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ALPHA SIGMA TAU
Alpha Sigma Tau welcomes eleven new members
JUSTINA SOLTIES
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Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority (AIT) is
currently welcoming their new mem
ber class of Alpha Xi (AI).
The (AE) class consists of eleven
lovely ladies: Lauren Dißacco, Kristi
Gdanetz, Erinn Gilmore, Whittany
Herrington, Kim Hucko, Kaisy Ka
ferlin, Lauren Liebdzinski, Jenna Lee
New women join the ranks of Behrend sororities for the 2009-2010 school year.
SIGMA TAU GAMMA
Sigma Tau Gamma supports
MATT CONNOLLY
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This past week, the brothers of
Sigma Tau Gamma participated in
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Soci
ety Light the Night Walk.
With Brink Ink screen printing and
embroidery in Edinboro as their pri-
The brothers of Sigma Tau Gamma group up after participating in the Light the Night Walk.
Back row left to right: Josh Corcoran, Dave McJunkin, Matt Connolly, Jon Alquist (President), Pat Riordan, Ryan Meyer.
Front Row Left to right: Justin Fantuzzo, Justine Albright (Sig Tau Sweetheart), Marc Mancini
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Steele, and Sam Wilcox .
They most recently received their
first official welcoming ceremony
Monday night and have attended the
Panhellenic New Member Academy.
The academy is a newly instated
program designed to teach the new
members of all of the Sororities and
Fraternities just what is expected of
them in their new Greek
mary sponsor, the brothers walked
with thousands of others to show
support for survivors, and those who
have lost their battle with blood can
cer.
Stepping off from Jerry Uht Park
at 7:30 Tuesday night, the walk took
made its way up to State Street and
towards Lake Erie.
Life lifestyle,
This semester has been the first in
years that allowed sororities and fra
ternities to accept first semester
freshmen into their organizations.
In addition to welcoming their new
sisters, AIT participated in the
“Light the Night” walk for leukemia
and lymphoma.
The walk raised awareness for
these two debilitating diseases by
New women join the ranks of Behrend sororities for the 2009-2010 school year.
Leukemia, Lymphoma battle
Although the walk took only a half
hour, a huge impact was made.
“It’s great to see everybody out
here showing their support. This is a
really big thing that we’re glad to be
a part of,” said Brother Ryan Meyer.
The Light the Night walk is held
annually all over the country. All do
nations go directly to the Leukemia
setting up glowing balloons and hav
ing survivors and supporters walk
them around Jerry Uht Park.
Also, this Sunday, AIT will be per
forming their semesterly community
service project “Adopt a Highway.”
The ladies will be cleaning up their
designated local road to help keep
Erie looking its best.
and Lymphoma Society to help fund
researching a cure for blood cancer.
This year’s walk drew upwards of
1,000 participants, many of whom
were walking in memory of a loved
one, or were cancer survivors them
selves.
All walkers raising at least $25 re
ceive a balloon to cany on the walk
with them.
Red balloons were for supporters
while white balloons were reserved
for cancer survivors. Special gold
balloons could be reserved in mem
ory of a loved one.
They all contained a flameless candle
which was turned on during the
walk, hence the name Light the
Night. This is Sig Tau’s first year
being involved with the walk. IFC
president and Sig Tau Brother Marc
Mancini hopes to continue being in
volved in years to come.
“It’s such a great cause. It’s great
to be a part of something that’s this
important and has affected so many
peoples’ lives. We definitely want to
stay involved with this for a while.”
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PANHELLENIC
Record
recruitment
for Behrend
sororities
It’s hard to believe that we’re already in
our fifth week of classes and formal recruit
ment is over. As of 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sep
tember 18th, 37 women had signed their bids
for Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau,
and Theta Phi Alpha. In addition, 30 men
signed their bids with Delta Chi, Kappa
Delta Rho, and Sigma Tau Gamma, bringing
the grand total of new and associate mem
bers to 67, and a Greek community of almost
180! Congratulations to all of you and wel
come to Penn State Behrend Greek Life!
Tuesday, September 22nd started the New
Member Academy for everyone who signed
their bids. The class will meet every Tues
day at 9:00 p.m. in the Smith Chapel for
eight weeks and will discuss things like time
management, fundamentals of Greek Life,
and what it means to be a part of an organi
zation. Members will also take part in a
community service project. These classes
will be taught by members of the Panhel
lenic Council and Interfraternity Council and
will give the new class a great opportunity to
meet everyone they'll be going through their
pledging process with.
Panhellenic and IFC members attended
Ladder of Risk: Campus Edition through
Campus Speak Sunday, September 20th in
McGarvey Commons. Ladder of Risk: Cam
pus Edition was a ideal occasion for chapter
presidents, social chairs, risk managers,
chapter advisers and campus leaders, as well
as all members, to expand their knowledge
of good risk management procedures, in
cluding an concentrated look into compliant
social event planning. Things talked about
included what constitues a chapter event,
how a third party vendor works, how you de
velop a guest list, and who should be on the
guest list, among other topics.
Panhellenic also hosted the Late Night
Program last Friday. Though it ended up
being a little breezy and cool, we had an fan
tastic turn-out and would like to thank
everyone who came down to enjoy the movie
with us!
Congratulations again to all of our new
memebers!
HANNAH WHITE
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