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Frank Mason III becoming an unabashed leader CHRISTIAN S. HARDY @ByHardy

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EW YORK CITY — In one moment, Frank Mason III dribbled with his left hand, gathered, then rose up at the elbow over Duke guard Matt Jones, knees bent, feet floating in the air. He landed, entire body clenched.

He said he knew it was going in. That it just felt right. In that moment, with the ball in midair, his body said otherwise.

But this is Mason’s attempt of the shot — at Madison Square Garden, the “mecca of college basketball,” to beat No. 1 Duke.

About a second more beat off the clock, and now Mason is pounding his chest confidently with 1.8 seconds left to play and Kansas up by two points. And he’s clenching again, except now it’s just the muscles in his arms, accentuating his biceps as he back pedals to play defense.

“That was the exact play that coach drew

Missy Minear/KANSAN Senior guard Frank Mason III celebrates after getting fouled on the shot in the second half against Duke. Kansas defeated Duke 77-75 in the Champions Classic after a game-winning shot by Mason.

up,” junior guard Devonte’ Graham said after the game.

Even after Jones’ half-court prayer missed and Kansas had beat Duke, 77-75, the 5-foot11 guard never really

smiled. He’s been called a pit bull for two years for a few reasons — one of them being that constant, straight-line emotion.

“I’m really big on strong faces and leader-

ship,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And he has as strong a face as there is at that guard spot. He’s so stoic about how he looks.”

Mason’s first game-winning shot of

his career couldn’t have come on a much bigger stage — against a No. 1 team, at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, Champions Classic, nationally-televised by the worldwide leader in

sports.

If he wasn’t already considered a premier guard in the nation, he certainly will be for the rest of the college basketball season.

“He’s a big-time guard,” Krzyzewski said.

“But he’s a big-time winner.”

First, it was Mason’s three-point play to put Kansas up seven points with 1:54 to play. After playing 18-straight minutes, Mason drove to the lane for a lay-up, then a free-throw. It looked over then, but then Kansas — which made 60.6 percent of its second half shots — couldn’t hit a shot and Duke suddenly could.

Then it was Mason in isolation, half-court offense with eight seconds left. Jones in front of him. After hitting a game-tying shot to go to overtime against Indiana on Friday, Mason did it again.

After a first half where SEE FRANK MASON PAGE 13

In NYC, Post-it notes buffer reality CHRISTIAN S. HARDY @ByHardy

Kaila Trollope/KANSAN The Board of Regents has decided the chancellor search will be closed to the public.

KBOR chooses head of chancellor search CHANDLER BOESE @Chandler_Boese

EMPORIA, Kan. — At Wednesday’s monthly Board of Regents meeting, members approved a search firm and chairman for the search committee tasked with finding Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s replacement.

The Regents also addressed proposals from universities on their respective implementation procedures for concealed carry on campus.

Chancellor search to be closed: search firm, committee chairman named The Board announced that the search for the Universi-

ty’s next chancellor will be closed and headed

by University alumnus David Dillon, formerly of Kroger, Inc. The search, which will start early next year in order to find a new chancellor by the beginning of July 2017, will be conducted by R. William Funk and Associates, the same firm that conducted the search for current Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.

A closed search means none of the candidates will be known or allowed to interact with members of the University community until the new chancellor is announced.

The head of the search committee, DaSEE REGENTS PAGE 2

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NEW YORK CITY— Donald J. Trump is the president-elect, and only 10 percent of Manhattan — and no more than than 22 percent in any bordering county — voted for him. At first, it was difficult for much of the city to explain. For the last six days, many of the 8.4 million people in the city have toiled with trying to accept reality.

When it was all settled, the coping — or rather, a confrontation with reality — started.

Protests, rallies, tears, accusations and attempts at justification spilled into the streets.

Stress, more tears, more rallies. Inside the subway station in the west corner of Union Square, just a few steps away from 16th Street, were Post-it notes. Thousands and thousands of Postit notes transformed the white porcelain-tiled subway wall into a mosaic of words and expressions from the people who passed through this exit to Union Square.

Words of hope, togetherness and love.

“Right now, what I’m staring at is beautiful,”

Missy Minear/KANSAN Hundreds of anti-Trump Post-it notes are posted on a wall in the Union Square subway in Manhattan, New York.

said Magaly Guerrero, a waitress with dark hair dyed green at the ends.

Guerrero wrote on the wall, “In God we trust, love all.”

On a Monday afternoon, six days after the election, with every cluster of people hurrying off the train came curiosity.

Most people who passed the wall would at least turn their heads inquisitively toward it, but kept walking — very few completely ignored it.

Some stopped, started reading at random and within seconds found a note that they could relate to, or maybe some-

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one they knew could relate to and took a picture.

Others posted notes, adding to the expanding forum for those trying to come to grips with a Trump presidency.

The idea for the Post-it note wall — or at least what has helped to spread it — is dubbed “Subway Therapy” by its creator Matthew Chavez, otherwise known by his artist name Levee. His wall is different, organized and maintained by himself in the tunnel between the Sixth Avenue L train and the 14th St. 1-2-3 subway track.

He started “Subway

Therapy” in the tunnel six months before the election. Chavez set up two folding chairs and a card table and talked one-on-one with anyone who wanted to — with the simple goal of relieving stress.

After seeing the emotional impact of the presidential election, Chavez decided to change his methods. He brought Post-it notes, writing utensils and a sign: “Express Yourself.”

“People who were on the subway, in spite of SEE POST-ITS PAGE 2

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MSG requests 13 University Senate seats CHANDLER BOESE @Chandler_Boese

The University’s Multicultural Student Government (MSG) group’s new request would put them at the same table as Student Senate — literally.

At a Senate Executive meeting Tuesday, representatives from MSG presented their new proposal for being recognized as a governance organization.

The organization wants 13 seats at University Senate, the same number of seats currently held by Student Senate representatives.

MSG’s struggle for recognition has been going on since November 2015, when the student group Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk demanded a separate, equal governing body for multicultural students, along with other requests for a more equitable University.

At the last full University Senate

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being so close in proximity to each other, really had their trust destabilized and didn’t feel that they were part of their community,” Chavez said. “I brought materials so people could express themselves non-verbally and peacefully and inclusively.”

Then the messages flooded in. He still has a bag full of Post-it notes, and even more stacks litter the table he originally used to hold conversations over.

“The world changes by your example not your opinion,” is written on a soft pink note. “We can still choose love,”

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vid Dillon, is the former CEO of Kroger, Inc. who stepped down in 2013 after having worked for the company since he graduated from the University in 1976, according to a press release from the company.

