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Kansas State Basketball is hard / After so many, does it make us slutty?
« on: July 27, 2010, 01:59:08 PM »
How many beautiful journalists asking us to the Sadie Hawkins/MORP until we get a bad reputation? I don't want everyone to look at us as the bad boy, when we are so adorable.
http://www.big12hoops.com/2010/6/2/1495796/2010-2011-college-basketball
http://www.big12hoops.com/2010/6/2/1495796/2010-2011-college-basketball
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Essentially Flyertalk / Falconry
« on: July 25, 2010, 02:46:28 PM »
Got a thick leather glove for my bday but don't have the falcon(s) yet. Who all has done this? Would love some "get started" tips.
Hoping to get good enough so I can do a halftime show at a Cats non-con game then maybe appear on KSTATEO poster.
Hoping to get good enough so I can do a halftime show at a Cats non-con game then maybe appear on KSTATEO poster.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Bug
« on: July 24, 2010, 08:51:51 PM »
Anyone got anything going around? I'm sick as an animal over here. Chills/sweats/muscle soreness, stomach cramps, headache. Way worse than a hangover.
Suggestos to ride this thing out?
Suggestos to ride this thing out?
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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Who likes to pay higher insurance premiums because others are dumb?
« on: June 25, 2010, 07:47:11 PM »
Chancellor Gray-Little says pay up...
By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS
The Kansas City Star
TOPEKA | The University of Kansas is revising how sports tickets will be divvied up, bought and sold — and the new system will include more safeguards to prevent the kind of fraud uncovered this spring.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little on Thursday promised the Kansas Board of Regents more transparency in KU’s points system that dictates which donors get the best seats at sporting events.
Although some call the system flawed and argue to junk it, she responded: “I think it is responsible, and it is here to stay.”
Gray-Little reviewed a list of reforms in a restructured system — the hiring of a forensic auditor, a fraud hot line and more employees to spread out duties — that should be in place “within the next three months.”
All tickets will be monitored from the point of printing through their sale, she said, and formal requests for complimentary tickets and “who is selling to whom” will be documented.
A large diagram will be displayed publicly, showing what seats have been assigned and which ones are still open. The diagram also will show the minimal level of points needed to get seats in certain areas.
“I think she is making good progress, but obviously this is something that isn’t going to get fixed overnight,” regent Ed McKechnie said Thursday.
Over several years, thousands of basketball and football tickets were sold for personal gain, costing KU nearly $3 million, auditors estimate. Five employees of Kansas Athletics Inc. were involved, according to an internal investigation. None of them still works for Kansas Athletics.
Investigations by the U.S. attorney and other agencies continue.
In addition to taking steps to safeguard the ticketing process against further fraud, Gray-Little said, “we are reviewing other legal options, including filing civil litigation against the perpetrators, and have filed notice of a claim with our insurers to recover as much of the loss as we can.”
In the meantime, a fraud hot line has been set up for KU employees, students and alumni. In addition, a forensic auditor will supplement regular audits done on the athletics department, and ticket-sales duties will be segregated to build in safeguards.
Some donors were outraged when they found that good seats were being occupied by fans who had obtained their tickets through other channels. KU’s points system was established in 2004 by athletic director Lew Perkins. It rewards donors points for their support of KU athletics — more points yield better tickets.
Perkins’ announced resignation for next year did not come up at the regents meeting, other than a question of how the search was going for his replacement.
On Wednesday, Gray-Little underwent her annual evaluation in a closed meeting. What was discussed was not disclosed. But regents Thursday praised Gray-Little’s handling of the ticket scandal inherited when she became KU’s 17th chancellor nearly a year ago.
Said one regent, Jarold Boettchern: “There is a very good level of comfort with her level of awareness about the seriousness of this situation.
“She is committed to do something about it quickly. Sure, there are a lot of regrets. But if you have a problem, you fix it and fast. I really think she is doing just that.”
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/24/2042607/ku-is-overhauling-system-for-distributing.html#ixzz0ruoyRz4a
By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS
The Kansas City Star
TOPEKA | The University of Kansas is revising how sports tickets will be divvied up, bought and sold — and the new system will include more safeguards to prevent the kind of fraud uncovered this spring.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little on Thursday promised the Kansas Board of Regents more transparency in KU’s points system that dictates which donors get the best seats at sporting events.
Although some call the system flawed and argue to junk it, she responded: “I think it is responsible, and it is here to stay.”
Gray-Little reviewed a list of reforms in a restructured system — the hiring of a forensic auditor, a fraud hot line and more employees to spread out duties — that should be in place “within the next three months.”
All tickets will be monitored from the point of printing through their sale, she said, and formal requests for complimentary tickets and “who is selling to whom” will be documented.
A large diagram will be displayed publicly, showing what seats have been assigned and which ones are still open. The diagram also will show the minimal level of points needed to get seats in certain areas.
