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As the Student Senate Rights
Committee settled into their
seats in Alderson Auditorium
on Wednesday evening, a
group o about 20 students, all
wearing black and representing
the Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk
group, filed into the back o the
room.
Following the University’s
town hall meeting on race,
respect and responsibility
— moderated by Chancellor
Bernadette Gray-Little — Rock
Chalk Invisible Hawk members
urther explained each o their
15 demands to Student Senate.
Te demands include a
structured multicultural
student government separate
rom Senate, not allowing
concealed carry on campus,
and hiring a director or the
Office o Multicultural Affairs
by December.
Te evening started on a
tense note beore members o
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk
arrived, as student senators
debated whether to pass a
resolution in support o the
group’s demands.
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk
ormed because it “is tired o
cries or justice being silenced
and dismissed,” members said
at the town hall meeting.
Several senators elt a
resolution needed to be drafed
immediately, while some
said that making decisions o
passion were irresponsible or
a governing body.
However, the climate swifly
changed, and in a push led
by rights chair Madeline
Dickerson, the resolution was
ormed and voted on afer a
lengthy debate.
“We have done squat or
multicultural students this
year, and that makes us look
so ucking pathetic,” Dickerson
said.
Afer some discussion,
members o Rock Chalk
Invisible Hawk entered the
meeting.
While the resolution was
drafed, Katherine Rainey and
other members o Rock Chalk
Invisible Hawk explained each
o the 15 demands the group had
ormed. wo o the demands
directly affect Student Senate:
immediate amendments to
the Senate Election Code
and the establishment o
a Multicultural Student
Government independent o
Senate.
Once at the ront o the
auditorium, several members
o Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk,
including the ormer Student
Senate Director o Diversity
and Inclusion, Jameelah Jones,
and Rainey, spoke to members
o the Rights Committee and
Executive Board.
“We are demanding that
our University systemically
changes so that students o
colors and underrepresented
students can survive, be
academically successul and
love our University as much as
everyone else,” Rainey said.
Rainey said Senate’s decision
to raise the spending cap or
elections not only hindered
minority students’ ability to
run or office, it prevents them
rom running at all.
“Even though minority
students in Senate and outside
o Senate said, ‘Tis [spending
THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 23
During the town hall meeting on Wednesday evening,students, staff and faculty demanded a better
response to racism at the University of Kansas.
They said it’s time to change.
Now, KU, it is
Student SenateRights Committeepasses resolutions
COURTNEY VARNEY/KANSAN
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk makes their demands during the open forum on Wednesday evening.
KU community and Rock Chalk InvisibleHawk call on University to address racism
ALANA FLINN@alana_flinn
LARA KORTE ANDCASSIDY RITTER
SEE SENATE PAGE 2SEE TOWN HALL PAGE 2
Nearly two weeks ago, a
gun was pulled on a group o
black students afer attending
a house party on Kentucky
Street.
Kynnedi Grant, a junior
rom St. Louis and presidento the Black Student Union,
was at the party. Te gun was
pulled on her riends.
Grant said she was looking
or a riend’s wallet when
two males verbally attacked
her and her riends and then
put her in a chokehold and
threatened her.
Grant said the police who
arrived did nothing.
Grant is one o many
students who spoke out at a
town hall meeting about her
personal encounters with
racism being silenced by the
University and in Lawrence.
Another student, a
reshman, said she is
transerring because she is
tired o being targeted or
her race and not being able to
speak out about it.
“Never have I ever beenmore aware o my race and
that I am oppressed and that I
am not equal than in the three
months that I’ve been on this
campus,” the student said at
the town hall meeting. “So I’m
through, because there’s not
going to be a change.”
Te meeting on Wednesday
was held in response to recent
events at the University o
Missouri and Yale University.
Te discussion, held in
the Woodruff Auditorium
in the Kansas Union and
moderated by Chancellor
Bernadette Gray-Little, was
to ocus on race, respect and
responsibility.
Te audience exceeded
the auditorium’s 500-seat
capacity, with many people
filling in along the sides and
back o the room. For thosewho could not find room to
sit or stand, a live eed o the
discussion played in the Big
12 room across the hall.
In addition to students and
aculty members, several
administrators attended
the meeting, including
ammara Durham, vice
provost o student affairs,
and Jane uttle, assistant vice
provost or student success.
Student senators were also
in attendance, including
Student Body President Jessie
Pringle and Student Body
Vice President Zach George.
Afer a brie welcome
and opening remarks, the
chancellor opened the
room up to questions rom
members o the audience. Te
discussion that resulted lasted
more than two hours.Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk,
a campus group, spoke
out at the meeting. Beore
the meeting, the group
shared stories o racism
and discrimination at the
University online through
#RockChalkInvisibleHawk.
“We are here. We are aware.
We are powerul, and you
cannot keep pushing us away,”
said one member o the group
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cap increase] will negatively
affect me. Tis will almost
guarantee that I am not able to
run. I cannot compete with my
white counterparts,’ does not
mean you were right,” Rainey
said. “Flat out — Student
Senate was wrong.”
She said Senate has also ailed
to represent minority students.“It is clear [Student Senate] is
not going to get anything done
that benefits multicultural
students,” Rainey said. “Every
time we have to ask, we have
to bust in the doors and cry
and show pain and sacrifice
ourselves just or a little bit,
and we’re not going to do that.
We have asked, we have had
conversations, we have spoken
time and time again, and they
have made it clear they are not
going to advocate or us in the
way that we need.”Rainey said Student Senate
needs to think about the
minority population on
campus when addressing
issues in the uture.
“Start thinking o us as
people and not political
decisions. Tis is not ‘House o
Cards,’ these are real people’s
lives you are dealing with,”
Rainey said. “Tink about
those things when you are
in these rooms making these
decisions, because that is all we
are fighting or.”
Rainey added that i
administration does not meet
these demands by Jan. 19,
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk
will “raise hell.”
Over all, the meeting was
tense and passionate. Members
o Senate were swearing at each
other, accusing each other o
misdeeds and speaking overeach other. Several senators
directed aggressive comments
at both Student Body President
Jessie Pringle and Student Body
Vice President Zach George
throughout the meeting.
Eventually, the committee
passed two resolutions — one
saying the Rights Committee
supports Rock Chalk Invisible
Hawk’s demands, and the other
promising that ull Senate
would see the first resolution
next week.
“Student Rights votedtonight to show support or
#RockChalkInvisibleHawk
and their 15 demands to
create a more inclusive
community,” Student Senate
said in a statement afer the
meeting. “We look orward to
continuing the conversation in
ull Senate next week.”
Conner Mitchell contributed
to this report.
SENATE FROM PAGE 1
TOWN HALL FROM PAGE 1
at the meeting.
As Gray-Little tried to wrap
up the meeting, the group
stood on stage behind her
with posters expressing their
concerns.Te posters listed 15
demands, including
banning concealed carry on
campus, hiring an Office o
Multicultural Affairs director
by December, creating
a Multicultural Student
Government separate rom
Student Senate, and a plan o
action rom the University by
Jan. 19, 2016.
Others who spoke at the
meeting called or a change
in retention rates. In the class
o 2014, 43.1 percent o whitestudents graduated in our
years, and 15.5 percent o
Arican-Americans graduated,
according to the Office o
Institutional Research and
Planning.
Gray-Little said retention
rates or all students are a
major University ocus. She
said the current rates are
unacceptable.
One student asked or
Arican American Studies or
Latino Studies to be a required
class rather than an elective.“Tere’s no reason I have to
know your history, but you
don’t have to know mine,” the
student said.
Although several members
o the audience discussed
a need or more inclusive
classrooms, some discussed
a lack o awareness within
the community. An audience
member said that not knowing
about these problems is not an
excuse.
“It’s our job to learn,” she
said. “It’s not a person o color’s job to teach us.”
