2007-05-04

By Brian lewis-jones
If everything goes as planned next

Saturday, a Mars Lander prototype
will fall 500 feet from a helium-
filled balloon by parachute, fire three
simple model rocket engines to slow
its decent and softly land upright at a
Clinton Lake radio control airfield.
Then the Landers ramp will
open, an American flag will flip up
and a small rover will creep out that
will image the terrain with its two
attached cameras.
Ben Parrott, Overland Park senior
and systems engineer for the Mars
Trekker project, said the endeavor
received skepticism from some pro-
fessors, but the team of students
remained optimistic during the ven-
ture.
The Lander, planned, designed
and constructed by University of
Kansas engineering students, began
development in September 2006.
None of us had done anything
like this, a project of this magnitude,
he said.
The team, Simulated Operational
Lander And Rover Integrated System
(SOLARIS), is composed of 16 aero-
space engineering students includ-
ing two graduate students. Parrott
said the close-knit group worked on
the six-pound Lander with a $2,500
budget as a two-semester Space
Systems Design class project.
With the workload, its tough to
have fun, Parrott said, but we try.
Trevor Sorensen, associate profes-
sor of aerospace engineering, has
been teaching and guiding the stu-
dents in what he calls a very com-
plicated mission.
He said the Lander was a demon-
stration of concepts and techniques
that could be used on a real Mars
Lander.
I still have concerns about the
whole project, Sorensen said. Its so
complicated on the first attempt that
I dont think everything will go as
planned. The more we test, the more
chance at success we have.
Elizabeth Gregory, Topeka senior
who is mission control director and
ground station lead engineer, said
the biggest technical holdups were
the onboard computer system and
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boardwalk trial
Rose continues to deny arson
By erick r. schmidt
The jury in the Boardwalk
Apartments fire trial continued to
watch more than 10 hours of give-
and-take, back-and-forth video-
taped questioning of Jason Allen
Rose on Thursday. Roses history
of setting fires as a teenager was at
the center of interviews in which
Rose repeatedly insisted that he did
not start the deadly fire. Eventually,
Rose admitted that he had set on
fire a piece of paper that contained
a phone number from a man named
Stan and that the piece of paper
caught wooden railing on fire.
Rose is accused of starting the
Boardwalk Apartments fire, which
killed residents Jose Gonzalez, Helen
Yolanda Riddle and KU student
Nicole Bingham. Rose is charged
with aggravated arson, three counts
of murder and seven counts of
aggravated battery. The case origi-
nally went to trial in February but
was declared a mistrial because of a
late-surfacing witness.
The interrogation began Oct. 10,
2005, just two days after the deadly
fire and continued for nearly seven
hours the following day. In the inter-
rogation, Rose was questioned by
Police Detective Troy Squire of the
Lawrence Police Department and
Christy Weidner of the U.S. Bureau
of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and
Explosives. They asked Rose several
questions about a series of fires he
was accused of setting while grow-
ing up in group homes.
The interrogation was taped in
a span of two days in separate ses-
sions, just two days after the fire.
Squire and Weidner continued to
question Rose through long gaps of
In videotaped questioning, Rose says he burned only a piece of paper
spencer art museum
Students travel art world
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Spencer Art Museum featuredStudent Night and Party,an event where students won prizes, created post cards and viewed the diferent exhibits.
Cross-cultural event displays work from Asia, Europe and Africa
By Bethany Bunch
The sound of international music,
the smell of catered snacks and the
promise of a free T-shirt lured a
soulful crowd to the Spencer Art
Museum on Thursday night. The
Student Night and Party was the
museums student night, an event
held every year.
KJHK kept the turntables spin-
ning with cross-cultural jazz and
soul played loudly over speakers
while students mingled, explored
the exhibits, ate nachos and sipped
on iced tea.
Travel the art world, the theme
of the party, showcased exhibits in
Asia, Europe and Africa. The newest
addition to the museum, the 20/21
Gallery is still under construction.
The curators of the night previewed
the new exhibit by showing videos
of international artists.
We chose about 10,000 of 20,000
pieces of art to be in the 20/21
Gallery, Graf said. We even had
an impartial artist come from New
York to help with the exhibit.
Sally Birmingham, Spring Hill
junior, said shes not a stranger to
the museum.
Ive been here for lots of
things, like openings and lectures,
Birmingham said. I think if events
like this bring in more students than
would normally come, then its a
success.
That was the goal for the Spencer
Student Advisory Board. Megan
Graf, St. Louis senior and volunteer
for the Board, said the point of hold-
ing events like student night was
to attract students who normally
wouldnt visit the museum.
Kim Brook, president of the
Student Advisory Board, said
the museum strived to reach the
University campus to attract them
to things like lectures and gallery
openings. The student night and
party was one effective way to do
this.
Wed like to make the Spencer a
solaris
Students ready lander prototype
Contributed photo
the prototype Mars Lander will be tested May 12 at Clinton Lake. In production since September
2006, the lander is the product of SOLARIS, a team of University engineering students.
homeless
Event aims
to curb
violence
By matt erickson
Twice this winter, Lawrence
homeless people were beaten in
random, violent attacks by adoles-
cent males.
Now, two graduate students want
to prevent more attacks from hap-
pening.
Shannon Williams and Jenn
Holtaway, both masters students in
social work, have organized a dem-
onstration to take place Saturday
afternoon in South Park to raise
awareness of violence against home-
less people.
Were just trying to bring aware-
ness that these attacks are happen-
ing, and that theyre happening in
Lawrence, Williams said.
Random attacks on homeless
people have become more common
nationwide. The attackers some-
times refer to the practice as bum
bashing.
In 2006, 142 of these attacks
were reported across the country,
a 65 percent increase from the year
before, said Michael Stoops, direc-
tor of the National Coalition for the
Homeless.
Some of those victims were
raped, beaten with weapons or set
on fire, and 20 of them were killed.
Thats just disturbing to me,
Williams said. Thats 20 individu-
als who died for no apparent rea-
son except for (someones) joy and
entertainment.
For their demonstration, called
Bag the Violence, Williams and
Holtaway are collecting sleeping
bags to represent each of the 142
victims of homeless violence last
year, as well as the two Lawrence
victims this winter. The demonstra-
tion will run from noon to 2:30
p.m.
They said they probably would
not meet their goal of 144 bags and
would need to represent each victim
Donations
To donate new or lightly
used sleeping bags for the
Bag the Violence event,
drop them of at lawrence
Community shelter, 214 w.
10th st., or e-mail shoutlaw-
rence@gmail.com for some-
one to come pick them up.
See lander oN page 3a
See spencer oN page 3a
See bags oN page 3a
See boardwalk oN page 3a
By Carly Halvorson
The Crossroads
Tonight marks the launch of a
new venue, The Crossroads, at
417 E. 18
th
St. in Kansas City, Mo.
Pipeline Productions, the company
that puts together the Wakarusa
Music Festival, scheduled Robert
Randolph and Ziggy Marley to per-
form tonight. While it may be hard
to live in the footsteps of reggae
icon Bob Marley, Ziggy has carved
out his own sound. Reggae is still
the dominant force in his music,
but now rock and rap influences
are also present. On the other side
of the music spectrum is Robert
Randolph and The Family Band.
Randolphs music sounds like a
combination of classic rock, funk
and soul. The show starts at 7 p.m.
and is $26 to $76 for all ages.
Cinco de Mayo
Theres no better way to celebrate
Cinco de Mayo than with an all-day
block party and cheap drink spe-
cials. Wayne & Larrys Sports Bar
and Grill, Ninth and Iowa Streets,
is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Block
Party that doubles as a one-year
anniversary party from noon to
midnight on Saturday. The party
will feature games, $3 hot dogs and
burgers, and performances from
local bands. Admission is free and
all ages are welcome.
Dennis Moore
Congressman Dennis Moore will
speak at 3 p.m. Sunday at the
Ecumenical Christian Ministries,
1204 Oread. KU Young Democrats
is sponsoring his visit, which will
allow the audience to ask questions
pertaining to students, Kansas and
national issues. Tickets are $5 for
students, $10 for everyone else, and
will be sold at the door. Moore has
represented Kansas third district
since 1998.
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Morning fre alarm gives
Budig students break
Several hundred students
waited outside Budig Hall on
Thursday after blaring sirens
and fashing lights caused an
evacuation of the building right
as classes were scheduled to
begin at 9:30 a.m.
Jim Saladin, Lawrence Fire
Department, said that after
inspecting a control panel he
was able to determine that
either dust or moisture in a duct
set of the fre alarm. The fre de-
partment reset the system and
students began meandering
back into the building about
9:50 a.m.
University Police Ofcer Jack
Campbell arrived at Budig Hall
three or four minutes after the
alarm was triggered. He said he
followed the fre department
around and did not see a fre.
No biggie, Campbell said.
Jason Cook, Dodge City
junior, said he had been waiting
since 9:15 a.m. for his Account-
ing 200 class to begin in Budig
120. He said he hadnt noticed
any strange smells or sights
when sirens sounded.
While he studied an open
notebook near the south en-
trance to Budig Hall, he said he
used the 20-minute evacuation
to do some extra cramming for
an accounting quiz.
Im taking advantage of the
fre drill, I guess, Cook said.
Sean Renfro, Wichita junior,
was in the same accounting
class preparing to take a quiz
about bonds when the alarm
sounded.
Everybody was happy,
Renfro said.
A statistics class in Budig 110
was cancelled about 9:45 a.m.
because of the evacuation.
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MIDDLETOWN, N.J. Children
here got more than they bargained
for when they tuned in to Handy
Manny on the Disney Channel this
week hard-core pornography.
Cable giant Comcast is investi-
gating how the porn was broadcast
during the popular cartoon, which
is about a bilingual handyman,
Manny Garcia, and his talking tools.
Customer Paul Dunleavy was
stunned Tuesday morning to fnd
his 5-year-old son watching the
broadcast.
It was two people doing their
thing; it was full-on and it was
disgusting, the father of three told
The New York Daily News.
Comcast spokesman Fred
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gramming error occurred around
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broadcast but described it as an
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facility.
A Disney Channel spokeswoman
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measures were taken to prevent
such situations in the future.
Police investigate man
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CHICAGO Four human skulls
were discovered in a mans apart-
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but authorities said charges arent
likely.
It doesnt seem to be anything
nefarious at this time, police Lt.
Perry Nigro said. The 26-year-
old owner of the skulls makes
anatomical models for a living and
appeared to be using them for
medical purposes, Nigro said.
As weird as it is, it doesnt
seem like anything is wrong,
Nigro said.
Police searched the apartment
after someone who wanted to
buy a mannequin in the home
visited late Tuesday and saw the
skulls on a porch and inside, with
one boiling on the stove.
The man left and called police,
Nigro said.
The skulls were turned over
to the Cook County medical
examiners ofce, Nigro said.
The skulls owner told au-
thorities that he imported them
legally from China.
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second home to students, Graf said.
We want students to know we are
accessible.
Graf said the low number of class-
es offered in the museum and its
out-of-the-way location were reasons
why few students visited. She said
she didnt think people realized how
many pieces of art the museum has,
estimating there to be tens of thou-
sands of pieces.
The only classes here are art his-
tory classes, Graf said. Students
who come are art history students.
The 20/21 Gallery is slated to
open in July.
Kansan staf writer Bethany Bunch
can be contacted at bbunch@kan-
san.com.
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software development.
I think its really ambitious, she
said, but everyones really proud
working on it.
The original launch date was
scheduled for this Saturday. However,
Parrott said because of rain, wind and
various snags in Lander production
hampering tests this week, the test
was rescheduled for next week.
A final version of the Lander hasnt
been constructed yet, he said. The
team has been testing the parachute,
structure and rockets with a practice
Lander in the Lied Center parking lot
this week.
The final version of the Lander will
include sensors that calculate decent
rate, temperature and altitude.
If the Lander has a successful soft
landing and the rover drives itself,
images the terrain and the Landers
American flag, Parrott said he would
consider the eight-month project
mission accomplished. But its more
than a successful mission that makes
the project worthwhile, he said.
Weve all learned so much from it
already. Even the experience has been
a success, he said.
Kansan staf writer Brian Lewis-
Jones can be contacted at bl-
jones@kansan.com.
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another way. They will accept sleep-
ing bag donations through Saturday
morning, and after the event, they
will donate
the bags to
the Lawrence
Commu ni t y
Shelter and
the Salvation
Army.
Wi l l i a ms
and Holtaway
have also trav-
eled to area
high schools
and youth
groups to educate youths about the
issue.
Most of the kids were shocked
when we told them about it,
Holtaway said. Most had not heard
about it.
Stoops said several factors could
cause a group of young people to
commit violent acts against home-
less people.
They go into group mentality
mode, and they
may be influ-
enced by drugs
and alcohol, he
said. They think
they wont get
caught.
The attacking
groups in both of
Lawrences attacks
this year escaped
without getting
caught. Neither of
the attacking groups used weapons.
Both attacks occurred during the day.
Loring Henderson, director of the
Lawrence Community Shelter, said
he thought the demonstration could
help citizens know to be on the look-
out for potential acts of violence.
We need to be alert as a commu-
nity to this, Henderson said.
One Lawrence attack occurred
near the Lawrence Public Library,
while the other happened behind
the buildings on the west side of
Massachusetts Streets 800 block.
Henderson said one of the attacking
groups used the words bum bash
while attacking a term used in
a series of underground videos of
attacks on homeless people.
Holtaway said she hoped the dem-
onstration would also prompt more
compassion for homeless people.
People seem to be afraid of home-
less people, she said. And homeless
individuals might be just as afraid of
other people.
Kansan staf writer Matt Erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
silence that frequently lasted several
minutes. Squire compared the inves-
tigation to running around in cir-
cles. Rose went back and forth about
several key points, including wheth-
er or not Stan was a real person.
Rose continu-
ally changed his
story and the
officials asked
some questions
more than a
dozen times. On
multiple occa-
sions, Rose told
the investigators
that he didnt
know what to
say.
All I want
from you is the truth, Squire told
Rose.
Squire told Assistant District
Attorney Amy McGowan that he
noticed a pattern of behavioral
change in Rose during the inter-
view.
When talking about fires, he
seems withdrawn. He does not
want to talk about fire, Squire said.
When we start talking about him
leaving that apartment, walking
around, it gets harder for him. It gets
emotional.
Rose told the investigators Stan
visited while he was working at Taco
Bell and offered
to sell him mari-
juana. Rose said
Stan had left
a piece of paper
containing his
phone number
with him.
Rose said
he had been
in a fight with
Stan after he
demanded on the
phone that Rose
buy marijuana from him. He said it
was the piece of paper with Stans
phone number that he set on fire
and dropped on a walkway. He told
them that he didnt mean to hurt
anyone.
The taped confession is a key
point for Roses defense. His attor-
ney, Ron Evans, contends that Rose
was coerced into a confession.
During opening statements Tuesday,
Evans portrayed Rose as a young
man brought up in environment of
instability. He said Rose had suffered
a childhood of abuse and that the
$64,000 question in the case was
whether he had been treated fairly
in questioning.
They didnt know what effects
their questioning would have on
him, Evans said.
The trial is expected to last up
to two weeks, with today being the
fifth day. The jury will likely see the
conclusion of the interrogation dur-
ing this mornings session, which is
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Kansan staf writer Erick R.
Schmidt can be contacted at es-
chmidt@kansan.com.
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Doug Kiene and Haley Jones, Shawnee freshmen, critique a piece of art during Thursday
nights Destinations exhibit in the Spencer Museum of Art. Each guest received a passport and was
encouraged to view the diferent exhibits throughout the museum.
SpeNcer (continued from 1a)
boArDwALK (continued from 1a)
When talking about fres, he
seems withdrawn. He does not
want to talk about fre... it gets
emotional.
troy Squire
Lawrence police detective
bAgS (continued from 1a)
LANDer (continued from 1a)
taste test
panelists categorize drinks
thats just disturbing to me.
thats 20 individuals who died
for no apparent reason except
for (someones) joy and enter-
tainment.
Shannon WiLLiamS
Social work graduate student
By danaE dEShazER
A specific lexicon that can be
used for describing the flavoring
of green teas was developed by
research assistants for the Kansas
State University Sensory Analysis
Center and will be published next
month.
The assistants shared the science
and analysis of their study with the
KU community Thursday in the
Kansas Union.
Jee Hyun Lee, the principal
investigator of the study, said the
growing popularity of green tea had
given people different interpreta-
tions of the taste of green tea.
We wanted to develop a lexicon
for describing green tea, including
a definition and reference for each
attribute, Lee said. If I say green,
we will all agree to the definition,
and the reference.
