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LETTERS IOWA STATE GREEK COMMUNITY
DECEMBER 2015
a publication of the Greek Relations Executive Council
FOR NOW. FOR TOMORROW. FOREVER.
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THIS EDITION OF LETTERS HOMECOMING 2015
GREE K L IF E F U N FAC T S Summer Spotlight .............................................................. 3 Greek Community Sees Growth ......................................... 4 New Fraternity at Iowa State ............................................ 5 Greek Houses Over the Century ......................................6-7 Adelante Thanksgiving/Triangle Takes Flight .................... 8 MGC and NPHC Events ...................................................... 9
HENRY M . BL ACK, NAM E SAK E O F B L AC K ENGINEERING WAS AN AL U MNI O F DE LTA SIGM A PH I. AL PHA TAU O MEGA H A S R AISE D O VE R $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 F OR DANCE MA RAT H ON IN T H E LAST T HREE YEA RS. AL PHA SIGM A PHI INI T IAT E D TH E F IR ST AF RICAN AM ERICAN INT O T H E IOWA STAT E GREEK COMM U NITY. AL PHA GAMM A RHO PUTS T H E IR INITIATION PIN NUMB ERS O N T HE IR LICENSE PL ATES .
Sister House Directors ..................................................... 10 Latinos Unidos Scholarship.............................................. 11 Alpha Gams Take the Field .........................................12-13 A Day in the Life of Cy......................................................14
DIRECTOR Audra Kincart
CONTRIBUTORS Greek Community – Iowa State University @ISUGreek isugreekcommunity.tumblr.com Iowa State Greek Community Online Version of Letters – http://issuu.com/lettersmagazineisu
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Abbie Latterell, Randa Scaglione, Maddy Jordan, Anna Gay, Lauren Gehring, Catherine Brown, Kelly Kalsch, Evan O’Connor, Noah Klein
ADVISER Carlie Lavin GW 2014
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SUMMER SPOTLIGHT:
ALEXIS MANASSA EVAN O’CONNOR This year, we asked every chapter to nominate one member who had the most exhilarating summer in their chapter. Delta Delta Delta nominated a member, Alexis Manassa, as their representative. A rather innocent email from their president said Manassa worked with “orphaned spider monkeys, howler monkeys, and manatees.” This could not have undersold what she did anymore. Manassa volunteered with Wild Tracks, an organization located in Belize that focuses on rehabilitating and readapting animals that are mistreated and sending them back into their natural environment. “It’s a three year process,” Manassa said. “The animals are brought in and are treated, recover, and then readapted into their natural habitats.” Manassa worked at Wild Tracks for a small portion of time but she could not have been any more impactful in her time there. Manassa exhibited qualities of public service, gratitude, and outright joy that should be replicated by all of us. As college students, we all feel some sort of drive to give back but few take the initiative to give up their time to do that. A summer in Belize sounds wonderful -on paper. Add the stipulation that you aren’t allowed to have sunscreen or bug spray in an insanely hot area with diseaseridden mosquitoes, and the dreamy façade folds fairly quickly. These were the conditions Manassa was exposed to for the entire summer yet still spoke with the highest regard of her time there.
Manassa has been involved with organizations such as Wild Tracks she wanted to go into. Manassa hopes to turn this passion for animal breeding into opening an animal farm, utilizing her business management major to understand what needs to be done to get there. She’s well on her way with her passion and understanding of the care that needs to be done to help these animals.
thumb being if “you can touch or pet a tiger or lion throughout it, it’s likely a scam.” The impact Manassa has on the lives of those around her is impossible to iterate. Her president mentioned in the initial email that she also worked as the community service chair for Delta Delta Delta and that her passion for serving others is inspiring.
seemed almost embarrassed; but now it’s Manassa’s time to reap the and her immense effect on those around her, Mannasa dropped an anecdote of something Wild Tracks did for her prior to her departure. Manassa’s beloved Nugget, a baby peccary newly accompanied with another peccary, was affectionately named “Lexxi,” Manassa’s nickname, due to her love for the animal and a constant reminder of the joy and aid she brought to Wild Tracks.
Manassa’s daily schedule went something like this: -Wake up at 5 to make milkshakes for baby manatees -Feed said baby manatee -Work with baby monkeys tending to their needs -Take care of her ‘surrogate’ peccary [a pig-hog hybrid] “Nugget” -Join a group of 16 people waiting to hold down a large adult manatee that had to be tube fed due to critical conditions by being hit by a boat The emotional and physical drain would hit you fairly quickly, yet Manassa made it her routine for three months and came out of it smiling harder than she had come in. Not all was hard work, Manassa said. Manassa, as mentioned above, worked with a baby peccary (pictured), named Nugget. For those unacquainted with a peccary, they are, according to Manassa, exceptionally violent. “We were told if we heard the noise of a peccary, to climb a tree, as they will try to charge and kill you,” Manassa said. Nugget was small with viciously sharp teeth. Despite their violent tendencies, Manassa fostered Nugget and loved the animal with all her heart.
