Junior infielder David Narodowski fields a ground ball during Kansas' game against Wichita State on Wednesday. Kansas defeated the Shockers 8-3. Published on May 6, 2009 |
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Head coach Bonnie Henrickson pumps her fist as her team huddled around her after a 61-56 victory against Nebraska in the 2009 Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Published on May 6, 2009 |
Photo illustration. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Christopher Wenske, Kansas City, Mo., passes out flyers with a member of a band that has signed with him for a show Tuesday night at Duffys at the Econo Lodge. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Published on May 6, 2009 |
Vinnie Ciaramitaro, Kansas City freshman, makes a pass under pressure during a schrimage game Tuesday afternoon. The mens frisbee team qualified for the College National Tournament late May in Columbus Ohion. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Nath Wohl, Edina, Minn. 5th year senior, attempts to pass while guarded by Bryan Erickson, Eden Prairie, Minn. freshman as part of the practice drills on Tuesday afternoon. The mens frisbee team qualified for the College National Tournament which will take place late May in Columbus Ohio. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Andy Bentley, collection manager for the KU Natural History Museum, manages more than 1.5 million specimines in the museum's wet collection, which includes fish, reptiles and amphibians. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Chip chop: Instead of resorting to cutting up your credit card to budget yourself, get an account at the free personal budgeting website Mint.com. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Take a second look: Guy Neighbors says secondhand business Yellow House, 19th and Massachusetts streets, has picked up as the economy has worsened. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Classic video game systems each have their own kind of controllers, which can become a mess for a video game nut. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Controllers from way back when include 1985's Nintendo Entertainment System (left), 1991's Super Nintendo (bottom), 1989's Sega Genesis (right) and 1996's Nintendo 64 (top). Published on May 6, 2009 |
Capital “G” Gross: Not washing your retainers can cause them to smell bad. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Mushroom goodness: The vitamins and nutrients in mushrooms can help fight off disease. Published on May 6, 2009 |
The “cayenne pepper and lemon juice diet,” a detox and natural diet, involves drinking a mix of freshly squeezed lemon juice, cayenne pepper, maple syrup and water. The detox has many followers in Hollywood and other areas, where it is claimed to be extremely effective in naturally cleansing the body. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Butterflies galore: Becoming a nervous Nellie before making a speech in front of a class or participating in a class discussion is common. Practicing in front of a mirror helps conquer or alleviate this fear. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Published on May 6, 2009 |
Lawrence’s coal-fired power plant, the Lawrence Energy Center, rests along the banks of the Kansas River, about five miles north of the Kansas Union. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Chaz Steele, Lawrence senior said he believed growing up downwind from the coal-fired Lawrence Energy Center contributed to severe asthma attacks during his childhood. Now able to do things such as exercise and drive his motorcycle without breathing problems, Steele credits his improved respiratory heath to getting older and moving away from his parents’ home. Published on May 6, 2009 |
The Bowersock Dam is located on the Kansas River at the Massachusetts Street bridge. Because of dangerous chemicals such as mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment advised residents against consuming bottom-feeding fish caught below the Bowersock Dam. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Published on May 6, 2009 |
According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Lawrence Energy Center, shown here from the south, released about 8,300 tons of pollutants into the air in 2007. The Environmental Integrity Project from the same year ranked the center as the 12th-dirtiest coal-fired plant in the country. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Kevin Hooper played for the Detroit for a stint. During a game in 2005 he played an inning in every position, including pitching, in a single Triple-A game. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN Senior softball players Val Chapple, 3rd baseman; Dougie McCaulley, outfielder; Valeria George, pitcher; Stevie Crisosto, shortstop; and Elle Pottorf, catcher, will play in their final Big 12 Tournament April 8 in Oklahoma City. The five seniors have had their shares of highs and lows as Jayhawks, but leave the field with positive memories. Published on May 6, 2009 |
Junior infielder David Nardowski high-fives other Jayhawks as he returns to the dugout after crossing home during the team's 8-0 shutout against Wichita State March 11. Published on May 6, 2009 |
A bow, quiver and arrows used by San Bushmen in Southern Africa. The tribesmen mash up poisonous beetle larvae and apply it on arrows to kill prey during hunting. Published on May 6, 2009 |
From left, Michael Kazondunge, a Namibian high school student and translator, two members of the San Bushmen tribe and Caroline Chaboo, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, dig for beetle larvae near the base of a host plant at the Tsumkwe Nature Conservancy, in Northeastern Namibia. Chaboo has traveled to Africa four times in her research of poisonous African beetles. Published on May 6, 2009 |
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