Kansas State Frat Robbed

Kansas State University (compiled by Mike Kelly, The Kansas State Collegian)

More than $16,000 worth of items was stolen from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Tuesday, according to a Riley County Police Department report.

RCPD Lt. Kurt Moldrup said a 4-by-3 1/2-foot wooden plaque, which reads "True Gentlemen" and is valued by the fraternity at $16,000, was taken along with two "KSU" license plates off of fraternity members' cars. One car, a 2001 Chevy Camero, received $500 of damage after the side mirror and windshield wipers were damaged.

Marshal Van Tuyl, president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, said the plaque was returned anonymously last night, but it sustained significant damage.

"If someone comes forward and pays for the damages, that may be enough," Van Tuyl said, "but for now we're going to let the police do their work."

Record Numbers of Freshmen Girls Rushing Sororities

Freshmen girls at colleges around the nation are rushing sororities at record numbers.

“There is a higher number of freshmen this year and when freshmen enrollment goes up, then usually so does recruitment numbers,” said Anita Corey, Washington State University's director of the Center of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

"It was a stressful but very good experience," said Caitlin Burns, a Kansas State University freshman who got a bid from Sigma Kappa. "I'm glad I did it even though I didn't get my first preference. It's going good so far."

Even girls with disabilities are getting in on the action.

"I was worried they wouldn't accept me," said Ashley Wagner, a quadriplegic girl who got a bid from Kansas State's chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

"I obviously can't get upstairs, so they carried me up themselves on bid day, which was really nice," she said.

Kansas State Police Looking for Robbery Suspects

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Monday:

Kansas State Univesity (compiled by WIBW.com)

Kansas State University police are looking for suspects in an on-campus burglary and an attempted burglary.

On Monday, Aug. 6 an LCD projector was stolen from a locked classroom in Seaton Hall. The total loss for that robbery is over $2,000.

Also on Monday there was an attempted burglary to a room in Justin Hall. The suspect(s) got in by damaging a door. The loss in that case is $300.

Anyone with information about either crime is asked to call Detective Ruiz at the K-State Police Department, (785) 532-6412. Or you can leave an anonymous tip at www.ksu.edu/police/silent.

Kansas State Hoops Star Arrested

Tuesday's Frat Boy News Daily Sports Page

Kansas State University (compiled by Howard Richman, The Kansas City Star)

Kansas State basketball player Luis Colon was arrested Thursday and charged with simple battery, K-State campus Police Chief Ronnie Grice said Friday.

Colon, a sophomore, allegedly punched a fellow student on campus.

Grice said Colon was handcuffed and given a notice to appear. Grice said the arresting officer had the option of presenting Colon a notice to appear or take him to jail, but because there was no apparent serious injury as a result of the alleged punch, he only was given the notice to appear.

K-State assistant sports information director Tom Gilbert said coach Frank Martin was recruiting and not available for comment. Gilbert, though, said Martin was aware of the situation.

“Coach Martin is still gathering all the facts of this incident, and says he will let the judicial process run its course before handling the incident as an internal team matter,” Gilbert said.

Colon, a 6-10 sophomore, played in 29 games last season, and made 16 starts. He averaged 2.0 points and 1.8 rebounds. He was forced to miss a game in December, serving an NCAA-mandated one-game suspension for striking California freshman Taylor Harrison from behind in a game Nov. 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

Kansas State Pi Kappa Phi Closing

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to Close Student Chapter Because of Low Numbers

Kansas State University won't have an undergraduate chapter of Pi Kappa Phi when students return to campus in the fall.

After almost 30 years on campus, the fraternity is being forced to close its doors after several years of sub-par recruitment and current low numbers in active brothers.

"We're not leaving because of negative things like alcohol problems or hazing or anything like that," said Tyler Price, Pi Kappa Phi's president. "It was just a rough stretch of years for recruitment and when that happens, it's difficult to keep the house full."

The fraternity's alumni plan to stay active within the organization and hope to reopen the undergraduate frat's doors as early as 2011.

Kansas State Pi Kappa Phi Set to Close

Thin Ranks Will Force KSU Frat to Close

Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at Kansas State University will be closing its doors at the end of the semester. The fraternity had not been able to recruit many new members, and was not able to keep up occupancy rates.

The average house at Kansas State is 61 brothers, however, Pi Kappa Phi had only 20 brothers. They recruited only two new members this year, and only six the year before.

While the fraternity is closing down, they already have plans to recolonize in 2011. Pi Kappa Phi has been successful closing down and recolonizing campuses in the past.

"We did the same thing at Missouri and Colorado,Those chapters now have 100 members each." said Tim Lindemuth, fraternity's housing corporation president.

Pipe Burst at Kansas State Kappa House Causes $30,000 in Damage

Burst Pipe Damages Sorority House

A bursting sprinkler pipe caused about $30,000 in damage at Kansas State University's Kappa Kappa Gamma house.

Junior Kappa Anessa Burgess discovered the burst pipe when she returned to the house Saturday after spring break.

"I heard a little buzzing noise while I was putting some clothes in my closet," Burgess said. "I looked up, but it wasn't the fire alarm. All of the sudden, black water started gushing out of a pipe in the ceiling of my closet. I screamed and started trying to move things out of the room."

"There were computers, a DVD player, printers, and iPods in the room, but even worse, we lost personal items like my grandmother's yarn," she said. "She gave it to me before she died, and I was using it to make a blanket for my dad. There are things like my yarn or pictures that you can't really replace."