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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2016 | VOLUME 132 ISSUE 12
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Chancellor search likely to be closed to public CONNER MITCHELL @connermitchell0
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etails regarding the search to find the University’s next chancellor have yet to be publicly finalized following Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s announcement Thursday that she will step down from her position in summer 2017. One of the decisions the Kansas Board of Regents will be considering is whether or not the search process will be open to the public. The Regents are tasked with conducting searches for presidents and chancellors at public colleges and universities. Breeze Richardson, communications director for the Regents, said no details are formally decided but it is anticipated the search will be closed to the public.
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In all reality, some of these decisions might not be made for a few months.” Breeze Richardson Kansas Board of Regents communications director
When Gray-Little was hired in 2009, the search was also closed to the public, Richardson said. “It’s really about finding the best candidate, and
there is a potential for a different [type] of candidate pool if the search is conducted publicly,” she said. Regardless, the Regents will have to make some of the process public, including filing a request for search firm proposals, choosing a specific search firm and choosing a search committee. The list of candidates and finalists, however, will likely not be available until after Gray-Little’s replacement is named, Richardson said. The Regents used the R. William Funk and Associates search firm to hire Gray-Little in 2009 and, more recently, to hire Provost Neeli Bendapudi. The firm, located in Dallas, has conducted more than 300 searches for college and university presidents and chancellors, according to its website. Pam Keller, Faculty Senate president, said no members of university governance have been contacted at this point about being on a search committee, but staff and faculty wishes will be communicated to whoever is selected. “We’ll communicate to the Regents that we’d like [a representative from] University Senate, Faculty Senate or a designee of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to be on the
File photo/KANSAN Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addresses a group of KU’s faculty and staff. On Sept. 22, Gray-Little announced she would be stepping down in 2017.
search committee,” Keller said. While University governance officials would like the process of selecting a new chancellor to be as open as possible, Keller said, she understands the reasoning behind making it a closed search. Richardson said the search process will likely be discussed at the Regents’ Oct. 19 meeting, but it is hard to speculate about what they will decide considering how recently Gray-Little’s departure was announced. The Regents are also
currently conducting a search for a president at Kansas State after former president Kirk Schulz left in May to take the same position at Washington State University. Richardson said the Kansas State search could delay some decision-making in the University’s search, but there is more than enough time to find a replacement for Gray-Little by the time she officially steps down. “In all reality, some of these decisions might not be made for a few months,” Richardson said.
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Students receive prestigious Astronaut Scholarship TANNER HASSELL @thassell17
Not many college students can say they’ve been presented an award by two former NASA astronauts. Then again, not many students can say they’re making an impact in their respective fields before receiving their undergraduate diploma. Two seniors at the University can officially brag about both after astronaut Sam Gemar presented them with the Astronaut Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a limited number of students each year who have shown great promise in the fields of science, technology, engineering or mathematics, according to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation website. The scholarship was created with the intention to keep the U.S. on the cutting edge of technology. Senior Annie Lynn of
Andrew Rosenthal/KANSAN Two KU students, Anne Lynn (second from left) and Emily Smith (third from left) were recognized for being awarded the Astronaut Scholarship Friday afternoon. Two former astronauts, Steve Hawley (second from right) and Sam Gemar (far left) presented the awards and spoke about their experiences being astronauts.
Overland Park received the scholarship for her research and work in the field of chemical engineering, while senior Emily Smith of Olathe received the scholarship for her research in physics.
