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Kansan Weekend Edition
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Friday
October 15, 1999
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Vol. 110 • No. 41
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WWW.KANSAN.COM
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Greek chapters home to build an abode sweet for local family home
2 years of preparation to culminate in 2 weeks
The foundation is poured, and the materials are ready.
Stories by Lori O'Toole • Photos by Roger Nomer
Members of University of Kansas sorority and fraternity chapters have two weeks to build a house, and they start today.
The house will be donated to the Lawrence Habitat for Humanity, an organization that sells homes on an interest-free mortgage to area residents in financial need.
Building will begin at the construction site, 1623 Wedgewood Drive, shortly after a nail-driving ceremony at noon.
Meg Godderz, greek programs graduate assistant, said the ceremony would be open to the public.
She said members of all 36 chapters would be working on the house during the next two weeks in order to reach the Oct. 30 completion deadline.
Habitat for Humanity scheduled a dedication ceremony for Oct. 31.
"We're hoping she'll be able to move in for the holidays." Goddard said.
The project — the House that Greeks Built — will be a "blitz build." It usually takes volunteers three to four months to build most of the Habitat for Humanity
nomes. Volunteers usually only work on Saturdays.
Dave Baldwin, who owns J & D Services, will lead the students in construction.
Chris Maxwell, Mission Hills senior. will lead a student construction committee of 12 students who have worked construction before in jobs or through family businesses
The committee will in turn lead small crews of three students.
Professionals will perform the work for the electricity and plumbing. The rest of the work
will be done by the students.
Godderz said the students planned to build the four walls of the house before daylight ended today, and to complete
See GREEKS on page 5A
The House that Greeks Built will be home for Presswood and her two daughters, 15-year-old Jennifer and 7-year-old Kiera.
Woman, daughters anticipate move to new house
Effie Presswood has it all planned out: There will be wallpaper borders, big green plants everywhere and rocks and flowers in her own backyard.
"We plan to live there for a long time." Presswood said of the three-bedroom, one story house she will
p u r c h a s e
through Habitat
for Humanity.
She grew up in a house in Lawrence, an experience which she said gave her wonderful childhood memories — memories that her daughters do not have after growing up
in multiple-family housing.
in multiple-family housing. She and her biological daughter, Kiera, lived in a two-bedroom duplex for several years. After Presswood legally adopted Jennifer, who is actually her cousin, the three move into
their current three-bedroom apartment in east Lawrence, where they have lived for four years.
The three said their apartment home had its pluses, including the many neighborhood children Kiera plays with.
But the constant noise, the loud foot-steps overhead and the pranks — such as the anonymous doorbell ringers and wood chips in the keyhole — make them even more excited for their new home, which will be almost 400 square feet larger than their apartment.
The house also will have a garage and hook-ups for a washer and dryer, amenities the family has done without for years.
Presswood said she had known about Habitat for Humanity but didn't realized she qualified for it until she attended a meeting more than a year ago. Not long after the meeting, she applied and was accepted by the organization.
In two weeks, she will become a homeowner for the first time.
"I feel really special," Presswood said. "Rent is expensive, and without partnering with Habitat, I know I wouldn't be able to do it by myself as a
See HABITAT on page 5A
Sarah Heimovics, Fairway senior, points the sign in front of the construction site. Heimovics, greek programs vice president of community service and philanthropy, originated the idea of the House that Greeks Built in the winter of 1997.
EVENTS CALENDAR
Tonight
The Swag at 10 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
■ John Paul and the Flying Circus at 10:30 p. m. at Pat's Blue Rib N Barbecue, 1618 W. 23rd St.
Schoolhouse Rock Live! at 8 p.m at the Crafton-Praeter Theatre in Murphy Hall.
SUA Movie, Shanghai Triad, at midnight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Tomorrow
■ The Verve Pipe at 7:30 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
Majesties Rhythm Revue at 10 p.m. at the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Schoolhouse Rock Live! at 8 p.m at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Sunday
Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
American Guild of Organist of Greater Kansas City at 4 p.m. at Bales Organ Recital Hall.
■ Perlman/Nikkanen/Bailley Piano Trio at 3:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Index
Schoolhouse Rock Live! at 2:30 p.m. at the Schoolhouse-Prayer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
News ...3A
Nation ...7A
World ...8A
Game times ...1B
Horoscopes ...2B
Movie Listings ...5A
Coupons ...7B
Classifieds ...9A
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents.
the games that people play while drinking loss their luster when they are written down in a book.
Because without beer. . .
See page 10A
The Kansas legend returned to the University of Kansas more than a year before his death to retire his jersey and lay the ghosts of a championship failure to rest. Observers thought that Chamberlain had finally healed an old, deep wound. See page 4B
On the Offensive
The Kansas men's basketball team is getting serious about planning offense strategies for its upcoming season.
See page 1B
See page 10A
The new recreation center may end up next to Robinson Center, possibly as an addition, or south of Watkins. The chancellor said he would decide within the month.
Working out where to go work out
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