Breeze Richardson, communications director for the Regents, said the Board took special care in choosing Dillon for the chair, believing he understands the University well enough to steer the committee in the right direction.

“They don’t like to pick favorites, but much of the board comes from KU in one way or another, so some, like Regent Mullin, paid really careful attention to making sure they got the best for KU,” she said.

As the Kansan reported in October, documents from the Regents indicate that the search will be conducted by a committee of 15 members from faculty, staff and student body of the University.

The University Senate passed a resolution earlier this month asking that

meeting earlier this month, MSG representatives presented a proposal to create an ad hoc committee within University Senate that would focus on multicultural issues and report to the body.

Trinity Carpenter, the chair of MSG, which is currently a student organization, said the group had talked and decided that motion wasn’t really what they wanted.

“A committee, to me at this point, would not fit our purposes,” she said. “We don’t need to discuss feasibility at Multicultural Student Government, because we’re already functioning, so we decided that maybe we didn’t present ourselves in a manner that actually articulated what we came to University Senate for.”

In their new proposal, which SenEx gave verbal feedback on, MSG wants to be given equal status with the current Student

Senate, which would mean adding 13 seats to the 64-seat body.

Currently, University Senate includes 39 faculty members elected from Faculty Senate, 12 staff members elected from Staff Senate, and 13 students elected from Student Senate, according to its code.

“I would hope University governance, in light of the last week, would be willing to take a position of supporting multicultural students,” Carpenter said.

Though SenEx couldn’t take any action for or against MSG’s motion, some members of the organization expressed concerns with imbalance of student representatives on University Senate and with the relationship between MSG and Student Senate.

Brittany Oleniacz, a graduate student on SenEx, said too many student seats might hurt the other groups represented in University

Senate.

“I do agree that you should have a seat at the table,” she said, speaking to the MSG representatives.

on a blue one. “This is not normal!” another pink one said. “Tell your daughter she can still be whatever she wants to be,” was written on a white note.

On Monday, one child, who Chavez had met before, came by to help him post notes. His mother looked over his shoulder as he spread the notes down the subway tunnel, sticking them on one-byone.

“I want him to feel like he’s a part of this,” Chavez said. The mother turned to him, then looked back at her son.

“He has to be,” she replied.

Later, other children stopped with their parents and wrote

notes. One talked about Pokémon with Chavez — his favorite Pokémon, he said, is Blastoise.

of people that wants to support each other.”

To Chavez, what has been lost more than anything in the days after Trump’s election is a sense of community.

Chavez doesn’t sit in a subway tunnel with stacks of Post-it notes because he thinks it will make people comfortable with Trump as their president, because they will never agree with Trump or because he wants them to. But rather, it’s because it can make people feel more at home again despite their future president, and so people don’t let their stress fester into hatred or broken relationships.

“People tell me all the time, ‘Oh my gosh, thank

the representatives from the University be chosen from the faculty, staff and student senates.

Richardson said the process is underway to identify the full membership of the committee.

She said the board has received the University Senate’s memo and is considering it.

“We typically offer a place on the committee to the presidents of the University (although that’s unique to KU), Student and Faculty Senates,” she said.

“However, the board is not committed to to the committee members being exclusively from those bodies … They feel like they do a good job at identifying the people who will be best for these committees.”

She said the board plans to vote on approving the membership of the search committee at the December meeting if at all possible.

governance committee of the Board of Regents at its meeting Wednesday.

The draft policy, which includes measures about guns being holstered and creating restricted access entrances, was released by the University in early October as its response to a 2013 law that will allow concealed carry on all public facilities.

Kansas universities have been under an exemption since its passage, but that exemption expires on July 1, 2017.

Concealed carry policies move forward The University’s draft policy for implementing concealed carry on campus was approved by the

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Right now, what I’m staring at is beautiful.”

Magaly Guerrero Waitress

“Fear is something that can paralyze people, and stop us from moving forward,” Chavez said. “I want them to know that, yes, things happen that destabilize stress. And yes, things happen that cause us to be fearful. But also, yes, overwhelmingly, there’s a community

“

They don’t like to pick favorites, but much of the board comes from KU in one way or another.”

Breeze Richardson Board of Regents communications director

Policies from each of the six Regents universities were passed by the committee in Wednesday’s meeting, and the University’s was the only one passed without any suggested amendments.

The University’s policy did not generate much

“

I would hope University governance, in light of the last week, would be willing to take a position of supporting multicultural students.”

Trinity Carpenter Chair of MSG

“However, increasing the number of students, I’m afraid, would quiet the voices of faculty and staff in University Senate.”

In response to these concerns, Carpenter said she would be willing to work with Student Senate to cut down the number of overall student seats.

“We’re willing to have that discussion,” she

discussion in the governance meeting. One item of note that University general counsel Jim Pottorff highlighted, however, was a provision of the policy that will affect the way students take tests.

Pottorff talked about the habit of faculty members to require students taking a test to put their possessions, especially bags, in the front or back of the room to guard against cheating. That conflicts with the policy’s requirement that all concealed weapons (or the bag which they’re in) be in the vicinity of the carrier at all times.

“So students will need to either leave their weapons at home or locked up in their car for test days,” Pottorff said.

“Otherwise, they certainly can carry their weapons as required by law.”

Lawyers for the Regents, Wichita State and Kansas will likely look at the issue for its legality, and the committee passed their policy hinging on that approval.

The draft policy will go before the full Board of Regents during the board’s December meeting.

said. “Equality is the main thing here.”

Some SenEx members, like faculty representative Pam Fine, for example, asked about what MSG has already pursued within Student Senate.

“The question is, can the existing body open themselves up ‘legally’ to give students more representation,” Fine said.

Carpenter also explained to the SenEx members why getting their voices heard through Student Senate wasn’t working.

She said multicultural groups have been trying to get Student Senate to be more inclusive for four years.

“It’s been attempted numerous, numerous times, but it continues to be a white, Greek, patriarchal organization,” she said.

MSG’s updated proposal will be voted on during the next University Senate meeting Dec. 1.

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How some professors are saving students money ANGIE BALDELOMAR @KansanNews

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ophia Miller, a senior from Omaha, Neb., said she was happy to learn from her music education professor that she wouldn’t have to fork over money for one of two required textbooks for her psychology of music class.

The text was available for free online, saving Miller $120.

Miller’s professor, Abbey Dvorak, is among a small but growing number of instructors at the University adopting opensource textbooks and other free education resources from the internet. Dvorak is not only saving students such as Miller money, but she has the potential to improve their academic performance since many students don’t buy textbooks because of the expense.

“You have the book for free, so you don’t have to share the book or worry about how to get it,” Miller said. “It’s more accessible and convenient.”

