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Courts
entertainment
Last minute disappointment
Jury fnds Walton guilty of misdemeanor
The University of Kansas has changed its
teacher evaluation forms for the first time in
more than 20 years. The new form, which
has been sponsored by the Office of the
Provost, will take effect immediately.
Dan Bernstein, director of the Center for
Teaching Excellence and chair of the task
force that created the new form, said the old
form was replaced because teachers were
unhappy with some of the questions stu-
dents were asked and so they often ignored
students opinions.
Teacher evaluations revised to ensure accuracy
A cast of 16 performers is coming
to Lawrence to put on a tribute to the
Man in Black. The national tour started
in New York and is coming to the Lied
Center tonight.
Cash Broadway
on stage at Lied
An alternative fuel is now available in
Lawrence that is 40 cents cheaper than
any other gasoline around town, but not
all vehicles can run on it.
full story on page 3a
Cheap, clean
fuel available
Business
the top picks for
the big 12 Womens
basketball teams
Jessica Wicks
[email protected]
Josh Walton was found guilty in Douglas
County District Court Monday of vehicular
homicide and leaving the scene of an injury
accident.
The jury deliberated 11 hours in Waltons
trial for the hit-and-run accident that killed
pedestrian Ryan Kanost on Sept. 23, 2006, at
13th and Kentucky Streets. It found Walton
guilty of the misdemeanor, vehicular homi-
cide, as requested by the defense.
Douglas County District Attorney Charles
Branson sought involuntary manslaughter
while under the influence of alcohol and leav-
ing the scene of a fatal accident. This charge is
a felony that carries a minimum of three years
in prison. Walton was not convicted of driv-
ing while intoxicated.
We believe the evidence supports the
higher charge, Branson said. For that reason
we will seek the maximum sentence.
Waltons attorney, Tom Bath, said this was
not a victory for anyone in the courtroom.
There is no joy or sense of triumph here
for anyone, Bath said.
Bath said Walton was sad, guilty and
remorseful for having taken the life of Kanost
and was prepared to take any punishment the
jury felt fit for him.
Lead Juror Robert Dewhirst said weighing
the testimonies of the eye witnesses was the
hardest part.
There was lots of varying testimonies
there, Dewhirst said. It was a party night,
and obviously everybody there was involved.
Dewhirst said that they tried to come to
their decision based only on the evidence that
they had available.
We really tried to keep emotion out of it,
Dewhirst said.
Bath said the jury did not have the evi-
Questions changed
to fairly evaluate
instructors, classes
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assoCIaTeD pRess
full ap sToRy page 7B
a chip off
the old
block
Pat Knight feels
pressure to earn frst
win as Techs coach
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freshman center Cole aldrich and junior center Matt Kleinmann comfort junior guard Mario Chalmers after No. 11 Texas defeated No. 3 Kansas 72-69 at the Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Chalmers had a shot at a three-pointer in the fnal
seconds that rimmed out as the buzzer sounded. Kansas dropped to 8-2 in the Big 12 after the loss, while Texas improved to 7-2 in the conference with the victory.
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of the warming fossil fuels
and, in the tropics, the burning
of trees for cooking but we
havent moved to stop it, ... It
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The University Career Fair
begins today. It will be held
in the ballroom of the Kansas
Union, from 12:30 to 5 p.m., both
today and tomorrow. It is one
of the few times of the year that
the Union parking garage flls
completely!
By Kelci Shipley
[email protected]
How did you frst become in-
terested in Sociology?
When I was an undergrad
a lightbulb went off. Sociology
explained everything, it was eye-
opening.
What specifc areas of Sociol-
ogy do you focus on?
Media and gender, my re-
search focuses on the intersec-
tions between the two.
What is one of the most fasci-
nating things about the study of
Sociology?
It gives you a lens to under-
stand everything that happens
in the world. It asks you to stand
outside yourself and look through
others eyes.
You wrote your dissertation
on the history of Seventeen
magazine, what was that like?
I went to New York City to
meet Estelle Ellis, one of the
founders of the magazine. It was
the most frightening and exhila-
rating experience. I also went to
the Smithsonian and read every
issue of Seventeen cover to cov-
er.
How long did the dissertation
take?
Four years, two of which I
had fellowships for.
Now that your dissertation is
complete youre back on cam-
pus, do you like teaching again?
Im so happy to be teaching, I
feel like I can breathe again.
Do you plan to keep teach-
ing?
I will try to continue teaching
at KU for as long as possible.
Do you have any current re-
search projects in the works?
Im trying to get my disserta-
tion published as a book.
Do you have any topics you
would want to research in the
future?
I fell in love with the wom-
en creators at Seventeen. After
they lost their jobs they went to
Charm: The magazine for women
who work, which was later taken
over by Glamour. Id love to do
more with that.
What do you do in your free
time?
I read magazines, and I cook
and watch the Food Network.
Whats one of your favorite
things about KU or its campus?
The people that I get to work
with.
Whats something someone
may not know about you?
My grandma was a famenco
dancer; thats where I get my love
of the ruffe.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
with
Doctor Kelly Massoni
Sociology Department
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Contributed Photo
Kelley Massoni, lecturer insociology, wroteher dissertationonthe history of Seventeenmagazine.
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Sculptures made completely out of red plastic cups showthe Jayhawk mascots evolution through the years. The sculptures are on display in the
KU Bookstore at the Kansas Union and Oread Bookstore. Daniel Scannell, Topeka senior, designed the Jayhawks as a combination project for Sculpture 4
Design and independent study. Each sculpture took about 240 cups and 20-24 working hours.
The workshop Dream-
weaver: Getting Your Site Under
Control will begin at 8:30 a.m.
in the Anschutz Library Instruc-
tion Center.
The public event Kansas
Court of Appeals Visit will take
place at 9 a.m. in 201 Snell
Courtroom, in Green Hall.
The New Faculty Workshop
will take place at noon in the
Hall Center Seminar Room and
Conference Hall.
Anatoliy Khudoliy, Associate
Professor, National University of
Ostroh Academy, Ukraine, will
present the lecture Modern
Social and Political Stereotypes
in the Ukrainian Mentality at
noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The workshop Word 2003:
Document Enhancement Fea-
turesWill begin at 1 p.m. in the
Budig PC Lab.
The Faculty Executive Com-
mittee Meeting will begin at 3
p.m. in the Regents Room of
Strong Hall.
The workshop EndNote:
Bibliographies and Cite-While-
You-Write will begin at 3:30
p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
Nate Brunsell, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Geography, will begin
the lecture University Lecture
Series at the Commons Trad-
ing Water for Carbon: Climate
Change in Kansas at 7 p.m. in
Spooner Hall.
Ring of Fire, music of Johnny
Cash, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
the Lied Center.
The Graduate Honors
Recital will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in Swarthout Recital Hall in Mur-
phy Hall.
on campus
on the record
The Ranch reported the
theft of a handstamper val-
ued at $40 to Lawrence Po-
lice early Sunday morning.
Four car windows were re-
ported vandalized in central
Lawrence Monday. Damage
was estimated at $900.
odd newS
Obama wins Grammy for
audio book recording
Barack Obama topped a
Clinton in another contest on
Sunday the Grammys.
The presidential candidate
beat both former Presidents Bill
Clinton and Jimmy Carter to win
best spoken word album for his
audio version of his book The
Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts
On Reclaiming The American
Dream.
Clinton was nominated for
his book Giving: How Each of
Us Can Change the World and
Carter for Sunday Mornings
in Plains: Bringing Peace to a
Changing World. Also nomi-
nated were Maya Angelou and
Alan Alda.
Associated Press
correctionS
Fridays Student Senate note-
book reported the wrong fees
for the transportation brief. The
shift of fees would move bus
acquisition down to $17 and
bus operations up to $19.
Yesterdays article Multicul-
tural resource center to open
today gave the wrong name
for the student body president
who started the initiative. Jona-
than Ng, 2002-03 student body
president, campaigned for a
new center and passed legisla-
tion for funding for the center.
politicS
Polls show Obama ahead
of McCain in national race
WASHINGTON Democrat
Barack Obama would narrowly
defeat Republican John McCain if
they were matched today in the
presidential election, while McCain
and Hillary Rodham Clinton are
running about even, according to
new general-election sentiment
since the Super Tuesday contests.
Obama outpaces Clinton in a
matchup against McCain among
men, minorities and moderates
in an Associated Press-Ipsos poll
released Monday. And she does no
better than Obama when pitted
against McCain among two groups
that have supported her in Demo-
cratic primaries so far: women and
whites.
One reason McCain holds his
own against Clinton is his support
from men, who prefer him to the
New York senator by 9 percent.
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BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
[email protected]
A tribute to the Man in Black is
coming to the Lied Center.
A touring production company
out of New York City will perform a
Johnny Cash musical revue tonight.
The Road Company is putting on
Ring of Fire, which premiered in
New York in 2006.
Richard Maltby Jr., the director and
creator, worked with the Cash family
to create a musical image of Cashs
life. On the events Web site, Maltby
says that its not designed as a play.
The show tells a story, but it doesnt
have a plot or scenes like a musical or
play, Maltby said.
The Web site said the show is
designed to bring Cashs music to
everyone.
All the music is played live on stage
by the company.
Karen Christilles, associate direc-
tor of the Lied Center, said the center
first got interested last year when it
heard the show was touring.
A lot of us on staff are huge
Johnny Cash fans, and a lot of
people everywhere are huge
Johnny Cash fans, Christilles said.
The center hoped this would be a
popular event because the show is
centered on the music of Cash and
not just his life.
Christilles also said the center has
worked with The Road Company
before and have been impressed with
its work.
The Lied Center has a really
excellent reputation not only because
of the quality of our facility and our
crew here, Christilles said, but also
because were here in the Midwest and
theres not a lot of theaters this size.
The Road Company brought its
own technical staff to put on the
show. They have a sound person, a
light person, a stage manager and
other crew members.
About 60 to 80 of the centers own
technical staff help load and unload
the companys set, costumes and gear.
Three full-time technical directors
help oversee the rest of the staff, which
is made up of University students.
Sixteen performers, not including
understudies, are travelling with the
company.
Christilles is excited for the show.
Theyre sort of like my kids,
Christilles said. Im always excited
about the next one coming up.
A USA Today review featured on
the centers Web site raves about the
show.
The review said the show captures
many aspects of Cashs life. It calls the
singing some of the best on Broadway
this season.
Editedby Katherine Loeck
featured hits
I Walk the Line
Folsom Prison Blues
Ring of Fire
Big River
Get Rhythm
I Still Miss Someone
A Boy Named Sue
SOURCE: Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Museum
and it burns ...
What: Ring of Fire
Where: The Lied Center,
1600 Stewart Drive
When: Tuesday, February
12, 7:30 p.m.
Cost for children/KU stu-
dents: $24.50
Cost for adults: $49
Musical tribute cashes in
Touring Broadway show performs Johnny Cash revue tonight
BY ANDY GREENHAW
[email protected]
A cheaper, alternative fuel is
now available at the new Zarco 66
at Ninth and Iowa Streets.
Its called Ethanol, and at the E85
grade, it is about 40 cents cheaper
than regular unleaded gasoline, but
not all cars can
use the newly
available fuel.
There are two
different grades
of ethanol
available at the
new gas station:
E10 gasoline
and E85 etha-
nol. According
to Zarco 66s
Web site, any car manufactured
after 1980 can use the E10 gasoline,
but only vehicles with flexible fuel
engines can use the E-85 ethanol.
According to Crown Chevrolet
sales manager Kenny Merschbrock,
without a flexible engine, any gas-
oline that contains more than
10 percent ethanol could cause
severe damage.
If anyone uses anything
above a 10 percent blend, it could
ruin their vehicles engine, which
wouldnt be covered under war-
ranty, Merschbrock said.
E10 contains 10 percent etha-
nol and costs the same amount
as regular fuel but is cleaner for
the environment said Steve Martin,
manager at the new Zarco.
Because 10 percent of what
youre burning
isnt fossil fuel,
its 10 percent
cleaner to use,
he said. But it
still costs the
same as regular
gasoline.
Accordi ng
to Zarco 66s
Web site, the
first tank of
E85 ethanol could cause an engine
to run slightly rough because the
ethanol will consume water that has
accumulated in the fuel tank, but
once the water is absorbed in the
first tank, it should run normally.
E85 Ethanol also contains 27
percent less energy than gasoline,
but gas mileage only decreases 5 to
12 percent because of the increased
octane rating, according to the
companys Web site. The decrease
in fuel efficiency is almost unno-
ticeable for E10 gasoline.
While E85 ethanol is more envi-
ronmentally friendly and cheaper
for consumers, that doesnt neces-
sarily mean its cheaper for every-
one said Ilya Tabakh, research
associate for the Transportation
Research Institute.
Ethanol is more expensive to
produce than regular gasoline, he
said, but because the government
subsidizes it, its cheaper for con-
sumers.
Tabakh said that while it may be
more expensive now, ethanol is a
good transitional fuel because com-
panies are learning a lot more about
the infrastructure thats necessary
to handle alcohol-based fuels.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
New Zarco 66 features two kinds of ethanol fuel
Kristin Hoppa/KANSAN
Jonan Feddema, professor of geography, pumps Ethanol based fuel at the newZarco 66 at Ninth and Iowa Monday. Any vehicle made after
1980 can run on the E10 fuel but only vehicles with fexible engines can run on E85, which is cheaper than regular fuel.
