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Chance Parker/KANSAN A new study suggests there are substantial health risks involved with vaping.

Between smoking cigarettes and vaping, the latter may be considered the lesser of two evils, but a new study suggests there are substantial health risks for those who vape compared with those who do not smoke at all.

In his new study, Mohinder Vindhyal, an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, reported that compared with people who do not use e-cigarettes or traditional tobacco products, people who vape are: • 34% more likely to have a heart attack, • 25% more likely to have coronary artery disease,

• 55% more likely to experience anxiety and depression.

Vindhyal presented his findings at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th scientific session in New Orleans last month.

The study was conducted using health data obtained from subjects involved in the National Health Interview Survey in 2014, 2016 and 2017. Vindhyal and his team analyzed the occurrence of heart attacks, hypertension, diabetes, depression, anxiety, circulatory problems and stroke in 96,467 subjects.

The subjects were placed in four categories: e-cigarette users, non-users, smokers and non-smokers.

The same study revealed

that cigarette smokers have a 165% increased risk of heart attack and are 94% more likely to have coronary artery disease.

Vindhyal said nicotine alone in vaporizers can increase heart rate and is related to an increased risk in cardiovascular disease, but that is not his greatest concern.

“When heated, [solvents] can aerosolize, and these are harmful at certain levels,” Vindhyal said.

Vindhyal said the metal element that is heated to aerosolize, the e-liquid, contains harmful elements, such as chromium, lead and tin. He said the current studies indicate that the READ MORE ON PAGE 3

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positive. I’m confident that they’ll be implemented.”

The Kansan spoke with senior associate director of KU Parking and Transit Aaron Quisenberry and director of KU Parking & Transit Donna Hultine to determine if the coalition’s platforms are feasible and would make a difference for students.

Student Senate elections began on Wednesday and Crimson+Blue, the only coalition running in the election, has worked to gain support from students by introducing platforms it plans to work on once they are elected.

Many of their platforms involve issues of transit across campus and making parking and transportation for students easier.

“Something we did differently this year from past years is that we talked to all of the offices before we announced our platforms so we know that they’re actually do-able, and that everyone else is on board as well,” said Crimson+Blue presidential candidate Tiara Floyd. “The responses we’ve gotten from everyone we’ve talked to has been really

One of Crimson+Blue’s platforms, should Floyd and Wingerter win, is to support the University’s work to improve the overall campus infrastructure, like road quality and potholes.

The coalition is running on this platform as a way to make sure the University is maintaining quality campus infrastructure.

Campaign manager Zach Thomason said one exam-

ball will take a page out of Kansas men’s basketball’s playbook.

Much like the prominent Late Night in the Phog, the first ever Late Night Under

the Lights will showcase the football team at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday with events starting at 3 p.m.

JT Geren, associate ath-

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ple would involve following up with University facilities and development in order to ensure the filling of potholes.

“Senate can still be pushing us to fix our potholes, which will help us to work with facilities and figure out what really needs to get done to help students,” said Aaron Quisenberry, senior associate director of KU Parking and Transit.

The coalition said it felt it was important to hold the University accountable in keeping the campus infrastructure sound.

Ticketing in Capitol Federal Hall Lot Crimson+Blue is proposing making Lot 90 — the parking lot outside of Capitol Federal Hall — free to READ MORE ON PAGE 2

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Late Night Under the Lights starts new football era JAKOB KATZENBURG @KatzInHatz10 To get Kansas fans excited for the start of the Les Miles era, Kansas foot-

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letics director and head of marketing and video services, said the idea of creating this new format for Kansas football’s spring game is meant to be a new way to get fans excited for a new chapter in the program’s history.

“We wanted to take the atmosphere around Late Night [in the Phog] that already exists and create a special cultural moment for our football program,” Geren said. “Being coach Miles’ first year, it was a perfect intersection of an opportunity to have an exciting event and launch a new football staff.”

“Hopefully this event changes the perception of what the spring games has traditionally been,” Geren continued.

Associate Athletic Director for Public Affairs Jim Marchiony said Late Night Under the Lights is “one step in the process” of taking Kansas football to the next level.

“I think we all recognize we have a unique opportunity here to start off the Les Miles era showing that we are optimistic about the future of KU football and that we want the fans and students to be a part of it,” Marchiony said.

Geren said that while this is the first Late Night Under the Lights, the marketing department would like to make it a yearly event.

“But, we are focused right now on putting on a great event Saturday,” Geren said.

The event includes a bike and helmet fair, spring egg hunt, BMX bike performance, student flag football championships and K Club alumni flag football before the main event: Kansas’ spring football game at 6 p.m.

The guests for the K Club alumni flag football game will include former Jayhawk quarterback Todd Reesing among other nota-

ble Kansas football alumni.

Last Friday, Miles announced in a video posted from his Twitter account that rapper Rick Ross will also be performing during the event.

Miles said in a message sent to all University students that pit access would be granted to the first 500 students who signed up for the event.

Miles also said that additional pit passes will be granted to the first 500 students to attend the student appreciation open practice on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Miles gave details about Thursday’s open practice last Wednesday on Wescoe Beach during a pop-up appearance where Miles played yard games with students.

“It will be an opportunity to catch punts, do an obstacle course and you can bring your girlfriend because she can do these things as well,” Miles said.

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“If someone wants to study in CapFed or get lunch at the DeBruce [Center], whatever it may be, they have a place to park on campus for free,” Thomason said during a coalition meeting.

By making parking free for any student with or without a parking pass, it would be difficult to draw a line of when to stop making parking free for other organizations, Hultine said.

“It’s kind of a slippery slope,” said Donna Hultine, director of KU Parking & Transit. ”If we do it here, what’s the next thing that we might chip away at?”

Hultine said to implement this platform, the coalition would need to make a proposal to the parking commission.

Student Employee Permits Crimson+Blue proposed creating student employee parking permits, which would provide students who are employed by the University free parking while they are working.

Quisenberry said it would be difficult to tell when students were going to work versus when they were going to class, because they would still need to pay parking when not at work, and it may be difficult for parking and transit to create this program if all the burden was on them.

While making parking permits completely free for students may be difficult to implement, Quisenberry said they could work with different organizations across campus to pay for students’ parking while they are at work.

