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360

720

1080

1440

1800

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‘11-‘12

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KU has hired more faculty members in the last decade. In turn, thefaculty-to-student ratio has dropped from 19.8 to 1 to 16.6 to 1 asmore and more classes with 20 students or fewer are added.

A decline in enrollment andthe hiring o additional acultyhas lead to a decrease in classsizes, but the University stilloffers several large classes.Since the 2003-04 school year,

the University has started o-ering an extra 200 classes.Te number o classes offeredhit a peak during the 2006-07school year with 2,812 classes.Te University is offering

more classes with ewer than20 students. Te number oclasses with ewer than 20 stu-dents has increased to 1,311 inthe 2014-15 school year, rom881 in 2003-04.Large lecture halls have de-

creased in recent years afertheir popularity increased be-tween 2004 and 2010. Te Uni-

versity has seen larger declines

in the number o classes with20 to 49 students.Tese additional classes allow

the University to keep someclass sizes smaller, particular-ly higher level classes, whichsome proessors think is morebeneficial or students.Te University has hired ad-

ditional proessors and acultymembers, which has made iteasier to create and maintainsmaller class sizes. Betweenthe 2008-09 school year and2009-10, the University hired384 aculty members. Te

student-to-aculty ratio hasdropped to 16.6 to 1 in 2015,rom 19.8 to 1 in 2005.Genelle Belmas, a proessor in

the School o Journalism, saidshe ears that big class sizesdon’t allow students to connectwith their proessors or teach-ing assistants and doesn’t allowor in-depth discussion inside

the lecture.Underclassmen "have the

ability to disappear into bigclasses,” Belmas said. “Ideal-ly, every class should be little.Tat can’t always be the casethough because it’s not costeffective. I I had to choose, Iwould put 20 students in everyclassroom.”But the large, introductory

classes are part o the reasonprograms can afford to havesmaller upper level classes.“Te University can have

smaller classes because wehave bigger classes to supportthem,” Belmas said. “Courseees or big classes bring inenough money to have teach-ers or smaller classes.”Bill Beedles, director o un-

dergraduate programs inthe School o Business, saidcourse ees or taking businessschool classes go toward hir-ing enough teaching assistantseach year to keep discussionclasses small.“We have to hire additional

aculty to maintain even classsizes,” Beedles said. “We investa lot o that money into mak-

ing sure we’re hiring teaching

assistants that are going to bebeneficial to our students.”While some teachers worry

students can get lost in big lec-ture halls, others eel that thesystem works.“Te big lecture classes have

been big lecture classes or 40years,” Beedles said. “But we’vealways had success with thismodel. Tis system works.”Beedles said the new business

school building would includea dedicated space or teachingassistants to meet with andwork with students who comein.

“Te way the system works

is that students meet twice aweek in the big lectures wherethey are given the inorma-tion,” Beedles said. “Ten theyhave a discussion class periodwhere the class meets in small-er groups with their As toprocess the inormation romlecture. Te students buildrelationships with their As,which improves their learningexperiences.”Some departments, includ-

ing the English department,choose to keep classes smaller.Anna Neill, an English de-

partment chair, said most

classes in the department are

capped at a low number. Many o the 100- and 200-level class-es have a maximum o 30 to 35students. Te upper level class-es are capped at 25 studentsper section.Rick Ginsberg, dean o the

School o Education, saidmany proessional schools in-cluding the School o Educa-tion cap their class sizes at 25students to guarantee that eachstudent is getting the most outo their education.

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Growing up in Junction City,filmmaker Kevin Willmottrarely saw black people in film.He didn’t know o any filmschools in Kansas or any class-es he could take.o satisy his interest in film,

he and his amily went to themovies every weekend. Al-

though the majority o themovie casts were white, heremembers one casting thatwould change his lie.“[Te theater] showed Gor-

don Parks making ‘Te Learn-ing ree,’ and he was shootingit in Fort Scott, Kansas. When Isaw this black man in this cow-boy hat rom Kansas, makinga movie in Kansas about black

people in Kansas, it was like

‘Oh, my God,’” Willmott said.“Tat’s when it’s like you couldsee yoursel being a filmmaker.It was a reality.”oday, Willmott, a proessor

in the department o film andmedia studies, works with oneo the most recognizable blackfilmmakers in Hollywood —Spike Lee. Teir newest film,“Chiraq,” premieres in Decem-

ber.

Willmott wrote the original“Chiraq” script 13 years ago,but the initial idea or the filmcame about when Willmottwas in a production o theancient Greek comedy “Lys-istrata” in college during the1970s. Te women in “Lysis-trata” withhold sex to stop thePeloponnesian War; likewise,“Chiraq” is a satirical, mod-

ern retelling where women use

this same tactic to stop black-on-black violence in Chicago’sinner city.“Te play with its antiwar,

antiviolence themes could beadapted into something thatcould be adopted today,” Will-mott said. “Gang violence wasa problem when I wrote [ “Chi-raq”] 13 years ago and now it’seven a bigger problem.”

Lee, a an o Willmott’s priorwork, asked Willmott i he hadmore scripts shortly afer therelease o “C.S.A.: Coneder-ate States o America” in 2004.Willmott gave him “Chiraq,”but their original attempt tocreate the film ailed. Over adecade later the two recon-nected to try again.“When [Lee] called me he

said, ‘Let’s set it in Chicagoand call it Chiraq,’” Willmottsaid. “We both rewrote it andit was a real give and take, backand orth. I’d write things, he’dwrite things. It’s really both oour scripts.”While making the film, Will-

mott worked directly withormer gang members to gaininsight on the problem oblack-on-black violence.“Black-on-black violence is

something that comes outo the act that most o theseneighborhoods [in Chicago]are devastated,” Willmott said.“You go to these neighbor-hoods and there’s no business-es, no stores — it’s like it’s Ger-

University sees uptick in smaller classes

JAMES HOYT/KANSANBudig 120, the University’s largest lecture hall holds a maximum of 990 students, according to KU data.

Professor explores inequality in ‘Chiraq’

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Film director Spike Lee reviews footage with film professor Kevin Willmott on the set of “Chiraq.”

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Christopher Downing, a57-year-old San Diego resident,came to the University o Kan-sas in 1976 as an engineeringmajor ocused on electrical andcomputer sciences. However,during his first year, he realizedsomething was missing in hiseducation. He ound the answerin a liberal arts degree.

"I came in as an engineer-ing major, but in high school Iwasn't really a math and physicsperson. I was more o an Englishand orensics and debate per-

son," he said. "I actually later de-clared as a history major beore Ilef KU and later came back mo-tivated to finish the engineeringdegree."

Downing lef without a degreein 1981 and later returned tofinish his engineering degree.Downing said the reason he wasable to work in engineering andbuild relationships was becauseo the critical thinking skills helearned in his liberal arts edu-cation.

