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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Letter Day - Northern Virginia celebrates.

Substance Free Housing- Drugs and alcohol are plaguing some campuses leading to a special program N ational Convention Awards

Bu ll e tin Boa rd .... ...... ............ ....... .................. ... .. .... .... .... ...... .. ................ 2 Re unio n .... ... .... ....... ....... ........ ...... ..... ....... .. ......... .... .. ... ... .... ..... ..... ... .... 12 Applause fo rTaus .. ...... ................... ... .. .... ...... .... ... .... .. ... .. .. ... .. ..... ...... 4,13 Collegia te Chapter ew .. .......... .. .. .... ..... ........ .. .......... ... .. .. .. ...... .. ....... 20 Alumn ae Ch apter New .... .. ...... .. .. ...... .. .. .. ...... .... ........ .. ....................... 29

Chapte r N ews Editor Gay Gamm e ll True hart 22 28 O ld Be r wic k Road Bloo msburg, PA 178 15 Director o f Publications Patri cia Klausing Simm o n 291 Lo cu t Stree t Ind ia na, PA 1570 1

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

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

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Editor Al ina M. Whittle 1650 E. Lyco min g tree t Phi lad elp h ia, P 19124

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

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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 Du tcher May Gep ha rt Effi e E. Lyma n H arriet Marx Eva O 'Keefe Ad riance Ri ce H e le ne M. Ri ce Maye ne Tracy A lpha 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 路ate To Tau Reci ients

J ami Kaup H all- Alph a Be th H oa rd - Be ta Be th A. Blayden - Delta Christin a Tulia - Ze ta Bo nn ie Valac h -Omicro n Rh ond a McCall -Rho Dayna Beckwith - Sigma H ea th e r Ickes - Ze ta Tau Re becca Morse - psil on Ca rol Lynn Rowl e r- Phi J e nnife r Eckl es - Chi Emily Suzann e Beard -Psi Mi chell e J ea nn e Lin- Alph a Ga mm a Me linda Palau- Alpha Epsil o n Amy Anken ey - Alph a Lambd a Leslie Mi che ll e All a n- Alpha Omicro n Randi Be th La he r- Alph a Pi

Kri te n Gibso n- Al ph a Ta u Kri te n Flagg- Alph a Phi

Ro bin Lewo rthy- Be ta Ep ilo n Kri ti Do novan -Beta Eta Al eja ndra i o re no - Be ta T h eta Re nee i ye r -Beta Iota Suza nn e Edwa rds - Beta Mu Al iso n Magee -Beta Nu Terra Lutch -Be ta Xi Lauri e urges - Beta Pi Ke rri Swee ney - Beta Tau a nc Chin - Beta p il on Mi chell e Maj er k - Be ta Phi Suzann e tehn o -Beta Psi Vi cto ria Al i- Beta Omega Ste phani e T imbre l!- Gam ma Gamma Chri tin e Marie Li bera tore - 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 ico le Kath leen Bo er- Gammi Xi Tri ha Mi ldowne -Gamma Pi Maria Fergu on- Gamma igma J acquelin Ann Wevodau- Gamma Tau Jen Maly ka- Gamma hi a th y Thoma -Delta Alpha her 1 uzann Lathe -Delta Beta J ennifer Ri ordan- Delta Delta Alaina Evangeli ta - Delta Ep ilon Tamm y Gi ll - D Ita Zeta

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Vision For The Future: 1995 National Survey B Y CHRI T I NA C O VI NGTON, DIRECTO R OF E XPANSI ON

Und e rsta ndin g a nd m eeting the n ee d s of our m e mbe rsh ip , th a t is a prima r y go al of th e Alph a Si gm a Ta u Na tion a l Coun cil. To supp o rt th a t goa l, eve r y fi ve yea r th e N a ti o n al Co un cil sp o n so r th e Alph a Sig m a Ta u Na tio n al Sur vey, 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 siste rh ood .

Th e ur vey is admini ste red to co lleg ia te a nd alumn ae m e mb e rs ac ross th e U nite d tates by: • r esear chin g sta tistic a nd ga th e ring input fr o m th e m e mb e rship , • tra n lating th e in for m atio n ga there d in to goal a nd pri o ri ties, • d evelo ping a writte n pla n of actio n to addre th e n ee d s of o ur m e mb ers hip , • in corp orating th e p la n in to th e o p eratio n s a nd culture of o u r ararity, • in fo rmin g th e m e mb e rship of t h e pr io ri tie a nd p la n s of actio n .

Alp h a Sigma Tau 's visio n fo r th e fu tu re i n ot ju t fo r th e N a ti o n a l Counci l, N a ti o n a l Staff, N a ti o n a l Fou nd a ti o n , a nd Ch a p ter Officers to u n d er tand. EVERY m e mb e r of Alph a Sig m a Tau mu t h a r e th e visio n of th e soro ri ty so our goa ls ca n b e a tta ine d.

Th e fi ve m a in issu e add resse d in th e u rve were: • supp ortin g th e o ro ri ty's m e mb e rship g r ow th o bj ectives, • building th e fin a n cial stre n g th of th e o r ority, • upp o rtin g th e co ll egiate c h ~ pter furth e r th ro u g h effec t ive progr a mmin g a nd tra ining, • raising sta nda rd s, .

• in cr easin g e ffec ti ve, p e rtm e n t co mmunica tion a b o ut inte rnally a nd e xte rn a ll y.

We will m ee t th e so r o ri ty's n ee d s by fo cu sing on th ese a r ea ove r th e n e xt fi ve year s: T H E ANCHOR/ Fall l996

Membership Growth The growth of Alp h a Sigma Tau is criti ca l to th e co ntinued su ccess of th e so ro ri ty. It mu t occur on bo th th e coll egia te and alumn ae levels.

Co ll eg ia te ex pa n io n o f soro rity me mbership ca n be ach ieved by: • in creasin g th e numbe r of cha pters reach in g quo ta a nd to tal eve r y yea r, • eli mina ting th e numbe r of ch apte rs lost due to d eclining membersh ip, • adding n ew su ccessful ch apte rs to continu e th e legacy oflead ership .

Alph a Sigma Tau must grow th e ac tive alumn ae p o pu lation of our soro ri ty by: • in creasing th e p a rti cip a ti o n in cur re nt alumn ae ch apters/ clubs, • re taining coll egia te wo m e n afte r gra du a ti o n as ac tive a lumn ae m e mbe rs, • see kin g out in ac tive alumnae to pa rti cipa te in alumn ae a nd n atio n al o rga n izati o n ac tiviti es, • bui ldin g ac tive n ew ch apte rs.

Financial Growth Build in g th e fin an cial stre ngth of Alpha Sigm a Tau will e n ab le th e sorority to d eve lo p addi tion al programmin g a nd ex p a nd n a tio n a l co nta: t a nd se r vices. T h is is ach ieved a nd Will co ntinu e to be achi eved by budge tin g curre nt fund s ca refu lly, in creasin g n ew reve nu e so urces, a nd fin a n cia l p la nning for an ti cipa ted a nd un a nti cipa ted n ee d s.

Programming and Training In kee ping to our pu rp ose , Al ph a Sigm a Tau must id e nti fy th e n ~e ds of th e m e mbership , crea te effective a nd inn ova tive programm in g to d evelo p lead ership a m o n g o ur ch ap te rs, and teach o u r m e mbe rs to live the high id eals of th e so ror ity.

Wh e n con cerns or issu es ofimpo r-

ta n ce to th e so ro ri ty are recogni zed, me mbe r of th e a ti o nal O rganization wo rk to d eve lo p programs and im p l me nta ti o n p la ns to incorporate app ropria te re oluti o ns into th e very fi bers of o ur me mbe rship.

It is a lso vita ll y imp ortan t th at ch apter offi cers, na tional officers ~ and ch ap te r advi or y t a ms are cogmzant of th e ir res p o n ibili tie a n d th e r sou rces avail able in th e organization.

We h ave create d a n array of informative h andbook a nd m a nuals th at give g uid a n ce a nd instr u ctio n ba ed_ on years of experie n ce a nd th e for~s1 gh t of p revi ous offi cers. Each officer ts al o assign ed a n o te book an d / or fil e fill d with th e ideas a nd enco un ter of eason ed offi ce rs to assist th em in th eir internal planning p rocess . T h ese docum e nts a re co n ta ntl y reviewed and upda ted to mee t the n eeds of our offi ce rs. While th ese important too ls assist the sorori ty in main tain ing continui ty, it is esse n tial th at th e oror_ity m ove towa rd tru ctured offi cer traming o n a n a tio n al level in add ition to th e o n e-o n-o n e di scu ssions b etw·ee n th e in co ming a nd ou tgo ing officers.

Office r training e min ars at ationa l Co n ve n tio n s, Regio n al Lea d ers h ip Worksh o ps (RLW), Greek lead er h ip co nfe re n ces, a nd chap ter vi it wi ll cultiva te and e n su re th at info r mation and p rocedures are d i e minated in the sa me me th od to all co ll egiate a n d n atio nal offi ce rs. T h e tabilizing effect sh ou ld provid e a platform for fu ture g rowth in o th e r areas.

Standards We aim to reach the core of our m e mbe r hip th ro ug h in crea ed nation al standard . T h e Nation al O rganization h as th e abili ty to impro e the overall pe rfo rmance of ch ap te rs b : • h aving ch a p ters m eet quota and to tal each year, • raising the minimum GPA requirem e nt, • n ecessary cultu ral eve nt, h eal th issu es, and lead e rship p rogramm ing

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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 additio nal 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 commun icating is not just receiving information; it i also giving in-

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.

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formation. The triad of collegiate chapters, alumnae chapter , and national officers needs to bridge th e 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 ponsive corre pondence b tween chapters and the ational Organization , • increased flexibility in the monthly communication publication • more frequent revi ion of national h an dbooks and manual , brochure , and materi al , • 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 hin g, • 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 addre 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 an d 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, • creati ng a "total look" to o ur expansion material, • de eloping a tran ition plan collegiat colonie , • contracted with everal new v ndor for an offi ial alumnae dire tor , orority p cialty item and pre paid phone card to gain r e nue,

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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 a lumnae i ibilit through eniorKits,intere tcard, the lumn ae Induction Ceremony, increa ed communication, 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 documents, new annual report format, • define the purpo e of The Cre t, and new layout for the Alpha igal, our internal month) new letter, • increa ing PC vi ibility and involvement b trengthening attendance at all regional PC conference and at either inter-Greek meeting and conference ponored meeting to gain vital information 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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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 th e Sara H. Cree Scholarship Fund and the pre entati o n of th e Alph a Rh o Louis e Einstein Scholar hip Fund.

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

Slippery Rock Rules Congratulations to th e Alpha Pi si ters for having th e high es 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 se m es ter average of all th e sorority p ledge classes o n campus.

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President Meda Ray Sewell with a $700 check to comp le te the base funding of the cholar hip . Chi co ll egia n and alumn ae and Mary Charles Ashby are to be congratula ted for their co ntinued effo rt to establish this honor for th e ir beloved advisor wh il e sh e is ab le to appreciate their tribute.

Wh en the Alp ha Rh o Chapter beca m e ina c tive, th e loca l a lumn ae group had funds which were set aside to h elp with a house for Alpha Rho .