Clarence Lang, chair or the
department o Arican and
Arican American Studies, said
staff members need to take a
critical look at the University.
“I think that part o the issue
— part o it, not the whole o it
— is that we have to take a hard
look at how our aculty and
our staff look at this University,
because I think these things
are connected,” Lang said.
Several audience members
critiqued the University
or having a tendency to
ask questions and acilitate
discussions but not take
urther action.
Administrators came to
talk about the issues at hand;
students, aculty and staff
came to act.
Gray-Little was at themeeting to listen to student,
aculty and staff concerns. She
ofen addressed concerns with
questions like, “What does
taking responsibility mean?
What does it look like?”
Gray-Little specifically
addressed demands rom
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk as
something she would look into
and discuss with other staff
and aculty members.
“I want to do something,”
she said. “I agree with most o
what has been said.”Many o the people who
spoke at the town hall
meeting voiced concerns
that University leaders are
not ensuring equality on
campus. For one member o
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk,
the town hall discussion was
gravely overdue.
“It’s embarrassing,” the
student said. “Tere are so
many o you in this room
— mysel included, I am
not exempt — who should
be embarrassed that year
afer year afer year, that this
dialogue that we’ve been trying
to introduce or years has not
come until now.
“You all have waited untillives have been lost. We have
been hurt, stepped on, spit on.
Anything you can speak o has
happened beore we’ve had this
dialogue, and it’s been years in
the making.”
Francis Soto, a
teaching assistant in the
communications department,
said she is tired o seeing
systemic racism in her
department.
“When I am asked by a
colleague o mine to speak in
a Spanish accent because it’sunny, I see the racism, and I
see the cultural insensitivity,
and that happens in my
department and that shouldn’t,”
Soto said. “I am a student here.
I am an instructor here. I do
not eel sae here.
“I will not stand or it. I will
be going to the head o my
department about it, because
I’m incredibly angry about it,
and it has gone too ar.”
Shawn Alexander, proessor
o Arican and Arican
American Studies, called
the chancellor’s response to
injustices “window dressing.”
“We have programs, we have
these things, we’re not getting
the job done,” Alexander said.
“In my time here, you keepcoming back to us, saying we
need to hear stories.
“Tese stories have been
here. I’ve been here or eight
years. I hear them every single
day. Tey have been here. You
have been here, but we have
fired two ootball coaches or
not getting the job done.”
Quaram Robinson, a
sophomore, criticized the
chancellor or not responding
to the demands o Rock Chalk
Invisible Hawk.
“People came up. Tey madedemands. Tose demands were
not promised to be met. Tat
is why black demands cannot
be made in a conversational
zone, because there’s no
conversation,” Robinson said.
“Tere’s a demand, and then
the demand is sanitized.”
One student accused the
University administration o
purposeully avoiding change.
“Yes, we acknowledge that
the University has responded
to us, but these responses
have consistently served no
real purpose except to derailany change,” the student
said. “Te University o
Kansas administration has
consistently evaded addressing
actual issues.”
Sam Reed, a sophomore
rom San Francisco, addressed
the chancellor directly, voicing
his rustration at the lack o
change occurring on campus.
“Tere’s people at this school
being oppressed, and can you
honestly tell me that these
universities care about these
students? Because to me andmany people in this room,
we don’t. We really do not,”
Reed said. “Until there is some
kind o tangible change —
something happens — then
nothing will change. We’ll
be having the same, stupid
meeting 10 years rom now,
and that’s the reality whether
we want it or not. We can
chit-chat and have all these
dumb conversations. But i
nothing actually changes, it’s
all pointless.”
Discussion rounded outtoward the end o the evening
with many audience members
calling or action rom
students, administration,
aculty and staff.
“I think that aculty has a job
to do,” Lang said. “I think that
administrators have a job to
do. I think the staff has a job to
do. I think this alls on any one
individual or any one office.”
Nicole Hodges Persley,
assistant proessor and director
o theatre graduate studies,
said the need to address racism
alls to everyone.“Responsibility looks like
every aculty and every
staff member is required to
understand and be trained in
some aspect o diversity. We
are all responsible. We are all
reporters. I you see something,
you should say something,
and not just say something,
you should do something,
and that’s why we’re all here,”
Hodges Persley said.
Gray-Little concluded by
thanking everyone or sharing
their ideas. She said she iscommitted to working with the
community to address issues
o race, inequality and justice.
“I know that, as a University,
there are a lot o things that
we need to do, a lot o things
that we have to do, and I am
dedicated to making changes,
to make this a place that is
more welcoming — that is,
confirming all o the identities
o the different people and
groups o people that we have
here.
“I’ll make that commitment,to you, to work with you.”
COURTNEY VARNEY/KANSAN
Katherine Rainey presents Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk’s list of demands at the meeting.
““We are here. We are aware. We arepowerful, and you cannot keeppushing us away.”
ROCK CHALK INVISIBLE HAWK
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When Emily Evans wakes upin the morning, the first thingshe does is check her bloodsugar.I it’s below 90, she eats pea-
nut butter crackers. I it’s above
150, as well as with every meal,she gives hersel a shot o in-sulin. Depending on what andhow much she eats, she willgive hersel shots o insulin 10to 12 times a day.For most students, beginning
college is stressul in itsel. Butmanaging a chronic diseaselike diabetes can make it thatmuch more challenging.November is American Di-
abetes Month. According tothe American Diabetes Asso-ciation website, this month isa time or people to come to-gether to raise awareness and
bring a stop to diabetes. Peopleat any age can be diagnosedwith ype 1 diabetes, includ-ing students.Evans, a reshman rom Over-
land Park, was diagnosed withype 1 diabetes when she was10. She has dealt with diabe-tes or more than seven years,and she has experienced somechanges while transitioning tothe University.“It’s been harder managing
blood sugar fluctuations be-
cause I’m so busy with classand because I have access to a24-hour kitchen at my hall, notthat I’m complaining,” Evanssaid.Along with a new diet and
liestyle, Evans has noticeddifficulty in things like re-membering to order supplies
and equipment, which arethings her parents usually did.She also sees differences be-tween hersel and peers whenit comes to prioritizing andmanagement.“Not only do I have to o-
cus on my school work andrelationships and managingmy time, I also have to ocuson making sure I get enoughsleep, exercise and eat real-ly healthy to keep my bloodsugars rom skyrocketing toohigh or dropping too low,” saidEvans.Evans said she sometimes has
to change plans with riendsbased on how she's eeling. Shetests her blood sugar about sixtimes a day.With ype 1 diabetes, anti-
bodies in the body attack in-sulin-producing cells in thepancreas. ype 1 diabetes isofen called juvenile diabetesbecause it's a genetic deectthat occurs at birth. It is diag-nosed at a young age, with themost-commonly-diagnosedage being 11, according to theAmerican Diabetes Associa-
tion.Tere are no endocrinologists
at Watkins. However, there arespecialized nurses, and all doc-tors are trained or diabetes.Myra Strothers is a physicianat Watkins Memorial HealthCenter.
“Tose people [with ype1 diabetes] rom childhood,with the help rom their par-
ents and their doctors, watchtheir blood sugar, [and] watchtheir diet," Strothers said."Ten, they come to college,and they’re on their own."Strothers said when peo-
ple come to Watkins or di-abetes-related problems, thedoctors and nurses ocus onteaching them how to take careo themselves on their own.Tere are nurses there to helpwith education on managingdiabetes and trainers to helpstudents set up fitness regi-
ments on campus.Morgan Franklin, a reshman
rom Fort Worth, exas, wasalso diagnosed with ype 1 di-abetes when she was 11 yearsold.“Te first month here was the
worst. With ype 1, everythingaffects it: stress, hormones,
ood, anything, unlike [what]many people think,” Franklinsaid.Tings like making riends,
the stress o classes, and un-limited ood affect everyone.However, this becomes anadded stress to people with di-abetes, like Franklin.Franklin said when she got to
the University, she started eat-ing healthier because she wasaware o the changes it wouldhave on her body. Along withthis, she started walking more,opposed to driving every-where like she did at home.
