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The black student debt crisis
Students of color borrow more money, more often than their white peers
Time isn’t always on Diane Hunter’s side. Hunter, a senior majoring in communications, juggles being a full-time student at the University of Kansas and working 24 hours a week at a hotel. She’s also a newlywed — married in June. Life is stressful, but she knows she has to prepare herself for an unfortunate reality when she graduates in December — $50,000 in student loan debt. Although Hunter said being married is a cushion for helping to pay off her loans, she knows it might
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Have you voted yet? Early voting has started for the Nov. 6 midterm elections. Students registered in Douglas County can cast their ballots early at the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center next to the Kansas Union. Polls are open 10 a.m. to 7 a.m. through Friday, Nov. 2.
“I want to have a say in what’s happening... before I accidentally get too busy before Tuesday.” Reagan Kanter Junior Lawrence, KS
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be a long time before she erases her debt. “Hopefully, I’ll get a job and be able to pay it off in ten years, but I know people who are 60 years old who are still paying off their student loans,” Hunter said. “That’s not what I would like to happen to me, but it could very well happen. I don’t know.” Hunter is a first-generation student from a working class family in Independence, Missouri. She transferred to the University in 2014 after going to community college, but took a two-year break from school shortly after coming to Lawrence.
During her break Hunter quickly learned about the burden of student loan debt. She was $30,000 in debt at the time and was constantly in deferment — a grace period of 12 months for loan payments. As a result, Hunter can no longer defer her loans when she graduates. She said if she were not a first-generation college student, she probably wouldn’t have a lot of student debt. “Most black people are first-generation [college students], and that can play a big part, because if you are first-generation, you don’t really know a lot,” Hunter said. “Your
parents don’t know a lot about the applying to schools and how much it costs, and other races whose parents have went to school are able to tell them to not take out a loan unless they really have to. They get that type of education before coming to school.” With U.S. student loan debt reaching $1.53 trillion, Hunter’s story isn’t surprising. More importantly, it reflects a larger trend of how black students across the nation are disadvantaged in terms of student loan debt.
“I think it’s really important, because this is my future, and I’m finally old enough to do it.” Nicole Weyer Freshman Blue Rapids, KS
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Jewish organizations unite after Pittsburgh shooting NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury It’s been a heartbreaking week for Jewish students at the University of Kansas. An assailant armed with an AR-15 assault weapon and three handguns opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue the morning of Oct. 27, shouting anti-Semitic slurs. Eleven people died, and many were wounded. By the end of the day, it was one of the deadliest acts against individuals of the Jewish faith in America’s history. Following the shooting, Jewish people across the country were left shocked and speechless. But since the tragedy, Jewish groups at the University have been working to honor the victims and unite in support for one another. KU Hillel and Chabad of KU — both organizations for Jewish students on campus — invited members of the campus community to come together on Oct. 28 for a gathering at the Kansas Memorial Union. And on Oct. 30, they organized a dinner at Naismith Hall to discuss the events more thoroughly. “We know a number of residents here on campus and at Naismith Hall have been affected by the tragedy in Pittsburgh this weekend,” the Facebook event
said. “It can be difficult to process, and we understand that some of our residents may just need a place to connect with other students.” Spencer Rosenak, the president of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity on campus, was with his fraternity brothers when he found out about the shooting. Immediately, a group of freshmen from the fraternity came to the executive board with the idea to repaint the letters in front of their home and add the hashtag #PittsburghStrong. It took about 30 minutes to do, Rosenak said. “The best way for us as a group to channel those feelings was to act,” Rosenak said. Sam Brody, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University, said anti-Semitism often goes through periods in which it becomes prevalent and a public problem, and other periods when it seems to recede. “Anti-Semitism is something that flares up at certain points in history, often when there’s economic crisis because of the historical stereotypes and tropes that go with anti-Semitism are economic in nature,” Brody said. “When you see this kind of issue with nationalism, with globalism for
Emma Pravecek/KANSAN Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi has united in the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on Oct. 27. They posted “#PittsburghStrong” on the letters in front of the house on campus. example, being something that is prominent in public rhetoric, you’re likely to see a spike or rise in anti-Semitism.” Over the course of the past five years, anti-Semitism has been on the rise, but spiked within the last two years, Brody said. The most recent attack in Pittsburgh models a classical form of anti-Semitism, Brody said. The Tree of Life synagogue in particular was selected by the assail-
ant due to the synagogue’s work on behalf of an organization that helps immigrants and refugees in the United States. “It wasn’t simply religious bigotry, but in that sense it was a classical anti-Semitic attack because he believed Jews were pulling the strings behind other things he was worried about — like migrants coming to the United States and seeking asylum,” Brody said. The day following the
attack in Pittsburgh, Interim Provost Carl Lejuez and Vice Provost for Diversity and Equity Jennifer Hamer wrote a letter to the Kansan, which directly responded to the events in Pittsburgh. “Engage where you are as an informed citizen and ally. For those we have lost and for those most vulnerable, your understanding, knowledge and action matter,” the letter said in part. While Rosenak has not personally encountered no-
ticeable acts of anti-Semitism on campus, he said it’s important for the campus community to be aware of the events in Pittsburgh. “It’s important for all of us to acknowledge a horrible event like this, Jewish or not,” Rosenak said. “This world is filled with hate, but we can control the culture of this campus. It’s our job to keep this university a place where anyone can feel safe and respected each and every day.”
