University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 12, 1986
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News Briefs
Communication test for exemptions set
The department of communication studies has scheduled the Oral Communication Exemption Exam for Monday and Tuesday.
Passing the exam fulfills the requirement for communications studies for students who want to obtain bachelor of arts or general studies degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Students must register for the exam and schedule an appointment time with the department of communication studies in 3090 Wesco Hall. A $10 deposit will be required and will be refunded after the exam is taken.
Students who fail to appear for their scheduled appointment times or who don't cancel their appointments at least 24 hours in advance will forfeit their deposits.
Students registering and forfeiting the $10 deposit also will forfeit one turn at taking the exemption exam.
He will meet with students and sign autographs in the Kansas Union Bookstore from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
'Scotty' at KU today
James Doohan, better known as Scotty from the television series "Star Trek," will be on campus today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the show's first episode, "The Man Trap," which premiered Sept. 8, 1966.
Doohan also will be promoting the latest Star Trek movie, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," which is scheduled for release in December.
Accounting awards
Tri-Corp International has announced the establishment of the AVANT Achievement Awards for juniors and seniors in accounting.
The AVANT CPA Review System is an educational computer software system targeted specifically toward candidates reviewing for the CPA exam.
AURH applications
For more information, contact Joy Richterkessing, AVANT Achievement Awards, P.O. Box 22509, Kansas City, Mo. 64113. The toll-free number is 1-800-255-0551.
Applications for the Association of University Residence Hall offices of vice president, judicial board of appeals chairman, publicity chairman and programming chairman are available for any student living in a residence hall.
The applications are at the front desks of all residence halls. They must be completed and turned in to the office of residential programs, 123 Strong Hall, by 5 p.m. today.
The only requirement is that applicants live in a residence hall.
Interviews for those positions will be conducted Sunday at Oliver Hall. Details are provided on the application.
Scholarship pageant
The Miss Lawrence Scholarship Pageant, an official preliminary to the Miss America Pageant, will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Central Junior High School auditorium.
The deadline for entries to the competition is Sept. 20.
For further information call 749-6550.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny with a high in the low 80s. Winds will be from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low between 55 and 60. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high temperature in the mid-80s.
From staff and wire reports.
KIMBABANAK Todd Pennington, left, Vienna, Va., senior, and Rebecca Robinson, doughnut-eating contest yesterday at the "University Days" celebration Lawrence freshman, gulp down doughnuts. They were competing in an sponsored by the Downtown Lawrence Association.
Merchants welcome students back
Music leads students downtown
Bv IOHN BENNER
Staff writer
The event got off to a slow start yesterday, but attendance picked up as the band Screamin' Lee and the Rocktones warmed up in a parking lot in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street.
KU students and other curious Lawrence residents followed the music and the hook-and-ladder fire truck to the first "University Days."
The Downtown Lawrence Association planned the three-day event to welcome students and faculty back to Lawrence and to thank them for their business, said Carolyn Shy, coordinator of the event.
The association also held a tricycle race and a doughnut eating contest, but plans for an ice sitting contest fell through.
"University Days" started at 5 p.m., but children had to be included in the tricycle race lineup because of low student turnout.
Colene Richert, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
sophomore, won the tricycle race. The spoils of her victory included a $25 gift certificate good at any downtown Lawrence merchant.
"The competition was tough and the course was hard," she said. "But I've been training for weeks."
Brebcca Robinson, Lawrence freshman, beat out Richert and Todd Pennington, Vienna, Va., senior, and won a hotly contested doughnut eating contest.
"An 'cat-eat' off" was required after the first heat because water had not been furnished for the contestants who could not swallow the sticky, chocolate-glazed competition doughnuts. The participants were to eat as many doughnuts as possible in 30 seconds.
At 6:30 p.m., the ice sitting contest was canceled because of a lack of willing participants.
The Lawrence Fire Department's hook-and-ladder truck was moved into the parking lot just as the festivities began to wind down. The
firemen extended the ladder fully,
where it could be seen for blocks.
Screamin' Lee and the Rocktones finally drew a crowd from the neighborhood when they bounced a few tunes off of an "ECHO" sign on the front of Fleetwood Small Engine
over from Cobburn's to see what all the music was about.
'I'm very positive about this type of promotion because it gets all the downtown merchants together.'
Repair, 716 New Hampshire St.
— Beth Wasson Manager of Litwin's
By 9 p.m. a crowd had formed and many of the spectators had begun to dance.
Members of the Downtown Lawrence Association paid $20 to participate in the event and received a promotional poster and an entry box to attract eager contestants.
Shelley Beresford, Derby sophomore, said she didn't know why the band was playing, but she came
Beth Wasson, manager of Litwin's,
830 Massachusetts St., said, "I'm very positive about this type of promotion because it gets all the downtown merchants together."
The association will give away two 10-speed bicycles at a drawing Tuesday.
Van Schaffer, manager of Athlete's Foot, 942 Massachusetts St., said his store did steady business all year around, but showed a large increase in August when students return.
From 5 to 6 p.m. today, KU athletes will be stationed at downtown street corners to discuss their teams and to sign autographs.
Frat plans tub party for charity
By NICOLE SAUZEK
Party 'til you prune.
