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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Midwest housing conference comes to campus
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
This past weekend, 500 students from all over the Midwest came to the University for the MACURH (Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls) conference, which hasn't taken place in Lawrence since 1993.
the conference is intended to bring together students from different universities and housing organizations for a weekend of networking and leadership development, said Laura Wehmeier, vice-chair of the conference and a junior from Gardner.
the conference," Wehmeier said.
A team of KU students has been planning the conference for the past two years. To bring it to the University, they had to prepare a bid, or a plan, for the conference and be chosen to host it.
"We spent a year in the bidding process, presented, received the bid and then spent this last year actually planning
"I went to my first MACURH in 2012 at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and that's where I was inspired to host it." Wehmeter said. "So myself, along with [conference chairwoman] Taylor Hanna, brought the idea to KU and bid for the conference and put a staff together."
"Our theme here is 'piecing together the bigger picture.' We have a puzzle, and there's four pieces to our puzzle. It's tradition, passion, diversity and teamwork," Wehmeier said. "We basically want each delegate and each delegation, while they're here, to reflect on those throughout their time at the conference."
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Members of MACURH, Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls, present at a conference in the Kansas Memorial Union this past weekend. It is the first time the event has taken place in Lawrence since 1993.
MACURH is a part of NACURH, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls. NACURH includes national organizations like National Residence Hall Honorary and college-based organizations like the Association of University Residence Halls. NACURH is also the largest nonprofit, student-run organization in the world.
Five-hundred delegates from 35 other schools arrived on the Oct.31. The delegates are students who are involved in some aspect of student housing, from hall presidents to resident advisors.
During the opening ceremony of the conference, Blane Harding, director of the Sabatini Multicultural Center, spoke about one of the puzzle pieces - diversity. He talked to the delegates about how they can make residents feel accepted for their differences.
"When you're talking about diversity, it's the individual that comes first, not the culture," Harding said.
Over the course of the weekend, students had chances to get to know each other with social events, like the first-ever MACURH drag show. They also had opportunities to learn many different skills, from
putting together RA boards to building a resume, Wehmeier said.
Saturday also included some boardroom meetings in which different groups discussed policy changes. Wehmeier said
these changes can be anything from officer term limits to inclusion of gender-neutral bathrooms in residence halls.
The conference ended Saturday night with a closing banquet and dance.
Edited by Emily Brown
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Lawrence businesses reflect on success during Royals' playoff run
CHANDLER BLANTON
@ChandlerBlanton
Though the World Series failed to end in a Royals championship, Lawrence businesses were winners all around. Now that the MLB season is over, businesses such as Kansas Sampler/ Rally House, Bullwinkles and Jefferson's are looking back and reflecting on the success they experienced during the Royal's playoff run.
Kansas Sampler/Rally House is an example of a sports apparel store that found themselves selling much more Royals gear than usual.
The store's sales increased by 2,100 percent during the
week of the World Series as compared to a normal week, store manager Candace Anstaett said. The most popular items were the Royals World Series cap and the Always October hoodies. Anstaett said she was impressed with the amount of Royals gear sold, especially to be used for Halloween.
"In past years, we've always had kids coming in asking for KU jerseys so they can be KU basketball players for Halloween," Anstea tett said. "This year, we got handfuls of calls daily asking for Royals jerseys so kids could dress up as Royals players."
Bullwinkles also experienced success both monetarily and by increasing
their number of customers, manager Shelda Jewell said. Jewell credits some of the success to the Bull's game night drink specials — certain blue drinks were significantly cheaper than normal.
slow for us, but when there were games on Tuesdays, we definitely saw more business than usual," Barnes said.
"Even though the Royals didn't pull out the final win, many fans still came in the day and week after shopping for Royals merchandise to support the team," Anstaett said. "Many fans have continued to want Royals gear to show how proud they are of their team."
"We easily doubled our profits on game nights," Jewell said. "We also saw anywhere from 25 to 100 more customers than usual per game."
Jefferson's experienced similar success, despite not adding any new specials on food or drinks. Jefferson's manager Tim Barnes especially noticed more customers on nights that tend to be slow on regular weeknights.