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Paul Davis, the Democratic candidate for Kansas’ 2nd Congressional district, stopped by campus for an hour on Monday to chat with students about advance voting as the election draws near. “We want to make it as easy for people to vote as they possibly can,” said Davis, a 1995 graduate of the University. “I’m here just to try to promote voting and just encourage people to participate in our democracy.” Pollsters are predicting a high turnout for midterms this month. Last week, Douglas County reported it had sent out a record number of advance ballots. On campus, the Office of Multicultural Affairs is offering early voting to those registered in Douglas County from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. everyday this week. Davis had lunch with students and tabled on Wescoe Beach during his time on campus. The congressional candidate, who ran for governor in 2014, said he wants to focus on healthcare in the final days of his campaign. “The paramount issue I hear from people about is healthcare costs,” Davis told the Kansan. “People are just drowning in healthcare costs right now and I think that we need to have some action from the Congress really addressing prescription drug costs in particular which have just been going up year after year after year.”
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The National Center for Education Statistics estimated 86.8 percent of black students who attend fouryear colleges borrow federal student loans compared to 59.9 percent of white students. A September report from the Institute of College Access and Success reveals more troubling realities. Nationally, according to the report, 5 percent of bachelor’s degree recipients defaulted on their federal student loans within 12 years of entering college between 2003-2004. However, 21 percent of black bachelor’s degree recipients defaulted within 12 years, while only 8 percent of hispanic/latinx degree recipients and 3 percent of white recipients defaulted on their loans. According to data acquired by the Kansan from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, 73.8 percent of black bachelor’s degree recipients who graduated from the University in 2017 borrowed from student loans, which is the second-highest rate among other races (84.6 percent of American Indians borrowed from student loans). The median loan amount for those black students was $29,304, which was the highest out of all the other
Chance Parker/KANSAN Paul Davis, a candidate for Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District, came to campus on Monday, Oct. 29.
