University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 22,1977
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Volunteers to be honored
"Volunteering is doing something" is more than a slogan to about 200 KU students involved with the Volunteer Clearinghouse program.
next week the Volunteer Clearinghouse, which refers students to 46 community agencies, will honor students as part of National Volunteer Week.
"The purpose of National Volunteer Week and our Volunteer Recognition Day here at KU is to thank all of our volunteers for their service," said Clearinghouse coordinator, said Tuesday.
THE MAIN activity planned by the citingheen will be a volunteer workshop.
the Toppea Voluntary Action Center. Preiser also will speak on "Everything you need to know about volunteerism but didn't know who to ask" from 9 a.m. to noon, on Monday in the Lawrence of the Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 1th St.
The staff at the Volunteer Clearinghouse is planning a special Volunteer Recognition Day for next week and plans to run ads in next week's Kansans to thank volunteers.
Today is the last day to preregister for $3
for the workshop. Registration at the door
will be on Friday, April 10.
KU students volunteer their services to the
choreshouse for a variety of reasons.
Most student volunteers go into the Big
Last year, the Volunteer Clearhinge program recruited and placed 60 students in the Big Brother program and 50 in the Big Sister program.
Brother-Big Sister program in Lawrence, Tereshko said.
The programs match volunteers one-fone with an underprivileged elementary student.
The Office of Affirmative Action said it took on its action and didn't comment on its investment.
KUAC hostess job now open to males
KUAC revised the ad to read "hosts and hostesses" in Tuesday's Kansas. The original deadline last Friday was extended to yesterday to give men the opportunity to apply, but none did. More than 60 women have applied for the 12 positions.
McElihenie said yesterday that the revised ad and policy complied with Title
Ram Rosel, Ozark, Mo., junior, and roommate, Lisa Bennett, Lawrence junior, both participated this semester in the Big Sister program through the clearinghouse.
Jerry Waugh, recruiting coordinator for the football game, said KUAC changed the ad to comply with Title IX but it really wasn't interested in male applicants. Waugh said he has had hostesses recruit. Nonetheless, Waugh said, applications from men would be considered.
By JOAN McMULLEN Staff Reporter
The job calls for women, Waugh said, best equipped to do a better job than you might in our country.
WAUGH SAID football prospects saw many facets of the University and that the hostesses showed them KU's social life. The prospects also meet with alumni, faculty, Lawrence merchants and members of the athletic program.
"I really wanted to do something constructive with my time, and helping underprivileged children was a good way to do this," Rosell said.
Waugh said he thought it was "wholesome" for recruits to visit with women, even though recruits usually were by both a hostess and a football player.
Staff Reporter
"The whole thing has been blown way out of proportion." Waugh said, responding to a recent letter to the editor in Wednesday's Kansan, charging that the ad had sexual
KUAC advertised in the University Day Kansan last Wednesday and Thursday that applications were being accepted for Sunflower hostesses, Fred McElhene, and Jennifer Cogden, a committee on single sex organizations, said yesterday that he phoned KUAC and told them the ad was in violation of Title 14. Cogden implied positions for women only.
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation (KUAC) will now accept applications from males as well as females for its Sunflower hostess program.
KUAC, which coordinates the Sunflower hostesses, has met with criticism recently because it allegedly discriminates against males when recruiting for the Sunflower jobs. The KUAC traditionally has taken applications from women only, but amended the policy Tuesday to include men.
The Sunflower hostesses assist the athletic department in the recruitment of
TITLE IX of the University regulations says that campus organizations may not offer membership to students.
connotations and insulted students and recruits. The letter also expressed the hope that recruits wouldn't need the “enticement of KU bunnies.”
Waugh said that the letter was unraffied to theresses and that he bespoke its implication.
HANK HETTWER, assistant for the athletic program, said 12 girls were chosen each year to be hostesses. Some of the criteria used in selecting the girls are knowledge of the University and the athletic program, background, personality, availability of time, grade point average and ability to communicate.
"If they said that about my daughter I'd be mad," he said.
Hettet said the Sunflower hostesses were a voluntary group that served as receptionists for some KUAC events and as escorts for some football and basketball games.
The girls are chosen by a selection committee comprising Hettwer, athletic department secretaries and other athletic coaches, changing committee members annually.
SOME STUDENTS contact the clearinghouse to complete course requirements calling for service to the community or the University.
Debbie Lamfers, Salina sophomore, volunteered at the Hilltop Child Development Center to complete part of the requirements for a Social Welfare class.
"We were required to do some type of volunteer work and I chose Hillott to get experience working with children," she said.
The Volunteer Clearinghouse staff reports that most of the volunteers are self-motivated to offer their services and have been able to keep up to experience new avenues of life.
Organized living groups and University clubs also call the clearinghouse to volunteer their services to the community and the University.
THESE GROUPS often help with planned events and help to help on special projects. Tshesako is a
Under the 'Adopt-A-Grandparent' program, Bodron visited an elderly woman an average of two to three times a week at Wakarua Manor. 1800 W. 27th St.
Betty Boodro, Leawood freshman, volunteered for the clearinghouse's "Adopt-a-Grandparent" program because she was working with handicapped elderly persons.
The Volunteer Clearinghouse has two offices, one in 114B of the Kansas Union and the other in the Douglas County Court House.
SUA Films Chairperson Interviews
Interviews for the 1977-78 Film Chairperson positions will be held on Wednesday, April 27. Please sign up in the SUA office for an interview time if you are interested in film programming.
Positions Available:
Summer Films Chairperson
Popular Films Chairperson
Classical Films Chairperson
Independent/Experimental Films Chairperson
Midnight Movies/Special Films Chairperson
Public Relations Committee
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Films
Chairperson
Chairperson
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
and
THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS present
Cosi Fan Tutte
A Comic Opera in Two Acts
by
W. A. Mozart
April 22,23,29,30
8:00 p.m.
University Theatre—Murphy Hall Ticket Reservations: 864-3982
K. U. Students admitted without charge with current Certificate of Registration
This program is partially funded by the Student Activity Fund.
The Entertainment Center of Lawrence
the Lawrence OperaHouse
The Downtown Sandwich Shop