GREEK LIFE FUN FACTS DELTA DELTA DELTA RAISE D $ 5 9 , 1 9 4 LAST S CHOOL YEAR F OR T H E ST. J U DE CHIL DREN’S RESEARCH H OS PI TAL . PHI KAPPA PSI H AS AL UM NI WORKING FOR MICROSOF T, TARGET A ND F IL A .
“I’m worried I won’t love my babies as much as I loved Nugget,” Manassa mentioned.
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GREEK COMMUNITY SEES GROWTH AFTER FORMAL RECRUITMENT
AUDRA KINCART
The Iowa State Greek community saw another successful year of recruitment.
Leow was impressed with the chapter morale throughout the week. “I was able to see how the entire Greek community was doing,” Leow said, “I’d call them [the chapters] every night, everyone sounded very tired but very positive throughout the week,”
“We had over 800 potential new members sign up for recruitment which was our largest showing yet which was really exciting,” said Zoe Scheve, Vice President of Finance for the Collegiate Panellenic Council, or CPC, “This year the changes we made proved to be successful.”
obstacle for their week.
A total of 878 women went through recruitment, 739 of which received a bid on bid day. 13 out of the 14 chapters reached the quota of 52 members and nine chapters now have over 172 members.
“One of the challenges we faced this year was the rain, I know a lot of chapters didn’t realize it because they were inside, but really it was hard on PNMs,” Scheve said.
“We saw an increase in women registering and women staying in the process,” said Szumei Leow, Vice President of Recruitment Programming, “At the very beginning of the summer our goal was to have 1000 women registered but we still did better than last year, we try to set some numbers to keep us motivated through the summer.”
Scheve, who believes being on CPC was the best experience she has had during her college career, thoroughly enjoyed her time on the other side of recruitment.
The newest CPC chapter on campus, Alpha Phi, had 55 new members. Even with the addition of another chapter, overall quota still increased from last year. With the growing interest of the Greek community, the addition of Delta Gamma to the recruitment process in September of 2016
“Recruitment was awesome, it was such a different perspective which was way cool,” Scheve said. “I think one of the rewarding things for us was we worked really hard in advance to make recruitment happen and being able to sit back during recruitment week and just watch everything happen and watch people be successful.”
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ALPHA CHI OMEGA HAS A TRADITION CALLED “SMILE AWHILE” WHERE MEMBERS RUN INTO THE STREET, STAND IN A CIRCLE AND DO A CHANT AFTER INITIATION.
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NEW FRATERNITY AT IOWA STATE AUDRA KINCART
A new fraternity has been added to the Iowa State Greek community. Chi Phi is the 30th chapter added to the Interfraternity Council. President Lukasz Guzek was approached about becoming a member through a text from Chi Phi recruiters. “I was working at Chipotle and I got a text from a random number asking about the possibility of starting an organization,” Guzek said. After the surprise of the message faded away, Guzek met with Chi Phi expansion specialist Christian Madrid over coffee and the conversation about starting a chapter at Iowa State resonated with Guzek. “Maybe I can do something good for people after I graduate,” Guzek said. Chi Phi was a fraternity at Iowa State until they closed in 1977. Chi Phi gave a presentation to the Iowa State University Committee on Fraternities and Sororities and the committee, along with the Interfraternity Council agreed to welcome Chi Phi back to campus. Chi Phi currently has 35 members and has a goal of having 15 new members by the end of this semester and 25 active and new members by the end of this school year.
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Long term, Chi Phi would like to have a chapter facility for members to live in, although Guzek said currently they are the members setting the standard for the future of what the house will represent. “What we want to bring is something different, we just want to be those guys that people are like those are Chi Phi guys,” Guzek said. Guzek is also impressed by the amount of support his new chapter has received through other chapter presidents approaching Guzek to introduce themselves and offer support. “There is an overwhelming support system with others who are open and generous,” Guzek said. National Chi Phi representatives helped Guzek recruit members of the newly formed Chi Phi. Members joined the new chapter for a variety of reasons. everyone,” said member David Braun. “My favorite part about Chi Phi is the bond that we share and what we will achieve.”