The University estimates students spend $1,080 per year on textbooks. Nationally, the estimate is about $1,300.

Over the last decade, textbook prices have increased by 82 percent, according to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

The cost of textbooks has significant impact, not only on the debt many students have to accrue to get a degree, but also on their performance in class.

One national survey of more than 2,000 students found that 65 percent had opted out of buying a college textbook due to its price, and of those students, 94 percent said they suffered academically.

A sample of 76 students at the University echoed the results when Josh Bolick, a scholarly communication librarian, asked students at Anschutz Library last fall to fill out cards about the cost and use of textbooks.

Among the comments: “I don’t buy any of my required texts anymore.

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You have the book for free, so you don’t have to share the book or worry about how to get it.”

Sophia Miller Senior from Omaha

It’s too expensive.”

“I’ve spent around $500 just this semester on textbooks, some that I

rarely use.”

Bolick helped spearhead the University’s efforts in the past year to use the resources of the Open Textbook Network, a coalition of higher education institutions committed to improving access, affordability and academic success by helping faculty overcome barriers to open textbook adoption. The University joined the network in the summer of 2015.

The University is offering grants of up to $5,000 for professors who want to adopt opensource materials for their students. The grant initiative is modeled after a similar program at Kansas State University, which is also part of the network, Bolick said.

“It takes effort to redesign a class around new material,” he said. “We hope that that incentive would be enough to get people to consider it.”

Kansas State University started its Open/ Alternative Textbook Initiative in the spring of 2013. In the last three years, more than 40 courses at the university have used open source materials, saving about $2.5 million for approximately 29,000 students, according to K-State’s Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship.

Dvorak heard about

Some terms you should know...

Open (source) textbook Textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality.

Open Textbook Network Coalition of higher education institutions committed to improving access, affordability, and academic success by helping faculty overcome barriers to open textbook adoption.

Open Educational Resources Teaching and learning tools such as textbooks, modules, test questions, or any other teaching or learning resource that is free to access and openly licensed.

These tools can be changed or modified to meet the needs of students.

Open Education Collective term to describe institutional practices and programmatic initiatives that broaden access to the learning and training traditionally offered through formal education systems.

open resources for the first time last April during a workshop with two professors from the University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Network.

She subsequently wrote a review of an open source text and her research and analysis led her to realize it could be used in her course.

“The workshop really opened my eyes to how I

might use this book in my class, and in the future, how I might modify it to make it even better for what my needs were for the course and what the students’ needs are for the course,” Dvorak said.

The move saved her 35 students a total of $4,200.

Dvorak said she hoped that by providing a resource for them, students wouldn’t

have to make financial choices between buying a textbook or paying for rent or food.

“I realized how difficult it could be for students to do well in a class because they have to pay for a textbook,” she said.

— Edited by Cody Schmitz

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The KU vs. Duke game was my version of Self-care My eyes are bloodshot, I snap at people, I have stress dreams a few times a week. It’s beginning to look a lot like finals.

“Love Trumps Hate”?

More like “Trump Loves Hate”!

I was just trying to type “Thanks so much” and accidentally typed “Thanks smooch.” I need sleep.

Tyler Self is the personification of mayonnaise.

I like to live on the dangerous side. I drink my Starbucks without the lid on it.

Dinner tonight: crackers and flat tonic water.

Illustration by Roxy Townsend

Doerr: Class-only political approach dangerous JACOB DOERR @No_Doerr

Let’s take a second to appreciate that Tyler Self will start in a game at the end of the season.

Azubuike? I call him “The Great Oz.” There are Fire Weather Warnings for parts of Kansas. It is November.

David Beaty is a DILF Driving out of my small hometown to come to Lawrence is like boarding a spaceship to a different planet What more do we have to do to make people realize climate change is a real thing?1!?1 hey just so everyone at the university of kansas knows. i am tired and i and not ashamed of it.

Obama now has a 63% approval rating.

And we elected Trump.

Unbelievable.

My bad for not getting that paper completed, the whole sleeping and eating thing got in my way. I’ll try to cut those bodily functions out of my life.

CW: Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual Assault I come from a manufacturing family. My grandfather came to Wichita without a college education to work in the Boeing plant. My father, fortunate enough to graduate college, began his career at the same plant. As my dad worked into management, we moved often throughout the rural Midwest and the Rust Belt, from Kearney, Neb. all the way east to Akron, Ohio. In all, five of the six counties that I have called home voted for Donald Trump — four of those with majorities of over 70 percent.

Although my father’s work provided me a healthy degree of class privilege, I am no stranger to the economic and class arguments behind

RYAN LISTON @rliston235

Time for me to ride those vape clouds all the way to class

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extinguish racial differences in wealth, but that gap never healed and has only increased. This mindset reared its head again during Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the White House, during which economics was prioritized beyond an intersectional platform.

An argument to explain Trumpism through economic conditions and issues of class also obscures other reasons for his rise. Those who cast votes for Trump voted for a man who began his campaign decrying undocumented immigrants as “rapists and criminals.” In the following months, Trump expressed a desire to halt the inflow of Muslim refugees from Syria and appealed to law and order by courting relationships with Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee and the author of stopand-frisk policies, former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. To ignore that Trump owes much of his popularity to supporters of law and order (and ardent opponents of the Black Lives Matter movement) amid the largest civil rights protests since the 1960s is to ignore one of the prima-

ry reasons for his rise.

But issues of class are important for other reasons too. Think specifically about all the talk heard both in the media and within wealthier white communities lambasting poor, uneducated whites for supporting Trump. On election day, a majority of educated and uneducated white people, and a majority of whites earning more than $50,000 voted for Donald Trump. So much for the supposed dignity of #NeverTrump and the idea that education can somehow meaningfully reduce support for a racist and xenophobic candidate. The figures of a “working-class bigot” or an “uneducated redneck” employed by middle-class and wealthier whites seem to support their own class interests without asking real questions about their complicity in electing Trump.

Certainly, economics and class are important in explaining Trump’s rise, but they do not deserve the sole interest of political analysts and commentators. Racism and xenophobia were also instrumental in creating populist support for Trump during his

campaign, and that cannot be erased.

Democrats have failed those belonging to the working class of all intersections by not supporting a living wage and through supporting free trade ventures such as the TPP. But understanding the reasons for Trump’s rise beyond one lens is key for establishing an answer from the left.

Focus on class at the expense of race and the left risks repeating the mistakes of the past and normalizing overt racist discourse and violence against marginalized identities. Focus on race at the expense of class and the left risks repeating its mistakes in supporting conservative economic policies over the past three decades, further crushing the disenfranchised of all intersections. Moving forward, and against Trump, requires understanding the reasons for his rise in all their complexities.

