COUNTRY CLUB WEEK
Of lazy days, unruly nights
By Deb Gruver and Jeremy Kohn
Kohn Group, Inc.
Whether it's called Hawk Week or Country Club week, most University of Kansas students traditionally use the few days before classes begin as a time to drink and trolic.
In between moving in, meeting roommates, going to block parties and hauling carpets in 100-degree heat, today's KU students have kept the tradition of the original Country Club week alive.
The week was nicknamed 'country club' in the 1940s because of KU's wealthy image, and it stuck. And so did the activities. Most KU graduates and freshmen this fall agree that partying is their favorite way to start the year.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
And alcohol was always a big part of the partying. "Everybody could drink when they were 18," said Paul Johnson, assistant professor of political science and 1981 KU graduate.
"In the dorm scene, there were a couple of ridiculous drunken bashes," he said. Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin and Lewis residence halls had large parties with beer kegs outside their buildings.
Johnson said that his favorite place to go was a beer and pizza joint called the Green Pepper. Valentino's Pizza, 544 W, 23rd St., now occupies that spot.
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Scott Carpenter KANSAN
Angie Heffner, Kansas City, Mo,
junior, left, Anne Schudy, Leawood
senior, and Alice Knotsch, Wichita
senior, sit on the bumper of a car at a
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party during
Country Club Week.
Dave Nehergall KANSAN
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Left: Students gather around the beer keef for refills during a party at the Phi Kappa Psi house, 1602 W. 15th St. during one of the Country Club Week activities.
Below: The Mahouts played to a crowd of about 800 on the Burge Union as part of Country Club Week activities.
Scott Carpenter/KANSAN
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