Station ofers cheaper fuel
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on
Monday urged all nations to join
private companies, civic groups and
individuals this year in sustaining
the unprecedented momentum to
fight global warming.
If 2007 was the year when cli-
mate change rose to the top of the
global agenda, 2008 is the time we
must take concerted action, Ban
said at the start of a two-day U.N.
General Assembly debate to generate
support for a new treaty by 2009 to
fight global warming.
General Assembly President
Srgjan Kerim invited U.N. member
states, government
officials and busi-
ness and civic lead-
ers to the United
Nations to follow
up Decembers
international cli-
mate conference
on the Indonesian
resort island of Bali.
There, delegates
from nearly 190
nations agreed to
adopt a blueprint to
control global warming gases before
the end of next year.
The conference delivered what
it set out to do, Ban said. Now the
real work begins. The challenge is
huge. We have less than two years
to craft an agreement on action that
measures up to what the science
tells us.
In key reports last year, a U.N.
network of climate and other scien-
tists warned of severe consequences
from rising seas, droughts, severe
weather, species extinction and other
effects without sharp cutbacks in
emissions of the industrial, transpor-
tation and agricultural gases blamed
for global warming.
To avoid the worst, the Nobel Prize-
winning U.N. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change said
greenhouse gas emissions should be
reduced by 25 percent to 40 percent
below 1990 levels by 2020 and by
at least half by 2050.
This is just as important as stop-
ping nuclear proliferation. This is
just as important as stopping terror-
ism, New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg said Monday in the key-
note address.
The new agreement would replace
the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which
requires 36 industrial nations to
radically reduce emissions by 2012,
when it expires. The United States
is the only major industrial coun-
try that did not ratify the Kyoto
Protocol.
A new agreement needs to be
adopted by the end of 2009 to ensure
a smooth transition to a new post-
Kyoto regime. Before then, Ban said,
the international community must
map emis-
sion limita-
tion com-
mi t me nt s ;
mobilize the
f i n a n c i n g
needed and
technological
i nnovat i on;
and agree
on essen-
tial action to
adapt to the
impacts of
climate change.
He called on governments, orga-
nizations, and individuals around the
world to help sustain the unprec-
edented momentum that propelled
the climate change agenda forward
so dramatically last year.
Developed countries need to
take a clear lead, but success is pos-
sible only if all countries act, Ban
said. The more ambitious the com-
mitments by developed countries,
the more actions we can expect from
developing countries.
Kerim said new technolo-
gies, renewable energies and more
research are essential to solve the
problem.
What is needed is ... a global alli-
ance for action, shared by individu-
als, the media, lawmakers, business
leaders, governments, regional orga-
nizations and ultimately the global
community embodied in the U.N,
Kerim said. Only then will we have
a chance to tackle this enormous
challenge to our way of life.
Bloomberg said the worlds cities
can help lead the way toward reduc-
ing the greenhouse gases blamed for
warming the planet. He also called
on the United States to set real
and binding targets to reduce emis-
sions, instead of the current U.S.
strategy that largely relies on volun-
tary approaches and spending for
research and technology.
I believe that the American peo-
ple are prepared for our responsibil-
ity to lead by example, he said.
Special guests at the climate
debate include British billionaire
Richard Branson, who has decided
to invest heavily in biofuels, and
actress Daryl Hannah. Nearly 100
countries have signed up to speak
and 20 are sending ministers, assem-
bly spokesman Janos Tisovszky said
Friday.
The debate follows a recent report
by the secretary-general which said
global warming could cost the world
up to $20 trillion over two decades
for cleaner energy sources and do
the most harm to people who can
least afford to adapt.
EntErtainmEnt
EnvironmEnt
United Nations meeting creates a new blueprint
BusinEss
Leaders fght global warming
Developed countries need to
take a clear lead, but success is
possible only if all countries act.
BAN KI-MOON
U.N. Secretary General
WASHINGTON Mailing a
letter will soon cost a penny more.
The cost of a first-class stamp
will rise to 42 cents starting May
12, the U.S. Postal Service said
Monday.
The price of the Forever stamp
will go up at the same time, mean-
ing those stamps can still be pur-
chased for 41 cents but will remain
good for first-class postage after the
rate increase takes effect.
The post office has sold 5 bil-
lion Forever stamps since they were
introduced last April and plans
to have an additional 5 billion in
stock to meet the expected demand
before the May price change, the
agency said.
The charge for other services,
such as advertising mail, periodi-
cals, packages and special services
will also change. Changes in the
price for Priority Mail and Express
Mail will be announced later, the
agency said.
Postage rates last went up in May,
2007, with a first-class stamp jump-
ing 2 cents to the current 41-cent
rate.
In the past, raising postage rates
was a long, complex process involv-
ing hearings before the independent
Postal Regulatory Commission, a
process that could take nearly a
year.
However, under the new law
regulating the post office that took
effect in late 2006, the agency is
allowed to increase rates with 45-
days notice as long as changes are
within the rate of inflation for the
previous year. The Postal Regulatory
Commission calculated that rate at
2.9 percent through January, limit-
ing the first-class rate to an increase
of just more than a penny.
Under the new law, postal prices
will be adjusted annually each May,
the Postal Service said. Officials
said they plan to give 90-days
notice of future changes, twice what
is required by law.
Associated Press
Stamp cost to increase by one cent
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Cast members performa scene fromRing of Fire.Sixteen performers travel with the touring
Broadway production that honors the life and music of Johnny Cash.
NEWS 4A tuesday, February 12, 2008
iraq war
Troop withdrawal in Iraq suspended
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORWARD OPERATING BASE
FALCON, Iraq In a clear sign, the
drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq
will be suspended. Defense Secretary
Robert Gates said Monday he favors
taking time this summer to assess
security gains before more troops
leave the country, an idea President
Bush is expected to support.
It was Gates first public endorse-
ment of a possible suspension, and
it would seem to mark an end to
the Pentagon chief s previously stated
hope that conditions in Iraq would
permit American troops to withdraw
in the second half of this year as rap-
idly as they are leaving now.
A brief period of consolidation
and evaluation probably does make
sense, Gates told reporters during a
short stop at this U.S. base in south-
ern Baghdad. He had just finished
private meetings with Gen. David
Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in
Iraq, and the No. 2 commander, Lt.
Gen. Ray Odierno.
Gates did not say how long the
pause might last, noting that it ulti-
mately would be a decision for the
president.
In separate remarks, Gates
described al-Qaida in Iraq, the insur-
gent group that U.S. officials say is led
by a small number of foreign fight-
ers with links to Osama bin Ladens
terrorist network, as having been
routed. That is an unusually strong
characterization by Gates of the dam-
age done to al-Qaida, which has been
largely pushed out of Baghdad but is
still seen by U.S. commanders as a
serious threat.
Petraeus and Odierno both have
said publicly in recent weeks that
they would like to see a period of
assessment after July in order to get
a clearer indication of how troop cuts
by then are working. Neither has said
for how long.
The logic of a pause, perhaps
through September and possibly lon-
ger, rests on the fact that the cur-
rent schedule for troop reductions
through July leaves open the pos-
sibility that as the Americans leave
in increasingly big numbers, security
gains described by Gates Monday
as fragile may be eroded or lost.
Security has improved markedly
since last summer, when the last of
five Army brigades arrived in Iraq,
adding 30,000 troops to reinforce the
military strategy of protecting the
Iraqi population and undercutting
the viability of the insurgency. After
reaching a strength of 20 brigades in
late June, the first of the five extra bri-
gades went home in December with-
out being replaced, and four more
are scheduled to leave by July. That
would leave about 130,000 or so U.S.
troops in Iraq next summer, accord-
ing to current planning.
Gates stressed that a decision to
suspend after July would be Bushs
to make after he hears from Petraeus
and Ambassador Ryan Crocker in
April, when the top U.S. officials in
Baghdad are expected to return to
Washington to report to Congress
on how the war-fighting strategy
is working and how to proceed on
troop cuts.
Petraeus apparently feels that
because the bulk of currently sched-
uled troop cuts are to happen in the
relatively short span between April
and July, it will take a period after that
likely months rather than weeks
to understand how the cuts affect
conditions on the ground, including
the strength of the insurgency.
In his remarks to reporters
Monday, Gates said he had been lean-
ing toward Petraeus view recently,
although in his public remarks as
recently as last month he said he
hoped that the drawdown in the sec-
ond half of the year could proceed at
the same pace as the first half. That
would translate to a reduction from
15 brigades in July to 10 by the end
of the year, leaving perhaps 100,000
troops there when Bush leaves office
in January.
In my own thinking I had been
kind of headed in that direction, as
well, Gates said. But one of the keys
is how long is that period, and then
what happens after that. He said
those were questions for Bush.
Gates called Odierno one of the
most effective military leaders of
his generation. Odierno, who spent
15 months as the senior day-to-day
commander of American troops in
Iraq, has been nominated for promo-
tion to four-star rank and assignment
as vice chief of staff of the Army.
Gates recalled the rampant vio-
lence in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad,
at the outset of Odiernos tour.
Those early months were tough
times, Gates said. Casualties were
high. There were questions in the
United States and around the world
whether this new strategy or any
strategy, for that matter would be
able to make a real difference.
What a difference you made,
and much more al-Qaida routed,
insurgents co-opted, levels of violence
of all kinds dramatically reduced, he
said. The situation in Iraq continues
to be fragile, but the Iraqi people
now have an opportunity to forge a
better, more secure, more prosperous
future.
Congress
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON Rep. Tom
Lantos, who escaped the Nazis
and grew up to become a forceful
voice for human rights all over the
world, has died. He was 80.
The California Democrat, the
only Holocaust survivor to serve
in Congress, died early Monday
at the Bethesda Naval Medical
Center in Maryland, Lynne Weil,
his spokeswoman, said. He dis-
closed last month that he had
cancer of the esophagus.
At his side were his wife of
nearly six decades, Annette, his
two daughters and many of his
grandchildren and great-grand-
children.
Annette Lantos said in a state-
ment that her husbands life was
defined by courage, optimism,
and unwavering dedication to his
principles and to his family.
Lantos, who chaired the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, was
serving his 14th term in Congress.
He had said he would not seek re-
election in his Northern California
district, which takes in the south-
west portion of San Francisco and
suburbs to the south.
Tom was a man of charac-
ter and a champion of human
rights, President Bush said in a
statement. After immigrating to
America more than six decades
ago, he worked to help oppressed
people around the world have the
opportunity to live in freedom.
Congress bids farewell
to Holocaust survivor
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center, talks with Iraqi government ofcials in
Baghdad, Iraq during an unannounced visit Sunday. At left is Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. Security
in Iraq has improved since 30,000 troops were added last summer.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. TomLantos, D-Calif. questions a panel of witnesses during a joint hearing on Capitol
Hill inWashington. Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, died on Monday, his
spokeswoman said.
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entertainment 6a Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NUCLEAR FOREHEAD
Jacob Burghart
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
Jaymes and Sarah Logan
HOROSCOPES
RANDOM THOUGHTS
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Youll soon fnd a way to put
what youve recently learned to
good, practical use. Theory is
important, but its the reality of
more coins in your pocket that
counts.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Old worries will be forgotten as
you take off on a new adventure.
Review your checklist carefully,
then blast past prior phobias.
Theyre insignifcant now.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Take time for contemplation.
You could discover a wonderful
new source of income. Its right
there in your subconscious. Let it
bubble forth.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
The diffcult part is almost over.
Soon, you can celebrate your
recent accomplishments in the
company of good friends. Set up
a date for lunch.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Youre being watched more
carefully to see if you can do the
work. Youre making it look easy,
so you shouldnt be surprised if
they give you even more.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Finish up your business as quick-
ly as possible. Odds are good
youll get an invitation youll
want to accept. Get obligations
out of the way so you can.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Discuss fnances with your
partner before going shopping.
Budget for a few more tools to
make your work easier. Spend
money to save time.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
You make the job look easy.
Luckily for you, it is getting easier
through the intervention of an-
other. Accept the help, even if it
means playing the student.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Youll have to postpone some of
the social activities youve been
planning. Work takes precedence
for the next few days. Make
dates for a fun weekend.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Everyone needs to make time
for a break every once in a while.
That even includes workaholic
you. Indulge your senses tonight.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Consult with close family about
an upcoming decision. Youll
have to live with this for a while,
so get everybodys input. Then,
do whats best for all.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Education is wonderful for put-
ting old fears to rest. Investigate
your worries and youll fnd that
many of them lack substance. Let
them evaporate.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dolly Parton will wait until late spring to
kick of her tour to promote her newalbum,
Backwoods Barbie.
A back problem has forced Dolly
Parton to postpone a concert tour
she planned in support of her new
CD.
Parton was scheduled to kick
off a 13-show tour Feb. 28 in
Minneapolis, two days after the
release of Backwoods Barbie, pub-
licist Marcee Rondan said Monday.
Doctors advised Parton to take
up to eight weeks off to recover from
the unspecified problem.
Rondan said she had no informa-
tion on the nature of Partons back
condition.
I know I have been breaking my
neck and bending over backwards
trying to get my new Backwoods
Barbie CD and world tour together,
but I didnt mean to hurt myself doing
it, Parton, 62, said in a statement.
