Monday, February 9, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Greeks use study hours as gear for academic success
By Carl Kaminski
ckaminski@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Some University of Kansas fraternities and sororities are working hard to achieve academic success by enforcing study hours.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the University's top academic fraternity for all but four semesters since 1936, enforces 15 hours of mandatory studying per week for its new members. Chi Omega, the top academic sorority last fall, requires members whose grade point averages fall below a 2.0 to complete study hours.
Justin Kufahl, Triangle fraternity scholarship chair and Augusta senior, said it was important to teach new members good study habits.
Kufah said new members were required to study from 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.
"We have a lot of engineers here so we have to study a lot to stay in school," he said.
New members who miss the study hours are fined $5 for the first offense and $10 for the second. Kufahl said.
Lambda Chi Alpha, ranked second among KU fraternities, enforces a similar study-hour policy.
Alpha Delta Pi, ranked second among KU sororities, requests that everyone study for six hours each week. *
All new members must study from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and may take one night off. New members who miss the study hours have to pay a $5 fine.
"They can study whenever and wherever they want," said Amber McGraw, chapter president and Marshall. Mc. junior.
Although study hours may help some chapters maintain high GPAs, other chapters have chosen another approach.
Kappa Kappa Gamma earned a 3.146 GPA last fall without mandatory study hours.
"It is a national rule," said Benton Kelly, chapter scholarship chair and St. Louis, Mo., sophomore.
Kelly attributes her chapter's academic success to the emphasis placed on grades during rush and on its scholarship program.
Kelly said Kappa Kappa Gamma had been known for earning high grades, but had slipped during the last few years.
"But now we're back," she said. "Our scholarship program has improved a lot over the past couple of years."
Kelly said that earning good grades was important, and that awards were given out during chapter meetings to members who had performed well in class.
"Our whole chapter supports studying," she said.
Drug dealers subject to sales tax
Illegal drugs warrant fees if seller hasn't purchased tax stamps
By Chris Horton
chorton@kansasan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Business Tax Bureau of the Kansas Department of Revenue wants its share of illegal drug money in Kansas.
stamp law.
Kansas tax law KSA 97-5204 requires that state purveyors of controlled substances purchase tax stamps. The foil stamps, which are self-adhesive, then must be affixed to the drugs.
If an individual is found guilty of distributing controlled substances and is not in possession of stamps of the proper value, the total past due taxes on the seized drugs are collected, said Scott Anderson, an accountant at the bureau. He said that most people arrested with drugs in Kansas were not aware of the tax-
The Business Tax Bureau is located in Topeka and sells the stamps in denominations ranging from $10 to $5,000, Anderson said. The total money collected by the Bureau from stamp sales in 1996 amounted to $1,300.
"Basically, the stamps are for marijuana and other controlled substances," Anderson said, "The aim is to tax the profit motive of the drug dealer."
"All stamp purchases are confidential," he said, "We sell them anonymously."
People who sell illegal drugs will not be arrested while attempting to buy tax stamps, he said.
Brad Leckron, Lawrence senior, said he did not see the point of the stamps.
"It itse ridiculous to say that something is bad or illegal and then try to make money off of it," Leckron said.
The stamp denomination that a drug dealer needs depends on
the type and quantity of drugs that they possess, Anderson said.
For harder drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, the stamp cost is $200 per gram. Illegal drugs sold in a pill form, such as amphetamines, require a $2,000 stamp for every 50 pills. Marijuana stamp rates vary, depending on the state of the plant, he said.
"For a wet plant, it's 40 cents per gram," Anderson said, "For a dried, harvested plant, it's 90 cents. If the marijuana itself has been processed and sorted into bags, it's $3.50 a gram."
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Unit operates in Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson counties. Lieutenant Mike Reeves said the unit's mission was to locate and apprehend local distributors of illegal drugs. He added that the tax-stamp law was taken seriously by the unit.
"If you're selling drugs, you need to buy the stamps," Reeves said.
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