For the study, the researchers
collected 138 green tea samples
from nine different countries. From
those samples, a trained panel cre-
ated 31 different attributes, includ-
ing four appearance terms, 25 flavor
terms and two mouth-feel terms.
The taste testing used descriptive
sensory analysis, which involved
the detection and description of a
product. The audience was given
two samples of teas to taste, and
then described them based on the
attributes. The first sample was yel-
low, and the audience described it as
having a seaweed and green flavor.
A tea with a seaweed label would
contain aromatics associated with
shellfish, fresh fish and ocean veg-
etation. Lee said most people had a
hard time differentiating a seaweed
or fishy taste because they grew up
away from the smell of the sea.
Many people, even the trained
panelists, are from Kansas and
arent used to eating seaweed or
anything with a fish taste in it,
Lee said. They would say this just
takes fishy.
Another researcher, Alicia
Jenkins, Kansas State graduate stu-
dent, said many things affected per-
ception of flavor, which was com-
prised of all of the senses and other
factors such as personal experience,
age, abuse, health and genetics.
To test the audiences flavor sen-
sitivity, Jenkins gave the audience
three different taste tests depend-
ing on smell, color and genetic
taste-bud makeup.
One of the tests involved three
gumdrops: purple, red and yellow.
Jenkins said most people expected
the colors to taste a certain way:
grape, cherry and lemon, respec-
tively. When the audience members
tasted each gumdrop, there were
looks of surprise on their faces.
Green tea also has different col-
ors that can change the expecta-
tions of the flavor. Lauren McCoy,
Overland Park junior, said she
didnt know green tea had such an
array of colors.
I have never been a fan of tea,
because I prefer to drink coffee,
McCoy said. I didnt realize the
tasting of the tea could be differen-
tiated by so many colors.
Kansan staf writer danae de-
Shazer can be contacted at
ddeshazer@kansan.com.
improvements
Campus fees make impact
Kansas State researchers define green tea attributes
New costs expand busing, wireless access, multicultural center
By aShLEE KiELER
As the school year comes to a
close, students returning can expect
to see their student fee increases at
work around campus.
Student fees increased this
semester by $54.75. Students will be
able to see $30.75 of those increases
at work shortly after returning to
the University in the fall.
A $20 increase in transportation
fees provided newer buses for the
University. Students who use cam-
pus transit will enjoy buses that are
handicap acces-
sible. Students
choosing to
walk on cam-
pus will enjoy
not having
exhaust spew
in their faces;
the buses are
equipped with
top exhaust.
D a n n y
Kaiser, assistant
director of parking and transit,
said a contract had been signed to
acquire 20 buses from California.
The buses are a 1990 model.
Kaiser said there were two con-
tracts pending for three and five
buses out of Minnesota. Those
eight buses, 1994 models, were last
used in Denver.
The buses from California have
been guaranteed to be on campus
by August 1.
Kaiser said the buses would have
the same color scheme as the cur-
rent Park and Ride buses.
The SafeRide increase of $4,
approved by students in the Student
Senate elections, provides SafeBus.
SafeBus will provide students
with a safe, reliable way to and from
nightlife on the weekends.
Tom Cox, Shawnee junior and
head of the SafeBus subcommit-
tee, said ideally there would be two
buses on each of the three routes.
The routes laid out run on
Kentucky and Tennessee streets,
by Campus Court at Naismith,
Meadowbrook, Daisy Hill, GSP-
Corbin Hall and many sororities
and fraternities. Because buses are
difficult to drive on Massacusettes
Street, the buses will circle the strip
on Vermont and New Hampshire
streets.
This sum-
mer the sub-
c o mmi t t e e
plans to work
on finalizing
bus contractors
and security.
The buses will
be equipped
with security
cameras and
officers in the
case of emer-
gencies.
Cox said that if things go
smoothly during the summer,
SafeBus would be running within
the first few weeks of school.
The construction for the Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center
began in May 2006.
Funds for the construction of
the building were provided by the
University, a donation from the
Sabatini family and student fees.
Students pay $3.50 to cover the
construction fee.
In the fall, students begin paying
$1.75 more per semester toward
the center. A full-time front desk
position will be funded with $1.50
of the increase. The remaining 25
cents will fund long-term mainte-
nance for the facility.
Santos Nez, director of the
Multicultural Resource Center, said
an expected completion date for
the center was set for the end of fall
semester. An opening is projected
for January 2008. The new building
would offer students more study
space.
Beginning in the fall the MRC
will control Senates multicultural
education fund. Student groups
needing funds will work in con-
junction with the MRC and Senate.
An expanded blanket of wire-
less Internet can be expected to
cover the University by Fall 2008. A
$5 per semester student fee, along
with Student Senate funds and a
fee match by the University, covers
expansion costs.
Once the expansion is complete,
wireless will cover nearly 100 per-
cent of campus.
Allison Lopez, public relations
and marketing manager for infor-
mation services, said preliminary
work on the project began this
spring and will continue through
the fall semester.
Students wont be able to physi-
cally see the progress of the expan-
sion. By mid-fall students will expe-
rience more wireless capabilities in
Wescoe, Strong and Fraser Halls.
Lopez said more buildings would
have wireless by the end of the fall
2007 semester.
Unlike fee increases that set off
inflation, these increases provide
tangible evidence of how student
money is being spent.
Kansan staf writer ashlee Kieler
can be contacted at akieler@kan-
san.com.
an expanded blanket of wire-
less internet can be expected
to cover the university by fall
2008. once the expansion is
complete, wireless will cover
nearly 100 percent of campus.
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TOPEKA Westar Energy Inc.s
incoming leader said the utility
faces big challenges in coming years
as it seeks to expand power genera-
tion capacity and develop a more
sophisticated system to distribute
electricity across the state.
Bill Moore, who replaces retiring
Westar CEO Jim Haines Jr. on June
30, said the com-
pany can suc-
ceed and has
the disastrous
2005 ice storm to
thank for it.
The states
largest elec-
tric utility took
only five days to
restore power to
almost 211,000
customers whose
houses and busi-
nesses went dark in a storm that
caused $42 million in damages.
Moore said the company needed
an opportunity to show its com-
petence and rebuild its reputation
after seven years of financial prob-
lems and the scandals involving
former CEO David Wittig.
We could have really failed
with the ice storm, and the result
would have sent this company in
the wrong direction, Moore said.
If were not able to deliver reliable
service, (Westars future) becomes
much more of a challenge.
Combined with Haines deci-
sions in 2003 to sell off many of
the unregulated assets bought dur-
ing Wittigs tenure, the companys
reaction to the ice storm helped
build confidence in the companys
direction, both internally and with
the public.
It was a chance to show the
state that Westar was back, still
effective and
on its game,
said Charlie
Chandler, the
c o mp a n y s
chairman and
president of
Intrust Bank.
Plus, we were
able to devel-
op the confi-
dence in some
very talented
people in our
organization that we have the capa-
bility and capacity to take on all the
challenges before us.
That will come in handy as
Westar struggles with many of the
same questions of future capacity
facing other U.S. utilities.
Among the things on Moores
short-term to-do list are build-
ing a new coal-fired generator, a
600-megawatt plant near Emporia
and new transmission lines linking
Wichita, Hutchinson and Salina.
The company also must add $750
million in pollution controls at its
existing power plants.
Looking ahead, industry observ-
ers said Westar will need to make a
decision on meeting future energy
needs, a debate complicated by
environmentalist opposition to
coal-fired or nuclear plants.
In the not-so-short term,
were going to need to build new
base generation, said Kansas
Corporation Commission chair-
man Brian Moline. In this state,
its either coal or nuclear. Given the
publics attitude toward both, thats
a very difficult problem for Westar
and other electric utilities around
to make and then politically sell
whatever their choice is.
Moore said Westar will have
to wait for nuclear technology
to evolve before it can consider
expanding its Wolf Creek plant or
build a new one.
Right now, we cant be leading
edge on a new round of nuclear
plants, he said. Were too small.
But Moline said he and others on
the commission, which regulates
Kansas utilities, think Westar is in
a better position to find a solution
than in the past.
The state of Westar is very
good, Moline said. When Wittig
left, the stock was at an all-time
low; its credit rating was abysmal;
their reputation with us was ter-
rible.
Today though, its a strong com-
pany.
By MicHAeL cAsey
AssociAted Press
BANGKOK, Thailand
International delegates reached
an agreement early Friday on the
best ways to combat climate change
despite efforts by China to water
down language on cutting destruc-
tive greenhouse gas emissions.
The closed-door debate over
everything from nuclear power to
the cost of cleaner energy ran into
the early morning hours with quib-
bling over single words or phrases
at times. But consensus was even-
tually reached on a report by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, a U.N. network of 2,000
scientists and delegates from more
than 120 nations.
Its all done, said Peter Lukey, a
member of the South Africa delega-
tion. Everything we wanted to see
was there and more. The message is:
We have to do something now.
China, the worlds second-larg-
est greenhouse gas emitter after
the United States, took a strong
stance during the four-day meeting
in Thailand. Along with India and
other rapidly developing countries,
it had pushed to raise the lowest
target level of carbon dioxide in
the worlds atmosphere over fears it
would hinder their roaring econo-
mies, delegates said.
The draft proposed a cap on con-
centrations of greenhouse gas levels
ranging from 445 parts per million
to 650 parts per million, but China
wanted the lower range stricken
from the report over fears it would
hinder its economy, Muller said.
The Chinese are resisting a
lot, and a lot of countries are hid-
ing behind the Chinese position,
Michael Muller, Germanys vice-
minister for the environment, told
reporters before the agreement was
reached.
The report is the third segment
of an overall IPCC blueprint that
will shape the way the world tackles
global warming.
The final version was not made
available when the meeting broke
around 4:30 a.m. Friday, but dele-
gates said it largely resembled a draft
version that said emissions can be
cut below current levels if the world
shifts away from carbon-heavy fuels
like coal, embraces energy efficiency
and significantly reduces deforesta-
tion.
The strong message (from the
report) is that its possible to stabi-
lize greenhouse gas emissions at the
level where severe climatic change
can be avoided, said Lars Nilsson, a
delegate from Sweden.
Honoring the fallen
Kevin Cox/THE DAILY NEWS
First graders Autumn Berry, Samantha Ojeda and Emily Pham, fromleft, stand with their classmates at Oppe Elementary as the procession
carrying the casket of Army Spc. Eddie Tamez fromScholes International Airport passes Thursday in Galveston, Texas. Tamez was killed April 27 in Fallujah
when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle, U.S. military ofcials said.
Right now, we cant be the
leading edge on a new round of
nuclear plants. Were too small.
Bill moore
Westar Ceo
MotHEr EartH
Delegates combat climate change
national Day of Prayer
Brat Horn/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nevada Gov. JimGibbons speaks during the National Day of Prayer ceremonies at the Capitol onThursday in Carson City, Nev.
VenezueLAn finAnce
Chavez threatens private
banks with nationaliza-
tion
CArACAS, Venezuela Ven-
ezuelan President Hugo Chavez on
Thursday threatened to national-
ize the countrys banks and largest
steel producer, accusing them of
unscrupulous practices.
Private banks have to give
priority to fnancing the industrial
sectors of Venezuela at low cost,
Chavez said. if banks dont agree
with this, its better that they go,
that they turn over the banks to
me, that we nationalize them and
get all the banks to work for the
development of the country and
not to speculate and produce
huge profts.
it was not clear if Chavez was
only referring to Venezuelan banks
like mercantil Servicios Financieros
CA and Banco Provincial SA, or if
he was also aiming the threat at
major international banks with
subsidiaries in the country, such as
Citigroup inc. and Spanish banks
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
SA and Banco Santander Central
Hispano SA.
Chavez also warned the gov-
ernment could take over steel
producer Sidor, which is majority
controlled by luxembourg-based
Ternium SA. Shares of Ternium fell
3.9 percent to $26.15 in U.S. trad-
ing after Chavezs comments.
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WASHINGTON A bid to allow
lower-priced drugs to be imported
from Canada and elsewhere survived
a challenge in the Senate on Thursday,
making approval likely early next
week despite the Bush administra-
tions opposition.
The Senate, on a 63-28 vote, effec-
tively endorsed the measure as an
a me n d me n t
to legislation
related to the
Food and Drug
Administration.
The adminis-
tration opposes
allowing imports
of prescription
drugs and has
pledged to rec-
ommend the
president veto the
final FDA legisla-
tion if it includes such a provision.
Republicans, however, decided
to make one more try at defeating
the measure. They sought to add a
requirement that the FDA first certify
that imported medicines are safe and
effective. That is something that fed-
eral health officials, since the days of
the Clinton administration, have said
they cannot do.
White House spokesman Tony
Fratto said the amendment sponsored
by Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., would
satisfy the administrations concerns
about the safety of imported drugs.
It would diminish, if not eliminate,
the need for the presidents advisers
to recommend a veto, Fratto said.
The amendment that survived the
test vote would
permit broader
imports of pre-
scription drugs
from Canada and
elsewhere, where
certain medi-
cines can cost
less than two-
thirds what they
do in the United
States. Backers
hope the imports
will drive down prices at home.
The fact is, we are paying the
highest prices for brand-name pre-
scription drugs in the world and thats
not fair, said Sen. Byron Dorgan,
D-N.D., the amendments sponsor.
Lets make the global economy work
for everybody.
The drug industry also opposes
allowing drug imports, arguing it
could leave the nation vulnerable to
counterfeits a concern echoed by sev-
eral lawmakers.
To accept the importation of for-
eign drugs is to open the door so
that a cottage industry today becomes
a major industry tomorrow in sup-
plying counterfeit drugs, said Sen.
Richard Burr, R-N.C.
The move enjoys broad popular
support, nevertheless. But lower pric-
es overseas would not automatically
mean large savings for domestic con-
sumers, according to a 2004 study by
the Congressional Budget Office.
The study found that allowing
drug imports from a broad set of
countries would cut drug spending
by $40 billion over 10 years or by
about 1 percent.
The amendment is part of a broad-
er Senate bill to renew the fees paid
by the pharmaceutical companies
seeking approval for new medicines.
Lawmakers have seized on the leg-
islation as a chance to overhaul the
FDA.
The Senate is not expected to vote
on the amendments until Monday at
the earliest.
AndreA rodrigez
AssociAted Press
HAVANA Fugitive army
recruits tried to hijack a plane to
the United States and killed a mili-
tary officer they took hostage in the
failed attempt early Thursday, the
Interior Ministry said.
Two of the escaped recruits were
arrested after Army Lt. Col. Victor
Ibo Acuna Velazquez was killed in
the aborted hijack that began in the
pre-dawn hours when they com-
mandeered a bus carrying several
passengers to get to a plane on the
tarmac, said a ministry statement.
Despite being unarmed, he
heroically tried to prevent the com-
mission of the terrorist act, the
statement said of the officer killed.
Others who had been held hos-
tage on the bus were unharmed, it
added.
Throughout the day Thursday,
there were rampant rumors of a
shooting at the airport but the
Cuban government and its official
media were silent.
There had been a massive man-
hunt under way for three army
recruits sought after fleeing their
base. The two arrested were among
three army recruits who escaped
from their military base on Sunday
after killing a fellow soldier and
wounding another. The third was
captured earlier,
the ministry
statement said.
The Defense
Ministry over
the weekend dis-
tributed wanted
circulars around
Havana, describ-
ing the fugi-
tive recruits as
armed and dan-
gerous and saying they were sought
for abandoning their posts. Some
circulars were displayed in public
places, including post offices.
The men, all from the eastern
province of Camaguey, were identi-
fied as Leandro Cerezo Sirut and
Alain Forbus Lameru, both 19, and
Yoan Torres Martinez, 21.
Several baggage handlers told
an Associated Press reporter who
visited the airport that police had
told them to tell anyone who asked
to say that nothing had happened
there that morning. Even so, none
of them had appeared to have heard
or seen the pre-dawn incident.
L a t e r
Thursday, all
was calm and
there was no
increased police
presence at
the airports
Terminal 2.
About 150
people who
lined up outside
the terminal for
their outgoing flights, or waited
for loved ones to arrive from the
United States, seemed oblivious that
anything may have occurred there
earlier.
Two departures Miami and one
to New York later in the day were
listed on time, as were the sched-
uled arrivals from those cities.
Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giulianis podiumis shown before the frst republican presidential primary debate of the 2008 elec-
tion at the Ronald Reagan Library onThursday in Simi Valley, Calif.
Fugitive recruits kill one
Escaped men arrested after trying to hijack plane to U.S.
