Kappa Alpha Psi

PRINCESS ANNE -- Nearly two weeks after five University of Maryland, Eastern Shore students were hospitalized for injuries sustained during violent hazing, Kansas State University has suspended its chapter of the same fraternity.Officials at the Manhattan, Kan., campus say the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity could face expulsion after an investigation into how a 23-year-old alumnus was severely injured in an off-campus apartment.Pat Bosco, dean of student life at Kansas State, said Ernest Harris Jr. graduated in December with a degree in business administration.

Oscar Thomas Jobe Jr., a city public school educator who rose from being a classroom teacher to chief of staff to two Baltimore school chiefs, died Sunday of complications from Parkinson's disease at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham. The Mitchellville resident was 71. "Oscar was highly revered because he knew how to manage schools and work with people," said Walter G. Amprey, city school superintendent from 1991 to 1997, who earlier had been a Baltimore County public school administrator.

On January 3, 2004, JOSEPH A. SR.; devoted husband of Betty M. Sims; loving father of Joseph Jr., Steven, Craig and Bernard K. Also survived by two brothers, Maurice and Reginald, 10 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue, on Thursday, 2 to 8 P.M., family present 5 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1300 Druid Hill Avenue, on Friday at 10:30 A.M. Kappa Alpha Psi services will begin at 11 A.M. Funeral at 11:30 A.M.

You might say that Aaron Maybin is on top of the world. Indeed, from the lofty perch of his new condo at the Inner Harbor, the 22-year-old NFL player has a panoramic view of the city he calls home. "Oh man, I love it," said Maybin, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills who was born in Baltimore and went to school in Ellicott City. "To live downtown, to wake up and look out at the harbor, it's incredible. " Maybin, a standout at Mt. Hebron High School and an All American at Penn State University, was selected as the NFL's 11th overall draft pick in 2009.

Scholarship fund gets grant, plans career conferenceThe Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Fund of Columbia has received a project grant from the Columbia Foundation and will sponsor a career-planning conference at Wilde Lake High School Jan. 23.The conference will be designed to provide about 150 ninth- and 10th-grade students with an overview of career opportunities, the academic requirements and the importance of preparing for the future.Role models will be presented, and a follow-up mentoring program is planned.

Mt. Hebron High graduate wins law firm's scholarshipMichael David Manley, a 1998 graduate of Mount Hebron High School, has won a $500 scholarship from the law firm of Clark, Rapaport & Skalny. The firm awards the scholarship every year to high school students interested in improving the quality of the legal profession.Manley will attend Howard Community College and plans to practice law.Graduating seniors interested in applying for the scholarship should call Theresa A. Bast at 410-992-7575 or at 301-621-4152 for an application.

State police have arrested a fifth member of a University of Maryland Eastern Shore fraternity in the hazing and first-degree assault of five student-pledges whose injuries required hospital treatment, including surgery.Six other suspects, all members of Kappa Alpha Psi, were being sought, police said.Police said Andre L. Vaughn, 21, whose Baltimore address was not available, surrendered to authorities at UMES in Princess Anne about 1: 30 p.m. Saturday. They said Vaughn's bail was set at $12,000.

State police began serving arrest warrants yesterday to 11 University of Maryland, Eastern Shore students on assault charges stemming from caning in a hazing ritual that resulted in the hospitalization of five fraternity pledges.Troopers had arrested four of the men by last night, said Capt. Greg Shipley, a police spokesman.The 11 being sought, members of the Kappa Alphi Psi fraternity, are charged with first-degree assault, hazing and reckless endangerment.The assault charge is punishable by up to 25 years in prison, Shipley said.

Robert Hiram Harris, a Baltimore recreation official known for his caring ways with youth, died Wednesday of complications from pancreatitis at Liberty Medical Center. He was 68 and lived in Forest Park.Mr. Harris retired in 1986 as director of Cecil Kirk Recreation Center, ending a 32-year career at the Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks."He knew the pulse of the community and tried to give the people what they needed in their young lives," said Jean Powell, a retired assistant recreation supervisor in the agency.

William Eugene Goodall, a retired Social Security Administration official who was active for half a century in Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, died of pulmonary arrest Saturday at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital. He was 69. Mr. Goodall, known as "Goody" among his friends, was born and raised in Washington, where he graduated from Phelps Vocational High School in 1951. He attended Delaware State University on an athletic scholarship, playing football, basketball and baseball while earning his bachelor's degree in music education.

