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r NEW, REJUVENATED FRATERNITY PROMISES TO ADD "SPARK" TO CAMPUS KATElYN MCGINLEY adds mat once officials spoke with the felloW5have gone through to establish StaHRaportar group "they realized we were serious the KDR chapter. The article also goes FACTS ABOUT KAPPA DELTA RHO abcur accomplishing our goals." on to praise me current members of McDaniel's decision to crack down "This group has the full support of the McDaniel's Greek Life for their fund- FOUNDED: May 17, 1905 at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. hard on underground organi7..ations college behind it," says Director of Col- raising efforts and their dedication to last year meant that the brother's of lege Activities, Amanda Rose, adding community service. 25,000 initiated members and 35 active chapters across me country. Chi Delta Upsilon knew they had to that she thinks the addition of Kappa "Our hope," says Kappa Delta Rho's MOnO: make a decision - and fast. Delta Rho will have a positive impact executive director Joseph Rosenberg, "Honor Super Omnia" - "Honor Above All Things" "Our choices were to either let Chi on McDaniel's current Greek Life. "is that our organization will have a COLORS: Middlebury Blue and Princeton Orange Delra Upsilon die out, take our chanc- "I've had a few students remark, in posiclve impact on the Greek Commu- es and try to exisr with the school jest, rhar rhey think ir will be nice to nity and the greater McDaniel College NOTABLE ALUMNI, and our interests dashing, or to go have a group that doesn't start with A1- community." Fonner press secretary of Presidem George W Bush: Ari Fleischer '82 nadonal with our fraremiry," explains pha or Phi on campus," Rose says. In addition to the more than $70,000 Olympic Gold Medalists: C. Edward Ackerly, '20 and Harold Osborn '22 Greg Boyd, a junior. Boyd says that, as She goes on to point out rhar "any in scholarships that the KDR Founda- Publisher of Consumer Reports magazine; Colston E. Warne '20 a group, "We felt that going national new group piques interest in students," tion provides to irsmembers -of which Vice President, Apple Computers: Charles W. Berger 75 would be the best choice for all parries and may even challenge esrabiished fra- the McDaniel chapter will also have involved." temitiesand sororities to step outside access, after they obtain Provisional Vice President, General Electric: Roy W. Johnson, '27 After considering several different me box when it comes time to recruit Chapter Statucs-Rosenberg says mat organizations, [he former members of new members. "like MeDaniel,we as a group are very Chl Delca Upsilon decided that Kap- "J think mat some of the fraternides awareofourresponsibilidesofprotect_ pa Deb Rho, a National Fraternity who have been around campus for a ingour natural resources." founded in 1904 at Middlebury Col- while might have gotten comfortabl~ [t is this awareness mat has led to the lege in Vermont (sec sidebar for more with rheir srams," says Rose, "and now creation of a leadership developmem information on KDR) was the Frarer- this new fraternity might make groups program called the Wilderness Insri- niry rhar besr matched rhcir interests feel the need to change things upa bit." tute,which is "eorally green". accord- and values. Boyd tends to agree, "I think Kappa ing ro Rosenberg. KDR's hopes for the "Even though we are now Kappa Del- DeiL1Rho will add a spark to the Greek McDaniel chapter also include their ta Rho and there will be many changes UfebercatMcDaniel.Wehaveafresh fonhcoming involvernenr in the "Up [0 our organizallon," says Boyd, "the our.lookonsociallifearoundClmpus,and All Night" program, which benefits St. ideals and traditions that were EStab- we look forward to rnmriburing {Q the Jude's Children's Hospital. lished by Chi Delta Upsilon will live community both on and offcampus " If all goes according to plan, the on forever- through ourselves and our As for KDR itself, their enrhusiasm mtmbers of KDR at McDaniel should future brothers." about joining the McDaniel family obtain their charter and become an of- OvermesummerBoydcol1.tactedex- could not be more apparem. ficial pan of the fraternity in me late ecudve director of Kappa Delta Rho, "They are extremely proud'ofthis spring or early next fall. Joseph Rosenberg, who oudined the group of young men," says Rose, CJ(- "We've already reached our first goal, necessary steps that needed to be taken plaining that the next issue of Kappa which was to be recognized by the for them to become recognized by the Delta Rho's magazine, The Quill and school," says Boyd, who, though he is .school and to reach nanonal chaprer Scroll (OUt November I), will feature well aware that the road before them statusforKDll the McDaniel chapter on its front may not bean easy one, doesn't seem ~!'m sure our past as an underground cover. KDR's homepage (kdr.com) tOOworried. frat caused some skepticism at first,~ also featufcs an artide eeuded ~The "We know mat we have a lot (0 ac- says Boyd, who serves as Presidenr of Falcon Lands al Mcfranlel!", which complish chis semester, and we are KDR's McDaniel chapter. However, he summarizes me efforts Boyd and his ready to do so as a group,"