These funds were invested in th e hope th at the cha pter would be able to u se 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 alumn a and treasure r of the Youngstown Alumnae Chapter, the d eci ion wa made to esta blish the Alpha Rh o Louise Einste in Scholarship Fund in honor of th e ir first adviser. A ch eck for $5,000 was presented at the Foundation breakfast, by Mary Ell e n Willmitch, as a contribution from all Alpha Rh o alumnae .

For a number of years, thi scholar hip will be restricted to Alpha Rh o alumnae or th eir childre n . Th e first

scho larship is expected to accept applications by th deadlin e of March , 1998. The scholarship se lection p roc dure will be administered by the Nati o nal Foundation cho larship Committee. Alph a Rh o alumnae, whose addresses are curre nt with Alpha Sigma Tau ational H eadqu arters, will b no tified in Dece mber of the availab ility of th e sc hol arship 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 nivers ity e nd owe d scho lars hip h as b ee n crea te d in m e mory of long-time ALT Tidewater resident Sandra Elaine McPherson , 47, who passed away last February after a short bout with can cer.

Th e Sandi McP h e rson Sc ho larships were crea ted through a $100,000 life insurance endowment. Th e annu al sch o lars hip s will be availabl e to students pursuing a recrea tion and leisure stud ies major wh o have d emonstrated acad emic excell ence and extracurri cula r involvement.

As a profess ional , McPh erso n served o n th e Board of Trustees for th e Virginia Recreation and Parks Society.

She also served as director of the James City County's Parks a nd Recrea tion Department and as as istant direc tor

of H ampton 's Recreatio n Department.

At th e time of her death , she was th e Ce nter Coordinator for the Great eck Community Recrea ti on Center for Virginia Beach.

McPhe r on was a two-time winner of th e city manage r 's creativi ty and innovation award , as well as numerous other awards , including the 1994 Woman of Distin ction Award for the Girl Scouts Council of Colo nial 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 th e Cotillion Club and Alpha Sigma Tau. More information about the scholarships can be obtained thro ugh R ' admissions office, 1-800-890-4265 .

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The Pearls of AlPha Sisma Tau ConventionJ anetHanson 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 Co ll ege in Crete, Nebraska. She is very invo lved with several professional associations for tudentfinancial aid adm inistrators. Janet is currently Pre id ent-E lect of the Rocky Mountain Associatio n of Student Financial Aid Admin istrators (RMASFAA). The as ociation represe nts eig ht 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 h osted 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, Assoc iation Governance Co-Chair, and for 1995-96, Nomi-

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

Pre identEiect, he erve a a non-voting r preFAA B ard of Dientative to the rector until July 1996. he then b comes a voting d legate until July 1999.

Jan et ha also been an in tructor for th e past even year at the RMASF umm er Institute, the lead ing profe ional training activity in th e natio n . h had instructed at all le el throucrh neophyte to advanced and at the Lender, Guarantor, an d 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 O ctober 1995, J anet received the a ociation 's Distingui hed ervice ward. Thi award i be towed upon the recomm endation 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 dmini 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 ociation of tud nt Financial Aid dministrator a Chair of th Profeional Development ommittee and High hool Training Workshop , Kansa tudent Data Form Committee Chair, Financial Aid warene Committee, and Pre ident (in 1979). h e 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 199S96 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 id nt, ational Vice Pre ident, NPC Alternate Delegate, and Director ofExpan1

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Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania n March 16, 1996 the Delta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau sponsored its seventh annual Miss IUP Scholarship Pageant in th e Fisher Aud itorium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania . The theme of this year's pagea nt wa ''I'm Ever Woman ."

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

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mal wear and aerobic wear. In addition, each contestant receive pirit points based on ten percent of the dollar value of the money co ll ected 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 even in g' > inn er 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 ma ke a pe r o n al commitme nt to strive to b e th e best th a t we can be in our chose n profe sio n . We u e our achi eve m e nt in a pa rti cula r fi eld. We provid e stre n g th a nd nurturing a wives, mo th e rs, fri e nds, and individuals. We beco m e in o lve d in our co mmuniti e to ma ke it a be tte r pl ace to live . lph a igm a Ta u h as ch ose n to recog ni ze i t e r wh o h ave g ive n

pec ial co ntributi o ns within th e ir professio ns a nd co mmuniti es.

A n o min ee fo r th e pro fessio n a l award must be curre ntly acti ve in h e r fi e ld a nd he r in volve me nt must be wo rth y of regio nal, state , or n a ti o nal recogniti o n .

A n o min ee fo r th e co mmunity awa rd must h ave b e n recognized fo r o utsta nding se rvi ce in h e r co mmuni ty o n a local, ta te, or n a ti o n al leve l.

o mina ti o n will be acce pted u ntil Fe bru a r y 1, 1997. T h e n o min ation must be acco mp a ni ed by a on page le tter d e cribin g th e man n er in whi ch th e n o minee had fill ed the criteria to b e recog nize d as a "Pea rl of lph a Si g m a Ta u ." ews paper cl ipp ings , magaz in e artie! , an d p icture are h e lpful. Please use th e fo ll owin g fo rm to submit n o min ation .

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nless we begin by looking back we can have n o id ea ho w far we h ave com e, n o m easure fo r evalua tin g our achi eveme nts a nd o ur failures. Th e re are n ot m a ny ac tive m embe rs of ph a Sigm a Tau So ro rity wh o ca n ay th ey "grew up " with oro ri ty.

Th e yea r I e nro ll e d a t D e tro it Teach e rs Co ll ege, 1925, was th e year we we re acce pted a a me mbe r of th e Associa ti o n of Edu ca ti o n o ro riti e a nd th ere by beca me a na ti on al so ro rity. It was th e year of our first co nve ntion in De tro it, Mi chigan, a nd th e year we fin ally published our fir t issu e o f THE ANCHOR Our roste r co nsisted o f eleve n ch apte rs: Alph a, Beta, Ga mm a, Delta, Epsilo n , Ze ta, Eta, Iota, Kappa, The ta and Sigma.

Th e sorori ty's in a bili ty to beco me a national mu ch soon er was a ma tte r offate . Circum tances beyo nd our control , su ch as Wo rld Wa r I, force d th e cl osing of so me o rganiza ti o ns on some ca mpu ses "for th e dura ti o n. " It wa con id e red unpa tri o ti c to pl ay whil e our me n we re dying. Also, Alpha Sig ma Tau had chose n many years before no t to forsake its ma ny local ch apte rs in normal sc h o ols in o rd e r to tr y to qualify for affili ati o n with The a tio n al Pan h ell eni c Confere n ce a t th e turn of th e ce ntury. Seve ra l ch a pte rs left to join NPC gro ups, wh o were already n ati o n al o rganiza ti o ns.

Th e di cti o na r y ays th a t a fra te rni ty o r so ro rity mig ht be d efin ed as "a g r o up of m e n o r wo m e n , G ree kna med , and fo rm ally orga nized for a comm o n purp o e, inte re t o r pl easure ." Wh e n we pea k of th e G ree k World, o r th e Gree ks, we usu all are refe rrin g to gro up o n coll ege ca mpuse whi c h h o ld regul a r m ee tin gs, have ecret rituals, ha nd grips, mo ttos, pa wo rds and ymbo li c in ig ni a. o rn e h ave h o uses, di tin c tive co lo r a nd ofte n wea r cl o thin g with id e nti f in g Gr e k le tte r . Th ey wea r the ir fra te rni ty badge . Tru e Gree k a re me mb r o f na ti na l o rga ni zatio n a lth o ug h in ra J loca l fra te rni ti h av

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bee n recognized becau se of th eir co ntributi o ns to college and communitie .

Phi Be ta Ka ppa i recognized a th e fir t fra terni ty in thi country. I t wa founded in 1776, ju t a few wee ks after th e Declara ti o n of Ind e p e nd e n ce wa ign e d . It c h ap te r prea d ra pidl y fr o m Willi a m a nd Mary Co ll ege in Willi am sburg, irg ini a to m o t of th e pre tig io u universiti e in th e ea te rn par t of th e co un tr y. I t wa a ecre t ho n or ociety, with a Gree k n ame. Alth ough all fra te rniti e requi re ch ola ti c ac hi eve m e nt, th ey ar n o t "h o n or oc ie ti e " pe r e.

Ka ppa Alph a, fo und ed in 1 25 , wa th e o lde t ecre t bro th e rh ood th a t 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 Sche n ectady, ew Yo rk. Alph a Delta Pi, found ed in 185 1wa th e fir t secre t ite rh oo d fo r co ll ege wo m e n . It wa found ed a t We leyan Fem ale Co ll ege, Maco n , Geo rgia. Kappa Alph a Th e ta wa th e seco nd in 1 70.

Integral to th e discu io n of th e Greek world is backgro und o n th e matte r of educati o n in thi coun try a t th e beginnin g of th e 19 th ce n tu ry. Ou r founding fa th e rs were d efi nite ly aware of th e n eed to pro mote th e fu rth era n ce of edu ca ti o n fo r childre n , n o t o nly in th e citie , bu t in ru ral area too.

Ma ny ta te pa ed ordin an ce whi ch mad e eve r y town hip se t a id e 1/ 16 of its te rri to r y fo r e du ca ti o n al u age, wh e th e r imm edia te ly o r in th e fu ture.

Finding m e n o r wo m e n to teac h , e pecially in rural area , wa very dif fi cul t.

Most fo ur-year co il ge and univer iti e h a d d e p a rtm e n t of e du ca ti on whi ch produced male teac hers b u t no t n ea r! e n o ug h . Re m e mb er, wo m en

were n o t e t admitted to the e in titutio n .

T h e pro bl e m wa a ll ev ia te d in 1838 by th e o p e ning up of wh a t we re call ed n orm al ch oo l . Th e were twoyear ch oo ls for teach e r on! . p o n com ple tio n of th e cour e , th e g raduate rece ive d cer tifi cate a nd co uld teac h in e le m e n tar ch oo l . Th e could la ter, perh a p , atte nd fo ur-year in titu ti on , get a degre a nd teac h in h i h c h ool . Du ri ng th e fi r t half of th e 19th centu r and eve n a la te a 19 1 an indivi du a l wi th a n e ig hth grad e ed ucation co uld get a certificate to teach in rural grad ch ool . One with a hig h ch oo l d u ca ti o n an d a pec ial 16-w e k training cour in a n orma l c h oo l, cou ld teac h hi g h ch oo l in rural area .

Al l thi in formation may eem like a tran ge way of d i cour ing o n th e u bj ec t of orori tie , but in ce Alph a igm a Tau wa fo unded in 1899 in a n o r mal ch oo l, all it member were in tere ted in the fi ld of ed ucation . women we certain ly are aware of th e fact that women "in day of ore" did n ot attend in titution of high er learni ng. T h ey were aid to belong in th h ome. Fini hing choo l were a hi g h a a woman cou l d go. B u 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 fig h ting fo r more equality. Oberlin Coll egiate In titute in Oberlin , Oh iowa the fir t to perm it women to enroll. T hi wa in 1 33. But, O berlin wa n ot recogn ized at tha t time a having the tatu of a college. In 1 50, h owever, it wa gra n ted th at re ognitio n ; o, wome n h ad finally gotten a "foot in th e door."

Looking Back We had made some progre , alb it th e struggle was all uphill. Other in titutions of higher learning, slowly and rather reluctantly, began changin g admis ion poli c ies. Also, some "a ll women 's" colleges came into bein g like Bryn Mawr in Pe nnsylvania and Mt. Holyoke in Massachusetts.

In the econd half of tl1 e 19th centur y mor e a nd more instituti o n opened their doors to women: Iowa State in 1847 an d tah State in 1 50.

