Kappa Alpha’s Rent-A-Gent raises $582.

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Kappa Alpha’s Rent-A-Gent raises $582.
Auction aids Wabash Valley Muscular Dystrophy Association

By Samantha Brown Campus editor
October 12, 2005


By dancing, dressing up and even stripping, members of Kappa Alpha Order raised $582 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its seventh annual Rent-A-Gent auction.

Adam Jurs, a senior marketing and management major, said he put himself for auction because it's for a good cause.

"It's all to help raise money for MDA," Jurs said.

Jurs said they have to work for four hours for whomever purchases them.

"We're men. We can do it," he said.

Marcus Shiefer, a junior accounting major, said he also was being auctioned off because it was for a good cause.

"It's for the kids," Shiefer said.

Jurs and Shiefer surprised the mostly female audience when they came out in suits and ties. Referred to as the "Blues Brothers," the duo teased the audience by promising to strip articles of clothing off in proportion to how much was bid.

The two stripped down to their matching purple shorts before being sold for $65.

Members of Kappa Alpha Order weren't the only ones to put themselves on the auctioning block.

Kappa Alpha Order's sweethearts Lindsay Sincavage and Christan Roberts were also auctioned off.

Sincavage, a member of Alpha Chi Omega and a senior criminology and early child development major, was bought by one of her sorority sisters.

"I'll do anything to help these guys out," she said.

Roberts, a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and a junior pre-medicine major, was sold for the most money. She was bought by two of the Kappa Alpha's for $100.

The members of Kappa Alpha Order also auctioned off a night with an Australian hamster.

Will Hilderbrand, a junior public relations major and philanthropy chair for Kappa Alpha Order, said those who were auctioned not only raised money for MDA, but had a lot of fun as well.

Tommy Ritter, a junior physics major and Kappa Alpha Order president, said he was glad everyone came out.