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‘It just hurts.’

KU men’s basketball season meets its end in Second Round

Despite picking up an early 1-0 lead, the Jayhawks dropped the match to the Longhorns 4-3 in a nail-biting finish, moving to 11-4 on the season.

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BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real SALT LAKE CITY — Expectations can almost be impossible to live up to at Kansas, even more so when one takes into account the year that the 2018-19 Kansas men’s basketball team had.

“For me, I’d say [this season was] a letdown. We didn’t accomplish things that we wanted to accomplish, me personally,” redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson, head in his hands, dejectedly said following the Jayhawks’ season-ending 89-75 loss to Auburn in the round of 32 in the NCAA tournament.

“It was a battle coming back from 26 [points down], so they kind of had the upper hand,” Lawson

said. “We threw our best punch at them sometimes, they came back, got fouls, made shots when they needed to.”

As with most games this season, Lawson finished with another double-double (25 points, 10 rebounds), leading the way in what at times was an abysmal effort

by Kansas.

“That 25 don’t even matter,” Lawson said.

Even with that final statline of the season, Lawson said he still feels responsible for the Jayhawks’ early exit in March.

“I hate losing,” Lawson said. “I feel like we didn’t accomplish things we should’ve this year. As a leader, I feel like it’s my fault.”

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Nebraska floods affect students Parts of Nebraska are deep underwater after a record-breaking flood struck the eastern part of the state. Four are dead in Nebraska and Iowa, and over seven million people were under flood warnings, according to CNN. Various roads were

hard. We want to get past this game,” freshman guard Ochai Agbaji said. “You know, we’ve had a lot go on this season and I know everyone in the program and all of the coaches wanted this game tonight.”

“All of our guys work hard. We want to get past this game.”

Ochai Agbaji freshman guard

It wasn’t supposed to end this way, not after being ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP poll. Not after the multiple five-star recruits. Not after redshirt sophomore guards Char-

lie Moore and K.J. Lawson, along with Dedric, were eligible this year.

Yet on Saturday night, the Jayhawks had their heads wrapped in towels, crying and lamenting over what could have been a magical run in the postseason.

“This hurts,” freshman guard Devon Dotson said.

“The season’s over. It just hurts.”

Dotson’s counterpart in the back court, the ever-inconsistent freshman guard Quentin Grimes, described the season as a “rollercoaster” and that, at times, the Jayhawks were able to capitalize without their “full complement of players.”

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Contributed photo A house in Fremont, Nebraska, is surrounded by flood waters following extreme flooding across the state.

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one, it’s hard to blame this loss or anything that’s transpired this season on one singular person. It’s beating a dead horse at this point, but a few misfortunes warrant repeating: 1. Junior center Udoka Azubuike’s season-ending wrist injury.

2. The NCAA’s ruling on sophomore forward Silvio De Sousa.

3. Senior guard Lagerald Vick’s leave of absence.

4. Kansas losing the Big 12 conference title streak and getting a four seed in the NCAA tournament.

Based on these alone, it’s easy to say this season was a disappointment for the astronomically high standards that those in and outside the program have had every year.

“All of our guys work

flooded, making islands out of towns and severing major Nebraska highways, according to local news outlets. Roads that remained open became jammed with traffic as all other routes were underwater, which caused major issues for some University of Kansas students returning to campus from spring break.

On her way back from her home in eastern Nebraska, freshman film and media studies major Emma Bayless encountered travel issues.

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Head up, back straight, swing arms at equal lengths, walk in a straight line —Meg Rooney, a senior from Derby, Kansas, said that’s what she’ll be thinking when she walks down the runway at Kansas City Fashion Week.

Kansas City Fashion Week kicks off Sunday and will feature a few familiar faces with students from the University of Kansas taking the stage.

“When you’re behind the curtain, it’s kind of like I don’t get the adrenaline rush, but when I walk out, and I’m in the center, and I’m about to turn and go down, that’s when it hits me,” Rooney said. “This is my moment — I have to make the most of it.”

Kansas City Fashion Week is a two-week-long event — one week in the fall and one in the spring — that showcases the work of local, national and international designers.

Contributed photo University freshman Ashtyn Dickens will experience her first runway at the Kansas City Fashion Week.

The events for the spring season started Sunday, March 24 and finish on Saturday, March 30.

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Kansas Supreme Court to visit KU The Kansas Supreme Court will hear cases at the Lied Center after a student session in the Burge Union on April 1 KYSER DOUGAN @KyserDougan The public will be able to hear two cases before the Kansas Supreme Court at the Lied Center on April 1. The court will hear oral arguments from 6:30 to around 8 p.m. in an effort of public outreach.

One is a case involving tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to people under the age of 21, and the other is a murder case that had gone cold but now has new evidence.

“One of our purposes in taking the Supreme Court out to different communities is so it’s easier for the people of Kansas to see what we are doing.”

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Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, who received both his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Kansas, had a long standing plan to leave the courtroom so people could see the court in action.

“This is just part of our ongoing effort to bring the Supreme Court to the people of Kansas,” he said.

Nuss said the event will give attendees an opportunity to see both a civil and criminal case.

“The criminal case is a murder out of northeast Kansas,” Nuss said. “It was actually a cold case that went unsolved for awhile, and then enough information was obtained to eventually charge the person and convict them.

This is an appeal from that decision.”

The Supreme Court has previously been to Pittsburg State, Emporia State and Fort Hays State, but the University will be the largest school the court has visited. The court hears cases outside of the courtroom about twice a year.

“One of our purposes in taking the Supreme Court out to different communities is so it’s easier for the people of Kansas to see what we are doing,” he said. “In other words, [it’s] to lift what some people call the ‘veil of mystery’ that surrounds the court.”

Oral arguments in the courtroom have been open to the public for 150 years, but it can often be difficult for people across the state to make it to hearings in Topeka during the day.

Contributed photo Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and the Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at the Lied Center on April 1 in an effort of outreach to the public.

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much slower than normal.”

Also affected by travel issues on her way back from Nebraska was Grace Bolamperti, a sophomore majoring in psychology.

“I drove back to Lawrence on Sunday and had to research a route that avoided all major interstates and highways,” Bolamperti said. “Bridges had been washed away and roads were underwater.”

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an emergency declaration on March 12, which explained how the flooding occurred,

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or people that might be working … can still come see us in the evenings,” he said.

