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rschlichting@kansan.com Kansas Relay participants and visitors feasted on heaping servings of the world-record breaking 4,689-pound nacho platter on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Centerplate, Salty Iguana, KU Athletics and Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen (L.I.N.K.) collaborated to prepare the massive amount of nachos, which were 80 feet long, three feet wide and more than 10 inches deep. We wanted to do something to match the spirit of the relays, which is breaking records, said Rick Brown, general manager of Centerplate. We thought it would be great to do something with food and we really wanted to do something that we could involve the community in. L.I.N.K volunteers were at every entrance to the worlds largest nacho area in Memorial Stadium. People were able to taste the nachos by donating money or a canned food. The proceeds were donated to L.I.N.K, which provides three-course meals for low-income families four times a week. Judges from the Guinness World Records flew in from New York to observe the production and serving process of the nachos. The nachos, excess and packaging weighed 5,002.6 pounds in

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Students report two violent attacks

rsalyer@kansan.com The KU Public Safety Office issued two KU crime alerts Saturday afternoon after two separate attacks on 19-year-old University female students occurred on campus last week. The alert, issued for sexual battery, said the woman was walking home at 2:10 a.m. along Sunnyside Avenue. She was outside of Haworth Hall when a white man struck her in the face and grabbed her breast. According to the alert, she described the suspect as collegeaged, between six feet and six foot three inches tall, thin build with dark eyes and dark hair between one and three inches long. He was wearing a green Ralph Lauren polo short and cargo shorts at the time of the attack. She received minor injuries but was not treated at the hospital. Police did not issue a composite of the suspect. The attack occurred at 9:25 p.m. as the victim was walking home. According to the alert, which was issued for battery, the victim was walking outside of Strong Hall on the southwest side of the building, which is near the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Poplar Lane, Police when a 40- to computer 50-year-old black generated man grabbed her mugshot and pushed her to of suspect the ground. She escaped after kicking him, and described the man as average height and weight with black hair with graying tips. He wore a brown jacket at the time of the attack. She reported the attack Tuesday morning and was not treated at the hospital, though she had minor injuries. Maj. Chris Keary, University assistant chief of police, said the department does not believe the attacks are related at this time because of the difference in suspect descriptions. The public safety office advises students to walk in groups, stay on well-lit walking paths and use SafeRide and SafeBus. Students are asked to be mindful of their surroundings and report any unusual behavior to the public safety office or local police. Edited by Nadia Imafidon

Remembering Jason Wren

Three years after his death, Jason Wrens classmates graduate with the class of 2012
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Saturday morning attack

In a few weeks, he would have been walking down the hill surrounded by other graduates, flashing a smile friends and family will never forget. Instead, he was laid to rest in his home state of Colorado on March 16, 2009.

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Brian Wright, a senior from Chicago, Ill., and KU mens Lacrosse Team player, holds a t-shirt the team made in honor of former player Jason Wren. Acta non verba is a latin phrase meaning deeds, not words.

nachos win guinness World record

total. To make an accurate decision, judges deducted the weight of the packaging and excess remnants, which was 313.6 pounds. The grand total was 4,689 pounds of pure nachos. Philip Robertson, official adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, said Saturday was the fifth attempt of the record for the largest nacho serving since June 2002. The previous record holder belonged to 99 restaurants in Billerica, Massachusetts Street. The restaurants collaboratively served 3,999 pounds of nachos in October 2011. It was fun to watch a team come together with an extraordinary goal, Robertson said. It took a lot of coordination to get food delivered, heated and cooked thoroughly, and also for them to lay it all out in the trough and make sure everyone tara Bryant/kansan put everything on in the order Salty Iguana employees and volunteers scoop nachos from the 160 cubic square foot container. The nachos set a Guiness World that was necessary to fulfill our record at the Kansas relays on Saturday afternoon. guidelines. Preparation for the nachos Centerplate, said his team pro- had access to Allen Fieldhouse, It was a matter of putting our started at 12 a.m. Saturday morn- duced roughly 1,200 pounds of he was asked to bring as much heads and resources together. ing at the Salty Iguana and Me- beef, bean and jalapeno mixture. beef, beans, and jalapenos as Jake Plevnic, a sophomore morial Stadium. Approximately We lost some of the product he could to Memorial Stadium. from Francis Howell Central 80 volunteers were involved with in a broken cooler this morning After adding product from the high school in St. Louis, gave the entire process. and had to remake it on the fly, Fieldhouse, they still didnt have a scale on how excited he was Our signature on the nachos Peck said. It was a challenge, but enough food. Tillman made trips about the nachos. was putting on our Iguana dip, the team came together. to Walmart and Checkers to purOn a scale of one to 10, six said LeAnn Brock, vice president Volunteers acted fast after chase the rest of the refried beans dump trucks, he said. of Salty Iguana. It took about losing almost 2,000 pounds of and black beans. four of us to make all 230 pounds product. Philip Tillman, conces Edited by nadia imafidon I dont like to lose, Tillman of dip. sions manager for the University, said. I was really thinking about Scott Peck, a sous chef from received a call at 3 a.m. Since he what we could do overcome this.

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Index

Classifieds 2B Crossword 4a

Cryptoquips 4a opinion 5a

sports 1B sudoku 4a

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Tuesday, April 24
what: Lecture: My Fathers Name wheRe: Conference Hall, Hall Center wheN: 3:30 p.m. aBOUt: Lawrence Jackson, an English professor from Emory University, speaks about a black family living in Virginia after the Civil War. what: International Dance Workshop wheRe: Studio 240, Robinson Center wheN: 6 p.m. aBOUt: The International Student Association hosts a night for students to learn dance moves from student dance groups like Jeeva and KU Dancesport. what: Swing Jam Night wheRe: Kansas Room, Kansas Union wheN: 8 p.m. aBOUt: The KU Swing Society hosts a night of swing dancing. Lessons start at 8 p.m.; free dancing starts at 9 p.m. and goes until 11 p.m.

Wednesday, April 25
what: International Food Court wheRe: Plaza, Kansas Union wheN: 12 p.m. aBOUt: Come try free samples of international food from local restaurants, like La Parilla, India Palace and Aladdin Cafe. what: Lecture: Living Off the Grid wheRe: Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center wheN: 12 p.m. aBOUt: Alternative Break coordinator John Coffee speaks about completing community building projects with the environment in mind. what: Film Screening: Body and Soul wheRe: Spencer Museum of Art wheN: 8:15 p.m. aBOUt: The Kansas African Studies Center hosts the documentary about three people from Mozambique with physical disabilities who dance. Tickets are free.

Thursday, April 26
what: World Expo wheRe:Ballroom, Kansas Union wheN: 12 p.m. aBOUt: As part of International Awareness Week, displays from over 50 countries will be spread out for students to peruse; there will be food, performances and information about each country. what: Maya 2012 wheRe: Lawrence Public Library, downtown wheN: 7 p.m. aBOUt: Dr. Quetzil Castaeda from Indiana University speaks about the truth behind the end of the Mayan calendar this December; tickets are free. what: New Dance wheRe: Studio 240, Robinson Studio wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBOUt: The spring concert features student choreography in the Elizabeth Sherbon Dance Theatre; go see it for free.

what: State of Kansas Holocaust Commemoration Service wheRe: Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW Sixth Avenue, Topeka wheN: 1 p.m. aBOUt: Dr. Sylvia Levine Ginsparg gives a lecture, Governor Brownback presents a proclamation and students from local schools perform to commemorate the Holocaust; the event is free and open to the public. what: Our Campus, Our Community, Our Environment wheRe: Ballroom, Kansas Union wheN: 5 p.m. aBOUt: KU Environs and KU Rain Barrels on Parade host an event to discuss the environment and auction off the rain barrels as part of an Earth Day celebration. what: Presidential Lecture Series: Why Presidents Succeed. Why They Fail. wheRe: Dole Institute of Politics wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBOUt: Mark Updegrove lectures on Lyndon B. Johsnons presidency and how differently it wouldve played out if the Vietnam war wouldnt have happened; tickets for the event are free.

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POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas county Sheriffs Office and KU Office of public Safety booking recaps. A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 5:29 a.m. near the intersection of 23rd Street and Naismith Drive on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $250.

was arrested Saturday at 9:18 p.m. on the 3300 block of Iowa Street on suspicion of criminal trespassing, theft valued at $100, theft of a property or service valued at $500 and felonious possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $2,200. She was released. A 39-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Saturday at 6:33 p.m. on the 300 block of Maine Street on suspicion of aggravated assault. She is being held without bond. A 42-year-old Desoto woman was arrested Saturday at 5:45 p.m. on the 3300 block of Iowa Street on suspicion of theft valued at $100, interfering with the duties of an officer and trespassing. Bond was set at $300. She was released. A male University student was arrested Saturday at 2:59 p.m. on the 4900 block of Stoneback Drive on suspicion of criminal property damage valued at $250, aggravated battery and criminal restraint. He is being held without bond. A 33-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Saturday at 3:51 a.m. on the 500 block of Lancaster Court on suspicion of criminal property damage and domestic battery. Bond was set at $750. He was released. A 21-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man was arrested Saturday at 3:10 a.m. near the intersection of 11th and Maine Streets on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $250. He was released. A transient man was arrested Saturday at 3:01 a.m. on the 300

block of Maine Street on suspicion of criminal trespassing. Bond was set at $100. The Office of Public Safety reported an incident of sexual battery near Haworth Hall at 2:44 a.m. on Saturday. A student reported being struck in the face. The case is still open. A male University student was arrested Saturday at 2:33 a.m. on the 3000 block of Lawrence Avenue on suspicion of operating while under the influence. Bond was set at $500. He was released. A female University student was arrested Saturday at 2:18 a.m. on the 800 block of Tennessee Street on suspicion of operating while under the influence. Bond was set at $500. She was released. A male University student was arrested Saturday at 1:15 a.m. near the intersection of 17th and Louisiana Street on suspicion of interfering with the duties of an officer and battery. Bond was set at $200. He was released. Laura Sather

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks on April 18 in Charlotte, N.C. Romneys campaign said it raised $12.6 million in March.

