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Looking for leases
Stouffer Place Apartments closing in 2015
mean more than 200 non-traditional and
graduate students will have to nd other
arrangements in Lawrence next year. Read
more on PAGE 2.
Staying aoat
The high rate of turnover for Lawrence
restaurants mean managers have to get cre-
ative marketing their establishments. Read
more on PAGE 5.
Kickin it in France
Freshman defender Aurlie Gagnet is working
toward a spot on the French national team
to play in the U20 Womens World Cup in
August. Read more on PAGE 13.
Hoops to help
Former University athletes, including Ben
McLemore and Todd Reesing, helped raise
about $30,000 to benet families with
children diagnosed with cancer by playing
in a charity basketball game. Read more on
PAGE 14.
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come a new construction zone in fall
2015, leaving non-traditional and
graduate students without a favorable
on-campus housing option.
Te data behind the 2014-2024
Campus Master Plan determined the
apartments cannot be ofered at the
current afordable rates if the Uni-
versity were to maintain, improve or
entirely replace the units. Its consid-
ered a deferred maintenance area in
need of between $10 to 20 million in
renovations.
Without the low rent rates that
attract non-traditional students,
Stoufer Place would become less de-
sirable.
We learned that for the majority of
students with families, their reason
for being in Stoufer Place was the
low rent rates, said Diana Robertson,
director of Student Housing. Tey
were pretty clear with me in saying
that if the rates were to go up they
wouldnt continue living there.
Seyool Oh, a resident for eight years
originally from South Korea, was one
of those voices who did not want to
see rental rates increase.
Now that Stoufer Place is set to
close in June 2015, he is unsure about
where he will move with his family.
It will directly afect non-tradition-
al students, international students
and diversity, which KU highly has
been emphasizing, Oh said. I am es-
pecially concerned that they are not
going to rebuild family housing.
To replace Stoufer Place, the Master
Plan includes a new apartment com-
plex at 19th and Iowa Streets set for
completion in the late spring of 2017.
Robertson said the development will
be targeted at single upper-classmen
and graduate students.
Te University will lack housing
specifcally for graduates and non-
traditional students between 2015
and 2017, and doesnt currently have
a plan for replacing family housing.
Currently, 55 percent of residents are
families.
Robertson said housing has directed
Stoufer Place residents with ques-
tions about moving out to websites
like Apartments.com for alternative
options.
Family housing is an amenity at
most Big 12 schoolsonly Texas
Tech University and Texas Christian
University do not ofer family hous-
ing.
Gavin Young, assistant director of
strategic communications, said the
decision to remove Stoufer Place was
made afer the University considered
the long-term use of the land.
Te Master Plan indicates that
Stoufer Place has underused impor-
tant real estate and, therefore, the re-
maining area between 19th Street and
Irving Hill Road will be used for new
integrated science buildings.
I think the housing alternatives
that KU will provide in the long-term
will be a better alternative overall for
both the University and for the stu-
dents, Young said.
Student Housing is still accept-
ing applications for the 2014-2015
school year, and Robertson said she
has received 224 contracts for the 283
apartments available.
Young said the University will dis-
cuss plans for the new housing fa-
cilities during the summer and fall
semesters.
Current resident assistants declined
to comment.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
Stouffer Place closing limits options
STUDENT HOUSING
AMELIA ARVESEN
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Stouffer Place Apartments
Rates beginning July 1, 2014
One-bedroom: $491
Two-bedroom (walk-through): $521
Two-bedroom: $550
Two-bedroom (renovated): $721
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Te Student Senate Safety Advisory
Board met with members of Universi-
ty administration and the Public Safe-
ty Ofce Tursday to discuss on- and
of-campus safety projects and priori-
ties for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Te main concerns brought up
included the state of campus and
of-campus lighting and the need to
spread the word about SafeRide and
SafeBus to students who need rides
home.
Te Board has an approximately
$100,000 surplus to spend on proj-
ects, which has built up from years
when the Board did not meet fre-
quently. Because of this surplus, there
is no student safety fee allocated in
the current semesterly student fees.
Garrett Farlow, a junior from Tope-
ka and chair of the Board, said there
was a 50 percent decline in SafeBus
and SafeRide users in the last two
years.
Te Board plans to display SafeBus
routes in popular bars near campus so
students can easily fgure out which
route to use to get home. SafeRides
marketing campaign will also include
providing keychains on all residence
halls room keys.
Student Senate Chief of Staf Mitch-
ell Cota said his main goal is working
to prevent sexual assault in Lawrence
bars. He said that since the bars are
of-campus, they would have to work
through partnerships with the busi-
nesses.
Something that Im really con-
cerned with are safe bars and how the
sexual assault culture can be bettered
within the main three bars near cam-
pus, like the Hawk, the Bull and the
Wheel, and just what we can do about
that, Cota said.
Public Safety Captain James An-
guiano acknowledged the safety con-
cerns at the bars.
We had a sexual battery toward the
end of the [spring semester] because
people were just getting into cars,"
Anguiano said. "Tat was something
we learned in the investigation
there were more people doing that,
who weren't harmed, but were getting
into cars because that person ofered
them a ride."
Te concerns aren't limited to of-
campus sites. In 2013, there were 33
assault cases reported to the Public
Safety Ofce, up from 24 in 2012. Six
sex ofenses and three rape casesthe
most since 2009were also reported.
