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Mongolian rock band The Hu played at The Granada Tuesday, Oct. 29. The Hu’s sound is characterized by a blend of traditional techniques and modern styles.
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The University of Kansas recently implemented Duo, a multi-factor authentication system for online servers. Some GTAs are pushing back against the new system.
As reports of dating violence increase at the University of Kansas, offices encourage bystander awareness through conversations with friends about what a healthy relationship looks like. Dating violence can be experienced in more ways than physical or sexual violence, said Merrill Evans, the campus assistance resource and education coordinator. Dating violence can also encompass emotional or psychological abuse, manipulation, stalking and more. Nearly one in four women and one in 10 men “have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported some form” of intimate partner violence-related impact, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey by the Center for Disease Control. More than 43 million women and 38 million men experienced psychological aggression from an intimate partner. In the University’s 2018 Annual Security Report, reports of dating violence on campus rose from three in 2017 to 11 in 2018. “I see a lot of things like that.
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That oftentimes can be misconstrued as passion,” Evans said. Common red flags in a relationship include isolation or manipulation, said Sony Heath, prevention coordinator at the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center. This can include using phrases such as “I don’t know what I would do without you,” threatening harm to one’s self if a partner were to leave them or using love and passion as a way of keeping a person from spending time away
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Blade & Timber and Zen Zero on Massachusetts Street will be closed until further notice after a fire at the axe-throwing business Monday morning. Zen Zero posted a sign on its window Tuesday announcing the closure. Blade & Timber’s doors are boarded shut. Its website says its Lawrence location at 809 Massachusetts St. is currently closed. As of Monday afternoon, the Lawrence Fire Department did not know the cause of the fire. Lyle Schwartz, a division chief with the fire department said the investigation was ongoing. Blade & Timber property owner Dalton Paley said while the cause of the fire is still unknown, there is severe structural damage to the building. However, the neighboring businesses were not significantly affected. “The fire department has been super responsive and basically saved all the buildings next to us,” Paley said. Paley said no one was in the building at the time of the fire.
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from a partner, Heath said. “When I talk to students I find that for the most part, students understand that if your partner punches you in the face, that’s not healthy. A lot of students coming in know that. They know that and the foundation, but it’s other things like manipulation in a relationship or emotional abuse,” Heath said. “It’s those types of things that I think students are trying to wrap their brains around.” That’s where bystander inter-
vention makes a difference, Heath said. Though someone may not initially see those red flags in their own relationship, friends asking questions or addressing a concern can open a door to future conversations. Students who are seeing red flags in their friends’ relationships should ask questions, Heath said, even if they feel like it’s “not my business.” “We want students to understand that it should be your business in some ways. We’d rather Continue on page 2
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Gun control activist David Hogg canceled his Lied Center event.
David Hogg, a gun-reform activist and survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Florida high school shooting, has canceled his lecture at the Lied Center, citing personal care reasons. According to the Lied Center website, the event was canceled by Hogg himself. The event was previously moved from Friday, Nov. 8 to Friday, Nov. 15. ABC 23 News Bakersfield reported that Hogg canceled his lecture at California State University, Bakersfield in April 2020. A statement released by CSUB said Hogg
canceled all remaining 2019-2020 events. “CSUB officials said a representative for Hogg told CSUB the Harvard freshman’s academic schedule conflicted with his speaking engagements, forcing the cancellations,” according to the article. Hogg is a founding member of the March For Our Lives movement and author of the book “#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line.” The lecture was sponsored by the University of Kansas Political Science Department and the Clifford P. Ketzel Series.
NCAA to allow athletes to profit from image, likeness Sydney Hoover
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The NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to begin moving toward allowing student athletes to use their name, image and likeness for monetary gain, according to an NCAA press release. Kansas coach Bill Self said the issue of student-athlete compensation is an issue that needs to be addressed. He said he sees the decision as a good “first step” in an interview on Hawk Talk Tuesday. “I’ve always felt that if any student on campus can profit off
their name, image and likeness, then why couldn’t an athlete do the same thing – at least have the similar opportunities that the other students have,” Self said. A task force is expected to provide further updates into the feasibility of allowing athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness while maintaining amateurism. “This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships,” said Michael V. Drake, chair of the board and
president of The Ohio State University, in the release. In the past, the NCAA has barred athletes from hiring agents and has ruled against universities compensating players outside of scholarships. The board said this modernization should happen within current NCAA principles, including maintaining that student athletes are students, not employees of the University; acknowledging that compensation for athletic performance is “impermissible”; and making clear the difference between collegiate and professional “opportunities,” among other principles. Continue on page 10
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One of the first finalists for provost gave her proposed initiatives to mend ongoing issues at the University of Kansas in a presentation to students, staff and faculty on Tuesday evening. Margaret Raymond, a dean and professor of law at the University of Wisconsin, told audience members in the Burge Union she saw three challenges at the University: • The University needs more diversity and inclusion efforts. • Access to resources for pell grant students needs to improve, given the rising costs of higher education. • The University is in need of more financial resources, especially as state appropriations decrease for public higher education. “I’ve worked on these challenges as a dean,” Raymond said. “And I welcome to do it as a provost.” Raymond’s past track record includes raising over $35 million for the law school at the University of Wisconsin and improving employment opportunities for graduate students at the law school, said Steven Soper, one of the co-chairs of the provost search committee, ahead of Raymond’s presentation. Raymond said campus entities can work together creatively to figure out how to resolve these issues. After meeting University members throughout the day, she said she felt optimistic that many of these challenges could be tackled. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, an aerospace engineering professor, asked Raymond more about whether she would increase raises for faculty members. Barrett-Gonzalez sat on the committee at the University that dissected its budget.