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Lynn said her journey into chemical engineering began during her senior year of high school after a visit to the University. “I came up here as a high school senior for a campus tour, and the
ambassador that was giving the tour worked in Dr. Tang’s lab, which is how I got involved there,” she said. “They do X-ray crystallography on viral proteins. What we’re looking at are what viral proteins look like
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and how they work, so we can figure out how to manipulate them.” Now a part of that lab, Lynn studies hepatitis C to understand the virus and one day develop vaccinations against it. “Hep C is treatable right now, but we can’t immunize against it, which is largely because the virus is unstable and hard to work with,” she said. “What we’re trying to do is take a protein from another more stable virus and fuse it with Hep C, which will hopefully allow us to work with it more efficiently.” Smith’s research, on the other hand, took her from Kansas all the way to Geneva, Switzerland, where she help conduct physics research at CERN, a nuclear research center there. “I actually started doing physics research with professors Baringer and Bean the summer before my freshman year,” she said. “This stuff is pret-
ty complex: it involves smashing two protons together at incredibly high speeds, after which we have a variety of data to collect.” Smith said her background in interdisciplinary computing was especially useful when helping conduct research at CERN. “As an undergraduate researcher, a lot of what you’re actually helping out with is the computational aspect, since the theoretical side is so, so complex,” she said. Gemar, who was a crew member on three different NASA missions, presented Smith and Lynn with their certificates on behalf of the ASF. Former astronaut Steven Hawley, who is also a University alumnus and professor of physics and astronomy, also attended the presentation.
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Is campus prepared for an active shooter? CHANDLER_BOESE @Chandler_Boese
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magine a person with a gun walked into your 100-person lecture hall. What would you do? What would your professor do? What would the police car driving by outside do? The University’s online policy library offers some resources when it comes to being prepared for active shooter situations. The library has tips from the Office of Public Safety on what to do in such an event, including being aware of your surroundings, keeping under cover and calling 911 once it’s safe.
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We just want good training to be available universally.” Pam Keller Faculty Senate president
The official 144-page Emergency Management Plan, however, is largely unavailable to the public, including building evacuation plans and emergency phone numbers. At other Universities,
this is not the case. For example, The University of Missouri holds a presentation on active shooter situations at the beginning of every semester that is open to everyone. Even the University of Kansas’ Medical Center offers more information on dealing with an active shooter. The police office there holds monthly training on active shooting response. Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the University’s director of news and media relations, said the University offers presentations and trainings on all sorts of emergencies, but they have to be requested by individual departments. “They provided more than 20 sessions to various departments last year, and also did a couple of tabletop exercises on strategies in the event of an active shooter,” she said. At Kansas State University, all employees have a chance to be trained on active shooter protocol, according to their website. Here at the University, faculty members are pushing for something closer to this, Faculty
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Senate President Pam Keller said. She said the Senate has expressed concern that few faculty members know what they should do in case if an active shooter. “I think that a lot of people [want this training], especially if guns are going to be allowed on campus. Faculty will want to feel like they have more control if they were to be in a situation like that,” she said. Keller said many faculty members feel like the trainings are sporadic and not readily available for everyone. Some departments have even brought in an outside expert on active shooter situations to conduct the training, which means
it’s not necessarily in line with the University’s procedures and protocols in the case of an active shooter. Keller did say that the faculty senate spoke with Provost Neeli Bendapudi last week about the issue and she seemed receptive to the idea of hosting more trainings, though no official action has been taken. “We just want good training to be available universally,” Keller said. — Edited by Ilana Karp
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Increasing work hours may hurt student academics, experts say ELLE CLOUSE @Elle_Clouse
As college tuition rates inch up, students are working more hours to offset the financial burden, and experts say that has benefits and drawbacks. A 2015 study released by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce found that, as college enrollment has increased from 2 million students to 20 million students over 60 years, the tuition fees increased, as did the number of students working through college. David Gaston, the executive director of the University Career Center, explained that there are several reasons that students choose to work through college, but a main reason is finances. “A lot of it has to do with needing to support themselves while they’re in school,” Gaston said. “They may not be getting help from their parents... They have to do it on their own.” While Gaston thinks that there are many benefits to working in college, he points out that working too much can negatively affect a student’s academic goals. “If you are so concerned with trying to finance your education, or make sure that you have enough money to live, then it takes away from your collegiate experience, it takes away from your time to study,” Gaston said. Connor Sipe, a ju-
nior from Paola, works an estimated 25 hours a week between three jobs. He thinks that a benefit of working in college is that it creates productive days, but a drawback is that free time is minimal. “You’re always busy, you never have a day that things didn’t get done,” Sipe said. “It can get exhausting. For instance, I work Thursday and Friday nights, so I can’t really hang out with the guys… which can be frustrating.” Gaston highlighted that planning is a crucial part of managing work and school. “It all comes down to planning, what you’re going to do from day to day, but then even farther out, how are you going to plan your course of study and what you want to do when you get out?” Gaston said. Alex Overton, a junior from Kansas City, works 20 hours a week as an intern in Kansas City. He says that working while in school makes him plan ahead. “I actually find it helps me manage my time better, since I’m so busy,” Overton said. “It forces me to write out my schedule two weeks in advance, to make sure I know exactly what I’m going to be doing everyday.” If students feel overwhelmed balancing work and study, Gaston said that the University can help students manage their time.
