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Alpha Omicron Pi begins again
By Laurie Hudson Kansan staff writer
Sorority must rebuild after losing more than half of active members
After a thorough review of its membership last April, a campus sorority has begun the rebuilding process.
To allow time for more indepth interviews with potential members, the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority has scheduled their formal rush for Aug. 23-25, a week after most of the 818 women who went through rush last week pledged a sorority.
Alpha Omicron Pi did participate in the Open House round of Rush Aug. 14, an activity which gave prospects a chance to tour every sorority house on campus. At that time, they were welcomed to the house, said Amy Wooldling, chapter president.
"We told them if they didn't find their home that week to give
A personal selection process should help prevent the sorority from acquiring a group of members who don't click together, said Michele Jeter, Wichita junior and a member of the sorority.
"I want to avoid the conflicts, if possible, between members because that destroys our sisterhood," she said. "Last year our relationships were deteriorating."
"I want to avoid the conflicts, if possible, between members because that destroys our sisterhood."
us a try," she said.
The sorority lost more than half its active members last year when they cracked down on underage drinking and, for other undisclosed reasons, also offered some members a chance to change their membership status from active member to alumni. Woodling said she hoped a more in-depth interview process would allow the members to know more about the people joining the sorority.
Their first function this week is an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Michele Jeter
Michael Joter
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority member
"We felt we would get more one-on-one interaction with the girls than we would get at a quick 25-minute party," she said.
To live in a sorority, a member needs to interact effectively with her peers. Jeter said.
those superficial questions like,
'What's your major?'"
Ignaszewski said.
Individual appointments for interviews will be made for Thursday and Friday, said Kara Ignaszewski, chapter adviser. Members want to find out what each prospect's goals are and what each wants from a sorority.
"We want to get away from
"You have to respect their belongings, their ideas and their beliefs," she said. "You can disagree with their actions, but it's important that you support them in their decisions.
"If there's a conflict, put it aside and calm down for a while. You've got to be able to forgive and forget."
Housing office to help mitigate disputes
Studentscan
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
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legal aspects of renting leasing or buying a home at a living
A new housing office in Lawrence could be just the help tenants and landlords need to settle disputes and to teach Lawrence residents about their rights and responsibilities.
new housing center.
The office will be a part of the Consumer Credit Counseling Services, 1012 Massachusetts St., which already provides counseling, educational programs and literature about housing.
Plans for the office, which is unnamed, are becoming a reality.
Rod Bremby, assistant city manager, said the project was spearheaded by Amy Hizer, a student senator. The idea behind the housing office was to give off-campus students a resource for settling disputes with their landlords, Bremby said.
Hizer said she wanted the office to help bring Lawrence and the University
of Kansas together.
"We want the students to feel part of the city and the community, not like transients," she said.
The housing office will be financed by a grant from the city until December. Then Student Senate will vote on further financing options after the grant expires.
The housing office will deal with prelegal aspects of housing, including tenant/landlord conflicts, questions about lease problems and information about buying a first home. It also will make residents and students aware of the legal aspects of renting, Hizer said.
Hiller said the office would be able to
"It would create a place where people can go to get their problems solved," she said.
A major part of the center will deal strictly with tenant/landlord relations, said Karen Hiller, the executive director of the new housing office.
help tenants get safe, effective and affordable housing. It also will provide a place where tenants can learn to assert their legal rights, and both landlords and tenants could be informed about their legal rights and responsibilities, she said.
The housing center also could serve as a third-party for mediation, Bremby said.
The focus of the center will be on KU students because they represent a large portion of the rental population, he said.
However, anyone with a concern or dispute could receive help.
Consumer Credit Counseling services can be reached by phone at 749-4224 for information about tenant/landlord relations or to answer any other questions residents have concerning housing.
For more information, a housing booth will be set up in the Kansas Union on Wednesday and Thursday.
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