“If we make parking for student employees free, it opens the conversation to a lot of other groups on campus for free parking,” Hultine said. “Our only source of revenue is our own.”

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think it’s also going to be working with our provider to find a way to stage our cars differently and effectively,” Quisenberry said.

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Expanding SafeRide Currently, the SafeRide car system will pick students up from anywhere in Lawrence, but will only take them back to the 10 dorm buildings. Crimson+Blue is proposing to expand SafeRide’s services to take students to parking lots across campus for students who don’t want to walk back to their cars late at night.

Quisenberry and Hutline said this would be easy to implement, but they would need to work with their bus provider to ensure they have enough resources to provide rides to students who are both on and off campus simultaneously.

“Ultimately, this would go to the transit commission for approval, but I

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Crimson+Blue proposed providing specific transportation for students who are referred to Bert Nash Community Health Center

by Counseling and Psychological Services. As of right now, the only way students who don’t have cars are able to access Bert Nash is to take two different buses that stop directly at Bert Nash.

“Currently, there’s really no good way to get to Bert Nash if you don’t have a car, and that’s definitely a problem for someone who needs to get help from Bert Nash,” Thomason said.

Quisenberry said this is potentially feasible through SafeRide. However, Parking and Transit would need to find a way to keep SafeRide drivers on call at all times of the day instead of the regular 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.

Hutline said it would cost much more money to keep SafeRide running through these extra hours, and Crimson+Blue may work with CAPS to establish a new car service.

Quisenberry and Hutline said the coalition could also go about establishing this through required campus fees, and adding a transportation fee onto the CAPS fee to provide some sort of transportation for students.

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Parking in the parking garage next to KU Memorial Union costs $1.75 for the first hour, and goes up $1.50 for every additional hour spent parked in the lot. Crimson+Blue proposed to make parking free for student organizations who would meetings at the union.

“Again, the free parking thing is slippery,” Hultine said. “There are so many organizations that have asked for free parking.”

Hultine said the mechanism to make this happen already exists in their system. Parking and transit has a system for organizations where they can register an event online and obtain a link to register license plates so they do not get ticketed for not paying for parking during their event.

“Getting people to register their cars is hard,” Hultine said. “We’re trying to figure out with Senate how to get people to register their cars so that we don’t have to lose revenue from issuing those cars tickets then waiving them because they were with an organization.”

Hultine and Quisenberry also said KU Parking and Transit offers a $5 pass available that would allow students who have already purchased a parking pass on campus to park in the KU Memorial Union parking garage for free after 5 p.m.

Consumer Reports investigation. According to a Lawrence city ordinance, scooters aren’t allowed on streets. As such, people would only be able to ride the motorized scooters on sidewalks.

If the scooters were introduced to campus, there would likely need to be a geofence around Jayhawk Boulevard where the scooters would not be able to run in order to keep pedestrians safe, Hultine said.

“Again, the free parking thing is slippery.”

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VeoRide Scooters Crimson+Blue is looking to add to the University’s VeoRide bike program with VeoRide scooters for students to ride through campus and the city.

While there is a demand for scooters Hutline said, actually implementing the scooters would be difficult to do.

Because KU Parking and Transit has seen people disobeying the rules of the bikes — where people have placed them in the wrong spots when they are finished using them — it would be difficult to convince the University to implement scooters.

Hutline also said the scooters pose safety threats.

There have been 1500 e-scooter injuries nationwide, according to a

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Crimson+Blue’s hygiene product availability is an expansion to the Campus Cupboard, which provides free food to students. The coalition is looking to include hygiene products in the campus cupboard which could be difficult to obtain financially.

Managing Director of the Center for Community Outreach Andy Monroe did not respond to a request for comment by time of press.

Following the creation of transgender-inclusive services by the current Senate administration, Crimson+Blue is looking to expand on these resources to provide accessibility to all students on campus.

Communications director Liza Overton said in a previous coalition meeting Watkins Health Services needs more staff members for its services for transgender students.

Director of Counseling and Psychological Services Michael Maestas did not respond to a request for comment by time of press.

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Crimson+Blue proposed a platform to provide free transportation to students who have purchased tickets to away games for sporting events such as the basketball Final Four and football bowl games.

Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony did not respond to a request for comment by time of press.

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Students head to the polls NICOLE ASBURY SOPHIA BELSHE LUCY PETERSON @KansanNews Members of Crimson+Blue, the sole coalition to file in the 2019 Student Senate elections, started to churn out to different spots on campus on Wednesday to convince students to vote in the current Senate elections.

In their navy shirts with their coalition logo across the front, members of the coalition stopped students in front of Wescoe Hall, Capitol Federal Hall and various other points on campus. But for many University of Kansas students, they said they didn’t feel particularly like they knew enough to vote in this current election.

Jackie DiGirolamo, a sophomore from Atlanta, Georgia, studying illustration, said she wouldn’t be voting in the current election.

“I just don’t know enough about it, in my opinion,” DiGirolamo said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, no data was available regarding how many students have voted so far in the current election. The Elections Commission is expected to provide student voter turnout information after the polls close tomorrow.

Tiara Floyd, the presidential candidate for Crimson+Blue, said she was feeling positive about ongoing Student Senate elections as she helped table in front of Wescoe Hall today.

“We’re definitely going to try to have a high turnout and possibly break last year’s record,” Floyd said.

“But I do recognize that with it being unopposed, there’s not as much competition.”

In the 2018 Student Senate elections, three coalitions filed, and voter turnout ended up being 29.6% of the student body. The year before that, around 19.25% of students voted when four coalitions filed in the elections.

Floyd said she still encourages students to vote both today and up until the polls close at 4 p.m. on Thursday, and believes that if elected, Crimson+Blue’s candidates could promote change at the University.

“I’m a very strong activist, especially for marginalized identities,” Floyd said.

“I’m going to take this role

very seriously as the next president, and really turn it into making a real change for campus.”

Priya Hebbar, a senior from Tucson, Arizona, voted for Crimson+Blue after hearing about the coalition from Wingerter.

“I voted for Seth’s coalition,” Hebbar said. “To be honest, I only really know what Seth has told me about. But he has very strong leadership skills, so I know that — no matter what he does — he’ll be successful.”

