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THE STAR AND LAMP of Pi Kappa Phi - Winter 1988

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Midyear Conference '88

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NewChapter Houses

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AIDS: The Reality and the Risks

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Chapter Spotlight

Midyear Conference '88

PUSH America

THE STAR AND LAMP

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of Pi Kappa Phi - Winter 1988

New Chapter Houses For Pi Kappa Phi! In the 1987 Spring edition of The Star and Lamp, an article appeared describing the plans of six Pi Kappa Phi chapters for new fraternity houses. Not one year later, the plans for three of those chapters are becoming reality.

"M*A*S*H 407," That's the rush slogan of the Alpha Omicron Chapter at Iowa State University. It stands for "Men Awaiting Superior Housing" (The 407 is the address of their property on Welch Ave. in Ames, Iowa), but thanks Lo the hard work and donations of some very dedicated alumni, the group won't be waiting much longer.

The chapter, which was reorganized only last spring, is presently living in a house which is too small for their size and in need of a great deal of repair. However with the success of the chapter's reorganization, the Alpha Omicron Housing Corporation decided it was finally time Lo implement a plan to build a new house.

Again, Pi Kappa Phi Properties was involved: This time, as the owners of the property, Pt

Kappa Phi Properties agreed Lo match the fundraising effort of the Housing Corporation up to $190,000. Frank Parrish, Pi Kappa Phi Area Vill Govenor and an initiated member of Alpha Omicron Chapter, headed the fundraising effort. In what has been one of the most successful fundraising campaigns in Pi Kappa Phi History, the Alpha Omicron Alumni have already raised nearly $160,000. The goal of the campaign is $225,000, and with a building date set for June of '88, the alumni are very close.

The house itself was designed by Kirk Co!vig, an alumnus of the chapter. It will have a capacity of 72 men and be three stories tall, with study areas on each floor, a large multipurpose room,and a house mother's apartment. At an estimated costofover$700,000, it will be one of the largest and most impressive fraternity houses at Iowa State University.

The alumni fundraising campaign is close to it's goal but the alumni are not there yet. For Alpha Omicron alumni who have not yet donated there is no better time.

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A model of the Alpha Omicron house at Iowa State.

Singing Returns To The Fraternity

Four members of Beta Eta chapter teach singing at a past Pi Kapp College.

The new Beta Delta house at Drake University.

In the Fall of 1985, while the Beta Delta Chapter members were home over Thanksgiving break, the water pipes froze and burst at their chapter house in Des Moines, Iowa. The subsequent water damage to the house forced the chapter members Lo find temporary housing until the damage could be repaired. However, vandalism of the structure during that period worsened the damage so bad that the chapter had no choice but Lo find alternate housing. They were able to rent a house down the street from their old property but it was much smaller and inadequate for their chapter needs. Planning soon began to rebuild the old structure.

John Kirk, Housing Corporation President, worked together with Pi Kappa Phi Properties and the Beta Delta Parents Club Lo raise money for the project.The deed was turned over Lo Pi Kappa Phi Properties which provided the major financial support of the project and an architect

was hired to draw up plans for the construction.

The architect, Kirk Colvig, is a member of Alpha Omicron Chapter and is also the man responsible for designing the new Pi Kappa Phi Chapter house at Iowa State University. Therebuilding began theSummerof'87. It required an incredible amount of work to make the house livable again. The entire house was gutted, new windows and carpeting were put in along with new heating and air conditioning systems, and work Lo the exterior included anew roof and new aluminum siding, but by that August, the members were able to move back in. The total cost for the project was $170,000.

The structure now houses 32 men. Beta Delta Chapter, happy to have their original house back, started the Fall semester with a strong rush and is presently having no problem filling their home.

The new Gamma Kappa house at Georgia Southern University.

There has been a Jot of talk about singing in Pi Kappa Phi. Now it is time to setitto music.

At this summer's Supreme Chapter meeting in Dallas, the Ad Hoc Singing Committee was formed to bring back a revival of singing Lo the undergraduate chapters. Singing has long been regarded as a tool that brings brothers closer together and builds chapter pride and image on campus and in the community.

And most importantly, it's good fun.

Time spent together singing with brothers builds group spirit, not just in the individual chapter, but also between chapters.

So the committee got down Lo business.

The first thing it did was identify the current status of the activity in the average chapter.

It was decided that singing could be enjoyed to a greater extent. The committee thought that the undergraduates might: Jack confidence in their abilities, not be aware of the benefits of the activity, need a designated "song leader" to facilitate, need some help getting a program started, and finally, Jack a tradition that values singing.

Combinations of these reasons might account for the low priority the activity currently holds, the committee decided.

A resolution was drafted Lo get a feel for the interest in the Supreme Chapter. The committee also carne up with ideas on how Lo present the acitivty to the chapters in a way that would be successfully received, and implemented.

In place of the traditional "Pi Kappa Phi Songbook," the committee decided that a kit would be more comprehensive. In this kit the following things might be included: Gamma Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi began it's fundraising campaign over four years ago. This year it reached completion and the first fraternity house at Georgia Southern University was built. The alumni fundraising, led

by Housing Corporation President Glenn Aspinwall, with help from Gamma Kappa alumni David Whatley and Tom Camp, raised over $50,000. Construction began in September of 1987 and members of the chapter were able Lo move in by January of '88. The new building, which is the first fraternity house on the

* sheet music and words to a number of fraternity songs * instructions to songleaders on how to organize serenades and other singing events * hints on how to develop appropriate parodies of well-known songs * audio tapes with the songs on them, including taped accompaniments * optional video tapes of chapter song practices and serenade activities * tapes of appropriate ritual music.

Other ideas the committee decided Lo pursue include: providing training for song leaders, perhaps at conclaves, Pi Kapp College or Supreme Chapter; training of leadership consultants in singing techniques so that they may help the chapters they visit; and scheduling opportunities for singing at the forementioned meetings.

The Singing Committee then submitted its resolution to Supreme Chapter's attending membership that would recognize singing as a valuable fraternity activity worthy of encouragement by the national organization.

Providing inspiration, the committee presented the resolution and its ideas as "The Rose of Pi Kappa Phi" was sung in the background. The report was greatly welcomed, and the members enthusiastically supported the resolution.

Plans for implementing the ideas have been made. Already, the master audio tape is in production. Printing of existing songs and writing of new songs and the design of training manuals for the song leaders are scheduled to be completed by June. Hopefully, by that time, the leadership consultants will be trained.

A session of Pi Kapp College will be devoted Lo singing, with at least one delegate from each chapter learning about the kit. It is hoped that in the next year, meetings such as the conclaves and the Mid-Year Leadership Conferences will include these activities.

The video tape will be done sometime in the 1988-89 school year.

The committee has been chaired by Dr. Phil Summers, Alpha Psi, Indiana University alumnus and Pi Kappa Phi National Treasurer, who has pursued the effort to its current status.

Also on the committee are Steve Horvath, Betalota, UniversityofToledo; Pau!Aase,Beta Eta, Florida State University; Tony Porter, Epsilon Sigma, Christian Brothers College; Todd Fields, Alpha Psi, Indiana University; Nick Bowder, Alpha Alpha, Mercer University; PUSH Assistant Director Ken Kaiser and Director of Communications Wally W ahlfeldt.

University's new greek row, has a large recreational room and chapter room, a library, and a graduate advisor's apartment, and houses 18 men. The structure and property are valued at approximately $300,000. The Gamma Kappa Chapter at Georgia Southern is the youngest chapter of Pi Kappa Phi ever to raise so much money for a project this size, and the new house, with it's stately pillars, stands as a monument to the chapter alumni for all their hard work and dedication.

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ISSUES

AIDS: The Reality And The Risks The general heterosexual community is increasingly at risk from the deadly AIDS epidemic. All people- women and men, heterosexual and homosexual - musl be informed about AIDS a1!li must act responsibly.

AIDS The reality and the risks Sonya Sherman was 32 when she was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983. Several years before, she had been engaged to a bisexual man.

Unknown to either of them, he carried the AIDS virus and transmitted it to her.

Sherman became deaf, diabetic and weak fTom repeated bouts with pneumonia in the years following her diagnosis. In August of 1986, she died.

Sonya Sherman was not a member of the AIDS high risk groups: male homosexuals and intravenous drug users. She was a young woman, a member of the general heterosexual population, which finds itself increasingly at risk from the deadly epidemic that is transmitted primarily through sexual contact and the sharing of contaminated needles.

Although 90 percent of reported AIDS cases in the United States still involve gay males and intravenous drug users, experts estimate that by 1991, one of 11 AIDS cases will involve heterosexuals.

Anyone who is sexually active needs to be concerned with the threat of AIDS. Dr. Sam Rhine, an Indianapolis, Indiana researcher in human genetics who speaks to young people nationwide about the threat of AIDS, says, "The latest statistics indicate that in 1986, the total number of AIDS cases increased a little more than SO percent from 198S. In that same 12-month period, the number of heterosexual cases increased more than 230 percent four times the total increase."

And, in the heterosexual population, women appear to be particularly at risk. The virus has been found to be passed more easily from men to women, although there has been documentation of transmission of the AIDS virus from male to male, male to female, female to male and female to female. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta report that only one quarter of all heterosexually acquired cases of AIDS in the U.S. are men.

Transmitted primarily by those who are infected with the virus, but display no symptoms, AIDS is a lethal disease whose victims women and men, heterosexual and homosexual - are determined not by who they are, but by what they do.

What is AIDS? Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most severe form of infection caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The disease cripples the immune system, making its victims susceptible to illnesses the body can no longer protect against.

How is AIDS transmitted?

The AIDS virus is transmitted through infected blood, semen and vaginal secretions.

Although small amounts of the virus have been found in saliva and tears, no instance of transmission from these body fluids has been reported.

The virus is known to be transmitted by two means: sexual contact and contact with contaminated blood or blood products.

When the virus is transmitted sexually, semen or vaginal secretions from an infected person enter the bloodstream of another person during vaginal, rectal or oral sex. Though transmitted most readily through rectal sex, the virus can also gain access to the bloodstream through cuts or abrasions in the vagina or mouth.

By far the most common means of transmitting the virus through contact with blood is the sharing of contaminated needles by intravenous drug users. If a needle used to inject drugs in an infected person is then used by another, the virus can be injected directly into the blood-

stream. Federal estimates show that most cases of AIDS in heterosexuals can be traced to infected drug users.

