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WHAT: Toys for Tots Drive WHEN: All Day WHERE: All University ABOUT: Toys for Tots continues this week. Stop by the Kansas Union, Mrs. E’s or the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center to select a child from the wish train.

WHAT: Craft Open House WHEN: 11:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Kansas Union, 4th floor lobby ABOUT: Need an original and cheap gift to give? Learn how to make origami, voodoo dolls and hanging birds during this free crafting session.

WHAT: 100 Years of the Jayhawk Opening WHEN: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Spencer Research Library ABOUT: Celebrate the grand opening of a new exhibit showcasing the Jayhawk’s centurylong history.

WHAT: Post-Election Conference WHEN: All day WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics ABOUT: Suffering from election withdrawal? Political insiders will be on campus to analyze the presidential election.

WHAT: If the Whole Body Dies WHEN: 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. WHERE: William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall ABOUT: Guest artist Robert Skloot and students star in a one act play about genocide.

WHAT: Holiday Ceramic Sale WHEN: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Kansas Union, 4th Floor ABOUT: Check out this annual sale. Proceeds support the University’s Ceramics Club, which produced all the products.

WHAT: Planning a Strong Semester Finish WHEN: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Anschutz Library, Room 421 ABOUT: Learn how to prioritize and manage your time going into finals week.

WHAT: Late Night Winter Bash WHEN: 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. WHERE: Hawks Nest, Kansas Union ABOUT: Kick-off Stop Day by building a gingerbread house, decorating ornaments, and getting a free massage.

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This Nov. 13, 2012 file photo shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaking in Trenton, N.J. Republican officials in Washington and elsewhere concede that Romney’s immediate withdrawal from politics has created a leadership void, leaving the GOP rudderless and fighting with itself during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation.

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BOSTON — Mitt Romney’s shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lunch at the White House with President Barack Obama on Thursday. His loss and immediate withdrawal from politics, while welcomed by most, has created a leadership vacuum within his party. It’s

left the GOP rudderless, lacking an overarching agenda and mired in infighting, with competing visions for the way ahead, during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation. In his final meeting with campaign staffers at his Boston headquarters, Romney promised to remain “a strong voice for the party,” according to those in attendance. But so far he has offered little to the Capitol Hill negotiations over potential tax increases and entitlement program changes that could affect virtually every American. He declined to comment on the Treasury Department’s recent refusal to declare China a cur-

rency manipulator, which was one of his signature issues over the past 18 months. He made no public remarks after his meeting with Obama, quickly fading away, again. “If I had to tell you somebody who is the leader of the party right now, I couldn’t,” said Amy Kremer, chairman of the Tea Party Express, which is among the conservative factions vying for increased influence. “There’s a void right now.” There’s no shortage of Republicans maneuvering to fill it, from House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to a number of high-profile politicians looking to boost their national profiles, if not position themselves for a 2016 presiden-

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tial run. That group could include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son and brother of presidents, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Party officials are optimistic that a team of younger and more diverse leaders, drawn from the ranks of governors and Congress, will emerge in the coming months to help strengthen and unify what is now a party grappling with its identity. That list includes Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Nikki Haley of South Carolina.

• A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 2:16 a.m. on the 100 block of east Ninth Street on suspicion of operating under the influence, transporting an open container and not having insurance. Bond was set at $700. • A 19-year-old female University student was arrested Sunday at 1:59 a.m. on the 1600 block of Engel Road on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was set at $500. She was released. • A 38-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Saturday at 6:21 p.m. on the 1000 block of north Third Street on suspicion of criminal damage to property less than $1,000, obstructing the legal process, domestic battery and criminal restraint. Bond was not set. • A 25-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Saturday at 3:33 p.m. on the 1000 block of west 23rd Street on suspicion of interfering with duties of an officer. • A 19-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Saturday at 12:27 a.m. on the 100 block of east 15th Street on suspicion of striking a vehicle or property, no insurance, failure to report and accident and operating under the influence. Bond was set at $800. He was released.

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Serbian village on the lookout for vampire ZAROZJE, Serbia — Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny western Serbian hamlet of Zarozje, nestled between lush green mountain slopes and spooky thick forests. They say rumors that a legendary vampire ghost has awakened are spreading fear — and a potential tourist opportunity — through the remote village. A local council warned villagers to put garlic in their pockets and place wooden crosses in their rooms to ward off vampires, although it appeared designed more to attract visitors to the impoverished region bordering Bosnia. Many of the villagers are aware that

Sava Savanovic, Serbia’s most famous vampire, is a fairy tale. Still, they say, better to take it seriously than risk succumbing to the vampire’s fangs. “The story of Sava Savanovic is a legend, but strange things did occur in these parts back in the old days,” said 55-year-old housewife Milka Prokic. “We have inherited this legend from our ancestors, and we keep it alive for the younger generations.” Some locals say it’s easy for strangers to laugh at them, but they truly believe. Richard Sugg, a lecturer in Renaissance Studies at the U.K.’s University of Durham and an expert on the vampire legends, said the fear could be very real. Stress can bring on nightmares, which makes people’s feelings of dread even worse.

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Tunisian protesters clash with riot police, in Siliana, Tunisia, Saturday. The army moved into a southwestern Tunisian town, an official and witnesses said Friday, the fourth day of protests that have injured more than 300 people. President Moncef Marzouki said on television that the North African country’s government has not “met the expectations of the people” and asked that a new one, smaller and specialized to deal with the unrest, be formed. The current government has about 80 members.

Removal of governor ends strike associated press TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian labor union on Sunday suspended a nearly weeklong strike in an impoverished central town after the national government agreed to remove a local governor. Over 300 people had been injured in clashes with police this week in Siliana, 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Tunis. The Regional Workers Union called a strike last week to protest

the area’s economic problems, its lack of government investment and the imprisonment without trial of 14 activists for the last year and a half. The strike degenerated into daily clashes between stone-throwing youths and police, who responded with tear gas and buckshot. The U.N. Human Rights Commission criticized police for using excessive force and the ministry of health announced Saturday that two civilians had lost an eye from the buckshot.

Before hundreds of supporters in Siliana, union official Ahmed Chafei announced the “provisional suspension” of the strike to “test the seriousness of the promises made by the government.” “The governor will never again set foot in Siliana, he has truly left and if he returns we will restart the strike,” he told the cheering crowd. Unrest in the poor regions outside Tunis has particular resonance, for it was there that a young man selling vegetables

burned himself to death, setting off protests that toppled Tunisia’s longtime dictator in January 2011. That in turn set off what is now known as the Arab Spring revolutions. Since then, however, Tunisia’s economy has struggled, especially with the economic crisis in Europe, its largest trading partner. High unemployment and low investment continue to plague interior regions.

Peasant movement leader murdered ASUNCION, Paraguay — Gunmen murdered one of the surviving leaders of a peasant movement whose land dispute with a powerful politician prompted the end of Fernando Lugo’s presidency last June. Vidal Vega, 48, was hit four times early Saturday by bullets from a 12-gauge shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver fired by two unidentified men who sped away on a motorcycle, according to an official report prepared at the police headquarters in the provincial capital of Curuguaty. A friend, Mario Espinola, told The Associated Press that Vega was shot down when he stepped outside to feed his farm animals. Vega was among the public faces of a commission of landless peasants

from the settlement of Yby Pyta, which means Red Dirt in their native Guarani language. He had lobbied the government for many years to redistribute some of the ranchland that Colorado Party Sen. Blas Riquelme began occupying in the 1960s. By last May, the peasants finally lost patience and moved onto the land. A firefight during their eviction on June 15 killed 11 peasants and six police officers, prompting the Colorado Party and other leading parties to vote Lugo out of office for allegedly mismanaging the dispute. Twelve suspects, nearly all of them peasants from Yby Pyta, have been jailed without formal charges since then on suspicion of murdering the officers, seizing property and resisting authority. The prosecutor had six months to develop the case and will present his findings Dec. 16.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9 Listen to the competition. You’ll soon have time to relax. Study the practical aspects, and come up with a brilliant scheme. Ask for more and get it. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 9 Have the party at your house. Friends help you make a solid connection. The way you did it before won’t work. Move quickly without rocking the boat. Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 7 Your mood changes dramatically. You’re even smarter than usual for the next few days. The very idea you were looking for appears from afar. Use imagination, not money. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 You’re entering a two-day profitable phase and can afford a home upgrade. Get down to bare essentials: simple and comfortable. Outside obligations interfere with private time. Schedule them. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 Expand your resources. Life’s easier and you’re more confident for the next few days. You can afford to fix things. If there’s a roadblock, meditate. Entertain suggestions. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 6 You see your creative path clearly as you enter an intuitive phase. Review plans. Take a page from your partner’s book. Discipline is required. Get your antiques appraised. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 There’s a zinger in your work environment. You may have trouble getting through to someone. Associates provide deeper insight. Spend a little. Limit travel for now.