"In engineering especially,there is always an answer youcan arrive at and show howyou got there," he said. "Liberalarts requires a different way othinking. You think more aboutthe relationships between thingsthat, on the surace, don't appearrelated."

However, the College o Lib-eral Arts has seen a declinein enrollment in recent years.Paul Kelton, an associate dean,said the number o total credithours students take within thecollege has declined by roughly15 percent, and the number ostudents majoring in a liberalarts field has allen by around 16

percent since the spring semes-ter o 2009.

College o Liberal Arts andSciences majors include art, hu-manities, mathematics, linguis-tics and different sciences.

o regain enrollment, KristiHenderson, communicationsdirector or the college, saidthe college is taking an activerole departments and on socialmedia to market the value o aliberal arts degree to prospectivestudents. Kelton said the col-lege was emphasizing beneficialskills that students may not re-alize they can get rom a liberal

arts degree.“We, as aculty members in the

College o Liberal Arts and Sci-ences, are letting others do thespeaking, and students are notreally understanding when theycome in what the value o a lib-eral arts degree really is,” Keltonsaid. “Employers are looking orstudents that can think critically,write well, communicate, solvecomplex problems, and thoseskills you can get in the collegeo liberal arts and sciences.”

Te college also recently didaway with a rule that requiredliberal arts majors to take 100

credit hours inside the college,Kelton said. Te requirementmade it difficult to double majorin a liberal arts department andproessional school. Kelton saidhe hopes the elimination o therule will help increase enroll-ment.

Downing said he believesstudents enter college with theperception that careers in tech-nology are more lucrative andglamorous and that a liberal artsdegree is easier compared witha degree in a field such as engi-neering or technology sciences.

He has worked in engineer-ing jobs since he completed his

engineering degree in 1989 andnow works independently inproject management. He saidthat while his degrees advancedhis career in some ways, the lib-eral arts path was what set hiseducation apart.

"I have all o this quantitativestuff, and that is great. It getspeople a long way. It is essentialto an organization. But it is notquite enough without under-standing how the pieces o thatorganization relate, it won't takeyou all the way there," he said."Without an understanding ohow the world works outside

o engineering, it can be hard tomake progress."

Shaun Goodwin, a reshmanpsychology major rom Over-land Park, said he chose a liberalarts major over a proessionalschool so he could be knowl-edgeable about a variety o sub-

jects. Goodwin also has an em-phasis in pre-medicine.

"People who pursue a proes-sional major are well versed intheir field, but not so much intopics outside o their field," hesaid. "O course, I will have agreater understanding o psy-

chology than any other field, butbecause I'm a liberal arts majorI will be covering other topics,too, making my knowledge a lotmore broad."

Goodwin said his decision topursue psychology as a majorcould initially cause financialstress, but he said he believes itwill eventually pay off.

"Straight out o college andheading into graduate school,yes I believe it will be financial-

ly hard," he said. "Saying this, Iknow psychiatrists do make lotso money, so i I can get a goodplace to work out o graduateschool, I believe I can pay off mystudent loans airly quickly andbe able to live a comortable lie."

Te most recent data rom theCollege o Liberal Arts and Sci-ences Destination Survey rom2012-13 ound that 68.4 percento graduates who respondedwere employed ull time. An-other 21.7 percent said theywere pursuing higher education,while 6.9 percent said they were

still seeking employment.Over hal o the graduates

employed ull time reportedearning between $25,001 and$45,000 annually.

For comparison, 63 percento University business schoolgraduates reported being em-ployed ull time by graduationwith a salary range o $20,000 to$72,000, according to a surveyconducted by the National As-sociation o Colleges and Em-ployers rom the same year.

According to the Office oInstitutional Research andPlanning, 71 percent o engi-neering graduates in 2013 were

employed within six monthso graduation. 2012 graduatesmake an average o $62,341,according to the School o Engi-neering's salary survey.

Paul Atchley, a psychology

proessor and associate deanor online and proessional edu-cation, said it was important tolook beyond the economic out-comes o a liberal arts education.He said that students enrolled inliberal arts programs were beingtrained to be more well-round-ed individuals.

“It is not as easy to make aneconomic case or liberal arts,but ethically it is important tolook beyond the economic out-comes and ocus on personalgrowth as well,” he said. “Ashrinkage in liberal arts educa-tion means students are not asbroadly prepared as they could

be. Liberal arts isn't just abouttraining or a job, but being abetter human being as well."


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Te most heavily debated billat the first ull Senate meetingo the year was the bill to undthe graduate student printingcenter on the ourth floor oWatson Library. Te bill passed66-1-4.

Graduate Affairs DirectorAngela Murphy wrote the bill,which requested $5,000 to re-open and und printing servicesor graduate students, ollowingWatson Library’s decision todeund the service. She said shehad been trying to reopen the

center or eight months.“Printing a dissertation or

your committee can cost $60,and that’s not including addi-tional drafs or copy editing,”Murphy said. “My colleaguesand I are expected to pay orthis on our own. Te Universityat large has made it clear thatunding a small resource onthis campus is not an importantitem on their agenda.”

Murphy said during her

speech that $7,500 would be themost appropriate amount tound the printing center. Made-line Dickerson, student rightscommittee chair, then gavea speech against the original

bill, which requested $5,000;she proposed allocating an ad-ditional $2,500 to the originalbill. All o the money is allo-cated rom the Student SenateReserves Fund.

“It is necessary that we raisethis to $7,500 because we wereelected into these positions tohelp out students at this Uni-

versity, and this is a darn goodreason to pull the money romreserves,” she said.

Adam Moon, chie o staff,gave a negative speech ol-lowing Dickerson’s and saidStudent Senate could not givepayouts to organizations whenadministration reuses to und

them.Murphy said she hopes to

have the printing center re-

opened within the next weekor two.For now, Murphy said the

$5,000 would be enough untila more permanent allocation ounds can be made.

“It buys me time, but I don’tknow what that time will do inthose conversations,” Murphy

said. “I can’t guarantee anyone’sresponse except my own.”

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degree despite a decline in enrollmentCONNER MITCHELL@connermitchell0

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““A shrinkage in liberalarts education means

students are not asbroadly prepared asthey could be.”

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$253.2 million

$124.1 million: $43.1 million for program and educational support $32.6 million for faculty support $30.8 million for student support $17.6 million for facility support

and from that $253.2 million, the university received

raised through KU Endowment in 2014

Source: KU Endowment's 2014 Annual Report

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Afer two days o voting, theunofficial reshman elections re-sults are in.

Te elected senators are: SethEaton o Overland Park with135 votes; Ashley Dunn o Law-rence with 117 votes; NobusOghenekaro o Warri, Nigeriawith 130 votes; Tomas Greeno Shawnee with 133 votes; andJohn Foster o Mission Hills with109 votes.

