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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 21, 2000
Five fraternities forced to move to new locations
By J. D. McKee writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Five University of Kansas fraternities on Stewart Avenue, Pi Kappa Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Kappa Lambda and Lambda Chi Alpha, closed during the summer.
P1 Kiappa Theta rush chairman Tony Berg said the fraternity would not return until next fall because it did not meet its summer deadline to install a sprinkler system.
Brian Shimanek, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, said the house members and alumni decided to leave instead of renovating as the city fire marshall required.
"We felt it was a good opportunity to move off to new housing," Shimanek said. "For the past few years we've been discussing plans to move."
For the rest of the school year, Shimanek and 11 other members of the house have rented out all the apartments in a building on Indiana Street.
Shimanek said Pi Kappa Alpha would continue to have its meetings in the Kansas Union. It is against Interfraternity Council rules for houses to set up unofficial chapter houses, so the members of Pi Kappa Alpha cannot hold official meetings in their private residences.
ings in their private Sam MacRoberts, Interfraternity Council president, said Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Lambda have had trouble meeting financial obligations, and they are without chapter houses.
Lambda Chi Alpha has moved into the vacant Alpha Omicron Pi house, 1510 Sigma Nu Place, where the members of Delta Chi fraternity lived last spring
"If all fraternities continue to work aggressively they'll be able to move back into their chapters." MacRoberts said.
he also said that relocation could be a positive thing for the fraternities.
"This is a good opportunity for them to refocus on what they need to be doing," he said. "It could be an exciting learning process for everyone involved. It doesn't have to be a bad thing."
MacRoberts said he also thought it was important for the University and Greek community to support the temporarily homeless fraternities.
"Just because they don't have chapter houses doesn't mean they aren't fraternities," he said.
— Edited by Erin Adamson
Residents begin their move into the new Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall last Saturday morning. Margaret Amini has four floors, 16,600 square feet and cost $2.9 million to build. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
KU women make Amini sister hall home
By L. D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Margaret Amini Hall opened its doors Saturday to the 50 women who will be its first residents.
The hall is next to its brother hall, K.K. Amini, in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street. Megan Horigan, Frankfort junior, said she lived in Douthart Hall last year but jumped at the opportunity to move to the new hall.
who had previously lived in a scholarship hall would live in each room, making it an easier transition into scholarship hall living for new residents.
"Some of the other buildings are a bit older," she said. "But everything here is brand new. It's really nice."
"It's a really exciting chance to get involved." Horrigan said.
Horrigan said at least one woman
Danica Fri, Salt Lake City freshman,
said she was surprised at how nice the hall was.
"I've stayed at other dorms for sports," Fri said. "This is a lot more than I expected. It's nice to be first and start new traditions."
The new hall will be similar in design to Amini, an all-male residence, and will consist of quadruple-occupancy suites, with separate rooms for living.
sleeping and studying and private bathrooms. There also is a common living room and a common kitchen in the hall.
Amiini and Margaret Amiini scholarship halls were named after KU alumni K.K. and Margaret Amiini of San Antonio. The Amiini have contributed $2.5 million toward the building of the two halls. K.K. Amiini Hall has been open since 1992.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the Aminis were easy to work with.
The last women's scholarship hall
"They are a wonderu couple, they said they wanted to build another hall and left the designs to the University."
AMINI FACTS
Total square feet (each Amini Hall) =
16,600
Project costs (Margaret Amini Hall) = $2.9 million
Construction costs per square foot = $135 ($15 for men's in 1992)
$135 ($95 for men's in 1992)
Number of floors in each = 4
Number of floors in each = 4
Special features = four-person suit
Special features = four person suites
Number of rooms in a suite = three
Number of rooms in a suit = three rooms for living, sleeping and studying, plus a bathroom and closets
built at Kansas was Douthart Hall, built in 1954.
School of Education converges under one roof for easier accessibility
By Jennifer Valadez writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Former residence hall, Joseph R. Pearson Hall, now is the home of the School of Education.
The move to the seven-story building, which took place July 31 to Aug. 3, has created improvements that will benefit not only the program but also its students, faculty and staff.
Before uniting under one roof, the school had offices in Bailey Hall, Dole Human Development Center and the Chariton Manley Inc. Building, 211 E. Eighth St., said Jim Hultine, assistant to the dean.
He said the new location would help education students access resources because it was the first time the majority of the school would be in the same building. Approximately 4,500 items and 250 staff members made the move. Hultine said.
"For the most part, students have
only one place to find (teachers)," Hultine said. "As far as faculty, we'll find more ways to interact with each other. It's not as spread apart. This is always a benefit."
The new building includes several technological advances including 12 seminar classrooms, a state-of-the-art lecture auditorium and expanded computer facilities.
computer "The technology is phenomenal." said Dee Ozment, undergraduate records clerk.
Ozment also said the new space had helped make records easier to access. MaryAnn Williams, graduate records clerk, said that the new building was an advantage in itself.
"There are new, big, clean classrooms," Williams said. "That's the advantage of moving into a new building."
But the entire school didn't make the move. Offices for the health, sport and exercise sciences department will remain in Robinson Center.
Williams said that department remained at the location because all of its classes and labs meet there.
With the department's advisors also in Robinson, students will be have more footwork between the two buildings, especially during enrollment.
Ozment said the conflict would arise with students not having all required authorization, such as an adviser's signature, on their enrollment forms.
The building is not the only change in the school. Jerry Bailey will act as the interim dean of the school when the fall semester begins.
Hultine, confident with the move, expressed his outlook on what was in store for the coming year in the school.
"This was a positive move for the future of the school," he said. "We may not be completely settled in for another six months, but there will be an incredible faculty."
— Edited by Warisa Chulindra
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