Student Body Vice President Mi-
randa Wagner said she wanted the
marketing campaign to make it clear
to students that SafeBus isnt just for
students who are going out or drink-
ing.
If youre staying in the library until
1 a.m. and you dont feel safe walking
back to the dorms then you can call,
Wagner said.
Donna Hultine, director of Park-
ing and Transit, also said that due to
the campus construction on Daisy
Hill, many residents may end up with
yellow lot or Park and Ride passes,
which are farther away, and that mar-
keting Safe Bus and Safe Ride to those
students should be a priority.
Hultine also said a real-time app
should be available in the fall semes-
ter that will allow students to track
the routes from their phones.
Wagner brought up lighting con-
cerns she had discussed with Student
Body President Morgan Said in park-
ing lots near Louisiana Street.
In our conversations with a lot of
the sororities and female scholarship
halls, [there] is kind of, down Louisi-
ana Street, this very poorly lit parking
lot a couple of blocks down from the
scholarship halls where none of the
girls like to park, Wagner said.
Te Board wants to work with the
city to provide lighting in student-
dense neighborhoods of-campus,
such as the Oread neighborhood and
Emery Road.
Te Board also plans to look into
the success of the emergency poles on
campus. Another proposed idea in-
cluded creating a campus safety week
and ofering self-defense classes for
students.
Farlow plans to set-up an open fo-
rum within the frst couple weeks of
the fall semester for students to con-
tribute to the conversation.
Edited by Emma LeGault
STUDENT SENATE
Advisory board meets to discuss safety projects
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Effects of past conicts too easily forgotten
INTERNATIONAL
I
heard on the radio about the ISIS
forces inhabiting Iraq, shoot-
ing civilians lef and right and
preparing for a totalitarian move to
Sharia law. And then a commenta-
tor suggested America get involved
and stop those criminals. I nearly
crashed my car.
Te problem really comes down to
the frst joke at everyones lips when
the ISIS issue gets brought up. Hey,
is Archer out there? they say with
a wink. Drop the light-heartedness:
this is a serious matter that afects
every American.
Te strangest part of this whole
situation has to be the collective am-
nesia that seems to have struck most
of our politicians and news commen-
tators. It boggles my mind that theres
even discussion of sending troops
back to Iraq. I fnd it incredibly trou-
bling that even though both tours
Iraq and Afghanistan alikeended
up as failures, America apparently
hasnt learned a thing.
We moved to action too hastily
during the Bush administration. We
stayed far too long so the Obama
administration could safely survive
to a second term. We watched as
the Iraqi government turned from
corrupt to incompetent and back
again as American troops and Iraqi
civilians died.
Te general safety of American so-
ciety is a blessing and a curse. Were
disconnected from the systemic
violence that dominates the Middle
Eastern landscape. Te closest most
of us will come to it is a feld report
on the news or Call of Duty. Atroci-
ties get reported to us in body counts
and dollar amountsnot in real,
tangible violence.
But all of this sudden forgetfulness
isnt even the biggest problem.
As fun as it is to make fun of
America for pretending to be the
world police, a few neoliberals are
already advocating for a return to
Iraq. With the past decade of failure
and waste fresh in our minds, we
need to resolve not to cave into that
guilt. Te money isnt there and the
lives arent worth it.
Te favored refrain for the liberal
camp during the Bush administra-
tion was oil, oil, oil. Its no longer a
suspicion that these conficts in the
region were motivated by a desire to
secure and stabilize fossil fuels.
Te oil companies dont care about
borders or creeds or moral obliga-
tions. Tey care about proft margins.
We need to recognize that, be open
about that recognition and challenge
that motivation when we discuss
these issues. Te politicians and the
lobbyists arent going to do it.
Te havoc that ISIS is causing in
Iraq right now is partly our own
fault. Te United States armed ISIS
and related groups when they battled
against the Syrian government just
next door. Its the mirror of when
America armed the Taliban and then
condemned them a few years later.
Tats the biggest issue with these
regional conficts. Tere are no good
guys and bad guys. Tere are only
peoplewith guns and the civilians. As
much as we like to think otherwise,
America is no exception.
Te only positive net gain from this
entire fasco has been the lessons
learned and the mistakes corrected.
Lets not sacrifce the only goal we
met.
Wil Kenney is a junior from Leawood
studying English. Find him on Twitter
@wilkenney.
By Wil Kenney
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In the past four years, 38 restaurants
have closed in Lawrence and 39 res-
taurants have opened, according to
the Kansas Department of Agricul-
ture Food Inspections.
Te restaurant business in Lawrence
is so volatile partly due to oversatu-
ration and a low average income in
the communityin 2012, the median
was $50,184, slightly lower than the
national average of $51,371.
According to Lawrence restaurant
owners, the high degree of turnover
can be both positive and negative.
Anytime a restaurant
closes I would say that
is a negative because
people are losing their
jobs, Tim Barnes,
manager of Jefersons,
located at 743 Mas-
sachusetts St., said.
Whoever made that
investment and put
their money in to open
up that place, they
failed in that.
He said there is a positive side to the
turnover as well.
It is always nice to get a diferent
type of restaurant, some new favor-
ing around here, Barnes said. It also
shows people want [to] be a part of
the restaurant market in Lawrence.
