The 5:30 a.m. alarm has been roaring for the past five minutes. Brianna Ryan finally comes to, and slams her hand on the cell phone to shut it off. She eases her way out of bed, and sluggishly shuffles toward her daughter’s play pen. It’s time to wake up Zoey and start the day.

Ryan, an incoming freshman from Huntington Beach, Calif. will be completing her college educa-tion at the University in the fall. Ryan is one of more than 11 million people in the United States who are single parents.

Ryan moved to Lawrence about six months ago because the cost of living in California was too ex-pensive for her and her daughter. There was no way she could work a minimum wage job, pay for food, rent and all of Zoey’s expenses, and go to school, or even save enough money to eventually go back to school.

Currently, Ryan is working at a warehouse and making a decent hourly wage — when she gets called in to work, that is — and is paying her own rent and food as well as taking care of her daughter.

But a warehouse job won’t cut it for Ryan, and that is why she will be starting her college education in the fall.

“I decided to go back to school because I am not satisfied with giving my daughter the bare mini-mum,” Ryan said.

Ryan will join the ranks of thou-

sands of parents across the country who are raising a child while com-pleting a college degree. A student who is a parent of a dependent child is what the University refers to as a “nontraditional student.” Current-ly, nontraditional students make up approximately 25 percent of the University’s stu-dent body.

According to the Student In-volvement and Leadership Cen-ter, “the Student Senate generally provides approx-imately $50,000 of the Educa-tional Opportu-nity Funds to the Office of Student Financial Aid for child care grants for student-parents with children under the age of five.”

This financial aid helps out par-ents like Kathy Diaz, a junior from DeSoto.

Diaz spends her days in class finishing her degree in journalism, and when she comes home, she bal-ances homework and looking after her daughter Tracy.

“It’s difficult,” Diaz said. “My mom is my baby sitter during the day. My husband helps me when I am doing homework, but I have to wait for him to get home before I can focus because I can’t go back and forth between keeping track of my daughter and doing home-work.”

Diaz said her experience as a

parent has been a challenge, but her professors have been patient so far.

“I carried full term while still in school, and I actually went into la-bor during finals week,” Diaz said. “I let my professors know, and they were very understanding and ac-

commodating.” While most

students roll out of bed and hop on a bus to head to class, Diaz spends up to two hours get-ting herself and Tracy ready for the day. Finding extra time for much else out-side of school

and parenting has proven to be a challenge for Diaz.

“I’ll maybe go to one or two par-ties a year. We spend time at my mother’s house, and sometimes we see movies on the weekend,” Diaz said.

Ryan said she plans on scheduling classes so she can work a part-time job and Zoey can spend the day at day care.

“Once I start school, I expect life to be both easier and more difficult,” Ryan said. “I will most likely try to keep my classes restricted to a few days a week, so that I can allow myself maximum time for work and assignments.”

Diaz said that having a solid schedule is the key to balancing school and parenting.

“Stay focused on school,” Diaz said. “You have to schedule well and have a good agenda because you won’t be able to do homework whenever.”

Both Diaz and Ryan agree that completing a degree is crucial for bettering their children’s future.

“I want her to have every opportunity possible, and I know that I cannot begin the journey to this type of life without an education,” Ryan said.

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Made famous by her calls for expanded contraceptive insurance coverage in front of House of Rep-resentatives Democrats and the following criticism from conserva-tive media outlets, Sandra Fluke is stopping by the University to pres-ent her lecture “Making Our Voices Heard.”

The lecture will take place to-night at 7:30 in the Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium. The presen-tation is this year’s installment of the Hall Center’s Emily Wilson and Marilyn Stockstad lecture series.

The presentation, which will be followed by a question and answer session with Fluke, will focus on immigration reform specifically in regards to the unique concerns of women and families. Backed by the National Effort of March and the National Coalition for Women’s Rights, Fluke’s interest in promot-ing the rights of immigrants mesh-es with the principles of students in favor of social progress.

“I feel it’s important to step up and be a force for social justice,” Fluke said. “For college students, you are privileged to have the flex-ibility to learn where you fit in within a community, so in return you have a responsibility to engage the issues that are important to this community and to other commu-nities.”

In many ways, Fluke’s brushes with the Congressional limelight as a student made her an attractive candidate as this year’s speaker in the eyes of Hall Center Associate Director Dr. Sally Utech.