GR E E K L IFE FUN FAC TS CHI P HI START ED SN AP P I N G T HE I R FINGERS IN AP P RE C I AT I ON I NS T E AD OF CLAP P ING F OR ME MB E R S . CARRIE CHAP MAN C AT T WAS AN ALUMNAE OF P I BE TA P HI . P I KAP PA ALP HA’ S HOUS E MOM L E D A PACK OF MOTORC Y CL E S I N A PAR ADE .
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GREEK HOUSES OVER THE
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W he n Gr ee k L ife fi rst b e g a n , m an y of th e m embers l i v ed tog et h er in th e Ol d M a i n dorm i tor y. A s the num ber of “se cr e t s oc iet ie s ” b e g a n to i nc reas e , c hap ter m eeti ngs sta rt e d to be h e l d i n o th e r l oc ati ons a round Iow a State’s cam pu s . A ft e r a fi re d e s troy e d Ol d Mai n in 1 9 0 2 , the idea of off -c a mpu s G re e k h o u s e s b e ga n to c at ch o n. Ov e r t he las t c e ntu ry, G ree k l i fe at Iow a St ate has expanded as we ll a s o ur b el o ve d “Gre e kl an d”. Thr ou gh fi res , fl oods, and s wapp in g ho u s e s; a l l o f the ch apt ers h ave had many mem or ie s ma d e h e re i n A m e s. All t h e i nfo rma t io n b e l o w reg ar di ng G re ek ho us es and hi sto r y c an be f ou n d i n the Iow a S ta te Ar chi ves.
1 9 2 1 The Kappa Del tas moved from their home on Ly nn i nto their current res i dence at 2 1 0 2 Suns et. The wom en of thi s s orori ty s l eep in col d ai r s ty l e room s w hi ch becam e popular due to the infl uenza pandem ic i n 1 9 1 8 .
Be i n g a n hono rary m ember of P hi Ka ppa Theta, w el l k n ow n I ow a S tate arti s t, Ch ri s ti an Pe tersen, carv ed a l a rge w oode n c rucifi x for th e hou s e on L i n coln Way w h i c h rem a i ns there today.
T he me n o f S i gm a P h i E ps ilon r es ide at 2 2 8 G ra y Av en u e w hi c h c on ta in s mas si ve o a k d in in g ro o m tab l e s w hic h was th oug ht to b e co n s tr u cte d w i th t he hou s e s i nce th e t ab le s we r e t oo b i g to f it t hr ough the do o r.
2 0 3 As h Av e nue u s ed t o b e e x t ra cre epy on H allo wee n d u e to th e a nn u al h au n te d h ou se t he men of L a m bd a C hi A lp h a u s e t o t hr ow a s a f u nd r ai ser fo r Ch ildSe rv e.
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Th e 2 1 3 8 Suns et home w a s bui l t by the men of A l pha Si gm a Phi fr atern i ty during the de pr es s i on. Thi s house on soro ri t y circl e i s now th e hom e of the Del ta Ze ta w om en.
W h en te m pe ratures dr opped to -1 6 de gr ees i t took fi re m en 1 6 hours to e xti ngu i s h a fire w h i c h h ap pened at th e Phi G am ma Del ta ho us e d ue to w ater fr ee z i n g onto the bu i l di n g.
Start ing the trend of Greek houses on Ash Avenue the men of Theta Delta Chi helped est ablish the “Greekland” area t hat we know t oday.
The w omen of Del ta Del ta Del ta come t o Iowa State. W hen the Del ta Del t a Delt a hous e w as ori ginal l y bui l t the front door f aced Ash Av enue; how ev er, w hen t he hous e w as remodel ed the front door was s w i tched changi ng the hous e’s address to fa ce Sunset Dri v e. Ironical l y, the wom en of thi s house s ti l l recei v e their mai l w i th the 3 0 7 As h Ave. address.
Iow a State’s Kappa Kap pa Gam m a women move i nto t hei r hom e at 1 2 0 Ly nn j us t three y ears after com i ng to campus. The house on Lynn w as form erl y the hom e of the F i rs t Bapti s t Church’s m i ni s ter.
The Pi Kappa Phi m en bui l t their hous e on Wel ch Avenue which had m ore than 3 0 0 people on hand duri ng its ri bbon-cutti ng.
The men of Alpha Gam ma Rho moved into their current address at 201 Gray Avenue, and is t he onl y house that has al l m ember s live in.
The women of Alpha Chi Omega move into their cur r ent house on Lynn Av enue. A f ir e dur ing 2007’s formal recruitment forced t he wom en to hold event s at neighboring fra ternities.
