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THE GREEK PULSEFebruary 2009

The Seventh Edition of The Greek Pulse

A Newsletter for the Greek Community

• Greek Council Report p.g2

• Chi Omega p.g 3

• Alpha Tau Omega p.g 4

• Panhellenic Report p.g 5

• Alpha Xi Delta p.g 6-7

• Sigma Kappa p.g 8

• Lambda Chi Alpha p.g 9

• Delta Tau Delta p.g 10

• IFC Report p.g 11

• Get To Know a Greek p.g12

"Letters today, Leaders tomorrow."

Issue No. 7 Marietta College

C O M P I L E D B Y T U C K Y

D A N G A M U W A

[email protected]

With Greek Love…

Happy Valentines Day!

Alpha Xi

Seniors Out

and About!

Cory Parish and Nate

Wycinski All Twinned

Out

Chi Omega Fun!Jeers to Tucky

getting the date

wrong!

Cheers

To New Members

mailto:[email protected]











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Greek Council

President

Zohare Khan

Secretary/Treasurer

Danette Curiale

Public Relations

Tucky Dangamuwa

IFC President

Blake Johnson

Panhellenic President

Kathryn Patton

Lambda Chi Alpha

President

Jared Hanson

Alpha Tau Omega

President

Brian Stephens

Delta Tau Delta President

Jordan Stryker

Alpha Xi Delta President

Ang Sims

Sigma Kappa President

Bobbie Enidcott

Chi Omega President

Shelby Belknap

Greek Council Update

By Danette Curiale

Hello fellow Greeks!

My name is Danette Curiale and I am the Secretary/Treasurer

for Greek Council. This is the first issue

of the Greek Pulse of the semester and I want to take the time

to let everyone know what we have planned for

the semester and how you can be involved. As a council we are working

on putting together a Google Calendar with

each chapter’s events, this way there will not be two formals on the same

day! Next, we would like to reach out to those

who are not Greek by

collaborating with other organizations on

campus, especially athletes. We would like to have more Greeks at

sporting events, like the White Out last semester.

Something that is probably on everyone’s mind is Greek Week,

which will be from March 28-April 2. There

will be more information

about Greek Week as it gets closer. Just a

reminder that everyone should be wearing their letters on the first Friday

of every month. If you would like to voice an

opinion or concern, our meetings are held every Thursday at 6 pm in the

Emeritus Chamber in Andrews.





The sisters of Chi Omega have been busy so far this semester. On January 24, 2009, they welcome seven lovely ladies in to the life of active sisterhood. Brittany Aeh, Kristina Bossi, Carm Carver, Laura Denny, Karlie Graf, Miranda Hall, and Jamie Thompson are the newest members of the Chi Gamma chapter.

After a fun season of intramural volleyball, the Hootie Hotties are back for

basketball. Twelve ladies are giving their all on the court but are more focused on having fun.

Chi Omega holds two national conventions a year for executive board members from every chapter to attend. February 6-8 was

Firesides in Memphis, TN, in which our President-Shelby Belknap and

Personnel Chair- Shayla Johnson attended. There they were able to learn more about Chi Omega and meet our national president, Letitia Fulkerson. Shayla and Shelby had a great time and cannot wait to share what they learned with the rest of their sisters.

Chi Omega Hoot!

By Leanne McCullough

Shelby Belknap and Shayla Johnson with Chi Omega President, Letitia Fulkerson

Chi Os on the court.





Alpha Tau Omega’s Spotlight on

Sean McKenna By Drew Schulte

Sean Francis McKenna 2012

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Major/Minor: Organizational

Communication/Undeclared

Why Sean joined Greek Life: Sean

found a strong sense of

brotherhood and community in

Greek Life. He saw “going

Greek”as an opportunity to be

involved on campus in a way

different from

Marietta’s variety of

campus

organizations. To

Sean being Greek is a

great way to be

involved with the

Marietta College

community, socialize

with Greeks and non-

Greeks alike, and

enrich his overall college

experience. Sean is a

member of the Alpha

Tau Omega

Fraternity.

Future Plans: Sean

intends on

graduating in years

with a degree that

allows him to have a

career he can enjoy every day.

Random Fact: Sean has a front

tooth that grew from two teeth, it

has grown into one large tooth.

He calls it the “Saber Tooth,”ask

him about it.