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President Barack Obama speaks at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., on April 18. Obama and the Democratic Party raised at least $53 million last month for Novembers re-election bid.

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A 29-year-old McLouth man was arrested Sunday at 3:57 a.m. on the 400 block of West 6th Street on suspicion of criminal trespassing. Bond was set at $100. A male University student was arrested Sunday at 3:26 a.m. on the 1600 block of Lindenwood Lane on suspicion of domestic battery, intimidating a witness or victim, criminal restraint and theft of property valued at $500. He is being held without bond. A male University student was arrested Sunday at 2:09 a.m. on the 1200 block of Oread Avenue on suspicion of criminal trespassing, being a pedestrian under the influence and unlawful use of a fake drivers license. Bond was set at $300. A 27-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man was arrested Sunday at 1:35 a.m. near mile marker 199 on Interstate 70 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving without a license and possession of an open container. Bond was set at $375. A 31-year-old Lawrence woman

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Super PACs may erode Obamas advantage

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WASHINGTON President Barack Obamas re-election effort enjoyed a 10-to-1 financial edge over Republican rival Mitt Romney last month, out-raising the former Massachusetts governor by millions as Obama stuffed more than $104 million into his campaign war chest. A nasty primary battle between Romney and his GOP rivals took a financial toll on his presidential campaign, which raised $12.6 million in March and left Romney with about $10 million in the bank by months end. All told, Obama and the Democratic Party raised a combined $53 million in donations during that period, while Romney with his party pulled in about half of that. Still, an anticipated fire hose of cash from major Republican super political committees and the Republican Party is likely to bring some financial parity to the general election, for which Romney only recently started collecting donations. Super PACs like American Crossroads and its nonprofit arm, Crossroads GPS, raised $100 million this election cycle, and the groups plan to flood the airwaves in coming months with ads critical of Obama. Obamas fundraising advantage puts him at a less-than-solid position when compared with the tens of millions of dollars the sister Crossroads groups have amassed so far. During the last six months of 2011 alone, GPS brought in $28 million from only a few dozen major donors, recent tax filings show. Campaign reports also showed some disparity between the two frontrunners staff sizes, with Obama paying more than 600 and Romney fewer than 100. But that number is expected to grow sizably as Republican donors contribute more to Romneys effort.

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Earthquake hits eastern Indonesia, no injuries reported

MANOKwARI, Indonesia A powerful earthquake hit waters off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, sending residents and school children running into the streets in panic. There were no reports of injuries or serious damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.6-magnitude quake hit 50 miles off Papua province. It was centered just 18 miles beneath the ocean floor. Children in the city of Manokwari,
closest to the epicenter, ran from their schools screaming. Streets also filled with those escaping shaking houses and stores. I ran out of my house with my kids as soon as I felt the tremors, said Pinta Uli, a mother of two, adding that they saw one street lamp topple to the ground. The wall in front of a government office also collapsed. Suharjono, an official with the countrys meteorology and geophysics agency, said no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of injuries or serious damage. Indonesia, straddling a series of fault lines and volcanoes, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesias westernmost province of Aceh.

American, Afghan officials sign strategic ally agreement

KABUL, Afghanistan The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that assures the Afghan people their key American ally will not abandon the country militarily or financially for years after 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw. The agreement is key to the U.S. exit strategy in Afghanistan because it provides guidelines for any American forces who remain after the withdrawal deadline and for financial help to the impoverished country and its security forces. For the Afghan government, it is a way to show its citizens that its key
allies are not just walking away. Our goal is an enduring partnership with Afghanistan that strengthens Afghan sovereignty, stability and prosperity and that contributes to our shared goal of defeating al-Qaida and its extremist affiliates, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall. We believe this agreement supports that goal. After 10 years of U.S.-led war, Taliban and al-Qaida linked insurgents remain a threat and as recently as a week ago, they launched a large-scale attack on the capital Kabul and three other cities. The draft agreement was worked out and initialed by Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and must still be reviewed in both countries and signed afterward by the Afghan and American presidents. The document finalized today provides a strong foundation for the security of Afghanistan, the region and the world and is a document for the development of the region, Spanta said in a statement issued by President Hamid Karzais office. Neither Afghan nor U.S. officials would comment on the details of the agreement.

NORth AMERIcA

Wal-Mart accused of bribery to open new stores in Mexico

NEw YORK Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, according to a published report. The New York Times reported Saturday that Wal-Mart failed to notify law enforcement officials even after its own investigators found evidence of millions of dollars in bribes. The newspaper said the company shut down its internal probe despite a report by its lead investigator that Mexican and U.S. ASSOcIAtED PRESS laws likely were violated. A man pays at the cash register at a Wal-Mart Superstore in Mexico City Nov. 18, The bribery campaign was reported to 2011. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives have first come to the attention of senior of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across Mexico, according to a executives at Wal-Mart in 2005, when published report by the New York Times. a former executive of its largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico, provided so rapid that one of every five Wal-Mart corporations and their subsidiaries to extensive details of a bribery campaign stores now is in that country. It is Mexicos bribe foreign officials. it had orchestrated to win market domiWal-Mart, which is based in Bentonlargest private employer, with 209,000 nance. ville, Ark., said Saturday that it takes employees there. The Mexican executive, previously The newspaper said that only after compliance with that law very seriously. the lawyer in charge of obtaining conlearning of its investigation did Wal- It also noted that many of the alleged struction permits, said in emails and Mart inform the U.S. Justice Department activities in the Times article occurred follow-up conversations that Wal-Mart in December 2011 that it had begun more than six years ago. de Mexico paid bribes to obtain permits If these allegations are true, it is not an internal investigation into possible throughout the country in its rush to build violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices a reflection of who we are or what we stores nationwide, the Times reported. Act. Under that law, it is illegal for U.S. stand for, spokesman David Tovar said. Wal-Marts growth in Mexico has been

AfRIcA

Soldiers searching for Kony face deadly jungle conditions

RIVER VOVODO, central African Republic For Ugandan
soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters with the Lords Resistance Army rebels are so rare that Kony hunters worry more about the threats of the jungle: Armed poachers, wild beasts, honey bees, and even a fly that torments their ears. A soldier crossing the Chinko river in the Central African Republic on Wednesday was drowned and mauled ASSOcIAtED PRESS by a crocodile, spreading terror among Ugandan soldiers searching for Joseph Kony face trecherous conditions and hundreds of soldiers who must camp dangerous animals, like crocodiles and snakes. Many are more likely to be near streams because they need water killed by wild beasts than catch Kony. to cook food. It is dry season these days, and the Africa jungle. There have been no signs fly that persistently hovers around and rivers are teeming with hungry croco- of Kony in a long time, and the soldiers even enters their ears, reducing their diles. whose goal it is to catch him are in fact capacity for concentration. The solThis weeks crocodile attack was the more likely to be killed by elephants and diers can be seen shaking their heads second in two months, highlighting the snakes whose paths they cross. Even violently, or desperately slapping their perils of trying to catch a rebel leader honey bees can be a serious menace ears, but the flies keep coming in huge about whom so little is known and who when they are migrating. numbers. The soldiers look forward to could be anywhere in this vast Central Soldiers talked about a tiny black night, when the flies go away.

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LoS ANGeLeS The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire will likely be directed by Francis Lawrence, a filmmaker whose resume includes the big-budget event film I Am Legend and the intimate drama Water for elephants, a person close to the production but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed Thursday. According to that person, the studio has yet to close the deal. Independent studio Lionsgate offered Lawrence the job on Thursday, little more than a week after Hunger Games director Gary Ross departed in a dispute over financial terms and the amount of time he would have had to prepare to make the sequel, which starts production in August and will hit theaters in November 2013. Lionsgate considered a number of directors for the job, including Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Tony Scott (unstoppable) and Stephen Daldry (extremely Loud and Incredibly Close). By Wednesday, the negotiations were down to Lawrence and Bennett Miller, the oscar-nominated director of Moneyball and Capote. Lawrence had been considered the leading candidate, however, because his schedule was open; Miller was supposed to begin shooting another movie, Foxcatcher, this fall. In addition, Lawrence has experience with the type of special effects necessary to make Catching Fire. Bringing in a new director to a popular franchise is a tricky proposition, though Lionsgate subsidiary Summit did it successfully with its Twilight series. In Lawrence, the studio apparently believes it has found a director capable of balancing the high-octane action, personal relationships and social commentary that many critics praised Ross for capturing in The Hunger Games. Lawrence will have to move quickly to prepare to start shooting Catching Fire. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is currently working on a script for the film. The 42-year-old Lawrence was born in Austria and worked on music videos and commercials before making his feature film debut in 2005 on the comic-book adaptation Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves. McClatchy Tribune

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Nicole Donzella of Fair Lawn, N.J., 15, participates in the youth archery league at Targeteers Archery, April 13. In schools, backyards and for their birthdays, kids are gaga for archery after the release of The Hunger Games.

