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FEATURES Black women get excited about UNC football EDNA BKOWN Staff Writer P'ootball is in season again, and the Sweet Carolines are already working to make next season better than this one. The Sweet Carolines, 21 UNC women, assist the football staff in recruiting future players. This year, five of the Carolines—Regina Young, Denise Crisp, Rita Todd, Gigi Moultry and Martina Kendrick—are Black. “What we mainly do is entertain high school recruits and their parents before each home game,” Regina Young, a senior, said. “We serve them refreshments in Kenan Fieldhouse and talk to them about coming to Carolina.” “We don’t go with the football staff on any away games except one,” Martina Kendrick, a junior, said. “This year we’ll probably decide on someplace close to home even though we won’t have to pay for our ex penses.” The five girls became Sweet Carolines for various reasons. Denise Crisp, a senior, has been one for three years. “Being a Sweet Caroline can provide a lot of opportunities for you,” Crisp said. “You get to travel and learn about football. You also work with the coaches and learn about the organization of the team as a whole.” “This will be my first year actually functioning as a Sweet Caroline,” Gigi Moultry, a sophomore, said, “but I became one because I liked the idea of working with recruits and being part of the football program.” “1 wanted to participate in some extracurricular activities,” Rita Todd, a senior, said. “1 was a cheerleader in high school and I didn’t think I’d have enough time to devote to cheerleading here. So, being a Sweet Caroline was the next best thing.” To become a Sweet Caroline, one must fill out an application from the Athletic Office and be interviewed by members from the football staff. Each year a Caroline has to be in terviewed again. “Regina told me about applying,” Kendrick said. “One of the coaches and a Sweet Caroline interviewed me. The interview was more informal than I thought it was going to be, so 1 was very relaxed. Someone from the staff told me a week later that I was a Sweet Caroline.” “1 was a little nervous,” Todd said. Mrs. Dorothy F. Carlton, Prop. Mrs. Shirley Bynum Ms. Hazel McKoy Tel: 942-6978 The Beautyrama "A Satisfied Customer Means A Satisfied Operator” W. Franklin & N. Graham Sts. Chapel HUl, N.C. 27514 “1 remember one question was how did I feel about all of the football players living in Ehringhaus? 1 said that it was a good thing because it showed team spirit. The football players were learning to live together and to get along with each other. “Another question was how would 1 explain co-* d dorm life to a mother of one of the recruits? I said that it would be good experience for her son.” Being a Sweet Caroline can be demanding. At first it can be difficult to think of things to say to a recruit and his family. Later conversing becomes easier, Young said. “Having a positive attitude,” Crisp said. “That’s what it’s all about because in the past, many people have had a lot of wrong ideas about Sweet Carolines.” All five of the Carolines are excited about the football season and believe it is going to be a good one. Sweet Carolines are preparing for an exciting season. Sports Information Photo. New Sorority joins UINC Black Greeks CAROL l.EWIS Features Editor ATTENTION: Black Greeks! Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will be joining the Greeks on UNC campus. If the recent rush is an indication of the success of the sorority, you can count on the Zetas to be “dynamic.” You can be sure when these young ladies walk on this campus for the first time, they will be noticed, scrutinized and admired. Doretha Foushee, a member of the UNC graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, said she will serve as faculty adviser for undergraduates who are interested in pledging the sorority. Thirty-five women, 14 of them prospective pledgees, attended the rush. Sorors from St. Augustine and North Carolina Central University also were present. “We need five girls to represent the five founders of the organization,” Foushee said. If five or more girls stress an interest, the sorority will colonize this semester. Zeta Phi Beta was organized January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University. The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma encouraged five young ladies to become their sisters; thus, Zeta was formed. The sorority also was the first to charter in Africa. Their colors are royal blue and white. The sorority stresses service. Some of these service projects are par ticipating in the breast cancer detection clinic in Durham and contributions to the NAACP. Zeta also stresses sisterly love and scholarship. Diane Phillips, UNC graduate chapter, will be the campus co ordinator. She invites all girls with an interest in Zeta to come by 451 Craige Dormitory to find out more about the sorority. Foushee who presented the in troduction at the rush, listed the following requirements for mem bership. The pledgee must be at tending a four year accredited college. She must be of sophomore standing, but second semester fresh men can pledge. However, they cannot go over until their sophomore year. F'oushee said letters of interest must be submitted before September 30. These letters should be addressed to Doretha Foushee, 105 King Street, Carrboro, N. C. 27510. The graduate women of the sorority said they were pleased with the responses of UNC students and sorrorities. “AKA came by to welcome us and the Deltas brought us a spread of flowers,” Phillips said. “We would like to extend, an in vitation for everyone to join us in furthering our goals.” And the Zetas said, they’re glad to be here! 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