Allie Sanford, an economics student from Ottawa, said she’d be voting in the upcoming election.

“Even though nothing seems to change after the coalition wins every year, I would hope that it could eventually,” Sanford said.

“Might as well vote and be hopeful.”

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heating of these elements leads to increased inflammation, which makes the body prone to systemic diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes.

Jenny McKee, the program manager of the Watkins Health Education and Resource Office, said she is skeptical about the use of vaping as a way to stop smoking or using nicotine.

“I think for folks with nicotine dependencies, they might feel at more peace of mind, but as far as health outcomes go, I don’t see the positives of that,” McKee said.

One of McKee’s roles as a health educator is to provide preventative health education to members of the University’s campus, including information on nicotine and tobacco. McKee said they never tell people what they can or cannot do but instead provide fact-based information, so people can hopefully make the best health-related decisions for themselves.

Freshman Seth Bursby said he has owned an e-cigarette since he came to the University in August. He said he is going to continue to vape despite the information presented in Vindhyal’s study.

“I bought a vape to help me relax in college, and it is serving its purpose well,” Bursby said.

Since the Lawrence and Edwards campuses implemented the tabacco-free policy in 2018, McKee said the policy, which includes e-cigarettes, has been ef-

fective against traditional cigarette smokers on campus, but she still sees people on campus vaping regularly.

In 2014, a CDC survey revealed that 36% of college-aged students have used e-cigarettes. However, the prevalence of vaping is rising in young teens as well. According to a 2018 CDC study, about 21% of high school students and 5% of middle school students have used a vaporizer that includes nicotine.

“One needs to realize that this is not cool because middle schoolers and high schoolers are thinking it is pretty cool to vape because they are being told or they have known from their friends that it is not equal to traditional tobacco smoking,” Vindhyal said.

He also said e-cigarette flavors are a problem, not only because of the appeal factor but also because there is no standard FDA regulation that states what can go inside e-liquids.

Last December, Altria, the owner of Marlboro, invested $12.8 billion into Juul, in efforts to accelerate Juul’s mission to switch adult smokers to e-cigarette products, according to an Altria press release.

Vindhyal said we must remember how tobacco companies used to advertise cigarettes to consumers in an emerging market, especially since tobacco companies have a share in e-cigarette companies now.

“It took 30 years down the lane to realize, ‘Oh my God, cigarettes cause can-

cer. They cause heart attacks. They cause strokes,’” Vindhyal said. “We just don’t want to go through the cycle and have the same things happen to us with this traditional e-cigarette smoking.”

McKee said as consumers of health care, we need to think about where we spend our money and what the company’s interests are.

“Big tobacco doesn’t care about us, and they really will try to maximize how much money they can make on those folks who are unfortunately addicted,” McKee said.

The makers of Juul said they recognize youth access as an issue and have made efforts for youth prevention. According to its website, Juul has pledged $30 million during the next three years to independent research in youth and parent education and community engagement.

In November 2018, the company submitted a comprehensive action plan to the FDA to combat youth use of Juul products.

This plan included halting the distribution of flavored Juul e-liquids, such as mango and cucumber, to traditional retail outlets and only allowing bulk orders of those flavors through its website.

“I think that you know, in 10 to 15 years, we are probably going to have a mass media realization that, “Oh, I guess this didn’t work out very well.’

Right now, we are just seeing the beginning of that research,” McKee said.

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Exhibit remembers ‘Lawrence’s Leading Lady’ RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester

A new exhibit at the Watkins Museum of History details the extensive literary and travel pursuits of Gertrude Bullene, the daughter and wife of two businessmen significant to Lawrence’s history.

Bullene was the daughter of Lathrop Bullene, who opened the store that eventually became Weaver’s, located today at 901 Mass Street. She married Arthur Denham Weaver, who purchased the store and later named it Weaver’s.

“We talk a lot about Weaver’s — we talk about the business, and we talk about the men involved in the business, but we don’t talk about women or women’s lives as much,” said Brittany Keegan, the curator and collections manager at the Watkins Museum of History.

Bullene graduated from the University in 1877 with only two other women in her class, one of whom was Carrie Watson — the namesake of Watson Library.

Bullene was known for traveling and reading extensively, Keegan said, which is much of what the exhibit focuses on.

She often traveled around Kansas doing readings and received praise for her performances. The exhibit displays her traveling trunk.

Bullene and her family didn’t just travel to one place repeatedly, as many people did at the time.

They instead traveled around to many places, such as Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hawaii — all places that had recently become U.S. territories or states at

the time of their trips.

“One of the things she did that was sort of revolutionary for the time was that she traveled extensively and by herself a lot of the times,” Keegan said.

On one of her travels, she went to Arch Rock, located on Mackinac Island in Michigan, and featured in the local newspaper during her visit. While on a tour, the guides told the group that few people had crossed the top of the treacherous rock — Bullene took the challenge and crossed the rock, becoming the first Kansas woman to do so. Keegan said she told this story to Bullene’s great grandson, who told her that’s something his daughter would do.

“It seems to be a family trait,” Keegan said.

The exhibit also features clips of the newspaper, the University Courier, that Bullene started at the University. The newspaper reported on student life, changes at the University and other news around campus.

Also included in the exhibit are a variety of things from Bullene’s life: books from her private literary collection that were donated by her great grandson, Bullene and her husband’s marriage certificate, and a handwritten letter she wrote when she was 6 years old to her 16-yearold brother. The note was written in 1863, right around the time of Quantrill’s Raid.

“You’re thinking about a 6-year-old processing an event like that,” Keegan said.

Watkins Museum of History recently hosted a panel discussion

Contributed photo The Watkins Museum’s current exhibition chronicles the life of Gertrude Bullene, a writer and traveler whose family owned Weaver’s. to promote the exhibit.

The panel consisted of six people from different backgrounds, including

women’s history.

“They had wonderful insights about the challenges that women from various

“We talk a lot about Weaver’s — we talk about the business, and we talk about the men involved in the business, but we don’t talk about women or women’s lives as much.”

