While commercial retailers

kicked off the holiday shopping

season with Black Friday deals,
the Lawrence Fair Trade Holiday
Market opened its doors for its
21st year last Friday.
Hosted at Ecumenical Christian
Ministries on campus, the market,
which will last until Saturday, con-
sists of 18 local fair trade retailers
selling chocolate, sugar, coffee and
other fair trade items.
Trade fair certified products,
which promote fair wages, envi-
ronmental sustainability and suit-
able working conditions, have
only recently been available in
Lawrence, said Sarah Stern, a
senior from Lawrence and publi-
cist for the event.
When you buy fair trade, you
know the person wasnt being
taken advantage of, said Stern.
Until very recently, we didnt have
any fair trade shops in Lawrence.
The Merc Community Market
and Deli and Ten Thousand
Villages, which recently opened
on Massachusetts Street are a few
places students can buy fair trade
products. Also, the coffee beans
used in the Roasterie coffee shops
on campus are fair trade too.
Gustin Bova, a sophomore from
Lawrence, prefers buying fair
trade products because he knows
from whom and where the items
come from.
The larger goal is to econom-
ically express the message that
workers worldwide need to be
respected and compensated fair-
ly, Bova said. Consumers, when
given sufficient information, will
choose to support businesses that
do so.
And while the cost of fair trade
products are higher, Stern admit-
ted, so is the quality.
Although the extra cost sup-
posedly goes to pay fair wages,
George Bittlingmayer, professor
of economics, is less certain of the
actual benefits incurred by fair
trade practices.
From the consumer stand-
point, the tricky question is veri-
fying how much of whatever extra
you pay actually trickles down to
the end, Bittlingmayer said. And
then we are wondering about the
actual effects at the economic level
in Mexico, or Guatemala or wher-
ever that may be.
Bittlingmayer said not all stipu-
lations for fair trade certification
necessarily promote economic
improvement and may uninten-
tionally afford larger producers
more leverage in the market over
small farmers, who may find the
certification harder to obtain.
And while sweat shop wages
may not be ideal, it allows domes-
tic prices on food and clothes
to remain low for consumers,
Bittlingmayer added.
However, Alicia Erickson,
member of the community group,
Lawrence Fair Trade, said fair
trade buyers can see how much
of a products cost goes to the
producer at www.fairtradecalcula-
tor.com.
Erickson said her organization
works with vendors to ensure
products purchased are authenti-
cally fair trade and promote the
ascribed benefits. And as far as
social good is concerned, buying
fair trade is superior to donating
to charity, Erikson said.
As weve seen with the recent
economy downturn, people will
cut back or eliminate their chari-
table contributions, Erikson said.
However, this has not translated
a hit for fair trade products, as it
is not giving away surplus funds,
but rather a lifestyle shift in how
we approach our purchases.
Edited by Christy Khamphilay
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paGe 14
A new sport is taking shape at
the University, and it has noth-
ing to do with a ball, but rather
a rope.
Kyle Young, a freshman from
Overland Park, founded the KU
Slacklining Club in October. He
said the idea for the club originat-
ed from his passion for climbing.
Ive been climbing since I was
5 years old, so that was what got
me started with this, Young said.
My parents then got me a slack-
line for my birthday last April,
and I fell in love with it.
According to slackline.com,
slacklining is the sport of walking
a small, flat nylon rope between
two points. People compete
in slacklining by attempting to
cross a rope that is usually hung
between trees or other sturdy
objects. The length of the ropes
vary depending on the skill of the
slackliner. There is no scorekeep-
ing, but people who conquer the
longer, more difficult ropes are
seen as premier slackliners.
Young also said he fell in love
with slacklining because it pres-
ents a different challenge than
other sports.
The sport itself really focuses
on balance, and its really a case
where its mind over matter,
Young said. You dont have to
have a great amount of strength,
and its driven by your own
desire.
According to the clubs website,
the club is dedicated to promot-
ing the sport at the University
and the surrounding communi-
ties, to educating members on
the safe and proper use of slack-
lines and to challenge members
to push their limits.
The group has 18 online mem-
bers, and about seven to 10 peo-
ple show up regularly for meet-
ings and events.
In order to spread aware-
ness for the club and the sport,
Young and one of his roommates,
Taylor Thomas, a freshman from
Pittsburg, created a Facebook
page. The page provides informa-
tion to followers about meetings,
videos on slacklining and group
events.
Thomas said Young was the
one who got him started in slack-
lining.
One day, Kyle took a bunch
of us out of our dorm to go try
and it, and I thought it was blast,
Thomas said.
Thomas also said there are
many benefits to slacklining and
being a part of the club.
Its a great way to meet new
people because everyone thinks
its really interesting, Thomas
said. Its also a great challenge
because its something that you
can always get better at.
Although the club is struggling
with funding right now, Young
thinks its future is bright.
I think that as time goes on
and we get more people to come
to the meetings, the club will
grow and succeed, Young said.
The clubs weekly meetings are
on Wednesdays outside Templin
Hall from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. and
Fridays from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
These meetings consist of teach-
ing the basics of slacklining to
those without prior experience
with the sport. On Fridays, the
club chooses a location where
they can slackline and practice its
technique.
Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Chris sChaeder
[email protected]
slAcKliNE sUPErsTArs
balanCinG aCt
New slacklining club offers students social and athletic opportunities
Contributed photo
Kyle Young, a freshman from Overland Park, started the KU slacklining club in
October. The club meets twice per week outside of Templin Hall.
rETAil
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sTUDENT sENATE
sTUDENT sENATE
Artificial intelligence is on its
way to the University.
A team of KU students will
soon develop cognitive models
for humanoid robots under the
instruction of Dongkyu Choi, assis-
tant professor of aerospace engi-
neering. The research is funded
by a $371,000 grant
awarded by the
Defense Advanced
Research Projects
Agency, and the
group will use its
findings in the
Virtual Robotics
Challenge, which
is sponsored by
DARPA and will be held next June..
The challenge requires the robots
to perform tasks related to manag-
ing toxic environments like last
years Fukushima nuclear disaster
in Japan.
For obvious reasons, tele-oper-
ated or autonomous robots are cru-
cial tools we can use in such situa-
tions, Choi said.
Choi is currently recruiting two
graduate and three undergradu-
ate students for the project. And
while he prefers students with a
background in cognitive science
or human-robot interaction, he is
mainly looking for quick learners.
Designing a humanoid robot to
perform these tasks is cutting edge,
Choi said, but the competition
allows for technological advances
with little risk.
There is little
chance of the
robots becom-
ing self-aware,
Choi added.
People will
have a signifi-
cantly differ-
ent view of the
robotics field in general after the
Robotics Challenge, Choi said.
That, in my opinion, is the biggest
impact on science and beyond that
we can get from a project.
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senate to vote on bill for
student survey board
The student senate student rights
committee passed a bill to create a
student survey board at its meeting Nov.
14.
The bill will be discussed at the full
senate meeting this Wednesday. The
purpose of the board would be to mea-
sure student opinion on student senate,
its initiatives and its use of student fees.
Part of the responsibilities of the board
would be to survey a sample of the stu-
dent body at least once per semester and
report its fndings to the full senate.
Zach McQuiston, senate development
director and one of the authors of the
bill, said the board would help senate
develop its platform by receiving input
from students about what they would
like to change on campus.
Having something like this legiti-
mizes it more, McQuiston said at the
meeting. its hard data. We have to get
as much visibility as possible.
The board would consist of the senate
development director, who would act as
chair, one representative from each com-
mittee, the senate outreach director, the
student body president or vice president
and one representative from the Univer-
sity Daily Kansan.
Our job is to serve the student body,
said William Easley, an author of the bill.
And we need to be a good steward of
their money.
Nikki Wentling
Fair trade items
another option
for holiday gifts
Professor seeks
students to help
design robot
marshall sChmidt
[email protected]
luke ranker/kansan
Hand made statues from Tanzania stand on display at the lawrence Fair Trade
Holiday Market at the Ecumenical christian Ministries. Fair trade products
promote fair wages, sustainability and suitable working conditions. The Fair
Trade Holiday Market will be open until saturday.
marshall sChmidt
[email protected]

People will have a signif-

cantly different view of the
robotics feld.