The AIDS virus has been transmitted through the transfusion of blood or blood products, but because since 1984 all donated blood is screened for the AIDS virus, this might occur less than once in 100,000 transfusions. There Is no risk oflnfectlon to those who donate blood.

The virus can also be transmitted through the bloodstream of an infected pregnant woman to her unborn child.

Transmission of the AIDS virus is particularly devious because, unlike other sexually transmitted diseases, those infected with the virus may display no symptoms. All of their sexual partners are at risk.

And, to make matters worse, the virus has a long and indeterminate incubation period during which it can be carried and spread without knowledge of its carriers or their sexual partners. "Not long ago it was thought that the incubation period of the virus was about five years," says Dr. Rhine. "Now it is believed to be as long as ten years or more."

This means that a person could be at risk of contracting AIDS from anyone he, or his sexual partner, has had with.in the last ten years.

Who gets AIDS? Of the more than 29,000 cases of AIDS in the U.S., 6S percent have been homosexual or bisexual men, 2S percent intravenous drug users, fourpcrcentheterosexuals and three percent people who received contaminated blood or blood products (one third of them are those with hemophilia or other blood disorders) . How the virus was transmitted to the remaining three percent has not been determined.

Despite the statistics, experts agree that it is important to think in terms of high risk behavior, not high risk groups. Anyone who is sexually active needs to be concerned with the threat of AIDS. But those who are especially vulnerable are those engaging in high risk behaviors, which include shooting drugs, multiple sexual partners, rectal sex, and sex with intravenous drug users, prostitutes or anyone involved in high risk behavior.

AIDS is actually very difficult to contract.

"The chance of AIDS being transmitted by casual contact is virtually nonexistent although one cannot say it is zero," says Dr. Rhine. There are no known cases of AIDS being transmitted by casual contact, including shaking hands, hugging, social kissing, crying, coughing or sneezing, or from swimming pools, hot tubs, bed linens, toilets, phones or eating food prepared by someone with AIDS. In studies of families living with AIDS victims, none have contracted the disease through casual contact. Even through sexual contact, although it is possible to contract the AIDS virus from a single exposure, most cases are believed to have resulted from repeated exposure to the virus. Yet many long-term sexual partners of AIDS victims show no signs of infection. This is just one question about AIDS and its transmission for which there is no answer. "Much about AIDS remains a mystery," says Dr. Rhine.

That uncertainty about AIDS is frightening, but what is certain about the disease is worse: AIDS is always lethal.

How does AIDS develop?

When the AIDS virus enters the circulatory system it attaches to white blood cells known as T -helper cells. These are necessary to regulate the immune system and help the body ward off bacterial, viral and fungal infections.

The virus destroys the T -helper cells, making the body vulnerable to disease. "Most victims die of pneumonia or some common infection that their bodies can no longer protect against," says Dr. Rhine.

Once infected with the virus, the immune system takes about five to six weeks to make the antibody for which individuals may be tested.

(This time lapse between the introduction of the virus into the system and the formation of the antibody accounts for the minute chance that the antibody would not be found in the blood screening process.)

The only certain way to determine the

presence of the AIDS virus is through a blood test. The normal procedure is a blood test that looks for the antibody to the virus. It costs about $3.Ifthe testis positive for the antibody, followup testing is done to look for the virus itself.

For those infected with the AIDS virus, there are three possibilities.

According to Dr. Rhine, "About half will not develop AIDS, but will carry the virus and can transmit it to someone else." Some will develop AIDS Related Complex (ARC), but will not progress to AIDS, and will survive.

From 30 to SO percent will develop AIDS (All who develop AIDS first go through ARC.) Those infected with the virus can have symptoms ranging from none to mild to severe, but symptoms of full-blown AIDS are more obvi-

The chance of AIDS being transmitted by casual contact is virtually non-existent. ous. They include a persistent cough, fever and difficulty breathing. Those who develop Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer associated with AIDS, may develop multiple purplish blotches and bumps on the skin.

Although all AIDS victims eventually die, life expectations vary widely. "It can range from two months to years, depending on what the individual's immune system can withstand." says Dr. Rhine.

And although a drug called AZf does appear to be slowing down the progression of AIDS in its victims, it is not curing them. Says Dr. Rhine, "There has been some preliminary good results with vaccines, but a minimum of four to five years of work is needed." Should an effective vaccine be found at that time, it will still be too late for those who have already contracted the virus.

AIDS has reached worldwide and, just in the U.S., has taken thousands oflives, including those of 1370 heterosexuals. In October, 1986, the U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report on AIDS that called for education and the exercising of appropriate preventative measures. What has been the reaction to the threat of AIDS and the call for preventative measures in the U.S.?

What has been the reaction to AIDS? In the homosexual community, where AIDS hit first and continues to hit hardest, there have been documented changes in lifestyles.

Through education and the call for fewer sexual partners, plus the promotion of safe sex (primarily through the use of condoms), the gay population has worked responsibly against AIDS. The statistics show that it has worked: Condom sales increased by 10 percent in 1986 (which was mostly attributed to homosexual use) and the spread of AIDS among homosexuals has slowed.

Those who engage in intravenous drug use, a high risk behavior, are expected to be slowest to react because of their addictions.

Though certainly the best answer is to avoid intravenous drug use, those who cannot or will not change their behavior are urged to use only clean, previously unused needles.

Although some experts have predicted an end to the sexual revolution because of the AIDS epidemic, so far, the general heterosexual population has been slow to react. Many - who may falsely cling to the belief that the disease is only a problem for homosexuals or drug users- do not appear to be taking AIDS seriously.

Young people are of particular concern.

Although fewer than 700 cases of AIDS have been reported among young adults of college age in the U.S., many may carry the virus without knowing it. The average age at which people are first exposed to the virus is expected to shift down from age 30 to the mid-20s and late teens.

Says Dr. Rhine, "I tell the young people I speak with, 'The AIDS epidemic will probably be at its worst between now and the turn of the century. That is when you are likely to be the most sexualy active in your life."' College campus populations may be especially at risk for

contracting AIDS. "For many college is their first taste of sexual freedom and there tends to be a lot of sexual activity," says Dr. Rhine. "The more sex you have, the more at risk you are for contracting AIDS." And, because college populations tend to be more liberal than the general population, there may be higher concentrations of gays and those willing to try out bisexuality or to ex~ri­ ment with intravenous drugs - all high risk behaviors.

Hundreds of colleges and universities are working to stop the spread of AIDS and to educate students about AIDS. One example, Dartmouth, has begun an aggressive and s<;>~me­ what controversial program in which Safe Sex Kits, which include AIDS educational pamphlets and condoms, are made available to students at registration. Many other institutions of higher education are providing students with educational materials and counseling, are promoting safe sex and the use of condoms, and are discouraging intravenous drug abuse. · Despite these efforts, there has been little documented change in the behavior of young heterosexuals. In the September 2S issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Cathy Kodoma, a health educator at the University of California at Berkeley stated that she has observed that young women still fmd it difficult to ask men about their pasts or even to suggest practicing safe sex.

Ignorance, avoidance, myths, prejudice and hysteria - all possible responses to AIDS will only make the epidemic worse. More awareness of the disease and more funding for research are needed. But with no cure for the lethal disease in sight, the best immediate response is education and responsible behavior by all individuals.

How to protect yourself against AIDS

* Abstain from sex or limit your number of sexual partners. *

Know who your sexual partner is and about their past.

* Avoid sexual contact with those who practice high risk behavior: bisexuals, intravenous drug users and prostitutes.

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Practice safe sex: use condoms.

* Avoid all sexual activities that could cause cuts or tears in the linings of the rectum, vagina or penis. * *

Avoid intravenous drug use.

Keep informed. Much about AIDS is not yet known or understood. Protect yourself by knowing the latest facts.

For more information about AIDS:

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The Public Health Service AIDS hotline: (800) 342-AIDS [In the Atlanta area: (404) 3291295]

* Local or State Health Department for information about where to go for confidential testing for the AIDS virus

* American Red Cross AIDS Education Office: 1730 D Street,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; (202) 737-8300 *

Answers About AIDS Action Council: 272 Eighth Street, S .E., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20003; (202) S47-3101

* Answers about AIDS. Mail a self-addressed business-size envelope with 66 cents postage attached to: AIDS Report, American Council on Science and Health, 4 7 MapleS treet, Summit, N.J. 07901 Editor's Note: The above article was reprinted with permission from the Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine.

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We Are Fraternity (EdiiOr' s CommenJ: This maJerial was prepared by the "Commission on Value and Ethics" of the National/nJerfraternity Conference.

Thomas Sayre will presenJ a stimulating article in each ofthe next six issues concerning Fraternal Values; Love, Loyalty, Morality, Responsibility and CommitmenJ.)

This human pattern of closeness and independence described by Fromm has been documented in the study of human behavior. The literature has related that the developmental stages of human growth encompass both a need for relationships and a need for independence.

Maslow's Hierachy ofNeedsdescribes the need to gain security by belonging. Upon fulfilling this need, an undergraduate then has a need to establish self-esteem by gaining autonomy from others.

Introduction

Chickering, in his model of adult development, listed autonomy as one of his vectors or stages of growth. He explained that in attaining autonomy the individual also recognizes interdependence with others. In the vectors of freeing of interpersonal relationships, Chickering describes the growth process as shifting towards relationships of greater trust, Wlderstanding of differences, individuality, and independence.

We, as fraternity, believe in the development of the human spirit. The primary process by which the human spirit is developed is through the relationships we share with one another, ourselves, and with God. These relationships are the essence of our identity. It is through fraternity with others, that we know who we are.

The absence of positive relationships, not the absence of things and events, is a primary source of unhappiness.

The fraternity is essentially making one statement: We believe in the developing human spirit. It is through the values expressed in our ritual that we share this belief. It is through our actions that we exemplify this belief.

Asasystemofvalues, our ritual provides us with a foundation for the art of living. These shared values are: love, loyalty, morality, responsibility and commitment. , Rationale Human existence is characterized by the fact that man is alone and separated from the world; not being able to stand the separation, he is impelled to seek for relatedness and oneness ... It is the paradox of human existence that man must simultaneously seek for closeness and for independence; for his uniqueness and particularity.

The importance of relationships also has been described in the educational literature. In establishing identity in the growth process, relationships have been found to be important. In order to achieve self-actualization, Maslow describes the individual's need to establish self-esteem which is derived from relationships. Chickering recognized that the personal and social relationships of an individual contribute to the acquisition of competence and allow growth toward maturity.

