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monday, april 19, 2004
Valerie Dolls, a theater student at the University of Kansas, worked the crowd and sang Goldfinger from the James Bond films during the Brown Bag Drag Show. Dolls was a crowd favorite and performed Dolly Parton's Nine to Five and When You're Good to Mama from the musical Chicago.
Dennis Rieger received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University in 1972 and went on to earn a master's degree in business administration in 1974. He died of diabetes at age 47.
GROUNDBREAKING: Hall to resemble buildings in neighborhood
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Rieger said she was excited to see the hall starting to become a reality and that she and her husband have been thrilled with its "friendly" residential design.
"He died way too young," Annette Rieger said, "and we thought this would be a really nice way to honor him."
Throughout the architectural planning phase of the hall, the traditional building committee and a community advisory committee helped Treanor Architects to ensure that the design of the hall would mirror the look of the surrounding neighborhood.
The 17,550-square-foot hall,
which the Riegers said they
"Coming into a neighborhood that already exists, one of the things that we wanted to do was make it look more like a home and less like a hall," said Jason Holborow, St. Louis junior and student member of the Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall Building Committee.
"I'm pretty excited to be able to walk into a building that I had a hand in designing," Holborow said.
include Kelly Clarkson's Miss Independent, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' I Love Rock'n' Roll and Letters to Cleo's version of I Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick.
Halborow said he was looking forward to watching construction of the hall progress in his final year at the University.
would like students to nickname "Denny's," is scheduled to open in fall 2005 and will be home to 50 women.
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DRAG: Prospective and current students take in the show
She said she had been practicing for about six months, but that she learned her chosen songs within the last couple of days.
Scholarship hall residents pay approximately $1,400 less per year than students living in residence halls in exchange for agreeing to contribute six hours per week to household and cooking responsibilities.
The addition of the new scholarship hall to the University also means increased opportunities for students in the form of a reduced-cost living situation, said Overstreet, Wichita senior.
Although most of the performers lip-synced, Banks, St. Joseph, Mo., resident, chose to actually sing a couple of numbers including Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles.
"That cooperative environment is such a unique experience." Overstreet said. "And I'm excited that there will be 50 more students each year who
Kordova said she was happy that a group of prospective students on a campus tour stopped
This year's show was Katie Kordova's first time performing.
Banks' performances were the best part of the show, said Jessica Durrett, Battle Creek, Mich., junior.
She said she admired Banks singing because she was a singer herself.
Courtesy of University Relations
Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall, pictured in this artist's rendering, will be the 11th scholarship hall on campus.
"It's nice that each year it's the most popular event and that it's still becoming more popular."
Jimmie Manning, co-director of Queers and Allies and Liberal graduate student, said he was glad that the drag show had sustained its popularity.
Jet Ekroll, Bergen, Norway, resident, who came to the University to visit his girlfriend, said he had been to other shows before, but none were as flamboyant.
will be able to be part of our community."
— Edited by Ashley Arnold
A second scholarship hall for men will also eventually be built immediately north of Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall.
by to see the show. It's heartening to get recognized as a part of the community, she said.
"it's nice that each year it's the most popular event and that it's still becoming more popular," Manning said.
Jimmie Manning Co-director of Queers and Allies
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RUDD FOUNDATION: Publicity needed to keep business fund
to repay the foundation once the business turns profits, but unlike a bank loan, if the business fails, the recipient is not personally liable for repayment, said Wellems, Andover, Minn., junior.
Applications are reviewed by the Rudd Foundation. The foundation bases its selections mostly on the risks of the students' business proposals and the sums of money the students request. The main stipulation of the award is that the business is operated in Kansas.
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Morrow and Wellems are teaming up to apply for funding to start their own import/export company.
Morrow said foreign students were severely limited in earning money because they can't work off campus and can only work limited hours on campus.
What they aren't limited to is money made off trade, Morrow said.
With their company, they would use the funds to finance foreign students to buy items from their country to sell back on eBay to turn profit.
Johnson, director of the fund,
will give a free informational
meeting at 7:30 tomorrow night
at the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics. Students can learn more
at www.ruddfoundation.com.
— Edited by Meghan Brune