Some of the better-known restau-
rants to close in Lawrence during the
past four years include Tree Spoons
Frozen Yogurt, Freebirds World Bur-
rito, Spangles and Tapas Mexican
Restaurant. According to articles in
the Lawrence Journal-World, Tree
Spoons most likely lost business due
to the opening of TCBY right down
the street, Freebirds simply wasnt
making enough money and Tapas
lost their lease afer being open only a
year. Te reason behind the closing of
Spangles is still a mystery, consider-
ing they were a thriving business for
more than seven years in Lawrence.
Bob Schumm, previous owner of
Bufalo Bobs Smokehouse and city
commissioner, said the volatility
stems from a low adjusted gross in-
come (AGI) per capita.
His restaurant will be replaced by
another Biggs BBQ location in the
fall.
We have about a $36,000 AGI in
Lawrence, where Manhattan is about
$10,000 higher, Schumm said. On
top of that our cost of living is much
higher. People only have so much
money to spend on food, so you have
to keep the price within the reach of
as many people as possible, and in
Lawrence that means a lot of college
students.
Schumm and Barnes both stressed
how important college students are
to the success of a restaurant in Law-
rence.
You need to al-
ways stay in tune
with what your
market wants,
Schumm said.
Te market is so
well-served that
special oferings
and promotions
are a constant ne-
cessity.
Schumm also said the restaurants
that tend to stay in business have a
minimum price point and are able
to follow food trendsthe recent
increase in the desire for healthy eat-
ing or locally grown food are two ex-
amples.
Barnes knows frst hand how hard
it is to have a successful restaurant in
Lawrence.
Even Jefersons, which is pretty
much an institution as far as Law-
rence restaurants go, has closed and
reopened within this four year time
frame, Barnes said.
According to Barnes, Jefersons has
become very active on social media
to connect with the student body. In
Maytheir Retweet for a chance to
win free wings for a year contest re-
ceived more than 2,000 retweets and
almost 150 favorites.
Social media is typically a younger
kids game, Barnes said. With the
majority of our sales coming from
college students we give out promo-
tions on Twitter such as free fried
pickles if you come in today or dis-
counted food during stop week.
New restaurants that have opened
recently in Lawrence include Pueblos
Mexican Restaurant, Limestone Pizza
and Mass Street Sweet Shoppe.
Students have multiple new restau-
rants to look forward to in the fall of
2014. Te new restaurants include a
chain burger restaurant, BurgerFi, to
replace Chutneys Indian Diner and
Ladybird Diner to replace the Dyna-
mite Saloon.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
FOOD
Restaurants experience high rate of turnover
MEREDITH MITSCH
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It is always nice to get a

different type of restaurant,
some new avoring around
here.
TIM BARNES
Jeffersons manager
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While other 2014 graduates are pre-
paring to start their careers or flling
out job applications, Will Dale, a re-
cent University graduate from Topeka
holds a one-way ticket to O Barco de
Valdeorras, Spain, where he will teach
English in the countrys Auxiliares de
Conversacin program.
For the frst time, Dale wont be
spending the holidays with his family,
and hes not alone. According to the
most recent estimate by the U.S. State
Department, approximately 6.8 mil-
lion Americans are now living over-
seasmore than ever before.
Wendy Shoemaker, senior associate
at the University Career Center, helps
prepare students for international ca-
reers and said that this trend is partly
explained by increasing globalization.
We all live in a global economy,
were recipients of a global economy,
whatever that means.whether it
involves travel, work or volunteering,
or having international friends, she
said.
According to the Open Doors Re-
port on International Educational
Exchange, more U.S. students are
studying abroad than before.
Dales own study abroad experience
in Costa Rica led him to seek out his
position in Spain.
Dale said his eight months abroad
led to diferent opportunities he
wasnt aware of beforeoverseas jobs,
skills and knowing another language.
You have to be that global citizen
that KU promotes to be competitive
and to really succeed wherever you
want to be, Dale said. Whether thats
in my hometown in Topeka, Kansas,
or whether that's in Spain or Costa
Rica.
Julie Hamel, assistant director at
the University Career Center, said
students must understand that many
of the jobs theyll have will have an
international component selling
products abroad, importing products,
expanding business into a new coun-
try or outsourcing parts of a business.
Its kind of an awareness thing,
that [globalization is] already here,
Hamel said. How can you, as a young
professional, become more aware and
knowledgeable?
Both Shoemaker and Hamel teach
students to be more proactive global
participants and try to involve them
in a group of globally engaged people.
You dont have to work abroad to
have an international career, Shoe-
maker said. Ofen U.S.-based workers
travel abroad or work with interna-
tional companies and representatives
on a regular basis.
Tese kind of jobs ofer internation-
al experience and require many of
the same skills necessary for a career
abroad. Hamel believes these skills
manifest in the qualities of openness
and adaptabilityqualities that make
Students seek employment opportunites abroad
JOBS
KRISTA MONTGOMERY
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an efective international worker.
Blane Harding, Ofce of Multicul-
tural Afairs director, said businesses
that bring together people with difer-
ent experiences, outlooks and world-
views are important to establish new
ideas and relate to diferent custom-
ers.
If you can relate to others who are
diferent to yourself internally, then
you can relate to people who are dif-
ferent to yourself externally, Harding
said. It brings a lot.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein

You have to be that global

citizen that KU promotes to
be competitive and to really
succeed wherever you want
to be.
WILL DALE
University graduate
INFOGR.AM BY KRISTA MONTGOMERY/KANSAN
Data from The Association of Americans Resident Overseas
An informatichart displaying the number of American residents living and working abroad in various
areas of the world. According to the U.S. State Department, approximately 6.8 million Americans are
now living overseas.
