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For Self, 600 wins is about ‘we’ CHRISTIAN S. HARDY @ByHardy

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ill Self would tell you it’s not his 600th win. Not because he hasn’t won 600 games — he did that on Tuesday night when his team defeated UMKC. And not because he’s not proud that he’s accomplished it in 24 years as a head coach.

Instead, he’ll tell you they’re not his wins. If you listened to Self after the game against UMKC, or before win No. 600, you would have heard him say “we” won 600 games, that “we” have been coaching for 24 years. On Monday, he said that “we” have had a fun run in his years at Kansas.

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I never did anything in this game, it’s always a team effort.”

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When Self had finally notched that 600th win on Tuesday night with a 105-62 win over UMKC, the Allen Fieldhouse video board played a sequence of Self’s former players — Perry Ellis, Mario Chalmers, Russell Robinson and Sherron Collins among them —

congratulating Self on his accomplishment. Self stood, his current players around him, encapsulated by what was playing on the board.

The public announcer blared over a cheering crowd: “Ladies and gentlemen, with tonight’s win, Coach Self has reached his 600th career win.” Players and coaches congratulated him, Tyler Self hugged him. Self waved to the crowd, then walked off the James Naismith court with a smile on his face, surrounded by his team and assistant coaches

— part of the “we” who has got him this far.

“I never did anything in this game, it’s always a team effort, in anything that you do,” Self said. “Whether it’s good or maybe not so good … I shouldn’t even be part of your vocabulary when you talk about team-type of things.”

Self became the 32nd coach in college basketball history to hit that 600-win mark. For Self, it was, of course, like any other game.

He high-fived fans walking onto James Naismith Court and then blew two puffs of

air into his hands — first the right, then the left, per usual.

Self prefers to hide it for the most part, but there’s still something to be gained from milestones like this for him. It provides a brief respite from the current season — a chance for the 53-year-old coach to take a step back and see all he has accomplished. A National Championship, two Final Four appearances, an unfathomable run of consecutive Big 12 championships, Coach of the Year awards in three

different seasons. Now, 600 wins.

On Monday, before win No. 600, when he thought of how he got to 600 wins and remembered a time at Oral Roberts. He lost 18 games between his first and second seasons in 1993-94 then 1994-95. In his first season alone, he was 6-21. He left Oral Roberts with a record of 55-54 after 1997.

“I would have thought 600 losses would be the thing, instead of wins." Self said. “To leave Oral Roberts after four years with a winning record, I think,

was the most remarkable thing we’ve done coaching considering we started so poorly both years.”

Better than the accomplishment was the four-minute video that followed it. Self was seeing people he coached over these 24 years — former Oral Roberts guard Earl McClellan (1993-1997) the oldest of them. They knew his family, he welcomed them into his house, helped groom them into young men — and suddenly, Self was realizing why this milestone was meaningful to him.

It was not because he or his staff have been so successful — to Self, that’s the expectation when he’s been at Kansas for so long.

But above that, he saw all the men — from now-40year-olds to 2015 graduate Jamari Traylor — who he made an impact on, who have helped mold him and his family, how they have all changed so drastically as people from when he first coached them “To have that number, that’s pretty insignificant,” Self said. “But what's significant more than anything is to see those guys up on the video board and how many players that my family, Cindy and Lauren and Tyler, have seen come through… and you kind of watch them grow up to where they are now. That to me is what makes it special.”

Longtime KU employee killed in traffic accident LARA KORTE @lara_korte

Lawrence police have identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a car and died on Friday as University employee Bruce Coburn.

According to Sgt. Amy Rhoads, officers were dispatched to the intersection of 9th and Illinois Street at 9:28 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2 for an injury accident involving a vehicle striking a pedestrian. Rhoads said responders attempted life-saving measures on the pedestrian, but he was pronounced dead.

It was determined that a 26-year-old Lawrence resident was driving eastbound on 9th Street.

According to Rhoads, Coburn was walking southbound in the roadway when the car struck him.

According to a statement released by the University on Tuesday, Coburn, 58, served as a KU

Libraries administrative associate for mail and facilities.

“He was an important member of our team, and his work kept our university community connected,” Dean of Libraries Kevin Smith said in the release. “Those who knew Bruce appreciated his humor and wry perspective; his loss will be felt by us all.”

In the statement, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said Coburn was a long-time employee of the University.

“Bruce Coburn’s contributions to our university spanned more than three decades, during which he worked to keep our university community connected,” Gray-Little said. “We are saddened to learn of his death, and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and to those who knew him at KU.”

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Despite state losses, Republicans at KU optimistic following election CHANDLER BOESE @Chandler_Boese

After Republicans scored major national victories, but suffered some small blows statewide in November’s election, members of the party around the University are optimistic about the party’s future.

College Republicans chairman Adam Steinhilber said the election surprised a lot of people in his organization, but most are feeling good about what’s to come.

