Tuesday November 26, 2002 Vol.113. Issue No.67 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY 31° KANSAN Tonight: 20° Call Jay Krall, Brooke Hesler or Kyle Ramsey at 864-4810 Tell us your news Kansas men's basketball team heads to New York City p.1B KAESHA 20 JARED SOARES/KANSAN Mike Rodriquez worms up the all Greek crowd at Liberty Hall. The Living Organizations for this years Rock Chalk Revue were announced at this get together. Rock Chalk Revue picks performers Thirteen pairs pared down to five; groups to begin preparing shows By Todd Rapp trapp@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Anticipation filled the atmosphere in Liberty Hall last night as 13 pairs of living organizations waited to hear whether they had made it into the 54th annual Rock Chalk Revue. Five pairs of participants were announced last night. The 13 initial groups were selected in September and had the next three months to prepare their bids for the final show in the spring. The directors from each show were on hand at Liberty Hall for the Rock Chalk Revue Executive Board's entrance announcement. "The decision was stressful as hell," said Kyle Monson, director for Sigma Nu's show "Ruckus in River Rust," which was selected to participate in the reue. "The process was nothing but enjoyable. I had a great team." Monson said the show had helped him develop his leadership and people skills. "That is what doing the show is really all about—learning to work with people," said Monson, Leawood senior. The five pairs of living organizations that made it into the Rock Chalk Revue are: Sigma Phi Epsilon and Kappa Delta Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Gamma Delta Sigma Nu and Kappa Kappa Gamma Gamma Pi Kappa Phi and Pi Beta Phi - Pi Kappa Phi and Pi Beta Phi - Beta Theta Pi and Delta Delta Delta The groups were selected by a panel of 15 judges, chosen by the Rock Chalk Revue executive board. The judges conducted oral interviews with the directors of each competing living organization over the weekend. The directors had the opportunity during these interviews to explain their show's meaning, display costumes and act out certain portions of the script and answer the judges' questions. Despite the selection of only five pairs, the executive board thanked all the pairs for the hard work and creativity they showed in preparing for the show. "This year the caliber of the shows has risen from years past — 13 groups haven't submitted notebooks in a long time," said Amy Lee, executive director for the Rock Chalk Revue. "As executive director, I would be very confident to see any one of the groups perform on stage at the Lied Center in March." — Edited by Lauren Beatty and Andrew Vaupel Building a house, building a home Studio 804 students make designs into reality Story by Jenne Goepfert Photos by Eric Bream Seven years ago, Rockhill and a group of students put a roof on an abandoned schoolhouse. In the years that followed, they built an architect's studio and a canopy behind Marvin Hall. Dan Rockhill, professor of architecture, said he wasn't in the business of training builders. But every spring for 12 hours a day, six days a week for 16 weeks, his students become construction workers. By then, the seeds had been planted "I had students coming to me saying, 'What are we going to do next?'" he said. Rockhill went to city officials and emerged with a solution — he and his graduate students would design and build a house for a low income Lawrence family. $ \textcircled{1} $ 'Built by idealists' The project has evolved into a yearlong, two-course enterprise called Studio 804. Students have produced four award-winning houses in Lawrence, all using recycled materials and unconventional architectural techniques. Karen and Scott Johnson own the first-ever Studio 804 house,933 Pennsylvania St.The floor of the three-bedroom house is a dance floor taken from a VFW hall that was set to be demolished. The house also uses THE HOUSES THAT STUDIO 804 BUILT 933 Pennsylvania St. Built in 1998, the three-bedroom house women second place for that year's Global Home Competition. 1144 Pennsylvania St. Built in 1999, the three-bedroom house has a softer light box which takes advantage of sunlight on the exposed south wall. 216 Alabama St. Built in 2000, the three-bedroom house has floors of bamboo and recycled tires. The siding is Okoume. a tropical wood used in boat building. 1603 Random Road Built in 2001. the three-bedroom house has a recycled gymnasium floor in the main living area. sources: www.studio804.com rabbit feeders that have been made into light fixtures. The house placed second in the 1998 Global Home Competition directed by the Structural Board Association and won an affordable housing award. In mid-February 1998, the Johnsons SEE 804 ON PAGE 7A LEFT: Professor Dan Rockhill's architecture class, Studio 804, builds a house for low income families every year as their sole project. This house is the class's first effort and features a porch, which was built from an industrial storage system. BELOW: The floor of 933 Pennsylvania St. was taken from a VFW hall that was set to be demolished. By Aaron Passman apassman@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Early Hanukkah sparks post-Thanksgiving fun Hanukkah is the Jewish "Festival of Lights," celebrating the Jews' victory over Antiochus, the Syrian king. After defeating the Syrians and reclaiming their temple, the Jews rekindled the menorah, a holy candelabra. Although the menorah had only enough oil to burn for one day, it burned for eight days. In celebration of this "miracle of Hanukkah," the holiday lasts eight days and nights, Many students will go home this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, but many Jewish students will keep the party rollin' on Friday night when they celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. KU's Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St., will close tonight for Thanksgiving break, and will reopen on Monday morning. Because the house will not be open during the beginning of Hanukkah, Hillel has planned a variety of Hanukkah-related activities for next week, said Jay Lewis, executive director for KU Hillel. and is celebrated by lighting a menorah each night, eating traditional Hanukkah foods and exchanging gifts. "Most people are going home for the first weekend, so we're putting a lot of emphasis programming-wise on next week," Lewis said. "We've tried to plan something for every single night of Hanukkah." SEE HANUKKAH ON PAGE 8A Food fight! RAs battle for cans By Matt Stumpff mstumpff@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Templin Hall resident assistants were up to their necks in food last night. Cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes drapped from the RAs as a reward for the hall's food drive. The two floors that gathered the most food were promised that their RAs would wrestle on a tarp covered with food. Jackie Bates, Hoisington junior and Templin third floor RA, said her floor had donated about 75 cans to put them in second place for the main event. She said she knew her residents had donated because of the wrestling stipulation. "They said something about me wearing a swimsuit, but that's not happening." Bates said before the match. SEE WRESTLERS ON PAGE 8A John Nowak/KANSAN Templin RAs Mike Lemon, Bonner Springs, junior; Luke Bauer, Lawrence, senior; Jackie Bates, Hoisington junior; Elizabeth Gralton, Milwaukee, sophomore; and Ravi DeSilva, Topeka graduate student, wrestle in a mixture of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. The four duked it out on top of plastic mats in the Templin lobby last night to reward residents for participating in a canned food drive. r Y 4