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The museum’s curator Philip Stinson plans to coordinate with the School of Architecture and Design to renovate the University’s oldest museum found in Lippincott Hall.
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By order of presentation dates, provost finalists Margaret Raymond, top left; Carl Lejuez, top right; Dave Cook, bottom left; and Barbara Bichelmeyer, bottom right, discuss their plans for the University.
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KU junior film and media studies major Ishan Parikh will release his feature film, “Ego,” on YouTube on Nov. 15. The film will also screen at Budig Hall the same day at 7:30 p.m.
Four provost finalists visited the University of Kansas throughout the end of October and beginning of November to present their ideas for the Lawrence campus. Recommended finalists were selected by a committee of University students, staff and faculty. Chancellor Douglas Girod received recommended finalists’ names in early October.
Each candidate was asked by Chancellor Douglas Girod to state what challenges they see higher education having to tackle. A majority of them spoke to the rising costs of higher education and creating a more inclusive environment. The provost executes the chancellor’s developing mission for the University. The position oversees all vice provosts and academic deans. Interim Provost Carl Lejuez
has been in office since April 2018, after former Provost Neeli Bendapudi left the University to become the president of the University of Louisville. Finalist one: Margaret Raymond, dean of law, University of Wisconsin As provost, Raymond said she would focus on diversity and equity, financial accessibility for lower-income students, and Continue on page 2
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Kansas soccer claims its first Big 12 championship title after defeating TCU 1-0 on Nov. 10.
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University of Kansas graduate students were given three minutes to discuss years of research on topics including Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, jellyfish and more at Tuesday night’s Three Minute Thesis Competition. This was the Office of Graduate Studies’ second time hosting 3MT, an academic research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland in Australia, said Jessy Ayestas, a graduate assistant in the Office of Graduate Studies. “It’s a really interesting event because what it does is it gives graduate students the opportunity to talk about their research,” said Ayestas, who helped organize the contest. “You get to learn about what they’re doing without the technical jargon.” 3MT is now completed in over 600 universities and institutions across 65 countries worldwide, said Audrey Lamb, interim dean of Graduate Studies. The competition took place in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Memorial Union and was co-sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies, Sigma XI and 3MT. A panel of four judges from the Lawrence community with Continue on page 3
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For the first time in its history, Kansas will take home the Big 12 soccer championship. The Jayhawks’ 1-0 victory over the TCU Horned Frogs Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri, was the exclamation point on a 15-win season. Coach Mark Francis, in his 20th season, got his first conference title as well. Kansas, ranked 10th in the RPI, is almost certain to be nationally seeded in the NCAA tournament. The match started off a bit messy for the Jayhawks as they tried to gain control of the midfield but couldn’t maintain pos-
session. Ultimately the game was a stalemate in the first half as neither team would give an inch. Both teams gave up five shots, but Kansas was the only one that managed to get a shot on target. Kansas started the second half attacking TCU. In the 54th minute, junior forward Mandi Duggan found the back of the net to put the Jayhawks up for good in the contest — her fifth of the year and possibly the most important goal in Kansas history. Despite scoring the go-ahead goal, the game was far from won at that point. The Jayhawks would have to clamp down TCU, and there were many scares late in
the game. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Peters had an outstanding second half to lead the Jayhawks’ defense. The Horned Frogs let off a barrage of shots trying to get back into the contest. TCU had 13 shots in the second half with four of them on goal, but Peters stepped up with two saves in contest. The great play of Peters was enough for the Big 12 conference to name her the most outstanding player of the tournament. Kansas now awaits its seeding in the NCAA tournament but will have home field advantage for at least one NCAA tournament game.
The intersection of 19th Street and Iowa is now open after months of being closed due to construction, the City of Lawrence said in a press release. All lanes of northbound Iowa Street traffic are now open, but one southbound lane will remain closed until sidewalk construction is complete, according to the release. The intersection of 19th Street and Stewart Avenue is also open, and it features a brand-new traffic signal. The intersection of 19th Street and Iowa was originally closed in March for construction, with the intention of reopening in August before the school year began, but delays caused the construction to continue into the fall semester. The overall project included improvements to 19th and Iowa streets, as well as the addition of a pedestrian tunnel. Work on the tunnel is ongoing but is expected to be completed within the coming weeks, according to the release. Other goals of the project included traffic signals, sidewalk, drainage and utility improvements along the roadway and pavement replacement at Fire Station 5.
