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The student vOice since 1904 LAST MATCHES APPROACH FOR BANKING EMILY BROWN THE ODDS » PAGE 1B » PAGE 6B TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.KANSAN.COM VOLUME 118 ISSUE 62 NOW THAT’S TEAM SPIRIT Fans line up for tickets to Border Showdown Students miss class, bribe campers for tickets; Marchiony says sports pass guarantees a seat BY MATT LINDBERG wrapped around Allen Fieldhouse to the AND THOR NYSTROM intersection of Naismith Drive and Sunnyside Avenue to secure their seats. Giebink’s group began a sign-up sheet similar to what is seen Brian Giebink was watching the Kansas- in Allen Fieldhouse during basketball cam- Oklahoma State football game with two pouts. More than 200 groups were signed up friends when the group began discussing the when the ticket office opened. Nov. 24 Border Showdown between Kansas Josh Spradlin, Lawrence senior, said he and Missouri. wasn’t planning on heading down to the sta- Forgoing sleep for seat priority, Giebink dium until midmorning, but a quick glance decided to bring a blanket and a tent to Allen toward Allen Fieldhouse changed his deci- Fieldhouse about 1 a.m. Sunday and set up sion. shop in front of the ticket office. Giebink, “I just got done working my shift at the first student in line, slept by himself on Oliver and saw tents outside the fieldhouse,” the concrete that night. His tent, not secured, Spradlin said. “I wasn’t going to come until flapped in the wind for the duration of the 3 a.m., but when I saw that I decided it was evening. A security motion light shone into time to go.” Spradlin and his group set up the tent, forcing Giebink to pull his hoodie camp at 7 p.m. Sunday and ended up toward over his eyes in a futile attempt at dark- the beginning of the line. ness. Giebink said another group of students Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony stumbled in from the bars about 2:30 a.m. on said he wasn’t surprised by students turning Sunday to become group No. 2. out early because of their loyalty. When the sun finally rose, the light shut “Students have been terrific supporting off, ending a two-hour night of sleep for our football team, but we just didn’t know Giebink, a Rolla, Mo., junior. what to expect because of the date being dur- “I don’t regret it for a second. I still get Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN ing break,” Marchiony said. chills thinking of being front row at the sta- Students wait in line for tickets to the Kansas-Missouri football game at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday morning. Some students started camping out early Sunday morning so they could By the time morning hit, the student line dium,” Giebink said. be first in line to get tickets. had passed the Phog Allen statue in front of Giebink’s decision proved to be wise, as the fieldhouse, and rumors began to swirl getting a ticket shouldn’t be a concern for to groups in the front of the line. a ticket. hundreds of students followed throughout that there wouldn’t be enough tickets for students with sports passes. “I turned down a lot of money. But there Ticket pick-up for a round of basketball the early morning hours. By the time the students to attend the game. Marchiony said “There are some lively imaginations are more important things than money,” games also began Monday at the ticket office, ticket office opened at 9 a.m., a sea of students online. We believe every student with an all- Giebink said. and two ticket windows distributed basket- student sports combo pass who wants to go Giebink and his group received the ulti- ball tickets while the other two handed out to the game will be able to go to the game,” mate prize — the only seven front row tickets Missouri football tickets. Marchiony said. available to students. Ashley Ryan, Overland Park junior, joined But because of the rumors, students began Giebink said money exchanges were hap- the line at 9:30 a.m. and was disappointed by to buy themselves into groups to make sure pening “all over.” He said a member of his its length. they would be able to attend. group saw the second group in line accept “Shame on them for this. The tickets are Brandon Blakely, Torrance, Calif., gradu- $160 to get tickets for four students using supposed to be for the students,” Ryan said. ate student, was camping with Spradlin. He their KUIDs, and he said one group near the “It’s our team. We’ve been here for hours.” said he saw many groups approaching the front brought a stack of IDs to the window Two members of Giebink’s group, Katie first few groups with Ziplock bags full of that was at least three inches thick. Huber and Cassie Nealon, both St. Louis