. Not only does he have no clue about the average American, but he also wants to give more tax breaks to the wealthiest and the big corporations on Wall Street and the oil companies. McCains latest political stunt was this joke about suspending his campaign to go work on a bailout. What happened after he became the Republican nominee? He did not show up to the Senate for three months and missed more than 300 votes in a row. What happened to serving the American people? Elitism is a lifestyle, and McCains lifestyle reflects it in every way. He is completely out of touch with mainstream America and has no idea about how people are hurting. When calling Obama an elitist, think again. Just because he is running on the Democratic partys ticket does not make him an elitist. These unfounded personal attacks need to stop.
Matt Erickson is a junior from Eden Prairie, Minn.

The Gobfather is surely rolling over in its grave after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pitched a new flavor you cant refuse: the all-too-homemade taste of breast milk. In a Half Baked scheme to alert the public to the wonders of human milk, PETA sent a letter to ice cream company Ben & Jerrys on Sept. 23 asking it to switch from cows milk to breast milk. PETA argued that although the public might find consuming breast milk strange, it was even stranger that humans are the only creatures that drink the milk of another creature. After realizing that human beings have much higher levels of cognition than other creatures, PETA decided logic and reason were strange as well, and promptly gave them up. In response to PETAs selfdescribed fabulously awesome idea, Ben & Jerrys issued a statement saying, We believe a mothers milk is best used for her child. It then considered bringing the flavor Bovinity Dovinity out of retirement, just for kicks. PETA isnt the only one thinking that breast is best. In September, authorities stopped Hans Lochen, head chef of Storchen restaurant in Iberg, Switzerland, from serving dishes that contained breast milk. Lochen, who sampled his dishes to unsuspecting friends, said that he didnt understand why everyone was upset and that breast milk was the most natural thing in the world.

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The chef claimed he merely wanted to help local young mothers make an extra buck make that about $20 a liter. The international publicity that his stunt garnered was just icing on his mothers milk cake, which his friends said was delicious. Cows milk has its fair share of problems. As PETA pointed out in its letter, it is technically not natural for human beings to consume milk. But over time, our genes have adapted to allow continued digestion of lactose after childhood. Add to that the horrible conditions that the average dairy cow lives in, the assortment of disgusting extras not listed on milks ingredients (should pus be listed before

or after trace antibiotics?) and suspected links to various health problems. And then cows milk doesnt look so pure innocent white anymore. But no matter how bad cows milk gets, breast milk as a commodity is still Totally Nuts. Unless, of course, were living in some scifi horror story where PETA rules the earth and hooks thousands of meat-eating, fur-coat-wearing women up to breast pumps just to prove a point. Until then, Ill dig into a pint of Imagined Whirled Peace. McConnell is a Dallas junior in English.

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As I entered the city of Galveston 10 days after Hurricane Ike hit, the first thing that shocked me was the mile-high piles of debris. The beaches were wastelands, a messy assortment of chairs, boards, desks and trash. Some buildings were completely gutted. Some houses were flattened. A rank smell of rotten food and waste filled the air. A few miles away in Houston, the debris was not much more than a few sticks. When I first arrived 10 days after the storm, armed with my camera and questionnaire and ready to document disaster, I was a little disappointed. Branches were down and much of the city was still without power. However, no one paid much attention to the branches, which were mostly already cleaned up. Class at the University of Houston started the day after the hurricane, though any deadlines for papers due were extended into the next week. I then realized that disaster strikes in degrees. Although reports of Ike said it wasnt as bad as expected, perspective is the key. Judgments cannot be made about a disaster when the degrees of damage to peoples lives are as different as the debris in their yards. For some, the debris has long since been removed. Others still woke each morning to piles of branches, or worse, of ruined furniture. For some, the debris of the storm constitutes their homes. Everyone had a story to tell, and I wanted to hear them. Just like some of the city had power and some did not, the Houston experience of Hurricane Ike was divided. There was Sean

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Haddad, the University of Houston freshman from the suburb Sugar Land, who slept through the hurricane. There was the college student that professor Richard Armstrong watched throw a party, climb onto his roof, scream to the winds, and never lose power. There was Armstrongs own experience: He turned his several days without power into a romantic retreat with his wife where they read by candlelight. He said he wouldnt have missed it for anything. Across the city, the lack of power left neighborhoods eerily quiet, except for generators humming a low chorus. Those without power were frustrated my taxi driver, a West African immigrant, pointed out the hypocrisy of this in a city of energy and oil. Houston wasnt destroyed, but I wanted to see the wrath of the storm. On my second day, I drove to Galveston. It took three and a half hours to travel the 45 miles. Roadblocks slowed the traffic of repair trucks and residents who wanted to see their homes. Dave Scelera had driven five hours to see the state of his summer home in the area called San Luis Pass in west Galveston. His home could only be reached through sev-

eral roadblocks. He and his son were attempting to nail a tarp to the roof of their beach home. They had realized they could never use it again, and when they left that afternoon, they would probably leave it forever. The Sceleras lost their summer home, others had lost everything. I spoke to dedicated workers outside of the shambles of their restaurant. They had been there to clean up for three or four days, but you could hardly tell. The restaurant was still a catastrophe. The deck was only accessible via a ladder. But the workers there had no choice. They were going to rebuild. In searching out the hurricane stories, I learned to grow wary of newspaper headlines. How can one over-arching statement describe the varieties of human experience? I had to go to Houston and Galveston to find out what it was really like. One glance at a pile of debris couldnt tell you whats in that pile. And neither can the experience of a hurricanes passage be summed up with one phrase: not as bad as expected. Daldorph is a Lawrence junior in journalism and French.

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an area about the size of Rhode Island between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, was firmly established by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team using sonar equipment and remotely operated submersibles. Because the location is kept secret, the divers had to independently verify the location. They had no sponsors; they paid out of pocket for their dives. The diving equipment cost between $10,000 and $50,000 per person, Faye said. For now, the Portlands resting place remains a secret to prevent it from being plundered. You have to give the wreck its respect, Faye said. Its deep and its dangerous, and you have to be at the top of your game. The 291-foot Portland left Bostons India Wharf for Portland, Maine, as scheduled despite forecasts of an impending storm and the decision by the captain of a sister ship to stay in port. Captain Hollis Blanchard may have believed the Portland could outrun the gale, but the storm was actually two separate storms that collided at sea and grew in force. Winds reached 100 mph, and waves crested at 60 feet, higher than the ships smokestacks. Bodies and wreckage began to wash up on the shores shortly after the storm, which became known as The Portland Gale.

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ASSOCIATEd PRESS NASHVILLE, Tenn. Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping $300 billion program to shield homeowners from mortgage foreclosure. Its my proposal. Its not Sen. Obamas proposal, McCain said at the outset of a debate he hoped could revive his fortunes in a presidential race trending toward his rival. In one pointed confrontation on foreign policy, Obama bluntly challenged McCains steadiness. This is a guy who sang bomb, bomb, bomb Iran, who called for the annihilation of North Korea that I dont think is an example of speaking softly. He spoke after McCain accused him of foolishly threatening to invade Pakistan and said, Im not going to telegraph my punches, which is what Sen. Obama did. The debate was the second of three between the two major party rivals, and the only one to feature a format in which voters seated a few feet away posed questions to the candidates. Its good to be with you at a town hall meeting, McCain jabbed at his rival, who has spurned the Republicans calls for numerous such joint appearances across the fall campaign. They debated on a stage at Belmont University four weeks before Election Day in a race that has lately favored Obama, both in national polls and in surveys in pivotal battleground states. Not surprisingly, many of the questions dealt with an economy in trouble. Obama said the current crisis was the final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years that President Bush pursued and were supported by Sen. McCain.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) greets Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the start of a town hall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. He contended that Bush, McCain and others had favored deregulation of the finanancial industry, predicting that would let markets run wild and prosperity would rain down on all of us. It didnt happen. McCains pledge to have the government help individual homeowners avoid foreclosure went considerably beyond the $700 billion rescue package that recently cleared Congress. I would order the secretary of the Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes at the diminished value of those homes and let people be able to make those payments and stay in their homes, he said. Is it expensive? Yes. But we all know, my friends, until we stabilize home values in America, were never going to start turning around and creating jobs and fixing our economy, and weve got to get some trust and confidence back to America. McCain also said it was important to reform the giant benefit programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. My friends, we are not going to be able to provide the same benefit for present-day workers that present-day retirees have today, he said, although he did not elaborate. The two men also competed to demonstrate their qualifications as reformers at a time voters are clamoring for change. Obama said McCain was going to require taxes on the health benefits workers receive from their employers at the same time his plan would wipe out the ability of states to enforce their own regulations to require tests such as mammograms. McCain countered that under his rivals plan Sen. Obama will fine you if parents fail to obtain coverage for their children but had yet to say what the fine would be. Perhaps we will find that out tonight, he said. Obama quickly followed up, saying that McCain voted against the expansion of the childrens health care program the government runs.

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Mike Rivera schedules his classes so he can spend time with area children reading classic books by Dr. Seuss
hen things arent going well for Mike Rivera, sometimes pulling out a Dr. Seuss book is just what he needs. No, Rivera doesnt sit at home by himself and read Green Eggs and Ham or Horton Hears a Who for his personal enjoyment. Instead, he heads to local elementary schools and spends 30 to 40 minutes reading Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and several other Dr. Seuss classics to students. It just makes me feel good, Rivera said. I learn a lot from them. Its a way to get away from the daily grind and stresses of football. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound linebacker is busy enough trying to battle a full class schedule and his duties to the football team. When he started volunteering and doing community service during high school, he knew it was something he had to continue in Lawrence. He purposely did not schedule classes between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. so he could travel to schools and other places to do as much volunteer work as he could. Those kids were so excited, Rivera said of his visit to the schools last week. It puts a smile on your face to see how excited they are to see you and the other athletes. Its a good way to get away from things and have a little fun. Rivera works with Habitat for Humanity, the Jayhawk Fun and Fitness Program and the Jayhawk READ program. He also is organizing an event with the Special Olympics that will give 125 Special Olympic athletes the chance to go bowling and to hang out with several KU athletes.

By alex Beecher abeecher@kansan.com

photo courtesy of Kansas athletics Senior linebacker Mike Rivera reads to elementary school students as a part of the Jayhawks Read program, which was started in January 2008. Rivera schedules his classes so he is free from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. so he can visit local schools.

nd here we thought Kansas had beaten Memphis. John Calipari might like to remind us that, through the national championship game was certainly a momentous victory, it was also only a battle. The war, he might say, is far from over. It looks like fictionalized John Calipari is right. The national championship game, though won by Kansas, has clearly benefited both programs. A quick jaunt over to Rivals.com will illustrate that point. Of the top 10 2009 recruits, five list Kansas as a possible destination. And wouldnt you know it, five list Memphis, as well. But its the overlap that makes this really interesting. Of their five top-10 prep targets, Kansas and Memphis share four. Except Kansas and Memphis cant very well share John Wall, Xavier Henry, Derrick Favors or Lance Stephenson. All those players must eventually choose where they will display their basketball talents. And so two of college basketballs superpowers are set to clash once again. The dynamics have changed slightly since the last meeting. Now, Kansas coaching staff can flash its substantial national championship bling. The goals of this new battle are also different. The prize here isnt a title or a trophy, but players who may very well win one in the future. As for the outcome... well have to wait a bit to find out for sure, but we can always speculate in the meantime. It may be difficult for us, with our crimson-and-blue-tinted glasses on, to envision a scenario in which a recruit could possibly choose to play college