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LOS ANGELES The estate of
Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R.
Tolkien is suing the flm studio
that released the trilogy based on
his books, claiming the company
hasnt paid it a penny from the
estimated $6 billion the flms have
grossed worldwide.
The suit, fled Monday, claims
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payment of $62,500 for the three
movies before production began.
The writers estate, The Tolkien
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Max Rinkel
A great commercial airs during
the basketball games, where several
aspects of the University are show-
cased in brief, action-filled clips, set
to a combination of the University
alma mater and the Rock Chalk
chant. According to the clip, an
incredible array of experiences exist
at the University of Kansas, some-
thing I certainly will not argue with.
It is nearly impossible to find out
exactly what all of the things on that
screen were without conducting an
extremely thorough, time-consum-
ing study of the entire campus, and
this to somebody who has had three
years to learn about things. I
As it turns out, an easy place to
research everything has recently been
established. Its called WiKUpedia, a
simple wiki-style site created by a
group of University students. The
name should be pretty self-explana-
tory. Like Wikipedia, the site allows
people to create or edit entries about
any subject. The only difference is
that, in this case, everything has a
University focus.
The project was initially created
by members of the group Connect, a
Student Senate coalition. The groups
plan was to create a place where all
students had easy access to informa-
tion about Student Senate, which has
long been notoriously complicated
to those not heavily involved. The
desire to set up a Web site where
students could research the senate
sprunge because Student Senates
own Web site has not been updated
since what may very well have been
the Dark Ages.
Soon after WiKUpedia was intro-
duced something happened. Within
a few weeks of the sites launch, there
were already a few thousand unique
visitors to it. People not in any way
affiliated with Student Senate discov-
ered WiKUpedia, and began shaping
into something that transcended that
one aspect of the University.
In the span of a few weeks, the
site has gone from a repository of
Senate information, to a place where
one can find at least a little bit about
anything related to the University.
I got in touch with Jason
Oruch, one of the leaders of the
Connect coalition, and he explained
WiKUpedia has expanded. Its
got article about campus buildings,
University alumni, even camping for
basketball tickets.
Oruch described the site as hav-
ing quickly become greater than a
project of his coalition, and rather
as a new resource for all students
to both learn from and contribute
to. Because of this, work on the site
has actually split off from Connect,
and gone to a new group called the
WiKUpedia Project, devoted specifi-
cally to updating and expanding it to
be as detailed as possible.
After I learned a little about
WiKUpedia, I began going through
it myself, and I have to admit, Ive
become a little bit fascinated with
it. Like Jason had described to me,
there have been at least brief articles
written about many areas of campus,
as well as notable alumni, and sev-
eral professors. Many student orga-
nizations have also used the wiki to
post detailed entries about them-
selves and their events.
The most thorough entries remain
those about Student Senate, It will
I hope continue growing at the
pace it currently is, and finally there
will be an organized place for people
to learn about all that is KU.
Cohen is a Topeka junior in
political science and English.
Ben cohen
as if by divine intervention, a three-month strike ends
So Super Tuesday came by and
flew right over my head unheeded.
I know, I hear all the critical cries
coming at me now. It is your right
as a citizen to vote and to know your
candidates. How do you consider
yourself American if you dont even
participate in democracy?
The truth is, I would love to par-
ticipate, but all I see are empty prom-
ises from politicians who promise
change and Im positive that Im not
the only college student who is jaded
with American politics. The youth
vote is one of the most fruitless
pursuits a politician could pursue.
So Im obviously not alone in my
principles.
In this current political climate,
I do believe that change is needed,
and it is the reason why that if I do
vote, Im voting for Obama (the only
reason Id vote for Hilary Clinton
would be to call former president Bill
Clinton, the First Lady). However, I
will not take any criticisms about
how Im not American because I
dont have the enthusiasm to vote for
the next guy who says, I promise if
Im president, Ill do blah blah blah,
here is some political propaganda so
that Ill win.
Like any other civilization in his-
tory, it is not just politics that makes
a culture.
More people tune into and vote
for the next American Idol that tune
into or vote for whatever political
thing thats happening. Im not say-
ing thats what I recommend, I cant
stand American Idol, but this surely
says something about America.
Its not that our political system
doesnt work, it does work, because
options are always presented to us,
whether to vote for republican or
democrat, which republican candi-
date or which democrat candidate,
or to whether tune into a favorite
show or Meet the Press.
What one loves about America
could come down to simple things
like watching baseball, Americas
past time, or simply obsessing about
the lives of the rich and the famous
since America is a capitalist society.
Its the notion that some
Americans will say their favorite hol-
iday is the Super Bowl, and I think
that is American. Its the notion
that one could get crazed about the
Yankees versus the Red Sox in the
World Series, and thats American.
Its the notion that someone
could publicly criticize a political
figure, and he or she could not be
touched because it is their right,
thats American.
Its the notion that one could vote
for whoever they wish, and I believe
thats American.
Its the notion that one could
choose, and I think that is what is
great about America.
Brown is a Lees Summit, Mo.,
junior in journalism.
Jesse Brown
I choose
not to
choose in
election
Commentary
In the coming months the choice
will be yours. A variety of presiden-
tial candidates stand on both sides
of the war: Should the US should
work for peace or should we cut our
losses? Please, make an informed
decision looking forward and not
an emotional one looking back to
Bushs deceit.
The war is certainly not a tra-
ditional war in which nationalities
and battle lines are clearly drawn.
Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds are set
on the extermination of each other.
The only thing obstructing complete
ethnic cleansing is the presence of
US forces.
What frightens me is that imme-
diate history seems to be blinding
us from the work that our country
is doing. Our history is that we were
deceived when we entered Iraq. The
world was told we were entering for
Weapons of mass destruction, and
since weve discovered that much of
the information delivered to the UN
was a stretch of the truth.
We were deceived, and that hurts.
It hurts because our friends and
family were put in harms way and
many died for reasons that dont
seem to hold up now. It hurts, but if
we let our emotions stand in the way
of the decisions that we will make,
then were doomed to failure. When
we choose how to move forward
we must act with care, or we might
make as rash of a decision in leaving
as we made when entering Iraq.
The easy decision would be to
leave quickly. Americans are heart-
broken by our casualties and want
an end. George Orwell said, The
quickest way of ending a war is to
lose it, and the peacekeeping our
forces are doing is no different. The
US envoy to Iraq warns that if such
a pullout were to occur that Iraq
would degrade into a civil war or
worse. The entire region could be
drawn in to the conflict that would
kill countless Iraqis. The question
is how many American deaths jus-
tify how many Iraqi deaths. If we
consider all life to be equal then
the US cannot even think about a
withdrawal that will probably kill
more Iraqis in a few months than
the casualties our country would
take in a year.
Looking into the future its not
certain that withdrawal would save
Americans. While this generation
might be spared more bloodshed,
the next generation could pay for a
destabilized Iraq. If we leave and a
regime supporting terrorism sprouts
in our place then the battleground
might move to our back yard.
Sincerely.
Dustin Grorud
Junior, aerospace engineering
Milbank, South Dakota
Troop withdrawal from Iraq would plunge area into chaos
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Trial
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dence to convict Walton of driv-
ing under the influence.
Branson said it is hard to try
an alcohol-related case without
the blood alcohol results of the
suspect.
You have to judge the behav-
ior all by itself, Branson said.
The jury had the opportunity
to find Walton guilty of leaving an
injury accident, leaving a fatality
accident or it could have dropped
the second charge all together.
Again, they chose the lesser of the
charges in Waltons sentencing.
The prosecution could not
prove that Walton knew a death
was involved, Bath said.
Dewhirst said the same thing.
We had no evidence that
he knew he had hit a person,
Dewhirst said, only that some-
thing bad had happened.
Dewhirst said the jury worked
really hard to tell the difference
between involuntary manslaugh-
ter and vehicular homicide. He
said they put a lot of value into
the testimonies of Waltons actions
after he returned to where his
friends were after the accident and
the testimonies about whether
Kanost was in the crosswalk.
Walton came in the next
morning, Dewhirst said. We
took that into account too.
Branson said that the differ-
ence in charges meant that Walton
would spend his sentence in the
county jail rather than in a pris-
on.
Bath said that Walton was a
good kid who had never been in
trouble before, and he is taking it
day by day and trying to go on as
best he can.
Kanosts friends and relatives
did not comment and said they
felt it would be inappropriate at
this time.
Branson said that Kanosts fam-
ily is taking in what has happened
and will wait for sentencing.
Walton will be sentenced
March 24.
Editedby Katherine Loeck
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
[email protected]
The University of Kansas has
adopted a new form for evaluating
teachers in hopes of giving meaning
to students opinion of instructors.
This is the first time the form,
called the Curriculum & Instruction
Survey, has been changed in more
than 20 years.
Dan Bernstein, director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence and
chair of the task force that created
the new evaluation form, said the
old form used the answers to the
question, What do you think of
this instructor? as the basis for
judging instructors performances.
He said the University decided to
remove that question because fac-
ulty thought it was unfair.
Some faculty members would
ignore that data because students
were not the best people to address
that question, Bernstein said. A key
feature of the new questions is that
it is the consensus of the task force
that students are the right people to
answer these questions. People will
not dismiss these answers because
students are the right people to be
answering them.
The University is not only chang-
ing the form students use to evalu-
ate teachers, but its entire faculty
evaluation policy. Bernstein said
teachers wanted an evaluation that
covered a broader range of teaching.
He said the new policy would make
the student voice more authentic
and valued. He said the goal was
to direct the amount of energy that
was spent complaining about the
system and instead do something
about the system.
In July 2006, the Faculty
Executive Committee, FacEx, cre-
ated the Task Force on Assessment
of Teaching and Learning to create
a policy that adhered to the Board
of Regents requirements for faculty
evaluations and would be a more
appropriate evaluation of teachers
performances. Bernstein said the
Board of Regents mandates that cer-
tain topics be addressed in the eval-
uation, such as setting and reaching
goals, but that the Regents are very
open about how they addressed.
The Universitys evaluation policy
had not been changed since 1996.
Departments will not be man-
datated to use this new, default
form, however, the Office of the
Provost will pay for the production
cost of the forms if departments use
the provost-sponsored form. If a
department chooses to use its own
form it will have to use money from
its budget to pay for the forms.
Bernstein said the task force
based the new teacher evaluation
form on the form Student Senate
has online.
It was getting at features of
teaching that students are really
good at observing, and the com-
munity needs to hear about that,
Bernstein said.
During the spring and summer
the task force tested various ver-
sions of the new evaluation form on
1,200 students. Bernstein said the
University removed all the overall
and summary questions, the ques-
tion that asked if the teacher knew
the subject, whether the course
involved too much work and added
a question asking whether the stu-
dent was treated with respect.
Bernstein said the task force
thought it was not appropriate for
students to comment on whether
a class was too much work because
students misunderstood the ques-
tion. He said the course number of
a class should reflect how much stu-
dents should know about the sub-
ject before taking the class, not the
amount of reading and work that
was assigned. He said the amount
of work should be the same in all
classes.
The task force also decided to
add a separate sheet of paper to
the evaluation form for comments.
Bernstein said the inclusion of com-
ments in the evaluation packets has
always been optional. However, the
comments were collected on the
same piece of paper as the rat-
ings, rendering their inclusion non-
optional. He also said if teachers
report comments, they must turn in
all the comments they received.
We worked with KU research
faculty who study the analysis of
comments and they described a set
of guidelines to assure even mini-
mal validity from using comments,
Bernstein said. We feel those must
be followed if comments become
part of the evaluation. Its a long
document, but basically it requires
a more formal analysis than is usu-
ally done.
Rick Levy, president of faculty
senate and professor of law, said
the law school uses a much differ-
ent evaluation form than the new
default form. He said he would pre-
fer to use the new form because the
comment section better analyzes
teachers performances.
When students write com-
ments, sometimes those comments
are really nasty and its easy to take
those comments out of context and
make a case against and for a faculty
member based on selective com-
ments, Levy said. If you are really
going to do a good job you have to
look at all the comments and evalu-
ate them.
The new evaluation policy will
also allow classes in the same
department of similar course num-
bers to be compared with each other
and not to classes of higher levels
and different subjects. Bernstein
said in the past, faculty who taught
large introductory courses were
compared with teachers who taught
small graduate seminars, which are
incomparable.
The goal was to expand the
evaluation of teaching to include
how much students learn, the con-
tributions that teachers make out-
side of class and the way teachers
use both feedback from students
and student learning to change their
teaching over time, Bernstein said.
Members of Faculty and
University Senate expressed con-
cern that the new evaluation did not
take tenure into consideration. The
senators said they were interested to
see if a professors tenure affects his
or her performance.
Robert Harrington, a professor in
the department of research and edu-
cation, told the senators work in the
department of education was being
done on that subject. Bernstein said
it was a bigger question than the
task force could address.
Its an important question, but
we didnt set out to sort out how to
include lifespan development in a
world with tenure, Bernstein said.
A task force in the future could
look into that.
Stephanie Beltran, Leawood
junior, said she liked the new form
better than the old form because
its layout was less confusing, but
she did not really notice a change
in most questions. She also said
some of the new questions were
pointless.
Was the course at a convenient
time? It doesnt matter if you have
to take it anyway, Beltran said.
She also said she did not like the
separation of the numerical and
comment sections.