Eaton, Green and Dunn willrepresent reshmen in the Col-lege o Liberal Arts and Sciences.Oghenekaro and Foster will rep-

resent reshmen in the School oEngineering.Afer running on three initia-

tives, including improving Inor-mation echnology or studentsby combining BlackBoard, En-roll and Pay and the KU Portal,Foster said he was ready to getinvolved with Senate right away.

“I elt really excited when theyannounced my name,” Fostersaid. “Now that I’m in office, Iwant to get the eel or the Senateand see how it works, and thenrepresent all o the reshmen andalso get through all o the initia-tives I ran on.”

Dunn said she's looking or-ward to learning the ins and outso Senate.

“It was super nerve-rackingwith 40 plus people running,but really ulfilling,” Dunn said.“First, I want to learn the ropes,make connections and networkbeore I take any course o ac-tion.”

For Oghenekaro, figuring outwhat issues matter to students iskey beore he moves urther withplanning initiatives.

“Right now I’m asking peoplewhat issues they want addressed,”Oghenekaro said in an interviewon Friday. “So ar, I’ve heardparking and more access or un-dergraduate research. I want togo up to anybody and ask themwhat issues they see and wantfixed.”

Eaton said he plans to ocuson reshmen outreach instead ogeneral initiatives and issues.

“I want to vocalize the resh-men’s voice more,” Eaton said inan interview on Friday.

As or Green, working on issuesat the state level is his priority.

“I like deending students rightsand I eel like public school kids,especially in Kansas, are gettingstepped on, and I think they needmore power,” Green said in an in-

terview on Friday.In last year's reshman elec-

tions, only our candidates ran.

Te current Senate staff mem-bers ran on an initiative o in-creasing reshman outreach.

Communications DirectorIsaac Bahney spearheaded thework on the initiative by increas-ing Senate’s social media use atreshman orientation, makinghimsel accessible to all reshmenwith questions and adding theelections applications online oreasy access.

Student Body President JessiePringle said the large turnout ocandidates pointed to the successo this year’s reshman elections.

“It shows two things: Tat Isaacdid a really great job with resh-man elections and this reshmanclass is really going to make adifference on campus,” Pringlesaid. “Tey’ve already taken theinitiative to run, and I’m so ex-cited to see the next generation ostudent senators.”

Te five reshmen will begintheir senatorial roles tonight atthe first ull Senate meeting othe year.

Te official elections resultswill be available by the end o theweek.

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Newly-elected freshman senator Ashley Dunn listens to a speaker at Student Senate.

KU Endowment, establishedin 1891, is a nonprofit orga-nization providing financial

support to KU though dona-tions. Endowment is "Amer-ica's oldest oundation or apublic university," accordingto its website.

How much money

does KU Endowment

bring in each year?

KU Endowment’s 2014 an-nual report states $253.2million was raised through“private giving.” Tis moneycame rom “current gifs andpledges, deerred gif com-mitments and realized be-

quests and lie income gifs,”according to the 2014 annualreport, meaning the $253.2million includes cash dona-tions pledges donors committo pay in the uture.

How does KU En-

dowment receive this

money?

KU Endowment receives twotypes o gifs: expendable gifsand endowed gifs. Expend-able gifs can be spent now.Endowed gifs are “made to

be invested and provided orKU in perpetuity,” said RositaElizalde-McCoy, senior vicepresident or communica-tions and marketing.“Ten the donor is telling

us, ‘you cannot spend the to-tality o this gif. You cannotspend the principle. You haveto spend a portion rom thisevery year.’” Elizalde-McCoysaid.Te amount donated to KU

Endowment each year is notgoing to coincide with what’sgiven to KU because many othe gifs donated are endowedgifs, said Paul Borchardt,tax and compliance report-ing officer or KU Endow-ment. Elizalde-McCoy saidthe unds establish a pool omoney to be used over time.

Where does money

raised by KU Endow-

ment go?

O that $253.2 million, KUreceived about 4.9 percentor $124.1 million. With the$124.1 million received byKU, $30.8 million is provid-ed or student support, $32.6million or aculty support,$43.1 million or programand educational support,$17.6 million or acilitiessupport, including construc-

tion, equipment and supplies,urnishings. Each year, about6,500 scholarships are givento students — or exampleJohn Castellaw, —a juniorrom Wichita, according to

the 2014 annual report.Beore receiving the Chris-

tina M. Hixson OpportunityAward and scholarship, Cas-tellaw said he wasn’t sure hecould afford college. Castel-law, a first generation student,is one o many who received ascholarship through Endow-ment.“I it wasn’t or the schol-

arship, I wouldn’t be able toafford college,” he said. “TeHixson scholarship provideda huge support system.”

Where else does the

money go?Te money given to KU last

year also helped und CapitolFederal Hall, DeBruce Center,McCarthy Hall, renovationso the Spencer Museum o Art and the Swarthout RecitalHall, the Forum Building orthe Architecture School and anew Earth, Energy and Envi-ronment Center.

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At least 1,577 colleges anduniversities in the UnitedStates are entirely smoke ree,according to Americans orNonsmokers Rights. Te Uni-

versity o Kansas, however, isnot one o these campuses.

Americans or NonsmokersRights say it expects the num-ber o smoke-ree campuses togrow rapidly “as a result o thegrowing social norm support-

ing smoke-ree environments,and support rom within theacademic community or suchpolicies or campus health andwell being.”

It is important to the healthand individual rights o KUstudents that administratorsollow the lead o ellowuniversities in accepting theresponsibility o policingtobacco smoking on cam-pus. o protect the rights osmokers is to limit the rightso everyone else.

Smoking should be bannedrom campus because havinga smoke-ree campus doesn’t

just protect smokers’ health;a ban on tobacco use would

protect all students’ right tobreathe clean air.

A ban is not about punishingthose who choose to smoke.Smokers still have the rightto smoke off campus i they

wish. Non-smokers shouldn’tbe orced to breathe toxicsmoke-filled air while tryingto attend class.

Te University adminis-tration needs to exercise itsright to regulate smoking oncampus because smokingis harmul to everyone, not

just the person who choosesto smoke. I administratorswere to police what a studentcould eat, in an effort tocreate a healthier campus, thatwould be a violation o rights

because it only affects theindividual. But it is no secretthat secondhand smoke isharmul to a person’s health.Since 1964, approximately 2.5million nonsmokers have died

rom health problems causedby exposure to secondhandsmoke, according to the Cen-ters or Disease Control andPrevention.

It is absolutely the adminis-tration’s right to ban smokingon campus. It’s also theirresponsibility to display an in-tent to improve the health andwell being o students. It is inthe best interest o the Univer-sity administrators to create asae and clean learning envi-ronment or both themselves

and the student body.Te University needs to join

in the effort to make smokingsocially unacceptable becausesmoking has the potential toseriously harm or even kill

people. obacco companieseed on young adults andtarget 18- to 24-year-oldsaccording to Americans orNonsmokers Rights.