“The Republican Party looks to have a very bright future,” he said.

As far as national positions and issues go, Stein-

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hilber said he is pleased with where Washington is headed. He feels satisfied with President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, the promise of a new Supreme Court justice and the GOP’s dominance in Congress.

“I hope that the people in D.C. will be more connected and helpful than

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Junior Victoria Snitsar, who worked on U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins' campaign this summer, also said she thinks the national government will be successful in the next two years.

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Where do your course evaluations go?

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round this time of the year, students are being evaluated in a lot of ways: papers, presentations, take-home finals, exams and more. It’s also this time of the year that students get a chance to give feedback to their instructors through course evaluations.

“If I'm in a class where I really don't think the teacher was an effective teacher, I'm going to say that and I'm going to say the specific reason why, because if the class sucked for me, it's going to suck for whoever takes it after me, and I really don't want other students to have to go through the same thing,” Katherine Riedel, a sophomore from Olathe, said. “On the flip side, if a teacher did a really, really great job, I want them to be able to be recognized from that and get acknowledgement.”

But after the evaluations are administered — the instructor gives students notice, asks for a volunteer to take the sheets and leaves the room — the use of those evaluations is largely at the discretion of individual departments.

The University has one standard policy for the administration of the evaluations, but each department comes up with its own practices for using them. Most of these policies are contained in the online policy library as “faculty evaluation plans.”

But there are definitely standard practices for using the evaluations, said Mary Lee Hummert, the vice provost for faculty development. After an instructor puts in grades, the evalua-

tions are returned to them for their own use, a practice mandated by the Board of Regents.

“So you see, as a faculty member, how your students evaluated your teaching on the nine items that are part of the course evaluations,” Hummert said. “What we really emphasize is using them as feedback and trying to address areas in which the feedback suggests you could work on improving what you're doing.”

Summaries of the evaluations are also included in promotion and tenure decisions, Hummert said.

The summaries are usually norm-referenced, meaning that they’re given in comparison with similar level courses in the same department.

“Mainly because there are some types of courses, like those [which] are required of a lot of students who aren't majors [theteachers of which] could potentially be perceived less positively than the 500-level courses in which only a small group of majors enroll,” she said. “So, it makes a fair comparison of a person's teaching effectiveness to make a comparison other people taking similar courses in the same discipline.”

But the information that is considered in promotion includes much more than just student evaluations.

Faculty members are typically evaluated in terms of not only their teaching, but also their research and service.

Even in just looking at an instructor’s teaching, there are other ways to measure their effectiveness, Hummert said. Students can tell a lot of things about instructors, such as how they communicate with stu-

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dents or show them respect.

But there are limitations to a student’s perspective, Hummert said, limitations even she has experienced as a student.

“What I don't know, necessarily, is if I'm being exposed to the latest literature, are the curriculum materials top of the line in terms of what is the highest standard in this discipline.

That's when the perspective of my colleagues in the department come in,” she said.

One decision that’s entirely up to the department, Hummert said, is to what degree the department will look at the qualitative data on the course evaluations.

“According to the Board of Regents, we can also have open-ended questions that students can maybe give you some feedback on what they particularly liked or suggestions for improvement, but those are for the individual faculty members or the school says that the written comments are part of the personnel file, too,” she said.

Riedel said she hopes that most departments look at the written comments,

as those are a much better measure of an instructor’s success.

“The ones where we circle things in, it's easier for students who don't really care to B.S. it ... and it's harder to get across a point on how I think a teacher performed that semester,” she said. “If you can write it out, I feel like you can better explain what the specific issues are, whereas if you're filling in the bubble for a generic thing, you don't get to voice any actual concerns.”

Often, departments also emphasize improvement in its evaluations over the individual course results, Hummert said.

“I would want to, over a six-year period before I went up for a promotion, show continued attention and improvement and show that I paid attention to the students,” she said. “You can see that we're showing a real dedication to teaching and developing students and ensuring that they're learning.”

Some of these expectations can be seen in the policies. For example, the Department of Communication asks for instructors

Geography professor dispels myths about marijuana legalization MONA AHMED @KansanNews

Four states might have legalized marijuana this year, but according to geography professor Barney Warf, it’s unlikely that Kansas will allow the controversial drug.

Warf recently wrote a book, “High Points: An Historical Geography of Cannabis,” which addresses the topic from both a historical and geographic standpoint.

Warf started researching cannabis 15 years ago. He said he was motivated by the high number of arrests associated with marijuana.

“Hundreds of thousands of people or millions of peoples' lives have been damaged for arrest of cannabis. There are people in Texas who are doing life sentence for cannabis possession,” Warf said.

“And I just found that was completely unfair. And it became a matter of social justice and I am very concerned about social justice and inequality."

Warf’s book describes the various kinds of cannabis and its uses. He said he thinks there are many misconceptions regarding marijuana.

to submit a written statement as to how they used the evaluations to improve.