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Natural History Museum bee
colony splits, moves
At around 9:30 a.m. on Wed., June 11,
about 15,000 bees swarmed around the
Universitys Natural History Museum on
Jayhawk Boulevard.
The bees split from the museums obser-
vation hive, after reaching its maximum
capacity of 35,000 bees.
Greg Ornay, exhibit specialist at the
Natural History Museum, said the recent
rain has been so good for the bees that the
queen has been laying around 1,000 eggs
a day for about two months.
When the hive became too compact, the
queen bee produced a new queen egg.
The old queen and half the hive will
split and go nd a new home, and the new
queen will stay there, Ornay said. Shell
go out and do a mate ight and then come
back and start the colony over.
The bees found their new home this
morning: a pine tree branch right outside
the museum. Ornay then shook the hive
into a box, capturing the queen and worker
bees.
Even though thousands of bees sur-
rounded the area, passers-by had no rea-
son to be concerned, according to Ornay.
I didnt even put on gloves today, Or-
nay said. Its not like youre opening up a
working hive and actually disturbing them.
Theyre already on one mission, and that is
to nd a new hive and protect the queen
while theyre nding it.
After gathering the bees, Ornay brought
them to a coworkers farm, which already
has a bee colony. It will also be available
to the museum if the current hive ever col-
lapses.
Allison Hammond
WILDLIFE
Alternative Breaks, a student-run
program that sends volunteers to sites
across the country, is like a road trip,
service opportunity, cultural experi-
ence and vacation all at once.
Tis summer, 63 students traveled to
nine sites in eight states. Te groups
drove from Lawrence to sites in In-
diana, Louisiana, Florida, New York,
Rhode Island, California, Washing-
ton D.C. and Texas.
Te students who took alternative
summer breaks had quite the jour-
neymost of the destinations were
more than 10-hour drives. Students
felt like strangers to one another dur-
ing the frst hour in the car. By the
time they returned home, they had
become close friends.
In the car, its honestly a really good
time to bond with the people in your
group because thats the frst time you
spend an hour or more with them [in]
a week, said Kristina Maude, a junior
from Clive, Iowa. We got to know
each other really well during the car
ride.
Maude traveled to Indianapolis in
May to serve at the Indiana Youth
Group, a safe and supportive center
for LGBTQ youth. Te drive was the
shortest out of the nine destinations
at only eight hours.
Bryce Volk, a senior from New-
ton, sat in a car for 16 hours to get
to Pensacola, Fla. to serve United
Cerebral Palsy for a week. His group
stopped halfwayin Memphisand
journeyed down Beale Street, one of
Americas most iconic streets lined
with blues bands.
It was a cultural experience too,
which was more than I paid for, so I
was happy, Volk said.
Te trip cost summer participants
$325 and covered transportation,
housing and meals.
Afer the drive, Alternative Breaks
itineraries were planned so students
could experience their new sur-
roundings afer volunteering during
the day.
Maude said even though it was ex-
citing to travel to a new city, it was
the people who made the trip mem-
orable. She said one girl from the
youth group made a lasting impres-
sion when she performed slam poetry
about how body image doesnt defne
her.
I think Alt Breaks is a really good
Breaks merge vacation, service
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good and impacting a group of peo-
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we had plenty of time to explore the
city like you would on a typical road
trip.
Te deadline for the fall break appli-
cation is Sept. 26.
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Lawrence doesnt exactly scream
World Cup hot spot, but that
doesnt mean the Jayhawk name isnt
being dutifully represented in the
Cups host nation, Brazil.
In fact, quite a few current and for-
mer University of Kansas students are
soaking up the South American sun
(and rain) during the World Cups
month-long stay.
While soccer is not the most popu-
lar sport in the United States (that
honor goes to American football),
its the most popular sport in the
world, which makes the World Cup
quite the spectacle every four years.
Tis year is no diferent, but circum-
stances leading up to Brazils hosting
of this prestigious tournament were
all but smooth sailing.
Brad Brooks, the Associated Press
bureau chief and a 1997 University
graduate, has been working and liv-
ing in Brazil for the past fve years
and has seen frst-hand the efect,
responsibility and criticism that a
country endures when hosting an
enormous global event.
Tere has been this undercurrent
of discontent among Brazilians,
Brooks said. Many believe that the
money that went into building sta-
diums and fnancing the World Cup
should have been used for improv-
ing more important resources, like
schools. Te buildup has created so-
cial unrest and upheaval.
Tanner Buzick, a junior from
Olathe, is spending the summer in
Natal, Brazil as a FIFA intern. Buz-
ick works in the media department
of Arenas Das Dunas, coordinating
a team of sideline photographers. He
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has also noticed the unsteady scene in
many of the tournaments host cities.
I went into this World Cup think-
ing the atmosphere could be the best
ever, Buzick said. I mean, it is Brazil
and the World Cup, thats an amazing
mix. With that being said, there are
millions of Brazilians here that do not
want the World Cup in their country.
Te months and weeks leading up
to the World Cup have been riddled
with local residents protesting, result-
ing in one gigantic transportation
nightmare. Te construction initiated
to help the fow of World Cup trafc
in Natal has yet to be completed, leav-
ing most of the citys essential infra-
structure crippled, Buzick said.
Te local buses have also gone on
strike, leaving taxis or walking as the
only means of transportation. Buzick
said this transportation distress af-
fected a few thousand people at the
FIFA Fan Fest, live viewing parties for
fans from around the world.
