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The University Daily Kansan
Fridav. October 30,1998
Open house games part of on-campus Halloween
By Pallavi Agarwal
Kansan staff writer
In her six years as postal clerk at the Kansas Union, Evelyn Schmidtberger has seen her share of pumpkin carvings and costume competitions at the Union's annual Halloween Open House.
"A sizable number of students come to the open house although there were more in the past," Schmidtberger said. "Students like taking part in the pumpkin carving but don't dress up that much for the costume contests."
The annual Halloween Open House will take place on the fourth-floor lobby of the Kansas Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The event is sponsored by Student Union Activities.
It may attract more sedate participants these days, but the organizers have thrown in prizes, giveaways, games and contests for all tastes, said Tom Field, SUA program coordinator.
OPEN HOUSE
What: Halloween Open House Who: Student Union
Who: Student Union Activities.
Events: pumpkin carvings, costume contests, games, free cider and cake, astrology and tarot readings.
Students
**Where:** 4th floor lobby of the Kansas Union
**When:** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
can try their hand at games such as the Jaybowl Ring Toss, the feel-and-guess game, costume competitions, an urban legend writing contest and pumpkin carvings. The costume contest will start at 1:30 p.m.
Prizes include gift certificates, T-shirts, sweatshirts and haunted house tickets, said Katrina Widholm Warren, marketing coordinator with the Kansas and Burge Unions.
Students will be offered free cider and cake, can get their fortunes read by astrologers and can have a free caricature of themselves drawn. Field said.
He said the turnout had been larger in previous years because of classes in Woodruff Auditorium while Budig Hall was under construction
"There were a lot more students going through the Kansas Union," he said.
But some Union employees such as Karen Lewis, salads supervisor with the Kansas and Burge Unions catering department, are keeping their fingers crossed.
Lewis said the bakery department was making six cakes in anticipation of a greater turnout this year because the event coincides with at KU Senior Day.
The Union Food Services also have organized Halloween menu specials today, said Widholm Warren. Festive names will be given to today's food specials.
Local musician Travis Miller will provide live music from noon to 1 p.m. out
Greeks to combine Halloween, service
Phi Beta Sigma others hold events for Lawrence kids
By Liz Wriston
Kansan staff writer
It's a weekend of candy, costumes and Halloween fun for some greek students at the University of Kansas.
Two fraternities, two sororities and the members of Junior Greek Council will participate in activities tonight that will benefit the Lawrence community.
The men of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity will be putting together a haunted house activity for the children of the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The activity will be from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club, 1520 Haskell Ave.
Mike Conley, Dodge City senior, and Kenneth Kao, Los Angeles senior, decorate a room for a haunted house. The two worked on the haunted house yesterday for the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, 15th and Haskell. Photo by Joseph Griffin/KANSAN
The members of the fraternity began setting up the haunted house yesterday. The house will include haunted rooms with special effects and candy, said Kenny Kao, president of Phi Beta Sigma.
"Our fraternity is based on the principals of brotherhood, scholarship and service, and that is what we try to practice every week in the community," Kao said. "Spending time with the kids is something we like to do because we feel we are helping out the community."
P. J. Earl, Lenexa senior, said that he was looking forward to the activity because he enjoyed spending time with the kids.
"It's going to be fun for everyone involved because it will be an activity that is different than usual," Earl said. "It's also a good way for us to serve the community as positive role models for the kids."
The women of the Alpha XI Delta sorority will be organizing activities for the youngsters in the Lawrence area.
Amy Heinemann, president of Alpha XI Delta, said the women in her chapter had been preparing for the Halloween party they are sponsoring for Lawrence children at the Ballard Community Center Inc., 708 Elm St.
The party will last from 3 to 5 p.m. and will involve Halloween games, coloring activities and treats for the children.
"This is the fifth year that we've done this, and I think it's great because we get to
spend time with the kids," Heinemann said. "I think it's good that we are able to get out in the community and see the positive impact that we have on them."
Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity also will be entertaining a few kids this evening.