Nuss hopes people will better understand about how the Supreme Court works from the event.

“We just want [people] to get a little better understanding of reality of the Supreme Court instead of getting their ideas from what they might see on television or a movie, or what someone was describing to them was going on. It’s better for them to see for themselves, and there is no filter in between,” he said.

Stephen Mazza, the dean of the School of Law, echoed the importance of the public being able to see the Supreme Court in action.

“Students, and the public in general, typically have only a limited understanding of how the court system

operates. Most of the courtroom dramas on TV give a glimpse into the justice system that is either skewed or unrealistic,” he said.

“Having the Supreme Court conduct sessions in a public setting gives folks an opportunity to see how a real life case proceeds.”

There will be a reception where people will have the opportunity to meet the justices after oral arguments in the Lied Center around 8 p.m., as well as a session just for students at 2 p.m. on April 1 in Forum D at the Burge Union. “[The special session] is a great opportunity for students to ask a Supreme Court justice and a Kansas District Court judge any questions the student might have about the justice system,” Mazza said.

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The Missouri River, which runs along Nebraska’s eastern border and its biggest city, Omaha, crested at 33.7 feet on March 17, prompting a nuclear power plant to shut down and causing tributaries to break dams and levees.

Some communities and farmlands are under feet of water, causing an expected $1 billion in damages to farms and ranches.

“I did see a few communities almost totally underwater,” Bolamperti said.

Bayless witnessed devastation too.

“There were definitely a few farms and towns that

were at least a foot or two underwater,” Bayless said.

The flooding, though most prevalent and widespread in Nebraska, also extended into Iowa and Missouri. Iowan levees were damaged so bad that Pat Sheldon, president of a local levee district, said the levees were completely destroyed Offutt Air Force Base, right outside of Omaha and the home of the US Strategic Command Headquarters, was badly flooded as well, leading to a cancellation of their annual air show. Only essential personnel are allowed on the base until repairs can be made.

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and called upon state and federal agencies to “cooperate with and support the Adjutant General of Nebraska.”

“There were definitely a few farms and towns that were at least a foot or two underwater.”

Emma Bayless freshman

“Severe ice buildup has occurred... due to intense winter weather includ-

ing freezing rain, ice and heavy snows and greatly increased the risk to the state and its population from ice jams and flooding,” Ricketts said in the emergency declaration.

Local and private water supplies may also be contaminated due to the flooding, affecting residents of the capital city, Lincoln. “If there is any indication that the water supply has been breached by flood waters, even without noticeable changes in taste or smell, I encourage residents to get a water sample kit for testing,” said the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services in a news

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KU grad programs rank among top in US SOPHIA BELSHE @SophiaBelshe

In the most recent U.S. News and World Report rankings, the University of Kansas has 11 graduate programs with top-10 rankings and 48 programs in the top 50 among public universities.

“We look to rankings as one way to track our progress, and these U.S. News rankings highlight the many different ways we contribute to the state and region,” Chancellor Douglas A. Girod said in a press release. “As a leading research university, our graduate programs are an important part of who we are.”

Among these programs are several from the School of Public Affairs and Administration, which has held the top spot in local government management since 1998.

“We are united in wanting to keep the strong heritage in local government. That’s our competitive niche, and we want to cherish that and build on that and make it as strong as possible,” said Rosemary O’Leary, director of the School of Public Affairs and Administration.

The school was ranked fifth in public management and leadership, eighth in public affairs, ninth in urban planning and policy and 21st in public finance

and budgeting.

“We’re just thrilled.

I think it’s just a true testament to the quality of our faculty. The students we get are phenomenal; our alums are so involved in only the best way,” O’Leary said.

O’Leary said it’s a “great feeling” to be ranked so highly among larger schools like UCLA and Ohio State, which she said have more resources and faculty.

“The areas that are not yet ranked in the top 20, but where we know we’re strong, like environmental policy and public budgeting and finance, one goal is to raise them up,” O’Leary said. “We do that, mainly, by just getting the good word out about what the faculty, students and alumni are doing.”

O’Leary said she worries about faculty leaving for other institutions and that she tries to support faculty research to stay competitive.

“I live in constant fear that our faculty will be stolen by other universities, and there’s not a semester that goes by where somebody doesn’t get a recruiting call from another university,” O’Leary said.

“That’s a real priority of mine, is to try and keep those faculty here and try to keep their pay competitive with other

Kansan file photo Eleven graduate programs at the University of Kansas have been recognized with top-10 rankings and 48 programs with top-50 rankings by U.S. News and World Report. universities, which is easier said than done in this budget climate.”

Last year, the University had nine top 10 and 46 top 50 programs among public universities.

The University’s special education program remained at number

one this year, and the part-time MBA, law and aerospace engineering programs all saw increases in their rankings.

“We remain focused on our broader mission and goals to help elevate these efforts across our university,” Girod said.

of women, gender and sexuality studies, focuses her work on the fight to end violence against women, with a particular focus on issues facing Native American women.

“Over 80 percent of native women will be victims of violence, so the vast majority of us will be victims,” Deer said.

“That’s not an acceptable rate, and we have to intervene to make sure that native women have the same type of justice that other women do.”

Deer’s advocacy for women’s issues started in 1993 when she transferred to the University as a junior, got involved with a rape

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KU professor chosen for Women’s Hall of Fame SOPHIA BELSHE @SophiaBelshe

When University of Kansas professor Sarah Deer received an email last fall saying she would be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, it came as a complete surprise. Deer said she didn’t know who

nominated her, and she still doesn’t.

“I’ve been posting on social media like, ‘Thank you, whoever you are,’” Deer said. “I had no idea, so I was really surprised.”

Deer, who has a joint appointment with the School of Public Affairs and Administration and the department

Kansan file photo Professor Sarah Deer lectures on Gendering Federal Indian Law in the Kansas Ballroom on Nov. 2, 2016.

crisis center, then called Rape Victim Survivor Services.

“As a native woman myself, I was really horrified about all the information I was finding,” Deer said. “I sort of set up my life to say, ‘I am going to do something about this.’ Every job that I’ve had, regardless of job title, I’ve focused on this crisis.”

Deer’s work has influenced major pieces of congressional legislation, including the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Deer testified in Congress last week in defense of VAWA, which is up for reinstatement after expiring in December 2018, according to Nicholas Syrett, director of the department of women, gender and sexuality studies.

