Greek houses expand to ease crowded living spaces
Phi Kappa Psi doubles its house size from 22 to 44 rooms in a $2.3 million project, with move in underway after extensive upgrades. Beta Theta Pi renovates the John Palmer Usher mansion for $2.9 million, while Sigma Phi Epsilon adds a library and bedrooms to their Tenn Street homes. Pi Beta Phi rents across the street due to limited land.
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Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
David Wright
15Th St
Wright
Jayhawker Towers
Phi Kappa Psi
Kansas University
Beta Theta Pi
Tenn
Steve St. Peter
House Corporation
John Palmer Usher
Usher
ST. Peter
Kansas State Historical Society
Robert Thompson
Sigma Phi Epsilon
1645
Tim Nester
Nestor
Sunny Walsh
Pi Beta Phi
KU fall rush begins for 790 women and 125 men
KU initiates fall formal rush with 790 women and 125 men. rushees attend 40 minute sorority parties across 14 chapters, select nine, then nine more, then five, then three final parties before pref night. Bid day reveals best matches, with 82.3 percent pledging last year.
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Kansas University
Lisa Garney
Panhellenic Assn
Garney
Sarah Zavett
Panhellenic
Allen Fieldhouse
Sorority Rush
Lawrence Holidome
McDonald Dr
Burns
Mary Myers
Black Panhellenic Council
European student with Lawrence ties pursues cardiology in Germany
Borchert-Hillmann, a Lawrence High School graduate and KU-raised biochemistry PhD candidate, studied in Munich and now trains in internal medicine cardiology with Dr. John Hiebert in Lawrence. She plans to return to University of Frankfurt, reflecting on cultural lifestyle and vacation norms.
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Monika Borchert-Hillmann
Germany
John Hiebert
Lawrence
Hiebert
Borchert-Hillmann
Lawrence High School
Munich
David Doeml
University of Frankfurt
Fire rips through Lawrence trailer leaving owner sheltered
A mobile home in Gaslight Village Mobile Home Park was gutted by a welding accident. Owner Jerry Schick away at the time. 13 firefighters battled the blaze in 10 minutes. Damage estimated at $20,000 as neighbors and the Lawrence Fire Department assisted.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Fire Department
Marjorie Schick
Jerry
Gaslight Village
Mobile Home Park
W. 31St
Bob Coleman
Mrs. Schick
Don
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