AUGUST 15,2005
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GREEK LIFE
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Greek community offers a home for new students
Above: Sorority and fraternity cast members perform 20-minute musicals for Rock Chalk Revue. The five teams selected each year create scripts, costumes and scenery for the spring performance that benefits the Douglas County United Way. Below: Two cast members celebrate their entry into the Rock Chalk Revue. The Revue is one of the biggest Greek events of the year.
Kansan file photos
BY DANI LITT
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
One of the University of Kansas' greatest assets is its thriving Greek community.
Being new to a college campus can be a difficult transition, but it is finding ways to make the college community smaller that helps students find their niche.
Each chapter houses students of all interests, talents and backgrounds. And by joining a chapter, more than 3,500 students find a place of their own at the University.
The many types of fundraisers, honor societies, clubs, seminars, social functions and volunteer opportunities offer something for everyone. Being "Greek" means friendships, leadership, community service and scholarship, as well.
Together, the 40 fraternities and sororites at the University have created and furthered the accomplishments of students on campus.
Philanthropic events like mud volleyball tournaments and themed dress-up parties are just a few of the activities each chapter takes part in.
One of the largest community philanthropic events the Greek community has is the House that Greeks Built. Every other year the community builds a house to benefit the Lawrence chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
With a building cost of $50,000, the members spend one year fundraising and another year building. In October 2003, members completed a third house.
The Rock Chalk Revue, a university-wide philanthropy, raises about $50,000 annually for the Douglas County United Way. Fraternities, sororities and other living organizations team up to create 20-minute musicals, which includes creating a script, costumes and scenery. Five teams are chosen to perform at the Rock Chalk Revue.
Greek life at the University isn't only about community service. It's also about scholarship. There are honor societies, awards and incentives for members to do well in their classes.
Greek members will tell you that their community isn't only about philanthropy, community service, scholarship and functions, either. They'll tell you it's about togetherness.
Members are divided into different chapters, but they are all united in one community. Members celebrate the community during Greek Unity Month, a month of programs that integrate the Panhellenic Council, Interfraternity Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council.
Men's recruitment began June 24 and women's began yesterday. Any questions should be directed to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 864-4861.
Members of the Greek community share a unique bond. They are bound together by ritual, brotherhood and sisterhood and friendship.
GREEK CHAPTERS
Penhellanic Association Sororiti
♦ Alpha Chi Omega
♦ Alpha Delta Pi
♦ Alpha Gamma Delta
♦ Chi Omega
♦ Delta Delta Delta
♦ Delta Gamma
♦ Gamme Phi Beta
♦ Kappa Alpha Theta
♦ Kappa Delta
♦ Kappa Gamma
♦ Pi Beta Phi
♦ Sigma Delta Tau
+ Sigma Kappa
Interfraternity Council Chapter
♦ Alpha Epsilon Pi
♦ Beta Theta Pi
♦ Delta Chi
♦ Delta Upsilon
♦ Kappa Sigma
♦ Lambda Chi Alpha
♦ Phi Delta Theta
♦ Phi Gamma Delta
♦ Phi Kappa Psi
♦ Phi Kappa Tau
◆ Phi Kappa Theta
◆ Phi Kappa Alpha
◆ Pi Kappa Phi
◆ Sigma Alpha Epsilon
◆ Sigma Chi
◆ Sigma Nu
◆ Sigma Phi Epsilon
◆ Tau Kappa Epsilon
◆ Theta Chi
◆ Triangle
National Pan-Hellenic Chapters Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Alpha Phi Alpha
* Delta Sigma Theta
* iota Phi Theta
* Kappa Alpha Psi
* Omega Sigma Theta
* Phi Beta Sigma
* Sigma Gamma Rho
* Sigma Lambda Beta
* Sigma Lambda Gamma
* Zeta Phi Beta
PARKING
BY ASHLEY MICHAELS
amichaels@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A consultant conducted a parking study and said there was a $4 million maintenance deficit to fix repairs on parking lots, Hultine said.
65 percent increase for most student parking passes
"When money's tight, repairs go down the tube," Hultine said. "We
"Everyone will experience an increase," said Donna Hultine, parking director at the University.
The increase in the cost of parking passes will help fund repairs to parking lots on campus and help fund a new parking lot across from Shank Fields on the west campus, Hultine said.
Donna Hultine Parking director
" When money's tight, repairs go down the tube. We can't just keep putting Band-Aids on it."
The parking costs at the University will increase for the Fall 2005 semester. All of the parking passes, including park and ride and housing parking passes, will increase by $55 across the board.
The new parking lot will be home to park and ride, which was previously in the Lied Center parking lot. Hultine said that the provost, David Shulenburger, wanted it to move because the park and ride takes up a majority of parking spaces ever day.
can't just keep putting Band-Aids on it."
The Lied Center is a yellow lot, so it's an oversold lot and is used not only for people with yellow passes, but also for people with park and ride passes.
Hultine said she hoped that the increase in parking passes would make students look at the price of both the parking passes and the bus passes and decide whether they really needed their car on campus or if the bus would be a better option.
The estimated cost of the new parking lot is $7 million. Employees hope to break ground on the new lot in January 2006 and have it open by Fall 2006. Hultine said.
Last semester, the cost of either a yellow parking pass or a housing parking pass, meaning parking lots at residence halls, was $85. Next semester students will pay a minimum of $140 to park on campus.
To avoid paying for a parking pass, Josie Thorp, Lawrence senior, chooses to park on the side streets but warns you could end up paying just as much for zoning tickets and towing if you're not careful.
"I think it's ludicrous to pay that much for parking," Thorp said.
Edited by Erin M. Droste
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