DONgKYU cHOi
Asst. professor of aerospace engineering
senate to consider
creating judicial board
The student senate University Af-
fairs and student rights committees
discussed a bill to replace the court of
Appeals with the Judicial review Board
at their meetings Nov. 14. Both commit-
tees passed the bill unfavorably.
Tyler childress and Alex rippberger,
college of liberal Arts & sciences sena-
tors, co-authored the bill, and 11 other
senators sponsored it. in the time be-
tween the committee meetings and the
full senate meeting this Wednesday,
childress and rippberger have had the
opportunity to make changes to it.
if the bill passes full senate, the
Judicial review Board will have the
authority to resolve grievances between
senate and students or student orga-
nizations, determine if an organization
has used senate resources against sen-
ate rules and regulations and hear and
resolve appeals regarding interpretation
of senate rules and regulations. it could
also interpret text of the senate rules
and regulations and determine whether
a senator or executive offcer has failed
with their responsibilities.
We want to make it where the board
is transparent, childress said during
the student rights committee meeting.
This exists so you can mediate any
problem that you have, and we want
to increase its visibility and legitimacy.
right now, its very vague.
Hannah Bolton, student body presi-
dent, spoke against the bill Nov. 14.
she was concerned that because some
members of the Judicial review Board
would come from the committees, there
would be a confict of interest.
They would come in with some sort
of bias, Bolton said. Most of the prob-
lems being discussed would have been
happening in committees, because that
is where a lot of the controversy takes
place.
if passed, the student judicial review
board would be in effect in the Fall 2013
semester.
Nikki Wentling
Review
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WASHINGTON (AP) As
Tammy Duckworth sees it, her
path to Congress began when she
awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center. She
was missing both of her legs and
faced the prospect of losing her
right arm.
As the highest-ranking dou-
ble amputee in the ward, Maj.
Duckworth became the go-to per-
son for soldiers complaining of
substandard care and bureaucratic
ambivalence.
Soon, she was pleading their
cases to federal lawmakers, includ-
ing her states two U.S. senators
at the time Democrats Dick
Durbin and Barack Obama of
Illinois. Obama arranged for her
to testify at congressional hearings.
Durbin encouraged her to run for
office.
She lost her first election, but six
years later gave it another try and
now is one of nine veterans of the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars who will
serve in next years freshman class
in the of House of Representatives.
Veterans groups say the influx
of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
is welcome because it comes at a
time when the overall number of
veterans in Congress is on a steep
and steady decline.
For example, the 95th Congress,
which served in 1977-78, had
more than 400 veterans among
its 535 members, according to the
American Legion. The number of
veterans next year in Congress will
come to just more than 100. Most
served during the Vietnam War
era. In all, 16 served in Iraq or
Afghanistan, not all in a combat
role.
Were losing about a half a mil-
lion veterans a year in this coun-
try, said Tom Tarantino, chief pol-
icy officer at Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans for America. We are
not going to be in a world where
a significant plurality of people
spent some time in the military, so
to have 16 men and women who
fought in this current Congress is
incredibly significant.
Tarantino said he recognizes
that the 16 Iraq and Afghanistan
vets have wide-ranging political
views. But at the end of the day, he
said, their shared experiences make
it more likely theyll put political
differences aside on issues like high
unemployment and suicide rates
among returning veterans, or in
ensuring that veterans get a quality
education through the post-9/11
GI bill.
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Jays still stuffed from Thanksgiving.
Partly cloudy
during the day,
fog overnight.
Wind SW at 5
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WHAT: Lawrence Fair Trade Holiday Market
WHERE: Ecumenical Christian Ministries,
1204 oread Ave
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
ABoUT: Do your holiday shopping and choose
from an assortment of handmade, fair trade
gifts. The market is open until Dec. 1.
WHAT: The Beautiful Boxer (Film Screening)
WHERE: Kansas Union, Traditions area, fourth
foor
WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
ABoUT: The LGBT Resource Center is sponsor-
ing this viewing about a Muay Thai boxer who
underwent a sex change operation to become
a woman.
WHAT: Support Movember
WHERE: Anschutz Library
WHEN: 8:00 p.m.
ABoUT: Show off your Movember moustache by
getting your photo taken for the KU Moustache
Photo Gallery.
WHAT: KU School of Music Symphonic Band and
University Band
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABoUT: Two of the Universitys musical groups
perform together.
WHAT: World Fashion Show
WHERE: Kansas Union Ballroom
WHEN: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
ABoUT: Check out traditional and modern
fashions from countries across the world in
this SUA sponsored fashion show.
WHAT: Full Student Senate
WHERE: Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium
WHEN: 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
ABoUT: Concerned about campus issues?
Voice your opinion at this meeting.
WHAT: Queervolution
WHERE: Sabatini Multicultural Resource
Center, Room 116
WHEN: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
ABoUT: A panel of LGBT community members
speak about their struggles and successes
after college.
WHAT: Campus Movie Series: The Campaign
WHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
WHEN: 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
ABoUT: The presidential campaign might
be over, but you can still watch Will Ferrell
and Zach Galifanakis battle for political
supremacy.
Information based off the Douglas
County Sheriffs offce booking recap.
A 26-year-old Kansas City, Kan.
woman was arrested Sunday at 2:15
a.m. on Highway 59 on suspicion of driv-
ing while suspended, third offense. Bond
was set at $1,500. She was released.
A 19-year-old Topeka man was ar-
rested Saturday at 6:40 p.m. on the 1800
block of Kentucky Street on suspicion of
cultivating or distributing an illegal
substance and obstructing the legal
process. Bond was set at $3,500.
A 35-year-old transient man was
arrested Saturday at 5:38 p.m. on the
intersection of 23rd Street and Nai-
smith Drive on suspicion of possessing
a controlled substance, possessing drug
paraphernalia, obstructing the legal
process and two separate failures to ap-
pear in municipal court. Bond was set at
$4,329.
A 22-year-old University student
was arrested Saturday at 11:19 a.m.
on the 1800 block of Louisiana Street
on suspicion of operating under the in-
fuence. Bond was set at $500. He was
released.
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Attention All KU Students!
The KU Theatre is seeking
Actors for
Intimate Apparel,
a play by Lynn Nottage
Auditions: December 2 4, 2012
The University Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive
Performance Dates: April 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 2013

