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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2002
KU freshman happy to be 21st-century hippie
Anton Bubnovskiy/Kansan
Kate Spreitler, St. Louis, Mo., freshman, decorates a bouquet with some papers that she bought in a store. She designed her dorm room with bright colors to take guests back to the 70s.
By Vonna Keomanyvong
vkeomanyvong@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Every face in the crowd and every name in the phone book has a story behind it. Each week, Kansan writer Vonna Keomanyrong tells the story of a randomly selected KU student.
When Kate Spreitler designed her dorm room, she made sure to use colors that would take guests into a different time period: the '70s.
Her bed sheets are tie-dyed. She has a green, orange and brown rug in the middle of the floor. She even cut and hemmed strips of blue and gold fabric together to make a curtain for the window.
The St. Louis, Mo., freshman, said she designed her room that way because she felt she was born in the wrong decade.
"It would have been so much fun to be a teen in the '70s," Spreitler said. "People didn't care so much about what people did. It was just peace, love and happiness."
For Spreitler, designing things makes her happy, she said. Besides creating a curtain for her room, she makes necklaces and rings out of scraps of jeans.
"Everything I do is pretty spur of the moment," she said. "If I don't fit my clothes, I cut my jeans to make them fit right. And I keep the leftovers to make other stuff."
The 19-year-old said she wanted to use her creativity to design houses. Spetitler, who is an architecture major, said she became interested in the subject after taking an architectural designing class in
high school.
Her father, Mark Spreitler, said creative freedom was his daughter's top priority and that it was more important for her to be happy than tied down to a tough major.
"When she interviewed at KU she was pretty scared that she would be more involved than she ever wanted to," he
said, "she likes her social life and she was afraid the major was going to interfere."
Stacy Cantu, Spreitler's best friend, said Kate's '70s vibe extended to her attitude.
"I worry about everything," Cantu said. "One time, I wasn't truthful to my parents about where I was going and I was wigging out. But Kate was calm and
she just kept on telling me that everything would be OK."
Spreiter said people should always have a laid back attitude about life.
"Be yourself and have fun," she said. "It's important to have fun because you're only a kid once."
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early this year.
Lewis said he was glad that students could celebrate both at home and at the University.
"It's a neat opportunity, because often it falls during finals or over winter break and therefore Jewish students at KU don't
get to celebrate with other students." he said.
For more information on any of Hillel's Hanukkah programming, call 749-5397.
Some of Hillel's post-break Hanukkah plans include a group trip to see the animated Adam Sandler Hanukkah comedy Eight Crazy Nights on Monday as well as nightly candle lighting
Hanukkah falls at a different time each year, although its date is always consistent within the Jewish calendar. It is especially
in residence halls and a Hanukkah casino night party Tuesday night at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Road.
Tracy Davis, holiday coordinator for Hillel, is in charge of the Hanukkah casino night. The
casino night will include traditional Hanukkah foods, prizes and raffles, she said.
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"They really wanted to see him wrestle," Davis said.
The hall favorite was fourth floor RA Luke Bauer, said Jon Davis, assistant complex director for Templin. The Newton graduate student said Bauer's floor had donated 345 of the total of 511 cans from the six floors.
"I had a couple of key supporters on my floor," he said.
Bauer, Lawrence senior, said he thought his residents had shown their adoration by donating more food.
The Templin Hall Council organized the event with Davis' help, said Julia Gaston, counell member. The Oklahoma City sophomore said some residents donated to floors other than their own.
"People from different floors definitely wanted to see certain RAs wrestle." Gaston said.
She said the race for second place was neck and neck until Bates emerged as the winner yesterday morning.
Most of the other RAS decided to reward their floors for the effort, Gaston said.
Stacey Reding, Alma senior and sixth floor RA, said 11 cans from her floor weren't enough to justify cleaning mashed potatoes out of her ears.
"I didn't feel like they earned it." Reding said.
The five remaining RAs participated in a battle royal at Templin's main lobby last night.
Residents had been collecting the food in decorated bins in the main lobby since the beginning of November, Gaston said. She said the hall would distribute the food to local food banks.
"It was worth it," said Mike Lemon. Bonner Springs junior and second floor RA. "It was for a good cause."
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