“I think one thing that we want-ed was to bring in a speaker that would talk about something that seems really rel-evant to under-grad students,” Utech said. “She is a student and a normal, every-day person. In the past, we’ve brought in more established wom-en, but this should get students in-terested in social justice issues.”

Those more established women have included speakers such as former Kansas Governor Kath-leen Sebelius and attorney Sarah Weddington, agitator for abortion rights in the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case.

Because of the nearly universal applicability between this George-town law student’s legislative fight and the ideals of many University students, Kathy Rose-Mockry, di-rector of the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity at the University, hopes that both women and men interested in so-cial justice will attend.

“Sandra will be there to provide

info and raise awareness that’s criti-cal to women’s issues,” Rose-Mock-ry said. “It will encourage women to empower themselves. But these issues affect men, too. I’ve been pleased to see many men that can speak out on having a role in these

issues.”Fluke agrees

that social change is ampli-fied when an in-terest is shared between groups, and encourages all students to at-tend her lecture, which is free and open to the pub-

lic. “It’s important that we are con-

stantly looking outside our own experiences.” Fluke said. “We need to be allies to other communities and not segment ourselves. That’s where we begin to see real change, when communities look out for each other rather than compete with one another.”

And this comes at a critical time in the history of women’s and fami-lies’ social rights. State and national legislation over these issues has at times diverged sharply with the aims of constituents and social ac-tivists, alike.

“I think the 2012 election set a really clear message on what we want to see in this country,” Fluke said. “We don’t want to question

the legitimacy of rape, but we do want to assure that underrepresent-ed groups see policy that impacts them in positive ways.”

Despite Fluke’s sponsorship of clear policies for women such as the national Paycheck Fairness Act and the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in California, activists assert that no single policy will stimulate lasting social change alone.

“There is not one answer in find-ing gender equity,” Rose-Mockry

said. “There are many things that need to come into play, but first we need to raise awareness. Poli-cies that currently exist that send women back must be challenged. We need to look at the climate in which these policies evolve.”

Whether policy requires a broad view or an intimate dissection, Fluke and other activists agree that social change is possible at all lev-els, from a worldwide scale to Mas-sachusetts St. itself.

“Much of the good advocacy we see today occurs close to home,” Fluke said. “If not at school, you are able to look toward the commu-nity, as well. We have an ability to bring about really important social change, but we need to remember that, at this point, it’s still an oppor-tunity, not an accomplishment.”

— Edited by Alyssa Scott

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assoCiated pressPresident Barack Obama, accompanied by Sandra Fluke, waves at a campaign event at the University of Colo-rado Auraria Events Center on Aug. 8, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Fluke will be on campus today to give her lecture, “Making Our Voices Heard.”

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Contributed photoBrianna ryan and her two-year-old daugh-ter Zoey hang out in their lawrence apart-ment after a long day of work. ryan works 9-10 hour days at a warehouse in olathe.

Contributed photoKathy Diaz, her husband and 22 month

old daughter, Tracy, pose for a family picture picture.

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University hosts Pizza and Politics

Students can meet the 2013 Student Senate presidential and vice presidential candidates while enjoying a free slice of pizza.

Pizza and Politics is an ongo-ing series sponsored by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. This month’s event will be different than usual. The casual meet-and-greet setting will give students an oppor-

tunity to get to know their candi-dates outside of a formal setting.

Marcus Tetwiler, a junior from Paola, is running as Ad Astra’s 2013 presidential candidate. Emma Halling, a junior from Elkhart, Ind., is running as Ad Astra’s 2013 vice presidential candidate.

Brandon Woodard, a senior from Topeka, is running as KUnited’s 2013 presidential candidate. Blaine Bengtson, a junior from Salina, is running as KUnited’s 2013 vice

presidential candidate. Tetwiler said there aren’t many

opportunities for students to see both parties right in front of them. He said students will get a chance to see what the candidates are like in an in-formal setting and leadership can show through in a candid environment.

“It’s getting to know what the candidates value, who they are and what they stand for,” Tetwiler said.

Woodard said students have seen both coalitions out chalking

and tabling, but they haven’t had an opportunity to hear from both sides in a neutral environment. He said it’s an easy way to get to know the candidates.

“This is the best avenue for students to learn and make an informed decision,” Woodard said.