Open Call Audition
7:00 10:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, Room 354, Murphy Hall.
Callbacks
5:00 7:30 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, December 3 - 4, Room 354, Murphy Hall.
To sign up for an audition time and get detailed information, go to www2.ku.edu/~utheatre.
The cast breakdown for Intimate Apparel includes 4 women and 2 men.
Four of the roles are for African American actors.
Intimate Apparel, a personal and moving drama by Lynn Nottage, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize
for her play Ruined, is symbolically a tale of dreams and disappointments in the African American
experience in the early 1900s.
Questions about the play or auditions: contact Scott Knowles, director, [email protected], or
Katherine Pryor, University Theatre managing director, [email protected].
KAMPALA, Uganda
Congolese officials are in talks
Sunday with representatives of
M23, the rebel group that last
week took control of the eastern
Congo city of Goma, according to
Ugandan officials.
Ugandan Defence Minister
Crispus Kiyonga said that he is
mediating discussions to help
both sides reach a settlement that
would end a violent rebellion
that has sucked in Uganda and
Rwanda, which both face charges
of backing the rebels.
M23 President Jean-Marie
Runiga is leading the rebels in the
talks, according to Rene Abandi,
M23s head of external relations.
Abandi, who is now based in
the Ugandan capital Kampala,
said M23 representatives met with
Congolese President Joseph Kabila
in a tense, two-hour meeting that
was also attended by Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni.
He tried to accuse us and we
also tried to accuse him, Abandi
said of the meeting with Kabila
on Saturday. It was a meeting to
have a common understanding
of the principle of negotiation.
(Kabila) said hes ready to nego-
tiate directly with us.
But some Congolese offi-
cials in the capital Kinshasa
have said there will be no talks
with the rebels unless they quit
Goma. A regional summit of the
International Conference on the
Great Lakes Region in Kampala
attended by both Kabila and
Museveni on Saturday called
on the rebels to leave Goma and
urged Kabila to listen to the legit-
imate grievances of M23.
Despite the regional leaders
demands for the rebel forces to
withdraw from Goma, M23 sol-
diers were visibly in control of
the city Sunday. M23 President
Runiga said that withdrawal from
Goma was under consideration
and, while M23 did not oppose
the idea in principle, no decision
had been taken yet, according to
M23 spokesman Lt. Col. Vianney
Kazarama.
BANGKOK Protesters
calling for Thai Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra to step down
rallied in the heart of Bangkok
on Saturday, clashing with police
in the first major demonstration
against the government since it
came to power last year.
Organizers had spoken of
mobilizing hundreds of thousands
of supporters. But only around
10,000 turned up, and by dusk the
leaders called the rally off.
Nevertheless, the tense gath-
ering served as a reminder that
the simmering political divisions
unleashed after the nations 2006
army coup have not gone away.
The coup toppled Yinglucks
brother, Thaksin Shinawatra,
triggering years of instability and
mass-protests that have shaken
Bangkok.
Saturdays rally was orga-
nized by a royalist group calling
itself Pitak Siam or Protect
Thailand. Led by retired army
Gen. Boonlert Kaewprasit, the
group accuses Yinglucks admin-
istration of corruption, ignoring
insults to the monarchy and being
a puppet of Thaksin.
Yingluck took the groups
threats seriously and accused
them of trying to topple her gov-
ernment, which came to power in
mid-2011 after winning a land-
slide electoral victory. Concerned
about possible violence, Yingluck
deployed nearly 17,000 police and
invoked a special security law to
give them extra powers.
Although the rally site itself was
peaceful, protesters on a nearby
street tried to break through a
concrete barricade guarded by
thick lines of hundreds riot police
with shields, at one point ram-
ming a truck into it. Both demon-
strators and police hurled tear gas
canisters at each other.
Police spokesman Maj. Gen.
Piya Utayo said five officers were
injured in the skirmishes.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia A
Russian court on Thursday dis-
missed a lawsuit that sought mil-
lions of dollars in damages from
Madonna for allegedly trauma-
tizing minors by speaking up for
gay rights during a concert in St.
Petersburg.
The ruling came after a one-day
hearing that bordered on the farci-
cal. During it, plaintiffs claimed
that Madonnas so-called propa-
ganda of perversion would nega-
tively affect Russias birthrate and
erode the nations defense capabil-
ity by depriving the country of
future soldiers. At one point, the
judge threatened to expel journal-
ists from the courtroom if they
laughed too much.
In the end, the Moskovsky dis-
trict court in St. Petersburg threw
out the Trade Union of Russian
Citizens lawsuit and the 333 mil-
lion rubles ($10.7 million) it sought
from the singer for allegedly expos-
ing youths to homosexual propa-
ganda.
Madonna did not attend the trial,
and her publicist Liz Rosenberg
said Thursday the star wouldnt
comment about it.
Anti-gay sentiment is strong
in Russia, particularly in St.
Petersburg, where local legisla-
tors passed a law in February that
made it illegal to promote homo-
sexuality to minors. Six months
later, Madonna criticized the law
on Facebook, then stood up for
gay rights during a concert in St.
Petersburg that drew fans as young
as 12.
Who will children grow up to
be if they hear about the equal
rights of the lesbian lobby and
manly love with traditional sexual
relations? one of the plaintiffs,
Darya Dedova, testified Thursday.
The death rate prevails over the
birth rate in the West; young guys
are becoming gender neutral.
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Congolese offcials
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An internally displaced congolese child heats water at the Mugunga camp outside
the eastern congolese town of Goma sunday. regional leaders meeting in uganda
on saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward congos capital.
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F
rom the propaganda shorts
of World War II to thinly
veiled recruitment initiatives
like this years Battleship and Act
of Valor, Hollywood has a long
history of cooperating with the U.S.
military. Yet when it comes to dra-
matizing real-life events within our
Armed Forces, the industrys con-
cern for accuracy is often marginal-
ized or dismissed altogether for the
sake of producing easily digestible,
inoffensive entertainment.
Kathryn Bigelow, the first female
director to win an Academy Award
after helming the Iraq War drama
The Hurt Locker back in 2008,
won praise from military insiders
for realistically depicting the per-
ils faced by Explosive Ordinance
Disposal teams. Some veterans,
however, were quick to dismiss
the films lead character, played by
Jeremy Renner, as a cavalier ste-
reotype.
Now Bigelow and her Hurt
Locker screenwriter Mark Boal are
returning to active duty as battlefield
chroniclers, this time in Zero Dark
Thirty, an exhaustive recollection
of the decade-long manhunt for
al-Qaida mastermind and millen-
nial boogeyman Osama bin Laden.
The movie, due for a Jan. 11 release
following an Oscar-qualifying run
in late December, boasts a cast of
ascendant stars, including Jessica
Chastain (The Help) and Joel
Edgerton (Warrior). It also con-
tains a ripped-from-the-headlines
sense of urgency that culminates in
a meticulous reenactment of Seal
Team Sixs now-famous raid on
the terrorist leaders compound in
Abbottabad, Pakistan.
In the months leading up to the
election, Bigelow and Boal had to
contend with a flurry of allega-
tions, mostly from conservative
pundits, claiming that Zero Dark
Thirty was being rushed into the-
aters to bolster President Obamas
poll numbers by reminding the
public of his decision to order the
raid. Columbia Pictures responded
by pushing back the films release
date, originally scheduled for mid-
October, and compelling Boal to
emphatically state that the movies
focus was far removed from poli-
tics.
On paper, Zero Dark Thirty
reads like a jingoists wet dream, a
triumphant retelling of the opera-
tion that killed Americas most
notorious enemy. Yet the film itself
has become a bone of contention
among government bigwigs, par-
ticularly after the publication of
Matt Bissonnettes No Easy Day, a
book that purportedly gives a first-
person account of the Abbottabad
mission, and the recent furor over
the news that seven members of
Team Six disclosed classified infor-
mation while serving as paid con-
sultants for Electronic Arts Medal
of Honor: Warfighter video game.
For some in the military brass, our
special forces are in serious danger
of overexposure, and to them, mov-
ies like Zero Dark Thirty are an
integral part of that problem.
The movies reportedly bleak
tone is also an issue. Early reviews
suggest that Bigelow hasnt lost her
knack for blending gritty violence
with ideological ambiguity, mean-
ing that Zero Dark Thirty wont
be shying away from the ugly inter-
rogation methods used to extract
Bin Ladens whereabouts or the
grim details of what happened
inside the compound, which was
crawling with women and children
when the Seals stormed the gates.
Personally, Im glad the film is aim-
ing for accuracy over sheer enter-
tainment, but a morally muddled
narrative could alienate audiences
expecting a simple, patriotic action
flick about the death of the boogey-
man.
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today is a 7
work and moneymaking have your
focus. meet a new friend through an
old one. loves easier to express for
the next few weeks. listen to your
feelings.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
today is a 9
take advantage of the creative
bursts of energy all throughout the
day. circumstances put you in the
right place. focus on team projects.
Just do it.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
today is a 5
Avoid gossip at all costs. Now
its time to stick together and pull
through. theres a lesson here some-
where, and youre getting better at
learning. follow the rules.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
today is a 8
compromise builds a strong foun-
dation. make positive changes after
considering the consequences. youll
make mistakes, but youll also make
money. its easier to take charge for
a few weeks.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
today is a 7
Get your papers in order, and ben-
eft fnancially. Something doesnt
pencil out at frst. taking action is
the best solution. you can fnd the
money.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
today is an 8
Someone needs to put some order
into the chaos. Help them play by the
rules. make up a plan for an imagi-
native but rather spacey friend. for
the next three weeks, its easier to
concentrate.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
today is a 6
dont go public yet. Now is time to
replenish depleted reserves. creative
accounting may not work out well. for
the next 10 days or so, its easier to
make romantic plans.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
today is an 8
Pay close attention to a master,
and accept their challenge. concen-
trate in the message you want to de-
liver. take a friend along to assist you
during challenging times.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.
21)
today is a 7
youre an inspiration to the world, if
you really think about it. concentrate
on the projects youre most proud of.
find people with similar goals. to-
gether, youre all stronger.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 7
Encourage criticism so that you
can clean up an old mess the best
way possible. A relationship under-
goes abrupt change, but the perfect
solution appears. think about the
future.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
today is a 9
creative work pays well. Pay close
attention to your target market. dont
forget about the older folks. Accept a
challenge and get a boost. the two of
you enjoy the moment.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
today is a 7
its easy to get distracted with your
own goals and projects now, but dont
overlook a loved ones needs. youll
spend more for the next few weeks.
Stick to your priorities.
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deceased dallas actor
was humble, well-liked
NEw york one reason dallas
became a cultural phenomenon like
none other is that larry Hagman never
took its magnitude for granted.
during an interview last June, he
spoke of returning to dallas and the
real-life Southfork ranch some months
earlier to resume his role of J.r. Ew-
ing for the tNt networks revival of the
series. there at Southfork, now a ma-
jor tourist attraction, he came upon a
wall-size family tree diagramming the
entanglement of dallas characters.
i looked at it and said i didnt know
i was related to HEr! Hagman mar-
veled. And i didnt know tHAt!
in its own way, the original dal-
las which aired on cBS from 1978
to 1991 was unfathomably bigger
than anything on tV before or since,
while J.r. Ewing remains unrivaled not
just as a video villain but as a towering
mythical fgure.
All this is largely thanks to Hagman
and his epic portrayal of J.r., a texas
oilman and patriarch who, in Hagmans
hands, was in equal measures loath-
some and lovable.
Hagman, who died friday at 81,
certainly had nothing more to prove
a quarter-century ago when dallas
ended after 14 seasons.
what made J.r. irresistible, and al-
ways forgivable, was his high-spirited-
ness, his love of the game. despite the
legendary fortune of the Ewings, J.r.
didnt faunt his wealth. (Southfork was
comfortable all right, but not ostenta-
tious. if you wanted to see a prime-
time soap whose characters threw their
money around, you switched over to
ABc and watched dynasty.) J.r. sa-
vored power, not things. He loved doing
to others before they did it to him, and
he usually succeeded.
operating with such diabolical zest,
J.r. appalled viewers, yet they always
rooted for him. And relied on him to
prevail. Back in 1980, they played an
obsessive guessing game of who Shot
J.r.? But no one for a moment imagined
he would die.
tElEViSioN
this makes Hagmans passing dif-
fcult for fans to comprehend. And it
raises an obvious question: during the
new season of tNts dallas, which
begins Jan. 28, will J.r. have to die?
on some level, his fate seems un-
avoidable. But for viewers who have
hate-loved J.r. for decades, theres a
different answer: thanks to larry Hag-
man, J.r. is forever.
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Only weeks after the
International Cycling Union
stripped Lance Armstrong of
his seven Tour de France titles,
American cycling is trying to find
a way to distance itself from the
blood doping era.
Adam Mills, who races for the
elite Mercy Cycling Team based in
Fort Smith, Ark. said Armstrongs
fall from grace is rippling through
amateur cycling.
I know a couple tier three, or
domestic, pro teams have folded
this year, Mills said. People just
dont want to be associated with
anything that might happen thats
bad.
However, the teams that folded
might be the exception, not the
rule. Instead of turning fans away
from cycling, Armstrongs punish-
ment may have started to repair
the trust between the sport and its
fans. Every rider knows they will
not be immune from sanctions for
positive drug or doping tests.
Since the 1987 Tour de France,
eight of the 12 Tour de France
winners were either sanctioned
for doping or drug use or test-
ed positive during their careers.
John Lefler, a former elite cyclist
and current race promoter, said
Armstrongs exposure is good for
cycling because it ends the dirtiest
era in the sports history.
I think it will affect it in a
positive way because riders are
going to realize theres an eye on
them now, Lefler said. I think it
needed to be exposed. I think we
needed to be able to wipe the slate
clean and move forward.
Senior Grayson Warrior said he
hopes cycling will emerge from
this scandal cleaner and more
popular. In fact, his livelihood
might depend on it. Warrior is a
sociology major and the vice pres-
ident of the KU Cycling Club.
Instead of spending his sum-
mers in internships, he rides for
Colavita/Parisi, a local team.
USA Cycling classifies Warrior
as a level three rider. Once he is a
more experienced cyclist, he will
be in more races and can become
a level two rider. At that level,
Warrior will begin to attract pro-
fessional teams attention.
He said although Armstrong
gave cycling a face, opportuni-
ties for young riders to get into
the sport wouldnt decrease just
because Armstrong is gone.
Lance had his time. He defi-
nitely helped push that, but its
not solely based on one per-
son, Warrior said. Nowadays,
my friends, they dont really talk
about Lance.
Warrior, Lefler and Mills dont
race near the level of riders in
the Tour de France, but they ride
in USA Cycling-sanctioned races
across the United States, includ-
ing the Tour of Lawrence, Snake
Alley and the Tulsa Tough.
Warrior said he hasnt raced
as much in the past year because
his funds were short. However,
he said if he struggles to raise
funds early in his career, he wants
to intern with cycling companies
while racing on the side, because
the time frame on cyclists careers
is much longer than athletes in
other sports.
The thing is with cycling, since
theres almost zero impact to the
body, it really doesnt damage your
body that much, Warrior said.
Theres an extensive amount of
training that goes into it, but there
are riders who race in the Tour de
France that are in the high 30s.
Although domestic riders are
not racing for as much prestige
and money as riders in interna-
tional events, they are still racing
to support themselves, so Mills
said some riders still dope. He
said riders usually knew which
riders were doping because they
would make large improvements
in their time during the season,
instead of steady, short improve-
ments.
For Mills, the hardest part of
competing against riders who
doped is not knowing how he
would have done if everyone was
clean.
I dont know if I would have
done any better, but the frustrat-
ing part is Ill never know, Mills
said. I cant say, Oh, you took
this, this guy got third and you
take him out, so bounce me up
one spot. No, this guy got third,
but he made a pivotal move in
the race that triggered this whole
cascade of events.
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Armstrong scandal changes cycling
Utility worker pierced gas pipe
before New England explosion
Holiday
shopping
season off to
record start
sports
disAsters
retAil
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. A nat-
ural gas explosion that injured 18
people and damaged 42 buildings
in Springfelds entertainment dis-
trict was blamed Sunday on a utility
worker who accidently punctured a
high-pressure pipeline while look-
ing for a leak.
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan
said the Friday night blast in one
of New Englands largest cities
was caused by human error. He
didnt name the Columbia Gas Co.
worker who pierced the pipe while
responding to reports of a gas leak.
Te worker damaged the under-
ground pipe while using a metal
probe to locate the source of the
leak, Coan said. A food of gas then
built up in a building that housed a
strip club, and some kind of spark
touched of the blast, ofcials said.
Coan said the employee was fol-
lowing older markings on a side-
walk that indicated the location of
the gas line. He appeared to be an
appropriate distance from the line,
but the markings were incorrect
and the worker accidentally punc-
tured the pipe.
A message lef for a Columbia
Gas spokeswoman wasnt imme-
diately returned. Columbia Gas,
a subsidiary of public company
NiSource Inc., announced earlier
Sunday that it planned to open a
claims center for residents and
businesses afected by the explo-
sion at City Hall on Monday.
Preliminary reports showed the
blast damaged 42 buildings hous-
ing 115 residential units. Tree
buildings were immediately con-
demned, and 24 others require ad-
ditional inspections by structural
engineers to determine whether
they are safe. Te building that
housed the Scores Gentlemans
Club was completely destroyed.
Afer the pipe was ruptured, au-
thorities evacuated several build-
ings. Most of the people injured
were part of a group of gas workers,
frefghters and police ofcers who
ducked for cover behind a util-
ity truck just before the blast. Te
truck was demolished.
Some ofcials said it was a mir-
acle no one was killed. Springfeld
Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant
praised the actions of city frefght-
ers.
Te frefghters did an excellent
job evacuating the area which cer-
tainly prevented additional civilian
injuries and saved many lives, Co-
nant said.
Columbia Gas ofcials have been
cooperating with investigators and
have determined there are no more
gas leaks in the neighborhood,
Mayor Domenic Sarno said.
Coan said the investigation is
being turning over to the state De-
partment of Public Utilities. Its not
clear whether investigators will be
able to determine what caused the
spark that ignited the explosion.