Afer the [frst] match was over we
ended up having to walk nearly two
miles just to fnd rides, and Im sure
some people walked even farther,
Buzick said. People are being ad-
vised to go to the stadiums at least
three hours before the games to make
sure they get in on time.
Despite the setbacks, Brooks said
hes convinced that Brazils ability to
showcase itself and its love of soccer
will overcome any negativity.
Brazilians are good about being
able to separate government from
their love of soccer, Brooks said.
Tis is Brazils chance to present it-
self to the world. Soccer will win out
this month.
Brooks said turmoil had somewhat
dampened Brazilians World Cup ex-
citement, but its quickly on the rise
now that the tournament is under-
way.
Honestly, in 2002 there was more
excitement, he said. Its building up
now, though. People are getting ex-
cited.
Buzick agreed and said hes seen
some extravagant cultural displays of
Brazils and other nations afection
for soccer.
From my hotel room I heard fre-
works all night celebrating Brazils
win [against Croatia] combined with
Mexican fans in the streets chanting,
Ol until early in the morning, Buz-
ick said.
Every day Brazil has a match has
been deemed a national holiday. Buz-
ick said the fags of the eight nations
that will play matches in Natal, in-
cluding the United States, cover much
of the city. Huge soccer ball lights and
World Cup signs can be seen every-
where.
Although Brooks doesnt have the
opportunity to enjoy the World Cup
as a spectator, he is happy to be in the
atmosphere while covering the event.
Its a huge amount of work, Brooks
said. I manage a large group of jour-
nalists. For a month, its 14- to 15-
hour days of extremely intense jour-
nalism. I love it, though.
Buzick will attend two of the United
States group play matches, beginning
with their frst against Ghana, airing
Monday at 5 p.m. on ESPN.
Now, more than ever, I realize how
much the rest of the world loves soc-
cer, Buzick said. Its like taking the
passion we have for all of our main
sports and combining it into one.
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Boulevardia, the food, music and
beer festival in Kansas City, Mo., has
come and gone as of 6 p.m. Sunday.
Te event was characterized by loud
sonic reverberations, ample amounts
of fowing beer, festivalgoers young
and old, hot and humid weather and
food trucks galore.
Weve been really blessed tonight,
its been unbelievable weather, the
crowds insane, Chris Haighirian,
a Boulevardia board member, said
Friday. When you take the time and
work toward something, you dont
know what youre going to get, and its
all worked really well.
Te local 14-piece afrobeat band,
Hearts of Darkness, played a 40-min-
ute performance Friday night. By the
end of their frst song, a previously
vacant dance foor was packed with
people dancing.
What else could you ask for? When
you imagine [Boulevard] throwing
their own party, its really cool, Ra-
chel Christia, a vocalist from Hearts
of Darkness, said. Its KC represent-
ing pretty hard.
Hearts of Darkness will play next
in Lawrence on June 27 at an outdoor
stage at Eighth and Vermont Streets.
Despite the number of breweries at
the event, KU Beer Club president
Kendall Goodden was a bit disap-
pointed by the beer selection.
Goodden said he tried several times
to purchase beer from other brewer-
ies during special tapping sessions.
Even when he showed up ffeen min-
utes early, he said he was told that
they ran out of the keg.
Goodden paid $24 for four beers
on Saturday, only one of which he
hadnt tried before. He also didnt get
into the Taps and Tastes Experience,
which sold out before the festivals
opening day.
We got in line 20 minutes early
and by the time we got to the front
they were out again, Goodden said.
In my opinion, if you're going there
to try diferent beers, defnitely do
the Taps and Tastes. Otherwise, it's
not worth it at all. Other than that I
thought it was awesome.
Te profts from tips on Boulevard
beer purchases benefted charities
and non-proft organizations such
as the Victory Project, which sup-
ports children who are terminally ill,
and the Midwest Music Foundation,
which provides healthcare for unin-
sured musicians.
Amelia Arvesen
contributed to this report
Edited by Emma LeGault
Locals gather at KC festival
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sports
TRACK AND FIELD
Three athletes bring home NCAA trophies
Te University track and feld teams
performance was up and down with
the weather last week at the NCAA
Outdoor Championships in Eugene,
Ore. Ten Jayhawks arrived at the Uni-
versity of Oregon ready to compete,
and three of the athletes would return
to Lawrence with trophies and First
Team All-America honors.
Te womens 4x100 meter relay
team started of day one for the
Jayhawks, but their day was quickly
over as they failed to make the third
handof within the exchange zone
and were disqualifed. Only the
sophomore Sydney Conleywho
was also competing in the long jump
that daywould continue to compete
Wednesday evening with champion-
ship hopes still alive.
Conley, who fnished 17th in the
long jump during the 2013 NCAA
Outdoor Track and Field Champion-
ships, advanced into the long jump
fnals with a best jump of 20 feet 8
inches. Conley fouled on her frst
jump in the fnals and saw no im-
provement during the remaining two
jumps. She fnished seventh in the f-
nal standings and received First Team
All-America honors.
Te teams frst day in Eugene con-
cluded on the track where junior hur-
dler Michael Stigler was running in
the semi-fnal round of the 400-meter
hurdles. Stigler fnished frst in his
heat with a season best time of 49.34
seconds.
In addition to having the fastest
qualifying time of the day, his time
is the second fastest in school his-
tory and is the 18th fastest time in the
world in 2014.
