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A few months ago, anew trend in do-

mestic violence in-tervention took the internetby storm. The “Black DotCampaign” was originallytouted as a way for victimsof domestic violence tosend out a silent plea forhelp by drawing a black dotin the center of their palm.

It’s gained a hugeamount of support.

Posted by The Mirroron Saturday, September 19,2015

The internet sensationquickly died out after re-

ceiving widespread crit-icism. While it may haveseemed like a creative wayfor victims of domestic vi-olence to speak out, JenBrockman, sexual assaultprevention and educationcoordinator for the Univer-sity, said the viral natureof the campaign essentiallymade its purpose a mootpoint.

“The downside and thebacklash of that campaignwas that it also created avulnerability, because vic-tims of domestic violence

aren’t the only ones that areon social media; offendersare too,” Brockman said.“So as much as a victimcan identify, ‘Oh, if I put a

dot on my hand, then myprimary care provider willknow,’ the abuser has alsoseen that, and if they recog-nize or see that call for help,that victim becomes very

vulnerable for violence andabuse escalation.”

While the primary pur-pose of the campaign mayhave backred, Brockmansaid it raised a necessaryquestion.

“The best outcome ofthat is someone had to ask,‘Why do we have to havethis dot in the rst place?’Then we can have thatconversation surroundingdomestic and partner vio-lence,” Brockman said.

The signs of domestic violence might not be as visible as a black dot, butLindsey Johnston, SAFEprogram coordinator forthe Willow Domestic Vi-olence Center, said thereare behaviors a bystandercan identify that indicate ifsomeone is in an abusiverelationship.

Johnston said abuse

isn’t always a visible bruise

or scrape on a person’s body; it can be physical,emotional, sexual or onlineabuse.

“There could be intimi-

dation or hitting or pinch-ing or physical, as well asname calling, shaming or

bullying with emotional, as well as with sexual. It will be anything when a sex acttakes place, and that personcannot consent or does not

want to consent,” Johnstonsaid.

Johnston said anotherkey indicator to look for isisolation. Often, abusers

will coerce survivors intospending less time withfamily and friends, she said,

but speaking to them and

acting as support can helpthe situation.

Isolation can also in- volve nances, Brockmansaid. An abuser might re-

strict a person’s access tofunds, and therefore, inde-pendence. Brockman saidnancial isolation is justone form of controlling andmanipulative behaviorsthat may indicate abuse.Other forms of manipu-lation can cross over intocontrolling clothing choicesor hairstyles, she said.

While bystander in-tervention is important,Brockman said it’s crucialto be mindful of a survivor’ssituation when approach-ing them to help. Typically,Brockman said bystanders

will either invalidate theabuse, or go into what shecalled “hyper-xer mode”

by trying to contact policeor confront the abuser. Nei-ther of these are helpful,Brockman said.

The rst step in ap-proaching a friend abouthis or her unhealthy rela-tionship is to nd a placethat’s private, open andcondential. At that point,Brockman said a friendcan start asking “soft ques-

tions.”

The idea of “soft” ques-tioning is to make sure thesurvivor doesn’t feel at-tacked, or like they have todefend or rationalize the

behavior of their partner.Instead of asking, “Are youin an abusive relationship?”Brockman recommendsstarting off by pointing outsmall indicators like the

way a person might act ner- vous or uneasy around theirsignicant other.

“Instead of telling them,‘Your relationship is bad,’

you say, ‘Here are somethings I’ve noticed thatdon’t seem familiar to me’,”Brockman said. “Because if

you create this, ‘us againstthem’ mentality, the vic-tim feels like they have toprotect the other or they’vegot to side with them, thenthey’re going to wall up on

you.” After the initial conver-

sation, Brockman said it’sall about support.

“We always talk aboutthat domestic violence andintimate partner violenceare the experts in their ownlives, and so really it’s hav-ing to evaluate what is safefor them,” Brockman said.

Johnston said a friend

can help a survivor contact

resources or get help evalu-ating their situation.

“Maybe they just want tofeel safe for a while, maybethey decide they do want to

go back and that is the safechoice right now, some-times that can be safer, inmore adult relationships i

you have kids and stuff likethat, it might be safer at thetime to go back, and thenplan safely around thingslike that,” Johnston said.

Johnston said a largemajority of college-age peo-ple don’t know how to helpsomeone who is a victiof dating abuse. Brockmansaid the important thing isthat friends remain a con-stant place of support forsurvivors.

“Continue to be thatstructure for them of ‘nomatter what, you know I agoing to be here for you,’”Brockman said, “Becauseeventually, they’re going to

be able to get away, emo-tionally and physically, andthey’re going to need peopleto rally around them.”

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The fee review bill passedFull Senate Wednesdaynight by a vote of 51-9-6,and will move to Vice Pro-

vost of Student Affairs Tam-mara Durham for approval.The fee review bill approvesfunding for many Universityorganizations and services,including a new Multicul-tural Student Government,the rst of its kind in thenation.

The creation of the MSG was part of an amendmentto the scal budget for 2016-2017 to increase funding forthe Ofce of Multicultural

Affairs.Members of the student

group Rock Chalk InvisibleHawk spoke in favor of pass-ing the bill. Student activistsKat Rainey and Jameelah

Jones introduced the pro

posed government as a nec-essary entity that would fo-cus its efforts on meeting theneeds of minority students.

“This is a solution to mul-ticultural students being ex-cluded and underrepresent-ed in central, governmentaland policies and proce-dures,” Jones said.

Rainey and Jones reiter-ated the ideas presented last

week when the amendment was in Finance Committee.Rainey said the governmentintends to work with Stu-dent Senate, and althoughthe two entities would beseparate, they would not beisolated. Rainey and Jonessaid the Multicultural Stu-dent Government wouldnot be about segregation,

but equity, giving addition-al resources to demograph-ics that have been deniedequality in the past.

“This would be the rst

and only Multicultural Stu-dent Government the nationhas ever seen,” Rainey said.

Many senators askedquestions regarding specif-ics of the the organizationand how it would operate.Finance Committee Chair-man Tyler Childress criti-cized senators for excessivequestioning, saying no otherorganization is ever askedto give detailed informationabout their constitution or

bylaws.The senators’ questions

were criticized heavily bguest speakers from the Uni-

versity of Missouri studentmovement #ConcernedStu-dent1950. The movementgained national attentionlast semester and brought tolight issues of racial preju-dice at the university.

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Students on campushave heard a lot aboutretention over the past

few months. From forums,to town hall meetings toinformal conversations, re-taining minority studentsis an issue that has been

brought up in many spaces.However, even though theUniversity tracks its minori-ty populations, it does notcollect data on the LGBTQ+community.

The Ofce of Institution-al Resource and planninghas readily available statis-tics on demographic popu-lations and graduation rateseach year. Last December,the Ofce of the Provostreleased a Diversity, Equityand Inclusion update thatgave an overview of progressand goals for retaining mar-ginalized races.

Being able to track de-creasing or increasingtrends in population is a waythe University can see theneeds of minority students.However, when it comes toinformation on the statusof the LGBTQ+ community,there are no statistics, sim-ply because the Universitydoes not track them.

Omar Rana, a seniorfrom Tulsa, Okla., and direc-tor of Diversity and Inclu-sion for Student Senate, saidafter being put in charge ofthe status of minority re-ports, he discovered theUniversity does not trackretention rates of LGBTQ+students, and as a result, theUniversity has difculty see-ing their needs.

“I think it’s really import-ant given the fact that we arefrom Kansas,” Rana said.“I personally know a lot ofLGBT+ students who haveleft KU. It’s my fourth year,

and I’ve known so manyLGBT+ students who aren’tretained, and it’s a shame,and I think it’s somethingthat our University should

be proactive in trying to ad-dress.”

The Sexuality and Gen-der Diversity Consortium, afaculty and staff council, islooking at adding LGBTQ+options to the admissionsapplication, said VanessaDelgado, director of the Sex-uality and Gender DiversityCenter. However, there aremany concerns regardingthis measure on how securethe information would beand who would have accessto it.

Matt Melvin, vice provostof Enrollment Management,said in an email an “internal

workgroup” has been estab-lished to determine how to

collect data on LGBTQ+ stu-dents. The group includesrepresentatives from theGraduate School, StudentInformation Systems, Infor-mation Technology, Under-

graduate Admissions, Inter-national Admissions, Ofceof Multicultural Affairs, Stu-dent Housing and the Ofceof Diversity and Equity.

