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Show Greek Week While Princeton has its circular drives, Mercedes, yachts and large, expensive fraternities - which they call "eating clubs" - WSC has a smaller, less peerpressured, more academic Greek group which models itself after the "homey feeling" that Utah people project. This year two local sororities, Otoyokwa and Delta Chi Epsilon, went national and became Chi Omega and Alpha Chi Omega. The fraternities Pi Kappa Alpha, TKE and BETA were already national. Lambda Delta Sigma sorority and Sigma Gamma Chi fraternity are both national in the west. La Dianaeda sorority is the only local sorority left on the WSC campus. President of LaDianaeda, Chris Allen, feels that their sorority, which started at WSC in 1935, is unique because it is the only one in the world. Jeanie Larson, president of the new national sorority Alpha Chi Omega, said their local sorority Delta Chi Epsilon was formed for "girls interested in going national." There were no national sororities on campus at the time. Alpha Chi Omega responded and granted them their wish on April 7, 1982. Another top national sorority accepted the Otoykwas and they are now the Chi Omega sorority. The former Otoykwas - nicknamed "the Indians" - had pondered the notion of going national for five or six years. In one of their chapter meetings, they finally voted to go national. Wendy Rose described Chi Omega as "spiritual sisterhood." The pressing future goal of most of the fraternities and sororities on the WSC campus seems to be a "fraternity row" where they can each have their own house. This would be more personal than meeting in the Union Building on Wednesdays at noon. An unfortunate and obscure law stands in the way of his aspiration. This Weber county ruling states that five of more persons with different surnames may not reside in the same residence. The only fraternity fortunate enough to have a house at all is TKE and they have only four live-in residents. Robert Macaraeg, social chairman of TKE, feels they are just "a bunch of fun-loving guys who love to party a lot." They have nicknames for each other. Of the twenty active members, some are international members. Barry Lucero, an active BETA member, stated that they are "the highest fraternity on the campus in academics." He cited an average 2.91 GPA for the fraternity. BETA has 31 active members. Pi Kappa Alpha is the largest fraternity on campus with 65 members. They look for "well-rounded people" in their rush programs. They boast of their "dream girls" chosen each year. One girl is crowned queen and two others serve as attendants. The "dream girls" offer support to the Pi Kapps at sporting events and other activities. None of the WSC fraternities have "Little Sister" programs. Stuart Lemon, a Pi Kapp, said that was because they "want good relationships with all the sororities." Drinking, parties, happy hours, and adventure seem to go hand-in-hand in most Greek systems, but WSC has a wide variety of methods when it comes to seeking fun. There are the TKE's, who "love to party a lot," and there is Lambda Delta Sigma and Sigma Gamma Chi, who don't drink at all. Alpha Chi Omega boasts the first national sorority at WSC. Joe Arave matched strength during the Arm Wrestling Competition. a leg auction was held where the highest bidder won a date with the legs of their choice. Service is part of many Greek organizations. Pi Kappa Alpha had a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Lambda Delta Sigma stands for "Learning, Doing, Sharing." They were established by the LDS Institute of Religion, which wanted to combine groups that were oriented toward both the church and the campus. Dana Frederickson, president of Lambda Delta Sigma, said the sorority is one which believes in the unselfish service of giving to people and not expecting anything in return. A minimum 2.00 GPA and the upholding of Christian guidelines are important requirements of the sorority. John Johnson, one of the 35 members of Sigma Gamma Chi, said, "we are really a greek fraternity" in that most fraternities are started for social reasons, but Sigma Gamma Chi is a social and service oriented fraternity sponsored by the LDS Institute. He said there are certain standards members must uphold, and drinking and smoking are not among them. Their fraternity stands for "service to God and country." Greek's events are often called exchanges, where one house joins with another in a good time. Exchanges have included dances, attending dinner clubs, ice-skating, skiing trips and the like. Greek Week Activities included an arm wrestling competition, a leg auction, canoe races in the Lindquist Plaza duck pond, a Pineview Reservoir cookout, a "Community Clean-up" crew, the annual Greek drive-in cookout at the Riverdale Drive-In and a Barn Dance, with western, swing and rock music. |