Jacob Doerr is a graduate student from Shenandoah, Iowa, studying public administration.

Liston: Criticizing U.S. is not un-American

For farmers, every top is a crop top.

3 tests, 2 presentations, 1 term paper. Thanksgiving can’t come soon enough.

Trump’s rise. America has lost 42,400 factories between 2000 and the Great Recession, a third of all facilities that employed more than a thousand people. Driving to the swimming pool in Shenandoah, Iowa, meant passing by the ruins of the old seed companies.

Likewise, driving to work through Cuyahoga County, Ohio, meant passing by massive train yards and the burnt-out husks of former factories. Most people in the Midwest have similar experiences and vivid memories of the recent recession.

But focusing on class and economic conditions only partially explains the reasons for Trump’s rise in the United States.

Naomi Klein, a writer for The Guardian, makes this mistake; she blames neoliberalism as the ultimate reason behind Trump’s rise, not racism, which deserves as much and separate blame.

The belief that racism can be improved through economics alone — that it is explicitly a class issue — has haunted liberal thinkers in the past.

Liberalism during the Civil Rights area posited that rising wages would

Sitting on a pedestal of privilege can often make it difficult to understand the hardships that less-fortunate people face. From this perch built on systemic advantages, people often hear the criticisms and concerns of oppressed groups, but do not see the issues as reality since the issues do not personally affect them.

Recently, kneeling

during the national anthem has been used to highlight the issue of racial inequality. In response to these protests, some atop the pedestal of privilege have suggested that anyone who has a problem with this systemic imbalance should just leave the country, including Kansas Representative Joe Seiwert and Tomi Lahren, host of “Final Thoughts” on The Blaze.

Seiwert issued his remarks on Facebook, writing “go back to where you claim home,” after Denasia Lawrence knelt while singing the national anthem at an NBA preseason game.

Lahren’s comments came after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt before

an NFL game. Addressing Kaepernick, Lahren simply said, “Leave.”

Both Seiwert and Lahren claim that their patriotism and pride led them to react in such ways. However, their statements are neither patriotic nor should they be examples of American pride. At the core of the United States Constitution is the idea that people throughout the country can criticize the government without persecution. In fact, such criticism is the foundation for reforming American policy when necessary.

Telling people to leave the country for criticizing it undermines American democracy and encourages strict obedience to the status quo. When

people try to disregard the issues which are ingrained in our society rather than address them, we fail to uphold the “American Dream,” which suggests that the United States can be a country for all people.

Progress results from action. Without discussing issues, we cannot make progress toward alleviating them. Just as Martin Luther King Jr. marched and organized protests to spur on the civil rights movement, athletes and activists have begun to kneel to bring the issue of modern-day racial inequality into the spotlight. Those people have decided to kneel because they want to improve the United States. They are the true patriots, not Seiwert or

Lahren.

Whether you agree with those who choose to kneel or not, there is no justification for claiming that they (or anyone for that matter) do not have a place in the United States. Diversity of opinion ought to be encouraged, not diminished.

And to those, like myself, who live privileged lives, we cannot allow ourselves to hear only the echoes of such criticisms from the top of the pedestal. Even though the issues may not affect us personally, we must empathize with those who face discrimination and advocate for the elimination of systemic oppression.

Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying journalism.

arts & culture HOROSCOPES ›› WHAT’S YOUR

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SIGN?

Aries (March 21-April 19) Focus on home matters.

The opposition holds out, and it could get tense.

Don’t take on more than you can do by the deadline.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Writing projects flow with ease. Edit, research and broadcast your discoveries.

Learn new tricks and share them. Communication resolves misunderstandings. Choose your words carefully.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Focus on bringing income home. Carefully monitor expenses. In temporary overwhelm, stay out of a minor quarrel. Bring your social skills and graciousness to the forefront.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Take leadership. You’ve got the power and energy to make something happen.

Huddle with your team.

Priorities change in your work. Watch for surprises.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Slow down and contemplate where you’ve been and where you’re going.

Organize and file. Make space for what’s next. Review upcoming schedules and budgets.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Gather with friends. Meetings, classes and events offer interesting opportunities and people. Share your wishes and goals.

Provide support where you can. Have fun together.

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enior Annika Wooton said she can’t recall where her artistry began, she just had a crayon in her hand is as far back as she could remember; and with a family full of artists, she was fated to follow suit.

From crayon illustrations, she took to painting. In high school, her art was so well known, she was invited to live paint with the school jazz band. The band would play while Wooton painted a picture of a jazz pianist upside down and turned it over at the end.

As a painter and speed painter, Wooton developed her interest through the Miss Kansas pageant. With a 90-second time limit for the talent portion of the competition, Wooton entertained the idea of taking her talent and condensing it to a 90-second display.

“I thought well, if I can paint a cool picture in eight minutes [with a jazz band] and absolutely no practice, then why can’t I do one in 90 seconds with a lot of practice?” Wooton said.

Wooton said her art is inspired by her goal to engage an audience and bring them into a shared experience.

“Her power to connect

with people makes her unique,” Janine Johnson, Wooton’s mentor for the Miss Kansas competition, said. “She seems to be able to connect with people of all ages and she does that through her art but she also does that on a personal level as well.”

For Wooton, that’s what art is, an experience.

And it’s for everyone.

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She seems to be able to connect with people of all ages and she does that through her art.”

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“I like the fact that [her art] is so original and I love the fact that everyone can relate to it,” Johnson said. “It’s exciting when she gets up on stage and she starts to paint, it really grabs your attention. And it’s unique. No one else does this on the Miss America stage, no one.

And it’s just been really fun to watch her take that talent and bring it to the stage.”

While painting for Wooton is a relaxing and calming experience, it can also be somewhat stressful, especially when

performing in front of a live audience. During a practice for a Miss Kansas competition, Wooton went through her routine, painting a piece she’d never presented before.

“In my first practice, the whole thing fell over, and yellow paint went all over the stage,” Wooton said. “And I could have easily completely broken down and said okay I’m not doing it, let’s pick something easier. I could’ve just dropped out of the competition because that was one of the most terrifying moments in my painting that I’ve had because I had built up that performance so much and all of my competitors were watching me, and everyone backstage was watching me. It was the first time that I presented this painting and it failed.”

Instead of letting herself get discouraged, she quickly cleaned everything up, and told herself to move on. Five hours later, Wooton said she had a stellar performance.

Wooton has brought new pieces and original artwork to the pageant stage every year, but finding inspiration doesn’t come easily.

“Her creativity to be able to take her painting and change it every year and as an artist, bringing something new and fresh to the stage each year she

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has competed is also very impressive,” Johnson said.