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The University of Kansas’ Students Demand Action group is working toward reforming the University’s concealed carry policy and fighting at the local and state level for increased gun control legislation. KU SDA had its first meeting Saturday, Nov. 9, in Anschutz Library to discuss the purpose of the group and what their role will be on campus. SDA is a non-partisan national organization fighting for sensible gun legislation, according to the SDA website. “Right now on campus it’s about fighting against concealed carry, fighting for background
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alternatives for financial resources beyond raising tuition. “I’ve worked on these challenges as a dean, and I welcome to do it as a provost,” Raymond said during her presentation. Raymond previously was a faculty senate president, and said she would include University governance in her decision-making. As a dean, she raised about $35 million for the law school at the University of Wisconsin, and improved employment opportunities for graduate students, she said. Finalist two: Carl Lejuez, interim provost, University of Kansas — Lawrence campus Lejuez came to the University as dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He was given the interim provost position in April 2018 and has since helped walk the University through a $20 mil-
checks, red flag laws, gun buyback laws and also disarming domestic abusers,” SDA President Josh Potratz said during the meeting. The group discussed different tabling efforts it will do throughout the rest of the semester, as well as efforts to reach students, administrators and state legislators. The group also discussed how it wants to improve safety on campus regarding the University’s concealed carry policy. “I want to make a positive change both on campus and in the state,” sophomore Derek Dunn said. In 2017, the Kansas Personal and Family Protection Act changed a law to allow citizens 21
lion budget cut. Lejuez said some of his priorities as provost would include raising faculty and staff pay, fixing backlogged building repairs, diversity and equity, and raising the University’s ranking in the Association of American Universities. “I believe in this University, and that’s why I’m here,” Lejuez said during his presentation. “This University gave me an opportunity when no one else would. And that means something to me.” Lejuez spent years as a researcher and faculty member at the University of Maryland in psychology. Finalist three: Dave Cook, executive vice chancellor, University of Kansas — Edwards campus Cook has been at the University since 1998 and has worked at all three campuses. His main focus would be tackling the University’s different challenges in higher education in collaboration with University governance. “I’m going to want to bring the
years or older to carry concealed handguns in public buildings. Concealed carry is allowed everywhere on the University’s campus except in buildings where adequate security measures are in place, according to the University’s concealed carry website. These locations are Kansas Athletics facilities where attendance is more than 5,000. Professors and faculty at the University responded in multiple ways as a result of the new campus carry policy. Associate professor of history and American studies Jacob Dorman left the University after 10 years, and film and media studies professor Kevin Willmott wore a bulletproof vest to class to protest the law. In response to the law, Student Senate hosted a concealed carry panel in August 2017 to allow marginalized students to voice their concerns over the University’s concealed carry policy. “[Concealed carry] is not conducive to an educational environment, which is what a university should be,” Potratz said. “It’s conducive to a scary, harmful environment, and I don’t think that’s what we should be harboring at the University of Kansas.” KU SDA will be tabling at the Student Senate concealed carry forum on Nov. 12, and the group’s next meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 18.
best team possible,” Cook said during his presentation. “I hope you hear me talking a lot about ‘we’ and not a lot about ‘I.’” Cook said he would allocate more resources to improving research at the University and embrace the University’s upcoming strategic mission. Finalist four: Barbara Bichelmeyer, provost, University of Missouri — Kansas City Bichelmeyer has earned four degrees from the University. She didn’t apply for the position but was nominated, she said. She decided she wanted to accept since she has a “compelling connection to KU.” Bichelmeyer said the University moving forward should show the value of higher education as a whole and create a more inclusive environment for lower-income students. “We take a sacred trust,” Bichelmeyer said. “We take dollars from students who don’t have the dollars to spend.”
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Theft in Miller Scholarship Hall An unknown subject stole a letter and its contents from a mail cubby in Miller on Nov. 6 around 1 p.m., according to police records. The theft resulted in a loss of $1. This case remains open. Theft in Lewis Residence Hall An unidentified person stole clothing from the laundry room in Lewis on Nov. 6 around 11 p.m., resulting in a loss of $50, according to police records. This case remains open. Theft in Budig Hall Someone stole a pair of Apple AirPods from Budig on Nov. 7 around 1 p.m., resulting in a loss of $166, according to police records. This case remains open.
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Two individuals were injured in a shooting in the parking lot of Playerz Sports Bar, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department. Lawrence police responded to multiple 911 calls in reference to a shooting around 2 a.m. at 1910 Haskell Ave. Before the police arrived, they learned a male and female received “serious, but non-life-threatening injuries,“ according to the release. Police said they found the suspect shortly after. The suspect tried to avoid police, after law enforcement tried to initiate a car stop. Eventually, the suspect stopped near East 23rd Street and O’Connell Road, police said. Police said the suspect also had serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was transported to a hospital. The area around 23rd and Harper Streets to East Hills Drive was closed as investigators processed the scene, police said. Police reopened 23rd Street around 8 a.m., according to a tweet from the department. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 785-843-TIPS (8477), or the Lawrence Police Department at 785832-7509.
