ACTIVITIES UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 18, 1993
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AURH serves residence halls
Organization is government for residents
By Susan White Special to the Kansan
KU students who live in residence halls can become more than just another face by getting involved in the Association of University Residence Halls.
The governmental organization gives hall residents a voice in different areas of the University through five committees, said Jamie Curtburh, president of the association.
"AUH is the Student Senate of the residence halls," he said. "Basically everyone in the residence halls is involved."
The organization plans campuswide and inter-hall activities to make on-campus living an enjoyable experience for residents of the seven halls.
Students interning for the organization during the summer planned all the activities for the fall semester. The group has been laying the ground work for several projects including
Association of University Residence Halls
The time and date of the first meeting will be announced during the first week of school.
■ General Assembly meetings will be at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month.
Committee meetings will be at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month.
All meetings will be in Suite 101 of McColum Hall.
For further questions about AURH contact Jamie Cutburth, president, or Ken Martin, vice president, at 864-4041.
would work with Peggy Smith, director of food service for student housing, to make the food service better.
"We will try to route all the complaints through the food service and develop new menu items for the residents," Cutburth said.
A programming committee will
Wanting change Protesters stand outside of the Lawrence City Hall in favor of marijuana. Some students protest to draw awareness or to change laws
Stores combine size with health
By Angela Cunningham
Special to the Kansan
Sure, there are lots of grocery stores in Lawrence. But let's say you’re picky: you want a wide selection of natural, organic foods, alternative healing methods, advice on nutrition and a line of cosmetics. Oh, and a salad bar would be nice.
If this sounds like your perfect grocery store, you're in the right place. Lawrence has two of them.
Wild Oats Community Market, 1040 Vermont, is the newest. The store, owned by a Boulder, Colo-based company, opened in January.
res, you will find tofu. But you will also
ice cream, pudding, pizza — even a deli.
If you're one of those people who expects to find a happy, granola health food store here, be prepared to change your mind. Mike Gillandi, owner of the Wild Oats chain, described his Lawrence store as "a full-scale supermarket."
According to Gilliland, the difference between Wild Oats and the mainstream grocery store is that Wild Oats carries only natural foods. That means there are no artificial ingredients in any of the products sold there. Gilliland says he also tries to buy food grown without pesticides whenever possible.
Wild Oats is a chain of stores that stretches across Colorado and New Mexico. So why put one in Lawrence?
"We saw Lawrence as a good market for us," Gilland said. "College towns tend to be good markets because of their raised consciousness."
Another alternative to mainstream grocery stores is Community Mercantile, at Ninth and Mississippi streets. Community Mercantile has provided Lawrence with natural foods since 1975. Although this is unusual, so is the way the store operates.
Community Mercantile is a co-op. Owners purchase shares in the store, much like stockholders purchase shares of stock in major corporations.
majors Although anyone can shop at Community Mercantile, owners receive special discounts, as well as a say in running the store.
Community Mercantile, like Wild Oats,
sells primarily natural — organic if possible
— foods. In addition, the co-op provides a full range of other goods, including vitamins, cosmetics, a bakery and a salad bar.
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With two such similar stores in a town this size one might wonder if there are intense feelings of competition between Wild Oats and Community Mercantile.
Surprisingly, this does not seem to be the case.
Gilliam admitted the two stores compete because their product lines are so similar. However, he said they are not going after the same customers.
"Our shoppers come from a different base," he said. "Most people shop at a co-op because they like the idea of shopping at a co-op."
Shaffia Laue, Lawrence resident, looks at products at Community Mercantile, corner of Mississippi and Ninth Streets, as her children, Annie,7 , Arielle, 4, tag along.
Cormie Hollander, Community Mercantile manager, welcomed the Wild Oats store, saying it is not affecting the co-op's business.
"They've raised awareness of natural foods in the community," she said.
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