After 1870 a ll sta te unive rsiti es did.

However, women were "tolerated" and

tl1 e ir pre en ce was hardly a welcome one. either were provisions mad e in m any institution to provide for their social life . Out of necessity th ese pion eer women stud ents, livin g in boarding houses or private hom es, organized th emselves into social group to bo ost th eir morale; they had to fi ght the objection to women in the chool s of high er edu cation.

Once women had won their battle for their righ t to a high er edu catio n , 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 M einzer.

In an effo rt to promote a new tradition for Alpha Sigma Tau, the ationa! Coun cil proclaim ed April 12, 1996 Lette r D ay - a day on which collegiate would wear ite m s on ca mpu whi ch would adve rtise o ur Greek le tte rs. Alumnae were aske d to ce le brate, wherever th ey were , by wearing our le tter on ite ms of clothing or in li eu of same, so rori ty badges and other items of o rori ty jewelry.

The orthern Virginia Alumn ae Chapter celebrated by holding a n THE ANCHOR/ Falll996

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 cam e wearing the outfit sh e wore a a pl ed ge - quite a number of year ago! It fit perfec tly!

H e r pledge hat was di splaye d but no t o n her head. Can you find it in th e picture?

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

Photo by Diane Underwood

that-be had acknowledged th at frat rnitie were ervin g a good purpose on ca mpu es so why not sororitie forth women ? Eventuall y th ey won thi s round as well. But now that soro riti es were beco min g a reality for wo men in four-year institutions, worn n sh ifted their co urse to that of getting so roriti es for worn n in normal sch ools. After much o pposition, they ucceed ed .

Sororitie in early day were like ocial club . In fact, th ey were limi ted by the admini tration to being li terary or oc ial club . Sunday afternoon teas and musicals or recitals "in the parlor" were pretty much the order of th e d ay. Picni c and hikes were part of th eir program as we ll as drama and play . Working with child ren , in vo lvement 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 h eld in home where th e women lived or homes of patronesses, which accounts for the fact that so me chapters had several patron e e .

After Phi Beta Kappa was founded , it open ed many chapters. Other kind of organization flouri hed on differe nt campuse . Most local fraternitie a im ed for nation alization . H owever, th ey varied o much in th eir purpo e for being, in their methods of functioning, rule and regulation s that, a time we nt o n , it became evident th a t to urvive there was a n eed for an organizati o n to ho ld them together for the benefit of all. Well before the 19th cen tur ch ec ked in , many of th em , th e one m o re like the ones we know today, eve ntu all banded together for the good of all. Thus, the ation al 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 th e National Panhelle ni c Co nferen ce in 1902 with 10 ororitie .

Needless to say, sororities in normal choo ls also wanted to join , but chapters in two-year in titution did not m eet fC's requirements tl1a t a orority have a certain number of chapter in four-year in titution . In fact, man of th e education sororitie lo t cha pters which joined NPC ororitie rather ll

Lookins Back than wa it until th eir origin al educa ti on so ro ritie co uld qu alify fo r NPC m embership . Alph a Sig ma Tau lost several ch a pte rs in fo u r-year institu tio n because of this. Seve n edu cati on al sororities were affec ted : Al pha Sigm a Al ph a, Sigm a Sigma Sigma, Alph a Sigm a Tau , Pi Kappa Sigma, Delta Sigm a psilo n , Th e ta Sig m a U psilo n and Pi De lta Th e ta, wh ic h o nl y j o in e d T h e Assooc ia ti o n of Edu catio n Soc iety (AES) in 1931 and me rged ten years later with an NPC o ro ri ty.

Once women had won

T h e new problem of the time becam eoneof"territori es. " P hadnot bee n 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 ree me n ts betwee n P and AES a to wh ere th ey wou ld eek chapter no longer made en e. It' a long story but th e en d re ul t i th at in 1945 both grou p got together and agreed that ince th e er eel the arne purpo th ey wou ld merge. In 1947 NPC a-

cep ted ap plication fro m AE orori tie for member hip. Th ey 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 . On l th r e are ti ll membe r of PC: Al pha igm a Alph a, 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 Kristina (Bigne s) traley & Kim Bell Destefano celebrate 75 yea~ of sisterhood at Zeta.

their battle for their right to a higher education they naturally pressed for the right to have sororities.

Recognizing the nee d for a fa mily group such as PC to which they co uld belong, Alph a Sigma Alph a and Sigma Sigm a Sigm a sta rted th e ball ro llin g toward su ch an o rgan iza ti o n in 1902.

By 19 11 th e n ew g ro up had beco me a reality a nd was ca ll ed th e Associatio n of Ped o logica l So roriti e . T he na me was late r ch ange d to A oc ia tio n of Educa tio nal So ro rities and sti ll o nce m o re by ch ang in g the word "edu cati o n al" to "edu ca ti o n ." Al pha Sig ma Tau tri ed several times fo r membe rship much ea rli er bu t met with p ro ble ms unti1 1925 wh en Alph a Sigma Ta u recognized us as a nation al.

Is th a t th e e nd of o ur "past hi sto r y? " 1o! Edu ca ti on co n tinued to be of grea t co nce rn to o ur growi ng nati o n and th is conce rn g rew with th e pasing ofy ars. Providing vetera n be ne fi ts fo r th Wo rld Wa r I so ld ie rs h e lped hurr m a tter . Fo rm e r uni ve r itie with o ut d e p a rtm e nt of e du ca ti o n add ed th em o n . o rm al choo ls bearn e fo ur-yea r insti tuti o ns and man changed th e ir name . Co llege became uni v r ili es. B 1920 th re were 225 no rm a l choo l in th e ni ted tate , a bi g jum p from ] 2 in 1860.

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Ann H eiser basking in the moment at Zeta's 75th.

Big sisterJ amie Alumni and L ittle sister i'vl aribeth H armon bonding at LHU.

return to L ongrvood Colleue for a reunion. \ lelissa

APPlause for Taus

Donors Recognized At Foundation Breakfast Th e Alpha Sigm a Ta u Fo unda ti on Breakfast, held at the ati onal Conventio n , h ad as gu e t tho e d o n o r wh o had contributed mo re th an 100 to th e atio nal Foundation since th e last conve nti o n. First Vi ce Pre id ent Len o re Seibe l King intro duced special gues ts including three Alph a iste r who we re initiated in th e late 1920 and are still close friends; Ma rie Klebe rt VanAken , Margare t Po ll ock Small and Margare t H o lcomb Tork nder wood. As Music C h a irm a n Ma r ga r e t U nd e r woo d wro t e th e mu ic to "A Virtu ou s Wo man " and Margare t Small wro te the music to "Our Pin ." Bo th so ngs we re ung in their ho n o r during th e conv nti o n .

Progre s of th e Fo undati o n ince th e 1994 Con ve ntio n was reviewed by Seco nd Vi ce Pre id e nt Rose Ma ri e Schmidt. Amo ng the achievemen ts were the awarding of three additio nal scho lar hip ; 11,000 in H eadquarters Challenge grants, continued contributions to th e Philanthropy Fund by co llegiate and al umn ae cha pters, an in crease in mem-

bership connibutions and an in crease in th e number of members who achieved n w levels of giving. Foundation fund reached the milli o n-d o llar mark thi year.

Fo unda ti o n Pre id e nt Med a Ray Sewe ll pre e nte d d o n o rs wh o h ave achieved a new level of giving sin ce th e previo us conventio n , with a certifi cate and a pin which design ates th eir level.

Rose Marie Schmidt was recognized a a Four Star do nor, having give n over 40,000. Ch a rl o tte Evans Floyd a nd Jun e McCarth y are Sb r leve l d o no rs having given over $10,000. ew Emerald level d o n o rs, having g ive n mo re th an 5,000, we re Lenore Seibel King an d Vera K. Walkup, wh o is deceased .

Our first Pearl level d o no rs are Mary Lo ui se Ma ndrea Doyle, Ma r y Be th Kell ey, Susan R. Rogers, De n路oit No rtheas t Subu rb and orth ern Virg ini a alumn ae cha pters, each co n tributing mo re th an 2,500. Our new Crown , Yellow Rose and Anc ho r d o no rs also received certifi cates and pin .

Prizes Provide Surprises O ver $750 wa rai ed for the ati o nal Fo und atio n thro ug h va rio us fund rai in g proj ects at Co nve nti o n . Ra ffl e ite m s generated mu c h in tere t, p articul a rly th e beau tiful lavali ere d o nate d by Ed 0 ' eil of Balfo u r J ewe lers. LisaMari e Fred ericks, first tim e co nve nti o n a tte nd ee a nd a lumn ae d e legate fro m De tro it ortheast u bu rbs Alumn ae Cha pter was th ri lled at winnin g this coveted p rize. Mary Charles As hby, Natio nal P re ide n t, won the tele phone clock radio u ni t.

Since she h ad bee n asked to draw th e winnin g tickets, she wa ready to d raw an o th er name , but having wo n it fa ir and quare, sh e co nced e d to acce pt h er p r ize. T h e Mary Kay products do nated by Pat ayle, Alumn ae Expansion Coord ina to r, we re wo n by a co ll egian.

Omicron Delta Kappa Juniors , seniors and graduate students a t the 229 campuses where Omicron Delta Kappa, th e national leadership honor society, are repreented are eligible for m e mbe rship 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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Congratul ations to our isters who were initiated into this honor society.

Th ey are : l. Re becca A. Elizabe th Ambroe, Beta De lta, Duquesne University 2. Kristen Ann Schultz, Beta Chi, Ferris State Unive rsity 3. Lisa M. Denny, Psi, Jam es Madison University 4. ico le Marie Campbell and 5. Megan Ellen Engel, Gamma Theta, P e 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

Green On Ap ril 16, 1996, Lo n gv ood College h eld th e ir Greek Award program to recognize cha pter an d individual exce ll e n ce in ch o larship , lead e r hip , e rvice and b ro th er I i terhood. The Zeta Tau Cha pte r wa a~ ard d the Enviro nm e nta l Award for ou t tandin g e nvironm ental work o n campu .

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Substance Free Housing

Substance Free Housing - Saving The Greek System

BY BRIAN BROOKS,

PRESIDE

T-ELECT OF

NIC

ecause PC jointly sponsors the Commission on Substance Free Hou ing with NIC, we fe lt it important for all 26 PC m ember 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.

T hese 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 Ch ristensen 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 d eteriorated to the brink of extinction. USU

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was ex perien cing in cident after incident, and alcohol was involved in almo t every ca e.

'We implyweren 'tgetting the best stud ents," Chri ten en ays. 'The be t o nes don ' t want to live in an un afe place wh ere they cannot tudy. They weren'tjoining fraternitie ."

Chri tensen wasn't the fir t to recognize th e problem . or was tah tate the fir t cam pus to experience it. Leaders of the National Interfraternity Conference had een th e arne pattern rep eated nationwide, and a m ajor turnaround ha d ca ug ht their eye. The Sigma Chi cha pter at th e 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-ch an ce effort to ave the chapter. To their d elight, it worked.

The chapter re bounde d , a nd three years later it is quite uccessfuJ. Sigma Chi now heads th e Interfrate rnity Council at Maine.

In an effort to tern the d eterioration 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 fall 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.

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

Toda , man y 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 understand 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 th e m in." It hasn 't happened again.