“Based on our discus-sions to date, we do not

believe the application forundergraduate admissionsis the best, or appropriateplace, to collect this infor-mation for a host of rea-sons,” Melvin said in anemail.

Instead, Melvin said thegroup is looking at addinga self-reporting option forstudents that could possi-

bly be housed in the studentportal. Melvin said students

would be able to update orchange information as they

wish, after admission isgranted.

Rana said another prob-lem with the current appli-cation process is that it onlyallows an applicant to selectmale or female. For students

who do not identify on the binary, Rana said this posesa major problem.

“You can only select maleor female, that’s the only way

you can select it, and thatgoes to housing, then if youdon’t identify on the gender

binary, like if you were bornsex-male, but you identify asa female, you’re not going to

be put in the proper housingthat you would like to be inand that’s really problemat-ic,” Rana said.

Rana said there’s alsothe issue of preferred names

versus primary names. For

students who use a nameand pronouns that differfrom the ones assigned at

birth, being misnamed ormisgendered in class is aproblem.

“There are a lot of stu-dents with teachers, whenthey’re calling roll, they willcall their birth name but nottheir preferred name,” Ranasaid.

Right now, the “En-roll and Pay” portal on theUniversity’s website allowsstudents to change theirpreferred name but not pro-nouns or primary name. Inan email, Melvin said de-spite the preferred nameoption, most of the Univer-sity’s systems will pull fromthe primary name option,

which means for class ros-ters or campus-wide emails,students are being ad-dressed by a name or genderthey might not identify with.

Although Melvin saidconversations are takingplace and concerns are be-ing raised, there is no settimeline for when measures

might be implemented.Rana said he hopes that

the conversations pick upsoon and that the admin-istration starts investing inthe needs of LGBTQ+ stu-

dents.“I think it’s something

the administration denite-ly needs to take a closer lookat, because they’re the ones,

being as this is their job, totry and create solutions forthis issue. And clearly it’san issue if someone whodoesn’t identify as a male,even though their sex as-signed at birth is male, it’sclearly an issue if they’reput into a male dorm, or isomeone is not asked theirpreferred name at roll callof the class,” Rana said. “Ithink it’s something ouradministration should de-nitely take a more proactivestance on.”

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Council seeks LGBQT+ inclusive measures

Illustration by Sam Billman

There are a lotof students withteachers, whenthey’re callingroll, they will calltheir birth namebut not theirpreferred name,”

Omar RanaDirector of Diversity and

Inclusion for StudentSenate

Rainey and Jones also brought up previous state-ments from Senate leader-ship, when senators com-mitted to “doubling” thefunding of the Ofce of Mul-ticultural Affairs.

After about an hour ofdiscussion and questionsfrom senators, Logan Sut-ton, Holdover Senator,

made a motion to separatethe creation of a Multicul-tural Student Governmentfrom the larger budget bill.This would have allowedSenate to vote on the billseparate from the rest of thefee review bill.

The motion to separatethe MSG amendment fromthe fee review bill ultimate-ly failed. Before voting onthe bill, Chief of Staff AdamMoon addressed Senate,and said he felt uneasy aboutfunding a group that was so

new, and without knowingmore detail. Furthermore,Moon said he fears that aseparate Multicultural Stu-dent Government would di-

vide the student body 15 or20 years down the road.

“I think that there arestill concerns that are still

valid going forward,” Moonsaid.

Several senators lined upat the podium giving posi-tive and negative speeches.

After one speech by SenatorOmar Rana, Harrison Bak-er, Junior/Senior College

of Liberal Arts and ScienceSenator, yielded his timeto Vice Provost of Diversityand Equity, Nate Thomas.

Thomas said by votingon a Multicultural StudentGovernment, the Universi-ty has an opportunity to bean example for institutionsacross the nation. Thomasspoke about the history ofthe OMA and why it’s im-portant for black students

to feel loved and supportedon campus. Thomas encour-aged senators to be on the“right side of history.”

“This is your chance to be bold and aspire to greatness,that’s all,” Thomas said.

After a verbal by-the-roster vote, in which everysenator was asked individu-ally to announce their vote,the fee review bill passed

by a vote of 51-9-6, and thecreation of a MulticulturalStudent Government wasapproved.

There were cheers, hugsand plenty of tears in thelobby of the Union after the

vote. Thomas said he thinksthis shows promise for theUniversity.

“I think it’s that we de-cided to look at students be-ing valued, and to gure out,how do we work together soour students can work to-gether,” Thomas said. “Be-cause it’s really about them.”

— Edited by Brendan Dzwierzynski

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two things: a memory

card and a square of

chocolate. Guess which

one I put in my mouth.

My history of feminism

professor just asked

a room full of Tumblrfeminists what Tumblr

was. SHE WASN’TREADY.

KU sent out a rave alert

but they didn’t give an

address.

Is it Friday yet?

Having a midterm,

speech, and a 10 page

research project due in

the same week should

be illegal

thanks to WOW-so-sucky internet, my test

answers weren’t saved

and I have to do the

whole exam over again

Tried to jump back in

bed after getting up for

food. Missed the actual

bed. Fell on computer

and sharp end of sidetable.

My kitchen is one bottle

of wine away from yelling at Jeremy to get

his cleats on so we can

get to soccer practice

before my PTA meeting.

All I can think about is

Spring Break!

Editor’s Note: Chill.

You look desperate.

Am I the only optimiston campus?

Wish this cute guy

would just say hi or

something instead of us

awkwardly glancing at

each other.

Ted Cruz would

be much worse at

being president than

McSnufes would.

A beer a day helps wash

the worries away

Dream job post-graduation: stock photo

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Clough: Spotlight on water crisis in Flint,Michigan comes off as insincere pandering

MATTHEW CLOUGH@mcloughsoy

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Democratic presidentialhopefuls Bernie Sandersand Hillary Clinton metin Flint, Mich., Sunday fortheir seventh debate thiselection season. Among thetopics they discussed wasthe current state of Flintitself, as the city’s resi-dents remain subjected tolead-tainted water. Yet thecandidates’ appearance inFlint reignited an import-

ant question: is politics forthe sake of the people, or ispolitics just for the sake of

politics?Flint’s water crisis hasn’t

been major news for a while, despite the fact thatresidents of the city still ar-en’t able to trust their watersupply or their governmentafter the events that trans-pired two years ago. Of-cials in Flint switched thetown’s water supply fromthe Great Lakes to the FlintRiver without treating the

water, which caused leadpipes to corrode into thesupply.

The water supply has since been switched back, butresidents still aren’t able tosafely use tap water, so it’simportant that national at-tention has once again beenfocused on Flint. The pres-idential candidates’ pres-

ence in the city has been thesource of countless newsstories, a call for the Mich-

igan governor’s resigna-tion and even a nationwideSnapchat story entitled“Flint Water Crisis.”

But the sudden attentionfeels strangely manipula-tive of the situation, espe-cially given the Michiganprimaries were held justtwo days after the debate.

And, although, surely bothClinton and Sanders trulydo care about the well-be-ing of Flint’s citizens, thetiming makes it feel asif they’re pandering forlast-minute votes.

This is a sentiment shared by Flint residents them-selves, some of which

believe the candidates wouldn’t be working as hardon the issues if it weren’tan election year. One video

from the Flint Water Crisissnap story shows a groupof residents chanting, “You

want our vote; Come getour vote,” showing howaware they are of the poli-tics behind the scenes.

So who’s really benetingfrom the increased mediaattention in Flint? The res-idents themselves, or justthe candidates’ politicalcampaigns? Perhaps both,depending on how ofcialsand other parties choose toact (or don’t) in the coming

weeks.The renewed focus on the

crisis in Flint is, in theory, agood thing. But it’s also anexposure of the unfortunatestate of American politics— politicians must do whatthey can to garner votes nomatter the implications.

And while it’s certainlypossible Sanders, Clinton,

and other politicians willcontinue to advocate andpress for reform in Flint,

the fact remains that they’llcontinue to travel aroundthe country to campaign formore votes once the Michi-gan primary is over.

