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Two professors hired to create

new center focused on immigration
ALLISON CRIST

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The University recently

hired two sociologists who
will lead the way for the creation of a migration and immigration studies center.
Victor Agadjanian and Cecilia Menjvar are both distinguished professors at Arizona
State University, and they will
begin planning the center this
fall.
At this point, it is unknown
whether or not an entirely new
building will be built, or if the
center will be placed with an
already existing building. The
name for the center is still under consideration as well.
The need for this center
comes from Bold Aspirations,
the strategic plan that aims to
improve the University as a
whole. An aspect of the plan
calls for growth in the area
of human migration and immigration, as well as human
trafficking. This center will
be dedicated to researching in
these areas.
In addition to Agadjanian
and Menjvar, the University
will hire two foundation distinguished professors this year
to fulfill the plan.
David Smith, chair of the sociology department, said the
center will satisfy the plan and
allow people at the University to address issues of public
concern.
In the spirit of the Bold Aspirations plan, the issues associated with immigration and
migration are not just relative
to us, but worldwide, Smith

1. The University is creating a center that will be

dedicated to researching migration and immigration.
2. Two Arizona sociologists have been hired to
create the center.
3. The planning and implementation of the center
will begin next fall.

Agadjanian

Menjivar

said.
The center is in its earliest
stages of planning, and Smith
said the two professors will
think carefully on how to proceed with its implementation.
Nonetheless, the two professors are in an agreement that
the process will be fully participatory, meaning that they
will welcome input from both
students and faculty.
They are both extraordinarily accomplished sociologists, Smith said. Their
geographic specialities differ
when it comes to research,
which allows them to cover a

lot of ground.
Menjvar has done extensive
research regarding migration,
specifically focusing on those
immigrants that are U.S.bound from Central America.
She has published six books,
ranging in topics from Latin
American women to Salvadoran immigrants in America.
Ive examined both how immigrants adapt to living in the
U.S. and the problems many
face when crossing the southern border to enter the country, Menjvar said.
Menjvar said she thinks this
center will be beneficial be-

cause of the Kansas location.

Its easy to find immigration
studies centers on the coasts,
but to have one in the center
of the country is important,
Menjvar said. It will provide
a different angle and shed light
on relevant issues.
Menjvar said she is looking
forward to collaborate with
the faculty here at the University to provide a space for
people to focus on important
issues.
Agadjanian is also looking
forward to collaborations.
Im excited to build this new
center which will hopefully be
an important place for new
ideas to generate, Agadjanian
said. I want to focus on the
migration process and broadly define it while relating it to
every other aspect of human
and social life.
Agadjanian hopes to work
with experts from a wide variety of disciplines to really look
at migration and immigration
from a broad perspective.
Every place is affected by
migration, Agadjanian said.
Its an increasingly global
process, so its important to
find solutions to the problems
and challenges of this process.
Agadjanian said he is ready
to move to Lawrence.
Ive heard a lot of good
things about the Universitys faculty and student body,
but especially the life in Lawrence, Agadjanian said.
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University research finds motivation

behind small college athletic donations
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews

A study by a group of University researchers found that

donations to small NCAA Division III or National Association Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) athletics programs are
largely motivated by rewards
gained from donating, rather
than a sense of giving back.

It was more of a transactional relationship instead of

this very relationship-based
thing.
JORDAN BASS
Graduate student

The study also showed why

people choose to donate and
why they choose to stop donating to their programs.
Jordan Bass, a graduate student at the University and
assistant professor of health,
sport and exercise science,
researched the topic with
University doctoral student
Rebecca Achen and Brian Gordon, a student at the
University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse.
We thought it would really
be I want to give because I

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have a strong attachment to

the school, thats what weve
seen in the literature before,
Bass said. It was more of a
transactional
relationship
instead of this very relationship-based thing.
Although the research focused on small schools, the
teams discoveries highlighted
the process of donations and
revenue at larger schools as
well.
Bass said the difference
between funding for large
schools like the University of
Kansas and smaller Division
III and NAIA schools lies in
the consistency of funds and
size of staffs.
A school like KU has money
consistently coming in from
bowl games or [the NCAA
Tournament], he said. Those
are going to be consistent
sources of revenue and these
schools have a lot more expenditures.
Bass said at some of the
small schools he researched,
the schools sports staff would
only consist of four people
who werent coaches, like
sports information or marketing directors.
Because the schools have
fewer resources than Division
I schools, money that comes
in from donations is much
more valuable. But Bass said

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1. The University groups study found that donations to small collegiate athletics programs are no
longer based on ones affection toward a college.
2. Donations are more essential to a small colleges funding than a large Division I program.
3. The study found that people stop donating because of an inadequate return on their investment
in the university.
the reason people donate is
changing.
I have been shown that
my love is only as deep as
my pockets, one respondent
wrote for the study, according to a University press release, acknowledging the idea
that many donors feel like the
schools dont care about them
and only care about the donations they make.
The press release also said
benefits of giving, from touring facilities to something as
simple as receiving a branded license plate frame, were
the most cited reasons people
liked giving. They also discussed the positive feeling of
helping and being affiliated
with the university as top benefits.
The study found that one of
the reasons people stop donating is they dont receive

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enough return on their investment. Among the reasons

people donated were better
seats for season tickets or gifts
from the university. Bass said
these benefits could also be
small things like license plate
covers.
According to the release,
there are ways to win back donors and they can be small.
The study focused only on
small donors, because large
donors tend to get more attention and be less difficult to
keep donating.
[The reason people donate]
has changed over time, Bass
said. You dont really have to
give to be associated now. We
can just follow from afar and
have this connection without
having to have a physical show
that [a fan is] associated with a
university.
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Brandon Schneider, former coach at Stephen F. Austin State University,
will replace Bonnie Henrickson as coach of the womens basketball team.

