March 31 Round-Up
Anttonieo Madison, a senior theater major, jumps over Bobby Massengill, a senior construction management major during the Phi Beta Sigma step practice Tuesday evening in Sandison Hall.
The Zeta Phi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. has a rich history of stepping.In 1998, Cedric Jones and Robert Willis had a vision to bring Greek life to another level at ISU. They brought the Indiana Statewide Stepshow from Ball State to ISU for the first time. Phi Beta Sigma competes each year to keep the stepshow at ISU.
Beta Theta Pi, Omega Phi Alpha and Alpha Phi Omega Plan Poker Night at Ole Miss
Students will have the chance to play Texas Hold ‘Em to benefit victims of the Tsunami in Southeast Asia this past December.Omega Phi Alpha and Alpha Phi Omega both service organizations on campus will be holding “Poker Night” tonight and tomorrow night from 7 to 11:30 at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Beta Theta Pi will is also sponsoring the event. There will also be taco plates sold at the house from 4 to 6 p.m. for $5.
Southern: Hazing Continues to Bruise Organizations
Seemingly an unauthorized rite of passage for some fraternal organizations, hazing has long been an issue that Greek letter organizations have dealt with.Hazing is defined as someone being persecuted or harassed with meaningless, difficult or humiliating tasks. Some individuals still believe that hazing is just a simple, humorous prank performed on prospects of college fraternities and sororities.
Wayne State Ques Explain Why Men and Women Cheat
From smashing windows to slashing tires, a group of Wayne State University students met yesterday for a discussion called “Why Men and Women Cheat” to discuss how being “cheated on” affected them.“Everyone was surprised to hear I did,” said Candice Torres, a freshman majoring in pediatric nursing. “I told what happened. I told what the guy did and what I did in retaliation.”
Torres story was one of many at the event, which was sponsored by the Nu Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., as part of their Omega Psi Phi Week of events. It was held in room Hilberry C of the Student Center Building.
Sigma Gamma Rho Panel at Eastern Michigan Discusses Minority Issues
Earnest Coverson, the youth and college regional director of the NCAAP, offered advice about being a member of a high profile group.“People are going to label you if you are part of an organization,” he said. “Once you join, you’re in the spotlight.”
Coverson, along with members of several African American campus organizations conferred Wednesday in the Bovee University Center Lake Michigan Room as part of the “That’s What it’s Made 4” forum hosted by the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.
Alpha Week at Marshall University
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. is offering students a chance to get involved in its nationally recognized week.Events are planned daily on campus to promote Alpha Week.
Ryan Banks, Alpha Phi Alpha president, said he feels the timing of the week is perfect.
"This week is going to be a great opportunity for students to get involved," he said. "With the week being right after Spring Break, this is giving everyone a fresh start and something different to do."
Banks said he is excited the local chapter will be participating in the week for the first time since they were re-activated in April 2004.
Alpha is the first National Pan-Hellenic Council to sponsor Alpha Week this semester. Each NPHC organization has its own week to promote their chapter both locally and nationally.
Other NPHC organizations joined Alpha Phi Alpha Monday night in a Yard Step Show in the Memorial Student Center to kick off the rest of the week.
"People came out and supported us," Banks said. "I think it really got them interested in the rest of the week."
The fraternity also sponsored a bowling tournament last night at Imperial Lanes.
Other events during the week include a movie night tonight in the Don Morris Room of the MSC at 7 p.m., a Black Party tomorrow in Marcos Lounge in the MSC at 8 p.m. where all are asked to wear black attire, an Alpha display in the MSC lobby Friday during the day and an Ice Cold Cophee House in Marcos Lounge at 7:30 p.m., and a Ms. Black and Gold Pageant in the Don Morris Room Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Banks said the use of a different spelling for the word coffee in the Ice Cold Cophee House is to stress the name of the fraternity, Alpha "Phi" Alpha. This event will consist of people singing and poetry readings.