The bottom line is thatFlint needs action and astrong sense of advocacnow. The city’s residentshave suffered for two years,and change needs to be-come an expedited process,regardless of the presiden-tial election. Hopefully pol-iticians can use the crisis inFlint to prove that politics isactually for the good of thegeneral public. Matthew Clough is

a junior from Wichitastudying English and

journalism.

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Befort: We need to stop talking about Trump

When I wake up, I gostraight for the remote. Ineed my daily dose of cur-rent events, courtesy of themorning news. For almosta year, the national story

has remained the same: theupcoming presidential elec-tions. This coverage is typ-ically about the candidates.More specically, about"the" candidate: DonaldTrump.

Media coverage of Trumpis inescapable; headlines

surround us, denouncingTrump’s latest exploitsin seemingly every news

source — online, print, tele- vision and radio. The pressquacks about “The Donald”so often, I am surprisedpeople are not completelysick of him.

But, ironically, insteadof increasing the public’scontempt, news coverage ishaving the opposite effect.Donald Trump is aheadin delegates and is edgingcloser to the Republicannomination with every cau-cus and primary. In an in-terview aired Sunday morn-ing on "Face the Nation,"

Republican candidate Sen.Ted Cruz proclaimed, “Themedia has given DonaldTrump hundreds of mil-lions of dollars of free ad-

vertising[…]that has helpedcreate this phenomenon.”

Very astute, Senator.Cruz isn’t necessarily

wrong, though. Trump getsa huge amount of coverage.In the rst eleven months of

2015, Trump received 234minutes of network eveningnews coverage. In secondplace was Ben Carson with54 minutes and Cruz n-ished dead last with 7 min-utes. And that coverage was

before caucuses and prima-ries even began.

It does not appear, how-ever, that the media plansto help Trump. In fact, themedia loves to hate Trumpand much of his media cov-erage is negative — rangingfrom condemnation of his“hesitant” disavowal of the

KKK to outright indigna-tion at his reference to thesize of certain parts of hisanatomy. Negative cover-age is enabling Trump toswagger his way to a pos-sible nomination and pres-idency. For Trump, anypublicity is good publicity.

Trump is in the news adisproportionate amount(I’m giving Trump added

attention by writing thisarticle — "mea culpa"), andalthough the attention isnegative, it does not seemto be having the desiredeffect. The more Trump is

bashed and people are toldhe should not get their vote,the closer he comes to win-ning the Republican nomi-nation and the presidency.

The media should notcompletely refrain from dis-cussing Trump, because heis the GOP frontrunner, andthus, should be newswor-thy. But instead of spending

air time relishing the rat-ings bonanza from Trump’slatest offensive statementor action, the media shouldspend time discussing rele-

vant issues of importance to Americans during electiontime — candidates’ stanc-es on domestic and foreign

policy and their plans to up-hold American values cometo mind.

Leaving Trump alone maresult in granting the wishof the media and man

Americans. A decline inTrump coverage could spura decline in the chance heis elected the leader of thefree world. Most of thecampaign coverage has be-come exhausting and, quitefrankly, embarrassing to re-peat in good company. Po-litical brawls and drama are

better left to the tabloids,not respected news sources.

And nobody is interested inTrump’s anatomy anyway.

Bridgette Befort is a soph-omore from Topeka study-ing chemical engineering.


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Self-discipline makes adifference today. Take chargeto realize a personal vision.

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Consider a family investment.Research practical options.Change directions intuitive-ly toward more profitable

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Take a pause in your journey.Plan your itinerary farther

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Stick to basics, with shift-ing circumstances. Handledetails at work or suffer theconsequences. Listen for thehidden elements. Slow downto get it done right the first

time. Postpone travel for betterconditions.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb.18)

Friends share a valuable con-nection. Show up well dressedand on time. Keep your pitchbrief and compelling. Con-ditions are changing in yourfavor. Track your cash flow.Practice compassion. Speak your gratitudes out loud.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March20)

In the eye of the storm, let yourself be led. When confu-sion reigns, act responsibly.Don’t fix what isn’t broken.Say the magic words fora surprising development.

Connect emotionally. Love is your lifeline.

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›› WHAT’S YOUR

SIGN?

It wasn't until CathyJoritz, an assistant pro-fessor at the University,

started doodling a Santa

character while in a facultymeeting that she found thestarting point for her new-est animated short film,“Film Feast.”

That same doodle is what also led her to receive

the Creative Work Fellow-ship from The Hall Centerfor the Humanities.

Anywhere betweenthree and eight peopleapply for the fellowship,

with project s ranging from writing a novel to jewelrycreations, said Victor Bai-ley, director of the HallCenter for Humanities.The fellowship frees Jori-tz of teaching responsi-

bilities for one semesterand allows her to focuson making her film. Italso awards her $1,000 tospend on the productionand supplies.

Joritz’s original San-ta doodle evolved into a

woman with over- exag-

gerated fat rolls and waslater given the name “FrauDunkt.” Drawing on herlife experiences, "FilmFeast" addresses severalissues, but the focus is theexploding obsession withcomputers and phones,said Joritz.

“After I drew FrauDunkt I started to thinkabout how much time I sitat a computer and how ithas affected my life, andhow much I miss going outinto nature and miss go-ing out and seeing real lifethings,” Joritz said.

Joritz’s office door iscovered with postcards of

blue sheep or skele ton Jay-hawks that she designed.Inside is a wall of shelvescovered with books andfamous animated charac-ters such as SpongebobSquarepants that portraythe child-like enthusiasmJoritz has for drawing.

“My first memories ofdrawing were when I was6 years old,” Joritz said.

“That’s when I can remem- ber little kids standing inline at my desk waiting forme to draw a picture of ahorse. They would tell me

what kind of horse they wanted, and I would drawit. “

Years later, Jorit z wentfrom drawing horses toan Oscar nomination forher 1991 “Give AIDS theFreeze.”Another anima-tion, 1985's “NegativeMan,” was exhibited in

the prestigious Museum oFine Arts Bern in Switzer-land.

“Being able to drawis like being born with amagic wand,” Joritz said.

Joritz sees a prob-lem with cell phone usethroughout society: peo-ple driving while on theirphones, being bored andon their phones at airportsand even being on theirphones when gathering

with other people. Joritzplans to address this prob-lem in a creative and ani-mated way.

“Cell phone towershave this sort of tree-likeform,” she said. “So where

you first see pine trees inFrau Dunkt’s background

you’l l see ce llphone towersspringing and popping uparound her.”

Joritz said she hopesher film will not only ad-dress the problem of cellphone and Internet over-use but also the dangers tohuman health and the ill

effects on wildlife caused by electromagnetic radia-tion and frequencies.

The end of the fi lhasn’t been worked out

yet, but Joritz said she’sexcited to commit realtime to drawing insteadof drawing during “sto-len” moments, like she didduring that faculty meet-ing.


ANISSA FRITZ@anissafritzz

Cathy Joritz turns doodles into animated

short film through Hall Center fellowship

Missy Minear/KANSAN Cathy Joritz, an assistant professor at the University, demonstrates how asilhouette animation is made.

Missy Minear/KANSAN Cathy Joritz teaches animation and effects production courses at the University.

As a child in Harlan,Iowa, Kij Johnson was al-

ways excited about readingthings that couldn't hap-pen, which inspired her to

become a science ction

writer. Years later, withdozens of published mate-rial under her belt, Johnsonhas recently begun writingher new book "The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe," whichis set to release in August.

Despite always havingan interest in science c-tion, Johnson, an assistantprofessor in the departmentof English, didn't start writ-ing her rst story until she

was 25. As she started to write simple stories, shesaid she became a better

writer and started to ask

deeper questions like "whatelse could happen?"

“It has capabilities that what you might call main-stream ction doesn’t,”

Johnson said. “With sci-ence ction, you can pushthe envelope and ask differ-ent and harder questions.”

While Johnson said itis hard to get an exact de-scription of situations as ascience ction writer, shetakes real life experiences

and applies the relevantparts to her writing.

“While I’ve never beenon a rocket ship, I knowexactly what it’s like to livein a very small space witha bunch of people for anextended period,” Johnsonsaid.

"The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe" is based on anovella “The Dream-Questof Unknown Kadath” writ-ten by H.P. Lovecraft. Theoriginal book has no wom-en; Johnson ips the scriptand inserts a woman into

the world Lovecraft created.“That’s the kind of thing

I do a lot,” Johnson said. “Isay, ‘So given this world,

whatever world I am mak-ing, what’s different if I ama woman? What has to bedifferent if I am a woman?