Other policies, like the math department’s, call for “systematic” evaluations results, as opposed to individual comments.

Overall, Hummert thinks the policies put a lot of faith in instructors to improve their own teaching, something she believes the University’s faculty members excel at doing.

“We have an increased emphasis and appreciation for the importance of undergraduate teaching at this institution and have really increased our efforts to support faculty members in adopting the most effective and innovative approaches to increasing student engagement in the classroom, because we all know that’s where learning really takes place,” she said.

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“There are a lot of erroneous stereotypes and disinformation about cannabis. One of them is that it leads to hallucinations. It does not," he said. "Cannabis produces a mild euphoria and it often stimulates sexual desires and appetite. It enhances most peoples' pleasurability to listening to music and conversation and things like that."

Another misconception, Warf said, is that marijuana is addictive. While there are certain addicting qualities, Warf said it is not as powerful as other legal drugs, like nicotine.

There are not any other professors in the University's geography department who

study cannabis, but Stefan Kertesz, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, highlighted the differences between nicotine and marijuana.

“Nicotine is highly addictive and most persons who smoke cigarettes develop a diagnosable addiction to them... nicotine interacts with the brain in very complicated ways, but many addiction scientists would draw the conclusion that it is ultimately somewhat more addictive than the compounds in marijuana,” Kertesz said in an email.

Although many health organizations warn about marijuana, Warf said he is

hesitant to trust them.

“There are temporary effects. It has been shown to impair short term memory in the short run as a temporary phenomenon.

It also depresses hearing a little bit. Those going away once the THC is mitigated in the blood stream,” Warf said. “I don’t think there is any convincing evidence that it has long term negative effects.”

Although it seems to be becoming more normalized, Warf said he thinks the legalization in Kansas is far off.

“Kansas is too conservative and troglodyte of a state to legalize cannabis,” Warf said.

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ast w eek, the University Senate voted to place Student Senate under review to examine its structures and processes. Pam Keller, faculty senate president, said the ad-hoc committee will be looking at certain aspects within Senate.

“The committee is charged at reviewing specific things, the structure of representation, the elections process and then also looking at the coalitions process,” Keller said.

The decision to form a committee is a result of a request by the DEI Advisory Group, which released a 28-page document last semester that recommended changes to the University to make campus more inclusive. One of those proposed changes is taking a hard look at how Student Senate includes — and excludes — minority students.

“What the committee is doing is implementing a recommendation of the Diversity, Equity, and In-

GOP FROM PAGE 1 “I think they’ll be able to get things done and avoid some of the gridlocks that we’ve had in the past couple of years,” she said.

Despite the GOP’s victory in the presidency and Congress, the party that usually dominates Kansas saw a few slips in its hold on the state. A moderate can-

clusion advisory group, that we review certain specific aspects of the representative structure in student government,” Keller said.

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The committee is charged at reviewing specific things, the structure of representation, the elections process, and then also looking at the coalitions process.”

Pam Keller Faculty Senate President

According to Keller, the committee will consist of representatives from several groups, which will include two senators from Student Senate.

“What we're trying to do is get representatives from each of the parts of governance to take a hard look at governance itself, but at these specific issues,” Keller said.

didate for the U.S. House of Representatives won a traditionally conservative district in Kansas, and Democrats and moderates gained several more seats in the Kansas state legislature.

“There were a few disappointments more locally… but many of the candidates we personally advocated for like Rep. Lynn Jenkins or (Michelle Derusseau), a Republican running for a

File Photo/KANSAN Senate Rights Committee meets at the Kansas Union in September.

During last week’s University Senate meeting, several senators voiced concerns that the creation of a review committee doesn’t acknowledge the efforts the body has made to be more diverse and inclusive. How-

ever, Keller said that Student Senate's work in these areas has not gone unnoticed.

“The Student Senate has been working itself to address diversity and inclusion issues," Keller said.

"They've worked very hard, the current leadership, to put initiatives in place."

A statement from Connor Birzer, Student Senate’s communications director, said Student Senate is optimistic despite the initial

concerns, and will work with the process.

“We value the importance of placing Student Senate under review and look forward to a collaborative effort,” Birzer said.

Douglas County Commission seat, won their races,” Steinhilber said.

Some Republicans, like Snitsar, believe the shifts in the statehouse are likely to cause conflict in the upcoming term.

“I definitely think we’re going to see some backlash against the executive branch,” she said.

Within the legislature, though, Steinhilber believes

that the moderates and conservatives will be able to work together successfully, as seen in the fairly balanced votes for legislative leaders that were held earlier this week.

Although it’s still pretty early, the surprises in the election might be subtly changing Republican groups as well.

Snitsar said she’s seen a definite excitement among

the Republicans she knows in regards to what can happen during the upcoming two years.

“We know that we have a chance to get things done,” she said.

The College Republicans group at the University hasn’t had a meeting since the election was concluded, but Steinhilber said he’s seen an escalation in the success of the organiza-

tion’s social media.

