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MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 9
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Students at Te Universityo Kansas and Haskell IndianNations University have beentaking advantage o a studentexchange program or years.Recently, however, KU hastaken measures to expand rela-tions and community betweenthe two schools, including thecreation o two new positions.Becky Welton in the Depart-
ment o Diversity and Equitywas recently appointed as theKU-Haskell community liai-son. Welton said she workswith Haskell in providing pro-grams or and recruiting ex-change students.“A couple o things we’ve done
is having the orientation meet-ing at Haskell. We have provid-ed field trips, tours up to KUand give them a walking touro Jayhawk Boulevard, visitedthe Office o Multicultural A-airs, the library and then dida driving tour o west campus,”Welton said.Welton, who previously
worked on the Haskell cam
pus, said many o the exchangestudents come to KU or class-es not offered at their own col-lege.“Haskell is a small school and
because they’re small and havea limited ederal budget, theydon’t have the opportunities atHaskell to take the variety ocourses that KU has,” Weltonsaid.As the exchange program
grows — currently there are20 Haskell Students takingcourses at KU — there’s moreo a need to provide a strong
Native American community,Welton said.Melissa Peterson, a doctoral
candidate in higher educa-tion and administration, wasrecently hired as the Multi-cultural Coordinator on KU’scampus. Peterson said her jobis to help cultural communi-ties on campus grow, particu-larly among Native Americanstudents. Trough strength-ening cultural bonds, NativeAmerican students on campusand those in the exchange pro-gram have a higher rate o suc-
cess she said
“Some o the things that I’vebeen working on is buildingcommunity so I can definitelyhelp with recruitment, reten-tion and graduation,” Petersonsaid.Peterson is working with the
Native Faculty Staff Councilas well as the First Nation Stu-dent Association in providingprograms and resources orboth Native American KUstudents and Haskell exchangestudents.“We really want to do more
and be more inclusive to the
community at KU. We want toinvite those who don’t knowabout Native American heri-tage and culture and get theminvolved,” Peterson said.Having a strong community
is important or Native Ameri-can students, Peterson said.“Within the native commu-
nity, there’s always a sense oamily and a sense o place.And that’s what we hope toprovide and invite them intothe Office o MulticulturalAffairs, because we do a lot ogood things or our students,”
Peterson said
Senior Landri James, romPrairie Band Potawatomi Na-tion, recently became presi-dent o the First Nations Stu-dent Association. James, whoattended Haskell or two yearsprior to KU, said she hopesto grow the Native Americancommunity, which is current-ly small compared to othergroups.“Right now we’re definitely
underrepresented, we haveabout six or seven membersthat come to our meetingsweekly,” James said.
“It’s really important or stu-dents who are so ar away romhome to know that they havepeople here that think likethem who do the same thingthat they do,” James said.One o the projects that First
Nation Student Associationis working on is organizing apowwow in the spring, Jamessaid.“I think one o our biggest is-
sues right now is finding an ap-propriate acility or that event.For the past couple years, we’vehad it in the Student Union in
the ballroom and it’s just really
crowded, so we’re trying to getcontacts with the right peopleat the university to help us,”James said.Te powwow is open to all
Native Americans in the area,James said. Additionally, shesaid, a successul powwowcould mean a stronger NativeAmerican community on cam-pus.“I it’s a good powwow, we can
get people to tell their riendsand amily about us and they’llknow that we’re here,” Jamessaid.
Until the spring, James saidthat First Nation Student As-sociation will continue work-ing with Welton and Petersonto make both Native Ameri-can KU students and Haskelltransers eel welcome.“I would just like to expand
our population here on cam-pus and help to bridge thegap between KU and Haskell,”James said.
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A look at where and when students got
parking tickets in the first month of class
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Students at a meet-and-greet for Native American students at the Office of Multicultural Affairs.Back row: Miana Fay, Sherrie Marland, Melissa Peterson, Hannah Byd, Landri James, Becky Welton, and Walter Helms.Front row: Jordan Little Axe, Shereena Baker, Natasha Myhal, Sierra Two Bulls and Freddy Gipp.
Campus drivers have receivedmore than 1,800 tickets orwarnings since early August,nearly 30 percent or parking inthe wrong zone.“Te first ew weeks o class
are always hectic in parkinglots,” said Donna Hultine, di-rector o parking.O the 1,867 citations given
between Aug. 3 and Sept. 8, 843were given in campus housinglots or the Lied Center — themain parking locations or stu-dents living on Daisy Hill — ac-cording to data rom the Park-ing and ransit Office.Hultine said reshmen were
sent a “Parking 101” email, butit links to the permit section othe parking website rather thanexplaining how their permitswork.
“We could do a better job withthat,” Hultine said.Some students, including
Hunter Bessey, a reshman romShawnee, have complainedabout a shortage o spaces andhave expressed conusion overwhere they can park.“Afer looking at the parking
map, I’m still conused as towhere I’m supposed to parki there isn’t parking in yellowlots,” Bessey said.
Bessey said he received a $25ticket or parking in the Jay-hawk owers lot with his yellowpass.Right now, Hultine said acul-
ty members that have boughtyellow passes in the past areswitching to red. I the park-ing issues drag on, Hultine saidthe parking department couldmake changes.“I’m interested to see how ull
the lots that changed rom yel-low to red are,” Hultine said.
“Once that’s settled, i there’sa lot o red not being used, Ithink the parking commissionwill talk about possible chang-es.”However, it isn’t just lot chang-
es that are leading to citations.So ar, the department hasissued 251 warnings or carsacing the wrong way, Hultinesaid.With the new license plate
scanning technology the de-
partment is using this year, carsare no longer allowed to pullthrough a space to park in aspot. Tis is so all license platesare acing out into the aisles andcan be easily scanned.Overall, Hultine said parking
has issued a total o 537 warn-ings as o Sept. 16. BetweenAug. 3 and Sept. 8, the depart-ment issued 334, according tothe spreadsheet.Hultine said 251 o the 537
were or cars acing the wrong
direction. She said the systemwould keep track o who hasreceived warnings and thosepeople would get a ticket i ithappened again.Te rest o the warnings,
Hultine said, were or studentpermits that were parked instaff lots. Some o them werein lots with zone changes romlast year, but most were in resi-dence hall staff areas.“I would say because o the
new system we’ve probablywritten ewer tickets than lastyear,” Hultine said. “We’ve triedto write a lot o warnings justto get people used to the newzones.”Most parking violations have
occurred in the mornings. Othe 1,867 parking citations,1,323 o them were issued be-ore 12 p.m.Students have struggled to find
parking in some o the largeryellow lots, but Hultine said it’s
a matter o making sure peopleknow where the yellow zonesare.“Last week at 10 a.m., the [Rec
Center] lot was ull and peoplewere circling through the lottrying to find parking,” Hultinesaid. “But when I drove to lots125 and 127 [near Allen Field-house] there were about 90open yellow spots.”Eventually, once all parking
inormation is entered into the
new system, the license platescanner will be able to counthow many cars are in each lotand calculate how many spotsare available. Hultine said thatat some point, the departmentwould be able to tweet outwhich lots are ull on a daily ba-sis to help people find parkingspots.
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Nineteen reshman StudentSenate candidates were oundguilty o an egregious viola-
tion on Friday or not turningin expense reports with detailsabout campaign spending. Tecandidates, none o whomwere elected, must pay $25 orthey will not be able to run orSenate in the spring election.
A bill proposing that thecandidates who were oundguilty would be able to runor Senate again, which will be
voted on next Wednesday bythe ull Senate, was written inresponse to violations filed onFriday afernoon by the SenateElections Commission or 24reshmen.
As per Senate policy, resh-man Senate candidates are re-quired to submit an expenseorm within 24 hours o theelection’s end detailing theircampaign spending.
O the 40 reshman can-didates who ran earlier thismonth, only 16 successul-ly filed their expense orms.Tose who did not werecharged with violations andasked to appear beore the
Elections Commission.Many o the students admit-
ted that they orgot about theorm and said the mistakewas their ault. However, oth-er candidates argued that the
violation was the result o theCommission’s lack o clarity.Freshman Zac Surritt said the
mistake was partly because othe Commission’s poor com-munication during the initialcandidate meeting beore elec-tions.