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Margaret Raymond, the first candidate announced for the provost search, presents to faculty and students Tuesday.
“We are dead last in faculty compensation in the [Association of American Universities],” Barrett-Gonzalez said. “We haven’t seen as faculty and staff an increasable raise in a decade — we barely got above inflation this year.” Raymond said the new budget model was exciting because it would increase a raise pool. Good employees need to get rewarded often, she said, especially because faculty can leave to go to other universities. “No matter how much people love this place, if they are under-marketed and they are feeling overworked and under-compensated, they’re going to go somewhere else,” Raymond said. “If you want to keep those folks, you have to be proactive.” The University also has a shared governance system, which means each entity on campus — like students, staff and faculty — has a senate body to represent them. One of the audience members asked Raymond how she would be supportive of the shared governance system at the University. Raymond pointed to her previous experience as a faculty senate president. She said she was sup-
portive of shared governance, and she would always appreciate the reminder to include governance in conversations about decisions being made within administration. Another audience member asked Raymond how she would rally members of the University together, considering many have felt unmotivated following the budget cut. Raymond’s answer said part of it involved being able to “recapture joy.” “I think we got to get lit up by what’s happening here, and we have to tell that to people,” Raymond said. “There’s a lot of tremendous things happening here. And we need to recapture the notion there is something unique and special and magnificent about those things.” Raymond is the first of four finalists to present. Interim Provost Carl Lejuez is another finalist for the provost position. The other two finalists’ names have not been announced as of Wednesday. Lejuez’s presentation will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas Union’s Big 12 Room.
The University of Kansas announced Carl Lejuez, the current interim provost for the University of Kansas, is a finalist for the provost position Tuesday morning in an email to students, staff and faculty from the Office of the Chancellor. Lejeuz is one of four finalists. Finalists are being announced approximately two days in advance of their official visits to the University. The University announced Margaret Raymond, dean and professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, as a finalist on Oct. 25. Two candidates have yet to be announced. Lejuez took over as interim provost in April 2018, after then-Provost Neeli Bendapudi became the president of the University of Louisville. Before that, Lejuez was the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. During his time in the interim position, Lejuez has been at the helm of developing a new budget model for the University, and helping roll out a $20 million budget cut. Lejuez will be giving a presentation Thursday in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. A reception will follow in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The presentations will be livestreamed. An archived video link will be available at provostsearch. ku.edu.
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that than not doing anything at all,” Heath said. Evans said for students who are or know someone experiencing dating violence, there are 12 different resources at the University and in Lawrence she recommends accessing. These include medical, public safety, counseling and education and prevention resources. Evans said as the CARE coordinator, she is not a mandatory reporter, and can help students
access any of these resources. Students can find help at different organizations in Lawrence, such as the Willow Domestic Violence Center and the Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center. “If you look at interpersonal violence, somebody’s taken away that person’s ability to make choices and so it’s really imperative that they have that agency and that autonomy moving forward,” Evans said. Most importantly, Evans said, students should remove themselves and their own personal views on a situation to help a friend in taking the next steps toward getting out of an unhealthy
relationship. She described this as the “Platinum Standard,” a term recently used by SAPEC. The Platinum Standard is to “treat others how they want to be treated.” “I think people in really difficult conversations have a really hard time just asking the other person how can I help you or what do you need,” Evans said. “So sort of gently removing your thoughts and opinions about the situation.” October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Resources can be found across campus and Lawrence. A list of resources can be found at kansan.com.
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An individual was domestically battered and restrained by a person they had a relationship with on Oct. 27, according to a report filed by campus police Monday morning. The suspect would not let the individual leave a vehicle during an argument, said KU Public Safety Deputy Chief James Anguiano in an email to the Kansan. Both individuals involved are students, he said. The incident occurred at the 1600 block of 15th Street between 9 and 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 27, according to the report. The case is considered criminal restraint, and an investigation is ongoing, Anguiano said.
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CAPS reports shorter wait times Nicole-Marie Konopelko @NicoleKonopelko
The number of first appointments to Counseling and Psychological Services throughout the month of September 2019 increased 64% from September 2018, said CAPS director Michael Maestas in an email to the Kansan. The increase comes eight months after CAPS first implemented a walk-in model for initial appointments to combat wait times. With the new model, students who walk in to the CAPS office any time from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the school week are seen in the first available appointment slot. In the past, some students had to wait three to four weeks, Maestas said. “We are seeing many more students, and the vast majority of students are pleased with this change,” Maestas said. Sometimes, all available first appointment slots are taken for the day. In that case, Maestas said CAPS requests that students return another day. Naomi Mendoza, a peer health educator and junior psychology major, has seen the effects of the new model. Mendoza said she walked in to CAPS during a morning time and secured an appointment within 30 minutes. “For me, it was definitely more convenient,” Mendoza said. “I
know not everyone has that experience, and it kind of depends. It was really nice to literally go in and get out with what I needed that same day.” Mendoza added that she appreciates CAPS’ new appointment system, despite fluctuating wait times depending on how many students walk in for appointments on a given day. “Our original problem was that the wait time was too long, and they made this change in an attempt to solve that problem and give students what they wanted, so I think it was a really good effort,” Mendoza said. “I think they did it with good intentions, and I think it does work to an extent.” Junior psychology major Natalie Martens said she has never used the walk-in model but scheduled appointments before it was implemented. The first time she scheduled an appointment, she had to wait a month to see a therapist, and the second time, she had to wait several weeks, she said. “Initially, it was stressful because I hadn’t done it yet, and then the second time I was like, ‘It’s fine. It’s not a problem. I can wait. It’s like a couple weeks. It’ll be here before I know it,’” Martens said. “I know the second time I did it there were things I wanted to talk about, and the first time it was a whole new experience — going there, going in and then
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getting involved with CAPS at all was new.” Martens said based on her experience with the former CAPS model, she can see the benefits of scheduling first-time patients through walk-ins. “I think you’ll get more people in, or it’ll be easier to get people in instead of ending up playing phone tag and waiting months until you can see someone,” Martens said. Tori Williams, a first-year graduate student in higher education, said she does not have personal
experiences with the new walk-in model but has friends who have had fast experiences with the new changes. However, Williams said for her brother, who goes to The Ohio State University, receiving the same mental health services was not as quick. He told her he had to wait months to get an appointment through a walk-in system at Ohio State. She also said the process here at the University appears to move more quickly than similar programs at other schools. “I know at other schools, it’s
often really hard to get the first appointment, especially if you’re just doing a walk-in,” Williams said. “It seems like it’s moving a little bit faster here, though I’m sure they could probably use a little bit of extra support and staff person or two.” Despite its progress, Maestas said CAPS will continue evaluating the new model to understand daily use of the walk-in programs, get student feedback and more to make further adjustments.
