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~ 1996 National

Convention

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P ANW~LL~NIC COUNCIL

AT TW~IQ ANNUAL A \V AQD_j BANOU~ T

ON MAQCW ?1. 1996.

4 1995-1996 Collegiate Top Tau Recipients- Kudos to our outstanding Collegians.

5 National Survey

7 Scholarship -New scholarships were unveiled at convention; collegians are standing out

8 Pearls of Alpha Sigma Tau- Janet Hanson Dodson is profiled as this year's recipient.

8 Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Delta hosts a wonderful fundraiser.

1 0 Looking Back - An examination of where Greek life came from.

11 Letter Day - Northern Virginia celebrates.

14 Substance Free Housing- Drugs and alcohol are plaguing some cam­puses leading to a special program

1 7 National Convention Awards

DePartments Bu ll e tin Board .... ...... ............ ....... .................. ... .. .... .... .... ...... .. ................ 2 Reunio n .... ... .... ....... ....... ........ ...... ..... ....... .. ......... .... .. ... ... .... ..... ..... ... .... 12 Applause forTaus .. ...... ................... ... .. .... ...... .... ... .... .. ... .. .. ... .. ..... ...... 4,13 Collegia te Chapter ew .. .......... .. .. .... ..... ........ .. .......... ... .. .. .. ...... .. ....... 20 Alumn ae Chapter New .... .. ...... .. .. ...... .. .. .. ...... .... ........ .. ....................... 29

Editor Al ina M. Whittle 1650 E. Lyco ming tree t Phi ladelp h ia, P 19124

Chapter News Editor Gay Gammell Truehart 2228 Old Berwick Road Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Director o f Publications Patri cia Klausing Simmon 291 Locu t Stree t Ind iana, PA 1570 1

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THE ANCHOR/ Fall 1996

Alpha Sigma Tau National Headquarters 1929 Canyo n Road Birmi ngham, AL 35216 205/ 978-2179 205/ 978-21 82 fax

T HE AJ'\ICH O R is published in th e Fall a nd Spring. Single copi es are available fo r 5.00 eac h. Third class postage is paid a t Indianapo­lis, Ind iana, and at additio nal mailing offi ces. Se nd address cha nges, dea th no tices, a nd busi­nes corre pondence to National H eadquarters. Edi to rial co rresponde nce sho uld be sent to th e Ed ito r.

Fall 1996 Vo lume 71, o . 2

Printed in USA

On the Front Cover: Cen te r - Convention Queen Diane chmelze

of Beta Pi Clockwi e from to p left

1. Past National President, Mary Charles Adams Ashby delivering the opening speech.

2. Excited Taus on tour.

3. Lenore Seibel King speaking at the Foundation Breakfast.

4. Psi's Johanna and Carrie at Fun Night 's T-Shirt Exchange.

5. Rho's Shawna and Sarah at the Phoenix Friendship Reception.

6. Mary Charles Adams Ashby and Carol Cooper looking marvelous at the Yellow Rose Banquet.

7. Alpha Epsilon's Beth, Emily, and j ennifer enjoying the Fun ight T-Shirt Exchange.

8. Lenore Seibel King, Charlotte Evans Floyd and Meda Ray Elliot Sewell enjoying the Foundation Breakfast.

9. Colon;' Advisors Wendy and ancy at Fun Night 's T-Shirt Exchange.

10. H eather and Heather enjoying dinner at Lombardi's.

THE FOUNDERS Mable Chase Ru th Dutcher May Gephart Effie E. Lyman Harriet Marx Eva O 'Keefe Ad riance Rice Helene M. Ri ce Maye ne Tracy

Alpha Sigma Tau was founded November 4, 1899 at Michigan State ormal School (now Eastern Michigan Univer: ity), Ypsilanti, MI.

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APPlause for ToP Taus

1995-1996 Colle ·ate To Tau Reci ients

J ami Kaup Hall- Alpha Be th H oard - Be ta Be th A. Blayden - Delta Christina Tulia - Zeta Bonn ie Valach -Omicro n Rh onda McCall -Rho Dayna Beckwith - Sigma H eath e r Ickes - Ze ta Tau Rebecca Morse - psilon Carol Lynn Rowler- Phi J ennife r Eckles - Chi Emily Suzanne Beard -Psi Michelle J eanne Lin- Alpha Gamma Melinda Palau- Alpha Epsilo n Amy Anken ey - Alpha Lambda Leslie Miche lle Allan- Alpha Omicro n Randi Be th La her- Alph a Pi

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Kri ten Gibson- Al pha Tau Kri ten Flagg- Alpha Phi Robin Leworthy- Be ta Ep ilon Kri ti Do novan -Beta Eta Alejandra io reno - Be ta T heta Renee i ye r -Beta Iota Suzanne Edwards - Beta Mu Al ison Magee -Beta Nu Terra Lutch -Beta Xi Lauri e urges - Beta Pi Kerri Sweeney - Beta Tau

anc Chin - Beta p il on Michelle Maj er k - Be ta Phi Suzann e tehno -Beta Psi Victoria Al i- Beta Omega Stephanie Timbrel!- Gam ma Gamma Chri tine Marie Li beratore - Gamma

Zeta

Rh onda Denni on- Gamma Th ta Beth Mell- Gamma Iota Elizabeth Olivetti- amma Lambda Hop dkin -Gamma u Megan Le niak- Gamma u

icole Kath leen Bo er- Gammi Xi Tri ha Mildowne -Gamma Pi Maria Fergu on- Gamma igma J acquelin Ann Wevodau- Gamma Tau Jen Maly ka- Gamma hi

a thy Thoma -Delta Alpha her 1 uzann Lathe -Delta Beta

J ennifer Riordan- Delta Delta Alaina Evangeli ta - Delta Ep ilon Tammy Gi ll - D Ita Zeta

Man~ hrguson

National Survey

Vision For The Future: 1995 National Survey B Y CHRI TINA C OVI NGTON,

DIRECTOR OF E XPANSION

Understanding and m eeting the n eed s of our m embe rsh ip , tha t is a primar y goal of th e Alpha Sigm a Tau Na tion a l Council. To suppo rt tha t goal, eve r y fi ve year th e Na ti o n al Coun cil spo nso r th e Alpha Sig m a Tau Na tion al Survey, a tool tha t h e lps th e atio n a l O rga niza ti o n see th e "big pictu re" fo r our sisterhood .

The urvey is administe red to col­legia te and alumnae m e mbers ac ross th e U nited tates by: • r esearching sta tistic and gathe r­

ing input fro m th e me mbership, • tran lating th e in form ation ga th­

ered in to goal and prio ri ties, • d evelo ping a written plan of ac­

tio n to addre th e n eed s of our me mbership ,

• in corporating th e p la n in to th e operation s and culture of o ur a­rarity,

• in fo rming th e m e mbe rship of th e prio ri tie and p la ns of ac­tion . Alp h a Sigma Tau 's visio n fo r th e

fu tu re i n ot ju t fo r th e Na ti o n a l Counci l, N a ti o n a l Staff, N a ti o n a l Found a tio n , and Ch ap ter Officers to u n der tand. EVERY m embe r of Al­pha Sig m a Tau mu t h are th e vision of th e sorori ty so our goals can be a tta ined.

The fi ve m a in issu e addressed in the u rve were: • supportin g the o ro ri ty's m e m­

be rship g row th o bjectives, • building th e fin a n cial stre ng th of

th e o rority, • uppo rting the coll egiate ch ~ p-

ter furth e r th rou g h effec t ive programming and tra ining,

• raising standards, . • in cr easing effec ti ve, pe rtm e n t

communication a bout inte rnally and externa lly. We will m ee t th e soro ri ty's n eed s

by fo cu sing on th ese area over th e n ext fi ve year s:

T H E ANCHOR/ Fall l996

Membership Growth The growth of Alpha Sigma Tau

is criti ca l to th e continued su ccess of the soro ri ty. It mu t occur on bo th th e collegia te and alumnae levels.

Coll egia te expan io n of sorority me mbership can be ach ieved by: • increasing the number of chapters

reach in g quo ta and to tal eve r y yea r,

• eli minating the numbe r of chap­ters lost due to declining member­sh ip,

• adding new su ccessful ch apters to continue th e legacy ofleadership . Alph a Sigma Tau must grow th e

ac tive alumnae population of our so­ro ri ty by: • in creasing the pa rti cipa ti o n in

cur rent alumnae ch apters/ clubs, • re taining collegia te women after

gradu a ti o n as ac tive a lumn ae membe rs,

• seeking out inac tive alumnae to pa rti cipa te in alumnae and n a­tio nal o rgan ization ac tivities,

• bui lding ac tive new ch apters.

Financial Growth Build ing the fin an cial stre ngth of

Alpha Sigm a Tau will e nable th e so­rority to develop addi tion al program­min g and expand n a tio n a l conta: t and ser vices. T h is is ach ieved and Will continue to be achieved by budgetin g current funds carefu lly, in creasing n ew revenue sources, and fin an cia l p lanning for an ticipated and unantici­pated needs.

Programming and Training

In kee ping to our pu rpose , Al pha Sigma Tau must identi fy th e n ~eds of th e membership, create effective and innova tive programm ing to develo p lead ership among our ch ap te rs, and teach o ur m embe rs to live the high ideals of th e soror ity.

When con cerns or issues ofimpo r-

tance to th e soro ri ty are recognized, me mber of th e a tional O rganization wo rk to deve lop programs and im pl -mentation p lans to incorporate appro­pria te re olutio ns into the very fi bers of our me mbership.

It is a lso vita lly importan t that ch apter offi cers, na tional officers ~ and ch ap te r advi ory t ams are cogmzant of th e ir respo n ibili tie a n d the r -sou rces avail able in the organization. We have created an array of informa­tive h andbook and manuals that give guid an ce and instr uctio n ba ed_ on years of experien ce and th e for~s1 gh t

of previous offi cers. Each officer ts al o assigned a n o tebook an d / or fil e fill d with the ideas and encoun ter of ea­son ed offi cers to assist th em in th eir internal planning p rocess . T hese docu­me nts a re co n ta ntly reviewed and updated to meet the needs of our of­fi cers. While these important tools as­sist the sorori ty in main tain ing conti­nui ty, it is essen tial th at th e oror_ity move toward tructured offi cer tram­ing on a n ational level in addition to th e o ne-o n-on e discussions betw·ee n the incoming and outgoing officers. Officer training emin ars at ational Co nve n tio n s, Region al Lead ersh ip Worksh ops (RLW), Greek leader hip confere n ces, and chap ter vi it wi ll cultiva te and ensure th at info r mation and procedures are d i eminated in the same me thod to a ll co llegiate a nd natio nal offi cers. T he tabilizing effect shou ld provide a platform for fu ture g rowth in o th e r areas.

Standards We aim to reach the core of our

m embe r hip th ro ug h increa ed na­tional standard . Th e National O rgani­zation has the abili ty to impro e the overall perfo rmance of ch apte rs b : • h aving cha pters m eet quota and

to tal each year, • raising the minimum GPA require­

ment, • n ecessary cultu ral event, heal th is­

su es, and leadership programming

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to the SG&D requirements requiring chapters to set a ide specific funds each term/ semester for savings, requiring chapters to send a larger percentage of their member hip to RLW's and encourage greater alumnae participation in RLW' , schedule additional regional semi­nars for collegiate chapters, requiring Chapter Officers to at­tend annual officer work hop at RLW's specifically geared to their needs.

Communication A quote used daily for sale and

marketing i , "Communication is the Key." But communicating is not just re­ceiving information; it i also giving in-

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Your Gift To Pine

Mountain The 1995-1996 gift of $15,000

to Pine Mountain Settlement School from the Alpha Sigma Tau National Foundation will keep participants in Pine Mountain's educational pro­grams warm this winter.

Rheem oil furnaces, with duct work and oil tanks, will be installed in the Chapel, Old Log, Medical Clinic, Plant Center and Jubilee Cot­tage. Zande House will be supplied with a three-ton Trane heat pump. In addition, the Community Services department will receive two Singer sewing machines.

This gift was made possible by the joint effort of all alumnae and collegiate chapters who contributed to the Philanthropy Fund as well as contributions from individual alum­nae and collegians, a portion of alumnae dues, a contribution from the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority and the interest that these funds accumu­lated during the year.

National SurveY formation. The triad of collegiate chapters, alumnae chapter , and na­tional officers needs to bridge the gap between their re pective po ition in order to work more effectively to­gether. Alpha Sigma Tau a a whole mu t also addre its communication processe with other organization . Effective mean of olving the commu­nication is ue are: • informative, frequent, andre pon­

sive corre pondence b tween chapters and the ational Orga­nization ,

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increased flexibility in the monthly communication publication more frequent revi ion of national h andbooks and manual , bro-chure , and material ,

• to ll-free number to the ational Headquarter ,

• E-mail capabilities for all co llegiate and alumnae chapter and na­tional officers,

• increased attendance by co ll e­giate, alumnae, and national offic­ers at national Greek function ,

• increased effort to apply for na­tional Greek award article for publi hing,

• increased communication to col­legiate officers, alumnae, and na­tional officer on issue at the fore­front of the Greek community through seminars at RLW' , a­tional Conventions, and chapter visits. Goals from each of the areas ad­

dre sed above were established at the 1996 winter meeting of the ational Council during their trategic plan­ning e ion. Several plans of action are well underwa and were presented at the National Convention this ummer and will be pre ented again at RLW' this fall, such a : • focused expan ion effort on the

collegiate and alumnae levels, • creating a "total look" to our ex­

pansion material, • de eloping a tran ition plan colle­

giat colonie , • contracted with everal new v n­

dor for an offi ial alumnae dire -tor , orority p cialty item and prepaid phone card to gain r -enue,

• focu ed on "Back to Ba ic " pro­gramming for collegiate chapter

• enhanced chapter operation and officer training,

• developing pecific alumnae chap­ter programming goal ,

• increa ed alumnae i ibilit through eniorKits,intere tcard, the lumn ae Induction Cer­emony, increa ed communication,

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and alumnae training, developing programming on i -ue affecting the orority uch a

ri k-management, alco hol con­cern , worn n' health i ue , member hip recruitment, Panhel­lenic i ue, and lpha igma Tau' purpo e and ritual, developing formalized officer training for chapter advi ory team , ational taff, and ational

ouncil member , increa e the number of collegiate member m eting our GPA re­quirement of a 2.2/ 4.0, r quir chapter to meet quota and total each year, require chap­ter avings goal , require larger attendance at more frequent RLW' for memb r hip and officer training, develop n w communication av­enue uch a an official national homepage , orority e-mail , di k deliverable for orority docu-ments, new annual report format, define the purpo e of The Cre t, and new layout for the Alpha ig­

al, our internal month) new let-ter,

• increa ing PC vi ibility and in­volvement b trengthening atten­dance at all regional PC confer­ence and at either inter-Greek meeting and conference pon-ored meeting to gain vital infor­

mation and to increa e our con­tacts in th Greek community. Alpha igrna Tau vi ion and rroal

are et out for ever m mb r to und r­tand. Our vi ion will become a realirv

\ hen EVERY m mb r a c p the r ' pon ibility to har the vi i

a ti If-re liant, nd tru mann r.

