University Daily Kansan, August 21, 1980 Page 5
KU fraternity system to add colony houses
By STEVE BASKA Staff Reporter
The KU fraternity system is alive and well and filled to capacity.
The 23 residential and three social fraternities on campus are full, so two "colony" fraternities will be added this year. A colony fraternity is one that has enough members to be chartered by its national organization.
One colony, Theta Chi, has five members and will advertise for more this fall. The other colony, Pi Kappa Phi, will begin recruiting in January. If successful, they will establish permanent housing within three years.
"Colonies are the best way to offer fraternity affiliation to sophomores and juniors," Charles Chapin, interfraternity council adviser said. "They are not as frequently sought by KU fraternities as high school seniors are."
The established residence fraternities vary in size from 34 to 118 members. 19 percent of all unmarried men have fraternity affiliations.
Membership drives, called "rush", continue year-round. Spring Rush, held each spring through the 70 of the 60 participants pledging a fidelity. Summer Rush,
aimed at recruiting high school seniors,
resulted in about 500 pledges. Fall
Rush, held August 17-19, recruits about
90 men every year. Chapin said.
*Rush tries to provide a place within the system for whoever wants it.*
*Warranted.*
Fraternities are a unique aspect of college life. They claim to offer young men social services, help with studies, help with projects and a sense of brotherhood.
But fraternities are having problems too, Chapin said.
"Inflation is squeezing all the fraternities, especially with the rising cost of food," he said. "But they have to pay for a good job with the money they have."
The average monthly rent is $200, and most items such as party fees, Chinapali salar.
Other issues facing fraternities are discrimination in picking members and
Chapin said KU fraternities are slowly moving toward integration and now have a foreign student in nearly every chapter.
The only fraternity house that fails to meet Lawrence fire code standards is the 1975 fire school, which is mindful of the 1976 fire at Baker University that killed five men.
Fraternity activities this fall will include enrollment week seminars on study skills, sports, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the homecoming parade, a blood drive, and Interfraternity Council representation to discuss problems.
Activities scheduled for next spring include the Rockchalk Review, a series of fraternity-sorority meetings and a seminar with skillets; seminar offered to all members of fraternities.
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