“I’m not sure it’s tied to the election, though, as people always want to know what we’re saying on stuff,” he said. “We’re pretty much the only established conservative group on campus.”

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We didn’t get handed the title “greatest home court advantage”, we earned it! Be loud & proud & don’t sit down in the student section!

Chew with your mouths closed! #FFA So next year having a gun will be fine, but you’ll get in trouble if you have a beer?

Okay then.

“To be honest, I love watching videos of dolphins”- a dude in my class, completely unprompted But seriously... wtf 2016. wanna buy some yams If my professor handed out the course evaluation after he handed back the last assignment, I would have responded completely different.

Someone just walked into my class 38 minutes late. It is a 50 minute class.

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WHY WOULD YOU USE THE SIDEWALK WHEN YOU COULD WALK DOWN THE ROAD WHERE I’M TRYING TO DRIVE MY CAR HA HA H So far, I am very disappointed in the enthusiasm and effort of the student section at the MBB games. Do the cheers, lose your voice, and make the building shake like it should... And for the love of God do the Rock Chalk Chant when there is 1 minute remaining in the game!! Thanks!

Being alone with your thoughts is the literal worst. Remember your headphones, people.

Knife-throwing is a valuable and impressive life skill.

Eyebrows are the doors to the face Thomas Jefferson was such a b*tch i was gonna be 5 min late to class so i skipped it instead

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ast week, award-winning author Zadie Smith visited the University. I attended a lecture she gave in the Union on Thursday, although I did not have time to do so. Two years ago, I took one of the only classes on this campus to teach Smith’s amazing works in the context of other contemporary British literature.

I made the time.

She was a wonder, of course. Among other things, Smith talked about what it means to be a writer. Being a writer, she said, (I am paraphrasing), is not an iden-

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out my own positions on various ideas — I have excellent friends, family and advisors who support this.

Others, however, seem less invested in supporting my needs and visions and more interested in spouting their specific and streamlined view of how things need to be done. I don’t know if you know this, but there are thousands — literally thousands — of people on the internet just waiting to tell you what you are doing wrong with your life. And if those people believe they are academics, who think their experiences are invaluable to your and your future? All the worse yet.

This year, I began the hard work of applying to law schools. After a long time ignoring it, I looked in in the face. I did the work.

But I also had to do some of that work alone.

While some expert advice is helpful, I realized,

much of it is subjective, unnecessary, just gray noise that kept me from doing things the way that worked best for me.

I took an extraordinary amount of time to realize that I could just not listen to some of the advice that strangers on the internet — or professional acquaintances — gave to me. I realized that sometimes, in order to get the work done, you have to shut your phone off, log off the internet and listen only to your own instinct.

This year, this finals week, whatever immense and unspeakable task is awaiting you — just do the work. The urge to evade and disappear will be overwhelming, I am sure. Some things seem insurmountable until we have looked them in the face and made them happen. Writing a book?

Representing one’s life work in a two-page statement? Something about hard math problems to appease the STEM read-

ers out there? Impossible until we do them, until we deny our instinct to submit and concede and doubt.

I write, so I am a writer. I listen to the audio files of Supreme Court cases from the 1990s online in my spare time, so I am a pre-law student.

Whatever these things are, we must do them, and we must do them the way we know best. Even the effort counts.

To add just one more (hopefully not unwanted) voice to this conversation, I will end with quote from another author on the subject. As Antonio Machado wrote: “Walker, there is no path / the path is made by walking.”

Walk, carve, write, whatever. Do it. Do it your way.

Ellen Bertels is a senior from Overland Park studying English and Italian.

Adamson: Cheating is never worth it LAUREN ADAMSON @LeAdamson

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tity, but an action. I like that. The more I thought about it, the truer it became: To be steeped in the writerly aesthetic, to declare it as a lifestyle and a culture, and then turn around and not to do the work seemed not only hypocritical, but counterproductive.

Similarly, in another interview I really enjoyed, Margaret Verble, an author whose debut novel was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize this year, said that writing is “like woodcarving.

You have to, you know, carve.”

The statement is simple and clean: You have to do the work.

Sometimes hard work fosters doubt and requires support. I know this better than anyone.

Much like in this article, in real life, I rely a lot on other peoples’ words for support. The advice I seek out is instrumental in helping me make decisions, in understanding the world, in parsing

As we head into hell week and finals, the number of students frantically walking around campus, sleeping in the library and calling their parents for reassurance has risen dramatically.

It’s a

stressful time of the year, and for many students there are make-it-orbreak-it assignments and tests in all of their classes.

With this seasonal panic comes a matched increase in Adderall binges, test file use and “accidentally” having your notebook open to a certain page. While these activities range from somewhat benign to blatant cheating, the question I ask is, do most people know where they draw the line? Is integrity in the classroom so easily forgotten when faced with the alternative of a

lower GPA? Cheating has risen across all levels of schooling in every part of the nation. Where once it was reported that only about 20 percent of students cheated in high school, 95 percent of students now say that they have cheated in some form.