out for him, as he campaigns for a formerly Republican-held seat in a district Donald Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016, but said he thinks Democrats and Republicans “have a
voters, and lots of Republicans and there were a lot of Republicans who voted for me in 2014 who then voted for Donald Trump in 2016,” Davis said. “And I spend a lot of time listening to those folks and
they’re concerned about the fact that Washington is really responsive to the special interests and lobbyists and not to the American people.” The Kansas Democratic Party is campaigning heavily on campus ahead of midterms, with events every day this week, including a pizza party with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Laura Kelly and former Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday in the Union. Nick Hinman, a sophomore from Olathe and a campus organizer for the Kansas Democratic Party said the group wants to encourage college stu-
races. NaQari Harris, a senior from Kansas City, Kansas, studying social welfare at the University, said she is aware of the alarming disadvantages that black students face when borrowing student loans. That’s why she’s been meeting with various advisers on campus to help eliminate her debt. Harris also credits her job with the Boys and Girls Club as a factor for paying off a significant amount of her debt. “At first, I was scared [about having to pay back student loans], but then I think educating myself helped out a lot,” Harris said. “I found out that I could start paying them off now, which I didn’t know at first. It took me just doing research because I knew I didn’t want to deal with paying them off once I graduated.” Harris had about $10,000 of student loan debt before this year. With the help of scholarships and her own payments, her debt has been reduced to
about $7,000. Harris said she budgets her money every month to make payments on her student loans. “I just plan out to save at least $50 every two weeks from my check, so I’ll pay $100 a month,” Harris said. While Harris hopes to have all of her loans paid off within a year after graduation, her plans to attend graduate school might prolong the process, but she’s determined to get them paid off quickly. And she’s adamant about making the payments herself without relying on her family to help her. “Neither one of my parents went to college, and they have major loans like car notes and mortgages,” Harris said. “A thing that people don’t know sometimes is that when you have a parent do a parent plus loan, that goes on to their initial loans, so even though you’ll help to pay the loans back, it’ll add to whatever they already have which makes their interest double or even triple. I didn’t want my parents to have to deal with that.” Kendre Collins, also a senior from Kansas City, Kansas, isn’t worried about not being able to pay back his loans (which account for a total of about $22,000) after graduation, but he said he is concerned with the school needing more resources available to help
students regarding manage their loans. Collins said that although he’s aware that Student Money Management Services is a resource for students on campus, he said he never has the time for visiting their office. “They probably should have a whole class about [managing your student loans],” Collins said. “There’s a lot of hidden things that they don’t tell you about. It’ll be nice if they had some things that you could do at home, like some quick facts online or a financial calculator to see how much certain loans costs. Those things would be very helpful.” Leticia Gradington, director of Student Money Management Services, said the issue of black students being at a disadvantage in terms of student loan debt is attributed more to lack of education than a lack of resources. “We make sure that the resources are out there,” Gradington said. “It’s just a matter of whether or not students are using them because all of the information that is made available in this office is accessible elsewhere. If you’re a student at KU who’s been here for four or five years, the resources have been here.” Although Gradington said she understands students’ busy schedule that
He added that a stronger economy for the working class and funding education are also some of his priorities. Davis has his work cut
lot more in common than people think we do.” “In 2014 when I ran for governor, we were able to put together a coalition of Democrats, unaffiliated
“We have the opportunity to put people who care into offices.” Nick Hinman Campus organizer Kansas Democratic Party
“At first, I was scared, but then I think educating myself helped out.”
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dents to take advantage of this unique election cycle. “This is one of the best times to be a democrat in Kansas,” Hinman said. “We have the opportunity to put people who care into offices, on the state level, from the governor’s mansion to the statehouse. On the federal level, we have the opportunity to turn half of our congressional delegation blue. This is an opportunity like we’ve never had before.” Davis is competing with political newcomer Steve Watkins for the seat left vacant by Republican Lynn Jenkins, who announced her retirement last year.
often prevent them from visiting her office or learning how to effectively manage their loans, she said she thinks students should prioritize their time for being more concerned about their finances. “When you guys are students, you’re not really focusing on things like that, but, to me, when you’re in an educational environment, you should be open to everything,” Gradington said. “This is where you learn to do the things you need to do. This is where to learn how to plan for success, but does everybody take advantage of the resources here? No.” Hunter said she often wishes she had used more of those resources that were available on campus. However, she said she also thinks the University could do a better job of making those resources more accessible, especially for minority students. That’s why she wants underclassmen to save more of their money so they won’t have to deal with the burden of student loan debt for the rest of their lives. “Take out just what you need,” Hunter said. “Do apply for scholarships, and although I don’t encourage people to work during school because it is hard, a part-time job would be sufficient for managing your loans.”