Acaci a recoloni z ed back at Iowa State and was able t o buy back the ori ginal hou se at 1 3 8 Gray Avenue, whi ch they s old w hen the chapter closed i n 1 9 8 9.
“Teke Hotel” loc at 224 Ash was nickname for the of Tau Kappa Eps hous e when f constr ucted du it being the lar house at the t i
Being one Greek hous without cold styles, the m Kappa Lamb their home
After swapping houses with the men of Alpha Sigma Phi, t he men of Beta Sigma Psi become the only f ra ter nit y located on sorority cir cle.
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G ree k Li fe Of fi c i a l l y B e gi n s at Iow a S tate w i th the G a m m a P i Chapter o f D e l ta Tau Del ta.
g the trend ek houses on ven ue the m en ta Del ta C hi establish the kl an d” area tha t o w today.
T h e me n o f P hi D el ta Th e ta use d t o be on We l c h b ef or e the y mo v ed i n to the i r c u rre nt h om e o n Su n s e t Av e nue . T h at ho u se wa s o r i g i na l l y con s tru ct ed a s a M or m on ch u rch an d lat er b e lon g ed to Al p h a Ph i .
“ Teke Hotel ” loc a t e d at 224 Ash was t h e ni cknam e for th e me n of Tau Kappa E ps ilo n ’s house when f ir s t constructed due t o i t being the la r ge s t house at the time.
Being on e o f t h e f ir s t G reek hou s e s d e s ig n e d without cold a ir s le e p in g st yles, the men of A lp h a Kappa Lambda mo v e in t o th ei r hom e o n Kn a p p St r eet .
ppi ng th the a Sigma of Beta become ter nit y soror it y
T h e m e n o f Pi K a pp a A l p ha m o ve i nto th e i r h o u se on L i ncol n Way w h i ch i s th e l a rge s t G ree k p ro per ty a t I ow a State.
T h e w om en of Al p h a P hi re tur n back to c a m pus an d l i ve i n th ei r 30 7 As h h om e . P rev i ou sl y th e w om e n o f A l ph a Phi l i ved a t 2 0 3 5 Su ns et Av e n ue w hi ch i s now th e h o m e t o the m en o f P hi De l ta T het a.
T he h o us e a t 1 1 7 A s h b e lon g s to t he me n o f D el ta U ps ilo n a n d w as p la c ed on th e N at io n al Re g i ste r o f H is t or ic Pl a ces i n N o v e mbe r 20 1 0 .
Adel ante; the ol des t conti nuous l y running, l ocal fraterni ty ; bei ng one of the few Greek houses l ocated in Cam pus tow n at 3 1 8 Welch.
The Iowa Gam m a Chapter of Pi Beta Phi becomes the fi rs t women’s fraterni ty at Iowa State Uni v ers i ty.
The constructi on of the ori gi nal F arm Hous e faci l i ty began. The second house w as bui l t i n the s am e l ot after a m aj or fi re in 1 9 6 0 , and the house i s currently on i ts fourth renov ati on at 2 3 7 As h Avenue.
The m en of Beta Theta Pi find their new home w here they are located t oday on L i ncoln Way.
L i k e m ost fraterni ti es at Iowa State, the Theta Xi hous e w as used as a w om en’s dorm i tory duri ng World War II s o Arm y and Nav y trainees coul d be housed in res i dence hal l s .
Old Main Dormitory Fir e – Sta rting the tre nd of off-campus living f or members of the Greek Community.
The men o f Phi Kappa Psi move into t heir new home which was built identically to the Phi Kappa Psi house at the Univer sity of Nebraska.
The “ W hite Cas tl e” o n Gray Avenue w i th three fi repl aces and a tw os tory -hi gh l i v i ng room w i th an overl ook i ng balcony i s added to sorori ty ci rcl e w i th the wom en of Sigma Kappa s ti l l res i di ng t here today.
GREE K L IF E F U N FAC T S ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INC. IS TH E F IR ST AND ONLY NPHC SORORIT Y T O B E BO UN D TO A B ROTHER F RATERNIT Y, PH I B E TA SIGM A F RATERNITY INC. AL PHA DELTA PI HAS A CO M POSIT E TRADITION F OR THE SENIO R CL A SS CL O W N TO DRESS CRAZY WITH TH E NIC KNA M E “DARLA B EAV IS. ” LAMBDA THETA PHI L AT IN F RAT ERNIT Y INC. WAS THE F IRST L AT INO G RE E K ORGANIZATION IN T HE NAT ION . THETA XI F RATERNITY WA S F O U ND E D DURING THE CIVIL WAR .
