UO, OSU fraternities
raise charity money
during 52-mile run
Kappa Sigma brothers raised
$4,000 for the American Red
Cross in their annual Civil
War weekend Game Ball Run
By Nika Carlson
Freelance Reporter
Old rivalries die hard, especially
when they are based on the line of
tension connecting the University
and Oregon State University on Civil
War weekend.
Kappa Sigma fraternity, however,
managed to soften that line with its
11th annual Game Ball Run on Satur
day morning, raising more than
$4,000 for the American Red Cross
with the OSU Kappa Sigma house.
The 52-mile-run from OSU's Reser
Stadium to Autzen Stadium brings to
gether the brother-yet-rival fraternities
in the name of philanthropy. Mem
bers of the two houses connect the ri
val stadiums by carrying a symbolic
Civil War game ball as they travel on
foot along state Highway 99.
The event began Friday afternoon
when the OSU fraternity members
completed the 26 miles from Corval
lis to Junction City. It then started up
again at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with a
handoff to the members of the Eu
gene house, who ran the final 26
miles to Autzen Stadium.
The University house raised $ 1,800
of the total from friends, family and
local businesses, who all pledged to
support the cause, University Kappa
Sigma philanthropy chairman
Richard Keymolen said. He added
that he expects more money to trickle
in this week.
"Besides the fact that we're donat
ing money to a good cause, there's
the physical aspect of the run that is
so great," Eugene Kappa Sigma Presi
dent Drew Wedeking said. "It takes
everybody to pull it off. You can't
run 26 miles without 20-some guys."
Twenty-five brothers participated,
more than half of the members in
the house. Each participant ran one
to one-and-a-half miles.
The brothers braved below-freezing
temperatures and the heavy, Beaver
filled traffic along the highway to
bring in the ball. Their green and yel
low colors drew many honks, but
there were few other problems on the
early morning run, said Adam Crow
ell, assistant philanthropy chairman
for the University's chapter.
"One of the brothers dropped the
ball on a handoff and it almost got
run over because it was rolling
around in traffic, but otherwise it
was pretty smooth," Crowell said.
Though the brothers didn't get to
run the ball onto the field this year
as they have in the past, they did get
to hear an announcement about
their accomplishment before the
game started.
They also had the satisfaction of
watching their team beat the OSU
members' football team.
"Some of them sat in the student
section with us, and when we scored
we'd look over and just remind them
where they were," Crowell said.
"We're brothers, though. There's no
animosity between us."
Nika Carlson is a freelance reporter for
the Emerald.
University
sophomore
Tim Christeck,
a Kappa Sigma
fraternity
member, runs
on Highway 99
for the Game
Ball Run on
Saturday.
Courtesy
UO Kappa Sigma
CORRECTION
In "Increased costs spur awareness
campaign” (ODE, Nov. 19) Oregon Stu
dent Association Campus Organizer
Courtney Hight was incorrectly para
phrased about a lack of administrative
effort. The administration is in fact pay
ing for flyers to help educate students
about increases in tuition. The fliers
should arrive with students’ December
tuition bill.
In "Defensive efforts lead way for
Ducks” (ODE, Nov. 19) a statistic is in
correct. Oregon held UCLA to 7 points
in the second half, not 6.
The headline "Access to ASUO deemed
deficient" (ODE, Nov. 21) is incorrect.
Students’ reaction within the story is ac
tually mixed.
The Emerald regrets these errors.
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