i think it needed to be
exposed. i think we needed
to be able to wipe the slate
clean and move forward.
John lefler
Cycling race promoter
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evening. investigators were trying to fgure out what caused the blast where the scores Gentlemans Club once stood.
NEW YORK If you make
holiday shopping convenient,
Americans will come in droves.
Its estimated that U.S. shoppers
hit stores and websites at record
numbers over the Thanksgiving
weekend, according to a survey
released by the National Retail
Federation on Sunday. They were
attracted by retailers efforts to
make shopping easier, including
opening stores on Thanksgiving
evening, updating mobile shop-
ping applications for smartphones
and tablets, and expanding ship-
ping and layaway options.
All told, a record 247 million
shoppers visited stores and web-
sites over the four-day weekend
starting on Thanksgiving, up 9.2
percent of last year, according to
a survey of 4,000 shoppers that
was conducted by research firm
BIGinsight for the trade group.
Americans spent more too: The
average holiday shopper spent
$423 over the entire weekend, up
from $398 last year. Total spend-
ing over the four-day weekend
totaled $59.1 billion, up 12.8 per-
cent from 2011.
Caitlyn Maguire, 21, was one
of the shoppers that took advan-
tage of all the new conveniences
of shopping this year. Maguire,
who lives in New York, began
buying on Thanksgiving night at
Targets East Harlem store. During
the two-hour wait in line, she
also bought items on her iPhone
on Amazon.com. On Friday, she
picked up a few toys at Toys-R-Us.
And on Saturday she was out at
the stores again.
Im basically done, said
Maguire, who spent about $400
over the weekend.
The results for the weekend
appear to show that retailers
efforts to make shopping effort-
less for U.S. consumers during the
holiday shopping season worked.
Retailers upped the ante in order
to give Americans more reasons
to shop. Stores feared that con-
sumers might not spend because
of the weak job market and wor-
ries that tax increases and budget
cuts will take effect if Congress
fails to reach a budget deal by
January.
Matthew Shay, president and
CEO of the National Retail
Federation, said retailers can be
encouraged by the first weekend
of the holiday shopping season.
Retailers and consumers both
won this weekend, especially on
Thanksgiving, he said.
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shopping transportation
Cyber Monday takes center stage
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was coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers.
Kansas town to alter
seal after complaints
BUhLEr, Kan. the central Kansas
town of Buhler is redesigning its seal
after a group called the Freedom from
religion Foundation complained that it
contained a religious cross.
the hutchinson news reports that the
city also will replace a large sign in the
citys park that also contained a reli-
gious cross.
Mayor Daniel Friesen says city off-
cials sought legal opinions from several
different sources before making the de-
cision to alter the seal.
residents were informed of the deci-
sion in an email Friday. the cross has
been part of the citys seal since 1988.
the Freedom from religion Founda-
tion sent a letter to the city in septem-
ber. the organization argued that the
sign violates the Establishment Clause
of the U.s. Constitution. the group said
including the cross indicated govern-
ment endorsement of Christianity.
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SCRANTON, Pa. If the
trash truck or bus rolling down
your street seems a little quieter
these days, youre not imagining
things. Its probably running on
natural gas.
Surging gas production has led
the drilling industry to seek out
new markets for its product, and
energy companies, increasingly,
are setting their sights on the
transportation sector.
Touting natural gas as a cheap-
er, cleaner-burning alternative to
gasoline and diesel, drillers, pub-
lic utilities and government offi-
cials are trying to boost demand
for natural gas buses, taxis, shut-
tles, delivery trucks and heavy-
duty work vehicles of all sorts,
while simultaneously encourag-
ing development of the fueling
infrastructure that will be needed
to keep them running.
The economics are compelling.
Natural gas costs about $1.50 to
$2 per gallon equivalent less than
gasoline and diesel. That can add
up to tens of thousands of dollars
in savings for vehicles that guzzle
the most fuel.
Fleet managers are taking
notice. Companies as diverse as
AT&T, Waste Management and
UPS are converting all or parts
of their fleets to
natural gas, as
are transit agen-
cies, munici-
palities and state
governments.
Now that
you can save a
dollar or two
dollars a gallon,
theres huge interest in the mar-
ket, especially in those fleets that
use a lot of fuel, said Richard
Kolodziej, president of the trade
group Natural Gas Vehicles for
America.
Waste Management, the
nations largest trash hauler, has
committed to replacing 80 per-
cent of its fleet with trucks pow-
ered by natural gas. Rich Mogan,
the companys district manager
in southwestern Pennsylvania,
said about half of his fleet of 100
trucks now run on the cheaper
fuel. They are quieter and less
expensive to maintain, he said,
and we are looking at a 50 per-
cent reduction in our (fuel) cost.
Driller EQT Corp. opened its
own natural gas filling station
outside Pittsburgh in summer
2011, using it to refuel its trucks
while also making it available to
the public. Its now doing about
1,000 fill-ups a month and only
half involve EQT vehicles. Other
users include City of Pittsburgh
trash trucks, shuttles run by the
University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, a taxi service and a hand-
ful of consumers.
EQT wasnt sure how the sta-
tion would be received.
We didnt have commitments
at all beyond our own vehicles.
It was really a guess of what we
think we could do, said David
Ross, an EQT vice president
focused on market develop-
ment. We had people who, at
the beginning, said, No, were not
interested. Today they actually
own a vehicle thats natural gas.
I think having the physical asset
sitting there has helped it become
real for people.
Natural gas vehicles arent new.
But the drilling boom spurred
by new technology that unlocked
vast reserves of natural gas in
deep rock formations like the
Marcellus Shale underneath parts
of New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Ohio created a
gas glut that depressed prices.
That, in turn, has made natural
gas more attractive as a transpor-
tation fuel.
Partly because of a lack of
fueling infrastructure, gas isnt
expected to grab significant mar-
ket share from petroleum anytime
soon. Only a tenth of 1 percent of
the natural gas consumed in the
Unites States last year was used as
vehicle fuel, according to the U.S.
Department of Energy. Of more
than 250 million vehicles on the
road today, perhaps 125,000 are
powered by natural gas.
But energy companies see
potential.
Chesapeake Energy Corp., the
nations No. 2 producer, has been
especially aggressive about target-
ing transportation. The Oklahoma
City-based driller invested $150
million in Clean Energy, a com-
pany backed by Texas investor T.
Boone Pickens
thats build-
ing a nation-
wide network
of liquefied
natural gas
refueling sta-
tions for long-
haul truckers.
Che s ape a ke
also teamed up with General
Electric on CNG In A Box, a
compressed natural gas fueling
system for retailers; announced
a partnership with GE and
Whirlpool to develop a $500
appliance that would allow con-
sumers to refuel their natural gas-
powered cars at home; and has
been working with 3M to design
less expensive tanks.
Its simply a matter of time
before the U.S. meaningfully
shifts from transportation sys-
tems built around consuming
high-priced oil to consuming
low-priced domestic natural
gas, Chesapeake CEO Aubrey
McClendon wrote to investors
this year.
States are also promoting natu-
ral gas as a transportation fuel.
Nearly two dozen state govern-
ments have formed a consor-
tium to add natural gas-powered
vehicles to their fleets, an effort
launched by the governors of
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Its estimated that this years
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off all of its diamond earrings and
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on sale for $89.99.
Retailers are hoping the deals
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shopping online this year on his
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season, already shopped online on
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homes. So when they went back
to work after Thanksgiving theyd
shop on the Monday after, said
Vicki Cantrell, executive director
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the work computer to be able to
do that.
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find yourself praying for a final
that isnt cumulative, youre still
pulling all-nighters in Anschutz
library, and youre still counting
down the days to winter break.
Seniors may have the advantage
of experience over freshmen, but
the stress is all the same no mat-
ter which end of the spectrum
youre on.
All too often, students every-
where find themselves online
shopping for Christmas presents,
thinking they still have time to
worry about those finals. Most
college students get through
finals week with too much stress,
little sleep and lots of caffeine.
Coffee can only do so much
when stress is eating away at you.
Managing your stress is the best
way to survive finals week.
Its a common misconcep-
tion that college students often
perform poorly come final exam
time. With proper preparation
and determination, this does not
have to be the case. Start prepar-
ing now. Study a little bit every
night. Start attending those extra
study sessions. It will be worth
it in the long run, for there is no
better Christmas present to your-
self than a successful semester
with exceptional grades on your
final exams.
Start studying now and avoid
the cramming later. College can
be the most stressful of times,
but as students with full plates,
it is imperative to maintain and
deal with stress. According to an
article on USnews.com, when
stress is prolonged or over-
whelming, it has been implicated
in a host of health problems,
including impaired immunity
and depression.
In the same USnews.com arti-
cle, a survey was conducted for
the Associated Press and MTV in
2009. It showed that 85 percent
of college students were stressed.
Youre not alone. Stress is a part
of life, but it cant take over your
life. Manage it and stay on top
of things. Built-up stress has no
positives to it, and letting it get
out of hand can threaten to your
health. Deal with it as it comes.
Keep your schedule organized
and dont procrastinate.
Studying ahead of time is also
a good way to avoid those all-
nighters. We need sleep. Come
finals time, youll see heads
down in lectures, heads in arms
at Anschutz. But an all-nighter
isnt going to help you on your
final. In fact, according to a study
by The New York Times, all-
nighters actually hurt your study
skills. Minimum sleep necessary
for students is eight hours, and
any night of sleep less than that
will reduce your memory skills
and your performance level will
tank. And you cant make up for
an all-nighter by sleeping until
noon on Saturday. Studies show
it can take up to two weeks to get
a natural cycle back after pulling
an all-nighter.
Remind yourselfwinter
break. Motivate yourself to get
through finals and then you can
bask in your hard work and good
grades as you sleep in your own
bed back home. Added bonus: no
homework over winter break.
Lavigne is a freshman from St. Paul,
Minn.
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CoMMuNITy INTERNET
By Anna Lavigne
[email protected]
@JRHegwood
@UdK_opinion Not watching the
Border War.
@hawkman021
@UdK_opinion Eating taco shop
in Hays for 3 out of the 5 days
I was there plus chili one night
really tested the plumbing
@bluemreh
@UdK_opinion When my wishbone
wish didnt come true :(
@twisted_charm
@UdK_opinion Midwest to east
coast then to west coast and back
to midwest. too many time zones.
#jetlag
@malzu3bi
@UdK_opinion Coming back to
Lawrence
Every day is a constant battle... To
sleep, or to walk up that giant hill
and go to class?
So Kus Got Talent is coming up. This
would be game over only if I could
bring my shower on stage.
To the two guys sitting in the grass
by Marvin: one fedora per group.
Im not sure whats worse: sitting on
a cold public toilet seat or sitting on
a warm one.
Does anyone want to make me a
quick sandwich?
Its called Joy Whack-a-Mole.
What happens: Somebody brings
up something that theyre happy
about, and the other person SLaMS
IT DoWN!
I dont think youre watching the
same football team if you think the
defense is the problem.
I was on the way to class and saw
a stick on the ground. The kid in me
said pick it up and swing about. The
stoned college student did just that.
While were on the subject of crazy
professors, Id like a shout out for Dr.
Paul Laird (musicology). The hope
of another pun is what keeps us
coming, sir!
Life of a dedicated basketball fan:
constantly fnding bits of newspaper
in your purse or hoodie.
yep, the guy in my class down in
front is playing video games on his
iPad.
Why am I so turned on studying
chemistry? My life is just that sad.
Its a dog-eat-dog world, and Im
wearing milk bone underwear.
Getting your exercise during the
holidays: using the stairs instead of
the elevator. Its good enough.
I love my family, but its time to be
back at Ku.
First!
Worst part of Thanksgiving Break?
accidentally fnding your parents
sex for dummies audiobook.
Does it mean youre an alcoholic
when your best friends from high
school can spend all day with you
and not realize youve been drunk the
whole time?
How do I subtly convince my
boyfriend to let me meet his
parents......?
A
s most people through
the years have used the
Internet and technology
for productivity and the better-
ment of the world in general, there
is a dark hole that has started to
show itself in the past five years or
so. That hole is better known as
memes.
Yes, we all know and love the
Internet memes, with them dating
back at least a decade or so but
not becoming popular until the
past five years. But what do we
think of when we think of memes?
According to the article at new-
mediarockstars.com, we see that a
meme being a photo, quote, text
of something similar that comes
out of nowhere on the Internet.
But what makes them the most
interesting is the idea that some-
thing utterly random can be made
funny or fascinating.
One example is if we take a
look at some of the most popular
memes. With such memes that
include Rick rolling, Success
Kid, Condescending Wonka,
and, of course, the popular
Nicholas Cage, we can see the
utter randomness that sprouts
from the corners of the Internet.
Another example is what is
even more surprising about these
Internet memes is that the people
behind them have the power to
take a nobody like the Overly
Attached Girlfriend meme and
make her into a web celebrity.
With this meme, she was able to
take her 15 minutes of fame all the
way to starring in her very own
Samsung Commercial. Or take
a real celebrity, like the rapper
Xzibit with the Yo Dawg meme
and make fun of their original 15
minutes of fame. Xzbit, the former
host of the MTV show Pimp My
Ride, was seen lashing out at the
creators of the meme, saying on
his Twitter account, Everybody
with the sup dawg shit can find
the highest place in your house
and jump on something sharp to
kill yourselves. Sadly, Xzibit isnt
too fond of the only Internet pub-
licity thats keeping him relevant.
But what can we take from
these Internet memes? What does
the state of the Internet say about
us that focuses on pictures of cats
speaking in awful English and
rage faces? I would argue that
we are all looking for something
to entertain us and get an escape
from all of the stresses of our lives,
and these pictures and videos do
just that, even for a split second.
The Internet capitalizes on the
cuteness of cats and dogs, awk-
wardness of social interaction and
even more. What these memes can
really do for us is give us an outlet
by giving someone their 15 min-
utes of fame, to making someone
completely and utterly lose their
mind, or even allow people to
relate to each other with the awk-
ward situations they experienced.
And, if you ask me, that is per-
fectly OK.
Phillippe is a senior majoring in
American studies from Keller, Texas.
F
or most college kids,
being away from home
and in a new environ-
ment is difficult and can
often be overwhelming.
Transitioning from an environ-
ment in high school where you
knew almost everyone in your
class, to a Division I University
where you pass thousands of
people every day that you dont
know is a huge change.
Overcoming the initial anxi-
ety of being overwhelmed by
how big and impersonal things
are here at the University often
starts with small gestures of
kindness from unexpected
sources.
Ron Wroczynski and Paul
Baker are two University
Dining employees that nearly
every student at the University
has come across this semester.
Wroczynski runs the hot dog
stand on Wescoe Beach while
his counterpart Baker prepares
made-to-order omelets for stu-
dents in a number of different
buildings on campus through-
out the week.
Although omelets and hot
dogs are both delicious, they
do not directly relate to help-
ing students overcome the
transition to University life. It
is the complimentary service
of conversation that goes along
with these delectable treats
that has caused these two men
to develop a loyal following
amongst students.
Wroczynski and Baker offer
students a taste of their lost
home lives along with the food
they serve, by remembering
names and faces and banter-
ing with them as they prepare
their food. A few architecture
students I spoke with said that
they go visit Baker, or Chez
Paul, every single Monday for
an omelet.
When I probed them as to
why they went back week after
week they said it was because
of the way that he remembers
names, faces and even orders.
That sort of personalized atten-
tion is something that you
will be hard pressed to find
anywhere in a college town and
it is something that has made
Wroczynski and Baker wildly
popular around campus.
A number of local busi-
nesses could learn a thing or
two from the business plan of
Wroczynski and Baker, which
is one that emphasizes person-
alized service and friendly con-
versation. This local feel that
these two offer is something
that will continue to garner
them more and more devoted,
hungry fans.
Students struggling to
adapt to college town life
will continue to thrive on the
services offered by these two
and will seek it elsewhere as
well. If youre feeling a little
homesick or overwhelmed by
large-scale classes, get out and
experience something that
Lawrence has to offer outside
of the University. Do what-
ever it takes to feel at home
here and experience every-
thing Lawrence has to offer.
Hopefully you can find a few
people like Ron Wroczynski
and Paul Baker along the way
to strike up a conversation
with, but if not, make yourself
at home here. I know I have.
Sisk is a junior majoring in jour-
nalism from Kansas City. Follow
him on Twitter @calebsisk.
Kind acts increase morale
Memes: acceptable
entertainment form
By Caleb Sisk
[email protected]
By Brett Phillippe
[email protected]
What was the worst part
about your Thanksgiving?
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Texas ChrisTian 20 no. 16 Texas 13
TCU 7-4 (4-4) UT 8-3 (5-3)