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ADEL ANTE THANKSGIVING KELLY KALSCH H av ing m e m be rs fro m In di a, Tex as , C al i forni a, N ebras k a, I llin o is , N e v ad a , a n d Io w a , th e m e n o f Adel ante are not al w ay s a b l e to g o h om e fo r th e h ol i day s . L at e c ha p te r c o o k D ori s Sm i th w o ul d pr epare s pecial hol i day m ea ls f or th e b roth e rs w ho c o ul d n ot m ak e i t hom e to eat w i th th ei r fam i l i e s for th e ho l i day s . Sin c e t he 8 0 s , the m e n o f Ade l a nte c a n ex pect a Thank s gi v i ng d in ne r wit h the tra d i ti on a l tu rkey, m a s hed potatoes and grav y, c r a nb e rry sa uc e, a nd H aw ai i an dinner rol l s . “ Yo u ca n ’t h a ve a Tha nk s g i v i ng d i n ner w i th out those bad b o y s , ” sa i d p res i d ent Ca rl o s Ram i rez. T he me n o f A d el a n te a n ti c i pa te the i c on of the Thank s gi v i ng t urk ey -- the w i s h bone. T he wis hb one i s b rok en by th e ol d an d n ew pres i dent as a part of the ce l eb rati on . T his tr a dit io n rem ai ns as a w ay to p a y h omage to former cook D or is Smith as w e l l as a w ay for the m e n of Adel ante to enjoy a fa m i l y sty l e d i n n er to gether.
MEMBERS OF TRI A N G LE FR ATE R NI T Y TAK E FLIGHT AUDRA KINCART Members of Triangl e fraternity had t he opportunity to tak e a tri p arou nd cam pus on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. An alumni of Tri angl e, Bra d Kempler, visit ed the Iowa State chapter to di s cus s wit h members the prospect of s tarting a Tri angle c hapter at the Uni v ers i ty of N ebras k a. Kem pl er, a retir ed pilot, offered to fl y tw o m em bers around campus dur ing hi s v i s i t. Pres i dent of Tri angle E. J. L i nes had member s who w anted to attend pi ck a num ber bet ween one and t en. Matthew Ki nnander and Anh Tuan Tran were the luck y two m embers to go on t he f light.
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M G C AND NPHC FA L L EVENTS AUDRA KINCART “Meet the Greeks” was an event put on by National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) during NPHC week. NPHC Week took place September 5th through September 12th for both current members and students looking to join an NPHC chapter. “The goal is to promote the NPHC community not only to the Greek community but the campus wide community,” said Amanda Oller, advisor to the NPHC council, “It’s an awesome opportunity to collaborate with other organizations that have the interest of African Americans as the center of their organization.” The goal of promoting the NPHC community was accomplished through events held throughout the week. The Black Student Alliance and the Black Graduate Student Association co-sponsored a barbecue on central campus with NPHC on Labor Day to celebrate the holiday and kick off the school year. “All of our organizations are built on service and we want to illustrate that to the Ames community,” said Amber Carpenter, president. Tuesday’s events consisted of service projects of making tie blankets for the Emergency Residence Project in Ames and writing letters to veterans through Operation Gratitude. Wednesday evening included the informational session of NPHC Week, Meet the Greeks, in the Oak Room of the Memorial Union. Potential new members were invited to the event to ask questions. “Meet the Greeks is teaching people about each organization so they can learn more,” Carpenter said.
“Also we’re going to talk about the satire about Greek life and some of the bad things people portray about Greek life and how that’s not relevant to our organizations,” Carpenter said. The ISU Black Alumni Reunion took place Saturday with a mix and mingle held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. MGC, or the Multicultural Greek Council, held their “Meet the Greeks” event Wednesday evening in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union. Four chapters performed either a salute or stroll, with an informational session after where potential new members could visit chapter booths to learn more about their organizations. “We gave people the opportunity to see the different organizations that we have to offer, and also try to build a community within our organization,” said Alex Young, president of MGC. “If you can’t tell, there’s a lot of pride that goes into those strolls.” Presidents of NPHC and MGC, Carpenter and Young, have the same opinion on why they like their council. “I would say the community. Even though I’m in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., I consider all these people [in NPHC] my family,” Carpenter said. “We take our strength from our diversity,” Young said, “Community doesn’t end just with MGC, I want to see community across all our Greek organizations.”
