Dan and Jill Blomgren, Lawrence, left, and their friends Kristine and Jason Townsend, Leawood, attend the Rock Chalk Ball. The Kansas University fund-raiser was Feb. 7 at the Overland Park Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel.

Pictured, from left, are Rob and Amy Cleavinger, Baldwin; Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Lawrence; and Katie and Dave Barber, Overland Park; during the Rock Chalk Ball. The fund-raiser was presented by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the KU Alumni Association.

Pictured during Rock Chalk Ball 2003 are, from left, Dale Seuferling, president of the Kansas University Endowment Association; his wife, Marianne Seuferling; Linda Williams and her husband, Fred Williams, president of the Kansas University Alumni Association. The event featured cocktails, a silent and live auction, Scholars Salute, dinner and dancing.

Bradley Kemp, assistant director of the Kansas University Museum of Natural History, and Marilyn Nichols, instructor at Haskell Indian Nations University, attend the Rock Chalk Ball. The theme for this year's event was Jayhawk Fever. The dance featured the groovy tunes of Disco Dick.

Kansas University National Merit scholars, from left, junior Joe Aaker, Spearfish, S.D.; senior Chris Kaiser, Overland Park; and senior Jon Bauer, Rogers, Ark., attend the Rock Chalk Ball. The Feb. 7 event raised money to recruit and retain National Merit Scholars at KU.

From left are Lawrence City Commissioner Jim Henry and his wife, Kay Henry, retiring senior vice president of the Kansas University Alumni Association, and Sandy Wellman and her husband, Mike Wellman, director of Internet services at the Alumni Association. The couples attended the Rock Chalk Ball Feb. 7 at the Overland Park Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel.

Susan Younger, art director for the Kansas University Alumni Association, and her husband, Jerry Younger, a metro engineer for the Kansas Department of Transportation, are pictured during the Rock Chalk Ball. The Youngers live in Lawrence.

From left, Kansas University Medical Center Executive Vice Chancellor Don Hagen and his wife, Karen, join KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and his wife, Leah, and Sherry Bohl and her husband, KU athletic director Al Bohl, at the 2003 Rock Chalk Ball at the Overland Park Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel. The black-tie event, which was Feb. 7, raised money to recruit and retain National Merit Scholars at Kansas University.