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Students take to Wescoe Beach to celebrate Bi Visibility Day HAILEY DIXON @_hailey_dixon
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n Friday, students celebrated Bi Visibility Day to raise awareness about the LGBTQ+ community on campus. The University's Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity tabled on of Wescoe Beach, handing out buttons, flags and other information to let students know about their program. “Students from the LGBTQ+ community are invisible on this campus,” said Chloe Secor, graduate
assistant for the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity. “We are getting their concerns heard this way.” The center hopes to start a dialogue and encourage people to be proactive in supporting LGBTQ+ people on campus. “I think that’s where we need to be right now, and bring opportunities to the LGBTQ+ community,” Secor said. LGBTQ+ history is celebrated through the month of October, and the last week of October is asexual awareness week.
The month of November is trans awareness. Many students are glad that the University's programs hold events like the one on Friday.
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Students from the LGBTQ+ community are invisible on this campus.” Chloe Secor Graduate assistant
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graphic design, said that because they grew up in a small town, they like seeing people being open about the LGBTQ+ community at the University. “Our society is so heteronormative,” said Molly Kaup, a senior from Topeka studying linguistics. “I think it’s important that individuals that fall out of the cisgender realm categories are able to show their pride.” —Edited by Chandler Boese
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There are 12 weeks until Christmas but I’ve already turned into the Grinch. American politics regressed about 150 years in the last 2 years I really want to get into Von Trapp music this year. Every day we hurdle towards fifty different finish lines. 82 Days until the last day of finals I need to start up my own rogue boy band publication I’ve made the lifestyle choice to start openly rolling my eyes and glaring at annoying classmates. 10/10 would recommend. A test in Comic Sans is a joke right? I want the Weeknd to write a series of thoughtful acoustic ballads and title them “The Weekdays” When you’re driving and have to pee but there aren’t any rest stops for 30 miles. This is as close as it gets to hell on earth With Bernie stepping down and KU searching for a new chancellor, I guess you could say we’re in a Little Gray area. I got 99 problems and misogyny is one I will buy concert tickets before I buy groceries. DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE Vintage memes: if that meme was a wine, it would be worth thousands of dollars I’m similar to a crock pot in that I, too, can slowly roast a man.