The event will take place in the Centennial room of the Kansas Union today at noon. Anyone is welcome and entrance is free.

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WhaT: KU School of Music Visiting Art-ist Series: Borromeo String QuartetWhere: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy HallWhen: 7:30 to 9 p.m.aBOUT: Enjoy the sweet sounds of string at this free concert featuring the Borromeo String Quartet.

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The Kansas House passed leg-islation on March 14 that may force the University to allow fire-arms on campus by 2017.

The Personal and Family Pro-tection Act legalizes “the carrying of a concealed handgun…in any state or municipal building un-less such building has adequate security mea-sures to ensure that no weap-ons are permit-ted to be car-ried into such building.” The bill passed with an 84-38 vote in the House and it was referred to the Senate C o m m i t t e e on Federal and State Affairs on March 15.

Although the University can exempt itself from the require-ments of the bill for four years by providing reasons for abstention, it is unclear whether or not law-makers will allow any additional time or if the bill will be amended by the Senate.

If no changes are made and the

bill passes in the Senate, political science professor Michael Lynch thinks it will change the Uni-versity’s gun policy, regardless of what those at the University might want.

“I think there will be a time when, if this bill passes in its cur-rent form, employees will be able to carry on campus,” he said.

Lynch also explains why, bar-ring any new developments between now and the dead-line, the Uni-versity won’t be able to comply with the securi-ty requirements that could keep guns off cam-pus.

“The way the law is written,

it would make it so expensive to set up metal detectors and secu-rity measures at all buildings that people would effectively be al-lowed to carry weapons on cam-pus,” he said.

Don Haider-Markel, political science professor and department chair, pointed to the problems of insufficient firearm training and expertise.

“I am 100 percent in favor of gun ownership,” he said. “But even law enforcement officials make mistakes in tense situa-tions. You can imagine that some-one without that kind of training will make even more mistakes. If state lawmakers would like to provide staff and faculty with fire-arm training, I would be happy to have conceal and carry on cam-

pus; of course I’d prefer to rely on the expertise of law enforcement rather than encourage an armed fortress.”

The Personal and Family Pro-tection Act passed on the same day as the Second Amendment Protection Act, a bill designed to prevent federal laws from af-fecting Kansas-made firearms, firearm accessories and ammuni-

tion. The bill states, “It is unlaw-ful for any official, agent or em-ployee of the government of the United States, or employee of a corporation providing services to the government of the United States” to enforce federal laws on guns manufactured or registered in Kansas.

— Edited by Brian Sisk

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hope day Tour makes stop at KU

Shane Lopez, University of Kan-sas School of Business professor and a Gallup Senior Scientist, will bring Hope Day to the University to present his research on the science of hope.

Hope Day will take place March 27 in the Kansas Room of the Union with events beginning at 2:30 p.m. for faculty, staff and administra-tors. Student leaders can partici-pate in a development session with Lopez at 4 p.m.

Lopez’s research studies the links between hope and academic and professional success. As chief architect of the Gallup Student Poll, he studies hope and engagement of U.S. public school students to determine a measure of achieve-ment.

The Hope Day Tour includes events at the University, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri and other institutions. Lopez will also host Making Hope Happen in Our City at the Lawrence Arts Center on March 28 at 7 p.m.

— Hannah Swank

TraVis yOUng/KansanThe Personal and Family Protection Act was passed on March 14 that would allow for the University allow for conceal and carry on campus. The legislation would take effect in 2017.

““I think there will be a time when, if this bill passes in its current form, employees will be able to carry on campus.”

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A 22-year-old male was ar-rested yesterday on the 1800 block of Iowa Street under sus-picion of possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia. A $4,000 bond was paid.

A 19-year-old female was ar-rested Monday on the 3600 block of 25th Street under suspicion of theft of property valued under $1,000. A $250 bond was paid.

A 28-year-old male was ar-rested Monday on the 3400 block of Scioto Drive under suspicion of domestic battery and criminal damage to property. No bond was posted.

— Emily Donovan

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Student Senate finalized the task force that will work to suspend the construction of the South Lawrence Trafficway in order to preserve the Wakarusa Wetlands.

The task force consists of repre-sentatives of KU Environs, First Na-tions student organization, Haskell Wetlands Preservation, University faculty and administration, stu-dent senators and the student body president.