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experience in law, business leadership and more judged the students’ presentations based on comprehension, content, engagement and communication. Bailey Banach, a doctoral candidate in bioengineering, accumulated the highest score from the judges and took first place. In addition to a $500 award, Banach will also represent the University at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools 3MT Compe-
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tition from April 1 to 3, 2020, in Milwaukee. In her presentation, Banach spoke about her research on engineering antibody proteins to make them more potent neutralizers of infectious agents without drug resistance. Banach said she has been using platform technology to develop drugs against HIV, which she said is the most drug-resistant virus known to mankind. Banach explained her research by comparing it to the game of chess. “In total, my hope is that this research is able to define
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game-changing immune defense strategies that would be as effective as the Sicilian Defense move is in the game of chess,” Banach said in her presentation. “Ultimately, this research serves to usher in a new age of preventive medicine that will act as the ultimate checkmate in the fight against drug resistance.” Shivani Jagannathan Murali, a doctoral candidate in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, took second place in the competition and a cash prize of $250. Murali’s research focuses on determining what causes bone
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cancer and how to find its cure. When thinking about cures, Murali referred to a scene in Harry Potter, when Harry took a potion to grow back his bones after he lost them in a game of Quidditch. “Harry Potter was lucky to have magic in his hands, but all I can do is look under the microscope and hope for some sort of magic to unravel,” Murali said. “After all, hope turns faith into reality.” Murali said she was inspired to research cancer after working in a research institute during her time growing up in India. “There were kids who were healing from cancer,” Murali said.
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“I used to be really frustrated from my problems, and when I used to go to this cancer institute, everything used to just fade away because sometimes my problems just seemed like nothing when I looked at kids so happy and they knew they had cancer.”
“Harry Potter was lucky to have magic in his hands, but all I can do is look under the microscope and hope for some sort of magic to unravel.” Shivani Jagannathan Murali Doctoral candidate
The audience also had a chance to choose a winner through online and paper voting. The People’s Choice Award and $125 cash prize went to Kyle Apley, a doctoral student in pharmaceutical chemistry, whose research seeks to halt rogue immune responses, which prevent the body from fighting infectious diseases. “My work specifically focuses on building these offensive molecule complexes so we may learn how they interact with immune cells and what mechanism causes them to calm down,” Apley said. “Knowledge gained from my research will better enable us to identify those conditions and may one day lead toward better treatments for autoimmune disease.” Lamb said the Office of Graduate Studies will continue hosting 3MT annually. Nicole-Marie Konopelko/UDK
Bailey Banach, a doctoral candidate in bioengineering, explains her research on engineering antibody proteins by comparing it to chess.
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Publishing a book was just one of the 10 New Year’s resolutions Tanay Adams had for this year. She didn’t think it would help her learn more about herself and inspire others to do the same in their personal lives. Adams, an administrative assistant for the University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, published her debut novel, “Chaotic & Complete: Thoughts had in and out of sleep,” last month through Light Switch Press. The novel is a collection of thoughts, poems and prose that captures her feelings during vulnerable moments. “It’s whatever I was thinking at the moment, and how those thoughts developed,” Adams said. “Some of them are just one-sentence poems, then I have one that took two pages to do. So it’s a little chaotic, but it’s a complete book of work with different kind of mediums and formats.” Adams, who’s written all of her life, said she likes a less structured format of writing poetry because there’s more freedom in what she can write about and how she can write. However, she never took her writing seriously until after deciding to publish her first book. “I’ve always been very into novel writing and poetry writ-
ing, but poetry came to me very easily because it usually didn’t take too much,” Adams said. “It doesn’t take too much structure and grammar. You can do different things with poems that wouldn’t fly in an article or book.” Adams started writing her book last summer, which she said was the perfect time to write because campus wasn’t as busy. During work, she went through the notes section on her phone and other places she kept her writing and started putting together the pieces for her book.