Texas Christian coach Gary Patterson was thank-
ful for a win Tursday night, but also for the efort by
his defense, which forced four takeaways on the road
against Texas.
It was a rough night for Texas quarterback David
Ash, who threw two interceptions in crucial territory.
Shortly afer his second intercepted pass, TCU defen-
sive end Stansly Maponga sacked Ash and caused a
fumble to give TCU its third takeaway.
TCU running back Matthew Tucker then ran for his
second touchdown of the night to extend the Horned
Frogs lead.
Backup quarterback Case McCoy came in for Ash
and played well throughout the remainder game. Mc-
Coy had a chance to be the hero and force the game
into overtime, but he threw an interception on the sec-
ond play of the fnal drive.
Big 12 recap: oklahoma beats in-state rivals
big 12
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no. 13 oklahoma 51
no. 21 oklahoma sTaTe 48 oT
OU 9-2 (7-1) OKST 7-4 (5-3)
In-state rivals clashed Saturday night in Nor-
man, Okla., and neither team threw in the tow-
el. Afer four quarters and an overtime period,
Oklahoma won the grueling battle. But Oklahoma States 48 points is the most
by a losing team in the rivalrys history.
Oklahoma State running back Joseph Randle rushed for 113 yards and four touchdowns. He scored the frst
two touchdowns of the game to give the Cowboys an early 14-0 lead.
But Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones, who completed 46 of 71 passes for 500 yards, threw three touchdown
passes in the second quarter, which eventually tied the game at 24 going into halfime. Jalen Saunders, Justin
Brown and Kenny Stills all caught more than 100 receiving yards for the Sooners, and the three had a combined
411 yards.
Afer Oklahoma State led most of the second half, Oklahoma backup quarterback Blake Bell ran to the end
zone from four yards out on a fourth down to force the game into overtime. On the second possession of the
game, running back Brennan Clay dashed 18 yards to the end zone to seal the win.
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WesT Virginia 31 ioWa sTaTe 24
WVU 6-5 (3-5) ISU 6-6 (3-6)

