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What follows is some of the history behind Margaret Hashinger Hall. If you have more to add, please pass it along! .

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Timeframe	Happenings	More Details
1962-1963
	Hashinger Hall opens as an all-womens dorm. The building cost $1.9 million to build. In the early days as a womens dorm, the residents checked in each night in an index file box anchored by the corner window in each floor lobby. The boxes are gone, but the anchors are still visible.	View them here
Sept 22 '62	Official dedication ceremony for the Hashinger Hall, with Mrs. Margaret Hashinger and chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and over 400 women residents attending.
1972-1973
	Hashinger Hall switches from being an all-womens hall to a co-ed creative arts hall. This switch led to one oddity, as the main lobby guest restroom, having originally designed for guests of a floor occupied by women, had been built as a mens restroom. When Hashinger became co-ed and that floor became a mens floor, the lobby restroom became a womens restroom. But it addition to a stall, it still had the urinal left over from when it was for men.
	Program Coordinator: Peggy Baldwin
Nov 30, Dec 1,2 '72	Drama: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Feb 2,3,4 '73	Musical: Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
1973-1974
	Program Coordinator: Peggy Baldwin
	Guest Artists: The guest artists were initially funded by a grant from the Pearson Trust.
	Pottery: Jane Klienberg (3 days)
	Pottery: Jay Stires (3 days)
	Photography: Diane Adams (Washington DC) (10 days in residence)
Fall,'73	Hashinger presents a variety show, "Maggie's Mobile Medicinal Marvel," as a Parents' Day activity, and it tours to other residence and scholarship halls. Hashie Rick Pittaway writes about it in the Association of University Residence Halls Interchange, a newsletter (Hashie Bruce Ryder is associate editor).
Nov 9, 10, 11 '73	Musical: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Directed by Teri Walton
March,'74?	Hashinger entry in Rock Chalk Revue wins honors.
1974-1975
	Resident Director: Janet Hoffman Assistant Resident Director: Mary Daniels Johnson Program Coordinator: Peggy Baldwin Hall Gov President: Gina Kennedy Hashinger resident John Beisner is Student Body President
	Guest Artists:
	Dance: Marsha Paludan (2 days/wk 6wks)
	Jazz Guitar: Jerry Hahn (3 days)
	Weaving: Carol Zastoupil
Sept 13,'74	Classical Music Recital
Oct 11,12, 13,17,18 '74	Musical: The Fantasticks	View the program
Fall '74	Variety show: "Video Magic With Maggie"
Nov 22,23, 24, '74	Drama: Tinkerbell is Dead An original drama by Donna Young	View the ad
Dec 11, '74	Hash's "Christmas Celebration" includes madrigal carolers at a steak dinner in the decorated dining room, followed by "A Directors' Showcase of Scenes," followed by tree trimming in the lobby.
Feb 7-22 '75	Program Director Peggy Baldwin having obtained permission from the Free to Be Foundation, Inc., Hashinger presents the world premiere stage adaptation of the popular children's book "Free to Be . . . You and Me." Baldwin and several Hash residents collaborate on the adaptation.	View the program*
March '75	A dual program in the Theater, a one-act play followed by "A World of Improvization" [sic!].
April 15-21, '75	The Spring Arts Festival includes a classical music recital, a pop music concert, an evening of pantomime, an evening of drama and readings from literature by women, and a booklet of residents' poetry called "Where always it's Spring."
Apr 15	Classical Music Recital Featured Karen Swinger, Carol Cernik, Sharmane Simard, Joe Hulse, Jeffrey A. Smith, David Huebert, Jon Davis, Steve Frazier, and Roger Ward. Reception followed.
April 16?	An Evening of Pantomime	View the program*
Apr 17	Pop Music Concert Featured Sandy Niemi, Jim Stringer, Bruce Ryder, Debbie Thomson, Rob Davis, Sharmane Simard, Wayne Edwards, Tim Lord, Scott Kessler, Kelley Mascher, and Dirk Deam
April 18?	"Women's Work", an evening of poetry, music and dance by and about women.	View the program*
April 27, '75	Hash High Awards Night, with presentation of a farewell gift to Peggy Baldwin. Jim Stringer is named "Outstanding Man of the Year" (apparently, no award given for Outstanding Woman!), Gina Kennedy: Outstanding Student, Marie-Aida Guillen: Ms. Congeniality, and Dirk Arrington: Mr. Congeniality.