Men and women were split off during the informational time and the chairs were rearranged into a circle. Chapters then introduced themselves and shared some information about how and when they were founded. Several programs supporting African-American students were promoted with displays around the room. The Black Student Alliance had a general assembly meeting on Thursday evening that NPHC members were encouraged to attend for awareness. Friday evening consisted of a movie night watching “School Daze,”
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SISTER HOUSE DIRECTORS F0R PHI DE LTA T H E TA AND BE TA T HE TA P I FRAT E RNI TI ES Sororities and fraternities at Iowa Stae enjoy hearing stories from members in other chapters and about how different each one can be. One unique story is about the Phi Delta Theta’s house director, Corrine Gilbert, and Beta Theta Pi’s house director, Connie Moore. Looking at their last names, you would never know that the two are sisters. I sat down with Corrine Gilbert, more commonly known as Mom G, and asked her questions about her sister, what led to them both becoming fraternity house moms at Iowa State, and the best and most challenging parts that come with the job. According to Mom G, her sister Connie always thought that becoming a house director would be fun and exciting. Before being a house director, Connie was a schoolteacher for thirty years and raised three children who ended up attending Iowa State.
This experience led her to become a house director at Iowa State for a total of 15 years; nine of which have been in a fraternity. When asking Mom G what she did previously she responded, “I’ve done everything”.
This has taught Mom G that her and Connie’s job are so different because each fraternity has their own set of rules and said, “no house is the same, they are all unique.”
She attended Northwest Missouri State and had a job outside of college during her time there. After having her daughter, she became a stay at home mom. When her daughter became older, she worked on a campaign for a congressman and later became a federal employee for him.
of being a house mom is that you only work 32 weeks out of the year.
Mom G then changed directions and was employed at a workshop for challenged adults, “which was excellent training for being a house mom.” She has now been at Phi Delta Theta for nine years.
Finishing up the interview I asked Mom G what was the most challenging part that comes with being a house director.
Both sisters own a home together in the Ozarks, where they enjoy swimming everyday and recently purchased a kayak. “We are there any second we aren’t at Iowa State,” said Mom G.
One of the problems she has is learning to back off and understand that she is here to help but cannot change any of their actions.
I asked Mom G what it was like working so close to her sister everyday and she laughed responding that the two of them can go weeks without seeing each other. Since they already own a home together, they both made an agreement that at Iowa State they would have their own lives.
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fraternity house director means that she is not required to be there at night and has a lot more freedom to come and go as needed.
“It is realizing I cannot change a 19 to 20 year old boy,” Mom G said.
With this challenge, it also led to her most important lesson that it is okay to stand back and let each man in the house learn their lesson in their own way. Overall, Mom G said that there is never a dull moment in Phi Delta Theta. She loves how the job is fast pace and how she genuinely cares about and loves each member in the chapter. “I usually never get upset or mad because there is always someone that is going to make me laugh,” Mom G said.
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MEMBER OF LAMBDA THETA PHI LATIN FRATERNITY INC. WINS LATINOS UNIDOS SCHOLARSHIP AUDRA KINCART Member of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc., Hugo Meza, was awarded the prestigious Latinos Unidos Iowa Scholarship.
Meza thanked them for informing him of the scholarship opportunity and helping him improve his Latino involvement including some events the fraternity planned for this semester including a Latino College Visit Day.
“The main focus is to provide opportunities to students and generate leaders here in Iowa,” Meza said.
Overall, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. helped Meza through his transition to Iowa State.
The Latinos Unidos Iowa Scholarship has requirements that consist of involvement in the Latino community in Iowa, exemplifying academic excellence and involvement on campus, as well as showing
“I was skeptical about ISU, I feel like I have to try a bit harder in the environment at Iowa State,” Meza said. “Based on my academic excellence I know I do belong here but overcoming those obstacles just make it better for me because I know what I’m capable of.”
Meza met these requirements through his involvement in his fraternity, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc., and Latino Student Initiatives. Meza is also a member of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Mexican Americans in Engineers and Sciences.
Tabatha Cruz, program coordinator for the Multicultural Student Affairs, wrote the letter of recommendation for Meza.
However Meza’s involvement did not begin at Iowa State. Meza was involved in a program in his hometown of Sioux City, Iowa called Ready, Set, Achieve, where members built parks in the community. Volunteering has always been extremely important to Meza. “Knowing the struggles of trying to make it here I wanted to give back” Meza said. Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. was very excited to hear Meza was awarded the scholarship.
stepped foot in it,” Cruz said. “His commitment to academic excellence is strong and I greatly admire his ability to balance school, work, and campus activities.” Meza received a $1,000 scholarship and attended the scholarship ceremony as well as the Latinos Unidos of Iowa research fair. The scholarship ceremony included keynote speakers including Dr. Richard Salas from Des Moines University and Juanita Limas from Kirkwood Community College. The ceremony also included performance by mariachi entertainers. 25 college students throughout Iowa received this scholarship.