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Trans identity film to show on Daisy Hill RACHEL GAYLOR @raegay218 New York-based composer and visual artist Sarah Hennies will bring her film “Contralto” to the University of Kansas Thursday for a special screening and question and answer session at Hashinger Hall. The 5 p.m. screening, which will also include an artist talk, will call attention to issues such as conformity to societal expectations of gender. The name “Contralto” comes from the musical term describing the lowest range of a female singer. “Contralto” is part experimental music, part documentary. The experimental music portion features seven instumentalists along with a video that includes seven different trans feminine individuals who speak, sing and perform vocal exercises — which were designed by a speech pathology professional to help trans women speak with a “more feminine voice,” Hennies said. Hennies is a trained composer and accompanist who first premiered the piece
In this still from “Contralto”, trans woman Dreia Spies performs vocal exercises. in November 2017 in Brooklyn, New York, and has since taken it to six different locations across the United States and Canada. The one-hour experience dives into the little-explored territory of what happens to the voice after a male-tofemale transition. It examines the difficult
situations of transgender women who are told they have a “male voice,” which can contribute to continued dysmorphia. “I’m excited about this piece because it ties together almost all of the musical and artistic ideas I’ve been working on over the past ten years into one work,” Hennies said. “It’s a strange piece
since she wasn’t able to finish her required Russian classes. After college, she worked for Teach for America and then moved to Philadelphia, where she worked in corporate sales for eight years. However, Craig said those eight years weren’t her happiest. “None of the things
I just felt like the world was passing me by.” So, Craig re-evaluated her life. She saw others gain success in starting their own travel blogs and realized that’s what she wanted to do. She saved money for about a year before setting off to travel around the world. According to her website, Craig has traveled to 67 countries and territories. “If you start doing something you love, you want to do it all the time,” Craig said. She is currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she lives with her fiancé. She usually stays for a few weeks in Sofia and then travels to another destination for a few weeks. During her travels, she explores historic sites and writes about them. Some highlights of her travels include Rio de Janeiro, and Vietnam, but her favorite places are the Balkans in Eastern Europe. Craig enjoys this area so much, she even started a business about Sofia, Bulgaria. She started a travel website called “Sofia Adventures,” which is exclusively about Sofia and things to do there. Craig said she thinks Bulgaria is an underrated travel destination. “Bulgaria is fantastic,” Craig said. “I never run out of things to do here. I love being here and exploring more.” Craig runs “Sofia Adventures” with Allison Green, a fellow travel writer. The two first met online when Craig
that I think puts most viewers in a place of not knowing what to think or how to react, and this is something I look for in other people’s art or music. I’m most excited when a piece of art or music makes me think, ‘What is going on here?’” Jason Zeh is currently working as an artist at the Spencer Museum of Art.
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He has known Hennies since 2011, meeting her because of their shared interest in “sound art” and experimental music. “This is a film, but it’s also a piece of music,” Zeh said. “I think that this kind of cross disciplinary work that straddles boundaries between media is really exciting and really interesting.”
Zeh said the film will interest those engaged in visual art, experimental music and music composition, along with those who are interested in gender issues and gender-bending topics. “I really wanted to bring [Hennies] to the Kansas City/Lawrence area to share her work,” Zeh said. “I think it’s important that people get to see and hear it.” Hennies said she hopes the film can raise awareness of trans issues and inspire questions about things that may not be understood, instead of automatically rejecting someone who is different. “I hope that it gives trans and non-binary audience members a chance to see themselves reflected in a work of art,” Hennies said. “It’s often said that the purpose of art is to reflect society, but for trans people we rarely have the chance to see ourselves reflected in an empathetic and positive light.” The free event will be held in the auditorium of Hashinger Hall and is open to the public.
KU alumna finds new passion in globetrotting blog RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester Stephanie Craig has loved history ever since she grew up reading children’s history books, playing with American Girl dolls and enjoying her social studies classes more than any others. Today, Craig, an alumna of the University of Kansas, runs her own history and travel blog, and podcast, which are both called “History Fangirl.” She started her history and travel blog in 2015. “I get to do really cool things because I have created my own outlet,” Craig said. Craig graduated from the University in 2006 with a degree in creative writing and a minor in economics. She took Eastern European history classes, which she said were her favorite, but didn’t end up graduating with a degree in history
“If you start doing something you love, you want to do it all the time” Stephanie Craig University alumna
that I had chosen for myself were things that made sense,” Craig said. “None of them were things that made me happy or fulfilled my intellectual curiosity, and
Contributed photo Stephanie Craig stands atop Gardos Tower in Belgrade, Serbia.
Contributed photo Stephanie Craig stands at Big Almaty Lake outside of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Craig is a 2006 alumna who left her desk job to blog about her world travels. encountered an article by Green about the best Indian food in Kosovo. “Half of our life involves trying to eat non-Balkan food in the Balkans,” Green said. Craig and Green travel around the Balkans together. Green, who’s lived in Sofia since February, said they created “Sofia Adventures” because they felt the area lacked indepth travel information in English from an expatriate perspective. “We also eventually want to become a onestop shop for people traveling a general Balkans trip,” Green said.