Two days later, Stigler lined up in
lane four of the 400-meter hurdles f-
nal. Although he was the favorite and
projected winner going into the week,
Stigler was the runner-up for the sec-
ond year in a row with a time of 49.90
seconds, just behind Nebraskas Miles
Ukaomas 49.23 seconds.
Junior Lindsay Vollmer started day
two for the track and feld team with
the 100-meter hurdlesthe frst of
four events that took place on Turs-
day as a part of the heptathlon. She
fnished the race in 13.61 seconds,
coming close to her personal record
of 13.57 seconds. Te swif fnish
earned her 1,034 points and placed
her ffh in the standings.
Te high jump was the next event
for Vollmer where she chalked up an-
other 870 points with a best jump of 5
feet 7.75 inches.
In the third heptathlon event, the
shot put, Vollmer threw 12.24 meters
and added 677 more points to her
score.
Te fourth and fnal heptathlon
event on Tursday was the 200-meter
dash. She clocked in at 24.82 seconds,
just shy of her personal best. Her fnal
efort of the day earned her 903 points
and allowed her to fnish the day sec-
ond overall in the standings.
Friday began with Vollmer over at
the long jumpthe frst of the fnal
three events in the heptathlon. Her
frst jump of the day was measured at
18 feet 3.75 inches and was her best
and only attempt in the eventshe
was unable to get a fair mark foul-
ing on her last two attempts. Her frst
jump earned her 723 points, put-
ting her at ffh place overall and 359
points of the lead.
Shortly afer Vollmers last try at the
long jump, she sat on the ground re-
ceiving medical attention. She later
elected to withdraw from the hep-
tathlon with an apparent right knee
injury. Vollmer was not able to de-
fend her national title, but remains
the only female individual outdoor
champion in Kansas history.
Senior thrower Jessica Maroszek
also competed for the womens track
and feld team Tursday in the discus.
Afer only two throws, Maroszek was
number two in the standings with a
throw of 179 feet 9 inches and moved
on to the discus fnals in third place
overall. Maroszek failed to improve
on her best attempt of the day and
fnished in sixth place, earning herself
First Team All-America honors for
the third time in her college career.
Te 4x400 meter relay was the teams
only other event. Stigler and the rest
of the 4400 meter relay team, which
also includes junior DeMario Johnson
and sophomores Drew Matthews and
Jaime Wilson, fnished the race with a
time of 3 minutes 12.22 seconds, but
failed to advance to the fnals.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
SAM DAVIS
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Quarterback Jake Heaps will trans-
fer to the University of Miami for his
fnal year of NCAA eligibility, Miami
announced Sunday. Te news comes
two days afer Kansas Football an-
nounced Heaps and wide receiver
Andrew Turzilli graduated from the
University and that running back
Darrian Miller had lef the program
for personal reasons.
I'm proud that [Heaps and Turzil-
li] leave Kansas as graduates, head
coach Charlie Weis said in a Friday
news release. I would like to thank
them for their contributions to KU
football and wish them the best.
All three departures saw signifcant
minutes last fallHeaps started nine
games, Turzilli seven and Miller was
Kansas second-leading rusher be-
hind 2014 graduate James Sims.
Heaps, who transferred to Kansas
from Brigham Young University in
2012, will fnish his degree this month
before leaving for Miami.
"I am very grateful for the oppor-
tunity given to me by Coach Weis
to play football and earn my college
degree at the University of Kansas,"
Heaps said in the release. "My wife
and I have truly enjoyed being part
of the Jayhawk community. We have
made lifelong friends through this ex-
perience and we will always consider
ourselves Jayhawks."
Heaps had a high billing before
coming to the Universityhe was
rated the top quarterback in the 2010
class by Rivals.com. In his only year
as a Jayhawk, Heaps completed 128-
of-161 passes for 1,414 yards, and
scored eight touchdowns but logged
10 interceptions.
Turzilli saw action in 24 games,
caught 27 passes for 491 yards and
scored two touchdowns during his
three years at Kansas.
"I am extremely proud to have
earned my degree from KU," Turzilli
said in the release. "I am thankful for
all of the relationships I have made
during my time at Kansas and I wish
the entire program nothing but the
best in the future."
Darrian Miller also had high ex-
pectations before coming to Kansas,
ranked as the top player in Missouri
by Rivals.com. As a freshman in
2011, Miller played in 11 games and
fnished the year second on the team
in total rushing yards, including his
career best of 148 yards in the 31-30
overtime loss to Baylor in 2011.
Miller did not play in the fnal game
of the season, and lef the program in
2012. He returned in 2013 and played
in eight games averaging 4.8 yards per
carry.
Edited by Emma LeGault
DANIEL HARMSEN
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Three players leave program, Heaps transfers to Miami
FOOTBALL
Event Athlete/s Result
400m
Hurdles
4x400m
Relay
Long
Jump
Discus
Hep-
tathlon
4x100m
Relay
2nd in
nals
23rd in
semi-
nals
7th in
nals
6th in
nals
Did not
nish
Did not
nish
Michael Stigler
Drew Matthews,
DeMario Johnson,
Jaime Wilson,
Michael Stigler
Sydney Conley
Jessica
Maroszek
Lindsay Vollmer
Diamond Dixon,
Alisha Keys,
Tianna Valentine,
Sydney Conley
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Aurlie Gagnet, a freshman defend-
er, has returned to her native France
to train at the U20 French national
team camp and will attempt to land a
spot on the fnal French national ros-
ter for the U20 Womens World Cup.
