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KU football one loss away from 1954 mark If Jayhawks lose by more than one point today, it will be their worst statistical season ever
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nless the Kansas University football team can score a major upset in today’s 3 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium against rival Kansas State, the Jayhawks will finish the season winless for the second time in history and the first since 1954. Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder was a sophomore at Lafayette High in St. Joseph,
Inside: Mo., when KU went by Bud Bixler, lost by A preview of an average margin of 0-10 in its first season today’s KU vs. 28.4 points. The curunder coach Chuck Kansas State rent squad (0-11) has Mather. Neither firstgame. 1C year Kansas head coach lost by an average of David Beaty nor any 30.8 points so far. of his assistant coaches had One of two paths is available been born. Edward Ferdinand to the 2015 Jayhawks to avoid Arn was governor of Kansas, being labeled statistically the Dwight D. Eisenhower presiworst KU football team in dent of the United States. the 115-year history of the The 1954 Jayhawks, captained program: The Jayhawks can
KU ranks last among 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams with 46.2 points allowed per game and last with 578.8 yards allowed per game.
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either score the upset or lose to the Wildcats by one point. The latter result would mean KU would have lost its 12
LIGHTS, WEATHER, ACTION Downtown comes alive for shoppers this weekend
Lawrence native played key role in 2010 rescue of 33 Chilean miners
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Under the fluorescent light of stores on south Iowa Street, shoppers calmly pushed carts Friday among aisles tagged with sale signs. Outside, dawn had yet to arrive as freezing rain fell. The annual holiday shopping frenzy had begun at many national stores — Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy — the night before for those seeking postThanksgiving discounts, John Young/Journal-World Photo leaving the traditional early-morning shopping KRIS MAUERSBERGER AND TIM ANDERSON, both of St. Paul, Minn., stand at the corner of Ninth and Massachusetts streets taking in the downtown holiday lights Friday night. a relatively quiet affair to those willing to brave the weather. At Target, Cindy Anderson, of OtSanta's annual appearance tawa, shopped with her atop Weaver’s Department husband for their two Store, 901 Massachusetts St., granddaughters. The red has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. cart held a few items, Friday, Dec. 4. On that night, which were the extent Lawrence-Douglas County Fire of their shopping for the Medical personnel will use a ladder morning. truck to rescue Santa, who will “We’re done now,” then set up across the street from Anderson said. “I did Weaver’s, where children can everything else online, share Christmas wishes with him except for this.” and have photos taken. The event In the cart were two originally was scheduled for Black electronic parakeet Friday evening but was canceled toys that talk, sing and because of wintry weather, said dance. Anderson said Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo Sally Zogry, director of Downtown she’d checked online KEVIN ANDERSON AND HIS SON Benjamin, 3, both Lawrence Inc. to make sure the toys of Eudora, spent some time on Black Friday looking Please see LIGHTS, page 5A for toys at The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St.
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When the San Jose mine collapsed in August 2010 and left 33 workers trapped 2,000 feet beneath Chile’s Atacama Desert, it took the efforts of several Chilean government When they ministries, see (the movie), NASA, about a they realize it dozen multinawas a small but tional corporations and one important piece quick-thinking to the whole Lawrence native puzzle.” to get them out. Selina Jackson, a 1984 gradu— Selina Jackson, ate of Lawrence 1984 Lawrence High School and High School graduate 1988 alumna of Kansas University, helped facilitate the transportation of the 13-ton drilling equipment that brought the miners safely above ground in October 2010. With the recent release of “The 33,” a film retelling of the real-life event that held the world captive for 69 days (the duration of the miners’ entrapment) just more than five years ago, Jackson is reflecting on her role in the crisis more often these days. “People are calling me,” Jackson
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