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Loved ones remember the life of crash victim

BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com Kara Morgans passion in life was dancing. From the time she was little, shed take her little blanket with her and shed just dance around and put it over her head like it was a princess dress and dance and dance, Connie Morgan, her mother, said. When Morgan was buried last Wednesday, she was buried with a little piece of that childhood blanket. Morgans funeral was held at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Morgan, Holton junior, died on Sept. 12 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. She Morgan was driving on K-10 at around 3 a.m. when her car collided with another car, according to police reports. She and the driver of the other car, 20-year-old Eric Sill of Olathe, were both killed. Both were wearing seatbelts. Initial police reports stated that Morgan was driving in the wrong direction, but accident reconstruction specialists from the Kansas Highway Patrol later determined that Morgan was driving west in the westbound lane at the time of the accident, Connie Morgan said, and Sill was driving east. She said police informed both families on Thursday night. Morgan was energetic, charismatic and the life of every party, according to her friends. You could tell if she liked you because she was always bouncing up and down in your face and just excited about every story, her best friend, Hannah Blodgett, said. She told jokes and she had the most beautiful laugh. Morgan was part of the dance team at Jackson Heights High School in Holton until her graduation in 2001. She then moved to Lawrence, where she studied at the University and worked at the Yacht Club. Katie Kirsch, her manager there, said that Morgans energy was infectious.

increase in interest

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Students pack into the Business Majors, Careers, and Professional Skills class in Summerfield Hall earlier this month. Enrollment in the School of Business has increased since the economic recession began last year. Numbers have increased in both undergraduate and graduate courses, and more students are taking business degrees as a minor.

Business School numbers jump

Economic downturn causes enrollment to increase for major
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com For generations, the business of Kolton Slatterys family has been business. His grandfather, John Slattery, built his life on his small businesses as a mechanic and a farmer in Wright, Kan. Kip Slattery, Koltons father, studied business at the University and sold signs, eventually becoming the head sign salesman and senior account manager of Luminous Neon Inc. in Topeka. By the time Kolton Slattery, Topeka junior, started college even his brother, Kayle, had taken the familial path, with a KU degree and a job in business. Kolton began studying on a pre-medicine or pre-nursing path and positioned himself to be the first Slattery in three generations not to become a businessman. In light of increasing unemBut Slattery was not destined ployment and a diminishing job for science. This fall, when he market, Slattery isnt the only normally would have picked KU student changing majors. chemistry and biology classes, he The number of students in every decided his true future lay in program, undergraduate and the vocation of graduate, in the KU his brother, his School of Business The reason Im father and his has increased from studying business is grandfather. He last spring, said instead enrolled I think thats the best Toni Dixon, the in Business 101. way to be successful. schools commuSlattery chose nications directo pursue a busitor. The number of KOLTOn SLATTERy ness track not Topeka junior students pursuing for sentimental Master of Business family reasons Administration but rather for a degrees full time has practical one business seemed increased 30 to 40 percent this the best path to a job during an fall, Dixon said. economic recession. Enrollment in the KU School People are more aware of the of Engineering and Computer economy now, Slattery said. The Science also climbed to a 22-year reason Im studying business is I high this fall, Stuart Bell, the think thats the best way to be schools dean, said. successful. Simultaneously, the national

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School of Business officials report an increase in enrollment since the economic downturn last year.
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unemployment rate increased in August to 9.7 percent the highest monthly rate since June of 1983, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both Dixon and Bell said they thought the continuing economic downturn played a part in the

rise in business and engineering majors this fall. I think, in this economy, people are really looking where their career paths are headed and taking a new direction, Dixon said.

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Annual blood drive continues despite H1N1 concerns

BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@ku.edu Every year the Lawrence Community Blood Center and American Red Cross hold a blood drive on campus and despite concerns of H1N1, this year will be no different. Starting today and lasting through Friday, locations will be open all over campus for students and faculty to donate blood. Because of the H1N1 flu concern, Kelly Unger, president of the Blood Drive Committee, said the group had put more effort into advertising this year in order to appeal to a wider demographic. Bev Kerbs, American Red Cross Community Blood Center have donor recruitment representative, been concerned that the swine flu said she was concerned a lot of regu- outbreak will drop numbers, she lar donors wouldnt also said they were be able to donate still optimistic they When they are this year because of could reach their symptom-free, they sickness. goal of 1,000 units of When they blood. are welcome to are symptom-free, I think because of donate. they are welcome the publicity, it could to donate, Kerbs be the most successBEv KERBS said. But for right American Red Cross ful weve ever had, now, the message representative Kerbs said. is that we need the The Blood Drive healthy ones to Committee, a campus come in even if they wouldnt nor- group that hosts the blood drive mally donate. every year, has also taken measures Unger said even though to ensure every person who wants the American Red Cross and to and is healthy has the opportunity to donate. Not only have they increased the number of staff for this years drive, they have also added a new location at the Kappa Delta sorority house on the west side of campus, said Jim Sajevic, Community Blood Center site representative. We have gone to the greek system frequently and have always had success, Sajevic said. We try to select different geographic parts of the campus and various types of buildings to attract more people. Sajevic said to reach the goal of 1,000 units of blood this year, the center would need at least 1,200 people to show up and donate. He said 20 percent to 25 percent of people would have an unexpected conflict or would be deferred. He said this would depend on where they had traveled because of disease outbreaks in certain countries, whether or not they had a lowgrade fever or if they werent feeling completely up to par. Donors could also be deferred if they had low iron or hemoglobin levels. We address concerns head-on to ensure the product donated is safe for transfusion, Sajevic said. Despite the risk of being turned away while trying to give blood, however, students and faculty are still encouraged to try to give

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Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.
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The Lunch & Conversation: Options for Civility Issues workshop will begin at noon in 135 Budig. The Francis Heller book talk and signing will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.

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Nearly 10 percent of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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ON THE RECORD
At about 2 a.m. Thursday near 14th and Ohio Streets, a man was cited for urinating in public. At about 8 p.m. Thursday at McCollum Hall, a resident was cited for disorderly conduct after an altercation with another resident in an elevator. At about 10 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their wallet stolen, at a loss of $550. At about 10 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their wallet stolen, at a loss of about $100. At about 11 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their bicycle and lock stolen, at a loss of $850.

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Want to know what people are talking about? Heres a list of the five most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com: 1. Grant will allow Spencer Museum of Art to expand teaching researching, capabilities. 2. Kansas struggles early, cruises late against Duke 3. Students stay in town for Jewish holiday 4. Bus crashes into campus building 5. Addition to Memorial Stadium approved

1. John Trovolta could testify in extortion case

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NASSAU, Bahamas Actor John Travolta may testify against two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from the movie star. He would act as a witness in a Bahamas trial beginning Monday, court officials say. An ambulance driver and a former Bahamas senator allegedly targeted Travolta after his chronically ill son died in the Bahamas.

Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutors office, told The Associated Press on Sunday. It was not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally. A police statement said autopsies have been carried out on the two dead people but the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while.

4. Coast Guard recovers body of Calif. windsurfer

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3. Archbishop urges help for Camp Ashraf inmates

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2. Group therapy doctor accused of giving drugs

BERLIN A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 hospitalized, Berlin police said Sunday. One person was left comatose and in critical condition. The doctor who led the session has acknowledged giving the participants various substances and drugs during the meeting,

LONDON The Archbishop of Canterbury said Sunday that U.S. and Iraq must protect the residents of Camp Ashraf from violence and abuse. The situation in Camp Ashraf constitutes a humanitarian and human rights issue of real magnitude and urgency, Archbishop Rowan Williams said in a statement on his Web site. There is a strong argument in terms of international law that the Ashraf residents are protected persons, he said.

SAN FRANCISCO The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a San Francisco windsurfer found dead in ocean waters about 2 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Coast Guard spokesman Jeremy Pichette said a search was launched Saturday afternoon after a pedestrian on the bridge reported an unmanned surfboard floating in the water. A helicopter spotted the body around 6:18 p.m. and a lifeboat pulled the unresponsive man on board, still in his wetsuit.

acre-fire is 50 percent contained and should be surrounded by Sunday evening. The wildfire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday in the Cleveland National Forest near Temecula.

6. Man allegedly uses sword on his roommates

5. Officials expect wildfire to be under control soon

TEMECULA, Calif. Authorities say they expect to have a Southern California wildfire thats destroyed 12 structures and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes under control within a day. Riverside County fire Captain Fernando Herrera says the 340

BRYAN, Texas A man who was apparently upset after finding a soda can in his room allegedly used a sword to cut two of his roommates. Michael Angel Zamago was jailed on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to family violence. Bail was $25,000. A police report indicates Zamago was upset to find a soda can in his room, thinking someone entered without permission. Zamago allegedly used the sword to poke holes in a closed door to a room where the pair fled. One roommate has a cut under his right arm pit. The other suffered a cut in the shoulder area.
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For slain soldiers, flags to be flown at half-staff

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TOPEKA Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for two days this week to honor two soldiers killed in Afghanistan. The lowered flags will honor Cpl. Daniel Cox of Parson on Monday and Sgt. Tyler Juden of Winfield on Tuesday. Both men were 23 when they died Sept. 12 in separate attacks. k
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BRIAN WILLIAMS Lawrence senior I wasnt very impressed by his behavior. It seems like he was trying to be in the spotlight.

EMILY HEIDEN Urbandale, Iowa, sophomore I thought it was rude; Id be upset.

AUDREY MOYLAN Lenexa freshman I love Taylor Swift and I thought it was totally uncalled for.

CHRIS HANNEMANN Wichita junior I think Kanye sucks; he wouldnt be anything without his voiceover machines.

