Greek Speak - Roanoke College

Greek Speak
Winter 2012
Editor: Kim Ceres, Panhellenic VP of
Recruitment and Public Relations
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Pins & Pearls Charity Ball
On February 11th, 2012 the IFC and Panhel Greek organizations on
campus came together for the first All-Greek charity ball benefiting
the American Parkinson's Association. This is a cause that is near
and dear to our hearts due to the fact that Dean Bob Hines was
recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. $2,000 was raised for
the foundation. The money was raised through donations from
various local businesses, ticket sales, tee-shirt sales, and through a
silent auction.
The new Panhel and IFC executive council members were
announced at Pins and Pearls. The president of Panhellenic is
Julienne Brown; VP of Recruitment and Public Relations is Kimberly
Ceres; VP of Standards is Katie d’Esterhazy; and VP of
Administration is Kayla Flippen. The president of IFC is
Matt Joseph; VP is Michael Lintner; Secretary is Jared Johnson;
Treasurer is Clarke Manley; and Public Relations is Charlie Mosher.
A special thanks to Brian Chisom and Lindsay Faulstick for making
this event possible. Overall, the Pins and Pearls Charity Ball was
extremely successful!! Panhel and IFC are both hoping to have the
opportunity to host Pins and Pearls again next year.
Letters Today...
Mathew Joseph, ΠΚΑ
Julienne Brown, ΦΜ
Julienne Brown is the current President of
the Panhellenic Council. Julienne is a junior
from Orange County, VA and is a Heath and
Human Performance major. She plans on
one day attending graduate school for
physical therapy. In addition, to her
academics, Jules is a dedicated member of
the Roanoke girl’s Field Hockey team. In her
spare time she enjoys spending time with
her Phi Mu sisters, and also loves getting to
know new people on campus. Jules had a
unique high school experience due to the
fact that she attended an all-girls boarding
school—an experience she wouldn’t trade for
the world. A few random facts about Jules
are she was a “Navy brat”, loves doughnuts,
and hates feet. When asked her
favorite aspect of Greek-life she
says, “My favorite part of Greek
Life is the bonds that are shared
between both the men and
women of the Greek
community.”
Matt Joseph is the current President of the
Interfraternity Council. Matt is a sophomore
from West Hartford, CT and is a Chemistry
major. In his spare time, Matt enjoys
playing intermural sports with his fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha, especially basketball. Matt
aspires to attend Medical School at either
UVA or U-Conn to be a family physician or
surgeon. A couple fun facts about Matt are:
he is the Delta Gamma anchor boy for the
Informal Pledge Class of 2011 and is the
best dancer in his fraternity. If you’re really
lucky he might even “teach you how to
dougie”. When asked his favorite aspects of
Greek-life Matt explains, “My
favorite part of Greek-life is
getting to know new people
on campus and the joint exec
meetings between Panhel and
IFC. Those are always entertaining.”
...Leaders Tomorrow
Connor Toomey, ΚΑ
Kirby Davis, ΧΩ
A great example of a Greek leader on
campus is Kirby Davis. Kirby is a senior
from Lafayette, LA and is the current
president of the senior class, held two
leadership positions in her sorority Chi
Omega, is a member of CCM, SGA, and
conducts research on lobsters in Dr.
Jorgensen’s research lab. This wellrounded student was recently accepted to
LSU Medical School. A few random facts
about Kirby are: she loves to travel and is
a member of the Team USA National Jump
Rope Team. Through jump rope, Kirby
was given the opportunity to travel to
South Africa for the World Jump Rope
competition along with other exotic
locations such as Greece, Germany, Czech
Republic, and many states throughout the
US. She even got to jump in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
When asked her favorite part of Greek-life
she says, “My favorite part of Greek-life
has been participating in intramural sports,
lip syncs, and of course spending time with
my sisters.”
Connor is a junior from San Antonio, TX, and
is double majoring in English and Spanish.
Connor is a member of the honor’s program
here on campus and was recently accepted
in Alpha Chi Honor Society, which only
makes up the top 5% of the juniors and 10%
of the seniors. In addition, to Connor’s
academic achievements, he is a member of
the Roanoke Basketball team, Secretary for
the Kappa Alpha Order, and has been a
resident advisor for the past two years.