Kohlberg provided a theory of moral development that also viewed relationships as important to growth. He wrote that only through experiencing the relationships with others does an individual transform values and integrate that information into those values before moving to the next stage of moral reasoning.

The fraternity experience provides an opportunity for the developmental growth of the individual in the supportive group environment.

"Fraternities and sororities and some other small living units afford the opportunity of acquaintance with a broad range of peers, but in a smaller, more homogenous group. The "Brothers" and "Sisters" constitute "family" away

from home and help ease the separation from parents. They may also provide a more gradual opportunity to reconsider parental values and develop autonomy; this, in contrast to the shock of meeting fellow students with totally different values, which may too suddenly question the basis of a student's pre-college world."

The caring atmosphere of the chapter interaction provides the member with the opportunity to experience personal relationships for building social and personal competence. Activities of the group are educational experiences for learning a sense of commWlity and responsibility. The fraternity design provides a family atmosphere that allows the individual to grow by strengthening existing patterns of development while allowing risk behaviors that assist members toward transcending to new stages of maturity. The need for independence is supported through leadership opportunities, academic achievement, social development and expression of diverse opinion, while taking into accoWlt the uniqueness of the individual fraternity chapters.

Additionally, fraternity is a catalyst in the growth process by providing the interaction for reflection of the self-image and the development of individual identity. It provides opportunities to perceive and understand possible traits or values that can be integrated into the individual's identity. The sharing of goals and values are possible in a non-threatening environment that assists the member to grow toward autonomy and identity. Diversity of fraternity membership may supply each member with examples of behavior and values for encompassing identity and thereby developing "Wliquencss and particularity".

Purpose Through our fraternity ritual, each member shares in group values, and the actions of the member reflect these values. Fromm warns, however, ''There is usually a discrepancy between what people consider their values to be and the effective values which direct them and of which they arc not aware."

"Be kindly affectioned, one to another, with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another."

Pi Kappa Phi Date Rape Poster Wins Awards Golden Gazelle Award

Pi Kappa Phi's Date Rape poster.

Pi Kappa Phi recently was named a winner of the Golden Gazelle award, given by the Project on Equal Education Rights organization (PEER).

The award is given to individuals, schools and organizations "who have been amazingly quick-footed and strong-hearted in the fight to preserve equal education rights for women and girls," PEER said.

The fraternity won the award for the "Today' s Greeks Call It Date Rape: Against Her Will Is Against the Law" poster that it distributes. The poster was designed for the fraternity

by Loeffler MoWltjoy Advertising and Marketing Agency.

PEER called the distribution of the poster

by Pi Kappa Phi a sign of "leadership in recognizing and implementing a program to address the problem of date rape." Winners of the Golden Gazelle, PEER said, are the "unsWlg heroes who have persisted in working for educa-

tiona! equity."

The fraternity shared the award with nine other winners. Included in those winners were Marquerite Ross Barnett, Chancellor, University of Missouri, for her commitment to equal educational opportWlity and Donna Lopiano, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, University of Texas, for her leadership in the field of women and sports. The fraternity was the only group or organization to win the award.

Copies of the date rape poster are available by writing to the Administratrive Office of Pi Kappa Phi, P.O. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC 28224.

Gold Star Award The Pi Kappa Phi "Date Rape" poster was recently awarded a gold medal from the National Advertising Agency Network. Each year over fifty member- agencies from the U.S., Canada, and Europe, submit their work to be judged for it's creativity in advertising. This year, out of 580 entries, only 40 awards were given.

The "Date Rape" poster was created by Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity alumni Bill Loeffler,Rho Chapter and Jim Mountjoy, Delta Lambda Chapter. Their agency, Loeffler Mountjoy, which has also produced other award winning posters for Pi Kappa Phi, won ten awards at the ceremony, held this past November in Chicago.

This was the highest number of awards given to any single agency.

As Fromm stated this about an industrial society, it is also true of fraternity," ... these values have become ideologies for most people and are not effective in motivating human behavior."

The behavior of fraternity members is not. being motivated by fraternity ideologies. It is as Arthur Chickering stated, that the values must be personalized by the individual in order to establish intergrity and that a congruence between beliefs and behavior must be foWld.

Basic Expectations In an effort to lessen the disparity between fraternity ideals and individual behavior and to personalize these ideals in the daily undergraduate experience, the following FWldamcntal Obligations of Fraternity Membership have been developed: I I will strive for academic achievement and practice academic integrity.

II I will respect the dignity of all persons; therefore I will not physically, psychologically or sexually abuse or haze any human being.

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I will protect the health and safety of all human beings.

IV I will respect my property and the property of others; therefore, r will neither abuse nor tolerate the abuse of property.

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I will meet my financial obligations in a timely manner.

VI I will ncitl1er use nor support the use of illegal drugs; I will neither abuse nor support the abuse of alcohol.

VII I acknowledge that a clean and attractive environment is essential to both physical and mental health; therefore I will do all in my power to see that the chapter property is properly cleaned and maintained.

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I will strive to incorporate in my daily life the ideals expressed in my fraternity Ritual.

IX I will challenge all my fraternity members to abide by these fraternity obligations and will confront tl1osc who violate them.

(To be conJinued in next issue.)

Star and Lamp Receives Award For tl1e second year in a row Pi Kappa Phi has been awarded first place in the National Interfraternity Foundation's Annual Education and Student Life Awards competition. Tlus year, the award was for the Star and Lamp article "Beyond Confrontation: Dealing with Sexism in Fraternity," which appeared in the Fall1986 issue.

The article was written by Andrew Merton, associate professor of English and director of the journalism program at the University of New Hampshire, adapted from the transcript of a speech he delivered to the Fraternity Executives Association in JW1c, 1986.

Merton, a recognized critic of fraternities, spoke on the pressures conducive to sexual abuse that he believes exist in chapters.

The award distinquishes those fraternity publications that explore the issues facing the fraternity world. Entries are judged on timeliness, clarity, conformity to stated purpose, style and ability to hold reader interest.

Pi Kappa Phi won the award last year for an article written by Rev. William H. Stemper titled, "Do fraternities have value in the 1980s."

That article appeared in the spring 1986 issue.

In addition to the valuable recognition from the award, the fraternity received a $300 prize from the National Interfraternity FoWldation, Inc. Copies ofbotlt articles may be obtained by writing the administrative office at P.O. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC 28224.

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"The Man Who Lights Up New York"

The Empire State Building in New York is one of the buildings illuminated by Douglas Leigh.

Marvel at golden towers that light the night, spangled rockets reaching for flight or a glorious birthday cake with no two candles alike. It's easy to wax poetic about the New York City skyline after dark for, in all the world, there is nothing to match it for sheer spectacle.

How remarkable, then, that so much of this super-sized glamour should have emanated from the mind of one man, and not even a native son-Douglas Leigh. No, Leigh doesn't work for Con Ed, but he may well be the best piece of public relations the utility has seen in years. He is a lighting specialist, an artist who works in walls and a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Brother Leigh was initiated into Alpha Epsilon Chapter in 1926. After spending only 2 and a half years in college Leigh could not resist the call of the big city and he moved to New York to begin his career.

Now, New York by night is ablaze with displays of The Leigh Collectio.n. One has only to look up and around or down from one of the city's many vantage points to see, among others: The Empire State Building, first and still foremost of his accomplishments; the Helmsley Building straddling Park Avenue; Citicorp; the Con Ed Tower; and the prestigious intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street where Bergdorf Goodman, Tiffany & Co., Manufacturer's Hanover Trust and The Crown Building beam light on each others' assets. Also to his credit:

the eye-catching illumination of Madison Square Garden, the Washington Monument in Washington Square Park and the Pulitzer Fountain in Grand Army Plaza.

If all this sounds like the work of some hot-shot adman, a young go-getter just out of school and brimming with bright ideas,guess again. Douglas Leigh is all of 80 years old; he was a spry 70 when he first began lighting up New York's skyline as a business in 1977. It is, in fact, his second career and one that promises to be at least as creative as his first, which was, as it happens, as a hot-shot adman.

All this is very different from the image given by the man himself. Soft-spoken, Southern-accented, given to bow ties, he is the image of a dapper gentleman of the old school, ever ready to offer the visitor a drink, a mint, a chair.

Married for fourteen years to Elsie Margaret Leigh, their family includes two daughters by his previous marriage and three daughters and a son by hers.

A devoted, if transplanted, northerner, Leigh says, "We shuttle between our apartment in New York and a house in Oyster Bay, Long Island." Yet,from this slight, five-foot-eightinch individual emanates such spark that he seems to glow every bit as brightly as his buildings-especially when talking about his work. So after a while, it isn't hard to imagine him operating in the push-and-shove world ofNew York advertising.

Remember the block-long Pepsi-Cola waterfall advertisement (he calls such things "spectaculars") that circulated 50,000 gallons of water per minute? The twenty-five foot steaming coffee cup for A & P? Kool's half-blockwide winking penguin (it winked 100,000 times a day) on a block of ice? Coca-Cola's neon landscape with weather predictions? All Douglas Leigh. In total, he designed over 120 lit and moving spectaculars for New York's Great White Way, all of which combined to give him the title "The Lamplighter of Broadway."

But that wasn't all. As far back as 1937, there was EPOK, an innovation of the sort most people associate with Walt Disney. But it was Leigh, not Disney, who created the animated cartoons projected on a bank of photoelectric cells that activated a matrix of light bulbs high above the street. Bigger versions later incorporated some 5,106 bulbs. The result was everything from scampering rabbits to sports subjects to dancing silhouettes of Ray Bolger and Fred Astaire. The beneficiaries: Old Gold Cigarettes, Wilson Whiskey and others.

Even when the lights dimmed during

World War ll, Leigh went on. In fact, his most famous billboard of all-the Camel Smoke Ring sign-was instituted in 1941. It blew rings for Camel for twenty-six years, spread to twentytwo other cities and didn't require any electrical lights for its singularly dramatic effect. "The sign was taken down in 1967," he says, "but people still come up to me and pretend to puff."

Following the war, Leigh's imagination literally took flight as he leased most of the navy's fleet of surplus dirigibles, attached lights and advertised aloft for such clients as MGM, Ford & Lincoln and Mobile Gas-many years before Goodyear got off the ground.

How did Leigh the adman and Broadway "luminary" become Leigh the city illuminator?