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Tour explains how stars are related to buildings

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Professor Emeritus Ted Johnson wants to give students the opportunity to see campus in a different light or lack thereof. Starting at 5 a.m. tomorrow, Johnson will guide The Autumnal Equinox Starlight Walking Tour

of Mount Oread before dawn on campus. He will discuss the importance of several campus buildings and how they were constructed with cardinal directions and star alignment in mind. Its fun to walk about and see how these buildings are set down and how they do relate to the North Star and so forth, Johnson said. It will get people to think

about the rationality of how our buildings are constructed on Mount Oread and theyre done with great sense of geography and how to put them down. Johnson said he liked to guide the tour on the autumn equinox but that anyone could conduct a tour any night throughout the year. The tour will begin at the

intersection of 14th Street and Jayhawk Boulevard. From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. the tour will make scheduled stops at a few campus buildings to learn how they relate to astronomy. At 7 a.m. the tour will return to 14th Street to watch the sun come up directly above the street.
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Some see mixed signals in laws on texting and driving

State transportation officials say they are not encouraging people to Fiddling with your iPhone get online behind the wheel. They behind the wheel can get you fined say drivers should read their tweets across much of the nation. But before hitting the road. In Washington state, for example, many states are more than happy where citizens to tweet you with up-toand transporthe-minute directions You shouldnt be tation officials on how to steer clear of fiddling around with can exchange a traffic jam. any kind of electronic messages about It is a mixed signal the latest trafthat some safety experts gadget in your car fic, the feed and politicians say could while driving. includes regube dangerous. lar reminders At least 22 states that FRank HoRnSTein ban texting while drivMinnesota state rep. not to use the service while ing offer some type driving. of service that allows Know before you go, said one motorists to get information about traffic tie-ups, road conditions or feed this week. Drivers should check our Web emergencies via Twitter. You shouldnt be fiddling site before leaving. If youre at around with any kind of electronic your office, before you leave and gadget in your car while driving, theres an issue on the roadway, said Minnesota state Rep. Frank it might alter your travel plans Hornstein, who helped write his home, said Randy Ort, spokesstates no-texting-while-driving man for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. law. The Arkansas ban on texting Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have banned all tex- while driving goes into effect Oct. ting while driving, and eight others 1; this week, the state became the prohibit texting by younger drivers latest to provide road conditions via only, according to the Governors Twitter, the microblogging service that lets people read and send mesHighway Safety Association. Many of these laws essentially sages of 140 characters or fewer. Other places offering traffic bar people from fooling with their smart phones in any way behind information via Twitter include: the wheel; in some cases, just read- California, Colorado, Delaware, ing from a mobile device is against the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, the law. Some supporters of text-messag- Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, ing bans say that states that provide Missouri, Nebraska, New York, traffic information via Twitter are North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia. undermining these laws. The apparent conflict results I would guess that the states wouldnt intend to be sending from two arms of government with a mixed message, but it sounds seemingly good intentions: translike it could be a mixed message, portation departments that want said Judie Stone, president of the to help motorists cope with traffic, Washington-based Advocates for and legislatures that are worried about the deadly consequences of Highway and Auto Safety. distracted driving.

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A billboard that encourages people not to text while they drive is shown in the north side of Indianapolis Thursday. Indiana drivers under age 18 are banned from using a cell phone while driving. Some lawmakers and safety experts have criticized states that penalize people who drive and text but still send traffic updates via Twitter. While Washington state lets motorists tweet about traffic conditions, in most states the flow of information is one-way from state officials to drivers. Some states, such as New York and Indiana, send lots of up-tothe-minute information. Others just tweet intermittently, or reserve Twitter for emergencies. Mississippi, for example, intends to use its service during hurricane evacuations. Maine has employed Twitter only to update drivers on an interstate highway project in the Portland area. Nebraska plans to use Twitter during winter weather emergencies. Oregon officials notify driv- border. Some users apparently just ers about emergency road closings want to chat. only. Got home, got changed, now We dont want people read- heading back to seattle for the ing their tweets Mariners game. Keep while theyre the roads clear for me We dont want driving, said on I90 (at)WSDOT people reading their Sally Ridenour, :-), one user posted in tweet while theyre spokeswoman late August. The reply driving. for the Oregon from transit officials? Department of No promises, but Sally RidenouR Transportation. we will do our best :) oregon Transportation In Washington Enjoy the game! dept. spokeswoman state, the 6,200 Others want to users can also know why traffic isnt request estimated moving. wsdot any travel times, mountain pass reports idea whats going on westbound on and waiting times at the Canadian 520? its worse than rush hour.., a user posted. Within a few minutes, officials responded: Yes! There is a disabled vehicle just east of Lk Wash Blvd blocking right lane. That kind of exchange, if conducted by drivers behind the wheel, troubles some safety experts. If youre sitting there and trying to update the world on the congestion youre in, you could be part of a collision, said Fairley Mahlum, spokeswoman for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Did it really matter that you needed to tell everyone and their brother what the situation is? Its just not really not worth it.

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Washingtons grow-it-yourself law on medical pot leads to confusion

Unlike some states, Washington requires patients to grow marijuana SEATTLE In one corner of themselves or designate a caregiver Washington state, a 62-year-old to grow it for them. For many, thats unrealistic: Theyre too sick to grow rheumatoid arthricannabis themtis patient could face The spirit of the law selves and dont more than eight years have the thousands in prison for growing would recognize the of dollars it can marijuana for himself necessity of having cost for a caregiver and three others. In small cooperative to set up a proper Seattle, meanwhile, growing operation. ventures. a collection of grow So theyve dan SaTTeRbeRg operations serves king County prosecutor devised their own 2,000 people with litschemes, claiming tle interference from to meet the letter police. of the law in estabThe discrepancy is typical of the confusion that has reigned since lishing collective grows or storevoters passed Washingtons medical front dispensaries methods that marijuana law more than a decade are making police and prosecutors ago. Nor have things improved increasingly uncomfortable. The spirit of the law would recmuch since the state clarified how much pot patients can have last ognize the necessity of having small cooperative ventures, said Dan year.

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Young marijuana plants are shown Tuesday in Seattle. Washington requires patients to grow marijuana themselves or designate a caregiver to grow it for them.

Satterberg, the prosecutor in King County, where Seattle is. But if they get past a certain size, become a magnet for neighborhood violence, or you get other people showing up to buy marijuana who are not permitted to under the law, then theres tension. Three years ago, Satterbergs office declined to prosecute a man who was growing 130 plants for 40 people. But a case this year may be testing his tolerance: He hasnt decided whether to charge a hepatitis patient caught with 200 plants, which he claimed supplied more than 100 other patients. Some activists and the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington recently began discussions with Seattle police over whether to limit the size of cooperative grows. In Spokane this month, police shut down a medical marijuana dis-

pensary the first such bust in the state and arrested the two owners. They warned a half-dozen other dispensaries to close as well, and the raid quickly drew protests from patients. The raid has set up a high-profile court fight. Approved by voters in 1998, it allows doctors to recommend cannabis as a treatment for a series of debilitating or terminal conditions a smaller range of illnesses than Californias law. A year ago, the state issued guidelines to give police and patients alike an idea of how much pot was OK: Up to 15 plants and 24 ounces of dried marijuana per patient. People can have more if they demonstrate need. Police in some jurisdictions have applied the guidelines strictly, arresting people simply for having more than 15 plants, even if they possessed no usable marijuana.

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in growing schools, such as the School of Business, during times of recession, Cudd said. Double majoring has gone up over the years, Cudd said. The business minor is clearly very popular.

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marketable. Dixon said the School of Business also accepted more undergraduAccording to the U.S. ate students this semester in an Department of Education, the tenattempt to meet a higher demand dency to begin pursuing degrees in from both students and outside business and engineering during employers. recession isnt new. The Bureau of Weve been able to increase Labor Statistics reported signifiWHats old is neW our faculty and, therefore, increase cant growth in both areas during again the last major U.S. recession in the the number of students that we Russell Mosser is retired and accept, Dixon said. Weve been early 1980s, when unemployment reached 10.8 percent in November isnt worried about his job status, expanding our programs based but he is concerned about the peo- on what employers tell us they of 1982. Approximately 36,000 more ple around him. He attended the are looking for in new applicants. students earned degrees in busi- University during the Depression We try to listen to them to make ness in 1985-86 than in 1980-81, and graduated 70 years ago in 1939 sure our programs offer the skills according to the U.S. Department with an economics degree. employers are looking for when He said the economy now is they hire. of Education. In the same fiveyear study, computer and infor- not much different than it was in Slattery, who said he hoped to mation sciences, a department the 1930s unemployment has secure an undergraduate spot in within the School of Engineering risen, the market is struggling and the School of Business, said his at the University, grew the sec- the recession is dictating student uncle, Joe Slattery, encouraged career paths. ond most nationhim to switch to business. Joe Although he ally by more than also attended the KU School of Being able to majored in eco27,000 degrees. Business to pursue accounting, and nomics, Mosser understand the Engineering, is now the chief financial officer of said he took courswhich added Business School is a SunGard Data Systems Inc. es in both money 13,000 degrees, He basically kind of told me great tool. and banking and in came in third. everybody needs accountants, public finance. He As students in Kolton Slattery said. Being able Kolton Slattery said when he first the 80s gravitated to understand the business school topeka junior began pursuing an toward business is a great tool for anybody to have. economics degree and engineering, in the fall of 1936 Theres businesses everywhere. student involveSlattery said he realized there the middle of the ment in 10 of the Great Depression he noticed a were no guarantees for a job fol30 listed fields in the study, includlowing graduation. But he said ing education, social sciences and widespread uneasiness across the he would certainly be more marhistory, visual and performing arts Lawrence campus. Kids were pretty serious at that ketable, and at a time when the and the humanities, dropped. market was struggling and jobs Ann Cudd, dean of the KU time because they were concerned were scarcer, that advantage had department of humanities, said about getting a job when they finished school, Mosser said. There acquired new value. students with degrees in these subStuart Bell, dean of the School jects had expressed concern about was no guarantee in that. of Engineering, agreed. He said Mosser said that although he did finding a job. She said she always asked about their biggest interest not notice his classmates choosing KU engineering graduates recentwithin their field of study and then one or two fields in particular, the ly found success in securing jobs tried to help them find resources University overall had more stu- in health care and environmendents who were careful to choose tal protection, and other students that could lead to jobs. We have a career center and the degrees they thought would be had noticed. As Kansas employers have been seeking KU engineera service learning center, both of most practical. Sometimes it looks like the ing graduates to help resolve state which can help students figure out same old thing, just in a differ- issues in these areas, he said, more what they want to do, Cudd said. Cudd also said she did not ent garb, so to say, Mosser said. students have sought to become a expect to see a significant decrease Things are not that different. part of the supply. Certainly we are seeing engiin humanities majors. Enrollment Theyre just dressed up a little difneering as being a high demand, in the College of Liberal Arts ferently. Bell said. Were not even coming and Sciences rose from 16,653 Business is Booming close to meeting the demand both students to 17,080 from 2007 This fall, while more students Kansas City and Wichita are placto 2008, according to the KU Office of Institutional Research chose business programs at the ing on our students. Mosser said similar to the 30s, and Planning. Although Cudd Lawrence campus, the number of acknowledged the recession had graduate students in the part-time he had directly seen the effects of this recession. His worsened, she said she thought KU MBA program at the Edwards daughter, who was students would always continue to campus also grew People are thinking pursue these subject areas, regard- by 30 percent, making $80,000 a less of the state of the economy, for Dixon said. She year, was recently of increasing their both their practical and intrinsic said the 30 to 40 laid off. education so theyll value. percent enrollOur economic be more marketable. time now, its really I think even in a time when ment increase students might be worried how in the full-time scary, Mosser said. toni Dixon their major will apply to the job MBA program Mosser said that School of Business market, students will still be going in Lawrence was even with rising to the humanities for those basic probably the bigunemployment, fundamental skills, Cudd said. gest indicator of a what he witnessed Majors in the College of Liberal struggling econoin the past has given Arts & Sciences have to do with my. him hope that the economy would broader questions about human People are going into the soon recover like it did after he life. Those questions are going to full-time masters program when graduated in 39. be burning, regardless of the state theyre looking to retool and find We keep reinventing the wheel, of the economy. a new career, Dixon said. The Mosser said. Were pretty good at A more likely change would be economy has a lot to do with that. that. a rise in the amount of students People are thinking of increasing with a second major or a minor their education so theyll be more Edited by Abbey Strusz

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Heather Himmelwright, Pratt sophomore, looks through posters Tuesday afternoon in the Kansas Union lobby. The back-to-school poster sale, which ended on Friday, offered varieties of posters ranging from art to landscapes, music and movies.