Craig said she became a travel writer because it allows her to travel and experience historic sites first-hand, like when she attended the 73rd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. She also said she does it to spread awareness for places that don’t receive as much tourism, which could be beneficial for their economies. “There are just so many more places than people realize exist in the world, and there are so many great reasons to visit all of them,” Craig said. Craig encourages those who are hesitant to
start traveling to “just get out and go somewhere.” Craig didn’t start traveling internationally until she was 26 because she thought it was too difficult. 67 countries later, that’s no longer the case. Craig’s next travel destinations include Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey. “My theory is just go somewhere and then go somewhere else,” Craig said. “Just keep going, and you’ll figure out what parts of the world you like.”
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‘Trump of the Tropics’
The global populist wave continues as Brazil elects extreme right candidate Jair Bolsonaro
FFA of the Day: One of my friends is going to a Bernie Sanders rally dressed as a sexy witch today “i’m high off of being heartbroken” “Instead of making a Tinder you should make an album of dog photos” “I don’t know how much you know about french history but the revolution started out okay but people got annoyed with it.” “It’s called hydrate or diedrate.” are you ever so stressed you just skip class to compulsively clean your apartment “Mother. That test... that quiz... was *bullshit*” If David Beaty gets a contract extension I *will* light myself on fire “freshman year first semester I was such a creature” Contributed photo Fortaleza, a city in northeastern Brazil, during the World Cup. Support for the Workers’ Party was strongest in this region of the country.
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The far right’s Jair Bolsonaro — “Trump of the Tropics,” brash, uncouth and intentionally offensive — just won the presidency of the second biggest economy in the Americas — Brazil. Controversial for his obscenely derogatory statements about women, minorities and the LGBT population, Bolsonaro emerged as a divisive candidate early this year, positioning himself as the antithesis to the Workers’ Party (PT) and the string of corruption scandals that put its leader, well-loved former-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in jail. “You propose to be the savior, right, and people believe in you, particularly when there was such a disappointment before,” said Luciano Tosta, the University’s associate professor of Brazilian literature and culture. “Bolsonaro was smart to tell people what they wanted to hear,” Tosta said. Comparisons are easy to draw between Sunday’s results and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The phrase “better of two evils” made the rounds in Brazil, too, and the vote was characterized by the same sort of vitriolic anger and division that helped President Trump win two years ago in the States. A few days before the election, Doriane Meyer, an architecture Ph.D. candidate at the University
of Kansas from Salvador, Brazil, expressed what she saw in her home country. “The radicalization is happening on both sides. At the moment, the election has become anti-Workers’ Party and anti-Bolsonaro. The least rejected candidate will win, not the best,” she said. And like in 2016, he did. But Brazil is not the United States, and Bolsonaro is not Trump. Take safety, for example: the number of murders per 100,000 people in Kansas was 5.3 in 2016. In Brazil, statistics from 2017 show a murder rate of 30.8 per 100,000 — a three percent rise from the previous year. People are scared, and ready to believe in hardline, radical rhetoric. “Crime and violence is a big issue, and [Bolsonaro] said, ‘No, the way to solve crime is to give people weapons.’ And some people believe in this, right? Maybe once they see the tragedy around, they’ll get disappointed again. But they believe,” Tosta said. Inequality is also extreme, with the six richest people in Brazil owning as much money at the bottom 50 percent combined. There’s poverty, but real poverty — the kind fit for the Instagrams of young volunteers from first world countries. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that Brazilians are sick of politicians who embezzle money. But much like the discontented electorate in the U.S., Brazilian voters may be placing their trust
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in a leader who knows exactly how to manipulate that discontent — and not for the good of the people. “Despite all the disasters of the Workers’ Party, I’ve never seen an important party figure preach hate or despise minorities,” said Caio Castro, a University Latin American studies graduate student from Salvador, Brazil. “Now, there’s a chance we’ll live in unlimited regression.” But again, this is not just a 2016 reprise. Unlike the U.S., Brazil is a young democracy, having been under military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. Bolsonaro, a former military captain, expressed admiration for the regime — a regime under which former Workers’ Party President Dilma Rousseff, along with countless other leftists, was jailed and tortured. To label someone a fascist in Brazil is not an insult that harkens back to World War II. It’s a statement of political alignment, more real than we, in the U.S., understand. And he won. “I don’t like him,” Meyer said, “but I prefer to take a risk on possible change than continue on with what we already know doesn’t work.” Castro and Tosta both said they believe the Workers’ Party is at least in part responsible for the far right’s rise in Brazil. Though they did a lot of good for the country, they lost the people’s trust through corruption, embezzlement and the onset of a dire economic