West Virginia went through a lot of pain
during its fve-game losing streak. But this past
Friday, the Mountaineers pulled of its frst win
since Oct. 6 afer a hard-fought battle with Iowa State.
Iowa State quarterback Sam Richardson continued to surprise spectators. Te freshman threw for 162 yards
and three touchdowns and scrambled 18 times for 119 yards. But Richardson was limited in the second half when
West Virginias defense managed to create some key stops.
West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith played well, but he also got help from one of his receivers, who has
recently succeeded ofensively. Wide receiver Tavon Austin caught six passes for 99 yards and had 14 rushes for
74 yards. Austin fnished with 261 yards from scrimmage.
Touchdown passes to Austin and Stedman Bailey and a rushing touchdown from Shawne Alston went along
with Tyler Bitancurts three feld goals to help West Virginia defeat the Cylcones.

Baylor 52 Texas TeCh 45
BU 6-5 (3-5) TTU 7-5 (4-5)

Baylor stunned the world last week afer its big win over Kansas State.
Tis Saturday, Baylor proved that the win was no fuke, and its winning
habits carried over against a good Texas Tech team.
An early touchdown run from quarterback Seth Doege and running
back Kenny Williams gave Texas Tech a commanding 14-0 lead at home.
Doege and the Red Raiders ofense found ways to score. Doege threw two
touchdown passes to Darrin Moore and another to Eric Ward.
A 97-yard kick return by Jakeem Grant extended the Red Raiders lead
to 10. But that wasnt enough to take down the Bears. Doege had issues
taking care of the football afer he threw three interceptions and fumbled
once.
Nick Florence elevated Baylor in the second half by starting things of
with a touchdown run. Florence also threw two touchdown passes in the
second half, giving him three in the game.
Afer Baylor kicker Aaron Jones tied the game at 45 with a 22-yard feld
goal, running back Glasco Martin scored his second touchdown in over-
time to give the Bears another big win.
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of Rutgers University and the University
of Maryland will forever be known as the
moment when college athletics shifted to
super leagues.
Despite my hate for all that conference
realignment represents, the Big 12 must not
waste time in pursuing new members. If the
conference fails to add teams, it risks col-
lapse.
We witnessed this when the Big 12 seemed
certain to collapse after the loss of Nebraska
and Colorado to the Big Ten and Pac-12. Last
year, Texas A&M and Missouri left for the
SEC, leaving the conference once again on
the verge of collapse.
But today, with the additions of Texas
Christian and West Virginia, the Big 12 is
healthy and has the potential of becoming
one of the best conferences in college athlet-
ics. However, this is only possible if the smart
people sitting in Dallas at the Big 12 offices
realize the need to add as many as four to six
more teams. Ten teams can only last so long,
and a failure by the Big 12 to add more could
be catastrophic to the conferences longevity.
Under the current television contract, each
Big 12 team earns more than $20 million
annually in guaranteed revenue. This is a large
amount of money, which is why some schools
in the conference have been against adding
others. If the Big 12 conference includes
more schools during the current television
contract, current teams would lose some of
their $20 million to new members.
Despite this loss of money, the Big 12
should already have a few candidates in mind
for adding to the conference. Florida State
and the University of Louisville have con-
stantly been linked with moves to the Big 12.
Both schools would be fit perfectly into the
current mold of the conference.
Florida State boasts great football, and
it has a basketball program that has been
to four straight NCAA Tournaments. The
Seminoles are also always solid in track and
field, baseball and volleyball. Taking Florida
State from the ACC would represent a new
future for the Big 12.
If the conference added an 11th team, it
would also look at adding a 12th member
to even scheduling. The most likely member
seems to be Louisville. Rick Pitino leads
a highly-ranked Cardinal basketball team,
which could easily compete for a national
championship this season. The football pro-
gram has been a steady commodity, record-
ing three-straight winning seasons, including
a 9-2 record this season. Louisville also makes
perfect geographical sense and would allow
the conference to revert to its two-division
format.
One thing the conference cant do if
it adds two schools like Florida State and
Louisville is stop looking for other teams.
Things are always changing, and 14- or
16-team leagues may soon become common.
At this point, it is tricky to decide which
teams to add. The Big East and the ACC
would likely crumble if Louisville and Florida
State went to the Big 12. In this scenario, how
awesome would it be for the Big 12 to go
out on a limb and recruit schools like Duke,
North Carolina, NC State and Clemson?
This situation may seem a little far-fetched,
but the Big 12 must be proactive in the next
round of conference realignment.
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By Andrew Morris
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the mornInG breW
Q: What conference did Louisville
play in prior to joining the Big East?
A: Conference USA
www.funtrivia.com
trIvIa of the day
Florida State has had 35 NFL
frst-round draft picks since 1951.
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fact of the day
That caught me off guard.
Louisville basketball coach
Rick Pitino when asked about the Big
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Big 12 needs to be aggressive in recruiting more schools
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1:30 p.m.
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Kansas City, Mo.
NFL
Chiefs fall to Broncos, incur eighth straight loss
aSSocIated PreSS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Chiefs had the ball back late in the
fourth quarter Sunday, and were
facing fourth down in Denver ter-
ritory with just over 6 minutes left
on the clock.
Coach Romeo Crennel thought
about going for it indeed,
thought hard enough that he called
a timeout to give himself extra
time to weigh his options. But he
ultimately sent out the punt team,
and Kansas City never had another
opportunity to take the lead.
With four-time MVP Peyton
Manning directing the offense,
the Broncos kept picking up first
downs as time kept melting away,
and a field goal in the closing sec-
onds sealed their 17-9 victory.
Doomed the Chiefs to their
eighth straight loss, too.
The late-game decision by
Crennel was just one example of
a conservative approach that still
has not yielded a touchdown since
Nov. 12, a span of 11-plus quarters
and more than 173 minutes.
I was considering going for it,
but then I decided not to go for it
and we punted the ball, Crennel
said, before explaining why: The
fact that it ended up being fourth-
and-6 (at the Denver 47), and we
still had the time on the clock to go
out there and make the stop.
Crennel also elected to kick a
field goal in the first quarter, when
they were leading 3-0 and facing
fourth-and-2 at the Denver 4. His
reasoning was that it was best to
get certain points, even though the
Broncos had scored at least 30 in
five straight games.
They didnt need nearly that
many to overcome Ryan Succops
three field goals.
Manning threw for 285 yards
with touchdown strikes to Jacob
Tamme and Demaryius Thomas,
and Knowshon Moreno added 85
yards rushing for the AFC West-
leading Broncos (8-3), who won
their sixth straight despite putting
Willis McGahee on injured reserve
this week with a knee injury.
Manning went over 3,000 yards
passing earlier in the game and
rode the legs of Moreno into Chiefs
territory. Thats when he lobbed a
pass over nickelback Jalil Brown
and into the hands of Thomas for
the go-ahead, 30-yard touchdown
reception late in the third quarter.
The Chiefs twice had chances
to overcome the 14-9 deficit late
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This weekend, womens bas-
ketball coach Bonnie Henrickson
reached a milestone, winning her
300th game as head coach of the
Jayhawks.
Henrickson was given the game
ball after Kansas 76-59 victo-
ry over Alabama A&M at Allen
Fieldhouse on Friday.
Ive been really really blessed in
my career to coach really really tal-
ented players, Henrickson said. I
think back to all the great players
and people I have had the oppor-
tunity to work with every day.
The landmark victory comes in
Henricksons ninth season as the
coach of the Jayhawks.
Its fun to be able to share it with
all the people that have just dug in
with you, Henrickson said.
Seniors Carolyn Davis and
Angel Goodrich are some of the
people that have dug in with
Henrickson over her career. They
were both there for Henricksons
200th win as the Jayhawks coach
as well as the most recent win,
which gave her 300 for her career.
To be a part of that and to be
a player that helped her get those
wins feels awesome, Davis said.
Henrickson said she would have
liked to have had the win be a pret-
tier one, but she was happy about
the accomplishment otherwise.
Angel Goodrich said her coach
joked about the ugliness of the
game afterwards.
I know this game wasnt some-
thing that she liked, Goodrich
said. It was a little ugly game for
us as a team.
After the milestone, there was
little time for Henrickson to move
on and add win No. 301. Less than
48 hours later, Kansas defeated
Creighton 58-48 in Omaha, Neb.
for the teams first road game of
the season.
Forward Carolyn Davis achieved
a milestone mark of her own in
the victory over Creighton. Davis
scored 12 points against the Blue
Jays, which gave her 1,400 points
scored in her career at Kansas.
The Jayhawks seemed to have
learned from issues they had with
their defense in the Alabama A&M
game when they played Creighton.
The Jayhawks held Creighton, a
better team than Alabama A&M,
to 11 fewer points.
On offense, Kansas scored effi-
ciently, shooting 53.3 percent from
the field against Creighton. This
was a much prettier win for the
Jayhawks as Henrickson indicated
after the game.
This was a solid team effort,
and we got great offensive sup-
port from both Monica and CeCe,
Henrickson said of senior guard
Monica Engleman and junior
guard Cece Harper. It was a good
win.
Angel Goodrich facilitated the
offense with nine assists in the
game, a season high for her. She
also had five steals, yet another
season high for her. Sophomore
guard Natalie Knight had five
steals as well.
The No. 22 ranked Kansas
Jayhawks will return to Lawrence
and play Grambling State on
Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse
at 7 p.m. The Jayhawks hold a 5-0
record on the season heading into
the match up.
Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Monday, noveMber 26, 2012 PaGe 12 the UnIverSIty daILy KanSan
volleyball
womens basketball
Libero Brianne Riley dug a Texas
Tech attack to junior setter Erin
McNorton, who then set it to senior
middle blocker Tayler Tolefree. She
slammed the ball to the floor for her
eighth kill of the night.
Although it seemed like another
point, it was much more than that for
Riley. It was her 1,458th career dig,
breaking Kansas all-time career digs
record as a junior.
It was something that was always
in the back of my head, Riley said. I
think it shows every day at practice
I come ready to work. I could not
do it without my teammates and my
coaches because when I fist got here
freshman year, I was a mess.
The play epitomized Kansas
match against Texas Tech. Riley
helped get Kansas offense in-system
with 11 digs, giving her 1,459 digs for
her career. For the offense, Tolefree
recorded nine kills in the Jayhawks
three-set win on Senior Day. Tolefree,
defensive specialist Morgan Boub
and outside hitter Sylvia Bullock were
honored before and after the match.
Tolefree opened her final match at
the Horejsi Family Athletics Center
with two straight kills, and she started
the second set with one of her six
blocks of the night. The Red Raiders
took only brief leads in the second
and third sets after Kansas won 25-11
in the first set.
However, Kansas depth and tal-
ent overwhelmed Texas Tech, as
the Jayhawks took the final two sets
each 25-19. Kansas outhit, outdug
and outblocked the Red Raiders as it
finished the year 25-6 and 12-4 in the
Big 12. The Jayhawks also finished
with a winning percentage .806, the
highest in program history. Coach
Ray Bechard said the Jayhawks lost
focus during its final two sets because
of Senior Day and its first set romp.
Although he couldnt play Bullock as
much as he wanted, he was still happy
she recorded a kill in the third set.
First and foremost, we need to
win the match, Bechard said. But
you also want to appreciate all those
things the kids have done for you. So
you see Boub get a service ace or see
Tolefree get a block or see Syl get a
kill, youre proud of them.
Boub recorded seven digs, includ-
ing one that flew over the net and
landed on Texas Techs side of the
floor for a rare kill for the defensive
specialist. When giving her speech,
Boub became choked up when men-
tioning her teammates.
Past and present teammates,
Boub said. Looking over at them, she
broke down, an accurate reflection of
the chemistry this team built during
the season.
I knew I had to speak at the end,
so I was a little nervous for that,
Boub said. I told myself I wasnt
going to cry, and then I saw one of
my teammates crying before we even
started talking.
Like Boub, the toughest part of the
day for Tolefree may not have been
playing the Red Raiders. Rather, it
was giving her senior speech.
During her speech, she turned
to redshirt junior outside hitter
Catherine Carmichael and redshirt
junior middle blocker Caroline
Jarmoc, who sat side-by-side with
their heads buried in a towel. Both
entered the program with Tolefree
four years ago.
To Catherine and Caroline,
Tolefree said. She had to stop, over-
come with emotion.
Tolefree said despite all the emo-
tion, it would still take a while for
her to fully realize shes done playing
with one of her best friends, Jarmoc,
at Horejsi.
I knew going in that this was
going to be my last year. She knew
going in that it wasnt, Tolefree said.
It wont hit us yet until the spring
when shes going to practice, and Im
still in bed.
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Henrickson, Davis reach
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Jayhawks defeat Red Raiders
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senior guard angel Goodrich attempts a basket in Fridays game against alabama a&m. Goodrich played 33 minutes and
scored 15 points in the kansas victory.
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Junior libero brianne Riley dives for a dig in wednesdays match against st. louis.
Riley broke kansas record for number of career digs in saturdays match against
texas tech. she fnished the match with 11 digs to give her 1,459 for her college
career.