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Shed walk into a room and make everyone smile, even if they were having the worst day possible, she said In 2004, Morgan dropped her classes and moved to Hawaii, where she waited tables at a five-star restaurant for two years. Morgan would send gifts from Hawaii to her nephew, Cooper, said her sister, Jennifer Whitaker of Tacoma, Wash. He would always look for a package from Auntie, she said. Then she came back to Lawrence and was a poor college kid like everyone else and Cooper would say, Wheres my Auntie-package? After returning to Lawrence, Morgan started a new major in sports management. She told her mother two weeks before her death that her goal was to get an internship with the Seattle Seahawks. Of anybody that couldve done it, I think Kara probably couldve done it because once Kara set her mind on doing something, it got done, her mother said. Blodgett remembered traveling to Las Vegas with Morgan to celebrate Blodgetts 21st birthday. The girls had booked a room on the 10th floor of the Paris Las Vegas hotel, but Blodgett said Morgan charmed the workers at the front desk into giving the girls a free upgrade to a better room on the 27th floor. Blodgett said Morgan would want her friends and family to be happy, even after her death. Ive been telling them that shes dancing, wherever shes at now, Blodgett said. Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph

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blood. Blood cannot be manufactured; it must be donated, Sajevic said. It takes less than an hour, its easy and the personal satisfaction of knowing you helped someone is all the reward you need. Unger said she had been donating since she was 16. Its been engrained in me from my family, Unger said. My grandpa was a medic in the war and encouraged all of us to donate blood because it truly saves lives. Kerbs said each unit of blood, which is about a pint, had the potential to save up to three lives. Once the blood is donated, it is separated into three parts: platelets, plasma and red blood cells. Kerbs said each unit of blood, which is about a pint, had the potential to save up to three lives. Once the blood is donated, it is separated into three parts, platelets, plasma and red blood cells, and each part is given to a different recipient depending on their need. As in years past, the American Red Cross and Community Blood Center are offering T-shirts as an extra incentive for people to donate blood. Sajevic said it provided an additional benefit for the cause as well by drawing attention to the campus organization. Each year the blood drive has a new theme to encourage people to donate. This years theme is Crimson and Blue for KU. There are other volunteer opportunities, Unger said. But by donating at this drive, you save lives and thats something we rarely get the chance to do. Edited by Abbey Strusz

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KANSAS CITY A proposed casino at the Kansas Speedway received a new brand when the company operating the Kansas City-area NASCAR track took on a new partner for its project, changing from Hard Rock to Hollywood. The change is an issue for the state review board that will determine whether the project moves forward. The boards chairman has questioned how a name described last year as important to the projects success can be discarded this year. The tracks parent company, International Speedway Corp., had used the Hard Rock brand when its partner in the casino venture was The Cordish Co., of Baltimore. But when Penn National Gaming Inc., of Wyomissing, Pa., bought out Cordish earlier this month, ISC adopted the Hollywood brand Penn puts on its premier properties. For the Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board, more than a name or theme is at stake. Chairman Matt All said the issue is whether one brand name is better at drawing customers than another and whether the state stands to get more revenues either way from what already will be a notably different project. The unique nature of it the fact that you would look at that and say theres nothing else out there just like this would make it a more effective tourist draw, All said. I want to see the same type of thought and care put into this proposal to make it unique to this location as we got last year. The Penn-ISC partnership is the only remaining applicant for a contract with the Kansas Lottery to build and manage the single casino authorized for Wyandotte County. The lottery owns the rights to the new gambling, and the state will receive 22 percent of the revenue eventually, almost $50 million annually, according to Penn-ISC projections. Last year, the review board awarded the lottery contract to an ISC-Cordish proposal for a $681 million, Hard Rock-themed hotel-and-casino complex in a competition that began with five applicants, none of them Penn. But later, because of the sour economy, the ISC-Cordish partnership wanted to revise its plans, and the lottery reopened the application process. The second time around, the ISC-Cordish partnerships only challenger was Penn, which proposed a $539 million complex with its Hollywood brand near the NASCAR track. The new ISC-Cordish proposal is worth $521 million. In buying out Cordish, Penn guaranteed that the first phase of construction on ISCs project can be financed without debt.

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JERUSALEM Barack Obama will try to get Mideast peacemaking back on track this week in a meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping the weight of the U.S. presidency can resolve a showdown over Israeli settlement construction and get the sides talking again after months of deadlock. For Obama, its high-stakes diplomacy that relies on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as key to cracking other world problems. Hell be bringing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas together in New York on Tuesday for their first encounter since Netanyahu took office in March. Obama faces a tough task. The Israelis and Palestinians have dug in deep to positions that have eluded compromise, despite multiple visits by Washingtons special U.S. envoy. Deep divisions among the Palestinians further complicate the process. And its far from clear whether there is enough common ground between the hawkish Netanyahu and the weakened Abbas. The Palestinians hope to build a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with east Jerusalem as its capital. Israel captured those territories in 1967. While Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, Netanyahu has given little indication that he is ready to make territorial compromises in the West Bank and east Jerusalem that would be crucial to reaching an accord. After the meeting was announced Saturday, Netanyahus office said he warmly accepts the invitation. A senior Israeli official said the meetings in New York were meant to lay the groundwork for negotiations but would not constitute a relaunch of talks. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to articulate government policy on the record.

he received instructions from al- says the handwriting on the notes Qaida operatives on subjects such appeared to be Zazis. The affidaas weapons and explosives. Court vit doesnt mention that they were documents filed in Denver say Zazi part of a book, but that they were was speaking with agents under an e-mailed as an attachment between agreement where he might avoid accounts believed to be owned by Zazi in December, includprosecution. He received the training in the ing an account that originated in Pakistan. federally adminisIt appeared to be tered tribal areas Najibullah Zazi is consistent with the of Pakistan, the suspected of playing handwriting as it documents say. a direct role in an appeared in the docThe FBI said ument, an FBI agent it found images alleged terror plot, wrote of comparisons of nine pages of according to of Zazis handwriting handwritten notes investigators, charges with the notes. on a laptop conhe denies. In addition, agents taining formulas found Zazis fingerand instructions prints on a scale and for making bomb, double-A batteries seized during a detonators and a fuse. Zazi told the FBI that he must raid at a home in the New York City have unintentionally downloaded borough of Queens on Sept. 14. Zazi, who lives in the Denver the notes as part of a religious book he downloaded in August. suburb of Aurora, underwent three Zazi said he immediately deleted days of questioning by the FBI the religious book within days of before his arrest. Also arrested were his father, downloading it after realizing that Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, in its contents discussed jihad. However, an arrest affidavit Denver; and an associate

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ink ribbons, pink pins, pink stickers and now pink hair can be a sign of solidarity in the fight against breast cancer. With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness month, Salon Hawk is giving students a chance to add pink to their hair to raise awareness about breast cancer. This is a cause worth supporting in any way students can. Two years ago my best friend found a lump on her breast, said Emily Willis, owner of Salon Hawk. She thought at the time that students and young people didnt really have a way to contribute to the cause of breast cancer awareness. Cancer Society. Many suffer arduSo Willis started her own local charity and breast cancer awareness ous treatments, taxing emotional pain and often a hefty financial drive. burden. For $10, Willis will give stuDespite this, thousands of breast dents a pink extension and donate cancer patients fight the disease all proceeds to the with incredible humilLawrence Memorial ity and strength. Hospital Breast Center. Support from famThe donations help n n n ily and friends, and fund everything from charities such as the wigs to mammograms one started by Willis, to medicine and the bring hope to victims in their time charity specifically helps members of need. Its a commendable effort of the local community. The goal is and one students can easily take to raise $11,500. Willis will also be taking donated bras to string across part in. It only took like 30 seconds, the Kansas River in October in said Katie Lavery, Salina senior, order to raise awareness. who got a hair extension last year. This gets people talking, asking I think theyre cute and theyre for why they have pink in their hair, a good cause. which gets people thinking about Lavery also knows from expericontributing, Willis said. The ence that pink extensions are a funds also stay in the local area, so great way of spreading awareness. it brings the community together. People were always asking me Its easy to see those little pink where I got it, Lavery said. ribbons or hair extensions and An important part of Breast forget just how serious a disease Cancer Awareness Month is to breast cancer is: Every year more remind women about preventative than 40,000 people die from breast measures they can take to minicancer, according to the American mize their risks. Eating healthy,

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exercising often, moderating alcohol consumption and monthly self examinations are recommended by the Mayo Clinic. Breast cancer isnt something only women should be aware of. Not only can men get the disease in rare cases, but its also brothers, fathers and sons who bear terrible emotional pain when someone they know gets the dreaded diagnosis. Charities such as Willis make treatment less physically and economically taxing on patients and their families. Willis also makes it easy for men to get involved. Anybody is welcome to buy T-shirts or make donations and men can certainly get a hair extension, Willis said. Students should consider taking part in this and other charities during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each donation is a step closer to fewer breast cancer victims and a step toward more breast cancer survivors. Clayton Ashley for The Kansan Editorial Board