KUIDs, trying to bribe groups. “We are assuming they took some bribes, sophomores, missed class on Monday to Giebink’s group was offered $500 in cash which is fine if that is the route they wanted sleep in the tent on Sunday night. to take four student IDs to the ticket window. to go,” Giebink said. Lauren Hickman, Kansas City, Mo., junior, Students were allowed to redeem 10 IDs at a The bribes ensured prime seats without a said the group didn’t realize they were miss- time for tickets. Giebink’s group declined the need to wait. One of Giebink’s friends took ing Sunday night’s basketball game between cash offer immediately. a place in line at 9 a.m. and didn’t reach the Kansas and UMKC, until they saw curious “No one was going to buy a spot for that,” front until 3:30 p.m., a six and a half hour fans walking past the row of tents to the Giebink said. “It isn’t fair. The group behind wait that eliminated the possibility of going arena. us had been there since 2:30 Sunday morn- to class. “It used to be that people forgot about Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN ing; we wouldn’t have done that to them.” One thousand student tickets were allo- football,” Hickman said. “Now they are for- Lyndsey Orpin, Leawood junior, and Steven Kilgore, Overland Park junior, take down their tent after camping Giebink said the group collectively could cated in the lower endzone. The rest were getting about basketball.” out for tickets to the Kansas-Missouri game at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday morning. Both students, who were in the have made “well over $1,000,” and said stu- scattered around the upper deck. Marchiony — Edited by Elizabeth Cattell camping group named “Sabo is a mule,” waited for tickets from 4 p.m. Sunday until 11 a. m. Monday. dents were offering about $100 for each ID said every student with a valid ID received overheard in the ticket line: “We have not moved very far, and we “We’ve been sitting here all night, “This was pretty poorly organized. It’s got here at 7:30 a.m. It’s crazy, people and I got like one hour’s worth of stupid to have basketball tickets the are buying up.” sleep.” same day. We could have had four windows open as opposed to two.” — Jena Jessup, Almena freshman — Dustin Allen, Topeka senior — Paul Laskowski, Topeka freshman weather » COMMunITY SERVICE »CAMPUS 66 43 Hospital provides opportunities Fund named for lecturer Mostly Sunny — weather.com WEDNESDAY THURSDAY for volunteering, field experience assists English majors 61 29 56 35 Partly Cloudy/Wind Sunny Scholarship to aid research, study abroad index Students help doctors in ER, surgery, radiology Classifieds. 3B About 200 University students vol- helpful. Bernard “Bud” Hirsch, a former profes- a University Honors Lecturer in Crossword. 4A unteer throughout the year at Lawrence Ahram Han, Reeds Spring, Mo., sor of English who died last year, estab- English. Memorial Hospital. Their work ranges senior, said a volunteer experienced Horoscopes. 4A lished a new scholarship for undergradu- Klayder got her bachelor’s degree from from running errands and assisting in the both rewarding and heart-wrench- ates majoring in English. the University of Kansas in 1972 and Opinion. 5A emergency room to taking time to talk ing situations. She said being around The Mary A. Klayder Scholarship has taught at the University since 1985. Sports. 1B with patients. patients who maintained positive atti- will help support various student Klayder is also a H.O.P.E. Award finalist Sudoku. 4A Rachel Williams, Conway, Ark., junior, tudes helped her appreciate what she activities, including undergraduate this year. said she enjoyed helping the hospital staff. had. research work and study abroad. The All contents, unless stated otherwise, She said the little tasks she did for them were © 2007 The University Daily Kansan scholarship is named after Klayder, appreciated, and she realized her work was FUll STORY paGE 3A FUll STORY paGE 6A 2A NEWS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007 quote of the day neWS brIEF Student found dead in THE Kansan “It is a tale with off-campus apartment Told by an idiot, full of sound Aaron Caldwell, Bedford, Newspaper names editor, and fury, Q& Texas, senior, was found dead A advertising director Signifying nothing.” Professor Mary Zimmerman in his off-campus apartment on The University Daily Kan- Sunday, according to a Univer- san named its editor-in-chief ­­—William­­Shakespeare Sociology Department sity press release. and advertising director for Macbeth­­Act­­5,­­Scene­­5 Caldwell was an econom- spring 2008 on Monday. Freudian slips, which I can’t discuss.

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