Harvard pollster promotes civil political discussion Connor Heaton @ConHeaton1111
Harvard Institute of Politics Polling Director John Volpe brought the University of Kansas together for a special student-centric discussion on current events in the United States. Volpe held a presentation to a group of 35 students on Oct. 29 at the Dole Institute of Politics as part of the 2019 KU Civic Engagement and Leadership events. The event served as a conversation among students of various backgrounds and political beliefs, held in a safe environment where they could share their opinions and hear others’ thoughts as well. The information gathered from the session will be used in the Harvard Institute of Politics nationally renowned youth polling project, according to the event
description. “A critically important part of my job, as a pollster focusing on youth opinions, is to make sure that as many young people have a voice as possible in politics but also in inspiring our students and writing better poll questions,” Volpe said. Volpe opened the evening’s discussion by asking the group what makes them feel optimistic about the United States. Audience members said they felt encouraged that young people are coming out to get involved. “I feel a little more hopeful seeing people that care,” said Samuel Clark, a sophomore from Manhattan studying psychology. The conversation continued with discussions on the students’ first political memories, and audience members participated in word association tasks, where
they named the first animal that came to their heads when told a presidential candidate’s name. For example, one member described Bernie Sanders as a sloth, while others described him as a workhorse. Audience members then discussed what they thought was going right and wrong in their lives. They listed job stress, cost of inflation and starting a new life after college as subjects that worried them. Halfway through, Volpe indicated that he would be pushing back more on responses, putting some students who were staying quiet on the spot. “I felt good that we were able to provide everyone with a place where they could be recognized as individuals who have valid points of view, and they just may be different than mine or yours,”
Volpe said. Logan Green, a freshman from Gardner studying engineering, was one of the students singled out early in the conversation. “It’s honestly pretty tough because I’ve never had to do that before,” he said. “I wanted to make sure that I represented my beliefs and my party in a way that maybe most people don’t know about.” Students from all walks of life and regions of the country shared differing viewpoints in the discussion, from gun control to the election. Barbara Ballard, senior associate director of the Dole Institute, said the civility conversation was important for change. “As you notice, there were some from rural areas, urban areas, small schools, big schools, conservative ideas,” Ballard said. “You got to listen to what other people had to say. It’s an opportunity to
express yourself, and the only way you learn how to change an attitude is to listen.” Volpe said he came to Lawrence five years ago. He said he felt optimistic that college students are willing to have complex discussions. “I think that openness to conversation and dialogue and being a good citizen is just missing in America today,” he said.
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Harvard Institute of Politics Polling Director John Volpe answers questions at an event at the Dole Institute of Politics on Oct. 29.
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A “spooky cold” is in the air for Thursday on Halloween, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Temperatures are expected to be between 27 and 36 degrees Thursday evening, the weather service tweeted. Winds are expected to move in between three to 10 mph. The wind chill will be in the upper 20s, according to the weather service. “Bundle up if you’re headed out,” the National Weather Service said in a tweet.
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Watson Library’s Haricombe Gallery exhibits “Strong Foundations: 100 Years of Hispanism.”
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Hispanic Heritage Month, which was from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 this year, is an annual celebration that recognizes the contributions of the Latinx community in this country. For Nikki Brown, president of the University of Kansas’ Latin American Student Union, the month is important for building community, considering the country’s violent political climate against the Latinx community. President Donald Trump referred to Mexicans as drug dealers and rapists at the start of his presidential campaign in 2015. And in August, a racially-motivated shooting in El Paso, Texas, resulted in the death of 22 people. “It made us think more about our community and events because we do have a couple of students in our club that are associated with Dreamers, so, for
them, unity is all what they need right now,” said Brown, a sophomore studying political science and sociology. However, Brown said a new exhibit on campus, which LASU is planning to visit soon, is a great way to pay homage to the contributions of Latinx staff and students at the University. “Strong Foundations: 100 Years of Hispanism at the University of Kansas,” an exhibit at Watson Library’s Haricombe Gallery, celebrates the history of Hispanic studies at the University while recognizing the centennial anniversary of the department of Spanish and Portuguese. The exhibit will be on display until Jan. 31, 2020. Sarah Goodwin Thiel, coordinator for the Haricombe Gallery exhibitions program, said when she was informed about the department having a 100th anniversary this year, she thought having
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an exhibit in the Haricombe Gallery would be a great way to celebrate the department. She said she started planning the exhibit in February. “The Haricombe Gallery is a place where the libraries can showcase interdisciplinary scholarship across campus and help departments celebrate their anniversaries, community partnerships, etc., but it’s a showcase of campus scholarship and campus collections,” Goodwin Thiel said. “[The gallery] was perfect for the Spanish and Portuguese [department] because this is a department that collaborates very extensively with other departments on campus.” The exhibit features newspaper clippings, books and archival records that showcase the department’s scholarship throughout the years, along with highlighting the work of Latinx student organizations on campus.
