monday. march 1,2004
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the university daily kansan
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Greek awards recognize best achievements of 2003
By Azita Tafreshi
atafreshi@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
As members of the Academy presented Hollywood's top honors at the Oscar awards, the Greek community at the University of Kansas also got into the spirit of the awards season.
A crowd of nearly 2,000 people gathered at the Lied Center last night to recognize the accomplishments of greek community at the 15th annual Greek Recognition Night.
Awards were presented to Panhellenic and Interfaternity chapters as well as outstanding individual members of the greek community
for their achievements in 2003.
"We take it seriously because not only does it help us recognize those people, but it also motivates them to strive for excellence in the future," the Prairie Village sophomore said.
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta sororites and Delta Chi fraternity all took home the evening's top honor, the Chapter Excellence Award.
The award is based on performance in seven different categories, said Emilie Guenther, vice president of interfraternal relations for the Panhellenic Association. The Overland Park junior said that the categories included: risk management, community relations, interfraternal relations, alumni relations, financial management and operations, scholarship programming and membership development.
Winning the Chapter Excellence Award is an important honor for a sorority or fraternity, said Ashley Male, member of Delta Delta Delta. The Leawood junior said that when prospective members saw that a chapter was doing well, it could have a posi-
To be eligible for this category, chapters submitted an award application and log book that detailed their activities and records, Guenthersaid.
live effect on recruitment.
University faculty and administrators, alumni, and executive board members from both the Panhellenic Association and the Interfraternity Council selected the winners for chapter and individual awards, Guenther said.
Other awards recognized academic success, leadership, participation within the greek community, outstanding new members and senior men and women.
Individual award winners submitted an application and then
Outstanding Greek Senior Men
Jacob Albers, PI Kappa Phi
Michael Dalbom, Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Epstein
Richard Friesner, Theta Chi
Ben Kirby, Theta Chi
Andy Knopp, Theta Chi
Outstanding Greek Senior Women
Catherine Bell, Chi Omega
Kendra Buscho, Alpha Chi Omega
Shelby Gigous, Alpha Chi Omega
Genevieve Gordon, Pi Beta Phi
were interviewed by a committee of faculty, chapter advisers, house mothers and executive board
Kari Kelly, Kappa Alpha Theta Amy Potter, Sigma Kappa
Chapter Excellence Award
Recipients
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Delta Chi Fraternity
Delta Delta Sorority
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Source: Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council
Edited by Paul Kramer
members.
Students get taste of culture
Performances dinner end Asian Festival
By Marc Ingber
minger@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Daniel Krejci celebrated the end of last week's Asian Festival by attending the Taste of Asia cultural performances and dinner on Saturday.
"My friend is bringing pancit, which is a Filipino noodle dish, and it happens to be my favorite food," said Kreci, Olathe freshman, as he waited for the dinner buffet line to start.
"We had a lot of problems at rehearsal yesterday so we were kind of worried."
Once in line, Krejci was happy to see a buffet that not only had pancit, but dishes that he had never tried.
Victoria Li
Overland Park sophomore
These included Japanese croquettes, vegetables and minced meat molded into a ball, bulgolgi, a Korean beef dish, and kimbop, rolls of rice wrapped in seaweed.
Victoria Li, Overland Park sophomore; Rachel Li, Shawnee Mission South student; Andrea Showalter, Shawnee Mission Northwest student; Pauline Sung, Leavenworth junior; Tracy Hsiao, Wichita senior; Anna Kowalewski, Overland Park junior, performed during a Chinese fan dance during Saturday's Taste of Asia celebration. The dancers were members of the Shawnee Mission Center for International Studies and the Asian American Student Union.
crowd of about 150 people, also included crab rangoons, Vietnamese spring rolls, sushi, dumplings and rice.
The buffet, which attracted a
Krejci said he enjoyed all the food, but pancit was still number one in his book.
Katie Naeve, Ames, Iowa, junior, said the Taste of Asia was a great opportunity to try new foods.
Union president, and Sarah Scearcy, Brainerd, Minn., sophomore and AASU secretary, dancing to Outkast's The Way You Move.
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
"I had never tried Japanese croquettes or pancit before. It was interesting, but really good too," she said.
Their dance was followed by a Japanese gymnastic performance, a Korean song and a Chinese fan dance.
After dinner, Krejci and 300 other students made their way over to the Kansas Union Ballroom, where the performances were being held.
were being show started off with Anna Kowalewski, Overland Park junior, and Asian-American Student
After a brief intermission, all of the students from different Asian groups put on a cultural fashion show, one of the highlights of the event.
The different wardrobes included traditional Korean and Filipino costumes as well as Japanese school-girl uniforms.
Each student modeled a different outfit while walking down the stage, which was shaped like a runway, as another member of their organization described what the "models" were wearing.
The fashion show was followed by the Sinagtala group, which performed a cultural Filipino dance to the beat of drums.
Afterwards, Victoria Li, Overland Park sophomore and coordinator of the event, sang a modern Cantonese song and invited members of the audience to
dance on stage.
The finale of the performances was a screening of Thank You From Hell, the film that won the Asian film festival, which was held last Tuesday. The comedic horror film was made by Vinh
Nguyen, Overland Park senior.
Kreji said he enjoyed all the performances but he liked the acrobatic skill of the Sinagtala Filipino dance group the best.
Li said she was unsure of how the event would turn out, but was
happy with the results.
"We had a lot of problems at rehearsal yesterday so we were kind of worried," she said. "But everything turned out wonderful."
Edited by Cindy Yeo
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