Easily, for the two careers are not unrelated.

Behind both is the fact that Douglas Leigh has always been fascinated with light-whether to promote a product or a city. The fascination began early. As a youngster in Arui.iston, Alabama, he may have been the only one who saw beauty in the town's iron smelting plant as it dumped molten ore each evening, lighting up the sky. ''To me, it was the aurora borealis," he recalls. It drew him, sparked his imagination.

"It's always that way with light," he says. "It draws people as flames do moths."

But an attraction to things bright and beautiful was only half the story with Leigh, for he soon found himself to be a natural salesman.

This discovery was perhaps the biggest lesson he learned during a two-and-a-half-year stint at the University of Florida. Classes took a backseat to profits as he traveled around selling everything from yearbook ads to fraternity pins and alligator skin belts.

The next step for an ambitious young entrepreneur was obvious-New York. There, after a slow start with an outdoor advertising company-five salary cuts during the time he was there-he decided he couldn't do much worse on his own and started Douglas Leigh Inc. His first break came with convincing the St. Moritz Hotel to advertise their $4-a-night rooms on a "semi-spectacular" (a billboard with lighting on its face) he had leased in the Bronx. This was a break in more ways than one because, in the midst of the Depression, he also managed to arrange, as part of the deal, to get an office, a suite of rooms, and meals.

From Central Park South, he directed his attention to Broadway, finally combining his love of light and sales talent to create the spectacular advertisements that made his name for fifty years. Thus it was that in an early profile in theNew Yorker, authorE.J. Kahn pegged him as

"perhaps the only person in the United States besides President Roosevelt who is now in charge of a going business that officially got under way on March 4, 1933."

In mentioning Douglas Leigh's impressive successes, however, one is also constrained to note his failures. And there were some notable ones. The pinnacle of the Empire State Building, originally designed to moor dirigibles, did not metamorphose into a giant Lucky Strike cigarelle or stick of chewin~ull). Nei~er did the Rock of Gibraltar sport a huge, pam ted ad for Prudential Life Insurance. But he shrugs, what's a career without a few setbacks?

Still. it's far better to concentrate on the achievements. And today, perhaps more than ever before, Douglas Leigh has many to point to, for if anyone represents the city's recent upward surge in spirit and accoriiplishment, it is he.

Well into his seventies, he is still contributing, creating, giving youth and vitality to the city he has adodpted as home. And if his fellow New Yorkers appreciate it, they derive no more pleasure than he. "I don't know anyone who has as much fun doing what tb.ey do as I have. I have a ball." · Pi Kappa Phi recognizes Douglas Leigh for his accomplishments and is proud to be able to call as one of our brothers 'The Man Who Lights Up New York."

Douglas Leigh

They Call Him "Mr. Celebrity" Marilyn Monroe would have never sung happy birthday to President John F. Kennedy back in 1963 if not for a Pi Kappa Phi brother.

What the London Times called the "greatest international ball of the century" would not have happened if not for the same brother.

In fact, even today, Earl Blackwell, Pi chapter initiate and past Archon at Ogelthorpe College, keeps a hand in most every social event

Marilyn Monroe would never have sung Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy if not for a Pi Kappa Phi Brother. from Hollywood to Paris.

Earl has been called "star struck." After all, he knows more celebrities than any other man in the world. He should though. It is his business.

Brother Blackwell is president of Celebrity International Public Relations Firm, with offices in Hollywood, London, Paris, Rome and New York.

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Celebrity International offers a celebrity search service that keeps tabs on over 350,000 celebrities. This service is so thorough that Ginger Rogers had to ask Earl for her file before writing her autobiography.

Some of Earl's other clients range from Elizabeth Taylor to Billy Idol. Not bad for a guy who began his career on a tip from a laterfamous classmate.

The advice came following his graduation from Ogelthorpe, in Atlanta, when Margret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, suggested he go to Hollywood. Brother Blackwell, like many aspiring journalists at that time, wrote a letter to newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst.

Hearst responded, sending Earl to Louis B. Mayer who hustled him into M.G.M. Drama School. Fellow students included Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and Lucille Ball. Before moving to New York in 1939 to become a playwright, Blackwell played opposite Grable in a short film.

In New York, Earl seemed to know everyone. If a journalist needed to find Joan Crawford in a hurry, he would call Earl. After heading up the Celebrity Department of the 1939 World's

Fair, Brother Blackwell decided to turn his service into a business, launching Celebrity Service Inc. that same year.

Four decades later, now a million-dollar business, Celebrity Service Inc. is going strong.

"A celebrity is someone whose name needs no further identification," says Brother Blackwell. He adds, "I might be expected to have become disinterested in the business of celebrity, but I haven't. I never cease to be excited by the emergence of a brand new celebrity."

His continued excitement just may be the reason the celebrity service is such a huge success.

In addition to his accomplishments in the public relations business, Earl enjoys recognition for several other endeavors. He is founder and president of the Theatre Hall of Fame, president of the French-American Foundation for Medical Research and a member of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

He is also the author of several books and a Broadway play.

But whether it's Earl Blackwell, public relations wizard, editor, publisher or international celebrity, Pi Kappa Phi is that much better. The fraternity is lucky to be able to call Earl Blackwell a true friend and brother.

Earl Blackwell

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Historian's Real Love Was Teaching

Normiln Graebner Mark Singe/ infronJ of the Alpha Mu Chapter house.

Pi Kapp Inaugurated Lieutenant Governor In January of this year, Brother Mark Singel (Alpha Mu- Penn State) was inaugurated Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prior to his election last year, Mark served one and a half terms as a State Senator from his hometown of Johnstown, PA. To celebrate his election victory and extend their congratulations, the alumni and active brothers of AlphaMuhosted a "Welcome Home" party at the house on April25. Over 200 people paid $25 each to share in an evening of

cocktails, hors d'oeuvres an'd fellowship.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation (by Archon Earl "Buster" Graham) of a plaque to Mark's wife Jackie, as a welcome to her from the chapter. A photograph of Mark was also presented and will be displayed permanently in the house living room.

In addition to alumni and actives, local and state civic and political leaders also attended.

Florida Association Of Realtors N arne Pi Kapp As Executive Vice President

Jerry Matthews

A Pi Kappa Phi alumnus and former Administrative Office employee, Jerry Matthews, recently has been named Executive Vice President of a 75,000 member realtor association in Orlando, Fl. Matthews was named to the executive post of the Florida Association of Realtors, the largest trade association in Florida and the second largest state association of realtors in the United States.

Initiated into the Alpha Eta Chapter at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., Matthews worked for the national office for eight years. During that time, he set up the Continuing Alumni Relations program and served as a field consultant, Director of Communications, Assistant Executive Director, Director of Development, and worked with the Foundation and Properties.

"The most important skills I picked up as a member of the fraternity which relates to what I'm doing now is how to get along with people," Matthews said.

He assumed his position with the Florida Association of Realtors in October, after holding the top position in the 30,000-member Illinois Association of Realtors. As chief executive officer of IAR, which is based in Springfield, lll., Matthews developed a popular line of hardware and software designed especially for realtor companies. The computer products now account for about 27 percent ofiAR's $4-million annual budget.

As Vice President of the Florida firm, the 43year-old Matthews is chief administrator of a staff which includes 35 people at the Orlando headquarters and nine at the government affairs office in Tallahasee.

Matthews received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business at Samford, where he served his chapter as Archon, Secretary, Rush Chairman, and president of the campus Interfraternity Council. He was a re-chartering member of the chapter, which was reorganized in 1963.

He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University, is designated as a Certified Association Executive by the American Society of Association Executives and is a registered lobbyist. In 1980 he was one of four people in the nation to receive ASAE's top honor, the Professional Performance Award.

Matthews is married and lives in Windermere, Fl. He has three children ages four, 10 and 12. He is author of "Budgeting and Financial Control," an industry standard for realtor boards.

"The fraternity was, and is, a sort of trade association," he says. "A realtor organization is made up of members just like the fraternity; we supply services for the members. That's what the fraternity does - it pools resources that you wouldn't have as an individual."

Did you know Normiln Graebner? Lean, dark, anddynamic.Hiseyesfvcedyourattentionand his fast-nwving words fastened your mind to his thoughts. His subjects were American History and international diplomilcy, his real love was teaching, and how I and other students appreciated him! He milde us ~ee the forces that shaped this country and how it relates to the world in a way that I had never realized. Jim Vermette, Executive Director, Illinois Alumni Association,1982.

Jim Vermette's words typify the memories that Pi Kappa Phi Norman Graebner's former students at the University of lllinois hold of him. Graebner, who served as professor of history and international diplomacy at the University of Illinois from 1956-67 and as chairman of its history department from 1961 63, devoted consummate energy to his teaching throughout his career.

Graebner was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in 1954 at the Alpha Omicron chapter at Iowa State University. He left shortly after for the University of Illinois, where he specialized, practically by default, in diplomatic history. "AtiowaState, the History Department was a service department. You taught what other departments wanted," he explained. "But at Illinois, the department chair called me in and said 'Now Graebner, you have to have a field. You have to identify with something."' Having previously written about diplomatic history, he decided to specialize in it.

As his reputation spread across the campus, his classes grew to such size that both his survey course in American History and his upper division and graduate courses in diplomatic history were relocated in order to accomodate the demand for enrollment.

American diplomatic history became so popular under Graebner, that it was broadcast to aTadio audience of75,000 from his auditorium-turned classroom. Further testimony to Graebner's teaching skills rests on the fact that

he received distinguished teaching awards wtaevermwa;,iocludinglh!fu:stOutstardinTea:hing Award given at the University of lllinois in 1962 by the Men's Independent Association.

In 1967 he accepted a chair as Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Professor of Modem American History at the University of Virginia, and in 1982 he became the Randolph P. Compton Professor of History and Public Affairs there.

During his 35-year teaching career, Norman Graebner reached ~ne of the widest audiences of any American historian of modem times. He lectured at some two hundred colleges and universities in the United States, Western Europe, and the Far East. If Professor Graebner's prowess as a teacher recommended him to an expansive lectureship around the world, his many writings on the history of American foreign relations established his reputation as a scholar. Among his works, several of which are in their second edition, are Cold War Diplomacy, published in 1962; the two-volume History of the United States, released in 1970; and most recently, America as a World Power: A Realist Appraisal from Wilson to Reagan, published in 1984.