“Te only reason I knew weeven had to turn [a orm] inwas because it was a questionthat was asked rom the au-dience. I think there was justa lot o miscommunication,”Surritt said. “I remember themmentioning it, but the way itwas bureaucratized was mis-
managed, I think.”Other students, through
emailed statements to theCommission, said they re-ceived incorrect inormationrom the Student Senate Ex-ecutive Committee, which isnot in charge o reshmen elec-tions.
Although many candidateswere upset at a lack o clarityregarding the expense orm,Elections Commission ChairNicole Marcotte, a second-year
law student, said the reshmenwere thoroughly inormed otheir obligations as Senate can-didates during the first meet-ing. One o these obligationsincluded filing the expense re-
port that verified they did notexceed the $20 spending capduring campaigning.
“Tere was a powerpoint pre-sentation that I presented, andin that there were two slidesthat talked about the reshmanbudget and the policy behindthat,” Marcotte said. “Andduring that time I took ques-tions about that. Tey weretold where to find the ormsand reminded that regardlesswhether they win or lose, theystill needed to file a orm bythe 5 p.m. deadline.”
Marcotte said the policy was
in place or a reason.“We don’t want to discourage
people rom running, but alsoat the same time the Commis-sion wants to promote airness,and we want people to take theCommission and the electionprocess seriously,” Marcottesaid. “And in addition to that,candidates need to understandthe seriousness o being asenator because i individualsare just going to orget to dothings or not be responsible,
that doesn’t speak well to thetypes o senators that are beingelected.”
Marcotte also said the Com-mission changed the violationfine rom $150 to $25.
“Tis is just to ensure air-ness in the process, and I thinkthe Commission is being veryriendly,” Marcotte said.
Despite the Commission’smeasures, some members othe Senate executive staff, in-cluding Student Body VicePresident Zach George, object-ed to Friday’s hearings.
George said sanctions likethe ones enacted by the Com-mission only give Senate a badreputation and discouragereshman rom running.
“I think this whole processhas been a little bit ridiculous
— a little bit o an overreac-tion,” George said. “It rein-orces what students eel aboutStudent Senate and how ourelection systems are ridiculousbecause we’re having to chargereshman, who haven’t evenbeen here in a month, $25.”
George expressed that theexpense report itsel is super-fluous or candidates who arespending “dollars and cents”on campaign materials.
“Now, they are being threat-
ened with the potential ohaving an egregious violation,paying $25 and potentially notbe able to even run,” Georgesaid.
George presented the issue
to the Student Senate Exec-utive Committee on Fridayafernoon afer the Commis-sion completed its violationhearings. Te bill written atthe Senate meeting would sus-pend the policy sections underwhich the 19 candidates werecharged as gui lty.
George said he sees this issueas an opportunity to repair theskewed view some studentshave o Senate and show somecompassion to the reshmancandidates.
“I know that on our staff.We’re going to do everything
possible to make sure this canbe resolved,” George said.
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19 freshman candidates violated policyLARA KORTE@lara_korte
Former KU graduate teach-ing assistant Orion Mark Graattended a continued motionhearing Sept. 17 to withdrawhis no-contest plea to chargeso rape.
Te outcome o the motionhearing has not been decided,and the trial date was not set.
Senior District Attorney
Amy McGowan told JudgeSally Pokorny that she had re-ceived an email rom the vic-tim saying Gra had contactedher through a letter this week.
"[Te letter] goes into de-tails about not having donethe offense, about how he isunctioning better mentally.He keeps contacting her. Howdo they keep him rom con-tacting her?" McGowan askedPokorny.
Te officer present during thehearing confirmed that outgo-ing letters written by inmatesare not read beore being sent.
Te victim was 18 years oldat the time o the alleged crimeand reportedly unconscious,according to records.
Tis May, Gra, 39, plead-ed no contest on counts orape and aggravated sodomyagainst an 18-year-old. He wasrepresented by attorney Bran-
den Smith.On July 22, represented by a
new attorney, Michael Clarke,Gra said he wanted a mentalevaluation to ascertain wheth-er he was competent at thetime o the original plea.
During today's hearing, Mc-Gowan said she has requestedGra's mental health recordsrom Bert Nash CommunityHealth Center to determinewhether his competence was
a actor.Te court held a prelimi-
nary hearing in July 2014 orall elony counts o attemptedrape. Te victim testified to thecourt she began dating Gra inMarch 2013 and said they hadan on-and-off relationship thatended in November 2013.
Te victim said Gra becamephysically violent early intothe relationship. She testifiedin one instance, Gra “hit her,dragged her into his room,bound her ankles with tapeand threatened to kill her,” ac-cording to court transcripts.
He was charged with eightcounts: counts 1-3, rape; count4, aggravated criminal sod-omy; count 5, sexual battery;count 6, aggravated assault;count 7, criminal threat; andcount 8, battery.
“I he is allowed to withdrawhis plea, they are going to set
it or a trial or something elsedown the line. But it’ll be sometime until [then],” said JacyWole, criminal/traffic super-
visor with the Douglas County
district court. “Tey haven’tresolved anything yet.”
Gra has been under undercustody o the Douglas Coun-ty sheriff since June 2014 with
a $300,000 bond. I convicted,he aces up to 20 years in pris-on.
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No decision at hearing for former GTAVICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO@vickyd_c
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A still from the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access’ sexual harrassment training video.
In a contrast to previous years,this year’s sexual assault harass-ment training will be enorced,interactive and required or all
students.Te training will be required
or all students rather than only
reshmen. And students whodo not complete the trainingwill have a hold placed on theiraccount, which means theywon’t be able to enroll.
Te Office o Institutional Op-portunity and Access — the o-fice on campus that deals with
preventing sexual harassmentand resolving on-campus cas-es — is preparing to roll out anew training program eaturing
videos and an interactive quiz.
Jane McQueeny, executive di-rector o IOA, said she hopes anew version o the training —
in particular using videos in-stead o a slide show — will en-gage students more in learningabout sexual harassment. Te
videos eature University stu-
dent athletes, including men’sbasketball player Evan Man-ning, with the hope o leaving
a more lasting impression on
Mandatory sexual harassment training is
expected to roll out soon for all students
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Student employees will soongo through training to bemandatory reporters in caseso sexual assault and sexualharassment.Te Office o Institutional
Opportunity and Access is
working on a student employ-ee training that would includeinstructions on how to be a
mandatory reporter in cases osexual assault and harassment.All University employees, in-cluding students, are manda-tory reporters, which meansthey are required to reportallegations brought to them osexual assault and harassment.Jane McQueeny, executive
director o IOA, said the train-
ing will help clariy studentemployees' responsibility as
mandatory reporters and letthem know whom they can re-port to. She said she hopes thetraining process will be final-ized in November.McQueeny said student em-
ployees are currently notifiedo their status when they gothrough job training. Te IOAtraining would be an addition-
al step.
Employees can report to theirsupervisors or directly to IOA,she said. Anyone, includingstudent workers, can also fillout an anonymous report ormthat IOA offers, McQueenysaid.Tough McQueeny said not
all student employees will dealwith this issue ofen, it's im-
portant to know the inorma-tion. She said she hopes know-
ing what to do will encouragereporting.
“In the three years that I’vebeen here, no one has ever got-ten in trouble or not report-ing, but the only way we canmake campus saer is i peoplecome orward, so i nobodytells us about it then we can'tchange anything,” McQueeny
said.— Edited by Kate Miller
IOA will create training for student employeesMCKENNA HARFORD@McKennaHarford
Visitors flock to farm for sunflowers
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Morethan 25,000 people — includ-ing some rom other countries— took the time to travel to
a northeast Kansas arm thissummer to walk among fieldsand fields o sunflowers.
ed and Kris Grinter open thefields where they have plantedmore than a million sunflowersto visitors, asking only $1 dona-tions or each sunflower taken.For years, most o the visitorswere rom the region but socialmedia has helped spread theword about the Grinter Farmssunflower fields between Law-
rence and onganoxie. Tecouple talked to people thisyear rom Japan, Caliornia,Virginia, exas, Oklahoma, Or-egon and New York, as well asthousands o Kansans.