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

"We have to change the drink-

ing culture on campus, and without the women~ participation, it won 't happen. " Christensen h astens to add that th e situation a t U ta h State is far from perfec t. Still, last year there wasn 't a ingle arre t on Gree k Row, th ere we re n o po li ce raid s on fra te rni ty h ou es. egarive in cide n ts of all type d ropped dramatically. Christe nsen also ays tha t retention ra tes (th e percen tage of pledges actually initia ted ) are up and tha t me mbe r of Greek organizations are more visible in communi ty and campus affa irs. Vo lun t ee ri sm h a in c r ease d sh arply.

"It's d efinitely p o sible to ch an ge the culture," says Christen sen , "but it take support fro m ever y alumni group as we ll as the unde rgradua te . We' re re-

cruiting high er-quality me mbe rs wh o are more acade mically orie nted . Th ose peopl e didn 'tjo in before."

Th ose ve ry attributes are the things th a t persu aded Brad Dove to j oin the re born Alph a Tau Omega cha p ter a t Purdu e U nive rsity. M te r cl os in g it chapter two year ago, ATO recolo nized at Purdue last year and en listed 36 n ew member . Dove was on e of the m .

"I h ad looked a t o ther fraternities on campus," h e ays. "Som e of th e images I didn't care fo r. I thought that with a substan ce-free h o use, th e re wo uld be mo re bro th erhood. The ch a pter would be more committed to acad e mic ."

Fra tern ities h ave su cceeded as part of the college scen e fo r mo re th an 200 year , largely due to m e mbers' ability to ad apt to the ch anking n eed s of stud en ts and society. Today, it is clear tha t ca mpu ses a nd co mmun iti es will n o lo nger tolera te unde rage drinking as acce ptable be h avio r. Can fra te rn ities adapt to this cha ngin g expectation ?

"Sure th ey ca n a d a pt," says Christe nsen . "But it takes a lo t of work from every group , undergradua tes a nd alumni, me n and women . Everyon e said it co u ldn 't be d on e, but we've do n e it.

I've been h ere a long time, and this is ou r best year ever. "

- - -Utah State Isn't Alone - - Several campu ses in additio n to Utah Sta te h ave impl e m e nte d subtan ce-free e nvironm ents. The la rgest so far is th e U niver sity of Colo rad o , wh e re th e Inte rfra te rni ty Coun cil d ecid e d to g o sub sta n ce free in a rep o nse to h eavy criti cism of th e Gree k communi ty a t wh a t h a been d escribed as on e of Am e rica 's top p a r ty sc h ools.

Th e re, too , the program h as bee n su cce ssfu l , d e spite so m e ea rly stumb les. Bould e r, Co lorad o, p o lice have been ac tive p a rti cipants in th e program, and they now sing the praises of the revive d Greek communi ty.

Seve r al n a tional frate rniti es, including such large groups as Sigma Nu , have committe d to b ecom in g substance free nationwid e by th e year 2000 . Others h ave started re qu iring chapters to make th e change fo llowT H E ANCHOR/ Fall 1996

ing risk-m an agem ent viola ti ons. So m e are co mmi tting to substan ce free h ousin g as th ey rebuild o r re mo d el. Still o thers h ave committed to coopera te with NIC and PC and imple m ent the progra m in all ch apters loca ted on targe t campuses.

"We are starting with a few coll ege ca mpu ses," says Lissa Bra dfo rd of Kappa Alph a Theta and co-ch air of the NI C-NPC J o int Tas k Fo rce o n Substance-Free H ousing. 'The n, we will use th ese expe rie n ces to refin e th e process and expand to o the r locatio ns."

'W e want to see hundred s of campuses doing this in th e n ext couple of years," says Carlto n Be nn e tt of Th e ta Chi, wh o co-ch airs th e task fo rce with Bradford . "It cou ld be wh a t saves the Greek syste m. "

How To Do It Step 1 Develo p a coalition tha t in clude th e administratio n , n atio n al m e n 's and wo me n 's frate rni ties with ch ap ters o n the campus, IFC and Pa nh e lle n ic offi ce rs, cha p te r ad visors a nd h ouse corpo ra tion board s, loca l alumn i an d alumn ae , a nd key co mmuni ty re p rese n tative , esp ecially local govern me n t and law enforcem ent.

Step 2 Preside n ts of me n 's and wom en 's fr a t er nity c h a p te r s a nd IFC and Pa nhelle ni c offi ce rs sp e nd a weeke nd o n re treat talkin g through th eir reactions to th e substan ce-free d ecisio n, acceptin g th e decision and making p lans to m ove fo rward wi th it.

Step 3 H ost a co nvocation for all und ergraduate fra te rni ty me n and women .

All coalitio n me mber will be represented and will presen t th e ub raneefree guidelines, with special emphasis o n th e ben efi ts to member , cha p ter and the Greek system as a wh ole.

Step 4 Following th e gen eral convocation, national offi cers and staff will m eet with their own collegiate an d alumni membe rs to discuss implem en tatio n of the p lan.

Step 5 Each n a ti o n al organizatio n will send a m ailing to all living alu mn i/ alumnae of the ch ap ter to explain the substan ce-free guid elin es.

Step 6 A pan el of re presen tatives from the coalitio n will serve as a n over igh t b oard and reso urce team to e n u re complian ce, provid e encou ragem ent and reward su ccess.

Step 7 The campus and local media will b e invited to gen e ral m ee ting and will be kept informed about the p rogres of th e 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, Indi anapo li s, IN 46268.

Benefits of Substance -Free

Housing • A higher quality faternity experience.

• Improved safety and health of co ll egiate members.

• Greater atte n 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 Han cock RHO Rhonda McCall Meli a Ebert Casey Grah am Krista Priddy Chanda Fulgium Paula Hutchens Gand er Kelly Walla ZETA TA Denise Jam es UPSILON Tiffany Curti Michelle Hart We ndy Sumner Ashley Smith Gar y Griffin PHI Kristi Kent J ennifer Mo CHI Lindsay Jame PSI Mo nica eel J oelle Banoe Maureen Rame Abbi Bricker Sarah Lindgren Sarah Pressman ALPHA GAMMA Mi chelle Lin Elaine Martin ALPHAEP ILO Melinda Palau Alii on Lar on

ALPHALAMBD Am Ankene Kri ti Kimnach Charity H ender on Ivy Owen Erin Taylor Angela chott ALPHA OMICRO Gretch en Po iny icole De lBonifro hri tine Coccaro ALPHA PI Amy Mei t r Deni e Fi hio BETA DELTA Karolyn Bi e l BETA EPSILON Kathy Ri o rdan Meli a Lynch BETAET Suzzanne H elfrich Alicia Skirball J aime Power Chri tin a Hu ton BETAMU Amy m olinky 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 Frenc h There a Cull en BET PI J ennifer Bu ke Tiffan ' mi th Carrie a taldo J an e tte mith Kri t n elre k Kri te n Glo r

BETA P I Ch arity H aug k GAMMA GAMl\IIA Ella Oxford Cynthia Pug h Kerri Bradford J amie praug Kell Jack o n 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 Trippod i GAMMA IGMA Maria Fergu on GAMl\IIA T Dennie peicher DELT BET Terri Burne ll DELT DELT Anrrela Rov r ud DELT ZEI..: J ami Hu kl b

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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

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

Yellow Rose Banquet New National officers. Standing: W endy Novak,. National Secretary; Christina Covington, Director of Expansion; J anet J zmzson, Vz~e Preszdent; Andrea Kmg .Yancho, Treasurer; seated: Patrica Klausing Simmons, Director of Publzcatwns; Patn ca Nayle, Dzrector of Alumnae; Mm·tha Drouyer DeCamp, President; R icki Bargman Trosen, Dzrector of Collegwte Chapters.

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Mary Louise Doyle Panhellenic Award Colleen Murphy, Chi

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National Convention Gold Anchor Detroit, NE Northern Virginia St. Louis Tidewater

Alumnae Top Taus ~

Patriciann Zel!roski

Elizabeth Wilson Chapter Excellence Award Detroit, NE Northern Virginia Tidewater

Council Ring Martha DeCamp Carole Keily

Nancy Marie Cook

Baltimore Centreville/ Manassas Detroit NE Suburbs Edwardsville Erie Harrisburg Houston Indianapolis Lowell Northern Virginia St. Louis Tidewater Ypsilanti!

Annarbor

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

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

Lehigh Valley

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

Pearl Anchor Baltimore Erie Harrisburg

Beta Omega Chapter 38%

Collegiate Chapter Excellence Award

Emerald Anchor

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

Indianapolis Queen and Cou rt: Jennifn; Dianne and Keny.

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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

National Convention Cathy Onion

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 Presentation of Proclamation of A ST 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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Betty Gail Elliot

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

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

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Two Year Certificate of Service Joyce Berg Diane Mihaiuy Kelly Kline Duke Suzanne Coccagna Amy Dupree Suzanne Robbins Teloa Butler Niki Fallis Maria Chudy Elizabeth Knight Mary Jo Mann

Alpha CA Alpha ACA Alpha CC Delta CA Zeta CA Zeta ACA Rho CA Zeta Tau CC Upsilon ACA Psi CA Alpha GammaCA

Alpha Epsilon CA Alpha Suzanne P. Jobb Omicron CA Therese Caldarelli Alpha PiCA AlphaPiACA Erica Papley Mary Ellen Alpha Tau CC Willmitch Mary Jane Beta Epsilon CA Uanowicz Linda Price Beta EpsilonACA Donna Couchenour 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 BarallBeta Upsilon CC Havican Lydia Javora Beta Omega CA Dawn Lanpher Gamma Epsilon CC Cindy Herzog Gamma Zeta CA Gamma Zeta Connie Groer ACA Robert Van Noorst Gamma PiCA Donna Weaver Gamma Pi ACA Gamma Gina Pintar RhoCA Joy Brown Gamma RhoACA Donna Mandes Gamma TauCC Gamma Mimi Caso ChiACA Kitty Kramer Delta Alpha CA

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Collesiate ChaPter News Beta/ Central Michigan Mt. Pleasant, MI: We began our sem ester welcoming 10 wonde rful pledges into our sisterhood. We th e n pre pare d fo r Greek week. C urrently, we a re pla nning ou r pa re nt's d ay and pa rticipa ting in two fund raisers fo r our a tion al Convention and Pine Moun tain. We h ave also participa ted in Take Back the ight, a bon e m a rrow drive, a cann e d good drive, and prom o ting Greek life campus wide .

-Ama nda Wilber

Delta/ Indiana of PA Indiana, PA :

The Beta Chapter

Deltas started off the se meste r with both fo rm al and info rm al ru sh . We gained 11 wond e rful n ew wom e n . We are proud to ann o un ce th a t our ch a pte r p laced seco nd in overall CPA's of all th e sororities o n th e IUP campus last semeste r.

Once again , we h eld our annual Miss IU P sch o larship pageant which was a nother huge su ccess. This se m este r, we will be participa tin g in ad o pt-ahighway a nd Greek Wee k.

-Darla Schn ell

Zeta/ Lock Haven Lock H aven, PA: This se m este r, we h ave bee n invo lve d with th e J aycees, by h elpin g th e m with a radi o-pho n e a uction , h as always b ee n rewardin g. We h ave also bee n involved with th e Elks Club, supe rvising childre n be twee n th e ages of 1-12 parti cipa tin g in a n Eas te r Egg Hunt. We h ave h ad m any good tim es bein g involved in co mmuni ty se r vices including highway clean-up.

