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mlavieri@kansan.com Kansas will be without guards Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson for the first two exhibition games because the two violated team rules during the offseason, coach Bill Self announced Sunday. Tyshawn and Elijah have both been terrific Taylor since school began in August, Self said in a release. Theyve not only performed well, they have Johnson been very responsible and disciplined the first few months of the school year. But during the offseason they violated a rule that I told them, because of some past experiences, their punishment was going to be severe and I was going

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editor@kansan.com Romance was alive and well in downtown Lawrence Saturday evening. Nineteen of Joey Meyer and Alyssa Aulds closest friends assembled the pieces of a long sign that read Alyssa Will You Marry Me? in bright, sequenced holiday lights across the street from the Signs of Life caf, bookstore and art gallery on northern Massachusetts Street. Meyer and Auld are both from St. Louis and have been together since their sophomore year of high school. Meyer is a senior architectural engineering major at the University and Auld is a University alumna teaching at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee. Joey wanted to have a wedding proposal that Alyssa would never forget, said Ryan Moloney, Meyers best friend who helped to coordinate the surprise. This morning he woke up and just off the spur of the moment said to me, todays the day. Moloney said they made the signs in the afternoon and later gathered their friends together to wait for the couple to finish eating. Meyer was in contact with Maloney via text message as he and Auld finished their dinner at Free State Brewery. As the couple came walking along the opposite side of the street, the group of friends raised the lit sign, which was powered by the cigarette lighter of Moloneys truck. Meyer then dropped to one knee and proposed to Auld with a diamond ring. Auld said yes as a crowd of on-

lookers cheered in approval. I had the idea in the back of my mind for a long time, Meyer said as everyone gathered to congratulate the couple. Weve been dating for six and a half years, so Ive been thinking about this forever and I decided I wanted to do it tonight. Im super surprised, Auld said as she showed the ring to her friends. I noticed he didnt really eat anything, but I didnt put too much thought into it. I can tell that he was nervous now. Edited by Rachel Schultz

One extra day of Halloween

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kcipolla@kansan.com Halloween falling on a Monday this year does more than put a damper on partying. It also provides an extra day for Halloween happenings. Molten metal poured down, falling on the ground like lava. Sparks flew and people were kept

to hold them out of the two exhibition games. They have been aware of this for several months and also are disappointed, but have had very positive attitudes about it. Taylor, a senior, is the teams leading returning scorer with 9.3 points per game last season. Johnson, a junior, started in just six games last year, but is expected to help provide the foundation for this years team with Taylor in the backcourt. The suspension came after junior Thomas Robinson hyperextended his left knee in practice on Thursday, making him questionable for Tuesday nights game against Pittsburg State. Losing two players and Thomas being questionable for Tuesdays game probably changes the look of our team as much as anyone in the country, Self said. This gives a chance for our young guys to play under the lights and see how they react. Taylor and Johnson will be available for the season opener on Friday, Nov. 11 against Townson. Edited by Joel Petterson

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from moving any closer. Although it may sound like a scene from a natural disaster, it was actually the KU Ministry of Sculptures annual iron pour fundraiser. Club members loaded baked coal and scrap iron chargers into a furnace. As the iron melted in the furnace, it filled a well, which started to shoot slag, or impure glass, when it was full. When the slag turned into iron, it was poured into a crucible, then used to fill molds.

The complicated process was carried out by members of the sculpture club, but onlookers could also play a role. We sell these scratch block molds for about $10 and anybody can come in and carve their name or their address or something into it, said Scott Burr, a recent graduate from Topeka, and former member of the club. Well pour it for them and when its all done theyll get their own.

Setup at Ninth and Rhode Island streets, the iron pour drew an audience of about 30 people. Logan Smith, a graduate student from Lawrence, said he came to the event because it sounded like an interesting way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Plus, it held a certain appeal. Who doesnt love fire? Smith said.

Chancellor signs Berlin Declaration

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cmcinerny@kansan.com The University is making international news this time not for its discoveries, but rather for the availability of its research. Chancellor Bernadette GrayLittle recently signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Science and Humanities (Berlin 9), which affirms that Kansas researchers findings are available to the public. The University of Kansas is the first public university to have an open-access policy to information, and one of the first American universities to sign the Berlin 9. Other signatories include Harvard, Duke and Oregon. Rebecca Smith, executive director of communications for KU libraries, said making research available to everyone is a priority for the University. Weve seen a tremendous increase in the research thats been conducted by KU faculty and staff, Smith said. What were seeing is faculty research is having a much broader reach than it has before, which is really important to raise the profile of what is going on here at KU. Under the Universitys current open access policy, which was established last year, articles written by faculty members and published in peer-reviewed journals must be available to the public. It was this policy that enabled the University to sign the Berlin 9 declaration. University researchers work with the journal to deposit the article in KU Scholar Works, the Universitys research database. KU Scholar Works is available to the public through Google, so students around the world can access the Universitys research online, rather than through expensive journal subscriptions. To promote International Open Access Week this week, a panel discussion on Wednesday discussed the benefits of open access to information. Panel members included four of the foremost leaders in the open access movement in the U.S. The panel members spoke on

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A brisk fall day.

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Halloween is an important date in the KU-MU rivalry. The schools first football match was 120 years ago today, making it the second oldest Division 1 football rivalry. KU won the game 22-8.

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On Honduras swampy Mosquitia coast, entire villages have made a way of life off the countrys massive cocaine transshipment trade. In broad daylight, men, women and children descend on passing go-fast boats to offload bales of cocaine destined for the United States. Along the Atlantic coast, the wealthy elite have accumulated dozens of ranches, yachts and mansions from the drug trade. And in San Pedro Sula, local gangs moving drugs north have spawned armies of street-level dealers whose violence has given the rougher neighborhoods of the northern industrial city a homicide rate that is only comparable to Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Ships sailing under Britains flag will be permitted to carry armed guards on some perilous routes to combat the threat from pirates, the prime minister said Sunday. David Cameron said Britain was reversing its opposition to the use of weapons aboard ships, amid mounting concern about the risks of vessels and crew being seized by pirates particularly off Somalias coast. Camerons office said the use of weapons on British-flagged ships is banned under firearms laws, but that new rules would be in place within a month.

