New Faulkner Social Club on the Scene by Sarah-Elizabeth McGill Social clubs are a great way to get involved at Faulkner and they contribute to the family atmosphere on campus. This year, two new clubs were added to the social club roster: Xi Chi Gamma (Gamma), founded by Harper Stiff, Ashley Cleveland and Jenna Taggart, and Xi Chi Alpha (Alpha), founded by Joshua Fowler, Nate Kidwell and Wesley McGehee. Alpha and Gamma welcomed their first pledge class during the Fall 2020 New Member Orientation (NEMO) Week. Gamma welcomed twenty-two pledges and Alpha welcomed thirteen pledges into the Wolf Pack. “My goal for Gamma was to create another club that would bring more options to campus,” said Stiff, Gamma’s club president. Social clubs at Faulkner are separated into men’s and women’s clubs, each with their individual identities, but are paired up as brother and sister clubs. The brother and sister clubs work together on service projects, cheer each other on at intramurals, attend events together, and participate together in Jamboree.
Colors: Mascot: Nickname: Club Verse:
Baby blue, red, and white Wolf Wolfpack 1 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (ESV) Gamma,” said Fowler, Alpha’s club president. “Alpha Gamma shares nearly everything with one another. From our letters, to our club verse, to our mascot. We chose this commonality because we sought to unify the clubs as close to one entity as possible.”
“We decided that we would be called Xi Chi Gamma and Xi Chi Alpha, but our united name would be Alpha
“My overall vision is to provide a community for individuals to grow both interpersonally as well as spiritually,” said Fowler. “The thought of returning for a Jamboree show twenty years from now and seeing a group of people bear a name that I helped to build is a sobering and humbling thought, but it’s one that I certainly hope to experience.”
Xi Chi Gamma co-founder Harper Stiff, center, with her club sisters l-r, Brooklyn Owens, Cassidy Pike & Lauren Williamson
l-r Nate Kidwell, Samuel Moore, Joshua Fowler, Ethan Thomas, Kaitlen Hughes, Lauren Williamson, Ashley Cleveland & Riley Palermo
Alpha and Gamma share the usual aspects of club life, but they were created together and share a common identity.
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