I just wanted to thank Mary for mentioning the Donation Drive for this
weekend. We plan to have the collection jars today at the Krystal's event
and I'm in the process of talking with the coaches about accepting the $1
per burger challenge.
Sometimes the best thing we can do is keep things as normal as possible
while still doing what we each can to help. There are extraordinary
measures taking place in our own community to help those terribly affected
by this disaster. I'd like to make TODAY one of those efforts.
I was the Service-Learning/Community Service specialist at Marshall
University for several years and I know that each one of us can really make
a difference in MANY different ways. Let's hope that Krystal's can do their
part, like so many other corporations and organizations are doing. I think
by having today's event, we can have some GOOD come from it, not just to
serve as a distraction for the tragedy.
Kim Reece
Director of Student-Athlete Support Services
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave Dept. # 3505
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: (423) 425-2242
Fax: (423) 425-2356
-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Mary Coleman
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:16 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Krystal Square-Off on UTC campus Friday
Well said Rodger. With thousands of people starving is unconceivable to have
a hamburger eating contest. I ask all students NOT to participate in this
event. I heard in the news that there maybe students trapped in Xavier
University. Let's hope they have food to get them through.
I would like to remind everyone that Athletic Department will be staffing a
cash collection at the Football Game this weekend. All of the proceeds will
go directly to the Red Cross designated for Hurricane Relief for Louisiana
and Mississippi.
Mary Coleman
Mary Coleman
Administrative Support Assistant
Department of Political Science, Public Administration, and Nonprofit
Managment.
417 Fletcher Hall, Dept. 6356
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
(423) 425-4281
FAX: (423) 425-2373
-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Angelique Cook
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:37 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Krystal Square-Off on UTC campus Friday
Well said Mr. Ling!! I totally agree.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rodger Ling <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:53:03 -0400
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Krystal Square-Off on UTC campus Friday
I join Jim Henry in calling upon the Krystal Corporation and our own
University to re-orient this event to help the more than a million people in
desperate need just a short day's drive from Chattanooga.
To hold this event while people are literally starving to death nearby would
be enough to turn my stomach for years to come.
--Rodger Ling
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From: UTC Staff E-Mail List on behalf of Jim Henry
Sent: Thu 9/1/2005 5:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Krystal Square-Off on UTC campus Friday
Oh how I hate to respond to a UTCSTAFF topic.
and
I am sad to hear of this exhibition of excess.
"Gustatory" means relating to sense of taste.
This really is not related to taste, but to gluttony.
Please let me know how many Krystals are scarfed
tomorrow and I will donate $1 per each one to the
Katrina Relief Fund through the Red Corss.
Would Steve Sloan, Rodney Allison, Wes Moore, John Shulman,
Scott McMahen, Gary Haskew, Cowboy Joe and Jeff Romero
care to join me?
Jim
Jeff Romero wrote:
> MOCS KICK OFF KRYSTAL SQUARE-OFF FRIDAY IN CHATTANOOGA
>
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics Director Steve Sloan will
> be the official "Lighter of the Grill" as the Mocs help Krystal kick off
the
> only world hamburger-eating championship officially sanctioned by the
> International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
>
> A special Opening Ceremony, including the official "Lighting of the Grill"
> by Sloan will ensure a grand beginning to this event of Olympic
proportions.
> Celebrity contestants from UTC and WGOW will be on hand to get the event
> started. Chattanooga head coaches Rodney Allison, Wes Moore and John
Shulman
> along with SportTalk's Scott McMahen, Gary Haskew and Cowboy Joe will
square
> off in a celebrity eating contest.
>
> Chattanoogans will have the first chance to prove their gustatory might
> during two-minute preliminary contests held across Chattanooga over the
> Labor Day weekend. The top ten from the preliminary rounds will then move
on
> to the Chattanooga Kick Off Qualifier Finals where they will compete in an
> eight-minute event against America's number one ranked competitive eater
and
> 2004's Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger Eating Championship Runner Up,
> Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas.
>
> Opening Ceremonies and the "Lighting of the Grill" will be Friday, Sept. 2
> at noon at the University Center located on Vine Street on the UTC campus.
> The first day of the two-minute preliminary rounds will begin at 12:15 and
> run through 2:00 p.m.
>
> On Saturday from 11 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., contestants may participate in
the
> second of three preliminary rounds at the Tennessee Aquarium pavilion. The
> final prelim will be Sunday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at BellSouth Park in front
> of the ticket booth. The Chattanooga Qualifier eight-minute "Main Event"
> eating contest will be held on the field at BellSouth at 1:50 p.m.
>
> All Krystal lovers from the Chattanooga area, 18 years of age and older,
are
> invited to take part in this world-class event. Admission is free to the
> preliminary events and the opening ceremonies. The final qualifier on
Labor
> Day will cost the price of admission to the Chattanooga Lookouts ballgame.
>
> The winner of the Chattanooga Qualifier final receives a seat at the final
> table for the Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger-Eating Championship. The
> total cash purse at the final on Nov. 19 is $22,500 with first place
awarded
> $10,000 cash prize plus the champion's trophy and Krystal Square-Off
> Champion's Belt. Second place will receive $5,000 and $2,500 will go to
> third place. Cash payouts will be awarded to the top 15 places in the
final
> competition.
>
> The Krystal Square-Off Qualifying Tour begins in Chattanooga and will move
> on to Nashville, Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, Perry, Ga., Jackson, Miss.,
> Birmingham, Ala., Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla. And Knoxville. The
> finals will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at the First Tennessee Bank
Pavilion.
>
> The "Krystal" is a 2.5 inch hot, fresh, square Krystal hamburger that has
> been the restaurant chain's signature offering since it's founding in
1932.
> While people generally eat Krystal hamburgers three or four at a time, the
> top contestants in the Krystal Square-Off will eat up to 15 times that
> amount. The world record for Krystal burgers consumed in eight minutes is
69
> and the two-minute record is 21.
>
>
>
> Jeff Romero
> Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> 615 McCallie Ave.
> Chattanooga, TN 37403
> (423) 425-5292
> www.GoMocs.com
>
>
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Jim Henry Forgive everything."
E mailto:[log in to unmask] --Morrie
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College of Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA 37403
Phone: 1-423-425-4398
Fax: 1-423-425-5229
Angelique Cook
Senior Secretary
Psychology Dept. 2803
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Phone: (423) 425-4262
Fax: (423) 425-4284
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