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Irans parliament is set to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over an economic scandal and his polices after the required number of lawmakers signed a petition Sunday, the latest salvo in a long battle between the president and his rivals. Ahmadinejad would be the first president to be hauled before the Iranian parliament, a serious blow to his standing in a the conflict involving the president, lawmakers and Irans powerful clerics. At least 73 lawmakers signed the petition to question Ahmadinejad, just above onequarter of the 290 members required by Irans constitution to call in a president.

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Attackers believed to be Muslim insurgents killed four people and set off a string of homemade bombs Sunday in Thailands restive south. Suspected Islamic insurgents have recently been staging coordinated bombings in urban areas of the south, raising the profile of their attacks. Police Col. Kwandee Chimplee said four suspected insurgents riding two motorcycles shot dead two men and a woman at a grocery store in the city of Narathiwat Sunday morning. Another man was shot dead in neighboring Songkhla province by gunmen on a pickup truck.

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the pumpkin patch is only open one month of a year, Lynch said they spend six months preparing, with pumpkins being planted in late June. The fully-operational farm also grows corn, soy beans, squash and gourds. With the popularity of shows such as The Vampire Diaries and True Blood and films such as Twilight, the supernatural has experienced a rebirth, but Gothic art has been around much longer than Edward Cullen. That evolution is the subject of The Gothic Imagination, a new book written by John C. Tibbetts, an associate professor of film and media studies. Today we have got the zombies and the vampires and all of that making their fresh appearance, Tibbetts said. Nothing new there at all, but theyre reaching a new generation. Today, Tibbetts is discussing his book in Alderson Auditorium at 2:30 p.m., which features interviews with prominent creative figures in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres such as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch. Beyond the obvious horror movie connection, Tibbetts said that Halloween and Gothic works both depend on people being able to get enough psychological distance from a horrifying subject to find pleasure in inherently scary things such as pain, death and suffering. Really, all horror fiction is at its root facing mortality with a sidelong glance, Tibbets said. Edited by Mike Lavieri Halloween provides an opportunity to enjoy places like Schaakes Pumpkin Patch.

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For more traditional Halloween activities, look no further than Schaakes Pumpkin Patch. Its the family thing to do every year, said Julie Embrey, Lawrence resident. Ive brought my 15-yearold out every year and taken the how tall you fall pictures. The pumpkin patch sells pumpkins for 40 cents per pound and offers other fall activities such as hay rides and a hay maze. Today is the last day the patch is open to the public, something Sheila Lynch, who works on the farm, is excited for. Its kind of a happy day, Lynch said. Its a very long month. And the time leading up to Halloween is even longer. Although

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how they are combating the commercialization of knowledge and how to move toward making open access the default way to share research information. David Shulenburger, a former University provost and former president of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, now works to encourage open access. He said its hard to make advancements in technology and medical fields if the research is not available for all. Any constraint on scholarly communication stops progress, Shulenburger said. If there hadnt been open access over the years, what wouldnt we have today?

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Group offers support for international students

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icummings@kansan.com The greatest difficulty for international students in the United States is loneliness, according to one student from South Korea. Seyool Oh, a graduate student in aerospace engineering from Jinhae, South Korea, solved that problem for some of the Universitys international students and families Saturday night, with the first general meeting of the International Family Association (IFA) in the Relays Room of the Burge Union. At least 165 people, including international students and their families, attended a dinner and elected IFA officers. Oh said he surveyed 71 international families and found that 31 percent named loneliness as their greatest difficulty in the U.S., over language barriers and keeping up with work. He said that was one reason why he organized the IFA. The survey appeared in People of KU, a book printed by the IFA in 2001. We were expecting 50 people, Oh said as he ran back and forth with more chairs and snack food. He went to the podium and struggled to make himself heard over guests talking in several languages and children mashing the keys of a piano in the corner. Masud Aziz, a doctoral student in electrical engineering from Bangladesh, attended with is son Itkan, 3. Masud said he didnt know what was happening, beyond the dinner, but thought it sounded like a good opportunity to meet people. Oh, a graduate senator and the organizer of the event, was also the incumbent candidate for IFA president in the meetings general election. An email from the IFA confirmed his election as president Sunday. He and the IFA vice president Jie Chen, of China, held the same offices in the now-defunct Stouffer Neighborhood Association, which was dissolved by the KU Housing Department last year. Oh said the IFA was a social association and would not address politics or issues of housing. However, he did offer some basic information about international student housing, noting that the majority of residents in Stouffer Place Apartments were international students. But he said the IFAs focus was on family and friendship. The association will try to help international students with their common concerns, which include family, professional studies, the difficulties of cultural integration and unstable social status. The IFA also confirmed the election Sunday of Yan Chen, of China, as IFA treasurer and Shirong Wen, of China, as secretary. Yi Zhang and Yuoson So were confirmed as representatives of Asian students. Roberto Castillo, a doctoral student of architecture from Caracas, Venezuela, was confirmed at the regional representative for South America. Castillo attended the meeting with his wife, Carla, and daughter, Helena, 2. He didnt know exactly what was on the agenda, but looked forward to opportunities to socialize and share cultures through the association. Oh said the IFA would hold a second meeting to discuss how the remaining positions could be filled. The IFA has not yet announced the date of its next meeting. Oh said the association will meet at least once each semester. Edited by Laura Nightengale members of the IFA and their families grab food during the International Family Fall Party. The party provided food and an opportunity to vote on candidates for the IFA election.