Im not the type of person who
gives bad remarks about people, but
if they are going to keep it theres no
point because no one else is going
to see it, Beltran said. I could just
tell them in person.
Edited by Sasha Roe
New forms list improved questions
campus
Evaluations
will be fairer
judgement
of teachers
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BY MARK DENT
[email protected]
AUSTIN, Texas All the talk about
No. 1 seeds, Final Fours and even Big 12
Championships might need to stop for Kansas,
at least for a while.
The Jayhawks need to get a marquee vic-
tory before all that chatter can start back up
again.
Kansas lost to No. 11 Texas 72-69 Monday
night at the Erwin Center when Mario
Chalmers last second shot hit the back of
the rim. Its the second loss in the past two
weeks for the Jayhawks (23-2, 8-2). They lost
to Kansas State in Manhattan Jan. 30 and just
like in that game, Kansas was outplayed and
outhustled by a team it was favored to beat.
That act is already getting old for Kansas
coach Bill Self.
I think they out-manned us in the second
half, he said.
For the first 20 minutes, Kansas offense
was dominant. The Jayhawks found out, again,
that they play their best ball when the offense
goes through the post. Darnell Jackson and
Darrell Arthur combined to score 25 points
in the first half. Sasha Kaun and Cole Aldrich
pitched in another four. Kansas frontcourt
was too much for Texas, which saw its best
forward, Damion James, exit with foul trouble
early on. The Jayhawks put up 42 points and
out-rebounded the soft-looking Longhorns
by 10.
At halftime, Self told his players they would
need to play even harder inside in the second
half, and that the Longhorns poor perfor-
mance inside was a fluke. But when Texas
coach Rick Barnes got wise to the Jayhawks
low post offense and geared his defense toward
stopping it, Arthur and Jackson couldnt adjust.
Arthur picked up two quick fouls, pouted on
defense and showed why his consistency is still
a work in progress. He and Jackson scored just
10 points in the second half.
They trapped the post a lot, Arthur said.
It was hard to score.
While they struggled, James came back
with a vengeance. He scored 12 of his 14
points and grabbed all of his 13 rebounds after
intermission.
Damion had a chance to sit on the bench
in the first half and let it boil a bit, Self said.
Then he kicked our butts in the second half.
The post players worst sins came late in the
game. Texas scored two major baskets on put-
back dunks with less than five minutes to go.
The second one gave the Longhorns a 66-61
lead. In the final 1:30 of the game, Kansas gave
up two more offensive rebounds. The second
came when the ball bounced off Brandon
Rushs head.
In the second half, after Self pleaded with
his players to dial up the intensity, Texas out-
rebounded Kansas 23-12.
They got a lot of second-chance buckets,
Arthur said. That killed us.
Despite the problems, Kansas still had an
opportunity to tie. Trailing by three in the final
seconds, Chalmers missed an off-balanced but
open three-pointer. Self said his team killed
the final play by moving the ball to the wrong
side of the court.
The miss sent the Jayhawks back into the
locker room hurting and still missing that
important victory against a consistent top
25 team. Southern California was ranked
when the Jayhawks won against the team in
December, but the Trojans have been out of
the rankings since. Ditto for Arizona.
The Jayhawks other big victories have
come against Boston College, Georgia Tech,
Oklahoma and Baylor. None of those teams
were in the top 25 when Kansas played against
them, and its unlikely any of them will com-
pete for a conference title. Baylor might be
the only of those schools to make the NCAA
Tournament.
In KUs two toughest tests the Jayhawks
have come up lame, first in a loss to the
Wildcats two weeks ago, and now to Texas.
Because of their inability to win those
games, the Jayhawks dropped from the top of
the Big 12 conference. Kansas State is now the
only team with one loss, and Texas is just a half
game behind Kansas in third. The Jayhawks
will probably need to win all of their games
down the stretch to get back in line for confer-
ence championships and beyond.
Chalmers said the team can do it.
Were still the favorites, he said. Thats
whats in our mind.
EditedbySashaRoe
On Saturday night, Baylor and Kansas put
on an offensive show. Fast breaks, fadeaway
three-pointers and rim-rattling dunks came
one after the other. At the end of it all, the
crowd offered the Jayhawks a standing ova-
tion as they hit the century mark for the sec-
ond time this season and won, 100-90.
But the high-octane affair didnt please
Kansas coach Bill Self as much as it did the
Allen Fieldhouse fans.
Id rather win 80-70 any day of the week,
Self said. Because its fools gold if you
give up 90 points in the tournament, you go
home.
Self s indictment of his teams defense
against Baylor brings to light a worrying
trend: When Kansas opponents have been
able to speed up the pace of play, they havent
had much trouble scoring. Even though the
Jayhawks have made a living on offense by
pushing the ball down court with lightning-
quick guards, they struggle in transition on
the defensive end.
College basketball statistics Web site ken-
pom.com compiles team offensive efficiency
ratings for each game, with 100 being average.
If a team finishes above 100, it had a good
offensive outing. A rating below 100 means
the team struggled to score.
The average college basketball team uses
about 67 possessions per game. The numbers
from kenpom.com illustrate when Kansas
has used fewer than 67 possessions playing
slower than average its defense has been
phenomenal.
In the seven grind-it-out, half court games
they have played this season, the Jayhawks
havent allowed an opponent to top 96 on
the offensive efficiency scale. In the teams
17 up-tempo contests, three opponents have
registered higher than 100 on the offensive
end. Granted, there is a difference in sample
size, but its tough to deny that the Jayhawks
ugliest defensive performances have come in
run-and-shoot scenarios.
In the first game of the season, Louisiana-
Monroe visited Lawrence and engaged in an
up-and-down battle. Louisiana-Monroe shot
51 percent from the field and tallied 78 points.
Unfortunately for the Warhawks, Kansas shot
56 percent and scored 107 points.
In Kansas only loss, Kansas State didnt
play at a relentless pace, but freshman guard
Jacob Pullen played aggressively on offense,
frequently forcing his way to the charity stripe
and making all 10 of his free throws.
Most recently the Baylor backcourt adapt-
ed to the breakneck speed of the Jayhawk
guards. The Bears top five guards combined
to score 79 points and keep the score reason-
ably close for much of the game.
The Jayhawks inability to stop teams in
transition hasnt come back to bite them
so far this season because of their offen-
sive prowess. When Missouri picked up the
pace, cut down its turnovers and scored 71
points, Kansas scored 90 and won comfort-
ably. When Arizona buried 48 percent of its
three-pointers and went to the free-throw
line 21 times, Kansas shot 50 percent from
the field and snuck past the Wildcats for an
overtime victory.
As impressive as Kansas offense has been,
theres no guarantee the Jayhawks will stay
hot.
When you make shots, sometimes your
intensity on defense goes away, Self said.
In the tournament or in a late-possession
game, youve got to grind it out. When youre
not making shots is when you have to be the
best.
Kansas was able to weather offensive
miscues against Eastern Washington and
Colorado, but could have trouble with North
Carolina, Duke or Tennessee in March.
Sure, fast breaks and alley-oops are fun
to watch, but come tournament time, a little
patience could pay dividends for Kansas.
Edited by Mandy Earles
SportS
The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com Tuesday, February 12, 2008 page 1b
texas 72, Kansas 69
BY AshER Fusco
[email protected]
baseball
HAWKS LONE STAR LOSS
opponents highest feld goal percentage
Field
Goal
Opponent Date Percentage Final score
vs. University of Louisiana-Monroe 11/09 51% 107-78
vs. Missouri 02/04 46% 90-71
vs. Arizona 11/25 44% 76-72
at Georgia Tech 12/18 44% 71-66
at Colorado 02/02 44% 72-59
vs. Baylor 02/09 44% 100-90
BY shAWN shRoYER
[email protected]
Kansas may have had to wait a month
to begin practice this season due to NCAA
regulations, but that hasnt made the Kansas
weather any more accommodating.
The Jayhawks wrapped up their first full
week of practice last week, but have yet to
step on the field at Hoglund Ballpark. As
the days fall off the calendar until Kansas
first game, coach Ritch Price is just try-
ing to keep his players fresh, regardless of
where they practice.
Weve been trying to make sure that
we dont go backwards, Price said. If you
keep inside every day and practice three to
three and a half hours, you can literally get
worse. One week becomes two weeks and
this is our second week weve been inside
every single day.
Confined to Anschutz Pavilion or the
teams indoor hitting facility, Price has been
mixing up his practice routines to break up
the monotony of being indoors.
Last week Price eliminated certain drills
from some practices. In his sixth season at
Kansas, Price has learned that varying and
shortening indoor practices can help play-
ers remain focused on the task at hand.
At this level, our players understand
that its work, but they also understand that
you have to come and prepare every day
because the big picture is that in two weeks
youre going to be playing for real and youd
better be ready, Price said.
Price has grown accustomed to the limi-
tations of playing baseball in February
in Kansas. However, incoming freshmen,
particularly those from Western states, can
take time to adjust to the elements.
Freshman third baseman Tony
Thompson, a Reno, Nev., native said east-
ern Kansas and western Nevada winters
were fairly similar.
Yeah, its snowy and in the teens, so
its about the same, Thompson said. We
practice inside a lot at the beginning of the
season in Nevada, too.
Even though Kansas practice condi-
tions are less than ideal, Price was pleased
with the effort his assistants were getting
out of their position players, particularly
pitching coach Ryan Graves.
Coach Graves has done a really nice job
of using some different teaching strategies
to help us improve our command, Price
said. Also, its a much more experienced
pitching staff than it was a year ago, so I
think theyve taken a jump from a develop-
ment standpoint.
But with time running out before
Kansas heads to Hawaii for its season
opener against Hawaii-Hilo on Feb. 22,
Price is crossing his fingers that his team
will practice outside. If it doesnt though, it
wont be the first time Kansas didnt touch a
diamond until arriving on the Big Island.
I really hope that the weather will
change sometime this week and maybe
well get out two or three days before we
go to Hawaii, Price said. But weve been
there five times before and three times we
hadnt been outside, so its not unusual for
this to happen to us.
MarKs uPDate
Junior left-hander Andy Marks contin-
ues to make progress as he rehabilitates his
throwing shoulder. Marks had surgery in the
fall to repair his labrum and Price said his ace
hasnt had any setbacks in his rehab and is on
pace to return to the mound in mid-March.
Edited by Sasha Roe
PAGE 8B
forward Nicollette Smith
SitS dowN for a chat
Weston White/Kansan File Photo
Senior guard Russell Robinson drives into the lane against a colorado defender. focusing on defensive tactics by
slowing down the game has been successful for the Jayhawks defense.
Jayhawks need to get more aggressive defensively in order to step up their game
COMMentary
Kansan File Photo
Casey Larson, senior outfelder, rounds the bases last season. this season, the teamhas yet to hit the diamond.
cold weather has forced themto practice inside for the second straight week.
Weather keeps practice inside
Jon Goering/KANSAN
The Texas defense swarms junior guard mario chalmers as he tries to drive to the basket during monday nights game.
the No. 11 longhorns defeated the No. 3 Jayhawks 72-69. the hawks shot just over 43 percent fromthe foor for the
game and made less than a quarter of their three-point attempts. texas shot 40 percent frombeyond the arc, making
8-of-12 on threes.
sports 2B tuesday, February 12, 2008
quote of the day
trivia of the day
fact of the day
Q: Who won the 1998 National
League Cy Young Award by record-
ing 20 wins and an ERA of 2.47?
A: Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom
Glavine. He edged out San Diego
Padre closer Trevor Hofman
despite receiving less frst-place
votes. Glavine, who re-signed with
the Braves this ofseason after
spending fve years with the New
York Mets, also won the Cy Young
in 1991.
baseball-reference.com
In high school, Tom Glavine won
Boston Globes Player of the Year
honors in both baseball and hock-
ey. Glavine was drafted in both
the fourth round of 1984 National
Hockey League draft by the Los An-
geles Kings and the second round
of the 1984 Major League Baseball
draft by the Atlanta Braves.
- mlb.com
You can describe Tom Glavine
in one word: winner.
San Diego Padres pitcher and former team-
mate Greg Maddux
on tv tonight
Mens College Basketball:
Michigan State at Purdue, 6
p.m., ESPN
North Carolina at Virginia, 7
p.m., ESPN2
Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 8
p.m., ESPN
AP Mens Basketball Top 25
The Associated Press mens college basketball top 25, with
frst-place votes in parentheses, records, total points and
previous ranking.
1. Memphis (72) 23-0 1,800 1
2. Duke 21-1 1,714 2
3. Kansas 23-1 1,662 4
4. Tennessee 21-2 1,553 7
5. North Carolina 22-2 1,511 3
6. UCLA 21-3 1,383 5
7. Stanford 20-3 1,354 9
8. Georgetown 19-3 1,207 6
9. Butler 21-2 1,132 10
10. Michigan State 20-3 1,071 11
11. Texas 19-4 1,014 12
12. Xavier 20-4 962 13
13. Indiana 20-3 933 14
14. Drake 22-1 863 15
15. Wisconsin 19-4 816 8
16. Texas A&M 20-4 713 18
17. Connecticut 18-5 658 19
18. Kansas State 17-5 486 20
19. Purdue 19-5 467 24
20. Notre Dame 18-4 465 22
21. Washington State 18-5 419 17
22. Pittsburgh 18-5 301 21
23. Louisville 18-6 246 NR
24. Vanderbilt 20-4 222 23
25. Saint Marys 20-3 204 25
Others Receiving Votes: Marquette 82, Arkansas 71, Flor-
ida 23, Rhode Island 15, Gonzaga 14, Arizona 11, Brigham
Young 9, Clemson 6, Baylor 5, Maryland 2, Mississippi State
2, UNLV 2, Utah State 1, South Alabama 1.