“I wrote about what I was thinking during my most vulnerable times.” Tanay Adams Administrative assistant
While the novel encompasses many ideas, such as love, Black womanhood, and how Adams hated her high school, nature is a central theme throughout the book. “I do like to use nature as a personification like [turning] the moon into a woman and [playing] with different senses, so instead of saying something like it looked like cashmere, I’d say it tasted like cashmere or it sounded like cash-
mere,” Adams said. “Things like that that make you think about a subject more than you previously thought about it.” Adams also uses astrology as a major theme in her book because she’s an astrologer and proud Pisces. It’s why her first poem in the book is aptly titled “Please Excuse My Scorpio Moon.” Adams said she started becoming more interested in astrology when she started going to therapy — another New Year’s resolution. “Learning about yourself and learning about your habits and learning about your defaults and the things that prevent you from getting where you want to go is how astrology helps me,” Adams said. “I started looking at that as well as my natal chart and my astrology chart and realized that there were patterns between what I was hearing in therapy and what was already in my chart.” Being in a rich writing environment like the OMA is another factor that Adams said has helped her writing process. Adams started her position in the OMA last year after moving from South Carolina to Lawrence. “I’m surrounded by writers here, and I think this place really cultivates that,” Adams said. “We do workshops and the spotlight series where we bring authors and speakers in, so you’re always be-
River Rat Skate Shop celebrates one year
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River Rat Skate Shop in north Lawrence is a one-stop shop for all skating needs, including skateboards, parts, shoes, stickers and clothes. Located at 608 N. Second St., the skate shop recently celebrated its one year anniversary. Owner Justin Shiney and manager John “Nish” Niswonger are veteran skateboarders. Niswonger said he has been skateboarding since he was in high school in the mid-’80s, and Shiney, who continues to skate regularly, said he has been skateboarding since he was 7 years old. “[Skateboarding] has always been number one for me,” Shiney said. “Everywhere I go, anything I am doing, I almost always have a skateboard with me.” Currently, River Rat is the only skateboarding shop in Lawrence after White Chocolate Skate Shop
closed in 2015. Niswonger said local skate shops are important because it’s difficult to get the right size boards, wheel size and trucks when buying online. “There’s all different kinds of skating, and going to your local skate shop can help you get outfitted for all those kinds of skaters and different styles of skating,” Niswonger said. Shiney also owns a screen-printing business in the space called Happy Shirt Printing, which creates custom apparel, hats, license plates and stickers designed by both customers and River Rat. “I’ll try and print anything that I can if it is printable,” Shiney said. River Rat sells products from many big name skating brands, including Thrasher, Spitfire and Vans. Shiney and his team of designers at River Rat have also focused on making their own line of boards, clothing and accessories. Niswonger said they are able to
sell their products cheap because they are all printed in-house. One of Shiney’s goals with River Rat was to create a space where skaters could hang out somewhere that wasn’t the skate park. This is reflected in the staff as some of the workers are childhood friends of Shiney’s, including Niswonger. “It is a very relaxed, all-inclusive environment here,” said Samantha Foley, who was the nanny to Shiney’s kids and is now a receptionist and salesperson at River Rat. “[Shiney] allows me to sometimes bring my dog here, and another lady brings in her baby.”
“Everywhere I go, anything I am doing, I almost always have a skateboard with me.” Justin Shiney River Rat Shop owner
Shiney said he sees the skating community as part of his family as well. To give back to the community, he has worked with the city of Lawrence to help build skate parks. In 2008, he helped redesign the skate park in Centennial Park, located at 600 Rockledge Road. More recently, he is working to rebuild Edgewood DIY, which is a skate park in east Lawrence. “I have always wanted to give as much back to [the skating community] as I can,” Shiney said.
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Tanay Adams published her first novel, “Chaotic & Complete.”
ing embraced by some kind of artist, some kind of musician, some kind of writer. So it’s always very influential.” Cody Charles, Associate Director for Diversity Education and Social Justice Programs in the OMA, said Adams’ book helps people recognize their own emotions during vulnerable moments. Charles also said her work asks the reader to turn inward for self-understanding. “Tanay is one of the most brilliant people I know,” Charles said in an email to the Kansan. “I know her in the context of working in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, but we’ve grown close through
our writing and astrology. Tanay’s poetry is intimate, haunting, whimsical, and revealing.” Adams hopes that people reading her book will realize they’re not alone in the difficult experiences they encounter in their lives. “Overall, I wrote about what I was thinking during my most vulnerable times, and I don’t like being vulnerable,” Adams said. “What I’m hoping is people read this and they reflect over themselves and what they think in their most vulnerable and they create something as or more beautiful than what I created in this book.”
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Freshman Zara Hassan, a Wichita native, keeps it simple in below freezing weather on campus. She is dressed in a simple white turtleneck, jeans, Dr. Martens, and accessories with hoop earrings and a headband. Hassan said she gets her inspiration from YouTubers and people on social media as opposed to celebrities because she feels like she can relate to YouTubers better. She also gets inspiration from her Bangladeshi roots. “Sometimes I try to look at the hair of old Bollywood actresses in those movies that I watch with my mom,” Hassan said. “Not because it’s necessarily in, but I feel like I see myself in those girls who look like me, even if it’s from the ‘70s and ‘80s. I know that they look like my mom, and I know my mom watched them and got a lot of her inspiration when she was young from these Bollywood actresses because she didn’t see herself in other places.” Hassan said it’s hard to mix United States fashion and Bangladeshi fashion because they are so different, but there are special occasions, such as parties, where she can dress in traditional Bangladeshi clothes. Lately she’s been into hair accessories, such as headbands and
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Freshman Zara Hassan wears a turtleneck, jeans and hoops.