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Dream becomes reality for Harry Potter fans at the Union

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dmeredith@kansan.com The movies and books might be over, but the spirit of Harry Potter lived on in the Kansas Union Friday evening. Student Union Activities held a Harry Potter Extravaganza before a double showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in Woodruff Auditorium. Guests enjoyed a variety of Harry Potterthemed treats courtesy of KU Dining from butterbeer floats to treacle tarts to snake-shaped pastries to raven claws, which were actually chicken wings. Cooing softly in the hallway, two live owls were on display courtesy of Prairie Park Nature Center. Guests posed for a picture with a cardboard cutout of Ron Weasley, tested their Harry Potter knowledge in a trivia contest and sat at the table of their favorite Hogwarts house. The idea for this Harry Potter celebration all started with a dream. Alison Adkins, associate coordinator for the SUA culinary committee, said she dreamed SUA had a butterbeer festival. In her dream, the festival was a hit the Kansas quidditch team even made an appearance. One month and many hours of research later, Adkins dream became a reality, quidditch team and all. It was really fun to plan, Adkins, a senior from Clay Center, said. We got to be super creative with it. Patrick Blanchard, coordinator for the SUA culinary committee, said that as far as he knew, this was the first Harry Potter event SUA had ever hosted. He encouraged guests to dress up for the extravaganza. And many did, wearing everything from Gryffindor scarves to replicas of the Sorting Hat to house elf costumes. Daniel Swendson, a senior from Burlington, said he enjoyed the events atmosphere and food, especially the cauldron cakes. Its kind of sad that there wont be any more Harry Potter things, he said. But its not like theyre gone forever. I can just reread the books or rewatch the movies. Mick Snyder, an 8-year-old Lawrence resident, is part of the new generation of Potter fans, carrying on the love for the characters created by author J.K. Rowling. Hes already read all seven books in the series and said that it was hard to choose a favorite. All of them are pretty good, he said. Its exciting, and its about magic, and they explore Hogwarts. Adkins said that while she thought Harry Potter would continue to be popular, the opportunity to host events like this one were running out. I think that this is the last chance for an event like this for a while, which is kind of why its so fun, she said. It is kind of like a last goodbye. Edited by Jayson Jenks

Haylee Slocum, a freshman from Shawnee, and Sam Oppenheimer, a junior from Leawood, pose with Ron Weasley in the SUA photobooth at the Harry Potter Extravaganza. The photobooth included many different costume accessories found in the Harry Potter movies.

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Because the stars know things we dont. aries (march 21-april 19) today is an 8 A major revelation opens a new door for a promotion or a rise in status. Your optimism and adaptability are quite attractive. Hide any shyness behind a Halloween mask. taurus (april 20-may 20) today is a 6 continue your growth and expansion, considering longterm goals and sustainability. Its an excellent time for love and money. share treats, and say thank you. gemini (may 21-June 21) today is a 5 An outrageous suggestion prompts a new way of looking at things. Home is where you want to be, and some repairs need your attention. A mellow evening with friends delights. cancer (June 22-July 22) today is a 8 Get into home decoration. create a cozy, delightful space to settle your bones. Your creativity delights your friends, who come to partake of your treats. Leo (July 23-aug. 22) today is a 9 Good things are magnetically attracted to you today. complete deadlines before starting the next project. Power through, relax at the finish and then celebrate wildly. Virgo (aug. 23-Sept. 22) today is an 8 contemplate your latest dream, and allow your creativity to flourish through a project that surprises. Make some magic, and clean up later. Libra (Sept. 23-oct. 22) today is a 7 Its a good day to work from home. Trust your intuition. spice up the place and invite a friend over. A quiet night could delight, but the spirit is running wild. Go with it. Scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) today is a 8 Get advice from a trusted friend if your issues seem nebulous or vague. Avoid big decisions. Indulge your fantasies with improvisation, and play with your crew. Sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21) today is a 9 choose treat over trick. Give without expectation. Your generosity comes back to you multiplied, but thats not the point. Take care of your health by sharing love. capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) today is a 7 Get outside and play as soon as you can today. Theres fun afoot, and some possible chaos. Hide any reservation behind a mask, and let your enthusiasm out. aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) today is an 8 change is in the wind. Get together with your team to plot a new course. This afternoon, art and beauty take a darker twist. Appreciate soulfulness. Pisces (Feb. 19-march 20 today is an 8 You gel with a new partner, and their mediation provides valuable results. strange demand could open interesting opportunities. Enjoy peaceful moments before the evenings madness.

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Clever DIY costumes trump unoriginal getups

Each year, as October rolls around, we are faced with the daunting question: what am I going to dress up as for Halloween? And those people who truly get into the Halloween spirit spend a significant amount of time coming up with what they consider an unrivaled costume that simply cannot be outdone. And what is so great about a holiday like Halloween is that we are given the freedom to express a side of ourselves we might otherwise keep hidden, at least in public. However, what constitutes a fun and unique costume nowadays has evolved over time and today we are left with unimaginative, revealing caricatures of nothing special. This pervasive trend that has been established within our generation, has led to extremely uncreative and clich attempts of creating a memorable costume. Enough with the sexual fairy tale characters and the overdone Jersey Shore cast getups. Goldilocks and Little Red Riding hood probably didnt shop at Victorias Secret, and the Snooki hair poof must be deflated. And sadly with this trend, women tend to believe that their options are limited to Sexy [insert occupation/animal/ famous person/Disney character/inanimate object here]. There isnt anything wrong with being sexy, but students are getting lazy with their costume ideas and are choosing something mindless or rather risqu. The prepackaged costumes appear to be the least creative and honestly, giving a whole new meaning to Slut-o-ween. In the 2004 Hollywood hit, Mean Girls, a joke about girls and Halloween tells it all. Cady Heron, played by Lindsay Lohan, said, Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it. One doesnt have to look far to make that observation. Just walk into any Halloween store and not only is everything overpriced, but the costumes often have less fabric than the average sweater. Mens costumes are sometimes are no better. They usually range on the spectrum between generally goofy and downright grotesque, while channeling something straight out of Animal House. Check out any online costume store website and under the funny adult costumes category, you will find things like a Fart-O-Meter, Department of Erections Inmate, Holy Sh*t, When Sh*t Hits the Fan, Frank the Flasher and something called a Sperm Tunic. If a grown woman wants to dress up in thigh-highs or fishnets or a grown man wants to go as human feces, thats their prerogative, but in doing so, were moving further away from the scary and fantasy-themed elements that made Halloween. This should be the year of do-it-yourself costumes where you come up with something clever that will get you attention for all the right reasons. Stefanie Penn for Kansan Editorial Board

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My body was NoT ready for that Cards home run.