Recently, Connor has been given the
opportunity to open a chapter of National
Society of Success and Leadership. This is a
national leadership honor society with a
focus on building leaders for a better
tomorrow. This is a really exciting challenge
that Connor is more than ready to face. In
Connor’s spare time, he enjoys traveling and
spending time with friends and family. After
his freshman year he was given the
opportunity to travel to Peru for a marketing
internship. When asked Connor’s favorite
part of Greek-life he says, “I feel that, Greek
Life offers incredible opportunities as far as
learning how to lead people effectively,
learning to express and articulate your ideas
clearly in a thoughtful and concise manner,
and of course, time management.”
Individually Unique
La La La Lady Bugs
Alpha Sigma Alpha has had a busy semester!
We picked up 15 new ladybugs and we are so
excited to have them. We spent bids day with
our new girls at a local roller-skating rink,
enjoying ourselves and getting to know our
newest members! Congratulations to all of the
sororities and fraternities on a successful formal
recruitment. We were also honored to learn that
we are now the largest sorority on Roanoke’s
campus. Currently, our chapter is planning our
upcoming philanthropy week in March and our
Spring Inaugural is on March 31st. This is also
an important year for Theta Beta because our
10-year celebration on campus is coming up!
We’re excited to reflect on how far we’ve come
and even more eager for the future! Alpha
Sigma Alpha (Theta Beta) looks forward to a
very rewarding spring semester!
“Sisters by chance,
Friends by choice”
X and a Horseshoe...
CHI O!
The girls of the Pi Epsilon Chapter of Chi
Omega are having a great beginning to the
second semester! We are please to say that
recruitment went well for both sororities and
fraternities. We would like to congratulate all
organizations on a successful formal
recruitment. Chi Omega picked up 13
beautiful new women. We feel that they will
make wonderful additions to our chapter and
are so excited to get to know them better.
For news within our sisterhood, we would like
to congratulate Maggie Anderson on her
acceptance to Phi Beta Kappa,
Emily Robertson on getting a job with Dixon
Hughes Goodman, Kirby Davis on her
acceptance into LSU Medical School, and
Taylor Cazeault for being inducted into the
Criminal Justice Honor’s society. We are so
proud of all of them! With this warm spring
weather we are so ready to have the second
semester get underway! If you want to find
out more about Chi Omega, Pi Epsilon check
out us out on Facebook and Twitter!
Together Complete
Teach Me How to
Like it, Love it, PHI MU!
Spring 2012 has gotten off to quite a start
for the Gamma Eta chapter of Phi Mu. On
Bid Day, we picked up a fantastic pledge
class of 11 and went bowling to celebrate.
We are beyond excited to welcome our new
members into our sisterhood and know that
they will be great additions to our chapter!
Congratulations to all the other fraternities
and sororities on a successful formal
recruitment. In February, Phi Mu held our
annual “Mr. Leg’s Week” to support
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Throughout the week, all four fraternities
competed in various competitions such as
penny wars, t-shirt sales, lip sync and the
Mr. Legs Pageant. All of the proceeds were
donated to our local CMN Hospital, Carillion
Children’s Hospital in Downtown Roanoke.
It was a very successful week! The sisters
of Gamma Eta are very excited for the
upcoming events the spring including Relay
for Life and Alumni Weekend. We hope that
everyone is off to a great start and has a
successful semester!
DouGie
The sisters of Delta Gamma are having an
amazing start to our spring semester. Delta
Gamma had a great recruitment, picking up
eleven wonderful new members. We would like
to extend congratulations to all Greek
organizations on campus for a successful f
ormal recruitment. We finished last year
strong with a new event, “Don’t Blow Your
Finals With DG,” and “Take a Break with Delta
Gamma” where we passed out free candy to
the campus community outside of commons
during the first two days of finals week. We
plan to do more of these events this spring, so
keep a look out for DG! Delta Gamma has
been working hard to become active members
of the Roanoke College community. Our sisters
are also very excited to take part in several
outside service activities in the Salem area,
including a winter carnival at a local
elementary school and participating in the race
for a cure. For all those interested in learning
more about Delta Gamma and our chapter
there is an updated chapter website,
www.roanokedg.com, Facebook page, Delta
Gamma- Roanoke College, and Twitter
@DeltaGammaRC, which has recruitment
information, news, and event information. We
strongly encourage any member of the Greek
or non-Greek community to check out the
website and/or Facebook and Twitter page to
keep up with the latest events.