1975-1976
	Resident Director: Janet Hoffman Assistant Resident Director: Art Jacoby Program Coordinator: Anne S. Abrams
	Guest Artists:
	Bluegrass Guitar: Greg Allen (1 day)
	Stained Glass: Dennis Maygers (1 day/wk for month)
	Pottery: Mel Clark (7 days/2 wks)
	Tap Dance: Lambriny Hedge (8 days/1 month)
	Design: Max Beatty (3 days in residence)
	Picasso Jayhawk best Homecoming display Designed by Elsie Orr.	View the display View the t-shirt
	Another Hashinger t-shirt	View the t-shirt
Oct 25,26,31 Nov 1, '75	Play: Blithe Spirit	View the program*
Nov '75	Comedy: The Good Doctor	View the program*
Dec '75	A Hashinger Christmas photo	View the photo
Feb 12-16, '76	Readers' Theatre, "Dandelion Wine."	View the program*
March '76	Pre-spring-break Sneaky Pete's including a performance by Craig Dunn and Art Jacoby	View a photo of it by Randy Olson
March 25-27, '76	Musical: "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"s Choreographer Donna Carlson and her sister, both Hashies, had grown up all over the world and were thus able to help out with pronunciation in a song to be sung partly in a foreign language, leading director Jim Phillips to say something which, he noted at the time, was a sentence you would probably only ever hear in Hashinger: "Fortunately, our choreographer and her twin sister are both fluent in Flemish."
April 9, '76	Vocal Recital: Dennis Howell
April 20-25, '76	The Spring Arts Festival includes a pop music concert, a reading of women's writings, a dance recital, a satire of melodrama called "The Wild Flowering of Chastity (or, Chaste Across the Stage)," a classical music recital, and an art show in the fourth-floor lobby.
April 29- May 1, '76	Two one-act plays: J.M. Barrie's "The Twelve Pound Look", and Terrance Rattigan's "All on Her Own."
May 5, '76	Guest Recital by pianist David Wehr.
May 9, '76	Hash High Awards Night. Debbi Morgan is named Ms. Congeniality, Gina Kennedy Outstanding Woman of the Year, Jim Stringer both Mr. Congeniality and Outstanding Man of the Year, and Bruce Ryder Best All-Around Student.
Finals Week '75 or '76	Some unknown Hashie comes up with a brilliant way to let off tension during finals week - the "Midnight Scream". At a few minutes to midnight, people who are frazzled by studying, (or just feel like yelling) cluster in the parking lot, facing the building. At ten seconds to midnight, a countdown starts, and at midnight everyone screams as loud as they can for about 30 seconds and then runs at top speed into the building. Other halls, however, fail to find this therapeutic, and a tradition is (temporarily) nipped in the bud. It reappeared, however, in subsequent years, sometimes outside Hashinger, and sometimes outside the Chancellor's residence.
	Housing brochure touted Hashinger features, and showed Erik Hedstrom's uniquely decorated room. It also showed resident Elsie Orr.	View features and Erik's room* View Elsie in brochure
1976-1977
	Resident Director: Leslie Griffin (later married William Hennessey) Assistant Resident Director: David Limardi Program Coordinator: Anne S. Abrams Hall Gov President: Elsie Orr
	Guest Artists:
	Drawing and Painting: Jeff Hirschmen & Cheryl Hessing (New York City) (in residence, 1 month)
	Playwriting: Megan Terry (Omaha) (in residence, 3 days)
	Weaving: Anita Kapuan (8 days / 1 month)
	Tap Dance: Lambriny Hedge (5 classes)
	Jewelry: Glenice Staniford (2/wk x 4 wks)
	Choral Direction: Eugene Butler (Nov 13)
	Batik: Jodi Deutsch (2/wk 1 month)
Oct 11 '76	Mime group meets 7pm 8th floor lobby
Oct 12 '76	Mime group meets 7:30pm 2nd floor
Oct 13 '76	Communication skill building workshop on dance floor, 7-10pm
Oct 14 '76	HUSTLERS meet on dance floor, 7pm
Oct 15 '76	Sneaky Pete's Prairie Rose Room, 3:30ish in theatre
Oct 15 '76	Residence halls cooperate to spell out GO KU BEAT OU on side of halls facing Allen Field House, by specific rooms having lights on and shades up, others shades down, 7-10pm, in prep for homecoming game against OU.