“And this year included not only the biggest painting she ever did, but it included a costume change, and that was a lot of fun to see her make that part of her talent evolve.”

One of Wooton’s most memorable paintings was of one she did for Miss Kansas 2016.

“We built this huge easel, this five-by-five-foot panel that spun so that the painting started off as an image of a tornado, and I painted over it, and as it transformed by the end, when I spun it around, it turned into an image of the Emerald City,” Wooton said. “I cut and built my own easel, I designed and made my costume, I started in a white dress with a red sash, and when I spun the painting, I also spun myself and I turned into Dorothy. That was the pinnacle of my painting so far, and when I performed it successfully on stage, I have not had a moment that I could compare to how I felt in

that performance.”

Initially pursuing the arts education program at the University, Wooton switched to Illustration after taking a class in that area that she really enjoyed. As far as a career, Wooton plans to continue to follow arts education.

“I think that children, they really connect with that in being able to watch someone paint in front of them,” Wooton said. “I’ll be having a conversation with students about what art means to them and the impact of the arts in the community. I guess my mission is to change the way people think about art and through my speed painting, that generates a conversation that has propelled a lot of creativity in my mind for the youth of Kansas.”

For now, Wooton continues to sit in her red, Victorian style reading chair in the art space in her apartment, with her cat at her feet, and “gets work done.”

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riday night saw the opening of “Pooter McGraw is Not Dead Party,” the latest University Theatre show, which was written

by Padraic Lillis and directed

by Peter Zazzali.

The dramedy sees the reunion of six friends from college after hearing one of their friends, who they haven’t seen since graduation, suddenly passed away. What follows is a dialogue-driven story of regret, the fear of growing up and hope for the future.

“I think just about any college student can relate to this story,” Zazzali said. “It’s about young people trying to figure out their place in the world and realizing that time is slip-

ping by.”

One of the main themes Zazzali suggested is the thought that waiting for the future can be dangerous, given the unexpected turns reality can take.

“Every student faces the fear of uncertainty growing up,” Zazzali said. “You don’t really know what’s going to happen and that’s not something that you can prepare for.”

Ethan Malin, a sophomore from Wamego, echoed that sentiment, and said one of his main takeaways was a look into what it could be like for him and his friends after he graduates.

“Nobody really tells you or prepares you for what’s going to happen after college,” Malin said. “Seeing the difficulties of that transition is

something that I’ve never really thought about and I guess a play is a good way to teach that.”

The powerful and unapologetic depiction of reality for millennials hitting the workforce and dealing with the pressures of society had some audience members in tears.

Victoria Kilkenny, a junior from Shawnee who played Ash, delivered a particularly gut-wrenching performance that, for a moment, left the audience deathly silent.

“It was a very passionate performance, and I enjoyed when things got a little heated in the second act,” Malin said.

“Pooter McGraw is Not Dead Party” will be playing at the Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, 19, and again at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.

Bettina Bugatto/KANSAN From left, Drew Hafling as Sam, Kendra J. Hacker as Jenny, DeAngelo Davis as Pooter and Victoria Kilkenny as Ash in a scene from “Pooter McGraw is Not Dead Party.”

Review: ‘Arrival’ is impactful, realistic science fiction GUS HUNNINGHAKE @gushunninghake

French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has been slowly making a name for himself in Hollywood since the release of “Prisoners” in 2012. This twisted mystery-drama put Villeneuve in the spotlight, showcasing his ability to ground blunt, hard-hitting social and ethical commentary into real-life situations.

His 2015 film “Sicario” did more of the same, delivering social commentary on the United States-Mexican border war and presenting it through a completely plau-

sible story. With “Arrival,” Villeneuve looks to continue his hot streak by adding in the fantastical idea of alien life, while at the same time keeping his story grounded in real life.

“Arrival” stars Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Banks, a linguist who is called on by the United States government to try and communicate with an alien race that has landed at 12 different spots around the Earth. While she makes slow progress, tensions in other nations begin to rise, making Banks’ job of trying to figure out the alien’s purpose on Earth harder and

harder to accomplish. With time slowly running out, the idea of a defensive attack on the aliens becomes increasingly likely, making Banks the only buffer to an impending war spread across the world.

The film goes on a surprisingly off-genre track that is void of much action and instead focuses on the dramatic and human aspects of the story. This forces the narrative to unfold at a slow pace.

Some viewers may be turned off by this, but the slow burn is important to the story. It allows the characters to envelop themselves into their

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situation and also keeps the focus on the human aspects of the narrative. Instead of letting mindless science fiction action and violence take precedence, Villeneuve leaves that to “Independence Day” and sticks to a pace that he deems best, which keeps his themes of the power of language and the effects of loss at the forefront of the story.

Adams delivers a wonderful performance as Dr. Banks. Her role is surprisingly multi-layered, and she does a fine job of portraying the grief and loneliness that her character has to endure, along with the stress she feels in trying to make clear contact with the aliens. This is a rare science fiction film character that is so grounded in realism and human emotion that it’s hard to see any acting. Adams feels more like a real person than an actress in a major role. She steals every scene she’s in, and the impact of her character resonates long after the film concludes.

Also worth noting is Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly, an astrophysicist hired to assist Banks in learning the alien language. His character is a little underdeveloped, but there is just enough reason for him to be in the film,

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The film goes on a surprisingly off-genre track that is void of much action and instead focuses on the dramatic and human aspects of the story. ”

From a strictly visual standpoint, this film is beautiful to behold. Villeneuve and cinematographer Bradford Young work together wonderfully to make a film that is visually awe-inspiring. Beautiful wide shots of the grassy fields of Montana where the UFO has landed inhabit the screen in the first act, perfectly setting up the scope of the film and what viewers expect it to encapsulate in its two-hour runtime.

Tracking shots and closeups add to the film’s tension, which doesn’t let up until the credits finally roll. In addition to this, Villeneuve keeps

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Although the film’s narrative is pretty fluid and clear, there are a lot of questions that arise from certain key revelations made by Banks near the end of the film. Most of these questions have logical answers, but there are some that take much more time to process and figure out. Full attention is required throughout the duration of the film to fully grasp everything that happens, especially in the third act.

Ultimately, “Arrival” is the best example of how something as mythical as science fiction can be grounded in ideas and events that feel wholly human. By the end of the film, its few narrative flaws have little impact on the overarching story as a whole.

Adams’ impactful dramatic role, Villeneuve’s increasingly reliable direction and the pulse-pounding visuals make this story a worthwhile tale to witness.

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Kansas football looks to send off seniors on high note WESLEY DOTSON @WesleyDee23

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ansas coach David Beaty is hoping to send his 25 seniors out on a high note this weekend.