Brittany Keegan Watkins Museum curator and collection manager

research scholars, professors, oral historians, artists and others who have researched topics related to

backgrounds have faced and continue to face,” said Will Hickox, the public engagement coordinator at

the Watkins Museum of History who coordinated the event.

The panel discussed current issues related to women’s history. Hickox said the panel made the point that history is still relevant today.

“The events of today are the history of tomorrow,” Hickox said.

Keegan said she hopes visitors can learn about the broad experiences Bullene had. Bullene was a daughter, wife and mother, but she was also a traveler, writer and performer. Kee-

gan also said the exhibit shows the restrictions on women at the time didn’t limit Bullene.

“The times didn’t limit her from living the life she wanted to live,” Keegan said.

“Lawrence’s Leading Lady: Gertrude Bullene” will be on display through mid-June. It is free and open to the public. Visitors can view the exhibit at Watkins Museum of History during its regular business hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

‘Pet Sematary’ falls below King’s horror standards WYATT HALL @thewyatthall15 Following the 2017 remake of Stephen King’s “It” becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, the author’s work has been making a comeback. With “Pet Sematary,” the remake of the 1989 film of the same name, directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer try to recreate the magic and push it even further. Despite its potential, the attempt to make another Stephen King blockbuster didn’t quite hit its mark.

The story follows a family of four moving to rural Maine from their busy life in Boston. After the parents Louis and Rachel (played by Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz, respectively) discover a spooky burial ground in the woods near their home. Tragedy strikes and Louis goes to his neighbor Jud (John Lithgow) for help. This sets off a chain of events with a mysterious evil threatening the safety of everyone involved.

The movie’s strengths are in its atmosphere and

Contributed photo “Pet Sematary” is the story of a family who moves to a forest-adjacent house in Maine. Their life becomes a nightmare after tragedy strikes. suspense. Throughout a good portion of the film, you can feel the woods’ dreadful aura.

When tragedy hits, the mix of sound and imagery makes you feel the family’s sadness, especially from Louis. When things go bad, you’re on the

edge of your seat waiting for what will happen next. It’s a slow burn at times, but it feels like it’s properly preparing you for something that will shock and horrify you when the inevitable evil comes to take the family.

However, those

strengths come back to bite it in the end. The biggest flaws were easily the pacing and the end of the film. The movie has plenty of build-up leading to the climax, but then the last 15 minutes are rushed before finishing without any real satisfac-

tion. There’s no payoff — it just suddenly ends and the credits roll.

The story and characters didn’t quite make the impact they were meant to, either. Certain plot points or characters could have made a difference, but it felt like

they weren’t built up enough to be significant, or they were just thrown in to push the plot forward. The main characters didn’t get the development they deserved.

There’s an entire subplot about a twisted event in Rachel’s childhood that shows the filmmakers tried, but it feels disconnected and meaningless.

The movie itself also just isn’t all that scary.

It’s suspenseful, but in the end I felt more tense and uncomfortable than terrified; and not the kind of tense or uncomfortable that comes from a good horror film — it has a good scare here and there, but overall it’s more gross than anything else.

“Pet Sematary” is another mediocre horror movie in a genre already bloated with mediocrity and subpar projects.

If you’re an avid fan of Stephen King or are just looking for a good spring spook, “Pet Sematary” is worth the watch. Otherwise, this re-envisioning of the story is unnecessary. Jud was right; sometimes dead is better.

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Luck rekindles senior’s love of artmaking

As a child, Connor Remboldt knew he had an eye for design, but it took enrolling in a class by chance for him to realize it was his passion RACHEL GAYLOR @raygae218 Connor Remboldt was led to jewelry making by chance. He enrolled in Introduction to Metalsmithing at the University of Kansas because the other introductory design courses were full. Now, after four years, the Perry, Kansas, native is thankful for the path he’s taken.

“I had always been into artmaking and creative work — especially a lot of fine detail work,” Remboldt said, a senior at the University. “[After taking the introduction class] I fell in love with it.”

Remboldt has focused on jewelry making while working with his aesthetic, which he said expands upon the ideas of minimalism. “[Minimalist] is a broad term to use. I’d say it’s architectural,” Remboldt said. “I take a lot of inspiration from engineering sketches and illustrative art breakdowns — a lot of line-based work.”

Remboldt uses different items as the focus of his art, whether it be stone, tree bark or even egg shells — as seen in a piece he titled “Breakfast Platter.”

“I essentially make my own instructions and create the work.

I think that’s probably the biggest thing I like about it.”

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Angela Li, a senior from Olathe, is one of Remboldt’s friends and classmates. Their friendship blossomed since they were in the same metalsmithing studio. Li said his eye for design helps when

creating unique pieces of jewelry.

“It’s tough to get perfect angles and nice clean lines, but he manages to pull it off well,” Li said.

Li said Remboldt’s personality has lent him to be successful as an artist and a friend, and his study abroad trip to Finland last year has allowed him to share a different perspective.

“He is very supportive.

He brings a lot of wisdom,” Li said. “He is very helpful. If something ever goes wrong, he’s always there to help out.”

Remboldt knew he wanted to be a designer from an early age. As a child, he would use Legos to help bring his designs to life. Rediscovering his vision as a designer is why he feels so drawn to jewelry making.

“I essentially make my own instructions and create the work,” Remboldt said. “I think that’s probably the biggest thing I like about it.”

Remboldt said his professors have pushed

Samantha Hsu/KANSAN Senior metalsmith Connor Remboldt works on his piece for his senior thesis. him to become more creative with his work —

making each piece and design more detailed.

Samantha Hsu/KANSAN Connor Remboldt uses a torch to solder parts of his piece together. He is working to develop a visual identity through his senior thesis.

Being absorbed into his work can be a detriment, however. Remboldt said he sometimes becomes so focused he misses the small details.

“When you work on a piece for a long time, you get really focused on it and can’t pick out the details as well as someone else could,” Remboldt said. “[It’s hard] overcoming those difficulties in trying to make things look exactly like you want.”

Li said Remboldt has been a great colleague — especially in a rigorous and demanding major such as this one.

“It’s always nice to have someone who understands,” Li said.

“It’s nice to just have a shoulder to lean on and someone else to talk to.”

With graduation in May, Remboldt is currently constructing his portfolio to send to potential art shows and employers.