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mens BasketBall

Coaches rank KU third in Big 12 preseason poll

Kansas has won six of the past seven Big 12 championships, but the conference coaches arent expecting it to win another one this season. The coaches selected the Jayhawks third in the Big 12 mens basketball preseason poll, which the Big 12 released Monday. The coaches picked Oklahoma first, Texas second and Baylor tied with Kansas at third. The defending national champion Jayhawks did receive three first-place votes the same number as the 2008-2009 Big 12 Sooners. Texas Preseason Poll got the most 1. Oklahoma (3) first-place votes 2. Texas (4) with four but T3. Kansas (3) wound up behind T3. Baylor (3) Oklahoma 5. Texas A&M overall. Baylor 6. Oklahoma State received the 7. Missouri remaining two 8. Kansas State first-place votes. 9. Nebraska It was the 10. Texas Tech first time in 11. Iowa State Big 12 history 12. Colorado that Oklahoma ranked first in the preseason poll. The Sooners return four starters and are led by sophomore center Blake Griffin, who averaged nearly 15 points and nine rebounds as a freshman. Many early 2009 NBA Draft projections rank Griffin as the top NBA prospect in the nation.
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Hawks play for improved Big 12 standing

jbowe@kansan.com The Jayhawk volleyball team sees an opportunity to crack into the top half of the Big 12 standings, but first it has to beat Texas A&M. Kansas prepares for its third match of the month against A&M at 7 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletic Center. And despite falling to a 2-4 conference record, the Jayhawks could play beyond November if coach Ray Bechards team makes October its best month. But Bechard does not want that to fool his team into thinking everything will fall into place easily. Texas A&M was picked to finish fourth in the conference in preseason polls, and despite its early trouble in Big 12 play, Bechard knows how talented the Aggies are. They played a brutal nonconference

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schedule, Bechard said of Texas A&Ms record. I regard them as an upper-division Big 12 opponent. A&M has a 2-3 Big 12 record, the same number of victories as Kansas. They sit at eighth in the conference with Kansas following close behind. And even though both teams are low in the standings, two wins separate them from the conference records of teams such as Texas and Baylor, which share second place in the Big 12 standings. It makes tonights match that much more critical. Bechard decided to organize a game plan against A&M as a team rather than focusing on one player. He said A&M was well-rounded enough that spotlighting one player would allow others to thrive. I think if you start to game plan one of their players, then somebody else will

get away from you, Bechard said. Theyve got great balance and great people coming off the bench. Bechard is also taking time this week to improve on his own team instead of focusing entirely on the Aggies. The Jayhawks had a film session Monday and it must have been brutal. Even with the victory Saturday against Texas Tech, Kansas still has plenty of room for improvement. Texas Tech held Kansas to a hitting efficiency below .200, a level that Bechard said the team had to achieve to garner consistent success.

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Sophomore libero melissa manda digs the ball duriing Kansas loss to Kansas State on Oct. 1. The Wildcats beat the Jayhawks 3-2 and handed Kansas its third loss in a row.

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Jayhawk line backers ready to blitz Colorado

By TaylOr BerN
tbern@kansan.com Pass no, run back to pass wait, hes running again. Defensive indecision is common when a defense lines up against a quarterback such as Iowa States Austen Arnaud. In addition to his aerial numbers 268 yards, three touchdowns Arnaud rushed 17 times for 44 yards against Kansas last weekend. Arnauds 134 rushing yards are the fourth-most of any quarterback in the conference. On Saturday, the Kansas defense will square off against Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins, who ranks last in the conference with negative-35 rushing yards. As a defensive back, the thing you hate the worst is being in coverage and having to run down and track down a quarterback who just ran out of the zone, safety Darrell Stuckey said. It feels a lot better knowing a quarterbacks going to stand in the pocket and throw downfield. It allows you to just focus on your receiver and the coverage that youre in. Hawkins is one of three Big 12 quarterbacks with negative rushing yards and the only one of those who couples that stat with fewer than 1,000 passing yards. Theres really not too many pocket quarterbacks in the Big 12, thats for sure, defensive end John Larson said. Cody can use his feet when he needs to, but he looks to read coverages and make a good throw before he looks to run. Its been a rough season for Cody, who is the son of Colorado coach Dan Hawkins. The younger Hawkins has completed less than 60 percent of his passes, has thrown four interceptions and has been sacked 10 times.

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quote of the day

When we score seven points, Ill say were slow starting. If we score 21 points, Ill say, Whoa, we scored a lot of points. Twenty-one points thats a lot of points. Thirty points? That isnt even a football game. Thats Arena Football. Were talking about real football.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Herman Edwards in September 2007

How bad is Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen, really? I

f youre a sports fan, youve heard this argument. Some lowly NFL team plays at an unspeakably awful level week after week until finally, some Joe Six-Pack offers up the priceless words, Man, that team is so bad. You think they could even beat USC? The worst part is that these people are halfway serious. They actually think USC or Oklahoma or whatever college-football flavor of the month could actually hang with, say, the St. Louis Rams. For some Thigpen reason that argument strikes a nerve with me. When I hear it, I begin to feel like an overly anxious mother who just heard her 8-year-old utter his first f -word. Sure enough, Im reaching for the soap, and its going right into little Mikeys dirty mouth. Its just ludicrous. The Rams as bad as they are would hammer any college team by 50

By rustin dodd
rdodd@kansan.com points. Itd be a bloodbath. Obviously these types of arguments are made by foolish people or drunk people or foolish people who are drunk at the time. Now, dont freak out, but Im going to offer up a similar argument. Seriously, put the soap down and listen. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen would be the sixthbest quarterback in the Big 12. One more time. Tyler Thigpen, a professional athlete who has thrown 85 career passes in the NFL, wouldnt start for five Big 12 teams. And Im not talking about 23-year-old, senior in college Tyler Thigpen. Well get to him in a moment. Im talking about Tyler Thigpen now. The 24-year-old, second-year pro. If you lined Thigpen up next

fact of the day

The Kansas City Chiefs, who have scored 65 points in five games, are 30th in the NFL in points scored. They are on pace to score 208 points this season.
Source: KCChiefs.com

trivia of the day

Q: How many total points did the Kansas City Chiefs score last season? A: 226. The Chiefs finished 31 in points scored out of 32 teams.

to Oklahomas Sam Bradford, Missouris Chase Daniel, Texas Techs Graham Harrell, Texas Colt McCoy and Kansas own Todd Reesing, young Tyler would be the sixth-best quarterback in the room. You have to feel a little bit for Thigpen. Hes had quite the odyssey. He went to Coastal Carolina in 2003 and became the first quarterback in school history. Thats right. The first. Probably not a good omen for young Tyler. Id wager that most future NFL quarterbacks go to schools that had football programs before, you know, 2003. But young Tyler wouldnt be denied. He played four years at Coastal Carolina. He had heart and guts, and he finished 30-8 in four seasons and won the Big South Conference Player of the Year Award in 2007. But have you looked closely at the Big South lately? Most of the schools just started fielding a football team within the last 10 years and thats at the Division I-AA level. Still, Thigpen shredded schools such as Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb and Liberty. Of

course, I use the term loosely. He actually completed just 54.8 percent of his passes during his fouryear career. But somehow, against all odds, young Tyler found himself drafted in the seventh round by the Minnesota Vikings. Which led us to the Vikings epic 2007 training camp quarterback battle, starring Tarvaris Jackson, Drew Henson and the artist formerly known as Brooks Bollinger. Unfortunately, the trio was too much to overcome. Thigpen was cut. It seemed young Tylers impossible dream was over. Not so fast, for there was a man in Kansas City, Mo., named Carl Peterson. And it just so happened that Peterson, the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, was in the market for young quarterbacks who were mediocre in college. And just like that, Tylers dream had life. Now, one year later, it seems pretty obvious why Thigpens numbers at Coastal Carolina were so underwhelming. To be blunt, hes not good. During parts of three games

this season, hes completed 41.8 percent of his passes and thrown four interceptions for the insufferable Chiefs. Lets just say that if you ever see Thigpen throwing darts at the bar, you make damn sure you stay alert. I dont know much about football. I mean, Ive accidentally started Darren Sproles two weeks in a row on my fantasy team. But I know this: If you gave me the choice between Bradford and Thigpen, or Daniel and Thigpen, or even Reesing and Thigpen well, lets just say Im not taking Thigpen. Edited by Mary Sorrick

A bat by any other name...

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Today Volleyball: Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (Lawrence) Thursday No events scheduled. Friday Womens Swimming & Diving: Intrasquad, 4 p.m. (Lawrence) Soccer: 7 p.m. (Stillwater, Okla.) Saturday Football: Colorado, 11:30 a.m. (Lawrence) Sunday Soccer: Oklahoma, 1 p.m. (Norman, Okla.)
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No KU golfers make top slots; some fire season lows
By Max rothMan
mrothman@kansan.com Inconsistencies lingered as the womens golf team failed to find the top five at the fourth annual McHaney/Morehead Invitational in Lubbock, Texas. There were high expectations preceding the showdown after two encouraging fifth-place finishes and a season-low Powers 221 for juggernaut junior Emily Powers. The Jayhawks, however, took a step backwards in the standings with a seventhplace finish. Powers performance was a microcosm to the lackluster efforts of the entire team at the Rawls Course. After preaching a strategy that called for miniscule fluctuation from round to round, Powers sandwiched an atypical round-two score of 79 between impressive 74s in rounds one and three. Her 227 score tied her for seventh place in the individual standings, but it served as an ideal counterexample to a team searching for stability. Sophomore Jennifer Clark followed a similar trend. After shooting a mediocre 81 in round one, Clark came back and shot a 77 in round two. With optimistic expectations for round three after dropping her score, Clark finished with an untimely 83, giving her 48th place with a total of 241. One positive note from the invitational was sophomore Meghna Bals strong turnaround. After a round one 82, Bal concluded her tournament with a 79 in round two and a 77 in round three, tying for 32nd place with a 238. Knocking Bal down her score with every round is what could establish Bal as a fitting complement to Emily Powers. Arkansas-Little Rock came out on top in Lubbock, and the top four Kansas golfers lowered their scores from the teams last tournament. Edited by Lauren Keith

Los Angeles Dodgers Manny Ramirez smells his bat during batting practice at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Monday. Ramirez said his bat still smelled of champagne after the Dodgers wild celebration barely two days after from their first-round sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the NL playoffs. The Dodgers and Phillies open the best-of-seven NLCS on Thursday in Philadelphia.

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volleyball (continued from 1B)
We spent more time on KU today, Bechard said after Mondays practice. We looked at some opportunities where we could have extended the lead and maybe made some better volleyball plays. Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart was relieved to see the season-high three-match losing streak end on Saturday, but she hopes to start another positive streak with a win tonight. Its possible. Its doable. So why not? Uhart said. Lets get this show on the road and get on a roll. Uhart also said the team needed better passing to kick-start its offense. She also noted how the rightside offense needed to be more consistent. Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington is stabilizing the left side with her stellar play, so Uhart and Bechard hope to see some better plays coming from the right side. Uhart said Bechard told them during Mondays practice that a win tonight would propel the Jayhawks into the top half of the Big 12. He listed out the records for all the teams in the Big 12, Uhart said. So thats our goal, to win and be top-five in our conference.

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aSSociaTeD PreSS

Texas linebackers Sergio Kindle, left, and Jared Norton, right, sack Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins for a loss in the first quarter in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday.

coloraDo (continued from 1B)

In last weeks 38-14 loss at home, Texas defense blitzed constantly and brought him down behind the line of scrimmage three times. Hes a tough kid, he takes a lot of hits, coach Mark Mangino said. He took some vicious hits (against Texas) and jumped right up. Seeing the success of the Longhorns blitz-happy attack, linebacker Mike Rivera said he thought his defense might have an easier time getting to Hawkins than it did Arnaud. Thats good news for the defense because more pressure means more fun and more fun usually leads to success. You definitely love to blitz because you get a chance to hit the quarterback, and everybody loves sacking the quarterback, Rivera said. Recently Rivera has come under some fire for a lack of effort. He didnt start against Sam Houston State or Iowa State. However, in the second half on Saturday, Rivera shot out like a cannon, and defensive coordinator Clint Bowen said his linebacker was playing with more desire. Thats something Bowen said he had been looking for in his linebacker corps for the entire season. Someone has to step up and make a play beyond just playing football, Bowen said. Youre talking about guys making plays and doing something special, and there are guys in that linebacker crew that have the ability to do that and need to do that. Thats their obligation to being on this team and playing. Edited by Andy Greenhaw

Cut down on errors: The Jayhawks had 28 of them against the Red Raiders. While that may fly against a team thats winless in the conference, it will doom them against the more talented Aggies. No mental letdown: The Aggies come in struggling with a 2-3 conference record, but there is a reason they were chosen to finish fourth in the preseason. The Jayhawks cannot allow their home court advantage and the Aggies deceiving record to have them underestimating tonights match.

