1997 Spring ANCHOR

OF ALPHA SIGMA TAU

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4 1996-1997 National Fonndation Scholarship and Grant Winners- Kudos to our outstanding scholars.

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NPC Year of the Scholar is declared

Respect: Given or Earned?

8 In Search of ... A National Directory is coming

8 Expansion - Three new colonies come aboard.

8 NPC Pin Day- Wear your pin with pride.

9 Board of Trustees - Meet the Women who compose the Alpha Sigma Tau Board of Trustees

12 National Committee Nomination form

14 National Connell- Meet the ladies serving as National Connell Members

16 Daycare Dilemma- A few helpful hints to help in selecting a daycare.

DePartments Bulletin Board ........ ... .. ... .... ......... ............ .. ........... .. ............ ....... ... .... .. .... 2 Co ll egiate Chapter Tews .... ........... ...... ............. ..... ... ... ....... ... .... .......... 18 AJumnae Chapter ews .... .. .... ....... .... .... ..... ..... .................... ...... .......... 33

Editor Alina 1. Whittl e 4744 Salmon Stree t Philadelphia, PA 19137

Chapter News Editor Ga Gammell Truehart 2228 Old Berwick Road Bloom burg, PA 17815

Alumnae News Editor Rebeccah Podd 7112 Ro kRidge Lane #1 AI xandria , VA 22315

Director of Publications Pau·icia Klausing Simmons 291 Locust Street Indiana, PA 15701

THE ANCHOR/ Spring 1997

Alpha Sigma Tau National Headquarters 1929 Canyo n Road Birmingham, AL 35216 205/ 978-2179 205/ 978-2182 fax

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Spring 1997 Volume 72,

Printed in USA

On the Front Cover: The beach at Ship Bottom , Long B a h

Island , New J ersey.

THE FOUNDERS Mable Chase Ruth Dutcher May Gephart Effie E. Lyman Harriet Marx Eva O 'Keefe Adriance Ri ce Helene M. Ri ce Mayene Tracy

Alpha Sigma Tau was founded November 4, 1899 at J\ll ichigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University), Ypsilanti, MI.

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1996-1997 National Foundation Scholarship and Grant Winners

Charlotle Evans Floyd with \lictoria Coulter

Th e Carrie Washburne Staehle Scholarship wa awarded to Elaine Martin of Alpha Gamma at H enderson ta te University. Elaine i a enior with a history major and Spanish minor. Longterm plan for Elaine include graduate school to become an attorney a well a improving her pani h language kill by studying in a Spanish-speaking countr .

The June McCarthy Scholarship wa awarded to H eathe r Frankh au er of Zeta Chapter at Lock Have n niver ity. H eath e r is a music education tudent. Long-te rm plan for H eath e r are to work in th e public chool sy tern and complete a graduate program in educational administration.

Th e Meda Ray Elliott Sewell Scholarship wa awarded to Lori hri -top her of Ze ta Chapter at Lock Have n Univer ity. Lori is a senior this year and wi ll ea rn her degree in psyc holog . Long-te rm goal for Lori include graduate chool to beco me a chi ld p chologist and work in a children 's hospital.

Th e Elizabeth Wilson-Dorothy Bennet Robinson Scholarship wa awarded to Tamara Berardon e of Alpha Omicron at Clarion niver ity. Tamara is a senior majo rin rr in e lementary and special education , and after graduation plans to use her teaching kill to help her students become productive adult .

The first Charlotte Evans Floyd Scholarship was awarded to ictoria Coulter of Gamma Io ta chapter a t York Co llege , P . Victoria i earning her degree in e leme ntary and special educa tion and plan to stay in th e area and use he r teac hing degrees afte r graduation.

A Mary Alice Peterson Grant was awarded to Melani (Ka l y) hort of Rho hapte r a t outhea tern Oklaho ma

niv rsity. Me lani e will be earning her degr in nur ing and he r are r plan ar to practice a an RN cone ntrating in p di a tri or n o nata l nur ing.

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Mary Alice Peterson Grant wa awarded to Amanda Cobb, an alumna of Rho Chapter. Amanda i current! at the

niver i of Oklahoma working on a Ph.D. in Engli h . Amanda ' tudie include Native Am rican Literature and he has pr en ted e eral pap r a t vari-

ou confer nee . Lon term career plan are to become a univ r ity profe or.

The Rose Marie Schmidt Scholarship wa awarded to Deni e ronrath of Zeta Chapter at Lock H aven niverity. Deni e i a e nior majoring in

h alth cience pre-ph ical therap thi ear an d plan to continu h r gradu

ate tudie in ph ical th erap . Longterm goal are to work in a ho pi tal etting a a pediatric th erapi t.

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The Lenore Seibel King Scholarship wa awarded t Gail DeLa h aw, Rh o hapter, at outhea tern Oklah oma. Gail i attending graduate choo l to continue her tudie in cu l

tural anthropo lo . Future plan indud volunte r work in the Peace Corp to he lp humanity prior to tarting her career. Long-term career plan for Gail

are to work in the academi world , continuing re earch and working with tudent to achieve their a ademic goal .

The Mary Louise Mandrea Doyle Scholarship wa awarded to Kri ta Priddy of Rho Chapter at outhea tern Oklaho ma Un iver ity. Kri ta i a gradua te tudent in cou n e ling p ycho logy and her long term goal include working as a cou n e lor in a clinical etting to help child ren and young adu lt .

ybil and Jerry Ki nu

The fir t Thoma J . King, Jr. cholarship wa award d to J odi a h of Alpha Gamma a t Hender o n

niver ity. Jodi will b e graduatinrr thi ear with h r degr in biolo , and h mistr y. Long-t rm pi n f; r J odi ar t ompl t ca l h o l and b

lJ!£ar of tq£ ~tqolar lFfrorlanmtion ~ar ie, ~ar ie, ~ar ie. __

Let it be known to all in the interfraterni ty world that the National Panhellenic Confe rence duly proclaims nineteen hundred and ninety seven as the National Panhellenic

Conference Year of the Scholar, and

Let it be known that during this year .... Every collegiate and alumnae woman will se t high academic goals and seek to reach her

intellectual potential; Every collegiate and alumnae member will aspire and guide her Pan hellenic sisters to

practice academic in tegri ty; and Every PC member fraternity will challenge its members to strive for academic achieve

ment and in tellectual interest beyond the classroom.

Let it also be known that during this year .... Every College Panhellenic will set an academic goal which exceeds all-women 's ave rage

on that campus; Every College Panhellenic will pursue recognition on the NPC Academic Honor Roll; Every College Pan hellenic will recognize all fraterni ty women who achieve above all

women's average, and future recognize those who are on the Dean 's list; every College Panhellenic will recognize all NPC chapters that receive above the

all-women 's average; Every College Panhellenic will foster academic excellence through seminars devoted to

successful learning skills; and Every College Panhellenic will establish a master calendar that recognizes academic

performance as the highest priori ty.

Let it be further known that ...... . Every Al umnae Pan hellenic will honor at one meeting during the year its representa

tives who are members of academic honor societies, including but not only limited to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi , and Mortar Board;

Every Alumnae Panhellenic will recognize all 4.0 or equivalent Panhellenic scholars in their local College Panhellenic;

Every Alumnae Panhellenic will se t aside meeting time to become better informed on fraterni ty issues, global issues, or other academic endeavors; and

Finally, let all fraternity women faithfully promise To pursue knowledge with renewed vigor in accordance wi th the ideals expressed in the

Panhellenic Creed.

This proclamation is hereby decreed to take effect on J anuary 1, 1997, and to remain operational throughou t every day of the Year of the Scholar. Let all our actions and deeds as fraterni ty women refl ect our dedication to knowledge, integrity, exce llence in scholarship ,

and the pursuit of truth .

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T he atio nal Panhellenic Co nfe re n ce (NPC) invites eve r y fr a te rni t woman to take part in the

Year of th e Scholar. The Year of th e Scholar will put academic pursuits a t the forefront for women 's frate rnities and bring to life the ideals tated in th e Panhellenic Creed. Suppo rted by member fra ternities bo th individ ually and coll ective ly th roughou t the world , T he Year of the Scholar celebra te the "Greek" women 's que t fo r academic exce lle nce by prom o ting th e a ttainment of high scho larship and th e pu r-uit of inte llectual interes ts.

T hi s n ew initi a tive will provide ta ng ibl e ongoin g acad e mi c e nri chment and support fo r Greek-affi liated women bo th individually and collective ly in the ir pursuit of acade mic excellence . When th e g reat maj o ri ty of o ur m embers are pre paring fo r challenging careers and graduate and profess io n a l sc h oo ls, th e Year of th e Scholar ma te ri als will be a welco me additi o n to Co ll eg e and Alumn ae Panhe llenic programming.

The Year of th e Scho la r has created th emes, programming ideas, and ma te ria ls which corre po nd to the academic needs of women scholars on campuses na tionwide. Distribution of Year of th e Scholar programming mate rials will begin early in 1997 and include an acad emic cha llenge to a ll

Respect: Given or Earned?

T hink about the new, brighteyed co llegian who wakes up on bid day to ee if he has been accepted by he r

ho n g ro up . She i xcited to find o ut th at he doe "fit in " and will have new ist rs. She pro udly accept that bid and j o ins th e rank of pl edged m mbers.

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The Year of the Scholar College Panh e ll enic to improve the all- o rori ty average b .1 in each 1997 acad emi c term , an Acade mic En richment Manual, and var iou items u ch a r ibbo n , b utton , and T- hi rt to prom o te th e pre e nce of cholar hip •

z ear

with mo re exciteme n t. In addi tion, a lea rnin g skill s ym p o ium will be spo nso red b th e o er 600 Co ll ege Panhe ll e nics for a ll new m e m ber during 1997.

Alumnae Panh e lle ni c will have a n ac ti ve ro le in th e Yea r of t h e

Think on These Things At her fir t meeting, he i to ld

to: wear he r pin and ribbons at all times, carry and make a pledge book, ge t signatu re , mem OJ-ize name , attend tud hour , learn th e h i tory of

LT, pass wee kJ t t to p repare for th e national exam , give the cha pte r a g ift as a class, have a po itive a ttitude, a ttend all mee ting unle excused , pay dues and fee o n tim e, participate in fund-ra i e r , choose a big si ter keep ilent about cha p ter bu ine dre appropria te ) , gree t her i ter \·vi th pride, make up and ing ong , take part in phil anthro pic p roj ect and mee t a ll d eadlin

During ru h th a rn e ter

cho lar too. T hey' ill e nhan ce their m e tin g with recog niti o n of 4.0 cho lar an d member in ho no r oci

e ti e and program re la ted to hig h r ed ucation.

P co ngra tul ate th o e ca mp use wher th e all- orority ave rage i a lready above the all-wom en ' average and c h a ll enge eac h Co ll ege Pan h ll en ic to \viden the gap be twe n the all-sorority a erag an d the allw m n' average.

P provide man "window of opportunity" to it memb r in cl uding an P on u lti ng Team ; a value -ba ed approach to ri k ma nagement education ca ll ed "Something of Va tu "; PC Link programm ing on e lf-e teem and interfrat rnali m; and

partner hip with the G lamo u r / H an Hand in Hand brea t cancer edu ation program and the at ional

ating Di orders Sere ning Program. For m re information on P program , conta t P on th w b at http: / / www.gre klife.org/ npc or ca ll the national office at 317- 72-31 5.

Th ational Panhellenic onfer-ence upport College Panhe llenic on ov r 600 college campu e . Member of 271 lumnae Panhell enic awarded 250,000 in holar hip in 1995-96. With a 2- ,000 endowment from Phi Mu Fraternity, P \vi ll ontinue to advance the que t for academic excellence into the 21 t ntury.

treated her with enthu ia m, e. citemen t, and joy. 1 ow, however, t \ alk to their "beat," do a to ld , and "earn their re p ct." t the bottom of her pledged member program , it i written tha t "r pect i earned , it i not a privi l ue ."

Meanwhile, he i give n I tter on a p ledgeT- h irt and can o nly wear it o n o nday . he may h ave I tter on bag or k 'chain , but ca n on lv arrv them ' h n to ld. he m u t w ' r her "I tter " o n home m in u, a lum na w k nd, and on Par nt Dav. he

wn any other hi rt. " ;ith I t

h r by a n in itiat cl ' that h r n w si.·

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te_r give I tt r to their fraternity fn e nds for th ir party T- hirt . She wonder wh ' they rna ' wear them, but he cannot.

he continues to interview all of th e initia ted i ters in h e r chap ter, pas the weekly xams, and attend all function . Ma ny of her i te r a re not a a ilab le when h e is to c hedul e a meeting with th e m . They do not ca ll her back f01- th ey are too bu . orne of h er i ters who have the ir le tter do not even a ttend busine s meetin o-

b' ru h , or ritua l. They are a lwa too bu y. Many of them h ave not paid due or participated in h r pl edged member/ si t r activiti es each week.

orne are in poor tanding for financia l reason or for unexcus d abence .

)though h ha been to ld that letters are not to be present wh n co numing alcoho l, h e notic a ll of the up , key hain with beer op n e rs,

ba eball cap , vi ors, and sign with le tter on th m a t the partie .

During fa ll break, h e goe ho me and l II her fami ly a ll about her n ew xperience and that when initiation

da ' come , h ' ill fina ll be able to w ar letter . Po ibly they wou ld like to give h r a new weat hirt for ini tiation with the le tte r o n i t.

I nitiation day come and h e i excit dafter a ll of the activities of "1-

ek. " Sh i ur that the e pe rience wi ll be a good o n e a n d that a ll of her i ter will be initiated together.

he later learns that two i ter did n o t have grades a lth ough they were g iven bid , one i ter quit due to financia l rea on , and o n e iste r i to ld her a ttitud i not right. She did no t portray the r ig h t attitude of a n Alpha

igma Tau i ter. Downtrodde n h e dres e for ini

tiation and i un ure if she rea lly wants to be lo ng to thi g roup . Will it be a ny better after h e i initi a ted ? Sh e will be a n eq ua l and wi ll be ab le to wear he r letters with pride . After a ll , didn ' t h e earn th e right?

At initi a tion , sh e receive her own le tters becau e h e h as completed all of h er pl e dged m e mbe r r e quire ment . She h as earned th em and is n ow worthy of own ership and h as th e


Think on These Thini!s right to wear th m . Never did he r i -te r tell h e r that in rea lity, the only insignia he ca nnot own o r wear until initi atio n i th e so rority crest. She learn ed about that in h e r le o n , but did not ask ques tions.

Meanwhil e, ac ross th e tate, th e Be ta Be ta Alph a Chapte r of he r so ro rity give n ew pl edged membe rs a po itive w !come into the ir chapter and in ures th em th at th e ir program will be fu n . They a re g ive n le tte r o n th e first day with pride and a re e n courage d to " how th e m off" by wearing them a ofte n a th ey pl ea e.

Sisters ma ke it a po int to h e lp eac h n ew m e mbe r lear n mate rial for th e wee kl y exams by p lay in g gam e . Th e ofte n m ee t in ma ll g roup s t b eco m e b e tt e r ac-

She will be an equal and

will be able to wear her let

ters with pride. After all,

didn't she earn the right?

qu a inted. Pl e d ge b ooks a re o utdated as each n ew pl ed ged m e mbe r i n ow g i e n a boo klet with a pi cture of eac h initi a ted si te r a nd a re to ld to u e it as a refere nce o nl y. In th e ir pl ed ge program , i t tates th a t if yo u fo rge t omeone's n a m e, please ask. T h ey a re reas ured that in tim e th ey wi ll know everyo n e .

Phil a nthrop y is stre e d a nd study h ou r are se t up for th e e ntire ch apter, not o nl for pl edged me mbers. Each big ister takes tim e to ex pl a in th e proce s of initi a ti o n an d co mes over to the pledged me mbe rs ' roo ms to take th e m to the ce re mo n y.

Me mb e rship in th e c h a pte r is po itive an d th e wom en do not worry if the pl edged m e mbe rs have earn ed th e right to be initiated .

Initi atio n is a d ay to r em embe r with a ll n ew siste rs celebrating the ir achi evements together. Alumnae are present to co ngratul ate the newest sisters and to share in the excitement.

What is Respect? According to the di ti o nary, re

spect is "to onsider with hi g h regard. " We must ask ourse lves if we be li ev that resp ct is a rn d , or it i th e right of a ll hum an be in g . In -tegrity, di g nity, a nd If-worth ar built on r pec t.

Wh e n respect itse lf is respect d , life beco m es sweeter a nd worthwhil e. Kee ping respe t as so mething to be earn ed o nly o pe n the door for mi strust a nd di sre pect.

Chapters are e n courag d to create pl edg d m e mber programs that foster a positi ve e nviro nm e nt of respec t. Activit ies should pe rmit new m e mb e rs to fee l good about who th ey a re and the d ecisio n th ey have mad e . Fo rcin g pl edg d member to co mpl e te trivi a l tasks becau e other did it before them i mea nin g le .

Even if the pl e d ged member a re trea ted with kindnes throughout th e process , load in g them with tim e-co nsumin g tas k cau e undue stre s. Some of our p ledged membe r progra m are requiring a man y a fifteen to twenty hour a week for u c h act ivit ie . H ow can anyone

mee t th e ir edu catio n a l, per ona l or fa mily goals with such hi gh d emand?

Chall e nge you rse lf to keep re-pec t at th e forefront of your work

eac h day. Re member to practice the idea ls of A"LT a nd be read to admit your mistakes , co unt yo ur bl e in g , and spread joy in living.

We are fa t appro a ch in g our lOOth a nni ve r ar y. Thi i a time to res pec t th e h o nor of the e ig ht great wo m e n wh o founded Alpha igma Ta u. Th ey worked as a team to build a n organization that would withstand tim e and bring respect to it-e lf through stro n g value a nd prin

c ipl es. Re me mbe r to hare the rig ht of

re pec t a t a ll times with oth ers. Repec t is a perm an ent right until it i

lost. Eve n th e n , eve r o n d e erve a second ch an ce.

B v: RI CK.! B ARGMAN TRO EN, DI RECfOR

OF COLLEGIATE CHAPTER

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In Search of ..... Have you ever tried to get in to uch

with a long lost sister on ly to find tha t the last address you have in your te lephone directory is e ig ht yea r o ld ? Well , your trouble are over. Soon a n impressive directory of our alumnae will be available to h elp you locate a ll your o ld fri ends.

The new Alpha Sigma Tau o rority Alumnae Directory, schedul ed for release in April/May 1997 will be th e most up to d ate and comple te refere nce of over 16,214 Alph a Sigma Tau Sorority alumnae ever compiled . Thi compre he nsive vo lume will in clude current information that wi ll be bound into a cia sic, library qua li ty edition.

Al pha Sigma Tau has contracted the prestigio us Bernard C. Harri s Publishing Company, Inc. to produce our directory. Ha rris has researched and comp il e d th e in formation to b

NPC National Pin Day

At the annual NPC mee ting, th e ational Pa nh ell e nic Co nfe re nce a n

noun ced a new effort to in crease public awareness," ational Pin Day." T he campaign e ntitled , "It 's as Simple as Wearing Your Pin ... With Pride" takes place March 3, 1997. Wome n acros th e na ti o n and abroad are a ked to wear th e ir fraternity badge or le tte rs to celebrate, take pride in , and share th e ir affili atio n with PC and th e ir own natio nal o rga nization .

It i a n ticipated tl1a t with eve r pin worn , a question will be asked . Th is is a wonderful way to reach out to th o e who may not know what wome n 's frate rnities are rea lly about. So, celebra te our hi tory during Women ' Hi tor Month . On March 3rd , a ll fra te rnity a lumnae and collegia te wi ll har th e pirit of Pa nh lle nic b wearing th ir

fra te rnit badg , p in or le tte rs. For a ll that wear , a ll that we g ive, a nd all tha t we do, th re is rea o n to I bra te.

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Headlines printed in th e direc tory by mailing a que tionna ire to eac h alumna.