Brandon Schneider
hired as womens
basketball coach
DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

Kansas
Athletics
announced
Monday
that
Stephen F. Austin State
University coach Brandon
Schneider has been hired as
the new womens basketball
coach at the University of
Kansas, after SB Nation and
the Lawrence Journal World
published multiple reports
on Sunday.
Brandon is an excellent fit
for Kansas, KU Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger said
in a press release.
Schneider will be officially
announced as the new coach
at a press conference at 10
a.m. today at Allen Fieldhouse.
Schneider just finished his
fifth season at Stephen F.
Austin, where the Ladyjacks
won back-to-back Southland
Conference regular season
championships. Following
their 2014 regular season
championship,
Schneider
guided the Ladyjacks to the
Womens Basketball Invitational championship games,
where they were the runner-up. In 2015, the team
lost in the first round of
Southland Conference Tournament, but qualified for the
Womens NIT, where they
didnt make it past the first
round.
During his time as coach at

Student wins Truman

Scholarship, receives
call from chancellor
University student Ashlie Koehn
was chosen as the Universitys
18th Truman Scholar on Wednesday. According to a University
press release, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little told Koehn the
news over a Skype call. Koehn
currently studies Russian and
economics in Kyrgyzstan.
At first, I thought she was just
calling to congratulate me on
the Udall [Scholarship], Koehn
said. It had a surreal quality,
being here in Kyrgyzstan and
taking a break from helping my
host family ... to Skype with the
chancellor.
Koehn is a junior from Burns,
studying environmental studies,
global international studies and
economics. She plans to work
toward a Master of Science in
Environmental Economics.
The Truman Scholarship, totaling $30,000, is a prestigious
scholarship awarded to select
students across the country
who plan on attending graduate

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Stephen F. Austin, Schneider

combined an overall record
of 108-49 in his five seasons.
His best was the 2012-13
season, when the Jackrabbits
were 28-2 and 17-1 in conference play.
His father, Bob, was also
a successful coach in the
world of womens basketball.
He won more than 1,000
womens basketball games
in a coaching career that
lasted 43 years. In 1988, he
coached West Texas A&M to
a Division II National Championship game.
The Kansas position is not
Schneiders first coaching job
in the state of Kansas. Prior
to Stephen F. Austin, Schneider was the coach at Emporia State. He spent 12 seasons
at Emporia and produced a
306-72 record, making him
the winningest coach in program history.
During Schneiders tenure
at Emporia State, his team
qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament 11 times, made it to the
Final Four twice and won the
whole tournament in 2010.
We are confident that
Brandons teams at KU will
display the same tenacity
and competitiveness that his
teams showed at Emporia
State and Stephen F. Austin,
Zenger said.

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school.
Koehn hopes to attend the London School of Economics after
graduation for its environmental
economics program that focuses
on climate change.
It is truly an honor to be included in the Truman community and I am looking forward to
meeting all of the other scholars
during orientation, Koehn said.
Nominations for the Truman
Scholarship start at the university level with professors and
advisors who interview the best
candidates. The best candidates
applications are then sent to a
regional committee who will select the finalists. There are usually one or two winners per state.
According to the Truman Foundation website, Koehn is a Staff
Sergeant at the Kansas Air National Guard, runner and mandolin player.
Joining the Guard was the
best single decision I have ever
made and I am so grateful for the
support and mentorship I have
received from this great organization, Koehn said.

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Bird flu confirmed at farm in Iowa

DAVID PITT

Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa Up
to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa
farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and
deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture said Monday.
The farm in northwest Iowas Osceola County has
nearly 10 percent of the
states egg-laying hens. Iowa
is home to roughly 59 million
hens that lay nearly one in every five eggs consumed in the
country.
Egg industry marketing experts say its too early to predict the impact on prices, but
say its unlikely to immediately cause a spike or a shortage,
because number of chickens
that are to be euthanized is a
little more than 1 percent of
the nations egg layers.
Dont panic, poultry industry consultant Simon
Shane said. Lets wait and
see.
If the disease keeps spreading and 20 million to 30
million hens are infected,
consumers could start seeing
prices rise, said Shane, whos
also an adjunct professor of
poultry science and veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University.
Several Midwestern states
have been affected by the
outbreaks, costing turkey and
chicken producers nearly 7.8
million birds since March.

BETHANY HAHN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this photo is a flock of turkeys at a Minnesota poultry farm. The countrys poultry industry may have to live with a deadly bird flu strain for several years,
the U.S. Department of Agricultures chief veterinary officer said April 16 on a visit to Minnesota, the state hit hardest by outbreaks that have cost Midwest
producers over two million turkeys and chickens.

The virus was first detected

in Minnesota, the countrys
top turkey-producing state,
in early March and the H5N2
virus has since shown up on
commercial farms in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota and
Wisconsin. On Monday, the
virus was confirmed in another turkey farm in Minnesota and a backyard flock of

mixed birds in Wisconsin.

The Osceola County farm
experienced a high number of chicken deaths and
sent samples to a USDA lab
at Iowa State University for
confirmation. Its the first
chicken farm in Iowa to be
affected by the virus, which
was confirmed at a turkey
farm in the state last week.
The chickens at the large

farm reside in more than 20

houses, said Dustin Vande
Hoef, a spokesman for Iowa
Agriculture Secretary Bill
Northey.
Its a huge challenge for
this producer and highlights
the importance of biosecurity
and other producers trying to
take steps to limit the spread
of this disease, he said.
Vande Hoef said there is no

food safety risk.

The Center for Disease
Control and the Iowa Department of Public Health
considers the risk to people
from these infections in wild
birds, backyard flocks and
commercial poultry, to be
low. No human infections
with the virus have ever been
detected.

Kansas cuts
forecast for
taxes by $187M
JOHN HANNA

Associated Press
Kansas officials on Monday cut their projections for
tax collections from now
through June 2016 by $187
million, which will force
Gov. Sam Brownback and
legislators to consider larger
tax increases to balance the
budget.
State officials, legislative
researchers and university
economists issued a new
fiscal forecast, revising one
made in November. The
Republican governor and
GOP-dominated Legislature
must use the new, more pessimistic projections in finishing work on a proposed
state budget for the fiscal
year that begins July 1.
The forecasters reduced
the estimate for total tax collections for the current fiscal
year by nearly $88 million,
or 1.5 percent, to about $5.7
billion. They also cut the tax
estimate for the next fiscal
year by nearly $100 million,
or 1.7 percent, also making
it almost $5.9 billion.
The new forecast also reduced the official projection
for total tax collections in
the fiscal year beginning in
July 2016 by $88 million, or

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about 1.4 percent, making it

about $6 billion.
Before the new forecast,
top Republican legislators
had been working on budget
proposals requiring general
tax increases of about $150
million a year.
The states budget problems arose after Brownback
successfully pushed legislators in 2012 and 2013 to
slash personal income taxes
in an effort to stimulate the
economy. The state cut its
top rate by 29 percent and
exempted 281,000 business
owners and 53,000 farmers
from income taxes altogether.
Brownback has not backed
off those policies, though
hes proposed slowing down
future personal income tax
cuts. Hes also pushing to
raise alcohol and tobacco
taxes and has said hes open
to boosting the states sales
tax.
Legislators are scheduled
to reconvene April 29 to
wrap up business for the
year.
Before the new forecast,
tax collections for the current fiscal year, through
March, were $43 million less
than anticipated, a shortfall
of about 1.2 percent.

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The end of World War II had an extreme impact on KU enrollment. There were just under 4,000 students enrolled in 1945.
The numbers ballooned to just over 9,000 in 1946. Can you imagine if KUs enrollment were to double next year?

