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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, February 2, 1998
A gift for Ramadan
Members of the Lawrence Islamic Center give gifts to children to celebrate the end of Ramadan. The ceremony was held Friday afternoon at the Lawrence Islamic Center, 19th and Naismith streets. The end of Ramadan was Thursday, but the celebration was held Friday so more people could attend.
Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Members of about 15 University of Kansas fraternities gave up part of their Saturday afternoon to talk about the integrity of fraternities at the University and nationwide.
By Carl Kaminski
ckaminski@kansan.com
Kansan stuff writer
Greeks need integrity to last
Donald DiPaulo, professor in the school of education at the University of Michigan, advises greek systems and assists greek chapters with goal-setting and long-range strategic planning. He spoke to students in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
DiPalo encouraged open discussion about the problems with the greek system and about the solutions.
"Until we start talking in an authentic manner it's really going to be hard for us to move forward," he said.
DiPaiho spoke about the need for chapters nationwide to change their pledge systems and eliminate hazing.
"From what my understanding is, there are still a lot of vestiges of hazing on this camus." DiPaulo said.
Trey Yost, Perry, Okla., sophomore, said the KU chapters had moved away from hazing activities and did not know of anyone who still participated in them.
"To be a successful house, you have
DiPalo said that fraternity members should remember what their chapter is about and should live with integrity. Hazing was absolutely indefensible, he said.
to change with society and adapt to new ways," Yost said.
"The greek system is killing people." That's why we are national news," DiPaulo said.
Fraternities are about building people up and being a second family for members. DiPaulo said.
DiPaua said that the main problem with fraternities today was a lack of integrity. He said that fraternities were founded to foster social, intellectual and moral growth, brotherhood, wisdom and enlightenment.
"We need to narrow the gap between what we say we are and what we are," he said.
Yost said that DiPauro's message of integrity was important.
"we all, of course, have our house codes," Yost said. "What makes a good house versus a bad house is who really looks in that everyday life."
Attention from media and parents should not make fraternities nervous, DiPaulo said. Fraternities just need to focus on their founding values.
"Bring on the press, bring on the parents, bring on the media, bring on everybody." DiPaulo said. "We're proud of these things. This is what we
"The greek system is killing people. That's why we are national news."
Michigan professor
tell the world we are."
"I think that if you are a person of integrity, you are solid," he said.
If fraternity members follow their core values and live with integrity, there is nothing they need to worry about. DiPaulo said.
DiPaulo said he was impressed with the greek system at the University.
"My perception is that your greek system is pretty darn strong compared to the rest of the country," he said. "Clearly there is a lot you are doing well."
DiPaiou visited the University at the invitation of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Yost, member of Beta Theta Pi, said members of the fraternity met DiPaulo when he spoke at the fraternity's national convention.
Police looking to past in Spokane killings
The Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — The killings of seven women since late summer — four of them in the last weeks of 1997 — have resurrected the specter of the Seattle area's Green River killer.
The women shared histories of prostitution, drug abuse or both, but authorities have asked reporters not to characterize the slavings as prostitute murders.
All but one of the Spokane victims were shot to death, their bodies dumped in out-of-the-way spots in or near the city, detectives say.
"We feel verv strongly that a homicide is
a homicide," said Spokane Sheriff's Capt. Doug Silver, co-commander of a city-county task force set up to investigate the killings.
Police said an extreme likelihood exists that the four most recent victims — found from Nov. 6 to Dec. 26 at two sites outside the city — were killed by the same person or persons.
The task force is also looking into possible links with 11 other unsolved killings of area women since 1984 — the year the Green River killings halted at a three-year toll of 49 women, most of them prostitutes as well. Most were strangled. Authorities speculate their killer may be in prison or dead.
Spokane Police Capt. Chuck Bown, another task force commander said he dismissed the timing as "purely coincidental."
Tacoma — 300 miles to the west — may be connected with the Spokane killings. Police declined to say why they think so, however.