Tis caused her numbers tochange drastically. Franklinsaid along with the changescame sickness.“I’ve been late to class and
been sick a lot. It’s kinda hardwith absences. I don’t real-ly use it as an excuse becauseback home it wasn’t taken veryseriously, so I don’t even both-er,” Franklin said.On the other hand, 95 per-
cent o diabetes in America isype 2 diabetes. Most peoplethat develop ype 2 diabetes
are in their 40s and 50s. How-ever, now it's not surprisingto see college students beingdiagnosed because o un-healthy habits. According tothe American Diabetes Asso-ciation, with the epidemic oobese kids, more teenagers aredeveloping ype 2 diabetes.
“Maybe [students] playedsports in high school. All o asudden, they’re so busy withschool and having beer andpizza. Tey come in eelingsluggish with high blood sug-ar, high weight and high bloodpressure," Strothers said. "Nowis the time we can change that.We can catch it early."Strothers said when people
come in with ype 2 diabetes,they are provided with educa-tion on how to help control it.With things like staying active,
eating healthy and drinkingmore water, they can bringtheir body mass index (BMI)down, be healthier and evenbe more ocused in school.About 900 students have vis-
ited Watkins Memorial HealthCenter over the last our yearsor diabetes-related problems,
Strothers said. Neither Frank-lin nor Evans have visitedWatkins or diabetes-relatedproblems since being at theUniversity.Although American Diabetes
Month aims to educate aboutthe disease, Evan said schoolsshould do more to teach aboutdiabetes.“I think it's those that don’t
understand the disease thatdon’t actually take it seriously,"Evans said.
— Edited by Dani Malako
Freshmen with diabetes adjust their lifestylesDARBY VANHOUTAN@darbyvanhoutan
DARBY VANHOUTAN/KANSAN
Morgan Franklin, a freshman from Fort Worth, Texas, was
also diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 11 years
old.
Beginning in all 2016, stu-ents will be able to receive a
100 percent course reund ihey drop a class during therst week o school. Currently,tudents can only receive a 90ercent reund through the first
week o classes, and then a 50percent reund the second weeko classes.Te course reund was one o
the platorms Student Senateran on during elections in re-action to student requests andcommon practices in the state.Students have voiced the needor an extension o the 100 per-
cent course reunds since beore2009.All public universities in Kan-
sas allow students an average otwo weeks to receive a 100 per-cent course reund, said CorbinStephens, a junior/senior Col-lege o Liberal Arts and Sciencessenator. At Kansas State Univer-sity, students have up to 21 days
or a ull reund.Stephens led the charge on this
platorm or several reasons, in-cluding lessening the financialburden o some students as wellas giving them the opportunityto try out a class and proessoror a week to see i it is a goodfit.“I think the main thing is it
allows [students] more timeand flexibility to try out classeswithout being penalized finan-cially or switching in and out oa given course,” Stephens said ina phone interview. “Afer look-ing at other schools in Kansaswho already had policies likethis in place, I elt it was air tohave it or KU students.”
Student Body President Jes-sie Pringle said in a news re-lease that achieving this policydemonstrates the University’scommitment to giving studentsmore choice in classes whileunderstanding how helpul a100 percent reund is or manystudents.
— Edited by Amber Vandegrif
Next fall, students will be able to get a 100 percent courserefund if they drop a class in the first week of the semester
ALANA FLINN@alana_flinn
““The first month here
was the worst. With
Type 1, everything af-
fects it: stress, hor-
mones, food, anything,
unlike [what] many
people think.”
MORGAN FRANKLINFreshman
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Letter to the editor: KU must listen to
and protect marginalized studentsJOSHUA ROBINSON@jrobinson_news
In 1965, black students pro-tested in ront o Strong Hall,the building where adminis-tration decisions are made,wanting to see change in theenvironment at the Universityo Kansas.
Tose students were advo-cating or themselves to seemore black aculty and staff,and or the administration toaddress racism on campus.
Fast orward 50 years — in2015, the University o Kansas
is still fighting the same battle.Te recent events at the
University o Missouri arean indication that marginal-ized, unheard communities
are getting upset with theiradministration because theyare not listening to them. Itis unethical and problematicthat racist events happen con-secutively on Mizzou’s campusand or their administrationnot to address the situationproperly and effectively.
Te president and chancellorshould have resigned becausethey were not doing enough toaccommodate black studentsat MU. Allowing racist eventsto happen and to not addressit shows that you do not care— because i you cared, you
would have taken action.Te accommodation is
something marginalizedcommunities have had to door so long at the University o
Kansas, especially black stu-dents. We have had to accom-modate racism and ignoranceto make our white peers eelgood about themselves. Wehave to accommodate beingsecond-class students at auniversity we all pay moneyto attend, and — the worst —black students have to accom-modate the administrationand aculty not advocating orblack students in the class-room and the residence halls.
It was not until 1972 that theUniversity created the Officeo Minority Affairs, which is
now known as the Office oMulticultural Affairs, aferblack students demandedchange.
Te OMA is the only place
on campus where I eel com-ortable to tell my story andbe mysel. Te staff membersat the OMA are the only oneswho have impacted my lieand have helped me grow asa person at the University.When I have had struggles,the OMA was there to helpme get through my trials andunction in the systematicoppression society at KU.Most importantly, I was ableto understand what it meansto be culturally competent.
As a graduating seniorwho is preparing to leave
KU, I want the University oKansas to do more to protectmarginalized students. I wantthe University to make all stu-dents take mandatory cultural
competence online work-shops. I need departments tomake aculty and staff partic-ipate in diversity and culturalawareness training.
When students o color re-port incidents o racism theyhave suffered, it needs to beaddressed effectively, and thepeople who are committingthe offenses need to be heldaccountable or their actions.
Most importantly, I need theadministration to listen andreceive the personal storiesbeing told by marginalizedcommunities.
Hoverboards and other self-balancing scootersshould be restricted on the University’s campus
Few people know exactlywhat they are, and mostpeople probably couldn’t saywhere they came rom. Buti you’ve been on campus inthe last ew weeks, you’velikely seen people coastingdown Jayhawk Boulevard onsomething resembling a crossbetween a skateboard and aSegway.
Tese sel-balancing scootersmay look useul, but theyshouldn’t be allowed oncampus.
Capable o speeds some-where between six and 10miles per hour, sel-balancing
scooters disrupt the normalpace o those walking downthe boulevard. Tey take up asubstantial amount o space,too — they’re about twoeet long — which becomesespecially problematic inthe busy periods between
classes. Even i those who areriding them have practicedenough to avoid colliding withother people, students are stillinconvenienced by having tostep out o their path.
It also doesn’t make muchsense that people are able toride sel-balancing scooters oncampus given the University’sstance on similar vehicles otransportation. Skateboardsare not allowed on Jayhawk
Boulevard, according to aKU policy statement, nor areother similar devices. Existinglegislation seems to suggestthat sel-balancing scootersshould be banned as well.
Tese scooters certainlyshouldn’t be allowed in build-
ings, regardless o whetheror not they’re used outside. Itisn’t uncommon to see peopleriding them down the halls oWescoe and even in an eleva-tor filled with other people.
Tese spaces are even small-er than the already crampedsidewalks o the boulevard.Riding these scooters in suchplaces is inconsiderate and ir-responsible, and there doesn’tseem to be any legislation or
enorcement in place to regu-late such activity.
Unless a reasonable decisioncan be reached as to wheresel-balancing scooters areallowed, the easiest and mostlogical response is to restricttheir usage campus-wide.
