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Western Carolinian Volume 69 Number 12

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  • Nort Cullowhee, North Carolina, January 29, 2005 125 students, alumni, parents, and university officials attended the formal initiation and charter weekend events for the North Carolina Omega Chapter at Western Carolina University (WCU) on Saturday, Jan 29, 2005. The event was the result of two years of efforts by the 27 charter members of the Colony to receive their charter as a chapter in Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. The Colony was installed on Nov 13, 2003 with the assistance of the ritual team from South Carolina Phi Chapter at Furman University. The Colony moved into its new fraternity house, Building 600, in the Greek Village in August, 2004. The weekend started with an informal neophyte ceremony and dinner on Friday evening, January 28. Then on Saturday, January 29, the new members were initiated in the SAE ritual at 2:00 pm Province Omicron Awards that were presented included: Order of The Phoenix Blaise Stevens, Lincoln Walburn Certificate of Appreciation Mickey Pettus and Jackie McHargue Province Brother of the Year - Thomas Best Founders Award Blaise Stevens Financial Management Nick Blevins Greensboro, NC Eilerman Atlanta, GA Eminent Archon Award Jonathan Dale L Benjamin, Class of 1951, Idaho Pez Pettus Alpha, Pisgah Forest, NC Chapter Awards that were presented John D. Waterman, Class of 1967, included: Penn Phi, Asheville, NC John Macon (Hustler) Award John Tennessee Nu Chapter, Vanderbilt Macon University, Nashville, TN Loyalty Award Christopher Cueball Clayton Hunt, President, The Graphic Thomason Cow, Liberty, SC Brother of the Year Matthew Brigner Pledge Hero Award Landon Means Spirit Award Artie Tucker Order of the Phoenix Artie Tucker (Member of Colony) Wayland (True Gentleman) Award Robert Jessup (True Gentleman) Scholarship Award Joe Rogers Moseley (Leadership) Award Daniel Sponsors of the weekend included: Dr. Richard Skip L. Moore, Il, President, Weaver Foundations, Atlanta SAE Alumni Association, North Carolina Theta Chapter, Davidson College, Davidson, NC Alan Vegas Stayton and his father in the Hinds University Center on the WCU Campus. After the ritual, a social hour, dinner, and awards presentation was provided for members and guests, starting at 7:00 pm, also in the Hinds University Center. Eminent Supreme Archon Thomas A. Bower was there with his wife Odie, the First Lady of SAE. Bower was the special guest speaker and installing officer. Brothers and guests then came back to the fraternity house for a social. Among the guests from Western Carolina University included Linda LC Riouff, Assistant Dean for Student Development; Dr. Bill Haggard, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Heather List, SGA President; and BJ Pendry, President of Sigma Chi Fraternity and IFC Vice President for Recruitment. Alumni and undergraduates present included John D Waterman, 67 Penn Phi; Dan Gladding, 78 Maryland Sigma (Ritual Committee); John Stringfellow, 75 SC ICnewsmagazine 11 Delta (Province Omicron Archon); Fred Cantler, 78 Kentucky Beta (Senior Associate Athletic Director, WCU); and Patrick Milas, 05 NC Theta (ritual team). SAE staff members included Mike Corelli, Director of Extension and Ryan Weiers, Assistant Executive Director of Region 1. Alumni that were recognized but unable to attend included Dale Benjamin,51 Idaho Alpha and Rick Bradham, 78 SC Delta (President, Asheville SAE Alumni Assn). The charter was presented to the chapter by Eminent Supreme Archon Tom Bower. The formal Eminent Archon pin was also presented to Pettus and past Eminent Archon Blaise Stevens. Other items presented to Jonathan Pez Pettus included the Gavel, and the Anointing Vessel. + Meaghiyte Mee Phi Sigma Pi works with REACH to help women by Angela Weinkle * WCnewsmagazine REACH of Jackson County was started in 1978 to help women escape from domestic abuse. REACH stands for Resources, Education, Advocacy, Counseling and Housing. This semester the honors fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi, is lending their helping hands to this organization. During March, the brothers of Phi Sigma Pi are knitting and crocheting squares that will later be sowed together to make blankets. They will give these blankets to REACH, along with all monetary donations. The brothers are working on making enough blankets for the safe houses and for the women, so they will have something to take with them as a reminder that people believe in them. Phi Sigma Pi is hoping to continue this process as long as they can. Every dollar that is donated to REACH through Phi Sigma Pi will be matched in squares for the blankets. Each blanket can take anywhere between 60 and 100 squares to make. On March 8 and 9, there will be a table set up outside of the UC. On that table will be donation boxes for REACH. Please place a dollar, which will add on a square to a blanket, in the box. This is anon profitable service project for Phi Sigma Pi, and they will continue making the blankets as long as women are going to the REACH safe houses. Phi Sigma Pi would also like to thank the help of the knitting group at WCU, the sisters of Alpha Gamma Delta and the brothers of Delta Sigma Pi for their time and donations. Phi Sigma Pi is reaching out to the community one square at a time...your one dollar can make a large difference.
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