14C ON THE HILL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2006
INTRAMURALS
Grab your friends
Forget high school glory days — become an intramurals legend
Playoffs Flag football. It was fourth down and goal. O'Shea's team was down five.
Ryan O'Shea remembers his most amazing infrastrual memory.
"Our QB did a rollout," O'Shea said. "We had been stopped three times. He threw it up, it bobbled off a defender, but we caught it and we won. It was amazing. We won our first play-off game on fourth-down and goal as time expired."
O'Shea, Chesterfield, Mo., senior, is no stranger to intramural sports at the University of Kansas. He's done six. Everything from floor hockey to raucquetball. He even tried to set up his own wiffleball league, but didn't have the time to commit to it.
"The director made it seem if I wanted to," O'Shea said of starting a league. "There would have been no problem."
The University's Recreation Services offers intramural sports in the fall, spring and summer for any student willing to participate. There are leagues and tournaments in traditional sports, such as basketball and flag football. There's also nine-ball pool and a Texas Hold'Em tournament in the spring.
O'Shea said intramurals gave him a break from college routines. It also helped him keep his competitive edge.
Without the organization and official rules, it wouldn't be possible to participate in sports competitively in a scheduled manner, O'Shea said.
Sports are scheduled throughout the year, and it's the students' responsibility to know when the sports are coming up. Recreation Services posts information about intramurals on its Web site, www.recreation.ku.edu and at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
Recreation Services has informational meetings for each sport where the student can find out about the sport and sign up. All intrumarals are free. Then, other team members can sign up online. Making the meeting is key to getting a team or sport set up. If you don't attend, you don't play.
All leagues end with playoffs and every team competes. Regardless of the team's regular season record, each team gets an opportunity to win a coveted IM Champion T-shirt.
There are also tournaments, including the ever-popular massive pre-holiday basketball tournament that attracts hundreds of KU ballers.
With all the different sports, there's a way for everyone to get a chance to make a memory like O'Shea's. But, as O'Shea knows, you have to go to the meetings.
"Jot down the dates," he said of the meetings. "You'll be glad you did."
The University of Kansas, Recreation Services offers intramural sports in the fall, spring and summer.
Free food for all
》ECM
Center offers Veggie Lunch to visitors on weekly basis
Matt Petrie, Shawnee junior, eats at the veggie lunch Thursday afternoon at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave Veggie lunch will still be available every Thursday beginning at 11:30 a.m. during summer classes.
BY DANI HURST
Kanan file photo
Some regard the summer Veggie Lunch as one of the University of Kansas' summer secrets while others just consider it a tasty lunch.
Veggie Lunch at the Eucalemian Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., doesn't just end when the spring semester ends but continues to serve throughout the summer semester.
ceipting everyone for who they are and learning from each other.
And the diverse groups of people that Veggie Lunch attracts are what some people like the most.
Veggie Lunch offers vegetarian food cooked by volunteers and donated bread from both WheatFields Bakery and Cafe, 904 Vermont St., and Great Harvest Bread Co., 807 Vermont St. Veggie Lunch requests donations, any amount that a guest can afford to give, which helps cover the cost of the food.
This has nothing to do with just one culture or religion, Holcombe said. He said sitting around a table is important to many people because it's about ac-
"It gives you an opportunity to learn about different cultures," Parrott said. "It's kind of a perspective-broadening experience."
Sarah Dees, Lawrence senior and former coordinator for Veggie Lunch,
Gideon VanRiette, Iola senior and administrative coordinator of Veggie Lunch, said he's been coming every week for a few years, and said that the different types of people who come are the most interesting part of the whole program. He also said that the heat may keep some people away in the summer, but joked that July would be even hotter inside the ECM.
Some people put in as much as $20, Reverend Thad Holcombe, ECM campus minister, said. Some don't put any in. As long as the program breaks even, it doesn't matter to him.
said that it was a lot more laid back in the summer because there were a lot less people. Dees said she liked the relaxed setting of the summer months, but also enjoyed the excitement of the fall and spring semesters.
Holcombe said that fall and spring Veggie Lunch normally serves about 110 to 130 guests every Thursday afternoon, while the summer lunches, still on Thursdays, only see about 30-40. Holcombe attributes the decrease in numbers to the summer heat and the lack of bodies around campus.
Mike Parrott, Austin graduate student and occasional volunteer cook, said the cooking process could be a "daunting" task, but there were always people to help out. Parrott said he volunteers for many reasons, one of which is because he thinks of it as helping others by putting food back into the community.
Holcombe has been involved with the program since its inception in 1999. Then it was just a small gathering, Holcombe said, but it grew into something bigger.
Students aren't the only ones to attend Veggie Lunch, either. Professors and Lawrence residents are also frequent visitors.
Richard I. lague, Lawrence resident,
also remembered the days when Veggie
Lunch was little more than a few friends eating together. But he still comes every week "like clockwork."
League said he really enjoyed coming and mingling with people of different ages.
"I love it," League said. "Some people call me a kid at heart. I've always been that way."
But overall, League said he just liked the whole experience in general.
"They're a very special group." League said. "They're very warm and friendly."
Kansan staff worker Dani Hurst can be reached at dhurstekansan.com
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