Every year, Alpha Chi Omega holds a Halloween party for the children of Lawrence daycare centers and elementary
schools at the sorority house. This year, the sorority will be planning the party with its 1999 Rock Chalk Revue partner, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The party will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alpha Chi Omega house, 1500 Sigma Nu Plu.
party will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alpha Chi Omega house, 1500 Sigma Nu P1. Gretchen March, Topeka senior and member of Alpha Chi Omega, is one of the event's organizers. She said it would be fun because everyone — including the sorority and fraternity members — would be dressed up in costumes.
March said the sleeping portion of the house would be decorated. The children also will be able to trick-or-treat inside the house by walking from door to door.
ACTIVITIES
" T he Lawrence community provides so much for us," March said. "This is an opportunity for
Phi Beta Sigma Haunted house, 3-5 p.m. at Boys and Girls Club, 15th and Haskell streets
Alpha Xi Delta Halloween party, 3-5 p.m. Ballard Community Center, 708 Elm St
Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon
Holloway party, 6-8
p.m. at Alpha Chi
Omega house, 1,500
Sigma Nu Place
us to give back to them."
Lung Huang, the Interfraternity Council's vice president for public relations, said that the members of Junior Greek Council will sponsor an event called Trickor-Treat So Others Can Eat for new members of fraternities and sororites.
They will be dressing up tonight to trickor-treat for canned food items that will be donated to the Douglas County Food Shelter.
Karen Isley, Panhellenic Association vice president for public relations, said she thought it was wonderful that so many activities had been planned to benefit the Lawrence community.
Theater involves University community in performances
KU students act design for plays
Kansan correspondent
By Nathan Willis
The square, brown-brick former church building at 1501 New Hampshire St. has a rigid and solemn facade with its stained-glass windows and wide front steps.
But that belies the lively entertainment that can be found inside, thanks to the Lawrence Community Theatre, which has called the building home since 1984. What was once a sanctuary and total immersion baptismal area is now a stage and auditorium, said Mary Doveton, director.
The theater troupe was founded about 20 years ago, said Doveton, who was one of the founders. She said it began as a group of people who came together to stage a single production, and it snowballed from there.
She said that the mission of the theater, which performs several shows
each semester, was to provide area audiences with quality live theater that could be enjoyed by individuals both as spectators and participants.
She also said that University of Kansas students traditionally have been a big part of the process, and their involvement wasn't limited to the roles of spectators.
"We have students who have acted with us; we have students who have designed costumes," she said. "Auditions are open to anyone, and we have such a great reputation that we're starting to have people come in from Kansas City and Topeka, as well as the little towns around here."
Jason Hart, Dodge City second-year law student, has acted with the troupe. Hart said he had enjoyed his experience in the troupe and had found several advantages to being involved in the group.
"One of the best things about it is that once you've been in a show, everyone knows you," he said. "I've had merchants on Massachusetts Street recognize me. One time, I ran into Max Falkenstein, the voice of the Jayhawks,
at Papa Keno's. He started up a conversation with me because he had seen me in a show. I was like, 'You're the one who's a celebrity.'"
Falkenstein is a radio announcer for KU football and men's basketball games.
Kelly Schellman, a Lawrence freshman who was in this fall's performance of "My Fair Lady," said that being able to meet people in the cast was a great experience.
"Even though I'm from Lawrence, I still got to meet a lot of people I'd never met before," Schellman said.
In addition, Hart said balancing the demands of classes and the theater was not as hard as one might think.
"My time management improved because I was so busy," Hart said. "My best semester of law school was when I was doing 'Forever Plaid.'"
Schellman said the time spent at the theater didn't harm her studies.
"The rehearsals are always in the evening," she said. "It didn't directly affect my classes. I still had time to do my homework."
Although some enjoyed the role of the
performer, more KU students take the role of spectator, Doveton said.
"A lot of students have told me that the theater is a great place to take a date," she said.
Schellman said that the theater offered a different experience from the other theater venues in Lawrence.
"It's a lot more of an intimate setting," she said, referring to the theater's small size and close seating. "The energy that's transferred between the audience and actors is greater, is really amplified, and it's a lot more enjoyable for the spectator in that kind of setting."
Doveton said that the semester's last show will be "Cash on Delivery", a British comedy that opens Nov. 27 and runs through Dec. 13.
She said that most students came on Thursday nights because that's when student tickets are discounted to $7. The regular student-ticket price is $13.
Students may order tickets in advance by calling 843-SHOW.
HALLOWEEN