Those seniors will play in the final home game of their collegiate career when the team (1-9, 0-7 Big 12) takes on Texas (5-5, 3-4 Big 12) for Senior Day on Saturday.

The Jayhawks haven’t had any success in conference play in recent years, as they have lost 19-straight Big 12 games.

However, Beaty said he believes his seniors have played a vital role in preparing the team to have more success in the coming seasons.

“I think the big thing for [the seniors], and we've been talking about it from the beginning, is the foundation that we're laying here,” Beaty said during his weekly press conference Tuesday.

“Regardless whether we were a bowl

team or a team that was still doing foundational work, understanding that each individual day was going to be basically a step in the right direction for the future of our program.”

With the leadership of those seniors, Kansas has made some of those strides this season, with competitive losses to TCU, Oklahoma State and Iowa State. Now, the team will be looking for its first Big 12 win in over two years when it hosts Texas.

“They've given us everything that we've asked them to give,” Beaty said.

“In return, I know the remainder of our team, plus all of our coaches, are going to give them everything we've got to make sure they go out on a winning note.”

The Longhorns will serve as a tough task for what has been an improved Kansas defense. Texas running back D’Onta Foreman has been one of the best running backs in the nation and will come in red hot.

Baxter Schanze/KANSAN Senior running back Ke’aun Kinner gets pushed out of bounds by Iowa State’s Willie Harvey on Nov. 12. The Jayhawks lost 31-24.

“His numbers are just gross,” Beaty said. “It's unbelievable what he's done.”

Foreman is averaging 179.2 yards per game.

He has scored 13 rushing touchdowns and averages 6.7 yards per carry.

Beaty credited an improved Texas offensive line for the Longhorns’ success running the football.

“You know, it's not just him,” Beaty said.

“Those guys up front are really good now. They put bodies on bodies. There's a lot of plays where they're handing it off to him and he's getting two, three, four, five yards, and then all of a sudden he busts one for 50 or 60 [yards]. They are just consistent.”

After a strong start to the season, the Jayhawks now rank eighth in the Big 12 against the rush (225.9 yards per game). In its last three games, Kansas has

given up an average of 282 rushing yards per game.

“Man, [the Longhorns are] talented,” Beaty said.

“They're good up front.

You're going to have to try to stop the run. There's no doubt about it.”

As for Kansas’ rushing attack, senior running back Ke’aun Kinner has been vital to a revamped Jayhawk offense.

Kinner, who bruised his rib in the loss to Iowa State last week, has averaged 95

rushing yards per game in his last four games after a dreadful start to the season.

He turned in his best performance of the season when he ran for 152 yards and a touchdown against the Cyclones.

Kinner was able to practice Monday and is expected to play against the Longhorns.

“I think he's going to be okay,” Beaty said. “We really need him to be okay.

He ran really well the other night.”

It’ll be key for Kinner to match Foreman’s play if he and any of his 24 other senior teammates want an opportunity to secure their first conference win with Beaty as coach.

“How cool would that be for these guys to get that first Big 12 win in our era on Senior Day here?” Beaty said. “No better day than the next. So let's go.”

Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and can be seen nationally on ABC and ESPN2.

Big 12 rankings: OU extends streak to 7, Baylor stumbles again 1. Oklahoma (Record: 8-2, 7-0 Big 12)

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and a few months later Bill Self and Kansas basketball captured the fifth national championship in school history. Snook had moved to New York not long before, and he wasn’t the only one eager to connect with alumni in the area whose excitement for Kansas sports had hit a boiling point.

“It was really easy to kinda feel like you were still at KU [in fall 2007] because for every game, everybody would come out and be there,” Snook said.

Anymore, keeping the KU identity a part of his life takes a little more work. His personal challenge with keeping involved includes a 45-minute trip to Cor-

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Snook is a fourth-generation Jayhawk, originally from Dallas. The decision to go to KU wasn’t a difficult one for him, and he continues to keep KU a part of life in New York City.

“You’ve got to make the decision that you want to keep the KU connection in your life,” Snook said. “I have a lot of friends who live here in New York who went to KU and I don’t see them very often because we’re all at different places in our lives.”

Johnson and Snook both live in Manhattan, so it’s easy to keep coming to Cornerstone Tavern. The Kansas alumni community in New York City is split for that rea-

son, and Mulholland’s in Brooklyn serves as another watch party location for the chapter.

The alumni chapter has a little trouble getting good crowds for Kansas football games, Snook said, although basketball crowds are ever-steady.

The Kansas faithful in NYC haven’t given up on football, though. Kansas football watch parties were part of the deal with Cornerstone Tavern.

“People would mostly come for the nachos and the bloody marys and KU football would happen to be on,” Johnson, who also spent the Jayhawks’ Orange Bowl run as a New York resident, said. “It’s still fun.”

Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman guard Josh Jackson shoots over a Duke defender in the second half. Kansas defeated Duke 77-75 in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15.

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he had to watch five minutes from the bench and only scored four points, Mason came alive in the second half. He finished with 21 points, five assists, and three boards. He’s averaging 25.5 points per game through two games against two top ranked teams in the nation.

Afterward, media sat in the press room and asked about how Mason and Graham work together, and what they

add to the team together. When asked about his composure, Mason laughed and said Graham could have made the same shot he did.

But through two games, Mason has unabashedly been leader of this Kansas basketball team — and he has two of the biggest shots of his career to prove it.

“He’s a stud,” Self said. “He didn’t get any rhythm in the first half, but the second half he played at least a little bit smarter offensively and drove it downhill much better.”

What Self says are possibly some of the best intangibles in the nation revealed themselves again on Tuesday night when that shot went through and all eyes turned to the guard who initially committed to Towson as the No. 25 point guard in his class.

“I think NBA is missing the boat on him,” Self said. “He doesn’t fit the eye test with length and standing height and that kind of stuff.

But he’s got some things you can’t teach.”

Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman guard Josh Jackson and sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. fight for a ball on the ground against Duke.

Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman center Udoka Azubuike celebrates after a dunk against Duke on Nov. 15 in the Champions Classic.

Senior guard Frank Mason III lays the ball in against Duke on Nov. 15.

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AT A GLANCE The Jayhawks faced some adversity in the Champions Classic win against Duke and looked a lot stronger in the second half than they did in Hawaii in a loss to Indiana. Kansas will be ready to dominate against teams like Siena as it moves into the regular nonconference schedule. Now that the tough tests are over, the team has the chance to work together more as a unit and gain experience.

