THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Colony meets goals, set to receive its sorority charter in March
Andy Samuelson/Kansan
Maggie Iacobazzi, Arlington Heights, Ill., senior, picks up a recruiting brochure from ZTA sorority members Tuesday in the Kansas Union. ZTA began recruiting back in the fall, but will not become an officially chartered sorority until later this spring.
By Jessica Palmenio
jpalimenio@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority is set to become the newest sorority chapter at the University of Kansas.
Although the organization has been functioning as a sorority by holding chapter meetings and elections, it will not be made official until the Zeta Tau Alpha National Headquarters grants it a charter later this semester. The charter will make it the Kappa Sigma chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha and the 14th sorority at the University.
Julia Hill, national president of the sorority, said the group should have everything accomplished by March in order to receive its charter.
When the charter is granted, more than 140 current members and new recruits will be initiated during a weekend installation event at the University.
Currently, the organization is a colony. As a colony, the organization is working toward receiving its charter, said Angie Carr, coordinator of fraternity and sorority life at the University.
To make the transition from a colony to a chapter, the members
must meet goals set by the sorority's national headquarters.
The organization's goals require its members to get acquainted with the fundamentals of the sorority and its background, much like new members of the University's 13 established sororities.
"We have been learning where we were formed, our creed and basic things like that," said Jennifer Hull, Emporia senior and colony member.
During this learning process, local Zeta Tau Alpha chapters at Washburn University in Topeka, Baker University in Baldwin City
and Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo., have aided the colony in reaching its goals. National representatives of the sorority have visited to give their support.
"We're not completely on our own yet. We have had a lot of help," said Sheila Sudbeck, Seneca freshman and colony member.
The group is trying one more recruitment effort during new student orientation to get a larger group of upperclasswomen involved.
University shifts funds in-state for Kansas merit scholarships
- Edited by Anne Mantey
By Jessica Hood
jhood@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Incoming out-of-state National Merit Scholars will no longer receive the same scholarships as in-state merit scholars next fall.
Merit scholars at the University of Kansas currently receive full-ride scholarships that include 15 credit hours of tuition per semester plus room and board in a scholarship hall. For out-of-state merit scholars, the amount is about $14,000, and for Kansas merit scholars it is about $6,800. The University began offering full-ride scholarships to all merit scholars in 1999.
Incoming freshmen out-of-state merit scholars are now competing for scholarships with all other out-of-state appl-
cants. In-state merit scholars will still receive a merit scholarship.
Lisa Pinamonti, interim director of the Office of Admissions and Scholarships, said the change came from expenses involved in supporting out-of-state merit scholars and the need for academic scholarships for Kansas students who receive other awards.
"We can't afford to give the current package anymore," Pinamonti said. "More students are staying in Kansas for school and we want to offer more money to these students."
The change has allowed the office to increase the amount of other scholarships to Kansas students.
good to know that in-state students are becoming a priority.
"It's a good direction for scholarships to go," Jennifer Anderson, Wichita junior, said. "KU is a state school, and it's
Out-of-state merit scholars say the shift will make it difficult to attract new out-of-state scholars.
Erin Beck, Security, Colo., senior, said without her merit scholarship, she wouldn't have attended the University.
"It made KU an option for me because I couldn't have afforded KU without a significant scholarship," she said.
The out-of-state merit scholars currently enrolled will continue to receive their scholarships. There are about 200 out-of-state merit scholars at the University. The change in awarding starts with freshmen entering the University in Fall 2003.
Edited by Christy Dendurent and Michelle Burhenn
Committees meet, discuss plans for new women's scholarship hall
By Cal Creek
ccreek@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two groups that once clashed over the razing of three houses in the 1300 block of Ohio Street will now work together to determine the future of the now empty lot.
The Community Advisory Committee met yesterday with the Building Committee to discuss plans for a new scholarship hall at the site.
"The University wants to be sure the neighborhood has a voice in the construction of this hall," said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor.
The Community Advisory Committee is made up of a chairperson, representatives from the Lawrence Historic Commission and the Campus Historic Preservation Board, a Lawrence Preservation Alliance representative, a
student representative and a liaison between the campus, University administration and the community.
Candice Davis, president of the Oread Neighborhood Association and committee member, said she hoped the new hall will blend in architecturally with the other houses in the neighborhood.
"We don't want to see the rest of our neighborhood taken block-by-block," Davis said. "I'm hoping both committees will work together and be receptive to each other's ideas."
The building, which will house 50 female students, will remain unnamed until its donor is announced later this spring. The project has a budget of $3 million and will be completed July 2005.
Treanor Architects, a firm with experience in student housing and historic sensitivities, will design the hall.
Vance Kelley, KU graduate and Treanor architect, serves as a design consultant and the chairman of the Community Advisory Committee. Kelley has experience and interest in historical preservation, one of the primary concerns of the committee.
The group will serve as advisors to the designers and will stress the importance of architectural compatibility in the Oread Neighborhood.
While the committees have a general idea of what the inside will look like, the exterior remains a blank slate.
"This is not a project anybody is going to rush." Weinberg said.
The community advisory committee will meet again at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs.E's. The building committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
— Edited by Ryan Wood
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