A 2012 surgeon generalreport on tobacco use amongyouth and young adults saidthat “college attendance couldbe a turning point in choosingnot to use tobacco.” Tat is, ocourse, i students can attendcollege without getting smokeblown in their aces.

Rachel Gonzales is a junior rom Fort Collins, Colo., study-ing journalism and sociology.

— Edited by AmberVandegrif

RACHEL GONZALES@KansanNews

Before a second cup,

learn the caffeine facts

Petrulis and Sullivan areseniors and second-year phar-macy students.

How caffeine works

Te routine is simple. Wakeup groggy, stumble out obed, find your way to thekitchen and umble arounduntil you can get that firstsip. A sip o what, exactly? Itdoesn’t matter — as long as ithas caffeine.

Ninety percent o the

world’s population consumescaffeine on a daily basis,making it the world’s mostcommon stimulant, accord-ing to Te Huffington Post.o most college students,caffeine is an old riend, theone we turn to in times odesperation. But how exactlydoes caffeine wake us up?

Basically, caffeine blocksyou rom being sleepy. Butlet’s get a l ittle more techni-cal. o help natural chemi-cals in your body act wherethey are supposed to, we havechemical-specific receptors.

Some chemicals will havethe wrong shape or receptorand can’t bind — kind o liketrying to put a square peg ina round hole.

When your nerve cells sendsignals, they release a chem-ical called adenosine. Tischemical then binds to itsspecific receptor and alertsyour body that you are eel-ing tired. Te longer you’ve

gone without sleep, or the

less rested you are, the moreadenosine there is swimmingaround your body.

It is precisely this mech-anism that caffeine blocks.Because caffeine is shaped alot like adenosine, it can alsobind to this receptor. While itdoesn’t exert any action itsel,it stops adenosine rom re-minding your cells how tiredthey are. However, you arestill producing adenosine —it just can’t attach. Tat’s whycaffeine can end up causing acrash. Once all o the caffeinehas been eliminated, adenos-

ine swarms to the receptorsand makes you eel evenmore tired than beore.

Advantages

Tankully, beore a crashhappens, there are severalbenefits rom taking caffeine.o increase alertness, takinganywhere rom 50 to 200 mgo caffeine can help you out.Caffeine is eliminated romthe body airly quickly, soit’s okay to have this amountabout every our hours.

With this typical dose,caffeine can also decreaseatigue and elevate think-ing processes and mood.Caffeine also has analgesicproperties; it can help treatpain, like headaches.

Another somewhatcontroversial benefit ocaffeine is increased athleticperormance. For somepeople, increased caffeineintake is a orm o doping.For this reason, the Olympic

Games limited the amount

o caffeine an athlete couldconsume and still compete.Tat ban was lifed in 2004,and now athletes will ofentake extra caffeine to givethemselves an extra edgeover the competition.

Disadvantages

Unortunately, caffeine hasits limits. I you take toomuch caffeine (anywhererom 200 to 500 mg at atime) it can actually reversethe beneficial effects. rem-ors, nervousness, insomnia,irritability and headaches can

occur i you take too muchcaffeine at once. aking morethan 600 mg o caffeine aday can lead to some long-term disadvantages like acidreflux.

Some people think thatingesting caffeine will reversethe effects o alcohol quicker.In studies on these effects,patients ofen think theyare doing much better, butcoordination is not improved— meaning it’s still not saeto drive.

It is possible to developa physical dependenceon caffeine. Withdrawalsymptoms may cause atigueor a headache, similar to iyou have taken too muchcaffeine. Tese symptoms canstart anywhere rom 12 to 24hours afer your last caffeinedose but typically last lessthan a week, a airly shortrecovery period.

— Edited by AmberVandegrif

ABBY PETRULIS AND

KENDALL SULLIVAN@KansanNews

Ask Anissa: Do I pursue a

girl who keepstelling me that

she’s too busy

to hang out or

eat with me?Q: Tere is this cute girl that

I work with, and we talk and joke around all the time atwork. I have asked her twicei she wanted to get a burritowith me, but every time I'veasked, she says she's too busybecause o her involvement inschool. Should I try to find atime that works or both o us,or just give up?

I am actually very glad thisquestion came up because thishas become a very commonissue when trying to start upa romantic relationship incollege. I can’t speak or ev-eryone, but personally I havedealt with this exact problem.

It can be scary because thisgirl may actually be busy allthe time. Or maybe she is justusing the common excuse“I’m busy” to blow you off.Ten there's also the ear obeing too annoying.

In all seriousness, I am a

firm believer that work ethic isa very attractive quality. Beinginvolved is a choice, so thisgirl chooses to be busy andactive. I know it can seem in-timidating to be with someonewho works so hard and doesso many things. But i it wasn’tor her work ethic, you two

wouldn't have met, since youmet at work.

However, i you are tryingto be romantically involvedwith this girl, you need tounderstand that driven peopledon't tend to change theirschedules just because theyare in a relationship. akesome time to think abouthow much you like this girl,and whether or not you couldcope with having a girlriendwho is always doing otheractivities. From what you havetold me, the activities shepartakes in are school-related.It seems like her involvementis or stuff that is beneficial toothers and holds a high levelo importance, rather than hernot getting a burrito with youbecause she would rather getdrunk with her girlriends.

As cliché as it may sound,nothing great usually comesrom giving up, but sometimesthe best things in lie happenwhen we continually keeptrying. I you eel like herbeing a hardworking person is

attractive and worth waitingor, then wait and be patient.I’m sure she would appreciatea person who understandshow busy her lie can get andwould separate you rom allthe other people around her.

— Edited by Jackson Vickery

ANISSA FRITZ@anissafritzz

PAOLO NEO/CREATIVE COMMONSSince 1964, approximately 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from health problems caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, according to the CDC.

It’s time for KU to embrace a

campuswide ban on smoking

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el, "In the Unlikely Event," whichpublished this summer, JudyBlume plans to retire.At 77, Blume’s career has

spanned decades. Te author isan anti-censorship activist andhas spoken at many book toursabout her book themes o sexual-ity and puberty. She is also a reg-ular on the nationally observedBanned Books Week, which willrun rom Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 thisyear.Some o Blume’s most beloved

works, "Are You Tere, God? It’sme, Margaret"; "Deenie"; "Forev-er" and more have been targeted

by various religious groups andconservative organizations.Giselle Anatol, associate proes-

sor and director o graduate stud-ies in the English department,

specializes in children’s andyoung adult literature. Anatolgrew up with Blume’s books andthe “blunt” way she portrayedteenage lie.“When I was young, she was ev-

erything,” Anatol said. “I remem-ber being so taken by her bookswhen I was younger because shenot only spoke to a lot o eelingsand the thought and anxietiesthat young people were havingat various stages o young adult-hood and adolescence, but someo the places she mentioned werenear to the town I grew up in."

"I don’t think the works are par-ticularly well written," she said."Tey’re not going to win anygrand literary prizes, but they’re

very accessible.”