recession. “People want some sort of revolution. They want something that changes their situation,” Tosta said. This isn’t the end of the story, of course. Geraldo Sousa, an English professor at the University from Brasilia, Brazil said he was concerned about Bolsonaro’s anti-minority rhetoric. But, he said, he trusts the system outlined in the Brazilian constitution. “I think Brazilian democracy is very strong, so that gives me hope that the rule of law will be maintained because of the very strong, independent judiciary and congress,” Sousa said. “It is a force to contend with.” Yet the global populist wave continues. If we value freedom of expression, minority rights and an end to inequality; if we want access to healthcare and education for all, it’s our uncomfortable responsibility to look this trend right in the face and understand why we lost the people’s trust. As a student in São
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Paulo in the 1970s, my aunt picketed the streets with Marxist groups during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Her dad, my grandfather, was part of São Paulo’s military police during the same era — they argued, constantly. Her brother, my father, is a conservative Christian pastor. How do we get on the same page about things as basic as human rights and inequality? How do we stop Bolsonaros and Trumps, who have the ability to give a sense of hope and inspiration to some and physical nausea to others? I don’t know. But I do think it has something to do with not demonizing each other — because the more we do, the riper the soil becomes for men like these to plant their poison. If we have to hate, let’s hate what they’re doing to us.
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Garrett offers KU valuable experience JACK JOHNSON @JohnyJ_15
Being thrown into the fire might be a bit of an understatement when it comes to summarizing the 2017-18 season for thenfreshman guard Marcus Garrett. The 6-foot-5, 195-pound, guard out of Dallas appeared in all 39 games for Kansas last season, including seven starts, six of which came against Big 12 opponents. At only 18 years old, Garrett was given the responsibility of contributing at a high level for a team that played only seven players consistently. “By this time last year, I had no idea what to expect,” Garrett said. “Now, after playing all those tough teams heading to the Final Four, when I take the floor, I know what to expect.” But, for as much of an asset he was on the defensive side last season, his ability to knock down outside shots was often questioned, especially in the NCAA tournament. He finished the season shooting 26.7 percent from three-point range and 49 percent from the foul line. However, with Kansas featuring a completely different looking lineup this season, Garrett may be able to settle in more as a point guard with the plethora of shooters Kansas possesses.
“Last year I had to learn how to play off the ball a lot,” Garrett said. “Throughout my life, I’ve always been more comfortable with the ball.” Although the offense will need him to score more consistently around the perimeter, the best suited position for Garrett may be as a true point guard for Kansas.
“After playing all those tough teams heading to the Final Four, when I take the floor, I know what to expect” Marcus Garrett Sophomore guard
With the addition of freshman guards Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson, the Jayhawks have no shortage of talent when it comes to seeking out replacements for former guard Devonte’ Graham. However, it shouldn’t be out of the question that Garrett could receive some playing time at the point guard position heading into the season. According to redshirt sophomore guard K.J. Lawson, Garrett is one of the toughest players to guard on the team and has helped Lawson improve every practice. “He’s been helping me
get better everyday since I’ve been here. He’s very quick, he can shoot, and he’s shifty. He just helps me a lot on my game,” Lawson said. With the final exhibition game on Thursday, there isn’t much time for turnaround before Kansas heads to Indianapolis to take on No. 10 Michigan State in the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Before long, starting lineups and rotations will be decided heading into the regular season. As it stands, Garrett is potentially in the running for a slot in the starting five, but how well he portrays the strength of his shooting game and scoring with the ball in his hands on Thursday will dictate who will get the call on Nov. 6. For the first time in awhile, Kansas will showcase one of the deepest rosters in the nation, thanks largely in part to returning players and transfers. The exact place where Garrett fits in the rotation, however, still remains a mystery. His versatility gives him the edge on a handful of his fellow teammates, but for the Jayhawks to achieve their end goals of contending for a national title, they need a step up in offensive production from arguably their most athletic player.