Te United Kingdom hasalready banned the devices onpublic pavements and roads,according to Te Guardian.Legislation states they aretoo unsae to ride on roadsand too dangerous to othersto ride on pavement. As itstands, the scooters are onlylegal on private property withthe landowner’s permission.
Tat is not to suggest thatsel-balancing scooters should
be banned to such an extenthere. Some public places arelikely fine or the devices;most public sidewalks aretypically empty enough thatthe boards wouldn’t causemuch o an issue. But theUniversity should place a ban
on the devices throughout theentirety o campus because othe sheer volume o pedes-trians during school hours.University officials need totake a stand on their usagebeore they continue to growin popularity.
Matthew Clough is a junior from Wichita studying Englishand journalism.
MATTHEW CLOUGH@mcloughsofly
Women’s collegiate sports should get moreattention and coverage from local media
RACHEL GONZALES@KansanNews
Audience turnout orwomen’s sporting events isnotoriously lower than thato men’s sports. At collegesacross the country, includingthe University, women deservethe same attention as menwhen it comes to athletics.Show equal support or men’sand women’s sports becauseathletics bring individuals to-gether no matter what genderis playing.
Collegiate athletes gothrough the same routinewhether they are men orwomen. Athletes balance a
hectic liestyle, and both menand women athletes displaythe same dedication and workethic. But our country as awhole is consistently moreentertained by male-dominantsports, particularly ootball.
Many people attribute thisinconsistency o interest tothe lack o media coverageor women’s sports. Women’s
college basketball is a good ex-ample because attendance othe sport increases with moretelevision visibility.
“During the regular season,basketball is the most coveredcollegiate women’s sport,and it is still difficult to finda game being broadcasted,”
writes USA oday sports journalist Madison Hartman.“Te only chance o catchinga game on V is i both teamsare ranked in the top ten, andthere is no men’s game com-peting or the time slot.”
Without media coverage, it isdifficult to generate interest inwomen’s collegiate sports. But
just because media coverage
o them is sparse does notmean that these events are notworth attending. Te problembehind attendance o women’scollege sporting events hasbeen described as a chickenand the egg problem. Whilethe solution is to give theevents more media coverage
to encourage attendance,more attendance is neces-sary to warrant more mediacoverage.
Regardless o the gender othe players, sporting eventsoffer a unique opportunityor the KU and Lawrencecommunity to come together.Sports in general are a placewhere diverse people share
and enjoy a common interest.Some may argue that wom-
en’s sports are less interestingbecause women are physicallyinerior to men. Although itis true that men are, averagelyspeaking, aster, stronger andbigger than women, the phys-icality o athletic competition
is certainly not its only appeal.Women’s sports may bephysically less dominant thanmen, but it is no less strategicor passionate.
Women’s sports deserve justas much attention as theirmale counterparts. Te chanceto attend a Kansas women’ssporting event is just onemore opportunity to get the
most out o your experience asa Jayhawk.
Rachel Gonzales is a junior from Fort Collins, Colorado,studying journalism andsociology
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ALEX ROBINSON /KANSANPedestrians ride hoverboards in front of Wescoe Hall earlier this semester.
I despise eating
anything with just my
hands. I have to use
a fork. Hamburger?
Fork. Hot dog? Fork.
Pizza? Fork.
Yes please move
your office hours
around every singleweek. I have all thetime in the world to
hang outside of your
office like a homeless
person.
I haven’t washed my
hand since shaking
Bill Self’s at Late
Night of 2011. It still
smells like him.
Ah, yes. That lovely
time of year when it’s
30some degrees at
night and we don’thave the heat on yet..
Ten lucky students
got in ku volleyball
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My roommate just
watched the “what
are those” vine for
the first time. Now he
won’t stop doing it.
Pls send help
I just ordered a pizza
and I’m probably
going to cry when I
see it
The actor whovoiced Gohan in
dragon Ball Z was
a girl. Everything
about my life is a lie
I’ve been looking
at gifs of children
getting knocked overby dogs all day. Dogs
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Te KU Jazz Ensemble is nostranger to amous guest per-ormances, collaborating withsaxophonist Steve Wilson, andwie and husband duo Ker-ry Marsh and Julia DollsionHolding with this tradition,the ensemble welcomed andplayed with Ohio native SeanJones, best known or his im-provised trumpet pieces, onWednesday, Nov. 11.
Jones practiced with the stu-dents on Wednesday. Howev-er, the ensemble prepared orthe last month by going overJones’s music, which severalstudents said they enjoyed.
“His music is so different,”said Peter Martin, a seniorand guitarist with the ensem-ble. “It’s still jazz, but he usessome unconventional chordchanges and he definitely likesto break the pattern, which al-most breaks the mold o whatis jazz.”
Jones’s style comes rom hisearly days in the choir at hislocal church, where he becamedeeply entrenched in gospelmusic. Tat, mixed with hisclassical training he receivedwhile at Youngstown StateUniversity, led to a tone that
jazz critic R.J. DeLuke calls“complex and still bright.”
“Jones does a lot o usionin his work,” said ZacharyPischnotte, a saxophonist,doctoral student and jazz stud-ies major. “Tere’s elements
o unk and soul in his jazz,which makes it really standout.”
But because it stands out, theensemble has had to work hardto keep up with Jones’s blendo styles.
“It’s been chal lenging to learnand get down right,” Martin
said. “But looking at the musicrom a different view point iswhat I love.”
He added: “Jones is supermelodic, and he makes it seemso easy despite the act thatit really isn’t, but we’ve beenpracticing a lot, and I thinkwe’ve all learned a great dealalong the way.”
Pischnotte agreed. He saidthat while some students willhave solos and have had tolearn the parts perectly them-selves, the ensemble as a wholehas improved as well.
“Tere’s always a certain ex-pectation that the band tries
to rise to, and we always playour best when someone else isthere pushing us to be more,”Pischnotte said.
While some students haveound the music itsel an ed-ucational experience, otherscan’t wait to see the musicianhimsel.
“He’s definitely a big name inthe jazz world,” said Erik Ma-hon, a trumpeter, doctoral stu-dent and jazz studies GA.“Welike to say he’s ‘jazz amous.’ Iyou know jazz, you know thisguy.”
While playing a concert withamous artists is an experi-
ence Pischnotte said hearin
the artists play teaches him themost.
“Honestly, just hearing theseguys play in their element isthe best part about being inthe ensemble,” Pischnotte said.“Tey never have a bad nightwhen they’re here, and neitherdo we. I’m so grateul that weget this experience because I’drarely be able to see the great-est artists.”
Te eeling a musician ex-presses during the music gives
jazz its meaning. Te music iswritten, but there are no rules
about how it should sound.Being able to see and hear anartist up close can be an inte-gral part o developing as anmusician, Pischnotte said.
“What I really like about jazzis that you get to be creativewithin the set confines o thestructure,” Martin said. “A tunehas a set chord progression,but each individual player getsto interpret that in a solo in hisor her own way. We can voicewhat we want to say and havea personal investment in musicwritten by someone else. You
know, on a much deeper level,what the artist is trying to say.”
Beore the concert,Pischnotte, Martin and Ma-hon all agreed that hearingJones would be the highlighto the night.
“Out here in Lawrence thereare not many opportunities tohear the top jazz musicians,and Jones is one o the bestimprovisers,” Pischnotte said.“Tis is an opportunity thatdoesn’t come by every month.”
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WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Work closely with your part-ner for about six weeks, withMars in Libra. Collaboration
gets more fun. The next twodays are good for travel.
New opportunities presentthemselves. Expand yourperspective by witnessing
new views.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Handle financial matters to-day and tomorrow. Reviewyour reserves and expenses.Put away provisions. Pour
your energy into your workfor about six weeks, withMars in Libra. Work fasterand produce more results
(including money).