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he videos title said Steve Nash Vitamin Water Commercial. Although Im usually not one to voluntarily watch commercials, I hesitantly loaded the YouTube video. What followed was one of the best marketing campaigns in recent memory: basketball star Steve Nash in a satirical infomercial that makes fun of everything from traditional advertising techniques to his public image. Oh yeah, hes also saying something about creating your own Vitamin Water flavor through a Facebook group. Nash plays his part perfectly, using a gravely voice thats clearly an octave too low for him while slugging his way through the product presentation. I started to wonder. What makes Nashs commercial stand out? Advertisements have attempted to use humor as a marketing technique in the past, but Vitamin Waters use of parody shows the new direction the market is heading. Young adults have always been reliable consumers, and theres no secret to which demographic is being targeted by Vitamin Water. Similarly, Snickers has been running similarly witty campaigns by using popular public figures in their ads. One of my favorite commercials is the Patrick Chewing spot that features NBA legend Patrick Ewing zealously dunking a ball over an excited, Snickers-eating fan. Does it make sense? No, not really. Its not going to appeal to everyone. But this commercial has more than 700,000 views on YouTube, not including when the spot airs on regular television. Its impossible to deny that Snickers hasnt created a successful marketing campaign. The number of views of the video speaks for itself. Both of these companies understand the growing appreciation of satirical humor in our generation. I have a tendency to block out normal commercials on

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utism is becoming an epidemic in the United States, having increased about five-fold in the last 10 years. From its rise in diagnoses and increased media presence, autism has become the target of misinformation. The greatest myth surrounding autism is its hypothesized link to vaccines, an idea advocated by the anti-vaccination movement often attributed to Jenny McCarthy. They contend that the childhood vaccines impair normal neurological development and, therefore, cause autism. But an overview of the evidence behind these claims exposes them to be both false and dangerous. Is autism a true emerging epidemic? In the time that autism rates appeared to have grown in recent years, the medical definition of autism has begun to expand, and more people have gained access to physicians. Most scientists agree that this is creating the illusion of skyrocketing autism rates. Though it is possible that autism rates are growing, it remains far more likely that we are just much better at detecting it now than we were a decade ago. Anti-vaccinationists often point to vaccines mercury-containing preservative Thimerosal as autisms true culprit. Intensive research has overwhelmingly shown that this is not the case. Thimerosal contains the form of mercury called ethyl mercury, which is cleared from the body

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quickly and safely, not methyl mercury, which is more toxic and leads to most mercury-related neurological damage. Regardless, those who are exposed to toxic levels of mercury do not develop autism, but rather a more general form of neurological damage. The Centers for Disease Control had Thimerosal removed from childhood vaccines in 2001, with little change in the autism prevalence since. Many rigorous, independent epidemiological studies since have shown no significant connection between vaccines and autism. Despite these many lines of evidence, the anti-vaccination movement persists, now targeting different components in vaccines as harmful. This idea is not only scientifically incorrect; it is dangerous. Measles, mumps, rubella and other vaccine-preventable diseases are slowly increasing around the country. After the historical use of vaccines had virtually eliminated these diseases, their numbers are steadily climbing. We are losing our herd immunity, our protection against disease transmission when nearly everyone is vaccinated.

But if individuals continue to deny vaccines for their children and rely solely on herd immunity for protection, a devastating recurrence of these past-defeated diseases is foreseeable. The cause of autism is still elusive, but researchers are slowly unraveling its mystery. It is becoming increasingly apparent that autism has a very strong genetic link. For instance, males are more than four times as likely to become autistic than females. Although there is almost certainly no single gene or mutation that contributes to the entire spectrum of the disorder, it is likely that the complex interactions of genetic expression and regulation result in autism. Researchers are investigating the neurological characteristics of those with autism. By understanding what neurotransmitters are elevated or depressed, synapses grown or destroyed, or brain structures altered, we move steps closer to understanding autism and potentially developing better treatments. The safety and efficacy of vaccines may be one of the beststudied and documented treatments of modern medicine, but the non-evidence-based rationale of well-intentioned individuals in the anti-vaccination movement may do more harm than good. Folmsbee is a senior in neurobiology.

The writer of Thursdays letter to the editor, Replacing graphic displays with sex education, mentioned several times the abortion display using scare tactics in order to push the message of staying abstinent. The several pictures of aborted fetuses and facts of harm to a baby and its mother were not pushing an anti-sex message. The goal of this panel was to inform people of the destruction of a child during abortion. The message was anti-abortion, not anti-sex. Open your eyes and open your mind. Regarding sex education, in Missouri a child in public school starts taking sex education in the seventh grade and continues until their second year of high school to take the class. This idea of multiple years of sex education did not prevent the 12 girls in my high school from getting pregnant. That is four years of the continuing message, yet it

was ignored. Apparently we need programs that embrace sexuality without using scare tactics. My question to you is this: When should you not see the effects of STIs in sex education class? You know, the pictures of disgusting warts that are oozing with puss and blood on a persons body from such infections. Is that not using scare tactics? The truth of the matter is that abortions look like the pictures that were on the display. And let me tell you that the truth is scary sometimes, but we have to accept it. Regarding the abortion dilemma I have to quote Ronald Reagan, who said, Ive noticed everyone who is pro-choice has already been born. There is a goal both pro-life and pro-choice people should have in common: reducing the number of abortions to zero. If the two groups cant come together then the task will never get done.
Mark Wade is a freshman from Kansas City, Mo.

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naPlES, Fla. The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti, and police said Sunday the couple had a history of domestic violence calls to their homes over the past decade. Mesac Damas, 33, who has family in Haiti, left Miami international airport on Friday, said collier county Sheriffs office spokeswoman Michelle Batten. Sheriffs officials said they wanted to talk to Damas, who is a person of interest. They were not calling him a suspect. The victims found Saturday were guerline Damas, 32, and her children: Michzach, 9; Marven, 6; Maven, 5; Megan, 3; and

waSHingTon President Barack obama said requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they dont would not amount to a backhanded tax increase. i absolutely reject that notion, the president said. Blanketing most of the Sunday TV news shows, obama defended his proposed health care overhaul, including a key point of the various health care bills on capitol Hill: mandating that people get health insurance to share the cost burden fairly among all.
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mrothman@kansan.com n fourth and two in the third quarter, freshman running back Toben Opurum and his 6-foot-2, 235pound frame sailed in the air, leaned to the right and clenched a Reesing floater, sandwiching the ball between his hand and his helmet. It was an unlikely one-handed catch by the bulldozer from the backfield. Honestly, I didnt think I was going to catch that, Opurum said. The reception embodied the triumphs of a high-school-kidturned-Big-12-feature-back. Earlier this week in practice, regular starting running back Jake Sharp was injured in a noncontact drill and spent most of his Saturday on the sideline. So it was the Toben Opurum show against the Dukies and the bruiser didnt disappoint. He was pressed into duty today, coach Mark Mangino said. Toben had to step up and he did a really good job. Opurum had a sluggish first half, averaging a meager 3.1 yards per carry as he was constantly barricaded by a wall of white jerseys. Yet as the second half struck, so did his inner beast. Flexing his versatility in screens, options and inside and outside running, Opurum tallied two touchdowns, 50 yards on the ground and 47 more yards through the air in the second half alone. I think I did a better job of reading holes, Opurum said. Mangino said that nothing changed in his style of running or in the schemes called for the back. Instead, it was just a matter of getting acclimated to a featured role. I felt Toben just got more comfortable as he went, Mangino said. As a true freshman, theres so many little things to learn at that position. When he learns those little nuances, he will be even better. In high school, running backs dont have to worry as much about lowering their shoulder and taking a hit. Far removed from those days, Opurum is still adjusting to the stout impact of Division I defenses. They come at you ready to hit, Opurum said. But that doesnt mean that he wont strike back. As a running back in a pass-first offense, Opurum must regularly use his size in pass blocking. On Saturday, he was delivering vicious beatdowns to any defender in the wrong place at the wrong time. You can deliver the blow whether you have the ball in your hand or not, Opurum said. With such a multifaceted style of play, Opurum will likely continue to play a heavy role in the dynamic Kansas offense. When Sharp returns, the backfield will be a mouthwatering buffet of his speed and Opurums power. Add that to what is already one of the most distinguished and talented pass attacks in the nation and youve got a dangerous offensive assault. Were ready to face any adversity, Opurum said.

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Freshman running back Toben Opurum pulls in a one-handed catch Saturday against Duke. Opurum had 50 yards receiving and two rushing touchdowns in Kansas' 44-16 victory.

Jayhawks' victory less than perfect

By JAySON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com In the week leading up to a game, members of Kansas offensive unit, from quarterbacks to wide receivers, thoroughly watch film of their next opponent. The Jayhawks look for noticeable trends. They keep track of defensive schemes and alignments. And then the game rolls around and all that preparation is tossed aside. With the reputation and statistical success of Kansas offense looming large, the tendency for defenses this season has been to unveil new or lightly used schemes. In turn, the Jayhawks are thrown for a loop, even if only slightly. Take Duke for instance, junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe said. What we watched on film isnt really what they gave us on defense. Follow Kansan writer Jayson Jenks at twitter.com/ JaysonJenks. But I kind of figured that because of the offense we have. The nature of Kansas 44-16 victory against Duke was two-sided. Most notably, the Jayhawks played at home and defeated a lesser opponent without too many hiccups. As quarterback Todd Reesing said after the game, We took care of business. But theres another side to Saturdays game. Kansas 28-point victory was impressive, but the margin should have been larger. Passes were dropped, drives stalled and the Jayhawks turned in another lessthan-crisp offensive performance. Sure, Kansas piled up 490 total yards and had zero turnovers against Duke. But after the game, players said something didnt sit quite so comfortably. They hinted at the notion of underachieving, regardless of whether it was still early in the season. You could maybe make that excuse week one or week two early in the season, senior wide receiver Kerry Meier said. But here we are week three going into week four and I dont think you can use that as an excuse anymore. Weve got to shake those things. With Dukes defense showing previously unexpected coverages and schemes, Kansas offense moved sluggishly through the first quarter. The Jayhawks scored just one touchdown and looked anybut you cant fool him all day. thing but an in-sync unit. On this day, much of Kansas By the end of the game, Kansas offense, led by Reesings 338 pass- offensive workload fell onto ing yards and three touchdowns, Reesings throwing arm. With senior running back Jake more closely resembled the highSharp limited to just powered offense five carries because everyone expectLet me tell you now: of an undisclosed ed. injury suffered during And when People respect Todd a noncontact drill in Duke attempted Reesing. practice, the Jayhawks to limit Reesings struggled to consisoptions down MarK ManGino the field, he disFootball coach tently run the ball. Making his first played the crafty, career start, freshelusive running man running back ability that has Toben Opurum cardeveloped into a ried the ball 17 times for 70 yards weekly occurrence. Let me tell you now: People but gained 23 yards with Kansas respect Todd Reesing, coach Mark maintaining a comfortable lead in Mangino said. Theyre doing the fourth quarter. Reesing, on the everything they can to try and dis- other hand, tied a season-high with tract him and give him different looks. You can fool him for a while SEE footballON pAgE 5b