Through out th e sem este r, our a tte ntion has bee n fo cused o n ou r 75 th Annive rsar y Cele bra ti on. We h ad a retrea t and sp e nt tim e wo rkin g toge tl1 e r o n id eas to ma ke this a n exciting and j oyful occas io n. Our wo rk p aid off!

Eve r yo n e h ad a lovely tim e toge th e r.

We a re ver y proud o f o ur ch a pter 's 75 yea rs of exce ll e n ce a nd we loo k fo rwa rd to re turning to Lock H ave n for Zeta ch a pte r' 100th annive rsa r !

-Da rl e n e Wa rd 20

Zeta A lumnae celebrate 75 years!

A my M azza, DaTlene Ward, Kim my L ongss and A mie

Collei!iate ChaPter News 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.

Though the agenda is full , we h ave still found time to make h andmad 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 disabl ed coll ege student.

We h ave had our share of honors al o. We h ad th e top Sorority CPA and the top Greek CPA for the fall emester. Six of our sisters a re new initiate in Cardinal Key. We h ave five representatives in the Student Senate and our i ters erve as presidents in six oth er organ izations. Rhond a McCall , ch apter pre ident, was award ed a atio n a l Order of Omega Scholarship. Amanda Cox was named White Rose and Ambe r Guy was a White Rose ca ndidate.

-Gail DeLa h an

Zeta Tau sisters and pledges celebrating a n ew semestm:

Sigma/ Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY: Fall rush kicke d things off when the Sigma c h apter welcomed 10 great women. Our c h apter h as been very busy off campus as we ll. Durin g the m onth s of ovember a nd December, we we re d evoted to the Buffa lo Bill Football team helping out at their h o m e games. For phi la nthropy, 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 icio us dinn er for the fami li es.

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 llin g ca ndy bars a nd having sweater stands. We vo lunteered 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 h ave h ad a fu ll calendar thi se mester from beginning to end with formal rush , Convention preparation and communi ty activities. We gained eleve n energetic pledge . Early in the se m es ter, an open invitation seminar about eatin g di order was given by Robin Davis, the Zeta Tau Chapter Advi ser. A tim e 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 in vo lved in Adopt-aHighway, lip ync, study buddies and preparing for the ational Convention!

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Collesiate ChaPter News 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, ho lding 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 alumn ae at our Founders ' Day banquet in the fal l.

-Mary Beth Lomasney

Chi/ Shepherd Shepherdstown, WV路 We started off the new year with a very su cce ful rush resu ltin g in a record number of pledges-14. Our theme wa "Al pha Sigma Tau; Where Everybody Knows Your Name," and al l went well! Our pledges have hosted two Easter egg hunts and have been busy learnin g 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 ationa l Coali tion Against Domestic Violence and di u路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 lega te to onvention. To do thi , w have o ld thin g u ch as: candy bar , 22

raffle ticket , Sham Gram , held a penny dri e, and when the weather warms up-car wa he . We would like to give a great big "thank you" to our new advi er, Anna Golladay for all of the energy he ha put into the sorority.

-Mary Beth McCausland

Psi/James Madison H arrisonburg, VA: We continued our P i tradition of erving the Harri on burg and J co mmuniti e . 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 Elementar 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

Collegiate ChaPter News Alpha Mu/ Arkansas at Monticello M onticello, A R :

Th e siste rs o f Alph a Mu ki cked off prin g ru sh with th e th e m e "Alph a Sigma Ta u , Eve r ythin g U nd er th e Sun. " We h ave h ad a ve r y busy se m este r starting it o ff by upp or ting ou r baske tball team ''Th e Weevils" a t Pack the Pit night.

Gree k wee k wa a bl a t! We h ad eve r ything fro m can oe race in Weevi l Pond , to dunking booth s o n the nive rsity Center lawn . Eve ryo n e turn ed o ut to sh ow the ir Gree k p ride and to participa te in th e fes tivities.

-Katie Woo le ms A lison Stralka, Kim Nathan, M elinda Palau and M ichelle Reynolds of Alpha Epsilon visit the White H ouse.

Alpha Epsilon/Western lllinois M acomb, IL:

At th e All-Greek Awards Banque t this spring we we re h onored vvith th e second high est soro ri ty CPA award and th e M os t Impr ove d So r o rity CPA awa rd . Three of our i te rs also rece ive d th e AST 4. 0 awa rd. A sp ecial congra tula tion s to our siste r, Trish a Kann o n , who was elected as the Stud e nt Gove rnme nt As ocia ti o n presid e nt a nd to Kim a th an , o n e of only te n p eople in h e r m aj o r in the country to h ave a n inte rnship a t th e White House this sem este r.

We h ave also bee n ve ry busy with fund raising and philanthro pi c ac tivities. We've sold credit card applica ti ons and Mary Kay pro du cts. We h ave al o pa rticipa ted in our Campus Bea utifi-

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

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catio n Proj ect, campus blood drive and coll ec ted ite ms for a food and clo thing drive.

Du rin g Greek Week, we took first place in m a ny eve nts ~ nd won second pl ace overall. On a li ghte r note, we we nt to c h eer o n o ur pl e d ge , Ste ph a ni e D ev in e , as sh e wo n th e Sigm a Tau Gamma Laff Off and n ow has th e oppo rtuni ty to perfo rm at th e Improv in Chicago!

-Melinda Palaw

Alpha Lambda/ Radford R adford, VA:

Thi s s prin g k e pt th e Alph a Lambda's ve ry busy. We h ad a super r ush with th e th em es "Camp AST" with s'm o res and dressed in classy bl ack and white fo r "H o llywood. " Th e outcome of all o f our h ard work was 18 Tauriffic Turtles !

Eac h m o nth , siste rs p a rti cipa te in a variety of ocial service proj ects which include H eadstart, clo thing b ank, and ad o pt-a-gra ndpare nt from Wh ea tland Hills, a re tire m e nt ce nte r. This mo nth we are all p arti cipa ting in a walk-a-tho n for MS. We would like to congratulate the 27 siste rs who made a 3.0 or higher last semester, 6 of those h aving received a 4.0!

-Tricia Schwe ige r

Alpha Omicron/ Clarion Clarion, PA: This spring semester for the Al ph a Omicro n ch apter was a ve r y eve n tfu l, a nd exciting time fo r u . We started off th e sem ester wi th for mal r ush . T h e th e m e was "H a rd Rush Cafe. " Each pl ed ge class too k a d ecad e and p ortraye d th eir d ecad e wi th a ski t or on g .

The r ush ees h ad a great time watching as th ey sipped their roo t bee r fl oats.

An o th e r bi g eve n t on ca mpu was Greek Week. We are h a ppy to say that we took first place overall !

Th e co mmuni ty is also e ry important to us as we 've worked at the bloodmobile, visited th e grandpare n ts, and ad o pted-a-hig hway.

-Kelly Luczyn ki

A lpha Omicron 's Wendy Sun derland and Kelly Luczynski at the Red Cross Bloodmobile.

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Collei!iate ChaPter News Alpha Phi/West Chester West Chester, PA :

Afte r a su ccessful rush , we are proud to welco m e eleve n n ew wom en to Alpha Sigma Tau . Our n ew m embe rs e njoyed a lock and key gam e tha t lead up to th e surprise of getting th eir big siste rs! Th ey we re also recently involved in a Future Gree k Lead e rs tale nt show. We cele bra ted 27 year of sorori ty life on our local Fo unders' day, Ma rch 29th . We are j o intly involve d in an Adopt-a- Highway progra m with Phi Delta Th e ta. We h ave been diligently fund raising for and looking fo rwa rd to Conve nti o n this summ er.

-Heath er Packer

Alpha Pi 's on a hayride at our Jall1995 retreat.

We p a rti cipa te d in Gree k Wee k and cam e in thir d place. We h ave also plan n ed many fund raising and phila nthrop y eve n ts. Our ch a p ter we lco m ed And rea D e lago , Omi c r o n Di s tri c t Presid en t fo r a weekend in March . It was exciting to ge t to kn ow h er and h e had man y good u gge tio n fo r way to improve ou r ch apter.

We a re very excite d to ce leb ra te our 20 th an niver ary on the Mill ersville campu this pring. A p icnic i plan n ed with ou r a lum n ae to ce le b ra te thi land mark event.

- teph a n ie Eise nh a rt

lanthro py included a trip to th e Gle nEd food pa ntry. Moni e were also se n t to Pin e Mountain Se ttl e m e n t ch oo l.

-Cortney Diaz

Beta Eta/ Southeastern illinois Ed wardsville, IL:

Th e th e me for our spring rush was the Brady Bunch . The highlig ht of the week was skit nig ht. We dressed up in 60 's and 70 's fashi ons a nd put on a skit for the rush ees. Th e pledge season has been an active one. One of the pledge's activities was a night of comedy. Th ey sponsored th e night to raise mon ey for th eir pledge class. Th is se m este r ' phi-

Beta Iota/ Millersville Millersville, PA:

Our spring se mes ter tarted wi th a si te r re trea t in J anuar y. We sp e nt th e wee ke nd catching up afte r a lon g win te r break and discuss ing h ow to improve th e busin ess aspec t of our orority as well as o th e r areas. Th e n , it was time fo r a su ccessful r ush .

ation al President Mary Charles Ashby and

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u D.P. Coleen H ardinu at RLW

Beta Iota prepares for rushees.

Colle!!iate ChaPter News 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 th e rushee in a time machin e, back to 1899, then through the 70 's, 80's and p~路ese nt . For philanthropy, we orgamzed and ran m an y events, includin g: Jump Rope for H eart (American H eart Association), H a bitat for Hum ani ty, Run for Life (American H eartAssociation) , visits to our adopt-a-grandmother, SSU 's Art & Flower sh ow, contributions to our adopte d an im alswhale, spider mo nke and turtle. We also collected Campbell Soup labels and Giant grocery store receipts. Our biggest and mo t d emanding ta k is planning for the RLW in the fa ll.

-Sara Parker

Beta Mu chapter

o ur new Ch apter Adviser, Juli e Montgomery, last fall, and we would like to th an k her for all th e time and work she has contribu ted to m ake o ur ch a pter u ccessful.

-Dian e Schmelzel Beta Tau/ Massachusetts at Lowell Lowell, MA:

Beta P i/Eastern Illinois ChaTleston, IL:

The spring se m e ter started off with a u ccessful informal ru h , and we added ten n ew m embers to our chapte r. In January, we cele brated our local Founde rs ' Day. We h ave been o n Eastern 's campu s 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. Th e spring seme te r is always a busy time for us. We have been pre paring for Greek Week since the first week in February. Greek Week is in April, and last year our pyra mids team took first place. We hope this year tha t we will also be successful in tugs, airband , and Greek sing.

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Last semester, we inducted two new siste rs into th e 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 plann ed 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 o n National Founders' day. We continued with our adopt-a-highway philanthropy proj ect an d participated in th e annual "Santa Fw1d," sponsored by the Community Service Organization on our campus.

-Sandra Lyd on

Beta U p silon/ New Jersey Tech

NewaTk, N]" Delta District Presid e nt, Michelle Cangialosi visited us the first weekend of February and was almost sn owed 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 ews letter, "The Anchorette", is also doing extremely well informing the alumn ae 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 ca me after iliey left NJIT. One of o ur sisters, H eidi Bukevicz, had eye surgery in February and needs ano th er procedure in April to help aid her eyesight, so please keep her in your thoughts as she goes thro ugh this difficult time.

