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Photo: Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily Sisters of the Chi Omega sorority and brothers of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities perform during the roll call competition at the kickoff on Monday. Celebrating Iowa State’s 61st Greek Week, fraternities and sororities come to unite under a common bond of fraternal friendship.
Students kick off Greek Week
Fraternity, sorority members celebrate similarities together By Ryan.Anderson @iowastatedaily.com
The Greek community came together as a whole to celebrate the kickoff of Iowa State’s 61st annual Greek Week. “This is the one week where all of us can hopefully put down our own letters and just be happy that we are greek instead of just in our own individual chapters and be more of a community,” said
Matt Sheyko, co-chair of Greek Week and senior in anthropology. Greek Week is a week-long event where fraternities and sororities unite under a common bond of fraternal friendship. “This is a chance to celebrate what it means to be greek,” said Jude LaRenzie, co-chair of Greek Week and senior in chemical engineering. The kickoff to Greek Week began with the traditional role call, a fashion show and barbecue on Central Campus, on Monday. According to Sheyko, role call is a tradition that is a way to represent your organization through a stomp, cheer or short skit. Every sorority is paired with one or two frater-
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nities for Greek Week. Each pairing prepared a role call that shows pride to not only their specific chapters but also greek life as a whole. A stomp act performed by Gamma Phi Beta, Theta Delta Chi and Phi Delta Theta cheered, “no matter what’s across the chest, we all Greek together.” The goal of the kickoff was to start Greek Week united as one group instead of as individual chapters. Greek Week is an opportunity for the men and women of the greek community to show their creativity and talents. Members of Alpha Omicron Pi
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Symposium boosts Engineering autism awareness programs By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com Approximately 100 people will attend an annual symposium on Tuesday to hear an autism expert speak on the myths and tips about autism spectrum disorders. The event will be hosted by Autism Spectrum Parent Information Resource and Education, a parent-run support group for parents and teachers who have children with autism. It is open to the public and will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Carver Hall Auditorium. “[Autism is] so prevalent; it’s really almost an epidemic. We really need to figure out …
how to help those who have it lead a life that’s happy and successful,” said Alyson Beytien Beytien, key speaker of the event. Beytien has three sons with autism and is the behavior specialist for the Mercy Autism Center in Dubuque. She speaks across the United States and Canada about issues related to autism spectrum disorders. Her presentation will center on five tips which families and educators can use on a daily
Fast facts about autism disorders
rank sixth in reports
■■ Autism spectrum disorders affect one of every 88 children ■■ Degrees of autism are classified through difficulties in social interaction and difficulties nonverbal and verbal communication ■■ The development of autism usually occurs during early brain development ■■ The exact cause for autism spectrum disorders is still unknown
ISU agricultural and biosystems engineering programs are ranked number six in the U.S. News and World Report in collegiate graduate programs. David Holger, associate provost for academic programs and dean of the graduate college, said that for graduate program rankings, reputation is the main component to achieving success. The reputation factor comes into effect when determining the differences in coursework and program content for students. Ensuring courses are up-to-date and connected with what is going on in the field of study
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