Willie Nelson to release own marijuana brand

NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. Country music star Willie Nelson

announced plans Monday to
roll out his own brand of marijuana, capitalizing on his association with pot and the unofficial stoner holiday, 4/20.
The move makes the 81-yearold Roll Me Up and Smoke
Me When I Die singer the
latest celebrity to jump into the
marijuana marketplace.
Willies Reserve will be
grown and sold in Colorado
and Washington, where recreational pot is legal. Nelson said
in a statement that hes looking forward to working with
the best growers in Colorado
and Washington to make sure
our product is the best on the
market.
Nelson joins other famous
pot personalities, including
rapper Snoop Dogg, who endorses vaporizing products;
singer Melissa Etheridge, developing marijuana-infused
wine; and reality TV star
and self-help guru Bethenny
Frankel, who is working on a
strain of Skinnygirl weed that
wouldnt leave users with the
munchies.
Like other industries, branding and creative marketing is
a big part of supporting legal
cannabis products, said Vicki
Christophersen, director of the
Washington CannaBusiness
Association.
Christophersen said these
connections continue a long
tradition of celebrities endorsing the use of marijuana
even decades before it became
legal for adult use.
Nelson, who was not available for comment Monday, is
among those with well-established connections to cannabis.

Hes been a decriminalization

advocate and has been busted for pot possession several
times. He also appeared in the
stoner comedy Half Baked.
Washington and Colorado
made pot legal for adult use in
2012. Oregon, Alaska and the
District of Columbia also have
removed legal restrictions, and
more states are expected to
vote on legalization next year.
The moves have created marketing opportunities, but links
to celebrity smokers arent always considered a positive.

Like other industries, branding and creative marketing is

a big part of supporting legal
cannabis products.
VICKI CHRISTOPHERSON
Director, Washington
CannaBusiness Association

This year, the National Cannabis Industry Association

decided to drop actor Tommy Chong co-star of the
Cheech and Chong comedy
team as it prepared to lobby Congress for pot-friendly
regulations. The group wanted
to move past the stoner stereotypes they say Chong represents in favor of positioning
pot as similar to fine wine.
Others see it differently, however.
Chong has an endorsement
deal with Marisol Therapeutics, a pot shop in Pueblo, Colorado, that sells a strain in his
name.
Store owner Mike Stetler
called Chong marijuanas
equivalent of the Marlboro
Man, and when it comes to
pot pitchmen, he asked, Who
better?

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Willie Nelson performs at the iTunes Festival during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 15. Nelson announced Monday he plans to roll out his
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Students should utilize farmers markets

Matthew Clough
@mcloughsofly

ts 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday. If youre a college

student, youre almost
certainly sound asleep,
exhausted from celebrating
the end of the school week.
But in downtown Lawrence,
local vendors are setting up
stands to sell their goods,
and community members are
beginning to congregate. The
farmers market season is just
starting in many communities, and students are missing
out on this unique opportunity.
Since many college students
are busy and on a budget,
they opt to do their shopping at grocery stores such
as Walmart or Dillons.
While these businesses offer
convenience and low prices,
they fall short in one major
category: local sustainability.
Students need to understand
the benefits of supporting
local businesses, including
those at the farmers market.
More than anything, shopping locally strengthens the
community both personally
and financially. Buying from
those in your city creates an
interpersonal bond, especially
if the visits are repeated and
personal relationships can be
established. Local business
owners also tend to donate
more to local programs

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and groups than corporate

businesses.
According to a research
reported in USA Today,
supporting local businesses
also keeps money in the
consumers area. On average
for every $100 spent locally,
$68 stays in the community.
This is more than the $43 that
remains when the money
is spent at local branches of
chain stores. The long-term
benefits of strengthening the
community far outweigh the
costs of spending a little bit
more at the farmers market.
Farmers markets also offer
goods unique to their specific
shopping experience. Produce, meats and other food
items arent the only things
being sold. For example, the
Lawrence Farmers Market
has vendors that sell handmade wool hats, handcrafted soaps and pottery. The
Kansas Citys Historic City
Market has more than 140
vendors and offers fresh-cut
flowers and various craft
items from local artisans. No
two markets have the same
experience, and each market
can say something different
about its citys unique culture.
The food available at
farmers markets is also more
likely to be grown organically, meaning there are no
pesticides or other harmful,
contaminated products being
used. This is clearly a health
benefit, although the organic
movement is also becoming
a social phenomenon. As
people realize the importance
of eating healthier and going
green, farmers markets have
been rising in popularity.
In the past five years, the
number of U.S. farmers

PHOTO COURTESY OF LAWRENCE FARMERS MARKET

The Lawrence Farmers Market opened for the 2015 season on April 11. The market is open Saturdays from 7-11 a.m.

markets has nearly doubled.

In 2013, there were 8,144
farmers markets listed in the
national directory and 4,685
were listed in 2008. Buying
locally is turning into a new
American tradition, for
both health and community
reasons.
Students should try shopping locally, especially at
establishments such as the

Lawrence Farmers Market.

Its true that products may
be slightly more expensive
than at a chain grocery store,
but for those who already
buy organic items, prices
are comparable. Even so, the
long-term benefits to a community of shopping locally
and building a culture should
be preserved and continued
in the years to come.

The Lawrence Farmers

Market is located at 824 New
Hampshire St. Parking information and operation hours
can be found at lawrencefarmersmarket.com.
Matthew Clough is a
sophomore from Wichita
studying journalism and English

Removing teaching qualifications hurts schools

Had a ghost pepper wing from

Buffalo Wild Wings...
#mouthwassmoking

Re-watching Gossip Girl reminds

me of how much I miss this
show. <3 <3

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Cecilia Cho

@ceciliacho92

efore we moved on
to pursuing higher
education, we had to
work through 12-13 years of
schooling (if youre counting
kindergarten). We encountered several different teachers
who challenged and inspired
us, and probably a few that
drove us crazy. But what is one
thing all of our past teachers
have in common? They were
licensed in the courses they
taught and were properly
equipped to take on those
classrooms.
In 2013, Bill 2319 proposed
the establishment of innovative districts in Kansas;
meaning 29 school districts in
the state of Kansas could be
excused from hiring teachers
that meet certain state laws
in pursuit of innovation,
the Lawrence Journal-World

reports. For example, teachers

with a journalism degree can
teach different sections such
as drama or speech classes.
This year, the Kansas State
Board of Education will finally
decide whether or not to
approve Bill 2319.
Currently there are six
districts seeking to create a
Specialized Training Certificate for those who wish to
teach but have not obtained
the proper licensing to do
so in a particular subject. In
order to receive the STC, one
must pass a background check
and approval from the local
and state school boards. The
districts, called the Coalition
of Innovative Districts, are
Kansas City, Marysville, Hugoton, Blue Valley, Concordia
and McPherson. The reason
behind dismissing the requirement of having a license in
teaching is so rural western
districts such as Hugoton
can overcome the challenge
of recruiting teachers,
according to the Lawrence
Journal-World. In addition,
some believe that having
more flexible regulations
will proliferate the quality of
education students receive.
For urban districts, such as