To all the McCollum kids who ride the bus to Mrs. Es, seriously?

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For Halloween, Im dressing up as a KU football player with a bag over my head.

Late Apple CEOs memory unrealistic

Whats an occupier of Wall Street to make of a corporate chieftain who relied on cheap Chinese labor, chose not to engage in philanthropy despite an $8 billion fortune, ended his companys corporate giving program, and gained a reputation as a bullying boss? The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have embodied the swashbuckling spirit of unrestrained capitalism, but when he died last month, many within Occupy Wall Street praised him as a visionary, without so much as an acknowledgment of his numerous shortcomings. Sad to announce the death of Steve Jobs, the @OPWallStreet Twitter account posted when Jobs died Oct. 5. Much of Occupy Wall Street and the tech community respect & will miss you. Why the praise for Jobs? Some observers credit the transformative impact of his innovations.
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I love sluts. looks like Ill be spending some time with Brazilian wax girl this weekend.

Im male, single, straight and I dont drink. Im also not a fratter. So where do I fit in the Universitys male population?

The handcuffs on sluts are usually police-issued. The handcuffs on mature women are the wedding rings from their husbands.

overheard at the Hawk: Ya, but I dont have a condom. The chick replied: Its oK. Im pro choice.

Not considering a fraternity is why youre still alone.

I go out of my way to step on crunchy leaves.

Homes arent so earth friendly

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To the person talking shit about the basketball team, you probably should transfer. Thats a sin around here.

There is WAY too much arguing in the FFA. Whatever happened to random funny shit? Editors note: Thats exactly what Ive been wondering. Looks like you FFAers are losing your touch.

Halloween weekend: so many sluts so little time.

I want to go back to a day where the hardest decision you ever had to make was to color the grass yellowgreen or green-yellow.

I can finally wear my generous bras again without anyone knowing the truth. #perksofgettingdumped

Apogee, more like crapogee!

Hot girls in Halloween costumes? My slut sense is tingling.

As the winter months approach, I envision myself taking a long, hot shower after being out in the cold and then curling up in a blanket in my toasty apartment. I dont think doing these things sounds unreasonable. In fact, I know quite a few people who do just that. I know I sure have. And I want to keep doing that too. But, there is a slight problem: greenhouse gas emissions. I thought cars and other vehicles were to blame for producing the most emissions. But, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), electricity is the biggest source, being responsible for 32 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. In general, buildings (yes, that includes your home or apartment) account for as much as 35 percent of these emissions. Looks like it wont be too great of an idea to take those routine long showers or have my apartment blazing hot this winter. I know I can just find alternatives though. I can take speedy hot showers, and, instead of a super toasty apartment, just wear a thermal shirt, bundle with blankets and drink hot chocolate.

Grinding against a hot Barbie girl is the best thing about Halloween weekend.

How do those things contribute to my carbon footprint though? And what else having to do with my apartment does? I wanted to know what to do to have a more eco-friendly home this winter. So, that, my friends, is what I determinedly found out. First, in general, you need to turn off the light bulb (not the one in your head though, that could be bad). When youre gone from the room so should be the light. I bet the lights are never on when Ke$ha is not there because that would mean the party started without her (dont hate on Ke$ha.) Being conscious of whether or not youve turned the lights off is important. If you know you will forget, then stick a note somewhere you will see it such as the door. On to the next topic: heat. How in the world am I supposed to stay warm without having my heat high? It is recommended that you keep your temperature at 68 degrees. I mean, thats not cold but Id like it warmer in the winter when I come inside from freezing my butt off. But for each degree you have it higher, it wastes three to five percent more energy, which is quite a lot! No worries, though, there are other simple ways to stay warm. Obviously, as I mentioned above

is the warm clothes, hot drink and blankets. When its all sunny outside, all you have to do is keep your curtains or shades open. Then the suns warm rays will heat up your house. At night, just do the opposite to keep the cold away. Concerning the shower, you dont necessarily have to take tediously short showers. If you have a normal showerhead, taking short showers is the best way to reduce your water bill. But, you can also install a water-efficient showerhead. This way you can take longer showers and it actually increases the water pressure. Score. Other ways to reduce your carbon footprint include sealing your windows and cracks, insulating your water heater and unplugging electronics when not in use. To see what your carbon footprint is, use the household emissions calculator on the EPA website. Stay warm this winter, reduce your bills and save the environment at the same time. Besides hot chocolate, what could be better than that? Schwartz is a senior in journalism from Leawood

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liberal arts and engineering majors, at least we arent at K-State. Wed all be studying architecture right now.

Protesters in the Arab Spring and demonstrators against American corporate malfeasance have all taken to their iPhones and iPads to galvanize the masses. Moreover, in a culture that considers corporate tycoons to be brilliant leaders by virtue of their wealth, Occupy Wall Street could assuage concerns about its radicalism by finding a good CEO who actually made things to contrast with the financial engineers of Wall Street. Finally, Jobs himself bucked the traditional CEO image. A Buddhist, acid-dropping, Obamavoting, Bob Dylan-listening vegan,

his liberal bona fides seemed unimpeachable. Jobs may have charted a contrarian course in his public persona, but he did little to challenge the disturbing trends of corporate America. Last year, reports emerged that workers at Chinese Apple factories, working in sweatshop conditions, were committing suicide in alarming numbers. The factories responded not by improving working conditions, but by forcing workers to sign pledges not to commit suicide. It doesnt take a Jobsian genius to realize that Jobss liberal admirers would have been much more scathing in their assessments of the company if a right-wing billionaire had been at the helm. With its focus on alleviating income inequality and challenging plutocrats dominance of our political process, Occupy Wall Street aims to change the amoral,