clips, or even just hairstyles like braids to change things up. She shops at thrift stores often, but she also goes to clothing retailers, such as Zara or Topshop, when she gets the chance. Shop the Look Top: Forever 21 Shoes: Dr. Martens Jeans: Topshop
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“Doctor Sleep” released to theaters on Nov. 8
“Hot Pink” by Doja Cat released album on Nov. 7
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Instagrammable bathrooms in LFK Alicia Marksberry @aliciamarksb
Most people tend to avoid using public restrooms. The words “beautiful” or “fun” aren’t adjectives usually used to describe them, but there may be a few exceptions in downtown Lawrence. Here are five of the best bathrooms to check out in Lawrence chosen for their design, history or overall aesthetic: Alchemy Coffee & Bake House, 816 Massachusetts St. Alchemy’s bathrooms are for people who love attention to detail. The bathroom is clean and seemingly simple at first glance. But upon further inspection, one can see art nouveau-inspired details, such as the golden birdshaped faucet that spews water from the mouth. Gold metal is a recurring detail in this bathroom, which can be seen in the gold and pearlescent wall coat rack, the flower engraved door push plate and the gold doorstop with an engraved leaf design. The floor tiles are reminiscent of Roman floor tiles with geometric shapes and leaf motifs. All the elements seem to follow a nature theme, which is common in art nouveau design. Merchants Pub & Plate, 746 Massachusetts St. Merchants Pub & Plate’s bathroom lets customers do their business in a real bank vault. The building used to be home to
Merchants National Bank from the late 19th to early 20th century. Now, instead of money, the vault houses bathrooms. The entrance features the giant vault door with glass covering the back, showing the interior. Inside, paper parasols cover the lighted ceiling, and pictures and documents from the original Merchants National Bank are displayed on the wall. The actual bathroom interior is elegant and simple with brass features, tiled floors and dark wood. The Java Break, 17 E. 7th St. The Java Break cafe is home to multiple quirky rooms with different designs and themes. Similar to its free speech room, The Java Break bathroom is covered floor to ceiling in writing and drawings, including a good amount of potty language. The bathroom fits in well with the cafe’s quirky and hodgepodge aesthetic, and it allows customers to leave their mark on the business in their own artistic way. Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. The Eldridge Hotel lobby bathroom takes inspiration from neoclassical design with white marble walls, minimalist decor and geometric floor tiles. The roses add to the high-class aesthetic this bathroom displays, and the large windows allow natural light to filter through, making this bathroom the perfect place to take selfies.
Alchemy Coffee & Bake House’s bathroom features gold metal details.
Wonder Fair, 841 Massachusetts St. Possibly one of the most wellknown bathrooms in Lawrence, Wonder Fair’s Haunted Bathroom is actually a permanent art installation at the art supply store. Created last year by Kansas City, Missouri, artist Dustin Williams and Wonder Fair co-owner Paul DeGeorge, the bathroom features special effects, a soundtrack, fake cobwebs and creepy kittens. Williams has done multiple haunted installations for Wonder Fair in the past, including a haunted office and a haunted diner, but
the Haunted Bathroom is Wonder Fair’s first and only permanent haunted installation. “There’s a wide variety of reactions to it, but there are definitely people that believe in hauntings that kind of refuse to engage with the joke,” DeGeorge said. According to DeGeorge, when they moved to the current location four years ago, the cat painting was left in the bathroom by the previous owners. DeGeorge and Williams decided to stick with the theme and added other creepy cats to the bathroom. They even sell replicas of the original
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painting. The bathroom has been featured on websites, such as Roadside America, for its weird and spooky theme. “We wanted to create a tourist destination,” DeGeorge said. “We wanted it to be something like, ‘Oh, you’re going to Lawrence? Make sure you go to the Haunted Bathroom.’” Th e Haunte d Bath room soundtrack was released at Wonder Fair’s soundtrack release show on Oct. 25, and it’s now available for purchase along with merchandise on Wonder Fair’s website.
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On Nov. 6, Kansas voters adopted a new state constitutional amendment that will have a significant positive impact on the Lawrence community and the University of Kansas. In an approximate 60-40% vote, Kansas voters eliminated a specification within the state constitution that was responsible for excluding nonresident students and military members from local census numbers. In the 2020 U.S. Census, nonresident students in Lawrence and across the state will now be counted as a part of their local municipalities as opposed to their permanent residences in other counties or potentially other states. Due to census results being responsible for distribution of federal funds to local governments and allotment of U.S. House of Representative seats, this is a major win for Lawrence, Douglas County and the state of Kansas as a whole. Adjusting Kansas’ census numbers unfairly reduces the amount of power held in college towns and military communities. Section 1 of Article X of the Kansas constitution has mandated the census adjustment since 1990. The third census adjustment was in 2010. The adjustment of this census reduced Douglas county’s population from 110,826 to 98,665, an 11% decrease. The adjustment process is an egregiously expensive affair. The 2010 adjustment project cost taxpayers $198,927 and reduced
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Opinion editor Elijah Southwick thanks voters for amending Section 1 of Article X of the State of Kansas’ Constution, a detail excluding nonresident students and military members from local census numbers.