KANSAS KEYS TO THE GAME

Kansas: Freshman outside hitter Alyson Mayfield With sophomore outside hitter Jenna Kaiser adjusting to playing without her elbow brace, Mayfield should continue to see major minutes and needs to duplicate her numbers against Texas Tech (10 kills, two blocks) for Kansas to roll. Texas A&M: Junior outside hitter Mary Batis Batis is coming off a careerhigh 23 kills during a five-set victory against Missouri on Saturday. Not only that, she ended the match with 11 digs. Shes a unique outside hitter, and she leads the team in both kills per set (3.56) and digs per set (3.11). Usually digs are for defensive specialists and liberos, but Batis is a dual threat. Kansas will have to stymie her numbers to win. Edited by Mary Sorrick

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basketball elsewhere. No program is more tradition-rich than this one. The names associated with Kansas basketball paint a picture that practically chronicles the history of the game: James Naismith, Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Brown, Roy Williams, Paul Pierce, etc. And then theres the building in which Kansas plays, named for one of the legendary coaches just listed: Allen Fieldhouse. Its widely heralded as one of the best venues in all of sports, and with good reason. But it isnt as if KU basketball is coasting on its considerable reputation. Under Bill Self, Kansas has claimed four consecutive Big 12 championships, three consecutive Big 12 tournament championships, and that little tournament in March and April. As if that werent enough, five Jayhawks were selected in the most recent NBA Draft. Now its time to play Memphis advocate. Sure, Kansas has tradition. Great, but this is college basketball, not history class. Are todays hoop recruits really going to be swayed by the prospect of sharing a court with Wilt Chamberlain? To KU devotees, Allen Fieldhouse is a basketball cathedral. But without context, its hardly the state-ofthe-art venue that Memphis FedExForum is. Winning wont be a problem at Memphis either. Conference USA is fine, but it isnt the Big 12. Its almost impossible to imagine Memphis not winning the conference every year for the foreseeable future. Its also worth noting that nothing that transpired in the NCAA championship game says that Memphis cant win a championship. Quite the contrary, it showed that Memphis is in fact an elite program that can compete with or beat the traditional bluebloods. Sometimes the breaks just dont go your way. John Calipari would be more than happy to talk NBA as well. After all, Derrick Rose was the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, which is probably due to more than Roses talents. Caliparis dribble-drive motion offensive philosophy allows for much more improvisation than Self s. That, in turn, gives exceptionally talented players ample opportunity to showcase their skills for onlooking scouts. If Im Calipari, thats the point Im emphasizing above all else. The players may be one-and-dones, but Memphis provides a good stepping stone to the NBA. Fitting, then, that their allegiance will go a long way toward deciding who wins the next Kansas-Memphis battle. Edited by Scott R. Toland

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He may do the most community service of any student-athlete we have here at KU, coach Mark Mangino said. He is a good citizen, high character, great moral person. He really is. Riveras teammates voted him as a team captain before this season, a position he also held in 2006, his first year as a starter. Being named captain is one of the biggest honors that you could ever have as a football player, Rivera said. Despite being one of the top tacklers on the team and a team leader, Rivera was benched earlier this season for unproductive play. Mangino and the coaching staff werent happy with his effort and decided that taking away his playing time might be incentive for him start giving more effort. Rivera agreed. Coach wanted to send me that message to make sure Im not getting complacent or anything, Rivera said. It did motivate me. It helped me to get going again and re-evaluate what I was doing and make sure I was doing everything I could to help the team win. Rivera, who is majoring in communication studies, plans to pursue a masters degree in sports management. He wants to stay around the game and hopes to someday coach high school football. Regardless of what happens on the field, Rivera knows he has set himself up nicely for a career after football. Ive been getting my education and networking and doing internships and getting things going in that aspect, Rivera said. If football doesnt work out, I have a backup plan. Edited by Brenna Hawley

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Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay catches a fly ball hit by the Los Angeles Angels Mike Napoli against the Green Monster to end the sixth inning during Game 4 of baseballs American League division series in Boston on Monday. Bay, who joined the Red Sox in the Manny Ramirez trade in July, scored the winning run in the Red Soxs 3-2 victory.

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in the middle somehow of those slugfests? Manny Ramirez. Yep, the same slugger whos Exactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle now the main man in the NL so much is hard to tell. Blame it championship series between on a high-and-tight pitch here, a the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. hard slide there. Ramirez, manager Joe Torre Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the AL and the Dodgers open the bestchampionship series sure get of-seven set Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park. into a lot of scraps. Traded from Boston to Los Theres no hatred, injured Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling Angeles on July 31, Ramirez insisted Tuesday in an e-mail to reprised his role as a one-man October wrecking crew in the The Associated Press. Its more a combination of first-round sweep of the Chicago talent/personalities and place Cubs. The 2004 World Series than anything, I think. For years MVP went 5-for-10 with two Tampa Bay was looked down home runs and four walks. He could fight a bear with a on and the Sox were one of the powerhouse teams. The start to stick and win, praised Phillies respectability is as much an atti- broadcaster Gary Matthews, tude as it is talent and a few years MVP of the 1983 NLCS when ago the Rays, I think, got tired of Philadelphia beat the Dodgers. Coming off their victory being pushed around, he wrote. Thats kind of how Sarah Palin over wild-card Milwaukee in the opening round, the Phillies sees it, too. I know that earlier some of are aiming for their first chamthe experts this year were kind pionship since 1980. Torre, no of tough on the Rays. Ive been stranger to the postseason, is there, Palin, the Republican hoping to lead Los Angeles to its vice presidential candidate, first title since 1988. The defending champion Red said Tuesday during a speech Sox and the in Clearwater, Rays begin Fla. But what Friday night a difference I know that earlier some of the at Tropicana a season can Field. James make, and experts this year were kind of Shields is now the Rays, likely to start in the playoffs tough on the Rays. Ive been Game 1 for for the first there. Tampa Bay time ever. he hit Coco Even before their rise to sarah palin Crisp with a prominence, Vice presidential candidate pitch on June 5, triggering the Rays were the benchplenty feisty. Theyve scuffled with the Red clearing fracas in Boston. Shields and four other Rays Sox at least a half-dozen times this decade, punctuated by a wild were suspended, while Lester brawl at Fenway Park in June and two other Red Sox players that resulted in eight players get- were penalized. A day after the fight, Tampa Bay manager Joe ting suspended. You know, weve had some Maddon hardly backed down. I want to be very clear: I good battles with them all year, defend everything our guys did, Boston pitcher Jon Lester said. Other matchups in the majors he said then. I feel actually get more attention, be it Yankees- proud of the way we handled the Red Sox or Cubs-Cardinals or situation that was presented. Before the season began, Dodgers-Giants. But there is no baseball rivalry thats more spir- Maddons team showed it would not be intimidated. Twice it got ited than Tampa Bay-Boston. Funny, know who was often into scrapes with the Yankees ASSOCIATED PRESS

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in spring training back when and are good friends, so much they were 200-1 underdogs to like the Yankees and us. win the World Series. Schilling doesnt foresee any The trouble between Tampa brawls in the next week or so. Bay and Boston dates to 2000, Hell sit this one out following when Pedro Martinez hit Gerald shoulder surgery. The game results are far Williams with his first pitch of the game. Williams rushed the more important than any egos mound, a brouhaha ensued and involved, so no, he said. Ive already seen a slew of playthe Coco/ ers were susS h i e l d s pended. For years Tampa Bay was match three In 2002, times today. 2004 and 2005, looked down on and the Sox This series, Tampa Bay and these teams, the Red Sox were one of the powerhouse are bigger tangled after teams. than that. pitches either The ALCS hit or were matchup was thrown near Curt sChlling Ramirez. After red sox pitcher set Monday after the the last of those Rays beat three scraps, Schilling said then-Devil Rays the Chicago White Sox in four manager Lou Piniella was trying games and Boston eliminated the to turn his team into a bunch of Los Angeles Angels in four. While Boston will try to win its tough guys. These days, Schilling said, the third championship in five years, the 100-win Angels can put away clubs are not bitter enemies. There are very few players their postseason bunting. In fact, left from the earlier times. The thats what doomed them a dustups weve had since I have botched suicide squeeze by Erick been here have mostly been due Aybar in the ninth inning. I thought it was a good sitto the competitive nature of the games more than anything, he uation for us, manager Mike wrote. There are a lot of players Scioscia said. It didnt work involved that know each other out.

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kbreckunitch@kansan.com against the undefeated Bills on Sunday. Funny to think that they were considering starting Matt Leinart at quarterback before the season began. The Cardinals have greatly improved from last season and have to worry about only an inconsistent San Francisco team to challenge for the NFC West title.

New Orleans running back Reggie Bush may want the title of the song changed after marching into the end zone twice on Monday night. Bush had two punt returns for touchdowns in the game. He could have had a third if he had been able to keep his balance, but it wasnt enough, and the Saints lost on a late field goal by Minnesota. Quarterback Drew Brees scorched the Minnesota secondary with 330 passing yards and strong-armed a touchdown to wide receiver Devery Henderson, but the Saints are hearing sour notes as they prepare for a matchup with Oakland this weekend. New Orleans has been able to move the ball on every team it has faced, but if the defense doesnt improve just a little, it could be a long season in an NFC South division, which is all about defense.

When the SaintS go marching in

ESPN reports that Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner considered retiring after receiver Anquan Boldin was injured in a week four loss to the Jets because he felt responsible. Its Warner a good thing Warner didnt act though, because he has the Cardinals in prime position to win a weak NFC West. Nobody can stop his passing attack, and Warner racked up another 250 yards passing and two touchdowns

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The Chiefs have proven from week one that they are the lesser of the two NFL teams with Native American mascots. As the Redskins continue to thrive in the NFC East, the Chiefs continue to stumble. There is no way to make a 34-0 loss at Carolina look good, especially when your team generates no offense. Running back Larry Johnson was held to two yards on seven carries. Yikes! Quarterbacks Damon Huard and Tyler Thigpen combined for 123 passing yards and two interceptions. Maybe if coach Herm Edwards locks his team in a cupboard and then opens it, the offense will magically come to life.

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Should any fans legitimately hate their team more right now? Chargers fans have to be the most perplexed people in the sports world right now. Their team started the year with two last-second losses, one to a good Panthers team, one to the Broncos on an inadvertent whistle that blew a fumble dead. Now the Chargers have suffered a loss to the Dolphins because they generated no offense. The

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New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush gets away from Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe in the second half on Monday. Bush returned two other punts for touchdowns in the half. Bush pleased fantasy owners, but the Vikings won 30-27. Chargers really didnt make any mistakes on Sunday, but running back LaDainian Tomlinson had a poor outing with only 35 rushing yards and has only broken the 100-yard mark once this season. Quarterback Philip Rivers cannot carry this team, especially not with 159 yards passing and one touchdown, so the Chargers have a lot of issues to sort out before their game with New England this Sunday. Does anybody in the NFL want to play any team from the NFC East right now? Washington and Dallas have only one loss each and are sitting second Manning and third in the division because New York is still undefeated. The Eagles are in last because of losses to the Redskins and Cowboys, but

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one of their wins was against the Steelers, one of the best teams in the AFC. Giants quarterback Eli Manning sure looks like Prohibition agent Elliot Ness right now, as he puts the Giants in place to defend their championship and take down whatever Al Capone presents itself from the AFC.