Oct 17 '76	Chorus meets Sundays from 1:00 - 2:30 pm in theatre to practice.
Oct 28,29 Nov 5,6,7 '76	Musical: The Apple Tree	View the program*
Nov 13 '76	Conductor/Composer Eugene Butler does workshop with the Hash Chorus
Nov 13 '76	Classical Recital (included performances by Chris Nolan, Liz Knedlik, Judy Deines, Liz Hull, Barb MacLean, Jim Stringer, Cory Mass, Steve Geiger, Sam Chesney, Valerie Nystrom)
Dec 12 '76	"Give Me A Break", a Christmas present from the Hashinger Theatre
Feb 18, 19,20 '77	Hashinger presents Dames at Sea in a dessert theater at the Kansas Union, with the SUA.	View the review
April 18-24, '77	Spring Arts Festival
Apr 18	Pops Concert
Apr 19	A Night of Poetry
Apr 20,21	"A Dance Experience"
Apr 22, 23,24	Spring Play: "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters
Apr 24	Classical Recital (included performances by Erica Hill, Hallie Finucane, Liz Hull, Judy Deines, Sam Chesney, Linda Servoss, Roma DeFrang, Sue Halford, Liz Knedlik, and Patty Gerstgenberger)
May 8,'77	Hash High Awards	View the poster
	The Hashinger Choir, Sneaky Pete's, and Classical Recitals were all active.
	A group of residents shared their interest in poetry, with regular meetings where they read and discussed poetry of their own and others.	They'd get reminder slips like these
	The poetry group put out a small collection in the Spring, including poems by residents Chris Nolan, Lisa Carr, Rosemary Cvetkovich, John Seybold, Terri Bahlman, Tom Egan, Lori Menard, CDS, Jim Stringer, Valerie J. Meyers, Brad Levy, Kathy Horstman, Dalhia Cavazos, and Misty Maynard.	View the cover of The Bridge Beneath My Feet
	The Recording Interest Group was a mix of musicians and techies, sometimes capturing the Sneaky Pete's or Recitals in the theatre, and sometimes capturing people singing and playing guitar in the stairwell, with resonant acoustics.
	T-shirts carried the "Hashinger Hillton" design.	View the t-shirt
1977-1978
	Resident Director: Mary Staab Assistant Resident Director: Bruce Gardner Program Coordinator: Catherine Rogers
	Guest Artists:
	Square Dancing: Karl Edwards (2/wk x 2 wks)
	Folk Dancing: Craig Paul (5 days/3 wks)
	Quilting: Chris Edmonds (1 day)
	Mime: Giff Booth (3 days in residence)
	Disco: Leslie Uttan (2 day/ 2 wks)
	Contact Improvisation: Danny Lepkoff & Christinea Svane (New York City) (1 wk in residence)
	Student Kitchen and side lobby renovations completed.
Fall '77	Fall musical was "Once Upon A Mattress"
Spring '78	Spring play was "Vanities"
March 3-4,'78	Hashinger entry in Rock Chalk Revue, "Bound to Broadway; Where Curtain Calls Are Few", walks away with all but one of the awards.	View the program*
Apr 25,'78	The Story of a Mother (Ritual Drama)	View Flier
1978-1979
	Resident Director: John Vici Program Coordinator: Anne S. Abrams Guest Artist: Ntozaké Shangé
	'78-'79 T-shirt featured posterized Maggie.	View the t-shirt
Sept 11,'78	Wood shop open and ready for use. Residents warned that dis-membering yourself is strictly forbidden.
