THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 2013
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Student organizations compete in the Chalk'n' Rock contest during Homecoming. The designs must incorporate this year's theme, Jayhawks Around the World.
Chalking decorates Wescoe this week
KRISTINA MAUDE
kmaude@kansan.com
If you're on Wescoe beach Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., don't be alarmed by the massive amount of students chalking up the beach. They're participating in Chalk n' Rock, a homecoming event that allows student organizations and groups to chalk up a square on Wescoe beach.
Chalk 'n' Rock allows students to showcase their artistic side and what KU and homecoming means to them.
Students must incorporate this year's theme for homecoming,
Jayhawks Around the World, into their designs.
Danny Sanchez, coordinator of Chalk 'n' Rock, said the theme is very open-ended.
"They (students) can take it very literal or interpret it however they want." Sanchez said. "It will be cool to see how their drawing relates."
After 2 p.m., judges will come around to each square and pick a winner as well as second and third places.
Zach Brown, a fourth year architecture student from Liberty, Mo., participated last year with his fraternity, Lambda Chi Delta.
It isn't always about winning."
Brown said. "Honestly, when we were designing the concept we weren't even thinking about if it would be the competition winning entry or not. We were just having fun with it and trying out the first ideas that came to our heads."
Chalking was a way for he and his fraternity brothers to bond.
"We had a blast designing and creating it together, so in the long run that is all that matters in my opinion," he said. "The fact that our entry did well in the competition is just icing on the cake."
In addition to Chalk 'n' Rock, there is a mural contest on Wednesday from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.
where students display the theme for homecoming using paints and a canvas. The contest will also have first, second and third prizes.
The murals will be displayed in the Office of Multicultural Affairs after judging ends. They can then be donated to Rock Chalk Ball, an annual event in April where students and alumni celebrate achievements and traditions while raising money for the United Way of Douglas County.
- Edited by Emma LeGault
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