The Colts and Texans put on a show on Sunday in Houston. The Texans appeared to be headed to

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their first win of the season with a 27-10 lead with a little more than eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. Key turnovers and the never-say-die attitude of Peyton Manning, doing his best Wyatt Earp gunslinger impersonation, led the Colts to the victory. Colts linebacker Gary Brackett returned a fumble for a touchdown and the defense got a late interception to seal the victory and put an end to the shootout. Edited by Lauren Keith

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agreenhaw@kansan.com Many economists and Wall Street investors said the $700 billion economic recovery package was essential to preventing world markets from slipping into a longterm recession, but what does it mean for student loans? The bailout should bring down interest rates on private student loans and increase their availability, said Mark Kantrowitz, president of MK Consulting, a national firm that provides student financial aid consulting services. He said the bailout will have no effect on Federal Stafford Loans or consolidation loans. Kantrowitz said the $700 billion injection should free up credit for lenders to issue more private loans. The interest rates on these loans, which Kantrowitz said would have risen by at least 2 percent had Congress not passed the bailout, could start coming down as soon as November, he said. The bailout wont affect federal loans because they are guaranteed by the government. Students will continue to have difficulty consolidating their student-loan debt into one monthly payment after they graduate. Many lenders have suspended their consolidation services, which Kantrowitz said were unprofitable for lenders. According to FinAid.org, 85.6 percent of the lending industry has their consolidation programs since the subprime mortgage meltdown first made headlines in August 2007. Consolidation loans wont see any fixes anytime soon, Kantrowitz said. Lenders lose money every time they make them because they are still underwater. Although this is good news for students who need to borrow more than the government will lend them ($31,000 for financially dependent students; $57,500 for financially independent students for their entire college career), it doesnt help students such as Curry Curtis, who borrowed from multiple sources and will have

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a difficult time finding lenders willing to consolidate her debts into one monthly payment. Curtis, Olathe senior, said she borrowed $27,500 through the KU financial aid department, $8,000 through KU Endowment and $2,300 through Wachovia, a private lender. Curtis said that she would have liked to consolidate all three loans into one, but that she understood she would probably end up

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Alumnus sells Constitution online for $21

Andrew Gray, a former KU student, listed a copy of the U.S. Constitution on eBay last week. Gray said he was disgusted with the actions of the government and decided to come up with a way to express his sentiments. The Constitution sold for $20.50, but Gray advised the winner of the auction to pay with Euros because the U.S. dollar would soon be worthless.

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KU on Wheels riders can now receive alerts about the status of the buses on their routes by text message, phone or e-mail. The new alert system contacts riders when there are major changes to their routes, such as delays, detours or missed stops.

Kansas Union officials still support their decision to allow Sun of a Beach Tanning to open in the student union despite growing tensions between indoor tanning advocates and doctors. Pat Beard, director of building services for KU Memorial Unions, said the board that oversees the union was originally concerned about the health risks tanning presented. But after careful consideration, he said, it gave owner Emily Willis the OK to open the salon. It seems to fit the location. Theres not been any regrets by any means, Beard said. Emily takes pretty good care of the space. Weve never received any complaints. In my opinion, that is a good lease.

Sun of a Beach Tanning replaced the T-Mobile store on the third floor of the Kansas Union this past April after T-Mobile decided to shut down its store on campus. Salon Hawk owner Emily Willis, a 22-year-old Lawrence resident, said she had been considering adjoining a tanning salon to the beauty parlor since she took over the shop in May 2007, and the opening in the space next door provided the perfect opportunity. Yet, when Willis began making plans in January to open the store, neither she nor the union could have foreseen the confrontation that would occur between the Indoor Tanning Association and anti-tanning advocates only a week before Sun of a Beach would officially open. The Indoor

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Tanning Association launched an ad campaign denouncing the connection between the skin cancer melanoma and ultraviolet light. Two weeks ago, dermatologists refuted this campaign, publishing articles reinforcing the correlation between skin cancer and UV rays. Bill Walberg, El Dorado Hills, Calif., senior and a former member of the Memorial Corporation Board, said the student union having a tanning salon was comparable to allowing The Hawk Shop to sell cigarettes and tobacco. He said he supported renting to Sun of a Beach from the beginning.

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I thought it was a great idea, he said. I cant tell you how many friends of mine, especially girls, love to go tanning. Its really convenient. In Lawrence, students can find several places to go tanning. Student-geared apartment complexes, such as The Reserve and The Legends Place, include tanning beds among their amenities. Last fall, Naismith Hall, the privately owned dormitory, became the first dormitory on campus to include tanning beds. Naismith Hall may feature tanning beds, but the University does not necessarily support their use. The University does not technically own the Kansas Union; its paid for by student fees. Willis said that each day 50 to 80

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BY RYAN McGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com Neil Hockenbarger, 26, died early Thursday morning after his car collided with a utility pole on Michigan Street north of I-70. Police declared him dead at the scene. Tiffany, Hockenbargers wife of three and a half years, was riding in the passenger seat and was treated for minor injuries. Hockenbarger, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, was attending the University through the Airman Enlisted Commissioning Program, a highly competitive scholarship program that allows enlisted personnel to transition to the officer ranks while completing an undergraduate program. Lt. Col. Gena Stuchbery, commander of the KU Air Force ROTC program, said Hockenbarger was a man of integrity, hard work and dedication. He wanted to be a leader, Stuchbery said. He had obviously worked pretty hard to get here. Hockenbargers parents remembered him as an outgoing, gregarious man who demonstrated a wide range of aptitudes throughout childhood. He was my book of knowledge, Joan Hockenbarger, Neils mother, said. She said Neil was identified as a candidate for gifted student programs as early as kindergarten, was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and was the first student at his middle school to attend the Kansas State Geography Bee in Manhattan. Growing up outside of Leavenworth, he broke school records in the triple jump and high jump as a member of the Pleasant Ridge High School track and field team. Hockenbarger enlisted in the Air Force in July 2000 and left for basic training immediately after high school. He knew the Air Force would pay for his education, but it wasnt just that, Dean Hockenbarger, Neils father, said. He was proud to serve his country. He was very proud of that uniform he put on. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Hockenbarger deployed to Saudi Arabia. After returning to the United States, Hockenbarger left active duty to attend the KU School of Engineering on an ROTC scholarship. Soon after accepting the scholarship, Hockenbarger began dating a woman named Cherith. When Cherith was diagnosed with cancer, Hockenbarger married her, surrendered his scholarship and returned to active duty in the Air Force so that Cherith could receive medical coverage. That just shows you what kind of man he was, Dean said. He gave up his scholarship to save her life, Tiffany said. Despite extensive medical treatment, Cherith died less than a year after she and Hockenbarger were married. Hockenbarger later met Tiffany, whom he married in Oklahoma City in March 2005. I was working in a sports nutrition store, Tiffany said. He just came in and asked what I was doing that night. I told him it was a girls night, and I gave him my number. He called me five days later, and the rest is history. He was different from everybody, Tiffany said. Genuine. He truly did care about others before himself. A viewing will be held at Belden-Larkin Funeral Home in Leavenworth tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. A chapel service will be held in Hockenbargers honor at the Veterans Administration chapel in Leavenworth on Wednesday at 10 a.m., followed by a

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How to get alerts about late buses

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hjones@kansan.com the software since late 2007 and started testing it this past summer. MV Transportation worked with the Transit Commission, the governing body for KU on Wheels, throughout the softwares development. Sweeten said he didnt know the exact cost of the alert system because it had been developed in stages and only recently was completed. Sweeten said the system used GPS to track the performance of all bus routes by transmitting signals through timing points located on all the routes. The system allows us, operationally, to see whats happening, Sweeten said. Sweeten said the GPS system was developed and installed using local service providers, such as Nextels GPS technology. He said MV Transportation provided the system as part of its contract with KU on Wheels at no extra cost to the University. Although students have three alert options, Sweeten said that the text message alert was the most popular and that students chose to receive a text at a ratio of eight to one over phone and e-mail alerts. Sweeten said that MV Transportation sent alerts two to three times a week and that they had been used about 15 times since the alert system became available. Derek Meier, Independence sophomore and transportation coordinator, said the system enabled better communication between riders and the service provider. It gives students a way to know if they will have major problems that could affect their travel plans, Meier said. Charlie Flanders, Shawnee freshman, lives in McCollum Hall and rides the bus to every class. He said the buses were often a few minutes late and sometimes he was late to class. He said he never considered walking to class. I trust the bus to get me to class at least within a couple minutes of class, Flanders said. Flanders said he hadnt signed up for the alert system but planned to do so. Edited by Lauren Keith

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The lecture The Historical Precedents behind the Russian-Georgian Conflict will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall. The student group event The United States Supreme Court: A Preview of Next Term will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the McCook Room in the Burge Union. The student group event Brazilian Week: Feijoada Fundraiser will begin at 1 p.m. in the ECM Center. The lecture Evolving the Future: Toward a Science of Intentional Cultural Change will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Room 2092 in the Dole Human Development Center. The meeting Introduction to Research for New Faculty will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the First Floor Conference Room in the Multidisciplinary Research Building. The University Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.

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KU on Wheels has a new alert system that contacts bus riders by text message, phone call or e-mail if the buses on their routes are delayed, are taking a detour, have missed stops or arent running because of snow days. Students can sign up for the alert system for free through MV Transportation, the company that operates KU buses. MV Transportation implemented the alert system in the middle of September. Mike Sweeten, division manager for MV Transportation, said the company had been developing

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Do you think the Debates, incluDing tonights presiDential Debate, DiD or will Do anything to change peoples votes?

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Alex bowmAn medicine lodge sophomore It may affect a few peoples votes, but I place little or no faith in the system.

Ashley cupich wichita freshman Yeah, probably. People will hear what candidates will change and change their votes because of what they say.

Joseph dennison burlingame sophomore It will probably affect a small group, but most people already know who theyre voting for, and it will further ingrain that opinion.

lindsey coggins waterville freshman The debates help people know who not to vote for. It makes the arguments between the parties easier.

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jtrimble@kansan.com How much is the U.S. Constitution worth? Not quite $21, by eBays gauge on a listing last week. Andrew Gray, a KU alumnus, said he originally decided to list the Constitution because he was disgusted with the $700 billion bailout and other actions of the government and wanted to find a way to express his opinion. The listing has provoked phenomenal and positive responses, Gray said. Apparently, I hit a couple thousand nerves, and it has made me feel better as an American. Gray said he assumed he would get some laughs from his friends and that would be the end of it. But the next morning, Grays Constitution had 300 hits with responses from as far away as England. Gray said he discussed political issues with friends, which led him to post the satirical listing. My friends and I were talking about which amendments have been abused the most, Gray said. We thought about the Fifth and the 10th, but then I also thought about the Fourth and how it relates to your right to be left alone and determine your own destiny. Gray said when listing the fake Constitution, he modeled the listing on the writing style of Jonathan Swift, who wrote A Modest Proposal, an essay considered to be one of the best examples of irony. The listing was bought by a resident of the United Kingdom. Its despairing to know that the U.S. Constitution is only worth that much. And to be bought by someone in the United Kingdom, to boot, Gray said. Allison Koehn, McPherson junior and political science major, said a fine line divided the satirical and the serious. I think it definitely works to grab the attention of students, Koehn said. The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, those shows have all worked to get the attention of young people. But, Koehn said, satire like Grays couldnt be interpreted as being true all the time. As long as people realize hes just someone trying to express his frustration, its not something to get overly worked up about, Koehn said. Gray said after posting the listing, six different Web sites picked it up, including digg.com, as well as radio stations in Topeka. Satire is the best way to provoke thought, Gray said. He said he thought eBay would have taken it down within an hour. Instead, more than 2,800 people visited the listing before it sold. Gray said he jokingly told the buyer not to pay him actual money, but rather with Euros or goats which he said might soon be more valuable than the U.S. dollar. He said he planned to print an online version of the Constitution and send it to the buyer. I planned on signing the back John Big Daddy Hancock, Gray said. Donald Worster, professor of American history, said statements like Grays have not been uncommon. In the Civil War era, he said, those fighting against slavery in the South sometimes burned copies of the Constitution in protest. The very Constitution he mocks gives him the freedom of speech to do such a thing, Worster said. Worster said that he shared the same opinion as Gray. It has not been unheard of for politicians to abuse power and the Constitution, he said. Worster said the Constitution must be left open for interpretation. The Constitution shouldnt be considered religious, Worster said. It wasnt written by the hand of God. It was written by man and cant be treated as a holy and sacred document. Gray said he had no plans to list anything else on eBay, but he joked

