THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
AURHelects officers, makes plans
By Jessica Palmenio
jpalmenio@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
The Association of University Residence Halls held elections for new officers, but a few positions are still unfilled.
AURH is the governing body of the University of Kansas' eight residence halls. Throughout April, residents who wanted to get involved with the organization submitted petitions.
The group is still looking for members to fill four executive board positions and senators for
Oliver Hall, Hashinger Hall and McCollum Hall. The number of senators is determined by the hall's population.
The group is not worried about filling the spots before August.
"There are always people who are willing to step up and take the responsibility," Kandace Creel, Albuquerque, N.M., junior and AURH president-elect, said.
Aramis Watson, president of AURH, said the organization was crucial because it allowed residents to focus on what was important to each of the hall's communities.
Creel said she wanted to get involved because AURH was a great organization and she thought it could do more.
Jennifer Meitl, vice president of programs and Lacrosse freshman, agreed.
"Previously it was just an information exchange, and we want to change that for next year." Meil said. The group hopes to improve participation by getting senators more involved in planning committees.
To encourage residents to get involved, the group is planning to do "Trading Rooms" a spin-off of the TLC television show Trading
Spaces, Meil said. The event will be held during the Fall 2004 semester.
AURH will provide a budget to redecorate rooms and the activity participants have freedom to do anything but paint.
AURH members will continue to recruit and advertise the group during the summer to build interest.
Creel said AURH wanted to get incoming freshman involved during the summer. Students can get involved by visiting the AURH Web site at www.ku.edu/~aurh/..
— Edited by Amber Byarlay
By Lauren Bristow
Ibristow@ku.edu
Kansan staff writer
Mariah Carey cassettes, Sisquo compact discs, a bunch of vinyl records and an old VCR. University of Kansas students may not want them anymore, but somebody does.
Network urging students to donate audio equipment
For Your Ears Only, a fundraiser for the Kansas Audio-Reader Network is accepting donations of used audio equipment and music to provide extra funding for the network.
"As students are preparing to leave and throwing out old cassettes, we are urging people to consider donating those items to this cause," said Diana Frederick, development director for Audio Reader. Frederick said the donated items would be featured in a sale of the used CDs
Funds generated from the event will help pay for the digital conversion of Audio-Reader's satellite system as well as purchase more closed-circuit radios for new listeners, Frederick said.
and other audio products in the September sale.
Audio-Reader is a University-based reading and information network that provides services to blind and visually-impaired people in Kansas and western Missouri.
"We got some ideas from the very successful book sales like Friends of the Library in Lawrence and Topeka," said Molly Mulloy, chairwoman of For Your Ears Only.
Although the two groups began the fundraising drive at
The committee is working with Delta Gamma sorority in the fundraising effort.
Frederick said hundreds of albums, cassettes and CDs had already been collected.
the beginning of this semester. they have already collected a large number of donations.
"I hope there will be interesting things for people to sort through," Mulloy said. "I hope people find wonderful things."
Donations including CDs, cassettes, vinyl records, VCRs and DVD players can be dropped off at Audio Reader, 1120 W.11th St., Delta Gamma sorority, 1015 Emery Road and the KU Visitor Center, 1502 Iowa St.
Items must be professionally made products and in working order.
— Edited by Amber Byarlay
Donated items will be for sale Sept. 26 to 28 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Iraqi artifacts recovered; many hidden before war
WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities have recovered almost 40,000 manuscripts and 700 artifacts that were missing from the National Museum in Baghdad, officials said yesterday.
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and U.S.military forces have been working with museum curators and employees to develop a list of missing items to prevent additional looting.
As Baghdad fell to U.S. forces, looters pillaged the Iraqi National Museum. U.S. officials said many items originally thought looted had actually been placed in hidden vaults for protection before the Iraq war began, and other items were returned once agents talked of amnesty and potential rewards.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said immigration and customs agents in Iraq were helping to investigate money laundering and smuggling in addition to trying to track down the looted artifacts.
- The Associated Press
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