View from the stage
Senate
Amendment nears approval
The fact is, we are paying the
highest price for brand-name
prescription drugs in the world
and thats not fair.
Byron dorgan
north dakota Senator
Despite being unarmed, he
heroically tried to prevent the
commission of the terrorist act.
Statement
Interior ministry
Prescription drug import bid is one step closer to passing
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horoscope
damaged circus
greg griesenauer
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
aries (march 21-april 19)
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Theres no need to alarm the
people who just get in the way.
Taurus (april 20-may 20)
Today is an 8
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There should be enough to get
a special treat. The more you
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gemini (may 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
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someone else to take over
the tricky parts. A person with
diferent expertise fnds your
impossible task easy.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
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fne, making the most of what
you have. Clean up the mess,
fnish on time and collect your
reward.
Leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 6
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public anyway. In private, you
can say what you want, but do
watch out for reporters.
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in now, but be careful what you
do with it. Dont gamble. Take
your winnings and gracefully
walk away.
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Today is a 7
Youre still doing a lot of work
and not making very much
money. Youre gaining conf-
dence and status, though. That
ought to count for something.
capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5
Dont let somebody elses emer-
gency become your problem.
If its your business, be extra
careful to get your contract
in writing. Get the money up
front, too.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
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to avoid being cheated. Some
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AssociAted Press
NEW YORK Jada Pinkett Smith
says good friend Katie Holmes is an
equal partner in her marriage with
Tom Cruise.
People think Tom and the
Church of Scientology got some-
thing on Kate? They dont, the 35-
year-old actress tells People.com in a
story posted Thursday. Kate is run-
ning her own show. And shes a great
mother. Her kids Connor, Bella,
Suri are dynamic children and are
extremely happy. And her husband
is very, very happy.
Pinkett Smith denies reports that
Holmes, 28, is a prisoner in her mar-
riage to the 44-year-old actor, whos
been depicted by the tabloids as a
controlling husband.
It burns my soul I see her in
the house with Tom; he doesnt have
that on her! ... Let me tell you: Kate
aint no little wimpy kitty cat.
The Smiths close friends of
the Cruise-Holmes clan attended
the couples lavish wedding in Italy
last year.
Pinkett Smith says Holmes did
not break a sweat amid the media
frenzy.
Dark-haired, blue-eyed Suri was
born last year again, media frenzy.
Cruise has two children, Isabella and
Connor, from his previous marriage
to Nicole Kidman.
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Grant Snider/KanSan
Just when you thought
celebrity obsessions didnt have
any aspect of society left un-
penetrated, one more has been
chalked up. Now the shallow
world of celebrity obsession is
permeating school childrens
education.
Artist Daniel Edwards has
created a statue titled Paris
Hilton Autopsy. Paris and
her famous dog, Tinkerbell,
are sprawled out in somewhat
erotic form and onlookers can
remove her organs. The artist
and agency say the piece was
designed to warn teenagers of
the hazards of underage drink-
ing.
The hazards of under-
age drinking are important
for teenagers to grasp. No
qualms there. However, using
a celebutant as a teaching tool
may mute the message. What
16-year-old is going to focus
on the cognitive impairment of
alcohol when he can remove
Paris Hiltons liver and play
catch with it?
The concept of making
learning more enjoyable and
entertaining isnt a bad thing.
Showing students simulations
of what it looks like to drive
drunk, listening to real stories
of drinking gone wrong and
learning about the health risks
of drinking all entertain while
teaching. And yes, teaching
youths of the responsibilities
and dangers of drinking can be
improved upon as the rise in
teenage drinking proves.
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
performed a study that found
underage drinkers consume
nearly 3.6 billion drinks a year.
Clearly, underage drinking is a
problem in the United States.
Perhaps educational tools need
to be altered to effectively reach
todays youth.
However, if educators have
to reduce health education to
Paris Hilton in order to get
through to teenagers, whats
next? Analyzing misogynistic
or violent rap lyrics in poetry
classes?
Updating teaching methods
to get through from time-to-
time are necessary; adopting
a tabloid culture to teach is
just trashy. Paris Hilton naked
for arts sake is perfectly fine.
Paris Hiltons naked body
teaching teenagers will only
result in confused parents and
increased sales of US Weekly
Magazine.
Tasha Riggins for the edito-
rial board
Removing Paris Hiltons organs disappoints as teaching tool
You dont
know how
much you
love some-
thing until its
gone.
This phrase
rings true
for me any
time I go to
a city that
does not have a smoking ban
like Lawrences. Im allergic
to smoke, and second-hand
smoke affects me visibly. My
eyes become red and start to
burn, my nose runs and I cant
control my coughing. Its not
pretty.
Second-hand smoke is bad
for everyone, not just those
who are allergic to it. A recent
study by the Surgeon General
concluded that even brief expo-
sure to second-hand smoke can
have immediate adverse effects
on the cardiovascular system
and interfere with the normal
functioning of the heart, blood
and vascular systems in ways
that increase the risk of a heart
attack.
The study
also says that
nonsmok-
ers who are
exposed to
second-hand
smoke at work
increase their
risks of devel-
oping heart
disease by 25
to 30 percent
and of devel-
oping lung cancer by 20 to 30
percent. The report says there
is no risk-free level of exposure
to second-hand smoke, and
that the only way to protect
nonsmokers from its dangerous
effects is to eliminate smoking
indoors.
I have been lucky enough
to have lived in two cit-
ies that have smoking bans:
Lawrence and Salina. Salinas
only applies to restaurants,
which was just as well for me,
as I couldnt go to bars there.
I came to the University of
Kansas in 2004, just in time to
enjoy the new smoking ban.
It was not until I turned 21,
however, and went to a bar
outside of Lawrence that I fully
appreciated it.
I had to leave
an Emporia
bar because
I could not
open my
eyes. The
smoke had
ruined my
night, and
therefore my
friends night too.
Now this ban is facing the
possibility of being changed or
taken away altogether. Dennis
Steffes, the owner of Last
Call and Coyotes Night Club,
filed a case against the city in
early 2005 after his businesses
received five citations for vio-
lating the ban. That case is now
being decided by the Kansas
Supreme Court.
Steffes says the ordinance
is unconstitutionally vague
because it does not provide
owners with solutions to a
problem with someone smok-
ing in their businesses. Its
obvious that owners should ask
the patron to put out the ciga-
rette, take the
cigarette out-
side or leave
the premises.
If he or she
creates a
problem, call
the police.
I know that
some business
owners think
they have
lost custom-
ers because of the smoking
ban. Thats why the city should
make it as easy as possible for
these businesses to construct
outdoor porches for smok-
ing patrons. Im not for any
Lawrence businesses having
to shut down or struggle if
the majority of their custom-
ers were or are smokers. But
I would like to come to those
businesses too, and I cant do
that if it means having smoke
in my face.
The Kansas Supreme Court
should protect the health of
people in Lawrence by keeping
the ban in place.
Syring is a Salina junior in
journalism.
By kAitlyn syrinG
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Smoking ban deserves
to be upheld by court
I had to leave an Emporia bar
because I could not open my
eyes. The smoke had ruined my
night, and therefore my friends
night too.
Sprawling statue, complete with Tinkerbell, shows the effects of alcohol abuse on Americas favorite debutante
AssociAted Press
RICHMOND, Va. The last
time Queen Elizabeth II helped
Virginia mark the anniversary of
its Colonial founding, it was an
all-white affair in a still-segregated
state. Thursdays visit was starkly
different.
The British monarch, in her first
visit to the former Confederate cap-
ital, will salute American Indians,
a venerated civil rights lawyer and
dozens whose lives were scarred by
last months massacre at Virginia
Tech.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said the
message could not be more timely
or appropriate.
This is a moment that brings
Virginia together. That will be very
apparent on Capitol Square today,
with folks from all over Virginia
coming together for this remarkable
moment and coming in the after-
math of a hard time, Kaine said
Thursday at a news conference.
The plane carrying the 81-year-
old queen landed by mid-afternoon,
and 20 minutes later she emerged
with her husband, Prince Phillip.
Hundreds of people stood in lines
for hours in a cool drizzle, some
since dawn, to enter the grounds of
the freshly refurbished 219-year-old
Capitol.
The queens visit is part of
Virginias celebration of the 400th
anniversary of Jamestown, Americas
first permanent English settlement.
How often do you get to see
the reigning monarch, much less in
your own town? said Keith Gary,
the first spectator through the gates
when they opened more than four
hours before the queen and Prince
Philips arrival.
The queens speech to Virginias
General Assembly was to be the
first address by Britains crown to
the lawmaking body it chartered in
1619 at Jamestown as the Colonial
House of Burgesses.
Inside the Capitol, she was sched-
uled to meet briefly with construc-
tion workers whose $105 million,
two-year renovation was completed
Monday, with high school student
body leaders and with 100-year-old
Oliver W. Hill.
Hill, whose birthday was Tuesday,
is a civil rights attorney whose liti-
gation helped bring about the 1954
Supreme Court decision outlawing
racial segregation in public schools.
When the queen visited
Jamestown for its 350th anniversary
in 1957, such a meeting was impos-
sible because the state was defying
federal desegregation orders.
Before she departs for
Williamsburg, the queen will meet
privately with some of those wound-
ed in the Virginia Tech shooting
and the families of some of the 32
slain.
The queen has expressed her
desire to have some interaction with
the Virginia Tech community so she
can extend her support to it, which I
really, really appreciate, Kaine said.
By ryAN NAKAsHiMA
AssociAted Press
LAS VEGAS Bette Midler will
replace Celine Dion as the head-
liner at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,
officials announced Thursday,
answering the lingering question of
who would be chosen to step into
some big shoes and the 4,100-seat
Colosseum, which Dion virtually
sold out for what will be a nearly
five-year run by December.
Dions show, A New Day, has
grossed more than $500 million since
it began in March 2003, producers
said. The Grammy award-winning
singer announced in January that
she would end her run at the end of
the year in the $95 million theater.
Midler said the venue was intimi-
dating but exciting.
Im looking forward to it, but
also Im terrified because its huge,
she told The Associated Press by
telephone. Thats giving me the
vapors.
At the same time, they also
give you a lot of toys to play with.
They give you the lifts and you
can fly people in, you can fly them
out. Theres all this wing space and
hydraulics and stuff, and the dress-
ing rooms are staggering. It should
be an opera house somewhere in the
Black Forest.
Midler, 61, said she agreed to
a two-year contract to work 100
shows a year, performing five nights
a week for 20 weeks beginning Feb.
20.
The schedule is less grueling than
Dions, who performed 160 shows
per year.
By dAVid BAUder
AssociAted Press
NEW YORK One-third of
Americans say they have a nega-
tive view of Katie Couric, her per-
sonal popularity lagging behind
rivals Charles Gibson and Brian
Williams just as her evening news
program trails in the ratings.
The Gallup Poll survey released
Thursday found that 51 percent of
Americans said they had a posi-
tive view of Couric, who jumped
from NBCs Today show to CBS
last fall.
The poll found Gibson and
Williams essentially running neck-
and-neck in terms of popularity.
ABCs Gibson was viewed posi-
tively by 62 percent of TV viewers
and NBCs Williams by 59 percent,
but that is within the samplings
margin of error of plus or minus 4
percentage points.
That also mirrors the competi-
tion between the anchors in the
television ratings. Gibson began
the evening job last spring, and
trailed Williams consistently for
the rest of 2006. But in the past
three months ABCs World News
has logged the most viewers during
eight weeks, while NBCs Nightly
News won four weeks.
Seth Wenig/ASSOCIATED PRESS
News anchor Katie Couric presents an award at the annual Jackie Robinson Foundation
awards dinner in NewYork on March 5.
Susan Walsh/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Queen Elizabeth II and Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine walk around the newly renovated
Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday. The queens visit is part of Virginias celebration of
the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Americas frst permanent English settlement.
The Queen is in
British monarch visits Virginia
showTime
Bette Midler replaces Celine Dion in Las Vegas
evening news
CBSs Couric
loses popularity
BY EVAN KAFARAKIS
Coming off a split series with No.
3 ranked Oklahoma, Kansas (32-
21-1, 7-9) frustrations were com-
pounded Wednesday by a series loss
to Wichita State.
But heading to Ames, Iowa, for a
weekend series against the Cyclones
(22-39, 1-15), coach Tracy Bunge
was ready for the ups and downs her
team would face this season.
I expected a roller coaster type
of season due to some inexperience,
Bunge said.
Although the team returns six
starters from last seasons team,
three of them are sophomores and
three freshmen fill the remaining
starting positions.
Were hoping to be able to put
things together by the end of the
year, Bunge said.
The roller coaster season hasnt
hit too high or low for this squad,
ranked seventh in the Big 12.
In early season tournaments from
as far west as California to as far east
as Florida, Kansas was competing
against quality teams while picking
up wins and learning from losses.
When Big 12 play hit, the young
team was going up, sweeping
Oklahoma State at its home.
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BY TAYLOR BERN
With the Big 12 Conference
Championship looming on May 11
through 13, the Jayhawks have one
more meet to prepare.
This weekend Kansas trav-
els to Fayetteville, Ark., for the
Razorbacks Twilight in hopes of
making a last push for regional
marks before taking on Big 12 com-
petition.
Sophomore sprinters Victoria
Howard and ShaRay Butler, both
winners at the Kansas Relays, will
look to improve their regional
times and garner new ones in dif-
ferent events.
Howard is scheduled to compete
in the 100- and 200-meter dashes,
events she won at last weeks UMKC
Invitational. Howards winning
Senior Gary
Woodland was
named to the
All-Big 12 team
for the second
c o ns e c ut i v e
year, the Big
12 Conference
a n n o u n c e d
Thursday. Woodland is one of only
10 golfers to make the list.
He has won three tournaments
and also leads the mens golf team
with a scoring average of 72. This
season, Woodland has also recorded
eight Top-10 finishes and 10 Top-
20 finishes. Woodland has also
been selected to play on the 2007
United States-Japan Collegiate Golf
Championship.
Kansan stafreport
woodland
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sharay Butler, sophomore sprinter, placed frst in the 400-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays on April 21. At the Razorbacks Twilight, she will
compete in the 400-meter dash in an attempt to get under the regional cutof time of 54.61 seconds.
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After a season full of disappointing losses and exciting victories, the Kansas softball teams regular season comes to a close this weekend. CoachTracy Bunge attributes the seasons peaks and
valleys to an inexperienced starting lineup.
Athletes compete in last regular-season meet
track and field
BY ASHER FUSCO
Editors Note: This is the second
in a series of three previews of the
Kansas football teams 2007 sched-
ule.
OctOber 6 at kansas
state
The first Sunflower Showdown
of the Ron Prince era undoubtedly
left Kansas
State fans
with a bad
taste in their
mouths. Last
November,
the Wildcats
ma r c h e d
i n t o
Memorial Stadium on the heels of
an impressive victory against Texas
and were soundly beaten by the
Jayhawks. Despite the setback in
Lawrence, Kansas State enjoyed a
successful 7-6 season with Prince
at the helm. With super-prospect
quarterback Josh Freeman one year
older and reportedly 20 pounds
heavier, Kansas State should have
little trouble improving from one
year ago. Freeman had a poor show-
ing in the teams spring game, com-
pleting fewer than half of his passes
and throwing two interceptions. But
if his steady growth last season is
any indication, Freeman will be just
fine. The Wildcats lose five defen-
sive starters but return star defen-
sive end Ian Campbell. Campbell,
who had 11.5 sacks last season,
will present the first true test for a
Kansas offensive line that replaces
three starters. Though the Jayhawks
are not too far behind the Wildcats
in the talent department, the atmo-
sphere in Manhattan should help
the home team.
PrOjectiOn: lOss 4-1 (0-1)
OctOber 13 baylOr
Make no mistake about it: Baylor
football is on the rise. After years
and years of futility, the Bears posted
a 3-5 confer-
ence mark
last year and
topped the
J a y h a wk s
in a late
O c t o b e r
ma t c hu p.
Since the
arrival of coach Guy Morriss in
2002, Baylor has won twice as often
as it did in the previous five years.
Baylor will be even better in 2007
because of the turnover on its roster.
The loss of seven offensive starters
might be a godsend for Morriss,
who could use some new athletes
to plug into his up-tempo system.
Long-time quarterback Shawn
Bell has moved on, leaving sopho-
more Blake Szymanski and senior
Michael Machen to battle for the
starting job. The Bears lost both of
their cornerbacks to the NFL this
offseason but return second-team
All-Big 12 linebacker Joe Pawelek.