“I think she is making good progress, but obviously this is something that isn’t going to get fixed overnight,” regent Ed McKechnie said Thursday.
Over several years, thousands of basketball and football tickets were sold for personal gain, costing KU nearly $3 million, auditors estimate. Five employees of Kansas Athletics Inc. were involved, according to an internal investigation. None of them still works for Kansas Athletics.
Investigations by the U.S. attorney and other agencies continue.
In addition to taking steps to safeguard the ticketing process against further fraud, Gray-Little said, “we are reviewing other legal options, including filing civil litigation against the perpetrators, and have filed notice of a claim with our insurers to recover as much of the loss as we can.”
In the meantime, a fraud hot line has been set up for KU employees, students and alumni. In addition, a forensic auditor will supplement regular audits done on the athletics department, and ticket-sales duties will be segregated to build in safeguards.
Some donors were outraged when they found that good seats were being occupied by fans who had obtained their tickets through other channels. KU’s points system was established in 2004 by athletic director Lew Perkins. It rewards donors points for their support of KU athletics — more points yield better tickets.
Perkins’ announced resignation for next year did not come up at the regents meeting, other than a question of how the search was going for his replacement.
On Wednesday, Gray-Little underwent her annual evaluation in a closed meeting. What was discussed was not disclosed. But regents Thursday praised Gray-Little’s handling of the ticket scandal inherited when she became KU’s 17th chancellor nearly a year ago.
Said one regent, Jarold Boettchern: “There is a very good level of comfort with her level of awareness about the seriousness of this situation.
“She is committed to do something about it quickly. Sure, there are a lot of regrets. But if you have a problem, you fix it and fast. I really think she is doing just that.”
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/24/2042607/ku-is-overhauling-system-for-distributing.html#ixzz0ruoyRz4a
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Essentially Flyertalk / Tuna salad recipe
« on: June 21, 2010, 07:46:16 PM »
Guys, the mayo/pickle relish and some onions just isn't doing it anymore. Help me please.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Real BGE thread
« on: June 19, 2010, 10:28:04 PM »
Ben Gay Extrastrength
works amazing if you have muscle soreness. Thank you BGE!
works amazing if you have muscle soreness. Thank you BGE!
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Essentially Flyertalk / BGE!
« on: June 19, 2010, 03:10:23 PM »
Busch Gardens Europe, thinking about going. Anyone been? Good or no? 
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Essentially Flyertalk / Father's day!
« on: June 19, 2010, 03:08:02 PM »
What are you getting your pops? Me, I'm mowing his lawn then taking him and his new girlfriend out for Breadeux then a movie.
Summer job is paying WELL boys.
Summer job is paying WELL boys.
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Kansas State Football / Big XII Farewell season thread
« on: June 09, 2010, 09:15:05 PM »
Post your ideas of how to say goodbye to this conference and make those responsible feel our anger.
My first idea:
Plan on having a walking taco funeral pak before the ISU game at Bram.
Schedule to follow, but will go like this:
Walking taco wake
Eating Walking tacos
Burn leftover bag of doritos
Dump delicious taco meat on Schulz/Currie's pets
Glumly attend game and probably get beaten by the Mayor of the walking tacos.
My first idea:
Plan on having a walking taco funeral pak before the ISU game at Bram.
Schedule to follow, but will go like this:
Walking taco wake
Eating Walking tacos
Burn leftover bag of doritos
Dump delicious taco meat on Schulz/Currie's pets
Glumly attend game and probably get beaten by the Mayor of the walking tacos.
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Kansas State Basketball is hard / therapist pak!
« on: May 25, 2010, 03:54:28 PM »
Sherron will be signing autographs for free at the Mr. Goodcents at College and Pflumm tomorrow at lunch. Also, a 6" turkey sub will be $1.81!
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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Kellis = lucky charm? (Warning: Will damage BMW's self esteem)
« on: May 17, 2010, 09:26:29 AM »
Besides looking a bit like a bald leprechaun, has Kellis been good luck for KSU?
I submit:
Since Kellis was hired in late summer of 2009, and begun his own brand of lazy, horrid writing with backhanded swipes and overall dismissive tone towards KSU sports (read his latest write up on KSU owning ku in baseball that reads like an article LJW here: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/16/1950196/k-state-rallies-against-ku-and.html) KSU has left ku in the dust athletically.
In head to head competition, ku has only beaten KSU in 1/2 of a sport. And ultimately, in that sport KSU had a more successful season.
Football: As ku's football team was brawling on campus while confessing to assault online, KSU was playing for the Div title up to the last week. ku's best team ever collapsed in embarassing fashion as the fans turned on the best QB to ever play there and ultimately the admin ousted the 2008 Coach of the Year following a massive payout to keep his silence. The offseason brought multiple criminal incidents and the hiring of a .500 MAC coach who quickly banned swearing and instituted strict acronym compliance.