Te training camp ended Saturday
with results to follow determining
who will move onto the next stage of
the prep camp. Te fnal roster will be
released afer training camp, which
runs from June 30 to July 5.
Gagnet has worked hard for 14 years
and making the fnal roster is her ul-
timate goal.
It would mean a lot and the highest
accomplishment of my career, Gag-
net said. I have worked hard and still
work for it. Tis is a big honor to play
for your national team.
Gagnet is well aware that she needs
to continue to work hard in order to
move past the two training camps and
make the team, but said she is going
to try her hardest and to leave it all
on the feld.
Its going to be very hard to make
the team, she said. I am going to
give everything and I hope that things
are going to turn out well for me.
Gagnet, who is originally from
Montpellier, France, has clocked min-
utes on several of Frances youth na-
tional teams in the past, including last
year when her U19 French national
team won the Union of European
Football Associations Cup in Wales.
She said they had a great team that
got along very well on and of the
feld, and she played a lot, which
made the experience even better, she
said.
It was an honor, Gagnet said. Tis
is my best soccer experience so far.
According to the womens soccer
coach, Mark Francis, Gagnet will be
more than ready for the U20 World
Cup if she makes the fnal roster.
I think shell do fne, Francis said.
Shes obviously competed at the na-
tional team level before. She played in
the European fnal and the top-col-
lege level, so shell be well-prepared
and hopefully shell do well at the
camp this week and make the squad.
Francis said he would be very sur-
prised if she doesnt make the fnal
cut.
Gagnet missed the frst part of the
collegiate season last year because of
the U19 world cup, but still played
in 15 out of 21 games for Kansas and
recorded more than 1,088 minutes,
averaging just over 72 minutes per
game.
Te coaches and her teammates
were thrilled when she fnally re-
turned to the team, Francis said.
She jumped in and ft in right
away, he said. Shes quick, which
you need to be in that position. Shes
comfortable with the ball, she gets out
of pressure well and attacks well out
of the back.
Gagnet agreed with Francis assess-
ment of her skills.
I would say that my best soccer skill
is that I am very quick, Gagnet said.
I think that I also have good skills
with the ball, and usually pass it well.
Te U20 World Cup will be held all
across Canada from August 5 to 24.
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SOCCER
Freshman shoots for international opportunity
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Te sixth annual Rock Chalk
Roundball Classic was Tursday
inside the Lawrence High School
gymnasium. Former University ath-
letes and local celebrities played two
20-minute halves and held a silent
auction that helped raise the money
for families of Lawrence children di-
agnosed with cancer.
Te charity basketball game wel-
comed back former basketball players
such as Ben McLemore, Tyrel Reed,
Brady Morningstar, Sherron Collins,
Wayne Simien, Cole Aldrich, Aaron
Miles, Russell Robinson, Jef Graves,
Mario Little and Conner Teahan. For-
mer University football players Todd
Reesing and Brandon McAnderson
also participated. Te athletes were
split into two teamsred and blue
to put on a show for the full gymna-
sium of fans.
Te spotlight was on the players, but
the cause was for the children.
We wanted to make this event
something the kids would never for-
get, Brian Hanni, director of Rock
Chalk Roundball Classic, said.
Te proceeds from the basketball
game and silent auction will go to the
families of Maddox Parsons, 3, Ad-
dison Whitenight, 7, and Bo Macan,
4, all of Lawrence. In past years, the
Roundball Classic was only able to
sponsor two families.
We get over 100 applicants and
its so hard to pick between the last
three, Hanni said. We were happy
this year that we had enough private
donations to split the money between
three benefciary families.
Last year, the Rock Chalk Roundball
Classic raised more than $22,000 to
help the families, but this year the di-
rectors are predicting a larger amount
in donations than previous years. Te
fnal fgure will be released within the
next week afer all donations are col-
lected, but as of Saturday, they were
nearing $30,000 according to events
Facebook page.
Tis has been our biggest event
that we have ever held, Hanni said.
We were at standing room only for
the frst time in the six years that
weve held this event.
Ben McLemore, who was drafed
seventh last year by the Sacramento
Kings and the leading scorer in the
charity game with 27 points, said he
came to the event because when he
was growing up he didnt have anyone
come back to help him out.
Having this opportunity is a bless-
ing and thats the reason why I come
back and do what I do, McLemore
said. Tis is something Ive always
dreamed of doing.
Te basketball portion of the char-
ity event lived up to the hype as the
red team won 91-89 on a last second
shot from former national champion
shooting guard Tyrel Reed, who is
now in his third year of the doctoral
physical therapy program at the Uni-
versity of Kansas Medical Center.
Te main thing is that its for a
good cause, and thats why its so
much funcoming out here, rais-
ing money for these kids, Reed said.
When I was here at KU, all the fans,
coaches and teammates were the best
to me, so its so important to give back
to the community because they were
so great to us.
Te event connects the Lawrence
community to the athletes that want
to give back. Brady Morningstar, who
was part of the national title team in
2008 and a current player for the Tap-
iolan Honka basketball team in Fin-
land, said that growing up he noticed
the closeness in Lawrence.
Tis community always gives back
and this event keeps getting bigger
and bigger, and more players keep
coming, so it makes for a fun expe-
rience every year, Morningstar said.
Te fans want to see a show and we
wanted to put one on for them.