Once rece ived , our information will be edited and proces ed b o ur publish e r. t a la te r point in th e projec t (and before th e fin al co mposition tage of th e book) o u wi ll be contacted by H a rri directl to e ri fy th a t your per o na l da ta i ab o lute ly co rrec t.

Mu ch of th info rm atio n to be ver ified o n eac h indi idua l' li ting wi ll be go ing into the director . pec ifi ca ll y, c urre nt n a m e, aca d e mi c date, res ide n c addre and ph o n e numbe r, urre nt o c up a ti o n , a nd bu in e addre sand pho n number (if app li ca bl e). Th co pe f th i information i an indi ca ti on of the co mpre he nsive qu a lity of th ntire vo lum e. The directo r will ort thi d a ta b na me in th e alphabe ti cal divisi n , and by cia , yea r, a nd eogra phica l locatio n in e para te ectio n of th e boo k.

Welcome!! The Sunflower Alumn ae Chapter

was in tail ed o n O ctob r 20 , 1996. T hi c hapter dra\ m mbe r from ae ro sea te rn Kan a . T he r've h ld a "ru h party" tor cruit n w memb r ,

Th directori e are cheduled to be re lea ed ome time around pril14, 1997. Al l alumnae whore e rved a copy of th e dire tor during the verification pha e of th pr 0e t hou ld b re iving th e ir copi e two to thr e w e k aft r th relea e. If o u have a qu tion o n your ord r, or if ' O U wi h to place a n ord e r, pl ea e contac t our publi her direct! a t th fo ll owi ng addre :

u tomer en1ce Department Be rnard . Harri Publi hing

o., Inc. 16 Koger e n ter, uite 10 Norfolk, V 23-02 1- 00-877-4099

Our new director y i an e ce ll e nt wa of reliving our chool day and ge tting reacquainted with i ter . ~ tho e wh o returned their que ti onna ire, man ' thank for yo ur cooperatio n . To those who rdered a c p f the d ire tory, enjoy!

h I I pi ni and ocial gath ering , and donated item to a " afe hou e" for wo me n a their lo al philanthropi project.

Expansion! W now have three new colonie .

The De lta Io ta colon , at T wn nd and ale niver iry in Pro,1d n , RI i th newe t colo ny to come on board.

We're very proud a nd e x it d a b u t a ll of o ur c I ni e a nd lo k foward t th ir in tallation later thi,

m ter. It \\111 b a bu y, nd produ -princr for o ur Dire t r of Expan

h ri tina Duggan . , ;ngtc n .

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I f you were offered a book of tandards and rule to abide

by, would you imply begin following them? Or, would

you que tion tl1em and wonder where th ey came from? Often understanding the origin, creator and purpose of a tandard or a d eci ion can make it ea ie r to fo llow and appreciate.

The Alpha Sigma Tau Board of Tru tee is a group of dedicated alumnae whose duty is to oversee the propo ed amendments to tl1e Con timtion and to review the minutes ofth Council m e tings and ofthe Convention to a certain if the e activitie are consistent with th e b t intere t of th e Sorority; namely, it purpo e, u·adition , and the pre ervation of th e ritual and hi torical integrity.

vVh en the Board was in tituted , it co nsi t d on! of th e pa t pre idents. Th e e e\'en lad ie exp a nd e d a nd brought other into the Board . Today the Board i e lf- uffi cient. The have a li t of Alpha Sigma Tau that they would like to work with. Wh en a vacancy occur , the fi ll it th em e lves by voting and appo inting omeone. They have a li t of qualificatio n th a t the look for in potenti al Board m ember . For xample, if ou wou ld like to be a member of the Board you mu t be an initi ated member, and h ave erved on the 1 atio na l Cou ncil. There are othe r qualification but the purpose of thi ani le i to introduce o u to th e lad ies that compose th e Alpha igm a Tau Board of Tru tee .

Lenore eib I King, "Svbil, " i a P i from J ames Madison Un iver ity. She i origina lly from Roanoke , V and n ow live in Bi rm ingham , AL. ybil is marri ed to Thoma J. King, Jr. T hey a re th e pare n ts of Thoma J. King III ,

u an Le nore King H o lben , Kath e rin e King Power , J anice King mith and Clare King Clements.

Current office held by Mr . King are: Foundation First Vice Pre ident, Member of tl1e Board ofTru tees, Centennial Committee member and Headquarter adm inistrator. H er past office include: Psi Chap ter Ru h Chairman an d Pre ide nt, a tion a l Scholar-hip Chairman , Alumnae Chairman , a tion a l President, PC Delegate and


Board of Trustees Altern ate D legate, Natio nal Foundation Fir t Vice President, Director of Fraternity Progra ms, and Board of Tru tees. he wa in trumental in organ izing th Roa nok , VA a nd Birmingham , AL alumnae chapter and i amemberofboth .

irs. King ha rece ived th followin g award : d a . Norton Award 1970, Mary Louise Doyle Pan he llenic Award 1984, and Orde r of the Ye llow Ro e , 1996.

He r other inte rests and bobb ie include tl1 e Dawson Memorial hurch Sunday School (and other activities), Ho mewood Citize ns A so ia ti on, trav-

lin g, quilting for famil y, croch eting, and collec ting a meaningful memento to repre ent places vis ited . Sh e ha participated in chao! activities of all five children and he ld major PTA offi ces at elementary, middl e and high

Sybil King, CharlolleFloyd, Mary Louise Doyle, Anna MargaTe/ Rhodes

sch oo l leve ls. Sybil was also a Cub Scout d en moth e r, Girl Scout Chairman , taught vacation bibl e chao! and e r ved as an as istant Sunday School

teache r. She enjoys clo e fri end hips espe

cially with her hu band , children, ALT si ters and friends oflong tanding and n ew. She feel be ing a full tim e mom

Charlolle Floyd

and voluntee r have been a ucces fu l venture and ati fying car er. "The thousand of young women I have met o n hundred of AlT chap ter vi it have e nri ched and b le ed my li fe along with a very pecial husband, children and famil y."

Anna Margare t Young Rh ode i also a Psi fro m J ames Madi on Un iversity. She earn ed a Masters d egree in e leme n tary ed ucation from the niver ity of Virginia and an ducation p ec ia li t certifi cate from Georg

Washington niver ity. he nO\\ li ve in Virginia Beach , VA and i married to Donald H enry Rh ode . The have two children : Do nald H enr Rh ode , Jr. and Che ter Clemon Rh ode .

Profes ionall , Anna Margaret ha b n a t ache r, princi pal, admini u·ator a nd ea rn ed th e di tin c ti on of Teacher of the Year in th Commonwealth ofVirginia, 1967.

In lT, he ha held man r office . h e wa P i Pl edge Chairman,

Roanoke Alumn ae Chapter Pre ident, T idewa te r Alu mnae Cha pte r Pre id nt, Norfolk Pan h e ll ni Counci l Pre ident, irg inia Beach Convention Local Chairman , National H eadquarte rs Fund Chairman , P Alternat Delegate and Delegate, Board ofTru tees Member and current hairman.

Anna Margaret wa a\ arded the Mary Loui e Do le Pan hell nic ward.

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Anna MargaTet Rhodes

(continued from prev_ious page). In her spare time, he 1s a mem-

ber of the Virginia Beach United Methodist Church; American As ociation of U nive rsity Wo me n , Virgini a Beac h Branch Preside nt, Virgini a Divisio n Recording Secre tar y, Vice Preside nt for Member hip; West Gh ent King's Daughter Circle; o rfolk City U nion of th e King's Daugh te rs, treasurer and education chairman ; Order of Cape H enry, 1607, board member and registra r ; PTA li fe me mbe r; Meals o n Wh ee l vo luntee r ; De lta Ka ppa Gamm a Soc ie ty Interna tion al, loca l chapter president.

A dedicated parent, she has been a Cub Scout den mother, Sunday chool teacher, on the church administrative board and an officer in the PTA. An na Margare t a lso enjoys reading, bridge, travel an d University ofVirginia sports.

Gail hockley Fowler i an Al pha Lambda from Radfo rd Uni e rsity, VA. Gail has served Alpha Sigma Tau a

ational President, atio nal President Elect, Director of Collegia te Chapters, and as Epsilo n Disu·ict President. She ha re e ived the da A. orto n Alumnae Awa rd a well as the Order of the Ye llow Roe.

Ga il i a Me mber of th e T rini ty ni ted Methodi t Church , T h a-

tio na! Edu atio n A sociation , and T h Co un il for Exceptio nal Childr n. Her ho bbi in Jude walking, reading, and

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Board of Trustees

Mary Louise Doyle

participating in the chu rch cho ir. She is now a Supervi or of Specia l Education in Laurel, DE.

Ch arlo tte Evan Floyd i a Psi from J ames Madison U niver ity, V . Charlo tte has served ALT a atio nal ecre tary and Centennial Co mmi ttee Coordina tor.

Mary Charles Ashby, Rose Marie Schmidt, and Sybil King

Sh e h as been honored with th e Ada A. o rto n Alumnae ward, Convention Alumn ae Top Tau, orth ern Virginia Al umnae Top Tau, Order of th e Yellow Rose, and ha erved on the National Foundation Board a ecretar , and Board ofTrustee ecretar .

Charlotte' hobbie include traveling; Zonta Club of Arlingto n Area, volun teer Arlington H o pita! patient infor ma tion des k; oa terette Go ld Coa t h rine Club Deerfield Bea h , FL; J e te re tte , and Lad ie O rienta l

h r in e of o rth m ri a, Am o i Court #39 Ft. Laud rdale.

he i r tired from the nited Stat Government after 2 1/ 2 ar of ervice.

Bobbie ichol Tucker is an Alpha Gamma who was initiated at the 196 ew O rlean onvention , from H ender on

tate Un iver ity, Arkadelphia, AR. he i marri d to J ack A. Tucker, J r. an attome . The have one child, Elizabeth Lei<Yh Tucker. B bbie ha been a car er inve tment banker. with tephen Inc. for the pa t 19 year . he ha been a Publi Finan e Banker ince 1991.

he ha held the following po ition in LT: Council i tant, cting Di rector and Director of Expanion, Di trict Pre ident, Alpha Gamma

Chapter dvi or, P Alternate Del-gate , erved on TPC a ll ege

Panhellenic Committee, p ilon Chapter Con ultant, Foundation Financia l dvi or, Council/Foundatio n Headquarter ommittee ecretar '/ Trea urer, and member of the B ard of Director .

Bobbi has been honored wi th the fo llowi ng award : 1970 Top Tau, Al pha Gamma Chapter and 197 da

anon ward. I n h r pare time , Bobb i i

memb r of t. J am nited ~I th d-i t hur h , \ o lunt un-il Girl cout of m ri a

Troop #7 9 , and H end r niv r ity Alu m ni

d ia t pa t pr ident.

T H prin~ 1997

Carrie Washburn e Staeh le i a n Alpha, from Eastern Michigan Univerity, and wa initiated on January 12,

1924. Mr . Stae hle ha h e ld man distingui h ed and pivotal offices in A"LT.

h e was on th e p lanning committee for na tionalization from 1924 to 1925.

She held th office of ational Trea urer from 1925 to 1934, a tiona! Pre identfrom 1934 to 1949, National Secretar from 19-2 to 1960, 1 PC Repre n tative from 1947 to 1967, and Di rector of Publication 1960-1976.

She i the recipient of the fo ll owing award :Ada A. orton 1949, Convention Alumnae Top Tau 1990, and Pre ident Emerita 1970. Carrie wa appo inted to th Board ofTrustees in 1990 a lo ng with other na tional pre idents. She codifi d the rule and regulation into the pr ent bylaws.

In her free time, sh e i a membe r of J o hn Knox Pr byterian Church ,

UW, OES, Pi Kappa Delta (Education H onorar ' o iety) , a nd Great Books Club. H r hobbie include read-

Board of Trustees ing, coin and stamp o ll ec ting, bird watching, genealogie , and sports.

H e r husband , H aswe ll E. Stae hle, passed on in 1981. She ha two ons, seven grandch ildre n , and three great grandchi ldre n. Mrs. tae h l i a product of the Michigan public chool y -tern . She earn ed a n .B. degree from Eastern Mich igan Un iversity, and ha do ne graduate work a t Ohio Sta te Un iversity.

Profess io nally, sh e h as taught in Mi c higa n and Co lumbu publ ic

chools. She taught Latin , English , History and Russian . h e has al o taught En glish at Columbus State Co llege. Mr . Staehle ha u-ave led to the Soviet Union for five weeks of mdy, and to Switzerland, hunting for Staeh le genealogy.

Marv Louise Mandrea Davie is a Theta initia ted in 192, from Wayn e Sta te University (cia of 1927) and U n iversity of Michigan (class of 1931).

Mrs. Doyle has served ALT by holding the fo llowing offices: Nation al Editor, Chapla in , Historian , Convention

hairm a n , PC lternate De legate , NPC De legate, District Pr ident, Public Re la tions Chairman (Fraterni ty Prog ra ms), ation a l Endowment Fund (Publi ity), Board ofTrustee, num rous committee for revi i ns of manuals, con tinttion , handbooks, and a fr -quent "trouble shooter" for ALT and

PC in a tern area . he has attended 22 conventions between 1931 and 1996.

Mary Loui ha r ce ived the following awards: Ada A. Norton Award 1952, Alumn ae Conventio n Top Tau 1994. he has been a member of the Northern Virginia Alumnae hapte r since 1955.

he ha h ld variou po ition including Army' Women ' Club , Girl Scout Troops, summer amp, nurse ' a ide, an d Red Cro teacher of fir t aid. Mary Lo uise and her now decea ed husband had lived in J apan , France, and Germany o n different tour of du ty. H e r hobb ie include stamp collecti ng, internal carving in pia tic, and reading. H owever, "87 i just around the corner! "

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The Nominations Committee Needs Your Recommendations for National Council and Staff Positions

WHY: To assist the Alpha Sigma Tau Nominating Committee in gathering nominations for the National Council and the Staff of Alpha Sigma Tau.

WHO: Any alumna in good standing may serve in a position on the National Staff. For National Council positions, it is preferred, but not required, tha t the alumna member fir t serve on the National Staff to gain experience .

WHEN: NOW is the time to send in your nominations! Any ALT may recommend a candidate . Individuals interested in being considered are also encouraged to ubmit their own names.

HOW: Send the following nomination fo rm to: Karen Denchfield-Ma terson, Nominations Coordinator, 2622 Ponce Avenue: Belmont, CA 94002 ( 415)-592-5984.

----------------------------------- - - - -- -Al:T Nomination for National Council or National Staff Positions

I nominate ----------------------------------------------------------------First nam e Middle Last Maiden

Number and street address City State Zip Phone

Chapter ____________________ School __________ Year graduated __ _

Position(s) for which this sister recommended -------------------------------------

Reasons for recommendation ------------------------------------

Recommendation submitted by: -----------------------------------------------

Chapter _______________ _ Phone -------------------------

Is the nominee aware of this recommendation? ----

**All nominees must submit the R esume for taff positions on the following page. A letter of intent should accompany the resume.

12 THE prin 199i

Today's Date __ _

A~T Resume for National Staff Positions

Applying for (List all interested positions) _______ __________ ___ _

--------------------- Maiden Name

Address

City /State/ Zip

Area Code/ Phone Number __________ Husband 's Name _______ __ _

College/Univer ity from which you graduated

Year of graduation __ _

Advanced Degree? What area?

Collegiate chapter affiliation

Alumnae chapter affiliation

Major _____________________ _

Are you actively involved at the alumnae level? ______________ ____ _

Offices held at the collegiate level _______________ Dues Paid ___ _

Are you currently employed? ___ _ Full-time or Part-time? ___________ _

Occupation

Do you have children? _____ If ye , please list their ages ___________ _

Are you able to travel for AlT? _____ If yes, weekdays? _____ weekend ? ___ _

How often? weekly ___ _ monthly ____ semi-annually _ ___ _

Are you willing to commit to a full 2-year term?

Do you have access to a computer? _____ Do you write letters? ________ _

How much time per week are you able to devote to sorority business? _ _________ _

Are you able to travel on short notice? ____ Are you able to work within a: budget? ___ _

Appointments will not be processed until it has been determined that alumnae dues have been paid.


T h e A:2.T 1 a tional Co un cil consists of the ational President, ational Vice President,

a tional Treasurer, ational Secretar y, Director of Collegiate Chapters, Director of Alumnae, Director of Expansion , Director of Fraterni ty Programs and Director ofPublication . The immedjate Past- ational Presid nt and the PresidentEmeti ta shall be ex-offi cio members of the National Council.

vVh o are these women? VVhat do they do? VVhere did they come from and why do we love them so?

These women are dedicated to the ideals of Alpha Sigma Tau and have chosen to devote their free time to furth ring the success of our sorori ty. Each one of th eir po itions i specially designed to work in synch wi th the o ther positions in producing results that will benefit the greater sisterhood. They hail from all over the country and have background as varied as the colors of th e spectrum . We love them becau e they are our sisters, becau e they are dedicated to A:2.T and because we believe in the same ideals.

Only member in good tanding are eligible for election to any offi ce. National offi cers serve two year te rm , up to a maximum of eight years in the same position , and are elec ted at the Na ti o nal Convention. The Coun cil meets twice a year.

The ational President i Martha Drouyor DeCamp. She was initiated into the Alpha chapter in the spring of 1958. Martha is from Redmond, WA and is married to Sam, a business owner. Toge th e r th ey h ave fi ve childre n. Martha has a degree in home economics education. She was Alpha chapter president, YAA president, National Social Se rvice and Philanthropy Chairman and Directo r of Frate rni ty Program . Her hobbies include figure skating, sewing, cooking and needlework.

The dutie of the President are to pre ide a t a ll Council mee ting and

ational Con entions; appoint member of the a tional Staffvvith appro al of ational Coun cil ; appoint a i tan ts to th atio nal taff; appoint and di -olv committee ; be a member, ex-of

fi io, o f a ll o mmittee exce pt th e ommittee; authorize th

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National Council

The A2:T Council at Pine Mountain ettlement chool. 1 t row: Pat ayle, Martha DeCamp, and j anet Jimison. 2nd row: Ricki Trosen, Chri tina ovington, Patti immons, Andrea KlienYancho, ancy Tybu-rski, and Sybil King.

National Trea urer to pay al l bill for expenditure ; inspect or arrange for the in pec tion of al l co llegiate chapter on an annual basis and have general upervision of the soro ri ty ' ac tivi ti es.

The dutie of the Vice President are to work with th di rector of Collegiate Chapte rs and Direc tor of Alum nae in supervi ing and o rganizing Regional Leadership Work hops; supervi mg the work of the Convention Coordinator; appointing Chapter dviser , istan t Chapter Adviser and Chapte r Consul tant for collegia te chapters; m aking chapter visits. In th e abse nce of th e President, the Vice President perform he r duties.

Our ice Pre ident i Janet Minnis Jimi on. he i an Iota. She ha served A:2.T b being la tional Treasurer, Parliamen tarian , and th e Kappa Di trict President. he i a registered bridal consul tant and a gift store manager who is married to Con rad . Together tl1ey have tvvo children; Scott and Staci. Staci wa the 1996 lational Convention Coordinator.

J anet i a brea t cancer u rvi or. he volunteer with the American Cancer

ociety wh ere he i a chairman in charge of team r ruitm e nt fo r h r cau e "R Ia fo r Li£ ." "Rela for Life " i a walk-a-tha n to rai fund for cancer resear h .

In her pare time he njo reading, cro s tich, and pending time with he r th ree grand on .

T he ational Treasurer i Andrea Klein-Yancho who was in itiated into th Beta Xi chapter m the pring of 19 3. Andrea hold a Bach lor of cience de

dmini tration and a dmilli tration. Cur

ren tly, he work a a con ul tant. H er hu bandj effre i an electrical engine r.

On the collegiate level, he held the office of pre ident, vice pre ident and social ervice chairman. ationally, he has erved Member h ip Developmen t Chairman and Alumna Cre t Editor.

