Photos for September 4, 2008

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Goalkeeper Julie Hanley blocks a kick against Auburn. The Jayhawks play a game today against UAB.

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Running back Jocques Crawford runs the ball against FIU defense. Crawford tweaked his ankle late in the first quarter of last Saturday's game, but Mangino said he's ready to play again this week against Louisiana Tech.

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Justin Hitt, Topeka freshman, and Alanna Seymour, Shawnee freshman, chalk outside of the Union Thursday. Candidates will continue to campaign for Student Senate into early next week. Freshmen election will be Sept. 9 and 10.

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A fortune in Matt Farley's sculpture "Fortune Bottles," which is displayed at the Red Door Art Gallery, says, "You will always possess a charm and sense of humor that attracts others."

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Cassidy Creek prepares her sculpture "Arcadia" at the Red Door Art Gallery. She said the sculpture represents an abstract city. "Arcadia" is the name of a fictional utopia.

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"Fortune Bottles," a piece by Matt Farley, Wichita senior, is displayed at the Red Door Art Gallery. The sculpture is made out of prescription bottles, paper, lacquer, wire and a medicine cabinet.

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Sarah Kephart and Kristi Arnold prepare the Red Door Art Gallery. "The Ministry of Sculpture Club chose the pieces" to be displayed, Arnold said.

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"Fall Frame" and "Afraid to Blossom," two sculpture pieces made with silk and cotton by Eugenia Ortiz, Los Angeles graduate student, adorn the Red Door Art Gallery. This month, sculpture pieces fill the gallery, and in October, solely graduate students' work will be showcased.

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Cassidy Creek prepares her piece "Arcadia" at the Red Door Art Gallery. "It's different every time," she said of her sculpture.

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Kristi Arnold discusses where to place artwork at the Red Door Art Gallery, with Cassidy Creek's ceramic bowl in the foreground. "There's a young, hip art scene in Los Angeles right now," Arnold said about the city she moved from for the school year.

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"Woolie Mammoth," a mixed media piece by Scott Burr, Topeka senior, is displayed at the Red Door Art Gallery.

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Cassidy Creek prepares to show her work at the Red Door Art Gallery while a ceramic bowl she made in high school, which is on display at the gallery, sits in the foreground. The gallery features more than 35 pieces of art by KU students and opens Friday.

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Cassidy Creek, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Rachel Kirkendoll prepare to show their art at the Red Door Art Gallery, 1735 Walnut Ave., Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday night.

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Pat Moody, medical techinican, draws blood from Patti Green, labratory supervisor, to demonstrate the first process in the AIDS test. After the blood is drawn, Moody would label the sample and take it to the labratory for further steps.

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A blood sample sits on the bag that it will be stored in while it is waiting pickup from the laboratory that performs the AIDS test. The sample goes into the bag after it has been labeled and centrifuged and will be stored in a refrigerator unit for safe keeping.

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Patti Green, laboratory supervisor, demonstrates how the blood samples are spun on Tuesday afternoon at Watkins Memorial Health Center. The samples are spun in a centrifuge to separate essential parts of the blood that are used in the AIDS test.

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Patti Green, laboratory supervisor, demonstrates how the blood samples are spun on Tuesday afternoon at Watkins Memorial Health Center. The samples are spun in a centrifuge to separate essential parts of the blood that are used in the AIDS test.

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Patti Green, laboratory supervisor, opens the door to the refrigerator unit where the blood samples for AIDS tests are stored. After a sample is labeled with the patient's information, it is matched up with their information, placed in a bag, and stored for pickup. AIDS tests are sent out to another laboratory and results are returned to Watkins Memorial Health Center.

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Pat Moody, medical techinician, takes a sample of blood from Patti Green, laboratory supervisor, at Watkins Memorial Health Center on Tuesday afternoon. A vacuum effect occurs when the needle is inserted and the blood fills the vile. After drawing the blood, the sample will be labeled, spun in a centrifuge, and stored in a refrigerator unit until an independent laboratory picks it up.

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Pat Moody, medical techinican, draws blood from Patti Green, labratory supervisor, to demonstrate the first process in the AIDS test. After the blood is drawn, Moody would label the sample and take it to the labratory for further steps.

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Mortensen regularly worked out in his high school's weight room, which contributed to his talent on the field.

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Mortensen nearly led his high school team to a sectional title in Northern California.

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Joe Mortensen's senior year of high school.

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Joe Mortensen's freshman year of high school.

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Joe Mortensen at age 14.

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Joe Mortensen at age 6.

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Arnold Phommavong, Springdale, Ark., senior, Bill Walberg, El Dorado, Ca., senior, Kevin Campbell, Overland Park senior, Leslie Rhoton, Lawrence senior, and Alex Rock, Lawrence senior, demonstrate the effects of alcohol during “Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself,” a program aimed at educating students about the grave consequences of drunken driving. In addition to field sobriety tests, representatives from KUPD, Lawrence Memorial Hospital and KU Legal Services spoke at the event.

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Todd Reesing and the Jayhawks are preparing this week to play Louisiana Tech on Saturday. The Bulldogs are fresh off a 22-14 victory over Mississippi State and are attempting to pull off another upset of a power conference foe.

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Caitlin Hilton, Lawrence sophomore, reviews a psychology lesson with Sam Stepp, Mission Hills first-year graduate student, in Strong Hall during a tutoring session Wednesday morning. Hilton is one of about 180 students using the Student Educational Services peer-tutoring service. Stepp has been tutoring students in psychology and history since Fall 2007.

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Jim Shankman, Riffin, Wisc., junior, observes a large anti-abortion display outside his Wescoe classroom Wednesday afternoon. The demonstrator’s graphic three-faced billboard was observable from many halls on Jayhawk Boulevard. Shankman said the demonstration was “almost someone screaming from a bullhorn in my face.”

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Maureen Ball, a volunteer with the organization Justice For All, listens to the arguments of Tyler Danaver, Wichita sophomre, and Stephanie Ball, Overland Park junior, Wednesday afternoon. The group, based in Wichita, erected signs depicting fetuses in various stages of development, as well as aborted fetuses, in front of Strong Hall. Representatives said they would stay on campus until 3:30 p.m. today.

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