Blue Valley, proponents argue

that more flexibility would
increase innovation and education quality.
This is a complete disservice to current educators in
our state, as well as students
in these districts who will
potentially have to deal with
these innovations. Propo-

ers in certain districts is problematic, but if this were an

issue of dwindling physicians,
dentists or lawyers, would
we be proposing the same
structure? Would you feel
comfortable having a general
physician perform surgery on
you? Would you allow your
orthodontist to give you a root

WE MUST BE CAREFUL IN THE DECISIONS

WE MAKE REGARDING OUR FUTURE
GENERATIONS EDUCATION.
nents of Bill 2319 are basically
saying that people can teach
whichever subject they desire,
as long as they have a clean
record. Using the earlier
example, having a background
in journalism, which may tie
in with speech and some drama, is not the same as being
able to teach a whole course
on speech or drama. All three
subjects can borrow ideas
from one another, but they
are not substantive enough to
properly teach students at the
full capacity that they deserve
to learn.
Having a shortage of teach-

canal? Would you go to a lawyer specializing in elderly care

if you were seeking a lawsuit
for environmental reasons?
No. All of these jobs have
loose knowledge of different
disciplines in their respective
fields, but we have specialized positions for a reason.
Similarly, students should not
be forced to settle for their
education just because Kansas
needs to fill up job space.
It doesnt make sense to
strive for an increase in students education by decreasing
the qualifications a teacher
must have. I know proponents

are not wishing to hinder students academics intentionally,

but if this bill passes, this may
happen as an unintentional
result. Teachers who are not
specialized in certain courses
may veer from less creative
and effective methods of
teaching, and instead may use
more generic, straight out-ofthe-book teaching styles due
to their unfamiliarity in the
subject. Think back on your
K-12 experience: who are the
teachers you most remember? Were they the ones who
taught everything by the
book? Or were they the ones
who went above and beyond
in the classroom because they
were teaching a subject they
were truly passionate and
knowledgeable about?
We must be careful in the
decisions we make regarding our future generations
education. Proponents must
not be hasty to make such a
detrimental decision and they
need to see all of the potential
issues that may arise, instead
of aiming to solve just one
problem.

Cecilia Cho is a senior from

Overland Park studying
American Studies

All I want to do is set up a

hammock and drink some brews
instead of going to class... Is
that too much to ask?
Finished my last reading
assignment of the semester!
Feeling too good!!!
Yeah, Its completely normal to
have the meow mix theme song
stuck in your head during an
exam.
Once I got free t-shirts at a liquor
store because Im an alcoholic.
#Blessed

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TRENDING

Lambert, Bryan win big at ACMAs in Texas

arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is an 8
Keep quiet and take action.
Push for what you believe.
Conditions are changing. Dont
splurge. All turns out even better
than youd hoped, if youve been
gentle. It could get tense. Keep
your objective in mind.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 9
Practical efforts reap abundant
rewards. Dont get distracted
by talk that goes nowhere. Get
moving! Convince others by
showing them. Dont forget what
youve learned the hard way.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 9
Express your love with your
favorite media. Use your own
particular art or science. Abandon a self-imposed limitation.
Your confidence grows today and
tomorrow. Take practical action
for a personal project.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 7
Action you take now has
long-lasting consequences.
Save your money. Stick with
whats real. Get your body
moving. A hike or adventure in
nature provides peace and even
spiritual discovery.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Parties, meetings, conferences
and gatherings go well. Work
together to make something
happen. Idle chatter makes no
difference. Dont waste time
on gossip. Make promises,
agreements and schedule who
will do what.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Dont show critics unfinished
work. Creating beauty may
require making a mess first.
If you cant do your chores,
hire someone who can. Make a
professional move. Action taken
now goes the distance.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Dont talk about it ... just go.
You have what you need. Study
your subject in person. Follow
your passion. Communication
breakdowns get resolved
later. Take action for what you
love and it goes further than
expected.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Dont make loans today. Financial discussions can morph into
arguments. Is it about money
or power? Inspect your own
situation for leaks, and take
discrete action.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 9
Shake things up. Dont just talk
about playing with your partner;
get out and do it. Youre inspired
to take action, and together you
can generate amazing results.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 9
An unexpected development at
work requires all hands on deck.
Postpone a trip. Dont waste
time talking ... get moving!
Handle what you said you would.
Take care to conserve resources.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
The game is getting good. The
gears begin to turn on a new
project. Play full out. Dont stop
to natter about it. Throw your
full weight into the action. Put
your heart into it.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 7
Youve been talking about it long
enough. Take action on a home
project. Its amazing what a coat
of paint will do. Get your family
involved for increased results.
Dig in the garden.

Kelly Cordingley
@kellycordingley

verythings bigger in
Texas, even the Academy of Country Music
Awards. The 50th anniversary of the award show turned
out to be the most-attended
live awards show, and it
was studded with plunging
necklines, cowboy boots,
pop-art pants and, of course,
Taylor Swift.
Hosted by heartthrobs
Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, the show kicked off with
Let the Good Times Roll,
performed by Darius Rucker
and Jake Owens. More than
20 performances took the
stages Sunday night.
Miranda Lambert was up
for eight awards, leading the
pack, and took home four
of them on Sunday night:
Female Vocalist of the Year,
Album of the Year, Song of
the Year for Automatic and
a 50th Anniversary Milestone Award. Her popularity was evident on Twitter
as well, with users like
Perez Hilton tweeting
kudos and compliments like
wildfire.