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Swanson (Tim Heidecker) turns to irreverence to mask a life of hollow narcissism in Rick Alverson’s hipster satire “The Comedy.” The movie is currently available on iTunes and VOD.

‘The Comedy’ receives mixed reviews Landon Mcdonald [email protected]

“The Comedy” is an aggressively bleak, covertly hilarious showcase for ironic detachment taken to nearsociopathic extremes. Swanson (Tim Heidecker), a slovenly Williamsburg, Va. hipster, spends his days in a fugue of entitled indifference, waiting to claim the balance of his inheritance from his ailing millionaire father. The movie, which follows Heidecker’s character and his merry band of trust-funded pranksters as they amuse themselves with crude and increasingly humiliating escapades, is an exercise in relatively aimless misanthropy that nevertheless contains moments of bruising insight on a culture numbed by the twin opiates of irony and soulless self-indulgence. We watch as Swanson lurches from his houseboat to the streets of Williamsburg, clad in alarmingly short pants and fashionable sunglasses, inserting himself into other people’s lives and generally reveling in his own awkward audacity, especially when the situations turn confrontational. This is a man who delights in bringing out the worst in people, especially those he views as his social inferiors. For example, he walks into an inner-city bar and, just to see the bartender’s reaction, demands that they hire him on the basis that he’ll attract more affluent white customers. During a pseudophilosophical conversation with a girl at a party, he praises Hitler’s skills as a public speaker and later introduces himself to another girl by

attempting to convince her that he’s a convicted rapist. So why spend 90 minutes trapped with such a pathetic, hateful character? Because Heidecker, half of Tim and Eric, the transgressive comedy duo behind cult TV hits “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” and “Tom Goes to the Mayor,” makes Swanson a compulsively watchable pile of human wreckage. His deadpan delivery and knack for physical slapstick, honed to an absurdist point after years of touring with the “Awesome Show” cast, exaggerate Swanson’s repulsive behavior without taking the edge off. Eric Wareheim, Heidecker’s regular collaborator, also appears as the hairiest member of Swanson’s posse of man-children. Like the rest of “The Comedy,” their scenes together were largely improvised and carry the same inspired grotesquerie they brought to their “Billion Dollar Movie” earlier this year. Standout sequences include a church invasion, a taxicab sing-along session and a pornographic vacation slideshow. Yet these moments of relative levity are offset by some genuinely disturbing material, especially a much-discussed scene where a character has a seizure while Swanson looks on with baleful disinterest. Critical reaction to “The Comedy” has been decidedly mixed so far, with many saying it embodies the very excesses it seeks to condemn. The film allegedly set a record for walkouts at this year’s Sundance Film Festival by audiences who were either unfamiliar with Heidecker and Wareheim’s previous work or

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 Attend to career goals today and tomorrow. Anticipate disagreement, and keep at it. Bring playfulness to work, and let your thoughts settle. Stay out of the way. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7 Miracles could be possible. Travel is not a good idea, but do make contact. Read the manual, and study a technical subject. Call upon experts. Finish an old job. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 Organize your finances today and tomorrow. You get a boost from friends and your partner, who all want your attention. Don’t start the new project yet. Do the scientific research. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 Consider all possibilities, and entertain suggestions. It’s a good time to ask for money. Study takes priority over regular chores. Let another represent you. Discover romance today and tomorrow. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7 There’s too much work. Listen to both sides of a controversy. Allow the process to unfold. Put your partner in charge. Good news arrives.

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taken in by the on-the-nose title. Yet I’ll defend director Rick Alverson’s movie as a daring example of black comedy, where laughter is mined from pain and, in some cases, a degree of self-recognition. Tim and Eric, along with their mentor Bob Odenkirk and fellow comedians like Louis C.K., are often accused of finishing what Andy Kaufman supposedly started: the death of traditional comedy at the hands of subversive, discomfort-laden “anti-humor.” Here, they acknowledge their role in changing the art form and warn against the nihilistic isolation of extreme hipsterdom by actively engaging in it. Or something like that. Frankly, humor is such a subjective pursuit that it’s pointless to risk over-analyzing it. “The Comedy” is a deeply unsettling character study of a man seemingly beyond the help of a narrative contrivance like redemption, but I’ll admit it made me laugh hard and often. Tim and Eric fans, I hope you know what you’re in for. Final rating:

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Text your FFA submissions to 785-289-8351 or at kansan.com Whoever made the KU Compliments Facebook account is incredible! It’s so cold I’ve been running extra applications on my phone so it gets hot and keeps my hands warm! Dear everyone else, If you worked as hard as we do to become as awesome as we are, you would be tired too. Sincerely, engineering majors. Dear frat boys, I don’t think the silent part of the library is the best place to discuss how much weed you’re going to buy. I HAVE A CRUSH ON EVERY BOY! Everyone should make it a goal to go to a women’s basketball game this year. They’re really good! I think we need to show more support for them. As a way to get through finals, I think Withey should give out hugs. Dear FFA editor, Will you marry me? Editor’s Note: Yes. Fezzes may be cool, but bow ties are cooler. HAHAHAHA KENTUCKY To the girls who never text first: It’s a two-way street. I just saw Jamari walking without Ben. It was like seeing only one half of catdog.

ithout your knowledge, you have been trapped in a bubble of information, warping your view of the world into something completely different from those around you. Your Facebook, Twitter, and search history have been harvested to personalize the Internet you experience, shutting out millions of voices completely. There is no more objective truth on the Internet, once the ultimate tool of democratic citizens, only a truth that is tame, user-friendly, and dangerously isolated. Life in the modern world is defined by the speed at which it moves. Anyone who isn’t in the loop is miles behind the pack. As an avid participator, I can attest to how easy it is to get caught up in the flow of information. Without even thinking, I accept top results on Google as definite truth, and treat most Tweets as true until proven otherwise.

Such naiveté caught up with me when I believed the tweets reporting that my math professor had been awarding extra credit for simply showing up to class. After three weeks of unfailing attendance and no bonus points to show for it, I grew skeptical. Although I should have been going anyway, it was frustrating that I had been so easily manipulated by a bunch of hearsay. This sent me on a search for the search. Eli Pariser, CEO of and founder of a number of viral websites, gave a lecture in 2011 about something he called “The Filter Bubble.” Search engines are using what we click on and what we type to individualize our results, tailoring them to our favorite color, political lean, and what we find funny. With such a vast wealth of information gathered in the Internet, it seems like a necessity. No one, least of

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all me, is ready to trawl through thousands of web pages to find out why Seal is wearing neon-blue pants with an olive-green shirt. I honestly didn’t care enough about the information I received to spend more than a few minutes looking for it. It ideally would be a top priority for all of us to labor out the purest and least-biased information available, but there is just not enough time in the day for most of us. There are a number of problems with the filter bubble that plague just about every internet user. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy released a report entitled “Search Engines and Ethics” that digs deep into the implications that information manipulation have for the everyday user. It reported on the various algorithms that engines

like Google use, based on our Facebook profiles, Youtube history, and even the locations we are searching from. For the liberal-minded college boy, it means that most of my search results are crowded with Huffington Post and Daily Kos articles about healthcare and economic reform and leave out the opposition, basically without my knowledge. To the casual observer, it would seem that only the progressives are taking the time to even write about the issues. This is unhealthy for our worldviews and even worse for the democracy we live in. The filter bubble has collapsed our world into bite-sized but incorrect pieces. How can two citizens or politicians attempt to discuss the issues of the day if they have been informed of completely polarized truths? These types of misunderstandings between political parties have led to hate and con-

fusion, completely obstructing progress. But we can account for this information manipulation. Next time you make a Google search, check for a small pair of boxes in the top right corner and click on the one with the globe. This unlabeled and inconspicuous option turns off personal settings and gives you the closest thing to an unbiased search possible. When reading your news online, realize the filter bubble you’re reading through and go out of your way to consider an opposing view. Small changes like these can affect our political discourse and help spur other, larger shifts. So go out and find why Seal wore such a mismatched suit. And please let me know soon because it’s really starting to get to me. Kenney is a freshman majoring in political science and journalism from Shawnee.