profits-before-people mentality at the heart of unmitigated capitalism. And despite the protest movements name, the problem extends well beyond Wall Street. Wherever corporations discard notions of social responsibility, workplace fairness, and human dignity, intolerable injustices are committed. Anti-plutocratic protesters may take to their Apple products to promote their cause, but there is nothing hypocritical about also holding Jobs and his company to account. Indeed, it is morally essential to do so. Without a frank discussion of Apples part in a larger corporate culture, Occupy Wall Streets goals wont be achieved. Because of persistent unemployment, Occupy Wall Street is rightly training its focus on the economic challenges confronted by the working and middle classes. The movement must also

demand a renewed emphasis on work-life balance and workers quality of life. Employment and a salary arent ends in themselves. Theyre means that allow people to pursue pleasures - leisure time, travel, family activities, books, and so on. To Jobs, the idea that people are more than their occupations was a very foreign notion. According to Walter Isaacsons biography Steve Jobs, he locked employees in allnight design sessions, lambasted coworkers as fucking dickless assholes (sorry, Mom), and governed Apple with an authoritarian streak. Perhaps the most heartbreaking revelation in the new biography is Jobss reason for wanting Isaacson to write it. Jobs said he wanted his children to know who he was. Brinker is a senior from Topeka majoring in history.

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epadway@kansan.com AUSTIN, Texas- With a freshman quarterback coming off a poor performance in his first career start, the Kansas defense had an opportunity to make stops and gain some much needed confidence for the unit. Instead, they continued to make the opposing offense look good. Kansas allowed the Texas offense to move the ball methodically down the field, eating up 44:07 off the clock while gaining 590 yards of offense, 441 of them on the ground, in the 43-0 loss. With two young quarterbacks, you definitely want to come in and make a lot of plays, junior safety Bradley McDougald said. They basically took the game out of his hands with as much running as they did, they didnt throw that much, basically took the game out of his hands and put it in the rest of the offense. Texas freshman quarterback David Ash made some freshman mistakes that were expected to accompany a first-year starter making his second career start. Linebackers Steven Johnson, senior, and Prinz Kande, sophomore, stopped Ash on a fourth down goal line sneak in the second quarter. The next drive Ash threw an interception to junior cornerback Greg Brown in the end zone, temporarily preventing the Longhorns from extending their lead to three scores in the second quarter. We practice it, condition it. We want it to become a muscle memory type thing to get turnovers. And what made our defense most proud was when we got the fourth-andgoal stop, McDougald said. The Jayhawks had their biggest difficulty getting off the field on third downs. Whenever Kansas cornered the Longhorns into a third down situation, Texas managed to pick up the first, converting 10 of their 13 third downs in the first three quarters. I wouldnt say the defense was fatigued, its more assignments and missing the gap. Different things like that. We exercise well, we condition well, guys, we just need to get off the field and make plays. Thats what it comes down to, McDougald said. The Longhorns found themselves in third and manageable situations because of the efforts of their running game on first and second downs. They ran early and often, confusing the Kansas defense with fake handoffs and misdirection. Multiple times Linebacker Toben Opurum made a hard hit behind the line of scrimmage on a running back only to discover that he didnt have the ball. Loading up the box, bringing extra blockers in, just scheming that. Its a lot of beef coming at you when they have two tight ends and extra tackles in, freshman safety Keeston Terry said. Ash didnt have to pass often, but when he did, the defense easily fell into the screen trap, allowing the Longhorn lineman to slip past the defenders and create huge running lanes for the backs. Ash did his part, holding onto the ball until the last possible moment, and then he would effortlessly loft the ball over the defenders and into the awaiting arms of his back. Ash wasnt called on to do much, but he successfully managed the game for the Longhorns. But when the Jayhawk offense cant move the chains and the defense cant get off the field, it makes a long day for the Kansas football program. It mightve got a little messed up that they kept getting first downs on third down, but just being on the field a long time, thats just how the game went, Johnson said. You cant run away from the game, you just have to deal with it. Edited by Josh Kantor

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Senior Center Jeremiah Hatch: hatch, the offensive lines leader, was called for a illegal hands to the face penalty in the endzone that resulted in a Safety for the Longhorns. This was a momentum crushing blow, as the Jayhawk defenders had made a goal line stand on fourth down on the previous play. Johnson Hatch Freshman receiver JaCorey Shepherd: Shepherd dropped a wide open third down pass from quarterback Jordan Webb that wouldve given the Jayhawks a first down, their first of the day not caused by a Texas penalty, and kept the drive alive. Instead, it was another three-and-out and kansas was forced to punt. Johnson Kansas offensive coordinator Chuck Long: With the kansas offense putting up a meager 46 yards of total offense, some of the blame must fall on Long for not being able to install a competent game plan during the week. Long Terry

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Freshman Safety Keeston Terry: Terry, who struggled in pass coverage earlier in the year, played well in his first game back from a concussion. he appeared to be fully recovered, especially after a hit on Texas freshman receiver Jaxon Shipley that broke up a pass, even if it resulted in a questionable penalty for a hit on a defenseless receiver. Junior safety Bradley McDougald: McDougald is the last line of defense for the Jayhawks, and he proved he was up to the task, posting a career-high 11 tackles that delayed Texas touchdowns.

Schedule
*all games in bold are at home

Still Questioning
Will the Jayhawks ever use their Jayhawk formation as more than just a direct snap to the back? As the season has progressed, the Jayhawk formation has stopped yielding any positive results. Maybe the defense would back off if Long called for a pass play out of the formation.

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Game Notes
The glass is half-full: With the season more than halfway over, the end is in sight. The glass is half-empty: With four games left, the Jayhawks are fighting to not become known as one of the worst teams in kansas football history. But with the offense slowing down in recent weeks and matching the defenses futility, the Jayhawks could be in for a long last month of the season.