“One of the things that’s great about Sarah’s work is how involved and engaged she is, and I think that this induction is a real recognition of that,” Syrett said. “Lots of us are scholars. Her scholarship is clearly having a real world impact, in ways that others are too, but in very visible ways.”

This is not the first time Deer’s work has been recognized by prestigious institutions.

She was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow in 2014, and received the Allied Professional Award from the Department of Justice in 2011.

“I think combination of importance of subject matter,

that the her the

“I’ve been posting on social media like, ‘Thank you, whoever you are.’ I had no idea, so I was really surprised.”

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creativity that she brings to analyzing those issues and coming up with public policy solutions, it really makes her stand out,” said Rosemary O’Leary, director of the School of Public Affairs and Administration.

“She’s just amazingly accomplished and amazingly successful at what she does.”

Deer, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, will be one of only a handful of native women in the Hall and wants to nominate other native women once she’s inducted.

“There’s sort of a double-edged sword in the sense that I’m really honored and proud to receive this honor. At the same time, there just aren’t enough native women,” Deer said. “I don’t want to try to take credit for all the hard work that goes on.”

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‘Journey of love’: Santa Fe Station revitalized

A Lawrence woman and her organization dedicated 10 years to renovating the historic Lawrence train station BROOKE BOYER @brookeboyer422 After 10 years, Carey Maynard-Moody’s work has paid off: the Santa Fe Station off of 7th and New Jersey Streets has been restored.

In 2008, MaynardMoody met a man whose dream was to bring back the Texas Lone Star, a passenger train that ran from Chicago to Houston from 1948 to 1979. The man influenced MaynardMoody to get involved with the Santa Fe Station renovations.

“When he learned that I was from Lawrence, he said, ‘Why don’t you do something about your station?’ And I was so ashamed and so embarrassed to be known as someone that’s from Lawrence that let that happen,” MaynardMoody said.

The station was in despair and had become a home for illegal squatters.

MaynardMoody and her Depot Redux group — a citizen advocacy organization — reached out to Amtrak, were given the keys to the station and immediately changed the locks. Depot Redux dedicated its time to clean and care for the station.

Brooke Boyer/KANSAN Carey Maynard-Moody talks about her experience volunteering at the Santa Fe depot station at the building’s rededication event on Feb. 22. Maynard-Moody spent 10 years of her life working to renovate the station. the project 10 years ago, she was told it would take just two years. “‘No problem,’ I thought. ‘I can do this in two years,’” MaynardMoody said. “I was an

“Nobody was doing it for recognition. We were doing it for something that was meaningful, and this project was very menaingful.”

Carey Maynard-Moody community member

The $1.8 million project covered new heating and cooling systems, roof-mounted photovoltaic panels, a new roof, updates to the electrical and plumbing systems, refinished wood surfaces, new vinyl tile flooring, refinished terrazzo flooring, new restrooms, interior and exterior painting, an outdoor garden and other various smaller ticket items.

When MaynardMoody first jumped on

empty nester. My caboose had left, and I had some time on my hands, and since it was only going to take two years, I thought, ‘I can do this. It would be fun, and it needs to be done.’”

A long road awaited Maynard-Moody, however, and the end product is the renovated station.

In an effort to make improvements to the station, one of the first things Depot Redux did was apply for an

American recovery and reinvestment stimulus grant in 2009. The City of Lawrence applied for a transportation enhancement grant in 2010 and a high speed intercity and passenger rail grant in 2012. All were denied.

Both the City of Lawrence and Depot Redux applied for a total of five grants over the duration of 10 years.

“Nobody was doing it for recognition. We were doing it for something that was meaningful, and this project was very meaningful,” MaynardMoody said.

Of the five grants, the station received two that covered 80 percent of the renovations made.

Investments were made by the city, the Kansas Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and Amtrak. Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard said the group was incredibly persistent.

“We said we think we can, and we did,” Stoddard said at the

Brooke Boyer/KANSAN The Santa Fe depot station on 7th and New Jersey Streets still contains original furniture from 1955. The station opened in the 1950s.

Brooke Boyer/KANSAN People gather outside of the Santa Fe depot station on Feb. 22 during a rededication event for the building. Efforts to renovate the space began 10 years ago.

Lawrence Santa Fe train depot rededication event on Feb. 22.

Following several renovations, the Santa Fe Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2018. It is also listed on the Kansas Register of Historic Places and the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.

Maynard-Moody said she never knew how big a role the station would have in her life. In the first five years, she devoted about 10 hours a week to

keep it maintained. They were “very happy hours,” Maynard-Moody said.

“It’s just like with people. The more time you spend with people, the more you learn to love them,” MaynardMoody said.

The Depot Redux group plans to stay involved with helping the city ponder for a secondary use of the space. Maynard-Moody has a dream of opening a doughnut shop within the building, so doughnuts could be available for

passengers getting on or off the 5:09 a.m. train.

The 2019 city budget accounts for improvements to the east side of the station and a new parking lot.

“I think I should say goodbye,” MaynardMoody said. “This is the end of my journey, and that’s what Amtrak says: ‘It’s not the destination.

It’s the journey.’ It’s been a great journey of learning and a great journey of love.”

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Award-winning music professor to retire RACHEL GAYLOR @raegay218

Professor Debra Hedden has been teaching music education at the University of Kansas for almost 20 years. Now, after over 46 years of educating, she’s hanging up her hat.

Hedden, who currently teaches classes related to general music, was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association Hall of Fame in February during the state convention in Wichita. The award is the highest honor given

by KMEA to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of music education in the state of Kansas.

“I had no clue this was coming,” Hedden said.

She said she was lounging on a Sunday afternoon a few months ago when she received a call from a doctoral student about some news. “I immediately thought something was wrong.”

The news, however, was positive. Hedden had been nominated for the award after 10 professors had written letters endorsing her. Several endorsements came from University faculty and staff.

“I was shocked and in tears,” Hedden said. “This is quite a way to cap off a career. I didn’t see it coming, so I was taken aback when it happened.”

Tony Martin, a senior music education student from Ottawa, wasn’t surprised when he heard his professor had received the honor.

“It’s not just the way she teaches [that makes her special], but the content she scaffolds. It’s extraordinary,” Martin said.

