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JULIE CARDEN APPEARED IN THE JOURNAL-WORLD PHOTO at left when she was 6 years old, along with her pony, Princess, in July 1988. The two grew up together, participating in horse shows and learning life lessons. Carden went on to become a rodeo queen and Princess, a two-time fair champion, served as a companion to children who wanted to learn to ride. Carden is now 31, and Princess is 38. The two were photographed together, right photo, Tuesday in Linwood.

Pony plays pivotal role in life’s path Learning to ride hangs in Carden’s childhood Carden received the pony as home near Linwood, above the dozens of halters, trophies and a surprise from her dad, Larry, n a warm, mid-July ribbons that she has picked up when she was 4. At the time, day in 1988, 6-year-old through the years. Princess was a 12-year-old Julie Carden stood hunter/jumper pony The image not only by her family’s horse with fluid movements captured the start trailer, waiting alongside her and a good jumpof Carden’s long ing style. A fampony, Princess, for Eudora’s and successful fair ily friend offered CPA parade to begin. Dressed and rodeo career, See pictures on Princess to Larry as a miniature cowgirl in hat but it signified page 3A and at when his children and boots, Carden rode Princess the beginning LJWorld.com. And tired of riding the in the procession that day. of a relationship check out today’s pony. As she relives it 25 years lat- between a little events on page Princess spent er, Carden, now 31, remembers girl and her pony, 2A. the next several feeling confused about why a bond that set a Lawrence Journal-World years teaching Carden Carden on her path photographer was snapping how to be a cowgirl. in life. Before she began competing in her picture. “Princess was really the the Douglas County Fair at age “That’s why I have that look start of my whole horse ca7, Carden would sneak out to on my face,” she said, laughing. reer,” Carden said. “Because the stables and ride Princess A poster-sized copy of that of her, I was able to continue bareback. black-and-white photo now doing what I love.” By Nikki Wentling

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“Before I could even saddle her I would get in trouble all the time for riding her in the yard,” Carden said. “I rode her so much as a kid that she wants me to leave her alone now. If I get a halter out around her, she runs the other way.” Once she was old enough to join the Eudora 4-H club, Carden showed Princess in the horse show competition at the fair. As she got older, the duo began to compete in barrel racing, pole bending and team pinning. In 1996, Carden was named the fair queen. After her eligibility with 4-H was up, Carden stopped riding Princess. She was get-

Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little joined more than 175 university leaders from across the country this week in urging the president and Congress to restore federal spending on research, innovation and higher education. A letter signed by the leaders appeared Wednesday as an advertisement in the print edition of Politico, a national outlet for political news. The Gray-Little campaign is led by the Association of American Universities and the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities. Gray-Little said the organizations reached out to her and other university leaders, asking them to make a statement about the “erosion of funding for innovative research” and the impact federal spending cuts could have on the future of the U.S. economy. Gray-Little found the decision to sign the letter “straightforward,” though doing so puts her, along with the other signers, in the tumultuous arena of federal budget politics. Even so, Gray-Little said she felt it was consistent with her role as chancellor to make a statement on is-

Please see PONY, page 2A

Please see LETTER, page 2A

KU study cited in menthol cigarette report; researcher urges ban The studies surveyed found that people who smoke menthol cigarettes find it easier to If additional regulations or get addicted and tougher to quit, and one even a ban on menthol ciga- study cited was conducted by KU Med Cenrettes follow a U.S. Food and ter researchers in 2007. By Matt Erickson

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Drug Administration report released last week, it will be thanks in small part to a group of researchers at the Kansas University Medical Center. The FDA last week released a review of scientific research on the flavored cigarettes, also an-

nouncing that it was accepting public comments about possible new regulations. Together, the studies surveyed found that people who

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smoke menthol cigarettes find it easier to get addicted and tougher to quit, and one study cited was conducted by KU Med Center researchers in 2007.

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In the first study to examine how menthol was related to smoking cessation among light smokers in particular, they worked with University of Minnesota researchers and found that even among people who smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, people who smoke menthol cigarettes find it more difficult to quit. “This is a study that we are really passionate about,” said Babalola Faseru, an assistant

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professor of preventive medicine and public health at the Med Center and one of the researchers who helped with the 2007 study. They focused on a group of about 750 black Americans who were light smokers, using data from a clinical trial conducted in the Kansas City area. Faseru and about 10 other KU Med Center researchers Please see MENTHOL, page 2A

$2 million gift to KU An anonymous Kansas University alumna has committed $2 million to the School of Education to create a distinguished professorship in counseling psychology. Page 3A

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