Looking Ahead
What once seemed like it might be a winnable game at Iowa State took a drastic turn after the Cyclones rediscovered their early season magic and crushed the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas. Now the Jayhawks have to travel up to Ames, Iowa and play in front of what will certainly be a fired up fan base.

Gill Hot Seat Watch

With another brutal beating, the heat has been turned up and it is safe to say that Gill currently sits on one of the hottest seats in the Nation. A few good stops by the defense on Saturday didnt help him out much as the team continues on a historically awful pace. hell need bigger success, like a few wins in November, to cool off his chair.

Final Thought
The Jayhawk rushing attack that was once a four-headed monster has been slain. If the Jayhawks want to turn their offense around, they will need to go back to the drawing board and think of more creative ways to get the ball moving. There are only so many times that freshman Darrien Miller can be tackled five yards behind the line of scrimmage on a shotgun sweep before the call needs to be ripped out of the playbook.

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ings that has come along with the stretch that Kansas football has gone through. This team is frustrated, I mean were all frustrated at this point in time, Long said. Were fighting and scratching to find a win and were trying to work toward it. Going into the season, we knew October was going to be rough. It came to an exclamation point tonight. Edited by C.J. Matson

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rushing. The running backs were frequently grounded in the backfield. Freshman running back Tony Pierson was the Jayhawks leading rusher with only 13 yards. Their defensive front handled our offensive front, and thats kind of the bottom line, coach Turner Gill said. Gill was understating the tough day for the offensive line as the Jay-

hawks had 11 plays that they had lost yards or rushed for no gain. Now, at 2-6 and 0-5 in Big 12 play, the Jayhawks continue to be a source of futility rather than a source of progress. Gill continues to be the subject of criticism from the fans and media alike. Long pointed to the teams tough schedule in October, playing Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Kansas State and now Texas. Even Long couldnt deny the trivial feel-

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editor@kansan.com Both the mens and womens cross country teams finished seventh place at Saturdays Big 12 Championship meet at Texas A&M, but it was unexpected, coach Stanley Redwine said. The Oklahoma State mens team won, making it the fourth straight Big 12 title for the team. For the Iowa State womens cross country team it was the first league title. Senior Rebeka Stowe provided the best news of the day for the Jayhawks with a time of 19:52.3 and an individual seventh-place finish. It was a personal record for Stowe, the best finish for a Kansas womens runner in league history, and qualifies her as an All Big 12 Team member as a top fifteen finisher in the conference meet. It is the second time in her career she has been given the honor of All Big 12. Its exciting. This course is really flat so I PRd by a lot and thats fun, Stowe said. It was a goal for senior Kara Windisch to stay with Stowe, a strategy that paid off with a personal record for her as well on the Texas A&M course, which she said is very fast. Her seventeenth place finish was just outside the range for the All Big 12 runners. Austin Bussing finished first for the Kansas mens team and placed twenty-second overall with a time of 24:22.5. Despite running a good individual race, he still believes there was more he could have done to help the team. We really wanted to go out after the Texas A&M guys but instead we put them in position to draft off us for a while and sort of kick us down, Bussing said. I have to take responsibility for that because being a senior and a captain I should have been the one to tell the guys to ease off a little bit that first mile. Junior Josh Baden said that the mens team needs to focus on staying closer together for the regional meet in two weeks. He finished third for the Jayhawks and 45th overall. The gap between the first and fifth runners was forty seven seconds, more than double the twenty second gap in the previous meet at Wisconsin on Oct. 14. The senior leaders of each Kansas cross country team know that they were capable of a better performance. Windisch said her team could finish as high as third in the Big 12. Bussing said before the meet that the goal was to beat Texas A&M and Iowa State, but both finished higher than Kansas. The team still has a chance to qualify for the national meet if it places high enough in the NCAA Midwest Regional meet on Nov. 12. Edited by Rachel Schultz

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Jordan Dauer, a Lee Summit junior, explains how quidditch is played to a woman at the All Harrys Hallows Eve event in Overland Park Saturday. The team taught children and fans how to play quidditch while gathering support for its trip to the World Cup.

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Fandom fuels new sports popularity

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hwise@kansan.com Flying on magic broomsticks is definitely not for muggles, or non-magic people, according to J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. Despite the challenge, college students across the country have been playing quidditch, a sport created by Rowling but adapted for reality by Xander Manshel at Middlebury College. Most college students ranged in ages from five to nine years old in 1998 when the Sorcerers Stone was released in the United States. They grew up reading the novels and watching the films. As they read and watched, they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione. Sam Oppenheimer, a sophomore from Overland Park, is a Kansas quidditch fan. She can be seen at matches decked out in her best wizarding wear. The novels were a refuge for her growing up. She got into the books because she loved the fantasy genre. Oppenheimer said she found ways to identify with the characters as she grew up with them. I like that it is a cult classic and it has become a subculture all its own, Oppenheimer said. I like being a part of it because it is different and its magical. It is the love and the attachment to the Harry Potter story that propelled the fictional game of quidditch into reality. I just like that theyve taken this ridiculous concept and made it the best they can, Oppenheimer said. I like knowing that other people feel the same admiration for it that I do. On Oct. 20, the International Quidditch Association posted a documentary about last years World Cup titled Brooms Up on YouTube. The thirty-minute documentary shows students from across the United States and Canada gathering in New York to play quidditch. They are buying top-of-the-line brooms. They are coming up with Harry Potter jokes. But more than that they are living out their childhood fantasies. Encapsulated in the novels are the same elements that exist in sports. There is love and passion. There is fear and loathing. There is sorrow and loss. Its something you have to experience to truly love, said Ronell Sharp, a senior from Arlington, Texas. Sharp plays as a chaser for the Kansas quidditch team. He has never read the books, but he watched the movies when he was growing up. He joined the team after captain Nicole Denney talked to him about the sport when they were working together at the Boys and Girls Club. Sharp said he was skeptical at first but gave the game a try. You look like a nerd with a broom, running, but once you get out there you realize how difficult it really is and your competitive juices get flowing, Sharp said, you have to play. Quidditch is more than a sport to many. The IQA says in its mission statement, We are born into an entirely pre-fabricated world, and developing and sharing a new idea with others is important to show people that new ideas can exist, that they can be created by young people, and that they can take root and grow in meaningful ways. The Kansas quidditch team members exemplified that when they traveled to Overland Park on Sat-