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Sanchez: Finding the true Kansas abroad SANDRA SANCHEZ @sssanchez26
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his summer I found myself an unwitting ambassador of Kansas. While studying in Beijing, surrounded by peers who hailed from the east and west coasts of the U.S., I was one of three students from Kansas, and only one of two who lived in the state. As such, other students would ask me what Kansas was like and I faced a dilemma. I’m not from Kansas. I was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and I then moved to Nebraska, and in succeeding years, found myself in various placed across the U.S. Upon moving to Kansas, I lived in Overland Park, Leawood, and now Lawrence. This was my Kansas, and until coming to college, I did not realize how small it was. I told my Chinese friends about how Kansas is flatter than a pancake. (Quite literally, its flatness ratio was measured at 0.9997 where 1 means perfectly flat. A pancake’s flatness is 0.957. A technicality, but still.) But when I described
the hills on campus — and the constant calf workouts — they asked if I was mistaken, and meant the University was in a different state. It seemed even geography wanted to remind me of how much I am not a Kansan. But who is a Kansan? For an educational institution claiming to be the premier of Kansas, there is poor geographic representation to be found at the University. The number of new students enrolled on the Lawrence and Edwards campus in Fall 2015 from the Northeast counties of Douglas and Johnson was 8,955 — this was nearly 59% of all newly enrolled students. To many of my Johnson Country friends, the rest of Kansas is simply known as Western Kansas, which seems to start about 10 miles outside of Topeka. It’s a dry, hazy, brown farmland dotted with cows that one sees on the way to more interesting sights like the Rockies. Until my friends in China repeated this back to me and I became de-
fensive of the oversimplification, I did not think much of this misinterpretation. But now, I am ashamed. Although Kansas is not my homeplace, I have pride in this state, and I want others to recognize its diversity and value — and how much more than simple farmland it is. I can blame my perspective on lack of friends from rural counties, or in my unfamiliar upbringing, but I know it is a lack of consideration
that has led to my own oversimplification of the state. Kansas has been my home for years now, and it is providing me with an education and a future for success — why should I turn away from it? In China I wore my Jayhawk t-shirts with pride, and would gladly explain to anyone what the funny little bird was called. I no longer think defining who is a true Kansan is important, because we all are in a way
by simply living here. But I find that defining Kansas will better help me understand its complexity, and as a result, fuel my pride for the great Sunflower state. Sandra Sanchez is a junior studying history, Chinese, and global and international studies. — Edited by Christian Hardy
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Although Kansas is not my homeplace, I have pride in this state, and I want others to recognize its diversity and value.”
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Liston: College shouldn’t just be job training
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” “What do you plan on doing with your degree?” “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” From the time we were barely able to con-
ceptualize careers to the time we graduate college, we have been and will continue to be asked questions such as these. Yet the framing of these questions puts a great deal of pressure on students to decide on a singular career goal for their post-college life. Rather than focusing on finding a specific job, students should focus on their passions and interests, and colleges should prepare students to be adaptable in the job market. In today’s ever-evolving digital world, new
jobs will continue to be created to adapt to technological advances. Colleges should reflect these societal changes in their curriculum by integrating new, relevant technology into the classroom and teaching students to navigate the job openings in their fields of interest. Oftentimes, I hear my peers fretting about being uncertain of their career choices. Yet expecting most college students to have a detailed career plan, especially early on in their college career, is unreasonable.
No one can be certain of the future, so students should be prepared to seize opportunities as they present themselves. Having an ideal career in mind is by no means bad, but flexibility is important even for students who do have specific career aspirations. Without flexibility, students could be caught offguard by deviations from their plan and struggle to adapt to the situation. The purpose of college is to equip students with the tools they need to be successful and competitive in the workforce
after graduation. Adaptability is one of the most vital tools that college can provide because it prepares students to handle situations beyond their control. All courses and subject areas should promote adaptability to strengthen the success of graduates, and no student should feel unprepared for the unknown. Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying journalism. — Edited By Lexanna Sims
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Morgan Barton, a senior ceramics major from Shawnee, specializes in “functional pottery.” His work will be on display in Chalmers Hall until Sept. 30.