Blume is not the only authorwho aimed to help young girlsnavigate adolescence — BeverlyCleary, author o "Beezus andRamona," and Barbara Park, au-thor o "Junie B. Jones," had sim-ilar goals.Like Anatol, graduate student

LeAnn Meyer, communicationscoordinator at the University'slibraries, grew up with Blume’sbooks and said she is grateul orthe impact the stories had on her.“Depending on the book, it

speaks to my inspirations as achild and my drive to achieve

great things,” she said. “I thinkher characters were distinctlystrong-minded and empoweringin their own ways. Were I de-prived o the literature options I

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people don’t have knowledge— when they don’t have inor-mation, and i you are dealingwith a topic like sexuality andthe things that [Blume] writesabout," Anatol said. "Whether it’smasturbation or a young wom-an’s first sexual experience, losing

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ant and especially when thosetopics aren’t really talked aboutopenly.”Anatol said she thinks censor-

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or kids to learn about particularideas, then I think we’re at a dis-advantage in terms o learningabout our world," Anatol said.

— Edited by MinamiLevonowich

“Let children read whatever they want and

then talk about it with them. If parents and

kids can talk together, we won’t have as much

censorship because we won’t have as muchfear.”

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SAFIRE’S GOOD ADVICE (1993)

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At 18 years old, ConnorLeimer is about to drop hissecond album, "Postcard,” on

Oct. 2.Te album ollows the Sept.4 release o the single “KeepKnocking,” eaturing GraceSchram, which is available oniunes and Spotiy. Leimer has

also been teasing clips on so-cial media o the music video,which dropped on Wednesday.He released the “Coast to Sea”

EP last year, which eatured fivetracks.Leimer, who is rom a suburb

south o Kansas City, startedhis career with an album herecorded on his phone — “Teelephone akes” — that hereleased during his reshmanyear o high school. He then at-

tended the Grammy Project, asummer workshop or emerg-ing musical artists, in 2013.Later this month, Leimer will

start his dorm room tour atBelmont University in Nash-

ville and end at the Universityo Kansas on Oct. 16.Leimer will also play at KU on

Sept. 10 and at the CrossroadsMusic Festival in Kansas City,Mo., on Sept. 12."Tis record represents a

big chunk o my high schoolyears," Leimer said in a newsrelease. "It's everything thatyou ace while growing up. Allmy riends came together andplayed on it, or helped me withartwork, or helped out withproduction. It's just a bunch oriends helping each other out."


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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, “Portlandia” stars.

CONTRIBUTED BY TIM DUGGAN

Connor Leimer, who is from a Kansas City suburb, recorded his first album, “The Telephone Takes,” on his phone.

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Te biggest mystery sur-rounding “Te Sixth Sense”writer and director M. NightShyamalan is no longer histrademark plot twists. Nowa-days we wonder how he keeps

getting money to make moviesin the disastrous second halo his career, which includesthe laughably awul “Te Hap-pening,” “Te Last Airbender”and “Afer Earth.”With his ound-ootage

horror comedy “Te Visit,” atleast now he’s embracing hisrole as a schlock filmmaker.Te simple premise — two

young teenagers have increas-ingly unsettling experiences

while staying with theiroff-kilter grandparents —allows Shyamalan to fill themovie with humor and to crafall sorts o bizarre moments.Sometimes his attempts atcreepiness are so weird theyresult in laughter, but thosebits can still engage.

“Te Visit” primarily drawson the awkward interactionsthat juvenile siblings havewhen stuck with elder rela-tives whom they don’t reallyknow. Tat eeling permeatesthroughout to make the movieboth relatable and squirrelly asBecca (Olivia DeJonge) triesto make a documentary abouther and her brother yler's(Ed Oxenbould) first visit totheir grandparents' Pennsylva-

nia home.Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and

Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie)live in the country withoutV and Internet, so afer theinitial warm, home-baked-cookies welcome, the curiousyler and Becca get creative inentertaining themselves. Te

responsible older sister andridiculous younger brotherdynamic between them isquite unny.As Nana and Pop Pop reveal

one odd behavior afer anoth-er, the line between strangecomedy and intriguing horrorflick is sliced with seeminglylittle discernment, resulting ina conounding B- movie.Pop Pop tells the grandkids

not to leave their room afer

9:30 p.m., which, they discov-er, is when Nana’s “condition”takes hold — she becomes thereakiest sleepwalker you’veever seen. She gets kookyduring daylight sometimes,too, like in the simultaneouslyhilarious and creepy scenewhere she chases yler andBecca underneath the porchdeck where they were playinghide and seek.

Nana and Pop Pop only turninto scarier, more peculiar oldpeople as the week goes on.Te grandkids try to figurethem out, sometimes jokinglyand eventually ser iously.Yet “Te Visit” never exactly

gels together, veering as wildlyas 13-year-old yler, whospits several mildly enjoyable,dorky reestyle rhymes andseveral severely obnoxious

ones over the course o themovie. It’s more o a curiousoddity than a worthwhileattraction.But one thing’s or sure:

Tis is a trip to grandma andgrandpa’s you won’t soonorget, even though it’s usuallymemorable or the wrongreasons.

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borhoods in Chicago, Will-mott said he realized thatmore development in theseneighborhoods would lead toless violence.“America has a huge problem

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degree in drama rom Mary-

mount College in Salina, heparticipated in activism work.He was a crucial part to the in-tegration o the Junction CityFire Department in the 1970s,which had never had a blackfirefighter beore Willmott andhis colleagues launched a pro-test.“Chiraq” is a step toward a

different kind o activism. Tefilm’s title is a nickname orChicago, which is alludes to itshigh murder rate.When Lee announced in

April that the film would beshot in Chicago, residents and

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case.

“I think the mayor and peo-ple in Chicago thought this asanother ‘90s gang movie witha lot o violence, so I thinkthey’ll be pleasantly surprisedwhen they see the film that it’sgot a really positive message,”Willmott said.Wilmott remembers one inci-

dent in particular as a catalystor his uture interest in racerelations and productions, like“Chiraq,” exploring the issue.On April 4, 1968, when Mar-

tin Luther King, Jr. was assassi-nated in Memphis, a 10-year-old Willmott sat in ront o the

television in his amily’s living

room in Junction City.Te day afer the assassina-

tion, Willmott eagerly raisedhis hand in class to discuss it.His teacher replied, “We won’tbe talking about that.”“Tat’s really when I under-

stood that I was black in apolitical or social way,” Will-mott said. “You knew you wereblack, but Dr. King’s assassina-tion really taught me that be-ing being black had social andpolitical ramifications.”With “Chiraq,” Wilmott

hopes to address these issuesand, hopeully, reduce them,

but he admits the American

society has a long way to go inregards to racism.“It will always probably be

a problem,” he said. “It’s not very optimistic sounding butbecause o human nature, youalways have to be willing tocombat it, fight against it. It’salways going to be a problem.”