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oogle is great. And all they do is keep getting better. What started out as simply a great way to get around the Internet has steadily grown into one of the largest companies in the world. What Google excels at is making cool stuff. They made Google. They just installed GoogleFiber in Kansas City, Kan., and it’s crazy fast. They have a dozen driverless cars constantly driving around parts of the U.S., and they’ve never caused an accident. And pretty soon, Google will release augmented reality glasses that will do things like show you restaurant reviews right in front of your eyes while you’re walking downtown. But this isn’t the reason I really like Google. I like Google because they’re constantly fighting for my Internet rights. This week, a United Nations committee called the International Telecommunication Union will decide, without any input from the citizens of world, if they want to take reign of the Internet. Countries that censor

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their Internet, like China and Iran, believe if that the ITU has control of the Internet, then they would be better able to control and censor the Internet in their countries. Google, who thrives on the current “free reign” Internet, has decided that ITU control is a terrible idea, and you should think it’s a terrible idea, too. The ITU would control the Internet behind closed doors, led by government officials, and without hearing the voices of the people. It’s legislation without representation, but with countries like Russia, Iran and China deciding the legislation. The U.S. is a member nation of the U.N. and would have to follow ITU guidelines. Guidelines like a requirement to ask the government’s

permission to start a new website. The U.S. would probably not start to censor content, but this affects the U.S. much more. China houses half of the Internet users in the world, twice as many as the U.S. These new ITU guidelines would give China, a country where googling phrases like “Tienanmen Square” lead to false news sites, even more censoring power over its population. So Google is fighting these governments. It’s using the fact that it’s Google and using its enormous influence and power to make this ITU meeting an open forum for the world. It’s started a petition (which you should sign by the way) to get even more leverage over these countries. Sure, Google is probably doing this because the ITU control would severely limit Google’s business outside the U.S. But still, you should be happy that Google is fighting this fight because they still happen to be fighting for all of your Internet rights, whether you care or not. Simpson is a freshman majoring in chemical engineering from Fairway.

Does Dumbledore participate in No Shave November? Would I be considered a tool by all the women if I got one of my ears pierced to be more pirate like? What makes you think your professor grades essays sober? Coffee has a “Bailey’s free” option? He did, indeed, agree with drunk me, as I received an A on the alleged paper. Yes, I am secretly judging you, random people on Wescoe Beach. To the guys who walk their dogs on campus: I see what you’re doing, and I like it.

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or a moment, it’s as if time is frozen. The slow tick of the clock couldn’t move any slower. Everyone is silent. For one side, this could be glorious, something unheard of. And for the other, it could mean their hard work throughout the entire 40 minutes of regulation could be over and not mean a thing. Every player stands still and watches as a perfect shot is executed. Fans stand with their hands clenched, others with their hands over their eyes, with just enough space between their fingers to see if the shot fell through. The perfect swoosh of the ball hitting the net could be heard throughout the arena. Half the crowd becomes still, some even shed tears. While the other half goes crazy, jumping up and down with adrenaline pumping through their veins. While watching the video of Mario Chalmer’s 3-point 2008 championship game miracle shot at the last KU men’s basketball game, I realized I could never go a game without getting goosebumps or feeling the biggest sense of pride swell over me in that moment. Sports connect so many people in such a simplistic way. There’s a man with his 8-yearold son pointing out players, and hoping one day he can love the game just as much as he does. There’s a recent college graduate longing to be a part of the student section again. There’s an older couple smiling and cheering as their grandson gets ready to check into the game. And then there I am: the student, who otherwise would have no connection to these people, can somehow relate to thousands. Sports can also cause a fun,

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Homework? Nah I think “Dawson’s Creek” sounds better!

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sometimes even serious rivalry. Every time I see a Missouri license plate, I cringe a little bit. Seeing someone with your hated team’s T-shirt may make you hate every aspect about them. An otherwise completely normal person may make you wince at their hair color, shoes, or anything that can further justify your hatred for that person wearing the disgusting T-shirt. Angry tweets back and forth can get a bit heated after a loss. People will go to extreme means to defend their team. Even if you’re not a huge fan of sports, many other things can connect complete strangers. For example, there was a person in the store who asked me if the shoes she was trying on looked good on her. I told her she should buy them, and then I complimented her cat shirt. It was a simple agreement on one simple thing. Maybe you’ll finally meet the group of people who have been following your Tumblr account for a few years, who otherwise you would’ve never known. Whether through sports or some other mean, we’re all further connected past that first passing glance. Bickel is a sophomore majoring in journalism from Harper.

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a fragile position. Because of the circumstances, they should play, but have recognition of the event.

KU quidditch is ranked No. 1 in the world? Take that Hogwarts! The Chiefs should draft McLemore first overall. I figured out what I want to do with my life this weekend: ride a unicycle and balance bowls on my head.

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Marijuana legalization campaign hopes to reach other states In Washington — and, advocates hope, coming soon to a state near SEATTLE — In the late-1980s you — there was a well-funded heyday of the anti-drug “Just Say and cleverly orchestrated campaign No” campaign, a man calling him- that took advantage of deep-pockself “Jerry” appeared on a Seattle eted backers, a tweaked pro-pot talk radio show to criticize U.S. message and improbable big-name supporters. marijuana laws. Good timing and a growing An esteemed businessman, he hid his identity because he didn’t national weariness over failed drug want to offend customers who laws didn’t hurt, either. “Maybe ... the dominoes fell the — like so many in those days — viewed marijuana as a villain in the way they did because they were waiting for somebody to push ever-raging “war on drugs.” Now, a quarter century later, them in that direction,” says Alison “Jerry” is one of the main forces Holcomb, the campaign manager behind Washington state’s suc- for Washington’s measure. Washington and Colorado, both cessful initiative to legalize pot for adults over 21. And he no lon- culturally and politically, offered ger fears putting his name to the fertile ground for legalization advocause: He’s Rick Steves, the travel cates — Washington for its liberal guru known for his popular guide- politics, Colorado for its libertarian streak, and both for their Western books. “It’s amazing where we’ve come,” independence. Both also have a history with says Steves of the legalization meamarijuana law sures Washington reform. More and Colorado vot- “...There’s sort of this than a decade ers approved last ago, they were month. “It’s almost untapped desire by voters among the counterculture to to end the drug war..” first states to oppose us.” brian vicente approve mediA once-unfathLawyer cal marijuana. omable notion, the Still, when lawful possession it came to full and private use of l e g a l i z at i on , pot, becomes an American reality this week when activists hit a wall. Since the 1970 founding of the this state’s law goes into effect. Thursday is “Legalization Day” National Organization for the here, with a tote-your-own-ounce Reform of Marijuana Laws, reform celebration scheduled beneath efforts had centered on the unfairSeattle’s Space Needle — a nod ness of marijuana laws to the recto the measure allowing adults to reational user — hardly a sympapossess up to an ounce of pot. thetic character, Holcomb notes. That began to change as some Colorado’s law is set to take effect doctors extolled marijuana’s ability by Jan. 5. How did we get here? From “say to relieve pain, quell nausea and no” to “yes” votes in not one but improve the appetites of cancer and AIDS patients. The conversatwo states? The answer goes beyond soci- tion shifted in the 1990s toward ety’s evolving views, and growing medical marijuana laws. But even acceptance, of marijuana as a drug in some states with those laws, including Washington, truly sick of choice.

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people continued to be arrested. Improved data collection that began with the ramping up of the drug war in the 1980s also helped change the debate. Late last decade, with Mexico’s crackdown on cartels prompting horrific bloodshed there and headlines here, activists could point to a stunning fact: In 1991, marijuana arrests made up less than one-third of all drug arrests in the U.S. Now, they make up half — about 90 percent for possession of small amounts — yet pot remains easily available. “What we figured out is that your average person doesn’t necessarily like marijuana, but there’s sort of this untapped desire by voters to end the drug war,” says Brian Vicente, a Denver lawyer who helped write Colorado’s Amendment 64. “If we can focus attention on the fact we can bring in revenue, redirect law enforcement resources and raise awareness instead of focusing on pot, that’s a message that works.” With a potentially winning message, the activists needed something else: messengers. Steves, who lives in the north Seattle suburb of Edmonds, was a natural choice — the “believable, likeable nerd,” as he calls himself. He openly advocated in 2003 for a measure that made marijuana the lowest priority for Seattle police. “Something is happening, and it’s not just happening in Washington and Colorado,” says Andy Ko, who leads the Campaign for a New Drug Policy at Open Society Foundations. “Marijuana reform is going to happen in this country as older voters fade away and younger voters show up. Legislators see this as something safe to legislate around. “They see the writing on the wall.”

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 28 photo, Karen Mallet stands by her Alexander Calder print in her home. Mallet bought the print for $12.34 at a Goodwill. It turned out to be by the American artist Alexander Calder worth $9,000.