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ScholarshiP

New Scholarships Unveiled

Mary Charles Ashby presents the check to complete basic funding for the Sam H. Cree Scholarship Fund to Foundation President Meda Ray Sewell.

Two highlights of the convention were the completion of the Sara H. Cree Scholarship Fund and the pre en­tati o n of th e Alph a Rh o Louise Einstein Scholar hip Fund.

Chi Chapter and Mary Charles Ashby began the Cree fund with an initial check to the Board of Directors of the ational Foundation on March 1994. Alumnae and the Ch i Chapter continued to add to the fund. At the closing session of th e convention, Mary Cha rles Ashby surprised Founda tion

Slippery Rock Rules

Congratulations to the Alpha Pi si ters for having the highes t cu­mulative average for th e spring 1996 semester of all the sororities on campu . Let's not forget th e Spring 96 pledge class. They had the highest semes ter average of all th e sorority p ledge classes on cam­pus.

THE ANCHOR/ Fall1996

President Meda Ray Sewell with a $700 check to comple te the base funding of the cholar hip . Chi co llegian and alumnae and Mary Charles Ashby are to be congratula ted for their co ntin­ued effort to establish this honor for the ir beloved advisor wh ile she is ab le to appreciate their tribute.

When the Alpha Rh o Chapter be­cam e inac tive, th e loca l a lumn ae group had funds which were set aside to help with a house for Alpha Rho. These funds were invested in the hope that the chapter would be able to use the funds wh en they were re-ac tiva ted. Plans did not materialize and through the efforts of Mary Ellen Willmitch, an Alpha Rho alumna and treasure r of the Youngstown Alumnae Chapter, the deci ion wa made to establish the Al­pha Rh o Louise Einste in Scholarship Fund in honor of the ir first adviser. A check for $5,000 was presented at the Foundation breakfast, by Mary Ellen Willmitch, as a contribution from all Alpha Rho alumnae .

For a number of years, thi schol­ar hip will be restricted to Alpha Rh o alumnae or their children . The first

scholarship is expected to accept ap­plications by th deadlin e of March , 1998. The scholarship selection proc -dure will be administered by the Na­ti onal Foundation cho larship Com­mittee. Alpha Rho alumnae, whose ad­dresses are current with Alpha Sigma Tau ational H eadquarters, will b no tified in December of the availab il­ity of the scholarship and selection cri­teria.

The Alpha Sigma Tau National Foundation Carrie W Staehle Scholarship for 1996-97 was awarded to Elaine Martin, Alpha Gamma, who attended the national Convention as an Alpha Gamma collegiate delegate. Lenore Seibel King, First Vice President of the Foundation, announced the awards and congratulated Elaine.

Sandi McPherson Scholarships A Radford U niversity e nd owed

scho lars hip h as b ee n crea te d in m emory of long-time ALT Tidewater resident Sandra Elaine McPherson , 47, who passed away last February after a short bout with cancer.

Th e Sandi McP herson Sc ho lar­ships were crea ted through a $100,000 life insurance endowment. The annual scholarships will be availabl e to stu­dents pursuing a recreation and leisure studies major who have demonstrated academic excellence and extracurricu­la r involvement.

As a profess ional , McPh erso n served o n the Board of Trustees for the Virginia Recreation and Parks Society. She also served as director of the James City County's Parks and Recrea tion Department and as as istant direc tor

of Hampton 's Recreation Department. At th e time of her death, she was

the Center Coordinator for the Great eck Community Recrea tion Center

for Virginia Beach. McPhe r on was a two-time winner

of the city manager 's creativi ty and in­novation award , as well as numerous other awards , including the 1994 Woman of Distinction Award for the Girl Scouts Council of Colonial Coa t.

McPherson wa the fir t graduate of Radford 's recreation administration major and served as president of the se nior class whi le a t R . She was a m ember of the Cotillion Club and Al­pha Sigma Tau.

More information about the schol­arships can be obtained through R ' admissions office, 1-800-890-4265.

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The Pearls of AlPha Sisma Tau

AConventionJanetHanson

Dodson becam the mo t ecent recipient of the earls of Alpha Sigma Tau ward. Th is award wa e -

tab lished in 1993 to recognize alum­nae isters who have given special con­tributions within their communities and professions. The first recipient of this award was Debi McCain Pyska fol­lowed by Gwen Fro tic.

Janet is the Director of Financial Aid at Doane College in Crete, Ne­braska. She is very involved with sev­eral professional associations for tu­dentfinancial aid adm inistrators. Janet is currently Pre ident-E lect of the Rocky Mountain Associatio n of Stu­dent Financial Aid Admin istrators (RMASFAA). The as ociation repre­sents eight Midwestern states: Kansas, Colorado, ebraska, Utah, North Da­kota, South Dakota, Montana , and Wyoming. There are ix regional a so­ciations that make up the national or­ganization. RMASFAA has an annual conferen ce hosted by each state over the course of e ight year . Janet's own state of ebraska wi ll host the 1996 conference, in Omaha. Janet wi ll be­come president of RMASFAA then.

As a member of the Board of Di­rectors for the past several yea rs, Janet has served the as ociation as fo llows: Professional Development Chair Fed­eral Issues Chair, Association Gover­nance Co-Chair, and for 1995-96, Nomi-

'jbil King presenting The Pearls of A T awa-rded lo Janel Hanson Dodson.

nations Chair. During 1994-95, he erved a Vic Pre ident. Pre ident-

Eiect, he erve a a non-voting r pre-entative to the FAA B ard of Di-

rector until July 1996. he then b -comes a voting d legate until July 1999.

Janet ha also been an in tructor for the past even year at the RMASF

ummer Institute, the lead ing profe -ional training activity in the nation . h

had instructed at all le el throucrh neo­phyte to advanced and at the Lender, Guarantor, and econdary Market eg­m e nt. She a l o co-deve lop d th RMASFAALeader hip Program and led that e sion for three years.

In October 1995, J anet received the a ociation 's Distingui hed ervice

ward. Thi award i be towed upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors and approval of the pre iden t

for ervic provided to the a ociation above and be ond the call of duty.

Janet ha erved the ebra ka ociation of tuden t Financial dmin­

i trator a ociate Delegate, iem­ber of th Training Committee , 1996 Annual onference Committee , and a founding member of the Earl Aware­ne Committee. Thi committe and it ndeavor won national recogniti n for the Earl warene Project, "Look to th Future ."

J anet ha rved the Kan a o-ciation of tud nt Financial Aid d­ministrator a Chair of th Profe-ional Development ommittee and

High hool Training Workshop , Kan­sa tudent Data Form Committee Chair, Financial Aid warene Com­mittee, and Pre ident (in 1979). he received the Out tanding ervice

ward in 197 . t th national lev I he erved on

th Profe ional Development Commit­tee, and as a regional and national train r for professional training eminar devel­oped by F . For the n xt three ear , J anet >viii be a member of the

F Board ofDirector and for 199S-96 i involved in the trategy Planning and

ociation Governance Committee. Janet i al o actively involved a an

Alpha igma Tau alumna. ince 19 2, h ha erved a Kappa Di trict Pre i­

d nt, ational Vice Pre ident, NPC Al­ternate Delegate, and Director ofExpan-1 n.

Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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0 n March 16, 1996 the Delta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau sponsored its seventh annual Miss IUP Scholarship Pageant in

the Fisher Auditorium at Indiana Uni­versity of Pennsylvania . The theme of this year's pageant wa ''I'm Ever Woman."

The contestants in the seve nth annual Miss IUP Pageant are judged on four criteria: talent, interview, for-

mal wear and aerobic wear. In addition, each contestant receive pirit points based on ten percent of the dollar value of the money collected in her name. Each conte tant ha individually menvith the judge for a even minute interview prior to the pageant. The question asked on tage is al o figured into the interview score.

The evening' > inner receive a 500 cholarship a ' ell as man ' other

pageant gift . Other pe ial awards for

conte tants are pre ented in the area of congeniality, pirit, formal wear and talent.

The proceed from thi event ben­efit the local Make A Wi h Foundation, Alpha igma Tau a \ ell as Alpha igma Tau' ational Philanthropy, Pine Mountain ttlement hool.

This year' winn r wa J i a Fonner, a nur ing and allied health m~or.

The Pearls of AlPha Si2ma Tau

0 We each make a pe r onal commit­

ment to strive to be the best that we can be in our chosen profe sio n . We u e our achieve ment in a parti cula r fi e ld. We provide streng th and nurtur­ing a wives, mo the rs, fri ends, and in­dividuals. We become in o lved in our communitie to make it a be tter place to live .

lph a recogni ze

igm a Tau h as ch ose n to i te r wh o h ave g ive n

Comple te th e fo ll owing fo rm . Mail to : Cathy Schrein e r

a ti onal Awa rd Coordin a tor 4400 H adria n Court Alexandria, A 22310

pecial contributi ons within th e ir pro­fessions and communities.

A n o min ee fo r the pro fession a l award must be currently active in her fi e ld and he r involve ment must be wo r­thy of regio nal, state , or na tio nal rec­ognition .

A n o min ee fo r th e co mmunity award must have b en recognized fo r o utstanding se rvi ce in her communi ty o n a local, ta te, or na ti onal leve l.

All nomina tions must be received by February 1, 1997

(firs t) (m a id e n )

o mina tio n will be acce pted un­til Februar y 1, 1997. T he nomin ation must be accompanied by a on page le tter de cribing the man ner in which th e n ominee had fill ed the cri teria to be recognized as a "Pearl of lpha Sig ma Ta u ." ews paper cl ipp ings , magaz in e artie! , an d p icture are he lpful. Please use the fo ll owing fo rm to submit n omin ation .

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Bv MARv L OU ISE D oYLE

Unless we begin by look­ing back we can have no idea how far we h ave come, n o measure fo r evaluating our achi eve­

me nts and our failures. There are not many ac tive membe rs of pha Sigm a Tau So ro ri ty wh o can ay th ey "grew up" with oro ri ty.

Th e yea r I e nro ll ed a t D e tro it Teachers Co llege, 1925, was th e year we we re accepted a a me mber of the Associa ti on of Educati o n o ro riti e a nd th ere by became a na tion al so ro r­ity. It was the year of our first conve n­tion in De tro it, Michigan, and th e year we fin ally published our fir t issue of THE ANCHOR Our roster consisted of eleven chapters: Alph a, Beta, Ga mma, Delta, Epsilon , Ze ta, Eta, Iota, Kappa, The ta and Sigma.

The sorori ty's inabili ty to become a national much sooner was a ma tte r offate . Circum tances beyond our con­trol , such as World Wa r I, forced th e closing of some o rganiza tions on some campuses "for th e dura ti o n. " It wa con idered unpa trio ti c to play while our men were dying. Also, Alpha Sigma Tau had chosen many years before no t to forsake its many local chapte rs in normal sch o ols in o rd e r to tr y to qualify for affiliation with The a tional Pan hellenic Confere nce a t th e turn of th e ce ntury. Severa l ch apte rs left to join NPC groups, who were already na­tio nal o rganiza tions.

The dictio na ry ays tha t a fra te r­ni ty o r soro rity might be d efin ed as "a g ro up of m e n o r wo m e n , G ree k­na med, and fo rmally organized for a common purpo e, inte re t o r pl ea­sure ." Wh en we peak of th e Greek World, o r th e Greeks, we usu all are refe rring to gro up on college cam­puse which ho ld regul a r m ee tings, have ecret rituals, hand grips, mo ttos, pa wo rds and ymbolic in ignia. o rne have houses, di tinc tive colo r a nd of­te n wea r cl o thin g with id e nti f ing Gr e k le tte r . They wea r the ir fra te r­ni ty badge . True Greek are memb r of na ti na l o rga nization a lthough in

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Lookins Back been recognized because of th eir con­tributions to college and communi­tie .

Phi Be ta Kappa i recognized a the fir t fra terni ty in thi country. I t wa founded in 1776, ju t a few weeks after the Declara tio n of Independence wa ign ed . It ch ap te r pread rapidly

fro m Willi a m and Mary Co ll ege in Williamsburg, irg ini a to mo t of the pre tig io u universitie in the ea te rn par t of the co un tr y. I t wa a ecre t honor ociety, with a Greek name. Al­th ough all fra te rnitie requi re ch ola -ti c achievement, they ar no t "h o nor ocie ti e " per e.

Ka ppa Alph a, fo unded in 1 25 , wa th e o lde t ecre t bro th erhood th at wa n o t a n h o n o r oc ie ty. I t wa fo und e d a t U ni o n Co ll ege in Schenectady, ew York. Alpha Delta Pi , founded in 1851wa the fir t secre t i­te rh ood fo r co ll ege wo me n . It wa founded a t We leyan Fem ale College, Maco n , Georgia. Kappa Alpha The ta wa the second in 1 70.

Integral to the discu io n of the Greek world is background on the mat­ter of educatio n in thi coun try a t the beginning of th e 19 th ce n tu ry. Our founding fa th ers were defi nite ly aware of th e n eed to pro mote th e furth er­a nce of edu cati o n fo r childre n , n o t only in the citie , bu t in ru ral area too. Many ta te pa ed ordinan ce which mad e every town hip se t a ide 1/ 16 of its te rri to r y fo r edu ca ti o n al u age, whe th er immediate ly o r in th e fu ture. Finding me n o r women to teac h , e pe­cially in rural area , wa very dif fi cul t. Most fo ur-year coil ge and univer i­ti e h ad d e pa rtm e n t of edu ca ti on which produced male teachers bu t no t nea r! e n o ugh . Re m ember, wo m en

were no t e t admitted to the e in titu­tion .

T h e pro bl e m wa a ll evia te d in 1838 by the opening up of wha t were called normal choo l . The were two­year choo ls for teach e r on! . pon com ple tio n of th e cour e , th e g radu­ate rece ived cer tifi cate a nd co uld teac h in e le m e n tar ch oo l . Th e could la ter, perha p , attend four-year in titu ti on , get a degre and teach in h i h chool . During th e fi r t half of th e 19th centu r and even a la te a 19 1 an indivi du a l wi th a n e ig hth grade ed ucation could get a certificate to teach in rural grad chool . One with a hig h ch ool d ucatio n and a pecial 16-w ek training cour in a

n ormal c h oo l, cou ld teac h hi g h chool in rural area .