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n the basement of Chalmers Hall, tucked into a corner of the ceramics department, there’s a dusty room lined with shelves that hold dozens of clay plates, pitchers, bowls and pieces that aren’t as easy to identify. Many of the pieces in the room belong to Morgan Barton, a senior from Shawnee studying ceramics, who uses the room as an art studio. Barton is a potter who specializes in “functional pottery”—things like mugs that serve a purpose other than just being something to look at. He said the signature feature of his pottery is the curved groove he adds instead of a handle. Little, if any of his work, has a handle. It’s a way for the people who use his work to
interact more closely with it—an idea Barton said was partially inspired by his first ceramics professor at Emporia State University. “She said that as potters we’re like choreographers because every move that you’re making while you’re making a piece has a direct correlation to the way the person will interact with it once you get it off the wheel,” Barton said. “And as soon as you pick up one of my pieces, your hands immediately go to all the places that I’ve touched before.” It took Barton a while to decide he wanted to study ceramics. After graduating high school in Shawnee, Barton enrolled at Emporia State to study education and become an art teacher. When he came to Lawrence to visit a friend who was then a University ceramics student, Barton liked it so much that he decided to transfer. The University has three types of kilns for firing pottery: gas, electric and wood. Gas and electric kilns generally burn at a consistent temperature. Wood kilns usually burn hotter toward the front, meaning they produce
less predictable results. Pieces fired in wood kilns are more likely to break or be ruined by soda ash—a chemical used during firing. Some artists, including Barton, like the unpredictability of wood kilns. “That’s kind of what I like about it because you put all of this work in on a piece and all this preparation, and then you just put it in a kiln and you kind of have to just take a step back and let the flames do what it will,” he said. By his estimation, Barton spends 40 or 50 hours per week in Chalmers Hall outside of classes. His art has accumulated to the point that he’s running out of shelf space. Graduate student and Ceramics Club President Alex Thierry offered Barton a way to make room for new pieces and also have an opportunity for exposure. Thierry and Barton cleared out a storage room on the main floor of Chalmers Hall and turned it into a mini gallery, which is currently on display until Sept. 30. Barton said he's excited about the gallery, not only because it allows him to display his art as a student, but also because it marks how he’s been “winning a lot more than losing lately.” “It’s such an art student thing to do, to see sort of
an empty space that’s clearly being neglected and to say ‘you k n o w what, this is an
opportunity to show some work,’” Sarah Gross, an assistant professor in the School of the Arts and Barton’s advanced ceramics teacher, said. Gross said Barton is one of the hardest workers in the studio. Barton had an internship in the department last summer, during which Gross said his artistry progressed substantially. “I’m really proud of how Morgan’s work has developed and how he’s taken ownership of the choices he makes in the studio from ideas and development to seeing things through with the firings and the kilns, which are so labor-intensive,” Gross said. Sculptures have increasingly become a part of Barton’s portfolio. The largest piece in his studio is an amorphous column that
developed out of a mistake when he was trying to throw a pitcher. He kept adding more clay until he ended up with something totally different. He liked the piece enough to start making amoeba-shaped sculptures on purpose. The gallery upstairs is now filled with those sculptures, and he plans to enter a few of them in upcoming art shows. “It’s like mistakes aren’t always mistakes,” he said. —Edited by Lexanna Sims
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Bales Organ Recital Hall is the pride of the University’s organ and church music division
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The Lied Center is home to one of the finest organ recital halls in the world. Past the doors of the main auditorium and through the alcove at the end of the hall is the Dane and Polly Bales Organ Recital Hall, the centerpiece of the University’s organ and church music division. The instrument sits in an elaborate wooden case designed by Peter G. Thompson, former University dean of fine arts. Thompson also designed the hall’s stained glass windows. Three panels of intricate glass, the middle one stretching 37 feet tall, sit opposite the organ. In terms of acoustics, the walls are two-foot-thick reinforced concrete. The plaster on top of the concrete is uneven. This is meant to emulate the acoustical properties of stone. The result is a six or seven second reverberation time. “Most of the organ music throughout history was composed for spaces that were very reverberant like this, but in America there are very few places like this,” said James Higdon, director of the University's organ and church music division. Higdon said what makes
Bales Recital Hall unique is that it was constructed at the same time as its organ. It’s more common for either the instrument to be built and then placed in a preexisting space or for a building to be constructed for a completed organ.