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Partnership and collabo-ration are the name of the
game today and tomorrow.Sign contracts. Passions
enflame, with Mars in Libraover the next six weeks. Im-merse yourself in the most
fun game you can find. Loveand romance flower with
playfulness.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Renovation demandsphysical effort for aboutsix weeks, with Mars inLibra. Put your energy
into improving your homesituation. Balance work andhome life today and tomor-row. Make your deadlines.
Clean up later.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) --
You’re intent on getting thewhole story for about sixweeks, with Mars in Libra.Education is key. Go to thesource. Explore uncharted
frontiers. Take more time forplay over the next two days.Invite someone interesting.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Energize your home base.The next two days are
good for domestic projects.Collaborate to grow joint
accounts over the next sixweeks, with Mars in Libra.
Work out budgetary priori-ties. Watch family spending
closely.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Communication is key todayand tomorrow. Cleverly
word your message. Expressyour authentic feelings. Forabout six weeks, with Marsin your sign, focus on per-sonal development. You’reenergized and empowered
... contribute to a biggercause.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Cash flow improves todayand tomorrow. Over thenext six weeks, with Marsin Libra, go through old
papers, photos and posses-sions. Clean closets, garages
and attics. File away thepast to clear space for newadventures. Enjoy private
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You’re strong and creativefor the next few days. Team
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Advance professionally overthe next six weeks, with
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Make plans and considerlogistics. Rest and recuper-ate after physical activity.
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Venture farther over thenext six weeks, with Marsin Libra. Travels, education
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comes to your rescue todayand tomorrow. Your friends
support you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Over the next six weeks,with Mars in Libra, make
financial plans for the future.Revise your budget. Bemore aggressive about
saving. Collaborate to growfamily funds. Prepare for atest or challenge today and
tomorrow.
Hop into the “Roaring Twenties” at
John Brown’sUnderground
RYAN MILLER@Ryanmiller_UDK
ucked away off the beatenpath at 7 E. 7th Street in Law-rence lies the entrance to a
hidden gem that opened abouta year ago in Lawrence — JohnBrown’s Underground.
Walking into the speakeasyis a blast rom the past. Agreen light is turned on whenit’s open, and photos romthe early 1920s line the wallsthroughout, mostly lit by flick-ering candlelight.” Near thebar, a mural shows the iconicimage o John Brown — anabolitionist in pre-civil warKansas — in a suit with a mi-crophone in one hand and aninstrument in the other witha backlit 1920s Massachusetts
Street setting, even with the1920s Jayhawk tucked awayinto the crowd o partying olk.
In the upstairs space, whereTe Waffle Iron resides onweekends, are several siderooms adorned with early cen-tury styled urniture, paint-ings, and photos; and in thedarkly lit poker room behindthe bar lies two actual 1919photos o owner Scott Elliott’sgreat-grandparents.
“Te biggest compliment I’vegotten since opening is whenI’ve had people walk in, theygo ‘I eel like I just walked intoa different time, or a differentcity,’” Elliott said.
Afer a year o successul
business, John Brown’s Un-derground has been able toacquire new space upstairs andwill move their kitchen to thenew space in three months andexpand their ood menu.
Te original undergroundspace can seat up to 90 peo-ple, which Elliot said reachescapacity every Friday and Sat-urday. In that case, customersare let in on a first come firstserve basis.
“Once we hit that number,as we do every Friday [and]Saturday, we turn the red lightrom green and lock the doorwith a doorman standingguard,” he said.
Te current kitchen willbe turned into a side loungethat will seat up to 10 people.Elliott said he’s also looking
orward to using the recentlyacquired space upstairs or di-erent events.
Te Waffle Iron is openduring the weekends, and thespace is also being used to hostbirthday parties, rehearsal din-ners, receptions and more.
“[We’re] really getting intoutilizing that space; it’s so ver-satile,” Elliott said.
John Brown’s Undergroundalso eatures a rotating menu,and they recently began serv-ing their uniquely designedall menu, with many o theherbs and spices being home-
grown in Elliott’s garden.Several new cocktails and
drinks are included in the
menu, like ‘Te Poker Room’,which is made with KingGinger, Leopold Apple Whis-key, resh lemon and reshlyground cinnamon on top. Inaddition to the new drinks areclassic drinks and cocktails orpeople with a different preer-ence.
Some ood items on the newmenu include Cheese Dip andWaffles, the Speakeasy Sand-wich, and one o Elliott’s avor-ites, the Root Vegetable Chips.
“We do our own house-made vegetable chips with shavedsweet potatoes and shavedbeets. We flash ry them, andthey are incredible,” Elliottsaid.
Te idea or John Brown’sUnderground came to be aferElliott and his riends visited a
1920s and ‘30s themed placehidden off the beaten path inAustin exas. He said it gothim and his riend talkingabout how they could bringthat concept to Lawrence.
“Mysel and a riend got totalking about that conceptdone in Lawrence, and howit could be done, and who itcould attract, and where couldit be, and kind o taking thatsame concept o off the beatenpath but really close to the ac-tion,” Elliott said.
Elliott said he decided onthe “Roaring wenties” era
because he’d always been asci-nated by it, and he wanted tobring that experience to the di-
verse community in Lawrence.“Tat was America as we
knew it, and it was growing;everything was real. Te oodwas real, the drinks were real,everything was real,” he said.
Te next step or Elliott wasa name, and he decided onJohn Brown’s Undergroundafer talking with his riendChris Kennedy. Kennedy andhis brother had always want-ed to open an undergroundplace similar to the idea o El-liott’s, and Kennedy offered tolet Elliott take the name JohnBrown’s Underground.
Despite the gap between thepre-civil war with John Brownand the 1920s, Elliott said theconcept fit in perectly withthe era, and Lawrence speci-ically.
“Without what John Browndid or Lawrence in particu-lar, all o these times that we’vehad rom the 1900s throughtoday wouldn’t exist,” Elliottsaid. “So we really try to payhomage to it and blend the twotogether.”
Elliott said that’s also what in-spired the mural they made onthe wall, which also drew in-spiration rom the Massachu-setts streetscape in 1922 andMassachusetts Street when theUniversity won the nationalchampionship in 2008.
“We changed [the mural]
into turning him into a reallycelebrated figure and hero, iyou will, with a party going on
around him,” Elliott said.Emily Overland, a bartender
that works at the speakeasysaid she hopes they draw in aunique crowd that is lookingor something out o the or-dinary.
“Tere’s that saying that youhave to find your third place.You have your home, work,and then that third place,[and] I really hope that thiscould be that or a lot o peo-ple,” she said.
Te biggest thing Elliott saidhe hopes people take awayrom visiting the speakeasy isa positive vintage experience.
“When you come in, youshould have experienced a
vibe and an energy that’s realand that’s unlike anythingelse,” Elliott said.
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SAMANTHA SEXTON@Sambiscuit
KU Jazz Ensemble works with a star trumpeter
FILE PHOTO/KANSANJohn Brown’s Underground is a 1920s-styled eatery and bar near 8th and Massachusetts Streets.
CONTRIBUTED/KANSANAlipus san juan mezcal,muddled pineapple and jalapeño, topped withginger beer.
CONTRIBUTED/KANSANThe University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I played with Sean Jones, trumpeter and chair of
the Brass Department at the Berklee School of Music, on Nov. 11.
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Lamb: “The 33” can’t mine drama until halfwayALEX LAMB@Lambcannon
University Theatre’s “A Doll’s House” echoes 19th centuryfeminist sentiments that reverberate in modern times
Te survival and rescue ofhe Chilean miners who wererapped 2,300 feet under-round for 69 days is a re-arkable true story that cap-
ured the world’s attention five
ears ago. But the big screenortrayal of this event, “Te33,” feels more dramaticallytuck in clichéd storytellinghan inspiring struggle.On Aug. 5, 2010, a majorollapse in the San José cop-er-gold mine in Chile’s Ata-ama Desert buried alive the
33 miners working inside,ith only three days worth of
ood and water and seeming-y no way for a rescue crewo save them. “Te 33” beginsith a routine introduction
o the miners and their fami-ies before descending into the
xpansive tunnels and danger-us conditions of the mine,stablishing a foreboding at-
mosphere in the monstrousdarkness.