Al l thi information may eem like a tran ge way of d i cour ing on th e u bj ec t of orori tie , but in ce Alpha igma Tau wa fo unded in 1899 in a

no r mal ch ool, all it member were in tere ted in the fi ld of education .

women we certain ly are aware of the fact that women "in day of ore" did not attend in titution of high er learning. T h ey were aid to belong in th h ome. Fini hing chool were a hi g h a a woman could go. Bu t , wo rn n ' right group were at work long before th e 20th centur . Demo­cratic idea were abounding in the fie ld of education and women were figh ting fo r more equality. Oberlin Collegiate In titute in Oberlin , Oh iowa the fir t to permit women to enroll. T hi wa in 1 33. But, O berlin wa not recog­n ized at tha t time a having the tatu of a college. In 1 50, h owever, i t wa gran ted th at re ognition ; o, women had finally gotten a "foot in the door."

We had made some progre , alb it the struggle was all uphill . Other in titu­tions of higher learning, slowly and rather reluctantly, began changing ad­mis ion poli c ies. Also, some "a ll women 's" colleges came into being like Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania and Mt. Holyoke in Massachusetts.

In the econd half of tl1 e 19th cen­tur y more a nd more instituti o n opened their doors to women: Iowa State in 1847 and tah State in 1 50. After 1870 a ll sta te unive rsiti es did. However, women were "tolerated" and

Looking Back tl1e ir pre ence was hardly a welcome one. either were provisions made in many institution to provide for their social life . Out of necessity these pio­neer women students, living in board­ing houses or private homes, organized th emselves into social group to boost th eir morale; they had to fight the ob­jection to women in the chools of higher education.

Once women had won their battle for their righ t to a higher education , the naturally pre ed for the right to have sororities. After all , th e powers-

Letter Day _______ ---,

orthern llirginia Alumnae Chapter - Letter Day OjJen-H ouse eated left to right: Mary L ouise Do)1le, Debby Weinstein, Diane H elb1ing, Martha j ones and

Donna Tiefenbach. tanding left to right: Bird alee Wagaman, Mary Early, Charlotte Floyd and Ma1garet Meinzer.

In an effort to promote a new tra­dition for Alpha Sigma Tau, the a­tiona! Coun cil proclaimed April 12, 1996 Lette r Day - a day on which collegiate would wear items on cam­pu which would adve rtise our Greek le tte rs. Alumnae were asked to cel­ebrate, wherever they were, by wearing our le tter on items of clothing or in lieu of same, sorori ty badges and other items of o rori ty jewelry.

The orthern Virginia Alumnae Chapter celebrated by holding a n

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ope n h o u se at the h o m e of Mar y Loui eM. Doyle from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Diane H elbring came wearing the outfit she wore a a pl edge - quite a number of year ago! It fit perfec tly! H e r pledge hat was displayed but no t on her head. Can you find it in the pic­ture?

Assisting the h ostesses were Martl1ajone , Mary Early and Birdalee Wagaman .

Photo by Diane Underwood

that-be had acknowledged th at frat r­nitie were erving a good purpose on campu es so why not sororitie forth women ? Eventuall y th ey won thi s round as well. But now that sororiti es were becoming a reality for women in four-year institutions, worn n sh ifted their co urse to that of getting sorori­ti es for worn n in normal schools. Af­ter much opposition, they ucceeded .

Sororitie in early day were like ocial club . In fact, they were limi ted

by the admini tration to being li ter­ary or ocial club . Sunday afternoon teas and musicals or recitals "in the parlor" were pretty much the order of th e day. Picnic and hikes were part of th eir program as well as drama and play . Working with child ren , involve­ment in YWCA program and rai ing money for various charities were nor­mal ac tivities. Mo t participated in one or more ocial ervice projects. Meet­ing were u ually held in home where the women lived or homes of patron­esses, which accounts for the fact that some chapters had several patrone e .

After Phi Beta Kappa was founded , it opened many chapters. Other kind of organization flouri hed on differ­ent campuse . Most local fraternitie a imed for nationalization . H owever, they varied o much in th eir purpo e for being, in their methods of function­ing, rule and regulations that, a time went on , it became evident tha t to ur­vive there was a n eed for an organiza­tion to hold them together for the ben­efit of all. Well before the 19th cen tur checked in , many of them, the one mo re like the ones we know today, eventu all banded together for the good of all. Thus, the ational In ter­fraternity Conference came into being and wa recognized officially in 1909.

Taking a lesson from the fraterni­ties, the sororities in literar arts col­leges formed the National Panhellenic Conference in 1902 with 10 ororitie . Needless to say, sororities in normal chools also wanted to join , but chap­

ters in two-year in titution did not meet fC's requirements tl1a t a oror­ity have a certain number of chapter in four-year in titution . In fact, man of the education sororitie lo t chap­ters which joined NPC ororitie rather

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than wait until their original educa tion sororitie could qualify fo r NPC mem­bership . Alph a Sigma Tau lost several chapte rs in fo u r-year institu tion be­cause of this. Seven educational sorori­ties were affec ted : Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Sigm a Tau , Pi Kappa Sigma, Delta Sigma psilon , The ta Sigm a U psilon and Pi De lta The ta, wh ic h o nl y j o in e d T h e Assooc ia ti o n of Educatio n Soc iety (AES) in 1931 and merged ten years later with an NPC orori ty.

Once women had won

their battle for their right

to a higher education they

naturally pressed for the

right to have sororities.

Recognizing the need for a fa mily group such as PC to which they could belong, Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Sigma Sigma started th e ball ro lling toward such an o rgan iza tion in 1902. By 1911 th e new group had beco me a reality and was ca lled th e Association of Pedological Sororiti e . T he name was late r changed to A ocia tio n of Educatio nal Soro rities and sti ll o nce more by changing the word "educa­ti onal" to "educatio n ." Al pha Sigma Tau tried several times fo r membership much earlier bu t met with problems unti11925 when Alpha Sigma Tau rec­ognized us as a national.

Is tha t th e e nd of our "past his­to ry? " 1o! Educa ti on con tinued to be of grea t concern to our growi ng nation and th is conce rn grew with th e pas­ing ofy ars. Providing veteran bene fi ts fo r th Wo rld War I so ld ie rs he lped hurr m atter . Fo rm e r unive r itie with o ut d e pa rtm e nt of e du ca ti o n added th em o n . o rmal chools be-arne fo ur-year insti tutions and man

changed th e ir name . College became univ r ili es. B 1920 th re were 225 no rmal chool in the ni ted tate , a big jump from ] 2 in 1860.

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Lookins Back The new problem of the time be­

cameoneof"terri tories. " P hadnot been in te re ted in normal chool but now theyw re becoming four- ear co l­leges an d g ivin g degree . Forme r ag reemen ts betwee n P and AES a to where they would eek chapter no longer made en e. It' a long story but th e en d re ul t i that in 1945 both group got together and agreed that ince th e er eel the arne purpo

th ey wou ld merge. In 1947 NPC a-

cepted ap plication fro m AE orori tie for member hip. They were giv n a ear, unti l june 1, 194 , to mee t all PC member h ip r quirem nts. ix of the even group qualifi d . Onl th r e are ti ll membe r of PC: Alpha igma Al­

pha, Alpha igma Tau and Sigma igma igma. The other , after a few ear ,

merged with other P ororitie . W alwa were and God will ing,

alwa will be Alpha igma Tau.

~----------------Reunions

Ann Heiser basking in

the moment at Zeta's 75th.

Kristina (Bigne s) traley & Kim Bell Destefano celebrate 75 yea~ of sisterhood at Zeta.

Big sister Jamie Alumni and Little sister i'vlaribeth H armon bonding at LHU.

return to Longrvood Colleue for a reunion. \ lelissa

APPlause for Taus

Donors Recognized At Foundation Breakfast

The Alpha Sigm a Tau Founda tion Breakfast, held at the ational Conven­tion , had as gue t tho e donor wh o had contributed more than 100 to the

a tional Foundation since the last con­vention. First Vice Pre ident Leno re Seibe l King introduced special gues ts including three Alpha iste r who were initiated in the late 1920 and are still close friends; Marie Klebe rt VanAken , Margare t Po llock Small and Margare t Holcomb Tork nder wood. As Music C h a irma n Ma rga re t U nd e r woo d wro te th e mu ic to "A Virtu ou s Woman " and Margare t Small wro te the music to "Our Pin ." Bo th so ngs were ung in their hono r during the con­

v ntio n . Progre s of th e Foundatio n ince

the 1994 Conventio n was reviewed by Second Vice Pre ide nt Rose Mari e Schmidt. Among the achievemen ts were the awarding of three additio nal schol­ar hip ; 11,000 in Headquarters Chal­lenge grants, continued contributions to the Philanthropy Fund by collegiate and alumnae chapters, an increase in mem-

bership connibutions and an increase in the number of members who achieved n w levels of giving. Foundation fund reached the million-dollar mark thi year.

Fo unda tio n Pre ident Med a Ray Sewe ll pre ented d o no rs wh o have achieved a new level of giving sin ce the previous convention , with a certificate and a pin which design ates their level. Rose Marie Schmidt was recognized a a Four Star donor, having given over

40,000. Cha rlo tte Evans Floyd and June McCarthy are Sb r level dono rs having given over $10,000. ew Emer­ald level donors, having given more th an 5,000, were Lenore Seibel King and Vera K. Walkup, who is deceased . Our first Pearl level donors are Mary Lo ui se Mandrea Doyle, Mar y Be th Kelley, Susan R. Rogers, Den·oit North­eas t Suburb and orthern Virginia alumnae chapters, each con tributing mo re th an 2,500. Our new Crown , Yellow Rose and Anchor do nors also received certifi cates and pin .

Omicron Delta Kappa Juniors, seniors and graduate

students a t the 229 campuses where Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, are repre-ented are eligible for m embership

if they are in the top 35 % of th e ir class academically. An additional re­quirement is that they have demon­strated leadership in one or more of the following areas of college life: scholarship; athletics; campus or community service; social , religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech, and the mass media; and creative and perform­ing arts.

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Congratulations to our isters who were initiated into this honor society. They are : l. Rebecca A. Elizabe th Ambroe, Beta

De lta, Duquesne University 2. Kristen Ann Schultz, Beta Chi, Ferris

State Unive rsity 3. Lisa M. Denny, Psi , James Madison

University 4. ico le Marie Campbell and 5. Megan Ellen Engel , Gamma Theta,

Pe nnsylvania State University/ Behrend College

6. Elizabeth Joyce Grant and 7. Cynthia Michelle Pugh , Gamma

Gamma, UniversityofWestAlabama 8. Kristen Suzanne Morin, Gamma Xi,

Grand Valley State University

Prizes Provide Surprises

Over $750 wa rai ed for the a ti onal Foundation thro ugh va ri­

o us fund rai ing proj ects at Con­ve nti o n . Raffl e ite ms generated mu ch in tere t , particul a rly th e beau tiful lavaliere do nated by Ed 0 ' eil of Balfo u r J ewelers. Lisa­Marie Fredericks, first time conven­ti o n a tte ndee and a lumn ae d e l­egate from De tro it ortheast u b­urbs Alumnae Chapter was thri lled at winning this coveted prize. Mary Charles Ashby, National Pre iden t, won the telephone clock radio uni t. Since she had been asked to draw the winning tickets, she wa ready to d raw ano ther name, but having won it fa ir and quare, she co n­ced ed to acce pt her p r ize. T he Mary Kay products donated by Pat

ayle, Alumnae Expansion Coord i­na to r, we re won by a collegian.

Green On Ap ril 16, 1996, Longv ood Col­

lege held the ir Greek Award program to recognize chapter and individual ex­cellen ce in cholarship, lead e r hip, e rvice and bro ther I i terhood. The

Zeta Tau Chapte r wa a~ ard d the En­viro nm enta l Award for ou t tanding environmental work on campu .

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Substance Free Housing

Substance Free Housing - Saving The Greek System

BY BRIAN BROOKS,

PRESIDE T-ELECT OF NIC

Because PC jointly spon­sors the Commission on Substance Free Hou ing with NIC, we fe lt it impor­tant for all 26 PC mem­

ber groups to be aware of the work of the Task Force and of the growth of the substance-free movement. Through the reso lution adopted unanimously in October 1995, PC pledged its support to system-wide substance free initiatives. These initiatives soon will become real­ity. We need to be prepared to act.

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."

Val Christensen knew it was time for change if the fraternity system at Utah State University had any hope of surviv­ing. Christensen, vice president for stu­dent services at USU, saw a dying frater­nity system that was a mere shell of what he had experienced as a college under­graduate member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

"I was looking for an idea we could use - anything we could do to save the system," Christen en says of the seem­ingly insurmountable problems h e faced in the spring of 1995. "We had tried everything. Carding at the door. Requiring invitations. a thing worked. Alcohol abuse was killing us. " The once­proud Greek System at USU had dete­riorated to the brink of extinction. USU

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was experiencing incident after inci­dent, and alcohol was involved in almo t every ca e.

'We implyweren ' tgetting the best students," Chri ten en ays. 'The be t ones don ' t want to live in an un afe place where they cannot tudy. They weren'tjoining fraternitie ."

Chri tensen wasn't the fir t to rec­ognize the problem. or was tah tate the fir t campus to experience it. Lead­ers of the National Interfraternity Con­ference had een the arne pattern re­peated nationwide, and a major turn­around had ca ug ht their eye. The Sigma Chi chapter at the niversity of Maine had been on the brink of extinc­tion, and in de peration, alumni there imposed a ub tance-free living environ­ment. It was a last-chan ce effort to ave the chapter. To their delight, it worked. The chapter rebounded , and three years later it is quite uccessfuJ. Sigma Chi now heads th e Interfrate rnity Council at Maine.

In an effort to tern the deteriora­tion of the Greek system nationwide, NlC offered a trial program based on orne of the concepts used at Maine. The re­sult was a sub tance-free living program, and IC floated the idea in one of its publications in the pring of1995.

"I'd looked for year for an idea we could use," ays Christen en. 'When I saw that new le tter, I called NIC and asked if I could implement the pro­gram. They agreed , and we imposed it as our po lic , word for word, for the fal l of1995. eedless to ay, I wa n ' t a very popular guy around here."

At first, undergraduate

men balked at the idea of

riddingfraternity houses

of alcohol.

o did member of women' group , who were accu tamed to u ing the fraternit hou e a convenient place to drink.

Toda , many in the tah tate tern have become converts.

"Thing have gone reall well ," a David D er, pre ident of U ' Delta

igma Phi chapt r.

"Oh sure, we had some

things to struggle with, like

alumni who didn't under-

stand what we had done.

And as far as activities go,

you have to be creative. "

" till, on balance it' been good. The problem we u ed to have with the ur­rounding community have di appeared, and we have a much b tter atmo phere in the hou e."