The team is raising funds to support its trip to play in the international quidditch Association World Cup Nov. 12-13. urday afternoon to teach local kids how to play quidditch or, as they call it, kidditch. The team raised money for their upcoming trip to the World Cup, Nov. 12-13. Generations celebrated their love of Harry Potter and the game that grew out of one college students alternative to playing bocce ball as IQA Commissioner Alex Benepe says in Brooms Up. The spirit of the novels moves players and fans. Harry Potter was an orphan who found a home, friends and more at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Quidditch is a sport for anyone. It has brought Potter fans on campus together this year to stand behind the Kansas quidditch team as they take on the World Cup just as Dumbledores Army stood behind Harry as he took on Voldemort. Edited by Laura Nightengale

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mgalloway@kansan.com Playing in a rare Sunday game on the eve of Halloween, the Kansas volleyball team wrapped up a horrific October with another Big 12 loss. tack errors by Texas A&M junior The Jayhawks (13-10, 1-9) showed libero/outside hitter Tori Mellinger. heart on Sunday afternoon, reaching But a tight fourth set would once the 20 point plateau in all four sets, again go in favor of the Aggies, who but they ultimately lost to the Texas got a game-leading 17 kills from seA&M Aggies (17-5, 6-3) in College nior outside hitter and 2010 All-Big Station, Texas, 21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 12 honoree Kelsey Black. 20-25. The defeat wrapped up a 2-7 She would be for them what October for Kansas. youd expect her to be, Bechard October wasnt a very good said, and that is one of the top permonth for us, coach Ray Bechard formers in the league. said. But were looking forward to McClinton would finish with a November being something we can highly-efficient 14 kills to only two look back on and be proud of. errors. The progression of McClinThe Jayhawks actually reached ton, Jarmoc and the other young 20 points first in the opening set, players has been a silver lining for taking a late 20-19 lead on a kill by the slumping Jayhawks. But Mcsophomore midClinton said that dle blocker Carothe losses have line Jarmoc. But Our record isnt indicative stung the underthe Aggies would of what kind of team we classmen, too. pull away, scoring I feel like its are. four consecutive hardest on the sepoints en route to niors. This is their rAy bECHArD an eventual 25-21 COACH last shot at volwin. leyball, so it takes The first two a toll on them, sets featured a McClinton said. wide gap in digs that favored the But everyone feels it. Aggies, but the Jayhawks would Bechard said that he knows, in make the number closer in the final the end, his team will be judged by two frames. The Aggies would ulti- its record, which still stands at three mately out-dig the Jayhawks 71-56, games above .500 despite the rough which gave them more opportuni- October. ties at kills. Obviously weve had a lot of disThey were putting balls down, appointment, Bechard said. Our said freshman outside hitter Sara record isnt indicative of what kind McClinton. They were just able to of team we are. But thats what the find ways around our defense. papers say and what the releases Bechards squad did rally back say. from a 24-22 deficit in the third set, scoring its final three points on at Edited by C.J. Matson

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act: Before Thursday night I could honestly say I was not obsessed with Kansas Basketball by any means. I have never stayed and attended a game mostly because I wasnt invested. That is not the case anymore. Thursday night, I was given the opportunity to see the players in a non-press conference setting. I attended Ladies Night Out with Bill Self, a fundraiser for breast cancer research and a cause dear to my heart. This was the ninth year that the basketball team and Bill Self donned their best warm-ups and showed some ladies the ropes of Kansas Basketball. I went into the evening expecting to hang out with ladies at least 30 years older than me and watch the team be mobbed for photos and autographs. I was right. But, from the experience I was able to see the more personal side of the team and discover my love for Kansas Basketball. Barry Hinson, the director of mens basketball operations, kept

Ladies night out with Bill Self

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the ladies entertained with comments about how much he loved their dresses and reminded them to drink up because it is for a good cause. He promised from the very beginning that if a single husband called for someone, all of the women would be hard at work running drills until 1 a.m. The coaching staff introduced the team with a few personal touches. Self introduced Naadir Tharpe as the best dancer on the team, showed off Niko Roberts freshly broken nose and let the ladies fawn over Thomas Robinson after he returned from an MRI. The women oo-ed and aw-ed over the players. The players were asked numerous times, as they were being photographed, why they chose Kansas. After answers about the quality of the education and the school traditions, the women encouraged the players over and over again to not be one-and-done players. The young men were courteous, funny and honestly lovable with the ladies despite the sometimes tough love they received about the upcoming season. Legendary coach Larry Brown flew in for the occasion. He spent time answering questions with Self. The women knew their stuff. They asked about recruiting practices and how Self would keep the teams free-throw shooting average up despite losing top shooters Tyrel Reed and Brady Morningstar. Brown explained that when he coached at Kansas he was willing to give a scholarship to a kid who was said to be a good kid. It didnt matter if the kid looked like he was going to win a championship coming out of high school. Brown was looking for committed, coachable players. Brown and Self agreed that kids that come to Kansas because they just want to play so badly are the ones that are going to be the most successful. The crowd of women agreed, citing Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich. The team this year is young. It is a fact that Self and Brown both recognize. Self joked with players when they were demonstrating the Kansas offense that they didnt know it yet. It was a little joke and one that the players recognized as having some truth to it. A woman told Tyshawn Taylor how proud she was of him for growing up during his time at KU. He said thank you. He explained that everyone needs their time to grow and as a team that is what they are doing now, growing and coming together. Edited by Josh Kantor

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Football: more trick than treat

