THURSDAY,FEB.7,2002
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Chancellor, provost continue tuition talks
By Meredith Carr Kansan staff writer
Tuition dialogues continued last night when Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provest David Shulenburger met with students in Stephenson Scholarship Hall.
The chancellor and the provost covered issues such as financial aid, online enrollment and what the tuition increase money would fund in the future.
The administrators said they were concerned that without the tuition increase, the University wouldn't provide the same quality of education it was known for.
"I wish it would have been more conversational instead of so much Q and A," said Amanda Meglemme, Overland Park sophomore, one of about 20 students attending the talk. "But I really appreciate them coming and talking with us."
"Ask yourself why you came to KU," Shulenburger said. "If you said
"I wish it would have been more conversational instead of so much Q and A."
Amanda Meglemre
Overland Park sophomore
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Provost David Shulenburger explains proposed tuition increases to a group of students in Stephenson Scholarship Hall yesterday. About 25 students attended the meeting, where he and Chancellor Robert Hemenway fielded questions following the presentation.
because it was the cheapest you better reevaluate that answer. You could have gone to Emporia State or Fort Havys State. Why didn't you go there?"
Hemenway started out the evening by outlining what the administration hoped to accomplish.
Het talked about five "key questions" to think about during the tuition-increase dialogue.
"Should you have a tuition increase or not? If so, how much of an increase should it be?
Where is the money going to be spent? Who is going to pay for it?
What principles will be applied?"
Hemenwav asked.
Though the Board of Regents moved the deadline for a final tuition proposal to the middle of March, Meneway said he was working to move that date back to the original April 15 deadline. This way the
administration would have more time to continue the dialogue with students, the administrators said.
■ Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Cassio Furtado.
Zeta Tau Alpha selected to open in fall
By Caroline Boyer Kansan staff writer
Participants in the Fall 2002 sorority recruitment will have a chance to become a founding member of a new chapter at the University of Kansas.
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority was selected to open a new colony by delegates from the 13 current sororities.
Julia Hill, Director of National Extension for Zeta Tau Alpha, said the sorority will be looking for members at all year levels.
"It's truly an opportunity for a lot of different ages," Hill said. "The neat thing about a new colony is you don't have to wait two or three years to become a leader."
Kelly Jo Karnes, assistant director of greek programs, said KU had been considering inviting
another sorority to campus since Spring 1999.
"We've been looking at our recruitment numbers and the numbers of women who are in our new member classes, and that number has been going up and up every year," she said.
After researching and conducting surveys, greek programs staff members decided the University was ready for another sorority. The 13 national sororities not represented on campus were invited to apply to be selected as the University's newest sorority.
Karnes said chapters had been exceeding the maximum number of members a sorority could have because they were accepting as many as 55 new members each year.
Karnes said Zeta Tau Alpha was chosen because it had a good foundation and many local chapters.
"There were just a lot of people who are in the area who were on board from the get go, saying we will support this chapter and we are willing to put in the time to make this chapter successful," she said.
Shae Steven, Panhellenic delegate from Gamma Phi Beta, said she was impressed with Zeta Tau Alpha's presenters.
"I just thought they seemed really confident and put together," the Wichita junior said.
Hill said the sorority plans to come to campus in early April to publicize.
Zeta Tau Alpha will participate in recruitment orientation next fall and may have an informational event on the first day of recruitment, she said. The chapter hopes to recruit about 100 members outside of the formal
recruitment process.
Karnes said she expected the new sorority to fare better than the Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Omnicon Pi chapters. The Alpha Xi Delta chapter closed in Spring 1999 and the Alpha Omnicon Pi chapter closed in Spring 1996.
"I don't know why Alpha Xi Delta was not successful here. Honestly, I don't think the Greek community was behind them," she said. "We tried really hard to pound into the men and the women to say, you know what, you all want this new chapter here to make your membership numbers lower and more manageable, we all need to support this new chapter."
Contact Boyer at bchoyer@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jeremy Clarkson.
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