AP Womens Basketball Top 25
The Associated Press womens college basketball top 25,
with frst-place votes in parentheses, records, total points and
previous ranking.
1. Tennessee (45) 21-1 1,245 2
2. Connecticut (5) 22-1 1,174 1
3. North Carolina 22-2 1,154 3
4. Maryland 25-2 1,077 4
5. Rutgers 19-3 1,061 7
6. Stanford 22-3 1,019 6
7. LSU 20-3 946 8
8. Baylor 21-2 885 5
9. California 21-3 819 9
10. Oklahoma 17-4 804 10
11. West Virginia 19-3 736 12
12. Duke 18-6 689 11
13. Old Dominion 20-3 670 13
14. George Washington19-4 572 14
15. Oklahoma State 19-3 537 17
16. Notre Dame 18-5 513 16
17. Kansas State 16-6 417 18
18. Pittsburgh 18-5 361 15
19. Utah 20-3 283 20
20. Texas A&M 17-6 252 21
21. Syracuse 18-4 205 23
22. Wyoming 19-3 188 22
23. Ohio State 18-6 172 19
24. UTEP 19-2 112 NR
25. Vanderbilt 18-6 97 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Georgia 65, Virginia 50, Marist 25,
Arizona State 23, Iowa 23, Louisville 21, Illinois State 11,
Liberty 10, Kansas 9, DePaul 8, Nebraska 5, Chattanooga 3,
Michigan State 3, Georgia Tech 2, Hartford 2, Texas 2.
On thin ice
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Florida Panthers right winger Richard Zednik, of Slovakia, skates towards the bench holding his neck after being injured by a teammates skate during the third period of an NHL hockey game
Sunday against the Bufalo Sabres in Bufalo, N.Y. Bufalo won 5-3.
Golf
PGA Tour duel continues
with Mickelson and Singh
PEBBLEBEACH, Calif. It might be
themost compellingonthePGATour
at themoment.
It doesnt involveTigerWoods,
whoseonlyrivals seemtoberetired.
No, this is about theduel going
onbetweenPhil MickelsonandVijay
Singh, whoarelinkedbyvictories and
majors, andlatelybylosing. At stakeis
whowill beregardedas thesecond-
best player of his generationonthe
PGATour.
Mickelsonlost inasudden-death
playofintheFBROpentoJ.B. Holmes.
Oneweeklater, Singhlookedlikealock
towinthePebbleBeachNational Pro-
Amuntil aplayofloss toSteveLowery.
I let this one slip away,Singh said.
Associated Press
NHl
Colorado Avalanche
players return to the ice
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Col-
orados top three forwards
captain Joe Sakic, Ryan
Smyth and Paul Stastny are
back on the ice.
Sakic went through a light
skate before practice Monday.
Hes recovering from hernia
surgery.
Smyth is coming back from
an ankle injury and Stastny
from an appendectomy. Both
participated in practice and
took contact. For Smyth, it was
his frst ice time since he was
injured on New Years Eve.
Stastny, the teams leading
scorer with 49 points, has been
practicing and could return
soon. Hes listed as question-
able for Tuesday night when the
Avs play Anaheim at the Pepsi
Center.
Coach Joel Quenneville said
Smyth could return to action
this week.
MlB
Injuries force Sweeney
to move to Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. Mike
Sweeney will begin a new chap-
ter in his career with the Oak-
land Athletics, agreeing Monday
to a minor league contract and
accepting a spring training
invitation from the club.
The 34-year-old Sweeney has
spent all 13 of his big league
seasons with the Kansas City
Royals, the team that drafted
him. He has fought injuries in re-
cent seasons and was limited to
74 games in 2007 because of his
right knee and 60 the previous
year because of his back.
He has a .299 career average
with 197 homers. An All-Star
from 2000-03 and in 2005,
Sweeney is coming of a $55
million, fve-year contract.
NHl
Stars win 7 straight games;
Modano scores 523rd goal
DALLAS Mike Modano
scored the go-ahead goal on a
power play with 3:12 remaining
as the Dallas Stars won their
seventh straight game to match
a franchise record, 2-1 over the
Phoenix Coyotes Monday night.
With the game tied at 1, the
Stars had a 5-on-3 advantage
when Modano notched his
523rd career goal, most in NHL
history by a U.S.-born player.
Modanos 16th of the season
came on a one-timer from the
high slot of a pass from Jere
Lehtinen.
Dallas has a seven-game win-
ning streak for the fourth time
in club history. The last time the
Stars won seven in a row was
Nov. 22-Dec. 5, 1997.
Phoenix goaltender Ilya
Bryzgalov stopped the frst 40
shots he faced before Dallas
Steve Ott tied it at 1 at 11:45 of
the third period on a shot from
the left circle that glanced into
the net of the goalies right
shoulder. Bryzgalov fnished
with 42 saves.
Ex-Star Niko Kapanen scored
for the Coyotes, but Phoenix lost
its fourth game in a row.
Marty Turco was back in goal
for the Stars after missing the
two previous games with a sore
neck, making 19 saves.
Associated Press
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado Avalanche center Paul
Stastny is scheduled to sit out for the
next two to three weeks after undergoing
surgery to remove his appendix this week.
Colorado, which has struggled this season
after the loss of veteran players Joe Sakic
and Ryan Smyth, nowmust soldier on
without Stastny.
www.burgersbeerbocce.com
Open Monday Feb. 11th
Opening events:
2/13: College Dance Night w/ D.J. Ashton Martin. No Cover.
2/14: Wii Guitar Hero Valentines Day Extravaganza.
All Week: Bocce Ball Madness. Did you practice?
All Week: Cheap Old Style, Pabst, Shlitz and Hamms Cans.
Have you tried Ellies Brown yet? We have it on tap.
Did we mention that we have an indoor Bocce court?
BY ANDREW WIEBE
[email protected]
Big 12 womens basketball reporter Andrew Wiebes presents his Big 12
power rankings. Every Tuesday, The Kansan will rank Big 12 womens teams
based on last weeks performance and the next weeks
schedule.
oNE
No. 8 Baylor 21-2 [9-1]
Last week: at Oklahoma State (L), Texas Tech (W)
This week: at Texas, Oklahoma
Despite losing to a hot Oklahoma State squad last week, Baylor retains
the top spot because they remain in the drivers seat of the Big 12 cham-
pionship race. The Bears were bound to stumble at some point. Losing
against sophomore guard Andrea Riley and the Cowgirls in Stillwater
speaks to the difculty of winning on the road in the Big 12. This weeks
schedule is brutal, and the game against Oklahoma could be decisive in
the race for the Big 12 South.
tWo
No. 17 Kansas State 16-6 [8-1]
Last week: Kansas (W)
This week: at Iowa State, at Missouri
The Wildcats are showing just how crucial junior forward Marlies
Gipson is to their success. Deb Pattersons team took care of business on
Saturday against in-state rivals Kansas to claim their 13th win in the last 14
games between the two teams. Although Kansas State has two matchups
with squads in the bottom half of the conference, it must go on the road
for both. So far the Wildcats have been perfect away from Manhattan
in conference play, but it will take two solid performances to enter next
week with 10 wins.
thREE
No. 15 Oklahoma State 19-3 [7-2]
Last week: Baylor (W), at Nebraska (W)
This week: at Texas Tech, Iowa State
Oklahoma State knew it needed two victories last week to keep pace
with Oklahoma and stay within striking distance of Baylor. In winning
both games, the Cowgirls became the frst team to beat the Bears in con-
ference play and gave the Bears just their second loss overall. Sophomore
guard Andrea Riley may garner most of the attention, but fve players
scored in double fgures against the Bears, proving this isnt a one woman
show. With two winnable games on the horizon, Oklahoma State has an
opportunity to pull even closer to Baylor this week.
fouR
No. 10 Oklahoma 17-4 [7-2]
Last week: at Missouri (W), Colorado (W)
This week: Texas A&M, at Baylor
This is a make-or-break week for the Sooners. Two victories against
teams from the Big 12 North basement arent the ideal precursors to
meetings with what could be the two most talented teams in the confer-
ence. The Aggies are just starting to fnd their groove, and the Bears are
nearly unbeatable at home. It wont be easy, but if junior center Courtney
Paris can control the paint, Oklahoma has the opportunity to make a
strong statement to the rest of the Big 12 with two victories.
fIvE
No. 20 Texas A&M 17-6 [5-4]
Last week: Texas (W)
This week: at Oklahoma, Texas Tech
Just when people began writing the Aggies of, junior guard/forward
Danielle Gant began dragging them back into the race for a top-four fn-
ish. In the victory against Texas, Gant dropped 25 points on only 12 shots.
A trip to Norman is never easy, but Texas A&M won there last season on
its way to a Big 12 championship, so the atmosphere shouldnt intimidate
Gary Blairs team. The Aggies have the veteran presence and the past
experience to go in and take one from the Sooners. If they can, they will
have reeled of fve straight victories.
sIx
Nebraska 17-7 [6-4]
Last week: at Colorado (W), Oklahoma State (L)
This week: at Kansas
Losing to Oklahoma State at home was disappointing, but not devas-
tating. The Cornhuskers have already blown the Jayhawks out once, but
Bonnie Henricksons team has been extremely difcult to beat at Allen
Fieldhouse this season. Nebraska will use this week to regroup and refo-
cus as only one of its remaining six games comes against a Big 12 South
opponent, lowly Texas Tech.

sEvEN
Texas 15-8 [3-6]
Last week: at Texas A&M (L)
This week: Baylor, at Colorado
Texas has talent, but in the rough-and-tumble Big 12 South talent only
goes so far. The Longhorns are one of only a few teams that have tested
the Bears so far this season. Despite losing 61-60 in Waco earlier this year,
Texas should feel confdent that it can hang with the Big 12s best team.
The Longhorns have one of the best coaches in the nation in former Duke
coach Gail Goestenkors, and if anyone can engineer an upset she can.
EIght
Iowa State 15-7 [4-5]
Last week: Texas Tech (W), Missouri (W)
This week: Kansas State, at Oklahoma State
Victories over two conference bottom-feeders did wonders for the
Cyclones confdence. Unfortunately this weeks schedule is not nearly as
undemanding. Iowa State is perilously thin in the post and Kansas States
Marlies Gipson and Oklahoma States junior center Maria Cordero and
junior forward Shaunte Smith could have their way in the paint. The Cy-
clones hold a trump card in the form of their potent three-point shooting,
but odds are it wont be enough to continue their win streak through the
week.
NINE
Kansas 13-9 [2-7]
Last week: at Kansas State (L)
This week: Colorado, Nebraska
Despite a heartbreaking loss in the Sunfower Showdown and seven
conference losses, Kansas continues to receive votes in the AP Poll. Voters
must be basing those votes on potential because the Jayhawks certainly
arent getting the results that come with that sort of national recognition.
This week could be the week they show the rest of the conference what
their young talent can do. Two games at home against opponents theyve
already seen once this season should give Kansas hope of walking away
with two victories. Whether or not thats possible, remains a mystery.
tEN
Texas Tech 14-9 [2-7]
Last week: at Iowa State (L), at Baylor (L)
This week: Oklahoma State, at Texas A&M
Two losses last week look like they will be fol-
lowed by two more this week against the two hottest teams in the Big
12. Last week the Lady Raiders were looking for some sort of consistency.
This week they are just desperate for a win. The schedule doesnt get any
easier down the stretch, and Texas Techs three-game losing streak could
turn into fve before the week is out.
ElEvEN
Colorado 13-10 [2-8]
Last week: Nebraska (L), at Oklahoma (L)
This week: at Kansas, Texas
Colorado travels to Lawrence on Wednesday to face a vastly diferent
Kansas team than the one it blew out of the gym 59-41 on Jan. 22. Fresh-
man center Krysten Boogaard is coming of back-to-back 20 point games
and the Jayhawks have matured considerably since hanging their heads
throughout the second half of the two teams frst meeting. The Bufaloes
are in need of a victory, and Boogaards presence could be ofset by their
improving frontcourt. Freshman forward Brittany Spears was the Big 12s
rookie of the week last week.
tWElvE
Missouri 8-15 [1-9]
Last week: Oklahoma (L), at Iowa State (L)
This week: Kansas State
There isnt much to say about the Tigers that hasnt already been said.
Missouri is the worst team in the Big 12 and victories dont appear to be
likely anytime soon. Coach Cindy Stein could use the long week of prac-
tice to whip her squad into shape, but with Kansas State up next, Missouri
is looking at yet another week without a victory. The Tigers have talent,
just not enough to compete in the Big 12.
sports 3b tuesday, february 12, 2008
BIG 12 BasketBall
Baylor ranks No. 1 for the
womens
Big 12 picks
NBA
Lakers break triple digits
to beat Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Kobe
Bryant scored 31 points, Pau
Gasol added 26 and the new-look
Los Angeles Lakers continued
their impressive road trip with a
106-97 win over the reeling Char-
lotte Bobcats on Monday.