At the university level this is reported as a mere 43 percent, but my experiences have me questioning the validity of this statistic.

And, cheating at school seems quite easily justified. The competitive world that

we live in requires students to always be on their A-game in order to compete. The only way to get a job or get into grad school is to be completely well-rounded. As we all know, this is impossible.

College is hard. It’s hard to keep the GPA, have a social life, sleep and binge on TV all at the same time. But cutting moral corners to save yourself some time and stress is not the answer.

I firmly believe that while cheating may get you the grade, it greatly reduces how well you actually learn. Frankly, we’re all paying way too

much for these classes to not actually absorb the material. It’s time that we re-evaluate how we approach school each semester.

We all need to learn to be better students, to procrastinate less, and to focus more. We shouldn’t default to the extreme solution of cheating and swindling ourselves out of a good education.

Lauren Adamson is a senior from Leawood studying economics and political science.

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arts & culture KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 2016

HOROSCOPES ›› WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?

Aries (March 21-April 19) You’re getting stronger today and tomorrow, empowered with high energy.

Conditions are changing in your favor. Ignore rumors and gossip. Take charge for what you love.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Slow down and think things over today and tomorrow. You’re especially sensitive and intuitive.

Minimize risks. You don’t have to go along. Rest and pamper yourself.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Hold meetings, social events and parties over the next two days. Develop strategies with teammates.

Talk over any concerns.

Others can see where you’re blind.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Professional opportunities become available over the next few days. Consider your decisions well. Others may demand quick action.

Help them see the big picture.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) A thirst for exploration entices you from your comfort zone today and tomorrow.

Don’t rely on an unstable source. Make future plans.

Take the brightest road.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Collaborate on financial matters over the next few days. Negotiate for a winwin situation. Stand for a possibility that inspires you both. Listen carefully.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be receptive. Listen to your partner and share your views today and tomorrow.

Support each other with a challenge or controversy.

Adjust to outside demands.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The excellent work you’ve been doing reflects well on you over the next two days.

Don’t push yourself too hard physically. Balance activity with peaceful rest.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Love is the bottom line today and tomorrow.

Avoid silly arguments. Talk about your enthusiasms and passions. Play games together. Get artistic. Set mood lighting.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Enjoy a two-day homebody phase. Clean, beautify and decorate your place.

Gentle music and tea can soothe frayed tempers.

Share your love generously.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Study or travel engages you today and tomorrow.

Investigate and explore.

Write down your discoveries. Document them with photos and video. Keep it simple.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Tap another source of revenue. The next two days are good for business.

Your ideas are attracting attention. Market, buy and sell. Share thanks and appreciations.

Baxter Schanze/KANSAN Chris Yeadon, a Salvation Army bell ringer, stands in front of Dillons on Massachusetts St.

Salvation Army spreads holiday cheer OMAR SANCHEZ @OhMySanchez

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n a Monday, at the Hy-Vee supermarket on 6th Street, retired Lawrence resident Joe Ryan can be seen handing out candy canes as a Salvation Army bell ringer just outside the west entrance.

“I love when the kids come up, because I always give out candy canes,” he said. “I hand them to the kids, and with no expectation. I just enjoy that and seeing the people smile.”

Ryan, like others in Lawrence, volunteers with the Salvation Army around the holiday season and throughout the year, in the hopes of getting back more of those smiles in the community.

The Salvation Army is a nonprofit group that has

been in Douglas County since 1886, according to Marisa McCluer, the lieutenant of the group. Since that time, they have set out to help those in need.

“All the money that we raise at Christmas time makes up a good portion of our year’s budget to be able to provide the services to the community that are needed,” McCluer said.

Part of that goal is participating in the annual bell-ringing outside various locations across Lawrence.

Currently, these locations include two Hy-Vees, four Dillons, two Walmarts and the Starbucks on Massachusetts Street. Various volunteers from around town, like Ryan, encourage people in those sites to donate in the kettles while singing Christmas songs and interacting

with those who pass by.

“It’s nice to see the generosity of people,” Ryan said.

“People are really good and they are reminded that there are people in need. This time of year, too, people take a little inventory of the blessings they have. We get to spend time with family and friends, and it makes us appreciate that a little bit more.”

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It’s nice to see the generosity of people.”

Joe Ryan Lawrence Resident

Chanda Rojas is an IT worker who recently moved to Lawrence from a small ranch in Harper. She recently volunteered a four-hour

shift in front of the Dillons on 23rd Street, and said one of the best things about volunteering is getting to meet new people from the area and having fun at the same time.

“It’s every walk of life, and I think that people are more generous than I would have imagined,” she said. “I usually bring a speakerphone with me, and I had a gal who just busted out and started singing with me because I couldn’t really sing. She was hilarious and singing loud and getting people to come over.”