Kansas sweeps invitational, gains confidence

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cgoble@kansan.com Coach Mark Francis let his team know the importance of the weekends Jayhawk Invitational just before they took on No. 18 San Diego on Friday. I told the girls, Its an opportunity for you to send a message to the rest of the conference that were for real, Francis said. Consider the message signed, sealed, and delivered to the rest of the Big 12 coaches. Kansas scored five goals and shutout San Diego on Friday, and cruised to a 4-0 victory against South Dakota State to win its own Follow Clark Goble at twitter.com/ cgoble89. invitational. Although the margin of victory Friday was not indicative of a matchup of two ranked teams, senior defender Estelle Johnson said she didnt think the outcomes were surprising. Francis said his team knew that its mentality was a huge factor in how they played. When we show up and play pretty well, were pretty good, Francis said. When we dont, were average. Hopefully we will be pretty good more than we are average. It didnt take long for Kansas to show it was ready to compete on Friday. In the ninth minute, freshman Whitney Berry crossed a ball into the box to senior midfielder Monica Dolinsky, who tried a shot. She mis-hit it, but it fell to the feet of sophomore forward Emily Cressy. Cressy lobbed a shot over San Diego goalkeeper Courtney Parsons into the net. Kansas scored again in the first half on a shot by freshman midfielder Shelby Williamson. In the second half, junior mid-

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Senior defender Estelle Johnson pushes the ball upfield during the second half of the game against South Dakota. Johnson scored her first goal of the season with 56 minutes into the game. Kansas won both of its matches and the Jayhawk Invitational.

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Junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoes 117 receiving yards Saturday gave him sole possession of first place on the Kansas career 100-yard receiving games list with nine.
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any thanks to those who followed along this weekend as we live-tweeted Kansas footballs 44-16 victory against Duke. In spite of my laptops decision to die in the press box, I was able to crank out a decent discussion on the tiny keys of my phone. Hope to see more of you following along and adding your own thoughts as the weeks go on. In case you missed it, here are some highlights from Saturdays live-tweeting. 9:04 a.m.: Entering the stadium to the sounds of Sweet Emotion. Good start... 11:27 a.m.: Kansas wishes Greg Paulus played for Dukes football team instead. Coldplay is better than that defensive effort. 11:33 a.m.: Were under attack! Briscoe sets off the cannon with 14 yd TD catch. Does that get you on the terror watch list? 11:49 a.m.: Something is indeed

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up w/ Sharp. All Opurum out there. Sharp wearing black sleeve on left calve. Odds Mangino explains: NEGATIVE INFINITY. (Ed.: Fortunately, I was wrong on this. See Jayson Jenks game story.) 11:56 a.m.: On 3rd & 4 Drew Dudley comes up w/ the sack to kill Dukes drive. The sack attack is back for KU. Defense starting to outplay offense again. 12:01 p.m.: Yet another punt. Perhaps Sharp is the teams MVP bc aside from the TD earlier, offense just not making it happen. Need that versatility. (Freshman running back Toben Opurums 122 total yards and two touchdowns would eventually help

mightily.) 12:09 p.m.: Max O makes it 3 sacks for Kansas. Again on 3rd down. BTW, Daymond Pattersons taking one back today. Bet on it. (Hope you didnt.) 12:33 p.m.: That was cannon worthy. Reesing slings a sidearm to an outstretched Meier. PAT good this time. KU 20, Duke 7. 1:05 p.m.: Max O just took back an interception for a 48-yard score. Wow. 27-7 KU. FTW. 1:42 p.m.: Crowd is getting awful thin. Will there be five fans left in the fourth to receive a prize? (Fans still not keen on sticking around for games well decided.) 1:55 p.m.: Thinking of what laptop to get next & how to

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CONOVER, N.C. Jay Haas overcame a slow start to shoot a 7-under 65 on Sunday, winning his second Greater Hickory Classic by two shots over Russ Cochran and Andy Bean. Haas, who also won the Champions Tour event in 2005, set a tournament-record of 18-under 198 at Rock Barn Golf and Spas Robert Trent Jones course. His three-day total broke the mark set by R.W. Eaks in 2007 by one shot. It also made the 13-time winner on the 50-and-over tour the second repeat winner in the tournaments seven-year history. Eaks won back-to-back titles in 2007 and 08.Cochran and Bean also shot 65 on Sunday.
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By Corey thIBoDeaUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com Kansas is the unanimous preseason No. 1 team in the nation, according to the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. Also getting high mention were junior center Cole Aldrich and senior guard Sherron Collins. Blue Ribbon voted both players to first team All-American, joining Kyle Singler (Duke), Luke Harangody (Notre Dame) and Evan Turner (Ohio State). The preseason player of the year went to Aldrich. Were happy to announce that Follow Corey Thibodeaux at twitter.com/ c_thibodeaux. Cole Aldrich is Blue Ribbons choice as national preseason player of the year, Blue Ribbon editor Chris Dortch said in a statement released Friday. Weve watched with great interest his development from high school through now, and weve always thought he had the potential for greatness. Aldrich averaged 14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds per game last year and led the Big 12 in blocked shots. He recorded Kansas first triple-double against Dayton last year with 13 points and set career highs with 20 rebounds and 10 blocks. Kansas virtually retains last years entire roster, which went 27-8 (14-2 in the Big 12 Conference) and made it to the Sweet 16. With the addition of the talented freshman class, Blue Ribbon has high expectations for the team. We think Bill and his staff have put together a team that more than justifies the lofty preseason consideration its been receiving,

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. Jimmy Conrad atoned for two defensive mistakes with an 80th-minute goal, and the Kansas City Wizards earned their first home win since mid-June with a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night. Kansas City (8-11-6) trailed 2-1 after 75 minutes, but Josh Wolff tied it in the 77th and Conrads sprawling header three minutes later gave the Wizards their first home victory since a 3-1 win over New England on June 12. Dallas (7-12-6) has won just once in its last five games. Santiago Hirsig scored his first MLS goal in the ninth minute, putting the Wizards up 1-0 with a header off Claudio Lopezs corner kick, before Dax McCarty and Jeff Cunningham each turned a mistake by Conrad into a goal.
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The recession. The economy is tougher, Dethlefs, 28, said after skating in RALEIGH, N.C. There are last weeks Wicked Wheels of the some pretty horrific images in the East tournament, her last derby Carolina Rollergirls online injury event for the foreseeable future. I archive: The purple-black bruise on mean, it put me out of business. Laid off twice in the past year, Kristi Kremes thigh; the nasty case of rink rash on Shirley Tempers with no health insurance, Dethlefs is one of a half-dozbackside; the en Carolina players X-ray of the shatThe economy is whove had to hang up tered shoulder tougher. I mean, it their skates since the and cobalt chrome economy went sour. implant that put me out of Others have had to ended Harlot business. bow out of road trips OScaras roller with the all-star team derby career. ABBEY DETHLEFS because they couldnt Unlike her Carolina Rollergirls afford to travel or provocativelytake the time off. nicknamed fellow And other leagues competitors, Kelly Clocksem has managed to skate by and players elsewhere are feeling with just a few bruises and the odd the same pinch even as roller skinned knee. In her nearly three derby as a whole is prospering and years around the oval, the feisty actually enjoying a kind of mini5-foot-2 skater real name, Abbey Renaissance with next months Dethlefs has taken down some release of a skater film starring pretty tough opponents, but theres Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page. What most people dont realize one that proved too much for her. Associated Press

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is that roller derby an amateur affair, with nonprofit, skater-owned teams competing for fun and bragging rights doesnt pay. On the contrary, it costs skaters hundreds, even thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of knocking each other around on the track. Its gas. Its baby sitters. Its equipment, says Amy Callner, spokeswoman for Baltimores Charm City Rollergirls. Its all these things. Were making choices about what we spend our money on, says Linda Riker, aka Devil Kitty, co-captain of The Detroit Pistoffs, a member of the Detroit Derbygirls league. I no longer have cable at my house. I dont have the Internet at my house. Ive moved to a smaller apartment. I had to get rid of a bunch of my furniture to fit. Unemployment in the Detroit metro area recently hit 17.7 percent, and Riker says the league has ASSOCIATED PRESS lost about a dozen players because Abbey Dethlefs, aka Kelly Clocksem, readys her skates before her game during the Womens Flat-Track Roller Derby Tournament Friday in of the downturn. Raleigh, N.C. Tough economic times have rocked the sport, with some athletes being laid off.

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hmann@kansan.com The Cornhuskers (2-1) scored all their points on field goals by kicker Alex Henery, who had a career-high five field goals in the loss to the Hokies. Running back Roy Helu Jr. and quarterback Zac Lee fell short, as Helu ran for 169 yards and Lee completed only 11 of 30 passing attempts. Nebraska was leading until Virginia Tech (2-1) scored a touchdown with 21 seconds left in the game. Follow Kansan writer Hallie Mann at twitter.com/ halliemann11. pleted 17 of 25 passes for 256 yards in the game. Missouri (3-0) scored six consecutive touchdowns, including one interception return for a touchdown by Jacquies Smith who ran for 43 yards. After a victory against Wake Forest and a week off, Baylor (1-1) fell at home to Connecticut (2-1) this week. Connecticuts run game was too hard for Baylor to stop as the Huskies rushed for 235 yards. The Bears gave up two fumbles that led to touchdowns for the Huskies. Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin led a futile 78-yard drive that ended in a two-point conversion, bringing the Bears within eight points, but it wasnt enough to stop Connecticut from winning.

BaylOR 22, cONNecTIcUT 30

fibula. Texas A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson threw for 322 yards and four touchdown passes.