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bcutcliff@kansan.com The revamped KU Model United Nations team is pushing harder than ever to spread awareness of global issues on campus in the wake of last weeks closing of the 63rd United Nations conference in New York City. This year the club has adopted a new point system, has positions open to take competitors to national conferences and plans to host a high school conference for area students. Stephanie Goings, Cerritos, Calif., senior and president of KU Model UN, said she hoped to put an end to the teams roller-coaster participation in national conferences. I want to bring awareness about global issues and how to solve them back on campus, Goings said. This should be a program that will be sustained throughout the years because of the huge role the United Nations plays in international relations. Goings was one of nine U.S. college students to participate in the Asia Pacific Model UN Conference this summer. She said she hoped to bring some of that experience to the Universitys team. Goings trip to the Republic of South Korea was her first time outside the United States, but not her first Model UN competition. She has competed in conferences in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. More than half of the participants of these conferences are international students, according to the Model UN Web site. Simulations similar to Model UN began in the 1920s to imitate the League of Nations and open dialogue and debate on international issues. When the League of Nations dissolved and the United Nations formed in 1945, collegiate teams began calling these simulations and competitions the Model United Nations. Conferences occur several times a year in different regions of the U.S. and all over the world,

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The following is the description from Grays U.S. Constitution listing: America is having a fire sale! Weve dusted off all our old documents were not using anymore and this includes the U.S. Constitution. Due to the forced bailouts of private companies by the U.S. taxpayer we can no longer afford the storage of our documents. Our loss can be your gain! Written in 1787 and drafted mainly by James Madison, it is now only on display as a quaint relic. Notice the detailed handwriting presenting the noble concepts conveniently ignored by the Federal government. Use it as a patch to block cold wind from blowing in! Have it be a conversational piece in your home! Use it as a bookmark! Dont like the 10th Amendment? Forget about it and write your own! The possibilities are literally endless. Act now and we will throw in the Federalist Papers for free! Shipping is free! No refunds and no returns. Trust us, we dont use it anymore! Please pay in EUROS only since the dollar will soon be worthless. Or an alternate method using the Biblical bartering system. Goats accepted.

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Stephanie Goings, second from left, president of KU Model UN, was one of nine U.S. students to participate in the Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference in South Korea. attracting bright college students to engage in open debate. Each competitor represents a designated country, and students must work together propose solutions to an ongoing international crisis. While in South Korea, Goings said she made friends with students from all over Asia as well as from Russia, Australia and New Zealand. The one thing that inspired me about the students I met was that they all desired to make a global impact with their careers after they graduated, regardless of what their major was, Goings said. Brian White, Lenexa freshman and vice president of KU Model UN, said the Model UN experiences were priceless for students who planned to be involved in global issues after college. Youre put in a better position to get a job in an increasingly globalizing world, he said. Anyone planning on an international career, like international business or political science, will benefit from the knowledge they gain about the issues facing the world. Goings said that it was an especially crucial time for students to understand the issues in the world, especially in light of widespread ignorance of certain current events. The other day I was talking to a professor about the crisis in Georgia, and he laughed and told me most of his students were confused because they thought everyone was talking about the state, she said. Goings said she hoped the teams new adviser, Leonard Krishtalka, professor of geology, and new student leaders could help the KU team step up in the national competition. Topics this year focus on the economic situation, human rights issues in African countries and the issue of nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea. The team will represent the Republic of South Korea in an annual conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Nov. 13 to Nov. 16. Edited by Becka Cremer

that some parts of the United States could still be sold. I was driving past Yellowstone National Park the other day and thought to myself, Wow, thats Gods best handiwork. I could make a shitload off of that. Edited by Lauren Keith

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A few weeks ago, as everyone knows, our campus newspapers editors decided to publish an edition of Sex on the Hill whose cover featured a full-page photo of nearly naked people in our WWII memorial. The editors are within their rights to publish trash like this, and we have the option to take it or leave it. But when pushing the envelope means desecrating a war memorial, they have clearly crossed a line. Our editors at the University Daily Kansan have stood up for this piece by issuing a half-hearted apology, explaining that they didnt consider the fact that it was a memorial (must have missed the names as they walked in). Yet the biggest irony of all is they have offended most the very people who have given them these rights. There are WWII veterans alive today, and they, without a doubt, take offense to this. These men and women who saw our country on the edge of defeat and wondered if they would make it home as they saw their friends killed by the thousands in battles like Normandy and Iwo Jima have a problem with our student paper turning their memorial (not ours) into a porn background. These soldiers, sailors and Marines, many of whom actually visit the memorial and remember those they lost have a problem with our paper turning their service into a joke. I have a close friend whose

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late father served in WWII, and she is a Navy veteran herself. Although she has never attended KU, Ive talked to her at length about what has been going on here. As for the Sex on the Hill issue not being a big deal or offending a very small segment of the population, she had this to say, Enjoy your freedom of speech. Our family bleeds for it. We die for your right to degrade us, spit on us and burn our flag. Enjoy all the freedoms that you have that many countries don't that we earned for you and you enjoy without lifting a finger for but would die without. Enjoy what you did not earn but are given freely without any question from us and our families. Enjoy biting the hand that feeds you. Next time our editors at the Kansan decide to put out some highly offensive trash, call it journalism and hide behind the First Amendment when the fallout starts, maybe they should think about where these freedoms come from.
Adam Vieux is a junior in civil engineering from Groton, Conn.

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After some brief uncertainty, the first presidential and the vice presidential debate happened. And they didnt give us much we didnt already know. Dont get me wrong. I enjoyed watching them, but the presidential debate didnt include anything that will convert too many people. There was more punch last Thursday, at least. Both candidates took not-so-subtle shots at each other and their running mates. Sarah Palin would claim that Joe Biden and Barack Obama had disagreed on a key vote, and Biden would point out how John McCain had sided with Obama on that issue. Biden would point out how one of Palins social policies in Alaska did not conform to the GOP line, and she would She would Well, she reminded us how John McCain is a maverick. A lot a maverick who happens to have the support of the leadership of a major political party. The presidential candidates gave

us the standard stuff. McCain thinks Obama is nave and inexperienced. Obama thinks McCains been part of the problem the whole time. I was impressed by how onpoint Obama was. He avoided the usual Change and hope for America and kittens and such that hes known for proclaiming. I enjoy the passion exuded by Obama in his speeches, but I was still a little worried that his arguments during the debate would be dominated by his usual rhetoric. I was relieved to see that that was not the case. That may be both the high mark and the low with the first debate. Both candidates knew how to answer moderator Jim Lehrers questions, in an occasional pointed way, but rarely did they actually go after each other. McCain had some inaccurate statements about Obamas foreign policy plans, and he was chided for that, but there was little else. Lehrer tried to get the candidates to address each other, but they only did so when prompted. I am inclined to agree with a friend who told me later that the debate lacked any big shocking revelations. What interested me were the graphs at the bottom of the screen during CNNs broadcasts. Before

either debate, anchor Soledad OBrien introduced the audience to a focus group in Ohio, made up evenly of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Throughout the debates, meters would be used to gauge how they felt about the candidates responses. Each group had a line. Naturally, Democrats were blue, Republicans were red and Independents were some sort of sickly greenish yellow that shouldnt exist in nature. During the vice presidential debate, the graphs measured the interest levels of male and female voters. The two things that stuck out to me were how the Independents in the initial focus group seemed to consistently agree with the Democrats about the candidates and how there were some big dropoffs when McCain would start speaking. This included all three groups, though the red line would tend to spring back up quickly. Im hoping the main two are just biding their time, waiting to unleash something spectacular in the next few weeks. Maybe in the last two debates theyll take cues from their running mates and show a little passion. Cohen is a Topeka senior in political science.

From what weve heard (and we live below you), youre more of a hermit freak than either of us. And by the way, Sandstorm is better than any country song. n n n

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The University Daily Kansans decision to publish Fridays cartoon about Ramadan was in bad taste. Why? Because it totally misrepresents the true purpose of Ramadan, which is to improve oneself spiritually. We dont go about fasting to lose weight or with other such objectives (which the cartoon implied), but we fast solely for God. The Kansans coverage of Ramadan has been misrepresentative as a whole. In its article about Ramadan, it made the practice of fasting appear cruel and oppressive, and now it portrays low worldly objectives as the reason for fasting.

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I know that a story about someone in hardship or a cartoon poking fun at a religious practice brings readers in, but sensationalizing a religious practice is below the dignity of any newspaper and is just bad journalism. I hope the Kansan staff will do its homework next time and make sure it doesnt inadvertently misrepresent the worlds second largest faith. Right now, more than ever, we need to educate people about the worlds different religions, not poke fun at them. We need to build bridges to understand each others faith, not burn them down.
Mirza Nayyar Ahmad is a junior from Dodge City.

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The vice presidential debate was the highlight of the last two weeks, garnering more than 70 million viewers, 20 million more than the presidential debate. It was the most watched vice presidential debate in our nations history. Both candidates had been getting into trouble: Sarah Palin because she didnt know what to say in interviews and Joe Biden because he didnt know when to shut up (I had actually begun to wonder if he wasnt on John McCains payroll). Viewers wanted to see which of the two would make the greater gaffe. Neither did. Palin mispronounced the name of the commanding officer in Afghanistan. Biden made a few mistakes, confusing the articles of the Constitution and wrongfully suggesting that McCain had voted the same as Barack Obama on occasions when he hadnt, but there were no serious blunders for either candidate. So who won? Biden was very articulate and showed a firm grasp

of the issues. He avoided several traps that may have made him appear sexist and even touched on a very sympathetic family tragedy. Expectations were certainly low for Palin, but she far exceeded them and held her own against the more experienced candidate. She brought Biden to task on his history with his running mate and effectively kept him on the defense through much of the debate. Unlike her opponent, Palin looked directly into the camera and spoke to the heart of the American people. Biden probably won, but such a narrow victory in a debate where he was greatly favored translates into victory for Palin and McCain. However, Palins performance wasnt good enough to turn the momentum in McCains favor. He still trails Obama in most polls, but with a month to go before the election, Obama might be peaking too early. The presidential debate was less remarkable. The real focus was on the economic turmoil on Wall Street and the resulting political upheaval in Washington, which is where McCain wanted to be. McCain suspended his campaign and asked for the debate to be postponed so that he and Obama could return to Capitol Hill and do their jobs.

Critics claim this was nothing more than a political stunt. To be sure, with mere weeks before a presidential election, everything that either candidate does is political. In this particular instance, it also just happened to be the right thing to do although the outcome was probably not favorable for McCain. The foreign policy debate which McCain would have dominated, ended up focusing partly on economics, a subject which Obama handily won. McCain did come back and win on most foreign policy issues, narrowly making him the winner of the debate. The night, however, was a huge victory for Obama as he got the foreign policy debate out of the way and effectively held his own against McCain. The next presidential debate is tonight at 8. It is the town hall style that President Bush excelled at four years ago, and it will be interesting to see how these candidates perform. McCain will have to try not to be a stiff old man and Obama will need to step down from his elitist pedestal if either of them wants to win. Poole is a Wichita senior in political science and psychology.