Ryan, meanwhile, has been participating as a bell ringer with the Salvation Army in Lawrence for 10 to 12 years. While originally more active in his volunteering hours, Ryan said at his age his opportunities to bell ring are more rare and he has

to constantly keep an eye on the incoming weather.

“I’m always watching the weather forecast now, because I’ve been out here when it’s been pretty darn cold,” Ryan said.

For those wondering why many volunteers don’t wear santa outfits while they are out bell-ringing, McCluer said the costume is optional, but some go-getters choose to wear the costume.

“The more outgoing you are, the more you can make people smile as you are standing there and the easier it is for people to give,” McCluer said.

— Edited by Christian Hardy

Review: ‘Peter Pan’ brings a fun energy ALYSSA HOEDL @AHoedl

Theatre Lawrence debuted “Peter Pan” on Dec. 2 as a part of its 40th season.

The show follows the classic story of Peter Pan and Wendy along with Captain Hook and Tinkerbell.

The most impressive part of “Peter Pan” was the technical aspect. The sets were perfect for the show and size of stage, and were just extravagant enough without being over the top. Making the scene changes just a tad faster would have made the show just a little smoother. However, the sets were intricate enough that slow set changes were understandable.

The show also had a flying system that was used well.

The few times where the actors had to hook harnesses on were well covered and the audience never had to wait awkwardly for the performers to begin their flying.

Naomi Brakenhoff (Wendy), Ashton Rapp (John), and

Elliot Paden (Michael) were an adorable Darling family.

They were engaged and their voices blended together very well through the entire performance.

Amy Nystrom (Peter Pan) truly stole the show. Nothing seemed to phase her, whether it be singing while flying high over the audience or just dancing around the stage. When Nystrom talked to Tinkerbell it never seemed forced, although Tinkerbell was just a little light floating around the stage.

All of the Lost Boys were a little scattered through the show, however, their acting and singing was top notch.

They maneuvered around the set easily and always seemed comfortable onstage.

The two different ensembles in the show proved to be very entertaining as well. The pirates never failed at being a humorous addition to the show and the warriors were fierce yet fun to watch.

Sonja Holmgren was a fantastic Mrs. Darling. Her

Alyssa Hoedl/KANSAN Smee (Steven Fendt), Captain Hook (Patrick Kelly), and the pirates during one of their dances in Neverland.

strong showing of emotion toward her children helped the audience really believe she loves them. She also played a role as a warrior.

Patrick Kelly as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook were both wonderful parts of the

show. His characters were never fake and he never overacted them.

All in all, everyone performing in this show really felt as if they were just having fun. No one looked like they didn’t want to be there,

whether it be a Lost Boy, a warrior or a pirate — everyone looked like they were just having the best of times.

“Peter Pan” runs through Dec. 18. Tickets are available at Theatre Lawrence’s website or at the show.

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The Kansan picks its top 5 albums of the year KANSAN STAFF @KansanNews

2016 has been quite the year for music. Throughout the year it seemed like something good released nearly every week, which is why making this list of only five albums was so hard. But after nearly two hours of debate, we narrowed it down to what we believe are the five best albums of 2016. Visit kansan. com to see top-10 lists from individual staff members.

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4. KANYE WEST - THE LIFE OF PABLO

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5. SOLANGE - A SEAT AT THE TABLE Solange surprised us all with the work of art that is “A Seat at the Table.”

The songs on the album fit together perfectly, the flow is so smooth that you could continue listening but not realize that you've moved to the next track. Solange provides beautiful vocals over glistening production in each track.

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Solange provides beautiful vocals over glistening production.”

The features are perfect as well, they all seem to work in Solange’s favor. Lil Wayne on “Mad” was great for example.

She also explores multiple ideas of appreciating blackness as she sings about black people's place in the world and that the music that she is making is to them. All of the work she put into “A Seat at the Table” was clearly shown and much appreciated.

What a beautiful mess Kanye West made with this album, in so many different ways. First, it was in the delivery of the album — the delays (one because of Chance the Rapper, according to West), the obscure details leaking on Twitter, then some of those details — including the tracklist — not being correct. West took the sudden release that has become popular in recent years and capitalized off of it, making his fans and music mavens crave every little detail coming from him and his camp.

West was already a star before 2016, his every move followed, but the way he rolled out this album — in a way no other album has been rolled out before, with alterations to songs a month after the initial drop — put him under a microscope that he had never quite been under before.

As for the music itself, "Ultralight Beam" is a masterpiece, and one of West's best-released tracks. Yet some other tracks, namely "Father Stretch My Hands" and "FML," are some of the sloppiest, least-produced tracks in all of West's discography. And that's fitting, considering 2016 was exactly that kind of year for West as well — haphazard and sporadic, yet still utterly astounding.