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We are so fortunate here that we have not only an incredible instrument but an incredible room to house that instrument.” Katherine Burchfield Organist
“Other universities have organ halls, but this was built in a different way," Higdon said. Organist Katherine Burchfield said Bales Recital Hall was one of the primary reasons she chose the University to pursue her doctoral degree in organ. “We are so fortunate here that we have not only an incredible instrument but an incredible room to house that instrument,” Burchfield said. Burchfield is one of almost 50 University students who take organ lessons through the School of Music. Higdon said any stu-
dent can sign up for organ lessons if they’re interested, but it’s best if they have basic piano skills. Despite being home to only a few dozen students, the University's organ and church music program is one of the largest in the country. Burchfield said most people react with surprise when she says she’s an organist, because her instrument is so uncommon. “Mostly the reactions I get are ‘Oh, wow that’s cool. What are you going to do with that? Teach?’” Burchfield said. Bales Recital Hall took nearly 10 years to complete. When plans to build the Lied Center began, Higdon and Thompson proposed that the new performing arts center include an organ recital hall. There were already organs on campus — Murphy Hall had a few small practice instruments — and there was even an organ in the old Hoch Auditorium before a fire destroyed it in 1991. But Higdon and Thompson saw an opportunity to do something grand for organ students. “[Organ performance was] one of our best programs here, without question,” Thompson said. “[We have] a lot of graduate students, students who go on and do very well.”
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University graduates Dane and Polly Bales made the hall possible. The couple were business owners who gave more than $4 million to the University. They supported the School of Medicine, the Dole Institute of Politics (Polly’s Pond in front of the institute is named after Mrs. Bales) and other ventures. Their biggest contribution was more than $1 million donated for the construction
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Despite rough play, Montell Cozart has become KU football’s leader SEAN COLLINS @Seanzie_UDK
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unior wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez looked up at an incoming punt. Then, just for a second, Gonzalez glanced down at the incoming wall of Ohio defenders charging toward him. Just enough time for a collapse. The punt plummeted though Gonzalez’s hands and onto the Memorial Stadium turf. In his pursuit to gain the possession the Jayhawks so desperately needed, down 28-14 with under a minute left in the third quarter, Gonzalez tripped. The Ohio punt team swarmed the ball near the Jayhawks’ 10-yard line. First and goal for Ohio. In a time when Gonzalez needed assurance, when he had fumbled two times in only his second game with the Jayhawks, redshirt junior quarterback Montell Cozart rushed to his side. As Gonzalez jogged back to the sideline, Cozart was right there. It was Cozart, Jayhawks’ starting quarterback through the first three weeks, who kept Gonzalez’s head on straight. “'Keep your head up,’” Cozart remembers telling him. “‘The defense told us they were gonna get the ball back.’” In his third year as a Jayhawk, Cozart has managed to develop into a bonafide leader and captain of a team that needs leadership now just to stay afloat. Cozart was injured in week four of the 2015 season, and spent the rest of the year on the sideline. While Cozart has struggled with
Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Junior wide receiver Bobby Hartzog Jr. and redshirt junior quarterback Montell Cozart celebrate during the season opener at Memorial Staidum. The team won 55-6.
the Jayhawks, his leadership earned him captain at the beginning of the 2016 season. “For that guy to be voted and looked at that highly, that tells you what his teammates think of him,” coach David Beaty said after he was named captain. “That's a good deal for us. He's one of those guys that does everything you ask him to do and more.” Cozart had one of his worst performances of his college career last Saturday, as Kansas was routed by Memphis, 43-6. He threw for only 87 yards and turned the ball over three times, seeming to kill any
offense the Jayhawks could muster. But after the game, Cozart didn’t just fold, or let the game haunt him into the next week. Instead, Cozart texted Beaty on Monday and requested that him and senior safety Fish Smithson speak to the entire team after practice. And so, the captain spoke. “I told them that game was on me,” Cozart said. “I feel like I let everyone down turning the ball over and not giving us a chance.” For Cozart, speaking to the team wasn’t about relieving himself from blame of the loss, but to show he’s ready to bounce back.