overall state population by 0.48%. Although a half percent is unlikely to award Kansas an additional representative in Congress, the passage of the amendment and subsequent increase in population numbers carries significant financial impacts that will increase federal funding overall throughout the state. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab advocated for the passing of the amendment and said the 2020 adjustment would cost the Secretary of State’s office $835,000 if the amendment failed. This ballot measure was a no-brainer, but why did roughly 134,000 Kansans vote against the amendment? Plain and simple: the amendment as presented on the ballot was incredibly difficult to understand. The amendment scored exceptionally poor on readability formulas. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level scale is used to measure how many years of education the aver-
age individual would need to fully understand a ballot measure. The FKGL estimated the census adjustment amendment would take 23 years of U.S. formal education to understand. The amendment also scored negatively on the Flesch Reading Ease scale — the grade level scale’s counterpart formula — indicating that a Ph.D. reading level would be required on average to comprehend the amendment as presented. However, genuine opposition to the amendment existed outside of general confusion. On March 7, seven Kansas state representatives voted against putting the amendment on the general election ballot. Lawmakers expressed concerns that eliminating the adjustment shifted crucial populations away from rural communities to college towns like Lawrence. There is honor in local representatives defending the interests of their constituents, but this ar-
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gument falls flat. Students provide far more economic stimulus to their college towns than their permanent residences. The increased population also necessitates increased funding for public services in college towns. Adjusting student populations out to areas where they are not currently residing is unfair to Lawrence locals who are left footing the bill for services provided to impermanent residents in town. Although Kansas has endured 30 years of this bizarre and complicated process, Kansas voters, along with bipartisan support from our state government, have finally righted the ship. The 2020 U.S. Census will more accurately reflect the communities of Kansas and will hopefully provide relief to permanent residents of our college towns. Elijah Southwick is a senior from Overland Park studying English and journalism.
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“I don’t support you getting a dog, but I support your adult decision if you feel like you can take care of a dog.” Those were the words of my father to me when I was a college sophomore who had just declared that she was going to get a dog. I have grown up with dogs my entire life. So, as anyone who grew up with or has a dog at home would know, a piece of me felt vacant without the presence of one when coming to college. The dorm pet policy for no animals bigger than fish, reptiles and am-
phibians wasn’t really to my fancy. Around the end of my freshman year, when moving out of the dorms and into a house that did not have a pet policy, I decided I would get a dog. Fall rolled around, and my anticipation and determination grew. I was on every dog shelter website every day — multiple times a day — searching for a dog to bring home. Then, on Sept. 9, 2017, I brought Willow home from Prairie Paws Animal Shelter. The four-year-old, Brindle, Dachshund mix had ears that stuck straight up and were both collectively larger than her head. I get asked a lot about what it’s like having a dog in college. Many wonder what it’s like having that sort of responsibility and how difficult it is. Each time, I give the
same answer — It was the best decision of my life. For anyone who is considering adopting a dog as a student, if you have the means to do so, do it. But, there are some things that you should know before you do. Dogs take time, care, energy, money and love. I have first-hand witnessed students, who think they are ready for a dog of their own, surrendering their dog back to the shelter. This happens because they could not invest the time, money or energy that it takes to actually have a dog, which in turn is traumatic for the animal. Dogs take money. Food and vet bills aren’t always cheap, and it is essential to know whether you can support a dog financially before making the jump to adopting one. They take training. You can-
not expect to bring home a dog that is perfectly trained. There will be accidents, you will get frustrated, but if the correct amount of time and energy is put into being patient and working with them, they will respond. Although I adopted my dog at the age of four, I had to train her as if she was a puppy. When you are adopting from a shelter, you rarely know the background of the animal. Some are trained more than others. While the process of training her was incredibly tough at times, especially because she is so stubborn, it was the most rewarding thing to see her grow into the dog she is now. Having a dog at school with me has entirely changed who I am. She gives me a sense of responsibility that I wasn’t capable of before I adopted her. When you have a dog, there is another life that is dependent on you, and it’s no longer just yourself that you have to worry about. Willow has gone beyond filling the vacant space in me. She is the reason for me getting up early in the morning and starting my day, for getting me to explore beyond my comfort zone, for getting me out of the house, and most importantly, she has been the best thing to come home to after bombing an exam. So, if you’re ready for a dog but on the fence — I say make the jump. You won’t regret it. Haley Czuma is a senior from Chicago studying English and dance.
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Junior defender Isabella Cavalcante kicks the ball against West Virginia Thursday, Oct. 24.
