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UNIVERSITY Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity re-opens after eight years By Jade Chan Pot thtji Oregon Cut f* imo*wkJ After eight years of silence, three of those as a colony. Pi Kappa Alpha is active once again on campus. Sometimus good tmhavior |)ftys off. but Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity's Gamma Pi chapter at the University had to learn that the hard way when it was forced to close in 1986. Originally established nationally in 1H»>H and at the University in 1931, Pi Kappa Alpha's l Iniversitv c hapter was shut down due to financial and behavioral difficul ties such as offii era' embezzlement and a few itic idents in which parties gig out of control Oik* it was closed, the chapter was dis affiliated with the national organization and no longer n part of the campus Mom tiers of the chapter wen* still part of Pi Kap pa Alpha, but they were notl-a< live and considered alumni. Basically, we were non-existent,” said Joel Bruner, tiamnin Pi president. The fraternity reopened ns a colony on campus in 1990. which meant that it was a part of the national organization but had no charter and was therefore not fully rec ognized. Two national officers selected 29 men to start the colony, but instead of being memliors. they wore merely pledges in charge of rush, reestablishing the chap ter, setting up committees and programs, and establishing laws and by-laws "It's hard to get the level of organization and the number of men of a strong frater nity." limner said. "After we got men with the commitment to make the fraternity strong, it was only n matter of months before we would lie granted a charter." Once those tasks were completed, mem bership size reached the average chapter size on campus of .’>2. and grades were brought up to the all-men's (fraternity) average of 2.7.r> for the fall term The colony was inspected December 6. After three hours of demonstrating what the colony h»<l done in the last thru*; years and what they plan to do, regional president Tom Knollman. expansion consultant Steve Heck, and six members, three from I .infield and three from Oregon State Uni versity. unanimously granted the colony its charter. Sixteen Oregon State and eight I.infield Pi Kappa Alpha members conducted the initiation ceremony (an. 2H at Deadv Hall in which <3 members were initiated. The actual re-installation of the chapter, also held at Deady Hall, was conducted by the University chapter officers the next day. and a formal banquet at the Downtown Athletic Club followed the ceremony. the KMT Cultural Forum and KWVA present... >;</ >4/4 "T/4 of 7/4 SMrs <u;74f" plus special guest The Surf TVio doors open @ 8:00 show begins @ 8:30 at the W.O.W. Hall 291 w. 8th i.d. required downstairs sponsored by Track Town Pizza tix available @ EMU Main De4c, WOW Mall Front Office, CD World&I low* of Records - fur infa call 3464373 A member of the Singapore Student Association performs a dance at the Singapore Cultural Night last Saturday In the EMU Ballroom. Cultural Night resolves myths about Singapore By Susanne Steffens Oregon D&fy l rnctraki 1 believe Singapore is in South-East Chino, isn't it ?" The question name from Bill Jennings, an American from Montana who was performing at Singapore Cultural Night on Saturday in the EMU Ballroom. The Singapore Student Asso ciation had come up with five of the most typical questions which they receive here in the Uniter! States. "Wo want to show the Amer icans that we don't just live in straw-huts, but in an extremely modem society," said Singapore Association president, Gillian Oh. Oh said that not man^people know the true facts about Sin gapore. and she hoped that Sat urday's performance would bring more insight about "the garden city." For the 300 people who sal in the audience. Singapore's his tory was played out. and pre sented with costumes, music and dance. People learned that Singapore is an island, situated on the tip of Malaysia, and is the second most developed coun try in Asia. "University of Ore gon is one of the five universi ties in the States having the largest number of Singaporean students, and it's therefore a great honor to be able to present our cultural night," Oh said. 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