Sept 12,'78	Mime classes started
Sept 18,'78	Major Long-term Goals Committee meeting
Sept 23,'78	Parent's Day Sneaky Pete's
Sept 30,'78	T O G A - Disco party
Oct 28,'78	Halloween Bash
Nov 16-19,'78	Fall Musical: Story Theatre	View the program*
Feb 22-24,'79	Musical: The Happy Hour	View the program*
1979-1980
Oct '79	Sneaky Pete's Hawaiian
Nov 4-6,'79	Fall Musical: Once Upon A Mattress
Spring,'80	Spring Musical: Pippin	View the t-shirt
May 9,'80	Hash High Awards
1980-1981
	Resident Director: Mansour Taherzadeh Program Coordinator: Barb Mounsey
	Guest Artists:
	Dance: Jill Lady
Sept 20,'80	Parent's Day Sneaky Pete's
	Play: The Imaginary Invalid (by Moliere)
	Resident Pam Lewis performing at a Sneaky Pete's	View photo
Apr 6-12,'81	Typical Hash Handout (weekly newsletter)	View it*
Apr 9,'81	Guest Artist: Jill Lady
Apr 20,'81	Musical Reviews
Apr 21,'81	Classical Recital
Apr 23-26,'81	Spring Musical: Celebration	View the t-shirt View the program
May 4,'81	Hash High Awards
1981-1982
	Resident Director: Glenn Allen Program Coordinator: Bruce Jones
	Guest Artists:
	Dr. Warren Farrell
Oct 3,'81	Parent's Day Sneaky Pete's
Oct 11,'81	Classical Recital
Nov 19-22,'81	Play: Hold Me, by Jules Feiffer
Dec 7,'81	Christmas Formal
Dec 8,'81	Hashinger Choir Christmas Concert	View the program*
Jan 22,'82	Sneaky Pete's
Feb 13,'82	Valentine's Dance
Mar 7,'82	Classical Recital
Apr 19-23,'82	Spring Arts Week
April '82	Spring Musical: Company	View the t-shirt View the program*
Apr 19	Classical Recital	View the program*
Apr 20	KU Jazz Band and Choir Performance
Apr 21	Mime and Dance Performance An Ensemble featuring the work of Ratso Philadelphia Louise--Saxaphonist; Giff Booth--Puppeteer; Greg Mackender--Vibraphonist; Marsh Paludan--Dancer. (Lighting by Paul Cernik and Brad Levy)
Apr 22	Hashinger Choir: Concert
Apr 23	Sneaky Pete's
Apr 30,'82	Hash High Awards	View the program*
'82	T-shirt design featured happy/sad theatre faces separated by ribbon spelling Hashinger	View the t-shirt
1982-1983
	Hashinger switches from co-ed by floor to co-ed by wing.
	Poster promoting Hashinger and its special programs and facilities as it reached ten years as a residence hall for the creative arts.	View poster
	Resident Director: Glenn Allen Program Coordinator: Bruce Jones
1983-1984
	Resident Director: Dave Barnes (Fall) Resident Director: Helen McDonald (Spring) Program Coordinator: Bruce Jones
April 6-8,'84	Spring Musical: The Fantastiks
1984-1985
March 22-31	Hashinger Spring Arts
March 22	Sneaky Pete's open mic in the Theater
March 24	2 pm: Talent Recital in the Theater
March 24	7 pm: KU Jazz Band 1 and Jazz Choir in the Theater
March 25	6:30 pm: Literary Movie (6th floor).
March 26	6:30 pm: Guest Lecturer Dan Siler (U of WI) "Impossible People" (8th floor).
March 27	7:00 pm: Guest Lecturer Dan Siler (U of WI) "Touching" (8th floor).
March 29,30,31	The Apple Tree (all Hash musical) in the Theater
March 29,30,31	Art Exhibit before and after the musical, in the Theater
1985-1986
Fall, '85	Fall Play: The Dining Room
Spring, '86	Spring Musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Spring, '86?	Mudfight erupts in planters out front. Housing department responds by filling the area with rocks and a yucca plant. Residents referred to it as the Ken Stoner Memorial Cactus Garden.	As recalled by Mike Merschel
1986-1987
Fall, '86	Orientation theme was "The Titanic". Phillip Thornton designed a memorable t-shirt to accompany. (This preceeded the movie.)	As recalled by Mike Merschel
Xmas Break, '86	Amazing series of murals (themed in late-'70s album covers) on 7th floor "accidentally" painted over by the housing department.	As recalled by Mike Merschel
1987-1988
	Program Coordinator: Neil LaBute (now a well-known film director)
1996-1997
	Fall one-act play: The Devil His Due by Seamus Falls Spring musical ???