““You knew you were

black, but Dr. King’s as-

sassination really taught

me that being being

black had social and

political ramifications”

KEVIN WILLMOTTKU Professor and

Filmmaker

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Former Kansas point guard

Aaron Miles is back with theteam, according to a Universi-ty news release.

Miles will join the staff asthe assistant director o stu-dent-athlete development,although the move could beshort term.

Miles, who is dealing with atorn labrum, said his playingcareer may not be over, but the“golden opportunity” to workalongside Bill Sel was toomuch to pass up.

Miles attended the Univer-sity rom 2002-05 where hefinished atop the boards in

numerous guard categories.

Miles holds the Big 12 Coner-ence record or career assistswith 954, which is ninth inNCAA Division I history.

With Miles on the team, theJayhawks finished with a our-year record o 110-28, going54-10 in Big 12 play. In Miles’sfirst season, the Jayhawks wenta perect 16-0 against coner-ence oes and advanced to oneo two Final Fours that Mileswould play in during his ouryears.

Since that time, Mileshas spent time in the NBAD-League, NBA and Eurole-

ague. Right now, though, he

said he's ocusing on learningand helping out the players.

“I love helping people, I lovebasketball and I love the Uni-

versity o Kansas,” Miles saidin the release. “Tis is an idealsituation or me to be able to

do all three o those things.”

He added: “Everybody in thisoffice is special, and I can learnrom them all.”

At 32 years old, Miles is arrom being the most expe-rienced member o the bas-ketball staff, but he isn’t theyoungest. Director o Basket-ball Operations Brennan Be-chard, who graduated in 2009,holds that distinction. Milesis also younger than assistantcoach Jerrance Howard, 35,who played or Bill Sel at Il-linois.

— Edited by Christian Hardy

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Former KU point guard will join men’sbasketball team as an assistant director

Disappointed, but not dis-couraged.

Tat was David Beaty’s mind-set afer his first game as headcoach o a Division I ootballprogram.

O course, disappointmentwas the best way to charac-terize the Jayhawks’ opening

game o the season, whichstarted with a host o missedtackles and turnovers and end-ed on a botched snap. It wasKansas’ first loss to an FCSprogram since 2010, when theprogram was under urnerGill.

But it was not discouragingor a handul o reasons: Itwas the best game o MontellCozart’s career (he admitted itthis week), the offense lookedrevitalized and the Jayhawks’blitz packages started gettingpressure on the quarterback inthe second hal. Considering

the number o Jayhawks play-ing college ootball — or Di-

vision I ootball — or the firsttime, it wasn’t a bad outcome.

“Tere’s a lot o things I’mdisappointed in, but there’s 23

new players out there on theootball field or the first time,”Beaty said. “Tey are going tomake mistakes, and I think thething that was kind o a ring-ing tone all the way across allo our positions was just trust-ing your training and playingwith technique and not gettingout there and abandoning yourteaching or your training.”

Beaty’s team will have anoth-er week o training — a week

to improve on what it saw aferthe disparities in its week 1 loss— beore coming up against itsfirst FBS opponent, the Mem-phis igers (1-0) on Saturdayat Memorial Stadium.

Te biggest improvementswill need to be made on thedeensive side o the ball,where the Jayhawks gave up463 yards against South Dako-ta State.

“We've got to do a better jobstopping the run,” Beaty said.“We've got to do a better job oholding gaps. Tis team we areabout to play can run the balleffectively. Tey can out lever-age you, they can out-gap you,they can misdirection you iyou eye is in the wrong place.”

Te misdirection is a huge

piece o Memphis coach Jus-tin Fuente’s offensive arsenal.Te team brings our runningbacks to the table — juniorSam Craf, sophomores JarvisCooper and Doroland Dor-ceus, and reshman JamariusHenderson. All our shouldbe involved equally in the rungame, though Craf — first onthe team’s depth chart at run-ning back — can line up allover the field and is listed on

the roster as an “athlete.”“I your eye is in the wrong

place with these guys, withJustin, you're going to be in ora long day, because they willbe in the end zone and youdon't even know who has gotthe ootball,” Beaty said. “Hewill misdirection you; he willoption you; he will drop backand become a drop-back passteam.”

Add 6-oot-7 quarterbackPaxton Lynch and his 13 rush-ing touchdowns rom 2014to the mix and it’s sure to bequite the battle or the Kansasdeense.

Kansas’ offense just might beable to hang with the igersdespite being 13-point un-derdogs. Cozart is ollowing a

game where he passed or al-most 300 yards and rushed ora career-high 94 yards. Run-ning back Ke’aun Kinner, whoaveraged 5.8 yards per carry on27 rushes last week, is a threatthat Fuente has talked up thisweek as well.

“Tey've got a quarterbackthat can run it and throw andhis incredibly dangerous. Teyhave a tailback that looks ex-tremely quick on film andrushed or 157 yards,” Fuentesaid in his press conerencethis week. “Tey will run it andthrow it going as ast as hu-manly possible; we’re going tohave to be able to deend that.”

Deensively, too, the igers’50 scheme is uncommon anddeceptive.

“Tey like to do a lot o di-

erent things to try to conusethe quarterback,” Cozart said.“Tey blitz, move guys arounda lot, they run that type o de-ense where guys are droppingall the time, or rushing three

and dropping eight.”Fuente also noted another

huge part o this Kansas o-ense: the tempo. Kansas ran90 plays last week, which wasgood or seventh most in theNCAA, and offensive coor-dinator Rob Likens said theteam can run even more — upto 100 plays in a single game.I the Jayhawks can tire downthe deense and keep their ownoff the field, they might just beable to pull an upset againstMemphis.

“We’ve just got to get theball snapped a little bit quick-er,” Likens said. “Everythingcomes down to whether you’regetting first downs with it. Iyou go three-and-out real-ly ast, it actually is counterproductive, and it helps them,

hurts you. It all goes along withdrives.

“We’re going to try to do bet-ter this week,” he said.

— Edited by Abigail Stuke

Defense improvementswill be crucial as Kansas

prepares for MemphisCHRISTIAN HARDY@ByHardy

K-State imposes penalties after NSFW

marching band halftime performance

Kansas State issued a newsrelease on uesday morningannouncing that the schoolwould be imposing numerousinternal sanctions, includinga sel-imposed $5,000 fine tobe paid to the Big 12 Coner-

ence or violation o the leaguesportsmanship policy and asingle-game suspension or theuniversity director o bands.

Tis suspension would takeplace during the Nov. 28 gameagainst the Jayhawks.

"Good sportsmanship is parto the Wildcat way; we do notwant to do anything that takesaway rom the tremendous

efforts o our student athletesand the award-winning Prideo Wildcat Land marchingband," Kirk Schultz, the pres-

ident o Kansas State, said inthe release.

Despite rumors, Kansas ath-letics said it had no intentiono filing a complaint with theBig 12 over the halfime per-ormance.