Te ensuing cave-in nervous-ly thrills as they make theirway deep down to a refugearea with very limited sup-plies, where energetic MarioSepúlveda (Antonio Banderas)takes charge of the men, dis-missing their fears and main-taining hope and humor amiddesperation.
Meanwhile, the families ofthe miners, led by an outspo-ken empanada baker (JulietteBinoche), camp outside of themine demanding answers andrescue efforts. Tose come inthe form of the Chilean Pres-ident’s aide (Rodrigo Santoro)and an expert engineer (Gabri-el Byrne) steering drills to findthe miners.
Te harrowing conditionsthe miners endure, having tosurvive on a little bit of water
and a single can of tuna perday — between all of them —as time goes on, starving in100 degree darkness as hope
dwindles, should be the morecompelling and interestingpart of the movie. Instead, it’skind of boring — about 15minutes too long and lacksdramatic tension.
Tis is in part because “Te33” settles for earnest stereo-types in most of its character-ization. Additionally, some ofthe actors feel totally out ofplace. Like Binoche, who isFrench, but eventually fits wellin her role, or Byrne, who’sIrish accent slips into his Chil-ean one at times.
However, the second half ofthe movie, once the minersare discovered, is far more en-tertaining and lively than theslog through the first hour.Te 33 receive tons of suppliesthrough the 6.5-inch hole tothe surface and get to commu-nicate with their families via
video.
Tey even become famous asthe world cheers them on, withBanderas particularly shiningas the humble leader charms
the outside world support-ing the miners. Te change ofmood from gloomy to enthu-siastic as their salvation nears
gives the characters moredimension as their situationand dynamics with each other
grow more interesting.Te life-affirming ending sat-
isfies and is sure to leave view-ers feeling warm and fuzzy,
but not warm enough to makeup for the hour it leaves themcold.
Two and a half out of
four stars.
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BEATRICE AGUIRRE/HALF CIRCLE/TNSAntonio Banderas in “The 33.”
In this era of social justice
ovements, the myriad po-itical talking points and pe-itions for change lead head-ines.In keeping with this idea,irector and KU assistantrofessor Peter Zazzali is
n the process of producinghe upcoming play, “A Doll’souse,” which will open on
aturday, Nov. 14.“Despite the fact that Ibsen,he writer of the play, refusedo call his work ‘feminist’, ‘Aoll’s House’ is one of theost pro-women’s rights
productions still to this day,”Zazzali said.
he play portrays a dis-content housewife, who —though she may have a beau-tiful home, healthy childrenand a successful husband —realizes that she had made noachievement on her own andthat her life is empty withoutpersonal accomplishment.Nora Helmer, the play’s pro-tagonist, tries desperately tomake something of herselfand discover why she feels soempty in a world dominatedby men that don’t understandwhy she isn’t happy despiteall that her husband has pro-
vided her.
“It’s a harsh look, a realis-tic look, at what it was to bea woman in the 19th centu-ry, and I think still has verystrong relevance today,” Zaz-zali said. “We still have aninequality among the sexes.We still have gender imbal-ance when it comes to powerand influence in our society.Women are still well behindtheir male counterparts inleadership positions in every-thing from religious spheres,to the educational sphere, tothe corporate sector, right upinto the government.”
Even more than 130 yearsafter the play’s opening night,the message still seems to be
clear and understandable.At the end of the play, NoraHelmer slams the door onher life, leaving her husband,home and three childrenbehind, to find a life withmeaning.
“hat door slam is famous-ly, or infamously, known as‘the door slam heard aroundthe world,’” Zazzali said. “Itwas the unexpected shot atwhat was considered tradi-tional marriage — to havethe patriarchal set-up and forthe woman to be submissiveto her husband.”
he play was shocking for19th century Europeans,and it was banned in sever-
al countries. Zazzali said hehopes to keep that raw senseof reality alive in his perfor-mance to preserve the mes-sage as strong as it was morethan a century ago.
“Ibsen wrote some reallypowerful scenes, and I thinkthat some performances ha-
ven’t done them justice, andI hope to bring that emotionand sense of being trappedto the play,” Zazzali said.“he set and costumes arebeautiful and well designedand I think that only adds tothe narrative that no matterhow pretty a cage is, it’s stilla cage.”
Zazzali plans to show the
partnership between Noraand orvald Helmer, whichHenrik Ibsen implied as thegritty truth of an abusive re-lationship, to highlight thethemes of the play.
“Nora is an abused and bro-ken down woman,” Zazzalisaid. “But despite that, shestill manages to pick herselfup and leave, which may beboth the most courageousand reckless thing to do, giv-en that there were no job oreducational opportunitiesavailable to her at t he time.”
Although the play clearlyfocuses on women’s rights
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Graduate student Antonio Martinez creates functional ceramics like teapots and cups, but recently he turned to creating ceramic sculptures.
ART IN FOCUS
KU student Antonio Martinez makes metal out of claySAMANTHA SEXTON@Sambiscuit
Pitchers, pots, watering cansand tea cups: the ceramic art-ist’s go-to portolio.Tose usable items, however,
don’t have the same appeal orUniversity graduate studentand local ceramics artist Anto-nio Martinez, rom Hutchin-
son, who would rather makemetal out o clay.“I grew up with my ather and
brother working in our amilybusiness, which was an orna-mental iron shop,” Martinezsaid. “So I grew up aroundmetal and welding and do-ing whatever my dad wantedme to do, but my dad and mybrother would always tell memy welds looked like 'birch ona picket ence,' which is not agood thing.”Martinez’s “devices” — as he
calls his art — are represen-tations o what metal workers
would be most amiliar with,be it a screw or an iron plate.Some “devices” Martinezwishes to keep as ambiguousas possible, using the textureson the clay to depict a modern,metal eel.“Te clay is so malleable,”
Martinez said. “I can orm itinto anything I want and us-ing the molds that I have. I canmake it look like rebar or tools
or whatever I want.”Despite growing up in a
hands-on, artistic householdworking in the amily business,Martinez almost stumbled intothe ceramics world when hetook a ceramics class in highschool or a "un credit."“I just thought it would be
art,” Martinez said. “Art wassupposed to just be a un andeasy 'A' in high school.”When Martinez graduated
high school and went on toWichita State, he continuedtaking pottery classes “just or
un.”
“Beore I knew it, I had tak-en so many classes that I end-ed up in the program withouteven thinking about it,” Marti-nez said. “So I joined the pro-gram even though I didn’t takeit too seriously.”o officially join the ceram-
ics program at Wichita State,Martinez had to be reviewedand accepted as an artist ina ceramics conerence. His
sophomore year, Martinezwent to Seattle to attend oneo these conerences. Tere, hesaid, his view o the ceramicsand pottery world completelychanged.“I knew instantly afer see-
ing the community and beinginvolved, even or that smallamount o time, with the lie-style o the art that it was whatI wanted to do with my lie,”Martinez said.Afer being exposed to the
world o ceramics, Martinez joined the program at Wichita
State and graduated in 2013.
