Mizzou Frat Wants to Turn Old House into Apartments

Fraternity Looks to Turn Empty House into Apartments

An old fraternity house at the University of Missouri may look a lot different in the years to come if the city's planning commission approves a new idea.

The alumni association of the fraternity Alpha Gamma Sigma asked the city for commercial zoning and the redevelopment approval for a home in the campus' Greektown.

Alpha Gamma Sigma bought an old house that formerly belonged to the fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda and hope to renovate into a building that can earn them some money.

The plan calls to turn the first floor into a restaurant and convenience store, while turning the rest of the buildings floors into apartments students can rent.

"One of the issues we deal with right now is that seniors like to move out and have more independent living," said Larry Schuster, a board member for Alpha Gamma Sigma’s alumni association.

Alpha Kappa Lambda moved out of the house about five years ago, its president Adam Berkowitz said.

AKL Slur Spraypainted on Rock

Slur Against Fraternity Sprayed on Rock

A rock last week at Southern Illinois University in Evansville was found to have a derogatory slur painted on it, directed at the brothers of Alpha Kappa Lambda.

An unnamed 20-year-old male student spray-painted the phrase, "Who is queer? AKL," onto the rock, police said. So far, no criminal charges have been filed against him.

"This has been a series of unfortunate events because we've been trying to promote a unified Greek life on campus," Chris Mueller said, the president of the fraternity.

Phi Tau Evicted at PSU, TKE Also Facing Suspension

Frat Forced Out of House

The borough of State College evicted its first Penn State fraternity based on violations of borough ordinances and state laws. After failing to reach an agreement with the borough about numerous property violations, Phi Kappa Tau was evicted from their house this week for at least 6 months, officials said.

For the time being, the Phi Tau brothers will move into the empty Alpha Kappa Lambda house. The State College borough manager announced the Phi Tau must move out, while Tau Kappa Epsilon, who also faces suspension, is permitted to stay. Both frats were called "nuisance properties" by the borough last fall after for receiving rental permit violations, including disorderly conduct and excessive noise, and had there rental permits suspended Nov. 1.

After an appeal process failed, Phi Tau was notified they were being forced to move out earlier this month. TKE will be evicted ir further violations with the borough occur.

Girl Falls Out Window at PSU, Crazy Man at the Xerox Machine at UWM

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Tuesday:

Penn State University (compiled by the Centre Daily Times)
Feb. 10 - 1:00 a.m.: A 22-year-old woman was transferred to the hospital after falling from a second-story window, police said. The woman was found next to a parked vehicle in the driveway and was conscious and talking at the time, police said.

Feb. 10 - time unknown: An 18-year-old student was charged with burglary and related charges after being pursued by members of Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity early Saturday morning and being found in possession of stolen items, police said.

Two fraternity members pursued him, and during a scuffle, police said Fallecker dropped some of the items. He was later arrested after being identified at Locust Lane and East Beaver Avenue. Police said he was in possession of several items that were reportedly taken Items taken were valued at $3,068 and included 434 CDs in three cases, an iPod, a wireless computer mouse and a fedora. A check made out to the fraternity for an undisclosed amount was also taken.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (compiled by the Post)

Feb. 5 - 4:27 p.m.: A 25-year-old male student was cited on allegations of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police were alerted to the man's fifth-floor room in Kenilworth Square by a strong smell of marijuana. When the police arrived, they found several pipes and a small amount of marijuana.

Feb. 5 - 6:11 p.m.: A 36-year-old male student was arrested on allegations of armed disorderly conduct in the library. The man allegedly began shouting and disturbing people around him when a copy machine was no™t working properly. University police were called in and reportedly discovered that the man had knives on him.