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October 18, 1988 Page 5 Greek Life rexenuoLS 2£d2.''0nwnicv vo52i-^ On January 13, 1913, a legacy was conceived for others to follow. The date symbolizes how twenty-two diverse and courageous Howard University women took the word “sorority” to a higher level through creating Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. After 75 years of service and scholar ship within the black community as well as the world, Delta continues to uphold its original principles which are sym bolized by its crimson and creme sorori ty colors. Presently, the sorority has 730 chapters with over 175,000 members in the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean. Within this vibrant organization. Delta includes significant members such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Leonthyne Price, Patricia Harris, Barbara Jordan, Wilma Rudolf and many numerous others. Delta Sigma Theta has continued to have an impact on our history. The Civil Rights Committee, The National Association of Colored Women, The National Baptist Foundation and many other public service affiliations read like an endless road. Presently, Delta is con cerned with Teenage Pregnancy, Drug Abuse, Politics and health issues con cerning blacks. The Kappa Omicron Chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill was founded by seven members in July 1973. KO presently boast 23 members and works on such service projects as a Resume Workshop, Race Relations Workshops, the Winter Coat Drive, Big Buddies and Hillhaven Convalescent Home. This chapter also has the honor of having the first black UNC female Rhodes scholar and having the 1987-1988 highest sorority G.P.A. award. Past members have continued on toward the law field, the broad casting arena, the medical profession and other successful pursuits. Under the leadership of KO’s presi dent, Amanda Thompson, 1988-1989, the Kappa Omicron Chapter will con tinue to make strides both academically as well as in community service. This is our .legacy., . ., , . . One that keeps the dream alive and sets the trend.for others to follow. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard University. Five women had the inspiration to create a unity adhering to the principles of sisterhood, scholarship, service and finer womanhood. Thus, Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Viola Tyler Goings, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Fannie Pettie Watts, and Pearl Anna Neal founded Zeta Phi Beta. The sorority is the only one constitutionally bound to a frater nal organization. Phi Beta Sigma, resulting in a true brother-sister Greek letter union. Zeta Phi Beta is also the first sorority to establish international chapters in Germany and Africa in ad dition to their sorors nationwide. The Omega Iota chapter was founded on the campus of UNC November 17, 1978. This young but thorough chapter continues to strive for excellence and abide by their founding principles. Presently, there are 14 members in the chapter who work together to serve the campus community and communities abroad. Omega Iota is active with the Hargraves Center, the Orange County Association for Retarded Citizens, March of Dimes (their national philan thropy), and The Bread of Life Mis sions Organization which aides needy children in Jamaica and Haiti. In the campus community, sisters of Zeta Phi Beta are involved in a wide range of ac tivities from the Campus Y to the BSM. On a whole, the sisters of Zeta work to show the true meaning of sisterhood, and in all they do are proud to say that “Blue and White, is always right!” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incor porated was founded January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana. It is the realiza tion of a dream shared by the late Elder Watson Diggs, John Milton Lee, Byron K. Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Ezra D. Alexander, Henry T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Paul W. Caine, Edward G. Irvin, and George W. Edmunds. These astute young men founded Kappa Alpha Psi around the ideal of achieve ment. More specifically. Kappa Alpha Psi encourages its members to achieve in every field of human endeavor. Kap pa Alpha Psi is also devoted to service in the public interest. Seventy-seven years later. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has not deviated from the concepts around which it was founded. Kappa Alpha Psi has grown to over 500 undergraduate and alumni chapters, not only in the United States, but worldwide. Kappa Alpha Psi Frater nity’s commitment to achievement keeps it moving steadily toward a tomorrow of promise, productivity, and influence. The Theta Omicron Chapter at UNC was established May 8, 1976. The first line pledged in the fall of 1975 at NCCU. Over 80 men have been in itiated into the fraternity since then. Theta Omicron has established itself on campus and in the community by work ing with and participating in many wor thwhile projects which include the Big Buddy program, the Blood Mobile, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, and much more. Presently, there are 11 active undergraduate brothers in the Theta Omicron Chapter working together in hopes of being named Middle Eastern Province Chapter of the Year once again. lESEARm MPERS 16^78 to ch(x>se from—all subjects Order Catalog Today with Visa/MC or COD 800-351-0222 In Calif, (213)477-8226 Or, rush $2.00 to: Research Assistance 11322 Idaho Ave. #206-SN, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Custom research'als'o available—ail levels The brothers of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, the Xi Gam ma chapter, welcome all freshmen to and returning students back to UNC- Chapel Hill. The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded on January 9, 1914, at Howard University. The frater nity has inducted more than 95,000 men and has many prominent members, such as A. Phillip Randoulph, Civil Rights activist, Dr. Alain Locke, the first black Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Con gressmen Edlophus Townes and John Lewis, and Dr. Marion Phillips, an Associate Dean of the UNC School of Medicine. Specifically, the Xi Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has inducted since its inception at UNC on April 23, 1982, 31 brothers. The brothers on the UNC campus are in volved in several organizations, the Black Student Movement (Bro. Presi dent Kenneth Perry), Undergraduate Honor Court (Bro. Chairman Wilton Hyman), the Minority Advisory Pro gram, and numerous others. The Xi Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma has several yearly service pro jects, the Annual Minority Health Pro fessions Symposium, Canned Food drive for the Homeless, in November, and in the spring the Sickle Cell Anemia Project, which enabled the Sigmas to donate $1,055 to the UNC Comprehen sive Sickle Cell Program in 1988. In the 1987-88 academic year, the Xi Gamma chapter was cited for numerous awards among them, the Service Project Award, the Highest Fraternity Cumulative Grade Point Average Award, the Undergraduate Chapter of the Year Award, and the Black Greek Council Basketball Championship. Through numerous campus activities the Xi Gamma chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., exemplify their fraternal ideals, “Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service.” Bro. Tony Blue Academic and Service Chairman continued on page 8
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