-Dan ielle Fie ch

Beta Xi poses for a picture

Beta Xi/ Michigan Tech H oughton, Ml:

This winter wa a co ld an d bu one fo r us in Houghton. Thi ear'

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Collei!iate ChaPter News 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:

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 voll eyball, ice bowling, downhill and cross country skiin g, 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

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

April retreat turn ed 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

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Beta Chi/ Ferris State Big Rapids, MI:

We tarted oUI路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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chi evemen 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

Beta Chi participating in H omecoming Greek events.

W came back from hri tma break excited and read to go. Our fir t activity wa ru h . ext w had our annual Roc k-a-than for charity. We were able to rai e 1750 which we ent to variou local and national charitie . Ever Wedne d ay, we cleaned variou parts of cam pu and th e town. Regular! , we atten ded two local nur ing hom e to pia bingo with the r idents.

We ve al o kept bu b runnin the ion tand at the UV\ ba ball

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 he lped us bid a fare-

our a nnual G 'earwa

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Gamma Gamma during rush.

fraternities an invi tatio n , each wi th a differe nt them e. So m e of th e th em es were; n erd , cowbo , punk, j ock and toga. Everyo n e h ad a bla t a nd th e par ty looked ver y interestin g. We also attended Greek Bal l, wh ere we hung out with th e other soro rities and fraterniti es. It was a night fu ll offun , d ancing and eating!

-Kerri Brad ford Gamma Lambda/ Kutztown

ganiza tio n comp e te in gam es, co ntests, kits and so ngs. With a lot of hard work, and planning, Alph a Sigm a Tau wi ll com e ou t on top !

We are also involved in many comm uni ty ser vices su ch as campus clean up . We are also active in th e Take Back th e ig ht r ally to p ro tes t vio le n ce against wom en .

We wo uld lik e to th a nk Fra n Abram s, ou r new chapter adviser for all her help and suppo rt.

-Dana Frauger

Ku tztown, PA :

As Kutztown U ni vers ity's Gree k Wee k a pproac h es, th e Ga mm a Lambda ch a p ter looks forward to d efe nding it number o n e ti tle with th e th em e, "Greeks Go Prime time. " Al l or-

Gamma Mu/West Virginia Tech Montgomery, WV'

We 've had m any fund raisers this sem es ter. We raffled off a gift certificate to dinn er for Valentine's Day and

a white wate r rafting trip for o u r Februar y fund raisers. In Marc h, we had our annual Miss AST pageant and in April, we are havin g a car wash and the pledges so ld Gree k Wee k t- hi rts.

Durin g th e first six year we have bee n o n campu , we have only lost one Greek Wee k. T his year was n o exception. We swe pt th e eve n ts all bu t the chariot race . We held an ap preciation dinner for ou r for mer Chap ter Advisers, Susan Rogers, and BeverleyJ o H arri . We will miss the m d early. We have also fo und two n ew wome n to join us as chapter adviser, H eather Morris, and ass istant ch a pter ad viser, Mar y Id a uge nt. Another Gam ma Mu alu mna is our new ch apter con sultant, Lori Martin Willi amson .

Our philanthropic projects for this se mes ter are go ing we ll. We hid Easter eggs for th e d aycare ce n ter and are ge ttin g ready to d o our ad opt-a-highway proj ec t. Th e sisters of Gamma Mu would like to take a min ute and th ank all the alumnae for their contin uing suppor t of ou r ch apter. We couldn 't do it without you .

-Tara H o pe Ad kin Gamma Nu/Waynesburg Waynesburg, PA:

This se m ester we were very active o n th e ca mpu s. We participated in bo th Greek Wee k and p rin g week. We h elp ed raise m o n ey for ou r an nual college pho ne-a-thon and did some service work within the communi ty. We ' re looking fo rward to n ext year. We plan to rem ain active with our fu nd raising and voluntee r service on cam pu s an d within the com m unity. :Jennifer Ren Gamma Sigma/ Belmont Abbey Belmont, NC:

AST Gamma Lambda celebrating a sister's birthday.'

THE ANCHOR/ Falll996

Th e sp rin g sem ester started out quite wo nderfully. Rush was a su cces with ou r the me "Late Night wi th A2,T" wh ere we gave th e top te n reason to r u sh Alpha Sigm a Tau. We cu rren tly h ave fo ur e nthusia tic ple d ge who possess a lo t of po te ntial. Also, we ha e h ad several fund rai ers su ch a donut sales, fl ower ales and working tand

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Collei!iate ChaPter News Delta Beta/ Fairmont State Fairmont, WV路

Gamma Upsilon ready for fall rushees.

for a n atio nal conventio n of engin eers.

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 th e cause.

-Edujie Im on itie Imosili Gamma Tau / Lebanon Valley Annville, PA:

This semester has been a very busy o n e for th e sisters of th e Gamma Tau c h apter; becaus e with springtime , co mes pledge tim e! We started off the semester with a very successful rush drawing a large group of interes ted wom en. The them es for rush thi year were a mix of o ld and n ew ideas. We continu ed a Gamma Tau tradition this year by holding a Birthday Par ty Ru h to celebrate ou r fifth year as a chapter.

A n ew idea for rush was to h o ld a pizza party, wh ere sisters and ru h ees made de li cious hom em ade pizzas together.

It was an e njoya bl e ex p erie n ce a ll arou nd . We came out of rush with 14 wonderfu l and eage r pledge !

The iste r we re busy rai ing funds for th e chapter by sellin g ca ndy Sh amgram for St. Pa tty' Da . Gamma Tau have also he lped out with a variety of campu and omm uni t ac tivitie . :Je nnife r Yohn 28

Gamma Upsilon/ California State L os Angeles, CA:

On February 29, we held o ur first Rededication Ceremony. It wa a wonde rful night. Afterwards we watch ed movies and just had a great night togeth e r. We have set aside o ne day a wee k just to ge t together, han g out and catch up on what h a bee n going o n with us.

On April 27, we will be participating in the first annual Sorori ty Softball Tourname nt being o rganized by th e CSULA chapter of Sigma u fraternity.

It will also be a philanthropic eve nt since each participating sorority must donate canned foods to charity as part of the program.

- Tad iya Siregar

This spring h as been an exciting one for our ch apter. We tarted the seme ter on a hig h note with a great pring rush. We h ad an excellen t turn o ut for ou r 70 's theme p a rt . We dre sed up like the Village Peo ple and did our ren ditio n of the ''YMCA." \ille now have ten pledge wh o have been bu y with activitie uch a a city wide bea utifi cation 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 clo thing 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.

Gamma Zeta/ Frostburg State Frostburg, MD:

The semester began b preparing for a uccessful formal rush . We continue to do the u u al co mmuni ty ervice such a u h ering o n ca mpu , babysitting a t a local church , and rai ing fund for th e pla ground that we adopted . Along with th ose proj ec t , we parti cipated in ado pt-a-hig hwa , katea-thon for can cer, a nd an Ea ter egg hunt for children in the o mmuni ty.

- tephanie Kra m r

Delta Delta/ Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL:

Thi sem e ter, th e si ter of De lta Delta ch apter partook in e tabli hin D' the a tio nal Pan h ell nic oun il n the niv r ity of Illino i at hi a()'o carnpu . Othe r ororiti in\' lv d inlud e d D e lta Phi Ep il n and Phi igma Sigma.

- larib 1 rtz

Colle!!iate ChaPter News Delta Zeta/ East Stroudsburg East Strou dsbu rg, PA:

Through our rush thi yea r we ga ined seven wom e n . Durin g ru sh they were able to a k qu e tion and view our Alpha Sigma Ta u padd le a nd pi ll ows. Som e of our p ledgin g ac tiviti e have includ ed slee p ove r and differe nt gam es. Fo r our ph ila nthro py, we h ave don e babysitting fo r ch ildre n with Down Syndro me . We h ave al o received th e Pin e Mo untain !ides for iewin g. We a re loo king fo rwa rd to Greek Week a nd prin g Fe t to fini sh out th e re t of th e e rn e te r.

-Eileen Phil lips

Delta Epsilon/ Marist Poughkeepsie, NY:

Wha t a wo nd e rful year! We almost d o ubl ed o ur ch a pte r ize th a nks to th e Ga mm a pledge clas . The e 12 wo nd er-

fu l wom e n h ave bro ug h t a fre h new p irit of iste rhood to our cha pte r. T h e Ga mmas have wo rked h ard und e r our p ledge mom , Caro l n , a nd h e r a isrant, Mo ni qu e to lea rn th e so rority's h istor , beli ef a nd goals. D uring th eir h ctic ch edu le, th Ga mm as fo und tim e to acco mp li h fund rai e r like making Easte r candy bags to h e lp raise mo ney fo r Co nve nti o n . T h ey also pa rti cipa ted in P izza Hut n ig h 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 t e rh oo d lee p o ve r wh r fo und in g s is te rs pa ed d own ch a pte r sto r i a nd trad iti o n .

A a ch a pt r, we h ave str ive d to continu e to ma ke a positive impact o n o u r loca l communiti es. We have sp o no red a sign lan gu age lecture, ca mpu wid e study brea ks, p a rti cip a tio n in Gree k Wee k a nd ch ee red fo r our co llege po r ts tea m . V\ e h ave al o take n a big ste p to h e lp get diffe red rush o n o ur campu .

-Nico le Ca pozza

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

Alumnae ChaPter News Centreville / Manassas Reported by: andra Aiello

Centreville-M anassas A lumnae ChapleT installation. Sisters pictured: back row- Beth Knittle, Keven Sandy, E leanor L onchm; Amy Savig;nac, j ohanne Favaloro, June L oveless, Front rowCarole Keily, Sandy Aiello, Diane Underwood.

T HE ANCHOR/ Fa ll 1996

Co ng ra tu la ti ons are in o rder for th e Ce ntrev ill e / Ma n assas Alumn a C h a pte r ! On May 19, 1996 Patr icia ayle (Alumn ae Ex pa nsio n Coordin ato r), collegia ns fro m P i, a nd o r the rn Virgini a Alumnae welco med u a a n offi cial Alumnae Ch a pter. T h e int a ll a t io n wa h e ld at Di a n e U nd e rwoo d 's h o m e. Th e ceremon ' was beautiful ; w wa nt to th a nk ou all fo r suppo rtin g u .

We h ad a ra th e r creative fundraise r. Eve r yo n e e mpti ed out th eir atti cs a nd co ntributed to a a rd ale at El a n o r Lo n c har' h o m e . T h e re mainin g ite ms were d o n a ted to th e al ati o n Army. It wa a p rofitable a nd fun d a . Fo r o u r ph il anthro pic proj ect, ' e distributed pa mph lets thro ugh out our co mmunitie fo r th e Wo men' Center in Ma n assa , A. Caro le Keily received our Top Tau award for be ing in trumenta l in our

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Alumnae ChaPter News 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 beca me officia l! Congratulation to Kri Haskin and Jen Lapacek for all th eir hard work and dedication .

These fine si ters, along with other alumnae in the area, have e njoyed 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. Ever yone made ba kets for each other and exchanged them at the business meeting. To keep up with the times (and th e call of tl1e wild! ), a night wa pent out on "Par-a-dice " a local gamb lin 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." Th e 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 raffl e ti cket .

A "mo ck" baby shower was he ld to don ate gifts for the Salva tion Army and Safe Pa age - a helter for batte red women a nd chi ld ren in the Chicago area.