1999-2000
Mar 28-Apr 2, 2000	Spring Arts Week
Mar 28	Hippie Freak Fest Tie-Dying, Sidewalk Chalk Art, and more
Mar 29	Art Exhibit
Mar 30	Sneaky Pete's
Mar 31	The Vagina Monologues
Apr 1	Carnival
Apr 2	Band Night
2000-2001
	Arts Program Coordinator: Allyson Flaster
Apr 3,4	"The Tunnel of Oppression" An interactive, multimedia experience that deals with issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia. Exit provisions are made for those who do not wish to go all the way through the tunnel. Participants had a group discussion with a university counselor after going through the tunnel.
Apr 17	Skott Freedman speech and concert
2001-2002
	Arts Program Coordinator: Allyson Flaster
Apr 9,10	"The Tunnel of Oppression" An interactive, multimedia experience that deals with issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia. Exit provisions are made for those who do not wish to go all the way through the tunnel. Participants had a group discussion with a university counselor after going through the tunnel.
2002-2003
	Arts Program Coordinator: Allyson Flaster
	Smoking ban implemented in residence hall rooms.
Nov 12	"Student to Student: A Discussion on Diversity" a student town hall meeting
Apr 7-9	"The Tunnel of Oppression" An interactive, multimedia experience that deals with issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia. Exit provisions are made for those who do not wish to go all the way through the tunnel. Participants had a group discussion with a university counselor after going through the tunnel.
2003-2004
	Complex Director: Michelle Moore Assistant Complex Directors: Sara Cox, Julie Smith Program Coordinator: Erin Jones
Late Nov 2003	Art Show: Art on the theme of Circles
Feb 28,29	"V Henry K," E.M.U. Theatre.	View the Journal-World preview
Apr 5-7	"The Tunnel of Oppression" An interactive, multimedia experience that deals with issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia. Exit provisions are made for those who do not wish to go all the way through the tunnel. Participants had a group discussion with a university counselor after going through the tunnel.
Apr 16-24	Spring Arts Week and the first Hashies Come Home Reunion
Apr 16	Art Show Opening Reception
Apr 16,17	Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Apr 17	Forum, "How to be a working artist" with past and present residents. A chance for sharing what it means and what it takes to make art an ongoing part of your life.	Helpful links and notes
Apr 17	Hall tours, welcome barbeque and concert on the hill	Some former Hashies chat at the reunion
Apr 18	Movie night Featuring movies and animations produced by or about present and past Hashinger residents.
Apr 19	E. M. U. Theatre Q & A: How to create and develop and independent theatre company.
Apr 20	Swing Dance Lessons
Apr 21	Crafts Night
Apr 21	Shape Note Singing with the with the Kaw Valley Shape Note Singing Association. (The singing started off on the second floor, which had terrible acoustics. Things went much better when the singers moved to the stairwell, reviving an old tradition.)	Local shape-note singing links
Apr 22	Open Mic/Sneaky Pete's
Apr 23	Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Apr 23	Art House Lounge (on the dance floor)
Apr 24	Musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2004-2005
	Complex Director: Leon Hayner
2005-2006
	Hashinger closed for year-long renovation. Hash-away-from-Hash set up on two floors of McCollum Hall. The spirit remained, however, maintained by things like the "trashi hashie" calendar.	View part of the calendar*
2006-2007
	Hashinger re-opens following renovation.
2007-2008
Sept 12	Open Mic Night
Sept 13	'90s Dance Party
Nov 29	Puppet Show
Apr 11-20	Spring Arts Week Spring play: All in the Timing by David Ives
Apr 13	Party on the Porch
Apr 14	Crafts Night
Apr 15	Hash Fashion Show
Apr 16	"These Hands Don't Hurt" with Women's Transitional Services
Apr 17	Flamingo/Pirate Dance
Apr 18	Open Mic Night
Apr 19	Film Festival
Apr 20	Gallery Night
Apr 21	Workshop: How to Cope with the Chaos of Wrapping up the Semester Mind-mapping and some breath/body work exercises for stress relief (w/ Jen Taylor)
May 1	Hash High Awards featuring MCs Billy and Andy Massey!

This site is created and maintained by Brad Levy (www.bradlevy.com), a former Hashinger Hall resident, to foster communications between past and present residents of Hashinger Hall, and help publicize Hashinger Hall events. This site is not sponsored by or directly affiliated with the University of Kansas, although some of the events listed are.
Last revised 13 April 2022