Kansas Department of Trans-portation plans to construct the South Lawrence Trafficway in the fall and the route it has chosen runs directly through the Wetlands. Stu-dent Senate chose the task force to further investigate the issue and create a final proposal to send to the University administration.

Student Body President Han-nah Bolton said the task force will be the student voice. The task force will make a statement that people should care more about the Wet-lands rather than let them disap-pear. She said that preserving the Wetlands is important for research and for students who have ties to the actual ground.

“It has an incredible educational value, and that is important to keep in mind,” Bolton said. “Creating awareness can get more people in-terested in advocating for it,” Bol-ton said.

Haskell Indian Nations Univer-sity had sole rights to the Wetlands until the Indian Termination peri-od in the 1950s and 1960s. Now, the University, along with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and Baker University share the rights to the land. The Wetlands cover more than 640 acres. Baker owns 573 acres, Haskell owns 27 acres, the University owns 20 acres and KDWPT also owns 20 acres.

The South Lawrence Trafficway will run through the Wetlands

owned by the University, Baker and KDWPT, next to Haskell’s portion.

Brian Sultana, a senior from Manhattan, has worked with other University and Haskell students and members of the community to stop the construction. He said if the University gives its share of the Wetlands back to Haskell, the con-struction would end.

“My hope is that it brings to-gether KU administration, KU stu-dents, Haskell administration and students and maybe even Baker administration and students,” Sul-tana said.

Sultana said everyone has a stake in this issue and the task force is a way to bring in student input.

Sarah Kraus, a junior from Allen, Texas, is a member of KU Environs and Ecojustice. She said they have worked with the Wetlands Preser-vation Organization to raise aware-ness by attending Lawrence City Council meetings and speaking out against the construction. They have also hosted fundraising proj-ects such as Swampfest in February. Kraus said aside from the environ-mental issues with the construc-tion, the critical ecosystems in the Wetlands service the community by providing biodiversity.

Haskell has a special connection with the Wetlands.

When Haskell was a boarding school, students were not allowed to contact their families. Kraus said students used the Wetlands as a safe haven to talk with their families and for spiritual purposes. Because some of the students died in the Wetlands, Kraus said that the destruction of the Wetlands would destroy sacred grounds.

The task force plans to meet for the first time April 5. It will meet three times before May 1 to finalize a proposal to send to administra-tion.

— Edited by Tara BryantERIN bREmER/KANSAN

The Haskell-Baker Wetlands are home to a diversity of wildlife and plant species in Lawrence. The state plans to build a large highway through the area connecting I-70 to Kansas Highway 10.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dove into a historic debate on gay rights Tuesday that could soon lead to resumption of same-sex mar-riage in California, but the justices signaled they may not be ready for a major national ruling on whether America’s gays and lesbians have a right to marry.

The court’s first major examina-tion of gay rights in 10 years contin-ues Wednesday, when the justices will consider the federal law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of benefits af-forded straight married people.

The issue before the court on Tuesday was more fundamental: Does the Constitution require that people be allowed to marry whom they choose, regardless of either partner’s gender? The fact that the question was in front of the Supreme Court at all was startling, given that no state recognized same-sex unions before 2003 and 40 states still don’t

allow them.There is no questioning the emo-

tions the issue stirs. Demonstrators on both sides crowded the grounds outside the court, waving signs, sometimes chanting their feelings.

Inside, a skeptical Justice Samuel Alito cautioned against a broad rul-ing in favor of gay marriage precisely because the issue is so new.

“You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Inter-net? I mean, we do not have the abil-ity to see the future,” Alito said.

Indeed, it was clear from the start of the 80-minute argument in a packed courtroom, that the justices, including some liberals who seemed open to gay marriage, had doubts about whether they should even be hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the state’s voter-ap-proved gay marriage ban.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, the potentially decisive vote on a closely divided court, suggested the justices

could dismiss the case with no rul-ing at all.

Such an outcome would almost certainly allow gay marriages to re-sume in California but would have no impact elsewhere.

There was no majority appar-ent for any particular outcome, and many doubts were expressed by jus-tices about the arguments advanced by lawyers for the opponents of gay marriage in California, by the sup-porters and by the Obama adminis-tration, which is in favor of same-sex marriage rights. The administration’s entry into the case followed Presi-dent Barack Obama’s declaration of support for gay marriage.