Te Grinter Farms Facebookpage boasts nearly 23,000 ol-
lowers and includes updatesrom Kris, photos rom visitorsand proessionally produced
videos. Te BBC did a seg-ment on the fields, and peoplerom as ar away as Guatemala
visited, Te Lawrence Jour-nal-World reported
Te fields don't have anytourist trappings. Te Grinterscarved out a gravel strip to re-lieve the parking problem onthe county road adjacent to
the arm. Tere is no gif shopor visitors center — not even apublic bathroom.
ed Grinter admitted he wassurprised by how many people
visited the arm this year."I thought I had enough park-
ing with the field in ront o
the house and the grass stripI planted, and that didn't evenbegin to cover it," he said.
It's too late or any more vis-itors this year. Te sunflowershave begun to droop and har-
vesting o corn has begun onthe arm, prompting the Grint-ers to ask on their Facebookpage or people to stay awayuntil next year.
Te Grinters don't makemuch off the visitors, other
than voluntary donations lef incollection boxes. He wouldn'tsay how much he collected thisyear but estimated about 50,000sunflowers were taken or dam-aged by visitors. He said the do-nations don't offset the $10,000it costs to plant and care or the
sunflowers.Grinter also sells corn to local
consumers and in the comingweeks will harvest the sunflow-ers or seeds he sells as birdeed.
Te Grinters say the payoff isthe opportunity to share some-thing special with many people,who usually take pictures. Tearm has been the site o seniorpictures, engagement picturesand even a wedding party.
““...the only way we can
make campus safer is if
people come forward, so
if nobody tells us about
it then we can’t change
anything.”
JANE MCQUEENY
Executive Director of IOA
APAssociated Press
CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP PHOTO
Rawly Stanhope walks with his daughter Cambrin, 3,
through a sunflower field, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, near
Lawrence, Kan. The 40-acre field, planted annually by the
Grinter family, draws hundreds during the weeklong late
summer blossoming of the flowers.
TRAINING FROM PAGE 2
students.According to the introduction
video, the modules will rein-orce three themes: what sexualharassment is, how the Uni-versity handles these cases andwhat students can do to makecampus sae.Te release date o the new
training is tentatively set orthis week, according to Mc-Queeny. Te training shouldtake roughly 20 minutes, andstudents will have two weeks tocomplete it. Afer completing
the training, students will berequired to pass a quiz.An academic hold will be put
on any student’s account whodoes not complete the training.Tis new training is one o the
efforts the University is makingthis year to deal with the na-tionwide issue o sexual harass-ment on college campuses.Te new training videos ea-
ture the phrase: “Speak Up.We’re Listening,” to encouragemore students to reach out tothe University in cases o sexualassault.Te previous sexual harass-
ment training was available orstudents but not required. Un-like AlcoholEdu, which incom-ing students must complete,there was no penalty or ailingto complete the previous sexualharassment training.McQueeny said she hopes stu-
dents will find the video mod-ules more engaging than theold training, which was a longslideshow.Casey Boyd, a junior rom
Chicago, said he recalled sittingin ront o his computer twoyears ago, mindlessly speedingthrough the old sexual harass-
ment training or students.“I actually did finish it, but re-
ally didn’t pay attention to it,”Boyd said. “I just kept hittingnext without reading much.”“Honestly I’m not even sure i I
finished it,” said Sean Franklin,a junior rom Overland Park. “Iremember it was just like a verylong powerpoint.”Te changes stem rom a stu-
dent outcry last all when ahighly-circulated story romthe Huffington Post detailedproblems in one student’s sexu-al assault case at the University.“Tat was really one o the
things that the students wantedlast year, or it to be mandatoryand that there be a [hold] puton students enrollment i theydidn’t take the course,” Mc-Queeny saidUniversity students worked
with IOA to develop the newsexual harassment training.“Research shows that students
don’t engage or relate to it un-less it involves their campus,so it’s very KU-ocused,” Mc-Queeny said.Emily Schwerdteger, a junior
rom Columbus, Ohio whoworks at IOA and helped put
the training together, said thetraining makes the issue o con-sent an important topic.“Part o what the new training
does is help people understandthat just because someone isdrunk that doesn’t mean thatit’s okay to have sex with them,”Schwerdteger said.
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Any student who wason campus last year willundoubtedly remember the
masked man parading downJayhawk Boulevard on Nov.5 to protest the University'sresponse to sexual assault.
Te man entered classroomsin Wescoe Hall and BudigHall to speak out. He was notarmed and was taken intocustody within an hour. Butwhat i students had actuallybeen in danger?
All KU students are auto-matically subscribed to receiveemergency alerts rom theUniversity unless they optout. But in this situation, suchalerts wouldn’t have beenbeneficial.
Te first text alert about themasked man went out at 2:37
p.m., long afer he had beentaken into custody. So unlessstudents had physically seenthe man or had happenedto read a post about him onsocial media, they would have
been clueless.Tis was a airly low-threat
situation. Although some stu-dents elt intimidated or ner-
vous, there was no immediatedanger to their well being.But the act remains that hadthere been a more pressingissue, the University officials’response was inadequate inensuring students had updatesabout what was actuallyhappening.
According to the campusalert system protocol, thePublic Saety Office sends outalerts when there is “an im-
mediate threat to the campuscommunity” or in “situationsrequiring immediate action.”But these criteria should be
readdressed so students canbe better inormed o campussituations.
Tat is not to suggest thatPublic Saety should sendemergency texts to students
or anything slightly out othe ordinary. But when thereis an unusual occurrence oncampus and the office is awarethat many students are con-cerned about it, there shouldnot be a delay in sending outan alert, even i the case is stilldeveloping.
It’s also important to consid-er that the most direct and au-thentic inormation will comerom Public Saety. Many stu-dents who did not observe theman firsthand only learnedabout the situation throughsocial media apps like witter
and Yik Yak.According to Poynter,
incorrect inormation travelsaster on witter than any
subsequent attempts to correctsuch alsities. Hastily preparedposts or tweets that don’tcontain the ull issue are morelikely to instill panic in thoseexposed to their content. It’s
essential that students get themost accurate inormationavailable in potentially threat-ening situations, which is whyPublic Saety should take lesstime to send alerts.
It’s not just extreme sit-uations that need promptattention either. Public Saetyalso sends out alerts regardingthef and other crime issues.Last Tursday, Lawrence andEdwards Campus studentsreceived a notice at 3:49 p.m.regarding a motorcycle thefon Daisy Hill, despite the actthe vehicle was stolen beore
10 a.m.Te longer it takes or inor-
mation to reach students, theless likely they will be able to
assist in any capacity.Public Saety needs to
redefine its criteria or whatconstitutes an emergencyalert. Even i the available in-ormation regarding an event
is not complete, students havethe right to know the latestand most accurate reports owhat is going on around them,particularly i the developingsituation may be dangerous.
At the very least, hastenedemergency alerts could sub-side any ear created by mis-inormation or the completelack o inormation.
— Edited by Abby Stuke
Since the beginning o thesemester, email alerts havebeen sent out about a motor-cycle stolen and attemptedsnatching o a girl's purse ina parking lot. Tere have alsobeen articles written abouttwo shootings this year inLawrence and multiple gen-eral cases o assault. Tis hascaused many investigationson campus and a not-so-greatconversation in our commu-nity.
With the amount o thef,assault and shootings occur-ring recently in Lawrence, thecity needs to find a differentsolution rather than relying onpolice and campus security. ohelp us be more aware o oursurroundings, a solution thatthe city could look into is toincrease lighting in neigh-borhoods near campus sostudents eel saer and moreaware.
Coming rom a small town,the worry o being abducted,robbed or attacked nevercame to mind. Because it was
so small and the surroundings
were clear rom street lights,it elt saer. But beore college,no one is worried aboutwalking home rom the bar orwalking back to their car roma long night o studying.
