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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Students volunteer time
Students spend their summer helping others
By Darrin Peschka
Kansan staff writer
While many students head to the beach to relax during the summer, several KU students are using their vacation time to gain volunteer experience through summer programs offered by the Center for Community Outreach.
During the regular school session, the center has 14 programs that provide students with opportunities to volunteer. While many of these programs end during the summer session, two that continue are the Lawrence Summer Food Program and the Jubilee Cafe.
The Lawrence Summer Food Program will provide free lunches to Lawrence children who otherwise may not get a balanced meal. The center works on the program in conjunction with local government and nonprofit agencies.
Beginning June 8, volunteers from the center will provide lunches Monday
through Friday at four locations in Lawrence.
"For students who want to make a difference but don't want to make a huge time commitment, the Summer Food Program is a great opportunity," said Chris Hess, Wichita junior and co-director of the center. "You just hang out with kids for an hour, help them get the food they need and have fun together."
Scott Hendrix, Lawrence graduate student, said he volunteered in the program last summer and that he and his family planned to participate again this summer.
"We volunteered for several reasons," he said. "First, we have a 10-year-old son, and we thought it would be good for him to see other kids that he normally wouldn't see at school. In addition, this program is really needed in the community."
The Jubilee Cafe will continue to operate during the summer . The program provides meals to Lawrence's homeless residents in a restaurant-style setting.
The cafe is open 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and Friday mornings. Hess said that about 20 people volunteered for the cafe but that usually there were fewer volum-
FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES
South Park · 1141 Massachusetts St.
noon · 1 p.m.
South Haven - 1041 Massachusetts noon - 1 p.m.
Centenary United Methodist Church - 4th & Elm 12:00:1:00
East Lawrence Recreation Center - 12:45 E. 15th 12:00:1:00
Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence - 1520
Haskell Ave. 12:15:1:15
Jubilee Cafe - 1011 Vermont St. Trinity
Episcopal Church
Tuesday & Friday mornings 6:9:30 a.m.
teers present on Fridays.
"Getting up early to go to Jubilee Cafe is definitely worth it," Hess said. "You can provide more than just a free meal to the homeless. You provide them with respect and dignity that they often do not receive by waiting on them, taking their food orders, having conversation and giving them a hot meal."
Hess said the program could use additional volunteers.
For more information about the Center for Community Outreach, call 864-4073.
Institute gets freshmen started
By Kristi Hartley
Kansan staff writer
Time management, freedom and responsibility are among the things that students will learn at the Freshman Summer Institute in the next four weeks.
The Freshman Summer Institute is sponsored by the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center.
"Its purpose is to give high school graduates a head start on their college experience," said Nick Walker, resident assistant and Wichita senior.
There are two sessions of the Freshman Summer Institute with 150 students staying at Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall. The first session runs from June 1 to June 28, and the second session is from June 28 to July 24.
The students take two classes worth five hours of credit. One class deals with orientation to the school.
Students learn time management, how to structure their lifestyles and University of Kansas history.
For the second class, the students choose from physical anthropology, speaker and audience communication and composition for the first session.
For the second session, students have their choice of composition, principles of environmental tudes, history of the United States after the civil war, college algebra or introduction of international politics.
A number of activities are planned for the first session.
"The first week we're doing something everyday, just so everyone can get to meet each other, so we can establish some relationships," Walker said.
Students will play volleyball, have an ice cream party and go to movies once a week.
The June session will go to the Adams Challenge Course near Clinton Lake this weekend.
"All participants learn how to problem solve in a physical environment and work together as a team."Walker said.
ice project, such as clean up a local park or volunteer at an elderly care facility.
Walker said that this was the first time most of these students had been away from their parents for an extended time.
Each session will do a community serv
"It's their first real experience with freedom on a pretty large level. This isn't a camp. This is college for them," Walker said.
Meredith Carr, institute participant from Topeka, said she was excited about making friends.
"I'm expecting to have fun, but I'm also expecting to learn something," Carr said. "I think that this is our first taste of what college is, and we can either do it right or screw it up. I don't want to screw it up."
Students like Danielle Bluma, a participant from Perry, Okla., said she thought that the Freshman Summer Institute would be a way to find out if the University was the right school for her.
"I didn't know if I wanted to come all the way up here to go to school, so I have a month to decide if I like it." Bluma said.
Year-long renovation of Lewis Hall underway
Kristi Hartley
Kansan staff writer
When the students moved out, demolition began at Lewis Hall May 18.
Tractors surround Lewis Hall, which is being renovated to contain suites similar to those in Naismith Hall. During the next several years, many of the residence halls will see double-occupancy rooms converted to suites. Photograph by Lizz Wee / KANSAN.
The $5.9 million renovation project will update the 40-year-old building's air conditioning, heating, plumbing and electrical wiring.
Living accommodations will be remodeled to meet the preferences of today's students, said Ken Stoner, director of Student Housing.
The Ekdahl Dining Commons will remain open during the construction project, Stoner said.
"We were pleased with Templin," Stoner said. "We think we'll have a great project when all is finished."
According to floor plans by Gould Evans Associates L.C., the rooms will be two-person or four-person suites. Each type of suite will provide separate sleeping and living rooms and a bathroom.
When Lewis Hall opens for the 1999 fall semester, there will be room for 280 coed students, the same capacity as Templin Hall.
Stoner said that the same contractor that renovated Templein Hall would work on Lewis Hall.
"When we did the dining commons a few years ago, it was designed in such a way that it's physically separated." Stoner said.
This summer, students from Lewis Hall were moved to Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall.
In past summers, participants in such events as Girls and Boys State and Midwest Music Camp had lived in Lewis Hall.
During the 1998-99 school year, Lewis Hall residents will live in different halls during the construction.
"A number of them came over here at GSP-Corbin, and some went to McCollum," Stoner said.
The construction should not cause traffic or parking problems, said Tim Browder, project manager for Ferrell Construction of Topeka Inc.
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