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Raiders struggle early, win late against Chiefs

to win most of the time, he said. We didnt get the result KANSAS CITY, Mo. On we wanted. Were going to have one of the most miserable days a smart team here. Nine penalof his career, JaMarcus Russell ties and a couple of those things got more than a win. He also put dont reflect a smart team. Were his name in the Oakland Raiders going to get back to work because were going to have a smart team history book. Missing high, low and every- here. But Tom Cable agreed it was where in-between, the 2007 NFL drafts No. 1 draft choice com- about as strange as they come. Its as poor as I think you can pleted only 7 of 24 passes for play offensively and still find a 109 yards. But Russell came into focus when he had to, engineer- way at the end there to win a ing a 69-yard scoring march in football game, said the Oakland the final 2 minutes for a wildly coach. While Cassel clearly outplayed improbable 13-10 victory over his Oakland counterpart, he did mistake-prone Kansas City. The Chiefs out-gained the make one mistake that Russell Raiders (1-1) 409-166, while did not. Russell avoided interRussell became just the second ceptions while two of Cassels quarterback since the start of the passes wound up in the arms of 1997 season to throw 20 or more Oakland defensive back Michael Huff. passes, complete less We had than 30 percent of Every loss hurts. things that hapthem but still win. This loss kills you. pened throughAnd its the first out the day time in the Raiders Brandon Flowers that we hurt 50-year history that Chiefs cornerback ourselves with, theyve emerged whether it with a victory after was offense or giving up more than defense or spe400 yards and gaining cial teams, Cassel said. The fewer than 200 themselves. I felt really good. The ball Raiders did a good job and was just coming out different for made the plays when it counted. me, Russell said. Other than Therefore, theyre going home with the victory. that, I felt good. Russell hit Louis Murphy for Russells teammates knew it 19 yards and connected with was a fight from start to finish. From the first quarter all the Todd Watkins for 28 on the way to the fourth quarter it was a nine-play touchdown drive. struggle for us, until the last 2 or McFadden took a pitch and sped 3 minutes left in the game, said untouched around the right side running back Darren McFadden, of the Chiefs defense. I knew that we left plays out whose 5-yard touchdown run around with 1:07 left made the there on previous drives before, so we had to come up with difference. Its probably one of the something, Russell said. Brandon Flowers, the Chiefs strangest wins. But a win is a No. 1 cornerback, returned after win. Cassel, making his long-await- being out almost a month with ed Kansas City debut after being a shoulder injury. But he was out a month with a knee injury, guilty of one of the many mishad given the Chiefs (0-2) the takes by Kansas City when late lead with a 29-yard touchdown in the first half he let an interstrike to Dwayne Bowe with 2:38 ception sail right through his to go. Cassel wound up throwing hands. With nothing but open field for 241 yards. Oaklands victory may not in front of him, Flowers would have seemed so improbable to probably have waltzed into the end zone. coach Todd Haley. Every loss hurts. This loss When you have nine penalties, two turnovers and a couple kills you, he said. other lapses, youre not going

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It all came down to the fourth quarter for Texas (3-0) and Texas Tech (2-1) in the Big 12s first intraconference game of the season. Texas sealed its victory against Tech when Texas quarterback Colt McCoy threw a touchdown pass to Dan Buckner, putting Texas up by two touchdowns. Texas Tech answered back when quarterback Taylor Potts threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tramain Swindall to bring the score to 24-31. The Texas defense preserved its offenses lead as it forced two Texas Tech fumbles in the fourth quarter.

Texas 34, Texas Tech 24

After hearing criticism from fans and media for two weeks, Colorado (1-2) silenced its critics with a shutout of Wyoming. Quarterback Cody Hawkins completed 17 of 31 passes for 175 yards but no touchdowns. Running back Rodney Stewart returned after a hamstring injury and scored two touchdowns on 127 yards rushing. The Cowboys helped Colorado to victory when they missed a 37-yard field goal and failed to convert on a fake punt. Stand-in quarterback Landry Jones and wide receiver Ryan Broyles combined for the second straight week to lead Oklahoma (2-1) to a victory against Tulsa (2-1). Jones threw for 336 yards, six touchdown passes and two interceptions, one of which bounced off the top of Broyles hands. Broyles had 11 catches for 128 yards and three touchdowns. Jones and Broyles may not combine for another three touchdowns if injured Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford returns next week.

cOlORaDO 24, WyOMING 0

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Zac Robinsons two touchdown passes and his one rushing touchdown kept the Oklahoma State Cowboys (2-1) from falling to the Rice Owls (0-3) this week. Robinson didnt have the most impressive performance of his career, but his 227 yards on 14 of 20 passes were enough to win. Robinson threw two touchdown passes to wide receiver Dez Bryant, who had 161 yards on nine catches. Oklahoma State played this week without its star running back, Kendall Hunter, who was out with a sprained right ankle.

OklahOMa sTaTe 41, RIce 24

Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud showed a vast improvement compared with last weeks performance, where he threw four interceptions and was taken out of the game. Arnaud ran for two touchdowns and threw for another. Iowa State (2-1) managed two touchdowns in just over two minutes during the first quarter and didnt let up from there. Iowa State running back Alexander Robinson ran in a 15-yard touchdown and rushed for 143 yards in his fifth career 100yard rushing game.

IOWa sTaTe 34, keNT sTaTe 14

Missouris quarterback Blaine Gabbert threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in Missouris victory against Furman (2-1) on Saturday. Gabbert com-

MIssOURI 52, FURMaN 12

Freshman receiver Uzoma Nwachukwu was the standout player for Texas A&M (2-0) in its road victory against Utah State (0-2). Nwachukwu scored four touchdowns and had 101 yards receiving. Nwachukwu did most of his damage after teammate Jeff Fuller was injured in the first half. Fuller will be out for the season with a cracked

Texas a&M 38, UTah sTaTe 30

Kansas State (1-2) couldnt stop the UCLA Bruins (3-0) on Saturday, and the Wildcats lost for the second straight week. Kansas State lost on the road last week to Louisiana Lafayette. Wildcat quarterback Carson Coffman passed for 192 yards but was intercepted two times and sacked six times. With only one field goal in the first half, the Wildcats kicked only one field goal in the first half but moved 80 yards in 14 plays from their first possession of the third quarter, scoring on a seven-yard run by Daniel Thomas. Thomas run was the only Wildcat touchdown of the game. Note: Reports compiled from The Associated Press. Edited by Nick Gerik

kaNsas sTaTe 9, Ucla 23

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Duke's early score wakes up Kansas

By Stephen montemayor
smontemayor@kansan.com On a day when cannons were hauled in to celebrate Jayhawk scores, all fell silent in Memorial Stadium in the early goings on. Blanked on the games first drive, Kansas offensive players watched their double-digit underdog opponents, Duke, draw first blood on a two-play, 87-yard drive that lasted just 35 seconds. We were standing on the sideline like Wow, theyre a pretty good offense; weve got to pick our offense up, junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe said. Saturdays 11 a.m. kickoff may have necessitated a wake-up call for some fans. For Kansas, it came from the arms and legs of Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis. After a nine-play opening drive by Kansas carved off a third of the first quarter to no avail, the first Duke offensive play of the game resulted in a 66-yard Lewis completion to wide receiver Austin Kelly. The subsequent Duke timeout lasted longer than the rest of the drive as Lewis darted to the end zone on a 21-yard draw play, which instilled a sense of urgency in the Jayhawks that ultimately fueled their victory. It was kind of like they came Follow Kansan writer Stephen Montemayor at twitter.com/ smontemayor. prepared to play, and we kind of slept on them a little bit, freshman running back Toben Opurum said. But we were going to bounce back from anything, thats what I think. That mindset proved imperative for Opurum, who saw increased time because of senior Jake Sharps injury. Senior quarterback Todd Reesing headed the list of Jayhawks eager to answer Dukes early score. After all, Reesing did go on to complete his first 300-yard passing game of the season and added a trio of touchdowns. His first touchdown, a 14-yard pass to Briscoe, came in response to Dukes opening drive and evened the score. Kansas wouldnt trail again. There was definitely a sense of urgency, Reesing said. Anytime someone comes out and scores like that and goes right down the field on a few plays youve got to answer right back on offense. The wake-up call ignited a Kansas offense that has so far proved more adept outside of the first quarter. Including Saturdays

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victory, Kansas has outscored opponents 17-7 in the first quarter. Not quite an epidemic, but considering its 61-0 second-quarter advantage it is clear that Kansas has needed some inspiration to start firing away. I guess our adrenaline started flowing a little more, Briscoe said of his teams response to Dukes early score. Kansas converted that energy into 27 consecutive points. As the team approaches its final non-conference game, a home game Saturday against Southern Mississippi, a common belief among teammates is the necessity of getting on the board earlier. Although Southern Mississippi was blanked in the first quarter against Virginia Saturday, it opened its first two games this season with 14-point advantages. It also possesses an offense that netted 30.6 points per game in 2008. Next week were going to have to start getting going, senior wide receiver Kerry Meier said. We cant come out and not get some points on the first drive or give them good field position for their offense. Were going to have to come out and get things going from the get-go. Edited by Nick Gerik

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K ansas 44, DuKe 16

Quote of the Game
Wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe on his relationship with quarterback Todd Reesing. Theres situations where I have to make a play and hell just look at me with a little head nod. And then we go.

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Game Balls
3. Dezmon Briscoe. Briscoe provided Kansas with a much-needed big play threat against Duke. Briscoe made six catches for 117 yards. He averaged 19.5 yards per catch. 2. Maxwell Onyegbule. Onyegbule earned the Big 12s co-Defensive Player of the Week honor for his performance against UTEP. He didnt suffer much of a drop off against Duke. Onyegbule finished the game with one sack and a 48-yard interception return for a touchdown 1. Quarterback Todd Reesing. With the run game struggling at times, much of the offensive workload fell upon Reesing. And he delivered. Reesing passed for 338 yards and three three touchdowns.

Toben Opurum

70 yds

338 yds
C/ATT 28/41 28/41 Yards 338 338 Avg 8.2 8.2

Todd Reesing

117 yds
TD 3 3 Int 0 0

Dezmon Briscoe

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Player Todd Reesing Totals

Delay of Games
3. Johnathan Wilson and Dezmon Briscoe. The two combined for 10 catches and 180 yards. But both Wilson and Briscoe dropped would-be touchdowns. 2. The crowd. By the time the fourth quarter started, many fans had already headed for the exits. By that time, the Jayhawks had all but sealed the victory. Still, Kansas fans are developing a bad reputation for leaving games extremely early. 1. Kansas opening series defense. OK, the defense played well for most of the game. But where were the Jayhawks during the Blue Devils first drive? Duke scored the games opening touchdown with a two-play, 87-yard drive. It was a bad start for Kansas.

Duke Passing
C/ATT Team 30/50 Yards 299 Avg 6.0 TD 1 Int 2

Kansas Rushing
Player Toben Opurum Todd Reesing Kale Pick Jake Sharp Totals CAR 17 8 1 5 31 Yards 70 51 18 13 152 Avg 4.1 6.4 18.0 2.6 4.9 TD 2 0 0 0 2 Lg 15 17 18 7 18

Play of the Game

Senior quarterback Todd Reesing flung a pass off his back foot over the middle and senior wide receiver Kerry Meier did the rest. With a Duke defender in front of him, Meier fully extended his body to make a diving catch near the end of the first half.