Jayhawk Boulevard is welllit along with the main roadsin Lawrence like Iowa, 23rdand Massachusetts, but whengoing through neighbor-hoods or even just streets likeKentucky or ennessee thatmany students live on, it’sincredibly dark and difficult tosee. It creates a vulnerable anddangerous scene i someone is
there at the wrong time.
According to a memoran-dum rom the city auditorMichael Eglinski, $600,000o Lawrence’s money goestoward lighting every year.Te number is high becausethe price is set by the KansasCorporation Commission.
Weststar Energy is in chargeo the energy, maintenanceand ownership o the lighting— not Lawrence. It would becheaper to light the city bybuying lights and maintainingthem, but the city still hasyet to do so. Since the cost isso expensive and the lights
are not owned by the city, it
makes sense why the city hasnot added new lighting.Lawrence normally eels
sae, but incidents happeneverywhere. College shouldn’tbe a place where students eelscared or in danger. Studentsshould always eel sae in theirsurroundings.
I the paths students walk arewell lit, it could change a ewthings around here. Solutionsneed to be made to preventcrime in the Lawrence area.
Jessica Gomez is a senior fromBaldwin City studying journal-
ism and global studies.
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WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Crazy dreams seem pos-sible. The next two days
bring lots of career move-ment. Make an important
connection. Plan yourmoves. Allow for miracles.Abandon old fears. You’re
being tested. Angelsguide your actions.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) The way is blocked, sosit still for a while. Plana trip over the next few
days. Research the route,destination and possible
fun to be had. Reviewoptions. There’s no need
to decide yet.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Manage finances today
and tomorrow. Worktogether to resolve pri-
orities. Discuss what youeach love and want. Usemoney to make money.Opposites attract even
more so now. Keep yoursense of humor.
Cancer (June 21-July22) Negotiate to refine the
plan. Work with a partnerfor the next few days. A
conflict between love andmoney could arise. Workit out. Don’t be afraid if
you don’t know how. Getpromises in writing.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Focus on your work overthe next few days. Gathersupport for your project.Ask for assistance andget it. Don’t fund a fan-tasy. A positive attitudeplus persistent efforts
add up to some seriouscash.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.22) Finish what you said
you’d do before startinga new project. Romanceis a growing possibilityover the next few days.
It’s getting fun. Use yourconnections. Work withwhat you have. Practical,inventive design delivers.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Cleaning house leads tothe discovery of buriedtreasure. Begin a prac-tical domestic phase.
Make changes. Reinforceinfrastructure. Home
and family take prioritytoday and tomorrow. Get
together and draw upyour fantasies. Realize a
shared dream.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21) Accept a challenging
assignment and learn newtricks. Resist the temp-tation to spend on shiny
stuff you don’t need.
Get what you do. Write,perform and expressyourself. You’re especiallyclever today and tomor-
row.
Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec.21) You can make lots ofmoney today and to-
morrow. Work interfereswith play. Take the cash,and ask a loved one for
patience. Satisfy thecustomer, and celebrate
after the job is done.New opportunities merit
attention.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.19) Enjoy a two-day self-con-
fident phase. Increaseyour leadership. Take
responsibility for a proj-ect, and provide results.
Attend meetings andparticipate. Work with
friends. Count your bless-ings. It’s an excellent timeto travel, or just go out.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Get into thoughtful
planning mode. Don’tworry ineffectively. Send
someone else ahead.Contemplate your nextmove carefully over the
next few days. Medi-tate in seclusion. Study
the situation. Imaginedifferent solutions andconsequences. Listen to
your heart.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Set up gatherings. Conferwith allies today andtomorrow. Work out
who will do what. Investin efficiency. Step up
what you’re willing to beresponsible for. Others
get inspired for the same.Collaborate for a shared
possibility.
Works by Stephen Sondheim,arguably one o the great-
est modern musical theatercomposers, can be notoriouslydifficult to produce.Te Kansas City Repertory
Teatre had its work cut outor it when selecting Sond-heim's "Sunday." In additionto a difficult score and twoslightly disconnected acts, theKC Rep staged "Sunday" in theNelson-Atkins Museum o Art— on a stage not at all intendedor theatre perormances.Despite the struggles, the KC
Rep's "Sunday," which had itsopening night on Friday, is ullo lie and color — just like the
painting the show is based on."Sunday" centers on the
amous painting "A SundayAfernoon on the Island o LaGrande Jatte" by French artistGeorges Seurat. Sondheim andwriter James Lapine's storyimagines who the models in thepainting are and their connec-tion to Seurat.Central to the story is Dot,
Seurat's mistress and muse.Troughout the show, Dot andGeorge struggle to bring theirwildly different personalities toterms. Dot is extroverted andull o lie; George is withdrawnand moody. Eventually, hisreluctance to verbally admithis eelings or her pushes Dotto choose between him andanother man.
In the KC Rep's production
the title o the show is mislead-ing. Tis is really a show aboutDot, not George — a showabout how she inspires the manwho invents pointillism andeventually creates the magni-icent scene o a 19th centurySunday. And, accordingly, SaraJean Ford, who plays Dot, stealsevery scene she's in.Ford captures Dot's character
arc with grace, taking Dot roma naive young girl to a womanwho gives up the man she lovesor the man who will willinglylove her back. Her voice shinesin Sondheim's ballads and pat-ters, and Ford seems at home inevery aspect o Dot's character.Ford also plays George's daugh-ter Marie in the second act, andshe lends a sof touch to the
role o the 98 year old stepping
back to let the other George(George Seurat's great-great-grandson) take the stage.Clay Elder, who plays George,
does the most with what Sond-heim offers. It's hard to relate toa character like George--whichis not the actor's ault — butElder seems to really fit intoGeorge Seurat about halwaythrough the first act. "We DoNot Belong ogether," a duetbetween Dot and George, is oneo his strongest perormances inthe show, when he lets George'spain seep through as he saysgoodbye to the woman he loves.Te first act, centering on
George's lie and the creation othe painting, is the strongest othe two in the show. Act wotakes the audience to a com-
pletely different setting with
different characters. Althoughit's clear the point that Sond-heim is trying to make aboutart with the juxtaposition o thetwo time periods, abandoningthe rich story and characterscreated in the first act canconuse and irritate audiences,especially those unamiliar withmusical theatre (then again,Sondheim isn't exactly musicaltheatre or beginners.)Despite some ailings in the
story, Sondheim's music isas flawless as ever. Te subtlenuances in musical themes andscoring are brilliant, especiallyin scenes where George ispainting. Te score perectlyrepresents George's pointillism
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Dot, played by Sara Jean Ford, pleads with Georges, played by Clay Elder, in the KC Repertory Theatre’s production of “Sunday in the Park withGeorge.”
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Student finds a
niche throughbeauty tutorials
on YouTube
Earlier this month SwedishYouuber PewDiePie becamethe first user to reach 10 bil-lion total views on his videos,
reported IGN. Te 25-year-old gamer/comedian earnedsomewhere between about $1million and $15.5 million in2014, reported SocialBlade.Closer to home, vlogger (vid-
eo blogger) and beauty guruSarah Salvini, a reshman romDe Soto, is using her Youubechannel "TeSarahSalvini" toenter into business relation-ships with small-time cosmet-ic and clothing companies.Salvini currently has nearly7,000 subscribers and 367,000
views on her 138 videos.Salvini’s most popular video,
titled “IPS on Getting Insta-gram Followers FAS,” has ac-cumulated more than 184,000
views since being uploaded inJanuary. Her videos include tu-torials on makeup, hair, fitnessand clothing, as well as vlogsdepicting her daily lie.Her channel was started in
2014 afer Salvini became in-terested in big-name beautygurus “Gigi Gorgeous” and“ciaoobelllaxxo.” Afer ollow-ing their tutorials and realizingshe had a knack or their skills,Salvini began creating her ownmaterial.