The Lakers improved to 4-1
since acquiring Gasol behind
Bryants third straight game
scoring 30 or more points.
In improving to 6-2 on their
nine-game road trip, the Lakers
never trailed but struggled to
put away the Bobcats. Charlotte
cut a 13-point defcit to 89-86
midway through the fourth
quarter before wilting in their
seventh straight loss.
Raymond Felton scored
29 points and Nazr Moham-
med added 22 points and 11
rebounds for the Bobcats, who
matched their longest losing
streak of the season.
cAvAlIERs 118, mAgIc 111
Cleveland s Hughes
scores season high
ORLANDO, Fla. Larry
Hughes scored a season-high 40
points and LeBron James added
29 and 10 assists as Cleveland
won.
Hughes scored 23 in the third
quarter on 6-for-7 shooting,
including two three-pointers
and an assortment of drives
and jumpers. He hit 9 of 10 free
throws in the period.
Hedo Turkoglu had 25 points
for Orlando, leading all fve
starters in double fgures, while
Dwight Howard had 16 points
and nine rebounds. Howard
scored 10 in the frst quarter, but
struggled the rest of the way as
Cleveland collapsed inside with
double- and triple-teams.
Orlando lost its second
straight, and third of a fve-game
home stretch before the All-Star
break.
76ERs 84, mAvERIcKs 76
Sixers eye eighth spot in
Eastern Conference
PHILADELPHIA Andre
Miller scored 21 points to lead
the Philadelphia 76ers to their
fourth straight win.
Miller, the Eastern Confer-
ence player of the week, is a big
reason why the Sixers are sud-
denly thinking about a playof
push. Philadelphia has won the
frst four games of a fve-game
homestand and moved a half-
game behind idle New Jersey for
the eighth spot in the Eastern
Conference.
Andre Iguodala fnished with
14 points, including a pair of
jumpers during a late 12-1 run
that helped the Sixers pull away
and earn a rare standing ovation
from the home crowd.
Josh Howard led the short-
handed Mavericks with 17
points before leaving in the
fourth with a back injury, and
Dirk Nowitzki added 15.
spuRs 93, RAptoRs 88
Toronto loses at home,
career high for Calderon
TORONTO Manu Ginobili
scored a season-high 34 points
and added a career-high 15 re-
bounds, leading the San Antonio
Spurs.
Tim Duncan added 22 points
and 13 rebounds for the Spurs,
who led from wire-to-wire and
won for the ffth time in six
games. San Antonios only de-
feat in that time was a 98-90 loss
at Boston on Sunday.
Ginobili had 21 points in 19
frst-half minutes, scored three
more in the third, then helped
put the game away with 10 in
the fourth.
Torontos Jose Calderon
scored a career-high 27 as the
Raptors dropped their third
straight at home.
San Antonio has won 10 of its
past 12 against Toronto.
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Charlotte Bobcats Jason richardson drives to the basket past Los Angeles Lakers Kobe
Bryant Monday in Charlotte, N.C. Los Angeles defeated Charlotte 106-97.
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Texas 72, Kansas 69
5b Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Texas 72, Kansas 69
4b Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Darrell Arthur walks of the court after junior guard Mario Chalmers 3-point attempt at the buzzer to tie the game rims of. Arthur led Kansas with 22 points, shooting 10-for-16 fromthe foor. Arthur committed four personal fouls in
the game and played 28 minutes.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Kansas Coach Bill Self calls for a travelling call during the frst half of teh game. Kansas dropped to 23-2 overall with the loss and 8-2 in the conference.
Texas improved to 20-4 overall and 7-2 in the conference. Kansas is nowa full game behind Kansas State for frst place in the Big 12 and a half a game
ahead of Texas.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Junior guard Mario Chalmers and senior guard Russell Robinson nearly steal the ball fromTexas guard D.J. Augustin during the fnal minute of the game. Texas turned the ball over just eight times
in the game.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Junior guard Mario Chalmers watches as his last second 3-pointer sails toward the basket during Monday nights game at the Erwin Center in Austin,
Tex. Chalmers shot bounced of as time ran out, sealing a 72-69 victory for Texas over Kansas.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Senior center Sasha Kaun contests a shot on a drive to the basket by Texas guard D.J. Augustin. Kansas held Augustin to 10 points on 1-for-13 shoot-
ing fromthe foor and 8-for-10 fromthe free-throwline.
By Mark Dent
[email protected]
AUSTIN, Texas Another year,
another national player of the year
candidate.
Thats the way its gone for the
Longhorns. Last season, they had
freshman superstar Kevin Durant. He
took home more awards than Amy
Winehouse.
Earlier this
year, Texas guard
D.J. Augustin
appeared poised
to do the same.
Now, after strug-
gling in a 72-69
victory against
Kansas, his
chances of getting
national recogni-
tion are getting
slimmer and slimmer. The Longhorns
guard scored just 10 points, 1 of 13
field goals and missed a free throw
that wouldve made Mario Chalmers
heave at the buzzer irrelevant before
it flew off target. Not what you would
expect from someone regarded as a
front-runner for national player of the
year two months ago.
It became obvious Augustin would
have a tough night from the very
beginning. On his first drive to the
hoop, BrandonRush rejected him, and
Augustin fell to the ground. Kansas
blocked Augustin twice in the first
half. He seemed to spend more time
on the floor in the first half than on
his feet.
Russell Robinson, Sherron Collins
and Mario Chalmers, who got burned
repeatedly by Baylors Curtis Jerrells
on Saturday, kept Augustin in front of
them the entire game, restoring KUs
reputation of having a solid defensive
backcourt. Augustins struggles did
little to soothe Chalmers pain.
I think its
frustrating, he
said. I figuredwe
could have won,
but some other
guys stepped up
late.
Thegamecon-
tinued Augustins
streak of disap-
pointing perfor-
mances. He made
just 18 of his last
61 field goals in the four games before
the Kansas game. In one of those
games, against Baylor, he scored only
nine points.
Fatigue might be the problem.
Augustin is only 6-feet tall and plays
an average of 37 minutes a game.
Those minutes take a toll on a small
body.
His decline didnt hurt Texas on
Monday night, though. Plenty of other
playersfilledinandgavetheLonghorns
the victory. Connor Atchleydidnt miss
from the outside, scoring 16 points.
Damion James scored 14 points after
sitting for most of the first with foul
trouble. A.J. Abrams and Justin Mason
helped out, too, getting key offensive
rebounds down the stretch.
Their play kept Texas (20-4, 7-2)
in position for a Big 12 title. If the
Longhorns can beat Kansas State in
Manhattan, they could become favor-
ites for the regular season champion-
ship.
Augustins chances for national
player of the year might be fading,
but he and his teammates are doing
enough to maintain Texas reputation
as one of the top teams in the country.
Theyre good, Kansas coach Bill
Self said. They have a really good
team. Theyre going to be a team for
anybody to play in the tournament
that you dont want to get behind
late.
EditedbyKatherineLoeck
Mens BasketBall
Longhorn teammates
pick up guards slack
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs Pts
Darrell Arthur 10-16 0-1 6 22
Darnell Jackson 5-10 0-0 4 13
Russell Robinson 1-6 1-3 4 3
MarioChalmers 3-10 1-5 1 13
BrandonRush 4-9 2-5 3 10
SherronCollins 1-6 0-3 2 2
RodrickStewart 0-0 0-0 0 0
SashaKaun 2-4 0-0 7 4
ColeAldrich 1-1 0-0 1 2
Kansas
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA Rebs Pts
DamionJames 4-8 2-4 13 14
Connor Atchley 6-6 4-4 4 16
A.J.Abrams 5-13 2-8 3 14
D.J.Augustin 1-13 0-2 2 10
JustinMason 3-8 0-2 8 9
GaryJohnson 2-5 0-0 3 7
AlexisWangmene 0-0 0-0 0 0
Dexter Pittman 0-0 0-0 0 0
ClintChapman 1-1 0-0 1 2
Texas
By rUStIn DODD
[email protected]
1st Half
6:24
Brandon Rush tied the game
at 31-31 with a three-pointer
from the top of the key. Kan-
sas took the lead 33-31 on the
nextpossessionwhenRushfol-
lowed a Chalmers miss with a
putback.
2nd Half
With Kansas down 48-46,
Mario Chalmers drove to his
left and drew a foul on 18-foot
jumpshot.Chalmersmadeboth
freethrowsandtiedthe gameat
48-48.
14:14
With Kansass offense scuf-
fing, Brandon Rush caught a
passandknockeddownathree
totie thegame at51-51.
9:47
Sherron Collins blew past
Texas sophomore Justin Mason
and fnished a nifty reverse lay-
up, using the rim to avoid his
defender.Inthewordsof ESPN
analyst Fran Fraschilla, Collins
deftlyusedthe tin.
3:30
Rightafter Kansascutthe lead
tothree,DamionJamesfollow-
up dunk off of D.J. Augustins
missgaveTexasa66-61lead
:57
With Kansas trailing 67-64,
Chalmerspenetratedandfound
Rush in the corner. But Justin
Mason saved Texas, getting a
handonRushsshot,andsend-
ing theball behindthe basket.
Edited by Sasha Roe
Mens BasketBall
Prime
Plays
Basketball Notes
footBall is king
TheresareasonwhyTexas
isknownasafootballschool.
Arguably the loudest cheers
at the Erwin Center came
fromtwoformergridironhe-
roes.AaronRoss,formercor-
nerback, got a standing ova-
tionwhenhewasintroduced
at halfcourt during a media
timeout.Hewashonoredfor
winning a Super Bowl with
the New York Giants. Vince
Young, former quarterback
andLonghorndeity,wasalso
in attendance. He now plays
fortheTennesseeTitans.
a good gaMe to suit
up for
Freshman Chase Buford, a
walk-on guard, dressed for the
game last night, marking the
frst time hes suited up for a
road game. Buford considered
playing for Texas. Freshman
forward Alexis Wangmene,
who is Bufords adopted broth-
er, plays for the Longhorns.
Beth Buford, the mother of
Wangmene and Buford and a
KU graduate, was at the game
wearing a half-Kansas, half-
Texas jersey. Wangmene went
scoreless in fve minutes. Bu-
ford did not play.
Mark Dent
the
HIGH
low
By rUStIn DODD
[email protected]
HigHs
Kansas frontcourt
Darrell Arthur and Darnell
Jackson controlled the game in the
first half, combining for 25 points.
Arthur, Jackson, Sasha Kaun and
Cole Aldrich helped Kansas out-
rebound Texas 18-12 before half-
time. Kansas four big guys finished
with 41 of Kansas 69 points.
Conner atCHley
The Longhorns junior forward
joined the I had the best game of my
career against Kansas club. Atchley
had 16 point on 6-of-6 shooting
including, 4-of-4 from beyond the
arc.
one less road gaMe
Kansas has struggled away from
the confines of Allen Fieldhouse. The
Jayhawks two losses came on the
road to K-State and Texas, and they
nearly lost at USC. Kansas returns to
Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.
lows
kansas outside
sHooting
One game after Kansas went 0-
of-9 from three-point range against
Baylor, Kansas made just 23 percent
(4-of-17) of its three-pointers.
JayHawk guards
Mario Chalmers and Brandon
Rush scored in double-figures with
13 and 10 points, respectively, but
Russell Robinson was held to three
points and Sherron Collins made
only one basket.
texas nike Jerseys
Nike introduced a jersey design
to college basketball last season, and
the jerseys continue to look, well,
just plain goofy. North Carolina,
Arizona, Syracuse and a few other
programs are wearing the jerseys,
which feature ridiculously baggy
shorts and form-fitting tops. Texas
guard A.J. Abrams shorts were so
baggy it looked like he was wearing
M.C. Hammer pants.
I think its frustrating. I fgured
we could have won, but some
other guys stepped up late.
Mario chalMers
Kansas Guard
Mens BasketBall wrap-up
sports 6B tuesday, February 12, 2008
Mens golf
Jayhawks start season slow in Hawaii
BY BRYAN WHEELER
[email protected]
The mens golf team left the
Kansas winter for three days for
the 18th Annual Hilo Invitational
Golf Tournament in Kona, Hawaii.
The tournament, which was held
Wednesday through Friday at the
6,738 yard Waikoloa Village Golf
Course, where par is 70, started the
spring season for the Jayhawks.
Kansas finished 14th out of 18
teams with a total score of 858, 45
strokes behind tournament cham-
pion and Golfweeks No. 8 college
ranked team, Stanford. According to
the Golfweek performance ratings,
the tournament featured eight of the
top 50 teams in the country. The
Jayhawks finish tied its 14th place
finish in last years Hilo Invitational.
It was the first competition of
the season, coach Kit Grove said.
Theres a lot of rust right now
because we havent played in a
while.
Freshman walk-on Brad
Hopfinger and sophomore Bobby
Knowles led the Jayhawks individu-
ally.
Hopfinger tied for 26th out of 96
players overall and started the first
round with a career-best score of 66.
He followed up the second round
with 74 strokes. In the third round,
Hopfinger shot a 70, giving him a
three-day total of 210 strokes.
As a walk-on, he exceeds all
expectations of what you want out of
a player, Grove said. You wish you
could have 10 more like him.
Knowles started the first round
with a score of 73. Knowles contin-
ued to build off a solid start by scor-
ing a 72 and a 71 in the second and
third rounds, respectively.
