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Alpha Sigma Tau
by Erin Dillaman
contributing writer
One word can be used to sum up the 2002-
2003 school year for the Alpha Sigma Tau so
rority: WOW.
This year has been truly groundbreaking for
our chapter here at PSU Behrend. Before this
year, some of you out there probably never even
heard of AST maybe you even thought there
were only two sororities on campus.
Well, I'm happy to say that things have started
to turn around for us in fact, we have tripled in
size since last year at this time. This is in part
because of a great recruitment director who has
helped to draw in new members by using inno
vative and creative rush party themes.
I think another overall reason we are doing well
is due to our efforts to just get our name out there
and be recognized. This whole idea has worked,
and thankfully, it has worked well. We stand
united in sisterhood with 15 quality women.
AST began the fall semester with a bang lit
erally. We worked our butts off to put on a great
performance during Greek Week. We didn't win,
KDR ends spring
semester with
`Dunker at the Dunker'
On April 10, the Brothers of KDR sponsored the first "Dunker at the Junker" slam dunk compe
tition. All of the proceeds were donated to the American Ovarian Cancer Society in respect to the
late Barbara Junker and the Matthew Bartosek Memorial Fund.
Of the nine competitors, Brian Werner emerged as the victor. Highlights include Steve Smollen
hurdling a table and Dave Harriston tearing off his t-shirt. All-in-all this event proves to be a long
lasting annual occasion that will continue to entertain Behrend yearly.
The brothers also wish to congratulate the Alpha Theta class of their fraternity. The new mem
bers: Andy Lesser, Robby Schreck, Dan Bash, and Justin Ramsey are capable of fulfilling the
highest standards of fraternal life and will continue to carry on the KDR legacy.
Also, we wish to congratulate all of our graduating members. We wish you the best of luck in
all that you do. Congratulations, guys!
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!Delta Chi: still red 'n' buff!
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:Fond farewells and warm welcomes;
Along with fond farewells, we re
cently greeted five new members of
the Alpha Gamma pledge class. On
April 4, Chuck Chalupczynski,
As this spring semester comes to an Fernando Garcia, Kevin Hall, Chris
end, we at Delta Chi say goodbye and Hilferty, and Mike McGrath were
wish good luck to our brothers who are initiated into the brotherhood.
graduating seniors. Kevin Bruner, Bill Congrats, Alpha Gamma!
Hogan, Greg Keller, and Ron Koss all As one year ends, planning has be
will be missed at the Behrend chapter gun for the fall semester. Make sure
for their hard work at their respected to look out for Delta Chi's annual Pig
positions and for their presence at the Roast and Soccer Tournament next
` house and events. fall along with philanthropy events.
by Jason Booth
contributing writer
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Sigma Tau Gamma was very successful tifying the area. ing home this semester to take a chance to spend cess both in and out of the classroom, and
this year in planning out events on and off The fraternity also planned out a f un d ra i ser some time with the older residents of our coin- the brothers are proud of their accomplish
campus. through campusfundraiters.com that WAS munity. The experience overall was very reward- melts. With a strong brotherhood and mem-
Adopt a Highway was completed both se- completed in March. Groups of brothers went
ing ' and the brothers plan on making a trip to bars with many talents, Sigma Tau Gamma
masters on Station Road from the fire sta- through the dorms an d apartments . hav i ng the home at least once every semester. looks forward to making many contribu
tion to the intersection with Buffalo Road, residents fill out credit card applications in From an academic standpoint, the chapter won tions to Penn State Behrend and the Erie
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This is a very busy area with both pedestri- order to receive a substantial check for the awards for greatest overall GPA, as well as community in the following year.
ans and cars, many hours were put into beau- efforts at the of the semester. end' greatest GFA improvement.
,
The *eternity also took a trip• to the nurs The 2002-2003 academic year was a great suc-
a year in review
but had fun shaking our booties, anyways. As
the semester flew by, the AST sisters and new
member class had fun learning how to be an
overall better sorority by incorporating a num
ber of retreats and training sessions.