“I was trying new things. I
was mimicking the tutorials… Tings didn’t work the rightway on me, and other peoplewould have the same problemsI would have,” Salvini said. “Sothen I started making tutorials
just to inorm people [who]have the same skin type I do.”Salvini has a large presence on
other social media platorms
as well. Her Instagram accounthas nearly 40,000 ollowers.But beauty means more to Sal-
vini than just views on a videoor a ollower count. She saysthat while other people usebooks or exercise to “escape,”she uses cosmetics.“I was never confident when I
was little,” she said. “I was justnever confident with how Ilooked because no one taughtme how to do [makeup orhair], and so this was a way orme to get past things that werekind o going on in my lie.”Even as a relatively small-time
content creator, Salvini is ableto benefit financially rom her
hobby. Like many beauty You-ube users, she is sponsoredby video content networkStyleHaul. She works withclothing website Dressin andwaist-training website Bomb-shell Bunny Curves, Inc. andis working on partnering withsimilar websites. In return or
promoting them in her videos,the companies send Salvini adiscount code or viewers touse on the company website.Salvini gets a cut o the salesmade with the code.Salvini is pursuing a strategic
communication degree in theSchool o Journalism in orderto continue spreading beauty
advice and inormation or “aslong as [she] can.” She says ishe doesn’t end up in broad-casting or managing a beautysupply company, she wantsto have her own clothing ormakeup line some day.Beore starting college, Salvi-
ni was able to put out a video
every day o the week. She’shad to slow down to about one
video per week but hopes toget back up to at least three perweek.
— Edited by Kate Miller
COURTNEY BIERMAN@KansanNews
SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE
Sarah Salvini, a freshman from De Soto, is a YouTube vlogger with sponsorship fromdifferent beauty and fashion companies.“
“I was just never confi-dent with how I lookedbecause no one taughtme how to do [makeupor hair], and so this wasa way for me to get pastthings that were kind ofgoing on in my life.”
SARAH SALVINI
YouTube Vlogger
Repertory Theatre up to the challengeof ‘Sunday in the Park with George’
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style, as is the style of Sond-heim's writing. Te score is vi-brant and large and, althoughnot your typical musicaltheatre structure, certainlysupports Sondheim's status asone of the most accomplishedmusical theatre composers ofall time.Te play runs through Oct. 4
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Mathematics and music pro-essor Purnaprajna Bangere is
an accomplished musician andcomposer, having studied violinat the amous Parur School oMusic in India in his youth.
Since coming to the UnitedStates, Bangere has been ea-tured in every major Indianmusic estival in the country aswell as some in Canada. It wasat these estivals that he becameacquainted with ellow classi-cal Indian musician Amit Ka-
vthekar and jazz musician Jeff Harshbarger.
Bangere will perorm at theCommons this month in a con-
cert titled “An Evening o IndianMusic in wo Parts.” Kavthekarand Harshbarger will accompa-ny him.
Tey have collaborated be-ore, but their perormance atthe Commons will be nothinglike their past projects. It willbe a combination o music andmathematic principals — whatBangere calls “musical no-man’sland.”
“[Math and music] are con- verging now,” he said. “I’m play-ing mathematical principles tomusic actually.”
Bangere came to the United
States to pursue a doctorate inmathematics at Brandeis Uni-
versity, afer which he came tothe University o Kansas. Ban-gere said his playing mimicsshapes and concepts that appearin his mind as he’s improvising.
“Tis thing is kind o new,”he said. “It’s neither Indian norWestern.”
Te first part o the concertwill include our classical In-
dian pieces but will mostly beimprovisation between Bangereand Kavthekar. Te second part,“East-West Musical Dialogue,”will eature both Kavthekar
and Harshberger and will bean “experimentation based ongeometric principles” in whichBangere combines math andmusic.
Bangere was born in Mysorein southern India to a mathe-matician ather and a ”musical”mother. He showed an affinityor music at a young age, andhis parents signed him up orsinging lessons when he was justseven years old. At 10 he pickedup the violin.
“I love the violin. Since I was akid, that was the one instrumentwhich I used to love,” Bangeresaid. “Just the sight o it used tomake me really emotional.”
Bangere was first a student oH.K. Narasimha Murthy, an ac-claimed violin instructor in In-dia, afer he started at the ParurSchool at age 14.
Several o Murthy’s students,including Murthy’s son, haveplayed at some o the world’smost prestigious venues in-cluding Carnegie Hall, LincolnCenter and the Sydney OperaHouse. Murthy himsel is a stu-dent o “legendary” Carnaticmusician M. S. Gopalakrishnan.
Bangere and Murthy es-tablished a close relationshipduring their years as studentand mentor. Murthy said heconsiders Bangere to be his “firstson.” Bangere visits Murthy onhis trips back to India and theyspeak over the phone twice aweek.
Bangere’s training at Parur un-der Murthy was rigorous. Teday would start at 6:30 a.m. andend at 10 p.m. as Bangere jug-
gled music lessons and school.He practiced or at least fivehours every day or 18 years tomaster his instrument. At theencouragement o his ather, he
listened to three hours o West-ern classical music every Satur-day.
Western classical music differsrom Indian music in that Indi-an music is based on a system o“ragas.” Every raga has a scale upto seven notes. One raga is like“the skeleton o a human being,”Bangere said. Indian music useshundreds o scales as opposedto only a major and minor scale.
“Tink o raga as a humanbeing,” he said. “You need fleshand blood. Tat is actually giv-en by what is called microtones.A microtone is ound in theinterval between two standardsemitones o a scale. Microtonesare not a common part o mostWestern music.”
Phrasology completes theraga. A musical phrase is a serieso notes that is able to be playedon its own and sound complete.I microtones are the flesh andblood o the raga, phrases arethe circulation.
Indian music depends as muchon the musician as it does musi-cal theory. Phrases complete theraga on paper, but Bangere saidthat style is what gives it lie.
“Indian music is very individ-ualistic,” he said. “Each person[plays] the raga in his own way… Each person needs breathing.Style is the breath.”
Bangere, Kavthekar andHarshbarger will be at theSpooner Hall Commons at 7p.m. on Sept. 24.
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With the museum under ren- vations, art curators or thepencer Museum o Art areeeling the strain o not work-ng in their home museum —ut that doesn’t mean they ar-n’t hard at work.“It’s hard to explain to people
hat just because the building islosed that we aren’t working ven harder to plan, coordinatend bring to lie new pieces,
xhibits and shows,” said Eliz-beth Kanost, communicationsoordinator or the museum.Renovation plans or the artuseum have been a long time
oming, but the institution fi-ally raised enough money to
see the plan into action lastyear. Te revamped art mu-
seum will be completed nextyear, according to the museum.“Te only difference is that
the curators can’t get at theirphysical works, but that doesnot stop anyone rom continu-ing to catalog, research and ed-
ucate,” Kanost said.Curators oversee and manage
artworks kept in museums, ac-cording to the U.S. Departmento Labor Statistics. Tey also“help conduct the institution’sresearch projects and relatededucational programs.”
Kate Meyer, a curatorial assis-tant, is still doing what she canto help students learn about thearts.
“I think it’s really important,especially now that the mu-seum is closed, that the first-year students know that theycan rely on us as a valuableresource. We definitely don’twant them to miss out,” Meyersaid.
Meyer has managed workson paper or the past 10 years
and her specialty is with prints,drawing and, to some extent,photographs. She said she en-
joys helping students learnabout history and art.
Part o Meyer’s job is to un-derstand what proessors wantto teach and curate educationalmaterial. She also gives presen-tations on campus to better ex-plain her work as a curator.
“Being away rom the mate-rials makes it almost impossi-ble to help proessors in theirclasses, but I still am givingpresentations,” Meyer said. “It’sso hard to not be able to go inthere and see my babies.
“Te pieces that were too bigor too precious to move out othe building have been careul-ly enclosed in a sae area while
the renovations are going on —but they’re still my babies.”
Many curators on the staff are proessors or instructors oncampus and those who aren’tbusy with students are busyteaching in other ways.
Meyer said Kris Ercums, an-other curatorial assistant, isstill teaching a class that coversAsian contemporary art.
Some o the curators, suchas Stephen Goddard, associatedirector and senior curator,have been displaced becauseo the renovations and havehad to share office space withtheir colleagues. Te lack ospace has made working situa-tions difficult but still workable,Meyer said.