I was able to build on that suc-
cess each day, which is something I
havent done before, said Knowles,
whose 216 total tied him for 58th
overall.
Freshman Nate Barbee tied for
68th place with a total of 217 strokes.
Junior Walt Koelbel tied for 83rd
place with a total of 221 strokes
and junior Zach Pederson finished
in 91st place with 227 strokes. The
team finished each round in 14th
place.
We placed 14th, but we played
against some of the best competi-
tion in the country, Knowles said.
Overall, it was a great time to be in
Hawaii.
The teams next competi-
tion will be Feb. 25-26 in the All-
American Golf Classic in Houston.
The Jayhawks will be attempting to
defend their team title in last years
tournament.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
nascar
Drivers rev-up
fans with antics
AssociAtEd pREss
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Two-time series champion Jimmie
Johnson took a trip to the Florida
Keys. Crew chief Tony Eury Jr.
visited Sea World. And some of
NASCARs top officials played golf.
All was quiet for a change
at Daytona International Speedway
on Monday, just the way NASCAR
wanted it.
Cheating scandals rocked the
Daytona 500 the previous two
years, tarnishing NASCARs most
prestigious event and turning the
attention to the uglier side of rac-
ing. It made for a busy Monday and
Tuesday at Daytona, which is tra-
ditionally closed to crews on those
two days of Speedweeks.
Instead, NASCAR officials hud-
dled in their offices to determine
punishments, while the offending
teams waited nervously for the
hammer to drop.
And it did.
Five teams were popped last sea-
son and six people were kicked out
of the season opener, nearly turning
NASCAR into a national laughing-
stock in the days leading up to the
Super Bowl of racing.
Not so this year. The only
Speedweeks drama so far has
revolved around an alleged fat
joke to Tony Stewart that may have
earned Kurt Busch a left hook. It
apparently hap-
pened in the
NASCAR haul-
er no one
involved will dis-
cuss the particu-
lars but that
hasnt stopped
the entire garage
from spread-
ing a tale thats
growing faster
than Stewarts
hair.
But, hey, that sure beats talking
about cheating.
NASCAR opened this year hop-
ing to get back to the basics. After
several changes, large and small,
to its top series, chairman Brian
France wants to make 2008 be
about the action on the track and
the characters who comprise the
most popular form of racing in the
United States.
The attention had shifted away
from that in recent years, with sag-
ging television ratings and a decline
in attendance as fans grew bored
with the racing and bland driv-
ers afraid to show any emotion.
France heard the rumblings and
began to rethink NASCARs behav-
ioral guidelines.
We want the drivers to be them-
selves, president Mike Helton said.
Our sport has done very well on
(its) character ... and the character
of the sport is built by all the drivers
that participate, as well as owners,
the other penalties.
So when Stewart and Busch tan-
gled during a lively practice session
on the first day of the season, the
entire industry waited to see how
NASCAR would react. The drivers
made contact on the track, and an
angry Busch repeatedly slammed
his car into the side of Stewarts as
they headed toward pit road.
Stewart then blocked the
entrance to the garage with his car,
and appeared to be trying to get
out of his car when his crew mem-
bers rushed onto pit road to inter-
cept him. Busch then drove his car
around Stewarts, and both drivers
were called to NASCARs office.
A heated argument ensued
inside, and perhaps even a punch.
Unable to get the drivers to cool
off, NASCAR kicked them out of
the truck and told them to return
in the morning when theyd calmed
down a bit.
That second meeting was used
to warn both drivers to steer clear
of each other and stop messing
around. NASCAR reserved the
right to penalize them, but so far
has done nothing.
Car owner Richard Childress
said the entire incident was good
for the sport.
Youve got to have a little con-
troversy thrown in there, he said.
Youve got to have something to
keep the fans excited and say Hey,
this is my man. I kind of enjoyed
seeing it. As long as nobody gets
hurt, a little scuffling never hurt
anybody.
The incident certainly didnt hurt
NASCAR, as overnight television
ratings for both Saturday nights
Budweiser Shootout and Sundays
qualifying for the Daytona 500 were
both up from
2007. Foxs
broadcast of
the Shootout
was up 7.1
percent from
last year, while
qualifying was
up 8 percent.
D a l e
E a r n h a r d t
Jr., winner of
Saturday nights
race, came to
Daytona skeptical of NASCARs
plan to allow more emotion. But
after watching the drama surround-
ing Busch vs. Stewart unfold, he
changed his mind.
Not only does he now believe
NASCAR is going to loosen the
reigns, he thinks it will help lure
fans back to the sport.
I think the Web sites, the hits
over the last 24 hours, 48 hours, Ive
heard some good things about that.
It just brought a lot of attention to
this race, he said. Speedweeks,
you know, they needed a shot in the
arm and what happened in practice
gave it that.
I think they are going to go back
to letting us run over each other,
so just get ready. Im going to walk
around with my dukes up all day
long. Be ready, Im telling you, you
got to watch both hands.
This is the stuff NASCAR wants
people talking about. The excite-
ment of Saturday nights race, the
fabulous finish in which Earnhardt
pushed past Stewart to steal the win,
and the feud between two former
champions.
Series officials claim they want to
return NASCAR to the way it was
when the fans fell in love with it.
So far theyre off to a pretty good
start.
Youve got to have something
to keep the fans excited and say
Hey, this is my man.
RichaRd childRess
car owner
big 12 basketball
Knights son flls big shoes, feels pressure of job
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Pat
Knights first plan was to start his
career as a head coach at some small
safe school, far away from the
imposing shadow his father would
cast.
But then he realized how much
he loved Texas Tech. So the son of
the winningest Division I coach in
basketball history happily stepped
right into Bob Knights shoes last
week when his father unexpectedly
resigned.
I never wanted to take over for
my dad, the younger Knight said
Monday, exactly one week after suc-
ceeding the elder Knight as the Red
Raiders head coach.
But then it got to a point where
I really liked living here in Lubbock
and I really liked the people. I love
the university and I think we can
really keep building onto something
special here.
After 42 years, three national
championships and 902 wins, Bob
Knight surprised even his fam-
ily when he stepped down, hand-
ing the keys to the program to a
son who two years earlier had been
named head coach-designate. The
younger Knight said during the Big
12s weekly coaches teleconference
Monday that he changed his mind
about succeeding his dad a couple
of years ago.
I dont think I would have been
able to live with myself if Id taken a
different route, maybe a safer route,
try to go to a smaller school or work
it that way. Really, I just thought
What the heck, I love it here, he
said.
Theres no sense uprooting
myself, my wife, away from a place
I like to live just because of cir-
cumstances following my dads
footsteps, what are people going to
say, pressure.
The timing could have been bet-
ter. His first two games were on the
road, at Baylor and at Nebraska,
which led to two losses and dropped
Techs record to 12-10 overall and 3-
5 in the Big 12. Hell still be looking
for his first win when No. 18 Kansas
State and super freshman Michael
Beasley come calling Wednesday
night.
I kind of got baptized by fire,
he said. But the only bad thing is, I
come off the road and now Ive got
to go face Michael Beasley. So its still
not getting any easier.
One of Knights closest friends is
Oklahoma State Coach Sean Sutton,
who probably understands what hes
going through as well as anyone
in the world. The son of legendary
coach Eddie Sutton, Sean was head
coach-designate at Oklahoma State
when his dad unexpectedly stepped
down in February of 2006.
Sutton doesnt think Bob Knight
did Pat any favors by leaving during
the season.
Hes going to get the experience
of calling time outs. Hes going to
get the experience of making sub-
stitutions, Sutton said. But ... hes
stepping in with a really young
team, going up against a pretty dif-
ficult schedule. All of a sudden, if
he doesnt do as well, you wonder
how the people are going to respond
out there. I dont think it ever helps
when something like that happens in
the middle of a season.
Sutton finished the season 5-6
after his father turned over the job
to him.
It was not the easiest thing by
any means, he said. But Pats got a
lot of support. Ill continue to sup-
port him and do everything I can to
help him.
Knight said he plans to talk fre-
quently with Sutton, and will not be
bashful about making full use of his
dads advice.
Hes always going to be around,
even if hes out of town. Hes always
going to be able to be around for me
to contact, he said.
Pat Knight doubts his dad will
ever coach again. But hes not abso-
lutely certain.
He was tired. He was really tired,
he said. He was just worn out. I tell
you, he looks better than hes looked
in a long time. Relaxed. Feels good.
I told him hes going to look better
than me in about a week.
But then again, its a great mind
sitting out there. Who knows? After
a couple of years, maybe. But right
now I dont see it because I know
how miserable he was, and how bad
he was feeling when he got out.
Another Big 12 coach who fol-
lowed his famous dad into coaching
would advise Pat Knight not to pre-
tend that there isnt any pressure.
A lot of times sons follow dads
in their chosen profession, said
Baylors Scott Drew, who took over
for his father, Homer Drew, for one
year at Valparaiso.
You feel like you do have big
shoes to fill and you dont want to let
them down, or the fans down. So I
know there is that pressure.
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Texas Tech coach Pat Knight, center, greets his players, includingTech forward Mike Singletary
(32) and Charlie Burgess (42), as they take a time out in the frst half the game against Baylor in
Waco, Texas, onWednesday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas Tech coach Pat Knight, center, greets his players, includingTech forward Mike Singletary
(32) and Charlie Burgess (42), as they take a time out in the frst half the game against Baylor in
Waco, Texas, onWednesday.
sports 7b tuesday, february 12, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson told jailers
he had been planning to host a poker game
at his home in Miami before he was brought
to Las Vegas to spend several nights behind
bars, according to a television program tran-
script released Monday.
I didnt expect to be back here so soon,
Simpson laughed as he was greeted by a Las
Vegas police jail officer, according to the tran-
script from producers of the MyNetworkTV
show Jail.
A crew was already filming at the Clark
County Detention Center when the former
football star was brought in by his former
bail bondsman on Jan. 11, said Morgan
Langley, an executive producer.
It was not something we were expecting,
Langley said of Simpsons appearance, which
Langley said drew cheers from other people
in an intake waiting room at the jail. It was
a little bit strange.
The segment is scheduled for broadcast
tonight at 9 p.m.
Simpsons lawyers did not immediate-
ly respond to messages seeking comment
Monday.
Simpson and two other men are due for
trial April 7 on charges including kidnapping
and armed robbery stemming from a Sept.
13 confrontation with two sports memora-
bilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel.
He was brought back to Las Vegas for
allegedly violating terms of his release on
$125,000 bail by trying to contact a co-
defendant in his armed robbery case. A
judge doubled his bail.
According to the transcript, Simpson said
he was having a good day until he was
brought back to Las Vegas.
I used to love coming to Vegas, Simpson
tells a jailer. Now [I] hate it.
I had a poker game tonight at my house
that I was hosting and today I finally found
my golf swing, he says.
Simpson returned to Miami after posting
the new bail amount.
O.J. appears in Jail segment
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armed robbery case. The segment is scheduled to run at 9 p.m.
Court CasE
Pitcher may face federal inquiries
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK A lawyer for Brian
McNamee believes the Justice Department
will open a criminal investigation into
Roger Clemens denials of doping.
Meantime, the chairman of a congressio-
nal committee said comments attributed to
one of the pitchers lawyers could be inter-
preted as trying to intimidate a federal law
enforcement official.
Clemens gave a five-hour deposition
last week to staff lawyers of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform prior to Wednesdays public hear-
ing. McNamee, former personal trainer to
the seven-time Cy Young Award winner,
gave a seven-hour deposition.
I think there will be a criminal pros-
ecution after Wednesday, and that means
there will be grand jury proceedings and
subsequent proceedings, Richard Emery,
one of McNamees attorneys, said Sunday.
I dont see theres any possibility that Brian
has any jeopardy. I only see the possi-
bility of Clemens get-
ting investigated by
Justice, whether or not
Congress refers it.
A message left
Sunday night request-
ing Justice Department
comment was not
immediately returned.
Told of Emerys com-
ments, Rusty Hardin,
Clemens lead lawyer,
said: They have con-
sistently acted and indi-
cated that they have a pipeline to agents of
the Department of Justice. Whether they do
or not, it certainly raises a lot of questions of
whether whats going on here is proper. So
Im not going to express any predictions of
what will or will not happen.
McNamee says he injected Clemens with
steroids and human growth hormone at
least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001,
accusations Clemens has repeatedly denied.
Both are set to testify Wednesday on Capitol
Hill in what figures to be a day of high
drama.
Our position is very
simple: Roger did not
take steroids, he did
not use human growth
hormone, and he has
demonstrated that he is
willing to repeatedly tes-
tify under oath as to the
truth of those matters,
Hardin said.
McNamee last
month gave the Justice
Department what he
says are needles from times Clemens used
performance-enhancing drugs, evidence
that the pitchers legal team says is manu-
factured. Emery said he thinks there will
be a Justice Department investigation of
Clemens even if the committee doesnt ask
for one.
Rep. Henry Waxman, the commit-
tee chairman, wrote a letter to Hardin
on Sunday saying that
some comments by
Hardin and McNamees
lawyers were inadvis-
able.
I do not know your
intent in making this
statement, but under
one interpretation it can
be seen an attempt to
intimidate a federal law
enforcement official in
the performance of his
official duties, Waxman wrote. It is not
your clients prerogative to dictate who
attends or does not attend the hearing. ...