Th e biggest fund -raiser wou ld have to be the Tupp erwa 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 co ll egiate d e lega te from De lta De lta and one a lumn ae d e lega te from Greater Chicago to Convention in Phoenix. We were fortunate en oug h to have 8 alumn ae go this yea r.

Th e umm er ea on bega n b having a welcom ing par ty for th e n w alumn a in May. Two new i t r were indu cted into our gro up. The r t of

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Initiation: Lisa-Marie Cox Fredericks and J eannie 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 th e h o m e of Chri Dixon. Th e a lumn ae m ember furnished appetizers and d esse rts.

In February we h ad our annual

Valentine' Day night out. We ce le brated b h aving dinner at a local re taurant.

We m et at Kelly Duke 's hom for our March meeting an d o ur age nda 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. Peranal are item were donat d to a helter 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 alumn ae member . We :fini h d off th me ting by decorating box for our Mother-Daughter Luncheon. Thi annual lun cheon 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 Jun e 7th .

Making fa vors for VI other's Day lun cheon, left to right, Elaine Ka minski, Elaine H'in 1011 , Berran Kelly Kline Duke, 7lnnm teuehui Bonifield. "' 路

Alumnae ChaPter News Lehigh Valley Reported by: Kimberly Golden Benner

It seems that the weath er "god" wa not smiling on us this winte r, but being the troopers that AST si ters are, we forged ah ead as b est we could .

The blizzard of ' 9 5 (and '96) didn 't stop our annual Chri tm as gathe ring. Although , a few siste rs mad e it through th e ice a nd sn owfall, te n sister braved life a nd limb to e nj oy an eve ning of fun. Those in a ttendan ce exch anged Christm a o rna me n ts - a tradition th a t starte d with o ur first Ch ristma toge the r - swa pped cookies, and organized gifts to be give n to our ad opted family. Th e evenin g was topped off by trying to p ack all th e gifts and a fully d ecorated artificial tree into th e trunk and backseat of a car. We still h ave nig htm a res of C hri stm as b all s bouncing d own th e stree t!

Th e weath er didn 't fa re much be tte r, actu ally it got worse, as we began th e n ew year. Our J anuary a nd Febr uary m ee tings were can celed because of sn ow - lots a nd lo t of sn ow.

In Ma rch , we h e ld OQr Coc ktail Party wh e re we enj oyed an evening of hors d 'oeuvres, d esserts, and light cocktails with our sign ificant o thers. It seems ou r sp ouses look fo rward to this nigh t of cam arad erie as much as we d o!

To pre p are for Easte r, we h eld ou r yearly candy m a king nig ht. All siste rs brou g ht a candy "fill er" - peanut bu tter, eggs, butte r cream s, nuts, pretzel , gra h am cracke rs, caram els, e tc. - and we p e nt th e nig h t m elting ch ocola te, dipping candi es, a nd li cking o ur finge rs (and the bowls). As always, th e event would n o t take place wi th out our siste r Ba rba ra Day, wh o m akes th e trip to th e Wilbur C h oco la te Fac tory in Lititz, Pa., ever y year to purch ase our 10+ pounds of ch oco la te. H e r trip h as b ecome su ch a well kn own ritual, th a t Barba ra purch ased ove r 50 p o unds of chocolate thi s yea r fo r fa mil y a nd friends - talk about a few calories!

Our year ended with a sm all, but hilarious Hawaiian luau p o t luck dinner. We had n ever eate n so many pineapple and coconut dish es in on e sitting before this night, nor will we ever again .

THE ANCHOR/ Fall 1996

Th e Le high Vall ey Alumn ae Club is gr owing in its numbe rs and we lcomes a ny AST alumn ae in our a rea to j oin u s. We've ta rted our own biannual n ewsle tter, th e Alumnae ews, to keep our m e mbers - active a nd no t so ac ti ve - info rm e d a b o ut o ur m onthly events.

Northern Virginia Reported by: Mary Charles Adams Ashby

Th e North ern Virginia Alumn ae Ch apter takes pride in a variety of progra m s h e ld thi s year. As a ch apte r, m e mbe rs a tte nded th e annual sch ola r ship fundr a isin g p lay, "Foreve r Plaid", fo r Alumn ae Panhelle ni c held a t th e Littl e Th ea te r in Ale xa ndri a, Virginia. In addition to this scho larship effo rt, d o n a ti o n s we re se nt to Pin e Mo unta in Se ttl e m e nt Sc h oo l a nd Childre n 's H ospital as well as th e Alph a Sigm a Tau Na tion al Founda tio n .

Sherry Trayer Ge ntile e n abled the ch apte r to e nj oy tre m e ndous fun by preparin g a n Alph a Sigm a Tau 'J eopardy" ga me fo r o ur Ma rch m ee tin g.

Wh at fun we h ad as sh e tes ted our kn owledge of sorority info rma tion and hi sto r y.

On th e So ro ri ty's first Na tio n al Le tte r D ay in April , M a r y Lo ui se Mand rea Doyle h osted an afte rn oo n tea to cele bra te this occasio n . Fo r th a t eve nt , Di a n e Acree H e lbin g , Psi a lumn a, wo r e h e r "pl e d ge o utfit " which sh e h ad worn a t J am es Madison U nive rsity as a co ll egian. Wearing of le tte rs a nd this social ga th e ring caused ma ny coll egia te m e m ories to surface for all in a tte nd an ce.

T h e ch a p ter played h ostess a t th e h o me of Caro l Zo rger Moon ey fo r an alumnae panhelle nic event with a picnic for Delta Ze ta, Sigma Sigm a Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha members. This event was e njoyed by on e and all fro m the four so r o riti es a nd h e lp e d nurture th e pan h elle nic spirit in our alumnae lives.

A t th e May m ee tin g, indu c ti o n into ou r alumnae ch apte r took place for five n ew ch apte r m e mbe rs a nd sp ecial recogniti o n was given to Carolyn Ki r i Co r ley fo r h avin g bro ught th e most n ew m e mbe rs to our ch apte r this year. Our n ew offi cers we re installed

fo r th e co ming year. Di a ne DiSand ro U nd e rwood was install ed as Ch apter Preside nt and will serve as o ur delegate to th e 31st Natio n al Co nve ntion . Chapte r me mbers sh a red in th e install ation ce re mo ny for o ur n eighboring sisters at th e Ce ntreville / Ma nassas Alumn ae Ch a pter o n May 19th . Congra tulations a nd welcome to this n ewes t alum nae ch apte r.

Te n me mbers of th e orth ern Virginia Alumnae C ha p ter wi ll atte nd th e 31st Natio nal Co nve ntion in Jun e in Phoenix. We are p roud th at th e th eme of this year's conve n tion "Anchored for Life in Alpha Sigm a Tau " originated with ou r ch apter as ou r ch a p te r th eme a few years ago a nd it will b e d isplayed o n our T-shirts for th e b ig "T- h irt exch a n ge." Ou r su m mer ac tivities wi ll include th e annual ice cream social for alumnae and co llegians in ou r area at th e h o m e of Ma r y C h ar les Adams Ashby. The ch ap ter h as al o se n t "goodies" to Gamma Zeta and Chi ch apters for examin atio n week duri ng this past sch ool year!

Fund raise rs fo r thi year included our a nnu al sa le of th e Wh ite H ouse C hristm as o rn ame n ts, a Pa m pered Ch ef party, and several malle r endeavo rs to add to o ur ch ap ter treasury for philanthropy and conven tio n fu n ds.

One of the most e njoyabl e activities fo r our me mbe rs this year h as been th e additi on of a "mystery Sister" co lumn in each m o nth 's n ewsle tter. T h e myster y sister is described for th e m embe rs a nd th ey are to "guess" wh o she is prior to h er id e ntifi ca tion in th e next n ewsle tter.

This h as been a funfilled , active year fo r thi s ch a pte r and we invite anyo n e in our area to j o in us fo r ac tivities with siste rs.

St. Louis Reported by: Mary Lou Fondren Scott

Me mb ers loo k fo r wa rd to t h e Preside nt's Day lun ch eon sin ce it prese nts a n o pportunity to try n ew p lace to ea t, as we ll as, b arin g a ti me of i te rhood. This year we we nt to The Patio Place, an inside d ining faci lity di playing crafts and specialty item . The 31

Alumnae ChaPter News outing was plann ed byJulie H er mann , chapter vice-president.

Our regul ar March m ee ting featu red our exchange book ale with th e proceeds going to th e conventio n fund .

Th e sprin g alumn ae lun ch eon , give n by th e Beta Psi cha pter fro m t.

Louis U nive rsity took place in May. It was he ld in their chapte r roo m . Recent gradu ates 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 m embe rs atte ndin g the co n ve nti o n in Ph oe nix. Me lani e Foster, o ur cha pte r pres id ent, will be our d elega te. Oth e r m e mbers p lanning to attend are: Arlin e Clark , ati o n a ] Mu s ic C h a irm a n ; Caro lyn Al exand er, NPC Alte rn ate Delega te; Margaret Bo ng ne r, Loca l PC; J anet !ri c h , Pi C R EST Edi to r ; Kat h y Ke nn edy, Be ta Psi Cha pter Consul tant; and Na ncy Coo k, our perenni al co nvention go-er! We also catch th e excitement wh en th ey re port th e co nve nti on activities to us.

Th e loca l Pan he lle ni c lun cheo n is h eld annually in Jun e and is we ll attended by our members. Th e center-

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

piece will be d onated can good th at will be g ive n to a local food pantr y after th e occa io n .

Pl a n s are und e r way for gettogeth er in Jul a nd Augu t, o call a siste r and be a part of th e Anc hor f Sisterh ood - this time next year. H o pe to hear fro m yo u .

Co ng ratulati o n are in order for Elizabe th Wilso n. M . Wil o n , a p a t Natio nal P re id e nt, has b e n elected Pre ident of th e Co ll ege Club of t.

Lo ui s. T h Co ll ege Clu b i a no t-forprofit o rganiza tio n of wo me n , man in th e fi eld of edu catio n, with th e phi la nth ro pic purpo e of givi ng co ll ege sc holarships to area high schoo l se ni or yo ung wo me n. It al o upport ariou cul tural gro up in the St. Loui area.

Ypsilanti/ Ann Arbor Reported by: uzanne lick

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

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Th e Yp il an ti / An n Arbo r alu m nae wo uld lik e to welco m e o u r newe t m e mb e r, Lee nn Se ll er . LeeA n n j o in ed us in the fa ll of '95 and has b en a n active m e mber a ll ear lo ng. V\ e nj o her li v lin e an d e nth u iasm at o ur m e ting and we lco me h er with o pe n arm . Le An n moved to th e area fro m Te a and a it fi n all feel li ke ho m e n o w th a t h h a j in d ur g ro up .

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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 Wood land 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 La ura 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 th em 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. D ian I ihaui' mother h ad the o lde t d o ll with an acre of over one hundred 路ear . Elaine H ab I brourrht her entir fami l 路 col-

AlPha Siema Tau DirectorY National H eadquarters, 1929 Canyon Road , Birming ham, AL 352 16 Phon e 205-978-2179 Fax 205-978-2 1 2 Office H ours 9:00a.m.- 4:30p .m . Centra l Time H eadquarters Adm inistrator: Lenore Se ibel Kin g, P i National President Martha Dro uyo r DeCamp, Alpha 27931 NE 4th Pl ace Red mond, WA 98053 Vice-president J an e 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 Kl e in-Yan cho, Beta xi 69-B Locu t t.