Among the numerous expressions of esteem that have come to Norman Graebner are several that reflect his stature in the academic community. In 1972 he was elected as one of the earliest presidents of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He also was awarded the Litt.D. degree by Albright College in 1976 and the Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the University of Pittsburgh and Valparaiso University in 1981.

In 1978 he held the Harmsworth Chair in American History at Oxford University. In 1983 he was elected to membershp in the Massachusetts Historical Society and also has long been a member of the Society of American Historians.

In 1985, the University ofVirginiarecognized Graebner's contribution by awarding him the Thomas Jefferson Award, given to those few teachers who best "personify the Jeffersonian dream of educational opportunity and academic excellence." He was cited for his writings on American and diplomatic history as well as for his "towering contribution as a teacher."

Not only was he a distinguished lecturer to undergraduate students, but his seminars also were model laboratories for the training of more than thirty graduate students who received their Ph.D. degrees at Illinois and Virginia under his guidance. After Graebner's retirement from teaching in 1986, these men and women, to whom he has been both friend and mentor, established theNormanand Laura Graebner Distinguished Service Award through the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. It was awarded for the first time in 1986.

ALUMNI CHAPTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS Alabama Gulf Coast Alumni Alpha Upsilon Alumni Assoc.

Alpha Zeta Alumni Asroc.

Americus Alumni Corp.

Beta Alumni Assoc.

Beta Phi Alumni Chapter Central Alabama Alumni Assoc.

Charleston Alumni Assoc.

Datta Omicron Alumni Corp.

Des Moines Alumni Chapter Detrott Area Alumni Assoc.

Epsilon Iota Alumni Chap.

Epsilon Sigma Alumni Chapter Gamma Alpha Alumni Assoc.

Gamma Gamma Alumni Assoc.

Gamma Phi Club Greenwood Alurml Assoc.

Houston Texas Alumni Indianapolis Area Alumni Chapter Ithaca Alumni Assoc.

Jacksonville Area Alumni Assoc.

LaGrange Alumni Ascc.

Lambda Alumni Assoc.

Merfllhls Alumni Assoc.

Metroplex Alumni Assoc.

Mountaineer Alumni Assoc.

N01th Jersey Alumni Assoc.

Omega AJumniChapter Sacramento Valley Alum As. Sea!tle Alumni Assoc.

Wilrrington Alumni Assoc.

Zeta Alumni Assoc.

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CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT

Alpha Psi Is Back At Indiana

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Friday the 13th ... the day that brings dread to some brought only happiness and relief to the 67 chartering members of Pi Kappa Phi's recolonized Alpha Psi chapter at Indiana University.

It was ironic that this "day of bad luck" was the goal of the group that has enjoyed so much success. The brotherhood has¡ grown into a large, thriving model chapter since its starâ&#x20AC;˘. in the seemingly idealistic mind of (then) leadership consultant. Ken Kaiser in February, 1987.

Indiana Univeisity, the state's largest educational institution. in addition to being the home of the NCAA basketball champion Hoosiers, is home to the nation's third most popu. lous Greek system. Unfortunately, most at I.U. had heard little or nothing of Pi Kappa Phi since the early eighties.

Then things changed. Suddenly, the Greek letters were all over the campus on athletes, on student leaders, on studious men, on the party men. Alpha Psi sent more delegates than any other chapter to the Area IV conclave at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Alpha Psi was back, and the group was ready to flex its collective muscles on the Bloomington campus and within the national organization.

The continuing battle to build that reputation began. Immediately the chapter paired with an also recolonizing Alpha Xi sorority for Indiana's "World's Greatest College Weekend." Since then the chapter has paired with sororities for all campus events when other, established fraternities, could not.

Though the chapter did not have time to field a team in 1987's famed Little500bikerace, the 1988 team has been training since November, and with the help of a few brothers ranked nationally for their biking talents, the team hopes to do extremely well this year.

The I. U. Pi Kapps soon found one special way in which to stand apart and above the other houses on campus. Much to the delight of Alpha Psi alumnus and National Treasurer, Phil Sum-

mers, the chapter put together the most impressive sorority serenades the system had seen in many years.

Impressive standings and consistent participation in intramural athletics also helped to spread the name.

Public relations became a major concern of the chapter also, and two special events, a faculty dinner attended by nearly 50 professors and administrators and a holiday program for mentally and physically handicapped children in their region, helped the men build a solid, impressive reputation with the I.U. and Bloomington communities.

The promise of excellent leadership opportunities, genuine brotherhood and a nonhazing program began pulling potential pledges from other established fraternities. The I.U. Greeks had no choice but to realize that the new kid on the block was there to stay.

All of the talk, inside and outside of the group, only increased the anticipation for the chartering weekend. By this time, the chapter had built an impressively solid internal base, including a congress-like Council of Committee Chairmen (CCC), a member education program based solely on positive reinforcement and a PUSH program targeting major corporate sponsorships.

It is no surprise then, that when chartering weekend rolled around, the men of Alpha Psi knew that they had built an impressive associate chapter focusing on the two long range goals: to be the undisputed best at I.U. and in Pi Kappa Phi nationally.

Brother Summers, also the chartering officer, asked (then associate) Brother Sean Ogar at one point in the 5-hour oral boards about the chapter's possible excess of confidence.

Brother Ogar preferred to describe it as "a stable stateofcockiness."The 67 brothers laughed and smiles even carne to the national representatives' faces. No one can deny it ... Alpha Psi is cocky.

Once the tests had been passed, initiation time carne. In a marathon of rituals conducted by

The men ofAlpha Psi Chapter at the University of Indiana the dedicated brothers of Omega of Purdue University, Epsilon Mu of Bradley University and Upsilon of the University oflllinois, 67 collegiates and 8 of their fathers were brought into the brotherhood.

The enthusiasm spilled over into Alpha Psi's alumni, both before and after the chartering. Old traditions have been adopted by the new group, and alumni have supported a housing corporation and a growing alumni group.

Alumni who thought their Pi Kapp days were gone are now finding a group ready and willing to accept and include them in the new spirit.

A record number of Alpha Psi alumni carne to the chartering banquet through the work of Chapter Advisor Steve Smith and Alumni Association President Bob Williams. The banquet, which was held in Bloomington, was attended by more than 300, including alumni, representatives of the administrative office, representatives from thei.U. administration and Greek system, parents and friends of the new brothers.

A New Look for Beta Tau

The men of Beta Tau Chapter at Valdosta State University Beta Tau Chapter, the oldest fraternity on the Valdosta (Ga.) State College campus, has gone through a radical transformation within the last two years. In the spring of 1986, Beta Tau was in deep financial debt to the Administrative Office of Pi Kappa Phi, had a declining membership and less-than-respectable campus image.

Today the chapter is out of debt, has experienced a near 100 percent growth in membership, has a strong campus image, and is in the top one-third ranking by the Administrative Office.

How did these changes come about? New leadership and hard work by the members of the chapter put Beta Tau on the road to success. But the whole story is more complex than these simple explanations. Here it is: During the spring officer elections of 1986 at Beta Tau, a split in the fraternity occurred. Many members of the chapter were unhappy with the previous administration. but the current Archon and Treasurer were a tough alliance to beat. By

a 51 percent majority, a new Archon was elected. The defeated Archon's proponents angrily declined nominations for other Executive Council posts, and the new Archon was able to surround himself with good officers. At the end of the chapter meeting, everyone agreed in word that wounds should be forgotten and chapter unity was important.

However, that did not occur. One by one, members of the chapter "went inactive," often leaving the chapter in further debt. By midterm the chapter was down to about 20 active members. Then another shock carne: a visit from the national office field consultant revealed that hundreds of dollars were missing from the books, unaccounted for and inexplainable, in addition to the large sum owed to the national office. The darkest hour carne when the consultant recomended that Beta Tau be reorganized.

This is not the story of how reorganization was the key to a chapter's turnaround, although

it could have been. The first step in the recovery process was a chapter meeting in which the new Archon informed the chapter of its problems, and what had to be done. A few more members left, but a core group remained. Those who remained were dedicated to rebuilding, no matter what. In essence, they reorganized themselves.

Debts were painstakingly collected, bills were paid, a few pledges were added, a handful was initiated, and gradually the chapter improved.

They knew that there was no where to go but up.

A significant step in the process was the attendance of two Beta Tau members toPiKapp College that summer. When they returned to find Fall Rush plans behind schedule, they offered to help, and soon they were reorganizing Rush. A rush retreat and chapter workshop furthered the process. Members were enlightened with the benefits of a strong membership education program, Mike O'Donnell's rushing techniques, and other aspects of running a chapter.

As a group they identified their strengths and weaknesses, then set goals intended to improve the weak points.

That fall, 21 new men were pledged and the chapter nearly doubled its size. Nothing sparks a chapter more than the enthusiasm of new pledges. The new approach to member education was successful with 12 being initiated that winter and seven in the spring. Many of those immediately assumed leadership positions and were effective in them.

The chapter improved its campus image by encouraging its members to join other campus activities, putting strong teams on the intramurals fields, establishing better relations with administrators, electing members to Interfraternity Council officer positions, and hosting a first-ever Parents Day, in addition to raising more money for PUSH and involving itself in other service projects.

A strong campus image booster for the chapter has always been the Miss Valdosta State

The banquet in itself brought many special moments. Brother Smith surprised the chapter with a donation of a house computer from the alumni. New Brother John Meunier had a surpriseofhis own when he lavalieredhis girlfriend Lisa Warren in the presence of the entire crowd.

Following in a sacred practice of the new chapter, Miss Warren was then serenaded "The Rose of Pi Kappa Phi" by all of the men., The chapter then sang selections from the "legendary" serenade.

A dance followed, ¡ nd in addition to a lesson in 'The Alligator" dance by the boys from the Administrative Office, Brother Summers showed a few fancy moves to Michael Jackson's "Bad." The celebration. though the end of one long, tough journey, is yet the beginning of another. The goals and enthusiasm of the chapter continue to grow and with the ongoing support of the national fraternity, alumni and the Indiana University community, so will it for many years.

College Pageant. The chapter owns and operates the franchise, which is part of the Miss Georgia and Miss America competitions. The last two Miss VSC Pageants have been especially sucessfull, producing winners who have placed in the top five in the Miss Georgia Pageant. while raising over a thousand dollars each year for the chapter.

