4 I Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
Patemoville campers return
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Jill Seifrit went through what
she sees as a rite of passage at
about 1 a.m. Thursday morning:
ordering delivery from outside
Beaver Stadium.
“Location? Beaver Stadium. No
big deal,” Seifrit (sophomore-polit
ical science) said.
Seifrit is one of many dedicated
Patemoville campers returning to
Gate A at Beaver Stadium for a
front-row student section seat at
this Saturday’s game against
Youngstown State.
Paternoville’s newest experi
ment, a new method of group reg
istration through the ANGEL
course management system,
worked without a glitch,
Patemoville President Alex
Cohen said.
Cohen (senior-marketing)
described the. campers for this
weekend’s game as some of his
group’s finest.
“These are the people that real
ly have a passion for Patemoville
MCG provides greek experience rooted in culture
Series note: This is the last in
a five-part series offering a
closer look at the recruitment
process.
By Vera Greene
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
When students contemplate
joining greek life, their initial
thoughts don’t usually wander to
cultural roots.
But the Multicultural Greek
Council (MGC) has provided an
opportunity for diverse students to
connect with their backgrounds
during their college careers.
MGC President Pankaj
Khurana, also the rush chairman
for Delta Sigma lota, said his fra
ternity is the first and only South
Asian-interest fraternity at Penn
State.
Priding itself on values of serv
ice, education and unity, Delta
Sigma lota has been named the
chapter of excellence for the last
three years, he said.
“We do a lot of community serv
ice and we get involved with small
er stuff in the South Asian com-
and Penn State football,” Cohen
(senior-marketing) said.
Despite waking up in her tent at
8 a.m. Thursday because of game
clock testing from the stadium,
Seifrit said she is still excited to
camp out for every home game
this year.
Groups of up to 10 registered
tent spots through ANGEL, Penn
State’s primary site for super
vising online components of class
es.
Last year, the system consisted
of on-site registration for spots,
which caused problems with
campers showing up at Gate A
before the intended time of 12:01
a.m. on the Thursday before home
games.
Cohen said about 25 groups
signed up through ANGEL
bringing in about 150 people, less
than last year’s home opener
against the University of Akron.
Patemoville Organizational
Officer Stacy Bartholomew
blamed this year’s lower campout
attendance on the reputation of
Youngstown State.
munity,” Khurana (senior-health
policy and administration) said.
Delta Sigma lota, which
Khurana described as having a
“solid networking base,” is a lot
smaller than most of the fraterni
ties in MGC.
“We’re so much tighter as a
group and our brotherhood is
stronger because we all know
each other so well,” Khurana said.
With 16 active members on
campus, Khurana said during
recruitment Delta Sigma lota
chooses quality over quantity,
picking brothers who are focused
on the traditions and values of the
fraternity, Khurana said.
The fraternity is open to all
sorts of diverse backgrounds, not
just South Asians, he added.
Merliz Tejeda, vice president of
Lambda Theta Alpha a Latina
sorority at Penn State said her
sorority’s main goal is cultural
and social awareness.
“We’re not about just partying,”
Tejeda (junior-community envi
ronment and development) said.
“It’s more about letting people
know of issues that aren’t being
talked about.”
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“Once the big games come, it
becomes really fun,”
Bartholomew (senior-animal sci
ences) said.
Cohen said the first group
arrivals went better than in past
years.
But for Cohen, this campout
was personally bittersweet.
Tm happy but kind of sad to be
back. Last night was a melancholy
moment because it’s my last
year with Patemoville,” Cohen
said.
Cohen said he is eager to see
newly chosen freshman quarter
back Robert Bolden start for Penn
State.
Danielle Forwood (junior-vet
erinary and biomedical sciences),
standing guard at her tent
Thursday despite the afternoon
heat, said she, too, is anxious to
see how Bolden will perform.
The Nittany Lions will play the
Youngstown State Penguins at
noon on Saturday at Beaver
Stadium.
To e-mail reporter: mjhsso7@psu.edu
Courtesy of Delta Sigma lota
Members of Delta Sigma lota stand with the Nittany Lion shrine. Delta
Sigma lota is the first South Asian-interest fraternity at Penn State.
In Lambda Theta Alpha, there tions where you learn to present
is no recruitment process but yourself in front of people. You
instead, an orientation process learn about time management as
where women learn all the differ- well.”
ent aspects of the sorority. By With seven active members on
doing this, it helps the women campus, Tejeda said it’s important
decide about becoming a member to know this is a membership for
so they know exactly what they life.
are joining. “We’re not the typical sorority
“Orientation is where you get to that kind of likes each other and
realize all your potential,” Tejeda kind of doesn’t,” Tejeda said, “I
said. “You have a lot of interac- feel we do have a real sisterhood.”
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Students work on homework while at Patemoville last fall. About 25
groups registered on ANGEL to camp out for the Youngstown State game.
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Angel Zheng, a member at
Asian-interest sorority Sigma
Omicron Pi, said the sorority looks
for women who can contribute to
the organization and develop lead
ership skills during recruitment.
“After we get to know them, we
interview and make sure they can
handle the responsibilities,”
Zheng (senior-education and pub
lic policy) said.
Zheng, who holds the position
of co-rush chairwoman, co-cultur
al chairwoman and social chair
woman, said it’s her sorority’s
main initiative to help members
become leaders.
Since there are only nine active
members on campus, Zheng said
it is vital that women who join are
ready for the challenge.
Though Sigma Omicron Pi is
Asian-centered, Zheng said this
should not discourage a student
from joining qny of the multicul
tural greek fraternities and soror
ities.
“In this day and age, there is no
room for discrimination,” Zheng
said.
To e-mail reporter: vhgsoo3@psu.edu