Alex Brown, Senior Forward
Brown played
his frst two
seasons at John
A. Logan Col-
lege, where he
averaged 10.5
points and seven
rebounds per
game. At 6-foot-11, Brown is a shot
blocker, with 113 blocks at the junior
college level. In his frst games at SJSU,
Brown is averaging 6.5 points per game
with 10 blocks and 18 total rebounds.
Trever Graff
James Kinney, Senior Guard
The Preseason All-WAC team selection leads the Spar-
tans in scoring, averaging 21 points per game. The guard
set the single season three-point feld goal record at San
Jose State last season with 86 baskets. Kinney is a com-
plete player who can get to the ball on the defensive end
and slash to the basket on offense.
Xavier Jones, Junior Guard
The junior college transfer is still trying to fnd his role
with the Spartans. A week ago against UC Santa Cruz,
Jones scored 10 points with four assists and one turnover
in a 25-minute performance. Although a relatively un-
known player, he has shown the ability to get to the basket
early in the Spartans season.
D.J. Brown, Sophomore Guard
Brown started the last 19 games for the Spartans. Last
season, he averaged 7.7 points per game and is the Spar-
tans three-point shooter. In his last game, Brown shot
three for four from outside in a nine-point performance.
The sophomore takes care of the basketball and fnished
last season with more assists than turnovers.
Chris Cunningham, Junior Forward
Cunningham transferred to SJSU from Santa Clara,
where he didnt get solid playing time. After practicing
with the team last season, Cunningham is starting this
year. In his last outing, Cunningham scored 19 with 18 to-
tal rebounds in 31 minutes. He has the ability to facilitate
an inside-out offense.
James Kinney, Senior Guard
This preseason All-WAC selection is
averaging 21 points per game to lead
the Spartans in scoring. The senior from
Champaign, Ill., transferred to San Jose
State from Ohio University where he
played the 2010 season. Kinney is the
teams vocal leader. He will have to play
well against the Jayhawks back court for
San Jose State to compete.
James Kinney and the Spartans fnd
their post game, allowing the team to
create easy outside shots with the in-
side-out game. This task is much harder
than it sounds against a Jayhawk team
coming off its best games to date in the
Sprint Center.
Practice was fne, as fne as it can be
eating three turkeys, sweet potatoes with
marshmallows, green bean casserole and
creamed corn and ham and everything
else.
Bill Self on the teams post-Thanks-
giving practice.
Senior Guard Travis Releford
Releford emerged from his early season
scoring slump and exploded for 17 and
23 points in his two games last week in
the CBE classic, where teams left him
open because of his previous struggles.
Now that Releford has burned two teams
with his scoring ability, he will face more
pressure when he has the ball. Hell have
to continue providing a scoring punch
even with the increased attention in or-
der to create open shots for his teammates
and keep the offense moving.
Right now, were focused on the
grind of each day, getting better every
day and enjoying the spirit of the team.
We want to keep focused on the process
of getting better and working at it, be-
cause we really believe that we have the
makings of a good team.
SJS Coach George Nessman after
the victory over UC Santa Cruz.