This last semester has been our best yet! It's
amazing how far we've come in so little time,
and I think all of us feel that we've grown in
dependently and as an organization. Probably
our most talked about and publicized event this
semester would have to be our first annual Ms.
and Mr. PSU Behrend Pageant. It was held on
March 25 in McGarvey Commons, and went
extremely well. There's always room for im
provement, though, and the event will just get
bigger and better with time.
We are also currently running a Teddy Bear
Drive in which all bears collected will be do
nated to the Shriners Hospital and Gifts For
Kids. What's the point of coming together as a
group of women if you don't pull together for
the community, right? AST was also just rec
ognized at the Greek Award ceremony as hav
ing the highest GPA on campus, and I'm proud
to say that we are also academically ranked
seventh in the nation among fellow AST chap
ters. Good job, girls!
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a supplement to the Behrend Beacon • April 25, 2003 1
ASA: a fun 2002-03 year
Philanthrop , awards mark successful year for sorority
Katie Leary and Dianne Smigielski at the fourth Annual Behrend Greek Awards
by Katie Leary
contributing writer
Alpha Sigma Alpha had a fun and exciting year!
From participating in Greek Week to the annual
Date Auction, Alpha Sigma Alpha has been very
busy. ASA read to more than 1,500 children in the
last few weeks with its Reading to Kids program
with the PSU bookstore.
The sisters got to dress up as Corduroy the bear
and entertain the kids with reading too.
They also had a fun time doing a beach mixer
with Delta Chi, bowling with KDR, and other mix
ers throughout the year. The Date Auction had a
very successful year, raising more than $7OO for
Special Olympics and the S. June Smith Center.
The sisters also cleaned their section of the high
way in the Adopt-a-Highway program.
ASA initiated 15 new sisters throughout the fall
and spring semesters. They had a fun formal in
the spring and a nice scholarship banquet in the
fall.
TKEs are still Erie, Behrend
communities' best friends
The 2002-2003 school year has been very productive for Tau Kappa Epsilon. We began the fall
semester with Barrel Roll, during which brothers took turns rolling a barrel around campus for 24 hours
in order to raise $lOOO for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Following this philanthropic event, Tau Kappa Epsilon then had the strongest showing of Greeks at the
J.D.F. Walk for Diabetes.
Showing our commitment to make Penn State Behrend a better community, TKE was an official
sponsor of Safe Sex Week. Women's History Month was an event also sponsored by Tau Kappa Epsilon,
during which brothers attended a dinner and a series of speakers to promote awareness of this subject.
In maintaining our high standard of athletic excellence, TKE has taken the intramurals championship
for the fourth year running, blowing the competition out of the water.
To spice campus life up a little, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Phi Alpha attempted to sully the morals
of the campus by interweaving the energy of the Pittsburgh based band The Clarks and their "sex, drugs
and rock n' roll" by bringing you High on the Hill.
Due to the high level of importance Tau Kappa Epsilon places on charitable events and community
action, we went a step beyond the norm and held our first Ice Plunge, which raised more than $2,000 for
the Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Foundation, bringing our total to more than $3,000 worth of donations
for the year.
The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon look forward to continuing our tradition of excellence into next
year, and plan on exceeding our prior efforts to make Behrend an enjoyable college setting that fosters
the growth of our students.
Guy Reschenthaler was honored with being
named ASA Phoenix Man a.k.a Phoenix Dude.
He is the first sweetheart for ASA in many
Just this week, ASA
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Greek Woman of The
Year, and Outstanding
Sorority Philatitlitl6liic
Event for the Date Auction. They will also be
receiving an award at the annual Awards Con
vocation on April 26.
They will have a table at the Battle of the
Bands, too. Alpha Sigma Alpha has had a great
year and plans to continue the success next year.
ASA has shown Behrend campus why it won
the Outstanding Greek Chapter Award for two
years in a row.
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