...Im so unbelievably proud

that I learned to treat people
with kindness and respect
from country music.
TAYLOR SWIFT
Country singer

Hilarious duo Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara,

stars of the upcoming movie
Hot Pursuit, introduced
Lambert as she stepped on
stage to claim her 50th Anniversary Milestone award
the fourth award she took
home.
Alan Jacksons perfor-

CHRIS PIZZELLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miranda Lambert performs at the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on Sunday in Arlington, Texas. Lambert went home with
four awards at the end of the night, including Female Vocalist of the Year.

mance of Where Were You

(When the World Stopped
Turning), his song about
Sept. 11, 2001, was enough
to send chills down your
spine. It was widely regarded
as one of the most touching
events of the evening CBS
tweeted, Country music
doesnt get much more classic than @OfficialJackson.
Taylor Swift, who has been
largely absent from the
country music scene as of
late, was absent from the
red carpet as well. After her
recent announcement that
her mother, Andrea Swift,
was battling cancer, it was
even more heartwarming
to see the mother-daughter
embrace after she presented
her daughter with a Milestone Award.
Swifts mother described
watching her tangle-haired
little girl who loved to
write a song, tell a story
grow up.
I am a very proud mom,
so Id like to thank the
ACMs for honoring her in
that way, but Id also like to

JACK PLUNKETT/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Luke Bryan poses in the press room with the awards for entertainer of the year and vocal event of the year at the
50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

thank the entire music community for taking such good

care of her, she said.
Swift thanked the country
music industry for supporting her pop album, saying

shes so happy to learn to

write songs in a town like
Nashville, Im so grateful
that I learned what hard
work is from my heroes who
are all sitting here and Im

so unbelievably proud that I

learned to treat people with
kindness and respect from
country music.
Edited by Emma LeGault

SC paper wins Pulitzer for domestic violence reporting

JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press

NEW YORK The Post

and Courier of Charleston,
South Carolina, won the
Pulitzer Prize for public
service Monday for an
examination of the deadly
toll of domestic violence,
while The New York Times
collected three awards and
the Los Angeles Times two.
The Seattle Times staff took
the breaking news award for
its coverage of a mudslide
that killed 43 people and its
exploration of whether the
disaster could have been
prevented.
The New York Times and
The Wall Street Journal both
won investigative reporting
prizes, the Times for an
examination of lobbyists
influence on state attorneys
general, the Journal for
detailing fraud and waste
in the Medicare payment
system.
The Times coverage of
the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa won Pulitzers for
international reporting and
feature photography, and
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
was honored in the breaking
news photography category
for its images of the racial
unrest touched off by the
deadly police shooting of
Michael Brown in Ferguson,
Missouri.
The Washington Post took
the national reporting prize
for exposing security lapses
that spurred an overhaul of
the Secret Service.

The Pulitzer judges also

recognized
less
widely
known stories, such as
The Post and Couriers
exploration of 300 womens
deaths in the past decade.
The paper shed light on a
legal system in which firsttime offenders face at most
30 days in jail for a domestic
violence beating but can
get five years in prison for

writing.
Since the series was
published, state lawmakers
have proposed tougher
penalties
for
domestic
violence, and Gov. Nikki
Haley created a task force to
investigate the problem.
The prizes spanned news
outlets large and small:
The
70,000-circulation
Daily Breeze of Torrance,

prizes were for feature

writing that put a human
face on Californias drought
and for Mary McNamaras
television criticism.
The
Seattle
Times
newsroom erupted in cheers
after its mudslide coverage
was honored.
We did what any good
newsroom should do when
a big story breaks, Editor

ROBERT COHEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

This August 13, 2014, photo by St. Louis Post Dispatch photographer Robert Cohen shows Edward Crawford
returning a tear gas canister fired by police who were trying to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Mo. Four days earlier,
unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by white police officer Darren Wilson. The killing ignited
riots and unrest in the St. Louis area and across the nation. Cohen and members of the St. Louis Post Dispatch
photo staff are winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography it was announced yesterday at
Columbia University in New York.

cruelty to a dog.
We felt so passionate
about this project, and we
felt so passionate about the
difference it could bring
to South Carolina, said
P.J. Browning, publisher of
84,200-circulation Post and
Courier, which last won a
Pulitzer in 1925 for editorial

California, won the local

reporting award for exposing
corruption in a school
district. And Bloomberg
News was a first-time winner,
taking
the
explanatory
reporting award for an
examination of corporate tax
dodging.
The Los Angeles Times

Kathy Best told staffers.

We gave people accurate
information when rumors
and
inaccuracies
were
swirling all over the place.
We asked hard questions in
the moment. When public
officials were saying, Oh, this
was unforeseen, we showed
that it was not unforeseen.

The commentary prize

went to the Houston
Chronicles Lisa Falkenberg,
who examined the case of a
man wrongfully convicted of
killing a police officer, among
other problems in the legal
and immigration systems.
Kathleen Kingsbury of The
Boston Globe was recognized
for editorial writing; she
looked at restaurant workers
low wages and examined the
toll of income inequality.
Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo
News won the editorial
cartooning prize for his look
at such issues as immigration,
gun control and problems in
the VA hospital system.
The Pulitzers, established
by newspaper publisher
Joseph Pulitzer and first
given out in 1917, are
American
journalisms
highest honor. The public
service award consists of a
gold medal; the other awards
carry a prize of $10,000 each.
For the first time this
year, many online and print
magazines were eligible
for the journalism awards
in feature writing and
investigative reporting only
but none of them won.
While the winners were
largely drawn from oldmedia names, the digital
component of their work
is becoming more and
more sophisticated, prize
administrator Mike Pride
said. Newspapers know
where the future is and, in
some cases, are doing really
good jobs at it.

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Email: Affleck asked PBS to not

reveal slave-owning ancestor
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUDOKU

BOSTON Ben Affleck

requested that the PBS
documentary series Finding
Your Roots not reveal he
had a slave-owning ancestor,
according to emails published
online by whistleblower
site WikiLeaks, and the
information never appeared
on the program.
PBS and Harvard scholar
Henry Louis Gates, host of the
show that traces the ancestry
of well-known guests, said
in separate statements that
they didnt censor the slaveowner details. Instead, more
interesting ancestors of the
actor emerged and Gates
chose to highlight them in
Octobers segment featuring
Affleck, they said in the
statements posted on the PBS
website.
For any guest, we always
find far more stories about
ancestors on their family
trees than we ever possibly
could use, Gates said in
an emailed statement to
The Associated Press. He
said finding slave-owning
ancestors was very common
in the series, and noted Ken
Burns and Anderson Cooper
were two guests with slaveowner relatives.
In Afflecks case, we
decided to go with the story
we used about his fascinating
ancestor who became an
occultist following the Civil
War. This guys story was
totally unusual: we had never
discovered someone like him
before, he said.
Afflecks rep did not
immediately respond to an
email request for comment
Saturday. The award-winning
actor and filmmaker (Good
Will
Hunting
and
Argo) has also organized
humanitarian work in
Africa.
The email chain between
Gates and Sony Pictures
co-chairman and chief
executive Michael Lynton
was part of a trove of
hundreds of thousands
of emails and documents
from last years Sony hack
that WikiLeaks put into a
searchable online archive
on Thursday.
In their email exchange,
Gates asked Lynton for
advice on how to handle
Afflecks request.
Heres my dilemma:
confidentially, for the first
time, one of our guests
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his ancestors the fact that

he owned slaves. Now, four or
five of our guests this season
descend from slave owners,
including Ken Burns. Weve
never had anyone ever try to
censor or edit what we found.
Hes a megastar. What do we
do? Gates wrote on July 22,
2014.
Lynton replied that it all
depends on who knows that
the information was in the
documentary already.
I would take it out if no
one knows, but if it gets
out that you are editing the
material based on this kind of
sensitivity then it gets tricky.
Again, all things being equal
I would definitely take it out,

Lynton wrote that same day.