Goodwin Thiel said a highlight of curating the exhibit was seeing how well members in the department collaborated with each other and how its scholars greatly valued each other’s work, which is something she said she hasn’t really seen from other departments. However, the department’s expansive interdisciplinary scholarship created a challenge for Goodwin Thiel. “We always have to work at narrowing things down enough to fit in this tiny space for the showcase,” Goodwin Thiel said. “This one was particularly tough because the collections in the libraries and scholarship from the [department of] Spanish and Portuguese and their partners on campus was so much, and it was really hard to limit it.”
“Teaching them another language is like opening the windows to another world.” Santa Arias Former chair, department of Spanish and Portuguese
Goodwin Thiel said Santa Arias, the department’s former chair, took the lead to help the library create the exhibit. After realizing nearly two years ago that the department was approaching its
centennial anniversary, Arias said she thought it was important to tie Latinx history in the country to Latinx history at the University. The department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University was established in the summer of 1918 as the department of Hispanic studies to address the need for teaching Spanish and Portuguese language and culture. “What piqued my interest in this was to try to understand what was going on in the country in that year with the end of the war,” Arias said. “That was the start of this anti-German sentiment that made people start looking south and incorporating the Spanish language into the curriculum because it was just in its early stages of being taught at KU.” Arias said she hopes the exhibit teaches people about the wealth of knowledge and expertise that’s in the department and the impact it’s had at the University.] “[The exhibit] is to educate the people about the impact that languages can have, not only in academia, but the impact it can have on other students,” Arias said. “Teaching them another language is like opening the windows to another world. For Hispanic students, the classes in our department reaffirm their identity in a country that seeks to invalidate it.” The exhibit will be accompanied by the library’s Gallery Lecture Series that will feature scholars related to the exhibit. The next lecture will take place Nov. 12 in Watson Library.
‘Penny Patrol Lady’ Verna Froese spends 25 years collecting coins for charity Rylie Koester @RylieKoester
Lawrence resident, Verna Froese spies a spare penny between disheveled tables and chairs. She picks it up and adds it to her growing collection. But the penny isn’t for her. Froese keeps her eyes glued to the ground everywhere she goes. She’s searching for spare change that she collects throughout the year and donates to a charity. Her father was the first person she noticed who collected spare change, she said. Froese started collecting spare change herself when she got a letter from her missionary group that said two of her friends could use financial support. She said she decided to donate the money she found that year to her friends. She found $65 and doubled it with her own money, she said. Froese has continued to search for spare change and donate it after that first year. She’s been doing this hobby for 25 years now and has dubbed herself the “Penny Patrol Lady.” “I just had so much fun I think with the first one,” Froese said, “And I think, ‘OK. If I pick up the money, and I keep it for myself, I have this feeling that I wouldn’t find as much as if it’s going to a charity.” Froese selects a different charity each year to donate her collected change. She chooses the charities randomly and said “funny things will strike” her when deciding. She said about one-third of her charities have been local over the years, including Douglas County CASA where she donated $255.79 to in 2017, according to her personal records.
“I got out of the car, and I was trying to decide what to donate to, and this word ‘casa’ just fell into my head,” Froese said. “I don’t know if that was the right place to give to, but that’s what I did.” She has also donated to national organizations, including the charity she’s donating to this year, the Deaf Bible Society. In 2007, Froese donated $606.50 to Wheels for the World, her highest year, according to her personal records. She even found $120 in one day that year, she said. Most years, Froese said she collects about $300 in coins alone. She also picks up bills and has found three $100 bills in her time doing this, she said. Froese has also learned some tricks on where to look for money over the years. She doesn’t just find change on the ground — she also looks on top of parking meters, newspaper coin returns and vending machines. “You have to bend down a little for that, but you don’t have to get all the way down to the ground,” Froese said. Froese documents her efforts in a yearly report that she emails to those interested in her hobby. The report includes totals of each coin denomination and her next year’s charity. Her donations sometimes prompt others to contribute as well. Froese said others have seen her reaching to collect change. When they find out why she’s doing it, they offer her their own money to donate. Last year, Froese donated $178.84 to the Oread Center, a Christian community that services the University of Kansas. Chad Donohoe, the executive director of the Oread Center, said Froese’s donation was humbling
and impactful and that she’s “one of a kind.” “I think Verna literally walks around thinking, ‘How can I bless others?’” Donohoe said, “And that’s just a beautiful way to live.” Froese isn’t doing this hobby for recognition or monetary gain. She said she’s in it for the spiritual benefit. “That’s really what I’m looking for,” Froese said. “I don’t report any of this as a donation on my taxes. If I do get any blessing or benefit from it, I’m counting on it coming from heaven.”
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Lawrence resident Verna Froese keeps a signed copy of “In the Presence of My Enemies” from Gracia Burnham.