Lithograph print bought by Milwaukee woman at Goodwill actually worth $9,000 associated press MILWAUKEE — “Red Nose” just meant a reindeer named Rudolph to Karen Mallet until she bought a print by that name for $12.34 at a Goodwill store in Milwaukee. It turned out to be a lithograph by American artist Alexander Calder worth $9,000. Mallet’s good fortune is at least the fourth time in six months that valuable art has turned up at Goodwill, where bargain-hunters search for hidden treasure among the coffee cups, jewelry, lamps and other household cast-offs. Last month, a Salvador Dali sketch found at a Goodwill shop in Tacoma, Wash., sold for $21,000. Last summer, a North Carolina woman pocketed more than $27,000 for a painting she bought for $9.99 at Goodwill. And last spring, a dusty jug donated in Buffalo, N.Y., was discovered to be a thousands-of-years-old American Indian artifact — it was returned to its tribe instead of being offered for sale. When told of the Milwaukee woman’s find, a Goodwill spokeswoman said workers at its 2,700 stores try to spot valuables and auction them on the organization’s online auction site to net more money for the charitable group. But things slip through the cracks

and the workers aren’t art experts. “That’s kind of part of shopping at Goodwill — the thrill of the hunt,” said Cheryl Lightholder, communications manager for Goodwill in southeastern Wisconsin. “You never know what you’re going to find.” Mallet, a media relations specialist for Georgetown University and others, didn’t even like “Red Nose” when she first spotted it during one of her frequent Goodwill shopping trips in May. “The big find that day was this great set of steel knives, in a block, for $18.99” by Wolfgang Puck, she said. But the graphic black-and-white picture was striking. In low-browed terms, it might be described as an abstract image of an ape with a hangover, with spiral swirls for eyes like the ones in cartoons when someone gets punched. A large red nose is the only color. Then she saw the Calder signature. “I thought, I don’t know if it’s real or not but it’s $12.99. I’ve wasted more on worse things,” she said. Her Goodwill loyalty card brought the price down to $12.34. Once home, she searched the Internet and found similar lithographs by Calder, who died in 1976 and is widely known for his mobiles and abstract sculptures at

airports, office towers and other public places. Mallet’s piece was No. 55 of 75 lithographs and was made in 1969. Jacob Fine Art Inc., in suburban Chicago, recently set its replacement value at $9,000. “This happens very frequently — you can’t imagine,” the company’s owner, Jane Jacob, said of treasures found at thrift stores. “They don’t know what they have. They’re just not set up to understand art history.” Lauren Lawson-Zilai, a spokeswoman for Goodwill Industries International Inc. in Rockville, Md., gave these examples of art that Goodwill staff spotted and sold through the auction site: — In 2009, a painting by Utah artist Maynard Dixon donated in Santa Rosa, Calif., sold for $70,001. — In 2008, a Baltimore-area Goodwill store netted $40,600 from a Parisian street scene painted by Impressionist Edouard-Leon Cortes. — In 2006, a Frank Weston Benson oil painting donated anonymously in Portland, Ore., brought in $165,002 — Goodwill’s top haul so far. Mallet has no immediate plans to sell her “Red Nose.” “It grew on me,” she said. “Now I love it.”

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In this Nov. 19, 2012 photo, two women smoke marijuana together behind a home in the woods near the small Rocky Mountain town of Nederland, Colo. On Nov. 6, 2012, Colorado and Washington state legalized the recreational use of marijuana. The two states, both culturally and politically, offered fertile ground for legalization advocates - Washington for its liberal politics, Colorado for its libertarian streak, and both for their Western independence.

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USS Enterprise retires after 51-year Navy career associated press NORFOLK, Va. — The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015. The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career during a ceremony at its home port at Naval Station Norfolk, where thousands of former crew members, ship builders and their families lined a pier to bid farewell to one of the most decorated ships in the Navy. “It’ll be a special memory. The tour yesterday was a highlight of the last 20 years of my life. I’ve missed the Enterprise since every day I walked off of it,” said Kirk McDonnell, a former interior communications electrician. The Enterprise was the largest ship in the world at the time it was built, inheriting the nickname “Big E” from a famed World War II aircraft carrier. It didn’t have to carry conventional fuel tanks for propulsion, allowing it to carry twice as much aircraft fuel and ordnance than conventional carriers at the

time. Using nuclear reactors also allowed the ship to set speed records and stay out to sea during a deployment without ever having to refuel, one of the times ships are most vulnerable to attack. Every other aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet is now nuclear-powered, although they only have two nuclear reactors each compared to the Enterprise’s eight. The Enterprise was the only carrier of its class ever built. It was only designed to last 25 years, but underwent a series of upgrades to extend its life, making it the oldest active combat vessel in the fleet The ship served in every major conflict since participating in a blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis, helping earn its motto of “We are Legend.” Enterprise was headed back to Virginia following a regularly scheduled deployment when the Sept. 11 attacks happened. As soon as the ship’s captain saw the attacks he turned around without orders to steam toward southwest Asia, where it later launched some of the first attacks against Afghanistan. The

ship’s captain was Adm. James A. Winnefeld, who now serves as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It has been returning to that region of the world ever since then, including during its 25th and final deployment that ended last month. “She just served on the cutting edge at the tip of the spear when she returned here in November,” Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert said. “It’s shown that the aircraft carrier can evolve as a platform with many payloads relevant for five decades and will be part of our national security for the foreseeable future as we bring on the Gerald Ford to replace the Enterprise.” The Gerald R. Ford will be the first of a new class of aircraft carriers, but it will be several more years before it joins the fleet. Temporarily reducing the number of aircraft carriers to 10 required special congressional approval. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said the Navy would closely watch how the increased operational tempo will affect sailors. In February, the USS Abraham Lincoln will begin a fouryear refueling complex overhaul in

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Student in accident had high blood alcohol level A University student’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when he critically injured another student after hitting him with his SUV in August. Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman, said lab results received last week indicated Julian Kuszmaul, 21, had a blood alcohol level of 0.25, exceeding the legal driving limit of 0.08. Kuszmaul was driving his Ford Ex-

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A Navy officer salutes during the inactivation ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. Newport News, Va., which will also take it out of rotation. Greenert said the Navy wants to continue having two aircraft carriers operating simultaneously in the Middle East through March, but

he said he wasn’t sure if that would continue past then. When the future USS Enterprise joins the fleet, its commanding officer will be handed a 200-pound time capsule filled with Enterprise mem-

orabilia that includes notes from sailors, insignia and small pieces of the ship. The time capsule was delivered to Greenert for safekeeping until that future commanding officer is chosen.

crime plorer Aug. 26 at about 1:30 a.m. when he struck Colby Liston, an 18-year-old Derby freshman, on the 1600 block of Tennessee Street. Liston, whose legs had to be amputated after the accident, had left a house party and was attempting to enter a rear cargo door of an illegally parked Ford Explorer when Kuszmaul’s SUV hit him, pinning Liston between the two vehicles. According to the accident report, the responding officer smelled both alcohol and marijuana on Kuszmaul’s

breath and clothing. Kuszmaul was not arrested after the accident, but his blood test results have been forwarded to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office, which will issue any charges in the case. Dustin Erickson, the 21-year-old driver of the SUV Liston attempted to enter, had a blood alcohol level of .02. — Rachel Salyer

Taskforce cracks down in fifth enforcement

The Fake ID 101 Taskforce issued more than a dozen citations Thursday night during its fifth enforcement of the semester. According to a press release, 27 licensed establishments were checked, and 86 contacts were made, resulting in 16 criminal citations for 21 charges. Possession of alcohol by a minor – 14 Possession or use of a fake or

other’s ID or driver’s license – 6 Urinating in public – 1 The grant-funded taskforce consists of the Lawrence Police Department, KU Office of Public Safety, Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Six ABC administrative citations were issued to licensed businesses for allowing minors to possess alcohol.