Th

ter i Ricki Bargman Tro en. She wa initiated into the Alpha Sigma chapter in the fa ll of 1986. Ri cki i from Kirksville , MO and is married to Wally, an attorney. Together they h ave one ch ild, Kelly, 12 and one dog, Zoe, 1. She hold a B.S. in elementary education and an l'v1A in counseling. Ricki has h e ld th e following sororit office : Chapter Ad iser Di tric t Pres id ent,

ational Secretary, ational Vice President and DCC. Her hobbies include reading, gardening, and being with family and friends.

The dutie of the Director of Collegia te Chapter include th supervision of activities of the collegiate chapter , the work of the District Pre idents, Regional Collegia te Coordinators, ationa! Regional Leadership Workshop Coordinator, Chapter dvi er , and Chapter onsultants. The Director also works with the ra tion al Pre ident and

ecretar to maintain co llegiate chapter in good tanding, works with the Vice President and Directo r of Alumnae in supe rvising and organizing Reg ional Leadership Workshops a nd make vi its to co llegiate chapter and atte nd c h apter in tallations wh n needed.

The Director of Alumnae i Patricia ~, a Phi initiated in 1971 wh o liv in H o u ton , TX. She is a human reource manager and Mary Kay Con ult

ant. Patricia ho lds a B.S. in home economics, m rchandising.

Miss ayle has held everal office in Alpha igma Tau: Na tional Histo-

National Council rian , DP, Director of Expan ion, National Presid nt, P De l gate, Alumnae Expansion Coordinator, and DA. In her Alumnae Chapter sh has al o he ld variou po ition . On th e collegiate level she wa hapte r historia n, vice president, and treasurer. Her hobbies include cross stitch .

The Director of Alumnae supervises the activitie of the alumnae chapter ; appoints, train and upervises the work of the Alumnae Membership Assistants and the Coordinator of Alumnae Expansion . She is respon ible for th e organization of new alumnae chapters, works with the a tional President and Secretary to maintain alumnae chapter goodstanding and a sists the Director of Collegiate Chapter and the Vice President in the supervision and planning of Regional Leadership Workshop .

The Director of Expansion is Christin a Duggan Covington , an Alpha Lambda who was initia ted in the pring of 1985. Currently, sh e is a researcher, married to Chris, and a member of the Houston Alumnae Chapter. H er on ly child is her cat, Simon. She now resides in lew H a mp hire.

She has been th e Iota Di trict President, Secretary, DE, and has held everal collegiate offices.

The Director of Expansion is re-ponsible for the responses to expan

sion contacts on co llege or university campuses, arrangement of expansion presentations to interested groups, and the organization of new collegia te colonies. She appoin ts, trains, and assists

AIT National Council poses with the Pine Mountain Settlement School van that AIT helped puTchase with ouT donation. AndTea Klein-Yancho, MaTtha DeCamp, Pat Nayle, ChTi tina Covington, Nancy TybuTSki, R icki TTOsen, Janet Jimison, and Patti Simmons.


the Ar a Expansion Representati s, train and upervi e the o lony d vi -e r , Expan io n s i tant, Trave lin g Counselors, and Resident Counselors.

he al o directs the in tallation of the new colonie that are granted chapter ta tu .

Our new Director ofFrat rnity Program is ancy Tyburski , a membe r of the Beta Xi chapter who wa initiated in 1985. Nancy c u rrently li ves in Cederburg, Wisconsin where he work as a fie ld e rvice engineer. ancy ha served Alpha Sigma Tau a co llegiate trea urer, pres ident and a lumn ae li ason. a ti o na lly, she has rved as

a ti onal o lony Advisor. Nancy's bobbie includ quilting,

cooking, water skiing, sailing, now kiing, mountain biking, and golf.

Th e Di rector of Frat rnity Program supervi e and coordin ates the ac tivitie of the following member of the ational Staff: Academic , Chaplain , Me mbership Development, Mu ic, Phi lanthropy, Pledge, and Ru h .

Our new Director of Publication i a tal e n ted woman nam ed Patric ia Klausing Simmons, a memb r of th Delta chapter who was initiated in 1970.

he hail from Indiana, P and i married to William. They have two children and a new granddaugh ter. Patti i a Training and Development oordinato r at ST Bank. She holds a B .. in Educa tion and has taken variou cia e towards an A.metican Insti tute of Banking Degree. She is a member of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter.

In .ALT she ha h eld the following office :Chapter Adviser, Assi tant Chapter Adviser and Theta District Pre iden t. H er bobbie and interests include walking, reading, ewing, computer , cooking, needlework, talking, friend and orority.

The Director of Publication chair the Constitution Committee; coordinates the content and format of al l orority publication ; directs the Hi torian in compiling hi torical record of the Sorority; works with the Parliamentarian regarding ational Con titution and Bylaw ; i respon ible for editing and di tributing approp riate publicity article and material; and pre pare the annual Constitution Studie .

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Bv: Au A WHITILE AND JAMIE AL 1,

Z ETA

T h ere is no greater bl essing in life than a child . Babies bring un surpassable joy, pride and ha ppi

ness into a home . From the moment a newborn ente rs th e world, bonds are form ing betwee n child and parent. That tiny human i compl ete ly d e pe nde nt on its parents for it urvival. Because of a ll thi s, there is no greater pain in li fe than h avin g to leave your precious one in the arms of someo ne e lse wh e n yo u must return to work. Se lecting a daycare i a monume ntal proce s th a t should not be taken lig htly.

Knowin g wh a t to look for a nd think about ca n help in making an e du ca ted d ec i ion about where to send your child . Having it a ll on a list is very he lpfu l especially g iven th e state of mind you may be in on th e da y yo u b eg in searc hin g for a daycare.

The following is a li st of question s that I took with me when I had to research child care options afte r the birth of my daughter. The comm ents that acco mpany them explain why th e question or series of questions was important to m e. I hope

Ericka H armon, daughter of Maribeth Hm·nwn, Zeta, celebrates Christmas

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Oaycare Dilemma yo u find this useful and helpful.

When you pull up or walk up to th e es tablishm ent, take a long hard look at it. Your child hould be in a safe, clean environm ent.

• Is it clean? • What i th e quali ty and condition

of the fence , the p lay a rea, the toys?

• How far is it from th e road? • I there a lot of foot traffic?

I didn 't like th idea of tranger be ing able to peer in the windows to watch the kids a they walked by.

Gerianne Flynn-Holt, Zeta, and her family celebrate Christmas

• I th e re a parking lo t or i it strictly stree t parking? Street parking may ma ke it di ffi

cult to drop off a nd pi ck up your child .

Wh e n yo u e nte r the facility, take in the atmosphere.

• How is it decorated ? • How does it sme ll?

Take in the ecuri ty. • May ju tan on e off the treet walk

in? • Do you need to be "buzzed " in ,

signed in , le t in , o r e carted in? • Do they have a urveillance cam

era? On your tour ther are a great

deal of thing that ou ho uld ask and notice. The "tour g uid e" rna h a e a pre-rehearsed peech that will auton'laticall answer man of o ur qu e -ti o n . Thi i ni ce, particula r! ifthi i the first pl ace o u ar vi iting and ou are fi g hting back t ar .

Maura Tezik, daughter of Alina WhittleTezik, Zeta

• What i the adult-to- hildre n ratio for your child ' age grou p? One per on , in my mind, cann ot

tak care of ix new babie . • I there a regi tered nur on the

taff who i pr en t all day? • H ow many employee are college

ducated , state certified t a h er ? • Of the employee who are not er

tifi d, what training do they have? • Are taff member fir t aid and

CPR certified? • H ow doe the daycare monitor or

keep track of feeding , bowel movement , mood and activitie ?

"Selecting a daycare is a

monumental process

that should not be

taken lightly. "

Som d a care give a work h t to the parent when th e pi ck up th e ir hild a nd o th er k e p a log boo k of ort , that detail the tim and ac tivi ty o the mother and father will kn ow ' h en and what th ir hild

ni

Michael TTueha-rt on the pmwl. H is Mommy is Gay Gammel-T-ruehart

h er co unselor or group? Th ese things may a lso appear on th e shee t. Some place give a verbal ru nd own .

• At what ages are th e children divided?

• Are the different groups in different rooms or buildings?

• Will th e cost vary as your child grows?

• Wh en are parents notified in cases of accidents?

This AIT L egacy is Madison McLain Km l, the daughter of julie Simmons-Krol, Delta, granddaughter of Patricia KlausingSimmons, Delta, great-granddaughter of j oan Klausing, Delta, great, great, great niece of Martha McLain Stewart, Delta, and great, great, niece of R osemary Simmons, Delta.


DaYcare Dilemma For example, if your son falls will

they call you right away? 'Jimmy fe ll and bumped hi s h ead at th e playground. He 's fin e . Right now he's holding ice on his boo-boo."

• How do meals work? • Do you provide your own food ? • Is there a hot lunch program? • Is th e re a snack time? • Who will be feed ing or eating with

your child? • What do th e kitchen and eating

area look like? You , of course, want yo u r child

111 a cl ean h ealthy environm e nt for meals.

Kim Bell-Destetano, Zeta, and a friend pass time together:

• H ow often and how do the toys get sterilized ?

• Where will your child 's belonging be kept? (Loc ke r, milk crate, cubby ... )

• Will your child be with the same employee all d ay?

• What is the turn over ra te of th e employees there?

• How lo ng has the cu rrent staff been there? Con sistency is vital to the happi

n ess of your child . I didn ' t want my

BaiYy on the go ' Maura Tezik is ready for a ride in the car!

daughter to get u sed to one per on and then sudd e nl y h ave to go through that whole proces again .

• May you ca ll parents for references?

• H ow does nap time work? • Must you supply your own crib/

co t/ mat? Sheets? • What kind of "free time" will your

infant or toddler get where he/ she is not strapped into a chair or in a playpen?

• How often will the kid watch te le-vision?

• What will they watch? • Will the kjds ever take fie ld trip ? • Will the daycare do potty training?

How does that work? • What will your ch ild be told the

names of his/ her private parts are? • How does drop off and pick up

work? • If you are un able to, who el e rna

pick up your child? • Is the re a procedure for thi ?

All states h ave regulatio n that govern daycare centers . Compare them to what is actua lly happening at th e daycares you are visiting.

I urge you to vi it more than one daycare. This way you wi ll have ornething to co mpare each one to.

obody does it like momm and daddy. In your ab e nce leave our child with th e best. Good luck!

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Alpha/ Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI:

Alpha chapter has been keeping busy this semester doing great things. Our semester started with rush. The theme for our parties was "Go Retro ACTIVE with AkT." We had lava lamps, groovy beads and lots of happy faces. We felt lucky to pick up 14 women through structured and open rush .

We've done two major philanthropies this semester including rai sing money for Stephanie Smith, a little girl in our area who needs a stem cell transplant. And, we 've adopted our street from the city and will be planting flowers and cleaning it come spring. We 've al o had can d1ivesfor Pine Mountain and donation drives for a local women 's shelter. Somehow we also managed to mix a little fun in there, such as our hayride, formal Founders' Day luncheon and a weekend trip to Gamma Theta for RLW.

-Kristi Charles

Beta/ Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI:

The sisters oftl1e Beta chapter were greatly surprised upon their ren1rn to campus. Our house has been redecorated tl1anks to our new Housing Manager, Angie Coombs and several other sisters and parents.

Formal rush was a success! We are please d to welcome 15 wonde rful pledged members into our sisterhood. They are just as crazy as the rest of us! Homecoming fes tivities included a

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Colleiliate ChaPter News breakfast at our house, followed by tailgating. In September, we enjoyed getting acquainted wi tl1 Kelly Duke, our new District Pre ident. We take great p1ide in announcing that we were awarded 'The Most Improved hapter" for the fall em ester at Greek Academic wards. Our philanthropic events have included volunteering at a local soup kitch en, H ead Start, and a Red Cro blood drive.

-Kelly Galler

Delta/ Indiana University of PA

Indiana, PA:

The De lta chapter tarted th erne ter off with a succe sful ru h . Our first major fall event was homecoming. We and our partne rs from Sigma Phi Epsilon , Alpha Gamma Delta, and Delta Tau De lta placed first this year with our Sesam e Stree t float.

Before the parade, we celebrated our an nual Alumnae Tea with alun1nae, sisters and new members from the Delta chapter.

We had several fund raiser , including a car wa h and a credit card ign up. We also participated in our AdoptA-Highway clean up.

At thi time, we are helping Kappa Delta Rho raise money for Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. We are hoping to reach our goal of $15,000 this year. We are getting excited for Miss IUP, our philanthropic project that we hold ever y spring sem ester.

-Darla Schnell

Delta Spring '96 Pledge Class at their formal.

Zeta/ Lock Haven

Lock H aven, PA :

The Fall1996 erne ter for the Ze ta chap ter at Lock Hav n niversity h a been a good one. W had a n o-frill rush and it turn ed out great! We are ble sed to hav four wonderful new si -te r . They were all involved with u for our annual Rock-a-Thon in which we collected over 500.00 for our philanthro py, Lo ck H aven Day Care.

Our c hapter was very involved with th e h m ecoming ce lebration at LHU thi term . We worke d with Tau Kap pa Epsilon on a float for th e parade. Our th e me wa uper H eros Through the D cad e . I t wa a bla t. We h owe d our chool pirit and our enthusiasm in being involved with o ther Greek organization . Another fun ac tivity was our Founder ' Da dinn er. The famili e of many of our i ters go t toge ther for thi celebra

tion. It wa a great ucce . -Darlene Ward

Omicron/ Concord College

Athens, WV·

Th~s sem~ ter, the Omicron chapter dediCated Itself to becoming a lar<Ter b ,

more active organization on the campu of Concord College. V\ e picked up 3 women in fo rmal rush and 10 in informal; increasing our number to 2 , the largest we've been in year

V\ e ' re v r proud of tl1 i . e rne ter ' p ledged m mber . The , h ave mad n ex tra effo rt to m ak th chapter productiv .

Another impr v m nt w m ad e has been in th alumna . Thanks to our n ew

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we had much more contact with alumnae than in the past severa l years. Not only are they begi nning to attend more tea and ceremoni es, they have also been overwhelming with their fin a ncial support of our chapte r.

We just recently held a benefit concert for Pine Mountain Settlement School. Our si ter, Delnora Re d , who cut her own country album a nd wa named one of the top ten collegiate acts in America, gracious! used her talents to benefit our philanthropy.

:Ja mie McGraw

Rho / South Eastern Oklahoma State

Durant, OK:

The Rho chapter kicked off the fal l seme ter with a successful rush . Our th me thi ear was "We Are The Champion "and we came out o n top witl1 22 wond rful wome n .

The lad ies of Alpha Sigma Ta u dominated during th e H omecom ing festivities this year. Kelli Robison was first runner up H omecoming Queen. Our Specia l Olympics fl oat won fi r t p lace. We walked awaywitl1 the Sweep-tak trophy for atte nding the most

events during homecoming week. For philanthropy, we delivered

Meal on Wheel to local shut-ins, made

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Christmas baskets and sponsored a coat drive. Founders' Day was celebrated with a candlelighting ceremony. The ritual helped us to reaffirm our beliefs in the ideals of Alpha Sigma Tau.

The seme ter was brought to a n end with a Christmas party h eld with the other sorori ties o n campus. A wonderful time was had by a ll who attended.

-Kelly Walla

Sigma/ State University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY:

T he Sigma chapter had an eventful and productive semester thus far. We welcomed eight great women who wi ll co ntinue the Alpha Sigma Tau tradition. To kick the semester off, we attended an RLW whic h wa h ld at Gamma T heta. Besides attending work hop , we also made time to ocia li ze and get to know i ter from other chapters. At the end of this fantastic weekend , we proudly accepted the ho nor of best ban ner.

Founders' Day was especially enjoyable this year. Ten sister joined the a lumnae for a wonderfu l aftern oon lun c h eon . Hearing stor ie about o ld times and making ne~ fr iends topped the da off.

Sorority Growth and Development have been a significant focu thi se mester. Afte r attend ing a Confl ict Resoluti o n Seminar, we a ll found it much easier to resolve even the mo t mino r of di agree ments. We also held a campus-wide Eating Disorders Seminar which was very informative . Both of these activities were intere ting and gave u the chan ce to come together in sisterhood.

-Cari a Coni

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Upsilon/ University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR :

T he Upsilon chapter had a super Fal l l996 semester. T he semester began in August with fal l rush . Al l of the rushees seemed to love the party as we sang and danced to popular songs from three different eras. T hings could no t have been better. During fal l r ush , we gained over 30 new pledged-members of whom we are very proud. We n·u ly feel we have the best pledge program on the Un ive rsity of Central Arkansas campus, and now we believe it even more after the Best Pledge Program Award given to us in Phoenix th i past summer. We feel ver y honored to have received this award .

September began by having a pizza party a t the first meeting of the s me -t r. t the fir t football pep rail , we con-

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tinued the tradition of winning the pmt sti ck. We also began a new tradition of having a sisterhood tailgate par ty before the game. During the month , many of us participated in "Race for a Cure," a run/ walk to raise money for breast cancer re earch .

Things only got bu ier in O ctober. Christy Phill ips won the title of iis Body Beautiful, an annual conte t ponsored by a fra tern ity on campus. Al o, KaJ; Lewis won the title of Pledge Queen am ong pledge of all tl1e sorori ti e on campus. \ 1\ e honored ou r paren ts a t the annual Paren ts ' Day Luncheon . V\ e had po tluck lunch and took our paren ts to the footbal l game that afternoon. eve ral m mber and pledge participated in a vo luntee r d a ca lle d P roj ec t Am erica. V\Te work d a t a ho me fo r

abu ed women and children , played with ch ildren a t a center for underprivileged ch ild ren and did hou e hold chore for senior citizens.

U p ilon ' favorite event of the year was our isterhood retreat at a fishing resort in Moun tain H ome, Arkan as. November 9-10, we all wen t to the re ort and had the be t time ever. Everyon e left all of their ch ool worrie behind and pent two day becomincr closer i ter .

We also collected food to make Chri tma baskets to give tone dy fam ilie . Fin ally, a t our Ia t m tin of the m -ter, we had a Chri tma party wher w all brourrh t an o rnan1ent and had an ornament exch anrre .

- rav riffi n

Phi/University of Central Arkansas

Conway, AR·

A fund rai e r thi semester was a j ambala a dinne r sa le . A dinn e r sold for $4 which included: sa lad , bread , j ambalaya, and de ert. It turn ed out to be a huge ucces .

Our banque t fo r Founde r ' Day a t th e H oliday Inn , gave ou r a lumnae a chance to come see how much Alph a Sigma Tau and Phi chapter have g rown ove r th e year . Mr . Melinda O ate , Io ta Distric t Pre ide nt; Mi Pa tri cia

ayle, Director of Alumn ae; and Mr . Ri cki Tro e n , Director o f Co ll egia te Chapte rs came for th e banquet. Miss Nayle gave a wo nde rful peech about how much Alph a Sigma Ta u ha grown over th e years. \1\Thil e th e were h e re, we had initiation for fo ur new membe rs.

We a re rea lly proud of Ma rybe th Lomasn e and Shae Woodward , wh o we re inducted into Gamma Sigma Alph a Honor So c ie ty, a nd M a ri ssa Fe rnandez who was inducted into Rh o Lambda H onor Society.

-Kri ti Istre

Chi/ Shepherd College

Shepherd town, WV.·

Our fa ll se meste r h e re a t Chi started off in full swing with th e th e me of "Sisters b y c han ce, Fri e nd s by


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choice." s fa r as fund ra ising goes, we kicked off the sem e te r with a 50/ 50 raffl and a spaghe tti dinne r, whi ch were bo th ucces ful. Fourtee n of our wo men had a great tim e this Septembe r wh e n th ey we nt to Be ta Mu fo r RLW. Also, homecoming thi year was a victoriou one fo r us. We won first place in skits and fo r our fl oa t.

As for phi lanthro pic ac tivities, we h eld a Se nio r ' Prom fo r se nio r citize n . We a ll da nced the night away lea rnin g da nce like th e Ch arl es to n a nd teac hin g d a n ces lik e th e Macare na. It was a bl as t!