“I’m trying to find a place where I can use my

skills and build them so I can boost my art in the future,” Remboldt said.

Looking toward future employment, Remboldt hopes opportunities will still come up for him to show his work.

“I want to continue going to shows and going to conferences and being active within the art community,” Remboldt said. “I haven’t really taken a step out into the community as much, and I really want to connect with people with participation in the arts community.”

Remboldt said he encourages any students who may have an inkling of interest in jewelry making, metalsmithing or any design class, to enroll and give it a try.

“The intro classes are open to everyone.

If you’re looking to find something out of your comfort zone, it’s definitely a good class,” Remboldt said. “Just be prepared to get out of your comfort zone.”

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‘The Twilight Zone’ stays true to original GUS HUNNINGHAKE @gushunninghake

“KILLING EVE” TRENDING UP

It was another rip-roaring week for new television series. As the weather outside continues to improve, so does TV. This week was all about fresh comedy, a continuation of a damn good mystery and a solid revamp of one of the most revered shows of all time.

“KEVIN HART: IRRESPONSIBLE” TRENDING UP Kevin Hart might be the busiest person in Hollywood. From his insane movie schedule to his standup tour, you’re hard-pressed to say anyone else puts in as much effort as he does when it comes to personifying his brand and impact on and off the stage. And his newest special gives longtime fans and newcomers just the right taste of how he’s changed since his last special “What Now?” in 2016.

Taking place in the O2 Arena in London, England, “Irresponsible” has Hart talking about everything from his kids growing up in a modern world to second marriages, divorce and more. He discusses multiple failures as a parent, comedian, husband and more. He’s no stranger to self-deprecation, as most of his jokes come from some

Contributed Photo Jodie Comer stars as Villanelle in season two of BBC America’s acclaimed thriller “Killing Eve.” sort of internal mistake he makes. He also throws in doses of introspection about what it means to be a man and a father.

The jokes come at a rapid pace, with punchlines injected into setups culminating in an overarching moral or idea that also delivers on the laughs. Hart’s stories are worth the listen. He never stoops to a level of comedy that strays from his personality. At exactly one hour long, this special boasts the best of Hart’s skills on stage.

The size of the setting

alone and overwhelming amount of laughter should provide plenty of spectacle to ensure viewers at home.

“Irresponsible” is streaming on Netflix.

“THE TWILIGHT ZONE” TRENDING UP It’s rare for remakes to capture the brilliance of what they’re aiming to recreate. Something usually gets lost in translation — or the writers behind the project just don’t have an interest-

ing enough story to tell.

The new iteration of “The Twilight Zone” is an exception to the rule.

Premiere episode “The Comedian” takes us to the part of the Twilight Zone where comedian Samir (Kumail Nanjiani) gets a superpower: he can make anyone disappear, so long as he somewhat knows them. The slowly increasing number of missing people is only known to him, however, and the culminating guilt he feels leads to sacrifices and losses he never sees coming.

Nanjiani’s performance stands out in a solid cast. The narrative benefits immensely from Jordan Peele’s influence through his narration and executive producer credit. The story itself benefits from timely ideas and a well-written teleplay.

Comedians, like all public people, face trouble when they don’t examine themselves. These problems sometimes can only come to light in the Twilight Zone (queue music).

“The Twilight Zone” is available on CBS All Access.

This Golden Globe-winning mystery series came off a fresh premiere season with a lot of buzz for the sophomore showing. With new head writers and directors to help showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Killing Eve” retains its off-the-wall humor and intense thrills and keeps Sandra Oh in obsession mode.

“Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body?” picks up right where the finale left off, with former MI5 officer Eve (Sandra Oh) searching for and eventually breaking down completely after assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) escapes Eve’s murder attempt. Villanelle spends a good deal of time in the hospital, bringing an injured boy back up to spirits — for a little while — and eventually escaping town in the van of an unassuming family.

The premiere episode does a decent job of resetting the board and putting Eve back on track to find Villanelle. There’s nothing lost in transition from the new showrunners, and everything is set up nicely to give fans and newcomers a solid sophomore season, free of slump.

“Killing Eve” is on AMC Sundays at 8 p.m. CST.

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FFA of the day: college is hard but have you ever tried picking an important instagram caption “I feel like, if I needed to, I could outrun a tornado” “Letting someone borrow your juul is the ultimate form of courtship” i love Lawrence on Sundays because just the entire town is hungover “I guess I can cancel my gym membership considering murphy hall is now a sauna” The sun is shining and the KU lizards are out “Now they’re not going to take me seriously.

Because I’m a Pisces.”

“Your rap name should just be ‘Woman Respecter.’” “he keeps replying to my insta stories” “are you two married yet?”

If you have nice cheese with your wine it’s not really drinking. it’s self care. about to stress-shop and buy highlighters and pens that cost too much Is there a word for the phenomenon in which temperatures and the weather always seem to decline during the weekend before picking back up the next week

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Even criminals deserve a humane death GANNON MILLER @gannon_miller13 Death is a touchy subject, even though it is inevitable. As a result, the death penalty is one of the most hotly-debated political topics, well after stonings and guillotining criminals went out of style. Twenty states, including the District of Columbia, have outlawed the death penalty, but Kansas and Missouri still have it intact.

Russell Bucklew, a Missouri resident, has been on death row since 1996 when he murdered Michael Sanders, who at the time lived with Bucklew’s former girlfriend. His time on death row has seen various methods execute other prisoners before him.

Just last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of executing Bucklew by way of lethal injection.

What makes the Bucklew v. Precythe case a “special” one, if you choose to call it that, is that he has a rare condition called cavernous hemangioma, a disease in which tumors filled with blood vessels grow in one’s head, neck and throat. He argued before the court that once the sedative pentobarbital is injected, he will “lose the ability to manage” the tumors in his airway, and will suffocate before eventually dying. He also cited a note from his anesthesiologist who raised the possibility that a tumor on his uvula would burst, causing his airway to fill with blood.

Bucklew pleaded he would prefer nitrogen asphyxiation, which would be less painful in reference to his disease, but the court rejected the order. That method would’ve caused unconsciousness

Associated Press Columnist Gannon Miller examines and disagrees with the United States Supreme Court ruling in the Missouri case, Bucklew v. Precythe, in which Russell Bucklew has been denied his request for a potentially more humane execution following his arrest for murder.