Football needs to springboard off Big 12 victory, Beaty says FULTON CASTER @FCaster04 Following Kansas’ win over TCU this past Saturday, Kansas coach David Beaty discussed the importance of the win during his weekly media availability on Tuesday. The Jayhawks were able to knock off the Horned Frogs 27-26 for the team’s first Big 12 win since 2016. Beaty said he thought the victory served as a statement win for the Jayhawks this season, even if the timing wasn’t ideal. “Getting that first Big 12 win under our belt was big,” Beaty said. “We obviously would want that earlier in the season, but that didn’t happen, so you just keep working until you get that breakthrough.” In four seasons at Kansas, Beaty has only been able to muster two Big 12 wins, those being this past weekend and the famous 24-21 victory over Texas in
2016. Beaty said he’d like his team to use this victory as a springboard moving forward, instead of regressing back to past struggles. “Now we are moving to that next level of back-toback Big 12 wins,” Beaty said. “We’ve got to make that a pillar. I said that a few years ago when we played Texas. Those games can be pillars that you can look back on that you can say was one of the big turning points if you continue to build on it. If you don’t, then it just becomes a game that you played.” Between the win against Texas and the win against TCU, Kansas went 3-17, one of the statistics that many use to illustrate the shortcomings of this program in recent memory. Obviously, that is a mark that Beaty very much does not want to repeat. The Jayhawks haven’t won two conference games in a season since 2008
when they started conference play 2-0 with wins over Iowa State and Colorado. Kansas appears to be turning a corner under Beaty as the Jayhawks have their first three-win season since 2014. Kansas also ended its NCAA FBS record road-losing streak this season against Central Michigan, and the win over Rutgers was the first Power 5 nonconference win for Kansas since 2010 against Georgia Tech. This Saturday against an improving Iowa State riding a three-game winning streak and looking to add to its 4-3 record will certainly serve as good a test as any for Kansas to get another statement victory. Kansas returns to action at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium this Saturday against the Iowa State Cyclones. Kickoff is slated for 11 a.m. —Edited by Nichola McDowell
Chance Parker/KANSAN Senior quarterback Peyton Bender throws the ball downfield against TCU. Kansas defeated TCU 27-26 on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Chance Parker/KANSAN Sophomore guard Marcus Garrett pulls up for a jump shot against Emporia State on Thursday, Oct. 25. The Jayhawks defeated the Hornets 93-55 in Allen Field House.
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Kansas vs. Iowa State, Saturday, Nov. 3, 11:00 a.m.
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Senior quarterback Peyton Bender throws the ball downfield against TCU. Kansas defeated TCU 27-26 on Saturday, Oct. 27. JACK JOHNSON & MADDY TANNAHILL @KansanSports
Beat Writer Predictions:
Jack Johnson: Kansas 24-31 Iowa State Maddy Tannahill: Kansas 21-28 Iowa State
KANSAS (3-5, 1-4 BIG 12)
IOWA STATE (4-3, 3-1 BIG 12)
John Wirtel
David Montgomery
redshirt senior, long snapper
junior, running back
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Peyton Bender
Brock Purdy
Though recording close to zero measurable statistics for Kansas, Wirtel consistently gets the job done for the Kansas special teams unit. Entering the program as a walkon in 2013, Wirtel transitioned to a scholarship player before becoming injured for the majority of the 2016 and 2017 seasons, resulting in him receiving a sixth year of eligibility.
senior, quarterback
freshman, quarterback
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Keith Loneker Jr.
Ray Lima
In undoubtedly his strongest performance of the season, Bender threw for 249 yards after completing 19-of29 passes in last week’s victory over TCU, yielding the highest passer rating (85.4) in the Big 12 for week nine. Despite the forefront of much criticism this season, Bender has steadily increased his passing production by roughly 45 yards each game since a 68-yard outing against Rutgers.
senior, linebacker
Having corralled his first interception of his career against TCU on Saturday, Loneker became the 11th Jayhawk to record a pick this season to contribute to Kansas’s plus-16 turnover margin. Though ranking third on the team in solo (30), assisted (19) and total tackles (49), the senior’s stat line against the Horned Frogs fell flat, recording only two total tackles to tie his lowest output of the season.
