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Thursday, September 7, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Hazing: Delta Chi still under investigation
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Iowa City, Iowa, are investigating the alleged hazard incident.
Tom Sheffield, director of chapter development at Iowa City, spent Aug. 21-23 on campus conducting interviews. His findings were given to the University and the fraternity's commission.
Bill Nelson, coordinator for greek programs and assistant director of the organizations and activities center, said he could not comment on Sheffield's findings or on the charges.
"At this point in time, the University is not releasing any specific information about the investigation," he said.
The University placed the chapter on interim suspension until the investigation is concluded. The international fraternity also has placed Delta Chi under interim alumni conservatorship, headed by J.J. Underwood, a Lawrence dentist.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway would not comment on the investigation but said that hazing had no place at the University.
"Too many young people have died from hazing activities at American universities," he said. "I'm not going to let KU students become one of those statistics."
Building is site of world technology
Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
Nichols Hall on West Campus is seldom seen or heard by students, but around the world, its signal is loud and clear.
"The University of Kansas has an international reputation in space technology," said Robert Walters, resource facilities manager.
Some of the greatest advancements in telecommunications technology are under development in Nichols Hall on West Campus, Walters said.
The facility, near the Lied Center, operates eight main programs. Two of these, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program and the Telecommunications and Information Sciences Laboratory, are on the cutting edge of information technology, he said.
Other programs are Flight Research Laboratory, Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory, Kansas Augmented Telerobotics Laboratory, Kansas Biological Survey, Radiation Physics Laboratory and Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory.
These programs work with federal agencies such as NASA as well as private companies like Sprint.
Ben Ewy, design engineer and KU electrical engineering graduate, is working on a project to improve cellular communications with a high speed wireless network. The network would allow information to be processed more clearly and quickly, he said.
An application of the remote sensing program was able to win a 10-year legal battle between Kansas and Colorado over the Arkansas River resources.
Remote pictures taken from a satellite in polar orbit were used as crucial evidence in court, Walters said. The pictures were processed in Nichols Hall's remote sensing facilities.
But Nichols Hall has been in NASA's orbit since the 1960s. Walters said that during those years, NASA's Office of University Affairs supplied funding to several universities that had shown dedication to the advancement of telecommunications and space technology. KU was one of those universities, he said.
NASA provided $2 million, and KU and other supporters paid for the rest of the building. Construction of the Space Technology Center at Nichols Hall was finished in 1972.
KU Kempo Karate Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mark Hurt at 842-4713.
ON CAMPUS
KU Student Speech and Hearing Association will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at 2023 Haworth Hall. Dues of $3 will be collected. For more information, call Jessica Berry at 841-8085.
■ KU Fencing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call John Hendrix at 864-1529.
African Affairs Student Association will meet at 6 p.m. today, at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Shanta Griffin at 865-5824.
■ KU Champions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Kansas Union. For more information, call Erik Lindsley at 841-4585.
Campus Christians will meet at 7 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Jim Musser at 842-6592.
University Chess Society will meet at 7 tonight at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Darin Worthington at 832-2488.
Greeks: Hazing never acceptable
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embarrassment, or possibly cause mental or physical harm or injury."
Nelson said the solution was a matter of personal responsibility by both the abuser and the abused.
"The issue of pledge education and hazing is addressed every year," he said. "We don't have to wait for this to happen before we take action."
Nelson said this was the first alleged incident of hazing at the University in the three years he
had been coordinator of greek programs.
Delta Chi was founded in 1923 and had 82 members in Spring 1995. Its members had the third highest grade point averages of KU's 23 fraternities last semester.
Opinions on hazing vary among KU students. To some students, any form of abuse for any reason is wrong. Others say hazing and the tradition of hell week are greek traditions and are the price paid for joining a fraternity. Hell week is generally a week-long period that tests a
pledge's knowledge of his fraternity's history and his desire to be in the fraternity before his initiation.
Dan Santa Maria, Overland Park freshman, said he planned to join a fraternity in the spring or fall. He said hazing, within reason, was an acceptable part of fraternity life.
"I believe there's a certain self-sacrifice that you go through — some sorts of obstacles that you overcome to prove your merit," he said. "But to the extent of drinking until your body is poisoned by alcohol, that's not
proving anything at all. You shouldn't feel obligated to harm yourself."
Matt Caldwell, Lawrence junior, said he thought hazing wasn't necessary to join a fraternity.
"I don't think it's acceptable," he said. "People suspend their rights when they join those groups, and that's ridiculous. It's a matter of social pressure, and the fraternity should be held accountable for what happens."
Caldwell said a fraternity should pay the hospital bills for anyone injured during hazing.
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Source: Phil Larsen, KU Weather Service
ON THE RECORD
A mountain bike valued at $330 was stolen from the 1500 block of Sigma Nu Place, Lawrence police reported yesterday.
A calculator valued at $300 was stolen from the 1600 block of West Ninth Street, Lawrence police reported yesterday.
Sunday from a car in Lot 105 near McCollum Hall, KU police reported.
A car stereo and speakers valued at $750 were stolen
A parking permit valued at $35 was stolen Saturday from a car in Lot 59 near Memorial Stadium. KU police reported.
A parking permit valued at $53 was stolen Tuesday from a car in Lot 90 behind Robinson Center, KU police reported.
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