WEDNESDAY,OCT.17,2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Greeks show $5 can go a long ways
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
While American citizens continued to find ways to unite in the wake of last month's terrorist attack, the Greek community of the University of Kansas raised
$2,408.75 in the Stomp out Terrorism five-drive.
The drive's purpose was to encourage each member of the greek community to donate at least $5.
The money raised in the five drive was sent yesterday afternoon to the New York Firefighters Relief Fund. The drive ran from Sept 18 through Oct 2.
from Sept. 18 through Oct. 2.
Laurel Brinkman, president of the Panhellenic Association and Geneva Ill., senior, said the money
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Ill., senior, said the money was going to help pay for supplies needed for recovery in New York City.
"I think it was a good way for the greek community, for us to come together because in times
like this it is nice for us to unify," she said
Brinkman said she gave $20 to the drive because it was going to a good cause. She said she was pleased to see some students donate up to $100 for the drive.
Molly Whitehair, Kappa Delta president and Abilene senior, said her sorority raised more than $1,100. Whitehair said every Kappa Delta member gave a minimum of five dollars, but some gave more.
"I was really proud of the women in my chapter who gave so much after giving money to other organizations." Whitehair said.
Brinkman said the original goal for the drive was to unite all Greek communities in the Big 12 Conference. She said she called Panhellenic offices in all of the schools. Money raised from the schools would have been collected and sent from the entire Big 12 Greek community.
However, some schools started their own fundraisers, she said.
"I was really proud of the women in my chapter who gave so much after giving money to other organizations."
Molly Whitehair
Kappa Delta president
Brinkman said Texas Tech University and the University of Oklahoma participated in the drive. Totals from their fundraising efforts were not yet known. Brinkman said the University of Missouri and the University of Texas had each started separate fund-raisers.
"They said they would support us although they would not donate money," Brinkman said.
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Cosmosphere looks toward better days
The Associated Press
HUTCHINSON - The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center hopes to operate in the black for the rest of the year, after months of financial losses.
The Cosmosphere announced layoffs last week, citing a drop in tourism caused by, among other things, gas explosions and a hepatitis outbreak earlier this year. So far, attendance has dropped 25 percent from last year.
Ollenburger said the Cosmosphere will soon announce a slate
"Since our last meeting, we've obviously made some adjustments to compensate for a new reality," Jeff Ollenburger, the Cosmosphere's vice president of marketing and programs, said at a board meeting Monday. "We expect to maintain a balanced budget for the rest of the year."
of hands-on educational activities such as trying on space suits for older elementary and middle-school students and their families. Those activities, which will run on Saturdays, will likely start in late October and early November.
"They'll be very inexpensive or free," Ollenburger said of the activities.
Cosmosphere President Max Ary also said the museum might look beyond attendance for revenue.
Ollenburger said that so far, the Cosmosphere had lost the $300,000 budget surplus it had been anticipating at the beginning of the year.
In addition to last week's announcement of the first layoffs in the space center's 21-year history, the Cosmosphere has also shortened its fall hours from 9
a. m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday.
The Cosmosphere is still open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Those shortened hours could allow the building to be rented out more often, Ary said, by groups holding wedding receptions, Christmas parties and other events, without having to share the building with museum guests.
In the aftermath of last week's layoffs — affecting four full-time and several part-time employees
— Ollenburger said Cosmos sphere workers have done a good job focusing on what needed to be done.
He also said that October attendance, particularly from visiting school groups, was up and the IMAX Theater's "Bears" film had also done well.
"We expect to maintain a balanced budget for the rest of the year."
year."
Jeff Ollenburger Cosmosphere's vice president of marketing and programs
The biggest goal, he said, is for the Cosmosphere to gain momentum going into the year-end holiday break. The week between Christmas and New Year's Day is typically one of the Cosmosphere's best in terms of attendance, officials said.
"It's been a difficult week and difficult year," Ollenburger said. "We can't wait for 2002 to get here."
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