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ALPHA GAMS TAKE THE FIELD CATHERINE BROWN AND KELLY KALSCH There are four types of football fans in the world: fans that like to watch games on their couch, fans that like to watch games at restaurants, fans that like to watch them in the stands, and fans that are fortunate enough to watch on the sidelines. Athletics and helping with the entire game day experience. We got to sit down with four of them and learn a little bit more about them and what they do while some people are chowing down on wings waiting for the game to start. These four women sharing this information are Jenny Long (J), a freshman History major, Ella Feldman (E), a junior in Event Management, Megan McDonald (M), a senior in Kinesiology, and Sarah Michaud (S), a sophomore Athletic Trainer. What exactly do you do with athletics and what does a typical game day look like for you?
hours before kick-off, and we practice, participate in the spirit walk, and perform a small show in front of the alumni center all before kickoff. themes every game. Don’t forget to listen to us during the game, because we perform lots of songs to pump up the student section! Being a part of the marching band is such an amazing opportunity. E: I am a part of the Promo Crew for the Athletics Marketing Department. For the typical game we show up a couple of hours early to set up and get the stadium or kids’ area ready for the game. We do activities, giveaways and ticket punches for the every-day fans. During the games we do promotions and giveaways for the best fans. M: I am a part of the Spirit Squad, within the athletics department. A typical game day varies, depending on my role for the day, but
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squad, as well as the opposing team, if needed. We then start our tour through tailgating lots, lead the spirit walk, go through the alumni center tailgates, assist the band during their presentation at the alumni center (dance around), head over to Cyclone Experience to visit with some of the kids and take pictures, and end in the stadium to hang out before kick-off. From kick-off on, we lead the team in during the Cyclone weather alert, we pump up the crowd, and cheer on the team.
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA IS THE ONLY NPC MEMBER THAT HAS A CHAPTER IN HAWAII. KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA’S HOUSE DIRECTOR OF 31 YEARS RECENTLY RETIRED.
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community by doing service work and being role models for young children. I enjoy hearing the stories regarding the kick off kids. Watching the pure joy on those children’s faces reminds me that it’s more than just a football game. Has being Greek helped you in this position at all or helped you make some connections in your participation with game days? S: I am a student athletic trainer with the Iowa State football team. I have been working with the team since summer camp and have been privileged to work with the football team on a daily basis as well as game days. For student athletic trainers
and stretching. While stretching is taking place, athletes are also getting taped water to players during warmups. Once warm ups are over and it’s game time; we all have various jobs during the game. For me, I have worked subline water, time
includes diagnosing injuries that took place during the game. What is your favorite part about what you do on game days? J: My favorite part of game day is probably performing during halftime. We put so
E: I love interacting with the fans. Everyone is so excited to be at the games and cheering on their cyclones! M: I love running into people that I know, especially when I am on the job, mostly because it is more fun to mess around with people that you know then with strangers, and also it’s exciting to have those experiences and make those memories with friends and family. S: For me my favorite part of game days is seeing the emotion that the players athletes bring to the table and it is an honor to see their hard work be rewarded. I also greatly enjoy seeing the way the crowd responds to our athletes. Our football players represent this
J: Yes! There are only a few people in the marching band that are also in the Greek community. So I’ve gotten to meet the other Greek members and talk to them about different events going on, and go with them to different Greek events! I also love knowing that my AGD sisters are in the student section cheering me on. E: Yes, everyone is so involved in so many different things on campus it always makes me want to be out there and seeing all of the awesome opportunities that are available. M: Greek life has developed, for me, a large but close network of individuals that I have already tapped into in many different involvement opportunities. With Spirit past members of spirit squad before tryouts, who then responded with an overwhelming amount of advice, as well as spread the word to others who offered up encouragements and motivation. I feel unbelievably fortunate to be a part of this community that has already shown me tremendous support. I may be above and beyond the call of duty each and every day and truly incorporates each and every member. S: Being Greek has certainly helped me with this position. In the athletic training program there are several people who are also members of the Greek community. I am able to discuss both Greek events and athletic training events with these people and have created bonds with these people.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CY CATHERINE BROWN
Describe a typical day for you. Cy: Typically I wake up nice and early to get the worm. Sometimes though, I don’t quite hear my alarm so I gotta go to Seasons instead. Then my day is pretty spontaneous! Some days I visit my friends in the hospital, some days I crash weddings, or even show up to class to learn a little bit. But no matter what I do with my days I always make it back to the nest in Ames!
