to rise and take part in campus activities. Being constantly aware of community needs, Epsilon Mu has conducted many worthy and impressive drives. Our current drive, a can food collection, will be ready for Easter, when a needy family will receive a turkey and all the trimmings. The remainder of the collected goods will be given to a church for distribution. During the later days of November and through all of December we held a toy and clothes drive which many brothers felt was our greatest achievement of the semester. Brothers La Guan Lea (Chapter President) and Maurice Sullivan spearheaded this project which resulted in $500.00 worth of clothes and $300.00 worth of toys. The toys were given to San Jose city recreation leader Sharon Bynum who was a member of the last Sphinxmen court. In keeping with our motto Scholastics and Achievement, many of our brothers have made their mark on the campus and surrounding area. Brother Miles Newborn is President of the Black Concern Students, Faculty, and Staff. During Brother Newborn's term, he has been allocated more funds from the Associated Student Union than any other Black organization in the history of this campus. It took a lot of work, but with the help of Brother Sullivan and Brother Ronald G. Cannon they lobbied until they reached their goal of $3,300.00. Brother Bruce Santos, President of the Black Business Club, has pushed the club membership up 75%. Brother Santos (Dean of Pledges) was also allocated money from the A.S. and participated in the successful Stanford University job fair. Brothers Kevin Clark and Juan Sigler work with operations S.C.S.L.E. and S.H.A.R.E., respectively. Brothers Clark and Sigler each hold high positions in these organizations which sends tutors to the neigboring schools in the San Jose areas. Upholding our chapters name, 1977 Western Region "Marching Chapter," and upholding the name of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Epsilon Mu has come home with two more first place trophies. Eleven brothers, many wearing shirts made and designed by Brother Luis Sylvestrei's production and shirt agency, marched at the First Annual Sigma Gamma Rho March-Down held at San Jose State. Nine brothers marched at the Epsilon Beta Greek 46
Epsilon Mu, Western Region Chapter of the Year — Eugene Carter, Michael Cunningh Gary William, Ronnie Jay House, Kevin Clark, Ronald G. Cannon, (kneeling) La Guan Juan A. Sigler, Miles Newborn, Jerome K. Cannon. Funk Festival. In each march-down, EM came home with first place recognition. Epsilon Mu plans to make it an unprecedented two-time marching championship in the coming Western Region Convention in Monterey. Our Founder's Day Banquet was small but was appreciated dearly by the Brothers and their dates. President Lea presented Brother Santos the College Brother of the Year award for his outstanding work during the past year. Brother Michael Cunningham received the Presidents Award for his outstanding work. Always looking ahead to the future, our chapter has set up two main ob-
jectives for the coming semester. Our first objective is to establish a scholorship program. This program is designed to pay initial application fee for eligible high school seniors in the San Jose area. Our second objective and big moneymaking event will be our First Greek Show and Alpha Weekend, February 17-19. During this weekend we should supercede our commitment to the Million Dollar Drive we Alpha men have to the NAACP. Finally, Epsilon Mu, welcomes all brothers to the next Western Regional Convention in Monterey, March 23-25.
The Sphinx / Spring 1978