“She teaches us like she wants us to teach the gen-

Brooke Boyer/KANSAN Music education professor Debra Hedden stands in front of awards in her office inside Murphy Hall. Hedden was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association Hall of Fame. eral music kids.”

Hedden received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa and her masters and doctorate from the University of Northern Iowa. She started teaching general music and German in Hudson, Iowa, before joining the faculty at Northern Iowa.

In 2012, Hedden received the first of two Fulbright Scholar Awards to take her knowledge in music education to the Lithuanian University for Educational Sciences. Before she officially announced her retirement in October, Hedden returned to Lithuania to finish her teaching and research commitment.

“I felt I needed to get

that done before the announcement was made,” Hedden said. “I’ve been over five times, teaching and doing research, so I wanted that finished before people knew here.”

Martin said the induction is a testament not only to the strength of the music education department, but to how lucky the school is to have Hedden.

“It shows how good she is that she got the recognition that she’s deserved for a very long time,” Martin said. “I feel like she is up there with some of the greats, and it shows how lucky we are and how talented she is.”

Hedden said the acknowledgment has meant

the most to her from this induction. She said the ceremony was emotional because of all the people that showed up to support her.

“It’s a lovely way to have the profession at large recognize [your work], but also [to] have KU faculty and students there was really something,” Hedden said. “It was very touching; it was very special. I don’t know that I can put it into words. It was really neat.”

With the semester half way over and Hedden closer to retirement, she has started to make post-teaching plans that include a weeks-long trip around Europe with her husband. Until then, she

“I was really nervous, but it made me realize that this is what I wanted to do,” Rooney said.

Rooney said modeling while studying textile design at the University is an interesting experience for her because she’s able to see it from both perspectives. She said she understands what it means to wear someone’s else’s designs because she’s an artist too.

“I’m really honored to be able to bring someone else’s designs to life,” Rooney said.

Walking on the runway is a full-day event for the models, often getting there about seven or eight hours before the runway begins. First, they go straight to hair and makeup. Then, they rehearse walking down the runway a few times. Next, they put on the garments they’ll wear during the show and take photos in them. They spend hours doing all of this before even walking down the runway for only two or three minutes.

Another University student will be walking alongside Rooney in Kansas City Fashion Week. Ashtyn

Dickens, a freshman premed student from Pleasant Hill, Missouri, will also walk in the Any Old Iron show.

Dickens first started modeling about a year ago.

She mostly does photography modeling with a photographer based in her hometown. Kansas City Fashion Week will be Dickens’ first time on the runway — a new experience for her.

“I don’t get nervous easily, but I am a little nervous — but I think it’s an exciting-nervous to be a part of something new,” Dickens said.

During the casting process for Kansas City Fashion Week, models sent in an application, practiced their walk in front of the casting coordinators, took photos and recorded their measurements. After that, the models waited for an email that would tell them if a designer picked them to walk for their line.

Dickens said she was shocked when she received the email notifying her Andrew Clancey had picked her to walk in his show.

“I honestly didn’t know

said she is taking every moment in and cherishing the time with her students.

“I will miss the students and the classroom.

[Leaving them] is going to be very difficult. I will

“It’s a lovely way to have the profession at large recognize [your work], but also to have KU faculty there was really something.”

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miss the people around me because they’re very good people,” Hedden said.

“This is what I’ve done for 46 years — this is what I know.”

Martin said Hedden takes the title of “educator” to heart and will go out of her way to help students with what they need — a characteristic he hopes to emulate when he has his own classroom.

“She’ll take time out of her day to make sure you have the best education possible, even if it doesn’t pertain to music,” Martin said. “The one thing she’ll say is, ‘You’re not just teaching them curriculum.

You’re teaching them how to be human beings.’”

ON THE RUNWAY FROM PAGE 1 will showcase the line by Nashville designer Andrew Clancey. Rooney first started modeling when she was about 14, doing editorial photo shoots and commercial modeling for brands. She took a break from modeling when she

started at the University but has now gotten back into it.

This season’s fashion week won’t be Rooney’s first time walking the runway in Kansas City. She walked in three shows during Kansas City Fashion Week’s fall season, which were her first runway experiences.

Contributed photo University senior Meg Rooney walks at last year’s Kansas City Fashion Week.

Contributed photo University senior Meg Rooney is set to walk at Kansas City Fashion Week this year. what to do with the information,” Dickens said. “I was staring at my phone for like 10 minutes in shock and awe.”

Kansas City Fashion Week also presents an opportunity for models to network with designers and photographers.

Rooney said it’s a good way for aspiring models to figure out if this is a profes-

sion they want to pursue.

“I think opportunities like Fashion Week especially are a great way to find out if this is something that you’re passionate about — if you have what it takes,” Rooney said.

Kansas City Fashion Week’s full schedule of events is listed on its website.

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Local art gallery to display student work HAYLEY MICHEL @KansanNews

Art Emergency, a Lawrence-based art gallery, will open an exhibition called “Art Attack” this month that will exhibit works created exclusively by seven University of Kansas visual arts seniors.

“It’s all about enjoying the process of creating, but also engaging others and bringing them into the experience as well,” said Kelsey Willits, one of the featured artists.

The exhibition will open to the public Friday, March 29, and will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at Art Emergency located at 721 E 9th St. Pickleman’s will be provided at the event for free, and drinks upon purchase will also be available. Local musicians, yet to be announced, will provide live music at the event as well.

Willits said it has taken months of preparation for all of the artists’ works to be finalized and compiled. Because the student artists have had such free reign over their craft and the direction of

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KU senior Charity Poole’s “Atlantis” is a hair comb made of copper and pearl. their work, the exhibition offers a wide range of different mediums and themes.

“It has a little bit of everything, so even if people are just a little interested in art, then I think

they will enjoy it and find something they like and connect with at the exhibit,” Willits said.

The exhibit features work in various mediums, including sculpture, painting, woodworking,

Contributed photo The “Art Attack” exhibition displays wearable designs as well, including this work created by KU senior Kelsey Willits.

metal casting, jewelry and eco-art, which is eco-friendly methodology that emphasizes environmental issues.

“While we all work in different mediums, we are visual artists and have really come together as a group to make this exhibit happen,” said Cale Kobler, another featured artist.

The large group effort has been the driving force in getting this event to happen for these seniors.

Associate professor of visual art John Hachmeister pitched the idea to the students and then let the students run with the opportunity.

