30 hours of kissing leads to new Jeep for student

In what is becoming an IU tradition, students competed against one another last weekend to win a brand new Jeep Wrangler.\nFor the past three years students have competed for a Jeep in the Pi Beta Phi/Delta Upsilon Kiss Off. The winner of the event is the participant who kisses the Jeep for the longest time.\nSenior Ryan Yoder, Delta Upsilon philanthropy chair, described the rules.\n"The only thing participants can touch the Jeep with is their nose, lips and chin," Yoder said. "They also have to stay standing the whole time."\nThe proceeds of the fundraiser go to RISE!, a shelter for abused women and children. \n"RISE! is an important charity for our house and Delta Upsilon because of how many women and children are abused each year in our community of Bloomington," sophomore Allison Blinn, Pi Beta Phi philanthropy chair said.\nDean of Students Richard McKaig drew the names of 21 of the 22 participants. Participants entered a raffle for the chance to compete. The person who bought the most tickets earned an automatic entry.\n"It's a great cause," Senior Justin Shaw, a senior and the highest bidder for the past two years said. "I donated the money to be in that contest, and I'm happy the money went to that cause."\nThe challenge of the event is to first withstand the pain of standing in the same position for up to 30 hours. When participants overcome the pain the next obstacle is to overcome the boredom that goes along with standing there for the 30 hours.\nThe strategy most participants used was listing to music or books on tape through headphones and having friends come visit them.\n"I've had friends visit me every 20 minutes or so, and I have been listening to CDs and books-on-tape all weekend," said participant Jamie Brouillette, a sophomore.\nIn order to hasten up the event, at 7 p.m. Saturday the organizers told the participants to only stand on one leg. Nine kissers were still left at the time this rule took effect.\n"I knew it wasn't going to be easy," Brouillette said. "Actually I was looking forward to it because it was getting kind of boring."\nThe event ended at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Saturday with senior Jason Krause outlasting Shaw. \n"I have nothing but respect for (Shaw)," Krause said. "He is a true competitor with an iron will."\nKrause was delighted to walk off with a new car after close to 30 hours of kissing the SUV.\n"Jeeps have always been my dream car." Krause said, "and there is nothing I would sell it for."\nKrause used a slightly different approach to deal with the boredom. He had his friends bring him a lap-top computer with a DVD player. He watched the movies "Thomas Crowne Affair," "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Hoosiers." \nKrause said the movie about high school basketball in 1950's Indiana was very inspirational.