17 to 20 seconds after the gas was administered, leaving a small chance of his disease inflicting a painful death. The majority stated that the court believed there was not enough evidence that injection would cause prolonged, excruciating pain.

native to the gas death?

I do recommend that the states find a more humane way to execute people if the death penalty is kept in place. I believe every person has the right to a humane death, even people on death row convicted of violent crimes.

...When someone argues and attempts to defend their right to a humane death, one they are granted and guaranteed by law, then that person should be allowed to die in that way.

My question to the court is why did they not accept the proposed alter-

The eighth amendment was cited in this court case, stating that “excessive bail

shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” As with a few other amendments to the U.S. Constitution, there has been some debate over the clear meaning of that statement.

How far does cruel and unusual punishment extend? Why was Bucklew’s request denied under this guiding principle when he was not asking to be removed from death row, but instead to be penalized in the most humane way possible in adherence to his rare condition.

I am particularly frustrated with the Supreme Court in the case of Russell Bucklew. If the United

States is to keep the death penalty to further deter future hardened criminals from committing violent crimes, then so be it. However, when someone argues and attempts to defend their right to a humane death, one they are granted and guaranteed by law, then that person should be allowed to die in that way.

Bucklew’s condition causing blood and tumors to fill his airways when he is put to death by lethal injection will be a case the U.S. will look back at with regret for many years.

Gannon Miller is a junior from Columbus studying business and pre-law.

Chief Justice Nuss thanks the KU community

“Is this a tampon?

No it’s just a Hawk wristband.”

My 10 year old brother just told me he knows the Easter bunny isn’t real. I don’t know what to say “I went to therapy, now I have a finsta” Went to target intending just to return an item. 30 minutes later I walked out $50 poorer. Is this self care???

“Remember when KU won the NAACP in 2008” “Kansas is the appetizer sample tray of the United States” “You got a lil bit of a city and a lil bit of yeehaw” “once you graduate college you die” “Do you know who Pat Mahomes plays for?”

“The… Ramones?”

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LAWTON R. NUSS Kansas Chief Supreme Court Justice My colleagues on the Kansas Supreme Court and I wish to thank the students, faculty, and staff at the University of Kansas and KU School of Law for hosting us for our special session April 1. So many people went out of their way to make us feel welcome.

We were extremely pleased with turnout for our hearings. It is estimated that 800 people came to the Lied Center to watch the oral arguments in person, setting a new record for attendance at our evening sessions.

Perhaps the most gratifying part of our trip was meeting so many people from KU at the reception after the hearings concluded.

It was our pleasure to personally shake your hands, visit with you, and thank you for being there

Maggie Gould/KANSAN The Kansas Supreme Court visits Lawrence at the Lied Center for the first time ever. The court heard oral arguments on April 1, 2019 from two different cases in Kansas. to help us make history.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE

BRIANNA WESSLING @briwessling When browsing classes for next semester, many KU students may have run across a new class in the curriculum titled “Angry White Male Studies.” The existence of this class has garnered national attention and controversy, as fellow Kansan columnist Scott Johnston pointed out in his column on the class.

The course description provides little information about the class, other than its examination of white men in America and Britain from the 1950s to today and manifestations of male anger in society.

The title of the course is alarming, but it seems like many are jumping to conclusions about the content of the course before the professor has even stepped foot into the classroom.

There’s no indication in the course description, or the course title, that insinuates the class will be overgeneralizing white men, or making any assumptions that all white men are angry. It also makes no judgements about whether or not this anger is justified; it is solely stating it exists. The class is simply looking at a modern day phenomenon

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‘Angry White Male Studies’ deserves a chance to succeed with an academic lens, and asking what the causes and effects of this phenomenon are.

Why are white men reacting to things so differently than other groups?

What are we missing when trying to put this picture together?

The phenomenon described in the class, that of angry white males, is certainly one present in society today. Most mass shootings in the United States are committed by white men, and in the UK, the number of white men jailed for domestic terrorist attacks has spiked in recent years. Across the U.S. and UK, white nationalism is on the rise.

It’s not surprising someone might wonder why all of these men are so angry.

It’s easy to see a class

such as this as purely divisive, meant to further divide students among lines of race and gender.

However, this class seems like more of an opportunity to open up a conversation about why we’re divided to begin with. Why are white men reacting to things so differently than other groups? What are we missing when trying to put this picture together?

These are the types of questions that this class could be addressing, and the types of questions that could bring about a new understanding between students.

While no one is sure of exactly what this class is going to entail come fall, it seems unfair to write it off now. As students, we should be eager for an opportunity to critically look at a world through a different perspective, and gain a better understanding of those within that perspective.

Brianna Wessling is a sophomore studying English and journalism.

SCOTT JOHNSTON @Scottawatamie Now that students are beginning to enroll in courses for next fall, a controversial class in the humanities department has made headlines and become quite the trending topic over the last week.

“Angry White Male Studies” will be taught here at the University next fall and will detail the so-called “rise of the angry white male” since the 1950s. While many people on Twitter are questioning whether or not this class should even exist, that isn’t the problem with this course.

Rather, the presence of this class in the course catalog, and the subsequent debate around it online, is evidence of the growing prevalence of identity politics on campus and across the nation. Basing your assumptions about a person on characteristics such as race or gender is dangerous, and we must instead move toward viewing people as individuals.

This course seems to take the position of studying white males because of their impact on society, but it does so in an innately negative manner. Studying groups of people such as this and the behaviors they express is fine and can have

Savanna Smith/KANSAN With nearly 70 percent of University students being white, columnist Scott Johnson argues that fair representation doesn’t necessarily mean diverse identities need to be represented.

Fair representation doesn’t necessarily indicate diversity value if done correctly, but if it is done incorrectly, it has the ability to divide us further as a society.

We begin to have problems when we take these observations and apply them to the way we think about individual people, or when we try to box people into thinking in a way society believes a person of their identity should think.

This problem has been well-illustrated on our campus over the past few years.

