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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 29, 1986
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Sororities' houses get new look
By PAM MILLER
Staff writer
Two KU sorority houses have a "traditional" new look.
The Sigma Kappa sorority, 1325 West Campus Road, and Alpha Phi sorority, 1602 High Drive, renovated their houses during the summer, and the result for both is a return to old-fashioned decor.
Sigma Kappa had the front of its house rebuilt to match the traditional look of other houses along West Cerrick and Clover Valley. A CTV senior and rhs chairman
The renovation included making the front porch area larger, adding more pillars and elongating the windows on the front of the house.
Landscaping is not yet finished on the front yard.
one stage of a series of changes planned for the house. The second floor, with the sleeping rooms, will be enlarged within the next few years, she said. The changes will increase the house's capacity from 60 to 90.
Lisa Lewis, said the changes had boosted morale in the house. She also said she thought the project would make a difference to students who might want to pledge the house.
"People have been watching," Lewis, Atwood junior, said. "They realize we're growing and changing."
Pat Crayle, the president of Sigma Kappa's housing corporation, said
the sorority memembers were very excited about the new look of the house. However, she would not disclose the cost of the renovation.
The Alpha Phi house has a new look inside and out, said Brenda Stoldt, Topeka junior and Alpha Phi treasurer.
"When I first saw it, it reminded me of a motel," she said. "Now it looks like a traditional-looking house. It's very beautiful."
Lisa Ashner, Mission law student and member of the housing board for the Alpha Phi house, said that when the house was first built in the early '50s, it was touted as being very modernistic.
With the changes, Ashner said, it looks like a different house.
Ashner said the sorority also reimbursed the house with new carpet.
draperies and furniture. A new coat room was added to the structure.
Knarr said the renovation was just
Stoldt said the house was more energy efficient, with smaller windows, shutters, white siding and a barn-style roof.
"But we're the same house, the looks are just different."
"We're happier and a lot more motivated," she said. "It's hard to tell right now if it will have any effect on rush. Of course, we want to try to expand our membership.
The morale of the women in the house has also improved along with the new look, Stoldt said.
Jean Lamfers, president of the Alpha Phi housing corporation, said the renovation cost more than $500,000, partially financed by the national chapter.
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