WEDNESDAY,JULY16,2003
NEWS
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 9
Camping
Zach Straus/Kansan
Freshman Summer Institute campers Adam Evans, Houston; Jason Warble, Chicago; Jenny Dwan, Chicago; Dana Roberts, Bloomington, Minn.; and Billy Pyle, Boulder, Colo., assemble on the front porch of Hashinger Hall. The group, who met Monday, has lived in student housing for the majority of the summer alongside current students and fellow campers.
SUMMER CAMPS
Teens taste college life at marching band camp
By Brandon Baker
bbaker@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
High school marching band members are getting a taste of college life this week at the KU Marching Band Camps.
Dustin Bauerle, Nickerson senior and student staff for the camps, said the camps which include sessions for guards, drum majors and musicians, help recruit future band members.
Kellie Lankford, Lawrence junior attended the camp and now plays for the Marching Jayhawks.
"Band is a huge part of these kids' life," Lankford said. "We need to convince them this is where they need to be."
The campers stay in Hashinger Hall. Boys and girls are separated by floors instead of sex-divided wings.
Ross Jungers, Prior Lake, Minn., senior, and assistant complex director for Hashinger Hall, said the camps that came to the University could make their own rules as long as they did not infringe on normal dormitory regulations.
Conference assistants lock the outside doors of Hashinger at 10 p.m. and campers have lights out at 11 p.m.
"We need to convince them this is where they need to be."
Kellie Lankford KU Marching Band Camps staff member
Jungers said alcohol was not a problem with campers because they were so young.
During the school year, residence hall staff members have their hands full dealing with students drinking. Jungers said.
Custodial crews continue to work over the summer but at a slower pace than during the school year, Jungers said.
For example, the department of music and dance would pay for damages to rooms that housed the KU Marching Band Camps, said Eric Grospitch, assistant director of apartments and conferences for student housing.
The University does not have to pay for room damages. That cost is covered by the program's sponsor.
— Edited by Richard Gintowt
Grospitch said the University usually broke even on summer camps, but gained future KU students.
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