On the one hand, Kennedy ac-knowledged the recentness of same-sex unions, a point stressed repeat-edly by Charles Cooper, the lawyer for the defenders of Proposition 8. Cooper said the court should up-hold the ban as a valid expression of the people’s will and let the vigorous political debate over gay marriage continue.

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ASSocIAtED PRESSDemonstrators chant outside the Supreme court in Washington yesterday as the court heard arguments on california’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, proposition 8.

www.hallcenter.ku.edu | 785-864-4798This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.

SANDRA FLUKE“Making Our Voices Heard!”Wednesday, March 27 | 7:30 p.m. | Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union

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27In this presentation, social justice advocate Sandra Fluke will discuss her notable experience in 2012 before a House panel, in which she passionately testified on the need to provide access to contraception. She discusses how even though she was raked over the coals by conservative political commentators, rather than respond in kind, she transformed the media focus into an opportunity to advocate for important social justice concerns for women. Her inspiring talk is nothing short of a call to audience members to make their own voices heard and create social change and legislative action on issues that are important to them.

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The macabre story of “Stok-er” – concerning a young woman whose creepy,

murderous uncle causes trouble when he moves in with her and her widowed mother – makes for a sensational tale of violent family dysfunction, but it’s actually the weakest aspect of the film.

The script, by “Prison Break” star Wentworth Miller, takes in-spiration from the Hitchcock clas-sic “Shadow of a Doubt.” It’s able to keep interest and a sense of perversity bubbling throughout, but it progresses slowly and pre-dictably.

Thanks to director Park Chan-wook and stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Nicole Kid-man, however, it’s a brooding, finely crafted and chillingly per-formed experience, where a dis-tinct style rightfully trumps the lacking substance. This creates a greater appreciation for the nu-ance and technical prowess as they rise to the forefront and the plot takes a backseat.

There are some occasional great ideas and moments in the story though, which begins on the 18th birthday of India (Wasikowska), whose father (Dermot Mulroney) mysteriously dies in a car accident the same day. Having no other friends besides him, India coldly shuts off to the rest of the world, while her mother (Kidman) seems relieved about the loss. Then her uncle Charlie (Goode) – who she

previously had no idea existed – moves into the house with them carrying dark secrets, a threat-ening yet alluring interest in her mother and India, and dangerous, twisted intentions.

Known for his vengeance tril-ogy (which includes the ultimate South Korean revenge thriller “Oldboy”) and the boldly unique vampire flick “Thirst,” Chan-wook brings his wicked, attention-grab-bing sensibilities to “Stoker,” and man does he make an impression. A crackling sound design creates a higher awareness, evocative vi-suals provide subtle eye candy and restrained suspense unravels slowly to effectively unsettle view-ers.

Some highlights include a memorable transition of long hair seamlessly becoming a field in the wind, a piano duet that has the in-tensity of a steamy sex scene and a gruesome killing which shocks not only from the act itself but from a character’s disturbing re-action afterwards. Unfortunately though, the movie’s trailer re-vealed so much that the potency

of a number of tense scenes is less-ened, and several encounters with high school bullies are so cliché they’re comical. But the first and last scenes of the film surprise and work magnificently well.

All three leads deliver superb performances as they inhabit their characters with both masked emo-tional façades and biting menace. Wasikowska proved her dramatic heft in “Jane Eyre,” and here she once again says far more with her expressive face than with words, particularly a fascinated curiosity, and gives India’s character arc a slick sting.

Kidman oozes an insincer-ity for and burning envy of India while emitting a sultry, sexual connection to Goode. An under-rated character actor of great skill and powerful persuasion, Goode balances a cool confidence and charisma with a psychologically sinister undercurrent.

“Stoker” is a bit of a disappoint-ment considering how much it gets right, but the integral element of the story underwhelms. If you can accept the fact that the plot-ting feels too familiar, this work by a visionary director is a rousing exercise in stylistic, sensory com-mand.

★★★✩—Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell

‘Stoker’ brings great cast to a predictable script

A new group is encouraging University staff to incorporate wellness and fitness into the workday.

That group is called Walk Talk Jayhawk. Roughly 35 people at-tended the group’s kickoff walk on March 12.

