UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Monday, November 11, 1996
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Fans'antics reflect school pride
By Erin Rooney
Kansan staff writer
Scattered among the 48,800 people at Saturday's football game were loyal KU fans. These crimson-faced Jayhawks wore jackets, sweatshirts and ball caps that showed their school pride.
With his arms wrapped around his friends, Brett Flachsbarth, Lawrence junior, sang the alma mater and tried to keep up with the cheers.
"I have trouble with the hand claps. I don't have enough rhythm." he said.
Flachsbarth is just one of several die-hard Jayhawk supporters who rain or shine, football or basketball, are eager to cheer for Kansas.
Recent comments from football player Scott Whittaker upset some, but didn't discourage the true-blue fans. Todd Simms, Memphis, Tenn., junior, said that Whittaker's statement was frustrating, but that he understood some football players' resentment.
"They've got to hate being in the shadow of the basketball team." Simms said.
Two years ago, Simms and five of his friends bought stuffed Jayhawks attached
to cut-up basketballs from the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union for $15 each. Simms and the others from the fourth floor of Ellsworth Hall started wearing the 'Hawk Heads to football games.
By the time basketball season came around, the group had a following. Every television and newspaper that wrote about Kansas also mentioned the 'Hawk Heads.'
Eric B. Howell / KANSAN
Simms said that wearing the 'Hawk Heads was a way for his group to follow the team. Simms, a transfer student, was glad that he could be a part of a KU tradition.
"I went to Memphis State when Anfernee Hardaway was there and no one was into it as much," he said. "You go to a KU game and you have to go to bed afterwards because you're so worn out."
Another of the 'Hawk Heads, Kris Hassler, Washington, Kan., junior, came to the University of Kansas because his father and brother, both KU graduates, suggested it. Hassler called himself a big fan and said there was a time when he'd run home to see if he made ESPN's SportsCenter.
"It's almost second nature now," he said.
"It not necessarily our goal to get on TV, as it is to root for the 'Hawks, but if we do, it's a bonus."
KU students for the wheat after a KU touchdown Saturday. A large group of students cheered for the Kansas football team despite the final score.
Rock Chalk hopefuls await selection
Five acts will be chosen to perform in annual benefit
By Ashlee Roll
Kansan staff writer
All-nighters, musical scores, singing,
dancing and nerve-rracking interviews.
No, this is not the life of hopeful Broadway actors. For the past week it has been the reality of many Rock Chalk Revue participants.
On Friday, 12 living organizations submitted creative notebooks to the Rock Chalk Revue advisory board to be judged for the final selection on November 25th. The board will select the top five groups.
In past years, the music portion mainly consisted of the groups using popular songs and adding their own lyrics. This year, each organization is adding its own musical touch.
Each living organization prepared an original notebook containing music, an entire script, character sketches, and set designs for a 15- to 20-minute musical production.
"This is the first year that we had to have an original song," said Trey Hohman, Topeka senior and last year's best lead actor from Rock Chalk. He is also a Rock Chalk director for the Sigma Nu and Kappa Kappa Gamma organizations. "We have to write all the music and all the lyrics."
This year's theme, "On a Mission," was presented to students in September, and they have been working on their ideas since then.
"This year it was mildly calm and not as hectic as in past years," Hohman said. "Usually we start at 6 o'clock on Thursday and finish at noon on Friday, but this year we started on Wednesday."
very specific with their notebooks," he said.
Hohman also said that after working on the project for three months, the group wanted to make sure everything was perfect for the judges.
"It takes so long because everyone is
Matt Kennedy, Emporia senior and assistant executive director of Rock Chalk Revue, said the only rule in preparing notebooks was that there be no type of identification on them. Hohman said the ambiguity would provide for a more interesting show.
"When you have 15 groups trying to get in, you're going to have too many people with the same ideas," Hohman said. "It adds to creativity and fun."
On November 23rd and 24th, each living organization will have an oral interview with six judges. The groups will then perform a skit from their shows and answer questions from the reviewers.
The judges then will evaluate the groups and give them each a score. The five living organizations with the highest scores will participate in the Revue, March 13 to 15, 1997.
Hohman also said members did tend to get butterflies in their stomachs the day of the interviews and the day winners are
"This is the first year that we had to have an original song. We have to write all the music and all the lyrics."
Trey Hohman Topeka senior
announced.
"The two weeks waiting are really long," he said. "We did a great notebook, but whatever happens, happens."
KU pharmacy student named area delegate
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
A KU student will have chance to affect the future of pharmacy.
Janelle Bassgall, Great Bend senior and second year pharmacy student, was elected as the Academy of Students of Pharmacy's region six student delegate in October.
She will hold the position until next October when a new representative is chosen.
Basgall is one of 10 student delegates in the nation chosen to vote on proposals from pharmacy schools across the nation.
"Being a delegate is a big job to fill and is exciting to me," Basgall said. "I know I'll learn a lot from this."
She represents region six, which includes 12 pharmacy schools from Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas. There are about 12 schools in each region.
Proposals the delegates have voted on in the past have ranged from discouraging pharmacies from selling tobacco to adjusting prices of medication.
The delegates will travel to Washington, D.C., in January to present 15 of the proposals to Congress.
The Academy is the national professional pharmacy society for students in the United States and Puerto Rico. The student delegates are elected by the dean of each school in their region.
The representatives are elected based on their leadership in the school and only the top student leaders are chosen, said Jack Finchman, dean of the School of Pharmacy.
"This is a tremendous honor for Janelle, the KU American Student of Pharmacy chapter and the University of Kansas," he said.
Basgall was chosen as this year's delegate because of her leadership and professionalism in the School of Pharmacy, Finchman said.
Basgall has served as a social committee member and executive intern for the Association for Students of Pharmacy.
"I was active on the local and state level and the next progressive step was to be active on the regional level." Bassall said.
Voting on future pharmacy policy and regulation is only one of Basgall's duties. Another is communication.
As a delegate, Basgall is responsible for maintaining correspondence between the 12 region six schools.
"Each pharmacy school is unique and their individual needs should be shared. When we open the communication between the schools we can unite," Bagall said.
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