Inexperience at the quarterback
position against what looks to be a
formidable Kansas secondary will
keep Baylor from leaving Lawrence
with a victory.
PrOjectiOn: Win 5-1 (1-1)
OctOber 20 at cOlOradO
The Colorado Buffaloes endured
some serious growing pains in
their first season under coach Dan
Hawkins. First, there was a forgetta-
ble 2-10 season that included a loss
to Division 1-AA Montana State.
Next, there was Hawkins unforget-
table offseason tirade accusing his
players of lacking the toughness to
compete in the Big 12 Conference.
The big story in Boulder heading
into the 2007 season is the battle
for playing time at quarterback.
Top candidates for the job include
junior college transfer Nick Nelson
and redshirt
f r e s h -
man Cody
Ha wk i n s ,
who hap-
pens to be
the son of
the coach.
No matter
who comes out on top, chances
are they will improve upon last
seasons 116th-ranked pass offense.
Colorados one bright spot is
at running back, where the elu-
sive Hugh Charles is one of the
conferences best. Kansas barely
defeated Colorado last season in a
home game, so it is hard to imag-
ine the Jayhawks defeating a much-
improved Colorado team.
PrOjectiOn: lOss 5-2 (1-2)
OctOber 27 at texas a&m
Texas A&M narrowly edged
Kansas in last years matchup. This
time around, things should not be
as hard for the Aggies. Not only
does Texas A&M hold home field
advantage, it
possesses a
strong core
of players
who gained
experience
last season
and who
are maturing steadily. Quarterback
Stephen McGee was rusty at the
beginning of the 2006 campaign
but blossomed into one of the best
signal callers in the Big 12 by the
end of the season. McGee, a junior,
is an early candidate for the 2007
Big 12 player of the year. Also
returning to A&M is running back
Jorvorskie Lane. The 274-pound
behemoth became a fan favorite on
his way to a school record 19 rush-
ing touchdowns in 2006. Defense
is where the Aggies truly shine.
Linebacker Mark Dodge is the
teams top returning defensive play-
er. An absolutely mammoth defen-
sOftball
Big 12 season
looks tough
fOOtball
Colorado, Texas A&M much improved
Jayhawks season of disappointments, successes resembles roller coaster ride
sEE track oN pAgE 6B
sEE softball oN pAgE 6B
sEE football oN pAgE 6B
Woodland named to All-Big 12 team
gOlf
Splitting the difference
This weekend kansas faces kansas state at home and manhatten.
Both teams need victories to secure a Big 12 Tournament spot.
series of ups and downs
sports 2b friday, may 4, 2007
3PORTS"AR'RILL
Athletics calendar
TODAY
n Baseball vs. Kansas
State, 6:35 p.m. manhattan
n Track at Arkansas Ra-
zorbacks Twilight, All day,
Fayetteville, Ark.
SATURDAY
n Softball vs. iowa State,
2 p.m. ames, iowa
State, 3 p.m. Hoglund
Ballpark
n Track at Nebraska
invitational, all day, Lincoln,
Neb.
SUNDAY
n Softball vs. iowa State,
Noon, ames, iowa
State, 1 p.m. Hoglund
Ballpark
Do the Drew
Boxing returns to limelight
B
oxing is finally back
in the limelight this
weekend as Oscar De La
Hoya (Golden Boy) and Floyd
Mayweather, Jr. (Pretty Boy)
square off in a super welterweight
title fight at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas on Saturday.
And, its about time.
When I was in middle school,
I remember begging my parents
or my friends parents to order the
big fights with Lennox Lewis, Mike
Tyson and Evander Holyfield.
But, the heavyweight fighters have
pretty much disappeared. The last
undisputed heavyweight champ
was Lewis in 2003.
And, after watching the heavy-
weights fight, I enjoyed watching
Roy Jones, Jr. and De La Hoya in
the lower classes.
I would say that the Tyson vs.
Lewis heavyweight fight five years
ago was the last big pay-per-view
fight and lets be honest, that fight
got 2.03 million pay-per view
orders because people wanted to
see Tyson do something crazy
which he didnt.
So, here we are in 2007, and
Saturday is the fight that will
save boxing at least thats what
Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La
Hoyas Golden Boy Promotions,
wants to happen.
From the way things look, it just
might and I hope it does. Tickets
sold out in three hours generating
a Nevada-record at $19 million.
The second Lewis vs. Holyfield
heavyweight title fight in 1999
brought in $16.8 million, the pre-
vious record.
Not just ticket sales, the promo-
tion for this fight is like none I
have ever seen either. The De La
Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 four-part
series on HBO, which concluded
last night, got most college-aged
guys attention. It aired right after
Entourage and The Sopranos.
And, because of that, it has been
reported that the first-show rat-
ings averaged 1.2 million viewers.
De La Hoya is a good, not great,
fighter, but he is definitely market-
able. Mayweather, meanwhile, is
just entertaining to watch.
As for the fight, Mayweather
is favored for a reason maybe
because he has yet to lose (37-0,
30 KO). Yes, De La Hoya has more
experience and a size advantage
(De La Hoya is 511 compared
to Mayweathers 58). But,
Mayweather, 30, is younger than
De La Hoya, 34, and has more
speed. Mayweather is an aggressive
fighter and I think he will be too
much for De La Hoya to handle.
So, bottom line, this fight is
worth splitting the $54.95 pay per
view bill with some friends. And,
dont worry; Im sure there will
still be plenty of tequila to drink
at the bars after the fight on Cinco
de Mayo.
Davison is an Overland Park se-
nior in journalism.
BY DREw DAviSON
KaNSaN SportS coLumNiSt
ddavison@kansan.com
ST. LOUIS Just days into
the job and new Saint Louis
University coach Rick Majerus
has his frst recruit.
The Billikens announced
late Wednesday the signing of
6-foot-7 power forward Barry
Eberhardt, who was a third-
team junior college All-Ameri-
can last season at Cofeyville
College in Kansas. He averaged
17.4 points and 6.2 rebounds
per game while shooting 56
percent from the feld.
Barry gives us a low post
scoring presence with the abil-
ity to pick and pop, Majerus
said. We are excited about his
developing rebounding game
in conjunction with a defen-
sive commitment.
Eberhardt joins Anthony
Mitchell of East St. Louis (Ill.)
High School and Chicagos
Markus Relphorde, who signed
earlier in the signing period.
Majerus was introduced
Monday.
Associated Press
BY JiM LiTKE
ASSOciATED PRESS
Superstars come in all shapes and
sizes.
Not so their egos, which are sup-
posed to start at XXL and only get
bigger from there.
Maybe thats why Dirk Nowitzkis
Ill-try-to-do-better plea, made on
the eve of Dallas elimination game
Tuesday night against Golden State
in the first round of the NBA play-
offs, rubbed so many people the
wrong way.
First, his coach lit into him.
Im tired of hearing about how
theyve taken
him out of his
game and any
lack of confi-
dence, Avery
Johnson said.
Youre just not
supposed to have
that.
N e x t ,
Nowitzkis team-
mates called
a players-only
meeting, just to
make sure, Jason Terry explained,
that everybody was on the same
page.
Then, the Warriors clawed their
way back from a 21-point deficit
to take a 112-103 lead with just
over three minutes left and dared
Nowitzki to do something he hadnt
done in 19 quarters of playoff bas-
ketball this season really, ever
since Game 2 of the NBA finals a
year ago: step up.
What followed were a dozen
points in a 15-0 run the Mavericks
strung together to close out the
game, including two clutch three-
pointers, a perfectly timed block on
Matt Barnes layup attempt and a
half-dozen free throws. That moved
the series to Game 6 in Oakland.
We got on Dirks back and
he carried us, teammate Devean
George said afterward. Thats who
he is for us.
Not exactly.
Nowitzki can be a game-changer,
to be sure, and anybody who watched
him carry most
of the offen-
sive load for
the Mavericks
throughout their
67-win regular
season wouldnt
quibble with
him collecting
the MVP next
week. But those
comparisons the
past few days to
basketballs holy
trinity as in, Michael, Larry and
Magic never would have backed
down, no matter how many double-
teams opponents threw their way
were overblown.
For one thing, Nowitzki just isnt
that good. Hes basically a first-rate
shooter who rebounds adequately
and doesnt play defense that well.
Nowitzki needs his teammates at
least as much as they need him,
which is what he was trying to
explain when he said the Warriors
constant double-teaming was forc-
ing him to find other ways to con-
tribute help out on defense more;
hit the glass harder, as hard as I can,
get some extra possessions; if I have
a shot, try to knock it down and if I
dont, move the ball and let someone
else make a shot.
It didnt help that Nowitzkis for-
mer coach, Don Nelson, working
the other sideline and still nursing
a grudge against Mavericks owner
Mark Cuban knew all of Nowitzkis
weaknesses. Or that his Warriors
team, small and fast but rugged, pre-
sented matchup problems for Dallas
at just about every spot on the floor.
Thats why Golden State won six
of its last seven regular-season games
against the Mavericks, who averaged
four points less and allowed 14 more
than they did against the rest of the
league. Nelson knew that forcing
anyone other than Nowitzki to beat
him was Golden States best chance
to pull off a historic upset. After
the Mavericks dropped three of the
first four in the best-of-seven series,
Nowitzki knew it, too.
At the end, Nowitzki took advan-
tage of all the free advice and assert-
ed himself on the offensive end.
He was more aggressive, Golden
States Baron Davis said. I thought
he was trying to take the ball to the
basket and post up. Our guys did a
great job defending him. But he was
able to get to the line.
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Nowitski steps up late
Im tired of hearing about how
theyve taken him out of his
game and any lack of
confdence.
AvERy JOHnSOn
Dallas coach
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Student hourly graphic designer position
for summer. $10-$13.99/hr. Part-time.
Potential for position to extend into next
school year. Assist in design and imple-
mentation of web applications. Experi-
ence designing text, logo, branding on pa-
per and online. Prefer web design experi-
ence and experience with css. Apply on-
line at http://www.ku.edu/employment/
Search for Position # 00061608. Close
date is 5/ 13 /07.
STUDENTS NEEDED to participate in
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teers compensated $8/hour. Must be a na-
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ceptual Neuroscience Lab pnl@ku.edu or
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Newly opened mail-order pharmacy
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Aggressive pay - position needed to be
flled immediately. Contact Greg
866-351-2636.
Papa Murphys Pizza now hiring for PT
summer help. 25 hrs/wk. fexible hrs.
Clean environment - no grease, no ovens.
Please apply in person at 2540 Iowa St.
Suite F.
Sitter needed in my home PT ASAP to
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Student Development Associate, KU
Endowment, one PT student position.
$8.50/hr. Start date: May 21st. Duties:
maintain, edit and update databases;
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Requires KU student status, Word &
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the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Mon-
Fri. A complete job description available
at: www.kuendowment.org. To apply,
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Call 785-843-2547 for directions.
West Jo. Co. liquor store. PT. Great
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statistics experience a plus. Close to Hwy
10. Call today: 816-204-0802
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Wood YMCA needs Wranglers/House-
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Call 620-273-8641.
Wood fence builders needed for summer
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838-3063. Please leave message.
Camp Jobs!! Come spend an awesome
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Scouts - Mile Hi Council owns 2 resident
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ists, Western riding counselors, & Busi-
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campjobs@gsmhc.org
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Please apply in person Mon-Fri 2pm-4pm
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City of Lawrence
An intern is needed to assist the Citys
Historic Preservation Resources
Administrator. Apprx 20-30 hrs wkly.
Although no prior exp is required, prefer
current masters student studying historic
preservation, design, architecture, urban
planning, public history, law or public
admin. Must have strong communication
skills & MS Offce profciency. $12.00hr.
To Apply go to
www.LawrenceCityJobs.org
& complete the online application by:
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
EOE M/F/D
COACH-PART-TIME: High Schl
Lacrosse Club in Prairie Village seeks
Head Coach for Spring08 +. Coach exp,
mentoring skills, knowledge of LAX req.
Will manage staff. Season Mar. 1 - May
15, w/ M-Th practices after schl hrs. Pay
commensurate w/ exp. 913-362- 3853.
Coleman American Moving Services in
Shawnee, KS is seeking loaders, packers,
drivers and warehouse personnel for the
summer season. Pay range is $10-$13
/hr. Please call 800-239-1427 or email ja-
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Full or Part-time summer positions at
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Please call 913-268-4176 for application
and to schedule an interview.
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DST Systems, Inc. has immediate
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positions are primarily responsible for
processing requests and providing cus-
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experience, Some college preferred,
Excellent communication skills, Financial
services experience helpful, but not
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Lawrence Financial Advisory Firm has
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Case Manager. Must speak fuent Span-
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Local web design frm needs PT help.
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Looking for fun, outgoing, motivated
people to work in-store promotional sales.
$10/hr (Weekends Only!) Email for more
info: instoredemos@yahoo.com
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Superb Condo! Only mins from KU Stylish
interior, LR with freplace, DR, sunroom/of-
fce, laundry room, pool and carport
$84,000 Susan Thomas 785-760-4444
Small kitchen table with glass countertop
& 4 padded chairs available. Less than 1
yr old & price negotiable. 612-702-4073 if
interested. hawkchalk.com/2326
Simmons queen size bed, box spring and
frame $450; Oak table w/ built in leaf and
four chairs $300; futon $150.
mcguirej@ku.edu or 785-764-2994
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$17.50 hour to start. 15-20 positions avail-
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Assistant needed for busy doctors offce.
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mum of 15 hrs/wk. Trained at various
medical clinic tasks. 785-766-1045 or
email admed@sunfower.com
Administrative Assistant / Leasing Agent
Great working environment, fexible hrs.
Starting salary $9/hr. 785-550-1401
Account Service Reps needed to start full-
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phone 785.438.3288. EOE.
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Interested in a home-based marketing
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10-15 hrs/wk working outside in Eudora.
Perfect for anyone enrolled in summer
classes. $10/hr. Email resume to:
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Wanted - Used Notebook Computer
Must be less than 3 yrs old & wireless
internet ready. jtquinn@ku.edu
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End table set with marble design consist-
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able. Purchased less than 1 year ago.
612-702-4073 if interested.
hawkchalk.com/2325
Computer desk with fle drawer for sale, in
excellent condition. Measures 23 3/4d x
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obo. lfearey@ku.edu hawkchalk.
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Black futon avail immediately or at the
end of school year. Less than 1 yr old & in
perfect condition. 612-702-4073 if inter-
ested.
hawkchalk.com/2324
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couch. $250. You move. 213-718-0585 or
emdoak@ku.edu. hawkchalk.com/2330
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on rebuilt engine, 5-speed manual,
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25th Anniversay Camaro for $3,500
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Johnson bass guitar. Blue body, white
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Classifieds 3B FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
2
Summer sublease @ Meadowbrook. Avail
in May. I will give you $200. Master BD w/
own bath, walk-in closet, W/D in unit,
brand new pool. Heather @
785-760-2011 or hbelziti@ku.edu.
hawkchalk.com.2251
Summer sublease available. End of fnals
week-07/31. 2 bd available in 3 bd apt.-
Close to KU, rent $250, utilities 1/3. call
785-383-2968 for more info hawkchalk.-
com/2276
Seeking 1-3 roommates for 4 BR, 3 BA
nice house, W/D. May rent 1-room or
entire house. $250-300 each + util, frst
month reduced. 913-207-6519.
Seeking female roommate for summer
sublease, $309/mo + 1/4 electricity, all
other utilities incl. fully furnished and great
ammenities. Call christie at 913-980-7444
hawkchalk.com/2232
Sub-lease for Hawker Apt C1. Please Call
847-708-4411 if your interested!
Available for frst semester only or all year!
hawkchalk.com/2209
sublease for $309/mo+1/4 elec. W/D, ca-
ble, internet, water, trash incl. 4 br/2 ba
apt. Bus Route. Very clean, friendly room-
mates 913-980-7444 hawkchalk.com/2274
1 lg BR available in 4 BR house. W/D,
Internet Cable, DVR, Pool Table @ 19th
& Ousdahl. Rent is $325. Contact Mark @
(913) 522-6050 or mattione@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/2250
1 FEMALE roommate needed in a 4 BR
house with 3 other girls. Lease starts Aug
1, 2007. Rent is $387.50/mo. FIRST
MONTH RENT FREE. Contact:
mckensie@ku.edu. hawkchalk.com/2202
1 BR Summer Sublease $460/mo.+ gas &
elec. Near campus/downtown; private
parking; can have roommate
785.221.8858 shh785@ku.edu.
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1 BR in 4 BR townhome for sublease.
Only $650 for May 23-Aug 12. Access to
all cable channels, ping-pong table, W/D.