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The hunger games popularizes archery

NeW YoRK (AP) Kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of The Hunger Games and less than 100 days before the London olympics. All of a sudden sales of bows have, like, tripled, said Paul Haines, a salesman at the Ramsey outdoor store in Paramus, N.J. Archery ranges around the country have enjoyed a steady uptick among kids of both sexes since the movie began cleaning up at the box office March 23, though heroine Katniss a deadly shot with an arrow seems to resonate more with girls. While some young archers have been

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doing it for years, motivated by generations of hunters in their families, the parents of others love it for its focus, independence and because they, too, have kids not drawn to more typical team or contact sports. Games of a different sort are hoping for a Hunger Games bump come July, though kids in North America looking to catch olympic archery will likely be sleeping during live competition. Were thrilled with the awareness and the excitement that The Hunger Games has brought to the sport of archery, said Denise Parker, Ceo of uSA Archery, the u.S. training and selection body for the olympics, Paralympics, Pan American Games and other world events. Associated Press

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Bandstand fans can visit original studio

PHILADeLPHIA From 1957 until 1964, Dick Clark hosted American Bandstand at the West Philadelphia studios of WFIL-Tv, where thousands of teens dreamed of appearing on the hit show. If you were one of those teens who yearned for your Bandstand moment, heres your chance. on Saturday between noon and 3 p.m. the current owners will open the former Studio B for three hours of tours, reminiscing, and perhaps, one

last Twist on the dance floor. Well put on some music and let people have their moment, said Jeff Wicklund of the enterprise Center, a nonprofit business incubator which purchased the building in 1995. Fans of the show have flocked to the building, dropping off flowers and cards since Clarks death on Wednesday, Wicklund said. There have been a lot of people coming through asking to take a few pictures in studio, he said. Its fairly well preserved with photos, mementos and a mural on the wall. McClatchy Tribune

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When people say WTF,opinion I automatically think the F stands for fudge. I like fudge. If you are what you eat, then is voldemort a pretty, innocent unicorn? Get seven psych studies done in one week? Challenge accepted. I dont know how youre watching Project Runway during our lecture. There are certain things that should not be brought to class. Extreme cleavage is one of them. My teacher looks so hot right now. Im distracted. I cant imagine how the boys feel. I think my calculus GTA is upset that we all failed his exam. He started using f(u) instead of f(x) in all of his examples. If Bieber gets a fever, what would we call it? But if you cant smell the Axe Im wearing, how will I attract flocks of women that seductively cling to me? Quit shortening my FF-Editors Note: This FFA has been cut short for space. Why am I the only one that just laughed about the kid running behind our bus to get on? Poison ivy, lice and insect bite lecture today. Cannot. Stop. Feeling Itchy. Jeff Withey would obviously be Batman. I hate driving on I-70 because every time I see a semi approaching in my rear view window I think optimus Prime is chasing me down. That awkward moment when the lock on the bathroom stall breaks and you find yourself locked inside. I wish FFA submissions had a like button. How much dub would a dubstep step if a dubstep could step dub? If you dont use the crosswalk, I dont stop. I can see the appeal of a razor scooter about half the time, but I cant imagine how much effort it takes to get up all these hills. When I see people having class outside, I have to fight the urge to go sit down with them and see if they say anything about it. on a scale of one to Adele, how bad was your break up? only in the boom-boom room is dancing and hooking up the same thing. Someone stole the horoscope page out of my paper. Good God, what am I supposed to do with myself? I changed what my friends Siri calls her to nose hair. It somehow later went off in class. yes, I am 12 years old. I thought by now Id be able to make it to the top of the hill without sweating and my calves cramping. Ah, I guess some things never change.

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By Lou Schumaker
lschumaker@kansan.com ets be real: there is no one greater than the Dowager Countess, Violet Crawley. The mother of the Earl of Grantham was introduced as an icecold battle-axe who always got her way through either cunning or sheer force of will. Since then, the series has shown her to be empathetic and kind without ever losing the fiery spirit that made us love her in the first place. Whether shes zinging Isobel Crawley or trying to marry Mary off, the Countess has outshone the rest of the cast with her nerve and wit. While the show is chock-a-block with dry wit and pithy sayings, the Dowager Countess can barely speak without saying something hilarious. Shes like Oscar Wilde if he were a seventy year-old woman. Violet Crawley cemented herself as the series standout character as early as the second episode, when she asked, What is a weekend? and again in the Christmas special when Sir Richard threatened to leave and never come back and Violet shot back with, Do you promise? When one of her granddaughters was down on her luck and feeling sorry for herself, Violet offered the immortal words, Dont be defeatist, dear, its very middle class. Of course, if all she did was constantly belittle people, it would be hard to root for Violet (although it would make Downton Abbey 10 times more entertaining). As the series progressed, Violet revealed herself to be the familys protector. While Robert Crawley is charged with the upkeep of Downton, Violet is the one who throws around her weight on behalf of the family and its staff. When the servant boy William was injured in World War I, Violet is the one who pressured military superiors into moving him closer to home so his father could be with him. Around the same time, she also pressured a priest into allowing William to marry his love just before he died. Without her hard work, thered be no Downton Abbey and without her wit, thered be no Downton Abbey. Schumaker is a senior in film & media studies and English from Overland Park.

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By Gabby Pred
grped@kansan.com ady Sybil Crawley is by far the best character on the show. She is extremely progressive in all senses for the times and is not afraid to make her views known. She fiercely defends her opinions and stands her ground on them as well, making her a strong female figure for the early 20th century. She stays above the pettiness of the aristocratic lifestyle, caring not for gossip, titles, or wealth but for peoples individual character. She is very smart, focusing her interests in politics, especially the suffrage movement. She rebelliously attends political rallies and wants to canvass for the Liberal party. This shakes up her fairly conservative family, especially her father and grandmother. She is fashion-forward, in an episode of season one she sports harem pants instead of a traditional dress or skirt. She is endlessly kind to everyone, especially the staff of Downton. She makes it her personal mission to help one of the maids pursue a career as a secretary, affording her upward social mobility (something rare and difficult for the servant class at the time). She again defies societal norms at the advent of World War I by training to be nurse and tirelessly working at the local hospital to help take care of wounded soldiers. She understands and enjoys working an actual job, very uncommon for lords and ladies at the time. In my opinion, one of the best sub-plots of the series is her secret romance with the familys socialist chauffeur, Branson. For years they have this secret courtship based on their mutual views on politics and society. Branson obviously loves her greatly and in the end of the second season Sibyl finally decides to tell her family. She disregards all societal pressure at this point and is willing to throw away her entire inheritance and family for love. Her father finally comes around and gives his approval and does not cut her out of the estate and the young couple moves to Dublin and gets married. Lady Sybil is one of the only characters on the show who never acts out of malice and actively works to improve the world around her and right the many injustices present at the time. Pred is a junior in political science and peace and conflict studies from Kansas City.

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By Bill McCroy
bmccroy@kansan.com m fully aware that the last episode of the critically acclaimed Downton Abbey, was a few months ago but it is far too good to forget. Im already counting down the weeks until the third season. But for now, Im going to illustrate why John Bates is the best character and the best all-around person at Downton. First and foremost, Mr. Bates is Lord Granthams valet, a personal attendant who is tasked with taking care of the Lords clothes and assisting the Lord in dressing. Bates is a mans man; an old army friend of Lord Grantham and was injured in the Boer War, which forces him to use a cane. Above all, Bates is a highly honorable man and has a deep sense of duty and doing the right thing. Even in the face of constant ridicule in the first season from the rest of the house staff due to his need of a cane, he goes about his job without complaining or asking for extra assistance. He doesnt step out of line and doesnt get himself mixed up in other peoples business, which is a constant problem in the mansion. He is honest to a fault and went to jail in the place of his wife. Bates is flexible with the times, his dealings with his love affair, the head housemaid Anna Smith, showcase that he believes in love and equality within the relationship. And he is clearly patriotic, shown through his sense of duty and admiration toward those within the house that leave for World War I. So dont pay attention to my colleagues as they make the arguments for the best character. The Dowager Countess is a backwards old hag who cant understand what a weekend is. She meddles in the lives of everyone in the village and wishes the world wouldnt move on from a 19th Century way of doing things. Sybil Crawley is the youngest daughter of an Earl. She wouldnt know the plight of the working man if it hit her in the face with a croquet mallet. It isnt until the onslaught of wounded soldiers coming home from the First World War that she even considers helping anyone below her station. Plus, Brendan Coyle, the actor who portrays John Bates in the series, is the great-nephew of legendary Manchester United football manager Sir Matt Busby. As a lifelong United supporter, that settles it for me. John Bates is the best character in Downton Abbey. McCroy is a senior in economics from Des Moines, Iowa.

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n 2007, 67-year-old Karl Szmolinsky made world headlines when he sold a dozen oversized rabbits to North Korea as a gesture of goodwill. According to Der Spiegel newspaper, the rabbits, which could weigh about 20 pounds each, were meant to begin a widespread breeding program to supplement the countrys skimpy food supply. A few months later, the international community realized the North Korean regime didnt intend to continue fostering bunny diplomacy. Allegedly, the animals time in Korea coincided conveniently with Kim Jong Ils birthday feast, ending that opportunity for engagement. The most recent negotiations met a similar fate last Friday, as North Korea once again caught the worlds attention. Rather than launching a weather satellite into space, the Uhna-3 rocket crashed 125 miles west of the Korean coast, according to CNN. Making predictions about the inner workings of the ultra-secretive North Korean ruling elite tends to be a difficult business, as the regime

north Koreas provocations are not threatening

maintains tight control over information flowing out of the country. That said, Id bet top advisers wish theyd saved those giant rabbit feet; it looks like theyre in for an eventful few months. The violation of a series of negotiations in February, in which North Korea agreed to halt missile testing and nuclear development in exchange for food aid, fits within a broader pattern of behavior. Preparations to transfer power between Kim Jong Il and his 29-year-old son Kim Jong Un began last September. In order to build Jong Uns reputation as a tough leader and create a narrative of his struggle against outside influences the regime orchestrated a series of provocations, including sinking of a South Korean naval ship, giving a Stanford physicist a tour of a previously secluded nuclear facility, and shelling a South Korean island. The advisers overseeing these moves carried out a similar strategy 40 years ago, when Kim Il Sung handed off power. After Kim Jong Ils death last December, the new-

By Amanda Gress
agress@kansan.com est leader appears prepared to cement his military credibility an absolute prerequisite to his control over the country and its security apparatus. To guess at what might follow, note that the launch took place just two days before one of the largest celebrations in North Korea, the hundredth anniversary of Kim Il Sungs birth. A success would have been a huge public victory for the new leadership, portraying North Korea as a major technological and military power to its domestic audience. Shockingly, the national news agency broadcast news of the failure, surely pressuring Jong Un to deliver fodder for successful propaganda soon. Dont expect this setback

to deter the country from prioritizing military strength over international goodwill or promises of foreign aid. During national festivities, Kim Jong Uns speech emphasized the importance of both military first policies and self-reliance. Government spending on military operations reaffirms this tendency. The Boston Herald reports that 15.8 percent of the official budget is devoted to defense, with other funds set aside for nuclear activities. Preparations for the failed launch alone cost $850 million, despite the sacrifice of 240,000 tons of food aid. With further acts of aggression likely, the question turns to what form these provocations might take. Historically, the regime has chosen to follow failed missile launches with nuclear testing, and on Tuesday it announced it would not allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to visit. Options to restrain the country remain limited. China will defend its allys interests in the United Nation Security Council, and the Kim regime seems

unlikely to trade its biggest bargaining chip away for economic assistance. Empirically, the presence of U.S. military personnel on the island hasnt deterred unwanted aggression either. Fortunately for the international community, the North Korean nuclear program still doesnt pose a particularly formidable threat. Wired magazine cites a number of experts, including former members of the U.S. Armys Space Command, who agree that the missile failure accurately reflects the countrys lack of rocket capabilities. Without a functioning delivery system North Korea cant gain much leverage from its nuclear capability. Although tensions will remain high all powers will have an incentive to maintain some degree of stability, leaving the broader international community in a far better position than the giant rabbits. Gress is a freshman in political science from Overland Park.

