Erin Ellefson, sophomore midfielder (top) laughs with Shannon McCabe, junior forward, during soccer practice on Thursday in San Antonio. The women's soccer team plays Missouri tonight in game two of the Big 12 Soccer Tournament after beating Texas A&M 4-2 on Wednesday.

Published on November 6, 2008

Emergency contraceptive, Plan B, also known as the morning after pill, can be taken anytime within five days of unprotected sex and is actually two pills, not one.

Published on November 6, 2008

Tyler Holmes, Overland Park freshman, ran as a Democrat for the Kansas House of Representatives. Holmes said that he brought a unique perspective to education and energy.

Published on November 6, 2008

Published on November 6, 2008

Nasbah Ben is writing her graduate thesis about ground level and satellite-imaged aerosols to analyze forecasts and air quality. Ben works to benefit Native American tribes who lack the equipment to predict forecasts and analyze the quality of their breathing air.

Published on November 6, 2008

Marci Francisco, 2nd District State Senator, dances with Jacob Hill, Wichita senior, at Abe & Jake's Landing Tuesday night after watching President Elect Obama's acceptance speech on a large-screen television. Fransisco, the 2nd district incumbant, retained her seat with 62 percent of the vote.

Published on November 6, 2008

Natalie Nelson, 2008 graduate, celebrates with other members of State Rep. Raj Goyle's (D-Wichita) campaign while Goyle speaks to a crowd of about 50 in Wichita on Tuesday night. Nelson, who earned a degree in political science at the University of Kansas, has been working on Goyle's campaign since August. Goyle won the Kansas House 87th District for the second time in a row.

Published on November 6, 2008

Nathan Hittle, field director for State Rep. Raj Goyle's (D-Wichita) state representative campaign talks with Goyle about an e-mail on Nov. 4. Goyle runs his campaign out of a room in his house in Wichita.

Published on November 6, 2008

George Dungan, Lincoln, Neb. junior, grabs ahold of a friend after the final results of the election were announced at the Democratic watch party Abe & Jake's Landing on Tuesday night. Dungan, the communications director of Young Democrats, had been at the party since seven that evening to hear the final results.

Published on November 6, 2008

John Flynn, Wichita freshman, center, looks over his ballot before completing his participitation in his first presidential election. Poll workers at the Central United Methodist Church, where Flynn and two friends voted Tuesday afternoon, said that turnout had been overwhelmingly composed of oung voters.

Published on November 6, 2008

State Rep. Raj Goyle (D-Wichita), who is running as the incumbent for the Kansas House of Representatives, talks on the phone during election day outside of his house. He has run his entire campaign from a room in his own house.

Published on November 6, 2008

Tyler Holmes, Overland Park freshman, ran for Kansas’ 28th district representative. Although Holmes lost to Republican Incumbent, Pat Colloton, he managed to receive a stunning quarter of the votes.

Published on November 6, 2008

Published on November 6, 2008

Nebraska players celebrate after defeating the Jayhawks in Sept. 2006, the last time Kansas played the Cornhuskers in Lincoln. Kansas will try to earn its first win at Nebraska in 40 years on Saturday.

Published on November 6, 2008

Nina Dahem prepares sourdough starter, which will be used to make sourdough bread, at Great Harvest Bread Co. on Wednesday afternoon. Dahem said sourdough starter is aged and passed down from generation to generation. "Sourdough bread tastes better the more it ages," she said. "We got this starter from a 100-year-old lady. It was in her family since the Alaskan gold rush."

Published on November 6, 2008

Published on November 6, 2008