University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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HILLEL HOUSE by Marijo Newton Picture two people rushing around in a steamy kit- chen, lifting lids and peeking into an oven. The smells of chicken, rice, French bread and deserts float around the room. This Friday night is not a normal night for the residents of this house because they are serving dinner - for 30 people. The occasion? Jewish Shabbat dinner. The place? Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St. Besides Hillel, the campus organization for Jewish students, Hillel House is a co-ed, communal living orga- nization able to accommodate seven students each se- mester. Fall 1988, five men and two women lived in the house, then Spring 1989, six men lived in the house. These students are responsible for cooking their own meals, including an occasional Shabbat dinner, as well as cleaning and doing general housekeeping duties. I feel like I ' m on my own but I don ' t have to worry about things, said Ken Steinberg, St. Louis sophomore and Hillel resident. Steinburg said he got involved in Hillel House through his sister-in-law. She took me to one Shabbat dinner and I loved it. I ' ve been here ever since, he said. He liked the Jewish environment that the house pro- vided. For example, all the food is kosher and services are conducted on high holidays. Hillel is also involved in the Big Brother Big Sister program through the Lawrence Jewish Community Center. The program matches Jewish children in the community with students in Hillel. They do activities together, like going to the park or going bowling. Sometimes, the house gives parties for the children. The program is designed to show children ages 4-14 that there are other Jewish people in Lawrence, said Jennifer Marks, Overland Park sophomore and secre- tary of Hillel. Plus you get adopted by a family in Lawrence, added Steinberg. Among other activities that Hillel itself is involved in is the coordination of Israel Awareness Week in earl) ' May. A display is set up in the Kansas Union that provides information about Israel. The Hillel students also write letters to the Kremlin in the Soviet Union to help refusniks obtain visas. Refusniks are Soviet Jews who the government will not allow to leave the country. Hillel sponsors a family in the U.S.S.R. and is trying to help them leave the country. Hillel is also active in bringing lecturers to campus, including Elie Wiesel, in October. Weisel is a Jewish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Hillel keeps about 700 students informed of its acti- vites through mailings. Hillel House itself and Hillel, the larger organization, help Jewish students find a place at the University to practice their religious princi- ples. ! .,]- Fulkrrson Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St.

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tt El to That theory says that earth tempera- I, I ures may be slowly rising because green- I . it iouse gases such as carbon dioxide and ' ' ome pollutants are building up in the tmosphere, trapping heat near the arth ' s surface and aggravating a Irought. Bogner doesn ' t put much stock in that ' ' : i heory explaining the winter ' s conditions. ;:.:. It would have to take effect over hun- : , reds of years, Bogner said. You : j ouldn ' t be able to notice it over a life- ime. Bogner ' s statements are backed up by ; L , ;i mdings from the National Oceanic and Umospheric Administration reporting na tai significant evidence of temperature in- - -, rease in this country between 1895 and : ..j 987. The NOAA study analyzed re- : , : , ords of temperatures and precipitation rom about 6,000 locations for almost a ,..,.: entury and found only expected seasonal ariations. So much for December and January. ut what about the bone-chilling cold air -. HH ----- .5 -..;;, jitj nat abruptly entered the scene in Febru- The culprit responsible for that mur- ... .,, erous cold is an Omega Block that devel- ... ped in Alaska, according to Joe Eagle- , lan, professor of atmospheric sciences ' k ad of that department. Eagleman described the Omega Block .. .. SB a well-developed weather system with rcles of high pressure concentrated round it. The bands of high pressure ike the rounded shape of the Greek let- i omega, hence the name. Air pressure is literally a measure of ie weight of the atmosphere. The air t f as certainly heavy in Northway, Alaska, .. i n Jan. 31, the day before the cold air .ached us. On that Tuesday, the Na- . ( onal Weather Service recorded a baro- , letric reading of 31.85 inches, the high- j t atmospheric pressure ever measured in { le Western Hemisphere. Eagleman said that one of the charac- t teristics of this block of high pressure was its stability. Systems usually respond to heating in the tropics and cooling in the polar areas, he said. Heat is then transferred to the poles, and vice versa. That ' s the reason for winds. Sometimes though, there is less mix- ing for a while, and things stabilize. The stabilizing effect of the Omega Block built the intensity of the cold air, Eagleman said. Another factor was the long arctic nights in Alaska during the winter, resulting in only two or three hours of sunlight each day. The long periods without the sun ' s heat helped to build a pool of dense, frigid air that was the catalyst for Alaska ' s record-setting cold. The clockwise circulation of air around the high pressure system kept building in strength as it picked up more and more cold from the North Pole until it finally overpowered the warm air south of that system and pushed it toward Canada and the continental United States, Eagleman said. Andrew Morrison Taking advantage of the first snow of the year, David Whitaker, Onterville, Ohio, sophomore sleds behind McCollum Hall on Feb. 5. 27

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ew KU mascots congratulate trip winner at halftime of KU women ' s basketball Dial Classic Tournament. W ' HAWKS by Bretton Zinger It all began on March 27, 1988, in Pontiac, Mich. )ebi Moore, KU alumna, was called on to wear the iaby Jayhawk mascot uniform for the pre-game activit- I ' rs of a KU NCAA tournament basketball game. But fter donning the costume, Moore noticed that the suit ' as looking worn out and that something should be ' one. Once you were up close, Moore said, you could |;;e they were in really bad shape. I thought that we ught to have some kind of fundraiser to restore them. | ihe asked Emerson Hazlett, KU faculty member, for : ,elp. Hazlett grabbed a notebook, headed for the alumni ! ection of the stands and began to take pledges, mostly if $50 or $100 each. ; He ended up with $ 1 1 70 just from those at the game. Later that evening, on the way back to the hotel I ounge, they began to pass the hat for more dona- ions. The ball just started rolling and everyone was laving a ball, recalled Moore, who had been a mascot vhen she was a KU student in 1974-75. I just grabbed omebody ' s hat and began collecting. Wint Winter Jr., Kansas state senator, got up and said, Buy ' Hawks, not beer! Contests began between friends to see who could donate the most money end even some Kansas State fans, whose team had just lost to the Jayhawks, donated some money. An additional $941 was raised after the game. The snowball kept growing after the group returned to Lawrence when a fund was set up for the donations. Money came in from alumni, student and fans who wanted to see the mascots perfected. Approximately six weeks after it all began, $2387 had been raised for the new mascot uniforms. The rest of the $2800 bill was made up by the KU Spirit Squad. The new mascots, one big Jayhawk and one Baby Jay, were designed after meetings with those who wore the old mascot uniforms about what changes needed to be made. The result was two brand-new outfits that were to be used at home games. The Baby Jayhawk was designed with a one-piece body suit with cheerleading competitions in mind. Elaine Brady, KU Spirit Squad coordinator, said The Baby Jay is more mobile. It can do tumbling maneuvers with the cheerleaders which the old mascot couldn ' t do. -V The old Baby Jayhawk uniform. 29