Thursday, March 15, 2007
TOPEKA — The University took over two floors of the Statehouse in Topeka for five hours Wednesday to promote various crimson and blue activities.
The fourth annual “KU in the Capitol” event featured more than 20 organizations, a chili lunch sponsored by the KU Alumni Association and a speech by Chancellor Robert Hemenway, who spoke about the University’s 100,000th Kansas Honor Scholar.
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During the fourth "KU day at the capitol," lobbyist Kent Eckles chats with a deans office staff member Lindsey Hoover at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences booth at the state capitol. Eckles made a point to visit the booth during a break because he was a CLAS student while he was a student at KU. During the event, many KU departments set up booths to represent various parts of the college to government employees.
As state Senators and Representatives visited University booths, workes from the booths said the discussions focused mostly on an organization that wasn’t present; the men’s basketball team.
“We’re getting a lot of comments about not dropping out in the first round this year,” said Chris Lansdell, marketing assistant for KU Athletics.
However, Hemenway said he was there to address an important issue other than basketball: Honor scholars.
Hemenway said the University recognized the top 10 percent of high school students in the state and that Audrey Allison, a senior at Larned High school, became the 100,000th honor scholar last month.
“We think Audrey Allison represents the best and the brightest in the state of Kansas,” he said. “As the best and the brightest, she’s already decided to attend the University of Kansas.”
Allison said she chose the University because of academics and the friendly campus.
“KU’s just impressed me,” she said. “Even this program shows they care about academics.”
A quartet of saxophonists from the University played before and after the speech on the first floor of the Statehouse.
Tim Schapker, Prairie Village first-year law student, said he’s played alto saxophone for six years. He said the quartet played a series of short, fun pieces for about an hour yesterday.
“We were here last year and the crowd was really responsive,” Schapker said. “It’s a great room to play in.”
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It definitely made me want to go to KU more. It looked very professional.
- Isaac Fisher, a junior at Perry Lecompton High School
Perhaps the quartet’s biggest fan was Baby Jay, who danced in front of the group and with crowds of area children who were touring the Statehouse.
An older visitor was Isaac Fisher, a junior at Perry Lecompton High School. Fisher said he was working as a page in the Statehouse just for the day, and he said seeing how the University represented itself helped influence his choice for schools after high school.
“It definitely made me want to go to KU more,” Fisher said. “It looked very professional.”
Recruiting future students was part of the goal yesterday, said Katie Moyer, editorial assistant for the KU Alumni Association.
“When we see high school kids we say, ‘So are you going to go to KU?’” she said.
Moyer and Rachel Nyp, staff writer for the KU Alumni Association, were stationed at the alumni association’s booth and passed out University stickers, magnets and other trinkets.
They said they ran out of University coasters and calendars within an hour because so many legislators wanted them.
“A lot of them were sending their secretaries down to get KU things,” Nyp said.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@kansan.com.
— Edited by Mark Vierthaler
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