One year later, Christen en con id­er the program are ounding succe . o doe the NlC, which has partnered with the ational Panhellenic Conference to

participate, they turned them in." It hasn 't happened again.

"Participation of th e wo m e n 's groups is essential," Christen en says.

"We have to change the drink­

ing culture on campus, and

without the women~ partici­

pation, it won 't happen. "

Christensen hastens to add that the situation a t U tah State is far from per­fec t. Still , last year there wasn ' t a ingle arre t on Greek Row, th ere were n o po lice raids on fra terni ty hou es. ega­rive incide n ts of all type d ropped dra­matically. Christensen also ays that re­tention ra tes (the percen tage of pledges actually initia ted ) are up and that mem­ber of Greek organizations are more visible in communi ty and campus af­fa irs. Vo lun tee ri sm h a incr ease d sharply.

"It's definitely po sible to change the culture," says Christensen , "but it take support fro m every alumni group as we ll as the undergraduate . We' re re-

cruiting high er-quali ty members who are more academically oriented . Those people didn 'tjo in before."

Those very attributes are the things that persuaded Brad Dove to j oin the reborn Alpha Tau Omega chapter a t Purdue U nive rsity. M te r cl os ing it chapter two year ago, ATO recolonized at Purdue last year and enlisted 36 new member . Dove was one of them.

"I had looked a t o ther fraternities on campus," h e ays. "Some of the im­ages I didn't care for. I thought that with a substan ce-free h ouse, there would be more bro th erhood. The chapter would be more committed to academic ."

Fratern ities have succeeded as part of the college scene fo r more than 200 year , largely due to members' ability to adapt to the ch anking needs of stu­den ts and society. Today, it is clear that ca mpuses and commun ities will n o longer tolera te underage drinking as acceptable beh avio r. Can fra tern ities adapt to this changing expectation?

"Sure th ey ca n ad a pt," says Christensen . "But it takes a lo t of work from every group, undergraduates and alumni, men and women . Everyone said it couldn ' t be done, but we've done it. I've been here a long time, and this is ou r best year ever. "

---Utah State Isn't Alone - --Several campuses in addition to

Utah Sta te h ave imple m ented sub-tan ce-free environments. The largest

so far is the U niver sity of Colo rad o , whe re the Interfra te rni ty Council de­cided to go substa n ce free in a re-ponse to h eavy criti cism of the Gree k

communi ty a t what ha been described as one of America 's top par ty schools.

There, too, the program h as been succe ssfu l , d e spite so m e ea rly stumbles. Bould e r, Colorad o, p o lice have been active participants in the program, and they now sing the praises of the revived Greek communi ty.

Seve ral n a tional fraternities, in­cluding such large groups as Sigma Nu, have committe d to becom in g sub­stance free nationwide by th e year 2000 . Others h ave started requiring chapters to make the change fo llow-

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ing risk-man agem ent viola tions. Some are committing to substan ce free h ous­ing as they rebuild o r re model. Still o thers h ave committed to coopera te with NIC and PC and implement the program in all ch apters loca ted on tar­ge t campuses.

"We are starting with a few college campuses," says Lissa Bradfo rd of Kappa Alph a Theta and co-ch air of the NIC-NPC J o int Task Fo rce o n Sub­stance-Free H ousing. 'Then, we will use these experien ces to refin e the process and expand to o ther locations."

'W e want to see hundreds of cam­puses doing this in the n ext couple of years," says Carlton Benne tt of The ta Chi, who co-ch airs the task fo rce with Bradford. "It could be wh at saves the Greek system. "

How To Do It Step 1

Develop a coalition that include th e administratio n , n atio n al me n 's and wo men 's fraterni ties with chapters on the campus, IFC and Panhe llen ic offi ce rs, cha pte r advisors and house corporation boards, local alumn i and alumnae, and key communi ty rep re­sen tative , especially local governme nt and law enforcement.

Step 2 Preside n ts of men 's and women 's

fr a ter nity c h a p te r s a nd IFC and Panhelle nic offi cers spend a weekend on re treat talking through their reac­tions to the substan ce-free decision, ac­cepting the decision and making plans to move fo rward wi th it. Step 3

H ost a convocation for all under­graduate fra terni ty men and women . All coalition member will be repre­sented and will presen t the ub ranee­free guidelines, with special emphasis on the ben efi ts to member , chapter and the Greek system as a whole.

Step 4 Following the general convocation,

national offi cers and staff will meet with their own collegiate an d alumni mem­bers to discuss implemen tation of the plan.

Step 5 Each n a tio n al organizatio n will

send a mailing to all living alu mni/ alumnae of the chap ter to explain the substan ce-free guidelines.

Step 6 A pan el of represen tatives from the

coalitio n will serve as a n over igh t board and reso urce team to en u re complian ce, provid e encou ragement and reward success.

Step 7 The campus and local media will

be invited to gen eral meeting and will be kept informed about the p rogres of the initiative.

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WhereTo Get Help

The NPC and the NIC are committed to further­ing the efforts of students and alumni who choose to pursue substance-free chapter housing. Mem­bers of the NI C-NPC Joint Task Force on Substance­Free Housing believe that a partnership between fra­ternity, university and community is the key to providing the best learn­ing environment for fra­ternity members, an alco­hol-free living area. NPC and NIC have a variety of educational resources available to assist with the planning of effective chapter programming ideas. You may contact the task force by writing to Co­Chairs Carlton Bennett, Theta Chi, and/ or Lissa Bradford, Kappa Alpha Theta, at NIC-NPC Sub­stance-Free Housing, 3901 West 86th Street, Suite 390, Indianapoli s, IN 46268.

Benefits of Substance -Free

Housing • A higher quality

faternity experience. • Improved safety and

health of co ll egiate members.

• Greater atten tion to academic pursuits.

• Attractive, safe hous­ing.

• Increased membership of dedicated men and women.

• A return to the beliefs upon which -each faternity was founded.

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Congratulations to these sisters who achieved a 4.0 average last year

BETA Laura Pike

Am Pretzer

DELTA Amy Bauer

CatherineJone Amy Hancock

RHO Rhonda McCall Meli a Ebert Casey Graham Krista Priddy

Chanda Fulgium Paula Hutchens Gander

Kelly Walla

ZETA TA Denise James

UPSILON Tiffany Curti Michelle Hart

Wendy Sumner Ashley Smith Gary Griffin

PHI Kristi Kent

J ennifer Mo

CHI Lindsay Jame

PSI Monica eel J oelle Banoe

Maureen Rame Abbi Bricker

Sarah Lindgren Sarah Pressman

ALPHA GAMMA Michelle Lin Elaine Martin

ALPHAEP ILO Melinda Palau Alii on Lar on

ALPHALAMBD Am Ankene Kri ti Kimnach

Charity Hender on Ivy Owen Erin Taylor

Angela chott

ALPHA OMICRO Gretch en Po iny icole DelBonifro hri tine Coccaro

ALPHA PI Amy Mei t r Deni e Fi hio

BETA DELTA Karolyn Bi e l

BETA EPSILON Kathy Rio rdan Meli a Lynch

BETAET Suzzanne H elfrich

Alicia Skirball J aime Power

Chri tina Hu ton

BETAMU Amy molinky Melanie Snyder

BET N Ali ion Mage

Danielle Gougan Katie Kohler

BET XI Carin Depue icole Gro en

J e sica Zerb t Kri ti French

There a Cullen

BET PI J ennifer Bu ke Tiffan ' mi th

Carrie a taldo J ane tte mith Kri t n elre k Kri ten Glo r

BETA P I Charity H augk

GAMMA GAMl\IIA Ella Oxford

Cynthia Pugh Kerri Bradford J amie praug Kell Jack on Reb cca Knox

GAMMAZET Jen aughton

alyna wyt r

GAMMA lOT Beth Mell

GAMMALAMBD Linda Billon Diane Quin

Nancy Dorkow ki Annamari Pucillo Amiee Hammond

GAMMAM Kri ta Cox

tephanie Holcomb

GAMMA Valerie Foutz Christy Miller Amiee Roman

GAMMA RHO Cri ta Trippodi

GAMMA IGMA Maria Fergu on

GAMl\IIA T Dennie peicher

DELT BET Terri Burnell

DELT DELT Anrrela Rov rud

DELT ZEI..: J ami Hu kl b IT\'

National Convention

1996 National Convention Awards Ada A. Norton Award

Arline Clark Carol Cooper Christina Covington Carole B. Keily

Carrie W. Staehle Award Teloa Butler Amy Dupree Cynthia Herzog Karen Wasser

Helen Garman Award Peter Bohling Rosemary Thomas Donna Weaver

Order of the Yellow Rose Carolyn Alexander Deborah Young Carter Christina Covington Charlotte Floyd Victoria King Garwood Ethel Himelick Carole Keily Lenore Seibel King Lisa McCoy Cynthia McCrory

Lois O'Dell Michelle Schmidt Kathy McMahon

The Anchor Award Melanie Foster Nadia S. Maddens

Founders Award Rho

The Pearls of Alpha Sigma Tau

Janet Hanson Dodson

Thomas J. King, Jr. Award Thomas J . King Charles W. Warner

Music 1994-1995 Original-Borrowed Catagory

1st Delta Alpha 2nd Zeta Tau 3rd Beta Iota

1995-1996 Original-Borrowed Category

1st Rho 2nd Beta

Yellow Rose Banquet New National officers. Standing: Wendy Novak,. National Secretary; Christina Covington, Director of Expansion; Janet J zmzson, Vz~e Preszdent; Andrea Kmg. Yancho, Treasurer; seated: Patrica Klausing Simmons, Director of Publzcatwns; Patnca Nayle, Dzrector of Alumnae; Mm·tha Drouyer DeCamp, President; Ricki Bargman Trosen, Dzrector of Collegwte

Chapters.

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Convention Theme Original-Original Category

Beta Pi

Scholarship 1st Gamma Gamma 2nd Rho 3rd Upsilon

Philanthropy 1st Beta Mu 2nd Rho 3rd Gamma Xi

Anniversary Awards · Announced Only 10 years

• Beta Chi, Ferris State University, March 16, 1995

• Gamma Alpha, Rio Grande University, May 18, 1995

• Beta Omega, Monmouth University, April 19, 1996

25 years • Beta Epsilon, Shippensburg

University of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1996

• Beta Delta, Duquesne University, April 24, 1996

50 Years • Alpha Gamma, Henderson State

University, May 4, 1996 • Muncie, Indiana Alumnae, May

26, 1995 • Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Alumnae, October 21, 1994

75 Years • Zeta, Lock Haven University of

Pennsylvania, April 21, 1996

Mary Louise Doyle Panhellenic Award

Colleen Murphy, Chi

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Alumnae Top Taus

Nancy Marie Cook

Baltimore Centreville/

Manassas Detroit NE

Suburbs Edwardsville

Erie Harrisburg Houston

Indianapolis Lowell

Northern Virginia

St. Louis Tidewater

Ypsilanti! Annarbor

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Patriciann Zel!roski

Carole Keily

Susan Sebring

Carole Keily

Elaine Began Christy

Wellhausen Katherine Kramer Donna Lapona Sharon Hahn

Juntunen Rochelle Hargis Patriciann

Zebroski

Charlotte Floyd Nancy Marie Cook Joy Neilson

Wotherspoon

Elaine Price Habel

Alumnae Chapter Excellence Club Star

Lehigh Valley

Pearl Anchor Baltimore Erie Harrisburg

Emerald Anchor Indianapolis

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National Convention Gold Anchor

Detroit, NE Northern Virginia St. Louis Tidewater

Elizabeth Wilson Chapter Excellence Award

Detroit, NE Northern Virginia Tidewater

Council Ring Martha DeCamp

Convention Queen Diane Schnelzel, Beta Pi

Convention Top Tau Collegiate- J ohanna Lohrman Alumnae - Arliene Clark

Scrapbook 1st Gamma Gamma 2nd Beta Mu 3rd Rho Honorable Mention . Chi, Centreville/Manasses, Indianapolis, Northern Virginia, Tidewater

Collegiate District Excellence Awards 1994-1995

Gamma District - Gamma Pi Chapter

Delta District - Beta Tau Chapter Epsilon District- Chi Chapter Zeta District - Beta Eta Chapter Eta District - Tho Chapter

Queen and Court: Jennifn; Dianne and Keny.

Theta District - Gamma Sigma Chapter

Iota District - Phi Chapter Kappa District - Upsilon Chapter Mu District - Beta Xi Chapter Nu District - Beta Mu Chapter Xi District - Delta Chapter Omicron District - Beta Epsilon

Chapter Rho District - Delta Beta Chapter

Collegiate National Excellence Improvement Award 1994-1995

Gamma Sigma Chapter 25 .7%

Collegiate National Excellence Award 1994-1995

1st Gamma Pi Chapter 2nd Zeta Tau Chapter, Upsilon Chapter

Collegiate District Excellence Awards 1995-1996

Alpha District - Beta Chapter Beta District- Delta Alpha Chapter Gamma District- Zeta Chapter Delta District - Beta Tau Chapter Epsilon District - Chi Chapter Eta District - Rho Chapter Iota District - Gamma Gamma

Chapter Lambda District- Alpha Omicron

Chapter Mu District - Gamma Xi Chapter

u District - Beta Omega Chapter Omicron District - Gamma Tau

Chapter Pi District - Delta Epsilon Chapter Rho District - Delta Beta Chapter Sigma District - Beta Pi Chapter

Collegiate National Excellence Improvement Award 1995-1996

Beta Omega Chapter 38%

Collegiate Chapter Excellence Award

1st Rho Chapter 2nd Beta hapter, B ta Pi hapter

Presentation of Proclamation of AST Day. i\IICAA and Ginny Creager local convention cordinator:

Membership Development Award

Delta Zeta

Rush Award Upsilon Alpha Lambda Alpha Pi Gamma Zeta Gamma Iota

Pledge Award Zeta Upsilon Alpha Lambda Gamma Gamma

Convention Belle 3rd Convention

Tonette Blackwell Cindy Herzog Andrea Klein-Yancho Michelle Cangialosi Charlie Ruzicka Christine Bulthuis Christina Covington Teloa Butler Pam Szafanczyk Debbie Melancon

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National Convention Adele Black Diana Mihaiu Patriciann Zebroski Lucille McGlynn Margaret Small Marian Lord Judy Sanders

5th Convention Sherry Gentile Tammy Stegehuis-Bonifield Kathy Pulice Baecker Janet Jimison Melanie Foster

lOth Convention Betty Gail Elliot

15th Plus Convention Charlotte Floyd 16 Rose Marie Schmidt 17 Meda Ray Sewell 18 Sally Wales 18 Edith Elliott 18 Martha DeCamp 18 Mary Charles Ashby 19 Sybil King 20 Mary Louise Doyle 20+

Convention Beau Don Rhodes 3 Richard McCrory 4 Robert Wales 4 Jerry King, Jr. 20

Two Year Certificate of Service

Joyce Berg Alpha CA Diane Mihaiuy Alpha ACA Kelly Kline Duke Alpha CC Suzanne Coccagna Delta CA Amy Dupree Zeta CA Suzanne Robbins Zeta ACA Teloa Butler Rho CA Niki Fallis Zeta Tau CC Maria Chudy Upsilon ACA Elizabeth Knight Psi CA Mary Jo Mann Alpha

GammaCA

Cathy Onion

Suzanne P. Jobb

Therese Caldarelli Erica Papley Mary Ellen

Willmitch Mary Jane

Uanowicz Linda Price

Donna Couchenour

Alpha Epsilon CA

Alpha Omicron CA

Alpha PiCA AlphaPiACA

Alpha Tau CC

Beta Epsilon CA Beta

EpsilonACA Beta Epsilon

ACA Tina Carl Beta

Epsilon CC Karen Wasser Beta Eta CA Christy Wellhousen Beta Eta ACA Carol O'Leary Beta Tau CA Donna Granier Beta Tau ACA Debra Shea Beta Theta CA Mary Ann Weber Beta Iota CA Peter Bohling Beta Nu CA Mary Durfee Beta Xi ACA Rory Gawthorp Beta Pi CC Robin Barall- Beta Upsilon

Havican CC Lydia Javora Beta Omega

Dawn Lanpher

Cindy Herzog

Connie Groer

CA Gamma

Epsilon CC Gamma Zeta

CA Gamma Zeta

ACA Robert Van Noorst Gamma PiCA Donna Weaver Gamma Pi ACA Gina Pintar

Joy Brown

Donna Mandes

Mimi Caso

Kitty Kramer

Gamma RhoCA

Gamma RhoACA

Gamma TauCC

Gamma ChiACA

Delta Alpha CA

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Beta/ Central Michigan Mt. Pleasant, MI:

We began our semester welcoming 10 wonderful pledges into our sister­hood. We then pre pared fo r Greek week. Currently, we are planning ou r parent's day and participating in two fund raisers fo r our a tion al Conven­tion and Pine Mountain. We h ave also participated in Take Back the ight, a bone marrow drive, a cann ed good drive, and promoting Greek life cam­pus wide .