"Tuesdays are usually pretty
Though the World Series and MLB season have come to an end, these businesses along with many more hope that the success they saw over the past few weeks will continue going forward.
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Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder lands in political pileup
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MANHATTAN — Popular Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder found himself in the middle of a nasty late-in-the-game political pileup after he was filmed praising incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and the video was used in a campaign ad.
Roberts, a Kansas State alumnus and devout fan of the team and its coach, is locked in a close re-election battle with independent challenger Greg Orman.
How better to score a late campaign edge than to seize on Snyder, who is credited with turning around one of the nation's worst major college football programs? Snyder is so revered that both the stadium where the team plays and the highway leading into Manhattan from Interstate 70 are named after him.
In the ad, Snyder is asked who he would vote for. "My good friend Pat Roberts, of course," he replies, adding that Roberts has worked hard for the state.
Kansas State President Kirk Schulz reminded school employees not to endorse political candidates and instructed staff to contact the Roberts campaign to take down the ad, according to an email given to The Associated Press and other news outlets.
But the coach's unusual foray into politics raised eyebrows at the university.
Schulz also described Snyder in an email as "unaware it was going to be used in such a fashion and was apologetic for the
resulting issues."
Roberts campaign spokesman Corry Bliss said Saturday that "we haven't been contacted by the university." And Snyder said after the No. 11 Wildcats' 48-14 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night that he would prefer that the advertisement no longer run.
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"I made a mistake," Snyder said, when questioned about the endorsement by The Associated Press. "I'm not going to delve into it, how exactly everything happened. I made a mistake. I embarrassed the university. That's my responsibility. That's my error."
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Ross Jensby, a 23-year-old senior at Kansas State, said he does not fault Snyder for the statement supporting Roberts when approached in Manhattan on Saturday.
Fans of the program quickly came to Snyder's defense Saturday.
"He can do what he wants," Jensby said. "I don't think he was trying to do anything wrong."
Kathy Johnston, a 57-year-old Wichita resident and Kansas State football fan, said she was surprised by Snyder's endorsement. But she said it would not sway her vote, which will go to Orman.
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Meanwhile, Orman blamed Roberts for the flap.
"That's just once again another demonstration of how the Roberts campaign is willing to distort the record and ultimately use people, as they have with coach Snyder," Orman said.
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ship at first. But it's starting to get better," she said.
Sarah Kirk, director of the KU Psychological Clinic, said anxiety, depression and sadness are common effects of homesickness. She advises getting adequate sleep, eating well and exercising to help prevent hitting real lows.
She said she knows it can be hard for some students to adopt a physical fitness routine.
Kirk also said it's not unusual for students to eat and sleep poorly in college, getting them out of the healthier routines many had when they lived at home.
"Some people are intimidated by the Rec Center, for example," Kirk said. "It's a very nice, big place, but they just aren't quite ready to immerse themselves in that just yet. I think their health can be affected because they might not engage in some of the healthy habits they were because they weren't quite sure how to establish that here — whether it is joining a gym, getting into intramurals or going to the Rec Center."
"A lot of [students] end up waking when it's sunniest outside, they wake midday," Kirk said. "Then they stay up late at night, which then contributes to health issues and sleep disruption, but it can also contribute to depression through not having as much experience with the sunlight cycle."
For Tess Virden, a freshman from Golden, Colo., the best salve has been making new friends. Virden said the first two weeks at the University were very difficult because she came without knowing anyone from her hometown. She spent a lot of time with her roommate, and since then has formed strong relationships with the other students living on her floor in Oliver Hall.
When it comes to her favorite experience at the University so far, she credits the closeness of her floor when it comes to combating feelings of homesickness.
Ryan Meek, a third year resident assistant at Ellsworth Hall, said Virden's investment in new friends is what he encourages most. He also tries to help students rely less on others and become more self-reliant.
"We go down and eat dinner together, do homework together and just spend a lot of time as a group. By getting away, I have made a whole new group of friends, in a new and different place," Virden said.
"When you get your degree and head out into the real world, your parents, brothers and sisters won't always be there," Meek said. "I have to get them to understand that and gain a sense of independence."
— Edited by Drew Parks