UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, August 31, 1995
5A
Black Panhellenic hopes to increase numbers, visibility
By Hannah Naughton
Kansan staff writer
Their numbers have been shrinking, and they want it to change.
Black fraternities and sororites have been at the University of Kansas since the early 1900s. In recent years, the number of members in the seven chapters on campus has dwindled to all-time lows
"We have been on this campus for 75 years, and we have less members now than probably ever before," said Haile Sims, Lawrence senior and president of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
Sims, who is also the president of the Black Panhellenic Council, said the council's goals for this year were to increase black fraternities and sororities' visibility on campus and to offer more activities to increase membership in the organizations.
"I think there have been misconceptions about our groups in the past," Sims said. "Our membership is not anywhere near as high as we want — probably because we don't reach out enough."
The Black Panhellenic Council and its seven member chapters have planned informational activities to help alleviate this misconception. Sims said.
All Black fraternities and sororites will have tables set up Sept. 10 in front of Wescoe Hall, said Renee Mitchell, Kansas City, KAn., senior and president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. The chapters will distribute information about their histories and founders, the different community projects in which they are involved and the social activities in which they participate.
"This used to be scattered throughout one week," Sims said. "Hopefully this will help facilitate
Organizations that belong to the University of Kansas Black Panhellenic
Sororities
Sororites
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta
Zeta Pha Beta
Fraternities
Flatmates
- Kappa Alpha Psi
- Omega Psi Phi
- Phi Beta Sigma
- Alpha Psi Alpha
the decision of the individual so they can decide which organization they want to join."
In addition to working to increase the number of members in the individual organizations, Black Panhellenic also coordinates activities for the chapters, Mitchell said.
Unlike the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic, which are governing bodies for 48 predominantly social chapters on campus, Black Panhellenic is a coordinating body for its chapters, Sims said.
"We can't pass legislation that is binding for our organizations," Sims said.
The council primarily organizes activities in which all of the organizations can participate, Mitchell said.
The Black sororities and fraternities exist worldwide and the number of members stretches into the millions. Sims said.
"We have a very strong network of alumni," Sims said. "There are just as many alumni as undergraduates, and they are very active."
Free expression is on Internet
Having a page is a good way to meet people on-line all across the world
By Craig Lang
Kansan staff writer
For absolutely no charge, KU students can express themselves to the whole world.
With the help of the KU Campus Internet Association, students can put together their own home pages on the World Wide Web. The Internet association has a home page which features links to 92 student and faculty home pages, plus information about how students and faculty can create their own home pages.
Matt Abrams, manager of network communications for the
department of special education and center for research on learning, founded the Internet association in June 1994 with several friends who worked at the Computer Center. In the early months of the programs, the association had informational meetings for those who were interested in creating pages on the Web.
Abrams said they decided quickly that having the meetings was not the best plan.
"Most of the people who wanted to do home pages already knew most of the stuff we were trying to tell them; they just wanted to do it," he said.
They then put the information in the form of scripts on the association's home page so that students and faculty could create pages on their own.
The address for accessing the association's home page on the World Wide Web is http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/kucia_home.html.
Abrams said there was no cost for students who wanted to create a home page. All a student needs is an e-mail account, which can be obtained at the Computer
"It is instant publishing. You are your own editor."
Robert Bircham
Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student
Center. All the necessary equipment, such as picture scanners, is available at the center.
Robert Bircham, Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student, said having a home page was beneficial
for any student. He said it gave students the chance to write about anything they wanted and gave the world a chance to get to know them better.
"It's instant publishing," he said. "You are your own editor. You write your stuff and put it up right away, and you start getting feedback right away."
Bircham said that because of the exposure people got on the World Wide Web, having their own pages was a good way for students to send out their resumes.
He said having a page was also a good way to meet people from all over the world. In the year he has had his own page, Bircham said he had received e-mail worldwide from people who shared his last name to people with the same interests.
"I've met hundreds of people that I wouldn't ever have met otherwise," he said.
KU advice helps state social services
Federal block grants make state evaluate its social programs
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
Evaluating state social services isn't easy. But because of budget cuts and block grants, it's now more important than ever.
That was why the KU School of Social Welfare sponsored a forum this summer to help state legislators and social service administrators develop ways to measure and evaluate social programs.
"Our goal was to create opportunities to talk about policy issues," said Ann Weick, dean of social welfare administration. "Because the Legislature is so formal, it is sometimes difficult to see the larger perspective."
The forum examined state social services such as child welfare and care for the elderly to determine objectives and desired outcomes. It then proposed ways of measuring those outcomes and holding the providers responsible.
"In order for social services to be effective," Weick said, "it is important that the purpose of the service is clear and that the providers are accountable."
Legislators need to know whether programs are doing what they claim, she said.
The participants agreed.
"We don't have the luxury anymore of putting programs in place and not evaluating their effectiveness," said State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence.
State Rep. Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, said voters no longer believed that government was the answer to social problems. They expect programs to produce results.
The first criterion is whether we
"We don't have the luxury anymore of putting programs in place and not evaluating their effectiveness."
State Sen. Sandy Praeger R-Lawrence
R-Lawrence
are using these programs to enable people to be responsible for their own behavior," Neufeld said. "What we are looking for is results."
By identifying the desired out
comes, programs can be financed and evaluated based on their effectiveness in achieving the outcomes.
"You can see if you're moving in the right direction if you improve from the previous year's results," said Ronna Chamberlain, director of KU's office of social policy analysis.
The forum produced drafts of mission statements and outcome goals, which legislators are reviewing. Once finalized, the plans will be sent to the secretaries of each social service to be evaluated and implemented.
Praeger said that she appreciated the School of Social Welfare for researching the programs and bringing policy makers and elected officials together in a nonpolitical environment.
"We were able to focus on problems and trying to find meaningful solutions, instead of focusing on political agendas," she said.
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