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students used the beds at Sun of a Beach. Aly Rodee, Wichita senior and former president of the Memorial Corporation Board, said businesswise, renting the space to Sun of a Beach was a smart choice. As far as students were concerned, she said it was up to them to make informed choices about tanning. Students know the health warnings that go along with tanning, she said. Were supposed to be responsible adults here. In Kansas its difficult for commercial tanning bed users to miss the reminders of the health conditions tanning can cause or exaggerate. Kansas state law requires businesses that have tanning beds to hang warning signs and to allow users to tan no longer than the time recommended by the manufacturer of the beds. Sun of a Beach goes beyond state regulations. Willis said the business required customers to wait at least 24 hours before tanning again and asked students how often they go tanning before booking their appointments. She said the business determined how long and how often students could tan based on their skin tone and tanning experience. She said she didnt favor either side of the indoor tanning debate, despite being a tanning salon owner. Willis said her family had a history of skin cancer, so she tried to take a more neutral stance. I dont believe it should be swayed one way or the other, she said. There are people on both sides trying to sell you something. A study in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research showed that melanoma cases have risen 2,000 percent in the last 75 years. The American Cancer Society projects that 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. Not all students are mindful of their tanning habits, though. Leina Rogers, Overland Park junior, said she usually went tanning a couple times a week. A friend of Rogers was diagnosed with skin cancer, but Rogers said her friend went tanning two times a day. Despite her friends problems, Rogers said she wasnt worried. It would have to be me, she said. Rogers thoughts have been reflected in national studies. Some show most people are aware of the dangers of tanning, but they continue to tan anyway. A 2002 study that focused specifically on college students found that 47 percent of students interviewed had used a tanning bed during the last year. More than 90 percent of the students who had used a tanning bed said they were aware that premature aging and skin cancer might be associated with cancer, according to an article in the Archives of Dermatology. Daniel Aires, director of the division of dermatology at KU Medical School, said the lag time on skin cancers is usually between 10 and 20 years. He said there were a large number of people with skin cancers in their 30s, 40s and 50s who told him they regretted going tanning. The damage people do now when they are young and not thinking about it ends up haunting them later, he said. Aires said he would not endorse the use of a tanning bed at a KU facility or anywhere else and that if someone wants to look better, they should exercise at the gym, take a yoga class or, at the very least, use a self-tanner. Try to protect your skin because its a long term investment, he said. All of those things will help your looks immensely much more than an artificial tan. Warnings against the risks of tanning are not entirely going

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having to pay back all three debts separately. I know itll be hard, but I still plan on trying to find a way to consolidate them when I get out, Curtis said. Itll be really annoying paying them all back individually every month. Although students will likely find it easier to get approved for private loans, Kantrowitz said, students should exhaust all other financial options first. Private loans come with higher interest rates than Federal Stafford Loans, and they are usually unsubsidized, which means debt starts accumulating while the student is still in college. The interest rates on private loans are about 11 percent, according to FinAid.org. Kantrowitz said the bailout should bring them down to about 9 percent, which is still higher than the rates on federal loans. Robert Baker, Lawrence credit counselor for the Housing and Credit Counseling Institute, said students should plan far in advance before borrowing money to finance their educations. As with all decisions requiring a large expenditure of resources, careful planning and a judicious gathering of information and options will save a potential college student money, Baker said in an e-mail. The choices a student makes in advance and the amount of time a student has to review options and make good choices could impact the overall cost of college or debt repayment for the next decade or so. Kantrowitz said a students top priority when deciding how to pay for college should be to minimize debt wherever possible. Edited by Lauren Keith

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Students should start looking to finance their educations by using scholarships and grants. They can search ones theyre eligible for at FastWeb. com, a free scholarship matching service. Students can also go to the KU Office of Financial Aid for additional scholarship and grant options.

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Once a student has exhausted all the free money available to them, they should use their federal loan options before considering private loans. For the best possible options, students can apply at FAFSA.ed.gov. Students who claim to be financially dependent can borrow up to $31,000, and independent students can borrow up to $57,500 from the government for their entire college education.

unnoticed. Margo Lawer, Eudora junior, whose father and grandfather have battled skin cancer multiple times, said she did not go tanning because of her familys history. Lawer said that her father was pale with red hair and that he used to play softball outdoors without sunscreen. She said before he contracted skin cancer her father would joke that beer was his sunscreen. Now her family understands the threat is real, she said. Lawers father has had to undergo chemotherapy several times. I saw him in severe discomfort because he was sweating so much, and it got into his scabs, she said. After that, its not really worth it. If he cant handle it, theres no way I could. She said she had only been tanning about 10 times in high school and that she went then simply because prom was coming up. She said now if she comes home on the weekend looking even a little darker, her parents question her. I dont want to die, and I dont want my dad to yell at me, she said. Edited by Lauren Keith

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After looking at all scholarships, grants and federal loans, students should check with the KU Office of Financial Aid for other choices available to them before going to a private lender for help.
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NEW YORK Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004. The sell-off came despite the $700 billion U.S. government bailout package, which was signed into law Friday after two weeks in which traders had appeared to count on the rescue as their only hope to avoid a market meltdown. At its worst point, the Dow was down more than 800 points, an intraday record. The stock market rallied during the final 90 minutes of the trading day, and the Dow finished down about 370 points at 9,955.50. The average is down almost 30 percent from its all-time high of 14,164.53, set a year ago Thursday. Speculation among traders late in the session that the market's pullback had been severe enough to force the Federal Reserve into taking other steps to soothe the markets helped stocks rebound from their lows. "If you can't say that we're oversold now I don't know what you say. You're at least due for a bounce if nothing else," said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management. The global plunge in stocks was under way well before Wall Street ever woke up. In Japan, the Nikkei average lost more than 4 percent. And then the losses spread across Europe nearly 6 percent for the FTSE-100 in Britain, 7 percent for the German DAX and more than 9 percent for France's CAC-40. In the United States, President Bush twice made unscheduled remarks on the economy, saying in Cincinnati that the economy would be "just fine" but that the bailout package needed time to work. The troubles that started with an overheated housing market in the U.S. have infected financial markets around the world, making banks fearful of lending to other banks, let alone to businesses and consumers. That has led to worries that economies around the world might not only sputter but slide into reverse. The crush of selling Monday came exactly one week after the Dow lost 778 points, its biggest closing loss in terms of points. On that day, the House voted down an earlier bailout package that had appeared to be a safe bet to pass. The swings in the Dow on Monday also marked the beginning a fourth week of tumult in the markets. Triple-digit Dow swings have been commonplace since mid-September, when investment house Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the government stepped in to bail out insurer American International Group. But even with the bailout package firmly in place a plan under which the federal government will buy bad mortgage-related assets off the books of banks investors remain worried that banks are too fearful to lend and are cutting off air to the economy. U.S. investors appeared worried the bailout would not be enough to jump-start the economy. Even other steps, including a Federal Reserve decision to expand a loan program to squeezed banks, didn't help much. The sharp one-day tumbles over the last two Mondays don't come close to the drops that became black marks on the timeline of Wall Street history. Black Monday, in October 1987, and stock drops that preceded the Great Depression were more than 20 percent. Monday's drop, by comparisons, was less than 8 percent at its worst.

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Coach Dan Hawkins stopped short of saying that his team is suffering an identity crisis. But the third-year Buffaloes coach did say he wasnt too worried about the Jayhawks defensive weaknesses because he doesnt know his own teams strengths. I dont know that weve done anything well particularly consistently on offense, Hawkins said. For us, were trying to get lined up and block the right guys and run the right route. Five games into the season, the situation in Boulder is murky. Colorado started the year with promise, winning its first three games. Since then, the Buffaloes have allowed a combined 77 points against Florida State and Texas and lost both contests. Colorados wins dont look too strong, either. One was a seven-point victory over I-AA Eastern Washington, and the Buffs marquee victory, a 17-14 overtime triumph against No. 21 West Virginia, loses luster every week as the Mountaineers circle the drain. On Saturday, Colorado opened Big 12 play with a home contest against No. 5 Texas. Less than two minutes into the game, Tex-

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Colorado fullback Jake behrens flies through the air on his way to scoring a touchdown. Behrens was upended by Texas cornerback Ryan Palmer, back, as safety Earl Thomas, right, looked on in the fourth quarter of a 38-14 victory by Texas in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. Kansas will play host to Colorado this Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

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adufek@kansan.com issan will sponsor this years ESPN Heisman Watch. Its commercial describes the 2009 Nissan Maxima as a sophisticated sedan and a sports car ... together. Im not a car salesman; Im just trying to get you to buy into an idea. As a quarterback, Todd Reesing is an identical match to the description used in the commercial. Hes intelligent, poised and athletic. Nissan couldnt find a better real-life advertisement in college football than Reesing. Despite Reesings similarities to Nissans car and his eye-popping numbers, ESPNs panel of experts hasnt yet deemed Reesing worthy of one vote for their Heisman Watch. Im not about to place myself on any panel of experts, but I think its clear that Reesing is one of the top 10 players in college football and he shouldnt be off anyones radar especially ESPNs. The network lists 13 players on its watch. The Big 12 is well represented, as six of the top nine players on the list play in the conference. Missouris Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin, Oklahomas Sam Bradford, Texas Colt McCoy and Texas Techs Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree are all receiving Heisman hype, but there is no love shown for Reesing. Its fairly absurd considering there is not a large difference between the four Big 12 quarterbacks listed and Reesing. The only major difference is in the loss column. Reesing and the Jayhawks have one loss in comparison to the zero losses recorded by Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. However, without Reesing, Kansas wouldnt have escaped Ames, Iowa, last weekend or kept it close in Tampa against South Florida. To be honest, with a rushing attack that ranks 96th in the nation and an offensive line that ranks 54th in sacks allowed largely due to Reesings escape tactics in the pocket its scary to think about where Kansas football would be without Sparky. Im not throwing the rest of the team under the bus. Kansas has talent and heart, although its been lacking at times this year. However, most team attributes come from your leader. The Heisman Trophy goes to the most outstanding player in college football. One could argue that Reesing easily fits the bill. He has thrown for 1,724 yards, 14 touchdowns, three interceptions and has a 70.2 completion percentage. He also has another 68 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Keep in mind, Reesing would have 127 yards rushing if it werent for the 59 negative yards from eight sacks. Anyone who watches Kansas knows any quarterback other than Reesing would have spent a lot more time with his face down in the turf this year. Reesing has relied on his feet to create magical plays out of virtually nothing numerous times already this season. In the last eight years, the only nonquarterback player to win the Heisman was USCs Reggie Bush in 2005. With seven quarterbacks currently on ESPNs watch list, a quarterback is likely to win again this year.

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Kansas running game has been a problem, but Sharp might be the one to fix it

rains@kansan.com Coach Mark Mangino isnt exactly sure when it happened, but hes glad it did. After struggling through watching Jocques Crawford and Angus Quigley fail to grab control of the running back position, Mangino realized during practice last week that Jake Sharp had to be the guy. I kind of felt that way for the past week or so, that he is the guy that is best suited right now to be our main running back, Mangino said. I never told him, and we didnt start him because we didnt want to put any extra pressure on him. That is something thats been in the back of my mind. I went with my instincts and I am glad that I did. Sharp started the first three games of the season but played sparingly and rushed for only 62 yards on 21 carries in those three games. His only appearance in the Jayhawks fourth game against Sam Houston State came on the last possession of the game when the backups were in to run out the clock. We never, ever intended him to be a guy to carry the load here, Mangino said. He is a guy that is supossed to get 10 carries a game, throw him a couple passes, be a changeup guy. But he has been forced to be the guy. Sharp had only 9 yards rushing in the first half, but almost single-handedly jumpstarted the Kansas comeback in the second half. Sharp rushed for a season-high 79 yards and had 107 receiving yards, the most ever by a Kansas running back. It was great just getting out there and getting tired, Sharp said. I actually got tired for once. It seems like when I get tired, the game slows down and I just feel comfortable. Things just seem smoother. Looking for any kind of spark they could find, offensive coordinator Ed Warinner noticed a hole in the Iowa State defense and took a chance. On the Jayhawks first offensive play of the second half, Sharp took off down the left sideline and remained uncovered. Todd Reesing found him and Sharp took the pass 67 yards into the end zone for a touchdown that gave the Jayhawks some much needed momentum. Weve run that play at least 100 times in practice, Sharp said. We noticed that they werent really paying a lot of attention to our running backs out there in the flat and coach Warinner made a great call and Todd made a great throw and it came together. I was just saying, Dont drop it, dont drop it. Sharp then took a shovel pass from Reesing for 43 yards to set a one yard Quigley run that made it 20-14. Kansas steamrolled from there, completing the third greatest comeback in school history.

