THE THETONIAN Theta Chapter
Spring 2014
University of Cincinnati
Theta Chapter Honors a Friend and Fellow Activist
Recent History January 10th - Theta chapter
received two national awards at the Mid Year Leadership Conference in St. Louis.
On Tuesday, February 11th the brothers of Theta chapter honored fellow disabilities activist, and friend, Sara Whitestone, with the privilege of wearing Pi Kappa Phi’s letters. Sara has “always felt empowered by our activism efforts and raising awareness on campus” and is “always willing to help.” Sara was heavily involved with Pi Kapp during the fall semester by having her non-government organization, Sara Spins, team up with Pi Kappa Phi
The Lighthouse Award for most outstanding new member education program and best member experience. The Branding & Communcation Award for most improved branding and communication on campus
and the University of Cincinnati to spread the word and advertise about No Boundaries Week.
February 11th - The brothers
for student body President next year. Sara’s biggest projects that she is currently working on
agree to make local accessibility
enthusiast, Sara Whitestone, an honorary Pi Kapp
March 1st - The men of Pi
Kappa Phi kick off their first semi-annual Parent-Alumni Weekend with a bang!
March 6th - The brothers of Theta chapter help to Spread the Word to End the Word! March 8th - Zeta class is treated to lunch and four hours of paintball for one of this
semesters brotherhood events!
Sara placed most of her efforts into advertising for AccessABILITY Day and even helped the all-day event become popular enough that it was trending on Twitter in the Cincinnati-area! What made Sara most excited was that students, professors, and organizational leaders on campus were noticing the t-shirts and just how inaccessible UC’s campus really is. Sara’s activism doesn’t stop with Pi Kapp; it’s actually quite the opposite! Sara serves as the Director of Disability Services on Student Government with the hopes of becoming Chief of Staff, Vice President of Special Interest, and is even planning on running are creating a student organization called, Alliance for Abilities, which will serve as a networking space for student activists and as a place of education about disabilities. Another big project Sara is working on is a campus service called, Cat-mobile. Though Sara was not the student to come up with the idea, she – and many other students – has donated a lot of her time into its development. Cat-mobile is that it will be a campus-wide transportation service that will assist students with disabilities in commuting around campus. Though the service is mainly for students with disabilities it can also be used to help injured athletes and students, pregnant students and professors, really anyone on campus who needs help getting around. It’s no wonder why this girl is recognized as one of UC’s finest. Sara’s non-government organization, Sara Spins, is Alpha Chi Rho’s philanthropy to which all of their fundraising efforts supports. In fact, on March 30th Alpha Chi Rho and Sara Spins will be hosting their second annual Balling for Disabilities basketball tournament at the Fifth-Third Arena in Downtown. The event is a bracket-style tournament in which teams will compete against one another in a game of wheelchair basketball. All of the funds from this event go directly to Sara Spins and for that, the brothers at Theta chapter are very thankful. As Theta chapter looks back in its past and fondly remembers events like Starfire
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and Breathe Respite at the Vineyard church, it can now look ahead with Sara Whitestone and the many service opportunities she can help us acquire so that we may achieve greatness in serving others.