-Amanda Wilber

Delta/ Indiana of PA Indiana, PA:

Deltas started off the semester with both fo rmal and inform al rush . We gained 11 wonderful new wome n . We are proud to anno un ce that our ch ap­ter placed second in overall CPA's of all the sororities o n th e IUP campus last semeste r.

Once again , we held our annual Miss IUP sch olarship pageant which was another huge success. This semes­te r, we will be participating in adopt-a­highway and Greek Week.

-Darla Schn ell

Zeta/ Lock Haven Lock H aven, PA:

This semester, we h ave been in­volved with th e J aycees, by h elping them with a radio-pho ne auction , has always been rewarding. We have also been involved with the Elks Club, su­pervising children between th e ages of 1-12 parti cipa ting in a n Eas te r Egg Hunt. We h ave had many good times being involved in communi ty services including highway clean-up.

Through out the semester, our a t­tention has been focused on ou r 75 th Anniversar y Celebration. We h ad a re­trea t and spent time wo rking toge tl1 er on ideas to make this a n exciting and j oyful occasio n. Our wo rk paid off! Everyone h ad a lovely time togeth er. We are ver y proud of our ch apter 's 75 yea rs of excell e nce and we look fo r­ward to re turning to Lock H aven for Zeta chapte r ' 100th annive rsar !

-Darle ne Ward

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The Beta Chapter

Zeta A lumnae celebrate 75 years!

A my M azza, DaTlene Ward, Kim my Longss and A mie

Rho / Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK:

Rho chapter has had an exciting spring 1996 semester! It began with a visit from Mrs. ancy Les ig, Eta Dis­trict Pre ident. The weekend was a whirlwind of meetings, basketball games and sisterhood. We look for­ward to seeing ancy again soon!

Rho members had the basketball fever again this year and cheered on two of our isters, Missy Mattingly and

atalie Gray, as they helped lead the Lady Savages to the NAIA finals and a second place finish. In March, we h eld our annual potato supper for Pine Mountain. It was a great success.

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Though the agenda is full , we have still found time to make handmad e Easter Decorations an d presented them to the women of Durant 's Women's Shelter. Severa l members read and taped a text book for a learn­ing disabled coll ege student.

Zeta Tau sisters and pledges celebrating a new semestm:

We have had our share of honors al o. We had the top Sorority CPA and the top Greek CPA for the fall emes­ter. Six of our sisters are new initiate in Cardinal Key. We have five represen­tatives in the Student Senate and our i ters erve as presidents in six other

organizations. Rhond a McCall , chap­ter pre ident, was award ed a ationa l Order of Omega Scholarship. Amanda Cox was named White Rose and Am­be r Guy was a White Rose candidate.

-Gail DeLa han

Sigma/ Buffalo State College

Buffalo, NY:

Fall rush kicked things off when the Sigma chapter welcomed 10 great women. Our chapter h as been very busy off campus as we ll. During the m onths of ovember and December, we were d evoted to the Buffa lo Bill Football team helping out at their h ome games. For phi lanthropy, we vo lun teered our time at the local Ro nald McDonald H ouse where we h ad a lot of fun preparing a del icious dinner for the fami lies.

Rho chapter Members cheering teams at Greek week games

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We are busy preparing to send sev­eral of our sister to Convention by se lling candy bars and having sweater stands. We volunteered at "The Cause for Ce lebration" whi ch is an annual AIDS awarene s party, and al o at the local soup kitchen.

:Jen Capeling

Zeta Tau/ Longwood

Farmville, VA:

We have had a fu ll calendar thi semester from beginning to end with formal rush , Convention preparation and communi ty activities. We gained eleven energetic pledge . Early in the semester, an open invitation seminar about eatin g di order was given by Robin Davis, the Zeta Tau Chapter Adviser. A time ly stre s management program was presented by Kim Talley.

Our intramural activitie included fl ag football, soccer, spade , volle ball , softball and more! Our annual Swing­a-than for Cystic Fibrosis was a succe s; bringing in 200 in change alone. e h ave also . been involved in Adopt-a­Highway, lip ync, study buddies and preparing for the ational Conven­tion!

-Arlene Goodrich

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Phi/ Southeastern Louisiana

Hammond, LA:

We are in the proces of planning a new skit for fall rush, which will fol­low the theme of "Pocohontas."

We have also been working hard on raising money for Convention and our spring formal. We are selling jambalaya dinners to students and fac­ulty, holding a bowl-a-thon and work­ing food booths at the Strawberry and I tali an fe tivals.

For our local philanthropy, we are collecting needed items for the bat­tered women's association.

Another big project Phi is work­ing on is locating as many alumnae a possible. We are trying to get them back involved with the Chapter. We are planning a big reunion for all of our alumnae at our Founders ' Day ban­quet in the fal l.

-Mary Beth Lomasney

Chi/ Shepherd

Shepherdstown, WV·

We started off the new year with a very su cce ful rush resulting in a record number of pledges-14. Our theme wa "Alpha Sigma Tau; Where Everybody Knows Your Name," and al l went well! Our pledges have hosted two Easter egg hunts and have been busy learning the history of the sorority.

Our chapter has also been bu y trying some new activities. We've be­come a pen pal to a fabu lous girl n amed Jennifer through the Candle lighters Cancer Foundation for Children. We have also donated money to the ational Coali tion Against Do­mestic Violence and di u·ibuted flye rs of missing chi ldren. We have even ini­tiated a "Teacher of the Month " here on our campus in which we elec t a new teacher every month who we have found to do an exceptional job in their field. Our chapter is al o proud in the fact that we have the highest academic standing on our campus.

For fund rai ing, we hav been rai -ing mon o that w can send our d legate to onvention. To do thi , w have o ld thing uch as: candy bar ,

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-Mary Beth McCausland

Psi/James Madison Harrisonburg, VA:

We continued our P i tradition of erving the Harri on burg and J

communitie . We have adopted and now maintain ix flower bed on cam­pus. Thi year, we began our "Mo t p­preciated Profe sor" award. It wa popular, and we hope to continue giv­ing it annually. We rai ed the mo t money for Pi Kappa Phi ' P H week. The money rai ed will benefit the handicapped. We al o participated in Alpha Phi ' A-Fia co and we held ajail­a-thon to raise money for the Ameri­can Cancer Society.

We also continue to work with lo­cal group . Our work with The Valley AIDS etwork, Camp H eartland (for AIDS affected children) and Mercy House Thrift tore hav been po itiv

p, 1 initiate Eleanor Las eigne, Elizabeth Knight and Reece arter:

for community contribution . We have also volunteered at Plea ant Valley El-ementar c hool and Thoma Harri on Middle School. In eptem­ber, many si ter participated in the D AID walk for the second ear in a row.

We are in the mid t of redecorat­ing our hou e. We will be painting, re­carpeting and hopefully purchasing new furniture. We hope to have it all complet d before our pring alumnae weekend!

P i chapter alumnae hould be excited to h ar that we are planning a reunion weekend in pring 1997. Alumna inquiries about the event can b ent to: Alicia Hamp,JM Box 3192, Harri onburg , V 22 07. We hope for a large turn out.

-Li a Bu h

Alpha Gamma/ Henderson State

Arkadelphia, AR:

The 1995-96 chool ear ha proved to be a time of change for our chapter. s well a a campu -wide change in women' ru h in the fall. Our chapter ha a new addition to our pledge period. We call it an "!-week." Each day of the week preceding initia­tion , th i ter do omething pecial for the oon to be member . We hope that thi make each new member feel an important part of our organization durino- that pecial time of their Greek experience.

gain , a in the fall, \ e held an­other pledge auction that wa even better than before. The new memb r made quite a bit of mone to help cover their expen e and we all had a great time doing it.

We have been terribly bu y all ar planning for our chapt r' fiftieth an­niver ar . V\ e have nt out more than 300 invitation and are continuallv o-et­ti_ng R '': ' . One R VP w are ' p oall ex ned about, i Alpha Gamma' fir t hapter pre id nt.

-R ha 1 ~I e

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A lison Stralka, Kim Nathan, Melinda Palau and Michelle Reynolds of Alpha Epsilon visit the White H ouse.

Alpha Epsilon/Western lllinois

M acomb, IL:

At the All-Greek Awards Banque t this spring we we re honored vvith the second high est soro ri ty CPA award and th e Mos t Improve d So ro rity CPA award . Three of our i te rs also re­ce ived th e AST 4. 0 awa rd. A special congra tula tion s to our siste r, Trish a Kannon , who was elected as the Stu­dent Government As ocia ti on presi­dent and to Kim athan , o ne of only te n people in h er m aj o r in the coun­try to h ave an inte rnship a t the White House this sem este r.

We have also been ve ry busy with fund raising and philanthropi c ac tivi­ties. We've sold credit card applica tions and Mary Kay products. We h ave al o participa ted in our Campus Beautifi-

Alpha Mu 's and friends awaiting new pledges on bid day.

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cation Proj ect, campus blood drive and collec ted items for a food and clo th­ing drive.

During Greek Week, we took first place in many events ~nd won second pl ace overall. On a lighte r note, we we nt to ch eer o n o ur pl e d ge , Ste ph a ni e Devin e , as sh e wo n th e Sigma Tau Gamma Laff Off and now has the opportuni ty to perfo rm at the Improv in Chicago!

-Melinda Palaw

Alpha Lambda/ Radford

R adford, VA:

Thi s sprin g k e pt th e Alph a Lambda's ve ry busy. We had a super rush with the themes "Camp AST" with s'mo res and dressed in classy black and white fo r "H ollywood. " The outcome of a ll o f our hard work was 18 Tauriffic Turtles!

Each month , sisters participate in a variety of ocial service proj ects which include H eadstart, clo thing bank, and adopt-a-grandparent from Wh eatland Hills, a re tirement center. This month we are all participating in a walk-a-thon for MS.

We would like to congratulate the 27 siste rs who made a 3.0 or higher last se­mester, 6 of those having received a 4.0!

-Tricia Schwe iger

Alpha Mu/ Arkansas at Monticello

M onticello, AR :

The sisters o f Alpha Mu ki cked off pring rush with th e th e me "Alpha

Sigma Tau , Eve rything U nder th e Sun. " We have had a ve r y busy semes­te r starting it o ff by upporting ou r baske tball team ''The Weevils" a t Pack the Pit night.

Greek week wa a bla t! We had everything fro m canoe race in Weevi l Pond , to dunking booth s o n the ni­ve rsity Center lawn . Everyone turn ed out to show the ir Greek p ride and to participate in the fes tivi ties.

-Katie Woole ms

Alpha Omicron/ Clarion

Clarion, PA:

This spring semester for the Alpha Omicron ch apter was a ve ry even tfu l, and exciting time fo r u . We started off the semester wi th formal rush . T he theme was "H ard Rush Cafe. " Each pledge class took a d ecad e and por­trayed their decade wi th a ski t or on g. The r ush ees had a great time watch­ing as they sipped their roo t beer floats. An o th e r bi g eve n t on campu was Greek Week. We are happy to say that we took first place overall !

The communi ty is also e ry impor­tant to us as we 've worked at the blood­mobile, visited the grandpare n ts, and adopted-a-highway.

-Kelly Luczyn ki

Alpha Omicron 's Wendy Sunderland and Kelly Luczynski at the Red Cross Bloodmobile.

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Alpha Phi/West Chester West Chester, PA:

After a successful rush , we are proud to welcome eleve n n ew women to Alpha Sigma Tau . Our n ew mem­be rs enjoyed a lock and key gam e that lead up to the surprise of getting their big sisters! They were also recently in­volved in a Future Greek Leaders tal­ent show. We celebra ted 27 year of sorori ty life on our local Founders' day, March 29th . We are j o intly involved in an Adopt-a- Highway program with Phi Delta Theta. We have been diligently fund raising for and looking fo rward to Convention this summer.

-Heather Packer

Beta Eta/ Southeastern illinois

Edwardsville, IL:

The theme for our spring rush was the Brady Bunch . The highlight of the week was skit night. We dressed up in 60 's and 70 's fashions and put on a skit for the rushees. The pledge season has been an active one. One of the pledge's activities was a night of comedy. They sponsored the night to raise mon ey for their pledge class. Th is semester ' phi-

Collei!iate ChaPter News We participa ted in Gree k Week

and cam e in third place. We h ave also plann ed many fund raising and philan­thropy even ts. Our chap ter welcom ed Andrea D e lago , Omi c ro n Dis tri c t Presiden t fo r a weekend in March . It was exciting to ge t to know her and h e had many good u gge tio n fo r way to improve ou r ch apter.