Founde rs' Day was ve ry special fo r us thi s yea r. \file had a g rea t alumnae turn o ut in c ludin g di s tin g ui sh e d g u e t u c h as Dr. Sa ra C ree a nd former 1 a tio na) Pres ident, Mrs. Mary

Charles Ashby. At our e le bra tio n , a ll of th e siste rs, alumn a and coll egians alike, red dica ted th e mse lve in a very moving e rvi ce . Befo re the red edi atio n, Mrs. Ashby honored us with a few words of wisdo m as we ve ntur into a new e me terofexcitinga tivities. We would like to th ank he r and there t of th alumnae for coming to our celebrati on and making it such a su c s .

-Mar y Be th McCausla nd

Psi/James Madison University

H arrisonburg, VA:

This semeste r started off g reat for th e P i ch apter with a ve ry ucces ful fo rm al rush . T his year ' the me wa

lTro nomy, and at the con lu ion of rush , we invited 51 wome n to join th Psi chapte r!

We 've b n reall y involved in philanthropic proj ects th i e rne ter, both individually and a a sorori ty. T hi year many of our sisters participated in th AIDS Walk in Washington , DC. We plan to make this trip a n a n n ual philanthropic proj ect. In addi tion to thi , we al o took a trip to the moun tain where we pi cked up tra h while we hiked up the mounta in . Our pledged member o rganized a halloween party for underprivil eged children . It wa fun for u and even more o for the kid .

Psi' have al o been extremely active in th eJMU communi ty a well. We a re th e ve r y p roud winn e r of th e J a m es Madi so n ni ver it ' pi r i t

ward , whi ch we wo n ove r a ll other orga nizatio ns on campu . V\ e 've a! o been ac tive in intramural . P i ch ap-

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Members of the Alpha Gamma Chapter pose with new sisters on Bid Day 1 996.

te r would like to give special recognition to J o hanna Lohrman , who won Top Tau at Na tional Conventio n, and to J amie J ones, the newest member of the JMU wo men 's basketball team.

-Ka tie Ha rbeck

Alpha Gamma/ Henderson State

A-rkadelphia, AR:

Alpha Gamma had an exciting fal l! We are proud of the growth of our chapter. We gained 11 wonderful newwomen dw;ng our best-ever formal fall rush .

We will spo nso r a campus-wide AIDS Awareness Candlelight again this year to commemora te Natio nal AIDS Awareness Day. We also participated in th e "Fee d Arka nsas " food d r ive which raised 800 pounds of nonperishable food for the needy in our state . The fa ll pledge class voluntee red the ir time to decorate a local nu rsing home for halloween.

Al pha Ga mma sisters have bee n recognized for th e ir academ ic ach ievement and outstanding service to our unive rsity. Fo ur of ou r siste rs we re named "Studen t of the Wee k." T hey were : Leigh Short, Michelle Lin, Amy Clayton , and Elain e Martin-Kneebone. Elaine wa a! o inducted into the Orde r of Omega, a we ll a be ing named Gr ek Wo man of the Yea r and H S Stud en t of the Year.

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Alpha Epsilon/ Western Illinois University

M acomb, IL:

T he Al pha Ep ilo n chapter tarted out with a great ru h this seme ter. We rece ived 23 wo nde rfu l wo men fi lled with promise to do positive thing fo r ou r chap te r. T hey fin ished their 8-week pledge program and are now active members of ou r organizatio n .

We had what we believe to be o ur mo t uccessful p hilanthro py ever. We ho ted our an nua l "Challenge of the Fra terni ties." With all of th e eve nt com bin ed , we managed to raise about

4,000 .00! We were all ve r y excited abou t it espec ially ince ' e had o m uch fun hos ting it. Special thanks to J en nifer Moon and Nicole LaFrancis fo r th e ir g reat wo rk in putting th e whole thing togeth er.

We h ave participa ted in several event th is year alread . With the openin g of th e ear, Phi Ka ppa Th e ta h os te d th e ir soo n-to-b e a nnu a l Dragon boat Races. Four sororitie and a few fra te rn ities raced each o the r in lo ng na rrO\ "dragon boa t . " Team ALT took first place in the race.

n o th e r f ir t p lace we a re extremely proud of i th MD drive. V\ e ' ent doo r to door asking peop le fo r u ppo rt to he lp fig h t th i d i ease .

-Colleen O 'Brien

Alpha Lambda/ Radford University

R adfo-rd, VA:

Parrots Jed the wa to a "Sisterhood in Paradise" as fal l rush began . few Jimmy Buffe tt tun and a cou ple mocktail got th e parties going! The grand fin ale boomed "T he Dynamic Dozen ," twelve enthusiastic women.

Alpha Lambda participated in the 'T ake Back the ight" annual on-campu walk to increa e preventio n and awarenes of rape.

We al o pride ourselves with a variety of social service . Weekly servi e include bingo for the Humane ociety, clo th ing bank and watching children afte r school. t home Virginia Tech foo tbal l gam , we volun tee r to benefit the Humane ociety by working the conce sion tand . We are planning a " it Out" at a local tore to raise mo ney for a young girl who has developed Hodgkin 's Di ea e. For the ho lida , we are adopting a fa m ily to he lp with cloth e fo r chool during thi cold winter.

-Patricia chwe iger

Alpha Omicron/ Clarion U niversity

Clarion, PA:

T his emester tarted wi th a bang. Infor mal ru h left us wi th 14 wonde rfu l pledged member . Our them e thi year was "The LT Calendar Girl . " Our pledge rai ed money for the Pine Moun ta in Settlement chool b ho ting a bake ale , rai ing 70.00.

We are happy to ay tha t we have five alumnae ti ll participating in activiti es in o u r c h apter. H eath er Frankho u er, Zeta, i living with u in our h ou e an d is active in the aradua te program here a t !arion. In O ctober, we a tte nd e d th e RLW h o te d by Gamma Th e ta . O ur ten d e legat repre ented us " ell , an d brought ba k man crea tive idea .

For communi ty rvic , we clean d our adopted hi hway, \i ited the grandparen ts a t the Clarion are enter, and wi ll be inging carol in the nur ina h o m e . Our fund-rai ina ff rt thi em te r included

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Alpha Pis at j u lie Evers-D 'Annu nzio 's \Veddin cr

Alpha Pi/Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock, PA:

The Alph a Pi chapte r had a g rea t em es te r. Y.le had a ve r y successfu l fa ll

rush , in wh ich our th eme was "Mardi Tau. " V\ e h a d e leve n wo nd e rfu l wom en p ledge us. V\Te continu ed o ur Clean th e Highway phi lanth ropy, as we ll a he lping with th e Special Olympic and Slippe r Rock He ri tage Day . We ado pted a child th rough th e Proj e t Ch ti stma Elf program and ran the concession tand during th e li ppe ry Rock Midget L ague football gam s. Weal o pon o re d a h ypn o ti s t a t SR '

Exu-eme ' ightclub. We celebra ted Founder ' Day with

th e red di ca tio n cere mon , and had a grea t tim e at the annual Ye llow R~se Formal. We ' re looking forward to wtnning back our crown in Greek ing and Greek Week th i pring.

-Christa o le

Alpha Tau/ Edinboro University

Edinboro, PA:

Alpha Tau began Falll 996 with an exciting "Wizard of Tau " ru h th eme. It proved to be fun and we we lcomed nine enthusia ti c women in to our chapter. For Homecoming, we ran with the brothe rs of Tau Kappa Epsilon and work e d lo ng a nd hard on our Charlotte 's Web float.



We attended RLW at Gamma Theta and brough t back many great idea to share with the entire chapte r. For Hallowee n , we h e lped the broth e rs of T he ta Xi and the Erie Sh rine rs with a haunted house . Al l of the proceeds went to Shrine rs' Hospital. On Novembe r 3, we hosted a National Founde rs' Day luncheon at th e Riverside Inn . It was attended by si te r from the Gamma The ta and De lta Alph a chapters, and also by alumn ae and chapte r advisors.

O ur semeste r re treat was a grea t uccess. It took place in a relaxed se t

ti n g a n d ga ve s iste rs a c h a n ce to stre ng th e n siste rhood bo nds. T h e theme was Ho mecoming '96, and we refl ected o n past events and ways to improve future even ts.

A lpha Phi Chapter at 1996 "!I nchor Splash "

W wou ld li ke to th ank Miss Mary Ell en Wi lmi tch, and Mr . Li a Ma ri e Fredri cks for the ir time and d di a tion toward our chapte r. AJ o , a hug thank yo u to o ur c h apte r ad viso r, Dr. Campbell , we appreciate eve rything you do for us.

-Mar y Zeglin

Alpha Phi/ West Chester University

West Cheste1; PA:

T his has been an exciting semete r fo r u . For th e first tim e, w had Fo rmal r ush in th e fa ll. Wear pro ud to have 19 new women who we re ini tiated o n Nove mber 25.

Our ocia l se r vice proj e t hav ke pt us bu sy. We pa r ticipa ted in a cann ed food drive, a clo thing d riv , and a "Stro ll in ' for S nior " Walk-aTha n. Also, we participated in dopta-H ig hway with th e b ro th er of Phi De lta The ta.

In Nove mber, we ce le brated 1atio nal Founders' Day by having a beautifu l ceremo ny and lun cheo n , which our mothe rs attended. We held a dashfor-a-date par ty where each i ter had o n hour to find ano th er i ter a da te. The n ight turn d out to be ve r in teresting!

-Am y Mac t r

Bet a Della 's 25th Ann iversary Celebration: Terry LoCurto, Founding i ter, irene H orning, and Lindsey Kanski

Beta Delta/ Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA:

We started th e e me ter off with a p lanning arn ival. We had a grea t time with th e Sigma us putting o n "P romises!" Our fall rush bro ught th ree new

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members to our chapter. We are busy planning a spectacular spring ru h . We look forwa rd to taking man y n ew women in th e spring. As part of our plans, we hope to ecure new furniture for our wing. This semester we also participated in intramural and many other activities.

Beta Epsilon/ Shippensburg University

Shipj;ensburg, PA:

This semester, Beta Ep ilon wa th e proud winner of homecom ing here at Shippensburg. With our hard work and dedication , we put tog th e r th e winning fl oat and walking unit with th e brothers of Acacia. Th is won our chapter 250.

Our sisters have ke pt ve r y bu y with our several social service projects. They consisted of a Walk-a-Thon for St. Jude's Hospita l, tutoring needy chi ldre n with lea rning difficulties, and collecting ca n ned good for a food she lte r. In O ctober we walked in one of our local annual philanthropies, the Walktoberfe t for the American Diabete Associa tion.

This semester, our Vice President, Colleen Hursh adopted a "Profe sor of the Month " award. As a chapter, we elect a profes or who has made an outstanding contribution to our academic institution.

-Iri Folkman

Beta Eta/ Southern Illinois at Edwardsville

Edwardsville, IL:

AlT sp ir it was soaring as Team AlT had a wonderful rush week. We rece ived a great group of new women . The theme of this semester' rush wa "R H, all we need is ! " Th se women had an active emes ter ho ldin g man fund rai ers, in cluding one ending shoe to th e Dominica n Re publi c . Pledged member also he ld a fun fill ed pi dg -a tive ocial in November.

We had a great time thi emester wa hing ca rs and baking goodie for bak ales to raise mone . We he lped at a wim me t he ld at the YM 111

Edwardsvi lle a on of our ocial rvice proj ts. We ac ted a chaperon to the

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For philanthropy, we he lp ed tock shelves at the Glen-Eel food pantr and ent a donation for school upplie to

th e Pine Mountain Settlement School. -Cortn ey Diaz

Beta Theta/ St. Mary's University

an Antonio, TX:

The Be ta Theta chapter got off o n th right foot thi fall. T he chapter earn ed the honor of having the econd highe t GP for all ororiti on campu . We ow thi to our academ ic scho la r hip cha ir who nforced the tudy hours for the chapter ever week.

"S tudy Buddie " and "Pl edge Ia Competition "were tl1 e mo t popular and competi tive program that got eve ryone invo lved in tudying.

This fa ll e rn e ter, we d ecided that in the be t intere t of the o rOI·ity, we take no pl edge an d concentrate on th e red edi ca ti o n of a ll member to make AlT the most unified group on campus. We have retaken vows, don e workshops, and ha e interacted wi th one anoth er in differe nt activiti e . Because of thi , we fee l tl1 at our unity and i te rhood have grown.

Our first philanthropy, "Park like a President" brought in mo nies toward Habita t for Humani ty. The donation of monie wa made in AlT and niversity Pres ide nt, fr. foder' name. In O c tob e r, we h oste d a H aunted House for th children of Woodlawn Elementary chool. We also helped out the Brig hto n School , a chool which as i t children with learnin D" eli abiliti e . We painted cubby hole , the up-tairs mee ting rooms, and did office

Beta Theta' Alejandra Moreno and lillie iter J\!Ionica Lopez at I. lary' Oyster Bake

errands for the chool. Social activiti e reall helped u

hake mid- me ter blue . Our "Don 't Leave it to Fat ... Find Your i ter a Date" d ate d a h wa h e ld at the Rive rcenter Corned Club downtown . The i ter and the ir date had a great time.

-Irene Chavez Beta Iota/ Millersville University

Millersville, PA:

Thi umm r, we ee l brated our 20- ear anniver ar here at iller ville. W had a great turn out at our reunion. The day co n is ted of a picnic, awards, loo king at o ld crap book and compo -ite , and baring fond memorie of the o ld and new.

Our chapter did philanthrop work with the merican Cancer o iety b devoting our time to help the urvivors of brea t cane r and their upporter . One night n i ted of everal peak r who not on ly provid d

u with know! dge of breast cancer, but touched the heart of all of our i ter . It has been a great erne ter and we ~ ould like to wi h all of our graduate a lot of luck and love. We are very proud of our chapter and h pe to ee our do en grow ev n further and our ucce to ontinue through the ar .

-Andrea mith

Beta Iu had yet another productive erne t r. We jumped in with both feet thi fa ll. Our ru h began in e ptemb r and w fo llowed the ye ll ow brick road to 'The Land of th e Tau ." V\ e extended bid to 12 'Oung ladie . Then we h eaded traight into RLV\ . V\ eweretheho tton ine ~T ch apter .

ingled Out II, on of our fund raiser , occurred in 0 tober. " 'e rai eel a con iderable amount of fund and w received a gr at d a l of publicity from thi event. TheFlyer, our ampu n wpap r, ov r d the event with an impr -ive fra n t pa!Te ani I . th r fund rai,-

er thi m t r includ d th ,. at, hirt raffl e and th th -o; so raffl

banquet and the bakele bake ale (a special thank you to Gamma Zeta for the wonderful idea).

Our philanthropic spirit i sti ll strong. This semester we h ave donated money to the American Cancer Society, the Eastern Sh ore AIDS Foundation a nd Helping H a nd . This Christma , we adopted a fami ly and aided other needy individual b wa of th e jose ph House a nd the Sa lvation Army. Also, we continue to vi it our adopted grandma we kl .

As far a Sprin g 1997 i co ncerned, we wi ll be busy pl anning for our annual Pa rents ' Da , Greek Wee k and th e AIDS walk. We intend toreadopt our turtle and whal . We a l o wi ll a ttempt to imple m ent a n ew prog ram a mong SS 's Greeks: g u est Greek speakers. Beta Mu i loo king forward to an oth er se n sationa l em ester with o ur n ew Ch apter Con-ultant, Gail Fowler, a past a ti on a l

Pre ide nt; a nd our n ew ss ista nt Cha pter Advisor, Lisa Adam , a Be ta Mu alumnae.

- ara h Parker

Beta Nu/ Bloomsburg University

Bloomsburg, PA:

Thi ha been an exciting year for our chapter. Our ru h was ver uccessfu l. Our theme was "Under the Sea with ALT. " The new si ters are sure to enhan ce our isterhood with the ir caring and enthusiastic personalities. We have raised a lot of mo ney through fund rai -er uch a selling candy and wearers. Ove r the Chri tmas break, we're holding a raffle to rai e money for brea t cancer re earch .

We had an amazing turn o ut for Homecoming. We came in second place for our Medieval Times Float that we built with another sorority and fratern ity. We also pon ored Parents' Weekend on campu which was a huge succe s. Participating in a Greek Leadership Conference on our campus gave u many new ideas for improving our chapter.

One of our isters is a member of the Un iversity's Field Hockey team and they captured the 1996 Tational C~ampionship thi past season. Also, tx of our new member play !aero se. We are


Collei!iate ChaPter News finall y mee ting one of our ALT ne ighbor , Shippen burg. We had a wonderfu l visit with our new Distri ct President, M . Robin Davi , and we are looking forward to her vi it next emester.

Over Chri tmas break, our chapter is going to the mountain for a retreat. We are also going to celebrate three of our ister ' engagements. Two of our si ter are traveling in Europe thi em ester; we hear from them almo t every day.

-Pam Donnelly

Beta Xi/ Michigan Tech

H oughton, MI:

The sisters of Beta Xi had a great term. We have three new pledged member this fall. Through rush, we have also acquired th e interest of ten promi ing ru hees. The new philanthropy proj ect we have started required many of the sisters to become certified in first aid and CPR. Mter certification , we are now teaching the communi ty CPR and fir t aid for th Red Cross.

At Halloween , we sold tricks and treats for our fa ll fu nd raise r. We sold them on campus ahead of tim e and then delive red th em to the "victims" on Halloween.

The snow is fa lling and we are getting fired up for Win ter Carnival and for a great preferential rush next term. Spring term , we are hoping for the snow to melt early, so we can compe te in the Greek week games!

-Tanya Cichosz

Michelle Pietruszynski and Marcia H illa?)' of Beta Pi

Beta Pi 's j enell Dixon, Michelle Pietruszynski, and Megan McCallum

Beta P i/Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL:

This sem ter has been wonderfu l for th e women of the Beta Pi chapt r. We tar ted the seme ter with a uccessfu l rush; now we have 36 new member .

The month of September wa busy with our 4th ann ual World erie oftball tournament. World Serie is a fund rai er for the chapter, and this year, the men of Sigma Pi won for th econd year in a row. As October rolled around, we began preparing for a ll of the Homecoming activities. Thi year we paired with the men of Sigma Chi , and veryone had a great time. Before the game, we he ld a lu ncheon for our di tingui hed alumnae. A wonderfu l turnout of women came to vi it and join in on the festivities.

We participated in man ocial ervic ac ti vi ti es this seme ter whi ch included: the March of Dime "Mile for Dime " walk, the Special Olympic , a blood drive and a can food drive for the local food pantry. The women of Beta Pi are preparing for the end of the emester and finals. We are all looking forward to J an uary 30, when we will celebrate our 15th year on campu . On February 1, we will be holding a banquet. This will be a celebration for collegiate member as well a alumnae.

-Diane chmelzel

Beta Tau/ Massachusetts at Lowell

Lowell, MA:

Last emester, the Beta Tau hapter welcomed five new i ter to our fam-

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ily. We were happy to have so many new members who bring bright new ideas to our chapter, along with lo ts of enthusiasm! During their pledge time, they donated money to the Pine Mountain Settlement School, collec ted children 's books for local area hospitals and had time to spend with the sisters.

Throughout last semester, our chapter has participated in many ac tivities, philanthropic, social, and fund raising. We continued our long-term philanthropic project, Adopt-a-Highway. We donated a sheet to the Oklahoma victims, which we comple ted on our retreat weekend . Another philanthropic project was a community-wide, anti drug fund raiser which was held very close to campus.

In addition, we had many ru hes, sorority / fraternity and pledge/ sister social events which fill our heads with beautiful memories. For fund raising, we had a Bowl-a-Thon, which turned out to be a great success. Not only did we make money, but we had oodles of fun. We sold lollipops again, and look forward to continuing with that fund raiser.

Kudos and congratulations go out to our six sisters and two pledges who made Dean 's li st during last semester!