The rise of the Multicultural Student Government was founded on the flawed premise that only people of your identity can properly represent you. The founders of the group thought that because the Student Senate was too white and too centered on Greek life, it would be better to create an entirely separate segregated system, rather than gain enough support among the general student population to vote themselves in.

It is true that the majority of Student Senate is white, but there are two reasons that is OK. First of all, nearly 70 percent of the student body is white. It makes sense that more of the Senate shares the same characteristic even if purely coincidentally. Secondly, and more importantly, why is it automatically assumed a white student senator cannot properly represent people of a different race than them? There is no rule that you need to hold certain opinions because of your race. Any person can adequately represent anyone else, so long as their core values and policies match up. If they don’t, it isn’t a matter of finding someone of a different race to replace them; it’s a matter of ideas.

Another example of how identity politics is present on campus occurred last week. There was a group on Wescoe Beach trying to foster open dialogue about the abortion debate through the use of a free speech

board and petition. One of the biggest comments, and a common argument in the abortion debate, was people without a uterus shouldn’t be allowed to have an opinion on abortion. This again falls into the same flawed logic that if you are of a certain demographic, in this case male, you aren’t allowed to have an opinion on the topic, or if you do, it must fall in line with what is “acceptable” for your identity.

It doesn’t matter who you are; you are allowed to form your own opinions and express them to others. If this same argument of no uterus, no opinion, was held as the standard on other topics, then we would have a very unfair system.

Women wouldn’t be able to make decisions about war because they couldn’t be drafted, and non-gun owners wouldn’t be able to regulate guns. You would need to be directly affected by any policy in order to have a say in it.

You are an individual, formed from the collection of lived experiences that make up your life. The boxes society puts us in are often targeted in an attempt to control our ways of thinking. Of course, these identities we hold are a part of us and can potentially sway how we think about the world, but we can’t let them prevent us from being an individual and thinking independently about the issues that affect us.

Additionally, we can’t allow them to convince us that others must think a certain way because of an identity they hold either. As we move towards the 2020 election, as well as Student Senate elections, vote for the people who share your ideals. Only then can we achieve a truly representative government.

Scott Johnston is a senior from Berryton studying microbiology.

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Strong offense fuels KU baseball victory DARBY HAYS @derbhays11

Coming off a strong offensive performance in its Sunday victory against Texas Tech, Kansas baseball stayed hot as it battled to a 11-6 win Tuesday night over Missouri State, giving the Jayhawks a season sweep of two games to none against the Bears this season.

Following the win, Kansas improved its record to 17-15 for the 2019 season.

The offense rolled the entire night, scoring in five of Kansas’ eight offensive innings. It started early with a two-run first inning with RBIs coming from junior catcher Jaxx Groshans and sophomore designated hitter Tom Lichty. This increased Groshans’ team-leading total to 34 RBIs on the season.

Lefty pitcher sophomore Steve Washilewski, was on the mound for Kansas, who, aside from struggling with command

Natalie Hammer/KANSAN Redshirt freshman Dylan Ditzenberger swings against Missouri State. Kansas beat Missouri State 11-6 on Tuesday, April 9. during the first inning, settled in and threw four innings while only allowing two runs on three hits

and three walks.

With numerous Jayhawks getting their share of hits, sophomore third

baseman Skyler Messinger had a night to remember, tallying three RBIs on a 2-for-5 night at the plate.

“I’ve been really pleased with [Messinger’s] progress lately.”

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Emma Pravacek/KANSAN Junior shortstop Benjamin Sems avoids a tag after sliding into third base against Missouri State. Kansas beat Missouri State 11-6 on Tuesday, April 9.

“I’ve been really pleased with his progress lately,” coach Ritch Price said. “He’s been leading our team hitting the last three weeks since we got into conference play…

It’s good to see him producing RBIs because he wasn’t doing that the first twenty-some games of the year.”

The guy to his left at shortstop, junior Benjamin Sems, also had a strong night at the plate going 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.

“I think he’s doing a better job of laying off the off speed pitch out of the zone, which was getting him out here a couple of weeks ago,” Price said. “Doing a really good job of being on time with the fastball and staying in the middle of the diamond.”

Altogether, nine different Jayhawks accounted for RBIs in the win.

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CARLOS PETERSON @CarlosWritesKU Kansas soccer kicked off its spring season in late March, and with two wins out of two for the Jayhawks so far, the team’s new leaders are starting to emerge as the team begins its first games without its current senior class.

Sophomore midfielder Ceri Holland and junior forward Katie McClure have both made big strides in showing their potential leadership for the 2019 season, stepping up into the void left by their soon-to-be-graduated team members.

However, in order for the spring season to be considered a true success, there needs to be visible growth from the players who are earning expanded roles on the team. Kansas is losing vital players such as midfielder Kaycie Young and forward Grace Hagan to graduation, meaning younger players are going to have to step up into their roles.

The Jayhawks’ recent game against Missouri State showed that players outside of the usual scorers can find the back of the net. Junior defender Eva Elíasdóttir has been the name that sticks out

the most this spring season, scoring three goals in the past two game. Elíasdóttir has already topped her production from the past two seasons.

Now upperclassmen, both Holland and junior defender Addisyn Merrick have shown growth in the spring, making more passes into the attacking third. With her ability to make runs down the wing and send dangerous passes into the central areas of the pitch, Merrick can become a vital piece in an attack that struggled to capitalize on opportunities in Big 12 play last season.

Although perhaps the biggest thing that Kansas will want to improve on this season is taking full opportunity of its chances on goal. The Jayhawks often beat out their opponents on the stat sheet when it comes to shots on goal, but their inability to finish often means they come out on the wrong side of the scoreline.

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Natalie Hammer/KANSAN Junior Addisyn Merrick passes the ball against Grand Valley State. The Jayhawks tied with the Lakers 1-1 on Saturday, Mar. 23.

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KU football coaches come with a price JAKOB KATZENBERG @KatzInHatz10 At the end of the 2018 football season, Kansas fired coach David Beaty and hired former Louisiana State University coach Les Miles. But, that coaching change came at a high price.

Kansas Associate Athletic Director Jim Marchiony told the Kansan the base salaries for all coaches of Miles’ staff this year and Beaty’s from a year ago.