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Frank Mason III, senior, guard Mason has recorded over 20 points in both of Kansas’ games so far this season. He’s surely one of the best point guards in the nation and proved it with a clutch performance and 21 points Tuesday against Duke. Now that the schedule is going to get a lot easier for Kansas, Mason has the opportunity to build on outstanding performances against top teams in the country. With the easier schedule, Kansas also gets a chance to work on its ball movement, so Mason might be a bigger passing presence than scoring one in this game.

PLAYER TO WATCH

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Marquis Wright, senior, guard Wright is the clear star of the Saints. He played 38 minutes against 2016 NIT Champion George Washington and scored 21 points in a game where Siena almost pulled off the upset. In both games this season, Wright has shot over 50 percent on his three-point attempts. Wright doesn’t have a great height advantage over any Kansas guards at 6-foot-1, so it’ll be a challenge if and when he’s matched up against the taller Kansas guards.

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Devonte’ Graham, junior, guard Mason’s sidekick had a good game Tuesday in the win over Duke with 13 points, his first real standout game of the season, with the exhibition games included. Graham doesn’t complement Mason’s game as much as complete it, because Graham is such a good scorer when other players aren’t having success. Look for Graham to connect with Josh Jackson and the forwards in this game because Siena will have trouble guarding the one-two punch of Mason and Graham.

The 7-footer is a player Self has high hopes for this season. He has come into the Kansas lineup a little better than expected, having recorded 12 rebounds against Duke. Self said Azubuike could be playing way more minutes in the next few games.

After soundly beating Cornell, Siena barely lost to George Washington on Tuesday night. Siena’s main source of offense this season has been Marquis Wright, which probably isn’t enough to beat teams like Kansas. Siena’s youngest players will decide how far this team can go, but if the first couple games are any indication, it might be a long night on Friday.

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Khalil Richard, freshman, guard Richard was the best recruiting pickup for Siena, giving them the 76th-ranked point guard in the class according to ESPN. He wasn’t able to accomplish much against an inferior Cornell team and then against George Washington, Richard was held to just two points. Richard has only taken nine shots through his first two college games so unless he starts taking more shots, it’s hard to see him punishing Kansas offensively.

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Khalil Richard freshman guard With Wright getting most of the attention, can Richard finally step up and deliver?

Coach Jimmy Patsos seems determined to get the freshman playing time, which hasn’t worked out, even against a team like Cornell.

There’s not a lot of scoring options on this year’s Siena team so Richard will have to develop into one sooner than later.

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Will Kansas satisfy Self in its rebounding?

The scoring threat for Kansas is so palpable that there’s no way Siena can match it. However, Kansas lost the rebounding battle to Division II Washburn in an exhibition game earlier this month. Rebounding is something Kansas needs to get better at, whether Self deploys a small or traditional lineup.

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of Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham combined for 34 points Tuesday, almost half of Kansas’ points in the game.

Josh Jackson, freshman, guard Bill Self has been saying it ever since Jackson stepped on campus: He’s as good as advertised.

With 15 points in the win on Tuesday, Jackson made a great impression on the national stage.

His second-half surge lifted Kansas to defend a lead for most of the first half and it was the first time Jackson played that well. Jackson is a big part in working out the kinks in the Kansas offense. Against some weaker opposition he will make fewer mistakes and gel a lot better with his teammates.

Nico Clareth, sophomore, guard Clareth gives some much needed guard size to the lineup, but the second-year Baltimore native has struggled shooting with a 31.3 shooting percentage this season. He’s had some foul trouble in his first two games, but that should subside as he only averaged 2.5 fouls per game as a freshman with solid playing time. Clareth is a great athlete, but aside from his 21-point game against Duke his freshman year, there’s no real evidence he can score at a high level against elite opponents.

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Carlton Bragg Jr., sophomore, forward The biggest thing for Kansas forwards to improve on is foul trouble. In every game so far, Kansas bigs have fouled out much earlier than they should, causing Kansas to play small ball too often. Bragg has shown flashes of being a great scorer this season, but needs to rebound better. Bragg only hauled in five rebounds on Tuesday while being hampered by committing unnecessary fouls.

Brett Bisping, senior, forward Bisping’s last two seasons at Siena have been a vast improvement over the previous two. Last season Bisping had five games with 18 rebounds and finished with double-digit rebounds 15 times.

Against Cornell, Bisping dropped 23 points but only managed five against George Washington. At 6-foot-8, it might be a long night guarding players like Landen Lucas and Udoka Azubuike.

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III currently averages 25.5 points per game.

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How will Siena’s youngest players react to the challenge?

Aside from Clareth, Siena’s freshmen and sophomores have had a tough season.

Richard hasn’t done anything of note thus far this season and Richmond transfer Khadeem Smithen has been given time, but hasn’t produced. There’s no question that players like Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham would give underclassmen trouble, but how will Siena’s younger players react to even going against freshmen like Josh Jackson and Udoka Azubuike?

BY THE NUMBERS

6 — Siena is averaging six

blocks per game, mostly due to Ogunyemi’s 2.5 av-

— Kansas comes into the game ranked No. 7 in the nation. That is sure to go up next Monday as Kansas knocked off No. 1 Duke on Tuesday.

25.5 — Frank Mason

QUESTION MARK

erage so far.

0 — Marquis Wright has Landen Lucas, senior, center Lucas struggled against Duke bigs on Tuesday.

When he was taken out after getting into foul trouble early, Udoka Azubuike took his place and finished with six points and 12 rebounds. Self may start Azubuike in Lucas’ position, but as for now the rocky start for Lucas might only be a bump in the road on the way to a productive 2016-17 season. Expect Lucas and Azubuike to split minutes against Siena.

Javion Ogunyemi, senior, center Like Bisping, Ogunyemi is a threat to foul out, but he’s also a threat to block anything that comes inside. Last season against Quinnipiac, Ogunyemi finished with eight blocks to help boost his 2.1 blocks per game average on the season. He looks to be at a similar pace, having already blocked five shots through two games. He’s made half the shots he’s attempted this season and he’s not afraid to shoot, which could make him the leading scorer against Kansas.

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Christian: Kansas 94, Indiana 72

★★★✩✩ Brian: Kansas 90, Indiana 66

yet to turn the ball over this year, a tough task considering he’s averaging 38 minutes per game.

1,043 — The number

of points Wright has scored in his Siena career. Wright should crack Siena’s top 30 career scorers in just a few games.

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Jayhawks triumph in upset over No. 1 Duke SKYLAR ROLSTAD @SkyRolSports

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EW YORK CITY— The dribbledrives, the jumpers and the dunks from freshman guard Josh Jackson led to a surge for the Jayhawks in the second half. By the time Jackson fouled out with 15 points, Kansas built a lead as high as 12 points and held onto an advantage of some margin up until the last few seconds.

