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HERE THEY ARE TO SAVE THE DAY:

Alpha Series

Megan Thorne

Meet Greek Life’s newest Superheroes: members of the Alpha Series, a semester long program designed for newly initiated fraternity and sorority members. Alpha Series is a brand new program aiming to teach leadership skills, discuss important issues in the Greek community, and allow members from each fraternity and sorority to tackle some of those challenges together. Participants in this program are what Greek Life Director Gentry McCreary calls “cream of the crop.” Participating members represent Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Pi, and Alpha Gamma Rho. After the completion of the series, it is the goal for the members to have a better understanding of values congruence and its impact on the future of Greek organizations. After all, these participants are future leaders of the Greek community.

At their first meeting, Alpha Series members discussed issues such as stereotypes, time management, the education of non-Greeks, what sororities and fraternities do and do not offer, and expansion. At the end of the semester, Alpha Series members will not only have created and completed a service project for the entire Greek community, but will have worked together to plan and implement a program for next year’s new members called Greek Camp. For the rest of the semester, these eager and new sorority and fraternity members will be targeting issues together and saving the Greek community, one problem at a time.

Change Into The Fun

Cassie Venable

Panhellenic President

The National Panhellenic Council of MTSU will be hosting its 1^st annual Panhellenic Panty Party this Monday, February 19^th. This year’s council is striving to represent their motto to the best of their ability, “Shaping our community one woman at time.” The Panty Party will be benefiting the Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter of Murfreesboro with all donations going directly to the shelter. Panhellenic is reaching out to the members of NPHC and the men of IFC to make this event possible.

The Panty Party will be held in the KUC Room 322, from 7-8:30p.m. Games, door prizes, food, and fun will be provided to all those participating in this great cause. Panhellenic will be taking donations at the door, including panties, bras, socks, deodorant, hair brushes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and any women’s toiletries. We hope that you will come out and support this great cause.

"Everyone has the capacity to lead, but unless they try, they'll never know how good they are at it."

Greek Of The Week:

Chris Smith

Amanda Huskey

This week’s Greek of the Week is ATΩ member Chris Smith who excels among his many leadership roles on campus. He is extremely involved not only in the Greek system, but also around the MTSU community. His involvement includes SOA, SASAP, NSCS, Golden Key Honors Society, Collegiate Who’s Who, IFC, Greek Life Task Force, and B.O.L.T.

Chris has had many successes throughout his college experience, but among every position he has held, he considers being president of ATΩ his biggest achievement.

“When I came to college, I knew I wanted to join a fraternity,” says Chris. “When I joined my fraternity, I knew immediately I wanted to be President, there is nothing like it. It’s the best, worst, happiest, most time-consuming, gratifying, non-stop job I’ve ever had.”

Chris believes his personality makes him stand out among the rest and reaches out to a great number of people and has not gone unnoticed. He has won several awards including: Outstanding Junior Achievement Award at the 2006 Greek Awards, The Otis Allan Glazebrook Award from ATΩ, Kappa Delta Dagger man, and was nominated for Greek Man of the Year for 2006.

Chris is majoring in Mathematical Sciences and will be graduating this year. He hopes to later go on to graduate school and work in Student Affairs.

Make Your Mark

Kaila Packett

On February 5th and 6th students were encouraged to come and "Make Your Mark" on the KUC Knoll. This was not just any normal fundraiser, but it was Alpha Chi Omega's way of celebrating their history with the campus, while raising money to save local High School music programs in the Murfreesboro area. Alpha Chi celebrates McDowell month during the month of February in remembrance and appreciation of the arts, since the sorority was founded on the musical arts in 1895. During "Make Your Mark," Alpha Chi encouraged students to come and make their mark by painting on sheets and giving donations to help save the music! The two day event turned out to be a huge success with Alpha Chi Omega raising $335 to give to local High School music programs and covering five huge sheets of MTSU students making their mark!

Be Loud! Be Proud! Be Blue! Be Elite!

Josh McKenzie

A new student organization is beginning at MTSU. “Blue Elite” is a new organization started by the Office of Admissions that is looking to recruit roughly ten “elite” MTSU students. The members of this new organization will be greatly assisting the Office of Admissions in helping with high school juniors and seniors and their recruitment. The “elitists” will give special tours and join fall recruiting trips in which the university takes to West and East Tennessee. For all who are interested, a general interest meeting will be held Thursday, February 22^nd at 5pm in the State Farm Lecture Hall, located in the Business Aerospace building. For more information, please contact Steven Mizell at (615) 494-7942.