Wednesday, August 24, 1977
University Daily Kansan
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No, Virginia, dorms aren't as bad as you think.
Popper fare can perk up pooped menu
Staff Writer
The "ideal" three square meals a day that are served in the residence halls often fall short of ideal for the hungry college student. A lunch or dinner is served, lunch is missed and dinner is quite inelegible.
And popcorn popper chefs don't stop there.
the midnight munchies take their toll, a snacker can use money, and a car and get a hot Joe's donut, or he can use his microwave to popper and enjoy a hot sandwich.
"I lived off a popcorn popper," Judy
Brown says. The doctor said.
"You work like a big kettle and you
work just like a big kettle."
Anything canned—from soup and stew, to spaghetti—can be prepared quickly and easily, according to Browder, a former resident of Elsworth Hall. She owns a "butter up" popper, which is one of the most expensive on the market.
But according to Staff Manion, St. Louis junior, the "butter up" popper is probably the least versatile. Manion, a former resident of Naisthm Hall, said his popcorn popper was definitely not the most expensive.
Manion has used a six-dollar copper with separate burner and a rubber spatula to make scrambled eggs, grilled ham and cheese and reuben sandwiches, hot dogs and bacon. The extra liquid in the meat food requires a different technique. That's popcorn锅 ingenuity.
When a dorm cook is making scrambled eggs, for instance, he has to plug and unplug the pot.
"If you plug it in and leave it plugged in, it gets really burned," Manion said.
What prompted Manion's ingenuity?
Hot dogs, he said, are best cooked when the meat is thick and bacon can be made if you don't little litte saus.
"Hunger!" "I'm a real big eater so I was always trying to think of new things
Dieting has also prompted ingenuity as well. Jonele Birnley, Bucklin sophomore, remembers her popcorn popper Chinese dinners.
"Some friends of mine were on diets and they didn't want to eat the starchy foods in the dorm, so they made stif-y vegetables on their own," a former resident of Oliver Hall, said.
or best results, a refrigerator must accompany the popper. But how you stock it is your own business. Manion, for one, does not rely on the grocery store.
"You can steal you need from the dorm," he said, "including cheese, bread, slices of ham, pats of butter. You can eat their food and then some."
Manion has also on occasion pressed an ordinary iron into service.
"You wrap Steak and Shake burger in foil and iron them on both sides," he said.
Hamburgers can also be made in the popper, one at a time, as well as instant pot or microwave. Our answer: Manion's own favorite sandwich is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, he said.
"I just started out making toasted cheese sachets," he said, "and some friends have loved them."
Free advice on the subject is everywhere. And if popper chefs haven't tried something, they are the first ones to admit that it would probably work.
"You could probably make fried eggs," Mamon said, "if you were real caretail with a baby."
And fried chicken?
And firecracked.
"I'd not see why not." Browder said.
Other appetite hwmys may call for anything from a jar and a knife to a microwave oven, and include cereal from the dinner table or prepared breakfast and any kind of crackers.
"My roommate always kept a jar of peanut butter," Azi Solanti, a senior from Iran, said. "But I know some people with me who would make steak and baked notato."
The smell that filled the hall was a real giveaway, said the former Nasmith Hall president.
By DONALD WAILED
Staff Writer
With a little imagination, a few good ideas and a popcorn popper and rubber spatula, the smell of grilled cheese sandwiches or Chinese vegetables may fill any hall.
For many students, an important and valuable experience while attending the University of Kansas is living in a residence ball.
"I think the and foremost thing the residence halls offer is an organized living unit where students know what to expect," Fred McElhene, associate dean of men,
"They know there is someone to turn to for help. There are announcements posted and the students know they will meet other people," he said.
Residence halls provide 20 meals a week, room furnishings, linen services, laundry facilities, air conditioning, private room facilities and activity activities that residents use to take part in.
MCELHENIER SAID THAT residence halls also provided students with an orientation to campus. Residence halls offer trained staffs to whom students can go for help in answering questions. The staff can also provide other services for help with their problems.