Ten he took a year off to teachadult art classes at a local artcenter in Wichita.“Afer that year I elt com-
pletely stuck,” Martinez said.“I had no idea what I was sup-posed to do and I didn’t know
how to expand in my art.”Afer he realized he wanted
to do more than teach the el-derly how to fire clay, Martinezapplied or graduate school inLincoln, Neb., and at the Uni-
versity o Kansas. Martinez
admits that Kansas wasn’t hisfirst choice, but said he’s gladhe stayed.“When I came [to KU] I just
picked up where I lef off,which was making a lot o'usable' pottery, so cups andpitchers," Martinez said. "Butquickly I was encouraged tomake a change, and I thinkthat has been my avorite partabout being at KU is that rom
the very beginning I was toldto make a lot o mistakes anda lot o choices. Tis is such asupportive grad program.”Martinez says that even
though he’s still working oncreating his metal-looking“devices” that the encourage-ment to branch out has startedto mold his pieces into moreabstract sculptures. When hefirst started, he created whathe calls "unctional ceramics"— like teapots and cups — buthe recently started creating ce-ramic sculptures.
He said he’s excited to see
where his art will go next.“Clay is such a ascinating
tool,” Martinez said. “It’s mold-able, sof, and malleable and Ican orm it into anything I canimagine but at the same time,once its been fired, it’s hardand glossy and completelychanges in attitude."It’s a science that I don’t
completely understand yet,but I find it more and more
compelling each time,” addedMartinez.In the coming semester, Mar-
tinez hopes to bring his asci-nation with pottery and clay toothers, as he’s scheduled to bea graduate teaching assistant.“I think the rigidness o the
syllabus and deadlines willhelp me,” Martinez said. “But Ican’t imagine how immenselyI will grow as an artist and in-structor come the end o nextsemester. I’m really excited tostart teaching.”
— Edited by Derek Skillett
““I knew instantly after
seeing the communi-ty and being involved,
even for that small
amount of time, with
the lifestyle of the art
that it was what I want-
ed to do with my life.”
ANTONIO MARTINEZ
VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN
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AT A GLANCE
QUESTION MARK
BY THE NUMBERS
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BABY JAY WILL CRY IF
Against an inferior oppo-
nent, this game is still not
a 100 percent sure-thing
for the Jayhawks. Kansas
coach Bill Self noted after
the last exhibition game
that the first game of the
year is often the most
dangerous, and consid-
ering that the Jayhawks
still haven’t had one play-
er step up and dominate
the competition, there’s
no reason to think it’ll be a
cakewalk.
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PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS
?
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
sophomore, wing
Mykhailiuk had a strong
showing in the second
exhibition game, where
he knocked down five
three-pointers. Now it re-
mains to be seen if he can
build on that momentum.
With junior wing Brannen
Greene potentially side-
lined, or at the very least
banged up with a hip injury,
Mykhailiuk is poised to take
most of the backup minutes
at the small forward spot.
For a young and unproven
team, there isn’t a much
tougher place to open the
season than Allen Field-
house. The Bears, who
went just 15-15 last year,
lost five of their top seven
scorers from last season.
The season opener will be
a big test to how far along
this young team is.
Miles Seward
freshman, guard
Wilson and Michael will
probably get most of the
attention from the Jayhawk
defense, but if Seward is
able to find his shot, he will
make the Bears backcourt
very difficult to guard. He
averaged 17 points per
game in high school, but
owns the school record for
both points in a game with
48, and three pointers with
eight at Athletes Institute in
Orangeville, Ontario.
Question mark: Canthe Bears front-court hold up?
Northern Colorado has
enough talent in its start-
ing backcourt to hang with
Kansas, but with no expe-
rienced guys in the front-
court back from last year,
it will be a tall task. In order
for the Bears to be com-
petitive, they need theirfrontcourt to tread water in
this matchup.
24The number of combined
assists and rebounds Devonte’Graham posted through the
two exhibition games.
0The number of freshman in the
starting five for Kansas’ season
opener for the second year in
a row.
87.2The number of points KU
has averaged over its last five
regular season openers.
Northern Colorado is within
single digits in the last eight
minutes of the game. They
are a very young team that
Kansas should be able to
overwhelm at home in the
first game of the season.
With the talent the Bears
have in the backcourt, they
could be dangerous late in
the game if they are within
striking distance.
Edited by Rebecca Dowd
Kansas treats this as a dress
rehearsal for the game
against Michigan State. If
the Jayhawks come into Al-
len Fieldhouse fired up, this
should be a somewhat easy
win, though certainly not a
cakewalk. However, if the
team comes out and plays
lackadaisically, like it did last
year in the exhibition, the
team may not be ready for
it’s second game — and first
real test once again
Can the point
guards stay out of
foul trouble?
After each of the first two
exhibition games, Self made
a comment in regards to
his point guards staying
out of foul trouble. He said
that while Selden can play
that position, he’d rather
reserve that for an “emer-
gency,” preferring to have
either junior Frank MasonIII or sophomore Devonte’
Graham on the court at all
times, if not both. Through
exhibition play, the duo aver-
aged a combined four fouls
per game, which should be
good enough in regular sea-
son play.
Cameron Michael, junior, guard
Michael is the only returning player who aver-
aged in double figures last season, but with their
young roster. He will be the Bears go-to option
on the offensive end. At 6’5,” he will be a tough
matchup in the backcourt.
★★★✩✩
Jeremy Verhagen, sophomore, forward
Verhagen is the biggest question mark for the
Bears this season. He is their top returning big
man, but he only averaged three points and
two rebounds in 14 minutes per game. The
Bears are going to rely very heavily on Verha-
gen’s growth this season.
★★✩✩✩
Jordan Wilson, junior, guard
Wilson is one of the few returning contributors
from last year’s team, so the Bears will need him
to provide stability at the point guard position.
He’s a very good shooter (40 percent from last
three season) but at just 5’7,” he may struggle to
get anything in the lane against a big Jayhawk
front line.
★★★✩✩
Miles Seward, freshman, guard
Although he’s just a freshman, Seward is as tal-
ented as anybody on the Bears’ roster. In high
school, Seward starred for the Athlete Institute,
which is where current Kentucky guard Jamal
Murray played. Seward is known for his shoot-
ing, and can be very dangerous if he gets hot.
★★✩✩✩
Tanner Morgan, junior, forward
The junior college transfer will likely be asked
to fill a starting role right away for the Bears. At
Casper College, Morgan averaged eight pointsand seven rebounds per game last season.
★★✩✩✩
Landen Lucas, junior, center
While Landen Lucas was hindered by injury in
the team’s exhibition games, his progression
on offense was on display against Fort Hays
State. Lucas has been working on catching
the ball in the post and scoring, which should
allow him to rack up some extra floor time.
★★★✩✩
Perry Ellis, senior, power forward
Perry Ellis didn’t exactly blow anyone away
with his exhibition performances, but he was
still more than solid. The senior from Wichitahas the opportunity to start out his senior cam-
paign on the right foot, and one would expect
Self to hammer home the message of getting
him the ball early and often.
★★★★★
Wayne Selden Jr., junior, guard
Against Fort Hays State, Wayne Selden Jr.
scored on the first possession of the game,
posting up on a smaller defender. Throughout
the contest he scored from the post, in transi-
tion, in an isolation situation, and in a catch and
shoot situation. If he can continue to showcase
his versatility, good things could be in store for
Kansas.
★★★★✩
Frank Mason III, junior, guard
After struggling to shoot from distance in the
team’s exhibition opener, Mason reboundedwith a solid performance against Fort Hays
State. Last year, Mason was one of the most
consistent players in the nation, and he’ll be
looking to keep that up in the 2015-16 cam-
paign.
★★★★★
Devonte’ Graham, sophomore, guard
Devonte’ Graham was a jack of all trades in the
exhibition games, posting 6 rebounds and 6
assists per game, along with 9 points. Playing
alongside Frank Mason III, Graham will look to
lead the team and push the tempo as the Jay-
hawks look to get up and down the court.
★★★✩✩
57The percent of scoring the
Bears lost from last year’s
team.
26The last time they played aranked opponent in 2012,
Northern Colorado lost to
Wichita State by 26 points,
80-54.
