CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 19, 1997
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Greek houses excel in academics
Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Delta Pitops in grades
By Haruml Kogarimal
Kansan staff writer
Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Delta Pi have been ranked as the top KU fraternity and sorority chapters in the grade point average ranking for the Fall 1996 semester.
The chapter GPA of Beta Theta Pi is 3.340 on a 4.0 scale, highest among 23 KU fraternities. Alpha Delta Pi had a 3.204, best among 14 KU sororities.
Beta Theta Pi has been at the top of the GPA rankings in all but four semesters since 1936. Matt Krische, Topeka senior and Beta Theta Pi president, said that the house members understood their tradition of keeping a high GPA
"Tradition is a real big thing," Krische said. "There is the atmosphere that makes people motivated. To lose the title is almost a catastrophe."
Keeping their high GPA, Krische said, was emphasized during rush, the process of recruiting new members. They chose new members very carefully so that the chapter could maintain a high GPA.
Alpha Delta Pi was ranked first last semester as well.
"I think we have a strong study program, and girls are pretty individually motivated," said Becky Nicholas, Johnson junior, and president of Alpha Delta Pi.
Nicholas said that because her house set a high GPA as a goal, members became more responsible about their grades.
In her chapter, six study hours are required for all members, Nicholas said. Those who achieve GPAs higher than the house's fall average do not have to attend study hours in the spring semester.
Theta Chi, which earned a 2.25 GPA, lowest of all KU fraternities, also started a new study program to improve members' averages.
Mark Fiebach, Wichita senior and president of Theta Chi, said that starting a few weeks
age, his chapter had begun to require members whose GPA was below 2.25 to attend mandatory two-hour study sessions three times a week.
Fleibach said that the house's scholarship chair takes the members to the library at Murphy Hall and supervises their studies. He said it would be too easy to tell if this system would work.
Matt Hamill, Interfraternity Council vice president for public relations, said that greek chapters have put stress on academic success by reminding members why they are at the University.
Greek grades
The average GPA of all greek students is 2.904, while the average GPA of all University students is 2.84. KU sorority women's GPA is 2.987 compared to the all university women's average of 2.920. The fraternity men's average is 2.809 compared to the all university men's average of 2.750.
"The true reason you are here is to receive an education," Hamill said. "Sometimes you forget why you are here. They should make the most of their time at KU."
A look at grade-point averages of KU greek organizations and how they compare to all university students. GPAs are out of 4.0 points. GPAs from Black PanHellenic were not available.
FRATERNITIES
1. Beta Theta Pi 3.340
2. Triangle 3.094
3. Lambda Chi Alpha 3.039
4. Phi Delta Theta 2.988
5. Delta Chi 2.985
6. Sigma Nu 2.969
7. Phi Kappa Psi 2.938
8. Sigma Chi 2.922
9. Phi Gamma Delta 2.873
10. Delta Tau Delta 2.833
11. Delta Upsilon 2.826
12. Sigma Phi Epilon 2.777
13. Phi Kappa Tau 2.746
14. Alpha Kappa Lambda 2.723
15. Kappa Sigma 2.722
16. Tau Kappa Epsilon 2.629
17. Alpha Epsilon Pi 2.598
18. Sigma Alpha Epilon 2.556
19. PI Kappa Alpha 2.495
20. Zeta Beta Tau 2.477
21. Alpha Tau Omega 2.447
22. Phi Kappa Theta 2.382
23. Theta Chi 2.254
1. Alpha Delta PI 3.204
2. Chi Omega 3.115
   Kappa Alpha Theta 3.115
3. Pi Beta Phi 3.101
4. Alpha Chi Omega 3.082
   Gamma Phil Beta 3.082
5. Kappa Kappa Gamma 3.077
6. Delta Gamma 3.037
7. Delta Delta Delta 2.984
8. Alpha Gamma Delta 2.844
9. Sigma Kappa 2.741
10. Kappa Delta 2.738
11. Alpha XI Delta 2.691
12. Sigma Delta Tau 2.605
13. Alpha Kappa Alpha 2.564
SORORITIES
All Greek Students 2.904
All University Students 2.840
All Fraternity Men 2.809
All University Men 2.750
All Sorority Women 2.987
All University Women 2.920
Angie Kuhn/KANSAN
Source: KU Fraternity and Sorority Scholarship Rankings
February Sisters reunite to celebrate 25th anniversary
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By Umut Bayramoglu
Kansan staff writer
The women's studies program will present a forum to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the February Sisters at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread.
On Feb. 4, 1972, 20 women seized the East Asian Studies department and made six demands, said Charlene
Muehlenhard, professor of women's studies and psychology.
She said that the original demands were:
An affirmative action office on campus.
A free day care center.
A female vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Equal pay for women faculty members and staff.
An autonomous women's
studies department.
A women's clinic in Wat-
women's clinic in Watkins Health Center with free services.
"Until 1972 KU failed to acknowledge many needs of women on campus," she said. "In terms of equality, there is still a ways to go."
"This is going to be a free discussion with the audience on the history and the current situation of feminism on campus," she said.
February Sisters as well as cur rent female student activists.
Sylvia Stone, administrative assistant of the women's studies program, said that tonight's forum would include former
"I want to raise questions like what it means to be a feminist activist," Muehlenhard said. "But I will also list activist things women can do in five minutes."
Internet fee could hamper telecommuters
By Sean Demory
Kansan staff writer
Cowell, a Lawrence resident and a recent KU graduate, is an executive assistant for GTE Data Services in Topeka. She telecommutes to defray the cost of a daily drive, working online from her apartment three days a week.
The Federal Communications Commission is threatening Cintamani Cowell's livelihood.
All of that could change if the per minute, per customer fee being considered by the FCC is enacted.
Local phone companies, reeling because of the volume of calls made to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are pressuring the FCC to allow them to charge a fee for calls to ISPs, similar to the fee charged when a long-distance call enters or leaves a different local zone.
"GTE can't negotiate a raise for me to make commuting feasible," Cowell said. "As it is right now, I'm a bargain. If it'd cost extra for me to call my work in, I need too much to keep."
Andy Craig, spokesperson for Southwestern Bell Communications, said that the surge of Internet use posed a challenge to existent technology.
"SWB Communications wants to head this off with technology before it becomes a fee issue." Craig said.
He said that SWB was currently working on an Internet/Intranet system that would cut down on phone line congestion by splitting use of existing lines. One side of the line might be used for dedicated Internet transmission and the other as a normal phone line.
But if a fee is indeed enacted, it could bust the Internet boom of the last few years, spurred by low-priced, unlimited access service. It could also make casual travel on the Information Superhighway far less attractive.
The FCC is currently in the inquiry stage, in which it asks questions in an effort to make an informed proposal.
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