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Resident hosts haunted yard for 15th year Katie Counts
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There are people who are into Halloween and there are people like Lawrence resident Dana Dyer who let Halloween take over everything, even his yard. Since 2004, Dyer has used his lawn to operate a haunted trail. Located at 1755 East 1310 Road, Dyer calls it the “Half Acre of Fear.” Admission is free and open to the public, but it’s only open a few days out of the year. The attraction began in the 1990s as a lawn display and over time it moved to the side lawn and evolved into the yard it is today. Before guests even enter the trail itself, they walk through a cemetery filled with tombstones, skeletons, vine monsters and more. “Each year I added more and more, and it just kept getting bigger and bigger,” Dyer said. It takes roughly 15 to 20 minutes to walk through the yard, which features a freak show, a haunted forest, a voodoo bayou, butcher shop, dungeon with a morgue, mine shaft maze and more. There are even people dressed up like creepy clowns, Michael Myers, and villainous butchers placed around the yard to scare people. “Being scared is fun,” said Jim Underwood, Dyer’s friend who helps scare people at the haunted yard. “It raises your heart rate.” Dyer worked in construction for decades and he makes most
of the decorations himself. The tombstones are made of cement, the skeletons out of PVC pipe and milk bottles, and the pumpkin monster constructed from vines. “I can get inspiration from just looking at a piece of junk,” Dyer said. Dyer said he plans throughout the year and it takes him months to actually set up the yard. Underwood said he once called Dyer in the middle of the summer and asked him what he’s doing. Dyer told him he was constructing skeletons. “He does it all year round,” Underwood said. Friends like Underwood and members of Dyer’s family help out. They work on construction, set-up and they even dress up to scare people. But this year, Lawrence resident Regina Shelby decided to help him. Shelby used to bring her kids to the haunted yard years ago. This year, she wanted to do something to give back to Dyer. People donate Halloween decorations and money, but Shelby said she wanted to give something else, so she decided to give her time. She started helping Dyer set up about two weeks ago and Dyer said she brings a lot of ideas he would have never thought of and that her eye for detail has helped a lot. When the light in a pumpkin monster goes out, Shelby fixes it. “It’s kind of annoying,” Shelby said. “We’re both kind of perfec-
Dana Dyer’s haunted yard is open on Halloween 7 to 10 p.m. and on Nov. 1 from 8 to 10 p.m.
tionists.” While the haunted yard is free, Dyer said donations are highly suggested. He said it’s pretty expensive to run the haunted yard every year. However, Shelby said if more money were donated, they could invest more money back into the yard. Dyer said he is uncertain of how many people come through in a night, but he said it’s a lot of kids and families. He tried counting it once, but he said the best way to keep track of people is to listen
for their screams and watch as they run out. On the Saturday before Halloween, Dyer sat near the front of the trail entrance watching people come through. Even though he wore a mask to spook people, kids would come up and start talking to him, showing off their costumes and asking him how he was doing. One asked where he got all of his decorations from and Dyer responded, “My imagination.” Dyer is 66 now. When asked
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how long he’s going to keep this going, he said he asks himself that question every year and his honest answer is, “As long as I can.” Ultimately, Dyer loves scaring people and his biggest wish is to get recognition like some of the haunted houses in Kansas City, but he also just wants to get more people to come through his haunted yard. Dyer will open his haunted yard again on Halloween from 7 to 10 p.m. and on Friday, Nov. 1 from 8 to 10 p.m.
Local hip-hop artist extends his transition to music Sarah Motter
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‘Quis Wright has always used his music to speak his truth, but since he came out as transgender, it’s meant a lot more. Local hip-hop artist Wright, also known as Cuee, formally came out to his fans as transgender through social media posts. He said he came out in May and completely started using he/him/ his pronouns by the end of August. Wright said being out has allowed him to be free with his music and to live more authentically. “I was being honest with my music, but I didn’t know who I was,” Wright said. “My music will be a lot better now because I can really be who I am and say what I want to say. It’s like a sense of freedom.” Wright is a KU Career Center communications assistant and alumnus who has been pursuing his musical dreams for years. But another dream Wright has is to live an authentic lifestyle, and to him, this means allowing his story to be told through his music, he said. “My inspiration is personal stories — things that happen around me and to other people,” Wright said. “Shameless,” the first album Wright released, was written before his transition. He describes
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KU alumnus and local hip-hop artist ‘Quis Wright, or Cuee, will perform at Liberty Hall on Nov. 1.
it as the album that allowed him to feel out the scene and allowed him to see who he wanted to present to the world. The last song on the album, “Feelin Lucky,” sets the mood for what comes next. “I saved ‘Feelin Lucky’ for last,” Wright said. “I talk about the tour and getting past where I am — this song is a step in a direction.” Rowan Cook, a KU graduate and current sound engineer for Wright, said he was interested in the local music scene when he contacted Wright about listening to some of his beats. Cook said he has been producing his own music for about six years. “It’s been interesting to get to know him as he has been going through his transition,” Cook said. “I’m excited to see his growth and the impact that this has had on his next project.”
Cook records, mixes and masters songs for Wright. “I talk about my voice changing, how everyone will start hearing a different Cuee and my appearance,” Wright said. With new music ready to drop and a performance at Liberty Hall on Nov. 1, fans will be able to acquaint themselves with the new musical stylings of Cuee soon. He said he wants others like him to know that it is hard, but sometimes you need to do what is best for you. Cook said Wright’s new music is more personal and shows how proud Wright is of who he has always been. “I may be transitioning. I may look different and feel different, but that’s just me coming into who I am. That shouldn’t change the Cuee that I brought to KU,” Wright said.
The Jimmy’s Egg location on Massachusetts Street announced its closure with a sign on its door.
Jimmy’s Egg closes Katie Counts
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Regional breakfast and lunch chain Jimmy’s Egg has closed its two Lawrence locations, according to signs left on its doors. Both locations had been open since spring 2019. One location was located downtown at 945 Massachusetts St. and the other location in west Lawrence at 1520 Wakarusa Dr. Several Jimmy’s Egg restaurants are owned by Wichita-based JE Wichita LLC, which is owned by KU alumnus Morrie Sheets and politician and business owner Wink Hartman Sr., according to a press release on the Jimmy’s Egg website. Hartman ran with Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas gubernatorial race last year.