“Our motivation is to start with something that’s fairly easy to accomplish—walking—and make it more fun by getting groups together to do it,” said Claudia Bode, education direc-tor for the Center for Environ-mentally Beneficial Catalysis. “Importantly, we want staff to know that they don’t have to do it alone. We’re also hoping to build camaraderie and network-ing across units.”

Bode said that the group cur-rently has between 40 and 50 participants at the Lawrence

campus and between 10 and 20 at the Edwards campus. The group plans to meet every Tues-day at noon until May 7 at vari-ous locations on both campuses. The last walk will be on May 14 starting at the Kansas Union

ballroom.One of the participants, Nan-

cy Crisp, events coordinator at the Center for Environmen-tally Beneficial Catalysis, looks forward to helping expand the group and mingle with other de-partments through its run.

“A few of us already walk to-

gether so I like that we can bring in other people and possibly ex-pand the group,” she said.

Bode also added that right now the group only has unclas-sified staff and support staff in its membership, but it will soon be open to everyone, including students. Rhonda Partridge, the business manager at the CEBC, also talked about how walking with the other members of the group influenced her goals.

“If others are walking, it is an incentive for me to walk also,” Partridge said. “Walking at lunch helps me not feel guilty about taking time for exercise in the evening.”

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According to a study by Syracuse University, it takes only one-fifth of a second to fall in love. Love feels great, but how does it really affect our bodies? Interestingly enough, love does many different things to several parts of the body. Falling in love can affect everything from our brains to our hands. Some of these effects are positive and others are negative, but what all can this tricky little thing we can love do to us?

Are you a broke college student who’s trying to save money but doesn’t want to be a unsocial her-mit? Don’t worry, there are plenty of activities in and around Law-rence that are fun and free. Here are three free activities students should look into throughout the rest of the semester.

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JayBowlNot only is Cosmic Bowling at

the Jaybowl free, it’s also located on campus. This is a plus for stu-dents who don’t want to travel far or those who don’t have a car. The Jaybowl is located on the first floor of the Kansas Union and has free cosmic bowling for students on Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. and on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Becky Swearingen, business manager of Jaybowl, said cosmic bowling is a hit with students.

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Clinton state Park

Clinton State Park is a perfect place to go for students who enjoy the outdoors. The park is located only four miles west of Lawrence and has a variety of activities, like a 25-mile hike/bike trail, a five-mile cross country ski trail, a one-mile self-guided nature trail and a co-pious amount of land to walk or play with your dog. Each of these events can be enjoyed throughout the year.

Jeff Zeiler, a ranger at the park, said that students come to Clinton State Park to do a variety of activi-ties.

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tive. These events include films, the Science on Tap and Science on the Spot: Bar Edition events, and Sci-ence Saturdays that inform patrons on reptiles, insects and animals. Each of these events is free to the public and takes place at Dyche Hall, located in the museum, and Free State Brewery.

Bekkah Lamp, the Natural His-tory Museum educator, said that the museum hosts these events to find new audiences.

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According to “The Effects of Fall-ing in Love,” an article by Tamara Davidson, just like nerves, falling in love can cause sweaty, clammy hands. As one of the more mild symptoms of love, you can prob-ably shrug this one off fairly easily.

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Defendants of Howland will point to the three Final Fours that the Bruins reached from 2006-08, but this is a “what have you done for me lately” society. In the past five seasons since UCLA last reached the Final Four, the Bruins have missed the NCAA Tournament twice and haven’t advanced beyond the round of 32. At most programs, three Final Fours over a 10-year period is a success. However, most programs aren’t UCLA.

UCLA basketball has a winning tradi-tion unlike any other program in the country. The program has the most national titles, 11, to their credit and has reached 17 Final Fours. Ten of these national titles came under the reign of John Wooden during the 1960s and 70s.

Their domination of the sport during this time period cannot be understated. Fair or unfair, UCLA’s domination under Wooden has placed high expectations over those who have come after him. Jim Harrick is the only coach to lead UCLA to a national title since Wooden’s departure when the Bruins defeated Arkansas to claim the 1995 national title. Howland’s inability to win national titles was only part of the reason he was fired.

Off-court troubles around the UCLA program have also surfaced over the past few seasons. Howland showed he could recruit some of the best players in the country to UCLA, but many of these

players found Howland difficult to deal with and eventually left the program. These defectors include Chace Stanback, Drew Gordon, J’mison Morgan, Mike Moser, Reeves Nelson and Matt Carlino. Stanback, Gordon, Moser and Carlino all went on to have successful careers at other schools, which only hurt UCLA’s perception even more.