What doesn’t have to be dif-ferent and why do I makethe decisions I do about

what a woman can or can’tdo in this world?'”

While Johnson writesdifferent kinds of stories,she has topics that shecomes back to again andagain, including culturalassumptions of what is ex-pected of women. Othertopics including gender,tting into an environmentand love are in her interestsas well.

Johnson's books are of-ten printed overseas but shesaid she gets excited everytime it happens. Her workis printed in Turkey, Japan,Poland and other countries.

Johnson said it is a tremen-dous honor to know thather work is good enough to

be read by people with dif-

ferent traditions of sciencection in each country.

“I feel strongly about theinternational nature of sci-ence ction and also it’s re-ally gratifying to see worldscience ction,” Johnsonsaid. “And now I am part of

world science ction.”

Johnson is also the as-sociate director at the GunnCenter for the Study of Sci-ence Fiction and teaches

various seminars includinga summer science ctionnovel workshop for begin-ning novel writers.

Chris McKitterick, thedirector of the Gunn Cen-ter, who has worked withJohnson for 22 years, saidhe has a huge respect forher writing.

“She has an uncannyability to evoke powerfulemotions in the reader,

which I nd astounding inthat she can use the same

words most of us write, butunder her direction, they

take on hidden depths,”McKitterick said.

James Gunn, the found-ing director of the GunnCenter, said Johnson hasa condent grasp of craft,language and character.

“She has that indispens-able quality in a writer of

seeing the world in her ownunique fashion,” said Gunn.

Johnson described her-self as a nontraditional pro-fessor because she didn’tstart graduate school untilshe was 50. She said shehopes to teach her studentshow to enjoy writing.

“We feel like you can’t write for fun, you can only write to be a professional,"Johnson said. "And part of

what I want is to be ableto show as many people asI can, how to have a goodtime writing.”

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MINSEON KIM@adropofsunny

I say, ‘So given this world, whatever world Iam making, what’s dif-ferent if I am a woman?

What has to be differentif I am a woman? Whatdoesn’t have to be differ-ent and why do I make thedecisions I do about whata woman can or can’t doin this world?’”

-Kij Johnson

Baxter Schanze/KANSAN Kij Johnson is an assistant professor in the department of English. She focuses on science ction writing and one of her books is currently being recognized internationally.

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Duke Jordan’s debut, a Jon Waltz single and an A$AP Rocky freestyle

What starts off as a light, acoustic-type Beach Housetrack on the front half turns a bit sinister both in lyricand tone on the back half on this Kyle Ennui track.The track features a raspy verse from Brockhamptonfront man Kevin Abstract on the back half before

Ashley Koett jumps with a spacey chorus whichcarries the song. The two, back-to-back, steal thespotlight on Ennui track, though Ennui does comethrough strong over the guitar on the front half.

Best line: “Don’t let me be alone / I’m afraid I’ll diealone / So I’m just hoping that you / know that I’ve

been thinking ‘bout you / ‘bout 100 times a day”

Kyle Ennui — “mplvn.” (ft. Kevin Abstract and Ashley Koett)

Lontalius — “It’s Not Love”

Just like Waltz, Lontalius is someone who I thinkcould have a big year, as he already has a co-signfrom Lorde and he’s set to drop an album on March25. Though nearly half of the album has been re-leased in the form of singles, the deceptively-deepLontalius has hit on nearly all of them. And you canadd the simple “It’s Not Love” to that list. Now, lis-

ten, it’s no “Glow,” but for what it is (a hook and arepetitive verse) it’s beautiful. It’s nearly impossiblefor Lontalius to catch on like Lorde did — his tracksaren’t nearly as pop-infused or quite as catchy, but itcould be possible for him to have an album that cangrow his fan base signicantly. With “I’ll Forget 17,”I think that could be what happens.

Best line: “It sinks it to your head / Hell, it hurts but it’s not love.”

Okay, so I got caught up in mainstream music in February. Kanye West dropped an album. Yung Lean (afavorite of mine) dropped an album. Bon Iver hooked me for a portion of the month. A$AP Rocky’s album fromlast year has continued to grow on me. I had to give Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ album a listen.

lowkeylistens

Brick Grillins — “Foes (Faux)”

I can’t put my nger on what it is about Grillins, buthe has me hooked. The Canada rapper, again, useshis distinct voice and a hi-hat heavy, trap-infused

beat on this track caught my attention. Grillinsdoesn’t have a lot that’s incredibly captivating inhis lyrics — it’s him running through braggadocioslines which can sometimes provide some comedy orrealness — but his ow and voice, ult imately, seem to

captivate me every time.

Best line: “I want a real skinny model / With apretty face / I want her tucked up in my arm there /

When we walk up in the place”

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That left me searching for Lowkey Listens.But I found them, and it turned out to be a solidmonth. And this month will bring the new Lonta-lius LP, as well as the Brockhampton collectivealbum — both of which have been featured inLowkey Listens (and, spoiler alert, are again thismonth).

Let’s jump into some of my favorite tracks fromthe last month.

— Edited by Michael Portman

CHRISTIAN HARDY

@ByHardy

A$AP Rocky — “Phantogram Freestyle”

Look, nothing A$AP Rocky releases is really thatlow-key, but this freestyle just hasn’t got the atten-tion it deserves. Rocky spits some slick bars, per usu-al, over an edited version of Phantogram’s “WhenI’m Small” instrumental. It’s not the cloud-rap Rocky

we’re used to but a boastful, condent Rocky who justgoes bar after bar on this freestyle.

Best line: “I’m just glad I ain’t ever gotta deal dope/ Cause the vision was this tradition and the pants”

Duke Jordan — “Natalie”

This piano-driven track produced by Bow was re-leased by Rosemount as Duke Jordan’s debut track.The 54-second ballad for Natalie, for whom the songis titled, slips by quickly but leaves an impact. Infact, this track feels like a snippet, but the melodythroughout is nearly impeccable. The short, sweetserenade has me wanting plenty more, and that’s ex-actly Jordan’s goal.

Best line: “You say you’re over this / You say you’re over us / But I’ve been thinking ‘bout you”

Jon Waltz — “Justified”

I still believe that Jon Waltz is about to have anincredible 2016. The Memphis musician is currently

working on his follow-up to his 2014 album “Alyss.”“Anna” was the rst single he released that is set forhis next project, but this instrumental is even morerened, smoother and catchier. I’m excited for what

Waltz is going to do this year, and this is just the start

of what he has to come.

Best line: “I can’t believe it / The way you let meon girl”

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Lawrence Arts Center will host

benefit concert for Tibetan monks

he Lawrence ArtsCenter will host aconcert of classical

Indian music on March13. This concert will bene-t young monks studyingat the Chhairo Monasteryin the Mustang District ofNepal, as well as the mon-astery itself. Monks, as istraditional with TibetanBuddhism, enter the mon-astery as young as 6 yearsold. Proceeds will helpfund their room and board.

University professors

Purnaprajna Bangere andBrandon Draper, alongwith esteemed Indian mu-sician Amit Kavthekar, willperform a combination ofazz, blues and Indian clas-

sical music for a crowd ex-pected to number at least100.

Lawrence resident Sub-arna Bhattachan organizedthe event. Bhattachan, whoowns Asian fusion restau-rant Zen Zero on Massa-chusetts Street, came tothe United States in thelate ‘80s to attend school at

Bethel College in Newton.

He arrived in Lawrenceseveral years later to be

with his wife while she was

studying at the University.This is not Bhattachan’srst experience with hu-manitarian work. He andhis family, in partnership

with California-based non-prot Restoration WorksInternational, have sup-ported the upper regionof Mustang for years. In2011, Bhattachan coordi-nated a medical missionto the Mustang Districton the northern border of

Nepal, during which 42 volunteers spent four daysproviding medical care topoor farming communitiesin the region.

Since monks dependupon alms as part of Bud-dhist tradition, Bhattachan

says his charity work ispart of an obligation he hasto his home country and itsculture.

“What we are doing isa cultural preservation,and that is why I feel [theconcert] is going to help,”Bhattachan said. “It’s alsomy way of giving back tomy community, where Icame from, and our village.

And mostly it’s for culturalpreservation.”