Call 816-616-4864 for additional info.
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1 BR in 2 BR 2 BA apt. avail. Gated lot,
pool, 3 min. walk to campus. 16th & Ten-
nessee location, W/D. May rent paid.
Contact Zwright@ku.edu
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1 BR for summer sublease. Rent: $270
per month + 1/3 utilities. Great location &
neighborhood. Appliances included. Great
roommates. hawkchalk.com/2257
Female roommate for 4 bdrm Legends
June/July sublease. Spacious room and
private bath. 405 a month + 75 to have
utilities included! Contact (785)766-7414
today! hawkchalk.com/2218
Female roommate needed for 3 BR
house, 1117 Vermont. 1.5 BA, porch,
across the street from South Park, next to
downtown. call 785-766-9373, leave a
message.
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Female roommate wanted to live in 4bdr
house Summer 2007! Furnished house &
room, W/D, outside patio, $300 + 1/4 utili-
ties! Call Nicole 785-766-4641.
Female roommates needed to fll 1, 2 or 3
BRs in a 4BR 4BA apt at The Reserve.
June 1 - July 31. $339/mo + ~$30 elect.
Jess 913-744-6208. hawkchalk.com/2302
FIRST semester female subleaser need-
ed!
Ranch Way Townhome, fully furnished
ONLY $267/mo + 1/3 utilities
Call Sabra at (620)757 1384 for details!
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Furnished Summer Sublet. $315 mo +
electric. Avail mid-May thru July 31st. Ca-
ble & Internet included. cmhogue@hot-
mail.com
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Gorgeous 1 BR available ASAP. Spa-
cious, huge windows, on campus, laun-
dry, gas paid. 1423 Ohio #202. (785)
842-7644.
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HAWKER SUBLEASE. Lg 1 BR from
June 1 thru July 31. W/D, ceiling fans, bal-
conies, built-ins, close to campus. Super
nice. Call 972-978-8140. hawkchalk.-
com/2256
I am looking for 2 females to share a 3
bed/ 2 bath condo 1/2 mile from campus.
Email kansbug@hotmail.com Rent $350
incl utilities. available now! hawkchalk.-
com/2282
Large 2 BR 2 BA, kitchen, on campus
apartment C1. $480/mo *5th years, this
can be for only the frst semester.
(847) 708-4411. hawkchalk.com/2210
Looking for someone to sublet my apt. af-
ter fall 2007 semester. I am a senior and
will be graduating in Dec. 1 BR at High
Point. Contact JackieH@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/2322
Male roommate needed for 3BR 2 BA
town home with garage; to move in July
or beginning of August 2007. $280/mo.+
utilities. For info call Daniel at
785-979-2066
hawkchalk.com/2221
Need someone to sublease my room for
the summer. Cheap rent - $280 a month.
June - August. Please contact Erin if inter-
ested. ering@ku.edu. hawkchalk.-
com/2253
Roommate needed from May until July.
Rent is $257.50/mnth + utilities. Room-
mate should be fun & responsible. Call
913-207-5044 or email jtimmns1@ku.edu.
hawkchalk.com/2230
Roommate needed. 1 extra BR in a 4 BR
apt, security deposit, $236 for rent + util
If interested email edeno@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/2240
Roommate wanted for 2 BR 2 BA apt @
Hawks Point 3. Lease dates from
7/29/07-7/28/08. Clean, well maintained
apt. Rent is $425/mo+util. Contact Ted
816-520-0198. hawkchalk.com/2300
Roommated needed for August 07-July
08 at Highpointe. $325/mo + utilities. Lo-
cated on bus route. Call Joe at
860-268-2877 or email at jdavis34@ku.-
edu
hawkchalk.com/2254
Seeking 1 female roommate for August
1st. Big duplex off 23rd & Kasold. 4 BR, 3
BA. W/D. $325/mo. Call Tara at
9139402818 if interested. hawkchalk.-
com/2258
1 BR for female $240/mo + 1/4 util.
5/27-7/31. House @ 19th & Naismith;
front window looks @ Allen FieldHouse.
W/D,
wireless. nataliej623@gmail.com
hawkchalk.com/2291
1 BR available in 3 BR townhome. June 1-
July 31. $265/mo + 1/3 utils (not more
than $350/mo for all)! 10 min walk to KU
or downtown! contact Miriam at
redmaple@ku.edu. hawkchalk.com/2323
1 Bedroom Apt at Parkway Commons w/-
garage for June & July. Includes DW,
W/D, pool, bball court, ftness center, con-
tin. breakfast, Call 785-955-0173.
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$700 FLAT RATE FOR THE ENTIRE
SUMMER 3 BR 3 BA. ALL UTIL PAID.
HAS W/D & FULL KITCHEN. PLEASE
CONTACT BRIANA, 281-685-3882.
hawkchalk.com/2227
F summer sublease needed. 4BR/4BA at
the Reserve. Fully furnished, W/D, pool,
bus stop, tanning, gym, free cable/inter-
net. $339 + electric. Lindsey (785)-
312-4190
hawkchalk.com/2231
Amazing Location, Huge BRs, Laundry,
Off Street Parking, Partly furnished, Up-
dated Bath/Kitch. Beautiful house
$385/mo. June/July. Call Chase (402)
740-1834. Kate (913) 961-2262.
hawkchalk.com/2303
Fall Semester BR available. Valley Lane,
off University Dr. Close to campus. Just
$320/mo. Call (601) 672-1605
hawkchalk.com/2245
2BR 1BA apt for sublease January 1st.
18th & Ohio. $545/mo + utilities. Great for
individual needing room to spread out.
berg@ku.edu for more info.
hawkchalk.com/2238
4 BR house in need of 1 more roomie to
make the house complete! Huge kitchen
& LR, $300/mo + 1/4 utilities.
816-694-5889 or email ssegalo03@yahoo.-
com
hawkchalk.com/2262
3 BR Townhome. 2220 Vail Way. W/D. All
appl $975/mo.+ util. Fireplace. 1 Car
Garage No pets or smokers.
515-249-7603
3 BR avail. in 4 BR 2 BA townhome.
Females only. $400/mo.+ 1/4 util. 1 mile
west of KU. Nice community. Call
816-746-5746 or Rachel @785-979-4740.
2BR 1BA 2-story TOWNHOME, 871 sq ft,
great & safe location at W. 6th S.t acsross
from Hy-Vee. Fireplace, low utility. june-
july, $499/mo (you own the whole unit).
hawkchalk.com/2327
2 Roommates needed to share a
3BR/2BA Duplex, near campus w/
garage, washer/dryer, large: kitchen, liv-
ing-room & backyard. $420 mo. Call Ja-
cob (785) 979-6716 hawkchalk.com/2275
2 Roommates needed for 3 BR house.
Lease from June/07 to June/08. W/D,
garage, freindly landlord. Very clean
house. Call Eric: 785-393-2127 or e-mail
BrinkmanE82@yahoo.com
hawkchalk.com/2321
2 BR basement apt, 2 blocks from sta-
dium Asking $500/mo.OBO. ALL UTIL
paid, A/C, W/D in apt. Available for June
& July.
2 BR basement apt 2 blocks from the sta-
dium. Avail June 1. ALL util paid, W/D,
A/C, Off street parking. $525/mo. Refer-
nces required. Call 785-331-9903 leave
message
hawkchalk.com/2310
2 BR apt for sublease this summer. $480
total per month, W/D included, large
rooms, call 785-221-6113. hawkchalk.-
com/2264
1BR available in 4BR 2BA apartment
above restaurant on Mass St. $310/mo +
utilities for June & July. Available late
May. berg@ku.edu for more info.
hawkchalk.com/2237
1 Roommate needed for 4 BR house at
9th & Indiana. Right by the Stadium.
$300 a month + 1/4 utlities/cable/internet,
June 1 or Aug 1, 816-853-5148 or
316-644-4062 hawkchalk.com/2279
1 Room for summer rent. 19th & Alabama
LARGE ROOM. $350/mo. + util.
913-710-2966 for more info! aippel@ku.-
edu
hawkchalk.com/2294
TWO SUMMER SUBLEASERS
WANTED. CALL 816.309.4404 FOR
MORE INFORMATION!
hawkchalk.com/2233
ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE FOR RENT
KANSANCLASSIFIEDS
ROOMMATE/
ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE
HANOVER PLACE TOWNHOMES
14th & Kentucky
>2 bedroom, 1.5 bath
>1 car garage
>washer & dryer hookups
To make an appointment,
visit 1203 Iowa
785.841.4935
www.midwestpm.com
2, 3, & 4 BR Apts.
& Townhomes
Walk-in closets
Swimming pool
On-site laundry facility
Cats and small pets ok
Ku bus route
Lawrence bus route
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2 Bedroom $515 & Up
3 Bedroom $690 & Up
4 Bedroom $850 & Up
2 Bedroom Townhome $750
3BR 2BA apts off Emery close to campus.
W/D included. Rent $275/mo/per person.
785-550-5979 between 8AM and 8PM.
3BR/2BA. 1 BLOCK TO KU @ College
Hill Condo. W/D Hookups. Avail Aug 1.
$850 water paid. 785.218-3788.
3 BR apt in renovated older house, 1300
blk Rhode Island, wood foors, DW, an-
tique tub, Avail Aug, large porch, $750,
call Jim and Lois at 785-841-1074
3 BR Apt. Very spacious, 2 story. 1 & 1/2
BA. Fireplace, skylight, W/D, walkout
patio, 1 car garage. Near campus. 2901
University Dr. $855/mo. No smoking.
748-9807.
3 BRs for rent in a house near Lawrence
High school. Rooms available May 19th
through July 31st. $400/mo includes utili-
ties. If interested call Travis @ 760-3325
3BR 1BA hardwood foors, full basement,
W/D hookups, diswasher, large trees.
$775. Avail. Aug 1 Please Call 749-3193
3BR 2BA Condo close to campus! 927
Emery Road. W/D and all appliances. No
Pets. $825/mo Please call 913-220-5235
3BR 2BA Duplex. $750. Close to KU. W/D
Hookups. Pets OK. 744 Missouri. Avail
Aug 1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254.
4/3 BR 2 BA house. 1 car garage, yard
on quiet col-de-sak. 608 Saratoga.
$925/$1025mo Rent Aug.1 785-760-
2896.
6/7 BR 3.5 BA. West of Campus.
2 Kitchens. 2 Car Garage. Avail August.
785-842-6618 rainbowworks1@yahoo.-
com
6BR 2BA house 1108 Ohio, CA, W/D
$1920, avail Aug Very spacious, between
campus & downtown (785) 749-5446
8 BR 2 BA house avail. Located right next
to campus at 1142 Indiana. Avail for June
or Aug 1. W/D included. 785-842-7644.
829 Maine St. 2BR 1BA house. W/D, Nice
garage, great neighborhood and walk to
school. Avail Aug 1. $750/mo Call
785-218-8893
941 Indiana Street: 1,2&3 Bedrooms avail-
able for August. Starting at $490-$975.
Close to stadium and campus! MPM.
785-841-4935.
4-5 BR 5 1/2 BA wood foors, W/D,
$2500/mo 1134 Mississippi; 3BR 3 1/2BA
$1575/mo 940 & 942 Illinois; 2BR 1 1/2BA
$550/mo 627 W 25th; 785-979-9120
4 BR 2 BA townhome 2 car GA.
Avail Aug. Over 1500 sq. ft. W/D, DW,
FP, large yard. Large rooms, $1240/mo
($310/person). 785-766-6302.
FOR RENT
1-5 BR nice houses & apt in houses. 1 &
2 bath. Some have wood foors or free util-
ities or free washer dryer use. Most by
KU. All for Aug 1. No app fees. $340/mo -
$1850/mo 785-841-3633 Call anytime.
1-3 BR apts&houses.Most near campus
405-$1050. www.longpropertymgmt.com.-
kelli@longpropertymgmt.com.842-2569.
1 BR basemt apt. in renovated older
house avail Aug for 10 mo lease, 14th &
VT, DW, $359, off st pk, cats ok 841-1074
1 BR Duplex. Quiet, Clean, No Smoking.
W/D 19th & Naismith Area. Lease.
$525/mo. Avail now. Call 843-8643
1 & 2 BR apts avail. for August.
Great location near campus. Walk or ride
bus. Quiet area. Balcony or patio, W/D
hookups, DW, CA, walk-in closet, minib-
linds, ceiling fan. No pets. Briarstone Apts.
1000 Emery Rd. 749-7744.
1 BR 1317 Westbrooke. Close to KU.
DW, W/D, CA, freplace. Sunroom/offce.
728 sq. ft, covered parking, pool,
$600/mo+util. Call 785-841-4935.
1 BR at 1316 Mass St. $385. No pets or
smoking. Off street parking. Call
785-331-9096 or 785-856-2526.
1 in a 4 BR 4 BA @ Legends-$474/mo.
Utilities included [8/1/07-7/31/08]. Move in
anytime after May 18, 07 -- Free Rent un-
til August! Call:913-369-5725
beauty_diva07@yahoo.com
hawkchalk.com/2268
1125 Tennessee 3 & 4 BR available for
August. Fully-equipped kitchens, over
1400 square feet w/ washer/dryer in-
cluded. MPM 785-841-4935.
1BR 1BA Studio. $390. Close to bus
route. 508 Wisconsin. Call 218-3788 or
218-8254.
1BR and 4BR Apts avail now. Private en-
trance, roomy, large yard. $525/mo and
$750/mo 785-749-1530
1&2 BR studio apts near KU & residen-
tial offces near 23rd St. Ideal for stu-
dents&profs to launch business.841-6254.
1&2 BR August lease available. Next to
campus. Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W 11th
$300/550mo. No pets. 785-556-0713
1317 Valley Lane. 1, 2, 3 BR apts.
$610-$940/mo. Washer dryer hookup,
dishwasher and garage. Close to campus.
749-6084.
1135 Ohio 3 BR, 1.5 BA. $875/mo.
Dishwasher and W/D. Close to campus.
No pets. 749-6084. eresrentals.com
2 BR Apt. Avail August. Between campus
and downtown. Close to gsp/corbin. No
pets. 785-550-5012
2 BR apt. W/D. Close to campus.
928 Alabama. By the stadium. $500/mo.
Ask for Leslie at 550-2342
2 BR apt, avail Aug, in renovated
older house, DW, W/D central air,
new furnace, walk to KU, 2 and ?
blks east of Mass, $599, no dogs, off
st pking 785-841-1074

2 BR 1 bath avail. Summer & Fall
quiet setting $515-535 patio/balcony,
pool, cats ok KU & Lawrence bus
785-843-0011
www.holiday-apts.com
1701-1717 Ohio 2BR 1BA Close to KU
Dishwasher. W/D. No pets. $620/mo
749-6084 www.eresrental.com
1108 Ohio St, 6BR, 2BA. CA, W/D
$1920/month, avail Aug. In between
campus & downtown. Big house w/charac-
ter, (785) 749-5446. hawkchalk.com/2298
FOR RENT ROOMMATE/SUBLEASE
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advancement opportunities!
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Lucrative part-time positions selling cable,
Internet and phone services, and maintain-
ing sales quotas. Candidates must be en-
ergetic self-starters. These positions will
be responsible for selling our services to
new and existing accounts. Excellent
communication and presentation skills a
plus. These are outside sales positions;
applicants must have dependable trans-
portation and a good driving record.
To apply, send resume to: HR, Sunfower
Broadband, 1 Riverfront Plaza, Ste. 301,
Lawrence, KS 66044 or e-mail resume to
hrapplications@sunfowerbroadband.com
EOE
Sunshine Acres Preschool & All day
Kindergarten. Now enrolling children for
summer & fall. To hire 4 teachers for
2007-2008 school yr. Two to start May
24. Other positions begin July 30. Must
meet state KDHE requirements. Send re-
sume to director, 2141 Maple Ln,
Lawrence 66006. 842-2223.
The Ballard Community Center is looking
for full-time co-lead teachers for class-
rooms. The person interviewed for this
position must have at least 6 months of
lead teaching, lesson planning and class-
room management experience. Educa-
tion in early childhood development and
education is required. If interested,
please call Hannah at 842-0729 or email
resume to hannah@ballardcenter.org.
University Book Shop (UBS) is now hiring
fun-loving, outgoing people for PT posi-
tions. Apply online at www.nebook.com if
you want to work in a fun, fast-paced
environment.
JOBS
Classifieds 4B friday, May 4, 2007
3
Eastview Apartments 1025 Mississippi
studio, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Laundry on-site.
Available August. MPM 785-841-4935.