Howland can’t shoulder all of the blame for these players leaving UCLA, but you must consider his influence on them. The recruits come to UCLA because they want to live in Los Angeles and play for one of the most historic pro-grams in the country. Was Howland that bad that these players wanted to get out of Westwood and play somewhere else?

The prospects looked good for UCLA this season, with the No. 1 recruiting class in the country coming to town. The Bruins were expected to make a deep tournament run. Like the past four years, expectations were unmet as UCLA won the Pac-12 regular season title, but were unable to win a game in the NCAA Tournament. The last five seasons dem-

onstrated that the UCLA basketball pro-gram is in a rut and the only way to fix things in Westwood was to fire Howland.

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By Mike Vernonmvernon@kansan.com

Three-dempTionJayhawks need McLemore to win

Outside shooting leads Kansas to victory over North Carolina

Kansas opens outdoor season in Texas

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For the first 60 minutes of Kan-sas’ NCAA Tournament run this season, 3-pointers were hard to come by. They were impossible to come by, in fact.

Against Western Kentucky, four players attempted six total 3-point-ers, and they missed all six of those shots. Kansas actually attempted only one 3-pointer in the second half against the Hilltoppers, spend-ing the majority of the evening gathering points near the rim.

According to ESPN’s stats and in-formation department, Kansas be-came the first team since Arizona in 2001 to win an NCAA Tournament game without hitting a 3-pointer.

The trend continued in the first half against North Carolina in the round of 32. The Jayhawks attempt-ed, and missed, all six of its 3-point attempts in the first half.

Winning a second consecutive game without hitting a 3-pointer, especially against a team that shoots a large volume of threes like North Carolina, would be a tall order.

But senior Travis Releford con-verted a 3-pointer before the second half was even two minutes old, and suddenly the floodgates opened.

“I was wide open, stepped up, took the shot,” Releford said. “I wasn’t thinking, ‘We need the shot, need to make it.’ I just focused on the time right then.”

Senior center Jeff Withey said Kansas’ offense played well enough in the second half that Releford’s 3-pointer wasn’t necessarily the play of the game, but it definitely helped the Jayhawks further the offensive run they were starting.

Kansas shot 5-8 from 3-point range in the second half, finish-

ing 5-14 from beyond the arc. Af-ter holding the Tar Heels to 2-17 3-point shooting in last season’s Elite Eight victory, the Jayhawks kept them to 6-21 3-point shooting this time.

Without a reliable 3-point game, North Carolina had no answer for Kansas. Withey swatted five shots, four of them near the paint, and altered other Tar Heel attempts. North Carolina’s smaller lineup was ill-suited to face Withey in the paint when the 3-pointers weren’t falling, especially when Kansas’ deep at-tempts were.

When Withey was guarding his man down low, Releford’s perimeter defense, especially on Reggie Bull-ock, helped keep the Tar Heels from establishing any offensive rhythm.

“I said, ‘Your man only got five points, only scored one basket on you,’” Self told Releford. He said ‘No he didn’t. He didn’t get any on me. That was during a switch or a sub.’”

Although Releford didn’t attempt another 3-pointer in the second half, he didn’t need to. Senior guard Elijah Johnson drilled a deep shot to tie the game at 35, and sophomore guard Naadir Tharpe converted all three of his second-half 3-point at-tempts.

“His minutes are huge,” Releford said. “He stepped up and made big shots, huge shots for us.”

Tharpe had two key 3-pointers during Kansas’ initial second-half run that effectively decided the game in Kansas’ favor. With a little less than six minutes remaining in the second half and the shot clock winding down, Tharpe feigned a drive and swished a step-back 3-pointer, displaying the confi-dence Jayhawk fans have grown accustomed as Tharpe established himself as a key rotation player for Kansas this season.

“I had a good feeling that they were going in,” Tharpe said.

— Edited by Tyler Conover

The University will send a hand-ful of athletes down to Texas this weekend, and it’s not just the men’s basketball team that will compete.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete in their first outdoor meet of the sea-son Wednesday through Saturday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

After a successful indoor season in which the women finished sec-ond at the NCAA Indoor Champi-onships, the team looks to improve on that in the outdoor portion of the season.

