Thursday, April 12, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Amateurs play ball for Habitat
Student competition raises money for needy
By Cynthia Malakasik
writer @kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Sweating and panting, Bryan Seek had trouble catching his breath as he said he had a good time.
"Pay $5 to get your pride wounded," he joked. The Wichita freshman was one of the 63 University of Kansas students who paid a $5 fee to try out for an amateur basketball team last night at Allen Fieldhouse. The team selected will compete against a team comprised of senior KU basketball players Saturday. April 28 at the Fieldhouse.
Seck and the rest of the participants showed off their basketball skills doing layups, taking jump shots and competing five-on-five scrimmages. KU basketball players Jeff Boschee, Nick Collison, Jeff Carey and Kirk Hinrich judged the competition.
The event, NCAA for a Day, was organized by the University's junior greek council. Rosemary Rolls, the council's vice president for community service, said the event was part of a series of fund-raisers for the House that Greeks Built for the Lawrence Habitat for Humanity.
Rolls, Harrisonville, Mo., freshman, said members of the Greek community would be building the house during Homecoming week in the fall. She said it was a Greek tradition to spend one year raising money and then to build the house the following year.
"We're also here to see how out of shape we are," she said.
Kristin Maphies, Overland Park freshman, said she tried out because the event was for a good cause.
Kelly McNearney, Panhellenic Council vice president for interfairman relations, said she hoped to raise $12,000. The money from the fees and the tickets to the game, which cost $8, will go toward the philanthropy.
McNearney said she anticipated a big turnout at the game because it had received a lot of publicity and generated interest to KU alumni and basketball fans outside of Lawrence.
Seniors Eric Chenowith and Kenny Gregory will represent the KU basketball team. Former KU basketball players Nick Bradford, Terry Nooner and Jerod Haase will also play for the team. Luke Axelt will sign autographs but will not compete because of an injury.
The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 28. KU basketball players
will start signing autographs at 1:30 p.m.
Michael Neitzel, Dallas senior, back, tries to stop Peter Haack, Columbia Heights, Minn., senior, from driving to the basket. They were two of 63 greek members who tried out for the NCAA for a Day team last night at Allen Fieldhouse. Photo by Laurie Skiers KANSAN
- Edited by Melinda Weave.
Residence halls unable to fill government spots
By Sarah Warren writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Democracy seemed near dead in the University's residence halls after the hall government elections produced a full roster of elected officials in only one of the seven residence halls.
Keith Van Horn, McCollum Hall president and Wichita senior, said that only McCollumn came away from the April 4 and April 5 elections with a full hall government executive board. Other residence halls will have elections in the fall to fill those positions left open.
"We filled all four positions and I think we were the only residence
McCollum only hall to elect all officials
hall on campus who had someone run for all four positions," Van Horn said. "A few halls may have had presidents and vice presidents filled but failed to fill the secretary and treasurer positions."
Theresa Richter, Lewis Hall president and Lenexa junior, said that the hall had no official candidates, only write-ins. Of the write-ins, only one candidate received 20 or more votes, which, Richter said, is the number required by the Association of University Residence Halls to officially win a seat.
Richter, who was a write-in candidate herself last year, said that Lewis wasn't the only hall with extremely low voter turnout.
"I know that all of the halls had difficulty," she said. "For example, I think Oliver had only six people vote."
Andrew Johnson, Ellsworth Hall president and Kearney, Mo., freshman, said that Ellsworth's voter turnout wasn't so bad—60 to 70 people —but that a lack of candidates was the problem.
"We had a write-in for president but not for any other positions," he said. "We're going to hold elections next year to fill the other positions, which is the way to go because not too many people are returning to Ellsworth."
In fact, Johnson said that he won his position because elections were held again in the fall.
"No one ran last spring semester and no one was really written in so they just saved it for fall semester," he said.
Richter said that one possible reason for a lack of interest in voting and running in hall government elections was timing.
"I think people get confused because the Senate elections are at the same time," he said.
Meanwhile, Van Horn said the lack of residents returning to the residence halls also could be at fault.
"I think that just adds to the apathy," he said. "Those who don't return may not vote and those who are returning don't think they need to vote."
Angela Gashaw, Oliver Hall vice president and Osborne sophomore, said that holding elections in the fall would increase turnout and reduce confusion.
"What Oliver wants to do is to always have fall elections because you'd have a better turnout and that would get rid of some of the confusion with Student Senate elections," she said
— Edited by Melinda Weaver
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