In Baltimore City Police union signs 3-year contract with 3% annual raises The city police union signed a three-year contract yesterday that is similar to the deals signed in recent months by both Fire Department unions, labor officials said. The police contract will give officers a 3 percent midyear raise in each of the next three fiscal years, starting this year, said Labor Commissioner Sean R. Malone. Under the contract, officers probably will assume a higher percentage of their health care costs, he said.

On January 3, 2004, JOSEPH A. SR.; devoted husband of Betty M. Sims; loving father of Joseph Jr., Steven, Craig and Bernard K. Also survived by two brothers, Maurice and Reginald, 10 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue, on Thursday, 2 to 8 P.M., family present 5 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1300 Druid Hill Avenue, on Friday at 10:30 A.M. Kappa Alpha Psi services will begin at 11 A.M. Funeral at 11:30 A.M.

William Eugene Goodall, a retired Social Security Administration official who was active for half a century in Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, died of pulmonary arrest Saturday at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital. He was 69. Mr. Goodall, known as "Goody" among his friends, was born and raised in Washington, where he graduated from Phelps Vocational High School in 1951. He attended Delaware State University on an athletic scholarship, playing football, basketball and baseball while earning his bachelor's degree in music education.

Robert Hiram Harris, a Baltimore recreation official known for his caring ways with youth, died Wednesday of complications from pancreatitis at Liberty Medical Center. He was 68 and lived in Forest Park.Mr. Harris retired in 1986 as director of Cecil Kirk Recreation Center, ending a 32-year career at the Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks."He knew the pulse of the community and tried to give the people what they needed in their young lives," said Jean Powell, a retired assistant recreation supervisor in the agency.

Scholarship fund gets grant, plans career conferenceThe Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Fund of Columbia has received a project grant from the Columbia Foundation and will sponsor a career-planning conference at Wilde Lake High School Jan. 23.The conference will be designed to provide about 150 ninth- and 10th-grade students with an overview of career opportunities, the academic requirements and the importance of preparing for the future.Role models will be presented, and a follow-up mentoring program is planned.

Mt. Hebron High graduate wins law firm's scholarshipMichael David Manley, a 1998 graduate of Mount Hebron High School, has won a $500 scholarship from the law firm of Clark, Rapaport & Skalny. The firm awards the scholarship every year to high school students interested in improving the quality of the legal profession.Manley will attend Howard Community College and plans to practice law.Graduating seniors interested in applying for the scholarship should call Theresa A. Bast at 410-992-7575 or at 301-621-4152 for an application.

In the wake of alleged sexual activity at Towson State University's student union last month, college administrators have banned a fraternity from using the building for at least a year.After reports of an all-male party with exotic entertainment by women, Charles E. Maloy, acting vice president of student life, recently imposed the restriction on the campus chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, which organized the party."There was sufficient reason to take that action," Dr. Maloy said. "It was an abuse of union space."

Donald Everett Rigby, a Baltimore native who as a youth mentor and counselor used an "open door" policy to befriend numerous city youths, died Wednesday of cancer at his Northwest Baltimore home.Mr. Rigby, 64, not only advised and taught disadvantaged youths since the 1980s, but acted as a big brother for many."He was simply just good with children, and children seemed to gravitate to him like a magnet," said his wife, the former Vivian Morgan, whom he married in 1956. "It was just natural that they liked each other."

Donald Everett Rigby, a Baltimore native who as a youth mentor and counselor used an "open door" policy to befriend numerous city youths, died Wednesday of cancer at his Northwest Baltimore home.Mr. Rigby, 64, not only advised and taught disadvantaged youths since the 1980s, but acted as a big brother for many."He was simply just good with children, and children seemed to gravitate to him like a magnet," said his wife, the former Vivian Morgan, whom he married in 1956. "It was just natural that they liked each other."

State police have arrested a fifth member of a University of Maryland Eastern Shore fraternity in the hazing and first-degree assault of five student-pledges whose injuries required hospital treatment, including surgery.Six other suspects, all members of Kappa Alpha Psi, were being sought, police said.Police said Andre L. Vaughn, 21, whose Baltimore address was not available, surrendered to authorities at UMES in Princess Anne about 1: 30 p.m. Saturday. They said Vaughn's bail was set at $12,000.