UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, August 30, 1996
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Semester starts with a rush of pledges
Greek groups formally choose new members
By Ashlee Roll
Kansan staff writer
The number of students who participated in sorority and fraternity rush this year remained consistent with past years.
Although the number of men who took part in the formal fraternity rush declined, the total amount including informal rush is on pace with last year's total of about 500. Informal rush is a continuous recruitment of rushees throughout
the year.
Numbers have also remained consistent for sororites. Formal rush for sororites ended Saturday when the women received their bids.
Bids are invitations that each house gives to their rushees to join the house. Before bid day each rushee and each house fills out preference cards with their top choices for selection.
Eight hundred three women signed up for formal sorority rush this fall, and more than 600 were matched to chapters.
"It is a mutual selection," said Meg Strayer, Glen Ellyn, Ill., senior and vice president for membership for Alpha Delta Pi.
About 200 women withdrew from the activities last week.
"Rush is just a chance to see what it's all about." said Strayer. "If you want to join, it's OK, and if not it's
The sorority rush process begins with visits to all 14 chapters to help familiarize the women with each one.
OK."
As rush continues, the women narrow their choices from 10 to five, and finally to three chapters on the preference cards.
"Rush is very tiresome, and a lot of work," said Robin Wilkins, Wichita freshman and Kappa Delta pledge. "It's like each house puts on a big show, but you can still get a perspective of what each house is like."
Rush concluded with bid day on the Allen Field House lawn. Each woman received her bid, and boarded a bus that took to her to her new chapter house and sorority sisters.
"Even though I have made friends in the dorms, friends come and go,"
"Rush is just a chance to see what it's all about. If you want to join, it's OK,and if not it's OK."
Meg Strayer GlenEllum,Ill., senior
Wilkins said. "But I know that I will always have these girls to go back to."
County denies plan for rezoning church
Tie vote on housing plan forces it to return to city commission
By Liz Musser
Kansan staff writer
After trying to sell its church for more than six years, the congregation at First Southern Baptist Church finally has a prospective buyer. But the proposal to turn the church into apartments isn't going anywhere until the city can come to an agreement.
At Wednesday night's meeting, the Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission denied a rezoning proposal for the second time that would allow the church at 1917 Naismith Dr. to be converted into a student apartment complex. The church is rebuilding on West Sixth Street.
River City Development hopes to buy the church, which is south of Oliver Hall, and convert it into 11 three-bedroom apartments. This conversion would require a rezoning of the lot from single-family dwellings, to multiple-family dwelling.
The vote on the proposal was 5-5 against the rezoning, and in the case of ties approval is denied. The issue will go back to the Lawrence City
Commission on Sept 10.
The rezoning conflict stems from concerns that neighbors of the church had voiced about the increased traffic and noise the proposed apartment complex could bring.
The Rev. Tom Stallworth, pastor of the church, said the church and developers had met with neighbors about the concerns and that the meeting had alleviated some of their worries.
Stallworth said he was unable to relay this to the commission at the meeting because no time was set aside for public comment.
Commissioner Max Entrikin, who voted against the proposal, said he wasn't against the proposed construction plan but was uneasy with a permanent rezoning.
"I think the proposed buyers are good and reasonable with their intentions," he said. "But the zoning goes with the land. If someone else buys that land after them, the new construction may not be so agreeable."
Commissioner Dennis Snodgrass said that although the decision was difficult, he voted in favor of the rezoning proposal.
"Uses for a church building are pretty slim," he said. "Because it is in good shape, it would be nice to do something with the existing building."
Israel's plans increase friction with Palestine
By Neal Shulenburger Kansan staff writer
Tensions are heating up between Israel and Palestine once again.
Yasir Arafat, chairman of the PLO, accused Israel on Wednesday of declaring war on Palestinians by planning to expand West Bank settlements. The Palestinian legislative council reacted to Israel's plans by calling for an end to contact with the Jewish state.
Both were responding to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to build 900 new apartments in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Kiryat Sefer. These are the first new apartments to be built for Jewish settlers in four years.
David Cohavi, Rehovot, Israel, junior, said that Arafat was overreacting to the Israeli moves.
"He's a politician, too, and he's got to look tough to his people," Cohavi said. "I'm sure that Israel is not trying to attack the Palestinians. No one in Israel wants the violence to start again."
But Cohavi also said that Netanyahu was part of the cause of the tension between Israel and Palestine.
a bad feeling about Netanyahu being prime minister," he said. "The man who is prime minister is not made for peace with the Palestinians. He had promised the right wing that he would build more settlements in the West Bank. I am not happy about new settlements be put in. I don't think that it's good for the peace process."
"I was not the only one that had
Israel's refusal to withdraw troops from the West Bank city of Hebron has also further angered the Palestinian leadership. The withdrawal is required in the self-rule accords reached in May 1994 that gave the Palestinians an independent state.
"What Netanyahu risks doing by this is restarting the Palestinian uprising, called the Intifada," Francisco said. "However, once they are stopped, it is very difficult to start political uprises. So, whether there will be more violence and bloodshed or not, only time will tell."
Ron Francisco, chairman of the department of political science, said Israel took a big risk by not moving the troops.
Cohavi said that Israel's intentions were not to intimidate the Palestinians by keeping the troops in Hebron.
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