"I know that KU did not fileany kind o complaint with theBig 12 and we don't intend to,"said Jim Marchiony, the Kan-

sas associate athletics director.Over the past weekend, the

Kansas State marching bandcaused a stir on social mediawhen videos and pictures o itshalfime perormance duringSaturday's game against South

Dakota went viral.Kansas State has since apol-

ogized or the marching bandormation, which according to

K-State, was intended to depictthe Starship Enterprise attack-ing a Jayhawk.

— Edited by Miranda Davis

DEREK SKILLETT@derek_skillett

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Kansas State imposed on itself a $5,000 fine paid to the Big 12 on Tuesday, Sept. 8. KSU also suspended band director Frank Tracz for the Nov. 28game against Kansas in Lawrence.

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““I love helping people,I love basketball and Ilove the University ofKansas.”

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Afer Kansas’ first tournamento the women’s gol season, theteam lef a lot to be desired onthe course. But afer an offsea-son o training and recruiting,the Jayhawks are just gettingstarted.

Te Marilynn Smith/Sun-flower Invitational, which wason Monday and uesday, wasstrictly or sophomores andreshmen. eams were allowedto bring one senior with them,meaning Kansas could notbring Pornvipa Sakdee, a juniorrom Tailand.

Kansas did bring the rest o itsteam. Besides Sakdee and seniorYupaporn Kawinpakorn, knownas “Mook,” the rest o the teamis reshmen and sophomores.Tis early tournament givesthem a good look at themselvesand how they’re going to play.Tere’s a learning curve orthem, and they’re hitting thatnow.

Mook was by ar the bestgoler on the team rom last

year. Her season low score o67 was a team low; she was oneo three golers to finish with atop score in a tournament andher 11 rounds under par wasmore than the rest o the teamcombined.

Sakdee was one o the othertwo golers to finish a tourna-ment with the lowest score, andher five rounds under par weresecond only to Mook. Sakdeealso had a score range o just 13strokes, the lowest on the team,among players who played more

than 15 rounds.Te two most effective golers

rom last year’s team are backor coach Erin O’Neil, and sheadds a complement o sopho-mores who are now much morepoised and polished than theywere last year.

Pitsinee Winyarat leads thatgroup. She is the only soph-omore that recorded a roundunder par as a reshman lastyear, and her average strokenumber and highest finish areboth second among sopho-mores. Her biggest problem lastyear was consistency — she hada shot range o 18 strokes — butwith one more year under her

belt, she seems to have figuredout those issues.

Sophomore Kallie Gonzalesalso returns to the team. She isfirst among sophomores in av-erage strokes and highest finish.She also had 80 percent o herrounds counted last year, thirdamong returning players.

Te Jayhawks also add threetalented reshmen to bolsteran already deep rotation ogolers. Freshman Laine Evans,a Wichita native, shot a 10 overpar in her first collegiate tour-nament. She joined Mook as thetwo Jayhawks in the top 20 inindividual scoring.

Despite some losses romlast year, coach O’Neil has herteam primed or an even betterseason. With experience andtalent to spare, the Jayhawksseem prepared or a successul2015-16 campaign.

— Edited by Dani Malako

Having a team with a lot ounderclassmen can be exciting.Fans are excited to see whichsophomores make huge stridesrom their reshman season, andreshmen ofen surprise us witha high level o skill in their firstyears.

Juniors and seniors usuallylead winning teams, but having ayoung team doesn’t automatical-ly set a team up or ailure.

Having an underclass-

men-dominated roster put ateam in a tough spot.

O the eight players on thewomen’s ol team, six o themare either reshmen or soph-omores. While it’s not com-pletely disastrous, it’s difficultto improve rom last year whenthe majority o the roster issomewhat new to the team. Ocourse, this makes them un towatch, but last year’s team hadexperience, which led them tosuccess early in the season.

Kansas’ roster dropped to eightgolers rom 10 and lost some

o its key players to graduation.Former Jayhawk GabriellaDiMarco might have been thebiggest loss rom last season. InKansas’ second tournament lastyear, DiMarco finished in sixthand helped the Jayhawks finishthird out o 14 teams. While shewas not the most individuallysuccessul player on the team,losing her is definitely a hit tothe Jayhawks’ talent level.

Tere are a ew reshmen onthe roster that could eventuallyreplace DiMarco, but the key

word is eventually. FreshmanVictoria Chandra, who is rom

Indonesia, still has to settle inafer finishing tied or 55th inthe Marilynn Smith/SunflowerInvitational.

Laine Evans, a reshman romWichita, had a strong showingin the tournament and finished24th. Tat was a great finish or areshman, but the Jayhawks stillfinished in seventh place out o12 teams.

Te Jayhawks are capable oplaying better, but even i theyimprove, it will still be a struggleto replicate what Kansas did lastyear. While last season’s endingwas disappointing, it may have

overshadowed a great start to theseason.

In last year’s SunflowerInvitational, Kansas finished insecond and ollowed that witha third-place finish in its nexttournament. Tis is the kind osuccess that’s hard to find with a

very young team.Despite a good recruiting class,

the star o the team is the same;senior Yupaporn Kawinpakornfinished this week’s tournamentin seventh and seems to becarrying over her success romlast year.

Until the underclassmendevelop to their ull potential,Kawinpakorn will essentially beasked to carry the team. She hadno trouble doing this last year,but being the lone senior on theteam certainly doesn’t bode wellor the youthul Jayhawks.

Tere will be a lot o greatindividual perormances romthis team, but it’s hard to expectan improvement given the shortperiod o time.

— Edited by Dani Malakoff

BRIAN MINI@daftpunkpop

GRIFFIN HUGHES@GriffinJHughes

DAILY DEBATEWill KU women’s golf improve from last year?

YESNO

Te Jayhawks are looking or-ward to another season withan even more experiencedroster as they open their 2016season at home against BakerUniversity on Oct. 1.Seven starters will return or

this years upcoming season,including All-Big 12 First

eam selection Chaley Brick-ey and Daniella Chaves, whoshared the title last year o Big12 Freshman o the Year.Instead o ocusing on the

returning players who helpedthe Jayhawks reach theirsecond straight NCAA tour-nament last season, let’s takea look at the newest memberso the Jayhawk amily. CoachMegan Smith said she believesthat transers Jordan Zolmanand Andie Formby will be keyto this year’s success.“Tey will both add valuable

experience and depth to an

already talented roster,” Smithsaid in a news release.Afer spending her last two

seasons playing infield as aMissouri iger, Zolman joinedKansas as a junior.“I chose KU because o the

amily atmosphere and it eltlike home,” Zolman said.Smith hopes Zolman will

add a “powerul bat” to theJayhawk’s lineup. During hersophomore year at Missouri,Zolman proved her battingskills by posting a .346 battingaverage along with a .645slugging percentage.“She [Zolman] has pure

power and has been successulagainst some o the top pitch-ers and teams in the country,”Smith said. “It will be excitingto see what she can do in aJayhawk jersey.”Along with the signing o

Zolman, the Jayhawks alsosigned a second year transerin pitcher Andie Formby.Originally playing or the

Universit o Vir inia her

reshman year, Formby madeappearances in 33 games lastseason, 24 o those beingstarts.Similar to Zolman, Smith

said she sees potential inFormby. Pitching 12 completegames or the Cavaliers lastyear while topping 100 strike-outs during that time (102),Formby is a perect exampleo why Smith thinks she will“definitely add experience toour young pitching staff.”Formby chose to hang up

her navy and orange uniormand switch to crimson andblue this off season becauseo Kansas’ “ability to competeand the high expectations theprogram had or its studentathletes,” she said.While the first home game

is still considered a preseasonor the Jayhawks, Smith, alongwith others, will be able toget a good look at the strongadditions to the team.

