Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Lyndsey Bortnick, Kansas City freshman, opens her mailbax and takes out her mails and cookies Monday afternoon at Corbin Hall. The traditions week of Corbin and GSP halls started on Monday. All residents in Corbin Hall and GSP were given cookies in their mailbox in celebration of an old tradition of the halls.
The week began with cookies and will end with fashion.
Traditions Week for GSP-Corbin Hall started Monday morning with a cookie for every woman, celebrating an earlier tradition of baking during the late hours.
Women in the all-female residence halls will have events all week to recognize and honor the halls’ histories.
“There are not many all-female, all-male halls left,” said Natalie Timson, complex director of GSP-Corbin. “Anytime you have one, you should do the best you can to celebrate its uniqueness.”
Each day will provide an activity for the women that honors a past tradition for the halls.
Luckily for the women of GSP-Corbin, they are only celebrating the days of a strict 10 p.m. curfew on Curfew Night, not reinstating it. Games and snacks will be available at that time on Tuesday night in GSP.
Abby Woody, Hutchinson sophomore, said she’s excited about Curfew Night, and chuckled as she explained that the women were not only in bed by 10 p.m., but tucked in as well.
Erin Pringle, assistant complex director for Corbin, said she is most looking forward to the formal tea on Wednesday.
“I’ve never been to one,” Pringle said. “I’m sure a lot of the women never have. We’ve learned a lot about the history of GSP-Corbin.”
Pringle organized Friday’s main event: A real-woman fashion show. The women will wear their own clothes and strut down the catwalk for their fellow residents.
“We really wanted to put on an empowering program for women,” Pringle said. “To challenge stereotypes of what the media thinks we should look like.”
Pringle has worked with the women’s center in Lawrence to help destroy body image problems women struggle with. Pringle said she hoped the women of GSP-Corbin would enjoy the fashion show and learn that beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes.
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Erin Pringle, assistant complex director for Corbin, said she is most looking forward to the formal tea on Wednesday.
Alumni from GSP-Corbin will be invited to participate in Woman to Woman, a session for past and present residents to meet and chat about their experiences in the halls. The women will enjoy smoothies, massages, manicures and henna tattoos from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday.
“The girls loved the massages and henna tattoos last year,” said Ashleah Smith, Phillipsburg senior and resident advisor for GSP. “Woman to Woman was the biggest program of traditions week, I know the staff really looks forward to it.”
Timson said planning for the week included some creative ideas and a supportive hall council to fund the events.
“It’s a time to celebrate our history and honor those who came before us. And maybe we’ll leave a legacy that others can follow.”
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan.com.
— Edited by Joe Caponio
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