After an academic warning was placed on the chapter that year for poor grades, Beta Tau sought to improve its acadell)ic standing. They developed a scholarship program and raised the minimum grade point average for initiation above that set by the campus IFC. The next quarter the chapter was taken off probation when it received the highest grades among fraternities on campus.

Fall Rush 1987 was the best in chapter history, and earned Beta Tau a place in the Pi Kappa Phi Journal. Forty-one men were pledged, more than any other [Tatemity, during Formal Rush.

During this two year period, the chapter's size has gone from barely 20 brothers to its current size of 35 brothers and 40 pledges. Next quarter the chapter looks forward to a huge initiation.

Although the leadership of the chapter has changed hands again, chapter unity is still strong. Now that membership has outgrown the front room of the chapter house, one of the biggest challenges to face this new leadership may be finding a place to hold chapter meetings.

In just two years, the chapter moved from a ranking of six in the Administrative Office's ranking of chapters (there are nine groups, with one being the best and nine the worst) to number three. It's campus image has risen from fourth to second and its recent awards include the Red Rose Award and President's Cup Award for PUSH contributions.

Beta Tau's future looks bright. The current administration's goal is to lay a strong foundation for years to come by providing financial planning, long-term goals, officer training programs, and establishing sound traditions that will carry on for years to come. Beta Tau stands as a shining example of what hard work, strong leadership, modem techniques, patience and dedication can do to improve a chapter's standing.

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Pi Kappa Phi Going Strong At Florida State

The men of Beta Eta Chapter in front of the chapter house at Florida State

Beta Eta Chapter at Florida State University, since its reorganization in 1982, has undergone what most would consider phenomenal growth and what some would consider a fraternal miracle. However, this would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of so many active brothers and alumni. Five years ago, in the fall of 1982, Beta Eta received its charter back after a turbulant three year period. In the same semester, a group of dedicated men started paving the way f<_>r the futur~

of Beta Eta. By the spring of 1985, the foundation had been set for what would be termed the "Fraternal Skyscraper." And it was decided at that point that their "skyscraper" would have no forseeable limit. At the time this analogy was made, there were thirty brothers and the ground floor had been set. It was at this juncture that' the chapter decided it was time to start building the middle floors of the Beta Eta "Skyscraper."

With two years of successful rush efforts, Beta Eta is now competitive with the larger chapters at Florida State. When one speaks of

Taking a Stand at Illinois

The Men of Upsilon Chapter at the University of Illinois

Council Of Archons

The 1987 Council of Archons (From left to right, Back row- Doug Hanna-Alpha Kappa, Shawn Zwilling-Gamma Nu, Dan Barry-Alpha, Chris Grey-Sigma, David Friday-Alpha Eta, Boyd Goodloe-Epsilon Omega, John Saboor-Beta Eta Front Row-Dean Divis-Nu, Eric Hansen-Delta Tau, Brad Powell-Delta Epsilon, Scott Gasparini-Clemson Assoc.)

the success of Beta Eta's rush effort, one would have to mention the recommitment as a whole by the brotherhood towards recruitment. In Beta Eta's eyes, the "system", developed solely for Pi Kappa Phi, has been the key to its success.

Under the system, as soon as a rushee walks through the door, he is immediately approached and made to feel at home. Since Beta Eta has been able to inspire a welcome feeling in its rushees, top rate rush wee~s have been the result. In.the fall of 1987, Beta Eta pledged 40 men, with the recent initiation of 30 of these men. Spring of 1988 brings the speculation of25 pledging Pi Kappa Phi at Florida State University.

Another one of the great things happening at Beta Eta is the chapters hard work for PUSH. In a chapter retreat last year, every brother was asked for a moment, to put himself in the place of a mentally retarded child, or anyone handicapped. After doing this, the brothers were able to see just how fortunate they were. With this serious realization the chapter was able to grasp just how important PUSH is to the people who really need their help. In the 1985-86 school year Beta Eta turned in only $200.00. In 198687, B~ta Eta was the recipient of the PUSH Chairmans Award for its contribution of over $6500.00. Long term goals include the eventual installation of a PUSH unit in the Tallahassee area. Beta Eta will testify to the fact that Highway Robberies (street collections) and Wheelchair Pushes do indeed work, and that solid programming is the key to any chapters success.

What has also proven to be invaluable to the chapter is its involvement in the Greek community as well as Florida State's student government. There are several brothers involved with different facets of the Interfraternity Council, as well as a few Beta .t ...1 officers who are members of the Judicial Board. One of

the brothers is President of Beta Kappa Alpha, a scholastic honorary, and several are members of student sponsored Seminole Ambassadors.

With this involvement comes the realization by other Greek houses on campus that Pi Kappa Phi is on the move. Also, this involvement provides for a great rush tool.

With the continued success ofBeta Eta, it is the contention of the brotherhood that the middle floors of the "Skyscraper" are complete, and it is time now to move to the top floors. This will come with the brotherhood increasing its size. Presently at Beta Eta there are 85 active brothers.By the spring of 1988, the brotherhood fully expects to initiate 25 more, thus bringing the chapter size to 110 active brothers. Also, within the near future, the chaper looks forward to the construction of a new chapter house that will sleep 35 -40 men. This construction will act as a catalyst for the continued growth. Also, it is important to mention that the chapter's 110% commitment to PUSH will continue to be a driving force at Beta Eta. Finally, it is important to realize that the key to success can be found in the word" Unity."

It is this word that bonds the brothers of Beta Eta together towards a common goal. The brothers at a recent retreat were asked to reflect on the breakdown of the word "unity" and how it applied to their undergraduate lives as Pi Kappa Phis'. The letter "U" stood for unselfishness, "N" for notwithstanding, "I" for intensity, "T" for togetherness, and finally the letter "Y" for yearning. Together they were able to commit themselves once again to the future of Beta Eta and to the construction of the remaining top floors of the "Fraternal Skyscraper."In doing all of this, it is not hard to believe that Beta Eta Chapter at Florida State was the proud recipient of the 1987 Houser Award for the most improved chapter of Pi Kappa Phi.

Like many chapters of Pi Kappa Phi, Upsilon chapter at the University of illinois has tried to alert its campus and community to the date rape issue.

The chapter has hung the posters and is sponsoring a date rape awareness booth at their student union with the help of a local women's service and health agency this spring.

But the University of lllinois campus is confronting its own rape problem, which makes the fraternity's efforts more critical than at many campuses.

A fifteen year old girl was allegedly raped at a fraternity chapter at the university. That incident has thrown the entire Greek system, the largest in the nation, under suspicion and accusation by several regional women's groups.

"Stop Date Rape" was spray-painted in bright orange paint across the front of the Lambda Chi Alpha and Beta Theta Pi houses, on area bars, stores and a parking garage. Slogans such as "Frats Rape" and "Down with Fraterni-

ties" were strewn throughout the town. The vandals are unknown.

A group called the Grassroots Group for Second Class Citizens staged an anti-fraternity rally on campus in late October. A group member called violence toward women a "hallmark" of the fraternity system.

As part of that rally, the protestors marched on three chapter houses: Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and Acacia. Mock eviction notices were taped to their doors and ritualistic dances were done on the front yards.

Upsilon is doing what it can to combat the negative publicity engulfing its system through the date rape awareness activities. Its members say that preventitive action against the crime is necessary at all chapters to avoid situations like theirs.

As Upsilon Brother J.S. Overbey puts it, "It is the responsibility of every Pi Kappa Phi chapter to go beyond the propo ganda. The (date rape) poster carries an empty message if those who produce it don't live up to its potential."

The late 60's and early 70's was indeed a time of disturbance. Many fraternities chose the route of altering their leadership structure, i.e. board, to include undergraduates. If we had done so it would mean that our National Council would have had an undergraduate or undergraduates serving.

1 spent a number of hours in conversation with the administrators of other fraternities to determine the effectiveness of this approach. I determined that most people had run scared, and too quickly, to a destination with which they were not familiar.

I also determined it was difficult enough to have council members who were business and professional men fully functional, without having to put up with the continued inconsistency of students trying to fulfill obligations of such a distant nature.

However, we were faced with a need to involve students in the decision making process.

This was done in expansion and in leadership through the use of experienciallearning exercises and group dynamics.

I created a Council of Archons in August, 1969, with the first seven brought together at Pi Kapp College that year. One of these firsts was Steve DePalma, now our National Vice President and another was David Lane, past President

of Pi Kappa Phi Properties. I have always tried to have seven members on the Council of Archons and have attempted to have them selected from a variety of campuses and from a variety of geographic locations.

We attempt to have one member of the Council of Archons attend each National Council meeting. Tllis is to enable the Council to bounce things off of the undergraduate, and also for an undergraduate, if he is willing to be vocal, to express himself at a board meeting. Most of the time this has been very effective.

In addition, seven or eight ideas a year are passed out to the Council of Archons by the Administrative Office, getting their feedback before going fullsteam into new programs. As an example, PUSH, Inc. and the Intern Program were first evaluated by the Council of Archons before the two concepts were presented to the National Council.

I have also found that, as is the case with the interns program, much good can happen in our employment market by zeroing in on members of the Council of Archons as potential staff members. I might add that I have not always had a person who was either past or presently an archon, but have chosen people who exhibited great leadership talent whether it had been taken advantage of by their chapter or not.

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AWARDS Houser Award The Pi Kappa Phi Houser Award for the most improved chapter is one of the hardest awards for a chapter to win, for it requires a great deal of effort and dedication to achieve so much positive change. In 1987, the Houser Award was presented to three chapters: Xi Chapter at Roanoke College, Alpha Sigma Chapter at the University of Tennessee, and Beta Eta Chapter at Florida State University.

Not only did Xi Chapter improve last year, it became, in the words of Roanoake College Assistant Dean of Students, Mark Peterson, "Roanoke College's best fraternity." Early in 1986 however, one of Xi Chapter's biggest worries was would they even be able to fill their house. Needless to say, tbeir worry was unfulfilled. Xi Chapter initiated 28 men, increased their contributions to PUSH over the previous year by nearly $500, and had the# 1 grade point average among the fraternities at Roanoke College.

Alpha Sigma Chapter in 1986 had so many financial and recruiting problems that they had to undergo an internal reorganization to survive.