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No. 21 Kansas soccer, fueled by a 55th-minute goal from junior forward Mandi Duggan, took home its first-ever Big 12 Championship title with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over TCU Sunday. While Duggan’s strike made the difference in the match, the Kansas defense played a massive role in securing the program’s first conference title. Defenders senior Addisyn Merrick and junior Isabella Cavalcante each put in standout performances on the back line, and were able to close down TCU’s attackers in key moments during the match. The first half was a mostly even affair as each team finished with five shots in the first 45 minutes of play. Kansas had the only shot on goal in a half that was dictated by the two defensive units on the field. TCU was able to earn four corner kicks in the half, but the Jayhawks’ defense stifled any chances the Horned Frogs might have had at an opening goal. The Jayhawks’ defensive effort was rewarded in the 55th minute when junior midfielder Ceri Holland ran down the right side
and dialed up a pinpoint cross for Duggan, who had no trouble firing the ball into the net. Following the goal, the Horned Frogs finally found some rhythm in their attack and kept the Jayhawks on their heels for the remainder of the game. TCU had a whopping 13 shots in the second half, including six in the final five minutes. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Peters once again proved to be one of the Big 12’s best shot-stoppers, with two second-half saves to keep TCU at bay and preserve the Kansas lead. Peters and the Kansas defense survived the aforementioned six-shot onslaught in the last five minutes by using quick instincts while also avoiding any fouls inside the penalty area. Sunday’s match was a trademark defensive performance for a Kansas team that had steadily improved throughout the season on the defensive side of the ball. The Jayhawks will await their postseason fate when the NCAA women’s soccer championship selection show airs Monday at 3:30 p.m. The show will be available to stream on NCAA.com.
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On paper, Kansas men’s basketball’s biggest advantage is arguably the size and power it has in the front court. But, after a clunky display against Duke and the first couple minutes versus UNC Greensboro Friday, the Jayhawks may be steering toward playing a four-guard lineup — the style Kansas has played for a vast majority of the past several years. To start the game, coach Bill Self initially came out with the same lineup he played against Duke with senior center Udoka Azubuike and sophomore forward David McCormack both in the game — but this didn’t last very long at all. The first player off the bench for Kansas was Iowa transfer and senior guard Isaiah Moss at the 15:32 mark of the second half. From that point on, Kansas played strictly small ball. For the remainder of the game, McCormack, Azubuike and junior forward Silvio De Sousa would all split time playing down low, with nothing but shooters around them. This strategy proved to be effective for the Jayhawks as it gave them the ability to space the floor. In the first half, junior guard Marcus Garrett was able to knock down two open threes, thus forcing the Spartans to close out on him. When this happened, it also enabled Kansas’ post players to come free. One player who thrived in this system was freshman forward Tristan Enaruna. Listed at 6-foot8, the Netherlands native posses the length to defend forwards and also has the versatility to play at any of the four guard positions except point guard. After the game, Enaruna said the four-guard style is one he enjoys both on the offensive and defensive end of the floor. “One is [different] — you got to know how to run the plays and all that stuff, and that’s not really what I’m trying to do,” Enaruna said. “But two, three and four [guard] — I’m pretty comfortable at any [of those positions].”
To open the second half, Self elected to start Moss instead of McCormack, and the contest quickly became a game of “pick your poison” for UNC Greensboro: Either take your chances in a one-on-one matchup with Kansas’ plethora of powerful low block players — an almost certain two-point basket — or double-team the post allowing a shooter to come free. Just before the nine-minute mark of the second half, Kansas caught UNC Greensboro’s sophomore guard Kaleb Hunter in a mismatch with its towering center. Enaruna then hit Azubuike with a clever pass, which he used to throw down an emphatic, posterizing one-handed jam. Azubuike said after the game he felt very comfortable being the only down-low threat in the game.
“The floor kind of spaced around. I got my teammates that can all shoot threes and that really [gave me more space],” Azubuike said. “With the two big rotation, it’s like sometimes the other big really clogs the lane for me.” The Jayhawks’ change in philosophy also allowed them to make quick work of the Spartans’ press. There was a sequence in the first half where sophomore guard Devon Dotson split the double team coming at half court and found freshman guard Christian Braun for the open three. Braun missed, but Dotson was able to get the offensive rebound and laid it in off the putback. The effectiveness against the press became even more evident at the 16:56 mark of the second half. Again, Dotson was able to
blow right through UNC Greensboro’s press, this time finding sophomore guard Ochai Agbaji in the corner for a wide-open three.
“With the two big rotation, it’s like sometimes the other big really clogs the lane for me.” Udoka Azubuike Senior center
Additionally, small ball helped Kansas defend ball screens and contest the Spartans’ three-point attack. UNC Greensboro coach Wes Miller said once Kansas
switched to the four-guard lineup, it made running the offense a lot more difficult. “We thought we could take advantage of our shooting position when they had two bigs on the floor,” Miller said. “Offensively, we knew they had a huge interior advantage, obviously, when we were trying to guard them. When they went four guards, they matched up with us pretty well.” Despite the effectiveness of the Jayhawks’ four-out, one-in strategy, Self said he still plans to eventually play with two bigs on the court, stating it is “too early” to abandon it. “We’re going to play two bigs some, we will,” Self said. “There’ll be teams where we can do that, and that will be the best way for us to play defensively, but tonight wasn’t one of those nights.”