Basketball: KSU to the Elite 8. Enough has been written about the off court incidents of ku and their predictable choke job in the tournament.
women's basketball/track/some other stuff like golf probably: KSU totally owns ku
Baseball: KSU wins the series with ku for the 4th time in 5 years. Sits in second and remains nationally ranked. ku's coach reduced to begging for a NCAA berth in local media.
So, in short, thanks Kellis.
I submit:
Since Kellis was hired in late summer of 2009, and begun his own brand of lazy, horrid writing with backhanded swipes and overall dismissive tone towards KSU sports (read his latest write up on KSU owning ku in baseball that reads like an article LJW here: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/16/1950196/k-state-rallies-against-ku-and.html) KSU has left ku in the dust athletically.
In head to head competition, ku has only beaten KSU in 1/2 of a sport. And ultimately, in that sport KSU had a more successful season.
Football: As ku's football team was brawling on campus while confessing to assault online, KSU was playing for the Div title up to the last week. ku's best team ever collapsed in embarassing fashion as the fans turned on the best QB to ever play there and ultimately the admin ousted the 2008 Coach of the Year following a massive payout to keep his silence. The offseason brought multiple criminal incidents and the hiring of a .500 MAC coach who quickly banned swearing and instituted strict acronym compliance.
Basketball: KSU to the Elite 8. Enough has been written about the off court incidents of ku and their predictable choke job in the tournament.
women's basketball/track/some other stuff like golf probably: KSU totally owns ku
Baseball: KSU wins the series with ku for the 4th time in 5 years. Sits in second and remains nationally ranked. ku's coach reduced to begging for a NCAA berth in local media.
So, in short, thanks Kellis.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Serious 90210 question
« on: May 15, 2010, 01:32:37 PM »
WTF is up with David and why is he so hung up on Donna?
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Kansas State Football / JFC ku and Gill
« on: May 14, 2010, 02:11:44 PM »
Here we are putting on a pretty face and acting all adorable for our new conference and you do this crap? Don't you realize we are like 2 ugly orphans trying to get adopted. A prospective set of parents finally show interest and the minute they stop by to visit, you crap your diaper and start swearing.
We are mumped.
Lawrence police said Friday that Jamal R. Greene, 22, and Vernon D. Brooks, 23, were arrested in connection with an attempted aggravated robbery.
Greene is a member of the University of Kansas Jayhawks football team. Brooks was dismissed from the team before the spring football practices for violating unspecified team rules, university officials said.
According to a news release, Lawrence police were dispatched to an off-campus apartment around 1:30 a.m. Friday in the 2600 block of West Sixth Street. Witnesses told police that two men armed with a handgun had entered the apartment and held several people inside the apartment at gunpoint.
No one was injured, police said. About 2:30 a.m., they said Brooks was taken into custody without incident. Greene, a defensive player for the Jayhawks, was arrested about 9 a.m. in the 2300 block of Murphy Drive, also without incident, police said.
The handgun was recovered, according to the news release.
Greene is a junior defensive tackle for the team. His hometown is Kansas City, Kan.
The investigation continues. The KU Athletic Department said Greene's status with the team would be determined after the facts were gathered.
We are mumped.
Lawrence police said Friday that Jamal R. Greene, 22, and Vernon D. Brooks, 23, were arrested in connection with an attempted aggravated robbery.
Greene is a member of the University of Kansas Jayhawks football team. Brooks was dismissed from the team before the spring football practices for violating unspecified team rules, university officials said.
According to a news release, Lawrence police were dispatched to an off-campus apartment around 1:30 a.m. Friday in the 2600 block of West Sixth Street. Witnesses told police that two men armed with a handgun had entered the apartment and held several people inside the apartment at gunpoint.
No one was injured, police said. About 2:30 a.m., they said Brooks was taken into custody without incident. Greene, a defensive player for the Jayhawks, was arrested about 9 a.m. in the 2300 block of Murphy Drive, also without incident, police said.
The handgun was recovered, according to the news release.
Greene is a junior defensive tackle for the team. His hometown is Kansas City, Kan.
The investigation continues. The KU Athletic Department said Greene's status with the team would be determined after the facts were gathered.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Fantasy personalized plate thread
« on: April 26, 2010, 10:22:59 PM »
Don't have to worry about your boss, or cops, or unapproving family, or jesus....what do you get?
goEMAW (obvious)
or
GTMWET (cuz im good at sex).
goEMAW (obvious)
or
GTMWET (cuz im good at sex).
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Essentially Flyertalk / Best Pandora station
« on: April 21, 2010, 02:32:10 PM »
just fired up GNR. 
hit me
hit me
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Kansas State Basketball is hard / KU, as racist as you think
« on: April 18, 2010, 01:53:12 PM »
JFC, Lawrence is like Johannesburg, SA.