All events, except the Ms. Black and Gold Pageant, are free to the public. Pageant tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Advanced tickets can be purchased by contacting members of the fraternity through the Greek Affairs office.
Rashad Sanders, Alpha Phi Alpha member, said the pageant is the big event the fraternity planned for the week.
"We [the fraternity] have 14 contestants in the pageant who are competing for scholarship money as well as for a position to represent Marshall's chapter in the West Virginia regional conference," he said. " This is definitely a big deal for our fraternity."
The contestants include 13 Marshall students and one West Virginia State student. Contestants will compete in formal wear, swim wear and a talent portion.
Delta Sigma Theta Oxford Alumnae Community Day
Civic activism and awareness are two of the things that will be promoted Saturday at the third annual Community Day at the Stone Center on Washington Avenue in Oxford.Hosted by the Oxford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Community Day will include informational sessions with various local agencies, entertainment provided by a church praise team and games for children.
Jennifer Bobo-Milliner, chairperson of Community Day, said the purpose is to heighten community awareness of the plethora of non-profit local resources available to residents of Oxford and Lafayette County.
“The Community Day is a great success to let the citizens of Oxford and Lafayette County know about the agencies and what they provide and to take advantage of all that they offer,” Bobo-Milliner said.
Southern Methodist University AKAs Raise AIDS Awareness
On the second day of Alpha Kappa Alpha Week, all the students in Hughes-Trigg Commons directed their full attention toward HIV/AIDS prevention speakers from Mosaic Family Services, Inc.While students munched on pizza provided by AKA, speakers provided proactive HIV/AIDS prevention tips, statistics and safe sex material in an effort to inform students on how to better protect themselves.
Mosaic speakers spoke with sincerity, awknowledging sex as a part of most college students’ lifestyles and encouraged those students to adopt safe sex practices. The group provided tips such as asking partners for regular test results, how to discuss sex before hand, how to use condoms and contraceptives properly and encouraged students to contact agencies for factual information regarding STDs.
Mosaic is a non-profit group that seeks out low-income communities reflecting evidence of excessive drug use and illegal activity. It offers the public safe sex materials and street HIV tests by method of Ora-Sure.
Natchez, MS Kappas Draw Hundreds for Province Meeting....
NATCHEZ -Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity members will hold its Province Council, an annual business meeting and celebration that will bring about 700 people from five states to the area today through Sunday.But Darryl Grennell - the polemarch, or president, of the fraternity's local chapter - said that for years, he lobbied for the convention to be held in Natchez, but few listened.
"It was difficult to get it here Š because (fraternity higher-ups) said we needed a place with an airport with commuter flights," Grennell said. "People said, 'Give up. It'll never happen.'"
But explaining that it can take almost as much time to drive across a larger city as it takes to drive from the Baton Rouge airport to Natchez helped persuade the fraternity brass to make hold the council here, he said.
...And UGA Draws Hundreds More!
University students will get to see what diversity looks like this week -- albeit only for a few days.More than 1,500 members of Kappa Alpha Psi, a national black fraternity with a chapter on campus, will come to the University for the 54th Southeastern Province Council Meeting, which begins Thursday and ends Sunday.
There are little more than 1,000 black undergraduates currently enrolled at the University.
The fraternity members and guests from Georgia and South Carolina will come to campus to talk about issues in their chapters and strengthen chapter "cohesiveness," Chapter President Kevin Wilson said.
"We're going to take over the campus," said Nicholas Bedford, keeper of the records for the chapter.
Flawlessness is key to success: Kappa Alpha Psi and Alpha Delta Pi at Southern Cal
Personally, I don't really think of it in those terms," said Melvin Felton, the president of Kappa Alpha Psi and a senior majoring in print journalism, referring to how he feels about being the only black fraternity in Songfest this year. "We're students who participate in events just like every other student organization."
Posted by Rashid on March 31, 2005 8:45 AM