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University Daily Kansan, August 26, 1982
Sorority to form partnership
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
After more than two years of struggling to raise funds for the construction of a house, the Alpha affinity has found a unique way to affection.
The sorority plans to ask parents, alumnae and other interested parties to invest in the building of the house in a dormitory for Guestett, AOPI president, said yesterday.
In a limited partnership, one main partner manages the organization and operation. The others merely invest the money in the business. They come to sell their shares at any time.
For example, Kivett said, parents could buy into the AOPI house when their daughter joined it. If they chose, they could sell their investment to others when their daughter left the AOPI sorority.
"It is something new for financing sororites in this part of the country," said Kivett. "It is an investment like any other real estate investment, but the house will be here and stay here, perpetuating itself."
Kay Southerland, director in charge of financing on the executive board of AOPI, said the limited partnership would be only a part of the money used to build a house for the group. Fundraisers, alumnae contributions
and loans will be used to help cover the costs, she said.
The house is expected to cost between $450,000 and $1 million.
The Kansas University Endowment Association has agreed to act as banker for the sorority, said James Martin, the vice president vice president for private support.
"So far, the fund-raising efforts that the AOPI sorority will be engaged in have not yet begun. Our staff will receive any contributions alumnae may make."
Klvett said AOPI members were trying to contact internal sources, but if they do not raise enough money that could be spent on the planned limited partnership.
The AOPi house should be constructed in fewer than five years, but members are hesitant to set an exact date for completion of the project.
"Nobody knows anything for sure until the shovels are working," said Kivett.
AOPI members are happy without a house, she said. They live in three groups at Meadowbrook Apartments, Hawker Towers and GSF-Corbin Hall.
She said, however, that having a house will add to AOPI's allure when the group tries to attract new members.
Band field chained to protect new grass Closing of short cut angers students
By KIESA ASCUE and BRUCE SCHREINER
Staff Reporters
Efforts to improve the rut-filled terrain at the practice field southwest of Allen Field House and to create a new parking lot in that area have angered students living in the area.
Members of the five fraternities on Stewart Avenue are mapping new courses to campus because the conference seeks a short cut to campus.
Until this year, students living in the fraternities have walked across the practice field. The short cut was eliminated when gates to the fence encircling the large field were locked last week.
For Robert Foster, director of KU bands, closing off the practice field is the culmination of years of lobbying efforts. Foster hopes to turn the pasture into a finely-tailored practice for the 20-member matching band.
"Historically, it is nothing but a pasture," Foster said. "It has never
been developed as a practice field. To be developed, it needs to be graded, leveled and seeded. And before that could be done we had to close it off."
Foster said ruts had developed when several paths created by frequent traffic were pelted by rain.
"At least once a week we would have a kid sprain his ankle or chip his teeth with his mouthpiece because he stepped into a ruter." Foster said. "It's getting very cold and end up getting hurt and having to sit out our Saturday performance."
Foster said that he did not want to inconvenience anyone, but the administration at the University of Kansas said it will be the best place for the band to practice.
Several fraternity members said they were disgusted by the fencing of the field. They called it an unjustified inconvenience.
"I don't think it should have been built," said Scott Brown, Winnetka, Ill., senior and vice president of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Dou Ubel, Topeka senior and president of Alpha Kappa Lambda, said he was angry because the locked gates
created a hassle for fraternity members.
Thomas Anderson, director of facilities and operations, said fraternity members could find alternative routes that were just as quick as walking through the field. Several fraternity members disagreed.
"It takes 15 minutes to get from my house to campus when going through the field," said Tom Cormode, Arlington Height, Illinois sophomore and Lambda Chi Alpha member. "Going out Olmsted Hall takes 20 to 25 minutes."
Foster said there was no alternative to locking the gates. He said efforts to seed the field would be futile if people walked across it often.
"Water lines are going to be run to the field. If people walk across the grass they'll kill it, and the water lines will be useless." Foster said.
KU employees are currently grading and leveling the field, which had a noticeable upgrade since it is on a slope.
The potential problem of hauling in dirt to level the field was avoided by transferring the dirt from the parking
lot project near Allen Field House to the practice field.
Construction of the new parking lot also inconveniences fraternity members.
Although the new parking let went through the process of state biding, no state money is being used for the job. The money came entirely from o-campus parking tickets and parking sticker fees, according to Don Kearns, director of parking services. Dunbar Construction was the lowest bidder for the job, with a bid of $137,450.
Construction began July 8 and should be completed by the middle of October. Kearns said. When construction is completed, the new parking lot will have 250 spaces, 125 of which will be for residents of Olver. Kearns said.
In the future, the practice field will have other uses. The field is being groomed into a permanent softball field for the women's softball team at KU. The softball field, located at the west end of the area used by the marching band, should be completed by April 1985, Anderson said.
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