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3. BON IVER - 22, A MILLION "22, A Million" is just as bold as it it beautiful. The third and long-awaited LP from Bon Iver went far above what was expected of it. Not only was the album able to showcase the band's multigenre ability, but it also showed how creative and precise it can be with it's musical production. The album abandons all the elements of gritty folk music and implements elements of electronic,

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EDM, and digital distortion. Though it may well be classified as the years weirdest indie rock project, it's one of 2016's best albums, in both artistic and musical terms.

2. FRANK OCEAN BLOND Four long years after the revolutionary "Channel Orange," R&B star Frank Ocean finally released "Blond." Words cannot describe the brilliance that went into the release. Ocean’s already

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powerful voice matured over the four years it took to create the album, adding to the beautiful piano and wavering guitars.

The combination of the dreamlike instrumentals with the smooth voice of Ocean resulted in an ethereal sound. Ocean placed his emotional heart and soul into each track and did what he did best — story-telling.

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The combination of the dreamlike instrumentals with the smooth voice of Ocean resulted in an ethereal sound.”

Love, loneliness, childhood, all are heard through the emotional ballads; “Ivy” discussing his first love and mistakes made while growing up, to solo in which Ocean bares out his soul, singing about how he feels alone. The smooth, powerful voice of Ocean helped propel the album to not only one of the greatest albums of the year, but arguably the best work the artist has released.

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On the album they manage to take their original 90s alternative hiphop sound and keep it fully intact whilst adapting their content to today’s musical and social landscape. This flawless execution is aided by combining contributions Elton John, Andre 3000, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar. This creative melting pot produces a sound that is new and unique and modern yet so undeniably Tribe.

2016 was a rough year from social and political turbulence, to tragic losses of countless legends — including the Tribe’s own Phife Dawg — and the group's final album is a musical diamond created from the year’s immense pressure. Whether we all know it or not, “We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service” was the album that 2016 needed.

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Yulduz Kuchkarova finds a family away from home ERIK NELSON @erikthefan

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lark Campbell, coach of the Kansas women’s swimming team, had no idea what he would be getting when Yulduz Kuchkarova came to Kansas.

The senior and native of Uzbekistan was a mystery.

With the way international swimming is individualized, most foreign swimmers don’t have experience swimming on a team. However, Campbell said he’s been impressed — shocked, almost —

by Kuchkarova’s team-first mentality.

“She’s really embraced the team aspect of swimming in collegiate competition,” Campbell said.

Kuchkarova started swimming when she was 8 years old. However, she said Uzbek culture discourages women from playing sports, because it is a 90 percent Islamic country that expects women to dress conservatively.

“They don’t support girls in swimsuits,” Kuchkarova said. “But at the same time, they look at you for what you have achieved in the sport.

They don’t look at it like, ‘Oh my God, she’s naked.’”

Kuchkarova said she was proud of her parents’ willingness to support her career as one of only a few Uzbek women to participate in sports.

“It was some kind of a barrier that we overcame as a family,” Kuchkarova said. “The fact that my parents were supporting me throughout my swimming career is amazing.”

Photo courtesy of KU Athletics Yulduz Kuchkarova competes for the Jayhawks during the 2015 season.

She said that leaving Uzbekistan without her parents, who had supported her for so long, was difficult.

But she has since adapted to U.S. culture and society, again with her parents’ support. They were the ones who encouraged her to take the opportunity to go to the United States. But Kuchkarova said while her parents encouraged her to move to the United States, she was anxious.

“At first, I was the one saying, ‘Oh my God, I don’t think I want to, because I don’t want to leave you guys.

I’m going to be alone,’” Kuchkarova said. “But my parents were actually the ones say-

ing, ‘No, you should go, it’s a great opportunity. You have been dreaming about it. If you’re going to say no, then you’re going to be a typical person living in Uzbekistan.’

They pushed me.”

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The fact that my parents were supporting me throughout my swimming career is amazing.”

Yulduz Kuchkarova Swimmer

Kuchkarova swam for her country at the 2012 London

Olympics but did not earn a medal. After swimming for a few years with a team in Redlands, Calif., she decided to attend college.

Kuchkarova said she chose Kansas because the team component of swimming was very important to her — it felt like a new family.

“Finding a place where people treat you the same and treat you like you’re a part of their family was a huge thing to me,” she said.

“I found people who accepted me for who I am.”

Kuchkarova swims in backstroke and freestyle events. She holds the second-fastest times in the University’s history in the

100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard backstroke. At the 2016 Big 12 Championship, she finished in second place in the 100-yard backstroke and third place in the 200yard backstroke. She was named to the All-Big 12 First Team in both events.

Campbell said that Kuchkarova was shy at the beginning of her career at the University, because English is not her first language, but has become more comfortable communicating and being with the team as time passes.

“She started communicating more,” Campbell said.

“Once you learn to care about people and communicate

with them, trust builds.”

When she is not swimming for Kansas, Kuchkarova studies psychology. She does not have any definitive plans after graduation, though she said she could possibly leave the United States if she can’t find a job right away.