Yet in 1987 they bounced back with avengeance. Included among their accomplishments were: a 360% increase in numbers of men aso-

ciating, hosting a reception for then House Majority Leader Howard Baker, sponsoring an outstanding Founder's Day program, hosting the Area V Conclave, winning their I.F.C. community service award, and raising nearly nine thousand dollars for PUSH. At Florida State University, Beta Eta Chapter earned it's Houser Award by setting a goal of being the best and going for it. At the beginning of the year the Executive Council sat down and decided that the chapter was going to pull itself out of it's slump. Although it would require a tremendous amount of work, they would dedicate themselves towards improvement. The result: Beta Eta doubled it's chapter size by initiating 36 men and three alumni initiates, the members raised $6,500 for PUSH, and by the end of the year they had the #1 grade point average among the fraternities at Florida State.

One of their final accomplishments was to be chosen as the initiating team to help charter Zeta Zeta Chapter at the University of North Florida.

Runners up for the Houser Award include: Alpha Iota at Auburn University, Alpha Xi at Polytechnic University, Gamma Nu at LaGrange College, and Delta Alpha at Virginia Tech.

Beta Alpha 40th Anniversary I

Just a reminder: Beta Alpha's 40th Anniversary will be held May 14, 1988 · at the Holiday Inn (304 Rt. 22 West) in Springfield, N.J. The cost is $110.00 per couple and includes: cocktails by the pool, a prime rib dinner and a live band.

Tickets are limited and going fast.

For more information contact: Karl Kopans, Committee Chairman 420 Victor Street Scotchplains, NJ 07076 (201) 889-0935

For tickets: Bob Garvey 134 Morris Avenue Summit, NJ 07901 (201) 522-9417

Management Award The Management Award of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity goes to the chapter that initiates the greatest percentage of men based upon the number of active undergraduate members they had the previous year. The winner of the management award for 1987 is Beta Lambda at the University of Tampa with a percentage of 138%. Because of a strong rush and member education program last year Beta Lambda finished the year by over doubling their size.

Deserving honorable mention for their efforts are Epsilon Lambda at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg (127%), Epsilon Phi at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (125% ), and Alpha Xi at Polytechnic University (122%).

Added Value The Added Value Award of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is given to chapters which initiate three or more alumni a year. For 1987 the winners are: Gamma Nu - LaGrange College (9) Epsilon Psi -University of Slippery Rock (6) Epsilon Omega- Texas Tech University (6 Zeta Gamma- University of North Dakota (6) Zeta Delta- Shippensburg University (5) Alpha Xi- Polytechnic University (4) Delta Upsilon- University of Pittsburgh (4) Epsilon Lambda- University of S. Carolina/ Spartanburg (4) Zeta Alpha Associate- Clemson University (4) Delta- Furman University (3) Tau- North Carolina State University (3) Alpha Alpha- Mercer University (3) Beta Eta- Florida State University (3) Gamma Lambda - University of Missouri/ Rolla (3) Delta Zeta- Appalachian State University (3) Epsilon Iota - University of North Carolina/ Greensboro (3)

We Forgot *In. the last issue ofibe Star and Lamp we failed to mention. David Walton. of Zeta Epsilon. Chapter as the runner up for the Student of the Year Award. *ln. the list of Champion. Master Chapter Award winners Gamma Nu Chapter at lAGrange College was in.advertantly left off the list.

Our apologies to both.

Executive A ward The winner of the 1987 Pi Kappa Phi Executive Award is Alpha Epsilon Chapter at the University of Florida. The Executive Award is given to the chapter that initiates the largest number of men into Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in a year. Due to the hard work of it's dedicated chapter members, Alpha Epsilon initiated 64 brothers into our Fraternity last year. Not far behind were Alpha Theta Chapter at Michigan State University, initiating 53 men, and Lambda Chapter at the University of Georgia with 52.

President's Plaque Alpha Upsilon Chapter at Drexel University is the recipient of the 1987 Pi Kappa Phi President's Plaque for the most comprehensive alumni development program. The award criteria is based on communication through newsletters, alumni support, and alumni events.

Alpha Upsilon's program included a consistent chapter publication, The Dusak, alumni support which saw attendance to Alumni Corporation meetings triple and fund raising increase by 60%, and a host of alumni events ranging from Alumni Day to a Pi Kapp Open Charity Golf Tournament. The chapter even established two new methods of recognizing alumni: awarding certificates of appreciation and dedicating scholarships in their name. In addition, Alpha Upsilon was recognized by Drexel University for their efforts in the area of Alumni Advisory Programs. Honorable mention for this award goes to Gamma Kappa at Georgia Southern College.

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Taking out a new policy Any policy other than term qualifies for tax deductible premiums. Recent advances in the insurance industry have made insurance donations powerful charitable giving tools. Under a Universal Life policy, premiums are paid which exceed the absolute cost of insurance; the excess premium dollars accumulate at current rates.

After a few years, usually eight to ten, enough cash accumulates so that the donor need never pay another premium during his lifetime. His charitable dollars can now be directed elsewhere or continued with Pi Kappa Phi. He can be secure in the knowledge that a large gift to Pi Kappa Phi will be recorded in his memory.

Assigning an existing policy

Assigning an existing polic>' Iii a number of situations msurance is no longer needed. Your family may be raised and doing well and estate needs are reduced after distributions of property. The person the policy

ing. Insurance purchased to educate children might not have been used or a policy may have been bought to protect a busiTiess and is no longer needed. You may be retired with more than enough income from other guaranteed sources. In that case, insurance and pension benefits may be shared or assigned and, of course, deducted for tax purposes.

If you make the Foundation the beneficiary and owner of an existing policy, significant tax advantages are realized. If premiums remain to be paid, the deduction is equal to the cash value of the policy. If you continue to pay the premi~ urns, they too are fully deductible. If you donate a paid up policy, the value of the tax deduction is the cost of obtaining a new paid up policy at your current age.

However if you feel you still have a need for protection, other methods can be utilized which keep the policy under your control but still result in deductions from estate taxes. You can make the Foundation a contingent beneficiary in the event that the insured survives the primary beneficiaries. Or you can allocate a percentage of the proceeds to the Foundation. Dividends can be assigned to the Foundation and qualify as deductions, thereby losing no control over the policy while your family retains full insurance protection.

I'm interested, what do I do?

If you are interested in insurance giving and wish to be remembered by making a charitable donation to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation contact Durward Owen, Executive Director of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation, directly at 704-5236000 or write to P.O. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC 28224. Life insurance gifts qualify for all of our donor clubs and awards.

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Midyear Conference '88 ! "/ have never learned so much in such a short period. This conference has been ofmuch value to me and ultimately to my chapter. I have learned skills, ideas, and concepts that will help my fraternity become the best it can be." - an undergraduate chapter representative commenting on the 1988 Pi Kappa Phi Midyear Conference.

Although this year's Pi Kappa Phi Midyear Conference began with an unfortunate start, it ended by being one of the most successful conferences to date. The Midyear Conference, which is normally held on back-to-hack weekends in Charlotte, North Carolina and St. Louis, Missouri, had to be cancelled in Charlotte due to one of the worst snow storms in the city's history.

"It was unfortunate that we had to cancel the event in Charlotte, but it would not have been safe for our undergraduate members to have to drive in such terrible weather conditions," said Durward Owen, Pi Kappa Phi Executive Director. Still, representatives of fourteen chapters who had already left before they could be notified of the cancellation, arrived in Charlotte. A mini- conference was held for them on January 9th which turned out to more successful than could have been anticipated under such conditions. Past Pi Kappa Phi staff member Mike 0' Donne! was able to make it into town, despite the snow, to give his ever-popular rush presentation as did Area I Govenor, James Krucher, who helped facilitate an Archon's roWldtable discussion. Said one attendee of the miniconference, "I was very pleased to learn so, much. In fact, I think I enjoyed the Conference because it was smaller and our chapter received more personal attention."

"Smaller," however, certainly could not be used to describe the St. Louis COWlterpart, as Pi Kappa Phi held the largest Midyear Conference it has ever held in that city. 173 representatives

from fifty chapters were in attendance, not only to learn from the presentations and events, but also to share fraternal experiences and knowledge with other brothers who might learn from them.

The conference, which is an activity of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation, began on Friday, January 16 and lasted until Sunday afternoon. Serving as facilitators for the event were present and past members of the Pi Kappa Phi Administrative Staff, Area Govenor V Frank Havard, Area Govenor IV Mark Jacobs, and National Treasurer Dr. Phillip Summers. Presentations were given on many topics including PUSH, motivation, chapter retreats, professionalism, and also on a subject which turned out to be one of the highlights of the conference; singing.

Following the direction of the last Supreme Chapter, singing is gaining more attention and is being emphasized in Pi Kappa Phi as a means of adding spirit to our brotherhood. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Phil Summers, members of the Ad Hoc Singing Committee gave presentations and taught Pi Kappa Phi songs to the attendees throughout the conference.

Along with presentations, representatives learned about the fraternity by participating in roundtable discussions. These gave them a chance to interact directly with fraternity brothers from different chapters. One of the best liked events of the weekend, these discussions are one of the main reasons these conferences are held, to allow different chapters to share and exchange ideas.

With no weather problems to contend with like the Charlotte conference, the St. Louis Midyear Conference ran smoothly. The meals offered good food, and the opportunity to talk over the day's events with new friends and brothers in Pi Kappa Phi. The accomodations in downtown St. Louis were first rate, and the chapter members left on Sunday more knowledgeable about the fraternity and with a renewed spirit. As one brother said, "This was my first conference of this type. It instilled a renewed excitement in me about our brotherhood and I am now ready to go back to our chapter and spread this feeling."

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Undergraduates making friends at an ice-breaker.

The Pi Kappa Phi Midyear Conference '88 representatives.

Area Governor V Frank Havard giving a presentation to the group.

Everyone enjoyed the food at the Midyear luncheon.

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This summer, PUSH will literally reach across America, as a select team of twenty-five cyclists and crew members, from Pi Kappa Phi chapters nationwide, pedal from coast to coast wit11 tlle goal of raising over $50,000 for PUSH. It is being billed as tlle largest special event in ilie ten year history of PUSH and has fast become one of tlle most exciting projects ever for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

The PUSH America team will begin it's journey on June 13, 1988 in San Diego, Califor-

nia. During tlle trip tl1e group will pedal tllrough such cities as Phoenix, Dallas, Bimlingham, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Richmond. Then on August 12, over 3,000 miles later, tlle team will arrive at our nation's capital for a weekend of sight-seeing, handshaking and celebrating.