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Wrens impact on campus

March 7, 2009 After missing the bus to go to a lacrosse tournament, Jason went to a local Mexican restaurant with SAE members and drank margaritas using a fake ID. The members returned to the house and continued drinking, where Wren played drinking games and drank beer, wine and hard liquor. March 8, 2009 Jason was put in his bunk bed by fraternity members about 3:00 a.m. and found unresponsive at 2:00 p.m. He was pronounced dead about 2:45 p.m. An autopsy revealed he died of alcohol poisoning and his blood alcohol concentration was .362 at his time of death. March 16, 2009 About 1,000 people attended Jasons funeral at Cherry Hills Community Church in Littleton, Colo., including some of Jasons lacrosse teammates, University friends and SAE members. May 4, 2009 Chancellor Robert Hemenway approved changes to the Universitys amnesty, parental notification and mandatory alcohol assessment policies. November 12, 2009 Jay and Mary Wren, Jasons parents, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Kansas chapter of SAE, the entity that owns the house, the national organization, six SAE members and four officers. The suit was settled privately in March 2011.

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ason Wren was known as number six to the KU Lacrosse Club team. It was his constant smile and fearless athleticism that Brian Wright, a senior from Chicago, thought of as he lifted his stick to the sky during the teams home game against the University of Wisconsin in March. The game was dedicated to Jason, and they were down 5-0 in the last quarter. We were playing like crap, to be honest, Wright said. I remember running back to the crease and I said to myself, be with us out here Jay, and right away the team just sprung. We put up five goals right away and we ended up winning 14-12, and were still undefeated

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this season. Wright said its the best season the team has ever had and he wished Jason, who would have been a senior, was there to play with them, and when Wright thinks of March 8, 2009, he can remember the day perfectly. Jason Wren, a 19-year-old freshman from Littleton, Colo., was a Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledge. He had just moved into the SAE house, 1301 West Campus Road, the weekend before, and was found cold, his shirt soaked in vomit, and dead in his bunkbed about 2:00 p.m. An autopsy later showed his blood alcohol concentration was .362 percent at the time of his death.

April 16, 2010 SAE partnered with the Delta Gamma sorority to host the first Jason Wren Initiative, an event designed to educate students and members of the Greek Community about alcohol use in college. In March 2011, SAE announced its plans to host the initiative annually.

Sobering up
ason moved into Oliver Residence Hall in the fall of 2008, but midway through the spring semester, hbut had to find somewhere else to live by the end

of February. The KU Department of Student Housing prohibits alcohol in all residences. According to Clery Act records, during the calendar years of 2008 and 2009 in on-campus residence halls, there were 1,881 times in which students had violated the liquor law policy and received disciplinary action or a judicial referral, which an administrator determines if action is necessary. Jason received at least three of those violations, and when he downplayed the violations to his father, Jay Wren, Jay started asking questions. When he called the department to find out why Jason was asked to leave, he was told they could not discuss Jasons alcohol violations with him because of the Universitys privacy policy. Jason was able to pledge SAE through a friend and permitted to immediately move into the house, but Jay wanted to try and keep Jason in the residence hall if he could. The weekend Jason had to move. I took Jason with me to the housing office so we could all talk about it together and plea his case, Jay said. When we got there, they were closed. Jay became outspoken about the University needing to change its privacy policy and spoke to various media outlets, including The University Daily Kansan. Jay also learned that Jason was put to bed by fraternity members, then stumbled back out of bed, slurring his words, and instead of calling for medical help, fraternity members placed him back in bed. It became apparent to Jay that students needed education to recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning. Jane Tuttle, Assistant Vice Provost for Student Affairs, said the University was already looking at changing alcohol policies after conducting a 2008 priority group, which recommended supportive services for alcohol and education. On May 9, 2009, Chancellor Robert Hemenway approved three policy changes; one of the changes was parental notification. Under the new policy, parents are notified when a student under the age of 21

on the Lawrence campus is in violation of the alcohol policy. Tuttle said in an email the University was already looking into changing the policy and found that other universities had reported fewer incidents of alcohol abuse when parents were notified and viewed as partners in combating alcohol and drug abuse. AlcoholEdu for College, a twopart education course, is required for all newly enrolled students who are seeking a degree under 22 years old. The AlcoholEdu program was adopted because it had been shown to make a difference in student alcohol use and abuse, Tuttle said in an email. The third change was to the amnesty policy. Students who seek immediate medical assistance for someone involved in an alcohol related incident will not be punished by the University. Tuttle said the Public Safety Office was already implementing this policy when responding to alcohol calls, but making it official made more students aware of the change. A month after Jasons death, Dalton Hawkins, freshman from Shawnee, died after falling off the roof of Watkins Scholarship Hall. A coroners report showed Hawkins had been drinking. After both deaths, the Public Safety Office received a push to better patrol and enforce alcohol violations. After the incidents, the University was very concerned and we are always very supportive of

the night before his death, Jason purchased pitchers of margarita with SAE members at downtown Mexican restaurant using a fake ID. Since then, the Fake ID 101 Taskforce formed, a campaign led by Draw the Line Lawrence. Funded by grants, the campaign provides education, including how to spot fake IDs and the consequences of serving to minors to local bar owners and employees. It also provides posters around town displaying the consequences of possessing a fake ID. The taskforce teams up with the Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff s Office and the KUPD to issue citations to underage drinkers. It targets local bars, liquor stores and most recently, house parties. Jen Jordan, director of prevention at Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism, said 352 individuals were cited for 498 violations in the previous three semesters.

Jason Wren shares a moment with his sisters Katie, left, and Vicky. Wren graduated in 2008 from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., where he was on the honor roll and lettered in three sports. it. The fraternity underwent scrutiny after Jasons death, though an internal investigation by the national SAE fraternity did not find criminal action or negligence led to Jasons death. The house did not become dry like Jay asked it to be, but McLane said significant changes have been made. Were not trying to sweep it under the rug, McLane said. We obviously took it and continue to take it very seriously. We had a brother die in our house. It was an accident and we know with the right education and management we can limit those accidents if not exclude them. The fraternity returned to its core values of being gentlemen and active, productive members of society, which meant no longer having house parties or hard liquor in the house. McLane said in fall 2010, 25 members either chose not to return or were not invited back because they could not follow or appreciate the changes made within the house. There were only 13 of us at that point, McLane said. We have grown that number to about 40 since then, so yes, Id like to think that it is a different house since 2009. After Jasons death, the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic, the umbrella organizations for most Greek organizations, did not change its joint alcohol policy. Seth Miller, the director of risk management for IFC, said in recent years, IFC has been working hard to assure all aspects of the IFC are working properly. The biggest thing we have done is just make sure every chapter follows the rules and that there are consequences if they dont, Miller said. The consequences are generally fines and an appearance before the judicial board. Miller said IFC has also changed its party notification forms from one-page to four-page documents, requesting information from fraternities hosting official events. The party the night of Jasons death was not an official event, as the event forms must be turned in at least four days in advance, and

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Jason the gentleman

ason fit in at SAE, though his friends say he could fit in anywhere. The fraternitys men strive to be true gentlemen and learn about etiquette and care for others, a mantra that Jason already knew. Jason was the one that would do anything to help you, Wright said. If you were the drunk one, hed take care of you. I have no doubt about it. SAE held its own memorial service for Jason, which thousands attended, including Wright. He also went to Jasons funeral in Colorado with the team and they gave Jasons number six jersey to his father. For Wright, seeing SAE members both times was difficult. I had a whole lot of animosity towards SAE at first, Wright said. He had lived there a couple weeks and then he was dead. They were talking like he was their brother,

I think about the three of them every single day, Jay said. Its been a tough journey, and I hope and pray that Jason will save someone elses life. Jay Wren
what KU wants to accomplish, said Maj. Chris Keary, assistant KU police chief, said. We realized there were ways we could help do that. So, the officers made sure to look for and respond to those incidents on campus, particularly MIPs. According to yearly criminal offense reports, in 2008, the year before Wrens death, one person was cited for liquor law violations. In 2009, the number rose to 28 and in 2010 the number was the highest it had been in 10 years at 55. According to court documents, and it was just like, no, no he was our brother. We lived with him; we spent hours together sweating at 5 a.m. and working so hard together. SAE president Chapin McLane, who did not know Jason personally, said its unfortunate when people blame the death on the fraternity. His memory is forever apart of this house now, McLane said. Maybe in a different way, because a lot of the guys who knew him arent here anymore, but we do still tell his story to the pledge classes and we want them to remember

earlier Kansan stories revealed the party that night at SAE was the result of members choosing to stay in because of bad weather. The new forms really provide us with more details about what the chapters are doing, Miller said. Just being aware of what will be going on at those events. It just opens a line of communication and makes for better standards. McLane said SAE ensures it is abiding by the standards put forth by the IFC by attending regular meetings and asking IFC or its other advisers for clarity and advice when there are questions. The SAE house also strongly advocates the Jayhawk Buddy System, which was designed during spring 2009 by a marketing class. Frank DeSalvo, associate vice provost for student affairs, said after Jasons death it became obvious the program needed to be implemented. There was the impotence to get moving on it, DeSalvo said. We needed it right now. The program officially launched July 1, 2010, and received a $10,000 grant this month. It plans to use a portion of the money to place posters in fraternities and sororities and educate the members. We are encouraging students to really care for one another, DeSalvo said. We want to help students avoid incidents in halls, or incidents to their health. We ultimately want to avoid another tragedy like Jason Wren.

n November of 2009, Jay Wren and his wife, Mary, filed a wrongful death suit against the fraternitys local and national organizations, the local housing corporation and several SAE members. It was settled privately in March 2011, and SAE agreed to continue hosting the Jason Wren Initiative. The initiatives began in 2010 and are held annually in April. Each features a speaker to educate Greek members and students about the dangers of alcohol, and generally 700 to 1,000 people attend the event.