The concert will bepresented in two halves.Bangere, a violinist, will

perform the rst half withKavthekar, who plays aSouth Asian drum called atabla. They will play a setof classical Indian music,including a few of Bange-re’s original compositions.

The second half will fea-ture Bangere, Kavthekarand jazz percussionistDraper. Their set will haveelements of both Easternand Western classical mu-sic, but Bangere said “fu-sion” is the wrong word forit.

“It’s essentially a newmusic — which will sound

Indian, it will sound blues,it will sound whatever peo-ple identify with — but it’s

essentially new, both aes-thetically as well as math-ematically,” Bangere said.

Tickets are still avail-able and can be purchasedonline at the Lawrence ArtsCenter’s website. Ticketscan also be purchased atZen Zero, La Parilla andGenovese.

— Edited by Samantha Harms

File Photo/KANSAN A Tibetan monk paints with colored sand in the Kansas Union Wednesday. The sand painting was put on by Drepung Loseling, a group that isdedicated to the study and preservation of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

COURTNEY BIERMAN@courtbierman

Concerts comingto Lawrence area

March marks the beginningof spring, but it also marks

a ock of shows set to cometo Lawrence this month.Here’s the Kansan’s list ofshows to see in the nextmonth.

THREE HEADEDTHURSDAYS: StiffMiddle Fingers, Head-light Rivals, 88er

When: March 10, 10 p.m. Where: Replay LoungePrice: $3 /21+

Cory Henry Presents:The Revival w/ Sharp 9

When: March 11, 9 p.m.

Where: The Bottleneck Price: $13

Daughter w/ WILSEN When: March 13, 8:30 p.m. Where: The GranadaPrice: $15

Samantha Fish w/ KatyGuillen and the Girls

When: March 16, 9 p.m. Where: The Bottleneck Price: $13

Manateees w/ WendyMoira

When: March 20 Where: Replay LoungePrice: $3

Chad Valley & Black- bird Blackbird w/Shallou

When: March 21, 8 p.m. Where: The Riot RoomPrice: $12 / 21+

Into It. Over It. andThe World Is A Beauti-ful Place And I Am NoLonger Afraid To Die w/ The Sidekicks and

Pinegrove When: March 24, 7:30 p.m. Where: The GranadaPrice: $14

Intelligent SoundInvades Niche: TomRichman, LION, Alccalh,Tione, GEESACE and Peter

Anthony When: March 26, 9 p.m. Where: Niche KC — 3611Broadway St.Price: $5 / 21+

Tinashe Joyride WorldTour

When: March 28, 8 p.m. Where: The GranadaPrice: $22.50

Iration w/ HIRIE, The

Expanders and AmpLive

When: March 30, 7 p.m. Where: The GranadaPrice: $20

Gary Clark Jr. When: March 31, 8 p.m. Where: The Uptown The-aterPrice: $29.50Murder By Death w/ TimBarry

When: March 31, 9 p.m. Where: The GranadaPrice: $15

Hospital Ships “Past IsNot A Flood” ReleaseShow w/ Jeff Stolz andNo Magic

When: March 22, 7 p.m. Where: Love GardenSoundsPrice: FREE


HARRISON HIPP@harrisonhipp

What we are

doing is a culturalpreservation, andthat is why I feel[the concert] is

going to help.”

Subarna BhattachanEvent organizer

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Kansas coach Bill Self

as named college bas-etball Coach of the Year y USA Today Sports ear-y Tuesday morning. The ward comes just one dayfter he was named Big 12oach of the Year by the AP.

Self's Jayhawks nishedhe regular season 27-4, go-ng 15-3 in Big 12 play. Theeam took rst in the Big 12,inning the title outright

nd earning at least a sharef the title for the 12th-con-ecutive year.

The Big 12 currently has

three teams rated in theRPI top 10. Seven of the 10Big 12 schools are ranked27 or higher. Self said Mon-

day he expects those seventeams all to make the NCAAtournament.

Right now, Kansas isranked No. 1 in both the APPoll and Coaches Poll. TheJayhawks are ranked No. 1in RPI and No. 2 accordingto kenpom.com. On the site,the Jayhawks are one of justtwo teams to be ranked inthe top 10 of both offensiveand defensive efciency.

Kansas currently sitsat seventh in the nation ineld goal percentage and

third in the nation in three-point percentage. The teamleads the Big 12 with 81.8points per game, while sit-

ting in 25th in the nation indefensive eld goal percent-age.

The Jayhawks will next be in action this Thursday.Having secured a bye inthe rst round of the Big 12Tournament, the team willtake on Kansas State. Tipis scheduled for 1:30 p.m.from Sprint Center.

SCOTT CHASEN@SChasenKU

Caroline Fiss/KANSAN Kansas coach Bill Self smirks after KU wins their 12th Big 12 regular season title in a row.

Coming off a three-gamesweep by BYU and a rained-out game against Creighton,the Kansas baseball team (3-

7) will face off against NorthDakota, St. Louis and Purdueover the weekend.

In the middle of a nine-game Kansas home stand,the games are part of theMillard Management Clas-sic — a jamboree-style tour-nament — that Kansas lasthosted in 2014.

Purdue and St. Louis willstart the Classic at 11 a.m.Friday, followed by a 3 p.m.start for Kansas and NorthDakota. North Dakota andPurdue will face off at 11 a.m.Saturday, with Kansas and

St. Louis following at 3 p.m.North Dakota and St. Louis

will play at 11 a.m. Sunday, while Purdue and Kansas will wrap up the Classic at 3p.m.

Playing its rst game in

nearly a week, Kansas willsquare off against North Da-kota (2-4) on Friday. Whilethe teams haven’t playedsince 2012, Kansas holds theall-time advantage at 4-1.

Despite its lackluster re-cord, North Dakota man-aged to notch two victoriesagainst 12th-ranked South-ern California during its rstgames of the season. How-ever, things haven’t gone so

well for the Fighting Hawkssince, as they are currentlyon a four-game skid.

On the second day of theClassic, Kansas will play St.Louis (5-8) with an all-timerecord of 4-2 against theBillikens. Prior to a dou-

ble-header that St. Louis won in 2010, the two teams

hadn’t played in more than100 years, with the last game being in 1911.

Losing their rst eightgames, the Billikens startedoff slow but are currently ona ve-game winning streak.Four of those losses camefrom BYU, a team that alsoswept Kansas.

To conclude the Classic,Kansas will face Purdue (2-8) on Sunday.

While its record may bedismal, four of Purdue’s eightlosses have come against

ranked opponents — in-cluding 21st-ranked GeorgiaTech and 10th-ranked Cali-fornia — and therefore theshouldn’t be counted out.

Although every teaparticipating in the Classic

is sub-.500, they all haveexperience against qualitteams and could prove to

be difcult competition fothe Jayhawks, particularlthe hot-streaking Billikens.North Dakota could also beproblematic for Kansas, asit is the only team with a wiagainst a ranked opponent.

All games will be playedat Hoglund Ballpark, andgames against Kansas will be

broadcasted on ESPN3.


Kansas baseball to host theMillard Management Classic

EMMA GREEN@emmalee_green

Missy Minear/KANSAN Junior outelder Joven Afenir rounds second base in the second game ofthe series against BYU. The Jayhawks lost 8-2.

W

hen winter breakstarted, seniorq u a r t e r b a c k

Montell Cozart went backto his home in Kansas City,Kan., and started studying.It was the fth offense he’dbe learning in three and ahalf seasons as a Jayhawk.

When he returned tocampus in January, he ranthrough plays in 7-on-7and in meeting rooms; helearned new signals and of-fensive line assignments.Under David Beaty’s new,more traditional style of theAir Raid offense, the quar-terback’s role has not only

changed, it has expanded,putting more weight onCozart’s shoulders in springpractice.

“The quarterback has a

little bit more responsibil-ity, and that was probablythe most difcult part,”Cozart said of the otherwisesmooth transition. “Juststudying with coach Beaty,

we’re starting to get thegrasp of it.”

When a media member joked that he was the mosteducated quarterback in thenation, having been througha pro-style offense and amore typically-college of-fense, Cozart chuckled.

“I feel like I am,” Cozartsaid with a smile. “If I start-ed up on the grease board,I’d do a great job. […] I’m

just taking advantage of it.I’ve learned so much.”