Throughout tlle trip, dozens of public presentations have been scheduled witll civic groups, chambers of commerce and tlle local media. "We really want to maximize ilie publicity an event such as tllis can generate," said Ken Kaiser, Assistant Director of PUSH and a coorganizer of tlle event. "Our goal is not only to raise money, but also to raise iliepublic's awareness of PUSH and of tlle special population PUSH seeks to serve.

The majority of tlle money raised will come directly from tlle riders tllemselves. Each is responsible for raising a minimum of $2,500 in pledges and contributions before tlle trip begins. For tllose unable to participate in tlle coast to coast trip, "regional ride-alongs" arc being organized. nus will provide cyclists a

chance to join tlle team and ride along for a shorter distance such as across a state. These riders will also be asked to ~llect pledges and contributions to PUSH but at a lesser amount.

En route, the team will be holding numerous fundraisers as well, to insure tllat tlleir $50,000 goal is reached.

All participants will receive a complete fundra.ising packet which assists tllem in approaching family, friends, civic groups and organizations, and local chambers of commerce for pledges and contributions to PUSH. They will also recieve additional support from the event coordinators in organizing tlleir own fundraising events.

One person iliat is already providing support and suggestions to tlle riders is Jim Karlovec, a veteran cross country cyclist and project coordinator of the event. Jim, a Pi Kappa Phi initiate of Delta Sigma Chapter at Bowling GreenS tate University, has experience not only in riding in such events, but in organizing them as well. Jim is in charge of all areas of PUSH America '88 dealing witll the actual bicycling trip, as well as obtaining local support (donated food, lodging and services for tlle riders) along the way.

Jim's expertise as a professional cyclist will prove invaluable along tlle way, for tlle trip will not be an easy one. The PUSH America cyclists will ride an estimated 55-110 miles a

"The Ultimate Experience in Freedom"

PUSH Listed on Combined Federal Campaign "!-

"A New Place to Live, Learn and Grow" Bruce Rogers, Chi Chapter Motivated by a lifetime ambition and desire to help tllose less fortunate, Bruce Rogers, a member of Chi chapter at Stetson and recent graduate of Duke Law School, set off on a crosscountry bicycle trip from Florence, Oregon to Yorktown, Virginia. Forty-five days and over 4,000 miles later, Bruce completed his ultimate goal by pedaling from coast to coast and raising over $1,000 for PUSH. 'This is something I've always wanted to do," said Bruce. "Beside being a personal form of celebration for my graduation and the good fortune I have enjoyed tllroughout my life, I realized that others could benefit tllrough t11is venture as well. As the national service project of our fraternity, PUSH seemed like ilie logical place to start." He then asked his friends and relatives to make a pledge to PUSH in lieu of a graduation gift.

"At times tlle trip was the ultimate experience in freedom - riding down a lone country road, crystal clear blue sky, tlle sun shining brightly, a swift tail wind and the pedals spinning effortlessly. And then at oilier times, tlle trip was the ultimate lesson in spiritual, physical, and mental discipline- hitchhiking 50 miles back to the nearest town for a new axle, riding tllrough all -day down-pours, camping out on a mountain pass on below freezing nights witll all my gear soaked and my food supply exhausted.

However, the most important point I must

emphasize is tllat the good times far outweighed the bad."

"I looked upon this trip as a chance not only to raise money for our severely handicapped citizens, but also to further my own personal development. Each day brought new challenges, adventures and adversity which became building blocks for greater discipline and strengtll. I cannot begin to mention all the kind folks who took time out to help, encourage and inspire me."

In Charlottesville, Virginia, Bruce was joined by Jim Firster, tlle Executive Director of PUSH, for ilie last two days of this journey. "I was deeply touched by Bruce's commitment to PUSH and his underlying values," said Firster.

"Rarely have I met someone tllat so impressed me. Bruce proved to me that he is an outstanding young man who embodies ilie many values tllat we as a fraternity believe and practice."

Not only did Bruce accomplish his lifetime dream, he also pioneered an idea which has quickly become one of ilie most exciting fundraising projects in the history of PUSH (see PUSH America '88).

Many tllanks to Bruce for his sincere dedication and commitment to our national service project. Along witll some lifetime memories of his adventure, he can be assured that his efforts touched tlle lives of many otllers as well.

day, in tlle heat of summer, to maintain ilieir schedule and will have to begin training montlls in advance.

The trip is not without its incentives, however. Besides offering a chance to travel across the country, food and lodging will be provided along witll clotlling, gear and prizes.

The top fundraiser will also win a free cruise to ilie Bahamas.

To be selected for tlle PUSH America '88 team, applicants must have shown boili cycling experience and fundraising potential. All money raised by tlle team members will be counted toward ilieir chapter's total contribution to PUSH for the year.

Altllough tlle riders themselves will raise ilie majority of tlle funds for this project, it's ultimate success will depend on donations and support for tlle group along ilie way. Pi Kappa Phi alumni who wish to get involved can do so by donating services and goods such asloC!ging, food, media attention and fundraising assistance. If you are interested in more information about PUSH America '88 and how yo).lcan help out, or perhaps even ride along, please. contact PUSH Assistant Director Ken Kaiser at ilie PUSH Office, P.O. Box 1972, Morganton, NC 28655, (704) 433-0223 or Project Coordinator Jim Karlovec at (419) 353-7016. With your help, PUSH America '88 will surely be "A Journey of Hope." .....

Again, ilianks to ilie creative expertise of Jim Mountjoy and his staff at Loeffler Mountjoy Marketing and Advertising Agency, PUSH has kicked off its most recent campaign tlleme. The new materials include posters, leaflets and a corporate brochure, with tllecampaign ilieme as a common element tllroughout.

Brotller Mountjoy, Delta Lambda, who serves on the PUSH Board of Directors has shared his creative talent with Pi Kappa Phi on many oilier occasions. In addition to past PUSH materials, he also spearheaded ilie design of tlle alcohol and sexual abuse posters which have botll received professional awards and gained favorable auention for Pi Kappa Phi.

For more information on

PUSH, Inc., please write or call: PUSH, Inc. P.O. Box 1972 Morganton, NC 28655 Attn: Jim Firster, Executive Director (704) 433-0233

PUSH was recently placed into tlle Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) for tlle Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

All federal employees in tlle area will have the opportunity to direct federal charity funds to PUSH by designating tlle project as ilieir charity of choice on tlleir CFC forms each year. We hope that all federally-employed alumni will earmark their contributions and encourage t11eir co-workers to do ilie same.

If PUSH is not already included on tlle current form, employees may designate it on tlle line marked "other".

PUSH plans to apply for CFC placement in oilier areas heavily populated wiili federal employees such as Baltimore, Newport News and San Diego.

The placement into tlle CFC is a result of ilie work of Mark Neftzger, the 1987 PUSH summer intern from Oklahoma State.

PUSH Receives Prestigious Award Over tlle past ten years, PUSH has been recognized by many professionals as a leading service provider in the field of mental retardation. Recently, PUSH received its highest honor yet as ilie recipientofthe" Henry B. Dillard Distinguished Service Award." The award was presented at the Souilieastern American Association of Mental Retardation (SAAMR) conference held tllis year in Nashville, Tennessee.

Accepting the award on behalf of PUSH was Regina Moody, a member of ilie PUSH Board of Directors, attending the conference.

The Dillard award is presented each year to individuals or agencies for outstanding service, leadership or training in the field of mental retardation. The significance of this honor is evident as tlle John F. Kennedy Center for Research was last year's recipient. "The award is largely the result of our Research Associate, Debbie Leder," said Jim Firster, Executive Director of PUSH. "She has been actively involved in presenting information on PUSH to oilier professionals in the field. This most recent award is testimony to her dedication and hard work."

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of Pi Kappa Phi - Winter 1988 -FOUNDERSSimon Fogarty

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1988, Vol LXXIV, No.1 Durward W. Owen ... Edltor-ln-Chlef Walter Wahlfeldt ....... Managing Editor Karl S. Long, Ill ...... Editor Ex Officio Tim Rlbar ..... Offlclal Photographer Nancy Perdue......Offlce Manager Vivian Seeley....• Edltorial Assistant CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ken Kaiser Jon Scott T.J. Sullivan

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The Life Subscription is $15 and is the only form of subscription. Publications Office, 7017 Nations Ford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28217. Second Class Postage paid at Charlotte, North Carolina.

Alumni Directory If you have had little or no success in tracing the whereabouts of your freshman classmate-last seen in Pago Pago, or was it Topeka?- relax, help is on the way. An alumni directory is now in the works and is scheduled for release in March of 1989. The publication has been planned as a reference volume for those of you who wish to know where your friends are now and what they are doing.

The directory will be divided into several sections. The first will contain interesting pictures and information and will be followed by a section with individual listings which will include academic information, professional irtformation such as job title, firm name, address and telephone as well as home address and telephone. Alumni will also be listed geographically, by city, state and foreign country.

All the information in the directory will be researched and compiled by the Harris Publishing Company and will be obtained through

questionnaires sent to all alumni and followed up by telephone verification. Your cooperation in responding to the questionnaires when they arrive will insure the success of this fascinating and comprehensive directory. All alumni will be given the opportunity to order the directory when their information is verified by phone.

(Only Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity alumni will be able to purchase a copy.)

The entire project will be undertaken at virtually no cost to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and the Harris Company will finance the operation through the sale of directories to alumni only.

The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity will not benefit financially from the directory sales but they will derive substantial benefit from the updated records which will be turned over to them at the completion of the project by the Harris people.

So, for those of you who have wondered, "where are they now?," you will soon find out!

Watch for specific dates in future publications.

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ASSOCIATE CHAPTERS

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Elon College Florida Florida Southern Flotlda State Furman George Mason Georgia Georgia College Georgia South8(n Georgia Southwestern Georgia Tach Grand Valley Illinois Illinois Tech Indiana Iowa Stale Jacksonville State James Madison Kansas Stale LaGrange Lander LaSalle Lenoir· Rhyne Livingston Longwood Louisville McNeese Marrphls State Mercer Michigan Michigan State Missouri· Rolla Montevallo Morehead Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska·Omaha NJIT Nonh Carolina UNC-Charlotte UNC·Greensboro UNC·WIImlngton Nonh Carolina Stale Nonh Dakota Nonh Florida Nonheast Missouri North Georgia Oklahonna Stale Old Dominion Oregon Stale Perrbroka Penn State P~tsburgh

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The Star and Lamp (ISSN 0038-9854) PI KAPPA PHI P.O. Box 240526 Charlotte, NC 28224

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