Let’s Talk About...
Fried Chicken, Baked Ham,
Kappa Alpha, YES MA’AM!
The Beta Rho chapter of Kappa Alpha Order
was pleased to extend bids to six new
members this semester. We whole-heartedly
believe they will make excellent additions to
our brotherhood. We recently attended our
regional conference and won two recognition
awards, “most community service hours per
man” and “most dollars raised per man.” We
also had our current President, Patrick
DelBuono, elected to the position of Province
Undergraduate Chairman. This position is
the regional liaison between the KA National
Office and KA chapters in Virginia, West
Virginia, and North Carolina. In addition, the
Kappa Alpha Order is looking forward to our
annual trip to West Virginia for Old South.
We are looking forward to a semester of hard
work and fun.
Men of Class,
Leaders by Choice
The brothers of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Xi
Chapter, are continuing to proudly
represent its national headquarters and
the Greek community of Roanoke College.
This spring semester Pi Kappa Phi received
eleven new and amazing associate
members. We would like to congratulate
all the sororities and fraternities on a
successful formal recruitment. We
recently elected a new Executive Council
that will help lead and guide the fraternity
through the next year. The new Executive
Council, attended our Mid-Year Leadership
Conference where Xi Chapter won eleven
awards. One of our brothers, Mike
Bankert, completed the Journey of Hope
over the summer, in which brothers of Pi
Kappa Phi start out in California and ride
bikes all the way to Washington D.C.
helping to raise money and spread awareness for people with disabilities and help
our philanthropy Push America. Last year
Pi Kappa Phi also had the best fraternity
GPA on campus, and surpassing the all
male average.
“Brotherhood is a
journey, not a
destination”
...Our Fraternities!
Whose House?! Pike’s House!!
Spring semester of 2012 has taken flight and
the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha have hit the
ground running. Phi Chapter finished last
semester excelling in the pillar of
Leadership—having brothers elected as the
new SGA president, SGA vice president, IFC
president, and IFC secretary. Our brothers
have had no problem staying active on
campus. We are now are focusing on the
pursuit of achieving great things now that we
have obtained these positions. At the close of
last semester, the brotherhood had the
opportunity to volunteer at the Community
Christmas store. This was an experience that
all valued and that has inspired the
brotherhood to continue to volunteer in the
community this semester. There are already
are several community service events on the
calendar, including Habitat for Humanity in
the coming weeks. We were fortunate
enough to once again bring in an excellent
Formal 2012 pledge class. The new Psi
pledge class is seven members strong.
Although, it’s smaller than a typical formal
pledge class, Psi shows no lack of quality,
and embodies "Scholars, Leaders, Athletes,
and Gentlemen". As our new executive
committee fully takes shape, the unanimous
goal of not just our new exec but our entire
brotherhood is to ensure by the end of the
semester that we portray the image of
Scholars, Leaders, Athletes, and
Gentlemen as loud and clear as possible
to both the Roanoke College community
and to the other surrounding
communities at large. We gladly
welcome another challenging semester
as we strive to complete it as
successfully and prosperous as possible.
You’ll find it here…Sigma Chi
The Sigma Chi, Tau chapter at Roanoke
College continues its excellence this year by
selecting Michael Lintner as VP of IFC. In
addition, Chris Boylan passed the
presidency to “The Lord” Chip Ward.
Currently, we are in the midst of renovations on the new house up on Elizabeth
Campus. It has been determined that
thirteen brothers will be residing at the new
Sigma Chi house on Elizabeth Campus in
the fall semester of 2012. The thirteen
brothers that will be residing on E.C next
year are helping design the house. This will
ensure greatness for the future of Sigma
Chis to come so, that they will be able to
create the same strong bonds that we have
as a brotherhood now.