And while Campbell said she has become one of the best teammates, there’s one thing he will miss more than anything else when Kuchkarova finishes her Kansas career this spring — her talent in the pool.

“She’s fast,” he said. “And she’s one of our top backstrokers — one of the best backstrokers we’ve ever had at KU.”

Bill Self’s 4 favorite regular-season wins with KU CHRISTIAN S. HARDY

on the day — for the win.

“The only game I have been a part of in (Allen Fieldhouse) that rivals it is that Missouri game,” Self said after the game.

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Save the National Championship and Final Four win, it’s tough for Bill Self to narrow his 600 wins down to his favorite.

Before he went for career win No. 600 against UMKC on Tuesday, he was asked about what his favorite regular season win was. Instead of one, he named four. All four were at Kansas, all conference games, all at Allen Fieldhouse.

“I think there’s been a lot that stands out to me,” Self said. “There’s a lot of great ones, but certainly those are four that come to mind from a regular season standpoint.”

Below is a quick rundown of those games, in the order Self mentioned them, and what he remembers about them.

NO. 9 KANSAS 76, NO. 20 WEST VIRGINIA 69 (OT) March 3, 2015 Win No. 556 How Self remembers it: “When we beat West Virginia a couple of years ago to win the league when Perry (Ellis) went down in the second half, that was a gusty win.”

What happened: On senior night in 2015, Kansas won its 11th straight Big 12 title in overtime with a comeback win. Kansas trailed by eight points with 3:39 to play, with Perry Ellis in the locker room injured.

NO. 4 KANSAS 87, NO. 3 MISSOURI 86 (OT) February 25, 2012 Win No. 467 How Self remembers it: “But the win, at least at Kansas, that trumps everything was the Missouri win. When you’re down 19 in the second half to a top five team in the country and have the wherewithal and the fan support to come back and win that one.”

File photo/KANSAN The Jayhawks celebrate their Big 12 title in March 2015 after defeating West Virginia in overtime.

But then Frank Mason III and Jamari Traylor took over before overtime. Traylor’s 14 points and nine boards all came in the second half and overtime, as he overcame first-half foul trouble to lead Kansas to victory late.

Mason’s free-throws down the stretch — he scored the team’s final eight points in overtime — helped down the Mountaineers. The win avenged a loss to the Mountaineers from earlier in the season, when then-No. 23 West Virginia defeated thenNo. 8 Kansas.

KANSAS 59, NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 58 February 4, 2006 Win No. 269 How Self remembers it:

“We beat Oklahoma when we were down 17 with seven (minutes) and they were a top-15 team when those guys were all freshmen. I thought that was a pretty gutsy win.”

What happened: “Those guys” were Brandon Rush, Julian Wright and Mario Chalmers — two of which would go on and win a National Championship just two years later. Self remembers it a bit wrong too, though that makes sense considering it was over 10 years ago. Oklahoma was No. 19 in the nation, according to College Basketball Reference. Kansas never fell behind by more than 16, and that was with 10:22 left in the game. But with 7:51, Kansas was down 15 points — 53-38

— before a tremendous rally.

Rush hit a three-pointer and got a fast-break layup to put Kansas within 10. A short jumper from Chalmers put Kansas on top with 20 seconds to play. Unranked Kansas didn’t play its best game offensively, but held Oklahoma to 58 points on 34.8 percent shooting, had 10 steals and eight blocks.

NO. 1 KANSAS 109, NO. 2 OKLAHOMA 106 (3OT) January 4, 2016 Win No. 572 How Self remembers it: “The OU win last year was obviously big.”

What happened: This one is fresh in the mind

of Kansas fans, and it’s probably one of the most competitive games ever played in Allen Fieldhouse. Perry Ellis went for 27 points and had 13 boards, Devonte’ Graham went for 22 points, and Wayne Selden Jr. had 21. All of that, along with big steals late in the third overtime from Frank Mason III, helped Kansas down the No. 2 team in the country despite Buddy Hield’s ridiculous 46-point day. Hield shot 23 times from the field, along with 14 free throws. As Oklahoma had a chance to win the game, Mason defended Hield as he prepared to throw the inbound at the end of the game. Instead, Mason stripped the ball away on the pass in, and hit a pair of free throws — two of his 15 points

What happened: Self has often said this the best game he’s played at Allen Fieldhouse, and for good reason. The Jayhawks trailed by 19 with 17 minutes left, but erased the deficit against the No. 3 team in the country to force overtime. It was the final installment of the Border War, at least while Missouri was in the Big 12. Now, it’s been cemented into Kansas basketball folklore and forever commemorated in the pre-game Allen Fieldhouse video. Thomas Robinson scored seven of the team’s last nine points, then blocked Missouri’s game-winning shot to force overtime — the block heard around the world. Tyshawn Taylor and Robinson combined for 52 points to carry Kansas to the victory over Missouri.