[“When I look back on my career, there is a hole,” Mills says. “And that hole is while I was here."
/b]
[“I experienced more culture shock coming to KU than any of the 96 different countries I’ve visited,” Mills says
/b]
“I broke” is how Mills describes what happened to him then and many other times on his journey to Olympic glory. Mills also broke when fraternities at Kansas wouldn’t let him join. He remembers frat boys calling him “chief.” But Mills
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/17/1884018/former-ku-runner-mills-comes-back.html#ixzz0lTmO6EwZ
[“When I look back on my career, there is a hole,” Mills says. “And that hole is while I was here."
/b]
[“I experienced more culture shock coming to KU than any of the 96 different countries I’ve visited,” Mills says
/b]
“I broke” is how Mills describes what happened to him then and many other times on his journey to Olympic glory. Mills also broke when fraternities at Kansas wouldn’t let him join. He remembers frat boys calling him “chief.” But Mills
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/17/1884018/former-ku-runner-mills-comes-back.html#ixzz0lTmO6EwZ
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Essentially Flyertalk / Wes love thread
« on: April 14, 2010, 09:12:15 PM »
Post your thoughts on the Gauntlet, and the favorite of Kansas, everyone's sweetheart. WES!
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Essentially Flyertalk / Best way to stop a newborn baby from crying
« on: April 13, 2010, 10:03:22 PM »
I have this friend who was all dumb and stuff and had a kid. Now she (the baby) won't stop crying. Was just fed, diaper is clean but still all whiny.
Give me your tips and I will pass on to him so he can get some sleep.
Give me your tips and I will pass on to him so he can get some sleep.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Fantasy roadtrip thread
« on: April 13, 2010, 09:23:39 PM »
If there were no job, family or money realities. Where would you go, what would you drive, who and what would you bring.
go.
go.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Attn steve D.
« on: April 10, 2010, 05:47:13 PM »
At wedding involving all Omahanians. How do I "fit in"?
What should I worry about? How do they dance?
Pretty nervous....S.O.S.!
What should I worry about? How do they dance?
Pretty nervous....S.O.S.!
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Essentially Flyertalk / Fantasy tatoo
« on: March 31, 2010, 09:50:54 PM »
If you didn't have to worry about future jobs, family etc., what tatoo(s) would you get?
I would get a picture of the Kansas state capital dome and the Ad aspera indian on my right pectoral.
I would get a picture of the Kansas state capital dome and the Ad aspera indian on my right pectoral.
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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Xavier finally comes to senses
« on: March 31, 2010, 05:14:10 PM »
Have super insidery source who has confirmed Henry is going NBA.
Ben's campus source is a liar.
Ben's campus source is a liar.
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Kansas State Football / UpperTrampStamp Hawks thread
« on: March 29, 2010, 02:05:45 PM »
Setting aside a thread to relay updates from the defending last place team in the North. Just weigh in on news from ku's spring practice.
Specifically, would love to hear news from ku fans on the board. Now that the second string that threatened to win the national championship is actually first string, can we expect a domination by Gill's logos?
Read in the KC Star the following, please free to add any other news.
1. It is true, no last names on jersey, just the upper tramp stamp logo;
2. It is true, no cussin'
3. He has required the team to memorize a catchy mantra with each letter in the word "believe" standing for a word which is then chanted in the huddle. Lame Brady McCollugh could not publish what it was because he is an idiot;
4. That thug from Blinn was booted. Gill is cleaning up the rogue outfit Mangino had running;
5. If you want to watch Gill's practices, head to the parking garage and take a look;
6. Gill is not looking really for ability at QB as much as body language. Kale Pick's body language says "I cannt believe I have a division 1 scholarship"; and
7. No word on whether Chuck Long will be charged over the events at his last stop.
That's it for now. Beems and others, give us some scoop!
Specifically, would love to hear news from ku fans on the board. Now that the second string that threatened to win the national championship is actually first string, can we expect a domination by Gill's logos?
Read in the KC Star the following, please free to add any other news.
1. It is true, no last names on jersey, just the upper tramp stamp logo;
2. It is true, no cussin'
3. He has required the team to memorize a catchy mantra with each letter in the word "believe" standing for a word which is then chanted in the huddle. Lame Brady McCollugh could not publish what it was because he is an idiot;
4. That thug from Blinn was booted. Gill is cleaning up the rogue outfit Mangino had running;
5. If you want to watch Gill's practices, head to the parking garage and take a look;
6. Gill is not looking really for ability at QB as much as body language. Kale Pick's body language says "I cannt believe I have a division 1 scholarship"; and
7. No word on whether Chuck Long will be charged over the events at his last stop.
That's it for now. Beems and others, give us some scoop!