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Hughes project expands The University of Kansas received nearly $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand the Langston Hughes symposium to other sites nationwide such as Chicago. PAGE 3A
Forensics at its finest
A conference for forensics experts from
around the country has turned a downtown hotel into 'CSI' Lawrence. PAGE 6A
Weekend warriors
A Kansan staff writer accompanied Army
ROTC cadets during their field training exercises Saturday. PAGE8A
Bring on the Buffs
After enjoy ing a week end off, Kansas turns its focus to this week end's game at Colorado
at Colorado. PAGE 1B
Nebraska visits Kansas
Kansas volleyball looks to defeat Nebraska tonight for the first time in 36 years.The
'Huskers are unbeaten this season in the Big 12. PAGE1A
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The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
By Abby Mills almills@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Colonystarts recruiting
New fraternity emphasizes diversity, gains 15 members toward its goal
Delta Sigma Phi is the latest fraternity to set its sights on the University of Kansas. The new fraternity began recruiting on campus this semester.
Brett Henery, expansion coordinator for the fraternity, said the University was an attractive option for the Indianapolisbased fraternity.
"This is one of the better greek communities I've ever seen in terms of student participation," he said. "It's among the highest in the nation number-wise."
Bringing the fraternity to the University began about three years ago, said Angie Carr, coordinator for fraternity
and sorority life.
At that time, Carr said, the Interfraternity Council decided to invite another fraternity to campus. After looking at several national fraternities, the council decided it wanted to invite Pi Kappa Phi first, and once it had been established as a chapter, welcomed Delta Siigma Phi.
Delta Sigma Phi is already involved in the KU greek community, said Andy Wymore, vice president for the Interfraternity Council. The Leawood senior said members of the fraternity were participating in a Habitat for Humanity project and were attending council meetings although they could not vote.
Phi chapter rather than a colony.
Henry said to become a chapter the colony must have a grade point average higher than the all-greek or all-fraternity average, whichever is higher. Chapters also must have more members than the University average, or about 70 members.
He said the chapter had a goal of reaching 75 to 80 members by Fall 2005, but hoped the process would go quicker.
but hospice care. Wymore said the fraternity was already off to an above-average start with 15 new members. Henryy said most of those members had been recruited in the last two to three weeks.
Henery said Delta Sigma Phi would contribute diversity to the University. The fraternity was founded in 1899 as the
first national fraternity to accept members of all religions. Henry said diversity was still a key focus of the organization.
"For us, our members come from all walks of life," he said. "There is no cookie-cutter image. All members of our fraternity have different experiences."
The other focus of the group is personal development, Henery said. The fraternity has a personal-development program that pushes members to branch out in 20 areas, including fraternity heritage and pride, art appreciation and career development. For each area, members must complete a series of tasks to introduce themselves to the topic.
Arnold is in
Jeff Allmon, graduate student from Glenwood Springs, Colo., far right, watched the California gubernatorial recall election with friends at The Wheel, 507 W. 14th St., yesterday. "We came to see democracy gone every," Allmon said. "We can't throw ourselves in front of the train of democracy's downfall, but we can pour one out," he said. Read about Schwarzenegger's victory on PAGE 7A.
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Task force to add services
By Maggie Newcomer mnewcomer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Marlesa Roney and her three new sidekicks are looking to streamline student services at the University of Kansas.
Roney, vice provost for student success, appointed three associate vice provests, Richard Johnson, Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle and Richard Morrell, to help make student life at the University as stress-free as possible.
This task force has the responsibility of improving everything from financial aid to freshman advising.
Tuttle, director of the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, has one of the most important tasks, Roney said. Tuttle will develop a Help Desk where students can get all of their questions answered in one place.
"We're trying not to get bogged down in the organizational structure," Roney said.
"We want to eliminate the red tape," Roney said. "So you've got information at your fingertips."
The three associate vice provosts each have a series of priorities they will focus on.
"It's the most robust type of service center any university has looked at," Roney said.
