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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014
Pi Kappa Alpha returns to campus after four years
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CHANDLER BLANTON
@chandlerblanton
After a four-year hiatus, Pi Kappa Alpha is returning to the University of Kansas this year with high expectations. PIKE was a University fraternity until 2010, when it surrendered its charter in cooperation with the University.
"The chapter simply wasn't getting enough membership or involvement before," said Zach Ryan, PIKE professional expansion consultant. "Since then, PIKE Headquarters have been working closely with the University to be able to come back and start fresh and strong after a four-year break."
Ryan and Trey Gibeault, another professional expansion consultant, travel to campuses around the country where PIKE colonies are being started and recruit the men who will eventually become the founding fathers of that chapter. They've been at the University working on recruitment since Sept. 5.
"Our recruitment is based solely on recommendations we get from staff, varsity campus leaders and other members of Greek life," Gibeault said. "Once we get those recommendations, we individually interview the men
about membership within the organization."
Ryan and Gibeault received hundreds of recommendations, but were able to be selective and choose new members who were excited to be PIKE founding fathers.
"I was really drawn to the opportunity of playing a hand in building a Greek organization the right way," said Macaeb Swenson, a sophomore from Lakeville, Minn. "I'm excited to see how this fraternity grows both outward and inward in the coming years, and can't wait to get involved and make waves both at KU and in Lawrence."
Mike Davis, the senior vice president of donor relations for the KU Alumni Association and a KU PIKE alumni, said there has been a large alumni push to bring a PIKE chapter back to the University.
"We have a great group of PIKE alumni in the area from many different schools," Davis said. "We've all been passionate and energetic about bringing the PIKEs back to KU"
PIKE's hiatus may seem unorthodox, but it's quite common for fraternities to leave campus and come back a few years later.
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"Most recently, Alpha Tau Omega left campus for a number of years and was rechar-
tered in Spring 2012," said Dustin Struble, assistant director of Greek Life in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center. "Similar to PIKE, ATO's founding fathers were recruited by leadership consultants from the National Headquarters."
As PIKE returns from its four-year break, some have wondered if there's enough interest in Greek life for PIKE to find the members they're looking for. Struble believes there is.
On Oct. 9, the chapter will hold Meet The Pikes Night, where anyone who's interested can meet the newest members of Pi Kappa Alpha. Ryan and Gibault hope to have 100 members and be a fully functioning fraternity - complete with a functioning executive board and alumni advisory board — by that time.
"The Greek Life Expansion Committee was created to evaluate the current state of the Greek community and determine the need for expansion," Struble said. "After PIKE officials presented to the Expansion Committee why they believed they should be invited to expand to campus, the Committee voted in favor of bringing them to KU in Fall 2014."
Edited by Alyssa Scott
WHEN EACH FRATERNITY CAME TO CAMPUS.
Beta Theta Pi - 1873
Phi Kappa Psi - 1876
Phi Gamma Delta - 1881
Phi Delta Theta - 1882
Sigma Chi - 1884
Sigma Nu - 1884-2005, 2007-present
Alpha Tau Omega - 1901, 2012-present
Sigma Alpha Epsilon - 1903
Kappa Sigma - 1912
Delta Tau Delta - 1914, 2009-present
Pi Kappa Alpha - 1910, 2014'
Delta Upsilon - 1920
Alpha Kappa Lambda - 1922, 2009-present
Delta Chi - 1923
Sigma Phi Epsilon - 1923
Triangle - 1927
Tau Kappa Epsilon - 1942
Lambda Chi Alpha - 1947
Alpha Epsilon Pi - 1949
Sigma Pi - 1950-1961, 2012-present
Theta Chi - 1954, 1989-present
Zeta Beta Tau - 1984, 2010-present
Pi Kappa Phi - 2000
Delta Lambda Phi - 2010
DUSTIN STRUBLE
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Conservative states balk at gay marriage action
Aimee McCarter, left, and Jen Kozushko share a kiss after applying for a marriage license at the Clerk of the District Court office at the Reno County Courthouse in Hutchison on Tuesday. The couple was informed later in the day of the application's denial.
WICHITA — Following Monday's unexpected Supreme Court decision not to hear appeals over gay marriage, Julia and Regina Johnson went to the Reno County Clerk's office to apply for a marriage license.
After 16 years and six kids, it was time. They watched as the clerk scratched out the word "man," explaining that new forms had not yet been printed yet.
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But the Johnsons live in Kansas, one of several conservative-learning states seemingly bound by the high court's decision where officials are taking a stand and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Hours after they'd submitted their paper-work, they got a call from the clerk saying their application had been denied.
"It was wow — it sounds surreal," Julia Johnson said. "It was actually surreal for us."
Patricia Macke Dick later said she had no choice but to deny their license because Kansas' same-sex marriage ban, specifically, had not been overturned. The only related lawsuit now in Kansas courts is one filed by two couples who married in other states and sued Kansas over tax treatment. Their case is being heard next month.
Reno County Chief Judge
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt noted that, to date, no court has squared decided whether the Kansas Constitution's prohibition of same-sex marriage is invalid and that the state will deal with any litigation when it comes. Wyoming and South Carolina are taking similar stands.
"The people have spoken on this," said Kansas' Republican governor, Sam Brownback, who is fighting a close re-election battle in which he needs conservative support.
Wyoming's Republican governor, Matt Mead, said the state will defend its constitution's definition of marriage as permissible only between a man and woman. He said he doesn't think the Supreme Court's action this week applies to a Wyoming case challenging that definition, which is set for a hearing in December.
to put in the constitution that marriage is the union of a man and a woman," he said.
"I don't know how much more you can bolster it than to have a vote of the people
an attorney for gay rights group Wyoming Equality, which is one of the plaintiffs, took issue with Mead's comment that the Supreme Court action had no impact on the state case.
"At the end of the day, the 10th Circuit's ruling is now the law in Wyoming, which means that same-sex couples now have the fundamental right to get married in Wyoming and the governor and the AG's office are trying to interfere with that right," said attorney James Lyman.
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KU Homecoming 2014
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Richard and Judy Billings—Billings Spirit of 1922 Award, 2014 Award Recipient—Scott Simpson
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Elie Rose, Director
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Parade Judges—Scott and Betsy Coons, Becky Thomas, Sarah Thomas
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Erneees—John Holt, Curtis Marsh (parade) and David Lawrence (pep rally)
Speakers—Rob Riggle, Coach John Reagan, Coach Clint Bowen and Coach Bill Self
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