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Monday, December 3, 2012

A look back at the Jayhawks’ final game of the season

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By Hannah Wise [email protected]

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llen Fieldhouse finally saw a Kansas-Wichita State matchup on Saturday. It wasn’t the one fans on both sides were clamoring for in the spring, but it was one I’d been waiting to see. I was thrilled to follow Kansas volleyball throughout their historic season all the way to their first NCAA tournament appearance in seven years. It was icing on the cake for the Fieldhouse to be the stage on which the team would play. Then adding in the chance to play Wichita State in the second round, it was the best possible combination of elements for volleyball in the state. Both Kansas and WSU faltered and then recovered in the first round against Cleveland State and Arkansas respectively. WSU took Arkansas to a thrilling five sets culminating with junior defensive specialist Kelsey Banwart serving three aces to carry the Shockers to the second round. Kansas played timidly the first set against Cleveland State, but sophomore outside hitter Sara McClinton overcame her nerves and commanded the floor through the following three sets. Kansas coach Ray Bechard acknowledged in the Friday postgame press conference what I already knew—Kansas and Wichita State play two very different styles of volleyball. Bechard described WSU’s style as a fast-break. Wichita State coach Chris Lamb puts his emphasis in playing fast and attacking aggressively. Looking at the WSU roster and stat sheet, the team is more focused on generating a strong, scrappy back-row defense. Kansas, on the other hand, focuses its efforts at the net; the team is centered around tall, quick, athletic middle blockers who can hold their own both offensively and defensively. However, Kansas’ front-row focus is not successful unless the team’s back row is passing well and putting the ball in a place that gives the setter options. Saturday, Wichita State used Kansas’ lack of focus on passing to pull ahead. WSU’s servers caused the Jayhawk passers to second guess themselves leading to lackluster passes that eliminated options for junior setter Erin McNorton. She was forced time and time again to throw the ball out to McClinton on the outside, just to give the Jayhawks a chance. Wichita State attacked throughout the match ending with a .308 hitting percentage. The Shockers spread their attack across the net, giving even attempts between, the outside, middle and right-side hitters. WSU junior setter Chelsey Feekin was one of the most aggressive and smartest players on the floor. She made the Jayhawk blockers guess about where she would put the ball and even earned nine kills. Volleyball is about match-ups, and Wichita State was the ideal opponent for Kansas to play in Allen Fieldhouse. The game came down to whether or not the Jayhawks would shift their focus to play faster, scrappier volleyball to keep pace with the Shockers— something they did not do. Kansas’ historic season came to an end Saturday, but at least for me, I am happy it ended with Wichita State. The Shockers are my hometown team and one I am happy to support and follow into the Sweet 16 as they face USC on Friday in Austin. Rock Chalk, Go Shox. — Edited by Brittney Haynes

Associated press West Virginia running back Shawne Alston is tackled by Kansas’ Keon Stowers during the first quarter of their NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., on Saturday. West Virginia won 59-10.

Kansas goes 1-11 on season, Weis to make recruitment efforts in upcoming weeks Blake Schuster

[email protected] Morgantown, W. Va. — When Charlie Weis stepped to the podium in the Anderson Family Football Complex last December as Kansas’ newest head coach, he asked a question about football in the state of Kansas: Why was Kansas State so successful, and why wasn’t Kansas? At the time, Kansas had gone 2-10 and Kansas State 10-2. Almost a year to the day and following a 59-10 defeat at West Virginia, the Jayhawks are 1-11, and the Wildcats are 11-1 — with a Heisman candidate running their offense. But over that year, Weis found his answer. “It has a lot to do with recruiting,” Weis said. “If you look at the makeup of rosters, you’ll see there’s one glaring statistic that comes out with where everyone came from.” Weis was referring to junior college transfers. Kansas State has

more than 30 on its roster. Kansas has about half as many, but Weis intends to change that. In the meantime, Weis tried taking things one step at a time. He set the bar at being competitive in the Big 12 for Kansas, but against West Virginia, the Jayhawks were anything but. The Mountaineers took control of the game on the first drive, when quarterback Geno Smith fired a 45-yard pass on the first play from scrimmage. A few goal line stops later, Andrew Buie walked into the end zone for the Mountaineers first touchdown. And that was before Tavon Austin took over. The Jayhawks had talked about the quickness and speed they saw from Austin on film, and Saturday, they got to see it in person. It seemed no matter what angle the Jayhawks took to get to the elusive Austin, he was able to avoid

being tackled. He finished the day with 110 receiving yards and racked up 77 yards on the ground. “He reminds me of Tony Pierson, but he has another gear to him,” Senior safety Bradley McDougald said. “Every Big 12 team that he went against had trouble tackling him, and we had trouble as well.” But Austin wasn’t the only problem. Senior quarterback Geno Smith connected on 23 of his 24 pass attempts, gaining more than 400 yards through the air, while Kansas completed only seven of its 16 passes. The Jayhawks simply couldn’t keep up. It was a long way from the competitiveness that Kansas had shown it was capable of. McDougald said it was a tale of two teams. The Jayhawks lost five games this year by 10 points or less. They also lost six games by 14 points or more. “At times, we were going to the wire with Texas, and at times,

we got blown out by Iowa State,” McDougald said. “We were a great home team for the majority of the season.” But what will it take for the Jayhawks to put up a fight against every Big 12 team? “Recruiting, players buying into the system and work,” McDougald said. It echoes what Weis said — and what he’ll spend the next week or so doing while the Jayhawks prepare for finals. Eighty miles down the road, Kansas State is preparing for a BCS bowl game. In an isolated town, coach Bill Snyder found the formula to build a successful football program in Kansas. Now Weis is going out to create the Pepsi to Synder’s Coca-Cola. “Kansas State is a disciplined team,” running back James Sims said. “If you are a team that’s like that, no matter who you are, you

can win a lot of ball games.” Against West Virginia, the Jayhawks didn’t show the discipline necessary to win the ball game. They were chasing Smith and Austin all around the field, getting burned the majority of the time. Yet the mindset of competitiveness still hovers over the Kansas locker room. That notion of being competitive isn’t going anywhere, but it’s certainly getting altered. Weis was brought to Lawrence to win games. Just being able to slug it out won’t cut it. “When you first get to the point where you get them to start fighting, that’s a good thing,” Weis said. “But fighting and winning are two totally different things. We made up a lot of ground during the year, but you look at the product today, and that’s not anywhere near good enough.” — Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk

Volleyball

Team members lament loss to Wichita State in NCAA tourney Geoffrey Calvert

[email protected] Juniors Jaime Mathieu and Brianne Riley trudged off the court, heads buried in their jerseys. In the postgame huddle, redshirt junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc wrapped her arms around her teammates one final time, overcome with emotion. As impressive as Kansas volleyball’s season was, it ended abruptly in a 3-1 defeat against Wichita State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, denying Kansas its first trip to the Sweet 16 in school history. “All of us are so close, and we had such a great season that we don’t want it to end,” Jarmoc said. “Bri even said in the locker room that she wanted to practice on Monday, so it’s just something hard to accept.” Sophomore outside hitter Sara McClinton led the Jayhawks in kills for the second straight match, finishing with 18 kills. Redshirt junior outside hitter Catherine Carmichael added 13 kills, but also committed nine attack errors. Those two combined for 85 attacks, while the Jayhawks’ middle blockers, Jarmoc and senior Tayler Tolefree, combined for only 17 kills

on 46 swings. Coach Ray Bechard said the Jayhawks became too predictable and lacked balance. “For Tolefree and Jarmoc only to get a total of 46, that’s way below our goal,” Bechard said. “That goes back to we didn’t do one skill well tonight, and that’s the first contact when they were serving and our setter didn’t have enough options.” Trailing two sets to one in the fourth set, Kansas gained some momentum when a Wichita State attack error brought Kansas to within one point, 20-19. But after a Shocker timeout, senior defensive specialist Morgan Boub served the ball out of bounds. Kansas couldn’t get any closer, as Wichita State rattled off two more points before McClinton kept Kansas alive with two kills. But the Jayhawks didn’t have enough points left to work with, falling 25-21. At the end of the previous two sets, Wichita State used an 8-0 run in the second set and a 6-0 run in the third to break those two sets wide open. The third set loss was particularly painful for Kansas. A Carmichael kill brought the Jayhawks level at 18, but four straight Shocker kills and two Kansas errors put Wichita State in control. “When you can’t seem to side

out of a rotation the anxiety tends to build for each point that you don’t get, and the gap gets bigger and bigger,” Jarmoc said. “You’re working so hard, and it’s just not working out, and then you get one point and that’s only a dent in what the hole is.” Part of the reason Wichita State could put together such large runs is that it controlled the battle at the net. The Shockers established a rhythm in the second set when they committed only two attack errors, while Kansas committed nine. They also ended up with 11 more kills than Kansas for the match on only one more attack. While the blocking numbers were nearly even, the Shockers’ front row was able to get touches on many Jayhawk attacks. Kansas, however, couldn’t, leaving Riley, Boub and the rest of the Jayhawks’ back line to scramble for digs. All those factors led to Wichita State siding out at 65 percent, meaning the Jayhawks served at least twice in a row on only 35 percent of its serves. “They were tracking us really well,” Carmichael said. “They had two blockers almost in front of everybody. Obviously, that makes it a lot tougher for us to hit around

