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Caleb Zahnd (right), St. Joseph, Mo., freshman, listens to Kevin Nicoletti (left) and Kevin Ohaver speak about establishing the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity on campus at last night's interest meeting in the Kansas Union. The fraternity wants to recruit 70 men in the next month. Photo by Jay Sheerd/KANSAN
Fraternity expands to KU
By Jessie Meyer
By Jessie Meyer
writer@kansan.com
Kanson staff writer
By the end of the month, there will be a new fraternity on the KU campus.
"We are looking for top quality men," said Michael Young, leadership consultant for the Pi Kappa Phi national headquarters. "When we leave, we will leave a fully operational fraternity."
Although there is no house for the fraternity right now, the fraternity will commit to a lease as soon as either a house or a property is available, said Kevin Ohaver, Pi Kappa Phi leadership consultant.
"Our goal is to get a house ASAP," said Kevin Nicoletti, Pi Kappa Phi leadership consultant. "Next to recruitment, it is our top priority."
Nicoletti said that he aimed at recruiting about 70 members for the fraternity but that he would not change the standards of the national fraternity to reach that point.
Pi Kappa Phi is the first fraternity to colonize from scratch at the University since 1954 — a feat Young said was exciting, but required a lot of hard work.
Because the fraternity is starting from scratch this spring, the future members will be responsible for setting their own rules and regulations, including details about the operation of the fraternity, fees and house rules.
J. J. Cook, Overland Park freshman and one of eight men who attended an informational meeting last night, said the chance to create a fraternity he could be proud of was a driving factor in his interest in Pi Kappa Phi.
"I pledged a fraternity in the fall, and I didn't like it because they have a 'be my brother, but be my slave' attitude." Cook said.
Cook was concerned with how the new fraternity would deal with issues such as hazing.
"They say they don't haze at the beginning," Cook said of the fraternity to which he had pledged. "But after you're in, they admit it."
Nationally, Pi Kappa Phi fraternity prides itself on its philanthropic work. Young said.
"In 1977 we became the first fraternity to found its own philanthropy," Young said. "It will definitely be very important at KU."
Pi Kappa Phi members will be strict academic standards. Nationally, Pi Kappa Phi members are required to maintain a 2.2 grade point average to remain active in the house, but more will be expected from the KU chapter, Young said.
"We will have higher standards here at KU," Young said. "We are hiring an academic coach who will be a resource for the students to help with academic success."
Also of utmost importance for
Three representatives from the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity national headquarters will be on campus until at least March 6, recruiting the chapter's founding fathers. During that time, there will be a series of informational meetings, personal interviews, group meetings and, finally, member selection.
"It is an on-campus recruitment and marketing program," said Bill Nelson, director of greek programs. "The representatives are really excited to be expanding at KU."
Informational meetings will be held at 7 tonight and Thursday at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. For more information, contact the temporary Pl Kappa Phi expansion office at 479-4445 or visit www.pikapp.org.
State Board of Education will not review standards
The Kansas State Board of Education reversed itself yesterday and voted 5-4 not to send its controversial science education standards to an outside agency for review.
By Jim O'Malley writer@kanson.com Kanson staff writer
The Board has been embroiled in controversy since its 6-4 decision in August to de-emphasize evolution in its science standards. In December, the Board voted 9-1 to adopt slightly revised standards and send them to an outside agency.
The Board's reversal of its December vote last night sparked new criticism from defenders of evolution.
Jack Krebs, a member of Kansas Citizens for Science, said that the standards were scientifically unsound and that the Board was afraid to submit its standards to a qualified reviewer.
But Board members cited concerns about the process for hiring a reviewer.
After a complex bidding process, a three-person committee including Board members Janet Waugh and Linda Holloway recommended the Board award the contract to StandardsWork, Inc. for $8,850.
But State Department of Education officials said the state's Open Meetings Law prevented the
As a result, only Waugh and Holloway knew anything about the bidders.
full Board from having any access to information about other bidders.
Holloway drew a laugh from other Board members shortly before the vote when she asked, "Are there any other questions we can't answer?"
Board member Val DeFever urged the Board to proceed with external review. She said that she was encouraged by the sense of responsibility shown by the December vote and that to change course now would send the wrong message.
But other Board members said they were concerned there wouldn't be enough time to consider changes in statewide science testing based on the reviewer's recommendations.
"Why pay someone to criticize something we've already adopted?" said Board member John Bacon.
Board member Scott Hill said that he had no problems with a review and that testing could start even if the Board was considering changes based on the review.
But Hill, Waugh, DeFever, and I.B. "Sonny" Rundell were in the minority when it came time to vote. Bill Wagonon, who voted against the standards in August and against external review in December, was not present for the vote.
Zoning may hit sex stores
By John Audlehelm
kansan staff writer
writer@kansan.com
They heard from concerned residents, including three Cordley Elementary School students.
City commissioners voted unanimously last night to move aggressively against stores that sell predominantly sex-oriented material.
Naughty But Nice, 1741 Massachusetts St., is located near Cordley, 1837 Vermont St., and they said the store's location was inappropriate.
David Corliss, director of legal services for the city, said the city staff would follow the commissioners' wishes.
"We want as aggressive an ordinance as can be legally sustained," Cordliss said.
- Approved Mayor Erv Hodges' appointment of Holly Krebs, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, to the city's Public Transit Advisory Committee.
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Linda Finger, the city's planning
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