University Daily Kansan
Thursday, November 4, 1976
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Students say life in Eudora is 'down home
By RICK THAEMERT
Staff Writer
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Officer Bill Long—just Officer Bill to most residents here—waits on the side of the road, radar gun ready, hoping to catch any speeding motorists who could endanger the safety of children coming home from school.
Meanwhile, kids cruise up Main Street in jacked-up cars, make a U-turn at the corner by the stearfield Baptist church and cruise back down, look for other kids to talk to.
Some of the drivers, however, turn onto K-10 and head west for the University of Kansas. They are the students who have chosen to live in this small town while at college.
"I LIKE THE small town atmosphere. It is seems easier to get along with people." Carl said of his neighborhood.
Abel said that he could live in Lawrence, but that he'd rattle in Eudora, where he lived.
“It’s a root thing,” he said. “The town grows on you. You know you’re accepted. Even if you mess up, people always talk to me. You seem more concerned than in a big city.”
Abel said that life in larger cities such as Lawrence moved at a faster pace than in Eudora, and that the people weren't as involved or communicative.
"We only have one bar in Eudora where a lot of people go," he said, "but it'a a taven for everybody. Young people and old people both go there and talk."
A FULL TANK of gas and a six-pack of
spare-time activities in Eugene, Oregon.
"What gets me the most is when the people who live here gripe about having their children get sick."
have to witness a murder or a rape before they can say there's something going on."
Abel said residents were affected greatly by the proximity of Lawrence and Kansas City, and often drove to either place for movies, concerts or dances.
ABEL SAID the town's residents also
were exposed in other ways by KU's
presence.
"If I lived closer to KU I could get more
information, what they teach, like lectures
and tutorials."
Alba added that it was no trouble traveling to Lawrence if he really wanted
"When they hear about some of KU's programs they'll say, 'Well, hell all, they teach up there is communism,'" he said. "KUpens up a lot of new ideas to them. It’s good because it’s kind of an awareness thing."
Association not just for alumni
By DAVID JOHNSON
A fairly common definition of alumni are graduates or former students of a school.
To the University of Kansas Alumni Association, the term applies broadly to anyone who was graduated, attended, or, in a sense, has an interest in KU.
Dick Wintermorte, executive director of the Alumni Association, said Tuesday, "If a former student who has not graduated has an interest in the University of Kansas, we want him to consider himself as an alumnus and participate in all our activities."
Wintermute said that parents, faculty members, current students and other interested nonalumni join the Alumni Association as associate members. The members pay the same dues and have the same benefits as regular members, he said.
There are three options for paying membership dues; paying $10 annually for a single membership or $12 for a joint husband and wife membership; buying a
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION keeps more than 92,000 names and addresses of alumni. Of these, 25,179—28 per cent—paid dues.
life membership in 10 installments of $21 for a single or $24 for a couple; and buying a life membership for $175 for a single membership or $200 for a joint membership.
Alumni who join within the first three years after their graduation get a 25 per cent discount on dues. All rates except newcomers increase next January. Wintorme said.
IN RETURN, members annually receive eight issues of the Kansas Alumni, a newspaper published twice as a magazine and six times in tabloid form. A Sports Report on KU athletics also is mailed for an additional $5 a year.
In addition to traditional class reunions, the Alumni Association sponsors other alumni activities, such as the "Flying Jayhawk" tour program, which offers charter trips at special group rates to alumni. Last September and October, alumni visited Tokyo and Hong Kong. Next month, alumni will visit Scandinavia, Los Angeles for the KU-UCLA game, Ireland and the Caribbean.
THROUGH VARIOUS programs, Winternote said, the Alumni Association has supported education in Kansas. Since 1971, the Alumni Association has sponsored the
KU debate tournament set
Three University of Kansas debate teams competed in different areas of the country last weekend in preparation for the KU fall debate tournament this weekend.
At the University of North Carolina, the KU team of Frank Cross and Robin Rowland, Lawrence seniors, won first place with a record of 11 wins and one loss. Earlier this year they won the National Debate Tournament.
At Xavier University in Cincinnati, KU debaters Jeff Brunton, Shawee Heights senior, and Steve Griffin, Lawrence team, won second place among 26 teams.