“Tere are many, many classes
at KU that use my work and Ihelp to organize exactly whatit is that they may need tostudy,” Meyer said. “O course,not only KU students use ourresources so I look orward togetting back to my work to helpothers to learn.”
One o the largest renovationprojects is finding a space torame and display the artworkin the new area. One o the neweatures in the museum willbe a series o large windows.Museum pieces will need to becareully placed because o thepotential or overexposure othe more sensitive works.
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Kris Ercums, a curator of
the Spencer Museum of Art.
Curators busy during Art Museum renovations
MATH + MUSIC
““[Math and music]
are converging now,”
he said. “I’m playing
mathematical princi-
ples to music actually.”
PURNAPRAJNA
BANGERE
Professor and Musician
Professor and musician
fuses 2 unlikely subjects
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Kassandra Valles, president of Student Union Activities, announces the beginning of the
race.
Kieran Kersbergen, a senior from Delft, Netherlands, rows “Papacito 1” across Potter
Lake. Papacito 1 came third in the race with a time of 4:05.
Deanna Marks, a senior from Plano, Texas, backstrokes her way across Potter Lake after “Shark Bait” capsized. Although Marks had to swim across the lake, Shark Bait came in fourth
with a time of 4:34.
dam Korte paddles “Right Brigade” across the lake. Right Brigade, armed with pontoons, placed first in the contest with a time of 1:53.
Team Right Brigade celebrates after winning the people’s choice award after the conclusion of the race.
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Potter Lake played hostto its first race on Satur-day, Sept. 19 as StudentUnion Activities hostedthe first ever Potter LakeCardboard Boat Regatta.Six teams competed inthe race in cardboardwatercraf that includeda pontoon boat and arendition o the CheshireCat.
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Alabama defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick (29) reacts after missing an interception during second half on Saturday, Sept. 19 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mississippi won the game 43-37 to
upset Alabama.
Maybe more so than othercollegiate sports, college oot-ball seems to consistently have
its certainties. Te SEC will bedominant, Oregon will be astand Alabama will win a wholelot o games.
However, this week — thethird o the regular season— that was not the case.Everything we know aboutcollege ootball exploded intoa March Madness-like splasho events, which started withNo. 6 USC being upset byunranked Stanord.
Wondering when the
last time Texas, Nebraska,
Alabama and USC all lost
on the same day.....
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o be completely air,Stanord has been known tocome out strong against topranked teams as it has toppedperennial powerhouse Oregonseveral times in the past,but USC never had a chanceagainst Stanord’s offense.USC gave up 41 points in thegame, including 14 in theourth quarter as Stanord putthe game away.
But an early season upsetisn't exactly uncommon, andit certainly doesn't meanthe end o the season or a
program.Last year's eventual national
champion, Ohio State, lostearly in the season as well, butthe big names that went downin spectacular ashion just
three weeks into the seasonthis year were nothing shorto bizarre.
USC's loss was an interestingstart to the day, but the eve-ning games were what madethe night as the exas Long-horns and Alabama Crimsonide both ell because opainul unorced errors.
Te struggling exasLonghorns hit their quotao mistakes by ruining theirown late game comeback.Afer being down by 21 in theourth quarter to Caliornia,Longhorns quarterback Jerrod
Heard posted the quartero his lie with two rushingtouchdowns. Te Longhornsmarched back into the gamewith two clutch touchdownsin the final three minutes o
the game.As the Longhorns celebrated
their comeback on the side-line, kicker Nick Rose missedthe game-tying extra point,which gave Caliornia the win.
And beore long, it wasAlabama's turn to join theranks o the allen bluebloodsas it ell 43-37 to Ole Miss onSaturday night.
Alabama is an extremelytalented team, which was evi-dent on Saturday, consideringit almost came back to beat atop 15 team despite com-mitting five turnovers on the
night. Over all, the Crimsonide lost that turnover battle5-0, which might not haveseemed possible given thatthe margin was so close. Andtruth be told, there may have
been some luck involved.One key play in the Ole Miss
victory over Alabama mayhave been the play o the sea-son thus ar — Ole Miss quar-terback Chad Kelly threw up aprayer to Quincy Adeboyejo.Te pass was tipped and hitoff an Alabama deender,landing into the hands o Ade-boyejo with nothing but openfield in ront o him.
Ole Miss did just enough toget the win and it improved to3-0 on the season while Ala-bama ell to 2-1. But even thatwasn't it or the bluebloods.
Five top tier programs wouldall all.
Te final two programs toall over the weekend wereArkansas and Nebraska.Arkansas lost 35-24 to exas
ech and Nebraska ell 36-33to Miami (Florida). It's worthnoting the Nebraska gamewasn't necessarily an upset,but that isn't really the point.
Simply put, it was amazingto see so many usually strongootball programs — exas,USC, Arkansas, Nebraskaand Alabama — lose over theweekend. And while USC andAlabama will likely both re-cover and finish strong, exas,Nebraska and Arkansas maybe in or long seasons as theyall start 1-2.
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In the box score o SportingKansas City’s 3-1 win, GrahamZusi was an aferthought.
Benny Feilhaber scored hisninth and 10th goals o theseason to put Kansas City up2-0. Dom Dwyer continued tobe Dom Dwyer — he scoredthe third and final goal.
But, in reality, it was Zusi’sperormance on the field thatwill prove ar more importantas the team’s season windsdown.
For the first time in over ayear, Zusi looked resh. He wasall over the field, and he lookedhealthy doing it. He was moreo an attacking presence thanhe’s been in quite some time.
He looked like the Zusi whosigned a contract to becomethe highest paid player on theteam’s attacking ront last July.Te Zusi who has notched 32caps with the national team.
“He’s getting to a place wherehe’s starting to eel closer to100 percent in regards tohis physical capacity,” saidmanager Peter Vermes. “Peopledon’t realize he’s played a loto games injured, or not evenclose to being 90 percent.”
Afer the win, Zusi sat in
ront o his locker and an-swered questions tactically andquietly. But as Zusi answeredthose questions, it was nearlyimpossible to guess that Sport-ing KC had just won its firstgame in six tries.
Zusi didn’t attribute hisperormance to his health butto the back line and deensebehind him.
“I’m not tracking back 80yards to deend,” Zusi said. “Ihad more energy tonight goingorward than I have, probablyall season. Tat’s a testament tohow we were deensively, not
just the back our, but really allo us.”
With Zusi in orm, and thedeense behind him in topshape, the Sporting KansasCity ront three played in al-
most perect harmony. Te trioo Zusi, Dwyer and KrisztianNemeth played to their upsidewhile deensive midfielderSoni Mustivar played a nearlyspotless game.
Tat allowed Zusi to get outand run, and attack the goal.Zusi recorded three shots orthe first time in a single gamesince Oct. 10, 2014, in a gamewhere he scored and assisteda goal.
“I’m just glad he’s on ourteam,” said captain and deend-
er Matt Besler. “Sometimes youtake him or granted, becauseyou’re around him every singleday and you know what hecan do because you see himat practice and trainings. Butwhen you take a step back andrealize how much he bringsto our team, that’s when you
really appreciate him.”Kansas City is already tied
or fifh in goals and ourthin assists in MLS. With aresh-looking Zusi added tothe already strong attackingront, Kansas City is going tobe an incredible orce to bereckoned with going orward
— maybe even the best offen-sive side in the league.
“I’ve been here or threeyears, and I can tell you this iseasily the best offensive teamthat we’ve had in the last threeyears, and there’s no doubtabout that in my mind,” Feil-haber said, beore compliment-
ing the ront three. “Tis teamis different than the last twoyears, and I think we’re betteroff as a team, there’s no doubtabout it.”
— Edited by Leah Sitz
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As a reshman, Madison Rig-don had 11 starts and 78 setappearances in the 2014 season.Now Rigdon is in her sopho-more season and seems destinedor great things.
In 2014, Rigdon posted a total170 kills, ourth most or theteam, and 96 digs, sixth most
on the team. Spectators mayhave thought this was phenom-enal or a reshman to recordsuch impressive stats. But she'slooking to do even better in hersophomore season.