Favorite Book: The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman

Sport: Rowing

Favorite Movie: Gladiator





Pretty in PanhellenicBy Jessica Christie

This semester has brought new officers and new ideas to the Panhellenic Council, and they have started it off on a good foot! The new council consists of: Kathryn Patton – PresidentMegan McGrath – VP of Recruitment DevelopmentAmanda Jeffers – VP of Recruitment GuidesJennifer Kuhn – VP of Financial & Administrative DutiesKatie Oden – VP of Judicial AffairsKristie Sigler – VP of Community DevelopmentJessica Christie – VP of Public RelationsAlex Edlebrock – Sigma Kappa DelegateSarah Hathaway – Alpha Xi Delta DelegateLeah Mendenhall – Chi Omega DelegateMichelle Finney – Sigma Kappa RepresentativeDanica Cunningham – Alpha Xi Delta RepresentativeKristina Bossi – Chi Omega RepresentativeJordan Pastor – Alpha Xi Delta New Member Representative

Before break, these fourteen women met for a workshop day. During that workshop, they got to know one another, set goals for the council for the upcoming year, and

created a vision statement: “Panhellenic Council will initiate and promote continued

community growth and service throughout campus and beyond by representing an organized front to achieve a greater sense of pride and unity.” With these guiding words, they work together to support the community that they have come to love and enjoy so much. To kick things off this semester, the Council hosted a Movie & Game Night at the end of January

to welcome back their Panhellenic sisters. The whole community met in the Gathering Place to catch up

after a long winter break and play some trivia about Disney movies. Soon after, in the first week of February, Panhellenic’s Spring Recruitment was underway. The informal open house recruitment welcomed three new members to our community. Then, in light of Valentine’s Day, Panhellenic teamed up

with Up ‘til Dawn to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital by selling Valentine’s Candy-Grams on campus. The event was a success and raised $223.17. The fundraiser was also a contest for the Panhellenic Community. The sorority with the most points (1 point for every

candy-gram sold) won a free magazine subscription for their house. The amazing winner with a total of 519 candy-grams sold was Chi Omega !!! Awesome job! The Panhellenic Council would like to thank everyone in the Greek community that participated in the Valentine’s Candy-Gram fundraiser. Your support means a lot to us!

The new 2009 Panhellenic Executive Board after the Officer Transition Ceremony last

semester: (left to right) Kristie Sigler, Megan McGrath, Jessica Christie, Kathryn Patton,

Jennifer Kuhn, Amanda Jeffers, & Katie Oden.





Alpha Xi Delta

Sister Mandy Bics Returns from Semester Abroad

By Mica Seman

Last semester, our sister

Mandy Bics studied abroad in China and has offered to share her experience with the

community:

“This last semester I studied abroad in Wuhan, China. It

was an amazing experience that definitely changed my life; much like joining Greek life

changed my life. I was able to learn about and enjoy a new

culture and see what else the world has to offer outside of Marietta College. At first I was very nervous

about leaving my family and friends and going to a country that did not

speak English, but soon after I got there I realized my Chinese was much better than I thought. Also,

it was not that hard to make friends, in some ways it was just

like being a freshman again and going through recruitment. Soon after I made friends my adventures

began and I was able to travel to several places in China.

One of the funniest times I had was the international trip to Feng

Huang (Phoenix City) and Zhang Jiajie. This was a trip where all of

the international students got to go to these beautiful mountains and

hike around them. While on this trip I was introduced to the other international students for first time

and we had a wonderful adventure! We started out on an 8 hour bus

ride not knowing one another and by the end of the bus ride we were having dance parties in the back of

the bus. The other students were from Korea, France, and

Kyrgyzstan and since I was the only American girl there I roomed

with the only girl from Kyrgyzstan. We had never really talked before, but hit it off well.

One of the most exciting parts of this trip was when we were walking

around the bottom of the mountain. We saw all of these signs that said do not disturb or

feed the monkeys, but for a while we just thought that was a

joke. Then out of no where these monkeys came down from the trees and started to follow

us. I actually walked side by side with a monkey and I do

believe that was the first time I was that close to a wild animal that was not in a cage.

Besides the fun trips I went on, I also had a very good time in

Wuhan. One of my best friends there is a Chinese girl, and her English name is Edie. I spent most

of my time with her, her American boyfriend Tyler and his friend

Erik. One night that stands out most in my mind was a night much

like any other in China. We all went to a Chinese style BBQ dinner and while we were sitting

around waiting for our food Edie looked at my shirt and said she did

not get the meaning of it. I was wearing my letters and she thought it said A san triangle. San stands

for the number three in Chinese and the character looks like three

lines on top of one another. We all just started laughing and for the rest of my time in China the guys

said I was part of the A San Triangle Sorority.