California Apartments: Studios, 1, 2, 3
Bedrooms from $425/month. W/D hook-
ups or included, D/W, C/A. 785-841-4935
Avail June or Aug. Quiet, spacious remod-
eled 1 BRs. CA, balconies, 9th & Emery.
No pets/smoking. Starting at $370+utili-
ties.
841-3192
Avail Aug. cute 1 BR apt, on the 2nd
fr of old redone house at 9th &
Miss. window a/c, wd foor, lg
kitchen, DW, 2 double size closets,
off st pking, no dogs, $450. 841-1074
Attention seniors & grad students!
Real nice, quiet 1 & 2 BR apts/houses.
Avail. 6/1 & 8/1. Hard wood foors. Lots of
windows. No pets or smoking. 331-5209.
ATTENTION GRADUATES! FREE RENT
in Kansas City KU grad seeks responsible
grads to share duties in nice Overland
Park home, in exchange for free rent.
More info: fritze@kc.rr.com
FOR RENT
3BR & 4 BR houses
Jill (785) 393-7368
www.Rentinglawrence.com
Studio avail. Aug. $315/mo +util. 14th
&Ohio. CA, internet wired, refrigerator.
550-0426.
Hawthorn / Parkway Townhomes.
2 & 3 BR avail. Some with attached
garage & private courtyard. 842-3280.
Great location 1801 Mississippi. 3BR apt.
Hardwood foors, CA, $660/mo. Aug 1. No
pets. 842-4242.
Hawthorn Houses. 2 & 3 BR avail.
w/ 2-car garage. Burning freplace.
Large living area. 842-3280.
Home for sale. Charming 2 BR, 1.5 BA
and second lot. 779 Locust Shown by
appt. only. $148,500 Call 856-6126
House for rent. 1700 block of Alabama.
3BR 1BA. Part basement. $800/mo
for information 785-528-4876
Houses, Apartments, Townhomes
available for Now and August 1st
www.gagemgmt.com 785-842-7644
Jacksonville Apartments: 1 & 2 Bedrooms
on the West Side from $460/month. Laun-
dry on-site, D/W & C/A. OPEN HOUSES
ON WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS-700
Monterey Way Apt. N2 785-841-4935
JVC 3CD Changer . 460Watts. AM/Fm
Radio. In excellent condition. Im selling
because Ill be moving away this summer.
75$ OBO. contact at: existent@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/2287
Large 1 BR apt. $500/mo. 1021 Rhode
Island. Off-street parking. 1 block to
downtown. Free W/D. Secure and quiet.
Avail 8/1. Call 785-331-6064.
Small 2 BR house for rent in N. Lawrence.
$515/mo. Avail NOW! On bus route,
hardwood foors. 749-2767.
Student Cooperative near campus featur-
ing laundry, kitchen space, pool table,
cable TV, private rooms and much more.
Rent ranges from $250-350/mo. including
utilities. Call 785-749-0871.
Large studio apt. $375/mo. 10th and Mis-
sissippi. W/D. Avail 8/1. Off-street park-
ing. Cats ok. Call 785-331-6064.
Now leasing for fall.
Highpointe Apts.
1,2&3 BR. 785-841-8468.
Ranch Way Townhomes on Clinton Pkwy.
Luxury living at affordable prices. 2 & 3
BRs. $750-$850. Avail Aug. 842-7644.
Sm 2BR, wood foors, DW, CA, low bills.
1242 Louisiana.. $560 for 2, $540 for 1.
Water paid. 785-331-7544.
Very nice 3 BR house close to campus.
W/D provided. No smkng, no pets. $1100
/mo. 1535 W. 21st Terrace. 979-6453.
Very nice 3 BR 1 BA. Hardwood foors,
W/D, fenced yard, one car garage,
$800/mo. Avail. July 1. 785-331-2344.
Unfurnished. 1 - 2 Blocks from campus.
Newer construction. 3 & 4 Bedrooms
Please call 785-841-5444
Very nice 4BR 3BA Duplex. Clinton and
Wakarusa. Avail Aug 1. 2 Car Garage.
W/D. $1300/mo. Call Scott 913-515-5349
Tuckaway Management
Great Locations!
Great Prices!
Great Customer Service!
Call 838-3377 or 841-3339
www.tuckawaymgmt.com
Excellent Locations 1341 Ohio and 1104
Tennessee 2BR CA DW W/D Hookups
$510/mo and $490/mo No Pets
Call 785-842-4242
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Nice, quiet, well kept 2 BR apartments.
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No pets. No smoking.
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4 BR 2 bath $840-850
large closets, pool, KU & Lawrence
bus, cats ok 785-843-0011
3 BR 2BA 1 garage. W/D hookup. No
pets or smkr. On KU bus route. 806 New
Jersey. $900/mo. Aug. 1. 550-4148.
2 BR avail in a 3 BR townhouse. $475
and $425 for rent. Includes all utilities plus
wireless internet! Call Rachel at
816-550-8437
hawkchalk.com/2192
2 BR duplex townhome, 1-1/2 BA,
garage, Avail May 11. A/C, W/D, appl.+
D/W + micro. $710 + $20/mo. pets. West
Lawrence (5008 Jefferson Way). Email
mswygart@msn.com.
hawkchalk.com/2224
2-3-4 BR houses. Downtown. W/D, DW,
pet friendly, $750-$1300. 826 Rhode Is-
land, 1005 Pennsylvania, 906 Connecti-
cut. Avail Aug. Owner Managed.
785-842-8473.
2BR 1BA Duplex. $650. 1 BLOCK TO KU.
W/D. Pets OK. 1222-6 W 19th.
Avail Aug 1. Call 218-8254 or 218-3788.
2BR 1BA. $650. 1 BLOCK TO KU. W/D
Hookups. Hardwood Flrs. 1824-6 Arkans.
Avail 8/1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254.
2nd fr, 1 BR Apt, avail Aug, in reno-
vated older house, 14th & Conn. DW,
off st pking, $435, cats ok 841-1074
3 BR 2 BA house, study loft, wood
foors, $1,190/mo. 1047 Rhode Island
3 BR 1 BA house, carpeting,
$1,085/mo. 117 E. 11th St, both have
W/D, DW, Both next door to each other.
Avail Aug, Shown by appt. only: 841-2040
3 BR 2 bath $690-710
peaceful setting, walk-in closets,
pool, cats ok KU & Lawrence bus
785-843-0011
3 BR 2.5 BA townhome in NW Lawrence,
gas log freplace, W/D hookups, all appls.,
2 car garage w/opener. $850-$950/mo.
Avail. now! 785-423-2525
Classifieds 5B FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
The roller coaster ride started
to decline as the team faced four
of the top five
Big 12 teams
in Lawrence.
The team
hit a wall offen-
sively and the
pitching staff
struggled.
S e n i o r
pitcher Kassie
Hu mp h r e y s
said that
being swept by
Missouri was a turning point of the
season. Senior first baseman Nicole
Washburn said that sweeping Texas
Tech was important for the teams
c o n f i -
dence.
Since then, the roller coaster
ride has contin-
ued with a win
at Nebraska
and a win
against the No.
3 ranked team
in the nation,
Oklahoma.
Now Kansas
finds itself
coming to the
end of the roll-
er coaster ride by facing Iowa State.
While the Jayhawks defeated the
Cyclones earlier this season, 7-4,
Bunge insisted that the Cyclones
werent the same team they saw
earlier this season.
Iowa State was not playing well,
and looking at scores and talking to
people recently, they are a different
ball club, Bunge said.
Theyre playing with confi-
dence, and theyre kind of a dan-
gerous ball club here at the end of
the year.
The Jayhawks face the Cyclones
at 2 p.m. Saturday and noon
Sunday.
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kaf-
arakis can be contacted at
ekafarakis@kansan.com.
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time of 11.58 seconds in the 100
meters at the Kansas Relays gives
her a regional
mark in that
event, and shell
try to improve
that while adding
a regional time in
the 200 meters.
Butler already
owns a regional
time in the 400-
meter hurdles,
and this weekend
she ll compete
in the 400-meter
dash and attempt to get under
the regional cutoff time of 54.61
seconds.
Scheduled to compete in the
hurdle events are juniors Ashley
Brown and Julius Jiles.
Browns season-best time of
13.33 seconds in the 100-meter
hurdles is the third-best time in the
Big 12 and its just one hundreth of
a second off
of the school
record.
Jiles also
has the
t hi r d- be s t
time in the
Big 12. At
the Kansas
Relays he
ran a career-
best 13.89
seconds in
the 110-
meter hurdles. Both times region-
ally qualify the duo.
Other athletes headed to
Arkansas are a group of middle
distance runners, led by juniors
Matt Baysinger and Maresia Pencil
and senior Clif Mitchell. All three
are set to compete in the 800
meters.
Pencil won the 800 meters at
last weekends UMKC Invitational,
while Baysingers season-best time
of 1:51.74 is just 1.74 seconds
away from a regional mark.
In the field, senior Eric Babb
will look to improve upon his sea-
son-best long jump of 25-02. The
mark is currently second in the
Big 12 and represents the No. 11
long jump in the country.
Pole vaulters Laura Gjerde,
Libby Harmon, Britany Parker and
Jordan Scott will all compete on
John McDonnell Field. Harmond
and Gjerde took the top two places
at the UMKC Invitational.
Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern
can be contacted at tbern
@kansan.com.
sive line anchored by 324-pound
tackle Red Bryant should disrupt the
Kansas running game and challenge
undersized center Ryan Cantrell.
When the Jayhawks come calling in
late October, the Aggies may still be
undefeated. When the Jayhawks leave
College Station, the Aggies will most
likely still be undefeated.
Projection: LoSS 5-3 (1-3)
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco
can be contacted at afusco@
kansan.com.
Editedby Will McCullough
softball (continued from 1b)
track (continued from 1b)
football
(continued from 1b)
eric babb will look to improve
upon his season-best long jump
of 25-02. the mark is
currently second in the big 12
and represents the no. 11 long
jump in the country.

AssociATEd PrEss
Barry Bonds worked on the home
run record early and then helped
the Giants rally with a late hit that
stayed in the park.
Bonds hit career homer No. 743
in the fourth inning, then delivered
a go-ahead two-run single in the
eighth inning to lead San Francisco
to a 5-3 victory at home over the
Colorado Rockies.
Rockies reliever Manny Corpas
had no choice but to pitch to Bonds
with the bases loaded in the eighth.
The pitcher replaced Jeff Francis
(1-4) with runners on first and sec-
ond after singles by Ryan Klesko
and Randy Winn, then walked Rich
Aurilia to bring up Bonds.
Oh, man, thats a situation you
hope for, Klesko said of seeing
Bonds in the batters box with the
bases loaded. Youve got to pitch to
him with the bases loaded _ though
Ive seen them walk him with the
bases loaded.
Bonds left for a pinch runner
after the hit and got a standing ova-
tion.
He moved within 12 homers of
Hank Aarons career record of 755,
hitting a two-run shot to right field
in the fourth inning. With four RBIs
on the night, he has 1,951 for his
career, tying him with Stan Musial
for fourth place on the all-time list.
Bonds connected for his ninth
homer of the year on the first pitch
from Francis and made the score
2-0.
It was Bonds second career
homer off Francis. The seven-time
NL MVP waved his cap to the crowd
when he came out to play left field
in the top of the fifth. He flied out
to right in the first and again in the
sixth.
Obviously it puts them in a tough
spot to have to face Bonds with the
bases loaded, Giants manager Bruce
Bochy said. Barry had quite a night
and thats always big when you can
get a walk like that.
Bonds had been intentionally
walked seven times in his previ-
ous six games, including three
times Friday at Arizona and twice
in Mondays series opener with the
Rockies.
Francis, one of 438 different
pitchers to surrender a homer to
Bonds, pitched effectively for 7 1-3
innings, but saw his losing streak go
to four starts.
That pitch he hit off of Francis,
theres not many guys in the game
who are going to turn on that ball
and keep it fair, Rockies manager
Clint Hurdle said. If (his single)
is pulled 4 more feet, weve got a
chance at a double play.
Brad Hennessey (1-1) pitched 1 1-
3 innings for the win on a night clos-
er Armando Benitez was unavailable
because of a sore right knee.
By doUG FErGUsoN
AssociATEd PrEss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The gal-
lery stood a dozen rows deep and
spilled down both sides of the fair-
way, the kind of scene Tiger Woods
is used to seeing on the weekend at a
major championship. This was only
a pro-am round Wednesday at the
Wachovia Championship.
And for once, Woods felt part of
the crowd.
This is what happens when two of
the most celebrated icons in sports
are together on
the golf course in
a public event for
the first time.
Woods, owner
of 12 majors,
gladly shared the
stage at Quail
Hollow with
Michael Jordan,
owner of six NBA
titles and five
MVPs.
This is great,
Woods said as he waited on the 10th
tee. No one knows Im here.
That much was clear when he
walked out of the clubhouse toward
the practice range and some three
dozen people didnt even realize he
was there because their eyes trained
on Jordan pulling his car up to the
valet.
Jordan is part-owner of the
Charlotte Bobcats, and although he
doesnt spend much time in town, he
wanted to play in the pro-am.
Woods first played golf with
Jordan in 1997 in Chicago. While
they often get together on the golf
course, his camp asked tournament
officials if they could be paired on
Wednesday.
We know a few people, Woods
said with a laugh. No, the tourna-
ment was nice enough to put us
together. Hes been like my big broth-
er, so its been great to have him be
part of my life.
We had a great
time today. We
always have a
great time.
For a pro-am
round, it did not
lack for enter-
tainment.
Woods and
Jordan needle
each other end-
lessly during
their private
rounds, and they brought the banter
to Quail Hollow.
With a cigar in his mouth, Jordan
made an 8-foot par putt on the sev-
enth hole, then mimicked Woods as
he walked off the green, delivering a
fist-pump in slow motion and hold-
ing his pose until he was sure Woods
was looking.
The showmanship picked up on
the back nine.
Woods was waiting for the 11th
fairway to clear when Jordan walked
by and kicked his ball off the tee
toward a young boy in the gallery.
You can have it, Jordan told the
boy.
Woods re-teed, and at the top of
his back swing, Jordan cleared his
throat loud enough to make Woods
stop.
The worlds No. 1 player set up
over the ball again and hit a hard
draw down the middle of the fair-
way, locking eyes with Jordan in a
mock staredown. Jordan then ripped
his driver down the fairway, and as
he stooped to pick up his tee, looked
back at Woods and returned the
stare.
The chatter was endless, and as
always, Jordan was doing most of
the talking. He was asked after the
round how many majors Woods
might have won if he had to be
paired with Jordan during the final
round.
Not as many, Jordan said. I can
get in his head.
Woods doesnt argue.
He wins all the time, Woods
said of the trash-talking battle. Ill
just throw out a jab every now and
then, but basically this is my home
court, so its a little easier for me. On
his court, it would be a little differ-
ent deal.
home runS
bonds gains another one
Jeff Chiu/AssoCiAted Press
san francisco Giants barry bonds, right, swings on his two-run home run to score Rich Aurilia
of of Colorado Rockies Jef Francis in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco on
Wednesday. It was Bonds career home run number 743. At left is Rockies Chris Iannetta.
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Woods, MJ share spotlight
TriPlE crowN
curlin will fght history
to win kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Curlin will
have to overcome 19 rivals and
a lot of history if he is to win the
Kentucky Derby.
The unbeaten colt was in-
stalled as the slight 7-2 favorite
after drawing the No. 2 post
position. Afrmed was the last
Derby winner to win from that
post, and he went on to sweep
the Triple Crown in 1978.
Winner of the Arkansas
Derby for his third straight
victory, Curlin will be ridden by
Robby Albarado in a full feld of
20 3-year-olds going 1 1/4 miles
Saturday.
Curlin has two big things
going against him: he didnt
race as a 2-year-old and has run
only three races in his career.
Its been 125 years since Apollo
won after skipping his 2-year-
old season, and not since the
flly Regret in 1915 has such a
lightly seasoned horse worn the
blanket of red roses.
Tampa Bay Derby winner
Street Sense was made the sec-
ond choice at 4-1. Street Sense,
last years 2-year-old male horse
of the year, will try to end the
Juvenile jinx: no Breeders Cup
Juvenile winner has ever gone
on to win the Derby, an 0-for-23
drought.
Hes been like my big brother,
so its been great to have him be
part of my life. We had a great
time today.
TIgER WOODS
Professional golfer
iowa State was not playing
well, and looking at scores and
talking to people recently, they
are a diferent ball club.
