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Monday, September 22, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Minority engineers receive grant
By PAMELA SPINGLER
The Student Council for Recruiting, Motivating and Educating Minority Engineers recently received a $5,000 grant from the Allied Corporation Foundation, a branch of the Bendix Corporation.
The money will be deposited in an endowment account and used for scholarships given to freshman minorities entering the School of Engineering.
Florence Boldridge, director of SCoRMEBE, said she was notified about the grant last spring. Bendix has given a substantial amount in the past.
In the past five years, Bendix has given $5,000 each semester to SCofMMEB.
The program has 85 students. To be a member, a student must be a member of a minority and must maintain at least the minimum GPA required by the school —2.0. For the group's purposes, women are not considered a separate minority.
Boldridge said the company had the largest number of minority engineers in the country. They have hired 20 from the KU program.
Boldridge said many companies were hiring minority engineers because of Affirmative Action guidelines that require companies to hire a certain number of minority employees.
"Our students are highly sought by recruiters," she said, "They haven't had any difficulty getting jobs."
SCoMBEE has students in all areas of engineering, but the most popular majors right now are electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering. Boldridge said.
The program actively recruits high caliber students from the Kansas City, Wichita and St. Louis areas, she said.
"In the early 1970s, there were a large number of minorities on campus, but they weren't staying because they weren't prepared." Boldridge said. "They were leaving as fast as they came."
SCORMEBE was formed in 1970 with the help of three black students and the support of the faculty and administration of the School of Engineering.
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ZBTs cut ribbon at new home
By PAM MILLER
Staff writer
Members of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity Saturday celebrated the fact that they were paying for their own house instead of paying rent to someone else.
About 250 parents, fraternity members, alumni and friends attended the dedication, which took place on the front lawn of the ZBT house, 1942 Stewart Ave.
Adam Berman, chairman of the dedication ceremony, had been worried about a chance of rain.
But the sun shone brightly as people sat in chairs on the front lawn and watched fraternity members honor the parents, especially those who contributed money, time and advice.
Evans Scholars vacated the house
in the spring. Since the ZBT members moved into the house this summer, a kitchen has been added, the television room was renovated, the roof was fixed and a basketball court was installed, said Gary Jaffe, house president.
Berman, Wilmette, Ill., senior,
said, "This summer, it was a pit. It’s
incredible the work we put into it."
But the work was worth it, Jaffe, St. Louis senior, said at the ceremony.
"This year is a very special one, because we are happy to be in our own house," he said.
The house is the third one the ZBT members have lived in since the fraternity was formed at the University of Kansas in September 1982. Jaffe said.
Two years ago, 12 members lived in a five-bedroom house, Jaffe said. Fifty members now live in the 30-bedroom house.
Parents of the ZBT members formed a legal corporation called the KUZBT Building Corporation to help the members finance the house. At the ceremony, some members of the parents' club were given special honors, including five fathers who were inducted into the ZBT fraternity Friday night.
After recognition and honors were given, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was performed at the front door of the house by Jaffe; Glenn; and building corporation president, Ted Netzy.
The KU Women's Soccer Club will practice at 5:45 p.m. today at the University soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
On campus
Academic Computing Services will sponsor an introductory seminar to SPSS-X, an integrated package of computer programs, at 7 p.m. today in 121 Fraser Hall.
The Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction will meet at 8 p.m. to
day in the Walnut Room of the Kan sas Union.
-In The Streets magazine will have an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Conference Room of Hashinger Hall.
The seminar "Love, Values and Spiritual Growth" will be at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
The KU Soccer Club will practice
at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the University soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
**Victor Papanek, J.L. Constant distinguished professor of architecture and urban design, will speak on "The Editec Complex: The Designed Environment in the Age of Greed." at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
On the record
reported.
A television set, valued at $200,
was taken between 11 p.m. Saturday
and 3 a.m. Sunday from an apartment
building in the 1300 block of
Ohio Street, Lawrence police
■ Lawrence police reported that tools and a wateri, valued together at $850, were taken Sept. 9 from a pickup parked in the 2300 block of Haskell Avenue.
A tennis racket, valued at $200,
was taken between 9:30 p.m. and 11
p.m. Saturday from a car parked in
the 1400 block of Tennessee Street,
Lawrence police reported.
A bicycle, valued at $200, was taken Saturday from a residence in the 1000 block of Rhode Island Street, Lawrence police reported.
A bicycle, valued at $500, was taken between 6:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday from a residence in the 1500 block of Kent Terrace, Lawrence police reported
■Three forged checks, valued together at $175, were cashed between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23 at a grocery store in the 3000 block of Sixth Street, Lawrence police reported.
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