Roney said she wanted students to be able to access the Help Desk by telephone, e-mail, in online chatrooms or in person.
"We can't sit back and be victims of an eroding state budget."
Marlesa Roney Vice provost for student success
Roney said she wants to make sure that every student feels welcome at the new Help Desk and everywhere else on campus. She said college students were too often thought of as only undergraduates. Johnson will work on including graduate and non-traditional students in the University environment.
Morrell, University registrar, will have the job of coming up with new entrepreneurial strategies. Roney said to fund the new student services, administrators would have to explore fundraising and grant opportunities instead of relying on government funding.
To go with all the new responsibilities, some offices will be shuffled around as well. Beginning fall break, New Student Orientation will move to the second floor of Strong Hall and push Student Success into the dean of students' office. The dean of students' office will then move to New Student Orientation's old location on the first floor of Strong Hall.
"We can't sit back and be victims of an eroding state budget," Roney said.
Until the newly-organized office gets rolling, Tuttle and Morrell will serve as associate vice provosts and as FSAC
DEPARTMENTS SUPPORTED BY STUDENT SUCCESS:
SEE FRATERNITY ON PAGE 7A
Admissions and Scholarships
Center for Campus Life
Counseling and Psychological Services
Dear of Students
Department of Student Housing
Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center
Hilltop Child Development Center
Kansas Unions
Legal Services for Students
New Student Orientation
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Recreation Services
Services for Students with Disabilities
Student Development Center
Student Financial Aid
Student Health Services
University Career and Employment
Services
University Registrar
Writing Center
Source: Office of Student Success
Tuttle said she was impressed with Roney so far, which made her decision to leave FSAC easier.
director and registrar, respectively. Johnson will remain dean of students in addition to his new role as associate vice provost.
"She'll do great things for KU," Tuttle said.
Edited by Scott Christie
Student pens fiction about his past travails
By Johanna M. Maska
jmaska@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Escaping death threats and an investigation, one member of the Kickapoo Native American Tribe said he lived to tell the story.
James Cisneros, Holton nontraditional student, just published a novel, titled Moccasins, Money and Murder. Cisneros said the fiction book revealed greed, power and corruption of leadership at Native-American casinos. Although the book is categorized as fiction, Cisneros said, it is based on his true story.
It was more than a decade since Cisneros had been in Kansas. After graduating from Haskell Indian Nations University in 1982 with a business degree, the idealist said he moved to the west coast to attend Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and Fresno State University in Fresno, Calif. But the '90s found Cisneros missing his home. After an invitation to work with the gaming commission at the home of his family in Horton, Cisneros decided he would come back to his roots.
"I feel I was brought back to the 'Rez' and my tribe because that is what God wanted me to do." Cisneros said.
But leaders of his "Rez," or reservation, are not too thankful for Cisneros' services.
With his background in business, Cisneros said that he worked to organize financial records. What he found, he said, was years of unorganized receipts, false invoices and procedural failures.
"They had no accountability," Cisneros said. "The evidence was seven years of unqualified audits."
Cisneros had always trusted his tribe, he said.
"As an Indian community, we're there as one common people," Cisneros said. "You would think everyone would make decisions for the betterment of the community, not the individual."
That wasn't the case, Cisneros said. Tribal leaders were stealing money. It wasn't safe to continue the investigation, he said.
"It got to the point we were getting so close, if I didn't move off the reservation, I would be killed," Cisneros said. "The case was left full of uncertainty. I never did get my day in court."
He moved to Holton and said he was disappointed that he wasn't able to help combat the fraud.
"When we have educated tribal members that come from all over the U.S. to restore professionalism to the casinos and we're not accepted, it's very frustrating." Cisneros said.
Cisneros has dropped legal charges. And John McElroy, executive director of the Kansas State Gaming Agency, said he hasn't heard of such a case.
"I have no knowledge of what he's talking about," McElroy said. "And he hasn't contacted me."
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