“I was letting those guys know that I’m being a man and being responsible for my actions,” Cozart said. Cozart’s personal meeting with the team after practice made leaps and bounds for both him and his team. Even after one of the toughest games of his careers, Cozart’s personal meeting with the team not only entrenched him as the team’s leader, but it made some players look up to him. “We respect him,” sophomore defensive tackle Daniel Wise said. “It speaks volumes to the team for him to step up and do that.”
In some ways, Cozart’s leadership and how his teammates perceive him off the field has upstaged his play on the field.
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He’s one of those guys that does everything you ask him to do and more.” David Beaty Coach
After the loss to Memphis, wide receivers coach Jason Phillips was still content with Cozart as a leader. “His teammates be-
lieve in him,” Phillips said. “That’s why he was voted captain by his teammates.” The discussion Cozart and Smithson had with the team seemed to be a crucial one. When going into the Big 12 season with a roster that still appears a notch under the rest of the talent in the Big 12, chemistry and togetherness can’t be an issue. It doesn’t appear to be an issue for the Jayhawks now. Whether it be from the sideline or on the on the field, Cozart is the Jayhawks’ offensive leader and a captain they can rely on. — Edited by Ilana Karp
A look inside Bill Self’s annual boot camp CHRISTIAN S. HARDY @ByHardy
The start of the Kansas basketball season does not come in Allen Fieldhouse, with 16,300 eager fans coated in crimson and blue. It doesn’t start with the alma mater or newspaper shreds thrown into the air and floating back into the student section as the public announcer lists Kansas’ starting lineup. The start of the season is senior guard Frank Mason III in the locker room before the sun has even come up, preparing for the fifth day of Bill Self’s boot camp when the only sound outside is insects buzzing. About 90 minutes later, it’s Mason with his hands on his knees after almost 25 sprints, missing Self’s expected time by a second or two, then snapping at his teammates, “Sprint! Come on.” And then it’s the line of blue Kansas basketball t-shirts running again. It’s the managers and coaches clapping along through the two minutes on jumping rope in this onecourt practice gym off to the side of Allen Fieldhouse. It’s the constant squeaking
Missy Minear/KANSAN The Jayhawks warm up before day five of boot camp on Sept. 23.
of Adidas basketball shoes and an occasional line of encouragement from Self or assistant coach Jerrance Howard. It’s nearly an hour of these conditioning drills without a basketball in sight. Then it’s sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. shuffling, putting his hands up as to defend assistant coach Kurtis Townsend — who’s standing stationary — letting out a brief “ah!” then
shuffling further down the court in a zig-zag motion. This is the fifth day — the halfway point — of Self’s 2016 boot camp. It’s a conditioning extravaganza that lasts no more than 50 minutes each day. “They’re trying hard. They’re getting in pretty good shape,” Self said after practice. “We just want guys to go hard right now. Just to get their feet in shape and of course to get
their conditioning." This is the first chance for freshmen, like guard Josh Jackson, to show the team what kind of players they are, but also show coaches just how conditioned they are. While Mason led the way on most sprints, Jackson consistently trailed just a few steps behind. Through one week of conditioning, the No. 1 recruit has especially impressed Self. While
veterans like Mason have taken much of the leadership upon themselves, Jackson has done a bit of that, too. “Josh hasn’t surprised us in any way,” Self said. “Other than he is what they said he was from a competitive standpoint.” On these days when a basketball never touches the court, it can be difficult to find the standouts. But Self listed a few things that can
separate some: “quickness, staying in his stance, being able to recover quickly, not worrying about where the finish line is, just going as hard as you can and know you’re going to eventually get there.” He’s been impressed with the whole team when it comes to those things, but especially sophomore guard Lagerald Vick. “For me, it’d be hard to beat Lagerald,” Self said when he was asked of the first week’s MVP. “Frank and Josh and Lagerald — those guys — they can pretty much go all day.” With just over a week before Late Night, Self seems pleased with how the Jayhawks have started the season. On the toughest sprints of the day — nine full-court lengths — Self added a few seconds to the target time to make it easier on the team. After a huddle and praise from Self, the players walked away from the court, done with the fifth day of boot camp before 7 a.m.