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Page 8 October 28, 1987 The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the campus of Howard University on November 17, 1911 by Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper, Frank Coleman and Ernest E. Just. Based on the motto, “friendship is essential to the soul.” Omegamen have strived to live up to their Four Cardinal Principles of manhood, scholarship, perserverance and uplift. The Psi Delta Chapter here at UNC was founded Feb. 16. 1973 in Craige Hall. The Omega Psi Phi Fraterni^y, Inc. was the first black greek organization on the campus of UNC. Greek Life by KIMBERLI JOHNSON Special Projects Editor Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded by 10 men on Jan. 5, 1911 at In diana University at Bloomington, Indiana. Among the objectives of Kappa Alpha Psi are to encourage honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor and to inspire service in the public interest. The Theta Omicron Chapter at UNC was chartered on May 3, 1976. The first line pledged in Fall of 1975 at the Alpha Kap pa Chapter at NCCU. Over 80 men have been initiated into the fraternity since then. Theta Omicron has established itself on campus and in the community, being named the Middle Eastern Province Chapter of the Year. There are presently 8 active undergraduate fraternity brothers in the Theta Omicorn Chapter with one brother, Kevin D. Mason, attending the University of Senilla in Spain for the academic year. rtxeiwota The Xi Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded here at UNC on April 23. 1982 by a charter line of six brave young men searching for Sigma. They were Jeff Golston. Mike McIntosh, Alan Davis, Johnny Smith, Kovac Bynum and Larry Hunter. Since then, there have been 24 brothers added to the chapter. Xi Gamma Chapter tries to live up to its motto, "Culture for Ser vice, Service for Humanity”, and the principles and high ideals of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service. As their frater nity hymn proclaims, “Our cause speeds on its way...”, and decrees their cause for service on campus and in the community. In 1906. the first chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was formed in Ithaca, New York. It was partly because of their own racial isolation that seven black students on the campus of Cornell University came together to create a com mon bond which was to make a difference for themselves and Black Americans as a whole. Because of its pre-eminence as the pioneer for all other Black Greek letter organizations, Alpha Phi Alpha has been able to attract a disproportionately large number of men with towering leadership abilities and scholarship. As a result, Alphamen have shown up in every major area of black concern — men such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Thurgood Marshall, W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington. Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson. Gene Upshaw and Adam Clayton Powell. The initiation of 16 men, known as the “sensational sixteen step- masters” into Alphadom on April 15, 1976, gave birth to the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. Since its incep tion, the Chapter has sought to maintain and expand the fraternity’s motto, “First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all”, by implementing numerous projects including Bloodmobile, Campus Big Bud dy Program, tutorial programs, and by in ducting new men into the chapter. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, was founded on the campus of Howard University on Jan. 15, 1908 in order to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate the problems con cerning women and girls, to maintain a progressive interest in college life and to be of service to all mankind. The Theta Pi Chapter of AKA was chartered on UNC’s campus on April 20. 1974 by 14 women. Since its inception the chapter has upheld the ideals of service, sisterhood, and scholastic achievement through effec tive programming. Past programs include a Car Clinic, Puttin' on the Hits, African Culture Week and a Money Management Workshop. Projects for this semester in clude “A Salute to Black Leadership,” Black Woman’s Health Week, Halloween Party for community children at Hargraves Recreational Center, a Thanksgiving Dinner at Hillhaven Con valescent Home with Kappa Kappa Gam ma and their annual semi-formal. Club AKA. VLK Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded at Howard University on Jan. 16, 1920. There were 5 founders, 2 of which are still living. They were Arizona Stem- mons. Pearl Neal, Fannie Watts, Myrtle Faithful and Viola Goings. The sorority was founded with the help of their Greek brother organization. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. The Omega Iota Chapter here at UNC was founded in 1978 and received its charter and official recogni tion in 1980. Since its beginning at UNC, this sorority has faithfully upheld its ob jectives: sisterly love, service, scholarship and finer womanhood. The chapter now boasts 9 young ladies striving to prove that “Blue-White is always right.” Omega Iota works with the Orange County Association for Retarded Citizens, Bread for Life Ministries which supports the needs of the hungry in Haiti, and the Panhellenic Council and its service projects. In 1913. 22 ladies of distinction founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at Howard University. The sorority was established upon public service and scholarship excellence. Presently there are over 175.000 members in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The Kappa Omicron Chapter was founded in July 1973. There were 7 original members. Former KO members have gone on to become doc tors, lawyers, reporters, and other profes sionals. The present members strive to achieve academic excellence within the chapter, as well as in the community. KO performs many service projects on cam pus and locally, including a resume workshop, monthly visitations to Hill Haven, and Big Buddies. These young ladies of the Kappa Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, under the leadership of Virginia Hardy are successsfully upholding the principles of the sorority. n Dr. D. Browne honored Continued from page 3 knowledge of a variety of topics such as infant mortality, child abuse and neglect and the reproductive health of women in the workplace,” said Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. “Fur thermore, as a talented minority health professional and teacher. Dr, Browne serves as a role model for minority students considering entry into public health and child health advocacy.” A 1969 graduate of Greensboro’s Bennett College, Browne earned a master’s degree in social work at the University of Pittsburgh in 1972 and a master’s in public health at Harvard University in 1974. After completing her doctoral degree in public health at Harvard, she joined the UNC Public Health faculty in 1981. While working on her doctorate, she was advocacy consultant at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, assis tant to the dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and executive director of the Roxbury Medical and Dental Health Center in Boston.
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