Senior guard Isaiah Moss dribbles the ball against UNCG. The Jayhawks defeated the Spartans 74-62 Friday, Nov. 8.
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Kansas women’s basketball waits for play to begin. Kansas defeated UIC 91-50 Sunday, Nov. 10.
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Sophomore guard Aniya Thomas led Kansas women’s basketball over the UIC Flames after struggling mightily in the first game of the season. Kansas defeated the Flames 91-50 to move to 2-0 on
the season. The Jayhawks were feeling it early in the game as freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin nailed a three-pointer just 20 seconds in. Two minutes later, Franklin connected from beyond the arc once again, this time on the fast break. Franklin ended the quarter
with nine points, an assist and a steal to help give the Jayhawks an early 27-14 lead. In the first quarter, Kansas hit five three-pointers. Against Indiana State on Nov. 7, the Jayhawks made four total three-pointers. The Jayhawks started the second quarter fast, going on a 9-0
run. Thomas was at the forefront of the attack as she hit a three to go along with two steals during the run. The Kansas offense then began to stall, and the Flames cut it down to a 13-point deficit. Kansas eventually went into the half with a 39-26 lead. Senior forward Mariane De Carvalho went into the half with two points on 1-of-7 shooting. She quickly turned it around after the break, though, hitting two free throws. A minute later, De Carvalho scored on a threepoint play after being fouled on a layup. By the end of the quarter, De Carvalho had nine points. She was not the only Jayhawk scoring in the quarter, either. Kansas scored 33 points in the quarter, getting seven points from Thomas, four points from freshman guard Holly Kersgieter and four points from sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell. The Jayhawks also held UIC to just 11 points in the quarter.
Thomas struggled against Indiana State, spending the majority of the game in foul trouble and even fouled out late in the game. That narrative changed against the Flames as she was a force to be reckoned with. Thomas finished the game with a team-high 17 points and recorded four assists, six rebounds and two steals. Up 35 at the end of the quarter, coach Brandon Schneider rotated players in and out throughout the fourth quarter, allowing some of the newer Jayhawks to garner some playing time. The 41-point victory is the first time Kansas has scored 90 points in a game since Dec. 1, 2016, against UC Riverside. Thomas led the team in scoring, and junior transfer forward Tina Stephens was right behind her with 15. Stephens also finished with 10 rebounds. Stephens and Thomas were two of five Jayhawks who scored in double figures.
KU swim and dive remains undefeated Jordan Vaughn @JVSmoove14
Kansas swim and dive led Nebraska from start to finish leading to a 192-103 victory that pushed its record to 4-0 in the season. Last season, the Jayhawks got off to a hot start against Nebraska only to see it fade away before narrowly pulling out the victory in the last event. On Saturday, the Jayhawks continued to pile on to their lead after each event. “Last year, when you get on the road and do the meet the way we do it, you can have a lot of down valleys,” coach Clark Campbell said. “Being at home, you have a lot of energy.” Kansas started the day by taking first place in the 200-yard medley relay, and Campbell said it set the tone for the rest of the meet. “We were only off four one-hundredths [of a second] of our pool record in that first medley relay,” Campbell said. “That really fired everyone up, and it was like, ‘alright let’s go.’” Sophomore Kate Steward came into Saturday with six first-place finishes in individual races in the year, leading the team, and picked up two more against Nebraska. The first came in the 100-yard breaststroke, in which Steward finished with a time of 1:03.35. The second was in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 2:17.41. “At this time last year, I was just getting over an injury with
my ankle,” Steward said. “I’ve just been trying to not put too much pressure on myself and just doing it for the team.” The Jayhawks claimed first place in 12 of the 16 events Saturday, bringing their total to 45 of 51 for the season so far. “It’s super fun to see the team culture right now and always,” Steward said. “Everybody is so excited for each other and so motivated as each meet comes along.” Freshman diver Jiayu Chen continued her dominance for the Jayhawks by winning both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. Chen has now won six-straight diving events. Senior Jenny Nusbaum added two more victories for Kansas in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. “Clark and I have been working on my little things that I can do better, really focusing on the details of my stroke,” Nusbaum said. “But also, it’s just fun in my senior year just trying to cherish all the last times I get to swim with all of my teammates and just trying to keep it as fun as possible.” Next for Kansas, the divers compete in the Tiger Invite in Columbia, Missouri, from Nov. 21-23. The swimmers compete in the Kansas Classic in Topeka, Kansas, from Nov. 22 to 24. The Jayhawks’ next dual meet will be their first to open up 2020 as they take on Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona, on Jan. 11.
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