The transition this time

may be a bit easier forCozart, not only because itlets the quarterback roam— something Cozart, a du-al-threat guy, does well —

but because the guy who

formulated it is now his po-sition coach. In both prac-tices open to the media sofar, Beaty has stuck aroundthe quarterbacks, who he’sexpected to work almost ex-clusively with this season.

“We meet with him allthe time, and we’re startingto get the feel of him as ourposition coach, not just ourhead coach,” Cozart said.“Me as a quarterback, per-sonally, I feel great about it,and I’m learning on the yall the time… It’s been fun.”

1-0

One might imagine a winless season would weighheavily on the Jayhawks

through the offseason. And,to some extent it did; for ju-nior linebacker Joe DineenJr., it was “embarrassing;”senior safety Fish Smithsonsaid it was “hard to let that

go;” Cozart said he thinksabout it “every day”.

And they didn’t stophearing about it, all off-season long — almost fourmonths to date.

“At the end of the day,everybody that writes aboutus, they talk about us, that’s

what they’re going to say,”Smithson said. “As players,

we’re trying not to thinkabout it as much. We’re try-ing to look forward, but inthe back of our minds weknow we’re going to use thatas motivation.”

So in the meeting rooms,Cozart studies a little harderor spends a little more timeto forget about the seem-ingly endless, silent ights

home after losses. In the weight room, Dineen mightget in a few extra reps to dis-card the feeling of those twonumbers: 0-12.

“Coming into work, you

start to get that feeling, your body starts to break down, you start to get tired, but you automatically, you men-tally get that photographicmemory of what it felt likeafter every game,” Cozartsaid. “We don’t want to go

back there.”But now, the focus is

on two different numbers:1-0. Since winter break, theteam’s mantra has been allabout individual wins, not

just in games but in practic-es. That’s where the focus isgeared.

“Our coaches mentioned[1-0], and it just clicked withus,” Smithson said. “We talkabout it a lot, just being 1-0.

We want to just win.”

Spring Break

After Thursday’s prac-tice, Kansas will be off for 12days straight, until March

22, for spring break. Dineensaid he has big plans for the

break: staying right in Law-rence.

“Going to a really excit-ing place: Lawrence, Kan-sas,” Dineen laughed. “Re-ally excited about that. Justkind of staying in shape.Spring’s pretty tough on

your body, so you’ve got to be smart about what you doover spring break.”

Cozart, though, has plansto get away for a bit beforespring practice is rampedup.

“I’m just going backhome, going to K.C. for a lit-tle bit,” Cozart said. “Then Imight go to D.C. and might

vacation with a couple of

friends. I have a couple fam-ily members up there.”


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CHRISTIAN HARDY @ByHardy

File Photo/KANSAN

enior quarterback Montell Cozart drops back to pass in a game in 2015.

USA Today names Bill Self as Coach of the Year

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Dean Wade, freshman, forward

Wade, along with Brown, was named to the Big12 All-Newcomer Team earlier this week, and hascontinued to be a bright spot for the Wildcats in alosing season. He’s starting to expand his range,

but needs to be much more efcient before he’staken seriously as a three-point threat.

★★★✩✩

Frank Mason III, junior, guard

In the Jayhawks’ last eight games, Mason was ex-

tremely efcient, shooting 57 percent from the eldand 52 percent from three with 33 assists to nine

turnovers. Mason wasn’t great offensively on Sat-

urday with just nine points, but his defense on IowaState’s Monte Morris stood out. One day later, he was

selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team.

★★★★★

Wesley Iwundu, junior, forward

Iwundu is an incredibly versatile player and de-

fender. He came into the game against Oklaho-

ma State having scored in double-gures in four

straight games, although he failed to make muchof an impact in the last game against Kansas.

Iwundu was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team

and Big 12 All-Defensive team by the league this

week, and looks to capitalize on that moving for-

ward.

★★★★✩

Perry Ellis, senior, forward

Ellis will enter the game having scored 20 pointsin back-to-back games, and even though they

were a lot different, both were equally impres-sive. Against Texas, he was extremely efcient,and against Iowa State, it was probably the mostaggressive game he’s played all season.

★★★★★

Wayne Selden Jr., junior, guard

On Saturday, Selden looked like the guy whotorched every team he faced in the Jayhawks’non-conference slate. He had 16 points, andshot 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. He reallystruggled with his shot for ve weeks, but itlooks like he may be back on track just in timefor the Big 12 Tournament, where he averaged

17.3 points last year.

★★★★★

Devonte’ Graham, sophomore, guard

After shooting poorly for a few games, Graham’s

stroke has returned in the Jayhawk’s last two games.

He hit another big shot in Kansas’ win over Iowa

State on Saturday, and he continues to prove he is the

team’s best clutch shooter. Like Mason, Graham wasalso named to the Big 12 All Defensive Team.

★★★★✩

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Nobody in college basketball is playing better thanKansas right now, who iscurrently riding an 11-game

winning streak. With a winon Thursday, Kansas would

be in very good position to be the number one overallseed in the NCAA tourna-ment. The Jayhawks hav-en’t lost in the quarternalsof the Big 12 Tournamentsince 2009, and with the

way they have played as oflate, that doesn’t seem very

likely to change this season.

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Jamari Traylor

senior, forwardThe fth-year senior is play -

ing his best basketball of theseason at the right time forKansas. He’s scored eightpoints in back-to-backgames, and according toSelf, he’s been one of the

biggest emotional lead-ers for the Jayhawks downthe stretch. The Jayhawks

will be expected to win onThursday, and the only waythey won’t is if they don’tplay with energy. If Traylor

brings the same energy hehas been for a month thatshould trickle down to therest of the team.

Kansas State is not going

to make the NCAA tour-

nament, so this game is allabout solidifying the team’s

standing going into the

postseason. Right now, the

team projects as a middle

of the pack NIT school, and

a win over Kansas could

denitely solidify its stand-

ing in that tournament.

Stephen Hurtsenior, forward

Hurt showed out in the lastgame against Kansas, posting13 points in the near come-

back win. Hurt has the abilityto step out and hit a shot, buthe’s not quite the three-pointshooter that some others onthe team are, shooting justover 31 percent on this sea-son. Really, his best impactcomes as a physical body inthe paint, where he’s a soliddefensive rebounder amongother things.

Will a frst round byeactually come back to

bite Kansas?

Usually, there are a few topseeds in conference tourna-ments that lose after a rst-round bye because theiropponent already experi-enced the intensity of thepostseason. As long as theJayhawks aren’t caught off-guard by the intensity thatKansas State, the winner of

Wednesday’s matchup, is bound to bring, they should be just ne.

2002 - The last time Kansasentered the postseason withat least a 10-game winningstreak. That team won 14consecutive games, com-pared to 11 this year for theJayhawks.

0 - No team has ever lost itsrst conference tournamentgame and gone on to winthe national championship.

41 - Kansas is holding itsopponents to 41 percentshooting in Big 12 play,

which is best in the confer-ence.

The Jayhawks win. It’s pret-ty much a done deal thatthey will be a number oneseed in the NCAA tourna-ment, and probably eventhe number one overallseed with a win on Thurs-day. Style points aren’timportant for Kansas likeother teams who are tryingto solidify their seed in thetournament. At this pointin the season, the Jayhawks

will take a win any way theycan get it.

Justin Edwards, senior, guard

Edwards leads the team in scoring and rebounds,and he’s actually one of the better shooters on

the team too, despite shooting exactly 30 percent

from the three-point range. After a bit of a lull be-

tween December and January, Edwards has beenplaying better, scoring in double-gures in eight

of his last nine games.

★★★★✩

D.J. Johnson, junior, forward

Johnson is the most efcient inside scorer on

the team. He leads Kansas state in percentageof shots attempted at the rim and is second in

eld goal percentage on those shots, with a min-

imum 15 attempts. He leads the team in overalleld goal percentage by nearly 15 percent, and he

comes into this game playing well, with 20 points

in two of his last three outings.

★★★✩✩

Barry Brown, freshman, guard

Outside of games against Kansas, Brown hasn’t been that effective unless he’s playing the

bottom-feeders in the Big 12. He’s scored morethan ve points just once in his last four games.Brown can knock down shots from the outside,leading the team with a three-point eld goalpercentage of 34.4.

★★✩✩✩

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338 - Kansas State ranks 338

in the nation in three-points

shooting. For reference, Kan-

sas ranks third.