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Tackles-for-loss recorded by Joe Dineen Jr. against TCU to establish him as the solo leader in Kansas history for career TFLs (41.5)
To start the season, most of the Big 12 hadn’t heard of the name Purdy. Now, after winning his first three starts at the collegiate level against Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Texas Tech, he has put his name among the most talked about around the conference. Through the first four games of the season, the Cyclones averaged a lowly 17.5 points per game.
redshirt junior, defensive lineman
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Coming in with 648 yards on 144 carries and six touchdowns, Montgomery is the backbone of the offensive production for Iowa State. It is no secret the play calling runs through the junior running back. In his last two games, he was given a combined 62 carries in wins against then-No. 6 West Virginia and Texas Tech.
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Career-high receptions recorded by Pooka Williams Jr. on Saturday
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Even though he isn’t a big name, Lima is one of the main contributors to the top rush defense in the Big 12. Tallying six total tackles in last week’s win over Texas Tech, Lima’s ability to eliminate the rushing attack could be a deciding factor against a Kansas team that relies heavily on the output of its star freshman running back Pooka Williams Jr.
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Receiving yards tallied by Steven Sims Jr. to move him into second place in program history in career receiving yards (2,336)
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Plays in the Jayhawks’ opening scoring drive to establish a lead for the first time in conference play
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Basketball Gameday Kansas vs. Washburn, Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:00 p.m.
Chance Parker/KANSAN Redshirt sophomore guard Charlie Moore cuts across the court against Emporia State. The Jayhawks defeated the Hornets 93-55 Thursday, Oct 25. MADDY TANNAHILL & BRADEN SHAW @KansanSports
Beat Writer Predictions:
Maddy Tannahill: Kansas 101-73 Washburn Braden Shaw: Kansas 96-67 Washburn
KANSAS (0-0, 0-0 BIG 12)
WASHBURN (0-0 0-0 MIAA)
Devon Dotson
Javion Blake
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freshman, guard
senior, guard
Having started in his debut as a Jayhawk, Dotson contributed eight points and led the team in assists (5) in Kansas’ 93-55 exhibition victory over Emporia State Dotson joined Kansas as the No. 18-ranked recruit out of high school, making him the second highest ranking recruit on the roster. A McDonald’s All-American and Bob Cousy Award contender, the freshman’s play-making ability and natural athleticism establish him as an ideal point guard.
Following the loss of leading scorer Brady Skeens (14.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game in 2017-18), Blake will be looked at as the new leader of this offense in 2018-19. Last season, Blake averaged 14.3 points and was one of two players to shoot above 40 percent from threepoint range for Washburn (.403).
Charlie Moore
Tyas Martin
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Mitch Lightfoot
Tyler Geiman
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redshirt sophomore, guard
senior, guard
Shooting 3-for-5 from three-point territory, Moore finished last week’s exhibition matchup against Emporia State as the third-highest scoring player on the Kansas roster with nine points. A transfer from California, expect the Golden Bears’ freshman record holder in assists (12) and three pointers made (45) to continue to serve as an offensive threat off the bench for the Jayhawks as one of their more consistent shooters from beyond the arc.
Helping out Blake on the offensive end will be his fellow guard, Martin, who will be looked at as a veteran on the team. Martin averaged 10.7 points per game last season, improving from his 1.7 PPG mark in 2016-17. The 6-foot-4, 175-pound, Wichita native appeared in all 32 games last season, but only has 14 career starts. 201819 will be a large increase in playing time for Martin, who averages 5.9 points in his career at Washburn.
junior, forward
sophmore, guard
Contributing 12 minutes off the bench for the Jayhawks last Thursday, Lightfoot recorded three points, three rebounds and a block in the exhibition matchup. Though a key contributor in last season’s Final Four run as one of few big men on the roster, this year Lightfoot is joined by a much deeper frontcourt. Expect less playing time and production from the Gilbert, Arizona, native.
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Even though he is just a sophomore this season, Geiman is still expected to help carry the load in the backcourt for Washburn in 2018-19. Geiman appeared in 27 games last season off the bench during his freshman season, averaging 16.5 minutes and 4.5 points, 2.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game.
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Players who received post-season awards (Grace Hagan, Katie McClure, Sarah Peters)
Birdies recorded by junior Yi-Tsen Chou at the Trinity Forest Invitational
Games by which Kansas leads the all-time series with Iowa State (50-41-6)
Exhibitions games where Kansas has scored 100+ points
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