After going back and forth,
the two seemed to decide
censoring the information
is a bad idea, with Gates
writing later on July 22 that
if the public learned of it, It
would embarrass him and
compromise our integrity. I
think he is getting very bad
advice and adding: Once we
open the door to censorship,
we lose control of the brand.
Affleck
was
never
mentioned in the exchange
of emails between Gates and
Lynton; instead hes referred
to as a megastar and
Batman. He was filming
Batman v. Superman: Dawn
of Justice in Detroit at the

CLIFF OWEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Actor Ben Affleck testifying on March 8, 2011, before
the House Foreign Affairs, Africa, Global Health, and
Human Rights Subcommittee hearing in Washington.
Affleck requested that the PBS documentary series
Finding Your Roots not reveal he had a slave-owning
ancestor, according to emails published online by
whistleblower site WikiLeaks, and the information
never appeared on the program.

time.
When the segment aired
Oct. 14, Gates focused on
the occultist, a Revolutionary
War relative and Afflecks
mother, who was a freedom
rider in 1964.
A PBS spokeswoman said
in an emailed statement
Saturday that PBS did not
know of the exchanges
between Gates, Sony and
Affleck and wasnt part of
editorial decisions made by
Gates and his producers.
It is clear from the
exchange how seriously
Professor
Gates
takes
editorial integrity, PBS said
in the statement posted on its
website.

EVAN AGOSTINI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. attending the premiere screening
of Faces of America With Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at
Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on Feb. 1, 2010. In
response to Ben Afflecks requests to not reveal he had
slave-owning ancestors on the PBS documentary series
Finding Your Roots, Gates and PBS chose to highlight
more interesting ancestors in the October segment,
they said in statements

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THE DAILY DEBATE

Will Kansas baseball make an NCAA Regional appearance?

Griffin Hughes
@GriffinJHughes

YES

ts very difficult to see

the Kansas baseball
team which sits at
121st in the country with a
16-24 record overall in
postseason play. If the season
ended today, the last team in
would be California, and it
has a 23-11 record, playing in
the third-best conference in
the country.
With a month left in the
season, it seems unlikely
the Jayhawks can even get
above .500, let alone make an
NCAA Regional Tournament
appearance for a second
straight year.
However, since the
beginning of the season when
the Jayhawks were swept by
the LSU Tigers, coach Ritch
Prices team has improved
mightily, the pitchers have
gotten more experience,
and, as a result, Kansas has
picked up more crucial wins.
The Jayhawks took the series
against Oklahoma State
(which was ranked ninth at
the time), they took games
from Texas Tech and Utah,
and, just recently, they stole

STEIN FROM PAGE 10

When Im playing softball,
Im always just focused on trying to get this program to be
a household name, getting it
to be a place where everyone
wants to go because we have
a great softball program and a
place that wins and makes the
postseason, added Stein.
Stein came to Kansas from El
Reno High School in Oklahoma City, where she was a fouryear letterwinner, and lead her
team to four-straight regional
championships.
Coming to the University
was an easy choice, according
to Stein.
I just loved the college experience. I had narrowed it
down to a few colleges and just
coming here to KU, the campus was beautiful and the way
the coaches treated me and
the support staff around KU,
it just seemed like such a family-friendly atmosphere.
As a senior at the University,
Stein has been looked to as a
leader throughout the season.
That has been the case for her
throughout her career as a Jayhawk.
Its been fun watching her
grow. Her freshman season,
she didnt start for half of it and
kept working hard and kept
doing extra. She was very determined and she got her shot
and ran with it, Kansas coach
Megan Smith said.

one from Texas.

Their remaining schedule
also looks promising if they
continue in that form. In the
rest of April, Kansas faces
Wichita State which it
has already beaten West
Virginia and Arkansas-Pine
Bluff, none of which has more
than 22 wins.

...THE JAYHAWKS
HAVE ENOUGH
MOMENTUM AND
ENOUGH TALENT TO
MAKE ONE FINAL
PUSH TOWARDS A
SECOND-STRAIGHT
NCAA REGIONAL.
With strong performances
in those series, the Jayhawks
can find themselves right
near .500 and with plenty of
momentum heading into the
home stretch.
Baylor and TCU await them
once May starts, neither of
which will be easy wins by
any means, but weve seen
Kansas can beat top-tier
teams when its pitching is on.
Price is as good as any coach

in the country at getting

the best out of his players
in crucial times, and his
experience will be useful to
the young pitching staff, most
of whom have never pitched
in crunch time at the end of
the season.
When Ben Krauth and
Drew Morovick are on, they
can contest any lineup in
the country. With Stephen
Villines seemingly out of
his slump, Kansas has a
dominant closer who can
shut down the game on the
back end.
Once Blair Beck, Connor
McKay and the other seniors
realize that this is their last
go-round at Kansas, theyll
take the offense up a notch
an offense that has already hit
more than 20 home runs this
season.
Its all a snowball effect
triggered by Prices
motivation and the
experience of the teams
seniors. Now that they have
wins against top-10 teams
and some of the best teams
in the Big 12, the Jayhawks
have enough momentum and
enough talent to make one
final push towards a secondstraight NCAA Regional.
Edited by Emma LeGault

@dmantheman2011

NO

s much success as
Kansas baseball
had last year, this
season has been a swing in
the opposite direction. With
more underclassman taking
on bigger roles, Kansas
has not clicked on a good
everyday starting lineup.
Currently the Jayhawks
are 16-24 on the season and
4-8 in Big 12 Conference
play a similar conference
record before Kansas started
its run toward the top of
the Big 12 last season.
This season, Kansas had to
replace pitchers and other
key players from last years
squad, which qualified for
the Louisville Regional but
ended the season with a loss
to Kentucky.
Michael Suiter, Jordan
Piche, Frank Duncan, Robert
Kahana and Kaiana Eldredge
were all major contributors
on that team. All but Suiter
were seniors. All but Eldredge
were selected in last years
MLB Draft. Important players
back from last years team
include seniors Connor

McKay, Dakota Smith, Blair

Beck, Justin Protacio and
junior Colby Wright.
However, this season, all
three weekend starters are
brand new. Senior Drew
Morovick went from the midweek starter to the Saturday
starter. Morovick is one of
the main pitchers that the
Jayhawks still have from last
years squad. You can also add
sophomore reliever Stephen
Villines to the equation, but
Villines is limited in playing
time as a reliever.