14 - Kansas State’s leading

scorer, Justin Edwards, ranks14th in the Big 12 in points

per game. Four different

Big 12 schools have at least

two players averaging more

points per game than Ed-

wards.

1 - Of all qualied players,

D.J. Johnson ranks rst inthe Big 12 in eld goal per-

centage (61.7 percent).

Kansas comes out at know -ing that a one seed is pretty

much already guaranteed. The

Wildcats will be hungry for a

win and will be looking for an-

other win over a top-tier team

to build off of, having already

defeated Oklahoma earlier

this season. Beat writer predictions: Scott Chasen | @SChasenKU: Kansas, 73-64 Shane Jackson | @jacksonshane3: Kansas, 75-60 Evan Riggs | @EvanRiggsUDK: Kansas, 77-65

Landen Lucas, junior, forward

Like the rest of the Kansas front line, Lucasstruggled to handle Iowa State’s Jameel McKay,especially in the rst half on Saturday. But justlike he’s done all year, Lucas pulled down all of

the key rebounds down the stretch. At this timelast year, he was just a ll-in for Cliff Alexander, who was under NCAA investigation. This year,Lucas is playing his best basketball in a Kansasuniform, and he has clearly gained the trust ofthe coaching staff and his teammates.

★★★✩✩

EVAN RIGGS@EvanRiggsUDK


Can Kansas State hit

shots?The Wildcats are not a goodshooting team. There’s real-ly no way to sugarcoat that.The team’s best three-pointshooter is making less than35 percent of his shots. Forreference, Kansas has ninedifferent players shooting

better than 35 percent fromthree on the year; three ofthem are shooting better than45 percent from three. Kan-

sas State is a good defensiveteam but will need offensiveproduction to spring the up-set.

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MidwestPer Lunardi: Kansas, Xavier, Indiana, Duke, Iowa,Texas, Dayton, South Carolina, Colorado, USC, Gon-zaga, Arkansas-Little Rock, Stephen F. Austin, UAB,Green Bay, Fairleigh Dickinson/Austin Peay .

SouthPer Lunardi: Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Purdue,Iowa State, Baylor, Notre Dame, Providence, Vanderbilt, Saint Joseph’s, San Diego State, Akron,Northern Iowa, Hawaii, New Mexico State, TexasSouthern.

EastPer Lunardi: Villanova, Michigan State, Miami, Texas A&M, California, Arizona, Texas Tech, Wichita State,Cincinnati, Syracuse/Saint Mary’s, Temple, SouthDakota State, Chattanooga, UNC Wilmington, UNCA Asheville, Florida Gulf Coast/Hampton.

WestPer Lunardi: North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia,Kentucky, Maryland, Wisconsin, Seton Hall, Butler, VCU, Pittsburgh, St. Bonaventure/Monmouth, Yale,Stony Brook, Iona, Weber State.

Projecting the field: An NCAA Tournament breakdown

The Favorite:

Chasen: North Carolina — TheTar Heels only have one lossoutside the top 40 and haven’tlost a game by more than six.Plus, you have to love a teamled by a senior.

Jackson: North Carolina —“Roy’s Boys” are a favoriteafter winning 14 games in acompetitive ACC.

Riggs: North Carolina — Eventhough the Tar Heels don’thave many great wins this year, they may have the mosttalented roster in the country.

The Cinderella:

Chasen: St. Bonaventure — TheBonnies have a trio of scorersthat can rival just about anytournament team and aremore than capable of heatingup from deep.

Jackson: Yale — In their rstNCAA Tournament appear-ance since 1962, this team hasthe feel of a magical Marchstory.

Riggs: St. Bonaventure — TheBonnies have three guys aver-aging more than 16 points pergame, making them an atypicalmatchup for a higher seed.

The Dark Horse:

Chasen: Kentucky — JamalMurray has been absolutelyon re as of late. Tyler Ulisis a stud, and the team is atanother level when Derek Willis is healthy. The four andve seeds in this region are the best of any.

Jackson: Kentucky — The Wildcats are always littered with talent and should never be taken lightly.

Riggs: Maryland — Maryland was a top ve team preseason but hasn’t lived up to thoseexpectations. If Melo Trimbleplays well, Maryland can beatanybody.

The Early Upset:

Chasen: Oregon — Oregonstruggles from behind the arcand is led by a pair of players who absolutely disappeared inthe game they were eliminatedin during last year’s NCAATournament.

Jackson: West Virginia — TheMountaineers’ press can causechaos, but will they be able toscore enough to hang around?

Riggs: Oregon — The Ducksaren’t a particularly goodshooting team, so if some- body is able to pack it in andkeep them out of the paint,they may not see the secondweekend.

The Favorite:

Scott Chasen | @SChasenKU:Kansas — Kansas is the deepestteam in the nation and thelikely No. 1 overall seed.However, the top three teamsin this region are better thanin any other, so it won’t be acakewalk

Shane Jackson | @ jacksonshane3:Kansas — The Jayhawks have won 11-straight games andlook to be the best team in thenation.

Evan Riggs | @EvanRiggsUDK:Kansas — The Jayhawks maynot be the most talented teamin the country, but with balance

and veteran leadership they’velooked the part.

The Cinderella:

Chasen: Gonzaga — The Zagsspace the oor well and can beat anyone when they’re on.

Jackson: USC — USC has a po-tential second-round matchupagainst Xavier, a familiar op-ponent from earlier this year.

Riggs: Stephen F. Austin — Theteam shoots the ball well fromdistance, making it an instantupset threat.

The Dark Horse:

Chasen: Indiana — It doesn’tfeel right calling Indiana adark horse. This is one of the best teams in the nation and ascary, scary three seed.

Jackson: Texas — Texas could be at full strength and could be scary with Shaka Smartleading the way.

Riggs: Indiana — With anelite point guard, a skilled bigand the fth best three-pointpercentage in the nation, theHoosiers have all the tools tomake a run.

The Early Upset:

Chasen: Iowa — Iowa has lostve of its last seven. This is theeasy pick.

Jackson: Iowa — The Hawkeyesare just 6-6 in their last 12games despite being ranked inthe top 20.

Riggs: Duke — Duke strugglesto play defense, and if BrandonIngram or Grayson Allenstruggle on offense, an earlyexit could be in the cards.

The Favorite:

Chasen: Virginia — The Cava-liers play at a slow pace, whichgives the impression thatthey’re not an offensive-mind-ed team to those who just lookat per-game numbers, butthey’re lethal on both ends ofthe oor, pace-adjusted, ofcourse.

Jackson: Virginia — Virginiais one of the best teams in thenation and for good reason.The Cavaliers are 10-2 in theirlast 12 games.

Riggs: Oklahoma — Virginia isthe one seed, but Oklahomahas the guard play to go deepin the tournament.

The Cinderella:

Chasen: Northern Iowa — With a win over UNC and a4-1 record vs. the RPI top 50,Northern Iowa is set up to bethis year’s giant killer.

Jackson: San Diego State —The Aztecs are another hotteam, winning 10 of their last12 games and going 16-2 inconference play.

Riggs: Northern Iowa — North-ern Iowa plays the seventhslowest pace in college bas-ketball, which is a recipe for atournament upset.

The Dark Horse:

Chasen: Iowa State — WithMonte’ Morris and GeorgesNiang, it’s hard to pick againstthe Cyclones, even as they’vedenitely underachieved this year.

Jackson: Iowa State — TheCyclones were the best offensein the Big 12 and will be a verydangerous team come tourna-ment time.

Riggs: Vanderbilt — In Novem- ber, the Commodores were atrendy Final Four pick. They’veplayed well for the last monthand have the roster to makea run.

The Early Upset:

Chasen: Oklahoma — Thisteam looked like it peaked inmid-January, nishing Big 12play at 5-4 in its last nine.

Jackson: Oklahoma — TheSooners are one of the hardestteams to predict. If their threeguards are not shooting well,they are likely getting bouncedearly.

Riggs: Iowa State — TheCyclones have as good of aone-two punch as anybody with Monte Morris and Georg-es Niang, but they don’t have

anything else to fall back on.

The Favorite:

Chasen: Michigan State —There is no one in the nation who can take over a gamelike Denzel Valentine. MattCostello has been dynamic.Izzo is Izzo.

Jackson: Michigan State —Tom Izzo in March. Enoughsaid.

