MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Events offer service opportunities
By Lauren Airey
lairey@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students can write, dance or just sleep to participate in the annual Into the Streets Week, sponsored by the Center for Community Outreach.
CCO has planned events every day this week to raise student awareness about community issues such as hunger, homelessness and sexual violence.
The events, including a letter-writing campaign Wednesday and a "senior" prom with local senior citizens in the Kansas Union ballroom Thursday, aim to help everyone get involved, Ashley Stallbaumer, Into the Streets Week co-director, said.
"We're doing easy projects as well as more interactive and time-consuming projects," she said. "We try to cater to everyone's taste and needs."
Most of the events have a precedent but new events include a gardening project on Wednesday and the letter-writing campaign sponsored by Concerned Active and Aware Students, Julie Robinson, Into the Streets Week co-director.
Today's events include a read out where volunteers will promote literacy by reading to local elementary school children and a hunger banquet exploring the differences in nutrition and diet between first, second and third world countries. Students are divided into groups representing different parts of the world and are served food that represent what people eat in that region. An educational program follows.
"It's a program that happens all over the country," Robinson said. "Some people get rice and water and other people get pizza and hamburgers."
The annual event, usually held in April, was moved up to let people involved in Rock Chalk Revue get as many community service hours as possible.
A sleep-out at the Canterbury House will cap the week Saturday. Speakers from the homeless community will be present and CCO will provide free food and live music donated from Papa Johns, Panera and Coca-Cola.
This week's CCO events
Read-Out 3-5 p.m. at local
Today:
elementary schools
elementary schools Hunger Banquet 6-7:30 p.m. at
Hunger Banquet 6-7-30 p.m. at Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Tuesday:
Empty Bowls Project 11 a.m.
3-p. on m. paucer-Flint lawn
Dine Out for Hunger 5-9 pm. at
announcement restaurants
Wednesday:
GROW Project 4-5 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club
Boys and Girls Club
Letter Writing 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at
the fourth floor lobby in the
Kansas Union
Men's Outreach Presentation on
"Sex, Women, Men and the
Media" 7-8:30 p.m. at the Big 12
room in the Kansas Union.
Thursday:
Veggie Lunch 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at ECM
CCO asks participants to secure pledges to raise money for the Jubilee Café, a local non-profit organization that serves restaurant-style breakfasts to the homeless on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
"The sleep-out is probably the most hands-on event we have." Stallbaumer said. "Heopefully
Afternoon Tea and Valentine Making 3-4 p.m. at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union Senior Prom 6-8 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom
Volunteer Fair 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union.
friday:
Saturday:
Clothesline Project 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
on Stauffer-Flint lawn
Hawks for Health 5k Run/Walk 7-11 a.m. at Lied Center Parking Lot Sleep-out for the Homeless 6 p.m.-9 a.m. at the Canterbury House.
we'll raise $700 to $800 for Jubilee Café. We like to give to Jubilee Café because they are in dire need of money."
Anyone interested in volunteering in any of the service projects can call CCO offices at 864 4073 or visit 405 Kansas Union.
— Edited by Brandon Gay
Former whistle operator clocked time
By Amy Potter
By Amy Potter
apotter@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
For 91 years, KU students and the Lawrence community have heard the faithful blow of the steam whistle keeping track of students' time. Clarence Knapp, a man as old as this tradition, played a part in the history of the whistle for nearly 20 years.
From 1956 to 1976, Knapp, 91, worked in maintenance and eventually became supervisor for the power plant. He blew the whistle by hand when the automatic switch did not work.
"We had to just watch the clock," Knapp said. "It was not very often that it didn't go off, but it did sometimes." Knapp's daughter, Wanda
Clarence Knapp
Howard, now an accounting specialist for the Spencer Museum of Art, spent much of her childhood around the campus and power plant.
"I was kind of a KU brat," she said. "My dad kept the boilers
going. Many nights they would call him at one or two in the morning if the boilers lost pressure."
During his employment at the University, the whistle wasn't always used to signal the end of class. It was also used as a tornado warning.
"Four longs and three shorts meant all clear," Knapp said, "For many years it was the only tornado warning device we had in this town."
As far as complaints toward the whistle, Knapp said some things never changed.
"Somebody would always complain when the whistle blew
or didn't blow," he said. "We had calls from people trying to sleep, and the whistle would blow waking them up."
Earlier this month, the steam whistle broke and a replacement whistle is being built in Cincinnati. According Facilities Operations, the work on the replacement whistle starts this week. Knapp said the temporary absence of the whistle wouldn't affect students.
"Students still have classes whether the whistle blows or not," he said.
— Edited by Michelle Burhenn
Scott Reynolds/Kansan
Kristi Kurtenbach, Overland Park junior, Aubrey Salander, Omaha, Neb. junior and Richard Friesner, Albequerque, N.M. junior participate in the third annual dance-a-thon. The event is a fundraiser sponsored by the greek community at the University.
Greeks raise money dancing night away
By Jessica Palimenio
by olympine
jalalinenio@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Proper planning can't stop a fun fundraiser from flopping.
A dance-a-thon, entitled "Take it to the Hop," was held Saturday night to raise money for Habitat for Humanity and the House that Greek Built.
But the event, sponsored by the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council, was not as successful as organizers had wished.
"We would have liked to have more people, but it's a work in progress," said Kelly Brennan, Glen Ellyn, Ill., junior and Vice President of Philanthropy and Community Service for the Panhellenic Association.
Brennan said word was spread about the event through the fraternity and sorority community meetings. Only about 25 couples participated in the event. Those who did participate dressed to the theme with 50s style sock-hop costumes.
The dance was scheduled to last five hours, with events and prizes planned throughout the night.
The events began to wind down an hour and a half early though, because of the lack of participation.
"It was fun while it lasted," Brennan said.
Special events included a visit from the Crimson Girls and members of the Ballroom Dance Club.
Ballroom Dance Club members taught the participants some specialized dances.
"I thought learning to salsa dance was a lot of fun," Emilie Guenther, Overland Park sophomore, said.
The Unity Hip Hop Dance Troupe gave lessons, and there was also a twist contest.
Money was raised by the participants purchasing tickets as well as additional donations. The benefit still raised over $1,600 for the charities.
"Everything we made was great. We didn't have huge expectations for the dance," Brennan said.
Brennan said the group would revamp the event better for next year in order to make it more successful.
Edited by Ryan Wood
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