THE OFFENSE WAS

EXPECTED TO BE THE
STRENGTH OF THE
TEAM.
Sophomores Joven Afenir
and Michael Tinsley have
made their way into the
regular Kansas lineup.
Freshman Matt McLaughlin
has been the biggest factor for
the Jayhawks as the everyday
third baseman and mid-week
shortstop when Protacio
needs rest to play a weekend
series.
The offense was expected
to be the strength of the
team. But even with the

emergence of these young

players, Kansas has still had
games where the offense
disappeared. In the rubber
match against Texas last
Sunday, Kansas offense was
asked to carry a depleted
pitching staff. With windy
conditions and a freshman
starter in the finale, it was up
to the Kansas lineup to knock
off the far inferior Longhorns
on the offensive end.
Coming into the finale,
Texas had the lastranked offense in the
conference in terms of
batting average, whereas
Kansas has consistently
ranked toward the top.
But it was the Longhorns
who took advantage of an
inexperienced Jayhawks
pitching staff, out-hitting
them 23-11 with the aid of
five home runs.
Because of its inexperience,
Kansas does not seem to
be going far this year, with
Baylor and TCU still to play
on the schedule. It would
not be surprising if Kansas
started to make a run this
late to gear up for postseason
baseball, but with this team it
just doesnt feel like its going
to happen.
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Shes been really consistent

for us and has grown every
year into an unbelievable leader, not only for our team, but
for the entire athletic department, added Smith.
Stein has been taking a mentorship role with younger players this season.
I just want to try to teach
others great ways to help other
people and help them become
a better softball player. Thats
what the girls in front of me
have done and I just want to
make a difference, said Stein.
Steins teammates have noticed her leadership abilities at
work throughout her career.

Looking back, I just want to

feel like I put my whole heart
and soul into what I was
trying to do here.
MADDIE STEIN
Senior utility player

Shes really helped me be

the player that I am today. She
pushes me when shes in the
lineup and on defense shes always there, said junior Chaley
Brickey. She just has a happy
character to her. When you see
her on the field, it just puts a
smile on her face and when
shes yelling, you know that she
means it. You want to fight for
her just like shes fighting for
you.

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Senior utility player Maddie Stein rounds second base during the first game of the series against Texas on March 27. Stein will leave behind a legacy that will be
hard to compete with, recording 148 RBIs in her career.

On Jan. 17, Stein and 14 other student athletes from other

schools had the opportunity to
speak at the 2015 NCAA Convention in Washington, D.C.
Stein and the other student
athletes helped adjust policy
on a variety of issues: cost of
attendance and scholarships,
concussion management requirements, as well as a discretionary
student-athlete
assistance fund to allow student-athletes to borrow against
potential future earnings.
Stein, who would eventually
like to work in college athletics, said that attending the
convention helped to give her

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and working with for the next

20-or-so years will be people
who really have the heart for
what theyre doing and helping
student athletes, added Stein.
Stein plans to earn a masters
in public administration at the
University of Oklahoma when
she finishes up this May.
Hopefully, I can play professional softball if that is in my
cards, I would love to continue
to do that until I cant play anymore, Stein said.
Statistically, Stein will be remembered as one of the best
hitters in recent Kansas softball memory. Her next goal it
to lead the Jayhawks to a Col-

AT

lege World Series title in her

hometown of Oklahoma City.
However, Steins record book
appearances and stats arent
the only that she wants to be
remembered for.
I want to feel like I made an
impact and helped do something for the program and for
the school. Looking back, I just
want to feel like I put my whole
heart and soul into what I was
trying to do here. When people think of me, they think of
a person who genuinely cared
about what she was doing,
said Stein.
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a difference perspective on the

business of college athletics.
I definitely think its a lot
more political than what I
wanted to believe it was. But
after being at the convention,
I realized that there are a lot
of people who think genuinely
about athletics and why they
are involved within it, said
Stein.
After graduating, Stein hopes
to continue to play softball
while working her way toward
a career within the business
side of athletics.
It definitely reassured why
I want to be in athletics and
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Jayhawks host in-state foe Shockers tonight

KYLAN WHITMER
@KRWhitmer

Kansas baseball will host

Wichita State tonight for the
second and final game of the
teams two-game series.
The Jayhawks (16-24) came
out on top of an offensive battle
13-12 against the Shockers
(14-25) in their first meeting
at the beginning of April in
Wichita.
In their first meeting, the
Jayhawks wasted no time in
taking a lead as they would
go up 5-0 in the middle of
the first inning. However,
even with the hot start, the
Jayhawks found themselves
down by four runs with just
three innings remaining.
Kansas tied the game to force
extra innings and prevailed in
the 11th inning with a sacrifice
bunt by senior outfielder
Dakota Smith. There were a
total of 30 hits combined from
both teams.
Since their previous meeting,
the Shockers have found
themselves in a slump. The
Shockers recovered from
their loss to the Jayhawks by

winning a home series against

Indiana State. The two wins
Wichita State recorded in
that series are joined by just
one other win since playing
Kansas. The Shockers have
played 11 games and lost eight
of them, including one against
a Big 12 opponent, the Texas
Longhorns.
Kansas is coming off of a
weekend series with Texas
that was packed full of action.
Texas took the first game of the
series in a heartbreaker which
saw five extra innings of play.
The Jayhawks recovered by
earning a 5-4 win in a walk-off
fashion after senior outfielder
Connor McKay hit a home
run in the bottom of the ninth
inning.
Me and my teammates have
stuck through a lot of tough
stuff this year, McKay said.
Were really dialing through
all of this adversity were
facing, and that [home run]
meant a lot to me.
Unfortunately
for
the
Jayhawks, the rubber match
was all for the Longhorns as
they left Hoglund Ballpark
with a 16-7 win.