“He has been really amazing about pushing us to create opportunity for ourselves. He really supports us presenting our work as much as possible.

Hachmeister has really been essential in getting this project off the ground,” Kobler said.

Kobler shared how Hachmeister provides an environment in which students are encouraged to push themselves in the development of their art.

Kobler and Willits said the work they are bringing to this exhibit has been extremely influential in not only their continuing art education, but also their own awareness

of themselves as artists and their work as a whole.

“We as a group have re-

“While we all work in different mediums, we are visual artists and have really come together...”

Cale Kobler senior

ally taken on the mentality and challenge of being the next generation of artists,” Kobler said.

Kobler and Willits said they are grateful for the chance to gain more experience and show their work, especially to the Lawrence community beyond the University.

“We would love for the Lawrence community to come out and support us.

We think we have really created a mix between old and new that everyone can enjoy,” Willits said.

Contributed photo “Outpouring” is a work made of 3D Printed Plastic and yarn created by KU senior Charity Poole.

Local Listens: New releases interest KC music scene DEASIA PAIGE @deasia_paige This week’s Local Listens features new music from Kye Colors, SSS Dame and Eric Rice.

Both Colors and Dame are rappers from Kansas City, Missouri, and Rice is a singer from Kansas City, Kansas.

“SWEET THANG”

BY KYE COLORS This isn’t the traditional love song.

Instead of “Sweet Thang” being a ode to a certain woman, Kye Colors raps about his love for weed and liquor. The first verse of the song is dedicated to weed, and the second is liquor. Throughout the song, he raps about

how both vices got him through tough times.

Although the production of the song is slightly subtle, the lyrics highlight Kye Colors’clever storytelling.

“314” BY SSS DAME FEAT. JENN “314” is immediately captivating upon the first listen. The soothing guitar rhythm of the song captures the attention of listeners, and the lyrics from SSS Dame and Jenn do the rest. Throughout the song, SSS Dame raps about being in a healthy relationship with a girl from his home in Missouri (the title “314” references a Missouri area code) and not wanting to mess it up. The production of

the song also has that throwback 1990s R&B feel, making the song more listenable.

“LET’S STAY TOGETHER” BY ERIC RICE This a unique electronic R&B twist on the Al Green classic. Within seconds of listening to the cover, one is likely to forget it’s an Al Green song because Eric Rice adds his own distinct flavor to it. The cover is very short, which could be purposeful because it leaves listeners wanting for more. It’s not clear if the single is a part of a new project, but what’s clear is that Rice has something interesting to offer to the Kansas City music scene.

Philip Mueller/KANSAN “Local Listens” is a weekly column in which reporter DeAsia Paige highlights new releases from local artists.

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FFA of the Day: new drinking game: take a shot every time KU missed a shot to make up for how much we’re sucking Wow it’s so nice outside I could cry you know it’s the first day of spring when you see influx of frat boys wearing lulu lemon shorts on campus “I want FIJI water to be my last meal.”

Damn even Obama has us losing in the 2nd round i just got my calendar alert for payday and an eatstreet notification at the same time, so basically it’s fate my cutest coaches bracket is currently doing better than my real bracket what is this “I can’t hear you. I don’t have my glasses on.”

“I literally had my math major friends calculate what my grade is” Bill Self just called me his boy so I guess it’s a good day?

My mom spent 5 minutes filling out a bracket and picked schools based on if she knew someone from that relative area and she still has a perfect bracket.

“I thought about riding my bike but i wouldn’t be able to carry these beers!”

“You don’t need a game to get me to drink” You ever just think about your future and cry? do you ever just get in the best-smelling lyft ride you’ve ever experienced “willy wonka and the vodka factory” The campus lizards are back!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy right now!!!!!! “you know what a fancy dinner date is? eating a single M&M”

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Admissions system needs reform BRIANNA WESSLING @briwessling

Wealthy individuals paying their way into top tier universities is nothing new. The latest college cheating scandal, involving actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, is not an isolated case but indicative of a systemic issue within college admissions.

The actresses, among 48 other charged individuals, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Edge College & Career Network, otherwise known as the Key, to get their kids into universities like Yale and the University of Southern California. These celebrities went to some extreme measures to get their kids into their dreams schools, including faking test scores and fabricating pictures of the students playing sports.

The saddest part of the entire scandal is that these wealthy parents took an illegal route to get their kids in, when there are plenty of legal doors open to them. They have the money and the resources to pay for any SAT or ACT prep class, send their children to schools with the best resources, and dump cash into any hobby or passion their children wanted to pursue. At the

Illustration by Philip Mueller/KANSAN Columnist Brianna Wessling argues that in light of the recent college admissions scandal, no one should be surprised that the system has proven to be broken. end of the day, even if all of the work was not enough, they could have made a hefty donation to the school and ensured their child’s admission.

There are many who could care less about what wealthy people do with their money, but this is a system that puts money

before qualifications. This results in poor students being discriminated against in the college admissions process.

Wealthy students already have, and have always had, a leg up on the rest of students when it comes to college admission. A high school

student without the resources as extensive as Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade has, would have to scrape money together to pay for standardized testing and application fees for any school they wish to apply to.

Every part of the admissions process is

ciety in general, and it has the potential to cause further problems.

At no point was this more greatly illustrated in my life than in one of my physics classes early on in my college career. The tests were composed of ten multiple choice questions and the homework was exactly the same format as the test. There was usually a bonus point on each exam, and if you bombed it, he would let you retake a harder version of the test to help you salvage your grade. If you had maintained high attendance, you could even replace your lower test scores with whatever percentage you scored on your final.

In any objective sense,

this was a very generous class.

This isn’t to say that the material wasn’t challenging, but at every point my professor did his best to accommodate the students. Unfortunately, after many of the tests he would receive emails and Blackboard discussion posts about how the class was poorly designed, how the test was unfair and that the questions were too hard. A few parents of students would even call the professor to complain about how he was ruining their child’s grade. Despite all of the accommodations he made, I can safely say he was the most criticized professor I have ever had.

In general, everyone in

college should have the ability to pass a 100 level physics course. It may be more challenging for some than it is for others, depending on how familiar you are with physics go-

monetized, and less wealthy but exceptional students find themselves struggling to pay for their hard work to be recognized by the university of their choice. For many, it doesn’t matter if they have the necessary credentials to get into the school, because they don’t have the money to even apply.

