Students party with pastries
Rock Chalk Responsible Choices offers alcohol alternatives for students at Saturday’s basketball game against Texas.
In an effort to prevent alcohol abuse on campus, Rock Chalk Responsible Choices will host an alcohol-free pre-game event for students. The student group will hand-out Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the first 750 students at Saturday’s basketball game.
By Kyle Carter
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Dick Vitale and the game-day crew won’t be around this time, but students arriving early to Saturday’s game against Texas will have something to do, thanks to the student group Rock Chalk Responsible Choices.
The group will be giving out free Krispy Kreme donuts to the first 750 students who arrive at Allen Fieldhouse, starting at 9 a.m. A live band featuring three KU football players will play before the game. Christian Moody will speak about the group’s priorities to the students who show up.
We just want to add to the atmosphere, give everybody some sugar and hopefully get people pumped up for the game.
-Nick Sterner, president of Rock Chalk Responsible Choices
Rock Chalk Responsible Choices is a student group funded by a $2.75 million grant given to the NCAA from Anheuser-Busch to help prevent alcohol abuse on college campuses. The Rock Chalk Responsible Choices group at Kansas aims to “combat the irresponsible choices that can arise in a perceived thriving party scene,” according to www.ncaa.org.
Nick Sterner, the group’s president, said he wanted to increase awareness about future events and entertain students in an alcohol-free environment.
“We just want to add to the atmosphere, give everybody some sugar and hopefully get people pumped up for the game,” Sterner said.
Dan Parker, McPherson junior, camped out with a group from Pearson Scholarship Hall for the game and said he would be around Saturday morning for the event.
“I’ll be up here camping out anyway, so it’s nice to have something to do other than working on my homework,” Parker said.
Sterner said the group planned to host pre-game events for football games next fall as well, possibly featuring a band playing on the hill.
Kansan staff writer Kyle Carter can be contacted at kcarter@kansan.com.
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