Duke Rushing
CAR Team 33 Yards 95 Avg 2.9 TD 1 LG 21

Game Notes
Kansas played much of the game without senior running back Jake Sharp and still managed to post impressive offensive numbers. Sharp, who carried the ball just five times because of an undisclosed injury suffered in practice, entered the game as the Big 12s leading rusher. The run game wasnt great without him but it was good enough.

ThE GLASS IS hALF FuLL

Kansas Receiving
Player Dezmon Briscoe Kerry Meier Jonathan Wilson Toben Opurum Jake Sharp Totals REC 6 8 4 3 1 28 Yards 117 64 63 50 37 7 338 Avg 19.5 8.0 15.8 16.7 6.2 7.0 12.1 TD 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Lg 45 18 27 30 14 7 45
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Junior wide reciever Dezmon briscoe dives for a catch during the first half of Saturday's game against Duke at Memorial Stadium. With 490 total yards of offense, the Jayhawks defeated Duke 44-16, improving to 3-0 on the season.

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41 pass attempts. We had a little trouble running the ball, Reesing said, but a lot of things were open in the passing game. Reesings favorite target Saturday morning proved to be Briscoe, Kansas big-play threat who displayed that against Duke. Briscoe finished with 117 yards on six catches and routinely gashed the Blue Devils secondary for big gains. But even the normally sure-handed Briscoe had miscues. Briscoe dropped a would-be touchdown pass and so, too, did junior wide receiver Johnathan Wilson. For us to come in the locker room and not be celebrating our third win were not really hanging our heads, but we feel like we left points on the field, Briscoe said. On Dukes opening possession, Kansas defense was jolted for an early morning wakeup call. The Blue Devils used just two plays and all of 35 seconds to torch the Jayhawks for 87 yards and the games first seven points. It wasnt a good start for a defense that appeared to experience a breakthrough last week after locking down UTEPs offense. But the quick score only fortified the Jayhawks. Using well-executed blitzes, Kansas sacked Dukes quarterbacks five times and made 11 stops behind the line of scrimmage for 49 yards in losses. I felt like we had a good performance out there, but theres always room for improvement, junior defensive end Jake Laptad said. Were satisfied with getting the win but we know that we could have played a lot better than we did out there. That, more than any sentiment, seemed to be the reverberating theme from Kansas players after the game. The Jayhawks did what was expected in defeating the Blue Devils, but they didnt do so by playing a completely sharp game. Thats just our mentality, Meier said. Were never satisfied even though were sitting here 3-0 and we put up 44 points and the defense played great all day. But were a team thats hungry and we dont think we played our best ballgame. Edited by Amanda Thompson

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Kansas started slowly for the third consecutive game. The Jayhawks have scored just 17 points in the first quarter this season and they often appear sluggish on their first two or three drives. That trend continued against Duke.

ThE GLASS IS hALF EMPTY

Duke Receiving
REC Team 30 Yards 299 Avg 10.0 TD 1 Lg 66
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Kansas defensive line has developed into one of the seasons best surprises through three weeks. Kansas pressure forced Dukes quarterbacks to miss open receivers and senior defensive end Max Onyegbule returned an interception for a touchdown.

D-LINE DOING ITS JOB?

Kansas Kick Returns

Player Dezmon Briscoe Team No. 3 3 Yards 74 74 Avg 24.7 24.7 TD 33 33

Junior receiver Dezmon briscoe slaps hands with senior quarterback Todd Reesing after catching a touchdown pass. Briscoe accounted for 117 of Reesing's 338 passing yards Saturday afternoon. Kansas won 44-16 and moved to 3-0 for the third time in the last five seasons.

GAME NOTES
Senior running back Jake Sharp, who entered the game as Kansas leading rusher, played sparingly because of an undisclosed injury suffered during practice. Sharp carried the ball just five times for 13 yards and lacked his usual explosiveness. Mangino said Sharp suffered the injury during a non-contact drill and that he wasnt sure on his status for next week. I dont think its a long-term thing, Mangino said.

Kansas passing attack hasnt gone anywhere. After last weeks game against UTEP, quarterback Todd Reesing said the pass game wasnt as crisp as in the past. But Reesing and the Jayhawks turned in a solid performance against the Blue Devils Saturday: 338 yards and three touchdowns.

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Duke Kick Returns

NO Team 7 Yards 140 Avg 20.0 Lg 31

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Kansas Punt Returns

Player Daymond Patterson Team NO 4 4 YDS 43 43 AVG 10.8 10.8 LG 23 23

was the number of dropped passes by Kansas. The Jayhawks had at least three or four dropped passes, including two that would have been touchdowns. I think weve had some crucial drops and Im not pleased with it, coach Mark Mangino said. I think it carries over to the practice field. On a Thursday practice we had too many drops.

practicing this week.

Duke Punt Returns

NO Team 0 Yards 0 Avg 0.0 Lg 0

Kansas Kicking
Player Jacob Branstetter Team FG 1/1 1/1 PCT 100.0 100.0 XP 5/5 5/6 PTS 8 8

One of the more noticeable flaws during Saturdays game

DROPS PLAGuE RECEIVERS

Mangino said after the game that he expects sophomore tight end Tim Biere, who has been suffering from an undisclosed illness, to begin

BIERE SET TO RETuRN TO PRACTICE

In just his third collegiate game, freshman linebacker Huldon Tharp turned in a noteworthy number of tackles. Tharp made 10 stops for Kansas and coach Mark Mangino said Tharp is continuing to improve with more playing time. We kind of pressed him into duty because we needed help at linebacker, Mangino said. And hes getting better. He made some mistakes today but then, boy, he came back and made some really good plays.
Jayson Jenks

FREShMAN LB MAKES 10 TACKLES

Senior running back Jake Sharps health. Sharp carried the ball just five times against Duke because he suffered an injury during a non-contact drill in practice, coach Mark Mangino said. Mangino also said the injury didnt appear to be long-term but Sharp didnt appear anywhere near game ready on Saturday.

STILL QuESTIONING

Southern Mississippi possesses a talented cast of offensive weapons. Senior running back Damion Fletcher has rushed for more than 4,500 yards in his career while sophomore wide receiver DeAndre Brown is one of the most underrated players in the country.

LOOKING AhEAD

Original prediction: Kansas 45, Duke 13. Actual score: Kansas 44, Duke 16. Its hard to argue with this one. For once, the prediction falls into the good category.

GOOD, BAD OR JuST PLAIN STuPID?

Ryan Waggoner/kansan

senior wide receiver kerry Meier catches a ball in the end zone during Saturday's game. "We don't think we played our best game," Meier said after the game, echoing the sentiment of several Kansas players.

Kansas wasnt very sharp against Duke but the Jayhawks didnt need to be. Kansas played well enough to easily handle a less-talented team and improve to 3-0. The only real negative? Sharps health concerns.
-Jayson Jerks

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Look out Oklahoma and Texas. People are going to have a hard time defending that team, Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. They make you look a little worse than what you are. Opurum followed the best catch of his college career with an impressive 15-yard run. Now, the challenge is to follow a successful start with a season of game by game consistency. Already with five touchdowns in the first three games, the freshman is off to a Brandon Jacobs-esque start. Look for the bulldozing to continue theres still some work to do. I always prepare myself as if I was starting, Opurum said. You dont know when your number is going to be called. Edited by Amanda Thompson

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Duke Kicking
FG Team 1/1 PCT 100.0 Long 37 XP 1/1 Pts 4

Schedule
Date 9/5 09/12 09/19 09/26 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/07 11/14 11/21 11/28 12/05 Opponent Northern Colorado at UTEP vs. Duke vs. Southern Miss vs. Iowa State at Colorado vs. Oklahoma at Texas Tech at Kansas State vs. Nebraska at Texas vs. Missouri Big 12 Championship Result/Time W, 49-3 W, 34-7 W, 44-16 11 a.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

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Player Alonso Rojas Team TOT 5 5 YDS 199 199 TB 1 1 -20 3 3 LG 47 47

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Tot Team 6 Yards 252 TB 0 -20 1 LG 57

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fielder Caitlin Noble scored in the 65th minute and junior defender Lauren Jackson scored after running the length of the field. A late goal by junior Rachel Morris made the final score 5-0. Francis said the defense was also impressive. He noted a renewed effort to pressure the ball and create turnovers. We kept a team off the board thats a very dangerous offensive team, Francis said. On Sunday, it took even less time for Kansas to get the game-winning goal against South Dakota State. After the Jackrabbit kickoff, Morris took down a cross from Berry and shot high over the keeper to score her second goal of the weekend. It took just 23 seconds. Dolinsky scored in the 20th minute, and Johnson settled a corner and scored in the 55th minute. Morris scored her third goal of the weekend in the 70th minute, effectively ending any Offensive Player of the Tournament debate. Johnson said that Morris was a player who sometimes needed some confidence. I think it was smart of the coaching staff to start her and let her know that they do believe in her, Johnson said. With a game at Oklahoma State looming on Friday, Francis said he was happy with what he had seen in the non-conference part of the season. He pointed to their resilience after their disappointing weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. Edited by Abbey Strusz

Rugby loses 50-0 with partial team present

mlush@kansan.com Typically, a rugby match is played with 15 players on each team. The mens club rugby team went to Manhattan with 13. Kansas State took advantage of this, making the final score of the match 50-0. The score, however, was not indicative of how the Jayhawks played short-handed. Both teams played very physically, the difference was the backline play (skill players, like wide receivers) of Kansas State. They used their numbers to their advantage, they always had overlaps on the outside, and they spun it out there whenever they needed to, Nick Mancini, Los Angeles senior and team captain, said. Matters got worse for the

By MaX LUsH

Follow Kansan writer Max Lush at twitter.com/ udk_mlush. Jayhawks midway through the first half, when their 8-man(the player at the very back of the scrum), senior Adam Lauridson, had to come out of the game with what the team said was a fractured cheek bone, leaving the team playing three players short for the remainder of the game. It dealt a large blow to the Jayhawks strongest part of their game, the forward pack. Scrummaging (a way to restart the game where both forward packs push against each other to try and win the ball) became an area that the Wildcats exploited. Out of the

17 scrums the Jayhawks had in their favor, they lost possession in the scrum 9 times. In scrummaging we had to mix and match a lot of guys; much of our forwards were in a position they have never played before, said Brandon Holland, Lawrence junior, who plays hooker but played prop in this match. Even in such a lopsided match, there were positives and learning points taken from it. I thought our line-outs went fantastic, and our one-on-one tackling in the open field was very solid. Mancini said. A line-out is how you restart play if the ball goes out of bounds. The Jayhawks lost only one line-out on the day because of the throw not being straight. There is still hope for the team

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Lineouts for/lost: Scrums for/lost: Penalties Against: kansas state 2/0 4/0 5 kansas 5/1 17/9 7

to make it to Westerns, the playoff system that teams from the Central Division compete to get into. For the Jayhawks, the road has gotten much more difficult. Only one team from the Central Division makes Westerns by playing Merit Table matches inside the division. Each team plays everyone home and away; the best record makes it to Westerns. For now it is back to the practice field for the team.

