Monday, September 8, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Need of deaf-blind children gets volunteers to take a hike
By Gwen Olson
golson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Volunteers took an hour out of their weekends to walk for a good cause.
About 65 people participated in the second annual Hawk Walk Saturday. Participants walked a two-mile course to benefit deaf-blind children.
Katlyn's Hope was founded by Shari Willis and her husband, Jeff, whose daughter Katlyn was born deaf-blind.
Walkers collected pledges for Katlyn's Hope Inc., a statewide organization that provides financial assistance to families of deaf blind children.
"When she was about 7 months old, she died of a respiratory virus," said Shari Willis, a Wichita lawyer. "When she died, we realized that there wasn't really any organization that benefited deaf-blind children."
The Willis family decided to start such an organization in memory of their daughter.
Before the walk, Willis presented a gift to a family of a deaf-blind child who also had cerebral palsy. Katlyn's Hope provided the family with a spa for their home to give the child aqua therapy.
The walk was sponsored by the University of Kansas and Washburn University chapters of the law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta. Sonic of Lawrence also sponsored by donating T-shirts and by providing advertising for the event.
Shannon Tauscher, Lawrence law student, raised the most money from the University and won the Kansas statutes.*
Top fund-raisers from each of the law schools received a complete set of Kansas statutes. The volumes list all Kansas laws and are worth more than $400. The overall top fund-raiser received a $500 bicycle
The overall top fund-raiser received a $500 bicycle from The Bike Shop.
"The fraternity advertised the walk to the law students, and I thought it was a good cause," Tauscher said while walking the course. "I raised about $200 in pledges."
Emily Yessen, of Lawrence, Kassie Jones, of Wellington, and Lisa Theno, of Tangonike, participate in Hawk Walk, a benefit for Kathy's Hope, Inc., a charity that aids deaf-blind children. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Scott Sanders, Washburn law student from Topeka,
said that he was more interested in winning the statutes than the bike.
"You either get them for free or you have to shell out a lot of money for them," he said.
Sanders and Tauscher were presented the statutes by a representative from the secretary of state's office after the walk.
The winner of the bike was Jordan Willis, daughter of Shari and Jeff, who raised more than $1,200.
Julie Woodward, fund-raising chair for Katlyn's Hope, said that the group planed to hold the event at the University again.
Chancellor questioned at seminar
By Tim Harrington
Kansan Staff writer
Senators pounced at the opportunity to grill Chancellor Robert Hemenway about University issues during a brief question-and-answer period at a Student Senate leadership training seminar Saturday.
The annual seminar, which was held at Alvamar Country Club for the first time, is a daylong retreat for freshmen and veteran student senators to meet and to learn about handling the reins of Student Senate. In a change from past seminars, Hemenway opted not only to address the senate but also to field questions for a few minutes afterward.
"A lot of people threw tough questions at him," said Matt Bachand, liberal arts senator and Yorktown, Va., senior. "I think a lot of people with strong feelings on certain issues really took advantage of the situation."
A couple of the issues raised were the distribution of Coca-Cola money and student diversity on campus, Bachand said.
Scott Sullivan, student body president, Leawood senior and veteran of the seminar, said that the senators' inquiries to Hemenway were accompanied by multiple follow-up questions. Senators also probed Hemenway about recycling, scholarship appointments, financial aid for graduate
students and legislative funding. "I think it was productive for both! the chancellor and the Senate." Sullivan said.
Mike Walden, student body vice president and Leawood senior, said that he thought Hemenway had expressed a desire to emphasize cooperation with Student Senate this year.
"I think the point he made is that he's willing to work with us," Walden said. "His door is always open."
Along with workshops on parliamentary procedure and student governance, the senators worked with faculty members to get to know each other on a personal level.
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