Mike Lavieri

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ou know the feeling when you eat so much candy that your stomach hurts and you dont want to do anything but just sit around? I wonder if thats how the wide receivers feel each time they eat a candy bar. They have a knockdown board in the receiver room that shows which receiver has knocked down more defenders on their backs. At one point junior D.J. Beshears was leading with a slim margin over junior Kale Pick. The winner each week would receive a king-size candy bar. Weve heard that the team takes extended breaks at practice to simulate a halftime. Im starting to question if its really because the receivers are too busy sharing their candy with everyone on the team that they just dont feel very good. Kansas would have been better off staying in Lawrence and taking a weekend break to heal its stomach ache than getting on a plane to Austin, Texas, since the Jayhawks performance was as if they didnt show up. The offense was on the field for 15 minutes and 53 seconds. It amassed 46 total yards of offense on 36 plays. Texas scored 43 points and had 35 first downs. How is a team supposed to win a game when it doesnt let its defense catch its breath? Kansas had 11 drives on Saturday seven ended with punts, one ended with an interception, one ended with a fumble and one ended with a safety. The last one ended with a turnover on downs. The Jayhawks couldnt get anything going, only getting three first downs on the night. Clearly this team isnt making progress. In fact, its regressing. Kansas played Oklahoma well, losing 47-17. This came a week after Oklahoma defeated Texas 55-17. Kansas then lost to Kansas State 59-21, while Oklahoma lost to Texas Tech in Norman, Okla., 41-38. Kansas State this weekend lost its undefeated status as Oklahoma won easily 58-17. Next week Kansas plays Iowa State in Ames, Iowa a team that defeated Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, 41-7. The Jayhawks are in for a long rest of the season. Lucky for them, they can now take a backseat to basketball, which starts tomorrow. The spotlight will no longer be on them. If the Jayhawks are going to give up 600 yards and more than 40 points a week, there isnt a point in showing up. Sports Illustrated may have been wrong about the Jayhawks winning two games, since it picked them to win one. But its correct so far in saying Kansas wont win a conference game. Edited by Rachel Schultz

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Sophomore linebacker Darius Willis falls to his knees after being shaken up from the previous play during the first half of Saturday nights game against Texas. Willis had eight tackles in the Jayhawks 0-43 defeat. Kansas remains winless in Big 12 play.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS Late in the game, it became a race not to break records for Kansas football. The Jayhawks 28 yards on their last possession of the game gave them 46 yards on the night, just two short of the history books. The statistics for Kansas date back to 1968, and the record for fewest yards in a game is 44. Thirty-seven of those

46 yards came in the fourth quarter when the Longhorns were leading 33-0. After the game, offensive coordinator Chuck Long had little explanation to give for why the offense had a near historical struggle. They just whooped us, Long said. It was one of the worst days or nights Ive had as a coach. Normally an aid to the Jayhawks struggling defense, the offense provided no relief for the defense.

The Jayhawks defense stayed on the field for 44 minutes and seven seconds, and the offense ran 57 less plays than Texas. When sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb completed a 13-yard pass to sophomore receiver Christian Matthews, the ordinary play marked the third and final first down Kansas had all game. It was also the first time Kansas crossed midfield into Texas territory. The 43-0 loss to Texas was the

first time Kansas had been shut out since 2002. It was really frustrating. We couldnt get anything going, Webb said. Nothing was working that we were doing. After finishing the first half with 10 yards, it would be easy to assume the Jayhawks would find a way to improve upon that number at halftime. Yet, the halftime adjustments continue to be nonexistent for Kansas as things never

improved. On Kansas first play of the second half, sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb took the snap ready to right the ship. Instead, he ended up with his helmet on the turf; a sack that left Kansas with only two total yards after 16 plays on offense. An offense that considers its strength to be its rushing attack finished with negative two yards

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ryan mccarthy rmccarthy@kansan.com
Kansas soccer finished its regular season on Friday with a disheartening loss to Oklahoma, 3-0. The Jayhawks came into the game trying to improve their seed in the Big 12 tournament and increase their likelihood of making the NCAA Tournament. Despite all of this, Kansas came out with a disappointing level of effort against the Sooners. We were brutal today, Kansas coach Mark Francis. That might be the worst game weve played all season. We didnt do any of the things we normally do well. We didnt connect. We didnt finish in the attacking third. Things weve been doing all year, for whatever reason, we didnt do today. In the 12th minute, Oklahoma got on the scoreboard when sophomore Annalisa Hall took a free kick from about 25 yards out. Her shot soared over KUs defenders before reaching the goal. Kansas freshman goalkeeper Kaitlyn Stroud misplayed the ball and it bounced into the goal, putting the Sooners ahead 1-0. During the second half, in the 54th minute, the Sooners struck again when junior Dria Hampton crossed a corner kick to sophomore Amy Petrikin, who headed the ball into the net. The Sooners final goal of the day came from Caitlin Mooney in the 61st minute when she dribbled by the Kansas defense and struck a ball that hit the back of the net. After the game, Stroud was frustrated with the teams effort as well as her own. Sometimes you have bad games, and this was a bad game, Stroud said. I am not going to blame anyone here for not having their focus; we just had a bad day. It was also difficult day for Kansas seniors Kelsey Clifton, Kortney Clifton and Jordyn Perdue, who were honored after the game for their four years of service. Perdue played the most minutes of the seniors with 55. Obviously, it is pretty emotional, but it was a frustrating way to go out, Perdue said. It still does not take back from what we have accomplished so far this year because we are still in a good position to come out and win next week at Big 12s. With the loss, Kansas will be the No. 7 seed at next weeks Big 12 tournament and will face the second-seeded Texas A&M Aggies. The positive is to get it out of our system and hopefully well regroup and be able to bounce back and play at the caliber were capable of, Francis said. The game is on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in San Antonio. Edited by Jayson Jenks

nIcK SmIth/KanSan Sophomore midfielder amy grow makes a play during Fridays match against oklahoma. The Jayhawks lost the game 3-0.