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Business fraternity
KRISTIN FREESTATE Staff Writer as a national
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With this slogan, the new chap- AKPsi memfo
ter of Alpha Kappa Psi hopes to revive so works as a
its existence in the world of profes- tition process
sional business fraternities. ^e nation.
AKPsi is, in the words approval.
ty that strives to provide \ j A ^ K j
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was established at New
York University on Oct. 5,
1904. The fraternity came
to USC in the 1950s and enjoyed
a brief tenure, before | pP , I }
fading out of sight for about - \ w 1
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Needham, AKPsi's expansion
coordinator for the national
office, decided it was
time to re-establish the fraternity
at USC and went to
work finding interested stu-1
dents to form a small core I
group. The core group be- lip ; i \
gan recruitment in March S9K
and held officer elections I
shortly thereafter. Kb i
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as a colony, the fraternity
is concentrating full-time
on continuing recruit- HHH
ment and building up membership.
And this time, it
looks like AKPsi is here to
stay.
"I want to see (AKPsi) established . Hester a]
... and establish tradition so it's still ? ^P"
here when we're alumni," sophomore Winthrop Uni
^ officer Michelle Porter said. Hester's ^
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cruiting process to garner the mini- campus...
mum of 30 members needed to be in- where people i
stalled as an official chapter. During what the
this interim time, District Director mid to make c
Robin Hester is working with the group wo c^ ^hatcou
in the future."
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problems arise. goal, AKPsi meml
a pledge educator and variety of activity
sr since 1993, Hester al- ty. addition t(
guiding force in the pe- gramming, such
to send AKPsi's charter niunity speakers a
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also participate in
Iso works in small part ?Pen ^ busine
a Kappa Psi chapter at majors in th<
versity rTOiGSsioiial Scigiic
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usion for this chapter of cluding undergra
lave it become a force ates Meetings are
to have an organization in room 002 of th(
can come to learn more istration building
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m. . alternative method of
T h e g r o u p a 1 s o for students at no cha
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events to raise J Its the safest tra
oney for dues and dents can find, and it
ly other expenses out of finding a designa
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(ring will be the 'Yel- transports students tx
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mce to be held in the Vista, where Have
injunction with oth- is located on Lady Str
local AKPsi chap- Tuesday night is'
rs. The cafe offers 25-cent
Amid this rush of a $3 cover.
:tivity, however, "The combinatior
embers remain in- alcohol and a club out
nt on a single, pri- tance of campus creat
ary goal ? to be- hazard for students v
ime installed as a when to say when," gr
tapter by mid-No- chip Belka said.
mber. To accomplish "Our'College nigl
,,s the members here ? ^
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,s should be public- Weare ab0llt
f' a night."
"I want to get the
3rd out about AKP?
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idy Farmer said. "As
lblic relations offir,
I want anyone in
jusiness-relatedma- i. Portishead (Go! B
r to know about us.
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and gradu- 4. Promise Ring - Nol
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