Overall I had and incredible experience and would not have

taken it back for anything. But one thing I missed the most was my sorority sisters and other friends

at Marietta. The times that I have had here have been great and

while I was in China I missed being able to go to a sisters room and just chat. That was probably

one of the hardest things I dealt with while in China because the

language barrier put so many restraints on talking with friends. I am happy to be back in Marietta

for my last semester of college, and even happier that I have a job

offer to go back to Wuhan, China and teach English. Both places will stay in my heart where ever

my life takes me and I will be happy when I can come back and

visit both as an Alumnus.”

One of our first weekends back,

our chapter welcomed the Alpha Xi Delta sisters of OU to join our

executive board in their officer training. The girls arrived on Friday evening, attended dinner

with a group from our chapter, were housed in our house and

participated in training on Saturday. It was a great experience for our chapter to have

the opportunity to interact with other collegiate Alpha

Xi Deltas and we can’t wait for them to visit again!

We’d like to recognize our sister Randi Robertson for

making First Team All OAC in indoor track & field and

our other track & field sisters, Paige Bucher, Mehgan Cline, Shannon McDonald,

Olivia Holiday, Jen Valentic, and Logan Wern for being

fabulous so far this season! The last indoor track meet at Marietta

will be on February 28, at 11

a.m. in the DBRC, so come cheer on our Pioneers!

The theater production of Jane Eyre included three of our sisters,

Liz Cardarelli, Aislynn Leeson, and Jessica “Lippy” Lipniskas, and they did a fabulous job! The soon-to-open Central Park West is directed by our newly welcomed back sister, Mandy Bics.

Coming up, on February 21, we will be holding our first formal of the semester. The formal is our annual Crush Formal and this year’s theme is based around a 60’s pop art theme. We’re excited for the experience and for the amazing shirts designed for our formal – check them out, we’ll be wearing them some time next week!

The majority of our chapter will be participating in Relay for Life

this weekend, and we hope to see you all there!

Love,The Sisters of Alpha Xi Delta

More from the Axi’s...

Lippy Lipniskas in Jane Eyre

Sisters Logan Wren and Randi Robertson




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By Danielle SteinSigma Ka!a

Left to Right: New members are Devon Dingus,

Michelle Finney, Danielle Stein, Robin Nelson, Laura

Finck, and Emily Caris

The

sisters

of Sigma

Kappa would like to

congratulate their new spring

recruitment members: Meredith

Storey, Jen Emmert, and

Melanie Boyd. Our recruitment

night was February 4, with a

casino/poker theme. As we

welcomed the girls, we were able

to play card games while learning

the wonderful qualities of each

girl. We welcome the new

members with open arms and

cannot wait to get to know them

better and becoming closer with

our values of friendship, loyalty,

trust, and SOMETHING. We are

looking forward to our upcoming

initiation for our new members.

! As a sorority, we

celebrated our good grades with

a scholarship dessert at the

house. There were plenty of

desserts to choose from

while congratulating our

sisters with their amazing

accomplishment. The

following sisters were given

a certificate to show their

scholarship achievement,

from senior to freshman are:

Andrea Arnold, Courtney

Kuharik, Shauna Payne,

Bethany Tucker, Emily Balser,

Alice Harmon, Sagan Malko,

Kati Roberson, Blakely Dye,

Heather Haught, Ainsley

Strand, Constance Whalen,

Rachel Baughman, Laura

Finck, Sarah Griffin, Sara

Harp, and Emma Vierheller.

Congratulations girls, great job.

Also, we would like to welcome

and congratulate the new officers

for the 2009-2010 year. We

know that this year we will work

hard to accomplish our goals

while maintaining our values.

A sister can be seen

as someone who is both ourselves and

very much not ourselves - a special kind of

double. ~Toni Morrison





Only four weeks in the

2009 spring semester and the

Kappa Alpha chapter of Lambda

Chi Alpha already has many

exciting events to report.

After an exciting Rush

Week with events including Dodge

ball, Bowling, and others, we are

happy to report our first two new

members of the semester. The

brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha

would once again like to

congratulate Jason Fertig and

Andrew Bolton on accepting their

bids on Friday, February 6, 2009.