Life without Jason

The Wren family has not been invited to the initiatives, a decision McLane said is not up to the fraternity itself, but rather the housing corporation that owns the SAE house. Despite the tensions that still remain between the Wrens and SAE, Jay is relieved to see the changed policies, but believes students should not be able to live in the fraternity until they are 21, unless it is a dry house. I am glad the University made changes and that SAE did too, but I still dont get letting kids that are under 21 live with kids who legally can and do buy alcohol, Jay said. Jay lost another two members of his family after Jasons death. His 16-year-old daughter and Jasons sister Vickie committed suicide in January 2010. Months later, Mary Wren also committed suicide. For Jay, life has taken on a different meaning than he ever thought it would. I think about the three of them every single day, Jay said. Its been a tough journey, and I hope and pray that Jason will save someone elses life. Jay said after Jasons death, he received a letter from a female student who believed Jason had saved her life. The woman became very intoxicated after a night of partying and her friends thought it would be best to let her sleep it off. Jason did not think putting her to bed would be best and decided to stay up with her and take care of her until her state improved. Wright recalled hearing the story later from friends and said it was in Jasons nature to care for others. He was just a good guy, Wright said. There wasnt anything he wouldnt do for someone. Wright said Jasons memory is never far away, and he now thinks of him as the mayor, a nickname his father explained during his funeral. He was the mayor because he knew everyone, Wright said. Everywhere he went he was smiling and shaking hands with people. There couldnt have been a better nickname for him. The lacrosse team made shirts with Jasons number and the phrase, acta non verba, which means deeds, not words, to commemorate Jasons spirit. Wright, a rap performer, has written songs dedicated to Jason and performed those songs at the Granada. As he prepares for graduation, his future career and his own walk down the hill, he knows what Jasons future would have been like. Hes the type of guy that could have done so many things and done them all really well, Wright said. He would have been a successful guy, there is no doubt about it. Edited by Pat Strathman

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Krisa Farrington and Natali Diaz Yepes perform an excerpt from Act I, Scene III of La Bayadere Friday evening at the Lied Center for the University Dance Companys Spring 2012 Concert.

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A member of the University Dance Company performs an excerpt from Act I, Scene III of La Bayadere Friday evening at the Lied Center for the University Dance Companys Spring 2012 Concert. The company also puts on New Dance, which are performances held in the Elizabeth Sherbon Dance Theater, and will take place April 26 to 27 at 7:30 p.m.

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Jess Hase, a local resident, debolina Ghosh, a sophomore from Michigan, Niralee Parikh, a junior from Overland Park, and Harvir Sanghera, a junior from Olathe, rub chalk on each other as part of the Holi, or festival of Colors, Saturday afternoon on watkins lawn. Holi is a Hindu holiday that celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. its a fun holiday, Parkh said. it brings the community together and even when you dont know someone, its appropriate to slap come colors on them.

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To celebrate earth day on Sunday, the Prairie Park Nature Center unveiled its newest addition: Harlem, a black-footed ferret. The black-footed ferret is the rarest mammal in North America and is currently on the federal endangered-species list.

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Lawrence adopts rare ferret for Earth Day

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rschlichting@kansan.com Lawrence is a new home for a black-footed ferret named Harlem. This may not sound surprising at first, since ferrets are a common domestic animal, but Harlem is a descendant of one of the 18 survivors of the endangered species. Most domestic ferrets originated in Europe and Asia, but black-footed ferrets are native to North America. In the 1950s, this species was believed to be extinct, until a few were spotted in South Dakota. In 1987, there only were 18 living blackfooted ferrets. From then, the ferrets were placed in captivity until 1991, when some of the ferrets were slowly released to their natural habitats. Today, there are 200 ferrets in recovery sites in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico, and there are approximately 1,000 in North American prairies. Black-footed ferrets are important because they were here before we were, Dan Mulhern, a biologist with the U.S. Fishing and Wildlife Services, said. They became endangered because of actions that people took. Its only right that the actions that people take are to bring them back. Black-footed ferrets have become an endangered species because of the decrease in their main food source, prairie dogs. Farmers and ranchers have been poisoning prairie dogs throughout the past century. Also, their habitat is shrinking because of farming lands, towns and residences. Part of a black-footed ferret recovery project released 24 ferrets on two ranches in western Kansas in 2007. The U.S. Fishing and Wild Life Service biologists observe the ferrets twice a year. At the end of the ferrets first year on ranches, eight survived and 16 more were born. Since then, their population has increased to a high of 106 ferrets. We are excited and lucky to be one of the three captivities in Kansas that has an endangered ferret, said Marty Birrell, director of Prairie Park Nature Center. Lee Richardson Zoo and Hutchinson Zoo are the other two facilities homing blackfooted ferrets. Harlem was debuted to a crowd for the first time, on Sunday at Prairie Park Nature Center during its Earth Day program. Harlem is 6 years old, which is middle-aged for a ferret kept in captivity. She was named after the suburb of New York City in honor of the

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editor@kansan.com To celebrate the coming of spring and mark harvest time for farmers, Hindus hold a religious festival called Holi. The South Asian Student Association and Cultural India Club at KU co-hosted its second annual celebration of Holi on Saturday. Geetanjali Tiwari, a coordinator of the South Asian Studies Program of the Center for Global and International Studies, said the organization tries to keep the Indian culture alive on campus by hosting these types of cultural events. We tried to bring all of this kind of celebration to campus, Tiwari said. Its just to keep it as a culture on campus because language by itself is not enough. Participants celebrate the festival by throwing colored, chalk-like powder at each other, feast on Indian cuisine and play music. The naturally colored powder, originally composed of turmeric,

rose petals, saffron, sandal paste and fruit extract, acts as a cosmetic to promote healthy skin. More recently, though, people began using chemically based powder for a longer-lasting color. We walk around colored in school for weeks because the color doesnt come off for a while, said Shubhankar Mathur, a freshman from New Delhi, India. Traditional Indian food was served at the festival. Entrees included poha, a rice dish, bhel puri, a spicy trail mix snack and dhokla, a cornflower-based bread dish. We have food everywhere when we celebrate Holi back in India, much more than the festival here, but it was nice to have the traditional food, Mathur said. Holi is a social time for reconciliation and signifies the triumph of good over evil that relates back to Hindu mythology. Hindus believe it is a time of enjoying springs abundant colors and saying farewell to winter. Saturdays celebration took me back to the times when I was young and celebrated Holi back in India.

It was nice to speak to some Indian friends here in Hindi, Mathur said. Deep Singh, vice president of the University South Asian Student Association, said best way to spread culture is through fun activities, and Holi is one of the most fun festivals to celebrate together. Singhs face was fully colored by red, green and purple powder after the 20-minute color battle. Its a fair game. Look, everyone is having such a great time and everyone is so blessed, Singh said. Anybody can get involved in any culture and there are not really barriers. The Universitys Holi celebration attracted many newcomers to the festival. Ive never heard of the Festival of Colors until last week when my friends were talking about it. It was fun to see a traditional festival of another culture and experience it with my friends, Emily Jones, a freshman from Lindsborg, said. Edited by Christine Curtin

9-11 victims. The Nature Center received the ferret from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Wellington, Colo. Harlem is retired from breeding, after giving birth to five males, who were released into the wild, and two females, who were kept by the conservation center to continue the process of repopulating. Once the ferrets are retired from breeding, they cant be released back into the wild, said Heather Morgan, naturalist at the Prairie Park Nature Center. They are kept in their captive environment until they die. So this is a good opportunity for Harlem to educate people one-on-one about the species. The Prairie Park Nature Center plans to feature Harlem in its on-site endangered species programs. They are part of the natural ecosystem, Mulhern said. We dont know what role they may be playing in the environment and the ecosystem and if we start taking away parts of the complex machine we call an ecosystem, things might start to crumble that we find important to us. Edited by Caroline Kraft

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Kansas Relays
Mens and womens teams both successful this year

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second the best

Max Goodwin
mgoodwin@kansan.com As the only collegiate athlete running in the womens 400-meter invitational with six professional athletes, sophomore Diamond Dixon finished in second place on Saturday, ahead of Olympic gold-medalist Mary Wineberg, who won the 400-meter relay in 2008. Dee Dee Trotter, who was an Olympic gold-medalist in the 400-meter relay in 2004, was the only woman who ran faster than Dixon at the Kansas Relays. Dixon ran the race in a time of 51.80 seconds, the fastest in the NCAA this year, but Dee Dee Trotter won first place with a time of 50.94 seconds. Following the race, Dixon walked up to Trotter, Great job she said. You had a great run kiddo! Trotter responded. Trotter said Dixon, who is just 19 years old, reminds her of herself at that age. Shes actually better than me because at least she has a focus on what shes doing. Trotter said after the race. I wish I had that same focus that she has. She has a lot of determination when it comes to not being scared, getting out here and competing with the big dogs, the professionals, and she has taken it very seriously. Trotter said. Dixon said that running with some of the worlds fastest 400-meter runners on Saturday at the Kansas Relays gave her an idea of what future competitions will be like. As far as actually beating some of those professional athletes, Diamond was very respectful and actually quite surprised. Im kind of speechless about it. I didnt think I would beat Miss Wineberg, Dixon said. Dixon had some difficult stretches early in her life. Dixons

