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Wednesday, April 27,1977
University Daily Kansan
Greeks alter party-only custom
By JAN DECKER
Staff Reporter
Mention Greek Week and meet University of Kansas student think of beer parties,
Although Greek representatives agree that these functions are part of the activities, they also say that Greek Week 1977, which began Sunday, has another side.
That other side emphasizes talent, culture and philanthropy within the Greek system, Jo Laffert Larson, Great Bend sophomore and Greek Week chairman, said yesterday.
"We are stereotyped as partyers," Larson said, "and we'd like to make people aware that there is more to the Greek community and to Greek life than that."
SEVERAL PROJECTS planned for Greek Week, such as the Greek Week Art Show, are designed to raise that awareness, Larson said.
The purpose of the art show is to display talent within the Greek system. Linda Bassett, a sculptor, created a large scale
Artwork by Greeks is being displayed from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. today through
Student reports weekend theft
Television and stereo equipment valued at $1,135 was taken from a KU student's residence at 906 Emery Road sometime last Thursday and Monday afternoon.
Lawrence police said the student's front door had been pried open, possibly with a screw driver. A sliding patio door was found inside the apartment. The displacement apparently was removed from it.
Among the items taken were a portable television, an AM-FM, eight-track stereo phonograph, two speakers and 115 record albums.
Police said they had a suspect.
"We decided to hold the show downtown so that we could display the art to the community as well as to the campus," McKie said.
THE FIRST FOR the KU Greek system, the art show display includes textile designs, paintings, photography, glassware, jewelry, pottery, cartooning and wood-
Sunday at the Marketplace, Eighth and New Hamshire streets.
Another Greek Week activity, the Greek Sing, displays vocal talents in a show at 8 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence High School. Tickets are $1.50.
The program is a choral contest among nine fraternity-sorority groups. Each group will sing two songs from their choir, recorded and original, according to Bruce Douglas, chairman of the Greek Sing. Representatives from two fraternities will compete for individual awards.
DOUGLAS SAID the Greek Sing also has promoted friendship among different Greek houses and has made the community and University more aware of Greek life.
"The people in the choral groups were picked from a lottery." Douglas said. "That threw a lot of people together who'd never gotten together before."
Proceeds from the ticket sales will be used to pay for Greek Week expenses. Any extra money will be donated to the Kansas University Special Olympics for the Mentaly Retarded.
The Special Olympics will benefit directly from another Greek Week activity—the Games.
THE SUPERSTARS is a series of events in which athletes from Greek houses compete in various events for contributions solicited from the Lawrence community and the Greek houses. All contributions will be donated to the Special Olympics.
Several KU administrators and one athletic coach have volunteered to run a race.
superstars competition. Ted Owens, KU basketball coach; Kala Steward, dean of women; and Robert Turvey, assistant to the dean of men; are among those entered.
THIS IS THE first time a philanthropy for the Special Olympics has been held by KU Greeks, Rick Chambers, cochairman of the superstars, said.
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Chambers said it was likely that the superstars competition would become a permanent part of Greek Week because it involved in something fun for a good cause.
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Superstars competition begins at 4:30 today with a bowling tournament in the Kansan Union Jaybowel. Free throw, tennis, and baseball will begin at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow competitions will be at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Veterans Park, 19th and Louisiana Street. Competition concludes with foot races, the obstacle course race and the handball tournament. On Saturday at Holcom Sports Complex.
He estimated the competition would raise between $500 and $1,000 for the Special Prize.
Louis Rukesey, host of public television's "Wall Street Week," will be the speaker for the nimb J. A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture in p.m. May 3 in Woodruff Auditorium.
He served 11 years as a political and foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Times.
Following the example of his tauke, a well-known financial reporter and author, Rukesay has had a distinguished career as an economics broadcaster, lecturer, columnist and author since his graduation from Princeton University in 1964.
Rukesey has been the host of "Wall Street Week" since it began in 1970. The show's formula came from Rukesey's knack for turning complicated economic theories into talk that Rukesey said made "the eyes pop open and their nostrils fark."
He was nominated for the Emmy and Peabody Awards in 1970 for that work, and for a Peabody in 1972 for his daily radio commentary "Rukesver's World."
His book, "How to Make Money in Wall Street," has won several literary awards.
Economist to be Vickers speaker
won two Overseas Press Club awards for his coverage of development in Southeast
He later joined ABC News as a senior correspondent and commentator. He worked in Paris and London, then returned to New York where he was a first national economics commentator.
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Former lecturers in the series have included Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan, Adm. Eloz Zumwalt, former chief of naval operations, and George Bush, director of the CIA.
Interest from the $100,000 endowment fund has been used to bring prominent citizens to KU to debate or discuss subjects "vital to maintaining a free political and social environment."
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