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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 28, 1999
Holiday draws house directors in full costume
By Lori O'Toole
writer @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Mittens Crow, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house director, donned her black and silver flapper costume, black flats and curled her hair last night for the Housemoms' Howl, a costume dinner party put on each year by Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Crow, who has worked at the fraternity house for seven years, has attended the party each year.
"I like to dress up," she said. "I think it lets you be yourself, but incognito. Everyone enjoins it."
About 30 house directors were picked up by Alpha Delta Pi's sorority members and escorted to the party. The members served the guests a chill dinner before announcing costume prizes.
Sarah Miller, Alpha Delta Pi member and Wichita junior, coordinated the event.
"It's so funny to see them dressed up and talking together." she said.
Miller said one of the funniest costumes in past years was last year, when one of the directors showed up as Cameron Diaz's
character in the movie There's Something About Mary, complete with spiked bangs.
Angie O'Brien, Alpha KappaLambda fraternity house director, made the Dorothy costume she wore last night. She used red glitter and glue to turn a pair of bridesmaid shoes into the magical ruby slippers.
"I started the shoes a couple of weeks ago," she said. "There was red glitter all over the house."
The Housemoms' Howl was not the only Halloween party on campus last night.
Residents of Ellsworth Hall carved pumpkins, while residents of neighboring Hashinger Hall participated in Hashween, a carnival-oriented party with a haunted house, games and a dance.
Tonight, about 300 greek members will trick-or-treat for canned goods throughout Lawrence. The cans they collect will be donated to community charities.
Shirlie Vaughn, Delta Upsilon house director, displays her costume at Alpha Delta Pi sorority's annual Housemoms' Howl. Photo By Lucas W. Krump/KANSAN
Similar parties will continue tonight through Sunday in other residence halls and scholarship halls and in the greek community.
- Edited by Chris Hutchison
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES
Alpha Chi Omega sorority:
Children's Halloween Party, for area youth and their parents, from 6 to 8 p.m.
tomorrow; the party will include face painting, cookie decorating and other activities
Amini Scholarship Hall: Scary events at 8 and 10 p.m. Sunday
Elsworth, Oliver and Corbin halls each hell ball with a floorcovering contest.
each hall has a floor-decorating contest
Lewis and Templin halls:
Hawktobertest, a party in Lewis Hall with different activities such as a haunted house and a dance on each floor, from 8 to 11 p.m. today
Jayhawker Towers: Pumpkin-cin
and karaoke at B tomorrow night
McColllum Hall: Club Mac, a costume ball open to all students living in residence halls, from 8 to 11 tonight
- Stouffer Place: Hunted house at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday
- Watkins Scholarship Hall:
Heaven & Hell party for all scholarship hall residents at 9 p.m. Friday; the hall's second floor will be decorated like heaven and the first floor like hell.
Museums to sponsor Halloween festivities
By Hilary Evans Special to the Kansan
In addition to Halloween spokes and treats, children have some educational Halloween alternatives tonight.
The Natural History Museum also will have a strange-pet exhibit, at which professors and others will bring their bizarre pets, such as tarantulas and pocket gophers. Children also will be able to see a live owl and the renovated bee exhibit.
Jama Kolosick, director of education for the Natural History Museum and coordinator of the event, has organized "Dark at the Top of the Hill." for six years. This year, "Museum After Dark" will give participants a chance to use the Kansas National Guard's vision goggles and to see all of the animals from the exhibit in the dark.
"Dark at the Top of the Hill" is a Halloween-fun night for children and parents from 7 to 9:15 p.m. at the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Anthropology and in the Kansas Union.
"It is a fun chance to get to play with something in the dark," Kolosick said.
Cella Daniels, public education coordinator for the Museum of Anthropology, coordinated another program called "Days of the Dead." It is a Mexican celebration that honors the dead with prayers and by using small skeleton figurines. Children will be able to see
an exhibit of these skeletons doing everyday things. Children can make wide-brimmed hats that Catrina, a popular skeleton image, wears.
Katrina S. Widholm Warren, marketing and promotions coordinator for the Kansas and Burge unions, also has planned activities. The Union will have a man making balloon animals and also will have mummy bowling. Baby Jav will be there to hand out candy.
A bingo game will teach visitors about some of the symbols and images in the exhibit. The museum also will sponsor a mariachi band that will play Mexican music in the Union. Graduate students in museum studies will oversee two other activities.
The Society of Physics Students also will be involved. It will put on a play written by Philip Baringer, professor of physics, at Wooldruff Auditorium in the Union. The play is about the making of a disaster movie, "Demise of the Dinosaur," on a budget of $2.50. The actors discover cheap ways to make spectacular effects while teaching physics to the children.
"Dark on the Top of the Hill" is inexpensive and something that brothers and sisters can go to," Kolosick said. "If people come, they should come in a costume."
Tickets for the event are $2 and are available at the museums or at the door. For more information call the Natural History Museum at (785) 864-4450.
- Edited by Clare McLellan
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Lied Center New Directions Series presents
ACADEMIC ADVISING FOR PRE-BUSINESS STUDENTS
PEER Advising will be available on a Walk-in basis in 102 Summerfield Hall November 1-5 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.