Investigators are considering 14-year-old
cases to ensure no connection is overlooked, he said.
"We are confident that not all of the 18 are connected," Bown said. "We are also confident that four are. Then there are those in the middle, which we are still evaluating."
The focus is on 11 deaths since 1990 that seem to fit a pattern.
The victims' families, many with lifestyle as marginal as the victims' own, could not be located to comment on the investigation
But the dead do have allies. About 200 people attended a mid-January memorial service.
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1998 Career and Employment Fair
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Attend the Career Fair Information Session/Learn how to get the most out of a career fair:
Tuesday, February 3rd, 4:00 pm, Pioneer Room - Burge Union
Accountemps/Robert Half
Addecco - The Employment People
Aerotek
Allied Signal
American Airlines
American Backhaulers
American Companies
American Teleconferencing Serv.
Austin Nichols Technical Temps
BDM Petroleum Technologies
Basic Cleaning - The Basic Carpenter Corporation
Best Computer Consultants, Inc.
Blair Consulting Group, Inc.
Boeing, Inc.
Budget Car & Truck Rental
CCH, Inc.
Camps Airy and Louise
Camp Birchwood
Camp Chippewa for Boys
Camp Kamaji for Girls, Inc.
Camp Lincoln/Camp Hubert
Camp Towanda
Camp Wood YMCA
 Cape Cod Sea Camps
Career Services, Inc.
Century Personnel
City of Lawrence, Kansas
Commerce BankContemporary
Group/Sandstone Ampitheatre
Deluxe Corporation
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Serv
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Federal Reserve Bank of KC
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
Franklin Financial
Friendly Pines Camp
Full Employment Council
Garmin International
Gear for Sports
General Services Administration
Geoaccess, Inc.
Gilbert-Magill Company
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Harrah's NKC Casino
Hastings
Heartland Council of Camp Fire
House of Lloyd
IBM Corporation
IBP, Inc.
IKON Office Solutions
Jenny Craig
Jewish Comm. Ctr. of Greater KC
Jones Store Company
Kaw Valley Center
KU - Department of Human Res.
KU - Mt. Oread Bookstore
KU - School of Business
KU - Upward Bound/Math & Sci Ctr.
Kansas City Missouri, City of
Kansas City, Missouri Police Dept.
Kansas City, MO Water Serv. Dept
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Dept. Health&Environment
Kansas Dept. of Transportation
Kansas Div. of Personnel Services
Kansas Innovation Corporation
Kansas Tech. Enterprise Corp.
Kelly Services
Lab One
Manpower Temporary Services
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Merck & Company, Inc.
Mervyn's Department Stores
Monsanto
Moog Automotive
Multi-Service Corporation
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NK Lawn and Garden Co.
Navy Recruiting Dist. Kansas City-
Officer Program
New England Financial Group
Northern Reflections
NW Mutual Life/Baird Securities-Ert
NW Mutual Life-Hames Agency
Oklahoma Dept of Transportation
Osco Drug/Sav on Drugs
Output Technologies
Overland Park Police Department
Pepsi-Cola
Philip Morris, USA
Pizza Hut of America, Inc.
Principal Financial Group
Pro Staff
Quintiles, Inc.
Robert E. Miller Company
Rock Springs 4-H Center
Russel Stover Candies, Inc.
St. Louis County Dept. of Planning
Schlumberger
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Signature Staffing
SW Bell Telephone Company
Sports & Social Clubs of the U.S.
Sprint - Technology Services
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus
Center
State Farm Insurance
Steak 'n Shake
Sunflower Group
Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
The Consultants, Inc.
Timber Lake Camps
TouchNet Info, Systems, Inc.
United Parcel Service
United States Air Force
United States Army/Army Reserve
United States Marine Corps
Walgreens
Xerox - The Document Company
Worlds of Funs/Oceans of Fun
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