Assuming some of these students can apply, they’re still two steps behind many of their wealthy peers, who paid for expensive test prep classes and prep schools that would help them to be more appealing to admissions officers.

The college admissions system is very clearly broken, and this scandal is just the beginning of the many cracks in its foundation. It’s appalling that school officials would take bribes or look the other way when celebrities falsify records to push for their kids to get into a school. However, it’s even more appalling that universities across the country ignore the fact that the process they have created prevents thousands of intelligent, qualified students from attending their universities.

Brianna Wessling is a sophomore studying English and journalism.

Personal responsibility garners success SCOTT JOHNSTON @Scottawatomie

If you happened to get a less than stellar grade on your midterms over the past few weeks, I hate to break it to you, but it likely wasn’t the result of an unfair professor. You probably just didn’t study as hard or efficiently as you should have.

Bad apple professors can exist of course (my first college biology professor got fired mid-semester after all) but many students decide to pass the buck when it comes to poor grades they may have received. This deficit in personal responsibility is present in the university setting, and American so-

“This guy has been calling me all day and I haven’t told him it’s the wrong number yet” “He’s kind of cute except he looks like a horse” “I feel like putting my phone on do not disturb helps me deal with rejection better” “I’m so sad, he broke up with me” “want me to hit him with my car?” i’m dropping out of school to be on the “floss cam” sorry not sorry

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Personal responsibility must be fixed from the bottom up.

ing in, but in the end, it’s on the students taking the class to give it their best effort and let the chips fall where they may.

When we fail to take responsibility and choose instead to blame others for our problems, we essentially label ourselves as victims. This has the benefit of preserving our own pride, but sets us up for failure in the future.

If you are convinced that a greater power is against you, whether that is a professor or even society as a whole, and that any negative aspects of your life aren’t necessarily your fault, then your motivation to push yourself is severely diminished. If you aren’t the one in control of your potential success or failure, why try at all? This applies to everything from school, to your future career, to your personal interactions with other people.

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Some of the most responsible people I know are those I have met while attending KU. Many of them hold jobs, volunteer, and still manage to hit the books each week. They know their success or failure depends on them. The problem I have been illustrating is not dependant on the age of the individual, but the mindset, and it can be found in people across all generational and socio-economic groups.

Unfortunately for those who lack it, personal responsibility must be fixed from the bottom up. We all need to realize that we are the ones who have to fix things. We are the ones who have the most control over the outcomes of our own lives.

Think about it, has any politician meaningfully changed the outcome of your life at this point in time? Your life is in your hands, and often, we hold more power than we realize.

As we move out into the world and become leaders, coworkers, teachers, and parents, we must hold fast to the idea that we control our own destinies and encourage others to take command of their own as well. If we do that, we can move towards a society of greater self improvement and success.

Scott Johnston is a senior from Berryton studying microbiology.

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Cultural awareness combats insensitivity AISHA MOHAMMED @aishaomolayo

On Friday, March 15, over 50 Muslims were killed in a terrorist attack at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The terrorist live-streamed the attack to the world, and the event left Muslims across the globe grieving and afraid.

A day after this, Jess Moore, a YouTuber also known as Jess Hilarious, posted a video on her Instagram in which she stated she felt threatened by four men she believed to be Muslims on her flight. She also stated the men later got kicked off the plane, and she insinuated it was because the men were an actual threat to passengers. After her video went live, Moore received backlash from people on social media, and it was revealed that the men she referred to as Muslim were actually Sikhs.

On Monday, Jess took to her Instagram to apologize to the public about her actions. She explained that she was unaware of the at-

Learning about different cultures is not only informative, but it’s exciting as you discover the rich differences in other people’s lives...

Kansan file photo A KU student finishes the sentence “I pledge to...” for a poster durring a unity event for the Muslim Student Association on Wescoe Beach on Nov. 15, 2016. tack that took place on March 15, and that Sikhism is a different religion from Islam. She expressed that she knew what she did was wrong, and as she grows older — Moore is currently 27 — she hopes to become more informed on other cultures.

Please don’t believe everything you see and hear, this is what it really is.

Moore’s situation

spreads light on how ignorance can play such a huge role in the global community. The political climate in which her video was posted made her come off as extremely insensitive to the Muslim community given the tragedy that occured days prior. With the large following she has, she has the power to influence how her fans think, and peddling harmful stereo-

types of minority groups is irresponsible and dangerous.

Her initial video did not only come off as inconsiderate to the Muslim community but also racially insensitive to other religions, as it conflates Sikhs and Muslims based off of their physical appearance. From her video alone, one could tell she had a very narrow-minded view on who

was a Muslim, and believed that any person with a turban and brown skin must be Muslim.

There are many lessons to take from Moore’s actions, and the largest one is that it’s important to be aware of different customs and traditions. This can be done in many ways, from reading about them to traveling and immersing yourself in them. Learning

about different cultures is not only informative, but it’s exciting as you discover the rich differences in other people’s lives as well as the similarities that tie every person together, whether that person is Muslim, Sikh, atheist or any other religion.

Aisha Mohammed is a freshman from Lagos, Nigeria, studying human biology.

Technical schools prove valuable alternative ALEX CATEFORIS @A_Cat24 Four year university is not the only option for post-secondary education. Technical schools, such as Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center, also offer excellent educational opportunities for high school graduates as well as anyone who wishes to pursue a stable and in-demand career.

By examining Lawrence’s own Peaslee Tech, the benefits of a technical college for individuals and communities becomes apparent. Society should deem a technical degree as no less than a university degree, as each involves hard work, skill, learning and determination.

Since opening in August 2015, Peaslee Tech has grown into a unique and innovative post-secondary institution. Located in an 80,000 square foot building around 29th and Haskell, and next to the High School Career Center, Peaslee Tech offers a wide variety of career programs and apprenticeships, including Cisco Network Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Auto Service Technician Apprenticeship and Sterile Processing Apprenticeship, to name just four of fifteen programs offered.

Peaslee Tech is able, in part, to offer so many programs because the institution is deeply connected to Lawrence economic development and Douglas County economic

needs. Hugh Carter, the vice president of External Affairs at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, helped Peaslee Tech reach finical stability by collaborating with a wide range of banks, industries and businesses. “[Peaslee Tech] was a collaboration that included private industry, the city, the county, a unified school district and the Chamber’s Economic Development organization, so there really isn’t a model that came together like that in the country,” Carter said.