Rigdon had to fill the startingposition afer the departure onow-graduated outside hitterSara McClinton, and those werebig shoes to fill.
“Sara gave me a lot o point-ers, as she lef, to step into hershoes,” Rigdon said. “She toldme I could do it.”
Chelsea Albers also lef plentyo the steals on the table or Rig-
don to claim; she too is a ormerplayer that Rigdon looks up to.She still helps Rigdon whenevershe goes to watch her old teamplay by giving Rigdon eedbackin order to help her understandwhat she did right and wrong.
Senior outside hitter ianaDockery also helped coach herteammate Rigdon into assimi-lating well into the open outsidehitter starting spot.
"(Dockery) helps me out a loton deense,” Rigdon said, “Atfirst, when I got here, I was real-ly nervous to go or a ball, but Ithink as we went through springand starting pre-season, she toldme to go ull out or everything.”
Outside hitter is a position thatracks up the most kills, but isalso the last line o deense.
“Te expectation is that sheplays six rotations,” Coach RayBechard said. “Deensively inthe back, her serving, her pass-ing, her digging has allowed usto play her all the way aroundand not specialize her.”
Currently Rigdon has posted
totals o 98 kills and 74 digs,both numbers being the thirhighest or the team. She haalmost passed both o her 2014season totals in 32 sets, com-pared to the 78 sets she set he2014 stats in.
Rigdon was even recognized atournament MVP at Pistol Pete’Showdown this past weekend,receiving her first career MVPaward or her outstanding per-ormance and effort to reach thlevel she is at.
Te Jayhawks have 10 straightwins since the start o their sea-son, tied with Coach Bechard’2001 team or longest seasostarting winning streak. I thJayhawks stay at the intensitthey have been playing at, themay not ever lose.
“We’re gonna do our best,” saiRigdon, “we’ve been training atpractice and we’re really lookingorward to the season, but w
just have to come one step attime and work hard at it.”
Edited by Miranda Davi
Volleyball: Rigdon is keyJOSHUA MCQUADE@L0neW0lfMcQuade
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Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi dribbles the ball toward goal in a match against FC Dallas on Sept. 20,
2015.
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Ainise Havili is a player whoKansas volleyball ans willalways remember. Her supe-rior skills show she has whatit takes to potentially join theranks o the truly great.
Last season, Havili — alongwith her teammate, seniorChelsea Albers — was namedto the AVCA All-MidwestFirst eam. Tey accountedor two o 20 members inthe Big 12 who received thisrecognition. Because o this
nomination, it seems the nextstep is a First eam All-Amer-ican nomination.
However, since there isno true scoring system todetermine who becomes anAll-American, the best way topredict uture success wouldbe to highlight key points oher reshman season.
As a reshman, Havili startedand played in every match.Tis gave her the opportunityto improve her game playand allowed her the ability
to break the Kansas all-timereshman assist record with1,332 or the season.
Havili continued to impressin her first NCAA ourna-ment where she recorded adouble-double with 54 assistsand 13 digs. She had moredouble-doubles than any otherrookie in the Big 12 or 2014.
Havili won Big 12 Fresh-man o the Week three timesduring her first season.During her reshman year shealso showed great leadershipwithin the team, which issomething that is not easy orall rookies to do.
Havili finished up her seasonwith an average o 11.31assists per set, which was atop 10 mark in the country.And, so ar in this season,Havili has shown no signs o asophomore slump.
In the Arkansas Invitationalshe had a hitting percent-age o .330 and was namedtournament MVP. I Havilicontinues to have a season likeshe played last year there isno reason she shouldn't be anAll-American, and there's agood chance she'll end up onthe first team.
NO
Te unortunate reality osubjective voting, especially inAll-American voting, is thatmore than just a player’s talentgets taken into account. In everysport, the All-American votingis also about where the playerscome rom, how their teams didand what big-name teams theybeat.
Sophomore setter AiniseHavili tore up her competitionreshman year. She demonstrat-ed how versatile and athletic
she is. Her vision on the courtis world class; she can spot out apass rom a mile away and makeit perectly. Her 11.31 assists perset was in the top 20 in the coun-try, and her 1,332 assist totalobliterated the Kansas reshmanrecord.
As a reshman, Havili playedin every set o every match. Shemade the ACVA All-MidwestFirst eam while leading theBig 12 in assists/set. She alsorecorded 14 double-doubles, tiedor 10th most in a single season.She capped it all off with an invi-tation to the U.S. national campin Colorado Springs, Colo.
And last year, the AVCAnamed her an All-Americanhonorable mention.
Clearly, Havili has the skillsetto be one o the top players inthe country. She’s already one
o the best three or our playersin the Big 12, a conerence that,according to coach Ray Bechard,has a ew teams that could com-pete or a national title.
But that’s exactly the problemor Havili’s All-American cam-paign this year.
Te big name teams — exas,Stanord and UCLA — will havetheir players recognized all overthe country by any number ocoaches and, o course, by theAVCA. In act, every one othose teams had a First eamAll-American this past year.Tose three schools alone madeup nearly hal o the All-Ameri-can first team.
Simply put: Teir playersautomatically have the nationalspotlight by virtue o themplaying or those schools.
Kansas just doesn’t have thatnational spotlight in volleyballyet. Ainise Havili is one o themost talented players in thecountry. Despite the act shekeeps getting better, this yearshe won’t make the First eamAll-American squad. Just oursophomores made it last year,and only one o them was a
setter. Tey were all rom thosebig-name volleyball schools.
Tere’s no doubt Havili haseverything it takes to be a
First eam All-American, she just won’t garner the nationalspotlight necessary to do it asa sophomore. But with Kansason pace to make their ourth
straight NCAA ournament orthe first time in school history,the Jayhawks and Havili couldgrab that spotlight very soon.
— Edited by Maddie Farber
DAILY DEBATEWill Ainise Havili be a First Team All-American this year?
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No ootball program inAmerica is in as much disarrayas Rutgers University. Tey
have already had six keyplayers dismissed rom theteam or a variety o criminalcharges, and their head coach,Kyle Flood, was suspendedor three games. Flood wasalso fined $50,000 because heasked aculty about a player’sacademic status, which vio-lated university policy. Tere’sa chance that Flood could befired, according to espn.com.
Without their coach andsix players, including startingullback Lloyd aylor andstarting cornerback Andre
Boggs, Rutgers struggled in a28-3 home loss to Penn Statein interim head coach NorriesWilson’s debut.
Tey let Penn State run wild,with reshman running back
Saquon Barkley and juniorrunning back Akeel Lynchearning 195 and 120 yardsrushing, respectively. Tatbodes well or Kansas and
junior running back Ke’aunKinner, who has rushed orover 100 yards in each o hisfirst two starts.
Rutgers wasn’t able to getanything going on the ground,with just 43 yards rushingon 32 attempts. Sophomorequarterback Chris Laviano didmanage 251 yards passing butthrew two interceptions.
Afer the game, Wilson hadwhat will certainly end upas one o the strangest pressconerences o the season. Hecalled on reporters one-by-oneinstead o taking questions.
Is it a sign that Wilson is inover his head as the interimhead coach? Perhaps. But, thatwon’t matter this Saturdaywhen the Jayhawks, whohaven’t won a road game since2009, travel to New Jersey toplay their first road game othe season.
Rutgers opens as a
13-point favorite over KU
football.
— Jesse Newell (@
jessenewell) September
20, 2015
Te act that Rutgers is with-out six key players and its headcoach certainly won’t hurtKansas. But the Jayhawks arestill trying to find themselvesunder a new coaching staff and
almost no returning startersrom last season.
Te Jayhawks lost theirleading passer, rusher and re-ceiver returning rom the 2014team. Former running backCorey Avery and wide receiverRodriguez Coleman weredismissed rom the team overthe summer, and quarterbackMichael Cummings was lost toa torn ACL in the spring. Teyalso lost their top returningdeender, linebacker Jake Love,who had to retire or medicalreasons.