We are very excited to celeb ra te our 20th anniver ary on the Millersville campu this pring. A p icnic i plann ed with ou r a lumn ae to ce le b ra te thi landmark event.

Alpha Pi 's on a hayride at our Jall1995 - teph a nie Eisenha rt retreat.

lanthropy included a trip to the Gle n­Ed food pantry. Monie were also sen t to Pine Mountain Se ttlemen t chool.

-Cortney Diaz

Beta Iota/ Millersville Millersville, PA:

Our spring se mester tarted wi th a si ter re trea t in J anuar y. We spent the weekend catching up after a lon g win­ter break and discuss ing h ow to im­prove the business aspec t of our oror­ity as well as o ther areas. The n , it was time fo r a successful rush . Beta Iota prepares for rushees.

ational President Mary Charles Ashby and u D.P. Coleen H ardinu at RLW

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Beta Mu / Salisbury State SalisbuTy, MD:

Our theme for ru h was "Back to the Future ." It was very clever and in­novative. On theme night we took the rushee in a time machine, back to 1899, then through the 70 's, 80's and p~·esent . For philanthropy, we orga­mzed and ran many events, including: Jump Rope for H eart (American H eart Association), H abitat for Humani ty, Run for Life (American H eartAssocia­tion) , visits to our adopt-a-grand­mother, SSU 's Art & Flower sh ow, con­tributions to our adopted an imals­whale, spider monke and turtle. We also collected Campbell Soup labels and Giant grocery store receipts. Our biggest and mo t demanding ta k is planning for the RLW in the fa ll.

-Sara Parker

Beta Pi/Eastern Illinois

ChaTleston, IL:

The spring sem e ter started off with a uccessful informal ru h , and we added ten new members to our chap­te r. In January, we celebrated our lo­cal Founde rs ' Day. We have been on Eastern 's campus for 14 years. Our philanthropic activi ty, Midnight Mad­n ess was a big success again this year. We raised over $ 1400.00 for Project Pal.

The spring seme te r is always a busy time for us. We have been prepar­ing for Greek Week since the first week in February. Greek Week is in April, and last year our pyramids team took first place. We hope this year tha t we will also be successful in tugs, airband, and Greek sing.

The women of Be ta Pi welcomed

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Beta Mu chapter

our new Ch apter Adviser, Julie Mont­gomery, last fall, and we would like to than k her for all the time and work she has contribu ted to make our chapter uccessful.

-Diane Schmelzel

Beta Tau/ Massachusetts at Lowell

Lowell, MA:

Last semester, we inducted two new sisters into the Beta Tau chapter! Even though they were small in number for a pledge class, they raised money to do­nate to Pine Mountain Settlement School, collected clothing for tl1e local Salvation Army, and planned an exciting surprise trip for the ister to a Ia er light how in Boston .

Throughout the semester, we partici­pated in many oilier activities. We held a rededica tion ceremon y on National Founders' day. We continued with our adopt-a-highway philanthropy project and participated in the annual "Santa Fw1d," sponsored by the Community Ser­vice Organization on our campus.

-Sandra Lydon

Beta Upsilon/ New Jersey Tech

NewaTk, N]"

Delta District President, Michelle Cangialosi visited us the first weekend of February and was almost snowed in. She fl ew north into the storm which al-

most caused an extended vi it to North­e rn New J ersey.

Our alumn ae n ewsletter, "The Anchorette", is also doing extremely well informing the alumnae as to ilie occur­rences of our chapter. It i well liked and appreciated by all. It also gives our alum­nae an opportunity to get to know ilie sisters who came after iliey left NJIT.

One of our sisters, Heidi Bukevicz, had eye surgery in February and needs ano ther procedure in April to help aid her eyesight, so please keep her in your thoughts as she goes through this diffi­cult time.

-Dan ielle Fie ch

Beta Xi poses for a picture

Beta Xi/ Michigan Tech

H oughton, Ml:

This winter wa a cold and bu one fo r us in Houghton. Thi ear'

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Beta Psi Initiation, November 1995.

Winter Carnival theme wa "Proud Tra­dition in Icy Conditions." During the All- ighter, temperatures dropped to below 20 degrees! But, when the judg­ing rolled around at 8 am, and our statue, "Huskiesofthe P200Venture into the Ice and Snow" stood com­pleted . We took second place in the statue competition and after the pe­cial events, uch as snow volleyball, ice bowling, downhill and cross country skiing, and broomball, ended up with a second place trophy overall. Dana Dryden represented the sorority in the Winter Carnival Queen competition and wa a finalist.

:Jami icholas

Beta Chi/ Ferris State

Big Rapids, MI:

We tarted oUI·winter semester with open rush. The theme was "Stars and Moons". We are proud to announce that we presently have even worn n pledg­ing. In March, we really concentrated on getting to know our pledge . We had many big-Iii activitie and al o a big-Iii fun tion with Lambda Chi Alpha. AI o in Mar h , Mary Ellen Wilmitch , R -gional oll giate Coordinator, visited

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our chapter and left us with positive atti­tudes and fresh idea to improve our chapter.

April retreat turned into a winter snow storm at Camp Wilderne s, where we roughed nature and bonded with our sisters. We look forward to Convention in Phoenix thi

Beta Chi participating in Homecoming Greek events.

Beta Psi/St. Louis

t. Louis, MO:

Our Yellow Ro e formal wa held on Apri l 20th. Th t. Loui Alumnae w r invited and helped us bid a fare-

well to our graduating senior . On Ma 4, we held an alumnae luncheon , where our graduating senior were in­ducted into the alumnae chapter. Thi da al o held a special meaning to u becau we celebrated our twelfth an­niver ary on SLU ' campu .

-Cynthia Marie Covalt

Gamma Epsilon/ SUNY at Potsdam

Pot dam, NY:

chievemen t and i terhood have been the theme for the pring erne -ter of the Gamma Epsilon chapter. The ru h program reward d u with two fanta ti pledge who will definitely prove to be hardworking and produc­tive member .

Earl in the erne ter, we proved our trong pirit of i terhood b par­ticipating in the pring Greek Ice Car­nival and placing overall for the fir t time ince the chapter began. We had a bla t and discovered what tru talents each other really ha .

Our major philanthropic project in the pring i helping at the Very Spe­cial Arts Fe tival working with di abled and handicapped children. Fund rai­ers include two car washe that will prol:r ably end up with u more wet than any of the car ! We al o volunteered our time for a Red Cro s Phone-a-than.

:Jill H au knecht

Gamma Gamma/West Alabama

W came back from hri tma break excited and read to go. Our fir t activity wa ru h . ext w had our an­nual Rock-a-than for charity. We were able to rai e 1750 which we ent to variou local and national charitie . Ev­er Wedne day, we cleaned variou parts of campu and the town. Regu­lar! , we attended two local nur ing home to pia bingo with the r idents. We ve al o kept bu b runnin the

ion tand at the UV\ ba ball

our annual G 'earwa

Gamma Gamma during rush.

fraternities an invi tation , each wi th a different them e. Some of th e th emes were; n erd , cowbo , punk, j ock and toga. Everyo ne had a bla t and the par ty looked very interesting. We also attended Greek Bal l, where we hung out with the other sororities and fra­ternities. It was a night fu ll offun , danc­ing and eating!

-Kerri Bradford

Gamma Lambda/ Kutztown

Ku tztown, PA :

As Kutztown U nivers ity's Greek Wee k a pproac h es, th e Ga mm a Lambda chap ter looks forward to d e­fending it number on e ti tle with the them e, "Greeks Go Prime time. " Al l or-

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ganiza tion compe te in games, co n­tests, kits and songs. With a lot of hard work, and planning, Alpha Sigma Tau wi ll com e ou t on top !

We are also involved in many com­muni ty ser vices such as campus clean up . We are also active in the Take Back th e ig ht r ally to p ro tes t vio len ce against women .

We wo uld like to th a nk Fra n Abrams, our new chapter adviser for all her help and support.

-Dana Frauger

Gamma Mu/West Virginia Tech

Montgomery, WV'

We 've had many fund raisers this sem es ter. We raffled off a gift certifi­cate to dinner for Valentine's Day and

AST Gamma Lambda celebrating a sister's birthday.'

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a white wate r rafting tr ip for our Feb­ruary fund raisers. In March, we had our annual Miss AST pageant and in April , we are having a car wash and the pledges sold Gree k Week t- hi rts.

During the first six year we have been on campu , we have only lost one Greek Week. T his year was no excep­tion. We swept the even ts all but the chariot race . We held an appreciation dinner for our former Chap ter Advis­ers, Susan Rogers, and Beverley J o Har­ri . We will miss them dearly. We have also fo und two new women to join us as chapter adviser, Heather Morris, and ass istant ch apter adviser, Mary Ida

ugent. Another Gam ma Mu alumna is our new chapter con sultant, Lori Martin Williamson .

Our philanthropic projects for this semes ter are going well. We hid Easter eggs for the daycare cen ter and are ge tting ready to do our adopt-a-high­way proj ec t. The sisters of Gamma Mu would like to take a minute and thank all the alumnae for their contin uing support of ou r chapter. We couldn ' t do it without you .

-Tara H ope Adkin

Gamma Nu/Waynesburg

Waynesburg, PA:

This semester we were very active on th e campus. We participated in bo th Greek Week and pring week. We h elped raise m oney for ou r annual college phone-a-thon and did some ser­vice work within the communi ty. We' re looking fo rward to next year. We plan to remain active with our fund raising and volunteer service on cam pus and within the com munity.

:Jennifer Ren

Gamma Sigma/ Belmont Abbey

Belmont, NC:

The sp ring sem ester started out quite wonderfully. Rush was a succes with our theme "Late Night wi th A2,T" where we gave the top ten reason to rush Alpha Sigm a Tau. We cu rren tly have fo ur enthusia tic pledge who possess a lo t of po tential. Also, we ha e had several fund rai ers su ch a donut sales, flower ales and working tand

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Gamma Upsilon ready for fall rushees.

for a national convention of engineers. This is in preparation for the upcom­ing National Convention.

For our philanthropic projec t, we are all participating in the March of Dimes Walk-for-Babies in an effort to raise money for the cause.

-Edujie Imonitie Imosili

Gamma Tau/ Lebanon Valley

Annville, PA:

This semester has been a very busy one for the sisters of the Gamma Tau ch apter; because with springtime , comes pledge time! We started off the semester with a very successful rush drawing a large group of interes ted women. The themes for rush thi year were a mix of old and new ideas. We continued a Gamma Tau tradition this year by holding a Birthday Par ty Ru h to celebrate ou r fifth year as a chapter. A new idea for rush was to hold a pizza party, where sisters and ru hees made de licious homemade pizzas together. It was an e njoyable experien ce a ll arou nd . We came out of rush with 14 wonderfu l and eage r pledge !

The ister were busy rai ing funds for th e chapter by selling candy Sham­gram for St. Pa tty' Da . Gamma Tau have also he lped out with a variety of campu and omm uni t ac tivitie .

:Jennife r Yohn

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Gamma Upsilon/ California State

Los Angeles, CA:

On February 29, we held our first Rededication Ceremony. It wa a won­de rful night. Afterwards we watched movies and just had a great night to­geth e r. We have set aside o ne day a week just to ge t together, han g out and catch up on what ha been going o n with us.

On April 27, we will be participat­ing in the first annual Sorori ty Softball Tournament being organized by the CSULA chapter of Sigma u fraternity. It will also be a philanthropic event since each participating sorority must donate canned foods to charity as part of the program.

- Tad iya Siregar

Gamma Zeta/ Frostburg State

Frostburg, MD:

The semester began b preparing for a uccessful formal rush . We con­tinue to do the u ual communi ty er­vice such a u h ering o n campu , babysitting a t a local church , and rai -ing fund for th e pla ground that we adopted . Along with those proj ec t , we participated in ado pt-a-highwa , kate­a-thon for can cer, and an Ea ter egg hunt for children in the o mmuni ty.

- tephanie Kram r

Delta Beta/ Fairmont State

Fairmont, WV·

This spring has been an exciting one for our chapter. We tarted the seme ter on a high note with a great pring rush. We had an excellen t turn

o ut for ou r 70 's theme p art . We dre sed up like the Village People and did our renditio n of the ''YMCA."

\ille now have ten pledge wh o have been bu y with activitie uch a a city wide beautification project. They are a l o doing a penn y drive and car was h e to upport Pin e Mountain Settlement. Our philanthropic project have included a clothing drive for the alvation Army and tuffing en­ve lope for the Fairmont State Colleg

lumni Foundation. We al o play bingo with the resident of Wi hing Well Manor every Wednesday.

-Gretchen Stonko

Delta Beta family tree M ichelle R odriquez, Billie Yale and arah J acquez spend spring break in Key West, Fla.

Delta Delta/ Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL:

Thi seme ter, the si ter of Delta Delta chapter partook in e tabli hin D' the a tional Panh ell nic oun il n the niv r ity of Illinoi at hi a()'o carnpu . Other ororiti in\' lv d in-lude d De lta Phi Ep il n and Phi igma Sigma.

- larib 1 rtz

Delta Zeta/ East Stroudsburg East Strou dsbu rg, PA:

Through our rush thi yea r we gained seven wom e n . During rush they were able to a k que tion and view our Alpha Sigma Tau paddle and pi llows. Some of our pledging ac tivi­ti e have included sleepover and dif­ferent games. Fo r our ph ilanthropy, we h ave done babysitting fo r childre n with Down Syndro me . We have al o re­ceived th e Pine Mo untain !ides for iewing. We a re loo king fo rwa rd to

Greek Week and pring Fe t to fini sh out th e re t of th e e rne te r.

-Ei leen Phil lips

Delta Epsilon/ Marist Poughkeepsie, NY:

Wha t a wo nde rful year! We almost doubled our ch apte r ize thanks to th e Gamma pledge clas . The e 12 wonder-

Colle!!iate ChaPter News fu l women have brough t a fre h new pirit of isterhood to our chapte r. T he

Gammas have wo rked hard unde r our pledge mom , Caro l n , and her a is­rant, Monique to learn th e sorority's h istor , belief and goals. During their h ctic ch edu le, th Gamm as fo und tim e to acco mpli h fund rai e r like making Easter candy bags to he lp raise mo ney fo r Co nve ntion . T hey also par­ti cipa ted in Pizza Hut nigh t, b ig iste r a pprec ia ti o n wee k , a trip to Woo d toc k, a nd th e is te rh ood

lee p o ve r wh r fo und in g s is te rs pa ed down chapte r sto r i and trad i­tio n .

A a ch apt r, we h ave str ived to continue to make a positive impact o n ou r local communities. We have spon-o red a sign langu age lecture, campu

wid e study breaks, pa rti cipa tio n in Greek Week a nd cheered fo r our col­lege po r ts team . V\ e have al o take n a big step to he lp get differed rush o n o ur campu .