:Jennifer Rutstein

Beta Upsilon/ NJ Institute of Tech

Newark, NJ:

Greetings from the Beta psilon chapter. Hello to all of those we met at Convention and to all those we didn 't meet, and those not luckyenough to get there. There's always Michigan!

There was a slow rush tl1is semester, but we did get one pledged member who is wonderful. Be ides the normal , we already had our Yellow Rose Semiformal in October. A lot of fun was had by al l. The alumnae turn out was wonderful. Thank you Gamma Rho for having us at your Founders' Day celebration; it was fun and only 15 minute away. Michelle Schmidt, Regional Collegiate Coordinator came for a visit and to train a ll our ne w officers . Congratu lat ions to Mariana Ferreira, our new pre ident, and to all other new officers. Good luck to the new colony at Moravian, we will try to ge t ther soon. W an ' t wait to

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Tau. We vvish ever yone luck and love in the next emester.

-Amy Schweighardt

Beta Chi/ Ferris State College

Big Rapids, Ml:

Thi seme ter th ere were various ac tivities th e Alpha Sigma Tau si ters were involved in . They included Greek game , where we took first in lip sync, second in pu h cart and bike race. We h a d a rededication ceremo n on Founders' Day. For volunteer work, we dedicated a few hour of our time to help build a play cape and erved food to all the volunteer help. We aJ o came together to he I p paint our house. The e are just som e variou thing we did this seme ter.

-Kri tie Kavanaugh

Beta Omega/ Monmouth College

West Long Branch, NJ: We have been involved in man y ac

tivities this semester. In ovember, we held our annual mother I daughte r luncheon to commemorate Founders' Day. This was a great way to involve all of our A!-T mothers. We also had a fall retreat. The main focus of the retreat wa sisterhood. Thi wa a great opportunity for ever yone to have fun and get close. All the sisters left with a new sen e ofun ityand pride.

Our chapter i very bu preparing for our fund raiser, "Meet Your Mate," our version ofMTV's "Singled Out". It was a great success last year, and we are expecting an even better turnout thi year. We plan to donate part of the proceed to Pine Mountain Settlement School.

We would like to extend a special thanks to our new Chapter Advi o r, Janis Palumbo! Thanks for all tl1e time, hard work, and help you have given us. Beta Omega wishe all of our si ter everywhere a wonderful year.

-Cath Ra tcliffe

Gamma Epsilon/ SUNY at Potsdam

Potsdam, NY:

Gamma Ep ilon ta rted th e Fall 1996 e rn e te r off with a u ful

Jennifer Foulides, Chapter dvi or Jacalyn McCarthy, Courtney Monilias, farmer Delta District Pre ident Michelle Cangialosi, my

chweighanlt, Renee fl nstis at Convention.

ru h . Thank to our rush director, Ruth Sam on, and our rush theme like "Putting on th e Ri tz in !-T," we were rewarded with ix inte lligent women.

The weekend of October 25-27, our chapter wa vi it d by our District Pre ident, h ar i Gre hem Rich , and the Director of Collegiate Chapter , Mr . Ricki Bargman Tro en. The provided u with many insights into improving our chapter.

We celebrated Halloween with a co tume mixer. It was great to see everyone dressed up in their co tumes. Our pledged member were the mo t creative with each one dre sing up as a differe nt colored 1 & M.

:Jill H au knecht

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Gamma Zeta/ Frostburg State Frostburg, MD:

. D_u~i_ng fall rush, we partici pated ~~ acuv1Ue such as bowling. We had a s~1?~ presentation with many of our actJVltJes and fun times together.

. Thi~ seme ter our chapter wa bu y ~~ ph1l~nthropic proj ct . We partiCipated m our regular project such as: collecting pennies for Pine Mountain , u bering for school pla , and baby sitting for a local church. Weal o participated in tutoring children and Adopt-a-Highway. We are making arrangements to Adopt-a-Grandparent.

Thi year' homecomin g theme was "Discovering ew World at FSU." We had a lot offun participating in the parad e and creating a fl oat. During homecoming, we had an alumnae picni c, and got th e chance to mee t some of our founding i ters of the chapter.

t the "Big Event" wh ich he lp clean up the communi ty afte r homecoming, we won an award for th most participant . V\ e also participated in the H a lloween Hou e of Fun, which provided a fun and safe wa for the neighborhood children to celebrate th e holiday.

-Marla Steinman

Gamma Theta/ PA State University

E1ie, PA:

Th e Fa ll 1996 se meste r ha been very bu y for the Gamma Theta chapte r. Most of our time wa conce ntrated on planning our RLW. We planned workshops for ru h , fund ra ising, and pledge programs. Approximately 170 isters from different chapte rs a t

tended. It was a very beneficial weekend for all , and a great u cces for our chapter.

Gamma Theta sisters after initiation of Nu class.



Some sisters of Gamma Zeta at the FTOstburg State University H omecoming.

V\le were a lso invo lved in ma ny phi lanthropic eve nt including "Day of Caring," wh e re we repaired houses; "Trail of Treats, " where we pas ed out candy to children on Halloween at our local mall ; and also our Adopt-a-Highwa.

We had aver succe fu l rush with our new ru h chair, Nicole Pepicello and just initi a ted four new siste rs. For Founders' day, our chapter, along with Gann on and Edinboro chapters, celeb rated with a lun ch eo n a nd candlelighting ceremony. On our local Founders' day, we celebrated with a dinner out and a rededication ceremony.

- icole Gennuso

Gamma Iota/ York College

York, PA:

The fa ll mester for the Gamma Iota chapter at York Colleg has been both bu y and exciting. Thi semester the isters chose a harvest th eme for ru h, which was a success! The sisters have also been busy with many philanthropy and fund raising activitie this fall. We have been working with the Special Olympics and are al o currently U"yi ng to d evelop a se nior citizen Adopt-aBlock. To rai e mon ey, we have sold Wolfgangcandy,and had carwa he. We also sold bagel and cider during the annual Hall owee n H appening he ld on campu .

Two of our sisters have won cholasti c awards, Chri y Pa ll a and Vicki Coulter. Kelly Spencer was awarded for Most Career Goals and First Team AllConference for field hockey. To top off

the seme ter, Liz V\lhitm r, who repreented Alpha Sigma Tau , was vot d

Homecoming Queen for the college. :Joy Baker

Gamma Lambda/ Kutztown University

Kutztown, PA:

This ha been quite an exciting fal l for us. We began by ending ix of our isters to j o in other ALT' in Maryland

for the Regional Leadership Workshop, which wa not only in pirational, but allowed us to meet sister who b came in-tan t friends. Our chapter welcomed O~.+r pecial District Pre ident for a weekend

full of meeti ng and an evening of dinner and girl talk. To celebrate ational Founders' Day, we welcomed alumnae back and cooked a fabulou dinner.

For Halloween, we eire ed in co -tumes and went to a retir ment home to volunteerfortheirparty. Itwasan incredible night and we wer proud to participate in it. To end our em ter, we welcomed ten new sisters into our chapter and had a beautiful winter formal .

-Karyn k.lar

Gamma Mu/West Virginia Tech

M o ntgornery, WV.·

The Gam ma u chapter ha been ery active during th e fa ll erne ter.

Our flurry of activity began even before the semes ter had begun. V\ e had our summer meeting during jul .

Our rush director, H eatl1er Tanner, did an excellentjob planning and executing th e activitie for formal ru h . We had a fa hion show, modeling all

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different aspects of the sisters and their activities outside of Alpha Sigma Tau.

On campus, we have been an active and positive force. During Homecoming, we e rved ho t dogs and hamburgers along with soda to curb the alcohol consumption during the game. We have se t up boxes for donations for the needy at various busin es e tablishments in the communi ty. Recently, we had a ve r y ucce sful visit fro m our chapter consultant, and that weekend we had a rededication ceremony. It was a beautiful ceremony made even more memorable because our chapter consul tant was there.

-Stephanie H olcomb

Gamma Nu/Waynesburg College

Waynesburg, PA:

We sta rted our se mes te r with fa ll rush. We did Tau-hiti. All ofu dressed in beachy, island clo thes and broke our sorori ty into diffe rent islands, each describing a diffe rent aspect of AlT. We a! o had a "Melrose Mo nda " in our tudent unio n with snacks and pizza.

o t o nly have we been bus with o ur o ro ri ty, but thi semeste r ha been h c ti c with campu -wide a tivitie . Our college take part in a proj ec t to help with community service ca ll d Into the

tre ts. W po n o red a e lf-de~ n

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Collei!iate ChaPter News seminar, which we all a ttended , and it was followed by a candl light vigil to top violence. We attend d a date rap eminar, did the campus clean up, an d

skipped a m eal fo r In to the tree t . Some of u even attended a ign language cia . On o ur own, we have pon-o red two of o ur i ter whil e th e

bowled fo r th e American ancer ociety. We bought a ho for th e arc h of Dimes and we are wo rking clo e l with To s fo r Tot .

We will be rai ing mon y by e lling candy aga in , thi tim for Ea ter. We are al o pl anning a hoagi ale , ge ttin g po n o rs and hooting hoop and a campus-wide da tin g game. We have o u r Christma Party pl anned for December 7, and have pick d nam e o ut of a h a t fo r o ur i t r g ift exchange . We all ge t d re ed up, alo ng with a da te , and eat nac k and o pen present . We are also anx io u ly awaiting our spring fo rmal.

-Gin a Racio ppi

Gamma Xi/ Grand Valley State

Allendale, Ml:

The isters of Ga mma Xi have bee n working ver y hard thi me ter. At th e ope ning of th e ern e ter, we we nt stra ig ht into formal r u h wi th much excite me nt and po itive a tti-

tude . We received nin great women . We ar ve r proud to have come

awa fro m o nventio n wi th o m an award . We received th e Mo t Improved Di trict Effi ci ncy ward, two award fo r Ou tstanding Trea urer and a thi rd place in the Philanthrop category.

We w re a l o ver in vo lve d in H o m eco min g week thi ear. We tarted th e w ek wi th ere nad e and

banner hanging (in wh i h we received third place) and en ded the week wi th a fir t p ia e in the tug-of-war.

-Karen Brook

Gamma Pi/ Lycoming College

Williamsport, PA:

Gamma Pi is celebrating five year thi fa ll of be ing a chapter of Al pha

igma Tau. T h i year, th e ister hav b en busy on and around campu . W have been very active in verything from p h ilanth ropy to fund rai ing. It h a b en a good em ter for everyone. For philan thropy, we participa ted in : baby itting for the profe or ' children , a coat check for the American Cancer ociation ' annual auction at Di alvo ' Re tauran t, a h art walk for tl1e Red Cro s, donating clothes to alvation Army, and finall , a Ch ri tma Parade at the L coming Mall. For fund

prin ,.., l ~))j

Joy Graeff and Dana Dinger celebrate Gamma Pi 's H omecoming

ra i in g Chri tin e Levin a nd Kr i ti Gehri , ou r fund rai ing chair have planned man even ts. We work d for th e Li ttle League World erie , he ld here in Williamsport. Thi even t was held befo re classe tarted . We al o had a candy bag sale and will be having a baked goods sale.

We had four sister attend the ationa] Convention in Phoenix. T hey learned some new and innova tive idea on how to run the orority more efficient! .

We h ave a lso b ee n very ac ti ve around ca mpus and the communi ty. We participated in tl1e econd annua l Clo thesline Proj ect, p ro testing domestic vio lence. T he Re latio nships Mon th wa a locally adopted proj ect that pro-

Gamma Pi's f all 1996 pledged members after

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Gamma Pi jnesident Brenda Bowser introducing Elizabeth Dole at the Community Arts Center in Williarnsj;ort, PA

te ted many types of vi o lence, fea tu ring speakers that the sorori ty attended.

Two i ters, Brenda Bowser and J oy Graeff were honored recently. Brenda, o ur President, was ho no red and excited to introduce Elizabe th Do le in Septe mber at th Community Art Ce nter. Mrs. Do le was here to campa ig n fo r her husba nd , Bo b Dole . Bre nd a rece ive d thi s h o n o r wh e n Do le' Advance Team cho e her over o th er students at the college . J oy wa recently cho en to be on the H omecoming Cou rt a fi r t runne r up.

-Lauren Con rad

Gamma Rho / Seton Hall University

South Omnge, NI Ou r semester began with a Soror

ity Growtl1 an d Deve lopmen t re treat at a sister's home in th e Pocon o Mounta in . The foc u o n the re treat wa to grow together an d et o ur goal for tile year. T h e wee ke nd wa fill e d with many activi tie and long talks.

Gamma Rho has been very busy on fund raisers. Fo r two d ays we worked o n having tudents fro m th e U nive rit:y fill out credit applica tion . For

each applica tion filled out, we received 2. Also, we had a raffl e to rai e money.

We are currently planning for o ur 5 th year annive rsar y. We expect to h ave a wonde rful cele bra ti o n . Our plan is to have a receptio n and dinner a t a local re taw·ant. We look fo r ward to tha t d ay.

-Cristina Dominguez

Gamma Sigma/ Belmont Abbey College

B elmont, NC:

The si ter of Gamma igma had a very exciting and rather busy su mmer I sem st r. At the Natio nal Conv n ti n in Phoenix, o ur chapter was awarded two award , ational and Di trict mo t improved chapter! To kick off our su -cessful fa ll seme ter, we had our r u h "M mber hipHas l ts Privi leges." ! twas a great success and also fun.

To add to our ucce ful seme ter, the re wa Homecoming. We had four sisters no minated to be on the Homecoming court. One of o ur sist r was elec ted Crusader Quee n which is second runner up . Also, we rec iv d an award fo r havi ng the mo t alumnae and being the most pirited for th weekend .

We are curren tly do ing many fund raisers such a don ut sale , and working at the conven tion center. T h i i all in preparation for the next convention. For our philan thropy, of which there are veral, we participated in and upported Breast Cancer Awareness Day on campus. We donated money and wore our letter to how ou r upport for the cause. Also, we participated in he lping one of tl1e local SK Steeple Cha e . Finally, we are hold ing our annual hri tmas party for needy children around the communi ty.

-Ch ri ti na Marie Arsena

Gamma Tau/ Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA:

This erne ter has been ver rewarding fo r tile i ters of tile Gamma Tau chapte r. we tarted tl1e ear, even of our i ter attended the RLW at Sali bur

tate niversity in Maryland to enhance our knowledge of tile orOI;ty. Tho e siste rs enj oyed mee ting i ter from across th e Ea t Coast, and gai ned man valuable idea to bring home.

We were tll ri lled to have two ister o n tile 1996 homecoming court Erica

chneck and Yvonne D' va. Thi ear th e cr own was p as ed from L nne Dettore, a Gamma Tau alumna of 1995 to Yvonne!

This fall , i ter had a fun time exch a n g ing n a m es fo r g h ost i ter .

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Gamma Tau sisters at H omecoming

Around Hal loween, the ghost sisters buy mall gifts to promote un ity.

-Michelle Gentz ler

Gamma Upsilon/ California State L os Angeles, CA:

Our chapter tarted the Fall 1996 quarter with two weeks for formal rush. We had a very successful rush this quarter. After formal rush, we had a variety of events to welcome our new pledged members. We held a pizza night for si ter and pledge , and our first siste r/ pledge BBQ. T hese activities gave everyone a chance to get to know each other.

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On Nov mber 4, 1996 we celebrated Founder ' Day with a candlelighting ceremony and a late dinner togeth r. Thi wa an o ppo rtunity fo r i t r an d pledges to rededicate them el e to Alpha Sigma Tau. Thi year, w will hold our first annual Thank giving Dinner, and our quarte rly fund rai ing eve nt cal led "Munch with the Tau ." Thi has been a very full quarter fo r u , and we ended it with our annual Chri tma Dinner. We have planned many even ts fo r th e 1997 cale ndar yea r. We a t th e Gamma psilon chapter look forward to a fun-fill ed year and wi h all of the i te r and pledge of Alpha Sigma Tau

much success. - adiya iregar

T h is e rne ter, ' e had an excellent ru h . A a re ult, we initia ted te n new si te r . The Alph a Phi Delta fra ternit he ld its annual \ ee th eart pageant to ra i e ma n e fo r an underprivi leged ick child . Two of our si -te rs upported thi event b compe ting with o th e r o rority m ember fo r th e wee th art title . Th competition incl ud.e d ta le nt, Greek pirit and a qu e tio n and an wer peri od . The re wa an abundan e of upport b a ll.

Our ch apte r a l o pa rti ipa ted in th e Wa lk-a-Tho n p a n o r d b ' th Ca th o li a mpu 1ini tr ' to ra i

mo n ey fo r th e co mmuni ty food ba nk of ew J e r e '· During H allowee n , we dre ed up a m an t r , g ho t and go blin at th e Wayn e Boy and Girl C lub f o r th e i r a nnu a l H a unte d H o u e.

We e nded an excellent and productive e rne ter \vi th our ecre t i -ter p rogram and a sp ctacular h o lida party.

- olleen mith

Gamma Omega/ LaSalle University Philadelphia, P. :

Thi e rne ter we participa ted in Bran ch-Out Da , wh ere iste r volunteered their time to help at a women ' helter, u pporting our lo al philan

throp . i ter al o ot toge ther and were in truct d in elf defen e , where we all learned a I t. The ister w learned back our alumnae with a pizza party. Man of our ister al o participated in intramural ports uch a volleyball and flag football. To upport our orority, i ters go t their familie involved by e lling 50/ 50 chan ce over break. We are exci ted that three of our i ter hav a 4.0 GP . Du to Pan-He! quota, our chapter wa unable to accept any new member . H owever, thi gav u the tim to bond a i ter and plan for a fun-fi lled ru h forth pring. To clo e the em ter, i ter are

preparing for the \vinter formal ," nder the 1i tletoe. "

-Je n n Dunphy

Delta Alpha/ Gannon University Erie, PA:

The Delta Alpha chapter ha been keeping ver bu tl1i erne ter! We had a grea t time doing homecomin \vi th Kappa Delta Rho and can 't ' ait for next ear. We have been doing multipl chari ty and communi ty even ts u ch a th e H eart V\ alk, going door to door collecting canned good fo r tl1e communi ty food ban k, and cookinrr fo rth Tue day Night Dinn r whi h i a fr home cooked meal for all ann n tu-

Kim Blaschke and Kim R usso in the TeePee at Edinboro

RLW wa held at our neighboring chapte r, Gamma Theta at Penn tate Behrend thi year. We had the privilege of as i ting them. Ever ything went great and we learned a great deal from o the r chapte r in ou r Be ta Di tr ic t. Thank you Gamma The ta fo r a very u cces ful weekend. An o th er local

chap ter, Alpha Tau hos ted Founde r ' Day thi year. That too was a wonderful succes !

In clo ing, always remember: "What I can give i never as much as I get fro m th e g iving."

-Shannon Murdie

Delta Beta/ Fairmont State College

Fairmont, WV.·

We began ou r ummer with o ur ecre t i te r prog ra m . We all drew

names at the conclusion ofl a t year and were to send le tters, cards, e tc. throughout the summer. This wa a grea t "pickme-up" fo r those who were away from the ir i ter for th e long break.

A few of our siste r participated in the Fre hman Counse lor program here on th e Fa irmont campu . T h ese women went through intensive training in how to educate the incoming fre hmen on the ins and outs of college life, along with moving these new students into the dorms.


Collegiate ChaPter News The school ear moved quickly, and

before we knew it, it was tim fo r rush. Roundtable bega n o ur ru sh wee k. Then was informal rush wh re we used a "Gilligan 's I land " theme. It was fun and informative for th e women and we had a reall good turnout. Following was fo rmal rush, which proved to be a grea t succe .

Before we knew it, it was Homecoming week, and w were truly honored to have m embers running fo r H omecoming Quee n. Danie ll e Hrapchak represented Alpha igma Tau , and she made us proud . Andrea Myers was th e White Roe ofThe igma Tau Gamma fraterni ty, and chosen as th e Maid of H onor.

Our latest goal is a ocial with the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorori ty to prove that we are all Gr ek and we can all be friends no matte r where we belong. We look fo rward to this ac tivity and the many o thers to come.