By Clark Goble
cgoble@kansan.com here are some things about next years football team that we know with near certainty. Dayne Crist will be under center. Charlie Weis will say meaningful and interesting things at press conferences, unlike his predecessor. The defense will be worse than Alabamas (and probably a few dozen more schools, too). But we wont know about the status of sophomore wide receiver Justin McCay until May 1. If hes rightfully made eligible, the football team may not be down in the dirt for long. McCay was a four-star recruit out of Bishop Miege High School, the sixth-highest ranked receiver in Rivals.coms Class of 2010. The sixthhighest ranked receiver in the Class of 2008 was Michael Floyd, who could be a top-10 pick in this years NFL Draft. Ranked two spots higher than Floyd on the Class of 2008 list? The guy who might get to throw McCay the ball this season Crist. McCay had offers from Florida, Oregon and Notre Dame, to name a few. But he chose Oklahoma. After two seasons in Norman, one a redshirt year, McCay transferred to Kansas. He never played much, but its pretty clear that his decision is based much more on being closer to family than getting more playing time. To play next season, McCay had to submit a hardship waiver to the NCAA. That waiver was denied on Friday, but the NCAA told Kansas to appeal the ruling. A smaller subcommittee may be able to skirt around some of the waiver request guidelines that the NCAA as a whole cannot. If we take the bureaucracy out of the equation, were left with a genuine kid who Bob Stoops allowed to transfer within the conference. The issues that McCay is dealing with arent being made public, but bigtime coaches generally dont let quality players transfer this easily. Exhibit A: Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan wouldnt allow one of his players to transfer without ridiculous restrictions until the media bashed him. Coaches dont want to let go. Weis and offensive line coach Tim Grunhard, McCays former high school coach, also vouch for McCay as vehemently as you can vouch for somebody. Delcaring McCay eligible would certainly be good for the football team. Crist could definitely use a 6-foot-2, 215-pound receiver that can run a 4.5 40-yard-dash. But its also the right thing to do for the NCAA. When McCay was going into his senior year of high school, he lost his father. He went to Norman, Okla., and seemed to lose a little fire for the game. Very understandable for a kid dealing with the death of his father and other private family issues. A new situation, right among his family and his former high school coach, is the optimal situation. If hes ready to play with passion and speed and his natural abilities, the NCAA should be ready to let him. Well see what happens on May 1. Edited by Nadia Imafidon

sophomore sprinter diamond dixon prepares to run the Womens 400 Meter dash Invitational saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays. dixon recorded the NCaas the best time in the event.

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mother was about 16 years old when she was born, too young to raise a child, so she lived with her aunt. After Dixons mother left home, she did not see her again for nine years. Dixons aunt stepped up and raised her as her own daughter. Diamond began running track when she was nine years old to motivate herself to improve her grades. Dixon said she has dreamed about making the Olympics from the time she found out she was good at running track. It would mean everything because Ive worked so hard, Dixon said of fulfilling her goal to compete at the Olympics. Just the fact that I took myself out of a situation that could have been really bad and bettered myself and stayed strong and the fact that I am doing something that could take me to a big event like that would just be amazing. With the time she ran on Saturday at the Kansas Relays, Diamond Dixon is currently ranked ninth in the world. It does not surprise Trotter that Dixon runs as fast as she does as a sophomore in college; success at a young age is something that Trotter is very familiar with. She is the University of Tennessee 400-meter record holder with a time of 50 seconds. Trotter made her first Olympic team during her junior year of college, and she says Dixon is on the right path to accomplish. Shes on the road to greatness. Trotter said of Diamond. My advice to her is to continue doing what shes doing, stay focused, keep competing, and keep coming up against any contender that wants to step on the track with her and keep giving it her best. Edited by Caroline Kraft

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Kansas closes series with two victories against Iowa

aLec tiLson
atilson@kansan.com The Kansas softball team brushed off a disappointing loss Saturday and defeated Iowa State 8-0 in five innings on Sunday, taking two of three games in the series and notching two important conference victories. Kansas (28-16, 5-13) blew a six run lead in a 10-9 loss in game two of the weekend, a defeat that coach Megan Smith called unacceptable, but Kansas offense poured on 25 runs in the series and helped Kansas move to five victories in Big 12 play. Saturdays loss left the series tied at one game apiece and Kansas feeling as if it had given a game away, but Smith was pleased with the way the team responded Sunday. Its tough to sweep anyone in conference, especially a team that hits like Iowa State hits, Smith said. We needed to win the series and the girls bounced back today and had a dominant performance. Freshman pitcher Alicia Pille needed just 58 pitches to record the win, throwing a one-hit shutout, walking none and striking out three. Pilles (15-9) second one-hitter of the season came a day after the Kansas pitching staff surrendered nine earned runs and could not take advantage of a six-run cushion. I think it was more my attitude today than anything that was helping, Pille said. We knew we could play this team hard. We were focusing on that and I think that attitude made a difference today. It was another freshman, first baseman Maddie Stein, who shouldered a good portion of Kansas offensive output on the weekend. Stein went 7-for-12 with five runs and seven RBIs in the series. She connected on her first two collegiate home runs on Saturday and added a third on Sunday. I think we had that chip on our shoulder and that fire underneath us, Stein said of Sundays victory after the Saturday loss. We know that we should never have lost that game and we were never expected to lose that game, so I think tyLer bierwirth/Kansan we might have been maybe even freshman catcher lexi bryant catches during sunday afternoons game against Iowa state. the Jayhawks won their series after defeating Iowa state 8-0. a little embarrassed. Junior outfielder Maggie Hull did her part as well and contin- innings in what appeared would the bases loaded and one out. Smith said winning the series ued to swing the hottest bat on be a close finish. Stein knocked in Kansas third after Saturdays loss shows a the team. Kansas loaded the bases with run and continued what would degree of toughness the team has Hull added eight hits to her one out in the sixth inning after become a seven-run inning and been building all year. conference-leading total now at taking a 2-1 lead on freshman the difference in the 8-2 victory Theyre fighters, Smith said. 61 and is batting .424 this season. catcher Lexi Bryants home run. You can never count them out for Kansas. She currently owns a 12-game After a substitution error The five conference victories and when you think youve got hitting streak and has multiple occurred a ruling that erased come a year after Kansas won just them down, you dont. hits in seven straight games. an Iowa State inning-ending one Big 12 game and figure to On Friday, Kansas battled Iowa double play Stein received a help in the teams goal of reach Edited by Pat Strathman State to a 1-1 tie through five second chance at the plate with ing NCAA postseason play.

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wanted to hate the series finale of Eastbound and Down. I wanted to say it was a cop-out way to end the three-year watch party of Kenny Powers baseballs vulgar, drug taking, racist, sexist pitcher life. But when it was all over, I could do nothing but smile at the way Powers career came to a close. Last Saturday, the final episode of Eastbound and Down aired on HBO, just as creators Ben Best, Danny McBride and Jody Hill had planned three years ago when the television series started. The show was full of comedy with tragedy mixed in, and came to a conclusion that was fittingly unexpected. So if you havent seen the show, or the final episode, and plan to, proceed with caution something Powers never did. Yes, Kenny Powers was the ultimate hyperbole of what a closer in baseball is: A foul-mouthed adrenaline junkie who loves the spotlight, and the bigger and brighter the light, the better. And thats how Eastbound and Down

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he knew how special the moment was. So Powers first pitch was, as expected, a blazing fastball for a strike. And the second was the same. There he was, one strike away from completing the redemption story, just as we had all been waiting on since the show began. And then he dropped the ball. Just as he had done for three hilarious years, Powers acted for himself, and ran off the field. One strike shy of his comeback. One strike shy of everything we expected. He was going back to his girlfriend April and son Toby, so Powers drove though the night, chugging beer and yelling that he was in a Cameron Crowe movie, as he finally figured out what he had been searching for throughout the whole show a family. Thats when his car drove off a cliff and subsequently exploded. We are led to believe Kenny Powers is dead, and we see his companions and enemies react to Powers death. It was weird, just as the entire show had been. And of course, it was about to get a little bit weirder. Powers showed up at Aprils front door alive, and his hair has been bleached blonde. He tells his girlfriend that he left it all and faked his own death to be with her, and that April and his son Toby moving to Texas just wasnt possible. Powers had to go out in the most truly absurd, yet oddly touching way he could. Quitting baseball and faking his own death to be with his family concluded the last three seasons of Eastbound and Down in 30 sidesplitting minutes stunning, stupid and great. Edited by Nadia Imafidon

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Junior midfielder sarah robbins, from Montreal, Quebec, fights her Missouri state opponent for control of the ball during the KU-MsU game at the Jayhawk soccer complex on sunday afternoon. The Jayhawks were glad to end their season with a win after having tied with Iowa state and lost to Iowa last weekend.

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ajoseph@kansan.com With a series victory on the line Sunday afternoon, the Texas bullpen shut down the Jayhawks upset bid. The Kansas baseball team (16-25, 4-11 Big 12) dropped its secondstraight game to No. 23 Texas on Sunday, falling 7-2 in Austin. After defeating Texas 7-2 in Fridays series opener, the Jayhawk offense went quiet for the remainder of the weekend. The season-high four-game winning streak came to an end Saturday evening in a 3-0 loss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Kansas jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning against Texas pitcher Dillon Peters, but Peters day was short-lived. A lead-off walk to freshman outfielder Dakota Smith in the second inning prompted Augie Garrido, college baseballs winningest head coach, to turn to pitcher John Curtiss out of the bullpen a move that would pay off. We thought their bullpen was better than their starting pitching, so our goal was to get a few runs on the board early, sophomore outfielder Tucker Tharp said. Their bullpen was just really deep and pitched well all weekend. Sunday was the fifth time in the last six games that Kansas scored in the first inning. Kansas first inning success has been largely in part to Tharps move into the leadoff spot. Since stepping into the role on April 6, Tharp has gotten a hit in all but three games, hitting over .360 in April. Although Kansas was able jump ahead first, the early pitching change forced the Jayhawks to change their offensive approach. Hes got a power arm, coach Ritch Price said of Curtiss. He was pitching it 90-93 [mph], and he was able to throw enough breaking balls in there for strikes to keep us off balanced. While Peters gave up two hits to Kansas in the first inning, the Texas bullpen trio of Curtiss, Hoby Milner and Corey Knebel allowed just two hits in the final eight innings. For the first four innings, junior pitcher Thomas Taylor made the 2-0 advantage appear like more than enough to defeat Texas. Taylor cruised into the fifth inning without surrendering a hit, but when Taylor lost control of his pitches in the fifth, Texas made him pay. He really just lost command of his fastball, Price said. He was able to get the first out, and then all of the sudden, he walks a batter and gives up a couple base hits. He set the table for Texas to put up a crooked number. It comes down to that he got out of sync and out of rhythm. Taylor went 4.2 innings but allowed four runs in the fifth inning on three hits, walking a seasonhigh five batters. The loss drops Taylor to 4-5 on the season with a 4.08 ERA. With nine conference games remaining in the season, Kansas currently sits at seventh place in the Big 12 standings. The top-eight teams in conference play qualify for the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. The Jayhawks return to Lawrence with a losing record, but Price is already impressed with the teams improvement in Big 12 play. I was pleased with the way we competed, and I was pleased with the way that we played, Price said. Overall, we are significantly better than we were when we played Baylor five weeks ago. Edited by Ian Cummings