According to the company’s website, the Massachusetts Street location had a capacity of 142 customers in its dining room and a meeting space with room for 28. Restaurant Ingredient resided in the Massachusetts Street location before Jimmy’s Egg. Jimmy’s Egg was founded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by Vietnamese immigrant Loc Le over 35 years ago, according to the company’s website. The chain also has restaurants in Texas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma. Signs left on the doors of both Jimmy’s Egg locations thanked customers for their patronage. The Kansan reached out to Jimmy’s Egg for comment and has not received a response.
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Hong Kong protests raise questions about ethical consumerism in US
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Opinion columnist Jeffrey Birch discusses balancing ethical consumerism amidst major world events. “hitler is evil. cats are evil. if you like cats you are evil.”
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thinking about the quadratic formula and the Dr. Phil special on Brazilian butt lifts. My mind is truly a prison. “You watch porn in that class? That sounds awesome!” Dictator by day, dick taker by night “I, too, deserve a nice Jewish sexual hug.” “Yes I love Jesus, I would spread my cheeks for him”
Hong Kong has seen near constant protests for the past seven months. The extradition bill that was initially being protested gave China enormous power over the semi-independent Hong Kong, so while the Hong Kong people were violently opposed to the idea, it serves China’s interest to fight the protests and frame it as the protesters being unreasonable anarchists. China has been one of the largest economies in the 21st century, and the fastest growing one, according to Quartz. The rapidly growing prosperity has been drawing companies from the United States that have seen their profit margins grow leaner and leaner as Americans become
more selective with their spending. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this. What is problematic, however, is when this fact interacts with the ongoing protests. Activision, an American game developing company, makes money by getting people excited about and playing its video games, and its biggest cash cow is an online card game called Hearthstone. Activision puts on several tournaments a year for its top players, and these events are generating huge viewership. More importantly, the game is immensely profitable. Daryl Morey, the general manager of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, voiced support for the Hong Kong protests on his Twitter account. The league immediately asked him to delete it and issued a public apology to its Chinese fans, but not before Chinese state television networks canceled planned preseason NBA broadcasts.
From a business perspective, both of these companies have been tapping into China in a big way to expand their audiences. Now, a lot of companies are moving into China. Why’d I choose these two in particular? The reason is that both companies retaliated against people associated with, but not working for, their companies for speaking in support of the Hong Kong protests.
Both of these companies have been tapping into China in a big way to expand their audiences. Activision was worse. In an after-match interview, Hearthstone player Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai, himself a Hong Kong native, voiced support for the protests. Activision confiscated all his prize money, banned him from all tour-
naments for a year and fired both interviewers despite them physically ducking under the casters’ table to avoid association with the message. Both responses have been called out as kowtowing to the Chinese Communist Party. The question becomes, how do you feel about this? Both of these companies are pretty easy to put out of your life if you disagree with their policies. But what about Apple and Google? Both removed apps that the protesters were using to coordinate. The vast majority of college students use phones made by these companies. Where does one draw the line at what they will tolerate from their companies, and what’s unacceptable? The biggest difficulty with trying to be ethical consumers is that it’s too expensive of an ideal for college students to constantly pursue. I can delete Hearthstone from my phone, but I don’t have the ability to just get a new phone. Unfortunately, we are in a time in our lives where that’s just not an avenue we can take. If you feel passionately about a cause but can’t boycott a company, spread awareness, talk about the issue at hand, and above all, don’t get too caught up in the weeds to doing everything exactly correct. Try your best to create the world you want to see. That’s all anyone can ask of you. Jeffrey Birch is a senior from Wichita studying accounting.
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“I accidentally ate cyanide.” “Donald Trump getting booed at a baseball game is healing for America I think.” Walking to class and almost stepped on a snake so in other words I’m dropping out and never leaving my house again Thought: crickets are just crunchy frogs “I don’t think I need therapy anymore, just a dog” “We went from warm to global warming”
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Amazon negatively impacts our communities
As a kid, I was constantly looking for new ways to devour books. I was quickly burning through all that my school library had to offer, and I found myself constantly frustrated by the long waiting lists at the library. I had dreams of someday owning floor to ceiling shelves filled with books. Back then, I was constantly saving up for the next book I could add to my shelf. This was how Amazon first came into my life, and it seemed like the Holy Grail of book-buying opportunities. It offered me a wider variety of novels at a cheaper price than my local bookstore, or even Barnes and Noble, could ever offer. Now, I find myself being drawn back to the independent bookstores that 11-year-old me abandoned with such thoughtless excitement. This is partially due to the role they play in fostering art in communities, and partially due to my realization of the harm that Amazon inflicts on local businesses, its workers and in U.S. politics. Today, Amazon isn’t just for buying cheap books. It is the world’s largest online retailer and has a video and music streaming service. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also owns Whole Foods. Amazon has become an almost inescapable part of our world. Lawrence’s The Raven Book
Opinion columnist Brianna Wessling urges readers to advocate for small businesses.
Store has been instrumental in my realization that I need to begin phasing Amazon out of my life. The owner of the bookstore, Danny Caine, hasn’t been shy with his criticism of Amazon. Most recently, he’s written an open letter to Bezos, in which he explains why Amazon is so damaging to independent bookstores and other small businesses. Amazon can sell books at such cheap prices because it doesn’t have to make all of its money, or any money at all, off its books. Amazon can afford to sell them at prices so low that, as Caine puts it, independent bookstores can’t even hope to compete. Unlike Amazon, Caine and The Raven make an effort to invest in the Lawrence community. The Raven brings authors and other artists to Lawrence to give
talks, it donates to charity auctions, and it works with other organizations in the community to promote a love of reading and books in the community. The Raven is both a great place to buy books and a cultural force in Lawrence. Amazon has the same effect on almost every other small business as it does on bookstores. Anything you can find at a locally owned shop on Massachusetts Street, you could almost certainly find on Amazon at a cheaper price. However, those small businesses downtown don’t force their warehouse workers to work long days with few breaks and low pay. Amazon workers report being constantly monitored while on the clock and having every task they perform timed. Local businesses also don’t have contracts
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with ICE or other organizations that aid in ripping families apart and putting children into cages. Here in Lawrence, we’re lucky to have so many colorful local businesses to explore. For the time being, Amazon isn’t going anywhere. We’re always going to be able to get a book or a piece of clothing online for a cheaper price than we could in person, but if we want to keep those businesses as a force in our community, we need to resist taking the easier route. If we don’t like the way Amazon treats its workers or the organizations Amazon aids, we need to show that in the way we spend our money. Brianna Wessling is a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, studying English and journalism.