Lawrence New Car Dealers donated $300,000 to Peaslee Tech to build an automotive lab, according to Peaslee Tech Executive Director Kevin Kelley. In return for this investment, the skilled mechanic population in Lawrence is growing while filling an occupational need in the community to keep jobs in Lawrence.

“It’s a pretty diverse group of people we help. We have from engineers that we train to people just getting started in life.”

Kevin Kelley Peasley Tech executive director

The community of learners at Peaslee Tech expands beyond mechan-

Alex Cateforis/KANSAN Peaslee Tech, a Lawrence technical school, offers curriculum in mechanical programming. ics, encompassing a diverse range of individuals seeking higher education in technical skills. Kelley described this “broad community of learners.”

“We have people that come to us through local employers. We have people that come to us through the workforce system, that maybe are un- or underemployed.

We have people here for training with us through agencies, like Department for Children and Families.

[We have people] from a lot of social service agencies,” he said. “We help people who have recently

been released from incarceration... It’s a pretty diverse group of people we help. We have from engineers that we train on things to people just getting started in life.”

For anyone seeking a stable career, technical schools, like Peaslee Tech, offer excellent educational opportunities to learn skilled trades. And despite societal stigma that technical jobs are below more “desirable” and “honorable” occupations, like a doctor, teacher, or lawyer, these occupations require advanced training and fine-tuned intellect

as the workplace’s nature changes.

“More and more, they’re actually not just technical. They are technology programs. You cannot be an auto-mechanic without knowing how to use software,” Kelley said. “If you go into a shop... you’re more likely to see a mechanic with a laptop in his hand than a wrench.”

Peaslee Tech responds to this technological change in what they teach and how they teach it.

Programs often spend 50 to 75 percent of their time in the lab and another 25

to 50 percent in the classroom. An electrician must understand electrical theory as well as application.

Peaslee Tech is an innovative, creative and passionate learning environment. And with the awareness only growing that skill trades are needed and in demand, the opportunities at Peaslee Tech will continue to expand, thus benefiting the Lawrence community and Douglas County area.

Alex Cateforis is a senior from Lawrence studying English, French and art history.

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Xu claims second All-American honor Senior diver Vicky Xu finished her college career with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships JORDAN VAUGHN @JVSmoove14 Kansas senior diver Vicky Xu finished her career with an eighth place finish on the three-meter board and picked up her second All-American honor at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas.

Xu dove her way into the finals with a 343.65 score in the preliminary round on Friday morning.

In the three-meter finals, Xu scored a 358.60.

UCLA’s Maria Polyakova won the event with her 396 mark.

“I couldn’t be happier with what she did in her performance,” Kansas diving coach Gabe Downey said, according to a Kansas Athletics press release. “She went after it, and that’s all you can ask from any athlete.”

Xu joined Kansas in January and in just half a season she has become one of the most successful divers in program history.

“What is remarkable to

me is how in such a short period of time someone can make such a huge and lasting impact,” Downey said, according to the release. “I am really optimistic and confident that her impact will continue for a long time to come.”

In her senior campaign, Xu defeated defending national champion Brooke Shultz in her third meet as a Jayhawk, set the Big 12 conference record in three-meter diving and became Kansas’ first Big 12 diving champion and a two-time All-American.

“I fit in perfectly with this team,” Xu said, according to the release. “Everyone is so supportive and gave me the strength and energy I needed to be what I am now. I appreciate all of my coaches and teammates.

We had a lot of fun, I love them.”

Xu’s performance at the NCAA championships marks an end to her stellar Jayhawk career and wraps up a record year for the Kansas swim and dive program.

Emma Pravecek/KANSAN Senior diver Vicky Xu flips during her dive routine on Feb. 8. Kansas defeated Iowa State 98-32 in the first day of its dual.

KU soccer opens spring action with draw

LOGAN FRICKS @LoganFricks

In its first game since its 4-1 loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Tournament, Kansas women’s soccer returned to action against Grand Valley State on March 23. The first game of spring play, however, did not go as planned as the Jayhawks finished with a 1-1 draw against the Lakers.

Grand Valley State, a Division II squad, finished its fall season with a 251-1 record with the lone

“Grand Valley is a very good team.

They lost in the national final last year in Division II. I was impressed.

I thought they were very good.”

Mark Francis Kansas soccer coach

loss coming from the National Championship game.

Though a division below the Jayhawks, the Lakers gave Kansas a run for its money and held strong for most of the

competition, scoring the first goal of the match.

Senior defender Eva Elíasdóttir was the lone Jayhawk to capitalize on a shot, scoring the equalizer in the 77th minute.

Rachel Griffard/KANSAN Senior defender Eva Elíasdóttir celebrates her goal with junior midfielder Ceri Holland. The Jayhawks tied with the Lakers 1-1 Saturday, March 23.

“Grand Valley is a very good team,” Kansas coach Mark Francis said in a Kansas Athletics press release. “They lost in the national final last year in Division II. I was impressed. I thought they were very good.”

The first half was rough for Kansas as the Lakers controlled the ball for much of the period.

Despite a strong showing in the fall, the Jayhawks were clearly missing pieces, such as graduates forward Grace Hagan and midfielder Kaycie Young.

Kansas struggled to move the ball around the field and consistently turned the ball over to the overwhelming Lakers.

However, much like last season, the defense put the pressure on and did not allow any easy looks all throughout the contest.

“The game was really in two halves for me,” Francis said. “I thought in the first half, we weren’t very composed on the ball, we weren’t stepping up early enough in certain spaces, especially out wide, and we were sitting too deep. I think we gave them a little bit too much time and space.”

The second half was another story in favor of the Jayhawks as the offense looked more complete. The ball was moving from side to side at a much higher rate, and the Jayhawks looked to put the pressure on the Grand Valley defense.

Despite a higher rate of passing, Kansas still managed only five shots in the second half, recording 10 total in the game.

“I thought the second half our pressure on the ball defensively was a lot better, and we didn’t really give them much time and space to play,” Francis said. “I thought when we had the ball we were a lot more patient,

Rachel Griffard/KANSAN Junior midfielder Ceri Holland fights for the ball against Grand Valley State. The Jayhawks tied with the Lakers 1-1 Saturday, March 23. we switched it well, we got into wide spaces and attacked them out wide pretty well, which I thought created quite a few chances.”