3The Bears ranked third out of
351 qualified teams in three
point shooting percentage at
39.4 percent.
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Hannah Stevens says this is her favorite practice piano in Murphy Hall. Though wedged inside a small room, she says “it’s pretter than the other ones.”
“Look at this hall, isn’t it neat?/ Wouldn’t you think my educa-tion’s complete?”
Pianist Hannah Stevens endedher senior recital at Murphy Hallearly November with an originalpiece: a parody o “Part o YourWorld” rom “Te Little Mer-maid” replaced with lyrics aboutthe lie o a music student.
Stevens is a music education
major in the University’s Schoolo Music. She had her first pianolesson at five years old and “neverreally stopped,” she said. She de-cided around her junior year ohigh school that she’d like to pur-sue a career in music education.
Stevens’ final piece was uncon- ventional. It was preceded byseveral lengthy works composedby Schubert, Debussy and Rus-sian composer Kosenko — all owhich had to be memorized.
“I wanted to do somethingkind o un and personal or my
recital, but I was kind o nervousto bring it up to my teacher orgo out on a limb like that,” Ste-
vens said. “I finally just decidedthat I’m not going to get anotherchance to do that.”
Stevens added: “Tat was myavorite part o the perormanceprobably — connecting with theaudience and getting to makethem laugh, and make un omysel at the same time, but have
it be musical and un.”For music students, senior
recitals are the culmination oall music education received soar. Preparation begins monthsin advance. All students are re-quired to perorm a hal-hourset (or longer) in the all o theirsenior year. Te stakes are high,and Stevens said she elt the pres-sure.
“I was very nervous,” she said. “Idon’t know i I appeared that wayor not [at the recital]. Te weeko, I tried to get a good number o
hours o sleep each night and justrelax, but I was very nervous. Itwas a really special culminationo years and hours spent practic-ing, and or people to share thatwith me was incredible.”
Murphy Hall, home o theSchool o the Arts, is affection-ately reerred to by students as“Murphy High” because o theamount o time most music anddrama students spend in the
building and the close relation-ships between classmates. Musicstudents are enrolled in any-where rom eight to 12 classesper semester, Stevens said, whichincludes private lessons with aninstructor.
In addition, they work in atleast one hour o practice everyday, plus rehearsal or any o theirextracurricular band or chambergroups. Stevens’ instructors rec-ommend she work in 10 hours opractice every week — which shesays doesn’t always happen.
Senior recitals only make upa portion o the more than 300recitals held in Murphy Hall ev-ery year. Laura McCorkill, anAdministrative Associate in theSchool o Music, works withevent coordination and recitalscheduling. McCorkill said thereare 62 total recitals scheduledor the 2015 all semester and58 scheduled or spring. Morewill be added though, as spring
scheduling began only last week.
“Students are here to be musi-cians,” McCorkill said. “Musiceducation and music therapymajors may not have quite ashigh expectations or time in thepractice room; however, they dohave to be proficient musicians.Tey do have to be able to per-orm on their major instrument,so that’s why they take appliedlessons.”
Although her senior recitalwas her first solo perormancein over a year, Stevens is nostranger to public perormance.Perormance requirements aredifferent or each degree, but allstudents in the School o Musicare required to play in ront o “juries” at the end o each semes-ter. Students play small sectionso a ew predetermined pieces inront o a small group o acultyand students who critique andgrade them.
Stevens has plans to student
teach in the spring and is consid-ering graduate school. But afernearly two decades o playingpiano, her ormal education is al-most complete. Her senior recitalwas a milestone both personally and academically.
“It’s kind o a culmination o allthose years o studying piano,”Stevens said. “And it’s just a really special night and really un.”
— Edited by Leah Sitz
Student plays a parody song for final recital pieceCOURTNEY BIERMAN@KansanNews
““That was my favorite
part of the performance
probably — connecting
with the audience and
getting to make them
laugh, and make fun of
myself at the same time,
but have it be musical
and fun.”
HANNAH STEVENS
MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Hannah Stevens plays the piano Friday night at her recital.
and the oppression that
women aced at the time,Adrian Brothers, a seniorplaying the role o the por-ter, said the play is, broadly,a “human” play.
“Every character in the playhas some sort o desperationin their lives,” Brothers said.“here are extremes on allsides, and I think that theplay does a wonderul job orepresenting the human con-dition.”
Brothers said he is excitedto be working with Zazzalior the second time. He said
that even though the play ismore than a century old, thecontent is still as relatableand relevant as it was at itspublication.
“A well-written play doesn’tneed to be rom any timeperiod,” Brothers said. “Awell-written play reachesinto the heart o what it is tobe human and shows that inits raw orm or the world tosee.”
Zazzali said he is conidentthat his production would beunique as well as in keepingwith the themes. Brothers
agrees.“He’s got such a vision,”
Brothers said. “He’s very
calm and thoughtul andhumble, but that’s not to saythat he has a problem gettinghis ideas across. We’ve beenrehearsing since September,and in that time he’s crat-ed the relationship betweenNora and orvald so meticu-lously you’d think the actorsthemselves have that samerelationship.”
Zazzali attributes the chem-
istry to those students, whounderstand the serious andrelatable content that he andBrothers say should be seen.
“We’ve got a great crew
here and I think that each
person here adds somethingspecial to the piece,” Zazzalisaid. “hough we are going
or an accurate design withthe costumes and the set, Idid not cast actors to it thetime rame, meaning thatnot everybody is going to bethe white, blue-eyed, Norwe-gian-looking character thatIbsen would’ve used, and Ithink that adds a depth tothe story and a character thatwouldn’t be there typically.”
Zazzali also seems proudo his set designers and saidthe set will be as beautiul asthe gilded cage it’s supposedto represent. Brothers said iteerily resembles a bird cage.
“We’ve worked very hard toget all the symbolism and re-ality in the set and costumesas Ibsen wrote,” Zazzali said.
“A Doll’s House” will openon Saturday, Nov. 14 in theCraton-Preyer heatre. Cur-tains open at 7:30 p.m.
— Edited by Maddie Farber
“A well-written play
doesn’t need to be
from any time period... A well-written play
reaches into the heart
of what it is to be hu-
man and shows that
in its raw form for the
world to see.”
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When offensive coordinatorRob Likens was preparing orhis first season at Kansas, he wasthinking about his new scheme,the personnel, and plenty o re-cruiting.
One thing he wasn’t preparing?A sixth-string quarterback plan.
Now, Likens has to do just that.On uesday, head coach DavidBeaty announced that quarter-back Montell Cozart underwentsurgery on his injured shoulderand is out or the season. Tatcame just days afer he told me-dia that reshman and currentstarter Ryan Willis had a minorgroin injury that gave him trou-ble at the end o the loss to exas.
“At the start o the season, iyou had asked me, ‘Hey, what’syour sixth quarterback plan?’ I
would have said, 'Man, I don’thave one,'” Likens said. “I hopewe don’t have to have one. Wedo have a plan in place. We’ve gotthree guys, and any one o themcan play.”
Beaty said that with Willis’sgroin injury, he won’t knowuntil later in the week i he willplay against CU on Saturday.
However, Likens said there is “nodoubt in my mind” that Williswill play, unless he is re-injuredin practice this week. I it comesto needing a quarterback, it willbe either redshirt reshman Kea-ton Perry or junior .J. Millweardunder-center.
Beaty joked that Likens, whois also the quarterbacks coach,could be the team’s ourth-stringquarterback i they needed him.
“I’ve never taken any live snapsat quarterback in college; I wasonly a receiver, so I don’t knowhow good I would do,” Likens
said.For now, Likens will ocus
on keeping Willis healthy. Lastweek, Willis was injured on a runout o the pocket — somethingthat has happened time and timeagain behind the young offensiveline the Jayhawks have right now.