Beore the season, Rutgerswas projected to be a teamfighting or a bowl game.Kansas, on the other hand, hadtheir over/under win total setat 1.5. Despite Rutgers’ losses,
it’s simply asking too much orthe Jayhawks to win their firstroad game since 2009, evenunder these circumstances.
— Edited by Leah Sitz
EVAN RIGGS@ EvanRiggsUDK
Jayhawks’ upcoming opponent struggles after
suspension of coach and dismissal of 6 players
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Rutgers interim head coach Norries Wilson, center, talks
with a running back during a game against Penn State.
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Kansas began its all tennisseason in Midland, exas atthe Midland Invitational thispast weekend. SophomoreSummer Collins and seniorMaria Cardona representedKansas in the tournament,competing in both the singlesand doubles tournament.
For the first time in theircareer, Cardona and Collinswere paired together, and theyreceived an opening roundbye. During the second roundthey aced off against AmyLowter and McKenna Rooto UAB. Kansas won 6-3, ad-
vancing to play in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
During the singles tourna-ment on day one, Cardonawent 1-1. Cardona ell in herfirst match to Devin McClus-key o Penn State, who won intwo sets 7-5, 7-5. In the con-solation bracket Cardona won
6-1, 6-4 against Ana Spenglero Lamar.While Cardona wasn’t at her
best on that first day, coachodd Chapman said he wasn’tconcerned about her play.
“For Maria, this was the sec-ond and third matches she hasplayed in since the end o Feb-ruary due to injury,” Chapmansaid in the press release. “She
just needs to continue gettingmatches under her belt to get
Penn State (4-6, 7-6, 6-3). A-ter that match, she aced Sa-brina Federici o exas ech inthe consolation bracket, whereshe won o 6-4, 6-1.
On Saturday, Cardona andCollins were set to ace tough-er competition. Tey beganwith the doubles quarterfinalswhere they aced CU’s SedaArantekin and Alexis Pereira.Cardona and Collins won 6-3,leading them into the semifi-
nals on Sunday.Cardona aced Pereira again
during the singles consolation,in a match that was shortenedby inclement weather. Pereirawon that match 8-6.
With clearer skies on Sunday,Cardona and Collins walkedon to the court to take on thedoubles semifinals. Tey werematched against the duo o Sabrina Federici and FelicityMalthy rom exas ech. Un-ortunately, Kansas took theloss at 6-4, which ended theteam’s tournament run.
“oday didn’t go the way wehad hoped,” Chapman said inthe press release. “It was a hardought match. We definitelyhad chances to come out onthe winning side o things. Wewill head home and look towork on the areas that we hadtrouble with this weekend.”
Kansas will continue its sea-son next weekend at two tour-naments, the Oklahoma In-
vitational and the Little RockInvitational
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olleyball blazes through nonconference play
Te Kansas volleyball squadhas been absolutely dominantthis year.
Te team has knocked off 12straight opponents, walkingthrough conerence play com-pletely unscathed.
Over the 12 matches, Kansasdropped just three sets out o39. And out o those 39 sets,Kansas beat its opponents by atleast 10 points on 16 differentoccasions. Te Jayhawks alsoheld their opponents to less
than 10 points in our differentsets.
How does a team sustain thatmuch dominance? Overallteam talent.
Kansas competed in ourtournaments over the season(Arkansas ournament, Kan-sas Classic, Pistol Pete Show-down, Jayhawk Classic). Ineach o those tournaments, adifferent Jayhawk was namedtournament MVP.
Sophomore setter AiniseHavili was named MVP o theArkansas ournament. Juniorlibero Cassie Wait earned the
honor or her perormance inthe Kansas Invitational. Soph-omore outside hitter MadisonRigdon won the title at thePistol Pete Showdown. Senioroutside hitter iana Dockerywas awarded with MVP hon-ors at the Jayhawk Classic.
“I we can continue to man-uacture balance and that typeo perormance rom every-body to where it’s hard to de-cide when you only have twoor three spots and there’s muchmore deserving, then you’rebecoming more o a team,”
said coach Ray Bechard.Not only were there our di-erent tournament MVPs, butsix different Jayhawks weretabbed to the all-tournamentteams as well.
Arkansas ournament
All-ournament eam: Havili,Wait, Kelsie Payne, DockeryKansas Invitational All-our-nament eam: Wait, Payne,ayler Soucie Pistol PeteShowdown All-ournamenteam: Rigdon, Soucie, HaviliJayhawk Classic All-ourna-ment eam: Dockery, Wait,Payne
As o Sept. 20, the Jayhawks
are ranked No. 17 in the AVCApoll (rankings are updated ev-ery Monday). But that’s notthe only thing the Jayhawksare ranked in.
Havili reigns as No. 1 in thenation as the assists-per-set
leader. Tanks to Havili’s help,the Kansas team as a whole isranked No. 1 in that same sta-tistic.
Sophomore right side hitterKelsie Payne is ranked No. 43in the country in hitting per-centage. Payne’s hitting per-centage (.408) is one reasonKansas is ranked No. 1 na-tionally in kills per set (15.4)and why it’s No. 4 nationally inteam hitting percentage (.310).
o start out the conerenceplay, next up or Kansas is in-state rival Kansas State. TeJayhawks host the Wildcats
on Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in theHorejsi Center.
— Edited by Maddie Farber
AMIE JUST@Amie_Just
KU rugby team starting to turnheads after win over Iowa State
Afer opening their all sea-son with a 27-22 victory overthe deending Division IIINational Champion WichitaBarbarians RFC, the Jayhawksrugby team earned another big
win on Saturday by deeating atough Iowa State squad 27-12at the Westwick Rugby Com-plex in Lawrence.
Te Jayhawks are now 2-0 onthe season, but more impor-tantly, deeating the Cyclonesmeans that Kansas has a 1-0record in Merit able Match-es. Te victory also qualifiesthe Jayhawks or the CollegeDivision 1-AA national rugbyplayoffs
count or national champi-onships and everything,” saidMatt Harmon, the sophomoreprop orward and team cap-tain. “o come out or our veryfirst Merit able game againsta really tough team like IowaState and win is huge. I’m su-per proud o my team.”
Kansas got the scoring start-ed early with senior DannyButeyn giving the Jayhawksa 7-0 lead on a tough sprintthrough the Iowa State goal-posts. Iowa State struck backlater in the hal, downing theball in the try-zone or fivepoints. Te game was stuck at7-5 heading into halfime.
“It elt amazing [to scorefirst]. I can’t take credit or thatthough, because our center
“Tat try was a team effort,and this win was a team effort.”
Te game broke open in thesecond hal, when the Jay-hawks scored 20 o their 27points. Iowa State only man-aged to score seven points inthe second hal, making thefinal score 27-12 in avor o the
Jayhawks.“It means everything to me
[to get this win],” Buteyn said.“Me and my twin brothercame into this club when I wasa sophomore. [At that point,]this club wasn’t really wherewe wanted it to be. It took aew years, but we finally gotkids to start coming out. Tiswas my last chance to beat theCyclones [too].”
Tis win should give the
o reshmen and sophomores,got some valuable experiencenear the end o the season. TeJayhawks hope that that expe-rience will help kickstart a verysuccessul all season.
“Rugby is the kind o sportthat a lot o times you’re strug-gling with numbers and the
commitment is not there,”Harmon said. “I think justhaving this and getting twosolid wins is going to reallyshow these kids that we meanbusiness and they’re going towant to stay with the team.”
Te Jayhawks will remain inLawrence next Saturday ora game against ruman Stateor their second Merit ablematch o the season.
DEREK SKILLETT@derek_skillett
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The Kansas and Iowa State rugby squads get ready for a scrum on Saturday, Sept. 19.
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Senior Taylor Soucie spikes the ball into Missouri State territory on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Women’s tennisfalls in semifinals
at tournamentSHELBY DUFOUR@shelbsdu456
“If we can continue to manu-facture balance and thattype of performance from
everybody to where it’s hardto decide when you onlyhave two or three spots andthere’s much more deserv-ing, then you’re becomingmore of a team”
RAY BECHARD
Head Coach