The Jayhawks continued to play very similar to the team that went to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in the fall by putting the most pressure in clutch time. In the closing minutes, Kansas stepped up but did not manage to score.

However, as the offense increased its pressure, the defense began to crumble. Grand Valley State got a couple

of decent looks at the goal, but much like the Jayhawks on offense, it could not capitalize.

After drawing 1-1 with the Lakers, Kansas will need to find offense in more areas and consistently put pressure on opposing offenses to have a successful season.

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Who’s the best Jayhawk NBA 2K player?

SHAUN GOODWIN @ShaunGoodwinUDK

With six freshmen currently listed on the Kansas men’s basketball roster — and four of those currently holding starting positions — coach Bill Self can’t promise he hasn’t bought hair dye at some point over the last couple of months.

But while Self was busy browsing online for the best Just For Men deals, his band of young Jayhawks were having a merry time during their first trip to the Big Dance.

“I’m loving it; it’s a pretty cool experience.

I’m thankful to be here and this opportunity, just taking advantage of every chance I get,” freshman guard Devon Dotson said on Friday. “It doesn’t come around too often, so I’m just staying in the moment.”

“Mitch [Lightfoot] is actually really bad at 2K.” Garrett Luinstra freshman guard

In between the busy press conferences and playing under the bright lights on the national stage, Dotson and the rest of his teammates spend their time like any other college student.

Aside from the daily briefing of Kansas’ then -upcoming opponent, Auburn, Dotson took in the simplicities of life: massages and chilling in his room watching the tour-

nament.

But it’s Dotson’s roommate, freshman guard Garrett Luinstra, who perhaps can connect most to the average student.

“We really just chill in the hotel and don’t do anything,” Luinstra said.

“We get some camaraderie in the hotel room playing Playstation and Xbox.”

“Black Ops, [NBA] 2K,” he continued.

“Mitch [Lightfoot] is actually really bad at 2K. You should ask him about that one.”

But it didn’t take long for Lightfoot, one of the older players on the team as a junior, to respond.

“I’m the worst player?

You’re sick,” Lightfoot shouted across the locker room toward a smirking Luinstra and fellow freshman guard Quentin Grimes.

“That’s funny,” Lightfoot said. “I wouldn’t say I’m the worst player. I’m definitely better than those two. That’s for sure.”

Lightfoot said he plays mostly with the Philadelphia 76ers, preferring to play with former Jayhawk Joel Embiid. Meanwhile, Luinstra claims to be more of a Boston Celtics guy while Grimes said he opts for the Oklahoma City Thunder. “[Grimes] is a Paul George kind of guy,” Luinstra said, while also claiming he and Grimes are the best two players on the team at NBA 2K. And while it can all be fun and games for a group of kids that many forget are still college students, Lightfoot still has words of wisdom for his younger peers. “[Mitch] has said there’s going to be some ups and

Chance Parker/KANSAN Freshman guard Garrett Luinstra answers questions during a media availabilty Friday, March 22. downs in the tournament, but you can’t get too hot, too low,” Dotson said.

“You’ve just got to play how you know how to play, and you should be fine — Listen to your coaches.”

“My message has been, ‘Enjoy it. You’re here, this is what you have worked for,’” Lightfoot echoed.

“They have done a great job of preparing themselves for it. It’s a big

moment. There’s a lot — there’s pressure. But this is what you train for. This is what you spend all those hours working on your game for. So, if we can listen to our scouting report

and listen to our coaches, I think they will be OK.” Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, their tournament run was cut short as they fell to Auburn 89-75 on Saturday night.

MEN’S BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 this season was,” Grimes said.

Grimes added that he was “sad, mad, but extremely proud” of his team.

Now with Auburn moving on the Sweet 16 in Kansas City next week and Kansas left to reflection and, for some, agony, there’s really just one question left.

What will this season be remembered for?

You could point to all of the negatives: the injuries, the sense of impending doom in the postseason, the way this team went out with a whimper in a demolition by Auburn that wasn’t as close as the final score indicates.

That’s the easy route.

“We don’t really like to use that as an excuse,” Agbaji said. “We had to still do what the program is asking for. We didn’t

athletes of the week

use that as a crutch.”

What may be harder to see is the bond that this team created throughout the season, and how this young core actually gained valuable experience for the future.

“We’re all brothers,” Dotson said. “This team has an unbelievable bond, you know, we’ll do anything for each other. At the end of the day, we just wanted to play for each other.”

So for Kansas fans looking for any sort of silver lining, there’s that.

Agbaji added that he’s gained a more team-oriented focus, while Grimes said he learned to “stay locked in at all times.”

While that can be one positive takeaway, it’s also fair to tell it like it is.

This team wasn’t ready for the big stage, which was always going to be challenging starting four freshmen.

This team could not

Chance Parker/KANSAN Freshman guard Devon Dotson checks in during the game against Auburn. The Jayhawks fell to the Tigers 89-75 Saturday, March 23. defend the perimeter, which was ultimately its undoing against Auburn, who hit 13 outside shots on Saturday night.

Kansas coach Bill Self should be commended

for the patchwork that he did with this plucky young team anchored

by Dedric Lawson in the middle.

So with all of the highs and lows, this team will be

Dedric Lawson Men’s Basketball

Having lead the Jayhawks for the 21st time this season, redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson contributed 25 points en route to the Jayhawks’ 89-75 second-round loss to Auburn to conclude the season. Additionally grabbing 10 rebounds, the Memphis, Tennessee, native picked up his 22nd double-double on the season, tying him for second in all of NCAA Division I. Lawson ends his redshirt junior campaign averaging 19.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game for Kansas.

remembered for exciting moments, but, ultimately, not having enough in the tank to finish the job.

Hey, there’s always next year.

“This season has been

up and down, all the adversity we’ve been through,” Dotson said.

“I feel like we did a great job withstanding it, but this just drives us to work harder.”

Sydnee Ramsey

Sof tball Spearheading the way to a 5-4 victory over Green Bay in the Jayhawks’ first series sweep of the season, redshirt freshman infielder Sydnee Ramsey knocked in a team-high seven RBI over the weekend, including a walk-off double in game three. Trailing by one run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Ramsey’s double to left center with the bases loaded brought in two runs to clinch the victory.