NICK GEIDNER@nickgeidner

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None o the ortune and all o criticism — that’s the dilemma oodern collegiate athlete. While proessional athletes are paid,hich has to make condemnation easier to swallow, collegiate

thletes on national V can be criticized just as reely as theirroessional counterparts.Te prevalence o social media has brought ans closer to ath-

etes than ever beore. Fans ofen interact with players and coach-s with encouragement and excitement, along with disdain.Some colleges have taken steps to minimize athletes’ exposure

o the disdain, even going so ar as to tweet out messages, such ashis one rom Arizona State.

MATT HOFFMANN

@MattHoffmannUDK

Brew: Should KU attempt to

shield athletes from criticism?

But does it work? Can the athletic department really shield stu-ent athletes rom harsh comments, or do tweets like Arizonatate’s just make the situation worse?Simply looking at the responses to Arizona State’s tweet, thepassion” o NCAA ans is evident.

Te responses to the program’s official witter account got me

thinking: I ans will tweet disparaging messages to the team,what would they say to the players?

Over the weekend, Kansas ootball lost 41-38 to South DakotaState, a team it was avored to beat by two and a hal points. It’snot just the loss that stung Jayhawk ans, it was the way in whichthe team lost: umbling the snap in an attempt to spike the ballwhich ran the clock out, negating any chance to tie the game witha field goal.

For a ootball program that has seen its share o hardships thelast ew seasons, I couldn’t imagine the reaction was all that pos-itive on social media, and I was curious how ar some ans wouldgo in directly criticizing the collegiate players, all o whom areunpaid.

A search o junior quarterback Montell Cozart’s handle broughtup a plethora o tweets. Many praised the way he handled themedia ollowing his blunder in the final moments. Some told himto “keep his head up.” And then there were these responses:

It’s easy to see why athletic programs across the country wouldwant to shield athletes rom criticism. Both Arizona State andKansas ootball are heavily invested in keeping team morale up,and it’s interesting that the Sun Devils would have to publicly askor ans not to criticize athletes.

Tis open disdain toward 18 to 22 year olds certainly doesn’treflect well on an bases across the nation, and colleges’ attemptsto change this behavior may just be making it worse.

— Edited by Dani Malakoff

iana Dockery camethrough on her approach.Te words “Match KU” rangout over the PA system. Kan-sas had just won its sixthstraight match and twelfhstraight set.

Te current six-straightmatch streak is tied or sev-enth best in Kansas volleyballhistory. Te 1998 and 2011teams also started out the

season with six wins in a row.Te longest win streak tostart a season is nine in a row.

wo teams, both coach RayBechard’s teams, rom 2000and 2001 started out the sea-son with nine straight winsbeore suffering their firstloss.

“Te goal is to come out andplay our best every game,”

junior libero and Kansas In- vitational MVP Cassie Waitsaid on Saturday. “We talkabout how controlling ourside o the court is such a

big part o the game. Whenwe do that, we give ourselvesthe best opportunity to comeout and win like we did thisweekend. It’s pretty awe-some.”

Are they going to lose at allthis season? In the words oWait: “Hopeully not.”

In Kansas’ first match othe Kansas Invitational, theJayhawks handedly deeatedthe Western Illinois Leath-ernecks in three sets (25-14,25-16, 25-6).

Sophomore right side hitterKelsie Payne, and eventual

member o the All-KansasInvitational ournamenteam, hammered out 14 killsto lead both teams. Soph-omore setter Ainise Haviliregistered 34 assists, threekills and seven digs. Waitsprawled all over the courtor 14 digs.

“[Her perormance] wasawesome,” senior outside hit-ter Ashlyn Driskill said aferthe match. “She’s brought somuch energy to the team.”

Payne’s energy continuedover into Kansas’ secondmatch o the day. Te Jay-

hawks aced off against the

Duke Blue Devils, the onlyteam Kansas had aced thatreceived votes in the AVCApoll, collegiate volleyball’s

version o the AP op 25.Despite Duke being Kansas’

most talented opponent, theJayhawks handled the BlueDevils in three sets (25-17,25-18, 25-23).

Te third set proved to bethe most difficult or Kan-sas, as it couldn’t seem to putDuke away.

“Te third set was a bit o

a struggle, but we ound away to get some things go-ing late against a good team,”Bechard said. “I really likedthe offensive balance. Tekids game planned extremelywell.”

During the Duke match,Payne recorded 10 kills, thetop mark o anyone on eitherteam. Havili totaled 36 assistsand Wait tallied 14 digs.

And afer a day o rest, Kan-sas had one more opponenton its radar: UMKC.

Payne continued her dom-inance, adding 13 kills tothe Kansas offensive unit, asthe team won in three sets(25-17, 25-23, 25-16). TeUMKC match was the firstgame o the tournamentwhere Payne didn’t lead inkills, but it wasn’t by much;Dockery edged Payne outwith 14 kills.

Havili notched her 16th ca-reer double-double againstthe Roos. She recorded 44assists and 11 digs in the win.

Next up or Kansas is thePistol Pete Showdown inLaramie, Wyo., which will

take place on Sept. 11 and12. And it’s not going to be acakewalk.

In last week’s AVCA poll,both Marquette (5-1) andWyoming (3-2) received

votes. However, Kansas’third opponent in the event,Northern Colorado, has a 2-3record.


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Ryan Butler (22) during the second half of game on Saturday. South Dakota State won 41-38.

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Kansas defense? —

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Kansas’ offense looked good— scary good — on Saturday.Tis new air raid offense ran91 plays, which was the sev-enth most in the country. TeJayhawks accumulated 576yards on offense, the first timesince 2006, in the 41-38 loss.

However, deensively Kansasell short. Te Jayhawks gaveup 463 total yards on 72 plays

to an FCS team. Te SouthDakota State Jackrabbitsjumped out to an early 31-7lead. Deensive players aferthe game said they lacked thejuice, which seems shockingsince it was the season openerand this was the one game inwhich they were avored.

It’s evident that Kansashas a couple o really gooddeensive players, but as awhole, this team may not beable to exec

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