Monday, October 19, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Adriane Roberts, Leawood freshman, starts to slip on the muddy kickball diamond in yesterday's 12th annual kickball tournament, organized by Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
Rain does not dampen kickball tournament
By Kelli Raybern
Kansan staff writer
Wet weather could not stop a group of KU students from raising money for charity Saturday.
In cool rain and ankle-deep mud, participants in the 12th annual kickball tournament, organized by Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon, booted a rubber ball to raise money for the American Diabetes Association and the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.
The tournament was held at the baseball diamonds at Holcom Park, 2700 W. 27th St. It was divided into men's and women's brackets and was open to all KU students. Nine sororities and 15 fraternities fielded teams.
Each team paid a $100 entry fee, and the tournament had about 30 sponsors who each paid $100, said Holly Oglesbee, Wichita junior and philanthropy chairwoman at Alpha Gamma Delta.
The organizers have not counted this year's proceeds, but about $4,000
was raised at last year's event. Oglesbee said that this year's tournament probably would bring in about the same amount.
Rain already had saturated the fields when teams kicked off the tournament at 10 a.m. For the rest of the day, conditions were sloppy.
Flowergarden played for Delta Gamma, winner of the women's bracket.
"There was like six inches of mud." said Emily Flowergarden, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, junior, her ankles covered with dried mud.
Phi Delta Theta won the men's bracket.
Flowergarden said she had participated in the tournament last year, in dry weather.
"I think it's more fun in the mud," she said.
Other tournament participants were enthusiastic about the tournament's philanthropic goals.
"We're helping a great cause," said Staci Donovan, Wichita junior and Flowergarden's teammate.
Students question use of Coca-Cola money
By Angela Johnson Kansan staff writer
Officials say the University of Kansas' contract with the CocaCola company provides students with more benefits than a carbonated beverage to drink in class, but some students disagree.
"All I see are a lot of Coke machines on campus, and that's about it," said Elizabeth Blumenfeld. Long Grove, III., junior.
Theresa Klinkenberg, director of administration, said that when the 10-year contract began last year, Coke provided $7 million up front and the money was allotted to various areas of the University for the 1998-1999 school year.
Klinkenberg said an official summary of how the $7 million was distributed was not available.
"There were allocations to the student programming fund," she said. "One of those things was
Day on the Hill. Last year was the first time the event was funded by Coke."
Seth Lindsey, Liberty, Mo., sophomore, said that if the Coke money was for the students, it should be handled by students.
"The visible signs from a student's standpoint are nothing," Lindsey said. "The money should be given to student government, and they would allocate it toward student activities, instead of administration. That puts it on more of a student level."
Klinkenberg said that last year's profits were $450,000 plus commission on snack sales, which totaled $30,000.
"We have also endowed $5.7 million, which we are not spending on principal means," she said.
"We are setting it aside so it will be available at the end of the contract."
Klinkenberg said the money earned at the end of the 10-year
contract would be spent on continuing scholarships, student programming and reimbursement of the Kansas Union and the Athletics Department.
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said that in the future, he expected the Coke contract to expand to other areas of the University.
"My own personal hope is to continue to provide for the students with more student programming," Ambler said. "The greatest buyers of Coke products on this campus are the students, and we want to return something in their investment."
The grand prize of the promotion, which ends after the fall semester, is a 1999 Jeep Wrangler.
Klinkenberg said the latest promotion by Coke to benefit students was the twist-off cap on campus promotion in which students could win instantly by purchasing a 20-ounce Coke.
Other prizes include Vanguard airline tickets, KU Bookstore bucks, SuperTarget gift certificates, KU football tickets and a free pizza.
Hillary Goldberg, Highland Park, Ill., junior, said the twist-off cap promotion only benefited a few students instead of a majority.
"It should be more than a twist-off cap saying you win a car." Goldberg said. "There are 25,000 students here — what about the rest of us?"
In the future, the amount of money earned from sales would have a snowball effect. Ambler said.
Klinkenberg said another promotion would be offered to students next semester.
"A certain level has to be achieved before funds are available," Ambler said. "The further we go into the contract the greater the sales will be, and the greater benefit for the University."
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