WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Sandler movies salutes Hanukkah
By Aaron Passman apassman@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Eight members of KU Hillel celebrated Hanukkah Monday night by going as a group to see the animated comedy, Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights.
The event was organized by Corey Rittmaster, Jewish Student Life coordinator for Hillel, the University of Kansas' campus Jewish organization.
"It's such a unique thing to have a Hanukkah movie, so I wanted to take advantage of that," Rittmaster said.
Eight Crazy Nights tells the
story of Davey Stone (voiced by Sandler), a 33-year-old drunken buffoon who hates the holidays. But with the help of kindly (and excessively hairy) youth-league basketball referee Whitey Duvall and his twin sister Eleanore (both voiced by Sandler), Davey learns to appreciate the holiday season.
Though only eight people showed up for the Hillel event, Rittmaster said he was not disappointed by the turnout.
"With it being the first day back from break, my expectations weren't that we were going to have a huge turnout," Rittmaster said. "I was disappointed more
with the movie than with the turnout."
The movie has gotten bad reviews from outlets such as Entertainment Weekly and cnn.com, but some students still enjoyed it.
"It was really cute," said Nicole Hirner. "It's about time they had a movie about Hanukkah."
Hirner, Athens, Ga., freshman, said she heard about the event through a friend and from the Hillet mailing list. She even took her roommate along to help celebrate.
"I just came with Nicole, but I'm a huge Adam Sandler fan and I thought the movie was pretty
good," said Hirner's roommate Chelsey Pryor, Pittsburgh freshman. "It was fun—it was a bonding experience for us."
Rittmaster said he had mixed feelings about the movie, but was glad to see Hanukkah get some recognition.
"I thought Hanukkah would play a bigger role in the movie," Rittmaster said.
"But it's cool that there's a movie that at least puts Hanukkah out there as just a regular part of society as opposed to this separate thing."
- Edited by Ryan Malashock and Katie Teske
Red Lyon Tavern
A touch of Irish in
downtown Lawrence
944 Mass. 832-8228
BEDS • DESKS • BOOK CASES
CHEST OF DRAWERS
936 Mass.
Great Gift Idea!
Calendar Customized With Your Pictures
Full Color - Different Picture Each Month
Only $19.95 with this Ad
$24.95 * Exp 2-28-03 * Not Valid with other offers
Groups registered with the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center have until Jan. 20 to apply.
COPY CO
MORE THAN JUST A COPY CENTER
Deadline nears to obtain Senate funds
By George Schulz gschulz@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
At the beginnii.g of the school year, Student Senate allocated $92,071 to student groups. An additional $90,160 was available for student groups to apply for. Of that money, less than $60,000 is left.
785-832-2679 • 23rd & Naismith • copycouna.com
Jan. 20 is also the deadline for entities on campus and around Lawrence to apply for block allocation money. These amounts are usually distributed for a two-year period and include services beyond student groups such as the Lied Center, KU Bands, Women's Transitional Care Services and the
Student groups looking to receive funding from Student Senate can now obtain applications.
Kyle Johnson, finance committee chair and Wichita junior, said a little less than $600,000 was made available during the last two years for block allocation, and roughly the same amount
"It's the easiest way to get money from the Student Senate," said Ryan Evans, student body treasurer and Great Bend senior.
Evans said the campus fee students pay, which goes toward funding student groups, gave the student body control over such funds rather than it "being overseen by a bunch of administrators."
Evans said these groups had to show where they had spent their money for the last two years and had to have a person assigned to specifically handle the task of accounting. Student discounts for programming and events around campus and Lawrence provided by such groups are typically negotiated during the time they are applying for block allocation money.
Rape Victim Survivor Service.
would be available for another two-year period for groups that apply before the deadline.
Student groups and other entities applying for funding face only one major restriction — all students must be permitted to attend any event funded with Student Senate dollars.
Otherwise, applicants for funding need only be registered with the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center.
Applications for funding can be found in the Student Senate office in the Kansas Union.
Edited by Jessica Hood
We Stand Behind Our Work, and WE CARE!"
Now Serving Pizza, Sandwiches & S during lunch and new later hours Always serving coffees & desserts Breakfast until 2pm every day
842-8665
2858 Four Wheel Dr.
LAWRENCE AUTOMOTIVE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
Domestic & Foreign Complete Car Care
- Now Open -
Late Night Bar Fri & Sat
an Asian Noodle Shop & Thai Restaurant Dumplings, Satays, Salads, Noodles Curries & Vegetarian Dishes
Downtown • 811 Massachusetts • 832-0001