We need to figure things

out on our off day and bounce
back Tuesday night against
Wichita State, which is a huge
game, said senior infielder
Justin Protacio.
Kansas has gone 5-7 since
playing Wichita State, and
although the losing record
might be unpleasing to the eye,
there are positives as it includes
a sweep of New Mexico and a
series win against then No. 9
Oklahoma State.
Tuesdays game against
the Shockers will be the
only midweek game for
the Jayhawks as well as the
last game of the 10-game
homestand before returning to
conference play.
Its an in-state rivalry, and
weve won the last five games
and our focus is trying to make
it six, Protacio said.
Protacio and his teammates
will look to get the sixth win
in a row against the Shockers
at Hoglund Ballpark with the
first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Junior designated hitter Steve Goldstein runs to first base during a game against Missouri State on April 15. Kansas
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Its going to be a dream come true

and its a great situation to be in.
McDavid on the Oilers winning
the draft lottery, via SB Nation

FACT OF THE DAY

Before Team Canada won a gold

medal at the 2015 U-20 World
Junior Championship, they had not
won the competition since 2009.
WorldJunior2015.com

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: Who had the worst record in the

NHL in the 2014-15 season?
A: The Buffalo Sabres

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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015

THE MORNING BREW

NHL star Connor McDavid is ready for primetime

new legend in hockey history is beginning to form, and

his name is Connor McDavid. McDavid is the overwhelming to
favorite to be taken with the number
one pick in the upcoming NHL
Draft, which makes sense, considering his skills have been compared by
many to the great Sidney Crosby.
McDavid entered the Ontario
Hockey League when he was only
15. The Erie Otters picked him first
overall in the OHL. During his first
year with the Otters he had a total of
66 points and was named the 2013
OHL Rookie of the Year.
Now, three years later, he has
completed his final season with the
Otters, and he went out with a bang.
McDavid finished the season with 44
goals and 76 assists, for a total of 120
points in just 47 games.
In addition to playing for the Erie
Otters, McDavid has excelled for

pick for 2015 NHL Draft.

On April 18, the NHL
hosted the draft lottery for
teams that did not place in
the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The teams are assigned
odds based on their
records, and then one
team is randomly chosen,
winning the first overall
pick in the draft.
This year the Edmonton
Oilers won the lottery,
giving them the first opportunity
at having McDavid. However, the
Oilers were no strangers to lottery
success.
In the five lotteries preceding this
years, the Oilers have had three
lottery wins, which have led to the
selections of Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov.
With the possible addition of
McDavid, the Oilers will be able to

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Team Canada. In 2013 he played for

the national team at the U-18 World
Junior Championship, where he was
the teams top scorer, leading Canada
to victory while racking up the tournament MVP award.
McDavid also played for Team Canada during the U-20 World Junior
Championship in 2014 and in 2015,
and in the latter year, Team Canada
brought home the gold medal. McDavids performance was impeccable
as he was the co-leading scorer for
Canada, as he was named to the
Tournament All-Star team.
So what does an 18-year-old do
with such great talent once he has
mastered everything he can at the
OHL level?
He likely becomes the number one

fill the current

holes in their
offense, which
would help their
odds of reaching
next years playoffs.
I think offence
wins hockey games
and were going to
be loaded with it,
said Edmonton Oilers
general manager Craig
MacTavish to NHL.com.
So for all hockey fans,
keep your eye out for the name Connor McDavid. He will take on a new
challenge as he enters the NHL.
With his speed on the ice and
effortless aggression toward the goal,
scouts have no doubt that he will
succeed and continue to impress fans
everywhere.
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FACE OF THE STREAK

Thomas Robinson vs. Russell Robinson
THOMAS ROBINSON

During his three-year

college career, highlighted
by a spectacular junior
season
in
2011-12,
Robinson played basketball
with infectious energy that
rubbed off on his team.
Robinson gobbled up
rebounds and threw down
monstrous dunks when
he was on the court. He
led Kansas to the NCAA
Championship
game
against Kentucky in 2012,
earning first-team AP AllAmerican honors in the
process. Robinson will long
be remembered by Kansas
fans for his block in the
final border-war game at
Allen Fieldhouse in 2012.

PPG: 9.8
RPG: 7.3
APG: 1.0

First Team All-American in 2012

Big 12 Player of the Year in 2012

RUSSELL ROBINSON

Even though he was

famous
for
his,from
New York, New York,
introduction,
Robinson
never got as much hype as
guys like Mario Chalmers
and Brandon Rush, but he
was every bit as important.
He was the heart and
soul of the 2008 NCAA
championship team, and
he was unselfish enough to
let better scorers take more
shots. He was never known
for his offense, but his onball defense was incredible,
and his 247 steals in his
career prove that.

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football hall-of-famer Cris Carter, left, and former Ohio State running
back and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, right, during a
ceremony welcoming the national champion Buckeyes yesterday.

Obama honors national

champion Buckeyes at
White House
PPG: 7.1
SPG: 1.8
APG: 3.7

Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists per game in

2007-08
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2007-08

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WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama honored the national champion Ohio State football team Monday, taking just
a little bit of credit for the new
playoff system that the Buckeyes
mastered.
Ohio State won the first College
Football Playoff in January, beating Oregon in the title game.
Obama jokingly talked about
throwing his political weight
behind the idea of a four-team
playoff to replace the old system
in which voters and computers
selected two teams to play for
the championship.
"I cannot claim full credit. But I
will point out that I pushed for a
playoff system in 2008," Obama
said. "This is a promise kept.
You're welcome, America."
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer
thanked the president, noting
that the Buckeyes probably
wouldn't have been eligible to

play for the title under the previous system.

"He made the point several times, but it's true that he
jumped right in the middle of
a conversation about a college
football playoff that we obviously
benefited," Meyer told reporters.
More than 200 guests and dignitaries packed the White House
East Room for the ceremony, including former Ohio State players Archie Griffin and Cris Carter.
Ohio State made an improbable
run to the championship after
losing two starting quarterbacks
to injury, winning its final three
games with third-string quarterback Cardale Jones.
All three quarterbacks return
for the upcoming season, which
has everyone in Ohio and
much of college football wondering who will be the Buckeyes'
starting quarterback.
Meyer said he got no advice
from Obama.
"That was my fault. I should
have asked," Meyer said.

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STEIN
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Softball senior Maddie Stein
leads by example

DEREK SKILLETT
@derek_skillett

148. That number represents the type of personal success enjoyed by Kansas softball senior utility player Maddie Stein in her career as a Jayhawk. The number is the
amount of career RBIs that Stein has accumulated in her
college career, eclipsing the previous program record of
140.
It was just kind of a crazy accomplishment. You dont really come into college thinking youre going to accomplish
things like that and being able to accomplish something
like that made me feel like all the hard work Ive put into
it has paid off in a way that I can see it. It was just a great
moment for everything to come together, said Stein.
Stein recorded her record-breaking 141st RBI in a March
22 victory against the Georgia State Panthers this season.
Stein has been a major factor in the Jayhawks 33-8 season, recording a .373 batting average, 47 hits, 13 doubles,
six home runs and 39 RBIs.
If runners are in scoring position, Im thinking try to do
anything it takes to get them in. It honestly just depends
on the situation. Usually Im just trying to have a quality
at-bat to try and help my team, said Stein.
Every game, Stein tries to think about the bigger picture
of what this can do for the program.

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