Driver Hits Chi O House at KU

[RockChalk2010]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Repairs to the front of the Chi Omega house following a May accident may not be finished before the sorority begins its fall formal recruitment.

In May, a man crashed his pick-up truck into the front of the house, located at 1345 West Campus Rd. No injuries from the accident were reported.

Chelsie Harper, Chi Omega President and Hugoton senior, said the house is livable and sorority members will be able to move into the house in August for recruitment.

The front of the house may not be finished by the time prospective members come through fall formal recruitment in August, Harper said. She said she hoped that visitors to Chi Omega empathize with their situation.

“You know as far as our house being intact fully, I think it is something that the girls will understand,” Harper said.

The construction on the damaged area of the house took some time to begin, Harper said. She said the repairs to the house’s exterior proved difficult because the building is a historical landmark.

Because of this, the construction crews must comply with several requirements from the National Register of Historic Places. All construction materials must be of the same type as those of the pre-existing structure.

Once the materials — such as limestone — are delivered, the construction could begin. No completion date has been released.

A piano and other furniture in the house were also damaged by the truck. Harper said the furniture needs to be recovered and the piano needs to be sanded.

An update on this story. Their house indeed is not finished for recruitment, and over that large area that covered the damage with a large hanging sign they had printed. The only problem is that the text they had printed to be put on the sign said something along the lines of:

"We are "rushing" to repair our historical chapter house."

Panhellenic fined them for using the word "rushing" on the outside of their house, and they were forced to cover up the sign, and change the wording to, "We are working to repair our historical chapter house."