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With Kansas football set to host in-state foe Kansas State in the Dillion’s Sunflower Showdown, coach Les Miles is no stranger to heated rivalry matchups. In Monday’s press conference, Miles listed several other rivalries he’s been a part of in his career, including Michigan versus Ohio State, Dallas Cowboys versus the Washington Redskins and one more that he said has a similar feel to the battle for the Governor’s Cup. “I think that the Oklahoma State and Kansas/Kansas State rivalry has a similar thump to it,” Miles said. “We’ll fill up the stadium … come watch the two in-state teams square off and celebrate football.” Recent History Kansas’ matchup against K-State has a rich history to it, but in recent years the rivalry has heavily favored the Wildcats, as they have won 20 of the last 24 meetings dating back to 1995. Last year’s Sunflower Showdown came down to the final play of the game. Down 21-17, just 32 yards away from the end zone with 27 seconds left on the clock, former Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender tried to get the ball to then-freshman running back Pooka Williams Jr. When Bender loaded up to throw, he fumbled the ball without being touched. After that, K-State’s then-sophomore Bronson Massie picked up the loose ball to clinch the victory. Senior quarterback Carter Stanley said he and his teammates have been itching to play Kansas State, especially after the way last year’s contest ended. “It’s a rivalry. They’re a good
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Senior wide receiver Daylon Charlot and junior wide receiver Andrew Parchment high five. The Jayhawks fell to the Longhorns 50-48 on Oct. 19.
team,” Stanley said. “They’ve gotten us the past several years, and last year was a tough one for sure — definitely still fresh on our minds for a lot of the guys in this locker room.” This year things are different. Both teams have new coaches and are coming off staple wins. Miles is coming off his first Big 12 win at Kansas against Texas Tech, and K-State coach Chris Klieman is fresh off his first win against a ranked opponent after the Wildcats’ 48-41 upset win over No. 5 Oklahoma. Both teams entering the game hot, Stanley said, makes this matchup that much more special. “You know it’s always a big game when it’s a rivalry, but kind
of what’s leading up to it this week will make it a good game,” Stanley said. More than Just a Game To add fuel to the fire, this rivalry stems far beyond football. Dineen has a brother, freshman Jax Dineen, who plays fullback for K-State. He said, in order to support both him and his brother, he expects his parents will wear split jerseys — half Kansas, half K-State. Dineen said he plans on sending a “good luck text” to his brother before the game. But after that, it’s game time. “I’m going to love him up until Saturday at 2:30 p.m.,” Dineen said. “Then right after the game I’ll love him, but during the game
we’re going to be rivals. We’re going to be hitting each other.” Dineen also said he understands from growing up in Lawrence that this rivalry is a hostile one. “It’s hatred toward each other,” Dineen said. “They don’t like us. We don’t like them.” Not everyone is on the team is as familiar with the rivalry. In fact, Parchment will be playing in his first Sunflower Showdown Saturday after transferring in from Iowa Central Community College. He said his teammates have been helping him familiarize with the history behind the game. “They have just been showing me the overall records — when they started playing, why they
started playing and stuff like that,” Parchment said. “So, it’s pretty cool just to be part of a game that’s been played for hundreds and hundreds of years. I’m excited.” Parchment also said he talked to former Jayhawk, now Washington Redskins, receiver Steven Sims Jr. about what to expect when playing against K-State. “I know they’re going to be talking a lot [of trash],” Parchment said. “I just need to keep my head on an even keel and just go out there and make routine plays. The game’s going to be very hostile. [The players] are going to try to get under your skin. The fans are going to try to talk to you. The coaches are going to try and talk to you.”
Cross Country championship nears
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Redshirt freshman Avryl Johnson runs at the Bob Timmons Classic.
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Coming off of a 36th-place team finish from the women and a 19th-place team finish from the men in the Pre-National Invitational, Kansas cross country looks optimistic heading into the Big 12 Championship on Nov. 2. The teams, led by sophomore Ally Ryan and freshman Chandler Gibbens, prepared differently for the meet, coach Stanley Redwine said. On the women’s side, Red-
wine told Kansas Athletics they “didn’t compete well at all, didn’t run well together as a group.” On the other hand, the mens’ team “ran well together as a pack.” He said “more good came out of this race than bad.” The women placed third in the championship last year thanks to then-senior Sharon Lokedi, then-freshman Ally Ryan, then-freshman McKenzie Wilks, and then-senior Riley Cooney, who clenched spots in the top 25. Men finished just behind with a
team placing fourth, with their top six runners all finishing in the top 25. Ryan, who has led the team on multiple occasions this season, finished the 2018 Big 12 Championship second for the Jayhawks with a time of 20:55.1. So far this season, Ryan completed the Rim Rock Classic in 22:59.3, and the Pre-National Invitational in 21:44.3. Ryan will need to shave down a little under a minute in order to beat her previous 6K time. Junior Ben Butler also finished second for the Jayhawks in the championship last season. He ran the championship in 24:14.8. This season, he is on track to run around the same time, finishing the Pre-National Invitational in 24:21.8. The women’s team was defeated by Iowa State and Oklahoma State, who both took to the course with a fairly young team, losing few leading senior runners. Iowa State will be running without then-seniors Anne Frisbie and Kelly Naumann. Oklahoma State will be without then-seniors Dodd Kaylee and Grace Baker. The men were also defeated by Iowa State and Oklahoma State, as well as Texas. Iowa State and Oklahoma State will be tough competitors once again, losing only one senior each in their top line-up: then-senior Dan Curts from Iowa State and then-senior Luis Martinez from Oklahoma State. The teams will compete in the 24th annual Big 12 Cross Country Championship on Nov. 2 at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Club in Waco, Texas. The men’s 8K will start at 10 a.m., followed by the women’s 6K at 11 a.m.