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Junior running back Jake sharp sprints toward the end zone during Saturdays game against Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks recovered from a 20-0 deficit at halftime to beat the Cyclones 35-33. It boosts my confidence, Sharp said. I definitely think Im a guy who can make big plays for our team, and I was called on to do it today. I think when Im called on to do it, Ill do it. After hoping that Sharp wouldnt be forced into this role, Mangino now believes hes the perfect man to turn around the struggling Kansas running game. Hes a tenacious guy, Mangino said. Hes not a big guy but he has a lot of fight in him. He played his tail off. He is a prideful guy. He wants to prove that he can do the job and everything he did today leads me to believe that he can and he will. Edited by Rachel Burchfield
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For the love of God, folks, dont try this at home.
Television host David Letterman

Who will fill Jayhawks Cinderella slippers?

years Kansas? A few contenders: No. 13 VANderbilT (5-0) Much like last years Jayhawks, the Commodores are rewriting their programs history books on a weekly basis. Vanderbilt is 5-0 for the first time in 65 seasons and fresh off of its first victory against Auburn in 53 years. Most impressive is the Commodores 3-0 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The SEC is the best conference in the country, and Vanderbilt is currently tied with Alabama atop its standings. Because of its extremely tough schedule (Georgia and Wake Forest away; Florida at home), Vanderbilt doesnt stand much chance of surviving the regular season unscathed but the Commodores should at least manage a bowl berth.

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Kansas quarterback registered his 50th touchdown pass of his career against Iowa State on Saturday. Reesing holds the career record for touchdown passes at Kansas. David Jaynes, who played at Kansas from 1971-73, is second with 35 touchdown passes.

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afusco@kansan.com Everyone knows the story of the 2007 Kansas football team by now how Todd Reesing and his overachieving friends shook up college football en route to a miraculous 12-1 record and an impressive Orange Bowl victory. Now that Kansas has officially arrived as a weekly fixture in the Top 25 polls, it seems well have to look outside of Lawrence to find the feel-good story of the 2008 season. Which team has the moxie, heart and schedule to become this

trivia of the day

Q: Late Night CBS talk show host David Letterman graduated from what University? Hint: This University entered the Associated Press Top 25 this week for the first time in school history? A: Ball State. Letterman graduated from Ball State in 1969.

No. 17 oklAhomA STATe (5-0) The Cowboys of 08 mirror the Jayhawks of 07 more than any other team in the nation. First, theres the shared experience of being Big 12 teams with recent histories of mediocrity. Second, theres the squads explosive and balanced offenses and ability to take care of the ball. Third, theres the teams habit of annihilating their opponents. Oklahoma State has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, quarterback Zac Robinson

is ranked third in the nation in passing efficiency, and running back Kendall Hunter is fifth in the nation in rushing yardsper-game. The schedule doesnt set up well for the Cowboys: Theyre yet to face Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. But who says you have to beat Missouri to earn a BCS Bowl bid? No. 25 bAll STATe (6-0) Because it hails from the MidAmerican Conference, Ball State is a tad bit different from Kansas. Ball State isnt a BCS Conference team "I hope everything keeps going," Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson said Monday. "I'd like to see all three teams keep it moving. That would be fantastic for the city. But I don't think there's anything in the water. There's probably some things in the water but not affecting football." The Commodores' success is the most surprising of the three. The Titans, who can enjoy their 5-0 start with a bye this week, went 10-6 a year ago and reached the playoffs. They currently lead the NFL with eight straight regular-season wins that ties for the franchise's third-longest such winning streak, first set during 2000 when they had the NFL's best record at 13-3. Tennessee State went 8-3 in 2001 and even won consecutive OVC titles in 1998-1999. An

suddenly reversing course; its a mid-major program that showed improvement each of the last four years and is now primed for a breakout. Quarterback Nate Davis is ninth in the nation in passing efficiency to lead a Cardinals offense that has scored nearly 40 points-per-game. Just like last years Kansas team, Ball State has munched on its fair share of soft opponents: It has defeated an FCS team, four midmajor also-rans and one mediocre BCS Conference team (Indiana). The remainder of the schedule looks manageable for Ball State, with only Central Michigan (3-2, 2-0 MAC) and Western Michigan (5-1, 3-0) looming in the seasons final two weeks. Edited by Andy Greenhaw

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Music City's three football teams are turning the town into Pigskinville. The Tennessee Titans are off to the best start in franchise history, one of the NFL's two remaining undefeated teams and the first to 5-0. The 13th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores, who've never been ranked higher, are a victory away from their best start since 1928 and sitting atop the mighty Southeastern Conference's East Division. The success includes even Tennessee State of the Football Championship Series leading the Ohio Valley Conference. Together, the teams are a combined 15-1.

11-0 mark in 1999 also earned the Tigers a 14th black college national championship. But Vanderbilt is trying to end a 25-year skid since its last winning season. The Commodores beat Auburn last weekend 14-13 to reach 5-0 for the first time since 1943, and a win Saturday at Mississippi State would at least ensure a .500 record and match the 6-0 start of the 1928 team. Titans coach Jeff Fisher said he senses people are excited about the success. "I'm very excited for Vanderbilt. They've done a good job. They've been patient. They've done a great job building their club, and they're very wellcoached," Fisher said.
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CHICAGO B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home to get ready for the American League championship series. Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a spot in the World Series after finishing off the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Monday in Game 4 of the AL playoffs. Ray-markable! Upton homered twice, Andy Sonnanstine pitched a solid 5 2-3 innings and manager Joe Maddon's surprising Rays won 3-1 in the best-of-five series their first trip to the postseason. Next up, the Boston Red Sox or the Los Angeles Angels starting Friday. "We feel like we belong and it's showing right now," Upton said. After staving off elimination several times and winning a tiebreaker for the AL Central title, the White Sox were finally knocked out. The loss dashed Chicago's hope for a championship days ago, local fans were thinking the Cubs and White Sox might meet in a Windy City Classic. But the Cubs got swept by the Dodgers and now both teams are done. "They played better than us. There's no doubt. They pitched better. They execute better. They got big hits," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "They really did a tremendous job." Upton, the game's second batter, homered to left-center to put the Rays ahead. He went deep again in the third, driving a full-count pitch from Gavin Floyd to center, and the confident Rays had a two-run cushion. Tampa Bay, which never won more than 70 games during its 10 previous seasons, went from 96 losses last year to 97 wins and passed the big-spending Red Sox and New York Yankees in the AL East. "It's a gratifying moment for all of us," Maddon said. No longer bedeviled, the Rays won all year with young talent and improved pitching. Sonnanstine, who pitched a three-hit shutout against the White Sox at Tropicana Field in April, reversed a late-season slide that saw him go winless in his final seven starts. He allowed two runs and three hits before J.P Howell relieved. Grant Balfour completed the fourhitter, striking out midseason addition Ken Griffey Jr. to end it. Upton, who hit only nine homers in 531 at-bats during the regular season, also homered in Sunday's 5-3 loss. Benched by Maddon during the season for not hustling, the talented 24-year-old's power display came against a team that relied on homers all year and led the majors in long balls. "B.J.'s special," Maddon said. "He's very capable of those types of games." Tampa Bay increased the lead to 4-0 in the fourth when Carl Crawford walked and scored as veteran Cliff Floyd, a Chicago native, doubled to left. Dioner Navarro followed with an RBI single to finish Floyd. Paul Konerko hit a solo homer for the White Sox in the bottom half and the white towel-waving crowd dressed in black had a reason to get excited. But Tampa Bay struck right back in the fifth against Clayton Richard as Akinori Iwamura singled and scored on Carlos Pena's single that made it 5-1. Jermaine Dye hit a solo home run in the sixth to finish Sonnanstine. "Hats off to him," Upton said. "He threw a great game when we needed it." Tampa Bay kept adding on and Pena hit his second RBI single in the seventh after the White Sox intentionally walked Upton. Guillen, apparently upset when a close pitch from Matt Thornton to Pena was called a ball, had a conversation with plate umpire Jeff Kellogg as he headed back to the dugout after a trip to the mound. The White Sox defeated Cleveland on the final Sunday of the season to get to a makeup game with Detroit the following day. They beat the Tigers and then Minnesota, 1-0. After losing the first two games of this series at Tropicana Field despite leading in both, the White Sox came back home to win Sunday. And they were hoping for another three-game winning streak but the Rays were too good.

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Tampa Bay Rays B.J. Upton, right, is congratulated by teammate Willy Aybar (16) after scoring on an eighth inning RBi single by teammate Carl Crawford during Game 2 of the American League division series baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla. And now Maddon, who likes fashionable eye wear, fine wines, good books and inspirational slogans, has pushed a decade-long loser onto the doorstep of a pennant. "We all came together and said we're going to play team ball," Upton said. "That's what we do, day in and day out." Earlier in the week, Maddon spotted some fans on his way to U.S. Cellular Field wearing "retro Devil Rays stuff." He'll be looking for even more signs of the team's new popularity when he honeymoons in Europe next month. "My goal is to see someone walking around either Rome or, you know, Barcelona or somewhere with Rays gear on," he added, promising to photograph it. Maddon pointed to the Rays' ability to bounce back after losing their final seven games before the All-Star break as a big test. And he hasn't spent a lot of time reflecting on how he has taken a team that had 10 straight losing season with at least 91 losses in each of those years to the playoffs. "I really have not permitted myself to totally sit back and absorb all of that yet," Maddon said earlier. "But there's some smaller amounts that I may have had a little bit of a thought like that." Notes:@ Rays RF Gabe Gross made a nice leaping catcher at the fence in the first to rob A.J. Pierzynski of an extra base hit, maybe even a homer. ... Griffey struck out three times.

COLUMBIA, Mo. Unbeaten Missouri's offense is so potent, players rib well-rested punter Jake Harry that he's a waste of a scholarship. The third-ranked Tigers did not need Harry at all Saturday against Nebraska, and most of their 10 punts on the season have come during garbage time. "We're always joking with him," quarterback Chase Daniel said Monday. "He's cool about it. He's like, 'Just miss this pass on third down, just let me get on the field once or twice a game.' "Would we like to punt once or twice a game?" Daniel said. "No, not at all." Missouri (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) is averaging 53 points, second most in the nation, and has yet to go three-and-out in 48 series heading into Saturday's game against No. 17 Oklahoma State. The firststring offense had eight possessions in Saturday's 52-17 blowout at Nebraska and scored on seven of them six touchdowns and a field goal. The lone missed opportunity in that game deserves an asterisk. Jeff Wolfert had the distance but was wide left on a 59-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half, his first missed kick in three Big 12 seasons. In a three-game span earlier

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in the season, Missouri scored on 15 consecutive possessions all but two of them touchdowns. Sophomore running back Derrick Washington, in his first year as starter, leads the nation in scoring with 12 touchdowns. "Every time we touch the ball, we want to score no matter who we go against," Daniel said. "When we kick goals, we're like, 'OK, it's a B maybe.' We want A-plusses every time we step on the field." The Tigers have scored on their opening possession in all five games. They score touchdowns fast, too, making a mockery of the time of possession statistic. They're a lowly 118th in the nation at 26:07 minutes per game. The defense barely gets to rest, given 17 touchdown drives that have lasted less than two minutes, one behind Tulsa for most in the nation in a survey of Division I sports information directors. Missouri had six sub-two-minute drives against Nevada and had three against Nebraska. "We try to score as quickly as possible," Washington said. "We want to score on the first play." The quick-strike offense is partly a product of Missouri's no-huddle, spread offense, with the play clock usually in double digits when the ball is snapped. Daniel's bottomless take the shot. We're not always doing that," Pelini said during the Big 12 coaches' teleconference with reporters. The Huskers were called for two personal fouls in Saturday's 52-17 loss to Missouri. Defensive end Zach Potter initiated helmet-to-helmet contact with quarterback Chase Daniel in the first quarter. Offensive lineman Matt Slauson was called for a personal foul in the middle of the fourth quarter. "We need to play smarter," Pelini said. "Not only the personal fouls, but putting ourselves in firstlist of options is a major factor. Daniel has completed 76 percent of his passes for 15 touchdowns and only one interception. Washington averages 100 rushing yards and Jeremy Maclin is fifth in the NCAA with 186.8 all-purpose yards. Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman each are averaging six catches per game, and Tommy Saunders and Jared Perry are effective secondary targets. "With our offense the way it is, you can't be concerned about time of possession," coach Gary Pinkel said. "The bottom line is when you get opportunities, you want to score." The tests figure to start getting stiffer in the coming weeks. Oklahoma State (5-0, 1-0) brings its own spread offense, one designed more to generate the running game, to Columbia on Saturday night, and Missouri is at No. 5 Texas in two weeks. Oklahoma State is averaging 32:47 in time of possession, 10th best in the country. The Cowboys average 315 yards rushing, second best in the country, but also have a quick strike component with 13 touchdown drives clocking in under two minutes. Associated Press
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and-15 and some of the things that happen there. We need to be more disciplined and take care of that aspect. Too many penalties." Pinkel said Monday that he had "communicated with Nebraska" on Sunday "and I'm not going to mention anything else about it." Daniel also didn't want to pursue the topic. Athletic director Tom Osborne declined to comment on Pelini's sideline behavior, saying last week that the issue was between him and Pelini.
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Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz goes after a sacrifice bunt by Milwaukee Brewers' Dave Bush (31) during second inning baseball action in Game 3 of the National League division series in Milwaukee on Saturday. The Phillies lost the game 1-4.