Jason and Andrew are juniors

majoring in Management

Information Systems and

Economics/Leadership

respectively. We hope to see great

things from our newest men.

Lambda Chi Alpha is also

proud to announce the recent

engagement of Chuck Bonakoski

and Greg “DJ” Snyder. Brothers

Bonakoski and Snyder,

sophomores, have been best

friends since their freshman year

where they lived in Mary Beach

Hall together. While news of the

engagement has come as late

breaking news, any who know the

two have seen it coming all along.

They have not yet disclosed the

location or time they plan to tie the

knot.

Lambda Chi Alpha is also

celebrating its national centennial

this year. Formed in 1909, our

fraternity has flourished into one of

the largest national men’s

organizations in the country. Now

comprised of nearly 300 chapters

and over a quarter million alumni

past and present, Lambda Chi

Alpha continues in its mission to

build college age men into stronger

individuals as they move on to the

working world.

Breaking News from Lambda Chi

By Eric Long

New members Jason Fertig (Left) and Andrew Bolton

(Right) hanging out with Emily Tolley (Right) and Kelly

Heskett (Left) at the Brewery

Brothers Chuck Bonakoski and Greg “DJ” Snyder celebrating their recent

engagement.





Marietta College’s Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Delta Tau Delta was recently named a Hugh Shields Award winner for Chapter Excellence by the International Fraternity.

”The Hugh Shields Award is given to the top 10 Delta Tau Delta Chapters in the nation. This year we were honored with this award. We have turned our chapter

around in the last five years to become one of the highest performing chapters in the country,” said JORDAN STRYKER '10, President of the Marietta chapter. “It is our hope to continue striving for a life of excellence.

Although we are in the top 10 we are still not number one, thusly, we still have things we can improve on.”

Delta Tau Delta chapter honored

with fraternity's top honor

Huge Shield Award

Submitted by Tim Crandall

Written By Tom Perry





IFC ReportBy Sean McKenna

! The Interfraternal Council, IFC, kicked off this semester with a fresh new executive board. - President, Blake Allen Johnson (Alpha Tau Omega) - Vice President, Patrick Hahe (Lambda Chi Alpha) - Treasurer, Jared Hanson (Lambda Chi Alpha) - Judicial Chair, RaShawn Jackson (Delta Tau Delta) - Secretary, Drew Shulte (Alpha Tau Omega) - Public Relations, Sean McKenna (Alpha Tau Omega)

In addition to the recent changes, the fraternities underwent Spring Rush. It was a successful spring rush and every Fraternity brought

in new pledges. Which t served as a test run so that the fraternities and IFC can prepare for the upcoming fall rush.On Thursday January 29, 2009 the Fraternal community came together for a IFC meeting. The meeting was organized and led by freshman Drew Shulte and junior RaShawn Jackson. During the meeting, which served an extended IFC meeting, each member of the executive board gave a presentation. The main topic discussed was Rush rules. In addition, Presidents from all three fraternities spoke about current chapter dealingsUpcoming:- Sunday March 1st - BATTLE AXE - Video Games - 1pm Gathering Place- Madden '09 Tournament. Are you the best on campus?!?!

- Possible committees forming to modify Rush rules and IFC dues.

President Blake Johnson returned from a recent

conquest.



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When you think of an active and well known Lambda Chi on campus, few names come to mind that fulfill that

statement better than Craig Ripski. Ripski, a senior to graduate at the end of this semester, hails from

Claymont, Delaware. A double major in Leadership and Biochemistry, Craig plans to attend grad school this

coming fall, though he is undecided as to which school he will attend. In an interview he answered the following

questions: Why did you join Greek Life?

“Because I wanted to.”What’s something random most don’t know about

you? “I used to not eat red meat”

What’s your favorite book? “Number the Stars by Lois Lowry”

Christa Schott

of

Sigma Kappa

Craig Ripski

of

Lambda Chi Alpha

Hometown: Whipple, Ohio

Major/Minor: Health Science/ Marketing

Why did you join greek life?

A good friend in my physics class told me to come and check it out, so I attended a COB and joined. I am very happy with my decision.

Future Plans (after college, grad school? Job?): Not sure yet. Probably try to find a job maybe nursing school.

Random Facts:

Favorite season: Spring

Favorite Disney Movie: The Lion King

Favorite Vacation Spot : One day I would like to backpack through Europe.

Favorite Sport: Basketball

Favorite memory of college: Study groups where we had slightly inappropriate conversation

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