"Residence halls provide an opportunity that is crucial for staying power for new students to the University," McEilhenie said.
Bob Nugent, Rosylin, Penn, law student, has lived in Joseph R. Pearson Hall (JRP) for four years. He said that the biggest difference is evidence hallways their were closer to campus.
"The first two years away from home, I didn't have to worry about food or laundry and I had the opportunity to meet other people with parallel interests," Nugent said.
MARYLEEN MCKELY, ATCHISON senior, has lived in McCollum Hall for three years. She said living in the hall had allowed her to concentrate on herself, her studies and her job.
She said the hall offered a broad cultural range among its residents and it was easy to work with. "It's very welcoming," she said.
Tom Brown, Wichita senior, has also lived in the University residence halls for three years. He said that dorms offered many services that apartments didn't have.
"You meet people from all over the world in Mccollum, McKelvy said. 'They're part of our community.'"
Brown said he met people from other lands that he couldn't have met in an urban area.
MUCHLENE SAID HE THOUGHT that a student who had to KU should live in an apartment and live growing food.
"It gets them started on the right foot," he said.
Room rates for 1978-79 range from $1,250 to $1,030, depending upon services, options and location.
"Another consideration for students is cost." McEllenbie said. "We offer the best school fees."
McEhenie said that, considering the facilities, services and programs, the residence halls represented a definite cost advantage over apartments.
Nugent said, "Economically it's more convenient. There's only one payment a month and you can use all the electricity and water that you want."
Friends, finances, fringe benefits add to appeal
MCHELENIE, SAID that the resistance halls had no regulation and regulations that halls were required to pass.
a person is generally free to come and go
he pleases, McElhenie tells. Residents
will pay a fee.
McEhnie explained that the residence halls provided as much opportunity as possible for students to get involved in the residence hall's services and facilities.
"The whole thing is wrapped up in
the student's heart and leave the choice of
lifestyle to the students."
EACH RESIDENCE HALL has a distinctive atmosphere and offers such specialties as pottery and weaving rooms, photographic darkrooms, music practice rooms, libraries and access to reading and meeting spaces of men and the Dean of Women's offices.
"We offer programs to enhance a student's own development," he said.
McKelvy said that she had lived with a
McCollum is a hall that has had an international flavor," McElhenne said, "we have students who opt to live with students in countries as a new living experience."
Nugent said that JRP, an all-men's dorm, had a special spirit among its occupants that couldn't be found at many of the other residence halls.
foreign student as a roommate for one year during her time in McColum.
"I LEARNED A LOT from the experience and I am very happy to be here," she said.
but nasl you have the advantage of meeting 350 people and being able to form some fairly strong relationships with other people on the wins." Nugent said.
"The biggest thing for me in JRP is that I
"a part of something." he explained.
"It's not the problem, but it
NeEleniee said that Ellsworth Hall was very much in demand among students. Ellsworth residents are more independent, and couldn't be put into any one category.
Brown said that he enjoyed Hassinger because of the wide variety of people one could meet. He said it was an educational experience and be able to go to school at the same time.
"ONE MAY NOT find the same espel de
Templin or Hassanbiteer." McEhennie
"Hashinger allowed you to be your own man and it wasn't so close knit that you knew."
For some students the residence halls offer job opportunities and a chance to
become involved in decisions affecting the balls.
NUGENT SAID HE worked at the desk at JRP for two years and had spent four years in Hail Government and a couple of years in University Resident Hills (AURH)
McKelvy said that she has been a resident assistant for two years at McColum. She had been overwhelmed with the intensity of the residence halls, she said.
"I have experienced a lot in my job and
have learned how things affect people in the hall." she said.
McEllenie said that the Dean of Men's office hadn't many problems with the inmates in the jail.
HE SAID THAT most of the problems were solved easily but that the most generalized complaint was people who were inconsiderate of the rights of others.
Common problems are noise, food and roommate complaints, he said.
Brown, an AURH member, said the housing office, the Dean of Men's Office and the Dean of Women's Office were aware of the problems of living in residence halls.
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