soccer team wins spring season, trains for summer

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rmccarthy@kansan.com The Kansas soccer team capped off their spring season with a 1-0 win over Missouri State at Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Notching a 4-1-1 record in March and April showed that Kansas made a few important strides to put together a successful schedule. Overall the spring has been very good, Kansas coach Mark Francis said. Weve made a lot of progress. The intensity has been really good so weve been happy with that. For the Jayhawks on Sunday, the most important aspect was working on more chances around the goal. The team had plenty of chances, but only put one shot in the back of the net. Francis said the team moved the ball around really well, but had a few breakdowns in the final 25 yards of the soccer field. Despite the struggles on goal, sophomore forward Caroline Kastor still netted the needed goal with 22 minutes remaining in the first half. Kastor weaved through a few defenders and then chipped the ball over the Missouri goaltender. For the spring, Kastor has shown an explosive step that has placed her as one of the necessary strikers for the team going into the fall season. Carolines had an unbelievable spring, Francis said. Just from a confidence standpoint and hows she impacted the game, shes a threat with her pace. Shes making dangerous runs, she works really hard defensively, shes kind of done it all. Along with Kastor the Jayhawks will rely on junior Whitney Berry and freshman Ingrid Vidal to make a major impact for the attacking players. Another improvement for the Jayhawks has been the development of the defensive unit. Last year the defense was the primary concern, but the past few months, the unit improved its coordination and experience. Were not there yet, but were getting there, Francis said. Francis said that he was pleased with pressure they put on Missouri State and the defense made them play much quicker on the ball. The Jayhawks already have a solid core group, but they will also add a few players. Former Ohio State NSCAA All-American Cassie Dickerson will be at the top of list of people to make the squad more competitive. Dickerson, a first-year law student at Kansas, still has one year of eligibility after playing three years at Ohio State. She graduated from Ohio in 2010. Now with the spring season wrapped up, the women focus on keeping this intensity throughout the summer so the team can make some noise in the fall when the games count toward their march to the NCAA Tournament. I think where were at right now is a good place to start going into August, Francis said. This is where we want to be beginning and look to get better. The Jayhawks move into the summer months where conditioning and training is up to the players until the coaches can have contact again in early August. Were looking forward to it, now theyve got to do it in the summer, Francis said. Edited by Nadia Imafidon

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KANSAS RELAYS
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 thE UNIVERSItY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

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KU men and women win the final races

MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com The 4x400-meter relay races brought the 85th Kansas Relays to a close Saturday in a very fitting way. The Kansas teams won both mens and womens races, and the womens group, which competed in the NCAA indoor championships for the 4x400meter relay, even set a meet record at 3:31.87 minutes. I saw the time so I was pushing for it, sophomore Diamond Dixon said of the meet record time after running the final leg of the relay. We actually werent focused on the meet record; we were trying to break our time from yesterday, junior Paris Daniels said. We all came out and competed well and Im happy. In the prelims on Friday, the four women ran a time 3:39.34 minutes, which they improved upon by 7.5 seconds in Saturdays finals. This was really the first meet for the team that consisted of senior Shayla Wilson, juniors Danesha Morris and Paris Daniels, and sophomore Diamond Dixon, running together. This is our first real 4x4 for the outdoor season, and our first time running 3:31. Danesha Morris said. Thats just awesome. That means were ready for big things. Morris said the time was much lower than the team expected coming into the finals. Now that they have seen what they are capable of, the women exp ect to continue to lower their time. This team appears capable of once again competing for the NCAA championship at nationals after running what as the sixth fastest time in Division 1. The mens 4x400-meter relay race began next with freshman Michael Stigler in the blocks for Kansas, looking to build momentum from the womens win. The team gained the lead several times early but struggled to maintain it, with the three freshmen Stigler, Michael Hester and Kenneth McCuin. McCuin pulled into the lead before handing the baton to junior Kyle Clemmons who ran to the finish for the Jayhawks. Its crazy because I know its only going to get better. Clemmons said, Her specialty is the triple jump, in which she holds the NCAA indoor national champion title, but Geubelle also finished eighth in the long jump at indoor nationals. Her 6.5-meter jump on Saturday is the second-ranked long jump in the Big 12 conference this year. Geubelle was consistent in her long jumps at the Kansas Relays. She did not have a single foul in the competition and her fourth and the worst of her six jumps, still would have tied for the lead in the competition. Instead Geubelle left no doubt

surrounded by his three teammates. The skys the limit now, because theyre only freshmen. The win on Saturday came with a time of 3:08.67 minutes, which was their fastest of the season. It was an improvement of almost five seconds from their time of 3:13.66 minutes, which sophomore Dominique Manley ran as a replacement for Clemmons. The mens team is focused on racing at nationals this season, and they think they have an idea of what it will take for the team to reach that level. To get into nationals, probably low 3:05, but were trying to take it meet by meet. Clemmons said. He is excited about the potential of such a young relay group. It may be too soon to ask the question, but after the performances by both mens and womens 4x400meter relay teams, one must wonder if both teams could compete for an NCAA national title this year. Edited by Nadia Imafidon

Junior wins long jump, sets personal best 100m

Trevor Wallace competes in the paralympians sprint from the starting blocks of the 200-meter dash, Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays.

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Junior Andrea Geubelle ran her fastest time ever at 11.72 seconds in the preliminaries of the womens 100-meter dash on Friday. She said she has not run a time below 11.8 seconds since high school. Geubelles speed also launched her to a victory in the womens long jump competition on Saturday with a jump of 6.5 meters. Im a lot faster than I was in indoor and ever. Geubelle said.

by jumping well over that mark. She twice jumped right at 6.5 meters. The performance in the long jump gives her confidence going into the most important meets of the seasonthe Big 12 and national championships. Just coming out here and convincing myself that I could still long jump and that I still had it in me was really good. Geubelle said.
Max Goodwin

Sophomore middle-distance runner Dalen Fink passes the baton to his teammate, sophomore distance runner Brendan Soucie, to compete in the third leg of the Mens Distance Medley Friday afternoon at the 85th Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium. Kansas won the distance medley with a time of 10:18.21.

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Teammates Denesha Morris, Diamond Dixon, Shayla Wilson and Paris Daniels hug at the finish line after placing first in the womens 4x400 meter relay on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays. The Kansas women set a new KU and Kansas Relays record with a time of 3:31.87.

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Third straight win for senior

MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com After falling short of victory in her own 1500-meter race, Rebeka Stowe stood at the edge of the track Saturday to watch the mens competition. She watched as senior Donny Wasinger achieved what she had hoped to by winning his third straight 1500-meter race at the Kansas Relays. Stowe, also a senior, set a personal record Saturday in 1500-meter, with a time of 4:22.50 minutes. But she didnt win the race. She was passed on the final stretch by Amanda Dunne, a former Missouri Tiger and current professional runner. A victory for Stowe would have made three consecutive titles. Ive been a little off this last week, so to get that P.R. [personal record], thats exciting for me as well, Stowe said. You win some, you lose some. Stowe said she enjoys running the 1500-meter because it is a faster-paced race than the 3000-meter steeplechase that she usually runs, but not quite as fast as the 800-meter that she also has run. With just one meet left before the Big 12 Championships in Manhattan, Stowes goal is to continue setting personal records. She has set Olympic trial standards but not yet the actual Olympic standards, which would allow her to focus on finishing in the top three at trials and not have to deal with the pressure of running a standard time. Ultimately this race isnt the endall be-all, Stowe said. Weve got a lot of meets left to go and its just another step in the process of building into the season. Wasinger ran his fastest race of the year, recording a time of 3:47.76 minutes. But he was hoping to run faster. He took the lead early and for the rest of the race ran by himself ahead of the pack. It can be a challenge to run by yourself like that, Wasinger said. Following his victory in the 1500-meter, in his final Kansas Relays as a Jayhawk, Wasinger reflected on the events tradition at Kansas. The 1500 has been a strong Kansas event ever since KU has been around, you know, Wasinger said. He talked about runners from the Kansas Hall of Fame, such as Jim Ryun, Wes Santee and Glen Cunningham names he also saw on the Track and Field Hall of Fame at Armory, New York. If he could run as fast as those runners, Wasinger said, it would be an honor. And that is his goal. Wasinger accepted his third Kansas Relays 1500-meter trophy at the Champions podium after the race. Its been a great four years, Wasinger said. The coaches, and the support system, and the fans have given me great memories. Its made me a better athlete, a better person, and Ill always remember KU. Edited by Ian Cummings

Senior Shayla Wilson hands off the baton to sophomore Diamond Dixon to run the final lap in the Womens 4x400 Meter Relay on Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays. The Kansas women set a new KU and Kansas Relays records with a time of 3:31.87.

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Sophomore Diamond Dixon struggles to pass DeeDee Trotter in the Womens 400-Meter Dash Invitational, Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays.