TRACy BUNgE
Softball coach
sports 6B friday, may 4, 2007
sports
7B friday, may 4, 2007
MLB
Royals defeat Los Angeles Angels 5-2
By R.B. FallstRom
associated PRess
TUPELO, Miss. The St. Louis
Cardinals were among an estimated
500 mourners Thursday at a public
memorial service for pitcher Josh
Hancock, who
died in an auto-
mobile accident
early Sunday.
Ha n c o c k s
younger sister,
Katie, a star ath-
lete at Tupelo
High School,
called him a
great guy, a
great man and a
great big broth-
er. Hancocks
agent, the scout who signed him
to his first pro contract and a high
school coach all related memories
many of them prompting laughs
in a mostly uplifting hour-long
service at First United Methodist
Church.
Reliever Randy Flores was the
only teammate who spoke at the ser-
vice, recalling Hancock the prank-
ster and also remembering how the
two played catch every day. Every
day, I was reminded of his heart,
Flores said.
Organizers had expected three or
four Cardinals to
participate in the
service, includ-
ing manager
Tony La Russa,
and also antici-
pated several
players to speak
after the service.
Instead, the trav-
eling party of 50,
minus only out-
fielder Preston
Wilson from the
active roster, filed onto two buses
behind the church and left immedi-
ately without speaking to media after
outfielder Jim Edmonds advised
players to go.
What do you want me to say?
general manager Walt Jocketty said
before boarding the bus.
Hancocks father, Dean Hancock,
wore a red ribbon with the No. 32
his sons uniform number on
his left lapel as he read a state-
ment before the service. He took
no questions, thanking the media
for respecting our privacy and for
respecting Joshs honor.
Professional baseball players are
brothers within a family, and the St.
Louis Cardinals players and coaches
are bonded together, in my opinion,
like no other family in baseball,
Hancock said. Josh was so proud to
be a member of that family.
Hancock was driving a rented
Ford Explorer early Sunday when it
slammed into a flatbed tow truck on
Interstate 64 in St. Louis.
By doUG tUcKeR
associated PRess
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Gil
Meche allowed two hits in seven
innings, retiring 17 straight batters
and led the Kansas City Royals to
defeat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2,
Thursday.
Meche (3-1), whose 2.23 ERA is
third in the AL behind Oaklands
Dan Haren (1.60) and the Angels
John Lackey (2.19), struck out six
and walked one. Meche walked
Reggie Willits in a 10-pitch at-bat
right ahead of Guerreros ninth
home run.
Only two Angels hit the ball out
of the infield during his stretch of
17 straight batters retired, a streak
that ended in the seventh when
Guerrero reached on a one-out
infield single that went off second
baseman Esteban Germans glove.
Guerrero took second on an
error by Ross Gload on Meches
pickoff attempt, but Meche struck
out Casey Kotchman and retired
Erick Aybar on an easy grounder.
Brandon Duckworth and rookie
Joakim Soria
finished the
t h r e e - h i t t e r,
with Soria pitch-
ing the ninth for
his fifth save in
five chances.
The victory gave
Kansas City a
split of the four-
game series.
Gload had the
first four-hit game of his major
league career. He drove in two runs
and scored three.
Gload tripled and scored in the
second inning, had an RBI single in
the fourth, a single in the sixth and
an RBI double off Dustin Moseley
that made it 4-2 in the seventh.
Rookie Billy Butler then singled
him home for his first major league
RBI.
Jered Weaver (1-3) matched his
career high with nine strikeouts but
gave up three runs and seven hits in
six innings. Weaver, who has a 5.12
ERA, lost to Kansas City for the first
time in three decisions.
Guerrero had
big first innings
in the series,
hitting a two-
run double and
his fifth career
slam in addition
to Thursdays
homer. He had
29 RBI in 27
games.
Gload tripled
leading off the second and scored
Kansas Citys first run on John
Bucks sacrifice fly. Gload tied it 2-
all in the fourth with an RBI single
following Mike Sweeneys double.
After singling in the sixth for
his third hit, he stole second, took
third on Billy Butlers long fly ball
and scored on Tony Pena Jr.s single
for a 3-2 lead.
Ncaa BasKetBall
SLU coach signs new recruit
days after being introduced
ST. LOUIS Just days into the
job and new Saint Louis University
coach Rick Majerus has his frst
recruit.
The Billikens announced late
Wednesday the signing of 6-foot-7
power forward Barry Eberhardt,
who was a third-team junior
college All-American last season
at Cofeyville College in Kansas.
He averaged 17.4 points and 6.2
rebounds per game while shooting
56 percent from the feld.
Barry gives us a low post scor-
ing presence with the ability to
pick and pop, Majerus said. We
are excited about his developing
rebounding game in conjunction
with a defensive commitment.
Eberhardt joins Anthony Mitch-
ell of East St. Louis (Ill.) High School
and Chicagos Markus Relphorde,
who signed earlier in the signing
period.
Majerus was introduced Mon-
day, replacing Brad Soderberg,
who was fred last month.
Associated Press
MLB
Cardinals pitcher publicly mourned
Ed Zurga/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gload had the frst four-hit
game of his major league career,
drove in two runs and scored
three.
Kansas City Royals Mark Teahen (24)
arrives at second for a steal past the tag of Los
Angeles Angels second baseman Erick Aybar
in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednes-
day in Kansas City, Mo.
Teammates mostly silent during uplifting hour-long service, only one spoke
Thomas Wells/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Luke Walden, 12, of Booneville Miss., center left, and his friend Cole Lauderdale, 12, of
Reinzi, Miss., center right, look at memorial table following the memorial service for St. Louis
Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock inTupelo, Miss., onThursday. Hancock was killed in an automobile
crash early Sunday.
The St. Louis Cardinals play-
ers and coaches are bonded
together ... like no other family
in baseball.
DEAn HAnCOCK
Pitcher Josh Hancocks father
sports 8B friday, may 4, 2007
By MICHAEL MAROT
AssOCIATEd PREss
INDIANAPOLIS Big-money
athletic programs avoided most of
the NCAAs penalties. Next year,
they might not be so lucky.
The latest Academic Progress
Report released by the NCAA on
Wednesday showed only 11 BCS
teams were punished for poor class-
room performance, while histori-
cally black colleges and universities
accounted for 13 percent of all sanc-
tioned schools. Of the 49 warning
letters sent out, 13 went to Louisiana
teams.
That discrepancy could change
next year when the NCAA plans
to drop a mathematical calculation
that helped some BCS teams avoid
punishment this year, and NCAA
president Myles Brand is already
sounding the warnings.
Many more teams could be sub-
ject to these penalties next year,
he said. Weve written letters to
coaches and others saying we are
concerned about this issue and we
want to help put together plans that
will help them improve.
Thats little consolation to the
schools already facing penalties.
This is the first time the NCAA has
sent out warning letters based on
academic performance.
The NCAA compiles an APR,
which measures eligibility and reten-
tion of student athletes, for every
program at every Division I school.
Teams scoring less than 925
the equivalent of a 60 percent
graduation rate under the NCAAs
formula received warning letters
and could face harsher sanctions
over the next three years. A sec-
ond offense during that time would
result in a reduction of practice time
or games played. A third offense
would result in disqualification from
NCAA tournaments.
Louisiana-based Nicholls State
received the second-most warning
letters in four sports: baseball, mens
cross country and womens indoor
and outdoor track. Texas Southern
in Houston received five.
BCS teams, in contrast, received
no warning letters.
By BETH HARRIs
AssOCIATEd PREss
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The
Kentucky Derby begins with 20
horses stampeding three-eighths of
a mile before squeezing through
the first turn. No matter how crazy
Saturdays race starts, theres little
chance the finish will be as wild as
it was 50 years ago.
I dont think there was ever that
good a race, 94-year-old trainer
John Nerud recalled Thursday. Ive
never seen that in my lifetime.
The 1957 Kentucky Derby is
r e me mb e r e d
as horse rac-
ings version of
baseballs Shot
Heard Round
the World, the
dramatics trig-
gered by the late
Bill Shoemaker,
considered the
sports greatest
jockey. He was
aboard Gallant
Man and gaining on rival Bill
Hartack and Iron Liege as the two
horses dueled down the stretch.
Upstairs in a clubhouse box,
Nerud slapped owner Ralph Lowe
on the back and said, Go down
to the winners circle and get your
roses and take them back to Texas.
Then, something incredible hap-
pened.
As the horses passed the six-
teenth pole, Shoemaker inexpli-
cably stood up in the irons on
Gallant Man, misjudging the fin-
ish line. It happened so quickly,
hardly anyone noticed at first. In
a flash, Shoemaker bounced back
into the saddle and began riding
hard again.
But Gallant Man couldnt over-
haul Hartack and Iron Liege, who
won by a nose.
I never figured out why he
pulled up. He was one of the great-
est riders ever, Nerud said from his
home in Long Island, N.Y. I didnt
know what happened at the time
until it was over.
Come Saturday, hell be watch-
ing the 133rd Derby and cheering
on Street Sense, trained by 65-year-
old Carl Nafzger.
Carl is one of my protgs, Nerud
said. Every one of them is my
friend, but Carl, I kind of put him
on the right track. I gave him some
horses that could run about 25
years ago.
Nafzger won the 1990 Derby
with Unbridled and credits Nerud
for much of
his success.
Besides send-
ing him good
horses, Nafzger
said Nerud
gave him the
c o n f i d e n c e
to stick to his
own training
theories and
helped even
more by keep-
ing demanding owners off his
back.
He taught me so much, Nafzger
said. You can never fail, you can
only learn. Thats the way I live.
Street Sense is the early 4-1 sec-
ond choice in a full field of 3-year-
olds entered for Saturdays race.
Curlin, the 7-2 favorite, is unbeaten
in three starts, but with a 50 percent
chance of thunderstorms forecast,
things could get interesting. Street
Sense finished third in his only race
on a sloppy track; Curlin has never
raced in mud.
The Churchill Downs track was
rated fast on May 4, 1957. The
night before, Lowe told Shoemaker
that he dreamed a jockey on one of
his horses misjudged the finish line
and lost the race.
Not me, Shoemaker replied.
But the very next day, race day,
he did just that.
I knew, Shoemaker would write
in his 1988 biography, I had made
a big boo-boo.
The blunder earned him a 15-
day suspension, not just because
Shoemaker pulled up the horse but,
according to Nerud, because he
lied about it afterward. Shoemaker
originally claimed the horse took a
bad step, but relented after being
confronted by the stewards. The
strange thing is he wasnt even sup-
posed to be aboard Gallant Man in
the Derby.
Nerud insisted that John
Choquette should ride the horse, at
one point telling Lowe, You want
another jockey, you can get another
trainer, too.
In that years pre-Derby Wood
Memorial race, Choquette rode
Gallant Man and lost by a nose
to Bold Ruler and Eddie Arcaro.
Shoemaker was in that race, too,
but his horse hit the gate and was
injured, leaving him without a
Derby mount.
But after the Wood, Choquette
was suspended for rough riding and
in those days there were no appeals.
So Nerud called Shoemaker and
asked him to ride Gallant Man in
the Derby. The jockey arrived at
Churchill Downs wanting to get
a feel for the track, but his agent
couldnt book him a ride on the
Derby Day undercard.
The finish line at Churchill
Downs was a sixteenth of a mile
farther toward the first turn than it
was at other tracks in the country,
Shoemaker wrote. And I hadnt
had a ride over a track like that in
a year. The year before, my Derby
horse had been Terrang and he
finished 12th.
When your horse finishes 12th,
he continued, you hardly notice
where the wire is.
Shoemaker, who won in 1955
with Swaps, went on to three more
Derby victories in his career.
Natacha Pisarenko/AssociAted Press
Norwegian Petter solberg acknowledges the crowd on his Subaru Impreza WRC during the frst stage of the Argentine Rally onThursday at the
Monumental Stadiumin Buenos Aires, Argentina.
By ARNIE sTAPLETON
AssOCIATEd PREss
DENVER Allen Iverson wasnt
The Answer in the short-term.
His presence couldnt prevent
the Denver Nuggets from getting
bounced in the first round of the
playoffs for the fourth straight sea-
son.
Still, they werent sullen or sour
this time around.
They sauntered into the offseason
defiantly confident that the addition
of A.I. will soon produce a postsea-
son party that will last a lot longer
than five games.
I think we definitely have a great
team, forward Eduardo Najera said
Thursday. We have great players.
As long as we stay together, were
very close of getting past that first
round nightmare ... But we got to
stay together and we definitely got to
have a better year during the regular
season with no brawls, with no
trades, hopefully. I can almost guar-
antee that we will be so much better
next year.
The Spurs think so, too.
Next year, theyre probably going
to be a 1-, 2- or 3-seed, Robert
Horry said.
To do that, the Nuggets will need
to add an outside shooter to open up
the lanes for Carmelo Anthony and
Iverson, who was smothered by the
Spurs and averaged a career-worst
22.8 points in the postseason.
Im excited about how good we
can be, Iverson said. I think we
have a lot of talent. Our biggest
thing is to have a training camp
(together).
This years Nuggets were a work in
progress because of injuries, trades
and suspensions.
Anthony and J.R. Smith were
banished for fighting and Iverson
came over from Philadelphia in
December for two first-round draft
picks, Joe Smith and Andre Miller.
Then, the Nuggets sent Earl Boykins
and Julius Hodge to Milwaukee for
Steve Blake.
It took a while for them to mesh
and they entered April at 35-36
before going 10-1 to secure the sixth
seed in the West.
Its been a roller-coaster season
for us, said defensive player of the
year Marcus Camby. The fight in
New York, the trades that we had.
You know, me personally, I wanted to
see the A.I. and Melo combination
work. But hopefully next year with
training camp under our belts well
get that continuity that we started to
develop the last two months of the
season carry over. That way we can
get a better record. So we can get
home-court advantage. Im looking
forward to next season.
Iverson made just 31 of 92 shots
after he scored 31 points in Denvers
Game 1 win in San Antonio.
I felt like this was the worst
playoff series that Ive played in my
career, Iverson said. It was kind of
frustrating, coming into a new situa-
tion, wanting to be the one that gets
this team over the hump, get them
out of the first round. And to play
like Im not capable of playing is just
frustrating.
The bench provided almost no
boost as Smith got into coach George
Karls doghouse for a series of mental
mistakes and Linas Kleiza shrank in
the glare of the playoffs. Still, they
were competitive, unlike two years
ago, when they lost to the Spurs in
the first round.
KentucKy derby
Unbridled performance
Todays races cant compare with wild finish of the past
When your horse fnishes 12th,
you hardly notice where the
wire is.
Bill Shoemaker
Former jockey
nba
Nuggets hopeful for 2008
driving competition
ncaa
BCS teams to face stricter policy
sports
9B friday, may 4, 2007
mayweather vs. de la hoya
High profile fght brings big cash
By TIM DAHLBERG
AssocIATED PREss
LAS VEGAS At the sports
book inside the massive MGM
Grand hotel-casino, the squares
were trickling in to bet the big
fight. As squares usually do, they
were going for the dog, who on this
day wore a big smile underneath
his ball cap.
Oscar De La Hoya hasnt been in
this position much, but it doesnt
seem to bother him. Maybe thats
because hes going to make $30
million or so no matter what the
odds are when he steps into the
ring against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
in a megafight that harkens back to
boxings glory days.
The wise guys who bet the big
money will mostly be putting it on
the favorite in this fight. But casual
fans, or squares to the bookies
who take their money, are believ-
ers when their fighter talks about
himself.
Or maybe he just believes in
himself more than he believes the
wise guys who set the odds.
Dont be surprised if Im faster
than Mayweather, De La Hoya
warned. I dont see this fight going
the distance.
Those, of course, are fighting
words, though a bit tamer than
the ones the two boxers have been
throwing at
each other since
they launched
this promotion
a few months
back in a big
city tour.
By the time
they finished at
a surprisingly
quiet final news
conference on
Wednesday, there was more than
enough material for HBO to fill its
reality show. And there was more
than enough animosity between
the two fighters to guarantee there
will be at least some bad blood, if
not real blood, spilled when the
two finally meet Saturday night.
This is not golf. This is not ten-
nis, Mayweather said. Its a brutal
sport. Blood, sweat and tears.
Money, too, if youre a mar-
keting machine like De La Hoya
or good enough to be the fighter
many consider the best pound-
for-pound in
the world, like
Maywe at her.
Their fight will
likely be the
richest ever in
a sport thats
supposed to be
dying, and both
fighters will be
well compen-
sated.
