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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, November 2, 1998
Halloween festivities foil community service effort
By Steph Brewer
Kanson staff writer
Community service apparently wasn't the first thing on many students' minds this Halloween weekend.
Ghouls' Night Out, a Friday night concert sponsored by the University of Kansas Center for Community Outreach, fall short of its mission to raise money for local food banks.
The concert, which featured area bands The Band that Saved the World, Arthur Dodge, Fear and Whiskey and Four Miles, was held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Liberty Hall. Admission was $3 plus two cans of non-perishable food or $5 without cans. All the proceeds were to go to five food banks in Lawrence, but
Two hundred and seventy people attended the event, bringing 800 cans that will be given to the food banks. Hess said that despite the lack of monetary proceeds and a few glitches in the evening caused by late bands, the event went well.
"People ended up having a really good time after waiting around a bit," he said.
Kate Turnbull, a center volunteer and Lawrence junior, said she thought the event raised community awareness.
"I think it's good because it makes a lot of people in the Lawrence community, college students particularly, aware of the needs these food banks have," Turnbull said.
Hess said that despite the small turnout, he would like to see the concert established as an annual event with one change — he wouldn't hold it on Halloween weekend.
The event was well publicized, with posters and advertisements on KLZR and in the University Daily Kansan, but Hess said that there were many competing events such as parties and haunted houses.
"I just think there was so much to do on that weekend," he said.
Culture clash
Kansas State fans camp on Campanile hill and heckle the KU Band as it makes its way down to the stadium before Saturday's game. K-State had a large and loud contingent cheering them on to a 54-6 victory. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
Barrage of ads to end campaigns
By Chad Bettes
Kanson staff writer
Just one day until campaign-free TV. But what a last day it will be.
Candidates vying for elected office will take to the airwaves and streets today in the candidates' last opportunity to reach Kansans before they go to the polls tomorrow.
Today, Gov. Bill Graves will be in Wichita assessing the flood damage, said Greg Musil, chairman of the Graves campaign in Johnson County. Graves had planned to make campaign stops in Overland Park, Pittsburg, Topeka, Wichita and Salina.
The governor also will use the media to campaign. Television, radio and newspaper ads throughout the state will feature Graves thanking Kansans for the four years he has served as governor and asking for four more years.
"He'll basically be asking them to vote and do their
patriotic duty," said cam paign manager Jeff Waga man.
State Rep. Tom Sawyer, the Democratic challenger for governor, tonight will end an ambitious tour in which he will have visited 22 cities in four days. His final day of campaigning will be spent in Arkansas City, Winfield, El Dorado, Emporia, Newton and Wichita.
Jack Martin, communications coordinator of Sawyer's campaign and Abilene junior, said Sawyer found people receptive to his message. He said Sawyer started behind in the campaign but hoped to edge ahead in the end.
The Sawyer campaign will utilize television ads in Wichita, Topeka and Pittsburg, but a shortage of funds has prevented Sawyer from running ads in the expensive Kansas City media market.
sawyer's radio ads will run across the state, but there will be no newspaper advertising.
In the 3rd District congressional race, U.S. Rep. Vince Snowbarger and Democratic challenger Dennis Moore plan similar last-day strategies.
Both sides will run television and ads. Snowbarger's ads will feature endorsements from Graves and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. Issues addressed in the television ads will be Moore's stance on tax cuts and Snowbarger's appeal to senior citizens.
Moore's ads will focus on Snowbarger's voting record and Social Security. The radio ads will feature actor Robert Redford endorsing
Snowbarger will campaign in Johnson County; Moore will be in Wyandotte County.
Moore.
In Lawrence, county commission candidates Charles Jones and Brian Kubota will walk door-to-door and run their final ads, including ads in local newspapers.
Jones, the Democratic candidate, said that by tonight he will have walked the entire district getting to know voters.
"I'll just put on my rain suit and go." he said.
He will finish the day by making phone calls from Douglas County Democratic Headquarters.
Kubota, the Republican candidate, said he will walk the district during the day and fix yard signs along the way. At night, he plans on relaxing as much as he can to ease the anticipation of tomorrow's vote.
"I'll probably watch some football,"Kubota said.
Alumni, true to their school help KU graduates find jobs
By Jamie Knodel
Special to the Kansan
The corporate recruiter for American Backhaulers in Chicago, Ed Shager, has returned to the University of Kansas twice a semester for the past year and a half, bringing jobs for KU students with him.
Shager, who graduated from the University in 1993, is not the only alumnus returning to recruit students. Alumni from regional and national corporations alike are making their KU connection work.
Alumni say they are eager to return to the University, said Trudy Lutz, office manager for the business school's career placement office.
Although there are not records on how many former Jayhawks come back to their alma mater bearing jobs, more than 60 alumni returned for the business career fair Sept. 17 and 18. Lutz said.
"For them, it's like going back home," she said. "When they recruit other students, it gives them a feeling of taking ownership with the school and with their jobs."
She said alumni recruited KU students because of the loyalty the graduates feel to the University.
"There is a sense of camaraderie between people who graduate from the same school."
she said. "The alums are happy with their jobs and want other Jayhawks to have the same great opportunities they've had."
Since Shager took the recruiting position last year, he has recruited 20 U alumni to sales positions at American Backhaulers.
Like Shager, alumni recruit KU graduates because of their familiarity with the educational background of students. Alumni also respect the quality of the University's programs, said Lavonne Seifert, career development coordinator at the Journalism Career Center.
"It provides you with a credential that is recognized," she said.
Although many alumini formally recruit KU students, the KU connection also can hook up students on an informal basis.
Lutz said the business school provides company names, locations and phone numbers of alumni so students can network.
Seifert pointed out that Kansas City has more KU graduates than graduates from any other college, so the odds are better that alumni will interview a student.
She said the bond between students and alumni during interviews can seal job offers.
"They have something in common on the personal level. It breaks the ice," she said. "Alums send a message to the students they are interviewing that they can be successful, too."
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