Kansas’ lead disappeared in those seconds, when Duke guard Frank Jackson sank a three with eight seconds left to tie the game at 75-75.

Enter senior guard Frank Mason III and his 20th and 21st points of the game, the last points of the game. A floater from about fifteen feet away sealed the deal at Madison Square Garden, 77-75. Duke’s full-court prayer as time expired wasn’t answered.

Mason’s outstretched arms started spreading the news to the Kansas fans who cheered Mason off the court as Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” boomed from the speakers at Madison Square Garden. Kansas’ first win of the season couldn’t have been much bigger.

“That was quite a play we called, ‘just get out of his way,’” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Yeah, it’s good. He’s made a lot of big plays for us. I don’t know if he’s made game-winners, but he’s certainly made a lot of plays.”

Behind the wave of

Missy Minear/KANSAN Senior guard Frank Mason III waves to the crowd after the Jayhawks defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15.

Jackson’s outstanding second half, Kansas maintained the lead for but a few seconds in the last 15 minutes during the second half to win the game.

However, it didn’t start easy for Kansas’ second-half fire-starter Jackson. A cold first half left him with only 4 points and 0-of-4 from the free throw line. Jackson made a mental mistake when he knocked the ball out of a Duke player’s hands during the first half, earning a technical foul.

It was these types of fouls that kept Jackson from really making the difference Tuesday night.

“The thing about it

is, Josh, without being negative and all,” Self said. “He can’t let his emotions get the best of him and you know he’s a pretty emotional guy and he’s got to be able to contain that a little better.

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That was quite a play we called, ‘just get out of his way.’”

Bill Self Coach

“If he hadn’t got the technical he wouldn’t be in foul trouble,” Self said.

“But for just something silly, you know, knock-

ing the ball out of a guy’s hand for no reason.”

The breakout performance from Jackson came after Kansas forced Duke into foul trouble.

The Blue Devils’ dependable big man Amile Jefferson reached four fouls with just under 15 minutes remaining.

“I think that they played out of foul trouble, and we played out of just as much foul trouble,” Self said. “Those were makeshift lineups that we really hadn’t practiced with all that much.”

Shortly after Landen Lucas committed his fourth foul and forced Bill Self to take him out, freshman forward Udoka Azubuike made

a big impression on one of the biggest stages the Jayhawks will play on this regular season. His energy and strength on the floor complemented Jackson’s explosion and added to Kansas’ lead.

Even when Azubuike picked up his fourth foul, he stayed in the game.

“I was really encouraged,” Self said. “As he gets more comfortable, I can certainly see [Azubuike’s] minutes going way up. He’s going to be as important as anyone on our team on how good we can be.”

In the first half, the Jayhawks hung in there with the Blue Devils.

When undisciplined fouls stopped Kansas from getting in its

rhythm, it was poor shot selection and inability to finish at the rim that let Duke hold a slim lead.

The two teams traded buckets toward the end of the second half, and Kansas stopped committing fouls that would have doomed them by the end of the game as they did against Indiana in Hawaii.

“We didn’t compete in Hawaii like we did tonight,” Self said.

After the loss to Indiana knocked Kansas down to No. 7 in the nation, the win over Duke will be a big boost for the team. Kansas returns to Lawrence Friday to take on Siena at Allen Fieldhouse.

Jayhawks in New York City keep allegiance alive SKYLAR ROLSTAD @SkyRolSports

NEW YORK CITY — On the second floor of Cornerstone Tavern on 50th Street and 2nd Avenue, the Kansas alumni crowd began to build.

The crimson and blue tablecloths and Jayhawk decorations contrasted the gray streets, the maroon awnings and the black skyscrapers outside.

The crimson and blue were the only things reminiscent of Lawrence at the dimly-lit New York City pub. But for the Kansas alumni club that gathers to watch the Jayhawks for every game, the Cornerstone Tavern is home.

It was Nov. 15, and Kansas was about to face Duke in the Champions Classic matchup at Madison Square Garden, the first time the Jayhawks have played in New York since 2011.

Brandon Snook, a 2005 graduate and board member of the KU alumni chapter in New York City, said he wasn’t going. He missed out on buying tickets because he was traveling.

“It’s not the end of

the world, it’ll be fine,” Snook said. “I’ll enjoy myself at Cornerstone.”

Cornerstone Tavern is the official watch party site of the KU alumni chapter in New York City. Along with fellow chapter leader Kellie Johnson, Snook and Kansas alumni in New York City keep their allegiance to the Jayhawks alive in the big apple.

Snook moved to New York City after graduate school and works as a freelance opera singer.

He graduated from the University with a music degree in fine arts performance.

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You can very easily kind of just develop those connections.”

Kellie Johnson 2006 Graduate

Johnson, a 2006 graduate with a degree in architecture, said being a Jayhawk has permeated nearly every part of her life. When she moved to New York City after one year living and working in Kansas City, she got a room in Harlem with

a friend she went to the University with. She also works next to a Jayhawk at Rizzo Group, a real estate company where she handles building code and zoning consulting.

“This city is totally just about networking in general, and so when you have that common denominator of KU, or Big 12 or Midwest, it doesn’t just need to be one thing, you can very easily kind of just develop those connections,” Johnson said.

Most of her friends, Johnson said, are Kansas grads who she hangs out with at Cornerstone Tavern for alumni events like basketball and football watch parties.

She helped bring these events to Cornerstone Tavern, and lived across the street from it when the alumni chapter made it its official bar.

That involved getting in touch with the management at Cornerstone Tavern and working out a deal for specials and scheduled watch parties.

“Kellie is a longtime regular of ours and she just told us, ‘If you play KU, I’ll bring the people,’” Cornerstone Tavern manager Agnese

Missy Minear/KANSAN Senior guard Frank Mason III waves to the crowd after the Jayhawks defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15.

Mattia said. “And she did and we did.”

Since so many people emigrate to New York City, bars hosting alumni clubs from schools all over the country to watch sporting events is nothing out of the ordinary. Cornerstone is also home to a group of University of Florida alumni, who host Florida football watch parties.

Tuesday afternoon, the second floor of the East Side Manhattan bar

looked a bit more like the Red Lyon Tavern. Kansas colors welcomed a growing crowd of alumni who were preparing to watch the game or take off for Madison Square Garden after a few drinks.

The group has been meeting at Cornerstone Tavern for five years.

There used to be a big inflatable Jayhawk on the roof of the bar, Johnson said, but it “took something to the jugular” during a windstorm.

“No one sells inflatable mascots anymore so we can’t get any of those,” Johnson said.

When Snook first got to New York City in fall 2007 and involved himself in the alumni chapter, garnering excitement for the Jayhawks wasn’t very difficult.

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