GSP-Corbin hosts tailgate party

Friday, August 29, 2008

Rocking out with your hawk out will be even easier for fans of KU football this year thanks to the Rock the Block pregame tailgate.

GSP-Corbin Hall, located about a block from the stadium, will hold the event two and a half hours before every home football game this season.

Aug. 30 vs. Florida International (6 p.m. kickoff)

Sept. 6 vs. Louisiana Tech (6 p.m. kickoff)

Sept. 20 vs. Sam Houston State (6 p.m. kickoff)

Oct. 11 vs. Colorado (time TBA)

Oct. 25 vs. Texas Tech (time TBA)

Nov. 1 vs. Kansas State (time TBA)

Nov. 15 vs. Texas (time TBA)

Tailgaters will have access to a wide range of entertainment activities, including a disc jockey, prize giveaways and lawn games such as ladder golf. Students and KU fans who arrive to the party early will receive free T-shirts.

Tracey Condon, GSP-Corbin complex director, said people in the Department of Student Housing had high hopes for Rock the Block.

“We would really like to see this event become something fun for students to attend where the focus is enjoying themselves and the excitement that surrounds KU football,” Condon said.

Planning for the event began last spring after the Alcohol Priority Committee proposed the idea. Jocelyn Maul, assistant complex director of Corbin, said alcohol-free tailgating provided students with an alternative to the typical parties that surrounded the stadium on game days. Maul had headed the planning of the event and said she hoped to attract a large crowd.

“We hope to see lots of people coming by and having a place to hang out before the games,” Maul said. “I’m hoping for a couple hundred people at each Rock the Block tailgate.”

She said she hoped giveaways of prizes such as iPods, DVD players and theater systems would help attract students. Maul also said students should keep an eye out for a getaway package for the Kansas-Missouri game at Arrowhead Stadium. She said the package would include a hotel stay and limousine ride to the Border Showdown.

The tailgate will also offer food that students and other fans can buy using cash or their KU meal plans. Chicken wings and bratwurst will be among the items available for hungry football aficionados.

The event will employ volunteers from each of the residence halls in an effort to involve the entire Department of Student Housing. To encourage students to help with the event, the Rock the Block tailgate will end 30 minutes before kickoff so everyone involved will have the opportunity to watch the games.

John Hagen, Leawood freshman, said he planned on attending the event. He said that he thought the alcohol-free aspect of the tailgate was probably a good idea, and that it would give new students a chance to meet and hang out away from an academic setting.

The Rock the Block inaugural tailgate begins at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

— —Edited by Kelsey Hayes

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