Ashleigh Lee/KANSAN Senior middle blocker Tayler Tolefree and junior setter Erin McNorton hide their tears as they walk off the court after Saturday’s game against Wichita State in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks lost 3 sets to 1 to the Shockers. four hands that are up there.” Junior setter Erin McNorton had fewer choices on ball distribution because Kansas had trouble stopping the Shockers’ attack, so the Shockers could guess where to commit blockers. As a result, when McNorton tried to find Jarmoc and Tolefree in the middle, they had little success getting the ball to the

floor frequently and at and efficient rate. “They passed the ball to target better than we did,” Bechard said. “That’s the fine line it comes down to in a match like this. Their middles got 31 kills and ours got 17, and we feel like the middles are a strength of our team.” —Edited by Ryan McCarthy

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Jayhawks remain undeafeated, beat Gophers Nathan Fordyce [email protected]

After another punch to the gut in the opening minutes, the Kansas Jayhawks rallied in the second half to improve to 7-0 on the year as they defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers. For the second straight game, the No. 20 ranked Jayhawks found themselves looking at an early deficit only to find a spark to climb out of it to get the 65-53 victory. The much needed spark came from the bench as sophomore forward Chelsea Gardner, who backed up her career-high 26 with 14 points yesterday evening, and junior guard CeCe Harper. Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson credited the bench for giving the Jayhawks the edge in the matchup. “I don’t know if we get out of that one alive,” Henrickson said. “With how the game played out in foul trouble, I couldn’t be more pleased with how our bench played.” The Jayhawks had to rely on the bench play even more as the foul trouble started to increase. Senior guard Angel Goodrich picked up four fouls, and senior forward Carolyn Davis picked up three, which forced Henrickson to go to her bench for a substantial amount of time. “We have a lot of good team camaraderie and know what each other can do,” Harper said. “So we all just try and come in and con-

tribute either way it goes.” Minnesota’s top shooter, sophomore guard Rachel Banham, had 19 points but was held in check by Harper in the second half. “I just knew she was a great one-on-one player, so it was more about staying under her and deny her the ball so she couldn’t get it,” Harper said. In the opening minutes of the game, Henrickson said she could see the team wasn’t ready for the physicality and aggressiveness that the Big 10 Golden Gophers brought to Allen Fieldhouse. “Big 10 teams are typically more physical,” Henrickson said of the 10-3 start for Minnesota. “It’s what they bring and they’re built to be. We responded, we reacted a little bit with shell-shock, but then we settled down and made some adjustments.” It was points in the paint that helped the Jayhawks settle down. Davis had a team-high 20 points on 8-11 shooting paired with Gardner’s 14 points. “It’s great to have inside presence with either Chelsea or Carolyn,” sophomore guard Natalie Knight said. “That’s our goal: to get the ball inside to whoever is down low.” Knight became the floor general for the Jayhawks once Goodrich — who had nine points, six assists and four steals — kept finding herself on the bench with foul trouble. But for Knight, she said being in charge doesn’t phase her. “I just have to be more aggressive at the point guard position,

get the play started and lead my team,” Knight said. With the foul situations the way it was, it fell on the production of the bench to maintain the lead and eventually close it out. Harper said it wasn’t a huge deal because the team has great chemistry, and with that, they know each other’s roles. “We have a lot of good team camaraderie and know what each other can do,” Harper said. “So we all just try and come in and contribute either way it goes.”

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(Right) Senior guard Angel Goodrich goes for a layup during yesterday’s game against Minnesota in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won 65-53.

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(Below) Junior guard CeCe Harper and senior guard Angel Goodrich share a quick word after getting fouled during yesterday’s game.

—Edited by Brittney Haynes

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Wildcats win the Big 12, will play in Fiesta Bowl farzin vougoughian [email protected]

No. 6 Kansas State 42 – No. 18 Texas 24 Baylor 41 – No. 23 Oklahoma State 34 BU 7-4 (4-5) – OKST 7-5 (5-4)

Baylor continued its recent high level of play and shocked Oklahoma State in its season finale. After Oklahoma State opened the game with a field goal, Baylor went on a 24-0 run in the first half. Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf threw an interception to linebacker Eddie Lackey, which resulted in a Baylor touchdown on the play. The Bears continued to make big plays after quarterback Nick Florence connected with Tevin Reese on a 75-yard touchdown play to help give Baylor a 31-17 lead at halftime. The Cowboys found ways to score and cut the deficit, but it was not enough, and a 76-yard touchdown run by Lache Seastrunk helped to seal the game for Baylor.

KSU 11-1 (8-1) – UT 8-4 (5-4)

Collin Klein and Kansas State returned strong after spending the bye week working on putting the loss to Baylor behind them. Klein helped bring the running game back to its old form. He rushed for 203 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while running back John Hubert took the ball to the end zone three times. Klein also threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Tyler Lockett. But for Texas, it didn’t matter who started at quarterback. After David Ash experienced consistency issues, the Longhorns switched to Case McCoy. However, McCoy ran into trouble, throwing two interceptions and fumbling on a sack. The Wildcats won the Big 12 and will play against the Oregon Ducks in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 3.

No. 11 Oklahoma 24 – Texas Christian 17 OU 10-2 (8-1) – TCU 7-5 (4-5)

Oklahoma was tested by Texas Christian’s defense, but the Sooners overcame the challenge and found ways to pull away with a victory in the end. After dealing with pressure from the Horned Frogs defense, quarterback Landry Jones threw for two touchdowns. His top target was wide receiver Jalen Saunders, who caught seven passes for 108 yards and a touchdown. Running back Damien Williams was the difference maker in this game. He rushed for 115 yards and scored touchdowns on the ground and through the air. His 66-yard touchdown run in the second half helped extend Oklahoma’s lead to two possessions. However, the Sooners had issues protecting the football. TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin helped take advantage of the effort from the defense by scoring two touchdowns. Boykin found Brandon Carter on an 80-yard touchdown pass in the second half to bring the game close, but it was not enough to match Oklahoma’s offense. - Edited by Nikki Wentling

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Quote of the day

“There is no perfect playoff system. There will be seasons when the difference between the Nos. 4- and 5-ranked teams is the width of a chinstrap. That’s honest controversy.” — Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN columnist

Fact of the day

The New BCS Format has a 12year term through the 2025-2026 season. — www.bcsfootball.com

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Trivia of the day

Q: When was the last time the Kansas City Chiefs won a regular season game with a quarterback they drafted? A: 1987, Todd Blackledge — www.espn.com

Preview of new BCS format, strategies for Chiefs in NFL draft

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he Southeastern Conference Championship Game on Saturday gave college football fans their first taste of the new and approved BCS format. The huge collision of powers — Alabama and Georgia — served as a play-in game to face Notre Dame in the National Championship. With the winner almost certain to fill the final spot, there was a playoff feel in Atlanta for the game. Football followers saw the excitement of having a semi-final game involved in the BCS. The new format will pit four teams in a seeded bracket that will begin in the 2014-2015 season. A selection committee will pick the four teams using guidelines such as strength of schedule, head-to-head results and win-loss record, after the regular season. The makeup of the selection committee has yet to be determined. Semi-final games will likely be held around New Year’s Day with the National Championship Game a week later. Also, expect more colossal games at neutral sites with the addition of the new format.

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The Kansas City Chiefs in the draft

The Kansas City Chiefs need to be smart with its first round pick. Naturally, fans see quarterback play as the most pressing need for the Chiefs in the upcoming NFL draft. The top two quarterbacks coming into the draft are Southern California’s Matt Barkley and West Virginia’s Geno Smith. With poor play this season, the Chiefs will likely secure at least a top-three draft position, opening nearly every option for selection. But with a premier pick, should the Chiefs stretch to fill its quarterback need? At the top of the draft, there is elite tal-

ent that doesn’t come around often like Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o. The Chiefs elected to take this route when they drafted Eric Berry in the 2010 draft. Berry’s skills were simply too good to pass up. Chiefs’ management took the best player available, and Berry was a pro-bowler in his rookie season. If the Chiefs elect to reach for a quarterback, it would risk the possibility of an elite talent for the chance at fixing its situation at quarterback. There are other quarterbacks that could be selected in the second round, and Barkley and Smith may fall that far as well. Free agency also offers potential quarterbacks, though not a long-term fix. I’m an optimist, but a realist. There is potential for the Chiefs to find solutions in the offseason. Here’s my solution. Find a quarterback in free agency. Alex Smith will be looking for a new home, and he’s currently the league leader in completion percentage. Other options are out there as well, including Michael Vick. Draft Manti Te’o with the first pick. He’s an elite-level player, and possibly an even

better person and leader. In the second round, draft a quarterback . He will have time to develop underneath a league veteran and adjust to the NFL. Cornerback and defensive line are other needs that should be addressed in later rounds. Oh, and bring in John Gruden, too. You’ve heard what I think. What matters is what management thinks. But what do you think? —Edited by Christy Khamphilay