-Nico le Capozza

Delta EfJsilon 's JennijeT PalmatieT and Bridget Kurmay welcome rushees to Tau-stock.

Alumnae ChaPter News

Centreville-M anassas A lumnae ChapleT installation. Sisters pictured: back row- Beth Knittle, Keven Sandy, Eleanor L onchm; Amy Savig;nac, j ohanne Favaloro, June Loveless, Front row­

Carole Keily, Sandy Aiello, Diane Underwood.

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Centreville / Manassas Reported by: andra Aiello

Congratu la tions are in o rder for th e Centrevill e / Ma n assas Alumna C hapte r ! On May 19, 1996 Patr icia

ayle (Alumnae Expansion Coordin a­to r), collegians fro m P i, a nd o r th­e rn Virginia Alumnae welcomed u a an offi cial Alumnae Chapter. T he in-ta ll a t io n wa h e ld at Di a n e

U nde rwood 's h o me. The ceremon ' was beautiful ; w want to thank ou all fo r supporting u .

We h ad a ra th e r creative fund­raiser. Everyone e mptied out their at­ti cs and contributed to a a rd ale at El an o r Lon char' home. T he remain­ing ite ms were donated to th e al a­tio n Army. I t wa a profitable and fun da . Fo r o ur ph il anthro pic proj ect, ' e distributed pamphlets throughout our communitie fo r the Wo men' Center in Man assa , A.

Caro le Keily received our Top Tau award for be ing in trumental in our

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chapter's formation. Carole i always organized and accommodating to our chapter's needs. She is a true sister and friend.

Greater Chicago Reported By: Rory Gawthorp

As of April 27, 1996, the Greater Chicago Alumnae Chapter became officia l! Congratulation to Kri Haskin and Jen Lapacek for all their hard work and dedication .

These fine si ters, along with other alumnae in the area, have enjoyed monthly meetings together for quite some time. Christmas brought in a time of cheer atJen Lapacek's house. With a potluck dinner and a few twin­kling lights, the warm feeling of true sisterhood was experienced by all.

A wine and cheese party kicked off the new year. Everyone made ba -kets for each other and exchanged them at the business meeting. To keep up with the times (and the call of tl1e wild! ), a night wa pent out on "Par-a-dice " a local gamblin g/ show boat. A quick tour down the rive r and back for some great scen­ery and exciting entertainment. Fun was had by all ! 1ot all our time was spent 'j ust having fun." The si ter of Greate r Chicago had many philan­thropic activites this past season. The Pan he ll en ic Scholarship held a raffle and, to help raise money for this wor­thy cause , we purchased raffle ti cket . A "mock" baby shower was he ld to don ate gifts for the Salva tion Army and Safe Pa age - a helter for bat­te red women and chi ld ren in the Chicago area.

The biggest fund-raiser wou ld have to be the Tupperwa re party given for the sisters of Delta Delta at U ni ver ity of Illin ois - Ch icago. Enough money was raised to send one collegiate de legate from Delta De lta and one a lumn ae d e lega te from Greater Chicago to Convention in Phoenix. We were fortunate enough to have 8 alumnae go this yea r.

The ummer ea on bega n b having a welcom ing par ty for th e n w alumna in May. Two new i t r were inducted into our group. The r t of

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Initiation: Lisa-Marie Cox Fredericks and Jeannie Stmw DeClerck.

the eason will include a fami ly picnic in July a well a participation in the AIDS Walk in September.

If there are any i ter in the area who would like to join, we welcome you!

Detroit/ Northeast Suburbs Reported By: Patricia Maddens

We started 1996 with a winter pot­luck in January at the home of Chri Dixon. The a lumnae m ember fur­nished appetizers and d esse rts.

In February we had our annual

Valentine' Day night out. We ce l­ebrated b having dinner at a local re taurant.

We met at Kelly Duke 's hom for our March meeting an d our agenda wa fu ll. We nominated officer for the

lection in pril, voted for our Top Tau and cho e Li a-Marie Frederick to be our convention delegate. Weal o voted on our philanthrop donation for the upcoming ear. Our large t donation wi ll be to Pine Mountain and the pe­cial Olympic . We a! o co llected pia -tic milk cartons to be recycled and u ed for a handicapped playground. Per-anal are item were donat d to a hel­

ter for abu ed women and children. Af­ter bu in , we made decoupage pot u ing fabric and pong paint .

In pril , we elected new officer for the next two year ; Tammy Bonifield i our new Pre ident with Kelly Duke a Vice-Pre ident. Li a-Marie Frederick and J eannie DeClerck were initiated a alumnae member . We :fini h d off th me ting by decorating box for our Mother-Daughter Luncheon. Thi an­nual luncheon was held at the Botsford Inn during May, with a raffle which rai ed 200.

We planned our meeting cal ndar for 96-97 at the home of Janice Garbarino . And our final meeting of the year will be an Ice Cream Social on June 7th .

Making favors for VI other's Day lun cheon, left to right, Elaine Kaminski, Elaine H'in 1011, Berran Kelly Kline Duke, 7lnnm teuehui Bonifield. "' ·

Lehigh Valley Reported by: Kimberly Golden Benner

It seems that the weather "god" wa not smiling on us this winter, but be­ing the troopers that AST si ters are, we forged ahead as best we could .

The blizzard of ' 9 5 (and '96) didn ' t stop our annual Chri tmas gath­ering. Although, a few sisters mad e it through the ice and sn owfall, ten sis­ter braved life and limb to enj oy an evening of fun. Those in a ttendan ce exch anged Christma orna men ts - a tradition th a t started with our first Ch ristma toge the r - swapped cook­ies, and organized gifts to be given to our adopted family. The evening was topped off by trying to pack a ll the gifts and a fully d ecorated artificial tree into the trunk and backseat of a car. We still h ave nightm ares of Christmas ball s bouncing d own the stree t!

The weather didn ' t fare much be t­ter, actu ally it got worse, as we began the new year. Our J anuary and Febr u­ary meetings were can celed because of sn ow - lots and lo t of sn ow.

In March , we h e ld OQr Cocktail Party wh ere we enjoyed an evening of hors d 'oeuvres, desserts, and light cock­tails with our significant o thers. I t seems ou r spouses look fo rward to this nigh t of camarad erie as much as we do!

To prepare for Easte r, we h eld ou r yearly candy making night. All sisters brought a candy "fill er" - peanut but­ter, eggs, butte r creams, nuts, pretzel , grah am cracke rs, caramels, e tc.- and we pent the nigh t melting chocolate, dipping candies, and licking our fin­ge rs (and the bowls). As always, th e event would n o t take place wi thout our sister Barbara Day, wh o m akes the trip to th e Wilbur Ch oco la te Fac tory in Lititz, Pa., ever y year to purchase our 10+ pounds of chocola te. H er trip h as become su ch a well known ritual, that Barbara purch ased over 50 pounds of chocolate thi s yea r fo r family and friends - talk about a few calories!

Our year ended with a small , but hilarious Hawaiian luau po t luck din­ner. We had n ever eate n so many pine­apple and coconut dishes in one sitting before this night, nor will we ever again .

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Alumnae ChaPter News The Le high Valley Alumn ae Club

is growing in its numbe rs and we l­comes any AST alumnae in our area to j oin u s. We've tarted our own bi­annual newsletter, the Alumnae ews, to keep our members - active and no t so ac ti ve - info rm e d a b o ut our m onthly events.

Northern Virginia Reported by: Mary Charles Adams Ashby

The Northern Virginia Alumnae Ch apter takes pride in a variety of pro­grams h e ld this year. As a ch apte r, members attended the annual sch ol­a r ship fundra ising p lay, "Foreve r Plaid", fo r Alumnae Panhellenic held a t the Littl e Theate r in Alexandri a, Virginia. In addition to this scho larship effort, d on ati o ns we re sent to Pine Mo unta in Se ttl e m e nt Sc h oo l a nd Childre n 's H ospital as well as the Al­pha Sigm a Tau Nation al Foundation .

Sherry Trayer Gentile enabled the ch apter to enj oy tremendous fun by preparing an Alpha Sigma Tau 'J eop­ardy" game fo r our March mee ting. What fun we h ad as sh e tes ted our knowledge of sorori ty information and histo ry.

On th e So ro ri ty's first Na tio n al Le tte r D ay in April , Ma r y Lo ui se Mandrea Doyle hosted an afternoon tea to celebrate this occasio n . Fo r th at eve nt , Di a n e Acree H e lbin g , Psi a lumn a, wor e h e r "pl e d ge outfit " which she h ad worn at J ames Madison U nive rsity as a collegian. Wearing of le tte rs and this social ga thering caused many collegia te memories to surface for all in a ttendan ce.

T h e cha pter played hostess a t the ho me of Caro l Zorger Moon ey fo r an alumnae panhellenic event with a pic­nic for Delta Zeta, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha members. This event was enjoyed by one and all from the four so ro riti es and h e lped nurture th e panhellenic spirit in our alumnae lives.

At th e May m ee ting, induc tio n into ou r alumnae ch apter took place for five new ch apter m embe rs and spe­cial recognitio n was given to Carolyn Ki r i Co rley fo r h aving bro ught th e most new m embe rs to our ch apter this year. Our n ew offi cers we re installed

fo r the coming year. Diane DiSand ro Underwood was install ed as Chapter President and will serve as our delegate to the 31st National Convention . Chap­ter members shared in the installation ceremony for our neighboring sisters at the Centreville / Ma nassas Alumnae Chapter on May 19th . Congratulations and welcome to this newest alumnae chapter.

Ten me mbers of th e orthern Vir­ginia Alumnae Chapter wi ll attend th e 31st Natio nal Convention in June in Phoenix. We are proud that the theme of this year 's conven tion "Anchored for Life in Alpha Sigma Tau " originated with ou r chapter as ou r chapte r theme a few years ago and it will be d isplayed on our T-shirts for th e big "T- hirt ex­ch ange." Our su m mer ac tivities wi ll include the annual ice cream social for alumnae and collegians in our area at th e h o m e of Ma r y C har les Adams Ashby. The ch apter has al o sen t "good­ies" to Gamma Zeta and Chi chapters for examination week during this past school year!

Fund raisers fo r thi year included our annual sa le of the White H ouse Christmas orname n ts, a Pa m pered Ch ef party, and several maller endeav­o rs to add to our chap ter treasury for philanthropy and conven tion fu n ds.

One of the most enjoyable activi­ties fo r our members this year h as been the addition of a "mystery Sister" co l­umn in each month 's newsle tter. T h e mystery sister is described for the mem­bers and they are to "guess" wh o she is prior to her identifica tion in the next n ewsle tter.

This has been a funfilled , active year fo r this chapter and we invite any­one in our area to j o in us fo r ac tivities with siste rs.

St. Louis Reported by: Mary Lou Fondren Scott

Me mbers loo k fo r wa rd to th e President's Day luncheon since it pre­sents an opportunity to try n ew p lace to ea t, as well as, b arin g a ti me of i -terhood. This year we went to The Pa­tio Place, an inside d ining faci lity di -playing crafts and specialty item . The

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outing was planned by Julie H ermann , chapter vice-president.

Our regular March meeting fea­tu red our exchange book ale with th e proceeds going to the convention fund .

Th e spring alumn ae lun cheon , given by th e Beta Psi chapter fro m t. Louis U niversity took place in May. It was he ld in their chapte r room. Recent graduates we re inducted into the St. Louis alumn ae chapter.

Jun e wi ll find m ore th an ha lf a d oze n a lumn ae members attending the conventi on in Phoenix. Me lanie Foster, our chapte r pres ident, will be our d elega te. Oth e r me mbers p lan­ning to attend are: Arline Clark , a­ti o n a ] Mu sic C h a irm a n ; Caro lyn Alexander, NPC Alte rn ate Delegate; Margaret Bo ngne r, Local PC; J anet

!ri ch , Pi CREST Edi to r ; Kat h y Kenn edy, Be ta Psi Chapter Consul tant; and Nancy Cook, our perennial con­vention go-er! We also catch the excite­ment when th ey report th e convention activities to us.

The local Pan he lleni c lun cheo n is held annually in June and is we ll a t­tended by our members. The center-

St. Loui Local Pan hellenic Luncheon: a/tended by Elizabeth Wilson and Mary Charle Adams Ashby - past alional Presidents.

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Alumnae ChaPter News

Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Alumnae: for the V. A. H ospital.

piece will be donated can good that will be g iven to a local food pantry af­ter th e occa io n .

Pl a ns are und e r way for get­togeth er in Jul and Augu t, o call a siste r and be a part of th e Anchor f Sisterhood - this time next year. H ope to hear from you.

Congratulatio n are in order for Elizabe th Wilson. M . Wil o n , a pa t Natio nal Pre ident, has b en elected Pre ident of th e College Club of t. Lo uis. T h College Club i a no t-for­profit o rganiza tion of women , man in the fi eld of educatio n, with th e phi l­anth ropic purpo e of givi ng co llege scholarships to area high school senior young women. It al o upport ariou cul tural group in the St. Loui area.

Ypsilanti/ Ann Arbor Reported by: uzanne lick

The Yp ilan ti / An n Arbor alum nae wo uld like to welco m e o u r newe t m e mb e r, Lee nn Se ll er . LeeA n n j o ined us in the fa ll of '95 and has b en an active member a ll ear lo ng. V\ enj o her liv line and enth u iasm at o ur me ting and welco me h er with open arm . Le An n moved to the area from Te a and a 1 it fi nall 1 feel like ho m e now tha t h ha j in d ur gro up .

In Februar of thi ear, we again made Valentine 's for the V Ho pital. It ha become a tradition for u and thi year we hand made over 500 card to de liver to th men on a lentine' Day.