The overall payroll by base salary for Kansas’ coaching staff under Miles this year is significantly higher than Beaty’s just last season.

This is in large part because of the disparity in the two head coaches’ salaries.

This year, Miles will earn a base salary of $2.775 million. That is over $1 million more than Beaty’s salary a year ago.

Not including the head coach, the top 10 salaries added together from Beaty’s staff totaled about $3 million.

Illustration by Philip Mueller/KANSAN Head coach Les Miles makes $1.1 million more than former head coach David Beaty.

Miles’ staff’s top 10 salaries together is about $500,000 more, totaling

about $3.5 million.

Miles coaching staff includes offensive

coordinator and quarterback coach Les Koenning, defensive

Jayhawks also have young talented players that can step up in highpressure situations when needed.

Players like freshmen Sonia Smagina, Malkia Ngounoue and sophomore Plobrung Plipuech, have shown continuous growth

conference play, the Jayhawks have the potential to acquire a great deal of postseason success.

Boasting a 15-4 team record and 10-0 record at home, the Jayhawks have an advantage in the Big 12 championship as the

played against those two teams were all played at away sites, none of them at home where the team showed sustained dominance all season.

When competing for the Big 12 title, matches will be much slower and closer than regular season matches. The Jayhawks have shown time and time again that they have the ability to close out tough, tight matches. When led by Rychagova in singles, with her four years of experience, it will be easy for the younger players to follow her example and learn from her to get the experience needed to win the Big 12 title.

With all of the success the team has had, the Jayhawks have the perfect formula to become a contender for the Big 12 title for this year and many years to come.

This team has the perfect balance of experienced and skilled veterans, along with talented young players willing to learn from each other to get better. With the foundation in place, Kansas tennis could very well win a Big 12 title this season, and may be able to contend for the NCAA championship as well.

coordinator and outside linebacker coach D.J. Elliot, special teams

coordinator and inside linebacker coach Mike Ekeler, offensive line coach Luke Meadows, defensive line coach Kwahn Drake, wide receiver coach Emmett Jones, defensive back coach Chevis Jackson and tight end coach Jeff Hecklinski.

The only returning coaches from the Beaty staff are running back coach Tony Hull and now-safety coach Clint Bowen. Both are returning to the team under the contract they signed with Beaty, with a base salary of $500,000 annually for Bowen and $400,000 for Hull. However, each of them will be taking on slightly different roles.

Hull will no longer be operating under the title of associate head coach, but will instead be the team’s running backs coach.

Bowen, who has been on Kansas’ staff since 2012, will switch from defensive coordinator and cornerback coach back to the team’s safety coach.

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After a successful season in which Kansas tennis boasted the No. 1-ranked doubles team and earned a top-3 finish in the Big 12, this team has the potential to do great things in the Big 12 tournament and the NCAA championship.

With seniors Nina Khmelnitckaia and Janet Koch leading the way in doubles play with a 21-5 record on the season, and senior Anastasia Rychagova, who compiled a 17-3 record, the Jayhawks have strong veteran leadership that is necessary in order to contend for both the Big 12 tournament title and the NCAA championship.

Along with the strong veteran leadership, the

The Jayhawks have shown time and time again that they have the ability to close out tough, tight matches.

throughout the season, overcoming injury to move up as high as court three in singles.

Based on how successful they were in regular season competition and

tournament is being held in Lawrence.

Despite not recording a win against the two teams ahead of them in the Big 12 standings, Oklahoma State and the Texas, the three games

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Chance Parker/KANSAN Freshman Sonia Smagina celebrates against Iowa State. The Jayhawks won 7-0 on Friday, April 5.

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Kansan file photo Then-sophomore running back Khalil Herbert continues to push forward with a Red Raider on his back on Oct. 7. Kansas fell 65-19 to Texas Tech.

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A preseason All-Big 12 third team selection entering his junior season, Herbert averaged 41.6 yards per game on the ground for the Jayhawks, rushing for a total of five touchdowns on the year. With sophomore running back Pooka Williams suspended from team activity for an undetermined length of time, Herbert and sophomore Dom Williams will split time as the primary ball carriers for Kansas.

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junior safety

MacVittie joins the Kansas roster after spending his sophomore season at Mesa Community College located in Mesa, Arizona. Having seen action in six games, MacVittie tossed for 1,064 yards and 16 touchdowns, establishing himself as the No. 2-ranked pro-style quarterback according to JCGridiron.com. In his debut season with the Jayhawks, MacVittie will compete with senior Carter Stanley for the the starting job.

Starting alongside Torneden is the hard-hitting “Louisianimal” Mike Lee. Standing at 5-foot-11 and weighing in at 181 pounds, Lee’s strengths center around bone-crushing tackles and an aggressive style of play. Over the course of his first three years, Lee has notched 215 tackles, four interceptions, one fumble recovery and eight pass deflections at the safety position.

Daylon Charlot

Corione Harris

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freshman cornerback

junior wide receiver

Kansas' lone senior in the wide receiver unit, Charlot will have big shoes to fill following the graduation of Steven Sims Jr. The Patterson, Louisiana, native corralled 12 receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Before his transfer to Kansas, Charlot spent his freshman season at Alabama, where he played in five games and caught two passes for nine yards.

quick hits

Spoken highly of by coach Les Miles, the Lawrence native enters his final season with the Jayhawks as a starter in a position loaded with experience. Although not known for his ball-hawking abilities, he tallied his first career interception last season and returned in for a touchdown against Rutgers. Torneden recorded 91 tackles and two sacks during his 12 starts in 2018.

A four-star recruit out of New Orleans, Louisiana, Harris was given no shortage of playing time in his first year at Kansas. Appearing in all 12 games, the 6-foot-1 cornerback racked up 43 solo tackles and snagged his first career interception against Rutgers. Now seen as a veteran among the secondary unit, a more experienced Harris will play a key role for a group that mimicked a revolving door.

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Alumna Sharon Lokedi's finish in her first professional event, the Carlsbad 5000 road race

Hits by sophomore designated hitter Tom Lichty in as many games

Consecutive weeks that Kansas has ranked in the top 20 of the ITA poll

Difference in coach Les Miles and former coach David Beaty's salaries

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