Assonet, MA 02702 Director of Collegiate Chapters Ri cki Bargman Trosen, Alpha Sigma 904 Kin gs Road Kirksvi lle , MO 6350 1 Director of Alumnae Patricia L nn Tayle , Phi 12002 H astings Green H ouston, TX 77065 Director of Expansion Christina Duggan Covington , Alpha Lamda 62 Sanchem Village West Lebanon , NH 03784 Dir. Fraternity Programs Tan ey Tybur ki , Beta Xi W61 1 4 19 Washington Ave. Cedarburg, WI 530 12 Director of Publications Patri cia Kl aus ing Simmons, De lta 291 Locu t St. Indi a na, PA 15701

District Presidents

Epsilon Adele Bl a k, Beta Mu 2-31 Lodge Forest Drive Baltimo re, MD 21219

Sigma Robin Burro ug hs Davi , Zeta Tau Box 1514 New Lo nd on , H 03257-1514

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

Academics hristy Cuthi ll McCormick, Sigma

Eta ancy o ltz Lessing, Beta Epsilo n 47 Vi llage Kn o ll Pl ace Spring, TX 77381 Theta Miche lle Cangialosi, Alp ha Lambda 2396 Brecke nridge, Ct. H ar risonburg, VA 22801 Iota Melinda H enry Oates, Gamma Gamma 7794 old Mt. O live Road Gardendale, AL 3507 1 Kappa Sonda Ruh o lol Clocksin , Be ta Pi 2 Dure ll Drive Kankakee, II 60901 Lambda Al lison Brungard, Alp ha Rh o 6934 Hilldale Drive Pittsb urgh , PA 15236

Mu J a mie Alunn i, Zeta 3100 Grant ven ue, C-26 Philade lphia, PA 1911 4 Nu Kristin H as kin , Beta Pi 3345 Be tty Drive Arlingto n H eights, II 60004

Committee Cordinators

Alumnae Expansion Ca ro le Bi cking Kei ly, Alpha Xi 7807 Le land Road Manassas, VA 20 111 Anchor Editor Alin a Whittle-Tezik, Zeta 1650 E. Lyco ming Street Philad elphia , PA 19124 Collegiate Anchor Editor Gay Gamme ll Truehart, Beta Nu 3187 Cottonwood Court Lancaster, PA 17601 Awards Cathy Millard Schri ener, Chi 4400 H adr ian Court Alexandri a, VA 223 10 Chaplain Emi ly Ashby Mcintire, Alpha Lambda 1940 Seven Oaks Drive Morristown, TN 37814 Colony Advisor Mari a A. Blac kwe ll , Gamma Gamma 698 Bl ackwe ll Road Decatur, MS 39327 Colony Advisor Rory Erick o n Gawthorp, Beta Pi Suite 3 403 Frankli n Su路eet Mahomet, IL 61853

Alpha Kell y Klin e Duke, Beta Xi 798 Lake Forest Drive Roche ter Hill s, MI 48309

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

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

Beta Li a Marie Cox Fred ericks, Beta Xi 6024 Prin ces La n e Clarksto n , MI 48346

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

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

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

Pi Shari Gresham Ri ch, Alph a Epsi lo n 3438-c Ch elsea Park Vi llage Lane Norcross, GA 30092

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

Delta Concetta Goswieler, Chi 14414 Pu rce ll vill e Road Purcellvill e, VA 22 132-3604

Rho uza nn e Dunlap Coccagna, Delta 266 Vl. Owen s Avenue De rr y, PA 15627

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

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AlPha Sisma Tau DirectorY Financial Assistant Beth Ann Dobson Fo urnier, Beta Xi 2594 Ridge Road Whitelake, MI 48383

Pledge Kathy Pul ice Baec ker, Theta 18667 . O ak Court Clin tnon Twp, MI 4803

Effie E. Lyman Academic Loan Jun e McCarthy, Pi 89 1 Watson Wood St. Lo uis, MO 63126

Historian Tina Taylo r Schmied el, Beta Xi 3631 Sh angi La Road Oshkosh , WI 54904

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

Fundraising Patricia Wrigh t Li ttle, Alp h a Lambd a 330 1 wan ho llow Court Ri chmond, VA 23233

Housing Lara Buszka, Beta Xi 133 1 Banbu ry Road Kal amazoo, MI 49001

Regional Collegiate #I Mary Elle n Willmi tc h, Alp ha Rh o 1951 Pe nn y La ne Yo un gs town, OH 44515-492

Alumnae Chapters/Club Presidents

Membership Development Tammy Stegehuis Bo nifiels, Beta Xi 16925 MacAr thur Redfo rd , MI 48240

Regional Collegiate #2 Victoria Kin g Garwood, Beta De lta 106 arraga nse tte Drive McKees port, PA 15135

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

Regional Collegiate #3 Mi ch ell e Schmid t, Alp ha igma 615 Dover Drive Ro lla, MO 65401

Music Barbara Grant Weth e rh old , Ze ta 41 Ce ntury Drive Bath , PA 1801 4

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Nominations Kare n Den chfi eld-Mas terso n , Beta Xi 2622 Po n ce Ave nue Belmo nt, CA 94002 NPC Delegate Cathy Bonds Crapet, Beta Zeta 6501 Quail Run Drive Pelham , AL 35124 NPC Alternate Delegate Carolyn Conn er Alexander, Pi 6328 Po tomac Stree t St. Louis, MO 63 139

Lisa arodowiec Engel, Beta Pi 1369 O xfo rd Circle Rose lle, IL 60172

Alpha Sigma Tau National Foundation President Med a Ray Elliot Sewell , Om icron 6541 Willi amsbu rg Bou levard Arlingto n , VA 222 13 1st Vice President Le nore Seibel King, Psi 1845 Laker idge Road Birmingham , AL 35216 2nd Vice President Rose Mari e Schmidt, T heta 21359 Boxwood Ct. Farmi ngto n , Ml 48336

NPC Alternate Delegate Cynthia Peckh art McCro r y, Alph a Alpha Villa Del O ro 5852 . Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85253

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

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

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

Parliamentarian Karen Lau rse n Kessler, Beta Xi 6 Ed enfie ld Road Penfield, NY 14526

Foundation Chairmen Award s, Grants, Scholar hip Melissa Fri e en Parks, Be ta Xi 6547 Cedar Ri dge Loveland, O H 45 140

Philanthorophy Lara Cegala, Psi 130 Fair way Po inte Circle Orland o, FL 32828

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Publicity Cathy Bo nd Craper, Beta Ze ta 6501 Quail Run Drive Pelham , AL 35 124

Arkadelphia Arkansas Di trict: Kappa J oAnne Wi lliam 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 , Om icron 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 An1 y 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 H arrisonburg, A 22801 Greater Chicago Di trier: u Kri H askin , Beta Pi 3345 Betty Drive Arlington Heights, IL 60004

AlPha Sii!ma Tau Directory Conway Arkansas Disu路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 tri ct: Eta Sharon M. Dunha m , Rh o 11 3 Gates Durant, OK 74701 Edwar~e , lllino~

Di u路ict: Ze ta Kare n Wa er, Beta Eta 61 5 Sta te t Wood Rive r, IL 62095 Erie, PA Di trict: Bea Deborah Youn g Carte r, Alph a Tau 2531 W. 34th Stree t Erie , PA 16506 Fort Wayne Indiana Di tri ct: u Linda Ro e Pulve r, Alph a Epsil o n 109 . Va nBure n St Auburn , I 4676 Grand Rapids MI Distr ict: Mu Ann e Curran Grube r, Alph a 512 Pin e Land Dr. , SE Ada, MI 49301 Harrisburg, PA Di tri ct: Omicro n Kathryn mith Mark , Be ta Io ta 17 Gl endale Dr. Mech a ni c urg, PA 17055 Houston District: Eta Sha ro n Hahn Juntun e n , Phi 643 Eastla ke Hou ton TX 77034 Indianapolis District: u Ingrid Mason Child , Beta Xi 4311 Forest Te rrace Ander on , IN 4601 3

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Kirksville, Missouri Di tri ct: Zeta Mich elle Schmidt, Alph a igma 615 Dove r Dr Ro lla, MO 65401

Richmond - Petersburg, VA Di tri ct: Th e ta Bonni e Harris, Alph a Lambda 9820 Iron Bridge Road h este rfi eld , VA 23832-6434

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

Roanoke, VA Di tri t: Th eta Cindy Morre H owa rd , Alph a Lambda 5031 Meadowcree k Drive, SW Roanoke, VA 2401 8

Lehig h Valley, PA Di tri ct: Mu Tracy Bond , Ze ta 135 N. ll th Stree t #2 Allentown , PA 18102-3840

Shepherdstown, WV Di tri ct: Ep ilo n Mari e Busch Crim , Chi RR1 , Box 11 4 Gerrard town , WV 25420

Lowell, MA Di tri ct: Pi Patri cia nn Zebroski , Be ta Tau 36 Cathy Road Ch elmsford, MA 08124

Southern Colorado Distri ct: Eta Grace Ri e ter, Pi 1306 Alexander tree t Colorad o p rin gs, CO 80909-2920

Muncie, IN Di trict: Tu Kathr yn Mcinnis Th arpe, Alph a Alpha 1505 N. H ac kbe rry Road Mun cie, IN 47304

St.Lo~, MO Di tri ct: Zeta Melani e Fo te r, Pi 5437 O akcre t Drive Imperial, MO 63052

New Orleans, LA Di tri ct: Io ta J eannin e Gettys Ard , Phi 16 Emile Ave nue Ke nne r, LA 70065

Tidewater Area, VA Distri ct: Th eta J oy Ne ilso n Wo th e rspoon , Zeta 2480 Bayview Ave nue Virginia Beac h, VA 23455

Northern New J ersey Di tri ct: Delta Cindy Hruby Ega n , Be ta alvato re Court Fairfie ld , lJ 07004

Tri-City, MI Distri ct: u Marth a P. Tri an tafill ow, Beta 2835 Do r e t treet Sagin aw, MI 48603

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Northern Virginia (DC ) Di tri ct: Epsilo n Diane U nd erwood , P i 10446 Brac ke ts Ford Circle Man assas, VA 22111

West Chester, PA Distri ct: Mu Caro lyn McGill Mee , Al pha Phi 1101 Gle nview Stree t Philade lphi a, PA 19111

Philadelphia, PA Distri ct: Lambda Taunia H alc row, Ga mma Pi 5327 Large Street Phi lade lphia, PA 19124

West Chicago, IL Distri ct: u Lucinda Edwa rd Yo un ce, Al pha Alph a 354 wo rd Way Bolingbrook , IL 60440

P ittsburgh, PA District: La mbda Suza nn e Schultz, Delta 1797 Ren ee Drive Librar y, PA 15129

Youngstown, OH Di tri ct: Lambda Caro l Fice ti , Alph a Rh o 3885 J eane tte u路eet Warren , OH 44484

Prince Georges/ Montgomery County, MD Distri ct: Epsilo n Kerri Maranto, Chi 1401 Crossland Lane Gaith ersburg, MD 20878

Ypsilanti/ Ann Arbor, MI Di tri ct: A\ph a Dian a Mihaiu, Alph a 338 Ri chter Street Rive r Rouge , MI 4821

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Rose Marie chmidt and J'vlary Lotti e Mandrea Doyle

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Yellow R ose Banquet

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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

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Phoenix Friendship Reception

Pine M ountain Presentation

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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