Scholarship before Social Obligations
See who is achieving high academic success (3.0 or higher!):
Sororities:
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Jess Aminto
Marguerite Ballou
Colleen Britain
Julie Brown
Hailey Collins
Libby Compton
Kelsey Curran
Sarah DeWitt
Lauren Dukes
Meredith Elsea
Kayla Flippen
Laura Fredell
Ashley Guerrera
Allie Helms
Charla Henley
Shana Hensley
Alex Kies
Becca Lemos
Lilly Leon
Katherine Lockwood
Alyssa McManaway
Logan Newton
Erica Nielsen
Carmella Parker
Emily Roach
Carolyn Roberts
Lauren Russell
Jamie Sievers
Stephanie Simpson
Meghan Smith
Brittany Thacker
Julia Wall
Annie Watson
Heather Woody
Nikkia Young
Chi Omega
Wesley Allin
Maggie Anderson
Jennifer Baker
Natalie Blanton
Lauren Boblett
Haley Boone
Samantha Borzillo
Caroline Casey
Taylor Cazeault
Kim Ceres
Jessie Cutts
Kirby Davis
Alex DeLaricheliere
Kara Drabick
Hattie Figgers
Kaylin Foor
Erin Gibson
Hope Hartley
Emily Hornblower
Katie Lentine
Sarah Long
Julia Marks
Shannon McCarthy
Courtney McHenry
Diana Monkouski
Brittany Motill
Emily Rego
Emily Robertson
Molly Satterfield
Morgan Thomson
Maggie Wagner
Delta Gamma
Claire Allison
Katie Anderson
Christine Bealer
Brittany Boyer
Caroline Boykin
Meghan Brinkley
Kelsey Charest
Taylor Davis
Katie d’Esterhazy
Madison Dinneen
Jessica Eversole
Anne Fisher
Sarah Fosbaugh
Kate Frisch
Maddie Gerald
Lianna Hachborn
Mackenzie Hermann
Kathleen Hurst
Brooke Jones
Leigh Joyce
Kara Kayrouz
Julia Laffond
Kelsey Largen
Brittany Matherly
Bridget McLaughlin
Morgan Minyard
Anna Moir
Virginia Moore
Liz Narwicz
Amanda Newman
Sara Sloman
Chelsea Sprouse
Erica Switzer
Kelsey West
Erin Zuercher
Phi Mu
Kathlyn Sowers
Sophie Wilson
Kelly Finn
Kristen Killie
Erin Burns
Daniela Benzaquen
Madison Foti
Emily Crew
Catherine George
Kristina Breux
Sara Manley
Megan Hewett
Sarah Thompson
Erin Wolff
Kelsey Greene
Alexandra Tarasidis
Charlotte Fraser
Caitlin Giles
Fraternities:
Kappa Alpha
Ben Beamer
Andrew Bernstein
Zach Borst
Ethan Couch
Patrick Cummings
Bo Luck
Clarke Manley
Connor Toomey
Nicholas Vanderhye
Reg Lane
Mark Strelow
Chris Tripp
Sean Walsh
Willie Wolfman
Pi Kappa Phi
Will Bader
Mike Bankert
Sam Beasley
Chris Besse
Zach Birtsch
Matthew Bryant
Tim Carey
Tom Duffey
Stephen Floyd
Phil Gereaux
Marquise Guzman
Alex Hawes
Tayler Kemper
Kyle King
Tyler Lackey
Sean Mathiesen
Greg Morgan
Ray Owens
Wai Paing
Jordan Pritts
Mahmoud Thaher
Cullen Truett
Alex Weaver
Sigma Chi
Garrick Dawson
Robert Finn
Brock Martinez
Avery Thomas
Andrew Truant
Alex Walker-Drennen
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sean Anderson
Will Barrett
Nathan Castellano
John Conner
Matt Corbicz
Jared Johnson
Matt Joseph
Ian Kervick-Jimenez
Spring Issue deadline for Submissions is April 6th.
All submissions should be emailed to
Lindsay Faulstick (faulstick@roanoke.edu)