We need to get our numbers out at practice and games, coach Matt Schwartz said. We have a lot we need to work on in order to get better this season. Next week the team goes to Truman State to play its next Merit Table match. We are going to go home and regroup, then get ready for Truman State, Holland said. Edited by Alicia Banister

New York Jets back trash talk with a victory

call, causing a tough time for the Patriots offense all game. Brady EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. was forced into consecutive delay Rex Ryan sent a message to the of game penalties in the third fans. His New York Jets delivered quarter. Ive got to do a better job, one of their own. Rookie Mark Sanchez out- Brady said. They dont come up played a Super Bowl champion very often, but when they do, they quarterback and the Jets backed hurt. And they hurt us today. Ryan also said the Patriots had up their big talk, shutting down Tom Brady and the New England the better coach and quarterback coming in. Patriots 16-9 on Hold on, Rex. Sunday. Sometimes we talk Dont sell yourself We believe that short. a little bit, but it's we are the better The big deal team today, Ryan only because we have is, were a football said. We went confidence in our team that should out and showed it. football team. be respected, Ryan I think our fans said. Sometimes are huge in this REx RyAn we talk a little bit, victory. new york Jets coach but only because we So huge, in fact, have confidence in that Ryan said he was giving the fans a gameball our football team. Earlier in the week, Jets safethat would be placed in the teams ty Kerry Rhodes said New York trophy case. I thought they were the differ- wanted to embarrass New England. ence, Ryan said. Kerry made a statement, we The victory was the first for the Jets (2-0) over Brady at home, and stood behind him and we had the first over the Patriots (1-1) his back, defensive end Shaun at the Meadowlands since 2000. Ellis said. Sanchez came out throwing And, it came after a week during which Ryan reiterated his offsea- in the second half after a quiet son comments that he didnt come first two quarters and connected to kiss Bill Belichicks rings and with Dustin Keller on a go-ahead sent a voicemail to season ticket touchdown, and the Jets defense clamped down on the Patriots. holders, urging them to be loud. Its a major win for us, Ellis The fans clearly answered the said. To close that out and put an

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Spain takes European title for first time ever

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KATOWICE, Poland Pau Gasol had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead world champion Spain to a 85-63 win over Serbia in the final of the European basketball championship Sunday. The victory gave Spain its first European title after six runner-up finishes, including a one-point loss two years ago to Russia in front of its home crowd. The Spaniards dominated from the start at both ends of the court, playing pressure man-to-man defense and getting out on the break for easy baskets to take a lead. It was a great game, and obviously we won the final that we lost twice before this year, so Im extremely happy and its an unforgettable day for us, Gasol said. We just worked so hard to win this championship and Im just super proud of my teammates. Guard Rudy Fernandez chipped in with 13 points for Spain, while Uros Tripkovic led Serbia with 15 points. We lost the first half, and probably the game was finished, Serbia coach Dusan Ivkovic said. The Spanish team was better and they deserved absolutely this title. Spain was pegged as the favorite coming into the tournament, but struggled early, dropping its opener to Serbia 66-57 and losing a second-round game to Turkey. We were aware of our individual quality, but we werent playing as well or as good as we should have collectively, Gasol said. So we sat down, and were like its now or never, we have to react, we have to work together, we have to start having fun playing, playing with enthusiasm. And it just clicked. Did it ever. The team won its final five games by an average of 21.2 points. At the beginning we were a little bit concerned, but with hard work and great commitment from players we get to be an excellent defensive team, and we showed it in the last games, Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said. Serbia, a surprise finalist, had the youngest team at the tournament with an average age of 22.4 years. For the first time in the tournament, Serbias youth showed.
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end to that, its great. Brady had a chance to tie it for the Patriots, getting the ball at the Patriots 10 with 1:48 left, but the Jets defense stopped him as Dwight Lowery knocked away a pass to Joey Galloway on fourth down. Honestly, I was thinking interception, Lowery said, but the angle I was at, I couldnt really get a pick. Knocking it down was the second thought and I just got it out of there. Brady was unable to engineer his 30th comeback victory as Sanchez took a knee twice to seal it. Brady had beaten the Jets in 12 of the previous 14 games he had faced them overall. We had a chance there, Brady said. We just didnt execute in that 2-minute possession. Its something weve been good at, but the Jets were better at it today. Sanchez finished 14 of 22 for 163 yards and the touchdown to Keller, while Brady was 23 of 47 for 216 yards and an interception. He was without one of his favorite targets as Wes Welker sat out with a knee injury, and Randy Moss was held to four catches for 24 yards. Were not really firing on all cylinders right now, Brady said. To not get the ball in the end zone is unacceptable. The Patriots got three field goals from Stephen Gostkowski

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new York Jets cornerback Dwight lowery (21) reacts with teammates after deflecting a pass to New England Patriots wide receiver Joey Galloway (13) for the Patriots last offensive play of the game during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets won the game 16-9 a week after the Jets defense held the high-scoring Houston Texans without an offensive touchdown in a 24-7 win. Thats a statement not just to us, cornerback Darrelle Revis said, but to the league that every week were going to come out here and try to get a shutout. Sanchez was 3 of 5 for 15 yards in the first half, but connected with Jerricho Cotchery for a 45-yard gain to the Patriots 11 on the first play of the third quarter. After a 2-yard run by Thomas Jones, Sanchez found Keller in the back of the end zone to give the Jets a 10-9 lead 1:03 into the third quarter. Jay Feely added two field goals to make it 16-9 with 9:48 remaining. Give the Jets credit, Belichick said. They just did a better job than we did today and I dont think theres really a while lot more to say about it.

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Alumni meet gets team back into competition mode

By ANDREW TAyLOR
ataylor@kansan.com After weeks of training and working on technique, the swimming and diving team got its first taste of competition Friday as it took on former KU swimmers in the alumni meet. Though Robinson Natatorium was filled with the enthusiasm of swimmers out to impress, only two swimmers were able to outpace the alumni in any single event. In the 50-yard backstroke, junior Iuliia Kuzhil surged past sophomore Abigail Anderson to take first place with a time of 26.31 seconds. Although Kuzhil and Anderson were the only current Kansas swimmers to outswim alumni, coach Clark Campbell said he liked what he saw out of his team. He said freshmen Monica Johannessen, Brooke Brull and Alyssa Rudman all performed well in their first collegiate swim meet. Follow Kansan writer Andrew Taylor at twitter.com/ andrew_taylor11. While the swimmers raced, the Kansas divers competed in some unofficial events put on by diving coach Eric Elliott. Danielle Herrmann, 2009 KU alumna, won three out of the five individual events. Herrmann has been training with the team in preparation for short-course nationals in December. She has also worked with the teams breaststrokers throughout their training this season. Danielle has certain things she does as well as anyone in the country, Campbell said. One of the alumni in attendance, 64-year-old Bob Scribner, swam the 100-yard individual medley. Scribner swam with the University from 1962-1966 and still swims competitively. At the most recent Show-Me State Games, Scribner won three gold medals in his age group. To see a person of my age still doing it and still having fun, I hope it made them realize its not just for young people, Scribner said. Despite the lighthearted atmosphere surrounding the meet, Campbell said swimming against men and more experienced alumni magnified several things the team needed to work on. Among the problems amplified were the need for improved starts and turns. Campbell and his staff have just less than three weeks to address this problem before the team hosts its annual intrasquad meet on Oct. 9. Even with some minor struggles, senior swimmer and team captain Carrah Haley viewed the meet as a success. It was a good meet to start us off, Haley said. We got our jitters out. Edited by Amanda Thompson

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Junior swimmer Iuliia Kuzhil competes in the 100-yard individual medley during the alumni swim meet at Robinson Natatorium Friday afternoon. Kuzhil outpaced alumni in the 50-yard backstroke with a first place time of 26.31 seconds.

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CHICAGO Even with a blister on his right throwing finger and the lack of his usual overpowering fastball, Robinson Tejeda continued his dominance since joining the Royals rotation. Tejeda won his third straight start, pitching six solid innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Sunday. Since moving from the bullpen to the starting rotation on Sept. 4, Tejeda is 3-0. He has allowed just two runs over 22 1-3 innings as a starter. He didnt really have his overpowering fastball, Royals catcher John Buck said. But he reached down and really let it go every once in a while when we needed do and really did a good job locating with his fastball both sides of the plate. Tejeda allowed one run and three hits. He struck out five and walked two and was not phased by a blister that developed in his last start against Detroit. Royals closer Joakim Soria got five outs for his 26th save in 29 opportunities. He struck out Paul Konerko with runners on first and second in the eighth. After a walk to Alexei Ramirez to load the bases, Soria ended the White Sox scoring threat by getting Jermaine Dye to fly out. Tejeda left the game after throwing 104 pitches and retiring the last seven batters in order. Its pretty amazing seeing the transformation a guy can make from going from the bullpen to being a starter and having the success that hes had, A.J. Pierzynski. Hes done it four or five times now so its not a fluke. The White Sox failed to take advantage of a strong start by Freddy Garcia, who went a seasonhigh eight innings, allowed two runs on five hits. He struck out three and walked one. Chicago has lost four of its last five games and trail the Detroit Tigers by 6 1-2 games in the AL Central. Were not in a good spot, were not where we want to be, but even if we were leading the division by 6 1-2 games it wouldnt change what we needed to do tomorrow when we come in here, said Paul Konerko. Willie Bloomquist led off the game with a double and stole third. With one out in the third inning, Josh Anderson bunted for a hit and stole second. Anderson scored on Maiers single. Anderson also helped Tejeda by robbing Carlos Quentin of a homer when he made a leaping catch at the wall in center. Scott Podsednik led off the fourth for the White Sox with a single and scored on Pierzynskis RBI single. Tejeda escaped further damage by getting Quentin to fly out with the bases loaded to end the inning.

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