Christie Malcolm

Delta Zeta/ East Stroudsburg University

East troudsburg, PA:

T h e pl edge progra m this se me -te r we nt we ll. T hro ug h th e wee k we had ac tiviti es in whi ch bo th th e siste rs and th e pl ed ged members too k pa r t. We had a lot of fun ge tting to

kn ow each o th e r.

Our local phil an th ro py is ca ll ed Poco no Pa r nt o f Down Syndro m . Wh a t we d o is pl ay a nd wat h th e childre n wh o have Down yndrome whil th ir pa r nts m e t a nd di scuss iss ues. It is a ve ry rewardin g xp r ie nc for a ll o f u a nd a ll of th e siste rs tha t a tte nd love it. We hav a l o ra ised mo n y fo r Pin Mo un ta in and Easte r eal .

a so rority, we ar ver y active o n campu . We part icipat d in makin g the Grear Ame ri can m oke-Ou t kn ow n to everyo n e by pa sin g ut hand ou ts and fli ers . We wo rked with ano th e r fra te rnity to vo lun t er tim a t a blood drive ou r campus po n or

ve r y y ar. -Mau ree n Pi ndziak

Delta Delta/ University of Illinois

Chicago, IL:

The De lta Delta chap ter met over th e summ r at Six Flag Great Am rica to have an annual picnic, discuss our goals for the year and plan ru h .

Our fir t philanth ropy was held in September- The AIDS Wal k Chicago. It was very succe sful and much fun. We rai d a lot of mone for the cau e wh ile havi ng a great ti me.

Safety wa one of ou r topic for a campus-wide Sorority Growth and Deve lopment even t. We he ld a e lf de-

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fen e seminar, presented by Sifu Dino of Iron Fist. H e presented many tip on h ow to prevent being in a dangerous situation and what i best to do if you find yourself in one. Founder ' Day was wonderful; the Chicago Alumnae Chapter came to commemorate the day with us. We all had a terrific time ocial izing, eating and celebrating.

We had much publicity thi e mester. We have utilized flyer , WUIC, the campus radio station, the LED Me age Board in the concourse of the union as weU as newspapers. Most of our even~ have been posted in the UJC Today, a new student newspaper, and The Reader, a Chicago-wide free weekly paper.

-Laura Anderson

Zeta Tau/ Longwood College

Farmville, VA :

Zeta Tau had a busy Fal l1996-1997 seme~te r. We started our semester by learnmg about the proceedings of Convention and then gaining several en rge tic new members. Our n ew member ac ti ve ly pa r tic ipa te d in intramura l spo r ts, spe nt a day a t the local animal shelter, perfo rmed in the semiannual lip syn c co ntes t a nd e nd e d th e ir pledged member period by th rowing the i ter a costume par ty! We are al l very proud to have these women a part of our chapter. The siste rs were also active as we parti cipated in a wal k fo r Alzheimers and a walk fo r Cance r. Fund raising wa put into action with a $100 raffle fro m which the proceeds wen t to Pine Moun tain Settlement School.

Zeta Tau 's "Ooze Ball" Competition

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Delta Zeta's Pocono Parents of Down ryndrome- Maureen Pindziak, Lauren Ladlee, Kelly Howard, Kelly Rose, Janet Ridley, and Nlandee Hay

On the weekend of October 12, we rece ived a visit from our new District Presiden t, Michelle Flynn . T he weekend was spent rediscoveri ng o ur chapter and getting to know Mr . Flynn. In all, the .visit was ucce fuJ and thought provoking. O f cou r e, the most exciting event wa Foun der ' Day. I t wa

MaTy Louise Do le and Collegians at convmtion

goo? to have our alumnae back again. mce peech wa delivered by uzie

guero who poke about the benefits of being a member of a orority. The night ended with a candlelight ceremony in which an engag m nt and a legac were revealed by two of our alumnae. We congratulate them both!

-Arlene Goodrich

Kitty Kramer; Debbie CaTter and Cindi H awes atRLW 1996

Erie Reported &y: Debbie Carter

The Erie Alumnae Chapter was fortunate to have been awarded the following awards: Kitty Kramer, Alumnae Top Tau and Debbie Carter, The Yellow Rose Award. Kitty Kramer and Cindi Hawes both attended the convention thi past summer in Phoenix.

In addition to h e lping out De lta Alpha and Alpha Tau chapters, we are involved with Gamma Theta by doing the Adopt-A-Highway program in the summers with them. Cindi Hawes gave Gamma Theta a hand with the ir chapter retreat.

We had a fund-raiser to raise mon ey for RLW expenses where we made favors for Gamma Theta to give to eac h chapter and n ationa l staff membe r. Founde r ' Day was ce lebrated with three chapters in the surrounding area at Riverside Inn for a time of being 'All Si ters Together'.

Lehigh Valley Reported IYy: Kimberly Golden Benner

For as much as thing change, they seem to stay the same . This i true of th e Lehigh Valley Alumnae Club. At our Holiday Extravaganza meeting in December, club m ember voted unanimously to become an official alumnae chapter. After nearly 14 yea rs in existence as a club, we are now ma!Ung the switch.

In October, we assisted with presentations to soro rities at Moravian College, in Bethlehem, who we re interested in going national. Within days of the presentations, Phi Mu Epsilon


Alumnae ChaPter News pe titioned to become the newest AZ.T collegiate chapter. They were officially accepted and we ribbon ed and pin pledged the girl on ovember 23. It has been exciting both for th e n ew chapter and for the "old alums." They are a great group of young women , and we are all having fun getting to know each othe r.

We are al o proud to announce tha t we now have five national staff members in our group. Tracy Bond has bee n e lec te d as th e n ew Nationa l Co lony Advisor, Barbara GrantWethe rhold is National Music Chairman , Norma Brown is Chapter Consultant to De lta Ze ta chapter, Virginia Downey is Chapter Consultant to Delta The ta chapter and Kimberly Golden Benne r i Assistant Chapter Advi or to De lta Theta chapter.

Last, but ce rtain ly not least, Lehigh Valley is honored and pleased to be the first recip ient of the 'Club Stars Award ' a t convention in Phoenix. We received th is award for our work in assisting with the start up of new collegiate chapters in o ur area and our continued support of th ose coll egiate chapters.

All of the fun , wonderfu l traditions the club has been doing for years, from e nj oyin g a summer pi cnic together with our fami li es, or ce le bra ting Founder 's Day at a local restaurant, or adopting a local family for the holidays and enjoying a night toge ther for an ornament and cookje exchange to just baring laughter and creating great

memories at each mo nthl y meeting will re main. Sure, we 've been through some changes, but so many wonderfu l things have stayed the same, like this great group of women.

Baltimore Reported &y: Diane Raycob

Since th e ummer e nded , our chapter has held three meetings. In September, we chose a new ocial service proj ect, which is the Catho li c Charities Foster Care program. We also d ec ide d to se ll ch eesecakes as our fundra isin g proj ect. Three of our members attended the Regio nal Leadership Workshop .

At our O ctober meeting, we tenciled apple prints o n tee-shirt 's and canvas totes. We celebrated Founder's Day in November with a nice lunch eo n , and the December meeting consisted of cookie and ornament exchanges.

Centreville-Manassas &poTted &y: Diane Underwood

The Centreville-Manassas AI umnae chapter has been very busy since returning from the convention . We were ver excited to have three of our member attend the convention in Phoenix.

In August, we had a luncheon at a local restauran t where we made plan for the upcoming year.

BaltimoTe Alumnae enjoying Founder's Day Luncheon.

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At our September me ting, we initiated our convention delegate, Debby Kuhn , and co ndu c te d o ur first fund-raiser of the year, which wa a Tupperware sale. The sale wa a uccess, and we hope to h ave m ore fund-rai ers in the pring.

We trave led to O ccoq uan , Virginia, for a g host tour where we learned about the history of th e town and th e ghosts that are believed to be prese nt.

Founder' Day was pent with both the orthern Virginia Alumnae and Psi chapte r . ext year we plan to ho t a Founde r 's Day dinner our lves.

At th e end of ovember, fi ve member attended a Thanksgiving dinner for th e re id nts of Annaburg Manor. Annaburg Manor i a local nur in g home in Manassas, Virgin ia, th a t we wil l be supporting as our new philanthropy. Everyone that atte nded the dinner had a g reat tim e, and we feel that this philanthropy will be very rewarding.

We ended the year with a holida celebration at th e home of J o hann e Favaloro. At the celebratio n , we initiated Lisa DiSandro a an alumnae affi li ate.

Psi chapter is our adopted collegiate chapter. To support P i, we collec ted goodies to deliver to the chapter in time for exams. We also donated

Alumnae ChaPter News clothes for their clothing drive for familie in Elkton affected by flood.

We loo k forward to orne great activitie thi pring and hope to ee our number grow over the next few mo nths. If you are in our neighborhood , co me e u .

Indianapolis Reported by: Pamela K L egg

The Indianapoli Alumnae bid a ad farewell to ar n Rin ehart a he relocated to o lorado pring . he

will be mi sed , but we certain I wi h her well. Many of our gro up are Alpha Alpha' fro m Ball State niver ity. We joined a fu n-fill d reunion organized b Bet y Ro and ara h Munier Williamson at Morri Re ervoir. We renewed tie of i terhood through photo , remembran ce , food and talk. In eptember, w gathered for "H igh Tea"

and viewed a video of Buckingham Palace.

An evening in ovember wa pent with friend an d fam il tour in g th Gaia Winer in downtown Indianapoli . This is the on l winer owned b a woman in th e entire tate of Indiana. We learn ed abo ut th e proce s of wine making and toured the fac ili ty.

Chri tmas once again found u taking part in the Panhe lleni c gift wrap at Circle Cen tr '[all. Our annual party

lndianajJoli Alumnae with Alpha lpha Alumnae at a july reunion

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and gift exchange wa parked thi year by the addition of mu ic. Faith H arlan convinc d the oth er m mb r of her axophone quintet to entertain u at

the home of Beck ppleman. We look forward to the new y ar

when our pre ident Ingrid hild expect her n w baby. We invite all in the Indianapoli ar a who are looking for other Alpha igma Tau i ter to join u .

Pam Legg i th hi torian for the Indianapo li lumna Panhelleni , and he i erving her fifteenth year a our repre entative. he i also the pre ident of the Par nt Facu lty Organizati n at Lawrence orth High chool. Faith Harlan i the Director of Mu ic at Elwood Middle chool and al o play her axophone in numerou group in the Indianap li Area, including tarr

ight . W ar real ! pr ud of her, and the wa he hare her tal nt with other .

Buffalo Reported I.Jy: Florence M. odu

Our annual m y t r y ride took place in June. Jean Me amara and

ally Wale arranged for an inter ting day in nearb Canada, which included a vi it to a doll hou e mu eum. Later in the ummer, we to k our chi ldr n to Tau Tot T im at the ummer home of Dorothea Porter. h ha graciou I ho ted this game and fun-filled ev nt for more than thirty ear .

Patricia i hoi ho ted our eptember meeting where President Pamela zafarczyk hared her report on the national convention. It wa announced th at Lucille Peter on and Dorothea Porter were leavinu their po ition a r pre entative to our local Panhelle nic. Th ' both have d -voted man ears of faithful ervi J eanMc amaraand al l ' V ale willb rep lacing them.

t o ur October m tina at the home of ally vVale , a pr uram wa. gi en b ' an int ri r d orator whi h featured mon v- avinu d

' 0 v\ agr d to p n or a benefiting hildr n ' H pi ri no· Barbie do ll ~ r th

trees , which Kath Callahan will chair. Anita Che rkhau r efficiently headed our own fund-rajse r, the e lling of Entertainment books.

The ovember Founde r 's Day luncheon include d both alumnae and collegia te sister . We enjoyed a most inte re ting program on th e educatio n of eeing-eye dogs which included a visit b a Labrador re triev r wh o i ge tting puppy tra ining in th e ho m of Helen e Blackledge .

A live ly gift exchange a t the ho me of Maria Logona conclud d the ear at the Decembe r m eeting.

Greater Chicago Area Reported by: Marijo Gosselinll

Boating on the Chicago River, pa rti cipa ting in th e Chicago AIDS Walk, and celebra ting Founder Day with the collegia tes of Delta Delta chapte r were o rn e of th e hig hlig hts of 1996 for

member of th e Greater Chi cago Area Alumnae Chapter.

At the end of th e summ r, we took a c rui se d o wn th e Chi cago Ri ve r, th ank to Chri tin e Reite r 's husband , whose company rented th boat to us. But we weren ' t th e only o nes o n the river tha t d ay, as man o th er Chicagoans and o ut-of-/ owners crowded in to the city befo re th e ta rt of the Democratic a ti on al Convention .

The june atio nal Convention wa di sc u s e d ove r ba rbec u e a t Juli e Smolarek 's house fo r th e epte mber mee ting.

We m e t with D e lta De lta collegia tes fro m the niver ity of Illinois at Chicago at the end of Septe mbe r to participa te in AIDS Walk- Chicago, our philanthropy proj ec t fo r the year. Dre ed in our specially de igned ALT AIDS Walk T- hirts, about 30 of u joined thousand of o the r and traveled th e down town and la kefro n t course . We rai ed over one thousand dollars for the fight aga in t AIDS.

To celebrate Founde r 's Day, we once again joined with the Delta Delta collegiates at the student center on th e UIC campu . We enjoyed their company and parti c ipati o n in th e candle-lighting ceremony.


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ti o n , nin e of u s go t to ge th e r a t Miche lle Brinde ll ' ho u e for our annual holiday party. We took pa rt in a grab-bag gift exchange, played puzzl gam e , and snacked o n de lici us appe tize r and de e rt .

Chapte r members are taking j anuar y off toe cape th e wor t of Chicago's winte r wea th e r but loo k ~ rward to ge tting together in Februar y fo r a Pampered hef fundraising par ty.

Harrisburg Reported &y: Rebecca Christoff

The H arrisburg Alumn ae Chapte r h a b ee n bu sy. In O c to be r, we ki cked-off our favorite fund-raiser, a Tuppe rware par ty. The siste r do nated Ha lloween candy to give to the children residing at th e Inte rfaith Shelte r. A few members visited th e co llegiate chapte r a t hippensburg U ni ve rsity, which is one of our two collegiate chapter associatio ns, to celebrate Founde r 's Day. At the fo rm al Nove mber meeting, we recogni zed o ur newest me mbe r, Lynn e (Partridge) Kline, Ze ta . At our holiday luncheon in December he ld a t the hom e of Casey Marks, we revealed ourse lves to our secre t siste r with a specia l holiday urpri se .

Our chapte r has a ve r y specia l m e mb e r, Ste ph a ni e McGra th Steadman, Ze ta. A couple of years ago, Ste phan ie was in a serious car acc ident. We a re g lad to say th a t Stephanie i once again near our chapte r a she has

moved to a loca l nur in g home. T he hapt r would like to Lh ank h r for

in piring us with he r o ptimism and fa ith . We have I arn ed mu h fro m o ur fri end hip with Stephani e .

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Tidewater Area Reported by: Joy Stroud Robertson

We've been a very busy grou p this Fall. We we lco med two new member , Becky Pe ters, Beta Pi, and Amy Burn , Psi, in to our chapter in Octobe r. O ur fundraising proj ec t in luded e ll ing e nte rta inm e n t boo k and having a Tupperware party.

Exam goodie were en t to th ree Virginia ALT chapter , Al pha Lambda, Psi, and Ze ta Tau. V·le adopted th e amaritan H o u e , a ba tt red women ' she lter, as o ur local phil anthrop . We continue to support Livi ng Water Chlistian chool by end ing in oup label . We are also collecting old tuffed an imal

Harrisburg A lumnae Chapter Christmas Luncheon left to right: Amy Lassi, MelissaFleegal, Colleen Shea Koller, L isa Waltman Sackett, Antoinette 1 alale, Case;• Smith Works, Donna Weible;• L apano, Joanna Natale Parthemore, Teresa Baker Eckard

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Tidewater Area Alumnae Chapter- 'Vew memben A my Burns and Becky Peters.

and toy to b restored and given to children who have suffered trauma . In O ctober, four of our member , along with the local PanheUenic group, participated in Heart Wal k to benefit the American Heart Association.

We obser ved Founde r ' Day at a local restaurant with a celebration that included a special candle lighting ce remony. It was a mem o rable evenin g dedicated to isterhood.

Our annual holiday par ty, he ld at th e ho me of Robbie Cool, included a de licious dinn e r, games, a sil ent auction , and exchanging of ecret Santa gifts. Proceeds from th e silent auction were donated to th e J oy Fund, a local Christmas charity.

Congratu lations to our president, J oy V\ ither poon , who won this year' Top Tau award . Congratulations also go o ut to Be th and Mike McO ker on th e bi r th of their so n, Michael J oseph . H e was born o n September 19th .

St. Louis Reported by: Mary Lou colt

The Fa ll activiti e for o ur chapter ta rted with o ur usual po t luck uppe r

mee ting in eptember in th e ho me of II a imp o n . T he news of the recent conventio n in Phoe nix wa hared .

Ou r annua l Found e r ' Da ce lebra ti on wa o rga nized thi ear by the Edward ville, Illino i alumnae chapter, a we tak turn ho tin g th e eve n t.

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Alumnae ChaPter News th e program a well a a soro ri ty bi rthcia cake. T h e can d le li g h tin g ceremon wa th e highligh t f the oc asion, as alway . Fo un der Da ' i th time Margaret Bongner, ne of our Pa nh e ll e ni c re p re entative , i in charge of e lli ng the Panhellen i cholar hi p fun d rai ing ticket . Later we were in for med our chapt r had thre prize winn er and gift it m were donate d b loca l merc hant . Caro lyn AJexa nd r, our other Pan he llenic repre en ta tive, a i ted with ale b)' te lephoni ng member .

Later in ove mber, vera) membe rs took part in the chap t r ' ph ilanthro py proj ect. We went fir t to th

r i i Se lf H e lp enter for bu e el V\ o men in t. Lo ui . T he director to ld u of the coun eling work the do, and we took p r o na l care item , a wa ugge ted . We also vi ited O ur Li ttle

H ave n , a re iden tial care faci lity for d r ug-exposed and H IV po iti e young children , mostly infant to pre- chool age. Ou r d onati on he r o n i ted of co n umable product th at are needed ever da uch a d iaper and h giene ite m s. Ou r gro u p took tim e to eat lun ch toge th e r at a nearb re tau rant before ayi ng good-bye o n a ra iny but rewarding d ay.

We celebra ted th e fir t of our holiday eve nt in early December at the

home of Lath and Mike Kennedy with orne collegiate fro m B ta P i. al-

wa , the food e lection wa great and the company even more . Our econd h o lida eve nt will be at a local re taurant v ell-known for its German cui in e.

V\ e would li ke to im'ite an y alumnae in the area to j in u for fu ture activitie . Anchor your e lf to i terhood in th e t. Loui area.

Detroit Reported lJyjean DeClnck

The D tro it alumnae were very activ th is ear. everal n wer member accepted the re ponsibili ty of chapter office , including m elf. Veteran officer pur u ed th e r area of intere t with in Alpha igma Tau , including two national council po ition and 10 national taffpo ition . ur member al o hared their talents with the commu

nity. Nadia Madden chair d the unflower F tival and p lanned her church cia reun ion, and Kathl en Monticello appeared in the Farmington Player production of "Light p the ky."

Two very pecial i ter in our ch apter were honored with award thi year. adia Madel n r ceived the Anch or ward, a he ha alway been a ource of in piration to u . he ha

contributed her time and talent a

!?96 Conve~1tion, DetroitNorth-Ea tern Alum (Left to right) Kathy Baeckn; hri tianne } i>nt: . 7ammy Bonifield, Rose lane chmidt, Andrea Klein- ran cho, .\'an(')' Tvburski. Karen Ke. 11'1 Li a Marie Fredrrick and Emily Mrlntirr. · - ·

trea urer for man years. Sh also vo lunteer her home and talents a a ho tes every year and continues to give u u pport a nd gu idance. Our chapte r

ch o e Elaine Began a Alumni Top Tau for her exten ive contributions and po itive attitude this past year.