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Freshman Alisha Keys wins 200m in first Relays appearance

Freshman sprinter Alisha Keys ran the fastest time Saturday of the final round of the womens 200-meter, winning the event title in 24.36 seconds. Keys won by just six-tenths of a second over second-place winner Latoya King, a junior running for Lincoln University. Keys is from Junction City and said her high school never competed

at the Kansas Relays while she was a student there. She said she was excited to win a title in her first final at an outdoor home meet as a Jayhawk. Instead of focusing on mechanics in her winning 200-meter race, Keys said, she has been concentrating on the experience of her first Kansas Relays. I was just focused on having a good time here. Keys said. Theres only so much you can do, and focusing on mechanics can really mess you up, so I just decided to do what I do in practice and come out here and

do the same thing. Keys ran the fastest high school 200-meter time in the state of Kansas in 2011 before coming to the University. The preliminary time of 24.10 seconds that she ran on Friday to put herself in the finals was the fastest womens 200-meter time of the Relays as well as her own personal record.
Max Goodwin

Mens relay team wins 4x1 mile, women finish close second place

The Kansas men also saw success over the weekend with the relay team, recording a victory in the 4x1 mile relay. The relay group consisted of senior Austin Bussing running the first leg and handing off to sophomore James Wilson, freshman Reid Buchannan on the third leg, and senior Zach Zarda on the fourth and final leg. They finished the race with a time of 17:17.16 minutes, though Austin Bussing said

time was a secondary concern for the team. It was just about getting out there and competing. Bussing said. Bussing is running in his final Kansas Relays as a Jayhawk and said it feels great to get a win in the event in front of a good home crowd. You get a good sense of the Kansas track tradition that we have here when you come to the relays, Bussing said. Its always a great experience. South Dakota ran the relay in 17:36.78 seconds, for second place. Fort Hays State finished third.

Running in the Kansas womens 4x1 mile relay were juniors Tessa Turcotte, Kathleen Thompson and freshmen Ragan Allen, and Sara Seiwald. The team finished in second place behind Pittsburg St. who ran the relay in 20:49.30 minutes. Kansas time was 21:00.83 minutes. Max Goodwin

Senior hurdler Isaac Bradshaw competes in the Mens 400-Meter Hurdles, Friday afternoon. Bradshaw finished with a time of 55.47.

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Kansas faces long odds in Big 12 tourney

CoRBIN MIhELIC
cmihelic@kansan.com After a promising 7-0 start to the season, the Kansas womens tennis team finished conference dual play winless. The Jayhawks finished 0-9 against Big 12 teams in 2012, after their most recent loss in the season finale to Kansas State, 6-1, Saturday in Manhattan. Any loss is tough regardless of who it is, coach Amy Hall-Holt said. We want to beat everybody possible and thats the way we go in. We dont try to have added pressure because its Missouri or K-State or anything. Kansas dropped all three doubles matches with the same score, 8-5. One of the losses was to the Wildcat duo of Petra Niedermayerova and Karla Bonacic. Junior Monica Pezzotti and sophomore Dylan Windoms 8-5 loss to the nations No. 78-ranked doubles team was their fourth in conference play. The lone Jayhawk who earned a singles victory on Saturday was freshman Maria Belen Luduea. Luduea, a native of Curico, Chile, defeated Kansas States Ana Gomez Aleman, 6-2 and 6-3. Sophomore Paulina Los had the most competitive loss for Kansas at No. 2 singles, a 6-1, 3-6 defeat at the hands of Bonacic, the nations No. 101-ranked singles player. Niedermayerova is also ranked No. 27 in singles for Kansas State. We think about it a lot because we want to win and sometimes I feel like it just stops us, Los said. We really want to win and we try really hard, but sometimes it just doesnt work. I think we just need to relax and try our best. Kansas, which ended its regular season on Saturday, will now travel to College Station, Texas for the Big 12 Championships. Play for that event is scheduled to run from April 26 to 29, but the tournament format is singleelimination. The last time the Jayhawks won a match at the Big 12 Championships was in 2008, when they defeated Iowa State before being blanked by Colorado in the second round. After the season is over, we need to get more confidence in the team, Pezzotti said. We need to build our confidence and work on it. Edited by Pat Strathman sophomore Claire Dreyer returns a volley during doubles action against Oklahoma March 9 at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. Dreyer and her teammate, junior Victoria Khanevskaya. Dreyer and Khanevskaya were defeated 8-4.

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MLB

Texas Rangers win in extra innings against Detroit Tigers

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DETROIT Rangers Alberto Gonzalez squared to bunt, hoping to drive in the go-ahead run on a squeeze play. The ball hit his bat and glanced off his right leg before bouncing off the ground and out toward the pitcher. Then the Texas Rangers caught a break. Instead of being called a foul ball, Gonzalezs bunt went for an RBI infield single in the 11th inning, lifting the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Gonzalez admitted after the game the ball hit him around the knee and a replay confirmed that but the play stood. As soon as he hit the ball and saw the ball was fair, he didnt stop himself, Gonzalezs translator said. He was trying to go to first base. He knew the job was done. The bases were loaded with nobody out when Gonzalez bunted. Right-hander Thad Weber (0-1), who was making his major league debut, had no play at the plate on runner Nelson Cruz. Weber froze with the ball, and first baseman Miguel Cabrera struggled to get back to the bag in time. Everybody was safe, and Texas took the lead. Detroit manager Jim Leyland came out to argue, but to no avail. I saw just what it did: The ball came down and hit him on the back knee. Clearly. Clearly. Thats not even a question, Leyland said. The ball clearly hit him, and four guys happened to miss it. Thats part of the game. Plate umpire Tim Welke had a chance to watch the replay afterward and said the ball did in fact hit Gonzalez, but his crew hadnt seen that initially. We did not see the ball hit anybody on the field, Welke said. We called what we saw. Gonzalez appeared to be in the batters box still when the ball hit him, meaning it would have almost certainly been ruled a foul ball if an umpire had seen the contact. Robbie Ross (3-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for Texas, and Joe Nathan finished for his fourth save. Josh Hamilton homered for the Rangers. The Tigers led 2-1 in the eighth with rookie starter Drew Smyly in line for his first career win. But Texas tied it when Elvis Andrus drew a walk, went to second on a wild pitch and took third when catcher Alex Avilas throw to second went into the outfield for an error. Hamilton hit a sacrifice fly to even the score. Weber, who was called up from the minors in between games of Saturdays doubleheader, made his major league debut in the 11th. He walked Cruz and allowed singles to Mike Napoli and Yorvit Torrealba, setting up Gonzalezs at-bat with the bases loaded. Bases loaded, nobody out and the right person in the batters box. The guy who was in the batters box is one of the guys I do my fundamental stuff with, Texas manager Ron Washington said. I had warned him that if this situation came up, look for the squeeze on the first pitch. Weber then got out of the inning without any further damage by getting pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland to hit into a double play and Ian Kinsler to ground out. Smyly pitched six innings, allowing a run and five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts, but he had to settle for his third straight no-decision. Hes allowed only two earned runs in 16 innings on the season. Texas starter Colby Lewis allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Hamilton gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the first with his seventh homer of the year, and Michael Young followed with a single to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. But Smyly settled in nicely after that. Detroit tied it in the third when Ramon Santiago hit a leadoff triple and eventually scored on a two-out wild pitch. In the sixth, Hamilton hit a single and went to second on a groundout. He then took third when after one of Smylys pitches catcher Alex Avilas throw went over the southpaw for an error. Smyly recovered, striking out Cruz and retiring Napoli on a flyball to end the threat. Brennan Boesch hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth, but Detroit couldnt hold on.

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PLAYING DIRtY

Hawk Mudfest player Kelsey Adkins laughs after she and her teammates dive to attempt to save the ball from hitting the ground. Hawk Mudfest was held on Saturday afternoon to raise money for KU Endowments Student Leadership Award.

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Ethan Rempel, player for team Sets from Behind, attempts to keep the play going during the Hawk Mudfest volleyball tournament, which raises money for an award that recognizes students who make contributions to the future of the University.

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MLB

Royals, in free fall, drop third to Blue Jays

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. With the Kansas City Royals mired in a 10game losing streak, personnel changes could be on the horizon. Ricky Romero won his third straight start, Brett Lawrie stole home and drove in two runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Kansas City 5-3 Sunday, sending the Royals to their 10th straight loss. The Royals have only six skids longer than 10 in franchise history. It is their longest losing streak since dropping 12 consecutive May 19- 30, 2008. As the losses mount up nine of them at Kauffman Stadium on this opening 10-game homestand manager Ned Yost said changes may be necessary. Were close to getting to the point of needing to make some changes, Yost acknowledged. If we need to make some moves, we will, but we cant continue with this. The Royals have scored three or less runs in five of their past six games and rank next-to-last in the American League with 56 runs. The starting pitchers have thrown a total of 18 innings in the past four games, none lasting more than five innings. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the fifth to chase Royals left-hander Danny Duffy. Lawries two-out single to right scored Yunel Escobar and Jose Bautista. Rajai Davis led off the inning with a double and scored on Escobars single. Bautista, who walked three times, singled home J.P. Arencibia with the other run. Duffy labored through 4 2-3 innings, throwing 113 pitches and walking five. He did not give up a hit until Ben Francisco singled with two outs in the fourth, but yielded four hits and two walks in the fifth while retiring only two. The Royals cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning, which Jeff Francoeur and Mike Moustakas started with singles. Francoeur scored on an Alcides Escobar fielders choice grounder, while Moustakas scored on Yunel Escobars throwing error. The Blue Jays added a run in the eighth, when Lawrie, who had walked and went to third on Arencibias single, pulled off a double steal. Arencibia broke for second and catcher Humberto Quintero fired to second baseman Yuniesky Betancourt. Lawrie broke for home and beat Betancourts throw to the plate. We ran a double steal in the eighth inning, which turned out to be a pretty big run, Farrell said. The Royals, who have had one winning season since 1994, again find themselves in a deep hole to start this season. This is not even a hole, Royals designated hitter Billy Butler said. We finished 32 games under .500 (in 2009) Thats a hole. Moustakas singled home Betancourt for a ninth inning run, but pinch-hitter Brayan Pena grounded into a game-ending double play.

Toronto Blue Jays Brett Lawrie beats the tag by Kansas City Royals catcher Humberto Quintero to steal home during the eighth inning. Toronto swept Kansas City in the weekend series, handing the Royals their 10th-straight loss by winning 5-3 Sunday.

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