HOMECOMING'93
UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Monday, October 18, 1993
Spirits stay dry
Students and alumni brave downpours to see Jayhawks and friends
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
By Brian James Kansan staff writer
Paul Keeling stood on top of the stone display case in front of Watson Library on Friday afternoon armed with a video camera in one hand and a dry cloth in the other.
Jeremy Desch, Topeka junior, and Britton Haney, Topeka sophomore, put finishing touches on their homecoming float, built by Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega. The float took first place in Friday's parade.
The Kansas City, Kan., resident was waiting to videotape his daughter, Crystal, marching in the Turner High School Band during the homecoming parade on Jayhawk Boulevard.
"This is hit or miss," he said.
Keeling said he hoped he would not be foiled by the drizzling rain that had been falling all afternoon.
So it was also for KU's homecoming events, as rain fell most of the weekend.
But while drizzling rain and downpours dampened Lawrence, it did not deter people from enjoying the weekend's events.
Friday afternoon's parade had close to 500 spectators, KU police estimated.
The theme of the parade was "Recycle the Cyclones." The floats played on the theme, with some depicting the Iowa State mascot being shoved into a recycling bin by a jayhawk.
The float winners were Alpha Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon in the Best Moving Float category and Sigma Kappa and Zeta Beta Tau in the Best Non-Moving Float category. Second place went to the Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Delta Theta for moving and St. Lawrence Catholic Center for non-moving floats.
On Saturday, more than 28,000 people came to watch the Kansas-Iowa State football game at Memorial Stadium.
Heavy rains fell in the late morning and quit about an hour before kickoff. But many alumni kept dry in a tent set up on the tennis court southeast of the stadium before the game.
Inside the tent, the KU Alumni Jazz Band played while alumni and others ate a "chuck wagon style" buffet with hot dogs, polish sausage and cole slaw.
Most of the alumni inside the tent did not seem to mind the rainy day.
"It it's good to see all the friends back here," said Reg Cook, Leavenworth resident and class of '48.
His wife, Joan, class of '49, said that since their children also had graduated from KU, homecoming was even more special for them.
Others viewed the rain with mild concern.
Three members of the Alumni Band that would perform at halftime with the Marching Jayhawks sat at one of the tables and discussed the prospect of marching in the rain.
"Yea, we'll play, rain or shine," said Kevin Hawley, Lecompton resident and class of 78.
"I don't know. It's coming down pretty hard," said Amelia Aldrich, Tallahassee, Fla., resident and class of'83.
"We're tuba players — we're supposed to be tough, remember?" said J.R. Daniels, who lives near Dodge City and played in the band in 1881.
At another table, Ed Gaydess, Kansas City, Kan., resident, said that he and his daughter Sharon, class of '69, had missed one home football game since 1966.
"We keep coming back for the nostalgia," he said. "Even if it is raining, a win today would make it the perfect afternoon."
The Gaydess 'perfect afternoon was realized: Jay hawks 35, Cyclones 20.
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
Samantha Korshin, Ballwin, Mo., senior, practices with the drum corps, preparing to march down Jayhawk Boulevard. Korshin and the rest of the Jayhawk Marching Band started the parade processional Friday afternoon.
Richard Devinki / KAN$AN
Students, faculty and alumni wait for cake and punch at the Kansas Union during a ceremony that included the placement of items in a time capsule. Friday's rain forced the activities inside the Union from the East Plaza.
Time capsule ceremony marks end of renovation
By David Stewart
Kansan staff writer
KU students and alumni came home to the Kansas Union to celebrate the Union's renovation during a ceremony Friday afternoon.
Faculty, administrators and student officials welcomed more than 150 people to the Union's fourth-floor lobby in celebration of the completion of six years of construction.
Administrators and student representatives also added items to a new time capsule, designed to complement the capsule that was interred Oct. 1 in memory of KU students and faculty who died in World War I.
University officials outlined the importance of the Union during its 67 years of existence and its current role as the central meeting place for students.
From its 1921 conception as a yet-to-be funded World War I memorial to its near ruin in 1970 by a gutting fire, the Union has survived and flourished to become a vital center of campus life, Ambler said.
Chancellor Gene Budig thanked stu
"The Union now serves as the living room for the University," said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
"The Kansas Union has been the site of programs, protests and parties," Ambler said. "This renovation has set the style for future development at the University."
dents for their patience during the renovations.
"We do appreciate the sacrifice of students throughout this period of renovation," Budig said. "Many students have graduated and become alumni without seeing the completed Union."
Besides celebrating the new Union, students and University officials placed 40 items into an aluminum time capsule. The capsule will sit behind the 1993 cornerstone at the front of the Union's east alcove.
Margaret Hu, Lawrence senior and president of Student Union Activities, said that many of the capsule objects chosen by students had relevance to campus, national and international events.
One example was a pack of cigarettes and a copy of the campus no-smoking policy, Hu said. Another was the Sept. 14, 1993, edition of the Kansan with the news of the Israeli- Palestine Liberation Organization accord.
For those alumni returning to the University for homecoming weekend, the renovated Union was a dramatic change from the building they once had known.
Frank Owen, Lawrence resident and 1970 graduate who sat waiting for the celebration on a fourth-floor lobby bench with his wife, Milly, said, "It seems so accommodating to students. There's more things to do and certainly lots more space."
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