Monday, February 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
Chi Omega sorority sophomores Dede Seibel, McPherson, Erin Fricke, St. Joseph, Mo., Molly Wilder, Omaha, Neb., and Kristina Rzesztatarsky, Wichita, cut clothes into scraps during the Chi Omega Day of Caring. Members of the sorority volunteered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday at the Social Service League Thrift Store of Lawrence, 905 Rhode Island St. Photo by Corie Waters/KANSAN
Chi Omega volunteers clean up thrift store
By Carl Kaminski
ckaminski@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
Social Service League of Lawrence got some help from Chi Omega sorority yesterday
The women worked in two-hour shifts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. cleaning, doing yard work, and sorting clothes at the league's thrift store at 905 Rhode Island St.
"We decided to do a day of helping," said Amber Packard, Chi Omega president and Wichita junior.
The league, which dates back to the Associated Charities organization established in Lawrence in 1888, helps the underprivileged of Lawrence.
"This is an expression of the community working to meet the needs of the people," said Keith Staples, a cashier at the thrift store.
The league helps supply clothing for people in need and provides eye examinations and shoes for children.
The league is a non-profit organization
that supports itself through the sale of donated clothes, said store manager K.T. Walsh. She said the United Way helped the league by paying for eye exams and shoes for children in need.
The store gets most of its clothes from two drop boxes outside the building, Staples said. The store also picks up clothing around the community, but the amount of clothing it can collect is limited.
Staples said the league appreciated help from organizations like Chi Omega.
"The feeling that I have is that we do get a significant amount of help." Stanley said.
Packard said that she was not sure what future service projects the sorority was planning, but that she would like to come back to the help at the store.
Recently, the store began selling damaged or unusable clothes to the Disabled American Veterans in Lawrence for four cents per pound. The veterans send the clothing to people in need in Third World Countries.
The store also helps people who are trying to get a job by providing clothing for job interviews.
Valentine's Day AIDS party a hit
The eighth annual Douglas County AIDS Project Valentine's Day party sold out Liberty Hall Saturday night.
Lisa Stevens John
jljohn@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Proceeds from the yearly project will go toward helping area HIV/AIDS clients. About 350 people attended the event.
Sara Collas, coordinator of the Valentine's Day party, said she was pleased with the turnout.
"Straights, lesbians and gays, there's a real mix of the community here," Collas said. "When people come together like this, it provides an appreciation for the diverseness and richness that is in Lawrence."
Project organizers had hoped to raise $3,500 from the event, said Sydney Hardgrave, client coordinator for the project.
"I heard we ran out of tickets, so I guess we sold all we wanted to sell," Hardgrave said.
The Kelley Hunt Band performed at the event. Hunt, bandleader, described her music as an eclectic cross between rhythm and blues.
Hunt said this was the only benefit the band performed. Hunt said she felt that the event was important because it reminded HIV/AIDS patients that they were not alone.
"There are so many people in the community who care about them, who are affected in their own families and friends by HIV," Hunt said.
April Ramos, the director of the project, said the project 's 1998 budget totalled $158,000. She said one-third of the funds came from the project fund raisers, one-third came from private organizations such as United Way, and one-third came from public funds, such as community development block grants, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Ramos said the project served 45 clients, helping them with medicine, food and housing, and providing AIDS prevention programs in the community.
Ramos said that there had been almost 2,000 diagnosed cases of AIDS in Kansas since 1981. She said that nationwide, AIDS was the leading cause of death in the 25-44 year age group.
Anti-war group discusses U.S. position against Iraq
By Jeremy M. Doherty
jdoherty@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Anti-war protests may crop up in Lawrence if the United States engages in military actions against Iraq.
At a town-hall meeting yesterday afternoon at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St., 50 Lawrence residents and KU students voiced their opposition to President Clinton's threat to bomb Iraq for United Nations weapons violations.
The meeting was sponsored by the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, a group that meets to discuss domestic and foreign issues of war.
ing the Gulf War."
Allan Hanson, professor of anthropology and coordinator of the meeting, outlined two actions that citizens could take to oppose to the military effort.
"We can flood the Journal-World with letters and also send them to our senators and congressmen in Washington," Hanson said. "We can also try to do a demonstration and try to revive the one-hour demonstrations we used to hold at South Park each Sunday dur-
Frank Janzen, Lawrence resident, said President Clinton and the military were using the standoff as an opportunity to test new weapons technology.
"Why are we so concerned with what happens to the U.N. inspection team when the U.S. hasn't even paid its dues to the United Nations?" Janzen said.
"We've got to understand that not one single bomb or bullet is going to hurt Saddam Hussein," Thurmaier said. "It's only going to hurt women and children and men who are not in his palace. That's the big lie of the Clinton administration."
Kurt Thurmaier, Lawrence resident and coalition member, said he thought that the media's coverage had developed an us-against-them mentality that had created a hatred for the Iraqi people.
Hanson said that it was important for KU students to become educated and get involved in the issue.
"During the Gulf War, when we had a peak membership of about 700 people, the students were very much an important part of our work," Hanson said.
Young journalists strut 'write' stuff
By Cara Skodack Special to the Kansan
The Kansas Union was flooded Friday with 568 high school journalists competing in the 27th annual Kansas Scholastic Press Association Regional Contest.
Several KU students including Lindsey Henry, Overland Park junior and Kansan editor, and Tommy Gallagher, Olathe senior and Kansan sportswriter, helped judge the the works of several high school journalists. Both Henry and Gallagher are former contest competitors.
Gallagher judged sports news writing, the area in which he placed second in high school. He said his success in the contest prompted him to consider journalism as a career.
Henry said she was excited about judging editorial writing entries. She placed second in that category in 1995.
There were 764 entries in 18 different categories ranging from editing to editorial cartoons. Thirty-two schools participated, including Lawrence and Free State high schools. Finalists will attend the state contest at the University on April 18th.
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