This week in athletics

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streak during one of the most difficult seasons the franchise has ever experienced. The game was played one day after Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend multiple times at a residence near Arrowhead Stadium, then drove to the team’s practice facility and turned the gun on himself as general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel looked on. Pioli walked through the press box before the game and said he

was doing “OK,” though he didn’t stop to talk. Crennel was on the sideline coaching his team to an uplifting victory. “As far as playing the game, I thought that was the best for us to do, because that’s what we do,” Crennel said, tears forming in the corner of his eyes. “We’re football players and football coaches and that’s what we do, we play on Sunday.” Cam Newton threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns for the

Panthers (3-9), who were informed the game would be played as scheduled while they were heading to Kansas City on Saturday. DeAngelo Williams added 67 yards rushing for the Panthers, carrying the load with Jonathan Stewart out with an injury. Steve Smith, Greg Olsen and Louis Murphy caught their TD passes. “You definitely feel for them. What they are going through is tragic,” Olsen said. “But we have a job to do. Our job is to come here

and prepare to win. They wouldn’t expect any less.” Peyton Hillis had a touchdown run for Kansas City (2-10), while Tony Moeaki and Jon Baldwin had touchdown catches. Ryan Succop hit a pair of field goals, including a 52-yarder with 4:54 left that forced the Panthers try for a touchdown to steal the win. Instead, the Panthers went three-and-out, and the Chiefs were able to run the clock down to 31 seconds before giving back the

ball. Newton completed two quick passes to reach the Carolina 38, but his final heave as time expired was caught by Smith short of the end zone. Panthers coach Ron Rivera greeted Crennel at midfield and gave him a hug. “They played an inspired football game,” Rivera said. “They did some really good things, and we have to give them credit, because they suffered through a very difficult time.”

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Notes Glass Half Full James Sims gained 57 yards, putting his season mark at 1013. Sims sat out the first three games of the season, but he still shattered his previous best of 742 yards, which he rushed for in his freshman season of 2010.

Glass Half Empty Aside from one interception, Geno Smith and Tavon Austin were able to do whatever they wanted on their turf. Austin’s ankle-breaking ability and Smith’s arm strength were on full display.

tripped over himself as he tried to keep up with Woods. As Brown went down, Woods nabbed a Geno Smith pass for 50 yards. Verdict: Bad

Delay of the Game It was Senior Day in Morgantown W. Va., and the players celebrated accordingly. Whether the pregame ritual psyched out Kansas or if WVU was planning on putting up 50 points anyway is a moot point.

Game Ball Good, Bad or Just Plain Stupid While covering J.D. Woods in the first quarter, Kansas cornerback Greg Brown

joining Kansas and will most certainly be missed next year.

Final Thought: As much progress as this Kansas team made this year — and yes, the Jayhawks were better than their record shows — there is still much more to go. Anyone who didn’t think this program’s turnaround was going to be a process needs to realize the amount of talent and competitive teams in the Big 12. But the only thing that can be said about the last two games Kansas played is “good job, good effort.”

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offense The Kansas offense took a few steps back against West Virginia. Instead of trying to establish the run game, Charlie Weis trotted out Dayne Crist, who missed the first three passes and was intercepted on his fifth. The Jayhawks’ 274 total yards were the fewest gained since they lost to Texas on October 27. Grade: D

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Sims reaches rushing milestone in final game Farzin Vousoughian [email protected]

Kansas running back James Sims became the 12th player in the program’s history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season. Sims rushed for 57 yards in Saturday’s season finale against West Virginia and finished the season with 1,013 yards despite, the Jayhawks losing 59-10 against the Mountaineers. Although Sims only played in nine games this season, he never doubted himself and knew that a 1,000-yard season was still an attainable task. He said the supporting cast on the team played a huge part in his successful season. “After watching the first three games and the offensive line, as well as they have been playing, they played great, and you have to give

credit to those guys,” Sims said. in the Big 12 this season, finishing “The offensive line did a great job first in rushing yards per game and up front, and I give them credit. sixth in all-purpose yards. He had Without them, I wouldn’t even six consecutive games this season where he ran for more than 100 come close to that.” Even though Sims served a three- yards. With his elusiveness and vergame suspension at the beginning satility, Sims of the season, his knew he had to individual goal “The offensive line did a help out the team was to surpass and turn it into the 1,000-yard great job up front, and I a three-dimenmark. Even with give them credit.” sional team. Tony Pierson and “We’ll work on Taylor Cox active james sims Running back the passing game with their duties and get everyas running backs, thing down with Sims found a way that,” he said. to earn more than “We’ll come together in both the 1,000 yards off 218 carries. The Jayhawks offense rushed for run and pass game, and we should more than 2,500 yards, and Sims be pretty efficient.” Sims was not part of any victowas responsible for 40 percent of ries this year. The Jayhawks picked that total. Sims was among one of the best up their first win of the year during

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the season opener against South Dakota State, in which Sims did not play. With the 2011 season now in the books, the seniors have moved on, and the juniors will carry the torch. Sims, who will be a senior next season, is ready to start the offseason. He hopes to finish his career in Kansas on a good note, individually and with the team. Sims said the team will have to work on its weaknesses this offseason. In doing so, Kansas can improve and become an even more competitive football team. “It’s not going to happen overnight or a week or so,” Sims said. “We have to put in extra work to go where we want to go. After Christmas break hits, all the guys will be ready to go.” —Edited by Christy Khamphilay

To be fair, no one in the Big 12 has made an easy living trying to stop West Virginia’s Tavon Austin, but he made Kansas look silly, and Austin wasn’t even the Mountaineers’ leading receiver. Including his interception, WVU quarterback Geno Smith completed all 24 passes he launched,, gaining over 400 yards. Grade: D

special teams D.J. Beshears passed Marcus Herford to become the Kansas all-time leader in kickoff return yards with 2,081. Ron Doherty averaged 42 yards per punt and Nick Prolago hit his only field goal attempt, but this game was not coming down to special teams. Grade: B-

coaching Charlie Weis gave Dayne Crist one last shot to prove he could be a quality quarterback. If it worked, Weis would have been a genius (or lucky). But it didn’t, and many are trying to figure out why Kansas’ clock-managing run game seemed to be left behind in Lawrence. Grade: D

Quote of the game “He reminds me of Tony Pierson, but he has another gear to him.” ­— Safety Bradley McDougald on the speed of Tavon Austin

Schedule *All games in bold are at home

Date Opponent Result/Time Sept. 1 south dakota state

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SEPT. 22 Northern Illinois L. 30-23 OCT. 6 kansas state L, 56-16 Oct. 13 OKLAHOMA state Oct. 20 oklahoma



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(Right) Kansas coach Charlie Weis, center, argues with an official during the second quarter.

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Kansas’ Bradley McDougald (24) and Ben Heeney (31) tackle West Virginia’s Tavon Austin (1) during the first quarter of the game.

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Surreal season, heartbreaking loss, countless memories

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Junior outside hitter Catherine Carmichael and junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc block their opponents’ hit during Saturday’s game against Wichita State University in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Sophomore outside hitter Sara McClinton gets ready to block her opponents’ tip.

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Junior outside hitter Amy Wehrs passes during serve recieve against Wichita State during the second round of the NCAA tournament. Wehrs committed one serve recieve error of the Jayhawks’ three.

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Dream season ends, but Kansas remains hopeful Max Goodwin

[email protected] Kansas volleyball’s historymaking season skidded to a halt Saturday after a three-to-one loss to Wichita State in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Allen Fieldhouse. It was the Jayhawks’ first NCAA tournament appearance since 2005. This year’s squad finished the season as the winningest team in program history, with a team record of 17 road victories. After winning Saturday’s first set against Wichita State, the Jayhawks were just two sets away from being the first Kansas volleyball team to reach the Sweet 16. “They were a fun group to coach,” Bechard said after the game. “They did a lot of things for the first time.” For the players, Saturday’s loss might have been especially devastating because it took place at home in Allen Fieldhouse, where the team hosted its first NCAA tournament regional event in the venue’s history. Senior middle blocker Tayler Tolefree who grew up in Lawrence, said it meant a lot to see the town rally around her team this season.