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MILWAUKEE These Philadelphia Phillies lack a cool nickname, like the Whiz Kids, the Fightin' Phils or even the "Broad Street Bellies." It might be the only thing they're missing. The Phillies are headed to their first National League championship series since 1993, thanks to another dazzling pitching performance, plenty of offensive power and a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. And who's waiting? None other than their old foe, the Los Angeles Dodgers. I don't see no reason in the world why we can't stay right with them," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I like our chances. I think we can hold our own with them. Actually, I think we can beat anybody in the National League, really. Game 1 of the NLCS is Thursday in Philadelphia. The Phillies have played for the NL pennant six times before, facing Los Angeles in three of those series. Los Angeles won in 1977 and '78, while the Phillies took the flag in 1983. This year, the teams each swept a four-game series from the other at home. Philadelphia outscored Los Angeles 43-27 in those eight matchups but the Phillies know it'll be a very different Dodgers team that arrives at Citizens Bank Park later this week. Rafael Furcal is back, and Manny Ramirez is still being Manny in the postseason. The Dodgers are also on quite the roll, winning 22 of their last 30 games and sweeping the Cubs in the NL division series. We're going to have our work cut out for us," Phillies closer Brad Lidge said. "They have a great team. Right now, they're playing great. When a team like the Dodgers gets hot, they've got a lot of people who can do some damage. But the Phillies aren't exactly slouches in that department. After scuffling through the first three games of the NL division series, Philadelphia's offense broke out in a big way Sunday. Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run, Pat Burrell ended his postseason slump with not one, but two homers, and Jayson Werth added a solo shot. Not to be overlooked, midseason addition Joe Blanton threw a gem. In the first postseason start of his career, the burly right-hander struck out seven, walked none and held the Brewers to one run. We feel good, Rollins said. Everything is lining up the way we want it. Not for the Brewers. Not yet, at least. After reaching the playoffs for the first time in 26 years, Milwaukee faces an offseason of uncertainty. Ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who almost single-handedly salvaged the Brewers' postseason hopes, is a free agent and isn't expected back. Neither is Ben Sheets, the team's second-best starter. The Brewers need a manager, too, after firing Ned Yost with 12 games left in the regular season. Dale Sveum took over on an interim basis. We have to build on this, slugger Prince Fielder said. I'm happy with the season. Just because we didn't win doesn't take away what we did. Burrell, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard were a fearsome trio in the regular season for Philadelphia, putting up the kind of numbers that make opposing pitchers shudder and leading the way as the Phillies won their second straight NL East title. Howard made a case for the NL MVP, leading the league in home runs (48) and RBIs (146), and Utley and Burrell added 33 homers each. But their bats were deafeningly silent in the first three games of the best-of-five series, and it was

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as quarterback Colt McCoy put his team up 7-0 with a nifty flip pass. He breaks and looks like hes going to run it, so we collapse and then he sidearms it out to the running back and he takes it to the house, Hawkins said. Thats a great play. That 65-yard score was the first of many Longhorn highlights on the night. They opened up a 28-0 lead in the third quarter and strolled to a 38-14 victory. Hawkins said he couldnt help but leave Folsom Field impressed by McCoy. Hes just playing full throttle, he said. Hawkins also said Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya, who caught McCoys flip pass and finished with 187 total yards, was the best non-quarterback offensive player in the Big 12. Despite Kansas 20-0 halftime deficit in Saturdays 35-33 victory, Hawkins didnt learn anything about how to beat the Jayhawks. Iowa State capitalized on turnovers, which Hawkins said didnt come around too often against Kansas.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Matt Prater is starting to make a name for himself. What the Denver Broncos' new kicker would really like is to put his name in the record book. After kicking a 55-yard field goal that would have been good from 70 yards Sunday, Prater said he wants the chance to beat the NFL record of 63 yards held by Tom Dempsey and the man he replaced in Denver, Jason Elam. "I'd love to get the opportunity, especially here in Denver," Prater said Monday. "It would be awesome to get the opportunity to do it, and hopefully I can keep it straight." Hardly anybody knew about Prater when the season started. Now, even Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden is gushing about him. Prater was the difference in Denver's 16-13 win over Tampa Bay, producing touchbacks on four of his five kickoffs the other was returned only to the 19 and booming field goals of 55, 40 and 31 yards. "Have you ever seen a kicker kick a 55-yard field goal and make it by 25 yards?" marveled Gruden. "Honest to God, why work on your kickoff return when you come here? That guy was unbelievable." The Broncos signed the 24-year-old kicker last December after Todd Sauerbrun wore out his welcome in Denver and they needed somebody to handle kickoffs for their last two games. Coach Mike Shanahan saw enough of Prater's powerful right leg that he allowed Elam, the franchise's leader in points and games, to bolt for Atlanta in free agency. Shanahan took a lot of heat for turning over the team's kicking chores to a kid who had made just 1-of-4 field goals in the NFL. After all, the Broncos' 7-9 season last year would have been much worse had it not been for Elam's four game-winners. But nobody's missing Elam now thanks to Prater, who has piled up a league-high 51 points and has made all four of his field goals from 50 yards or more. He's amassed 11 touchbacks, tied for the league lead with Carolina kickoff specialist Rhys Lloyd and he's made 12 of 13 field goals, including a half dozen from 40-plus. Denver also leads the league in a key but often overlooked category: the number of opponents' drives (10) that start inside the 20-yard line. "Field goals are how you keep your job," Prater said, "and kickoffs are something that's good to be good at." In that case, Prater is the double-whammy for opponents. He not only gives Shanahan the luxury of long field goals, adding to his options on offense, but he can negate good return specialists, often by kicking the ball right out of the end zone. While the league is just starting to learn about Prater, teammate Dre' Bly has been singing his praises for a while.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. It appears that Tony Scheffler's groin injury isn't nearly as serious as the one that knocked out fellow tight end Nate Jackson last season. Scheffler said it was unlikely he'd play Sunday against Jacksonville but didn't speculate about how long he'll be sidelined. He said he didn't have a sports hernia. Jackson has bounced back from last year, when he went on injured reseve Oct. 9 with a torn groin. He figures to play a larger role in the offense without Scheffler, Jay Cutler's biggest target. "Nate's going to step in and do a great job like he always does," Scheffler said. "The coaches have confidence in him, also." Although Scheffler said he felt twinges while playing in the rain Sunday, the injury occurred on

his last reception, a dangerous throw from Cutler on first-and-10 from the Broncos' 14 just after the two-minute warning with Denver clinging to a 16-13 lead over Tampa Bay. With linebacker Derrick Brooks undercutting the pass, Cutler had to throw it high and Scheffler went up to grab it, but fell right to the grass in severe pain. "It was something that was hurting me the whole second half but I actually pulled it when I was making the catch," Scheffler said. "It's one of those things that come with playing the sport as long as you do. Stuff happens, but luckily, I don't think it's too major." So, it's not something that will keep him out like a month or so? "I'm not sure," he said. "We'll find out in the next couple of days."
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Reesings resume only contains one blemish: a 37-34 loss to South Florida. All four Big 12 quarterbacks listed in the Heisman Watch play for undefeated squads including BYUs signal caller Max Hall. The other two quarterbacks listed last years Heisman winner, Tim Tebow of Florida and Mark Sanchez of USC each suffered upsets to teams not nearly as talented as South Florida. On paper, Reesing has actually been more impressive than Tebow or Sanchez. Unlike Reesing, Sanchezs credibility is definitely lifted because of the team he plays for. Two USC quarterbacks have taken home Heisman hardware in the past six years. Tebow is sixth on the list, despite compiling only 1,025 yards, eight touchdowns and one interception throwing; 157 yards and two touchdowns rushing. His completion percentage is at 61.7 percent. Thats 8.5 percent lower than Reesing. The rest of his stats are significantly lower as well. However, last years season is still in the mind of voters. Tebow had one of the best seasons in the history of college football last year. If voters are going to keep that in mind for Tebow, then why not do the same for Reesing? Reesing led the Jayhawks to a 12-1 record and an Orange Bowl victory. He re-wrote the Kansas record books and helped establish a fan base in Lawrence. That fan base has been one of the most loyal in college football this year as theyve filled Memorial Stadium to an average of 101.5 percent capacity for the first three games. Only an outstanding team can generate that type of buzz and its obvious Reesing is the main attraction on the team. Watching Reesing has become well worth the price of admission as he scrambles behind the line of scrimmage making defensive ends look foolish before unloading a rifle to Kerry Meier, Johnathan Wilson or Dezmon Briscoe. Will Todd Reesing win the Heisman? Probably not. After watching Kansas first half in Ames, its fairly obvious that Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech all have better odds of attending a BCS National Championship or bowl game. However, Reesing is 16-2 as a starting quarterback so you cant count Kansas out against anyone. If they are able to pull two wins out against four of the Big 12 teams nationally ranked in the top seven, watch for his name to surface on a lot more watch lists as it did at the end of last year. Does Reesing deserve the trophy? Now thats debatable, but there is no debating that Reesing deserves to be on ESPNs and other publications watch lists considering what hes already accomplished this season. Edited by Andy Greenhaw

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Restaurants BEST Mexican Cuisine BEST Asian Cuisine BEST Breakfast BEST Burgers BEST Sandwich BEST Italian BEST Barbeque BEST Steakhouse BEST Post Party Food BEST Pizza BEST Ice Cream BEST Coffee BEST Delivery Service BEST Restaurant Customer Service BEST Overall Restaurant Health and Beauty BEST Workout Facility BEST Hair Salon BEST Tanning Salon BEST Nail Salon Housing BEST Apartment Complex BEST Townhomes Bars/Clubs BEST Sports Bar BEST Bar to Hook up BEST Drink Specials BEST Beer Selection BEST Dance Club BEST Live Music Venue BEST Bar Customer Service BEST Overall Bar Services/Retailers BEST Car Services BEST Copy Center BEST Bank BEST Florist BEST Golf Course BEST Music Store BEST Movie Rental BEST Liquor Store BEST Shoe Store BEST Mens Clothing BEST Womens Clothing BEST Sporting Goods BEST Grocery Store BEST Bookstore

$ 4 Wine Glass $ 9.99 Wine Flight 3/1 $ 3 Imports/Craft Bottles $ 2 Domestic Bottles $ 2 Corona Bottles $ 3 House Margaritas $ 15 Feat. Wine Bottle $ 4.50 Double Calls $ 3 Pimp Juleps $ 2 Rock Lobster Shots $ 1 PBR Cans $ 3.50 Double Wells $ 3 Craft Beer Drafts $ 3 Bloody Marys $ 4 Wine Glasses

Visit us on OCT. 7th & 9th @ WESCOE BEACH 11-2 p.m.

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Featuring FRESH, SUSTAINABLE seafood flown in 3 times a week. Paired with great beer, liquor, and wine.

Locally owned and operated.