Even though the game is over, the
fundraising isnt. Hanni said that a
PayPal account for the Rock Chalk
Roundball Classic on its Facebook
page will stay open for a few more
days.
Every dollar [people] spend goes
back into the community to help
the local children, Hanni said. Te
community considers this event one
of the highlights of the summer,
which helps bridge the gap between
March Madness and the Late Night
[in the Phog].
Hanni said he was thankful for the
athletes dedication to the event and
the families.
We couldnt have done this event
without the great ambassadors of KU
because their hearts are as big as their
basketball skills.
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JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
The red team, which included former Kansas athletes like Todd Reesing (left) and Ben
McLemore (right) won the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic 91-89 with a game-saving shot
by Tyrel Reed in the nal seconds. The Classic raised money for area families children
with cancer.
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H
alfway through the season,
the Kansas City Royals sit
right where they were in
early April.
Going into the year it may not have
been what the fans had hoped, but
lets be realexpectations are higher
than theyve been since 2003 when
Kansas City fnished a disappointing
83-79 and missed the playofs.
Te consensus goal for the Royals
front ofce and fans was to make
the playofs, and in the span of two
weeks, their spot in the playof race
has gone from hopeful to legitimate.
Te talent is there. Te roster is more
than capable to make a playof run,
but will they?
At the moment, all signs point to
the promised land. Te defense has
been dominant. Te bullpen hasnt
looked any diferent in these past
two weeks than it has in the frst two
months. It has been terrifc. If any-
thing, its improved since April.
James Shields and Yordano Ventura
have shown why the media call them
aces. Ventura is leading the club
with a 3.20 ERA, and Shields is at the
top in wins and strikeouts with seven
and 78, respectively.
In addition, Greg Holland has been
nothing short of a shoo-in all star
and perhaps the best closer in the
league. He leads the MLB in saves
with 19.
Dont forget about Jason Vargas,
who has unexpectedly risen to a
record of 6-2 and a 3.30 ERA. For
those who arent familiar with base-
ball statistics, thats very good.
Dale Sveum was moved from third
base coach to hitting coach on May
29, right around when the Royals
began their run. Tird baseman
Mike Moustakas has been the one to
beneft the most from that change.
Since his return on June 1, Mousta-
kas batting average is up to .238 for
the month, which is a huge improve-
ment from earlier in the season when
he was sent down to Triple-A Omaha
afer batting .158 in the month of
May. Moustakas progression may be
due to Sveums coaching, or it may
just be a coincidence. But I dont
think it even matters. Te bats are
fnally busy, the lineup fnally hitting
consistently. Tats all that matters.
And if it couldnt look any more
favorable for the Royals, they now sit
a game behind division-leading De-
troit. Te Tigers began the season
quite impressively, with a record of
27-13 through their frst 40 games.
Since then, theyve gone 8-17 in
the last 25 games and cling to the
AL Central lead at 36-29.
Kansas City has been waiting for
a team like this for 29 years. Its
been a droughtit is a drought
until the team can return to the
breathing the sweet relief of Octo-
ber air. Te playofs are no longer
just within reach, they are there for
the taking; and this is the squad
that can make a return to baseballs
biggest stage.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
By GJ Melia
sports@kansan.com
It is ofen discussed amongst Kansas
students that the best seats in the stu-
dent section for basketball games are
in the pit, non-band-side. But some
students know about a hidden gem
section U.
Section U is located directly behind
the Jayhawks bench, so close to the
action that you can hear Bill Self s
huddles during timeouts and see his
face turn that shade of red were all ac-
customed to seeing. However, section
U seating will now be used for Uni-
versity boosters.
Tese seats are arguably some of the
best in all of Allen Fieldhouse, and
theyre being taken away from the
students who get up at dawn to attend
lottery and then spend an entire week
camping to race in and get the best
seats possible.
Te allocation of the seats to boost-
ers is a direct response to decreasing
the womens and non-revenue stu-
dent fee from $25 to $7, which will
cost Athletics only $350,000 in yearly
revenue. Te athletic department is
searching to raise revenue and Asso-
ciate Athletic Director Jim Marchiony
says thats exactly what the allocation
of section U to boosters will do.
What Marchiony doesnt realize
is that he and the rest of the athletic
department are taking away some
students best opportunity at getting
close to student athletes. While the
pit is close, theres nothing like sitting
right behind Self and the rest of the
Jayhawk bench.
My camping group sat in the front
row of section U during the Towson
game last season. At the end of the
game, Joel Embiid turned around and
tossed me a piece of gum. Te next
week, I thanked Embiid for the piece
of gum in the Underground, and he
smiled and laughed.
Tese are moments that Ill never
forget as a Kansas basketball fan. And
now, students will never be able to
have experiences like the one Embiid
and I shared.
Te way the section U seats will be
handed out to donors is a controversy
in its own. A donor who has never
given to Kansas Athletics before can
put themselves in a good position to
get favorable seats in section U.
Other donor seating is based on
how long a person has been donating
to the Universitys athletics. Donors
accumulate points, and whoever has
the most points gets the frst choice of
seating the summer before the season
begins. Now, a new donor can swoop
in, donate a large sum of money and
get some of the best seats in the Field-
house.
Marchiony claims that the removal
of section U will not afect students
ability to get into games, but has not
yet revealed how the student seating
is going to make up for the loss of sec-
tion U. Te student body is eagerly
awaiting an answer.
Edited by Emma LeGault
Loss of section U removes opportunities
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