Our meeting continue to give u opportunitie to meet special wo m n of al l age who hare the common bond of isterhood. Round Robin give us a means of sharing our live with each othe r. We we re delighted th at ev-

ral member brought their new babi to our mee tings this year. Our mee ting also allow us to do wh at "LT ' love to do most -eat. Three haste se volunteered at each mee ting to provid e deliciou food for us to e njoy.

Thi wa a fun year for our chapter with plenty of opportunitie to xpre our crea tivity. In ay, we made Moth er ' Day boxe while lea rning decoupage and spo nge pa inting. V\ e di covered "Fun with Stamping" in june with in pi ration from Kathy Becke r a nd

adia Madd e n . At o ur Septe mbe r meeting, we decorated sweatshirts with leaf de ign . We al o expe rienced th e joy of gi ,~ng during our south ern S\ ap Chri tm a gift excha nge .

We ch o e fund-rai e r that were fun as we ll. Thi yea r we raised mo ney by ho tin g a J.S. Willow ho me pa rty where we purchased g ifts for o ur loved on e a we ll a deco rati o ns for o ur home and gardens. We also o ld e nterta inm e nt books a nd Go ld boo k , giving u opportunitie to dine and fro lic around th e city.

The fund that we ra i ego, in part, to Turning Point, a hom e for ba ttered women , to wh ich we have contributed for everal years. V\ e w re di traugh t when the ir home burned down ea rlier thi year, and we qu ickly se nt so me fund to he lp them recove r this lo .

Founder's Day gave u a specia l opportun ity to remember the importance of our sisterhood. In h o nor of this pec ia l day, we attended a lunch eon hosted by the Yp ilanti -Ann Arbor chapter. We were thrilled that th is yea r, for the first time, eve ra l collegians and their mother a tte nd ed. Ever yone donated raffle prizes for whi ch si ters purchased tickets.


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Northern Virginia R ejJorled by: Mary Charles Ashby

A summer 1996 arrived , o did activities to keep the Northe rn Virgin ia Alumnae Chapter memb rs busy. Ten membe rs attended th e 1996 national convention in Phoen ix where chapte r member, Mary Charle Adam A hby pres ided a a tion al Pre ide nt. Th chapter was recognized by the National Foundation for h aving achieved th e Pearl Leve l o f donations and numero us membe rs were sa luted for th e ir individual gifts as well. Our scrapbook, pre pared by Be tt Gai l Ell iott, received honorable me ntion for alumnae scrapbook . C h ar lotte Evans Floyd was na m ed our chapte r' Alumn ae To p Tau for 1996. We were ho nored at the conventio n when th e national organiza tion adopted our th e me, "Anchored fo r Life" as th e motto for alumnae nati o nally.

\1\le co ntinued our summer eve nts with our annual ice cream social a t th e home of Ma ry Charles A hby and e njoyed the fe llow h ip of several co llegiate sisters from Psi chapter along with me mbers of our c ha pte r and th e ir famili e.

In Septe mbe r, we we re in the lovely home of Be tty Sue mith Glaeser for o ur welcome back pot luck d inn e r. A warm welcome went to isters returning for ano th e r yea r with our chapte r and to severa l recent g radu a tes . We had fun a t o ur O ctober gathering, as o ur hostess, Cathy Mi lla rd chre ine r hared her H allowee n decorated home

with u s and divided u into groups to compete by deco rating pumpkins with the ite m s s h e furn ish e d us. Our Founde r 's Day ce le bration was o n ce aga in at th e beautifu l home of Charlotte Floyd with food furn ished and prepared by our hostess. The mon ey ra ised was donated to our ational Foundation H eadquarters Fund. Becky Podd , Alph a Lambda , was inducted into our chapter, and th e traditional Founder ' Day ca nd le light ceremony was held.

Th e sale of White House ornaments i once aga in our major fund-ra iser. a les of th e 1996 orna-

ment ar go ing quite well. For o ne of our chapter phi lanthropy proj ts this y ar, we a re donatin g mon ey (in li e u of a Christma g ift exchan ge) LO purcha e a nd send teddy bea r t G ne is H o use, a hom e for b a ttere d a nd abused ch il dre n . ev raJ b ar hav been donated by our me mbe rs and the mon ey co llec ted will purchase more bear for this worthy caus . The hapte r will make th e ir annual donation to Pin e Mo unta in Settlement h oo l throug h th e National Fo undation. Tickets are be ing so ld fo r a pl ay at the Little Theater in Alexandria to upport the Alumn ae Pan helle ni c cho lar hip Fund. Me mbe r gath ered in Decemb r a t the ho me of Pam Werner Fultz ' pa rents where we enjoy d the ir e ight Chri stm as trees, eac h with it own th e me, which ado rn ed their home for th e ho liday . ecret i ter were a! o revea led a t this Decem ber meeting. Member attend ing thi m eti ng not on ly dona ted to our teddy bear fund , but also brought a nowman o rna men t to pre e nt to our h o te , Lind a Wern e r, to sta rt yet a nother "th em tree."

Membe r of ou r chapter attended the Founde r 's Day celebration of hi and Psi chapter andjo in ed in honoring o ur founding with co ll egiate membe rs at th e ir re pective dinn e rs. a co ll egia te / alumn ae proj ect, we have co llected and ent goodies to Chi and Gamma Zeta chapters to enjoy fo r the ir exa m week.

Pam Fultz was recently recognized for h e r fli e r d e ig n "Th e Geologic

tor of O cee Rive r," which h e de-igned for the U.S. Dept. of Interior, .S. De pt. of g riculture Fore t er

vice, and th e Tenn essee a ll ey uth ority. It was also u ed with the 1996 Olymp ic . Med a Ray Elliott well wa recognized by th e Tyso n ' Civitans a the recipient of th e ir Civitan ' Ke ward, th e high e t honor which can be bestowed upon a member by a Civitan club. Ed ith Elliott received th e ivitan of th e Yea r Award from the T on Civitans. Charlotte Flo d and Carole Bicking Ke il received the Order of the Yellow Rose at convention. Carole Keily a nd form e r NOVA ch apte r membe r Caro l ]. Cooper, were a mo ng th e re-

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Cipients of the Ada A. orto n Outsta nding Alumn ae Award . Mar y Charles Ash by was elected a vice chairm a n of th e Faquier County School Board for another term. Edith Elliott ha erved a pre ident of the Tyson Civita n Club . Becky Podd wa appointed THE CHORAJumnae Ed itor. Dian e Di andro U nderwood wa a ppointed Chapter Con ultant for P i c h a pter. Cath y Schreiner was appointed for another term a ational Awards Coord inator. Meda Ray Sewell continue to serve as president of ou r National Foundation and Ch a rlotte Floyd as secretary. Diane U nderwood is th e current orthern Virginia Alumnae Chapter president. \1\ e invite any sorority si ters located in ur area to j o in us for chapter events.

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Alumnae

Sunflower Alumna Chapter Ka nsas, October 1996 I nstallation

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Charter Member. attending Alpha Gammas 50th anniver. ary. Clockllri e fro m top: Maxine Marshall Zimmerman, Billye Oliver H ainen, Gloria Young Lax, M axine JVlcCanley Hines, President, Patsy i\lile eary, Amanda Reese

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pring 1997

AlPha Sigma Tau DirectorY Nati onal Headquarte rs, 1929 Can on Road , Bi rmingham, AL 35216

Phone 205-978-2179 Fax 205-978-2 J 82 Office Hours 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. entral Time

Headquarter Adm inistra ti on: Lenore e ibel Kin g ( Mr . Thoma J. ,J r ) P i

ational Council National President - Mar tha Drouyo r DeCamp, Alpha 27931 E 4th Place, Redmond, WA 9 053

National Vice President -J anet Minnis Ji mi on , Io ta 529 Highland Dr., Arkansas Cit , K.S 67005

National Secretary -

National Treasurer - Andrea Kli enYancho, Beta Xi 69-B Locust St. , sone t, MA 02702

Director of CoUegiate Chapters - Ri cki Bargman Trosen , Alpha Sigma 904 Kings Road , Kirksville, MO 63501

Director of Alumnae - Patricia Lyn n ayle, Phi 12002 Ha tings Green, Hous

ton , TX 77065

Dir~ctor of Expansion- Chri tina Duggan Covmgton , Alpha Lambda 62 achem Village, West Lebanon , NH 037 4

Director of Fraterni ty Programs- ancy Tyburski , Be ta Xi W61 N419 Washington Ave., Cedarbu rg, vVJ. 53012

Director of Publications- Patricia Kl au ing Simmo n , Delta 29 1 Locust

tree t, Indiana, PA 15701

District P residents

Regional CoUegiate Coordinator #I -Mary Elle n Wi ll mitch , Alpha Rho 1951 Perry Lane, Young town , OH 44515-4928

Regional CoUegiate Coordinator #2 -Victoria King Garwood , Beta Delta 1801 Buttonwood Su·ee t #516, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Regional CoUegiate Coordinator #3 -Miche lle Schm idt, Alp ha Sigma 615 Dover Drive, Ro lla, MO 65401

Alpha District President - Kelly Kline Duke, Beta Xi 2786 David on , uburn Hill s, MI 48236

Beta District President- Lisa-Marie Cox Frede rick , Beta Xi 6024 Prince s Lane,

larksto n , MI 48346

Gamma District President -

Delta District President -

Epsilon District President- dele Black, Be ta Mu 2531 Lodge Forest Drive, Baltimore , MD 21219


Zeta District President - ynth ia G. Ea onMann ing, Alpha Sigma 43 S. We ton

ourt, St. Charle , MO 63303

Eta District President - ancy Voltz Lessig, J Beta Epsilon 47 Vi llage Kno ll Place, Spring, T X 773 1

Theta District President- Miche ll e J

Cangialosi Flyn n Alpha Lambda 2396 Breckenridge Ct., Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Iota District President- Malinda Henry ,; Oates, Gamma Gamma 7794 O ld Mt. O live Rd ., Gardendale, AL 35071

Kappa District President- Sonda Ruho ll Clocksin , Beta Pi 2 Durell Dr., Kankakee, IL 60901

Lambda District President -

Mu District President -J amie Alunn i, Ze ta 3100 Gran t Ave., C-26, Philadelphia, PA 1911 4

Nu District President- Kristin Hakin , Be ta Pi 3345 Betty Dr., Ar ling ton He igh ts, IL 60004

Xi District President- Megan J anney, Zeta Tau 3529 Wi llowrun Dr. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012

Omicron District President-

Pi District President- Shari Gr ham Ri ch, Alpha Epsilon 3438-C Chelsea Park Village Lane, o rcro , GA 30092

Rho District President - Suzanna Dun lap Coccagna, Delta 266 We t Owen ve. , Derry, PA 15627

Sigma District President - Robin Burroughs Davis, Ze ta Tau Box 1514, New London , NH 03257-1514

RLW District Pt·esident - Lisa Narodowi ec Enge l, Beta Pi 1369 O xford Circle, Roselle, IL 60172

National Staff

Academics - Chri ty Cuthi ll McCormick, igma 614 Ta pawingo Rd . SW, Vie nna, VA

22180

Alumnae Expansion- Carole Bicking Keily, Alpha Xi 7 07 Le land Rd ., Manassas, VA 20111

The Anchor Editor- Al ina Whi ttle-Tezik, Ze ta 4744 almon Stree t, Ph iladelphia, PA 19137

The Anchor Alumnae Editor - Re beccah Podd , Alpha Lambda 711 2 Ro k Ridge Lane #L, lexandri a, VA 223 L5

The Anchor CoUegiate Editor - Gay am mall T rue hart, Beta u 3187 Cotton

wood Court, Lanca ter, PA 1760 1

Awards- Cathy Mi llard chreiner, Chi 4400 H adrian oun, Alexandria, V 22310

Chaplain - Emil hby M !m ire, Alpha Lambda 1940 Seven Oak Dr. , Morristown, T 37814

Colony Adviser - Maria A. (Tonette) Blackwe ll , Gamma Gamma 698 Blackwell Rd ., Decatur, MS 39327

Colony Advisor- Tracy Bond, Zeta 135 ' li th St., Al le n town , PA 18102

Convention- ta iJimison Wedermyer, Iota 3732 SW Plaza Dr. # 202, Topeka, KS 66609

The Crest Editor - Wi ll a Loui e Wi ll iam , Alpha ifu 500 apa all ey #236, Littl Rock, AR 72211

Expansion Assistant- Roche lle . Hargi , Alpha Al pha 1509 . Ewing t. , Indianapoli , IN 46201

Expansion Assistant - An ne Curran Gruber, Al pha 512 Pine Land Dr. E, da, Ml 4930l

Financial Assistant- Beth An n Dobson Fournier, Beta Xi 2594 Ri dge Rd. , Wh itelake, MI 4 3 3

Historian- Tina Taylor chmiedel, Beta Xi 3631 Shangri La Rd. , Oshko h, \lVI 54904

Housing - Lara Buszka, Beta Xi 1331 Banbury Rd. , Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Membership Development - Tam my Stecrehu is Bonified, Beta Xi 16925 Mac Authu r, Redford , 11 4 240

Music- Barbara Grant \1\letherhood, Zeta 410 Cen tur Drive, Bath , PA l 014

National PanheUenic Conference Delegate- Cathy Bonds Crapet, Beta Zeta 6501 Q uail Ru n Dr., Pelham, AL 35124

National PanheUenic Conference Alternate Delegate - Carolyn Conner Alexander, Pi 6328 Potomac, t. Loui , MO 63139

National PanheUenic Conference Alternate Delegate - Cynthia Peckha.rt Ic Cro r y, Alpha Alpha ilia Del O ro 5 52 Scottsdale Rd ., cottsdal , AZ - 253

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AlPha Sigma Tau DirectorY National Panhellenic Conference Alternate Delegate- Martha Drouyor DeCamp, Alpha 27931 E 4th Place, Redmond, W 98053

Nominations- Karen DenchfieldMasterson, Beta Xi 2622 Ponce Ave., Belmont, CA 94002

Parliamentarian- Karen Laur en Ke sler, Beta Xi 6 Edenfield Rd., Penfield, NY 14526

Philanthropy - Lara Cegala, Psi 130 Fairwa Pointe Circle, Orlando, FL 3282

Pledge- Kathy Pulice Baecker, Theta 1 667 N. Oak Court, Clin ton Twp., Ml 4803

Publicity- Lisa G. McCoy, Beta P.O. Box 957932, Duluth , GA 301 36

Rush - TeLoa Holder Butler, Rho P.O. Box 2268, Durant, OK 74701

Alpha Sigma Tau National Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors

President - Meda Ray Elliott Sewell, Omicron 6541 Wi lliamsburg Boulevard , Arlington , VA 22213

1st Vice President - Lenore Seibel King, P i 1845 Lakeridge Rd ., Birmingham, AL 35216

2nd Vice President-Julie Bell Bruington, Iota 1318 W. Beech, Independence, KS 67301

Secretary - Charolette Evan Floyd, P i 11 01 S. Arlington Ri dge Rd. #316, Arlington , VA 22202

Treasurer- Rose Marie Schm idt, Theta 21359 Boxwood Ct., Farmington, 11 48336

Foundation Committees

Awards, Grants, Scholarship - Mel is a Frie en Park , Be ta Xi 6547 Cedar Ridge, Loveland, O H 45140

Publicity- Cathy Bonds Crapet, Be ta Zeta 6501 Quail Run Drive, Pelham, AL 35124

Effie Lyman Academic Loan-June McCarthy, Pi 891 Watson Woods, t. Louis, MO 63126

Fundraising- Patricia Wright Little, 1-ph a Lambda 3301 wanha llow t, Richmond , VA 23233

Collegiate Chapters

Alpha -Eastern Michigan University-Pre id m : Kristie Charles, 959 She ridan , Yp ilianti , Ml 48 197; :J o ce Berg, 15 132 Houghton , Li vonia , MI 48154-48 I 6; CC: Ke lt Klin e Duke, 27 6 Davidson , Gross PL. Farms, Ml 4 236-0000

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Beta -Central Michigan University- Pre ident: Li a Fettinge r, 107 W. Gaylord , Mt. Pleasant, MI 4885 ; : athe rin e J anson, 1417 Andre, Mt. Plea ant, MI 48858-19 11 ; C : ancy Heremza, 575 t. Be rnard, Mary vill e, MI 48040-1 320

Delta- Indiana University of Pennsylvania -Pre ident: Rebecca Bi kerton , 294- t. Oakl and ve., Indiana, PA 1570 1;

uzanna Coccagna, 266 v\ e t Owens ve., Derry, P 15627-1754;

Zeta- Lock Haven niversity of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Anne Grua gruber, 17

pring t. , LockHaven, P 1774- ; Am y DuPree, Box 11 , entra l ve ., vis, P 17721-9999; C :Colleen Ree e, 300 E. Water St. Apt. #33, Lock Haven , P 17745-1422

Omicron- Concord College - Pre ident: Camall ia Paule , Box - 04, oncord Co ll ege, thens , WV 24712 ; : Pamela

lade, Rt. 2, Box 473- , N. Tazewe ll , 24630; CC: Kimb rl Goad, P.O . Box 63 Louie Ct., Ri ing un , MD 21911-0063

Rho- Southeastern Oklahoma State University- President: Lo ri Crawford, 1307

. 3rd St .. Durant, OK 74701 ; : Te loa Butler, 610 Cedar t. , Durant, OK 74701-4240; CC: Heidi Butle r, 601 W. Cedar

t. , Duran t, OK 74701-4240

Sigma- State University College at Buffalo- Pre ident: Ali on Ru o, 457 Potomac ve ., Buffa lo, Y 14213; CA: 1 one; CC: Non e

Zeta Tau- Longwood College - Pre ident: H eather Swan , Longwood College, Box 2689, Farmville, 23909-1899; CA: lone; CC: Andro niki Fa ll i , 416-D Win

ston St. , Farmvi ll e, V 23901-1738

Upsilon- University of Central ArkansasPresident: Brandy Glover, 35 Farri Rd ., Com ay, AR 72032; CA: one; CC: Bobbie ichola , 1009 Fawnwood, Little Rock, AR 72227-5931

Phi- Southeastern Louisiana UniversityPre ident: Carolin e Price, L 23 0, Hammond , LA 70402; : Deborah Melancon ,73246 Pruden Rd .. Covington , LA 70432-7347; CC: Gwen Ku rtz, 7564 MacKenzie t. , 1ew Orlean , LA 7012 -1808

Chi- Shepherd College- Pre ident: J ennife r McClure, P.O. Box 553,

hepherd tO\ n , 25443; :Anna Gollada , 51 3 Hig hview ve. , tephens

it , 22655-0000; C: nn a Wal h, Rt.1 , Box 135, h pe rd town , WV 25443-97 19

Psi- James Madison University- Pre ident: Melanie Barn e , ~T:JM , Ta ·lor Rm 205 , 00 . Main , Harri onburg, 22 07; : Elizabeth Knig ht, Rt. 2, Bo 446, rot toe , V 24441 ; : Diana

nde rwood , 10446 Brac ketsford r., Mana ·a , V 22 111

Alpha Gamma- Henderson State University- Pre ide m : Ela ine Kn ebon e, H Box 5 124, Arkadelphia, AR 71999-5 124;

: Mary Mann , 905 . 26 th t. , rkadelphia, AR 71923-3607; C :Judith

Bra ko, Rt. 1, Box 94, lLl ttgart, AR 72160-941-

Alpha Epsilon- Western Illinois Univerity- Pres ident: he lsey Rate rmann , 1

Po llock Dr., Macomb, IL 6145 ; one; C: o ne

Alpha Lambda- Radford UniversityPr ident: Li a Priddy, 105-L Madi o n

t. , Radford, V 24141 ; CA: Allen Bure , 7547 edar Grove Lane, Radford ,

24 141; C: ndrea Butcher on, 6 9 ugar Run Ridge Road, Roanoke,

2401 -6952

Alpha Mu- University of Arkansas at Monticello - Pre ident: i on tandley, P.O . Box 2194, AM, on ti ce llo, AR 71656; o ne; CC:

