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.
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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.
Hill Jennings said the pre
sentation was valuable to the
public, informing them about
the very diverse cultures we
have at the University.
“My parents don't even
know where Singapore is. and
with our extensively smaller
world, it's important to Iks
aware of the countries and
cultures out there.” he said
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