Wednesday, December 2, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Outgoing sorority plans its return
Alpha Xi Delta to be considered in the year 2003
By Sarah Hale Kansan staff writer
After more than two months of proposals and discussions, the Panhellenic Association delegates voted last night on the future of Alpha Xi Delta sorority at the University of Kansas.
The board, made up of representatives from all 14 sororities, unanimously approved that the sorority be considered to return to the University during or after the year 2003.
later than the anticipated date the sorority had requested in its proposal, which was offered to the University in mid-October.
This would be two years
"I think that it is a reasonable proposal," said Debbie Berkowitz, Alpha Xi Delta delegate chairwoman. "We're just glad that KU is willing to give us another shot on campus."
"We want the preconceived notions about the chapter to be forgotten. More years means a fresh start."
Alpha Xi Delta National Headquarters announced early in the semester that the KU chapter, 1003 Emery Road, would close at the end of the academic year.
Stacey Wright
Reasons for this action varied from low membership to financial problems within the chapter.
Berkowitz, Palatine, III.
junior, said the chapter would
1999 Panhellenic president
continue to participate actively throughout the year.
"We're just trying to make this last year go well and end positive," she said. "Bottom line is that we want to enjoy ourselves."
The sorority, with approval from its national headquarters, also asked to be the next sorority added to the KU campus.
The counterproposal that was approved does not guarantee that Alpha Xi Delta would be the next KU sorority, but it allows the possibility.
"I completely agree with the proposal that was drafted," said Stacey Wright, 1999 Panhellenic president. "It enables the chapter to regroup, restructure and sit back and look at what it could do to be better in the future."
She said part of the reason the proposed date was pushed back two years was to rid the
community of any generalizations about the chapter.
"We want the preconceived notions about the chapter to be forgotten," Wright said. "More years means a fresh start."
Another requirement approved last night concerns Alpha Xi Delta's future living situation.
The counterproposal said that for the chapter to return, it would have to prove that there would be competitive housing available.
Alpha Xi Delta owns land and a house that is being rented out by Zeta Beta Tau fraternity this year.
The sorority first originated at the University in 1914 but closed during the Great Depression.
It returned in 1992 and will close after the Spring 1999 semester.
City to reconstruct part of Monterey Way
Parking near Perry Park prohibited during work to prevent congestion
By Chris Fickett Kansan staff writer
Patrons of a West Lawrence park will have to find another street to park on than Monterey Way.
The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a recommendation by the Traffic Safety Commission to establish no parking along the east side of Monterey Way between Harvard Road and 15th Street.
Furthermore, until Monterey Way is reconstructed, the commission approved no parking on both sides of the street between Harvard Road and Tiffany Drive.
Monterey Way is used by patrons of "Dad" Perry Park at Monterey and Harvard Road to park their vehicles.
In October, the commission approved a plan that would use Kansas Department of Transportation funds to widen and add curbs
and gutters to Monterey Way between Harvard Road and 15th Street.
George Williams, public works director, said bids for the project, which will be paid for with 80 percent state money and 20 percent city money, would be taken in the spring and that Monterey Way would be
reconstructed by the end of next summer.
The construction would make Monterey Wav's width uniform.
To alleviate congestion associated with construction, the Traffic Safety Commission recommended that no parking be established on both sides of Monterey Way during road work.
Commissioner Bob Moody was concerned that construction on Monterey Way and on a sewer project in the adjacent Western Hills neighborhood would overlap and cause further traffic congestion.
CITY COMMISSION
Approved the issuance of $8,040,000 in industrial revenue bonds for the construction of an 82,000 square-foot facility to be leased by Boyer Properties Limited Partnership of Missouri and sub-leased by ProSoCo Inc. of Delaware
Adapted a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation for the improvement of Monterey Way from Harvard Road to 15th Street.
Approved Traffic Safety Commission recommendations to establish no parking along the west side of Crestline
Drive between 27th and 30th streets; along the south side of Crestline Court and within the cul-de-sac east of Crestline Drive; along the south side of Crestline Place and within the cul-de-sac east of Crestline Drive; and along the south side of Harvard Road between Mon
Williams said a pipe would be laid across Monterey Way in combination with the street widening.
Williams said Monterey Way was a collector street, and it was common for collector streets to have no parking on one side of the street.
Adapted a resolution authorizing the issuance of $100,000 in bonds for traffic signal renovations at 23rd and Barker streets, 23rd and Alabama streets, Harvard Road and Iowa Street, and Fifth Avenue.
Drivers use Monterey Way to park their cars to attend soccer games at the park, and they also use the side of the street to stop and pick up players.
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Williams also said congestion from the soccer games, in addition to the narrow width of the street, were factors in establishing the no parking regulations.
"The people using 'Dad' Perry Park are the ones who have precipitated this action," he said.
Williams said residents of the neighborhood surrounding the park would not be affected by the no parking restrictions.
Campus maps to be designed at University on computer
By Jason Pearce
Kansan staff writer
After two and a half months of delay, University of Kansas officials have decided on a process to replace four campus maps that are worn down and out-of-date.
Rodger Oroke, Facilities Management director, said the maps, which detail the location of campus buildings and streets, would be replaced using an architectural design program called AutoCAD.
In September, Oroke and other officials said they would update the maps in short order, but work has not officially started on the project.
Oroke said there were no excuses for the delay.
"It it just has not been on top of the project pile," he said. "We will get it on the list and do it."
Oreke said the maps would be changed to a version that could be printed as a poster within the University.
He said this process would allow the maps to be updated more frequently in the future and that it would cost less than the current maps.
The existing maps, which are believed to be 10 to 20 years old, were crafted by a local sign company using a plexiglass surface.
One of the maps is located on Jayhawk Boulevard between Lippincott Hall and Dyche Hall, and another is near Templin Hall.
"The new ones won't last as long, but they will be easily updated," Oroke said. "This will be a better way than having the expense of the former method of development."
Jim Modig, design and construction management director, said that his office would be in charge of developing the new maps.
"Once we get it started, it won't take much time to do," he said.
Modig said that his office already had a campus map on its AutoCAD system.
"We will do a little experiment to see what printing surface will be the best for longevity Modig said, "Picking right material will be the hard part."
Modig hopes to have the new maps in place in early spring.