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“The board’s action today creates a path to enhance opportunities for student-athletes while ensuring they compete against students and not professionals,” said NCAA President Mark Emmert in the press release. Athletics Director Jeff Long said Kansas Athletics is aware of the decision from the NCAA and that it will do what it can to assist as this ruling is put into effect over the coming months. “The student-athletes’ well-being and collegiate experience is of the highest priority to Kansas Athletics, and we are pleased the NCAA is taking the steps to define the collegiate athletics model and construct a process for student-athletes to benefit,” Long said in a statement to the Kansan. Many University students also
favored the NCAA’s decision as a way of supporting student-athletes. For example, freshman Trevor Kenner said he agreed with the idea of student-athletes getting paid because he thinks what they do should be considered a fulltime job. “The only way for them to earn anything is scholarship money,” Kenner said. “That’s not even enough money to live off of, so I think them earning money for something that is literally their name is completely fair.” Junior Casey Dorner said the possibility of college athletes being paid for their name, image or likeness can get everyone’s attention back to sports instead of money. “I think it will help because it will be so much easier to avoid all the legal stuff and just focus on the sports,” Dorner said. —Jakob Katzenberg contributed to this report.
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Sophomore forward David McCormack shoots the ball against Fort Hays State. Kansas defeated Fort Hays State 86-56 Thursday, Oct. 24.
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Playing just over 17 minutes in the win over Fort Hays State, Azubuike was limited in the box score. Going 2-2 from the field and 1-5 at the foul strike, the senior tallied five points and pulled down eight rebounds. Coach Bill Self said Tuesday that Azubuike will start alongside sophomore forward David McCormack against Pittsburg State.
The senior from Kansas City, Missouri is the top returning scoring from last year for the Gorillas. Walker was one of only two players to start all 30 games for Pittsburg State last season. He’s a good shooter, as he shot 37% from beyond the arch in his junior season. Now in his senior season, Walker looks to play an even bigger role.
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After sitting out in the first exhibition game due to an ankle injury, Dotson will rejoin the Jayhawks’ lineup Thursday night for his first action of the season. Last year, he led the team with 127 assists. One of three McDonald’s All-Americans on the Kansas roster, Dotson will get a game of practice before the heavyweight matchup with No. 4 Duke on Nov. 5 in New York.
Coming in at 6-foot-9 and 260 lbs., the Kent State transfer is the biggest body on the Gorillas’ roster. Look for Givens to make an immediate impact as he will be playing his first game in a Pittsburg State uniform after redshirting last season. The Ohio native is walking into a tough matchup, having to deal with Kansas’ loaded frontcourt.
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The senior remains a strong candidate to redshirt for the upcoming season. Thursday’s game against Pittsburg State could be the final time Lightfoot takes the floor for Kansas this season. Last Thursday versus Fort Hays State, Lightfoot recorded seven points and three rebounds on 3-4 shooting from the field.
Edmondson is the longest tenured Gorilla as he is the only multiple year letterer on Pittsburg State’s roster. Last season, he primarily came off the bench, but now, being one of the top returning rebounders on the team, he will likely start for his team.
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Junior wide receiver Stephon Robinson Jr. breaks loose down the field for a touchdown. The Jayhawks defeated the Red Raiders 37-34 Saturday, Oct. 26.
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A junior from Los Angeles, Robinson is one of the hottest receivers in the country right now. He now has two receiving touchdowns in each of Kansas’ last three games. He now faces a very disciplined K-State pass defense that sits atop the Big 12 in passing yards allowed per game.
Totaling 14 total touchdowns in 2019, Thompson’s dual-threat ability has given opposing defenses fits when trying to contain him. In the Wildcats’ stunning victory over then-no.5 Oklahoma, the Independence, Missouri product rushed for four touchdowns and completed 18 of 28 passes for 213 yards.
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The dual-sport athlete, Sosinski, had a great start to the year but has been quiet since, only managing two receptions for 11 yards in the last three games combined. The senior from Chandler, Arizona, will have an opportunity to break out against a K-State team that more than likely isn’t going to be keying on him as much as the other weapons around him.
A graduate transfer from Ball State, Gilbert has averaged 5.6 yards per carry in 100 attempts through seven games at K-State. In the win Saturday, Gilbert tallied his third 100-yard rushing performance of the season with 105 yards on 13 attempts. He was just 10 yards shy of his season-high of 115, which came against Nicholls State in week one.
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Potter has been quietly improving every week since replacing the injured junior linebacker Dru Prox. Last week against Texas Tech, he totaled seven tackles (six solo, one assist) and recorded the first pass deflection of his career. Potter will have to step up this week going against the Wildcats’ ball control, power run offense that leads the Big 12 in time of possession.
The senior from Wichita has seen tons of action in the secondary over the past two weeks. Combining the performances against TCU and Oklahoma, Goolsby recorded 11 solo tackles for the Wildcats. Last season in Manhattan, Goolsby notched three tackles in the 21-17 win over Kansas.
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