THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007
NEWS
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GREEK LIFE
Recruitment goes high-tech
System lets sororities use Internet to select new members
BY SARAH NEFF
sneff@kansan.com
The time-honored tradition of sorority recruitment has some digital.
This year, the application and selection process for Panhellenic Association formal recruitment will use a new online system. Potential members filled out an electronic
application before Rush Week. After each round of recruitment, chapters can turn in their choices using the online system.
Christy Steinbrueck, Lake St. Louis, Mo., senior and vice president of Panhellenic sorority recruitment, said the system made her job easier. She said that in past summers, Steinbrueck and her colleagues had to
Jessica Crabaugh/KANSAN
Freshman Caroline Brown signs up for formal sorority recruitment Saturday at the Kansas Union. This year, freshmen women were able to sign up online for recruitment.
type in all the information from the applications, and it would take most of the summer. With the new system, it all downloads into a spreadsheet.
"The new system has made things a lot easier, and it's a lot faster to get info out to chapters," Steinbrueck said.
This semester about 780 women will go through the formal sorority recruitment process. There are 55 trained recruitment counselors who will help the potential members through the process.
While the women are formally introducing recruits to their chapters and entertaining them with songs and skits, the fraternity men will welcome their new members. The majority of freshmen men moved in during the weekend to get acquainted with their brothers and to participate in Hawk Week.
Michael Gillespie, Ashland junior and vice president of recruitment for the Interfraternity Council, said it was important for the men to be exposed to their fraternity and to the University before school starts. He also said men's recruitment wouldn't be going completely electronic anytime soon because fraternity recruitment traditionally occurred during their senior year in high school.
"It would be beneficial," Gillespie said. "But there's not necessarily a need for it since formal recruitment numbers are lower for us."
This year the Interfraternity Council had 86 formal recruits. Gillespie said that was the highest number they had ever had. Last year they had 72.
Gillespie said the council had been working to increase those numbers. They have been going to high schools and doing classroom presentations to educate young men about fraternities. He said they were trying to break the stereotype that fraternities are all parties by emphasizing the philanthropy and camaraderie.
Edited by Dianne Smith
MOVIES
Largest spider on campus 'Movie on Hill' starts semester's film events
BY MATT LINDBERG mlindberg@kansan.com
While Hollywood's favorite web slinger received mixed reviews for the third installment of the comic
If you were one of the few who didn't get caught in the web that was the massive success of Spider-Man 3, or just can't wait until its October DVD release,
Student Union Activities will be screening the blockbuster sequel at 8 p.m. Friday for Hawk Week's annual Movie on the Hill.
"We wanted as big of a movie as possible," said Shawn Bowers.
"It's a movie that is definitely worth seeing because it's one of the biggest movies of 2007," Bowers said. "Spider-Man 3 has a great cast and crew of talent who put together the movie. It deserves to be seen on a big screen, and the SUA gives people another chance to enjoy the experience."
book hero series, the film seemed like a logical choice for the movie on Daisy Hill event to students.
director of public relations."SUA likes to think big. We wanted something that appeals to all audiences and we feel like Spider-Man 3 does."
"Spider-Man is one of those movie franchises that are easily recognizable, like 'Star Wars' or Harry Potter."
"I felt it was an obligation to see Spider-Man 3 based on just the hype surrounding the movie and special effects I saw in the previews," said Matt Mandelbaum,
MATT MANDELBAUM Wichita Sophomore
The appeal of the third installment of the Spider-Man franchise shows in its numbers. According to the Box Office Mojo Web site, www.boxofficemojo.com, Spider-Man 3 earned $59 million on opening day, shattering the previous single-day gross record held by Pirates of the Caribbean; Dead Man's Chest, Spider-Man 3 tallied a record $382 million in its opening weekend.
Wichita sophomore. "I didn't like it as much as the first two installments but Spider-Man is one of those movie franchises that is easily recognizable, like Star Wars or Harry Potter. It has become so widely recognizable that it just seems like a perfect movie for the SUA to show for such a big event."
In addition to being the film shown for Hawk Week's Movie
on the Hill,
Spider-Man 3
will also serve
as a prelude to
guest speaker
Chris Daniels,
a Hollywood
stuntman who
served as Tobey
Maguire's
stuntman for
all three Spider-
Man films.
Daniels will
"We try to pick a good mixture of the popular summer movies and then some that people wouldn't necessarily see in theaters because there isn't a big hype surrounding the movie, such as Stardust, Bowers said.
Stardust, based on the popular Neil Gaiman novel of the same name, stars an ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Danes. It was released August 10.
Advanced screenings of films are also events to look for this semester. Bowers said last semester's early screening of what turned out to be a big summer hit, Knocked Up, went well and inspired future advanced screenings.
"We had 500 people attend, which filled Woodruff Auditorium and was a great feeling." Bowers said. As a result of success with Knocked Up, SUA has arranged for an advanced screening of the Jamie Foxx action film. The King
"It deserves to be seen on a big screen, and the SUA gives people another chance to enjoy the experience."
SHAWN BOWERS SUA Director of Public Relations
speak about his experiences working on the inovies at 7 p.m. August 29 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
SUA will show more movie screenings later in the semester, including Hairspray, Ratatouille, Knocked Up, Stardust and the annual screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
before its Sept.
28 release date.
Bowers said he knew pirating was an issue during advanced screenings, but he thought SUA kept the problem under control.
"We have been very
pleased with KU students." Bowers said. "Of course we pay closer attention when we have advanced screenings, such as Knocked Up, or The Kingdom, but we just have faith in KU students to not try and do that."
— Edited by Kyle Carter
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