Our Mother 's Day luncheon was ho ted b Elaine Habel thi yea r at Woodland Golf Cour e. ot on ly did we have a de ligh tful lunch , but we wer able to watch the golfer through th e window. Linda hapona invited the pastor from her church to peak to u about leader h ip . H e may h ave mi ed hi calling! He wa ver entertaining and a very funn toryte ller. J o ce Berg and Laura Albert made darli ng A T do ll dres ed in green and gold with long curly blonde hair for our favor . To he lp with the them a reque twa mad for u to bring our favorite do ll to the luncheon with a tor ' about her to te ll the group. Dian I ihaui' mother had the o lde t d o ll with an acre of over one hundred ·ear . Elaine H ab I brourrht her entir fami l · col-

National President Martha Drouyor DeCamp, Alpha 27931 NE 4th Place Redmond, WA 98053

Vice-president J ane t Minnis Jimison, Iota 529 Highland Dr. Arkansas City, KS 67005

Secretary Wendy Suzanne Novak, Be ta 1467 Gregory #13 Ypsilantim MI 48197

Treasurer Andrea Kle in-Yancho, Beta xi 69-B Locu t t. Assonet, MA 02702

Director of Collegiate Chapters Ricki Bargman Trosen, Alpha Sigma 904 Kin gs Road Kirksvi lle , MO 63501

Director of Alumnae Patricia L nn Tayle , Phi 12002 H astings Green H ouston, TX 77065

Director of Expansion

AlPha Siema Tau DirectorY National Headquarters, 1929 Canyon Road , Birmingham, AL 35216

Phone 205-978-2179 Fax 205-978-21 2 Office Hours 9:00a.m.- 4:30p.m. Centra l Time

Headquarters Adm inistrator: Lenore Se ibel Kin g, P i

Epsilon Adele Bla k, Beta Mu 2-31 Lodge Forest Drive Baltimore, MD 21219

Zeta C nthi a G. Eason-Manning, Alpha Sigma 43 . Weston Court St. harl e , MO 63303

Eta ancy o ltz Lessing, Beta Epsilon

47 Vi llage Kn o ll Pl ace Spring, TX 77381

Theta Miche lle Cangialosi, Alp ha Lambda 2396 Breckenridge, Ct. Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Iota Melinda H enry Oates, Gamma Gamma 7794 old Mt. O live Road Gardendale, AL 35071

Kappa Sonda Ruh olol Clocksin , Be ta Pi 2 Dure ll Drive Kankakee, II 60901

Sigma Robin Burroughs Davi , Zeta Tau Box 1514 New London , H 03257-1514

Committee Cordinators Academics

hristy Cuthi ll McCormick, Sigma

Alumnae Expansion Ca ro le Bicking Kei ly, Alpha Xi 7807 Le land Road Manassas, VA 20111

Anchor Editor Alina Whittle-Tezik, Zeta 1650 E. Lyco ming Street Philadelphia , PA 19124

Collegiate Anchor Editor Gay Gamme ll Truehart, Beta Nu 3187 Cottonwood Court Lancaster, PA 17601

Awards Cathy Millard Schri ener, Chi 4400 Hadrian Court Alexandri a, VA 22310

Chaplain

Christina Duggan Covington , Alpha Lamda 62 Sanchem Village

Lambda Al lison Brungard, Alp ha Rh o 6934 Hilldale Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15236

Emi ly Ashby Mcintire, Alpha Lambda 1940 Seven Oaks Drive

West Lebanon , NH 03784

Dir. Fraternity Programs Taney Tybur ki , Beta Xi

W61 1 419 Washington Ave. Cedarburg, WI 53012

Director of Publications Patri cia Klausing Simmons, De lta 291 Locu t St. Indiana, PA 15701

District Presidents Alpha Kelly Klin e Duke, Beta Xi 798 Lake Forest Drive Roche ter Hill s, MI 48309

Beta Li a Marie Cox Fredericks, Beta Xi 6024 Princes Lane Clarksto n , MI 48346

Gamma Mich elle Zal ewski Roth , Delta 4850 Luce rn e Road Indiana, PA 15701

Delta Concetta Goswieler, Chi 14414 Pu rce llvill e Road Purcellvill e, VA 22132-3604

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Mu J amie Alunn i, Zeta 3100 Grant ven ue, C-26 Philade lphia, PA 1911 4

Nu Kristin Haskin , Beta Pi 3345 Be tty Drive Arlington Heights, II 60004

Xi Megan J anney, Ze ta Tau 3529 Wi ll owrun Drive , NE Roa noke , VA 24012

Omicron Andrea Dall ago, Zeta 608 Maple Ave nue Marysvi ll e, Pa 17053

Pi Shari Gresham Ri ch, Alpha Epsi lon 3438-c Chelsea Park Vi llage Lane Norcross, GA 30092

Rho uza nne Dunlap Coccagna, Delta

266 Vl. Owens Avenue Derry, PA 15627

Morristown, TN 37814

Colony Advisor Maria A. Blac kwe ll , Gamma Gamma 698 Blackwell Road Decatur, MS 39327

Colony Advisor Rory Erick on Gawthorp, Beta Pi Suite 3 403 Frankli n Su·eet Mahomet, IL 61853

Convention StaciJimi on Wedermyer, Iota 3732 SW Plaza Drive #202 Topeka,KS 66609

Crest Editor Willa Louise Williams, Alpha !u 13111 W. Markham #6 Little Rock, AR 7221 1

Expansion Assistant Roche lle A. Hargis, Alpha Alpha 1509 I Ewing Street Indianapo lis, In 46201

Expansion Assistant Anne Curran Gruber, Alpha 512 Pine Land Drive, SE Ada, MI 49301

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Financial Assistant Beth Ann Dobson Fournier, Beta Xi 2594 Ridge Road Whitelake, MI 48383

Historian Tina Taylo r Schmiedel, Beta Xi 3631 Shangi La Road Oshkosh , WI 54904

Housing Lara Buszka, Beta Xi 1331 Banbury Road Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Membership Development Tammy Stegehuis Bonifiels, Beta Xi 16925 MacArthur Redfo rd , MI 48240

Milestone Sally Conrad , Io ta 918 eosho Stree t Emporia, KS 66801

Music Barbara Grant Wethe rhold , Ze ta 41 Century Drive Bath , PA 1801 4

Nominations Karen Denchfi eld-Masterson , Beta Xi 2622 Ponce Avenue Belmont, CA 94002

NPC Delegate Cathy Bonds Crapet, Beta Zeta 6501 Quail Run Drive Pelham, AL 35124

NPC Alternate Delegate Carolyn Conner Alexander, Pi 6328 Po tomac Stree t St. Louis, MO 63139

NPC Alternate Delegate Cynthia Peckhart McCror y, Alpha Alpha Villa Del Oro 5852 . Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85253

NPC Alternate Delegate Marth a Drouyo r DeCamp, Alpha 27931 E 4th Place Redm ond, WA 98053

Parliamentarian Karen Laurse n Kessler, Beta Xi 6 Edenfie ld Road Penfield, NY 14526

Philanthorophy Lara Cegala, Psi 130 Fairway Po inte Circle Orlando, FL 32828

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AlPha Sisma Tau DirectorY Pledge Kathy Pul ice Baecker, Theta 18667 . Oak Court Clin tnon Twp, MI 4803

Publicity Li a G. McCoy, Be ta P.O . Box 957932 Duluth , GA 30136

Regional Collegiate #I Mary Ellen Willmi tch, Alpha Rh o 1951 Penn y Lane Youngstown, OH 44515-492

Regional Collegiate #2 Victoria King Garwood, Beta De lta 106 arraganse tte Drive McKeesport, PA 15135

Regional Collegiate #3 Mi chell e Schmid t, Alpha igma 615 Dover Drive Ro lla, MO 65401

RLW Lisa arodowiec Engel, Beta Pi 1369 Oxford Circle Rose lle, IL 60172

Alpha Sigma Tau National Foundation President Meda Ray Elliot Sewell , Om icron 6541 Willi amsbu rg Boulevard Arlington , VA 22213

1st Vice President Lenore Seibel King, Psi 1845 Laker idge Road Birmingham, AL 35216

2nd Vice President Rose Marie Schmidt, T heta 21359 Boxwood Ct. Farmi ngto n, Ml 48336

Secretary Charlotte Evan s Floyd, P i 11 01 S. Arlington Ridge Road, #316 Arlington, VA 22202

Treasurer Susan Rae Rogers, Alpha Lambda 939 Park treet St. Al bans, WV 25177

Foundation Chairmen Awards, Grants, Scholar hip Melissa Frie en Parks, Be ta Xi 6547 Cedar Ridge Loveland, OH 45140

Publicity Cathy Bond Craper, Beta Ze ta 6501 Quail Run Drive Pelham, AL 35124

Effie E. Lyman Academic Loan June McCarthy, Pi

891 Watson Wood St. Louis, MO 63126

Fundraising Patricia Wrigh t Li ttle, Alpha Lambda 3301 wan ho llow Court Ri chmond, VA 23233

Alumnae Chapters/Club Presidents

Arkadelphia Arkansas Di trict: Kappa J oAnne Wi ll iam Ch unn , Alpha Gamma 818 N. Park Drive Arkadelphia, AR 71923

Baltimore Maryland Di trict: Epsi lon Pam Vukmer, Beta Mu 190 tone Ca tie Dr. evern , MD 21144

Birmingham Alabama District: Iota

hannon Tucker, Gamma Gamma 46 Overbill Rd Montevallo, Al 35115

Bluefield West Virginia Di trict: Xi J oyce G. Buchanan, Omicron 1905 Tazewell Ave Bluefield, VA 24605

Buffalo, New York Di trict: Beta Pamela zafarczyk, igma 1107 Parkhurst Blvd Tonawanda, 14150

Central Penna. Di trier: Gamma An1y Dupree, Alpha Xi box 118 307 E. Central Ave Avi , PA 17721

Centreville-Manassas, Virginia District: Theta Diane DiSandro nderwood, P i 10446 Brackets Ford Circle Manassas, VA 22111

Charlottesville, VA Di trict: Theta Michelle Cangialo i, Alpha Lamba 2396 Breckenbridge Ct Harrisonburg, A 22801

Greater Chicago Di trier: u Kri H askin , Beta Pi 3345 Betty Drive Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Conway Arkansas Disu·ict: Kappa Cathy Knox Koehler ,Up ilon 4301 Lee Ave

orth Little Rock, AR 72205

Denver District: Eta Ann Boley Todd, u 1021 Carr, #1 8 Denver, CO 021 5

Detroit-NE Suburbs District- Alpha Tammy Stege hui Bonifield, Beta Xi 16925 MacArthur Redford, MI 48240

Durant, Oklahoma Di tric t: Eta Sharon M. Dunham, Rh o 11 3 Gates Durant, OK 74701

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Di u·ict: Ze ta Karen Wa er, Beta Eta 61 5 Sta te t Wood Rive r, IL 62095

Erie, PA Di tric t: Bea Deborah Young Carte r, Alpha Tau 2531 W. 34th Stree t Erie , PA 16506

Fort Wayne Indiana Di tri ct: u Linda Ro e Pulve r, Alpha Epsil on 109 . VanBuren St Auburn , I 4676

Grand Rapids MI Distr ict: Mu Anne Curran Grube r, Alpha 512 Pin e Land Dr. , SE Ada, MI 49301

Harrisburg, PA Di trict: Omicro n Kathryn mith Mark , Be ta Io ta 17 Glendale Dr. Mechani c urg, PA 17055

Houston District: Eta Sha ron Hahn Juntun en, Phi 643 Eastlake Hou ton TX 77034

Indianapolis District: u Ingrid Mason Child , Beta Xi 4311 Forest Terrace Ander on , IN 4601 3

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AlPha Sii!ma Tau Directory Kirksville , Missouri Di trict: Zeta Michelle Schmidt, Alpha igma 615 Dove r Dr Ro lla, MO 65401

Lancaster County, PA District: Mu Trace Bond , Ze ta 2532 peckl ed Drive Eas t Pete r burg, PA 17520

Lehigh Valley, PA Di trict: Mu Tracy Bond , Ze ta 135 N. ll th Stree t #2 Allentown , PA 18102-3840

Lowell, MA Di trict: Pi Patriciann Zebroski , Be ta Tau 36 Cathy Road Chelmsford, MA 08124

Muncie, IN Di trict: Tu Kathryn Mcinnis Tharpe, Alpha Alpha 1505 N. Hackberry Road Muncie, IN 47304

New Orleans, LA Di trict: Io ta J eannine Gettys Ard , Phi 16 Emile Avenue Kenne r, LA 70065

Northern New J ersey Di trict: Delta Cindy Hruby Egan, Be ta p il on

alvatore Court Fairfie ld , lJ 07004

Northern Virginia (DC) Di trict: Epsilo n Diane Und erwood , P i 10446 Bracke ts Ford Circle Manassas, VA 22111

Philadelphia, PA Distric t: Lambda Taunia Halcrow, Ga mma Pi 5327 Large Street Phi lade lphia, PA 19124

P ittsburgh, PA District: Lambda Suza nn e Schultz, Delta 1797 Renee Drive Librar y, PA 15129

Prince Georges/ Montgomery County, MD District: Epsilon Kerri Maranto, Chi 1401 Crossland Lane Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Richmond - Petersburg, VA Di trict: The ta Bonnie Harris, Alpha Lambda 9820 Iron Bridge Road

heste rfi eld , VA 23832-6434

Roanoke, VA Di tri t: Theta Cindy Morre Howa rd , Alpha Lambda 5031 Meadowcree k Drive, SW Roanoke, VA 2401 8

Shepherdstown, WV Di trict: Ep ilon Marie Busch Crim , Chi RR1 , Box 11 4 Gerrard town , WV 25420

Southern Colorado District: Eta Grace Ri e ter, Pi 1306 Alexander tree t Colorado prings, CO 80909-2920

St.Lo~, MO Di trict: Zeta Melani e Fo te r, Pi 5437 Oakcre t Drive Imperial, MO 63052

Tidewater Area, VA District: Th eta J oy Ne ilso n Woth e rspoon, Zeta 2480 Bayview Avenue Virginia Beac h, VA 23455

Tri-City, MI District: u Martha P. Tri an tafill ow, Beta 2835 Dor e t treet Saginaw, MI 48603

West Chester, PA Distri ct: Mu Caro lyn McGill Mee , Al pha Phi 1101 Glenview Stree t Philade lphia, PA 19111

West Chicago, IL District: u Lucinda Edward Younce, Al pha Alpha 354 word Way Bolingbrook , IL 60440

Youngstown, OH Di trict: Lambda Caro l Fice ti , Alpha Rh o 3885 J eane tte u·eet Warren , OH 44484

Ypsilanti/ Ann Arbor, MI Di tri ct: A\pha Diana Mihaiu, Alpha 338 Ri chter Street Rive r Rouge , MI 4821

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June 24-29, 1996 Phoenix, Arizona

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Opening Session R ory Gawthorp & MCAA

Yellow R ose Banquet A ljJha Pis after Fun Night: Summer, Mandy, Kelly & Juli

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A. Queen Candidates

B. Yellow Rose Banquet

C. Foundation President Meda Ray Elliot+Sewell

D. Dinner at Lombardi 's

E. Dinner at Lombardi's Rory Erickson Gawthorp, j ennif er Lapacek and Kristen Has kin

A. Fun ight, Diane, Aimee, j enny, Gina and Melissa

B. Opening Session

C. Rhos at Yellow Rose Banquet

D. Fun ight, icole and Heather

E. Emerald Chapter Luncheon

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Phoenix Friendship Reception

Pine Mountain Presentation

To: A lpha Sigma Tau PaTents

Foundation Breakfast

Convention Alumnae Top Tau -Arline Bouligny Clark, 1 ational V!u ic Coordinatar, right, pre ented by Barbara H erb of the lndianapolis Alumnae Chapter

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