What is your favorite thing to do in your free-time? Cy: Bird watching
Describe your ideal date Cy: Tweety Bird, long walks around Lake Laverne, followed by soaring over to the Campanile at midnight
How would your closest friends describe you? clown for sure. Never a dull moment when Cy is around. Even my perceived enemies, like Herky, wouldn’t even be
What’s your favorite thing about being our Mascot? Cy: Our fans. We really do have the greatest fans in the 61,500 to pack the Jack on game days all to see me! It’s overwhelming at times to feel the love echo through Ames as I come out leading the various teams.
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HOMECOMING
2015
AUDRA KINCART Overall Homecoming winners: 1. Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Phi 2. Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, ACACIA 3. Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Phi
Yell Like Hell winners:
Campus Decs:
1. Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, ACACIA with Graduation Cyremony
1. Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi
2. Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Phi with CYrassic Park 3. Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Pi, Triangle with Cyclone Bootcamp
2. Alpha Omicron Pi, Beta Sigma Psi, Theta Xi 3. Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Chi
Homecoming tournaments:
Can Sculpture: 1. Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Phi 2. Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Upsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi 3. Pi Beta Phi, Phi Beta Chi, Kappa Sigma
Overall: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Theta Cyclone Trivia: Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Chi Olympics: Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, ACACIA Basketball: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Theta Treds: Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi
Banners: 1. Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Sigma Kappa, FarmHouse, Alpha Tau Omega 2. Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Phi 3. Alpha Omicron Pi, Beta Sigma Psi, Theta Xi
Lawn Display: 1. Alpha Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Delta Chi 2. Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Phi 3. Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi
Broomball: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Theta Dodgeball: Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Sigma Kappa, FarmHouse, Alpha Tau Omega Soccer: Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi Volleyball: Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi
Community Service: 1. Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Phi 2. Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Adelante 3. Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Beta Chi
GREEK LIF E F UN FAC T S PHI GAMMA DELTA HAS BEEN AT IOWA STATE FOR 108 YEARS. DELTA UPSILON WAS THE FIRST NON-SECRET FRATERNITY IN AMERICA.
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GREEK LIFE FUN FACTS ALPHA OMICRON PI’S PHILAN T H R O P Y, R U N FO R TH E R O S ES , W O N B EST PHILAN THROPY AT VES P ERS FO R T H E T H IR D YE A R IN A R O W. SIGMA L AMBDA GAMMA N ATIO N A L S O R O R I T Y, IN C . I S T H E FI R S T L ATIN A-BAS ED SO RO R ITY O N C A MP U S . ALPHA PHI WIL L BE HOSTIN G T HE I R V E RY FI R S T R E D D R ES S G ALA IN THE FA L L OF 2 0 1 6 . SIGMA LAMBDA BETA IN TE R N ATI O N A L FRAT E R N I T Y H A S B E C O ME TH E L ARGEST A N D FASTEST-GROW I N G LAT IN O -B A S E D S O C I A L FR AT ER N IT Y. ALPHA SIGMA K APPA WA S FO U N D ED A S A S IS T E R O R G A N I Z AT IO N TO TR IA N GL E FR AT E R N IT Y. PI ALPHA PHI’S N ICKN AME IS P IN E A P P LE S , RO LLI N G O FF OF T H E “ PI AL PH A” SOU N D . CHI OMEGA CELEBRAT E D T H E IR 93R D AN N I V E R SA R Y AT I O WA S TAT E. LAMBDA THETA N U S OROR ITY, I N C . IN C LU D ED T H E U S E O F MA C HETES W HE N STEPPI N G AS A S YMBOL OF BR E A K I N G D O W N T HE B A R R I ER S OF MA C H I S MO . DELTA ZETA’S BADGE WA S O R I G IN A LLY D ES I G N ED B Y T IF FA N Y A N D C O . DELTA PHI LAMBDA S OR ORITY I N C . I S N IC K N A ME D “D FL” W H I CH STA N D S F OR DE DI CATED FE MA LE LE A DE R . GAMMA P HI BETA WAS T H E F IR S T H O U S E O N SO R O R I T Y C IR C LE . THETA DELTA C HI IS THE LO N G E S T R U N N IN G G R E E K C HA P T E R AT IOWA STATE. S IGMA PHI EPSIL ON WAS THE FIR S T R E SI D E N T I A L LE A R N I N G C OMMU N ITY IN T HE NATI ON . SIGMA C H I’ S H O U S E PA R E N T S AR E MA R R IE D . PHI BETA C HI WAS FOU N D E D W IT H O U T T H E IN TE N TI O N O F HAV I N G A H OU S E.
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