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Sophomore tackles role
It's very rare to have a sophomore as
vice president of a sorority. Yet, for
Seraina Naef, it is a challenge she has
taken on while surpassing everyone's
expectations.
This Los Angeles native and
psychology major first rushed Alpha
Sigma Alpha in the spring of 2003. The
first position that she held was Vice
President of Alumnae and Heritage.
After some reorganizing of positions in
the fall, Naef became vice president of
Alpha Sigma Alpha.
Along with being vice President, Naef
is also in Psi Chi, Order of Omega (Greek
Honors Society), sits on the SAF
committee, is secretary of Panhellenic
and somewhere in there she has time to
be a student.
"I'm very used to being busy and I
enjoy doing things for the organizations
that I'm involved in," said Naef.
Recently Naef co-chaired the Greek
Fair event, and she is on the committee
for Greek Awards.
Still it is not the way Naef finds a task
and tackles it, or the way she manages to
work hard for Behrend Greeks and
students that makes the sisters of Alpha
Sigma Alpha love her. It is the way that
Naef takes time out of her busy schedule
STG loves their "Mom"
"Josh Kay lor tricked me to rush Sig
Tau but in hindsight it was a good
trick," remarked Andy McNeil.
Andy has been a brother of Sigma
Tau Gamma (STG) for five semesters.
During these semesters, he has become
a vital member of the fraternity. He is
currently the Interfraternity Council
(IFC) vice president of special pro
gramming, IFC representative to SGA,
and the STG Scholarship King.
As the IFC vice president of special
programming, Andy helps plan special
Greek events such as Greek Awards.
He enjoys planning these activities and
feels that with these events he "bring[s]
cheer to the Behrend community."
His other IFC position, IFC repre
sentative to SGA, allows him to coor
dinate relations between the two orga
nizations. Andy feels that this posi
tion is important because IFC and SGA
both play a vital role in the Behrend
community.
"As the Scholarship King I promote
everyone to get their ass in gear and
study," said Andy. Since he has the
highest GPA in STG, Andy is the per
fect role model for his brothers.
"I don't know where we would be
today without McNeezy. He is a
gentleman and a scholar," remarked
Josh Kaylor, STG president.
Along with his positions * Andy also
acts as a motherly figure to STG and
this has earned him the nickname
Mom. Whenever lights are left on,
Andy will turn them off. Whenever
of vice president
to help with the new the way she makes
the sisters laugh with a klutzy move or a
doors are left open, Andy will close
them. He also acts as a wake-up call.
If the brothers have an event early in
the morning, "It's my job to wake ev
eryone up and get them there," said
Andy.
With everything he does for his fra
ternity, one would think that he doesn't
have any free time for himself. How
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Friday, March 26, 2004
blond moment that makes Naef stand out
in Alpha Sigma Alpha.
ever, Andy has many hobbies, includ
ing playing bass guitar, and he is an !
avid freeskier.
Andy is a sixth semester English ma-
jor, and after college he feels that he I
has three different options. One is to I
tour Europe, two is to "hit the streets I
as Paper Street's tour manager" and I
three is to marry Courtney Straub. I
Tau Kappa Epsi-
1
lon brothers left to
right, Francis
Kargbo, Chris
Pecora, Mark
Montroy, and
Casey Bott raise
money for the
Alzeimer's Asso
ciation.
Sister motivates her
"We all have dreams. But
in order to make dreams into
reality, it takes awful lots of
determination, self
discipline, and effort."
Jesse Owens.
Within every Greek organization
on campus, there are dreams that
look forward to thriving. The
dreams can be harbored by those
who may push their cliapt.er further.
These people hold many notable
qualities such as determination, self
discipline and effort, just to name
a few. Within the Gamma Alpha
chapter of Theta Phi Alpha, every
single sister holds these qualities.
The sisters take their sisterhood
as something sacred and want the
chapter to continuously grow. It is
hard to recognize just one person
who always strives to go the extra
mile. In this case, the sisters would
like to recognize Emily Gabrys.
Gabrys is the vice president of
Theta Phi Alpha, Gamma Alpha
Maria shines in her sorority
Maria Montana has been a member
of Alpha Sigma Tau since the spring
semester of 2003. In the past year,
she has held the positions of chaplain,
public relations and philanthropy.
She holds the Panhellenic position of
social and previously held the
position of the SAF committee, is
secretary of Panhell and somewhere
in public relations. Montana has been
to be an Alpha Tau
sorority
chapter. She is one of the main
powerhouses behind the
organization. Not only is Gabrys
a productive, positive vice
president who always puts the
sorority first, but she is also an
amazing person. With her
impeccable attendance, amazing
work ethic and constant drive,
Gabrys manages her time
extremely well between the
responsibilities of being vice
president, work, campus activities
and also just being an amazing
friend. Her dedication to her sisters
is something that is extremely
visible in her life and always will
be.
Gabrys is a terrific role model for
any sister, or for anyone in the
game of life. Overall, every Theta
Phi Alpha sister has something
undeniably special to bring to the
table. Therefore, Gabrys is a prime
example of the dedication and
loyalty the sisters of Theta Phi
Alpha hold.
very active in the Gamma Theta
chapter and in the College
Panhellenic Council as well. For
Panhellenic, she helped to plan and
run the Greek Fair and Greek Week.
For Alpha Sigma Tau, Montsns has
publicized the chapter's Rush events,
planned many community She truly
exemplifies what it means to be an
Alpha Sigma Tau.
The Behrend Beacon