Elijah Johnson, Senior Guard
Johnsons transition to the point hasnt been as smooth or
as natural as expected at the start of the season, and while
the guard has shown fashes of his ability, he is still looking
to put together a full game where he pushes the Jayhawks
offensive tempo. But by recording nine assists against St.
Louis, he is showing that he could be about to turn the cor-
ner in his progress leading the Jayhawk offense.
Travis Releford, Senior Guard
Releford will be tasked with shutting down San Jose
guard James Kinney on defense, which will be key to the Jay-
hawks shutting down the Spartans. If Releford cant contain
Kinney, the Jayhawks could be in for a long day. Relefords
contribution on defense will be far more important than any
impact he has on the offense, despite his recent offensive
breakthrough.
Ben McLemore, Freshman Guard
McLemores explosive alley-oops and put-backs showcase
his athleticism and explain why he is such a hard player to
contain, but he needs to become more consistent with his
aggressiveness. McLemore has a tendency to disappear at
times, which could hurt Kansas down the stretch.
Kevin Young, Senior Forward
Young doesnt need to attempt a shot to have an effect.
Instead, hell be responsible for bringing energy and tempo
to the Jayhawks lineup, which was clearly lacking until he
returned.
Jeff Withey, Senior Center
Witheys 25-point explosion against St. Louis shouldnt be
expected every day, but he should continue to be a presence
on the low post for the Jayhawks. And if the perimeter play-
ers continue to make shots like they did in the CBE Classic,
Withey will get plenty of open looks to put up double-digit
point totals.
Ethan Padway
AT A GlANCE AT A GlANCE
Kansas vs. San Jose State
8 p.m. Lawrence, Kan.
KU
tipoff
San JoSe
State
tipoff
COUNTDOWN TO tIPoFF
Releford
McLemore
Johnson
Young
Withey
Brown
Cunningham
Jones
The No. 12 Kansas mens basketball
team enters its game against San Jose
State after winning the CBE Classic in
Kansas City, Mo. last week. The Jayhawks
spent their Thanksgiving break on the
practice court. As the calendar gets ready
to turn to December, the Jayhawks are be-
ginning to fgure out what each players
role on the team will be, and they will pre-
pare for the homestretch before conference
play begins in 2013.
After losses to New Orleans and
Houston, the Spartans have won two
consecutive games against Weber State
and UC Santa Cruz. The Spartans were
picked ninth in the preseason WAC
coaches polls in what is to be their fnal
season in the conference before moving
the Mountain West. The loss of transfer
Keith Shamburger the third leading
scorer on last years squad to Hawaii
is substantial. The Spartans look to pre-
season All-WAC guard James Kinney to
lead this years team.
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One of the diferent facets the
Jayhawks debuted in the CBE
Classic last week was their use of
full-court man pressure.
Freshman forward Perry Ellis
said the team worked on this full-
court approach in practice before
the CBE Classic.
Te full-court press has the
ability to slow down the Spar-
tans fast-paced ofensive
style and make turnovers
to jumpstart the Kansas at-
tack.
I think we play way too
slow, Self said. I dont think
our guards are creating
near the pace that the
game needs
to be
played
at. I
would say that a lot of that is on
Elijah and Naadir to create the
pace.
Self wants his point guards, Eli-
jah Johnson and Naadir Tarpe,
to play faster and
push the Jayhawks
ofensive tempo.
Afer Tyshawn
Taylor gradu-
ated last spring,
Johnsons role has
changed from a
wing player to the
primary player in
charge of running
the Kansas ofense.
Johnson is still getting used to
the adjustment and hasnt fully
settled into running the foor the
way Self wants it to be done.
Its not that hes not playing
hard, Self said. Its just that his
mindset is to get us into ofense
rather than to go make a play,
then if its not there, to get us
into ofense.
One of the ways
Self believes
Johnson
c an
improve the pace of play is by
placing more pressure on the ball-
handler on defense.
Even as they installed some new
facets to their game, the Jayhawks
still are not
close to hav-
ing their en-
tire system
in place.
Of course,
we wont add
anything, re-
ally, until af-
ter the game
this Friday,
and then well have another week
to add four or fve more wrinkles,
Self said. So hopefully, by Christ-
mas time, well have our full pack-
age in.
If the ofense picks up its pace,
this will help bring the team into
the mindset that Self wants them
to play with, instead of the one
they have now.
I think our mindset is a little
sof, Self said. I wish we had a
more aggressive mindset.
Edited by Joanna Hlavacek

I dont think our guards

are creating near the pace
that the game needs to be
played at.
BIll Self
Head Coach

After a seven-year absence, the
Kansas volleyball team is back in
the NCAA Tournament and will
host Cleveland State at 6:30 p.m.
on Friday in Allen Fieldhouse.
After a 25-6 regular season,
including a 12-4 Big 12 record,
Kansas knew it would be select-
ed for the tournament. However,
unlike the mens basketball tour-
nament, the top 16 seeds in the
volleyball tournament host the
first round of matches in their
own gyms.
The only drama for Kansas was
whether it would be one of the 16
schools given a national seed and
the right to host. When the televi-
sion screen in Allen Fieldhouses
Naismith Room finally showed
Kansas received the 11th overall
seed, the room erupted in cheers.
Oh my goodness, so excited,
redshirt junior middle blocker
Caroline Jarmoc said. We had
a really high RPI coming in, but
you dont ever really know what
the selection committees going
to do.
When the selection committee
gave Iowa State the 15th overall
seed early in the selection show,
there was some concern Kansas
wouldnt get to host. The Cyclones
split the season series with Kansas
and finished ahead of the Jayhawks
by one game for second place in
the Big 12.
With Kansas still waiting
to learn its destination, some
Jayhawks thought Iowa States
victory against Big 12 champion
Texas Saturday night may have
catapulted the Cyclones over the
Jayhawks in the selection commit-
tees mind.
If that was the case, Kansas
only hope to host was to be the
16th and final national seed. But
it wasnt.
When Iowa State came up as
a seeded team, I thought, Uh-oh,
maybe they jumped over us with
their win last night against Texas,
coach Ray Bechard said. But I
think for three Big 12 teams to be
seeded is very fair.
The Jayhawks benefitted from
playing a tough schedule this
year, which their No. 7 Ratings
Percentage Index (RPI) rank-
ing reflected. Kansas finished
10-5 against teams that made the
NCAA Tournament.
After finishing last season 15-14
and 3-13 in the Big 12, Jarmoc
said the upperclassmen took on
the responsibility of setting the
tone during workouts and main-
taining that focus throughout the
season.
Junior libero Brianne Riley
said that change in culture can
be seen in the Jayhawks success
this season in winning close sets,
something they struggled with last
season.
Last year, we thought we had a
chance, and this year we knew we
had a chance, Riley said. It was
just a matter of now executing,
getting those wins and getting a
better seed and we did.
Last Wednesday, Kansas hosted
Saint Louis in Allen Fieldhouse
because it knew the selection
committee might pick them to
host, and Horejsi Family Athletics
Center doesnt hold enough people
to meet NCAA hosting require-
ments. Although the match was
the night before Thanksgiving,
3,222 fans came to watch the
Jayhawks 3-0 victory.
It was awesome, Jarmoc said.
Especially being Thanksgiving
break, I didnt expect that thered
be 3,200 people showing up.
Now that schools back in ses-
sion, were going to have a bunch
more student body support. It was
great. I loved playing in Allen
Fieldhouse.
Kansas might get to avenge its
early season loss to Arkansas, as
the Razorbacks and Wichita State
will join Cleveland State in com-
ing to Lawrence. Even though
the Jayhawks lost to Arkansas in
the third match of the season,
Bechard said that match showed
him his team had the talent to
make the NCAA Tournament.
After the Jayhawks won an
emotional match in Manhattan
to sweep the season series with
Kansas State, Bechard was con-
fident his team would make the
NCAA Tournament.
Even in a loss to Arkansas
we kind of, we thought, domi-
nated that match, and then we
kind of got on a little bit of a win-
ning streak, Bechard said. And
we thought we could get better
because we didnt think we were
all playing well at the same time.
Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
T
exas A&M freshman quar-
terback Johnny Manziel has
captured the spotlight in the
college football world. Manziel con-
tinued his dominance after a 59-29
victory over Missouri, throwing for
372 yards and three touchdowns
and ran for two more.
Johnny Football helped the
Aggies clinch their first 10-win sea-
son in 14 years, despite the move
from the Big 12 to the Southeastern
Conference. Manziels remarkable
performance solidified his spot as
a serious Heisman contender.
The only issue is that Heisman
voters see it differently. Some arent
impressed with his play, but one
thing does stick out: Manziel is a
freshman.
In the history of the Heisman,
zero freshmen have won the
prestigious award handed to the
best college football player. Only
three sophomores have received
the award since 1954. The history
stacks against Manziel, but voters
simply dont vote for freshmen.
However, its time to put that to
rest and just focus on the best play-
er in college football. That player
would be Johnny Manziel.
Johnny Football completed the
season throwing for 3,047 yards,
21 touchdowns and only seven
interceptions. Former Heisman
quarterback winner Tim Tebow
of Florida threw for 3,286 yards,
32 touchdowns and six intercep-
tions in more played games than
Manziel. Another Heisman winner,
Auburn quarterback Cam Newton,
only threw for 2,854 yards and 30
touchdowns.
The best part of Manziels game
is his rushing ability. On 172 car-
ries, Manziel rushed for 1,114 yards
and scored 17 times. Tebow only
rushed for 895 yards while Newton
ran for 1,473 and 21 touchdowns.
Manziels dual-threat ability
truly makes him a special talent.
After the Missouri game, Manziel
recorded his sixth game with two or
more passing touchdowns and two
or more rushing touchdowns. That
tied Tim Tebow in 2007, during his
Heisman year, for the most such
games in a season since 2000. No
other Football Bowl Subdivision
quarterback has more than three
this season.
Manziel accounted for 439 yards
of total offense against Missouri.
That moves him to the top of the
SEC single-season list for total
yards, passing Cam Newton in
2010 and Tim Tebow in 2007.
Look, if Texas A&M didnt have
Johnny Manziel, think about the
success of the football team. Instead
of having 10 victories, the Aggies
might barely have four or five.
The victory over No. 1 Alabama
wouldnt be possible without the
freshman quarterback.
Heisman winners all lead their
respective teams while increasing
their production to incredible pro-
portions. Those same players make
plays that make spectators stare in
disbelief.
Those are a few of many quali-
ties that Heisman-caliber players
possess. So what if Manziel is a
freshman? He competes at the
highest level and deserves to strike
the famous Heisman pose and take
the trophy.
Edited by Christy Khamphilay
For students, Tanksgiving
break is a leisurely time to return
home and gorge on turkey.
But for the No. 12 mens basket-
ball team (4-1), the break
gave the players
their frst extend-
ed period of prac-
tice time since the
season started. Te
Jayhawks squeezed
in four practices over
the break, where they
began to implement
diferent pieces in
their game be-
fore they
tip of against San Jose State (2-2)
tonight at 8 in Allen Fieldhouse.
Yesterday, we spent two hours
just putting in four or fve diferent
wrinkles, stuf like that, which it
takes time, coach Bill Self said.
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COMMENTARY
By Pat Strathman
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no dayS off
Attitude Adjustment
Manziel deserves
Heisman trophy
Gameday: Kansas takes on
san jose state tonight
PAGe 13 PAGe 12
Henrickson
wins 300th
game as
Kansas
coach
With extra practice time over the holiday break, Kansas looks to turn up the heat
etHAn PAdwAy
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Geoffrey CAlvert
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Senior Jeff Withey drives to the basket late in Tuesday nights game. The Jayhawks won the championship game of
the CBe Classic against St. louis with a fnal score of 73-59.
volleyBall
Kansas volleyball ready to win nCaa championship
tArA BryAnt/KAnsAn
Sophomore outside hitter Chelsea albers serves the ball in Kansass frst set against St. louis University Wednesday, nov. 21.
The game was played inside allen fieldhouse.