De La Hoya will take the biggest
cut because, well, hes the golden
boy. Hes not only the main attrac-
tion in the fight, but the promoter
as well, and he figures to bank twice
as many millions as his undefeated
opponent.
Not that Mayweather is lacking
for cash. As he is quick to point
out, he lives in a 12,000-square-
foot mansion, drives Bentleys and
Maybachs, and employs people to
take care of his every whim.
OK, so he was wearing an $8
T-shirt at the press conference. But
on his left wrist was a diamond-
studded watch worth $500,000.
Around his neck was a glitter-
ing cross and chain worth another
$300,000. On his pinky finger was
a $200,000 ring, bringing this days
jewelry tab to a cool million dol-
lars.
Mayweather has more than
earned his keep for this fight, even
before he steps into the ring to
challenge De La Hoya for the 154-
pound title. Hes not only the most
gifted fighter of his era, but hes
generated enough subplots for this
fight to fill a full season of the
Sopranos.
This is not golf. This is not
tennis. Its a brutal sport. Blood,
sweat and tears.
Floyd mayweather
Boxer
NBa
Study suggests
racial officiating
Does race play a part in referees calls?
NANcy ARMoUR
AssocIATED PREss
If referees are whistling Kobe
Bryant for more fouls because of
the color of his skin, hes never
noticed it.
I think Ive gotten more techs
from black refs than white refs, the
Los Angeles Lakers star jokingly
said Wednesday. Thats reverse
racism probably.
According to an upcoming paper
by a University of Pennsylvania
professor and a
Cornell gradu-
ate student,
white refer-
ees called fouls
against black
players at a
higher rate than
they did against
white players.
Their study
also found that
black officials
called fouls on
white players more frequently than
they did against blacks, but the dis-
parity wasnt as great.
But Bryant, LeBron James and
four other NBA players dismissed
an academic study that found evi-
dence of racial bias in referees calls,
saying theyve never experienced
it. The NBA also refuted the study,
saying its own analysis showed no
racial bias in officiating.
We obviously discuss officiat-
ing and our feelings toward it, said
Utah Jazz guard Derek Fisher, presi-
dent of the NBA players associa-
tion. But I dont ever recall it being
a racially motivated type of conver-
sation where we felt like there were
certain guys that had it out for me
or him or whoever just because of
the color of our skin.
I dont know that Ive ever really
felt that there was a racial compo-
nent to officiating.
James put it this way: Its stu-
pid.
Chicago Bulls veteran forward
P.J. Brown said: Somebodys got
too much time on their hands.
That misses the point, said Justin
Wolfers, an assistant professor of
business and public policy at the
Wharton School and co-author of
the study.
This is not a view that one set of
people hates another set of people.
This is implicit, unconscious biases,
said Wolfers, who conducted the
study with Joseph Price, a graduate
student in economics at Cornell.
You see two players (collide)
on the floor
and you have to
call a block or
a charge. Does
the skin color
of the players
somehow shape
how you inter-
pret the signals
your brain gives
you?
An a l y z i n g
NBA boxscores
from a 13-sea-
son span running through 2004,
the study found that black players
received fewer fouls per 48 minutes
than white players, 4.33 to 4.97. But
it also found that fouls on black
players could increase as much as
4 1/2 percent in that time period
when the number of white referees
on a crew went from zero to three.
Though the NBA is made up
of predominantly black players,
less than 40 percent of its officials
are black and they are randomly
assigned to games in three-person
crews.
I dont really think its relevant
as far as our game, Cavaliers guard
Larry Hughes said. We have the
same discussions with white refs as
we do with black refs. Its no differ-
ent. I definitely wouldnt say that
a white ref has it out for the black
guys in the league. Its not possible
in our game as fast as we move.
Wolfers and Price analyzed offi-
ciating crews, based on boxscores,
not individual referees.
By DoUG FERGUsoN
AssocIATED PREss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. There was
no shortage of stars at the Wachovia
Championship.
And that was for the pro-am
round.
Thousands of fans lined the first
fairway Wednesday morning to
watch two of the worlds most cel-
ebrated sports icons Tiger Woods
and Michael Jordan play together
in a public event for the first time.
Two groups behind with Sergio
Garcia, and virtually unnoticed
on this day, was Peyton Manning,
the guy selected as the Super Bowl
MVP.
The real tournament starts
Thursday at Quail Hollow, and
attention will shift to another cast
of stars one of the strongest fields
of the year at a PGA Tour event that
already has become one of the best.
Woods, defending champion Jim
Furyk and Phil Mickelson are among
the top 30 players in the world rank-
ing. Not bad for
a tournament that
is only four years
old.
When you
have a great golf
course, the guys
will come, Woods
said. This is one
of the neat golf
courses we get to
play all year. Its
straightforward,
right in front of
you. You have to shape the ball both
ways, and on top of that, youve
really got to putt here.
The rest of the amenities arent
bad.
The purse is $6.3 million, among
the richest for regular PGA Tour
events. Players are given a Mercedes-
Benz for a courtesy car, and even
their caddies get valet parking.
Wives are offered a short flight to
Asheville to see the Biltmore Estate.
Mickelson even found another perk
that not many others have talked
about personalized pillow cases
and towels.
When we show up at the hotel,
our kids have their names embroi-
dered on the hotel pillows and tow-
els, and they call our assistants and
get all kinds of toys that they like
waiting for them in the hotel room,
Mickelson said.
But it all starts with Quail Hollow,
a tree-lined course that features one
of the toughest finishing stretch on
tour.
The par-3 17th is 217 yards to a
peninsula green that breaks sharply
toward the lake.
The 18th is 478 yards with a bun-
ker and trees to the right, and a small
stream that winds down the left side
all the way to the green.
Its really kind of a par-3 1/2
hole, Mickelson said of the 17th. If
you make par, its close to a birdie.
Furyk won
last year with
an 8-foot par
putt on the
18th to get
into a playoff,
and a 6-foot
par on the first
extra hole to
beat Trevor
Immelman.
He was in a
four-hole play-
off the year
before, won by Vijay Singh. Joey
Sindelar won in 2004 after a clutch
birdie on the 17th and winning in
you guessed it a playoff.
The only time the Wachovia
didnt require overtime was the first
year, when David Toms took a six-
shot lead to the final hole and made
a quadruple-bogey 8 to win by two.
This is not a view that one
set of people hates another
set of people. This is implicit,
unconscious biases.
JUStIN wolFerS
assistant professor
golf
Non-golf athletes play
at Wachiovia tourney
When you have a great golf
course, the guys will come. This
is one of the neat golf courses
we get to play all year.
tIger woodS
Professional golfer
The postseason and whether
or not Kansas will take part in it
is at stake every single day. The
Jayhawks performance in Nor-
man, Okla., last weekend will help
their chances of landing in the top
eight and making the conference
tournament, but it will take more
than that. Kansas State holds a
half-game lead over Kansas in the
standings, which leaves plenty of
room for the Jayhawks to switch
them places should they pick up
the sweep. Right now, nothing is
more important to the Jayhawks
than making the tournament in
which they are the defending
champs.
Kyle Murphy, senior center
felder, proved his worth again in
his teams last
time out. His
two-run bomb
in the top of the
eighth inning
last Sunday put
the Jayhawks
out of the
Sooners reach.
Murphy had at
least a hit in each contest of the
series and drove in four runs. He
alone accounts for one-third of
Kansas stolen bases.
On the ofensive front, Ryne
Price, junior second baseman,
continues to be helpful. Price went
just 1-for-6 last weekend, but he
also scored three times and ac-
cumulated six walks. However, last
Saturday, Price committed a pair
of errors, bringing his total on the
season to 19. That is more than
double any other Jayhawks error
count. His bat is there, but his
glove could be a possible liability.
52April 3 was the last time
Kansas traveled to Kansas State.
The opening inning lasted 52
minutes.
20The Jayhawks have played
in three more games than the
Wildcats, but have tagged 20
more homeruns.
36Saturdays game will be
shown on basic cable, Fox Sports
Net, on channel 36.
1The number of games that
Kansas State has won in Lawrence
in the past fve years.
3Kansas starters did not al-
low more than three runs in any of
their outings last weekend.
This series is a must-win if the
Wildcats hope to reach the Big 12
Tournament. After Kansas, only
No. 13 Texas A&M and Baylor
remain on Kansas States confer-
ence schedule. The Wildcats
are battling the Jayhawks and
Bears for the last two spots in
the tournament and have a leg
up, sitting in seventh place, just
thousandths of percentage points
ahead of them. A series victory
this weekend would give Kansas
State the inside track to making
the tournament.
Kansas States ofense revolves
around sophomore outfelder
Byron Wiley. He leads the
Wildcats in
11 ofensive
categories
and by a wide
margin in most
of them. In 151
at-bats this
season, he has
a .377 batting
average, 36
runs, 57 hits, fve home runs, 33
RBI, 80 total bases, 32 walks, a
.530 slugging percentage, a .500
on-base percentage and 12 stolen
bases. As Kansas States everyday
center felder, Wiley has only two
errors on the season.
What kind of start will Kansas
State get out of Trevor Hurley?
The sophomore right-hander (1-
2) only has two starts this season,
but put up solid numbers out of
the bullpen. Hurley has a 3.40 ERA
in 34 innings this season with 27
strikeouts to 10 walks. However,
those numbers didnt translate
in his last start. Against Nebraska
last weekend, he surrendered
three runs in 4.2 innings, striking
out one and walking three.
.973 The Wildcats felding
percentage this season, which is
third best in the Big 12.
4 The number of wins
Kansas State has against ranked
opponents in 13 tries this season.
19 The number of home
runs Kansas State has hit this
season, which is worst in the
conference.
28 The highest ranking the
Wildcats have earned this season,
jumping into the NCBWA Poll in
the third week of March, only to
lose their frst two games of that
week and fall back out of the poll.
2002 The last season Kan-
sas State qualifed for the Big 12
Tournament.
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game day 10B friday, may 4, 2007
showdown weekend
Jayhawks, Wildcats meet in both Lawrence and Manhattan
Kansas vs.kansas state 6:30 Tonight, tointon stadium, Manhattan
kU
opening
piTch
ksU
opening
piTch
Murphy
Wiley
star Watch
qUestion MaRk
5 quick facTs
Pitching Match-UPs
Andy Marks
3-6
vs.
Brad Hutt
8-1
Jayhawk stats wildcat stats
Marks Hutt
Kansas state
29-17, 7-11 Big 12
Kansas
22-26, 8-13 Big 12
Alissa Bauer
Shawn Shroyer
Robby Price
COUNTDOWN TO FIRST PITCH
TOP 5 HITTERS BA R HITS HR RBI
John Allman .335 32 55 3 33
Kyle Murphy .315 39 56 4 24
Buck Afenir .293 22 36 6 28
Robby Price .281 33 50 1 23
Erik Morrison .278 31 50 6 32
TOP 5 PITCHERS W-L ERA IP K BB
Wally Marciel (4-2) 4.31 48.0 36 14
Paul Smyth (3-3) 1.47 43.0 35 10
Nick Czyz (3-6) 4.21 62.0 56 27
Andy Marks (3-6) 6.15 67.1 74 25
Zach Ashwood (3-4) 5.88 56.2 47 31
TOP 5 HITTERS BA R HITS HR RBI
Byron Wiley .377 36 57 5 33
Nate Tenbrink .299 28 40 2 27
Eli Rumler .299 24 43 1 19
Drew Biery .287 24 39 3 28
Rob Vaughn .288 19 34 2 20
TOP 5 PITCHERS W-L ERA IP SO BB
Daniel Edwards 3-0 0.95 28.1 41 9
Brad Hutt 7-3 3.23 69.2 40 25
Chase Bayuk 4-4 4.40 57.1 41 38
Trevor Hurley 1-2 3.40 34 27 10
A.J. Morris 3-1 4.17 36.2 19 21
OffEnSE
To say the Wildcats have scoring down to a science wouldnt
be entirely accurate. Until scoring 30 runs in two games
against Chicago State this week, Kansas State was averag-
ing only 5.89 runs per game, just ahead of Nebraskas 5.88
average. Out of 18 conference games, the Wildcats have
scored in double-digits only three times and are averag-
ing 5.78 runs per game. On the fip side, theyve only been
shut out once all season. Kansas State is ffth in the Big 12 in
batting average, hitting .295, but has had to play small ball
with only 19 home runs. The Wildcats have used a hodge-
podge of lineups with 13 players who have started at least
17 games. However, center felder Byron Wiley has been a
one-man wrecking crew with a team-best .377 average in 42
starts. He also leads Kansas State in hits, runs, home runs, RBI,
total bases, slugging, on-base percentage and stolen bases.
PITCHIng
In addition to its lack of ofensive power,
Kansas State lacks a power pitching staf, averaging
only 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings. The Wildcats are
tied for seventh in the Big 12 with a 4.39 ERA, but
its hard to keep runs of the board while leading
the conference in walks, averaging 4.13 walks per
nine innings. Right-hander Brad Hutt has been
a solid starter for Kansas State with a 7-3 record
and a 3.23 ERA. However, left-hander Chase
Bayuk (4-4) has been erratic with a 4.40 ERA and
41 strikeouts to 38 walks. Right-hander Trevor
Hurley (1-2) is Kansas States third starter, but
he only has two starts on the season after
left-hander Ben Hornbeck lost his spot in the
weekend rotation. If Kansas State can get
to its bullpen with a lead, though, its been
efcient at staying ahead. The Wildcats are
tied for the conference lead with 14 saves,
of which closer Daniel Edwards has 10.
MOMEnTuM
Kansas State might be hitting its
stride on ofense after a pair of midweek
victories against Chicago State this week.
The Wildcats outscored the Cougars
30-4 in the two games, run-ruling their
non-conference opponent in seven in-
nings both games. However, the Wildcats
have hit a cold spell during conference
play. Since winning its series with Big
12 cellar-dweller Texas Tech fve
weekends ago, Kansas State is 4-8
against conference opponents. The
Wildcats could beneft from
the frst game being held in
Manhattan. If they can take
game one, all they have to
do is split the last two games
in Lawrence to win the series.
Kansas State is in dire need of
gaining some momentum as
it battles Kansas, Baylor and
Texas Tech for the fnal
two spots in the Big 12
Tournament.
OffEnSE
After an 8-0 loss to open the series against Oklahoma April
27, Kansas kicked its ofense into gear in time to take home the
series victory. Despite being out hit in each game of the series,
the Jayhawks found ways to score while holding the Sooners on
base. To make up for the lower hit tally in the contests, Kan-
sas instead used well-timed extra base hits to do the damage
needed. Last weekend, the Jayhawks hit six doubles, a triple
and three homeruns. Though the hometown boys ofense is
still ranked last in the Big 12 with a .275
team batting average, they do rank
ffth in the conference in home
runs (39) and third in doubles
(100). As senior center felder
Kyle Murphy continues to be
hot at the plate, his work
and success as the leadof
hitter will likely induce
some small ball to manu-
facture runs as well.
PITCHIng
The Jayhawk pitching
staf continues to steadily
improve, lowering its team
ERA from 4.71 to 4.65 in
a week. Besides last Friday,
Kansas has not been blown
out since March 14 against
Wichita State. Before the Okla-
homa series, Price mentioned that
the ofense was the strength of the
frst four weeks of conference play,
but now his pitchers are shouldering
a bigger chunk of the workload. As a
staf, Kansas pitching now ranks No. 1
in the Big 12 in strikeouts (367) despite
sitting ninth overall. Sophomore lefty
Andy Marks (3-6) 74 strikeouts in 67 1/3
innings of work ranks fourth amongst
Big 12 pitchers. Though he took the loss
last Friday, Marks surrendered just three
runs into the sixth inning. Fellow sophomore
southpaw, Nick Czyz (3-6) picked up his frst
Big 12 victory of the year following a solid six-
inning outing while freshman Wally Marciel
(4-2) is settling nicely into his new role as the
Sunday starter.
MOMEnTuM
Kansas fnally has conference momentum heading
into tonights series opener. The series victory at Oklahoma
boosted Kansas out of the last place spot in the Big 12. The
ninth place ranking they now hold may not look any more
glamorous, but their eight conference victories is one more
than the Jayhawks neighbors to the west have. This means
that Kansas stands a chance of making a substantial jump in
the standings, putting themselves in a sure spot of making
the Big 12 tournament and then some.
Whats at stake
star Watch
qUestion MaRk
5 quick facTs
Whats at stake
SATURDAY MATCH UP:
Nick Czyz KU (3-6) vs. Trevor Hurley KSU (1-2)

sUnday Match UP:
Wally Marciel KU (4-2) vs. Chase Bayuk KSU (4-4)

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