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Page 10 | Fall 2011 | Schol Haller MILLER WATKINS �� By Melanie Remp President of Miller Hello from Miller! I don’t know if it’s just me, but the �rst month of school sure went fast. Although Miller hasn’t had any events this semester, our With 24 new women, none of the returning residents knew quite what to expect regarding the hall’s atmosphere this year. I’m pleased to say that our new women have amazed us all with their enthusiasm and energy, which has made the beginning of the year a blast. A�er all of the excitement died down from Hawk Week, the excite- fabulous women have been keeping busy and social during this �rst month. We started o� our year by welcoming 19 amazing new women on move in day and personally I couldn’t be happier with how awesome they are! Almost every Tuesday we celebrate our love for Sylas and Maddy’s with whoever wants to go by walking down to Massachusetts Street and enjoying two-for Tuesdays. We also recently had a group go around and serenade the guys’ halls. It was fun for all, but I think the guys enjoyed it mainly because we had candy! Other happenings around Miller include ment in Watkins was just beginning. We kicked o� the year with a candlelighting. Congratulations to Kate Nusz, who will be getting married in the summer of 2012! In early September, we had the annual New Women Dinner and Tribute Night to teach the new women more about our Alumnae group, Kitchen 8, and our founder, Elizabeth Miller Watkins. In addition to our usual special guests “Lizzie” and “Jabez,” we were also thrilled to have Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Rep. TerriLois Gregory join us this year. �e highlight of the evening was being presented an o�cial certi�cate of recognition from the Kansas House of Representatives in honor of Elizabeth Miller Watkins for creating the �rst scholarship hall. It was a great way to close the year of her 150 th birthday. some game nights, movie nights at Stephenson and of course Lupi Day at Pearson and Cereal Night at GP on �ursdays. Also at Miller we’re celebrating our 75th year (I know, we’re old) and we couldn’t be more thankful to Elizabeth Miller Watkins for the gi� of Miller, the wonderful alumni we have, and all the current women we have that make Miller the great place that it is. Keep your eye out for our Murder Mystery Dinner in the fall and other smaller events we’ll have throughout the year. I hope everyone is having a great semester! Rock Chalk and Miller love! Honoring Lizzie’s 150th birthday By Lisa Curran ASHC Publications Chair Watkins women stop for a hall photo after Traditions Night during Hawk Week. In other news, we are pleased to have our new SHD Travis Bowles with us this year. If you see him, make sure and ask him about his out�t for Rieger’s ’80s dance. Sophomores Hadley Sis and Meghan Paulson picked it out. It was quite the get-up. It is almost time for our �rst community dinner of the year. Our food board manager, senior Emily Sis, always does a great job picking out the menu. �is year, she has organized a Kitchen Olympics for each of the seven kitchens to compete in. Our �rst Olympic game is Cupcake Wars! And if you have ever seen our women bake, well, it’s going to be an intense (and tasty!) competition. We are also beginning to plan our annual Heaven and Hell party for Halloween. I hope you all will be able to join us! LISA CURRAN/ SCHOL HALLER
Give back to your community By Caleb Hall ASHC Community Service Chair By this time in the semester your respective hall’s Community Service Chair has promoted some volunteer opportunities, and I can tell that several halls are already eager to be crowned the Community Service Hall of the Year. Unfortunately, if the past years patterns hold, those who have performed community service so far will continue to do so while those who haven’t yet will probably not by the end of the semester or even the school year. I hope this article can break some of those tendencies. First we must ask why we should do community service. Scholarship hall residents like ourselves have obviously worked hard, possibly volunteering in high school, or we wouldn’t be here. So we deserve take a little break right? Wrong. �e Lawrence homeless shelter is currently full, Douglas County’s natural wonders like the Kaw River Valley and Wakarusa Wetlands are littered with the results of last weekend’s excursions, there is a growing need to help local schools as they are instituting gardening initiatives, and many children are searching for a role model through organizations like the Boys and Girls Club and the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters program. �ere are many more local needs. Meanwhile, a �rst- or second-year scholarship hall resident need not necessarily leave campus at all as food, room and companionship are all provided in this community. We are extremely privileged in this regard, and therefore there is an ethical imperative to provide community service. �ere may be times in your life when you may need to rely on the kindness of others, or even realize the real worth of food and water as you worry about how to get it. I certainly hope I am wrong in that regard and that none of you have to face hardship like that. But the chance is still there and just like you would want help, so too should you help others now while you are in a position to do so. A common response to this stance is that there are already outreach and philanthropy programs that help those people. Our help is either inconsequential to solving social problems in comparison or just not needed. To that reasoning I ask, “Where did those service organizations come from?” �ey came about because of hardworking, dedicated individuals wanting to help. �ere is no economic drive for community service organizations; there is a humanitarian wish for them to exist because they are some of the only means of change. Relying solely on capitalistic or free market mechanisms will always leave some groups impoverished or disenfranchised, but community service acts as a balance to feed the hungry, teach the uneducated, and �x other market failures. I want to express again that by being scholarship hall residents you are already proven men and women of character with strong work ethics, and I don’t want to disregard or demean that in any way. Many students have astounding time Schol Haller | Fall 2011 | Page 11 LISA CURRAN/SCHOL HALLER Emily Ferbezar, a sophmore from Douthart, picks up trash during a community service and environmental event on Sept. 23. A group of about 60 gathered to clean up litter on the walk down to 3 Spoons to get frozen yogurt. “Whatever you decide to do, just remember the reasons why we should all give back.” commitments that prevent them from giving back to the community regularly, which is understandable. What I am saying is that you do not forget the importance of community service and perform it while you can to provide the greatest happiness for those in need. So wake up early that one day of the week to serve breakfast for the homeless, work at the conveniently located Campus Garden to feed the hungry, spend some time at an animal shelter bonding with mistreated animals, clean up the local parks, or �nd some other way to serve the community that interests and drives you. I highly recommend the alternative break programs which will take you to various places around the country, teaching about socio-economic problems you may not have contact with otherwise. �ough the alternative breaks may not count for hours in the scholarship halls’ competition, it can still be a life altering experience. Whatever you decide to do, just remember the reasons why we should all give back.
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