Riggs: Michigan State — TheSpartans will have the bestplayer on the court in justabout every game.

The Cinderella:

Chasen: Wichita State — Withtwo senior guards playing at ahigh level, you have to imaginethey’ll be a tough out from thetourney. Rough resume, betterteam.

Jackson: Temple — Watch outfor the Owls who are playingtheir best basketball, hav-ing won nine of their last 12contests.

Riggs: Saint Mary’s — SaintMary’s is shooting 41.3 percentfrom beyond the arc thisseason. If they get hot, theyhave the repower to win a fewgames.

The Dark Horse:

Chasen: Arizona — Arizona haslost seven games this year, veof which have been by four orfewer points. All of its losseshave been to tournament-projected teams. Don’t underesti-mate the Wildcats.

Jackson: Miami — Miami is 9-3in its last 12 games and are animpressive 8-2 against the RPITop 50.

Riggs: California — Californiahas as much talent as anybodyin the country and has played well as of late, going 8-1 in itslast nine.

The Early Upset:

Chasen: Villanova — Villanovahas one win against a top 30RPI team. They lost to thatsame team later in the year.

Jackson: Villanova — Watchout for Villanova, a team just1-3 against the RPI Top 25.

Riggs: Villanova — Villanovahasn’t advanced out of the rst weekend since 2009, so it’sdifcult to trust them, even asa No. 1 seed.

ChasenElite Eight: Indiana over Kansas, North Car-olina over Wisconsin, Virginia over Oklahoma,Michigan State over Villanova

Final Four: North Carolina over Indiana,Michigan State over Virginia

National Championship: Michigan Stateover North Carolina

JacksonElite Eight: Kansas over Indiana, Kentuckyover Oregon, Oklahoma over Virginia, Michi-gan State over Villanova

Final Four: Kansas over Kentucky, MichiganState over Oklahoma

National Championship: Michigan Stateover Kansas

RiggsElite Eight: Kansas over Indiana, Marylandover Oregon, Oklahoma over Virginia, Michi-gan State over California

Final Four: Kansas over Maryland, MichiganState over Oklahoma

National Championship: Kansas over Mich-igan State

Predictions

With the NCAA Tournament approaching, our beat writers took a look at the most recent edition of Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology on ESPN.com andgave their picks for each region.

The regions are also divided up into the following categories: The favorite, the Cinderella, the early upset and the dark horse. Our writers madetheir pick for each with a sentence explanation as to why.

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Season recap West Virginia nished the season

with an impressive 24-7 record and wassecond in the Big 12 standings behindKansas with a 13-5 conference record.The Mountaineers went through a Feb-ruary lull when they lost three out of fourgames, but since then they have won fourin a row.

They boast impressive wins over Kan-sas, Baylor and Iowa State, and outside ofFlorida, who is a bubble team, every team

West Virginia has lost to will be in theNCAA Tournament.

Tournament outlook Currently, Joe Lunardi is projecting

West Virginia as a No. 3 seed in ESPNBracketology. If the Mountaineers areable to win a few games in the Big 12Tournament, there is very good chancethey could move up to a two seed.

This season, The Mountaineers have been consistently ranked in the top 10 for

almost two months, and it seems they are

one of the more likely Big 12 teams thatcould make a Sweet 16 or Elite Eight run.

What they can accomplish inMarch

In order to be successful in the Big 12Tournament, West Virginia will have to

do what it has done all year: cause turn-overs with its pressure. However, West

Virginia may run into some problemsagainst Oklahoma in the seminals of theBig 12 Tournament because Oklahoma’sguards are too good to be rattled by thepressure.

The Mountaineers are probably theleast likely team in the Big 12 to lose earlyin the NCAA Tournament because theirdepth and pressure will be too much forinferior foes in the rst weekend. But withthat said, West Virginia won’t get pastthe Elite Eight because at that point, theguard play of other teams will be too goodand offset their pressure defense.

EVAN RIGGS@EvanRiggsUDK

Season recapKansas ended the regular season as theNo. 1 team in the nation and clinched its12th-straight conference championship.The Jayhawks hit a rough patch in themiddle of January, losing three gamesduring a ve-game stretch.

But rather than getting buried in theconference race, Kansas won 11 straightgames to end the season, winning thetoughest conference by two games. Nowall eyes turn to the postseason, where theJayhawks will look to avoid a rst week-end exit for the third consecutive year.

Tournament outlook The Jayhawks are looking at a poten-

tial No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tour-nament this March. Regardless of what

happens this weekend in Kansas City,Kan. will not be bumped off the 1-seedline, and it seems unlikely that it gets

bumped off the top seed overall.

What they can accomplish inMarch

Given how the team nished the year,the Jayhawks are without a doubt the

best team in the Big 12 Tournament and will likely have the feel of a home crowdsupport. Because of these factors, a rstround exit in the Sprint Center would

be inexcusable and anything less than achampionship appearance would be a dis-

appointment.

SHANE JACKSON@jacksonshane3

Season recapFor Oklahoma, everything was going

well, until it wasn’t. The team was rankedNo. 1 in the country midway through con-ference play and had looked to be the classof the Big 12, with just one loss coming atthe hands of Kansas in a triple overtimecontest.

The team would get to 7-2 in Big 12play, before losing four out of nine downthe stretch. Fortunately for Oklahoma,

just about every other team in the top 10had its struggles, as the team has all butlocked up a two-seed heading into MarchMadness.

Tournament outlook Right now, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi proj-

ects Oklahoma as a two seed in the Southregion. The team will likely play its rstround games in Oklahoma City, whichshould provide a big boost.

For Oklahoma, there really isn’t muchthat can change. A one seed is probably

just out of the team’s reach, while a threeseed would require a pretty big loss, giv-en the team’s rst game will be against aranked Iowa State Cyclones squad in Kan-sas City.

What they can accomplish in

MarchPerhaps it is possible for Oklahoma to

grab a one seed, but that would probablytake at least two wins and probably a Big12 Tournament victory. However, that’snot as important as the team getting backon track.

At its best, Oklahoma can beat anybody, but that won’t happen if IsaiahCousins continues to struggle from theeld and Jordan Woodard continues to be

wildly inconsistent, as he’s been since theearly stages of conference play.


Season recap When the Longhorns are on, they’re oneof the scarier teams in the Big 12. Isaiah Tay-lor ended up on the All-Big 12 First Team,

while Prince Ibeh was the lone unanimousselection to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team.

However, the team can also look real-ly bad, especially at home. The Longhorns

were decimated by the Jayhawks and theBaylor Bears down the stretch of Big 12 playand can certainly lose to almost any NCAAtournament-quality team if they aren’t play-ing well.

Tournament outlook The Longhorns have managed to hang

around in the top 25 week after week, de-

spite not really having any one stretch wherethey’ve dominated, like some of the otherteams in the Big 12. However, with winsover North Carolina, West Virginia (twice),

Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma, there’salmost no way the Longhorns end up withsomething worse than a six or seven seed.

What they can accomplish in MarchConsidering Texas’ three potential Big

12 Tournament opponents are all likely to be ranked, the team could probably helpitself seed-wise with some wins. However,a second-game showdown against Kansasdoesn’t exactly bode well for the team. To

be successful in the Big 12 Tournament, theteam needs Isaiah Taylor to be a constantforce.

Since Taylor shot 0-of-8 from the eldagainst West Virginia, he’s only had a cou-ple of games that were all that strong. In

that stretch, he’s become rather inefcientfrom the eld and has shot just 4-of-24 frothree. The team has lost ve games in thattime.


Season recapIowa State took a step back this season.Many people expected the Cyclones to

compete with the top-tier teams for a Big12 title, but they fell well behind the packat season’s end. Iowa State nished sixth

in the conference after a 10-win campaign,despite being loaded with veterans, includ-ing senior forward Georges Niang, whonished on the All-Big 12 First Team onceagain this year.

Tournament outlook In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology,

he has Iowa State listed as a ve seed inthe south region with Virginia being theone seed in that particular quadrant. It is

very unlikely that the Cyclones move high-er than a four seed, meaning a Sweet 16

matchup against a one seed is likely.But that’s not exactly a bad thing as the

Cyclones pose a huge threat in March asthe best offense in the Big 12 this season.

What they can accomplish in

MarchThe Cyclones have cut down the nets in

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