I trust you did not intend your comments
to be a signal that there could be adverse
repercussions to a federal law enforcement
official for attending the hearing or taking
other official actions.
The committee called this hearing as
part of its probe into the Mitchell Report, in
which McNamee went public with his accu-
sations against Clemens. The same com-
mittee last month asked
the Justice Department
to investigate wheth-
er former AL MVP
Miguel Tejada lied
when he told staff in
2005 that he never took
illegal performance-
enhancing drugs and
had no knowledge of
other players using or
talking about steroids.
The FBIs field office in
Washington is handling
that inquiry.
Barry Bonds, baseballs career home run
leader, was indicted in November on four
counts of perjury and one count of obstruc-
tion of justice in connection with grand
jury testimony in which he denied know-
ingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens spent two days visiting con-
gressmen last week and may again on
Tuesday.
By comparing Clemens only to those
who were successful in the second act of
their careers, rather than to all pitchers
who had a similarly successful first act, the
report artificially minimizes the chances
that Clemens numbers will seem unusu-
al. Statisticians call this problem selec-
tion bias, professors Eric Bradlow, Shane
Jensen, Justin Wolfers and Adi Wyner wrote
in Sundays Times.
They compared Clemens ERA and walks
plus-hits-per-inning with those of 31 pitch-
ers since 1968 with 3,000 innings and 10 or
more starts in at least 15 seasons.
The available data on Clemenss career
strongly hint that some unusual factors may
have been at play in producing his excellent
late-career statistics, they said, while add-
ing, in any analysis of his career statistics,
it is impossible to say whether this unusual
factor was performance-enhancing drugs.
dog show
Beagles make a comeback during the Westminster show
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Uno barked at his han-
dler, bayed at the crowd, tried to grab his
leash and took a flying leap at a piece of filet
mignon. Oh, and he gnawed away at a newly
printed sign.
Now thats one great beagle.
His white-tipped tail in perpetual motion,
Uno turned the green carpet of Madison
Square Garden into his own personal back-
yard. On Monday night, he became the
first beagle to win the hound group at the
Westminster Kennel Club show since 1939
thats 483 years, in dog years.
Snoopy would be proud, handler Aaron
Wilkerson said earlier. He was being his
merry little hound self.
Westminster has presented best in show
100 times and a beagle has never won. Unos
victory assured him a place in the final seven
Tuesday night at Americas No. 1 dog event.
Beagles are always among the most popu-
lar dogs in the country, yet Wilkerson was
at a loss to explain why theyve never done
better here.
While best in show will be presented later,
the precocious package of personality cer-
tainly deserved one title: noisiest in show.
Ah-rooo! his howls echoed all over the
arena. It didnt take much to get Uno going,
either. A click of a spectators pen, a wave of
the judges hand, any effort by Wilkerson to
hush him. Ah-rooo!
A perfectly trimmed toy poodle, a top
Sealyham terrier and a prized Akita were
among the 2,627 entries at this years show.
The dogs came in 169 breeds and varieties,
and there were four newly sanctioned types
the Tibetan mastiff, Beauceron, Swedish
vallhund and Plott.
Also roaming around the rings: a niece
of Vivi, the award-winning whippet who
ran away at John F. Kennedy International
Airport two years ago, and the daughter
of Rufus, the colored bull terrier that won
the 2006 Westminster with a football-sized
noggin.
The terrier, nonsporting and herding
groups were also to be judged Monday night.
Judge J. Donald Jones, formerly a dean at
Emory University, will point to his choice as
best in show right before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Though the movie Underdog was a big
winner last year, a beagle is forever a long
shot at the Garden. Tri-colored and nearly 3,
with pleading, golden-brown eyes and a most
playful nature, Uno hoped to break out of the
Westminster doghouse. His official name is
K-Runs Park Me in First, and he topped 12
other entries in the 15-inch beagle category.
Not that he lorded it over his fellow
pooches, the way a Lhasa Apsos or Saluki
might. Instead, Uno tried to join in when the
other beagles were excused from the ring.
Wilkerson held him still on the trophy stand
and it worked, for about 10 seconds.
Beagles also come in the 13-inch variety,
though both types can come from the same
litter.
In show terms, Uno is a
big beagle.
Uno already has won
32 best in show titles and
finished 2007 as the sixth-
ranked show dog in the nation.
He retreated to the safety of his crate after
this latest win, complete with his favorite
stuffed frog toy and a fluffy pillow sporting a
Hollywood star.
Judge Ralph Lemcke picked Uno over
25 others in the hound group, praising his
soft expression and the perfect brush on
his tail.
He could run all day in the field, Lemcke
said.
In December, Uno won the hound group
at the big AKC/Eukanuba show in Long
Beach, Calif.
The win-
ner of that
event, a
S e a l y h a m
c a l l e d
Ch a r mi n ,
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advanced in
breed com-
petition.
associated press
Uno, a 15-inch beagle, looks up at his handler during the hound group competition at the 132ndWestminster Kennel Club Dog ShowMonday at Madison Square Garden in NewYork.
Uno won best in the hound group.
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tennessee inches by rutgers
in championship rematch
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nicky Anosike
sank two free throws with two-tenths of
a second left and No. 1 Tennessee rallied
to beat No. 5 Rutgers 59-58 on Monday
night in a rematch of last seasons nation-
al championship game.
Trailing 58-57, Anosike grabbed an
offensive rebound and was grabbed by
Kia Vaughn from behind. Unclear wheth-
er the foul had come before time expired,
the Rutgers bench began to celebrate,
but officials reviewed the play and deter-
mined that the foul had been committed
just before the buzzer.
Television replays showed the game
clock seemed to pause as Anosike came
down with the ball and two-tenths
remained on the clock, leading to the
controversial finish.
Anosike camly stepped up and hit the
two free throws to seal the victory.
Candace Parker, who bruised her knee
in the Lady Vols last game, had 27 points
and 10 rebounds, and Angie Bjorklund
added 13.
Epiphanny Prince had 21 points for
Rutgers, and Essence Carson added 18.
It was the first time in history the
Scarlet Knights have played four ranked
opponents in a row, having also faced No.
18 Pittsburgh and No. 11 West Virginia.
The Lady Vols shot a perfect 12-for-12
from the free throw line in the first half,
but went 11-for-18 from the line in the
second half for an unusually low 61.1
percent.
Associated Press
I only see the possibility of
Clemens getting investigated by
justice, whether or not Congress
refers it.
RichaRd EmERy
mcNamees attorney
It certainly raises a lot of ques-
tions of whether whats going
on here is proper.
Rusty haRdiN
clemens lead lawyer
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sports 8B Tuesday, February 12, 2008
BY TAYLOR BERN
[email protected]
Nicollette Smith is a 6-foot-2
freshman forward from Tulsa, Okla.
She has played in all 21 of Kansas
games this season and made a team
high 31 three-pointers this season.
Q: Is there anywhere on the
court youre not comfortable shoot-
ing from?
A: No. Bonnie tells me to
shoot from anywhere as long as
someones not right in my face. She
knows that I can make if from any-
where on the court so shes the one
that gives me confidence to shoot it
from anywhere.
Q: Your brother also plays
college basketball (Levi is a 6-foot-7
forward for Division-III Emmanuel
College in Boston). Were there any
heated one-on-one games growing
up?
A: Its kind of weird but we
never really played one-on-one
against each other. We were always
on different schedules so we were
never home at the same time.
Q: What is the toughest thing
about being a freshman?
A: Getting used to being on
such a tight schedule and having to
manage all of my time.
Q: Your 19th birthday was
Saturday, did you do anything excit-
ing?
A: My Aunt, my Grandma
and my Dad all came to the game
(against Iowa State) so I just went
and hung out with them at the
hotel. (Winning) was a good birth-
day present.
Q: Whats been the most frus-
trating thing about this season?
A: Seeing how much potential
our team has and us not living up
to it.
Q: Whats been the most
rewarding thing about this season?
A: Proving people wrong. I
dont think people thought we were
going to do that good (11-2) in our
nonconference schedule, and we
definitely did.
Q: Who does the best
impersonation of coach Bonnie
Henrickson?
A: (Sophomore guard)
Danielle McCray. She just predicts
whatever Bonnie is going to do for
that day. Shell know all of her man-
nerisms and all the different hand
gestures and sayings shes going to
use about stuff we did.
Q: Whos the best three-point
shooter of all time?
A: Reggie Miller.
Q: Whats the key to a good
three-point shot?
A: Relaxing and following
through.
Q: Where do you like to go
in your free time?
A: Peking Taste and defi-
nitely Buffalo Wild Wings. Or, we
go to the mall (in Topeka).
Q: Whats the most interest-
ing class youve taken at KU? The
most boring?
A: Right now Im in a class
called Life Skills with Dr. Phil,
and I like that class because it
teaches me stuff like what to do
in interviews and avoiding that
student-athlete reputation. And,
Physical Geography is the most
boring class. Im glad Im done
with it.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
Q&A
With
Freshman
Forward
Nicollette Smith
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Overtime secures
Tar Heels at top
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Third-ranked North Carolina
needed a gritty comeback to keep its
amazing string against Clemson intact.
No. 5 UCLA never could put together
such a run against Washington.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 13 of his
39 points in the two overtime periods
to help the Tar Heels rally from a
15-point deficit and beat Clemson
103-93, keeping North Carolina per-
fect in 53 games against the Tigers in
Chapel Hill.
In Seattle, Justin Dentmon, benched
in favor of a freshman for most of the
season, scored 20 points to lead pre-
viously wayward
Washington to
a 71-61 upset of
the Bruins.
W a y n e
Ellington added
28 points for the
Tar Heels (22-2,
7-2 ACC), who
set an NCAA
record for the
longest home
winning streak
against one oppo-
nent. The previ-
ous record was 52, set by Princeton
against Brown from 1929-2002.
North Carolina did it by shaking
off an emotionally draining loss to No.
2 Duke and proving it could win with-
out injured point guard Ty Lawson,
erasing Clemsons 11-point lead in the
final 3 minutes of regulation.
The game was just as unforgettable
for the Tigers
(17-6, 5-4), but
for all the wrong
reasons. They
got off to a ter-
rific start behind
their fullcourt
pressure, forcing
the Tar Heels into
turnovers on their
first five posses-
sions, taking an
8-0 lead in the first 2 minutes and
holding North Carolina to nine points
in the first 9 minutes.
Fellas, it wasnt looking good. We
were looking at a 30-point (loss) there
about 5 or 6 minutes into the game,
Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said.
If I live to be 106, I wont be any more
proud of a group of kids than I am of
that bunch right there.
Even Quentin Thomas, the one-
time third-stringer pressed into duty
with Lawson out, came up with some
key plays late. The senior hit a driving
shot to force the first overtime and
two free throws to force the second,
finishing with six points and a career-
best nine assists.
We never gave up, said
Hansbrough, who is averaging 29.7
points and 17.3 rebounds over his last
three games. Thats whats special
about this win for us.
In other Top 25 games Sunday, No.
13 Xavier beat Saint Josephs 76-72,
and No. 14 Indiana topped Ohio State
59-53.
UCLA (21-3, 9-2 Pac-10) trailed
66-61 with 47 seconds left only
because the notoriously poor free-
throw shooting
Huskies con-
tinually misfired
at the line. Then
Jon Brockman
scored and Ryan
Appleby added
two free throws
to seal the win
for Washington
(13-11, 4-7).
They out-
toughed us,
outhustled us,
said Josh Shipp, who led the Bruins
with 19 points. We just didnt have
it today.
Washington won its fourth consec-
utive home game against the Bruins
dating to 2004. The Huskies are now
11-68 against teams ranked in the
top 5, stretching back to 1950. Their
previous win at home over such a foe
was last March,
against then-No.
2 UCLA.
We didnt
have the same
fight we had the
last few games,
said Darren
Collison, who
had a season-low
three points on
1-for-8 shooting.
I take full blame. Im the leader. Im
the captain. I have to step up.
Kevin Love, the Bruins leading
scorer at 17.7 points per game coming
in, missed five of his first seven shots
and finished with 13 points on just 3-
of-8 shooting.
I was frustrated, Love said. I was
looking for the ball. ... I felt I was open
and my teammates didnt find me.
Fellas, it wasnt looking good.
We were looking at a 30-point
(loss) there about 5 or 6 minutes
into the game.
Roy Williams
UNC coach
NCAA
We never gave up. Thats
whats special about this win
for us.
tyleR HaNsbRoUgH
UNC forward
NfL
Owens brings victory with
two touchdowns
HONOLULU (AP) Terrell
Owens caught two touchdown pass-
es, including a 6-yarder from Tampa
Bays Jeff Garcia for the winning
points in the NFCs comeback 42-
30 victory over the AFC in the Pro
Bowl.
Owens was aided by Offensive
Rookie of the Year Adrian Peterson,
whose 129 yards rushing was the
first performance of more than 100
yards since Marshall Faulk had 180.
Redskins coach messes up,
yet continues to be upbeat
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) Always
the energetic left-hander, Jim Zorn
had an upbeat but nervous start
to his coming-out event with the
Washington Redskins.
The new coach got the team col-
ors wrong. He paid tribute to an
assistant the team recently fired. He
lacked the polish of his predecessor,
Joe Gibbs, who sat watching from
the second row during the news
conference.
Associated Press
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