Chris Simmons, Independence freshman,
and Chris Folsom, Manhattan freshman,
finished fifth at Colorado College with seven
wins and two losses.
The KU fall tournament begins Friday with 80 teams from 10 states. Preliminary rounds will be in Wesco Hall through Saturday and elimination rounds will begin on Sunday. The round will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in 495 Wesco. All rounds are open to the public.
The topic being debated is: Resolved, that the federal government should increase the guarantee of consumer product safety required of manufacturers.
Kansas Honors Program, which recognizes the top 10 per cent of the seniors in Kansas
The association also lobbies in the Kansas
education for increased support of higher
education.
"The University has no real constituency except for the alumni," Wintermote said. "And through the years, the Alumni Development Committee has been given the authority to governers as being extremely effective in speaking for the needs of higher education."
Registration for the spring membership program of the Panhelenic Association, or sorority rush, is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Registration begins today for rush week
Participants must turn in 14 registration cards and an $8 nonrefundable registration fee, which covers expenses from rush and paperwork. Rush week is Jan. 10-17.
Women who are interested but who can't register today should send their registration materials with a friend because late registration is discouraged, Maribeth Olson, Panhellenic Campus Affairs chairman, said yesterday.
Paul Nels, also a junior from Eudora, said that despite the growing population of Eudora, residents kept their down-home attitudes.
Minimum requirement for participants in the program are 14 hours of credit with a GPA of at least 2.20 from the fall 1976 semester, or 12 hours of credit with a GPA of at least 2.50 from the fall semester alone or cumulative.
Membership program information is available in the Dean of Women's Office, 1250 W. Harrison Blvd., Madison, WI. 53701.
NEIS SAID there wontn't make for young people to do in Eudora, so they were mindful.
"We'd always go out wanting to do something, but there wasn't anything constructive, so we'd get in a lot of trouble," he recalled. "Kids still go out and drink beer in the country. That's where we had all our parties."
Neis said that he liked the country life around Eudora because it was quiet and because he didn't like being around a lot of people all the time.
Another advantage of Eudora, he said, is that there isn't much crime.
"SINCE EVERYONE knows everyone else, there wouldn't be much chance of someone coming up to you on the street and doing anything," he said.
Neis said knowing most of the people in the town encouraged involvement in community affairs, which added to the quality of life in a small town.
Another KU student from Eudora, Greg Coleman, freshman, said that small-town schools are a good place to learn.
"Eventually, I'd rather live in a small town," he said. "In a city, it doesn't seem like kids can get out and run because parents are scared it's not safe. But here, I can't remember the last time we had any problems with crime."
TODAY, COLEMAN said, Eudora residents aren't as positive toward their town as they used to be, even though they still have a small-town attitude.
"More people are taking the attitude that they just sleep in Eudora and work somewhere else, they don't participate like us." It doesn't depend on each other as much," he said.
Martha Gronnerig, Eudora sophomore, said that her hometown had all the groceries and hardware she needed, but it was expensive for Lawrence for clothes and entertainment.
Groninger said people often made cracks about Eudora, especially about the three people.
"I DON'T THINK they're the bumbling, inefficient idiots people make small-town cops out to be," she said. "They just don't have much to do because there's not much going on. Eudora isn't a high crime district."
However, Dick Vick, Overland Park junior who lives in Eudora, said that Eudora wasn't crime-free. His trailer home has been broken into once, he said.
Volk said he would move to Lawrence at the end of the semester because there were fewer students.
"I have more in common with people in Texas," she said. "Eudora seem to be more agriculturally mudded. All the kids my age hang out with me at school, and the Jawhail Gold station after it closes."
VOLK SAID that he was sometimes late for class because of combines on the road, and that he had to leave half an hour early to get to class on time.
"It's easier to study because it's quiet, but
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it's harder to get to class because of the drive," he said.
Eudora wasn't always quiet, according to Volk
"Until school was in session, it was hell," recalled. "Kids were screening and beamed."
ON THE WHOLE, Volk said, the community seemed to be friendly and closely
"The man at the grocery store knows me by name, but I don't know him," he said. "Even though there's not much selection, it's more personal. It's more of a go-down there-and-play-checkers thing than a business."
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