That could be the theme for the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity's Jacuzzo than '86, which begins today and lasts until tomorrow night.
Jacuzz-a-thon, the AEP1's fundraising project to benefit the American Diabetes Association, will start at 3:30 this afternoon and continue until late tomorrow night, said Jason Krakow, Prairie Village junior and coordinator of the event.
For an hour at a time, fraternity and sorority members will sit in the warm, bubbling water of two, sixman hot tubs standing in the front yard of the AEP house, 1116 Indiana.
Each participant will have solicited pledges from friends and members of the community and will earn the pledge money for each hour spent in the tub.
"We're only letting people sit in the tubs for an hour a shot," Krakow said. "We don't want people to prune from the inside out."
Medical technicians will be present in case of an emergency.
The Jacuzz-a-thon concept was recommended by an AEPI chapter at Arizona State University after it had success with it.
"We thought it was a catchy idea," said Steven Weisberg, Glenview, Ill. sophomore and AEPi member. "We wanted to do something that nobody around here had ever done before. It sounded like a lot of fun."
Jacuzu-a-thon is open to all fraternity and sorority members and AEPI little sisters who have sponsors, said Weisberg. Anyone else who makes a donation also may sit in the tubs.
One-hundred-and-fifty fraternity and sorority participants were busy all week finding sponsors, Weisberg said.
Whoever gathers the most money will win a trip for two to Fort Lauderdale. Fla.
The AEP1 house wants to make a $2,000 donation to the Topeka branch of the American Diabetes Association, said Krakow. And so far, pledge money has been rolling in.
"I'm hoping that this will turn out to be something we can count on for next year." Krakow said. "This first time might be tough, but I think it's going to work. The guys are really excited about it."
Radio station KLZR-FM, one of the Jacuzc-a-thon sponsors, will be broadcasting live from the AEPI house lawn. Free Pepsi-Coli and food will be available for participants and spectators.
By a Kansan reporter
Drug suspect fails to show in local court
Douglas County District Judge Mike Malone issued the warrant for the arrest of Dennis Barritt, 40, a developer and former vice president of Lawrence National Bank. Bond was set at $50,000.
A county judge issued an arrest warrant for a Lawrence developer, charged with the sale, possession and delivery of cocaine, after he failed to appear at his preliminary hearing yesterday.
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, said Barritt would be arrested, brought before the court and given a new preliminary hearing date.
Barritt was inducted in July along with 20 others on cocaine-related charges. Barritt was charged with one count each of sale, possession and delivery of cocaine.
He was released July 23 on a $25,000 personal recognition bond.
Women mother greek families
Bv NANCY BARRE
Staff writer
Experienced mothers gave new mothers a little advice at a tea yesterday in the Kansas Union.
The House Mothers Association of Lawrence meets once a month to discuss business and to socialize. Most of the women in the group of about 30 agreed that running a sorority or fraternity house was just like running a family, only on a much larger scale.
"The hardest part is trying to please 75 girls at the dinner table," said Nell Pillers, who is starting her second year as housemom at the Alpha Phi sorority, 1602 High Drive.
"They're pretty skim and very diet conscious. They all want skim milk and fat-free oleo. I hate skim milk, I like real butter," Pilllers. "The big joke in our house is that no girl should be bigger around the waist than her housemom."
Pillars said her friend Lou Walk, a three-year veteran housemom for the Chi Omega sorority, 1345 W. Campus Road, warned her of the perils and pleasures of the job before she persuaded her to take it.
A housemon is responsible for running the fraternity or sorority house. This includes hiring maids and cooks, planning meals and serving the dual role of confidant and, when necessary, disciplinarian.
Pillars she loves her job now, even though it took a bit of getting used to, especially the formal mealtime ritual many sororites observe.
"I've always enjoyed the girls, but at first I wasn't used to all the girls standing up everytime I stood to leave the table," she said. "But now it's kind of nice, it makes me feel special."
This is Dottie Nance's first year as housemom for the Sigma Chi fraternity, 1439 Tennessee St., but she already knows the ropes. For the last three years she was the housemom for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Kansas State University.
"You really get close to these guys," said Nance. "They're constantly in my room telling me what's going on.
"The guys are great. They're really good to me, and some of them are so handsome." She said she acted as hostess at parties to make sure things didn't get too wild and to make sure the language didn't get vulgar.
"It's just like keeping house, on only a larger scale," said Vicky Withers, who has been housemom at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, 1600 Oxford Road, for nine years. "The good thing about it is that I don't have to pay the bills."
She said she felt close to the girls, close enough to be the target of an occasional joke.
Withers said she had a marker on her door that told girls where she was in the building, and said they didn't do it.
out of the building, I arose in fear, "Sometimes, after I go to sleep, the girls change the marker to 'out of the building,' so it looks like I've been out all night," she said.
The organization meets once a month, but many of the members are close friends
"All of us are single women, either widowed or divorced," said Walk, "and it's fun to associate with people, close to your own age, who have similar lifestyles."
Withers said some of her best friends were other housemothers and they often got together to play bridge, shop, bowl or eat.
"Just about every sirgle evening, five other moms and I go for a walk," said Pillers. "We usually walk from the Chi Omega Fountain down to the Hawk's Nest, and back again."