“I hope that everyone who was here can appreciate the work that we put in,” Tolefree said as tears flooded her eyes. The emotion in Tolefree’s voice was enough to show how important this game was to her, echoing the feelings of many Kansas volleyball fans. There were 4,478 fans in attendance, the largest crowd of any of the tournament’s regional sites last weekend. The captivated Kansas spectators cheered on every rally. Bechard remains optimistic about next season, hoping the team can build on its recent success. “This group put a great deal into the last four months,” Bechard said. “We are excited about many things we did this year and what the future holds.” This year’s history-making season could help the program generate interest in volleyball throughout the Lawrence area and the region. “We think we should be the focal point for volleyball development in this region,” Bechard said. “Hopefully, there’s some people that came and saw some females really competing hard with grace, dignity, effort and energy, and I think that’s what makes our sport

so special.” The Jayhawks will return with most of their team intact next year, but the graduation of seniors Morgan Boub and Tayler Tolefree, a four-time Academic All-Big 12 first team member, will leave a major hole in the team identity that was built this season. The tournament loss weighed heavily on Tolefree. She struggled not to cry as she sat between teary-eyed teammates Catherine Carmichael and Caroline Jarmoc during a post-game press conference. Carmichael and Jarmoc will have another opportunity next year, but for Tolefree, it was the end of her four years as a Jayhawk. The tears did not stop as she stood and walked out of the room. “There’s a lot leaving right there in that Tayler Tolefree,” Ray Bechard said as Tolefree stepped out of the media room doorway and let the door fall shut behind her. “Nobody defines our program like that kid does.”

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Junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc spikes the ball during Saturday’s game against Wichita State University at Allen Fieldhouse where the Jayhawks lost to the Shockers.

— Edited by Joanna Hlavacek

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Junior defensive specialist Brianne Riley waits during serve-recieve against Wichita State in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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Junior defensive specialist Brianne Riley tries to keep the ball alive during the game against Wichita State University.

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Junior setter Erin McNorton back sets to sophomore outside hitter Sara McClinton. McNorton was left with fewer options than usual because of the Jayhawks’ poor performance passing.

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Junior setter Erin McNorton sets the ball up for her teammate, junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc to hit over the net during the game. The Jayhawks season came to an end, losing 3 sets to 1 to the Shockers.

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Kansas wins despite foul trouble Ethan Padway

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Senior forward Jeff Withey slams the ball into the hoop in the second half of Friday night’s game. Withey had 17 points in the Jayhawks victory against Oregon State.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time this season, the Kansas men’s basketball team had to compete against multiple opponents at once. In addition to the five men Oregon State put on the floor, the Jayhawks also had to contend with foul trouble in their 84-78 victory against the Beavers on Friday. Foul trouble forced two Kansas starters, guards Elijah Johnson and Ben McLemore, to the bench for extended periods of each half, which stopped the Jayhawks’ momentum and allowed the Beavers to gnaw their way back into the game. And when they did foul, the Jayhawks didn’t foul with enough intensity to affect the shot. Kansas coach Bill Self believes his team does this more frequently than any other team in the nation. “There’s no question that we foul so soft,” Self said. “We just

don’t play real smart, and then we haven’t had too many guys in positions to go ahead and be the guys to close people out.” McLemore started the game looking unstoppable. He scored 15 points in 13 minutes of play before finding his place on the pine. Without McLemore on the floor, the Jayhawk offense lost its voracious attitude. The team struggled to make plays and saw its once 14-point lead disintegrate in the heat of an 18-4 Oregon State run that the Beavers managed to keep on the stove for 3:38 seconds. And once he re-entered the game, McLemore’s scoring touch was left behind on the Kansas bench. “I don’t think it affected my play,” McLemore said. “Coach just told me to start moving with my feet and my hands, and that’s what I did. I picked up another cheap one, and I noticed when I got back in the game, coach told me again to move my feet, and that’s what

I did.” With Johnson and McLemore on the bench, Johnson approached another senior, fellow guard Travis Releford, and told him that with them sidelined, Releford would have to be the one to shoulder the Jayhawks offense. Between Johnson’s encouragement and Self ’s challenge to the guards to play more aggressively on offense after halftime, a light went on in Releford’s head. “Coach challenged all the guards to attack the paint and put pressure on the defense,” Releford said. “That was my main focus coming out in the second half.” He played every minute of the second half and scored 16 of his 20 points. It was the third time in a twoweek span that Releford played in front of his friends and family in his hometown. And his domination of the Sprint Center continued. He has now scored 60 points

in three games at the downtown Kansas City arena this season. “Travis played great in the second half,” Self said. “I thought he played beyond awful in the first half. He played about as bad as he’s played in a few years. He finally got mad at someone, maybe it was me, and started attacking the hole.” Although the Jayhawks are learning to win ugly, Self is far from satisfied with the results his team is producing. “The thing that frustrates me more than anything is that I just can’t believe that guys don’t like to compete,” he said. “There were three loose balls and we could have drove to start the game. They ended up with six points because of that, because we are too prima donna to get our nose dirty.” — Edited by Nikki Wentling

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Senior guard Travis Releford goes for the layup during the game against Oregon State on Friday inside the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Releford scored 20 points and had five assists.

Kansas wins again in Sprint center WHAT: 84-78 victory for Kansas against Oregon State WHEN: Friday, November 30 WHERE: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

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Freshman guard Rio Adams elevates to hit two points over Oregon State defenders. The Jayhawks were victorious in their game at the Sprint Center on Friday night with a final score of 84-78.

Self far from satisified with Jayhawks’ latest victory TREVOR GRAFF

[email protected] Kansas fans, reminded of last year’s Sprint Center loss to Davidson, felt a bit tense down the stretch of Friday’s 84-78 win over the Oregon State Beavers in Kansas City, Mo., Friday night. Oregon State guard Ahmad Starks led OSU near the end of the game, helping the Beavers cut the Kansas lead to 80-77 with 15 seconds left in the match. The Jayhawks struggled taking care of the ball, allowing Oregon State to keep the score close, despite Kansas’ 60 percent shooting performance from the field. “We just don’t play real smart,” coach Bill Self said. “We haven’t had too many guys in positions to be the guys to close people out. We’re not an execution team yet, so if you’re not that, at least guard and rebound, and we don’t do that great yet, but we did get a lot of easy shots, so you can’t blame it on our offense.” Self said that after looking at 60 percent shooting, outrebounding the opponent and shooting 68 percent at the free throw line, he didn’t think the win should have been that difficult. The Jayhawks loose-on-ball defense was one factor that led to Oregon States’ comeback in the second half. “We did some good things, but it

all comes down to this: They guard the guy with the ball better than we guard the guy with the ball,” Self said. “That’s something that obviously has to improve, or we’ll have to change the way we play. We’ll have to start playing some zone or whatnot.” The Jayhawks’ tame defense led to several missed opportunities for added possessions. “We had three loose balls at the start of the game that we didn’t dive on the floor to secure, and they come away with six points because we don’t,” Self said. “That’s a toughness element.” Self said Kansas’s lack of tough play and a go-to player to lead the team during the Beavers’ runs allowed Oregon State to stay a viable opponent in the game. “We were fortunate to be up three at half, because that thing was at 14 and it dwindled fast,” Self said. “We didn’t have guys step up and stem the tide so to speak. We just played poorly when we needed to be sound. That led to the comeback.” Senior guard Elijah Johnson continued to struggle scoring, with only six points in 28 minutes of play. “He got whipped,” Self said. “The point guard on their team gets 25, and ours gets four. That’s a little frustrating because I don’t know where we go from there yet. I’m

trying to figure out a way to put us in a situation where the other team doesn’t feel so comfortable.” The Jayhawks took just nine 3-pointers, a stark contrast to the team that shot 20 or more 3-point shots in three of its seven games this year. Self emphasized getting to the basket, as Kansas scored 49 points in the paint. “Coach challenged me at halftime, and all of the guards, just seeing how we hadn’t been attacking the paint, which is stuff we’ve been working on the past week,” senior guard Travis Releford said. “I noticed that, so I figured I should probably put pressure on the defense to help the team, and it opened up a lot for us.” Releford said the backcourt chemistry is still a work in progress. He said the young players are still learning. “It’s early on, Releford said. “We’re only seven games in. It’s a lot of work, but we have a break coming up. Hopefully, we come together better than we have recently. I think it will all come together soon.” For Self, the game boiled down to one major point. “They didn’t score off their actions,” Self said. “They scored off of us not being able to guard the ball, which is pretty important.” —Edited by Joanna Hlavacek

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Freshman guard Ben McLemore dunks during the first half of the match against Oregon State in Kansas City, Mo. McLemore had 21 total points with two steals.