The expectations could not be much higher for the women. Af-ter their recent success, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Kansas the No. 1 team in the nation in the outdoor preseason poll. After con-secutive runner-up finishes at the NCAA Indoor Championship and a fourth place finish at last year’s Outdoor Championship, the ex-pectations are justifiably high.

The men will also have an op-portunity to compete on the na-tional scene. They are ranked No. 26 in the USTFCCCA preseason outdoor poll. Of the five ath-letes who picked up points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last season, four of them return for the Jayhawks.

The women are led by senior Andrea Geu-belle, who has been picking up hardware left and right. After winning first place in both the long jump and the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championship, she was named the National Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA.

Joining Geubelle will be 10 other returners who were ranked in the top 10 in the nation in their events, including juniors Diamond Dixon and Natalia Bartnovskaya. Dixon holds the school record in the 400-meter with a time of 50.88 and Bartnovskaya made a quick impact as a Jayhawk, winning the

pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships this month with a school record vault of 4.45 meters.

Kansas is also going to rely on seniors Heather Bergmann, Paris Daniels and Francine Simp-son. Bergmann was runner-up in the javelin at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships last season, Dan-iels is both the 2012 Big 12 Out-door Champion and the league Indoor Champion this year, and Simpson looks to defend her title in the long jump, winning the Big 12 Outdoor crown last year with a jump 6.67 meters.

The Kansas men are led by se-nior Kyle Clemons, who competed in the semifinal of the 400-meter at the NCAA Indoor Championships earlier this month. He currently is the school record holder in the 400-meter with a time of 46.44.

The men finished 23rd at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2012 and will look to their up-perclassmen to make significant contributions to the team through-out the outdoor season.

—Edited by Dylan Lysen

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ashleiGh lee/Kansansenior guard travis releford attempts to shoot a 3-pointer during the game against West Virginia on March 2 in allen fieldhouse, where the Jayhawks defeated the Mountaineers 91-65. releford was 0-3 in 3-point attempts.

Kansas is playing its best half of the postseason.

Jeff Withey is dunking and blocking. Naadir Tharpe is making step-back threes. Travis Releford is making spine-twisting layups. And Ben McLemore is on the bench, cheering them on.

This was the scene in the sec-ond half Sunday at the Sprint Center, as the Jayhawks beat North Carolina 70-58. The build-ing was mostly full of KU fans, all of them standing and screaming for Kansas — and McLemore was one of them.

“Ben was the biggest cheer-leader we had,” Bill Self said after the game Sunday. “He’s a great teammate.”

He’s a great teammate and cer-tainly a great player. But he wasn’t the latter against the Tar Heels, and he certainly wasn’t Friday against Western Kentucky, either.

A couple bum games for a freshman from St. Louis? No big deal. However, when stakes are this high, and the Jayhawks could be done after any game, it can potentially become a very big deal. It’s not to DEFCON 1 yet, but we’ll see what happens when Kansas plays Michigan at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Could the benching on Sunday affect him? Possibly.

“I’ve talked to a few coaches over the years that say you don’t do that with your best player or leading scorer,” Self said Sunday. “But we were actually better dur-ing that stretch.”

This season, fans have noticed that McLemore fades out of the spotlight when the Jayhawks need to win most. On the road against Oklahoma State and Iowa State, McLemore scored seven points. He averaged an impressive 17.4 points per game in Big 12 play this season. However, on the road in conference play, he averaged 13 points per game.

If you include Kansas’ Big 12 road games and its postseason games, he’s averaged 12 points per game. And in postseason play alone, he averages 10.4 points per game.

It’s possible that McLemore’s hit a freshman wall, he’s in a scoring slump or maybe neither of the above. It may all be a coincidence that the shots haven’t dropped for Kansas’ star. That’s unlikely, though. Odds are, it’s part fresh-man slump and part pressure-related. It’s understandable, too. These are high expectations for a kid who’s 20 years old.

It’s not the end of times, either — he’s got an incredibly bright future ahead of him.

After that North Carolina game where he scored two points, McLemore said he wasn’t bothered at all by his poor shooting. But after the Western Kentucky game, he did fess up to one thing that’s awfully telling about this incred-ibly talented player.

“The lights was bright out there.”

— Edited by Madison Schultz

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