Alpha Xi- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Amy Ba ler, 46 E. We ll boro t. , Man field , P 16933;

li chael Lama ter , 120 Pin ecre t, i an field niver ity, Mansfield , P

16933; CC:

Alpha Omicron- Clarion University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Kri tey Valo io , 14 reenville Ave., Clar ion , P 16214; CA: uzanna P:J obb, 10 Wil on ,

lario n , P 16214-1722;C: o ne

Alpha Pi- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania- President: Ke lly Deible r, 105-F Grove ity Rd ., Iipper Ro k, P 16057; :There e aldarelli , B-105

ni er ity nion , R , Iipper Ro k, P 16057; C : o ne

Alpha Tau- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Grace Le upp, 207

ton have n Dr. pt. #32, Edinboro, P 16412; :Mar Campbell, 5431 Lind n

ve. Edinboro, P 16412-1-136; ary Ellen illmitch , 1951 Penn • Lan , Yo ung town , OH 4451 --492

prin~ 1997

AlPha Sii!ma Tau Directory Beta Delta- Duquesne University- Pre ident:Jenn ifer Wiggins, 1420 Centre ve. Apt. 506, Pitt burgh , PA 15219; CA: Al lison Brungard, 6934 H illdale Dr., Pi ttsburgh , PA 15236-3635; CC: Dawn Scott, RPA4, Box 127, Everett, PA 15537-0000

Beta Epsilon- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Cara Connelle , 7 College Park, h ippensburg, P 17257; CA: Mary Urbanowicz, 11363 Thornwood Rd ., Shi ppensburg, PA 1 7257-9307; CC: Tone

Beta Eta- Southern llllinois UniversityPre ident: Amy chutzenhofer, 23-2Junction Dr., Glen Carbon, IL 62034; CA: Karen Wa er, 615 State St. , Wood River, IL 62095-111 0; CC: Verbal Blakey, 300 Laure l, Highland, IL 62249-1217

Beta Theta- St. Mary's Universi ty- President: haron Talkington , 8926 Man fie ld , San Antonio, TX 78251; CA: Debra Shea, 510 Red Oak Wood , Canyon Lake , TX 781 33-5165; C : Ka thryn Wei er, 501 1 . Edward Gar t. , an Marcos , TX 7 666-4673

Be ta Iota- Millersville University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Joey McCool, 66 Ram gate Lane, Lancaster, P 17603; CA: !far Weber, 917 Prospect tree t,

Lanca te r, PA 17603-5843; CC: on a Barge , 1701 Lin coln Hwy. East Apt. #1 , Lan ca ter, PA 17602-2611

Beta Mu- Salisbury State University-Pre ident: hri tin a heehan , 504 Loblolly Lane, Sali bur , MD 21801 ; CA: Colleen H arding, 513 Cypre t. Apt. F;

eaford , DE 19973-2443; CC: None

Beta Mu- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident: Nicole Pad uch, 371 Lightstree t Rd ., Bloomsburg, P 17815; CA: Pe ter Bohling, De pt. of Economic , B , Bloomsburg, PA 17 15; CC:

1one

Beta Xi- Michigan Tech. University- President: Robyn Fritzler, 916 College Ave. , Hough ton , MI 49931 ; CA: Ani a Ali, 609 Calverley Ave ., H oughton , Ml 49931; CC:

one

Beta Pi- Eastern Illinois University- President: An n Pai lek, 1009 Greek Ct. , A~T #111 , Charle ton , IL 61920; CA: Ju li e Montgomery, 72 Pifer Lane, u ll ivan , IL 61951-1 657; CC: Rory Erickson Gawthorp, Suite 3, 403 Franklin , Mahomet, IL 61853-0403

Beta Tau- University of Massachusetts at Lowell- President: Mary Doherty, 113 Un iver ity Ave. #6, Lowell , MA 01 54; CA: Carol O 'Leary, 3 Long Hill Rd. ,


Rowley, MA 01969; CC: Patri iann Zebra ki , 36 Cath Rd ., Chelmsford , MA 01824-2043

Beta Upsilon- New J ersey Institute of Technology- Pre ident:Jenn ifer Fou lides, 180 Bleeker St. , Cypress Ha ll #209A,

ewark, 1 J 0701 3-3914; CA: J aca lyn McCarthy, 9 Clinton Ct., Plain bo ro, J 0 536-2325; C: Robin Barall-Havican , 15 vVoodduck Cove, Mil ton, ~ 07438-0000

Beta Phi-Califomia University of Pennsylvania- Pre ident:Jennifer Paniaha, 44 Third St. , California , PA 15419; A: Sue Jon e , 420 Thermo Vi ll age Rd . Apt. E5, New Stanton , PA 15672-9749; C: Stephanie j ad lowiec, 1019 High t., Pittsburgh, PA 1-212-0000

Be ta Chi- Ferris State University- Pre ident: Kelly Larke, 420 S. Stewart, Big Rapids, MI 49307; CA: None; CC: None

Beta Psi- St. Louis University- Presiden t: Meli ssa Haugk, 3700 LaClede Ave. M.T. Apt. 311W, t. Lo ui s, MO 63103; CA: Kath leen Kennedy, 204 Kimberly Lan e,

t. Pe ters, MO 63376-4013; CC: Michel Brindell , 134 S. Myrtle, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3244

Beta Omega- Monmouth Universi ty-Pre ident: Regina Schiavo ne, 431 Cedar Ave. , Garden Apt. 702-B, West Long Branch , 1 J 07764; CA: J ani Palumbo, 1202 Turf Dr. , Oceanport, NJ 07757; CC:

one

Gamma Gamma- University of West Alabama- President: Larkin Weath ers, P.O . Box 1403, Livingston , AL 35407; CA: Neldra Spencer, P.O. Box 690, Livingsto n, L 35470-0690; CC: Tonette Blackwell , 698 Blackwell Rd ., Deca tur, M 39327-0000

Gamma Epsilon- State Universi ty of New York at Potsdam - Pre icl ent: J anice

clde re ly, 17 Pier repont Ave., Po tsdam , l\TY 13676; CA: J ohn Mas aro , Dept. of Politi c , NY-Potsdam , Po t clam, TY 13676; CC: Dawn Lanpher, 301 Ripp lebrook Ln. , Minoa, NY 1311 6-1019

Gamma Zeta- Frostburg State UniversityPres ident: j ennifer Gruber, 133 Wood St. Apt. B, Frostburg, MD 21532; : indy H erzog, 116 Braddock St. , Fro tburg, MD 21532-0000; CC: Dana Agnolutto, 6805 Craig Lane , Clinton , MD 20735-33 16

Gamma Theta- Pennsylvania State University I Behrend College- President: Le ighann Dunn , Box 939, P U- Behrend Station Rd. , Erie, PA 16563; CA: None; CC: None

Gamma Iota- York College- President: Ange la Hafer, 206 ew Tyl r Run Box 84, \'1 , York , PA 17405; C : n ; Ke lly McBride , 510 . Third t. , Harrisburg, P 17101

Gamma Lambda- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania- President: Gina Burznski, 341 W. Main t., Kutztown, P 19530; CA: Kath leen Dolclos, Kutztown Uni er-ity, Kutztown , PA 19530; CC: Fran

Abrams, 108 Remington Ct. , Chalfont, PA 19814-0000

Gamma Mu- West Virginia Institute of Technology- Pre ident: Kimberly Carr tt, 209 S. J ac kson t. , Montgomery, WV 25136; CA: Heather Mo rri , P.O . Box 247, 403 Charles t. , Pratt, WV 25162-0247; CC: Lori Willi am on , 1611 Fletcher Ave. , Dunbar, WV 25064-2415

Gamma Nu- Waynesburg College- Pre ident: Tina Dunn , 190 E. High t. , Apt. #A, Wayne burg, PA 15370; CA: Michelle

ico le Barto, 104 Ea t Hugh t. Apt. 5, Waynesburg, PA 15370-1 35; : Mary Be th Kell ey, 22 Boulevard , Point Marion , PA 15474-1002

Gamma Xi- Grand Valley State University- Pre ident: ara Darnell , 4844 W. Campus Dr. #505 , Allendale , Ml 49401-9381; C : None; CC: Anne urran Gruber, 512 Pine Land Dr., E, da, Ml 49301-9119

Gamma Pi- Lycoming College- Pre ident: Brenda Bowser, Lycom ing Co ll ege , Box 443, Willi amsport, PA 17701; CA: Robert Van Voor t, Box 62, LC William port, P 17701 ; CC: Melinda Kisling, 410 E. Chestnut St., Lebano n , PA 17042-562

Gamma Rho- Seton Hall UniversityPres ident: Am y Bedard , Box 213, 400 Orange Ave. , outh Orange, J 07079; CA: Gina Pintar, 520 Herrick Dr. , Dover, J 07801-2011; CC: Lucinda Ferre ri , 6

Princeton ve. , Staten Island , Y 10306-2 14

Gamma Sigma- Belmont Abbey CollegePre ident: Erin zejner, BAC, Box 5-5 6, Belmont, NC 28012; CA: Bonnie Reid , 3008 Hampton Cr., Gastonia, C 28056; CC: Kath leen Fiztpatri ck, 12801 Meadow Creek Ln .#201, Pineville, T 22153-2717

Gamma Tau- Lebanon Valley CollegePresident: haro n Posse k , DA # 103, LVC, Annvi lle , PA 17003-1334; CA: Melissa Rebe r, 136 Colonial Cre t Dr., Lancaste.r, PA 17601-6122; CC: Donna Mande , 1343 Harding Ave. , Her he •, P 17033-11 3

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AlPha Sii!ma Tau DirectorY Gamma Upsilon- California State University, Los Angeles- Preside n t: Patr icia Ordonez, 5154 State Univ. Dr., EPr P Box 7076, Los Ange les, CA 90032; CA: None; CC: one

Gamma Chi- William Patterson CollegePresident: Kimberly Stracensky, Box 8 8, Heri tage 411 , WPC, Wayne, NJ 07470-0 8; CA: Joanne DePasquale, 210 Pompton Rd ., Haledon, NJ 07508; CC: lone

Gamma O mega- LaSalle UniversityPresident: Regin a 1ver o , LSU , t. Migue l Ct. E-2 , Philadelphia, PA 19141-0000; Maribeth lver o, 343 Lin coln ve. , Cherry Hill , J 08002; CC: !ina Whi ttle, 4744 Salm on St. , Phil ade lp hia, PA 19137

Delta Alpha- Gannon University- Pre ide n t: Tammy Warren , 234 E. 5th t. 2nd Floor, Erie, PA 16507; CA: Kathe r ine Kramer, 422 Stafford Ave. , Eri e, PA 16508-1766; CC: Lucinda H awe , 411 6 Pleasan tview ve ., Erie, PA 16509-1 534

Delta Beta- Fairmont State CollegePreside n t: Ali son Talbot, 610 O liver Ave ., Fa ir mont, y.,ry 26554; CA: Ro emary T homas, 1201 Locust Ave. , Fairmo nt, V·N 26554; CC: Ronda K se l, HC 65, Box 130, Moorefi e ld , vVV 26 36-9608

Delta Delta- University of Illinois at Chicago- Pres iden t: j enn ifer Wolf, 553 1 N. 1cVicker, Chi cago, IL 60963-1111 ; C

Lisa mola, 3A-201 I<..inger Quarter, Hin sdale, IL 60521; CC: No ne

Delta Epsilon- Marist College- Preside n t: Caro lyn Barn ett, 290 I Rd . MSC 1010 1, Poua hkee psie , NY 12601-1 354; CA: usan Burda, 7 High Pas tu re Rd ., lew Pa ltz, NY 12561-3707; CC: None

Delta Zeta- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania- President: Melissa Ho pkins, 548 co tt St. , Stroudsburg, P 18360; CA: Li a H a te ly Cramer, RR , Box 8077, Stroudsburg, PA 1 360-8453; CC: Morma Brown , 2941 Ra pberr Ln ., Gil berrsvil le , PA 19525-9757

A lumnae Chapters/ Club Presidents Arkade lphia Arkansas Di trict: Kappa J oAn ne VI ill iams Ch unn , Alpha Gamma

1 8 . Park Drive Arkad lph ia, AR 71923

Baltimore Maryland Distri t: Epsi lon Pam Vukmer, Beta Mu 1908 tone Ca tie Dr. cvcrn, MD 211 44

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Birmingham Alabama Di trict: Iota Shannon Tucker, Gamma Gamma 46 Overbi ll Rd Montevallo, Al 3511 5

Bluefield West Virginia District: Xi J oyce G. Buchanan , Omicron 1905 Tazewe ll ve Bluefield , V 24605

Buffalo, New York Distdct: Beta Pamela zafarczyk, igma 11 07 Parkhur t Blvd Tonawanda, I 14150

Central Penna. Di trict: Gamma Am y Dupree, Alpha, i box 11 307 E. entra l ve

vi , p 17721

Centreville-Manassas, Virginia District: Theta Diane Di andro nderwood, P i 10446 Brac ket Ford ircle Manassa , V 2211 1

Charlottesville , VA District: Theta

iichell e Cangialo i, lpha Lamba 2396 Breckenbridge Harrison burg, 22

Greater Chicago Di trict: Nu Kris Ha ki n , Beta Pi 3345 Be tty Drive Arlington Height , IL 60004

Conway Arkansas District: Kappa Ca th Knox Koeh ler , psilon 4301 Lee A e

orth Little Rock, AR 72205

Denver Disu·ict: Eta An n Bole Todd , Nu 1021 Carr, #1 Denver, CO 0215

Detroit-NE Suburbs Disu·ict- lpha Tamm terre hui Bonifield , Beta Xi 16925 IacA.rthur Redford, MI 4 240

Durant, Oklahoma Di tri ct: Eta

haron M. Dun ham, Rho 11 3 Gate Du rant, O K 74701

Edwardsville, Illinois Di trict: Zeta Karen v\'a er, Beta Eta 615 tate t Wood River, IL 62095

Erie, PA Di tri t: Bea Deborah Young Carter, Alpha Tau 2-31 W. 34th tree t Erie, P 16-06

Fort Wayne Indiana Di trict: u Linda Rose Pulver, Alpha Epsi lon 109 . VanBuren t

uburn , I 4676

Grand Rapids MI Di trict: Mu

nn urran Gruber, Alpha 5 l2Pine LandDr., E

cia , 11 49301

Harrisburg, PA Di trict: Omicron Kathryn mith Mark , Beta Iota 17 le ndale Dr. Mechanic urg, P 17055

Houston Di trict: Eta

haro n H ahnjuntunen, Phi 643 Ea tlake Houston T 77034

Indianapolis Di trict: 1 u lng1·id Ma on hild , Beta 4311 Fore t Terrace Ander on , 1 4601 3

Kirksville, Missouri District: Zeta Miche lle chmidt, Alpha igma 61- Dover Dr Roll a, MO 65401

Lancaster County, PA Di trict: 1\l u Trace ' Bond , Zeta 2-32 peckled Drive Ea t Pe te r burg, P 17520

Lehigh Valley, PA Di trict: l u Tracy Bond, Zeta 135 T. 11th treet #2

llentown , P 1 10- -3 40

Lowell, MA Di uict: Pi Patri iann Zebro ki , B ta Tau 36 atlw Road

he lm f rd . lr\ 021 ~4

pring 1991

AlPha Sii!ma Tau DirectorY Muncie, IN Di trict: u Kathryn Mclnn i Tharpe, Alpha Alpha 1505 N. Hackberry Road Muncie , IN 47304

New Orleans, LA Di trict: Iota Jeannine Getty Ard, Phi 16 Emi le Avenue Kenner, LA 70065

Northern New Jersey Di trict: Delta

ind Hruby Egan , Beta p ilo n alvatore ourt

Fairfield, ~ 07004

Northern Virginia (DC) District: Ep ilon Diane nderwood , P i 10446 Bracket Ford Circle Manas a, A 22111

Philadelphia, PA Di u·ict: Lambda Taunia Halcrow, Gamma Pi 5327 Large treet Philadelphia, PA 19124

Pittsburgh, PA District: Lambda

uzanne Schultz, Delta 1797 Renee Drive Library, PA 15129

Prince Georges/ Montgomery County, MD Di trict: Ep ilon K rri Maranto, Chi 1401 Crosland Lane Gaither burg, MD 20878

Richmond- Petersburg, VA Di trict: Theta Bonnie Harri , lph a Lambda 9 20 Iron Bridge Road Cheste rfi e ld, VA 23832-6434

Roanoke, VA Di trict: Theta Cind Morre Howard , Alpha Lambda 5031 Meadowcreek Drive , SW Roano ke, VA 240 18

Shepherdstown, WV Di u·ict: Ep ilon Marie Busch rim, Ch i RR1 , Box 11 4 Gerrardstown , WV 25420

Southern Colorado District: Eta Grace Riester, Pi 1306 Alexander Street Colorado Spring , CO 80909-2920


St. Louis, MO Di u·ict: Zeta Melanie Foster, Pi 5437 Oakcrest Drive Im perial, MO 63052

Tidewater Area, VA Di trict: Theta J oy eil on Wother poon , Zeta 2480 Bayview Avenue Virgin ia Beach, VA 23455

Tri-City, MI Di trict: Nu 1artha P. Triantafi ll ow, Beta

2835 Dorset treet agin aw, 1I 48603

West Chester, PA District: Mu Caro lyn 1cGi ll Mee, Alpha Phi 1101 Glenvi ew Su·eet Philade lphia, PA 19111

West Chicago, IL District: u Luci nda Edwards Younce, lpha Alpha 354 Sword Way Bolingbrook , IL 60440

Youngstown, OH Distri ct: Lambda Carol Ficeti , lph a Rho 3885 J eanette Street Warren , OH 44484

Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor, MI Di trict: Alpha Diana Mihaiu , Alpha 338 Ri chter Str et Ri ver Rouge, Ml 48218

Gamma Sii!ma AlPha In orde r to be a member of Gamma Sigma Alpha, you mu t be a junior with

a cumul ative grade point ave rage of 3.5 or high r, or earn a 3.5 grade po int average during any semester of your junior or sen ior year. Membership e lection is a lso ba ed on demon trated co mmitment to academi c excell ence. The fo ll owing i a li st of all members of Alpha Sigma Tau who have been inducted from th e inception of Gamma Sigma Alpha in 1990 to June 1996.

1994 Elizabeth Borts , Lycoming College • Michell e Cunningham, Indiana ni

ve rsity ofPA • Julie Dietz, Lycoming Coli ge • Laure McDowell , Longwood College • Stacy Mi ll er, Lycoming College • Cynthia Morgan , Longwood College • Krista Sharrett, Lycom ing College • J ennifer Stell , Longwood College • H eather Sterling, Longwood Coll ege • Kathl ee n Vaeth, Lo ngwood College • Brenda Vroom, Lyco ming College • Leslie Wi lson, Longwood College

1995 icole Boucher, Sali bury State nive rsity • Barbara Cool, ali bur tat

U niversity • Debbie Dick, Indi ana niversity of PA • Suzanne Ed' ard , alisbury State Un iversity • Kelly Flynn , Salisbury tate University • Nena Grubb, Longwood College • Denise J ames, Longwood Co llege • Catherine Jone , Indiana niversity Of PA • Kathryn L. Krin e r, Lycom ing College • Tonya Lee, Southea tern Louisi ana nive rsity • Tiffany Reyn o lds, Sa li sbury tate ni er ity • Am Smolinsky, Salisbury State nive rsity • Melanie Snyder, Salisbury tate ni\ersity

1996 Cara Akins, West Cheste r U niver ity of PA • Dan a L. Dinger, L 'COm ing Col

lege • J e nna Lynn Hoff, Lycoming College • Abby Sokolic, We t Che ter ni ersity of PA • J ennifer Young, West Ches te r Univer ity ofP

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