University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Tl DELTA GAMMA ETA Students often joined a club or or- ganization in order to be around peo- ple with similar interests, people who were like themselves. Campus organ- izations usually revolved around these shared interests. Delta Gamma Eta, commonly known as the Gourdheads, how- ever, had only one thi ng in common: difference. The co-ed fraternity con- sisted of Longhorn Band members who exhibited unique qualities. It ' s not a conforming-type group, Treasurer Clark Blakeway, management information systems senior, said. We ' re people who don ' t conform. Each fall, about a moqth and a half into football season, the Gourdheads voted on band members whom they wanted to join their group. These people, selected for their individu- ality, were invited to become Gourdheads. We don ' t have any kind of for- mula that anyone fits into, Tim Mohly, international business soph- omore, said. The basic purpose of the Gourdheads was simply to promote uniqueness and meet people who were different. The diversity of this group is in- credible, President John Hinojosa, music education senior, said. People get to be friends with people they have nothing in common with. The Gourdheads were famous throughout the band for the parties they gave. Parties such as Gourd-O- Rama, which followed the Band-O- Rama concert, became annual events. Delta Gamma Eta had been an un- official group within the band for about six years, and it finally became an offical organization in 1988. The Gourdheads were also unique in that they didn ' t pay dues. Ex- penses were handled as they arose. You don ' t have to be rich; it doesn ' t cost anything, Hinojosa said. Members were not required to do anything except be an individual. We accept people for what they are, Blakeway said. But perhaps the shirt he was wear- ing said it best: Gourdheads let U.B.U. Monica Noordam JAM SESSION: Carl Schwenker, mechanical engineering junior, and Paul Scully, sociology senior, play along with Van Halen at the ATH Christmas Formal. ON STAGE: Tim Mohle, international business sophomore, and Margeret McShea, applied bassoon senior, share the dance floor. photos by Hannts Hacker. Delta Gamma Eta 339

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DEEJAY: Shay Smith, pre-physical therapy junior, keeps the tunes flowing at the Gourd-O-Rama. photo by Han- nes Hacker FRONT ROW: Vicki J. Francis, Trim Diane Tail, Karen Elizabeth Thomas, Stephanie Elaine Leyh, Belinda Tess McEachern, John Robert Hinojosa. SECOND ROW: Richard Martin Calderon, Murray James Solomon, Wayne Robert Thomas, Clark Cur- tis Blakeway, Steve Andrew Herzfeld, Donald Eu- gene Newberry. THIRD ROW: Darrel Gene Mon- roe, Richard Teson Hung, Carlton Todd Lewis, Chad Aaron Floyd, Carl Frederick Schwenker, Mi- chael Kregg Phillips. BACK ROW: Paul Darren Scul- ly, Paul David Bexley, Julian Byrd Viera, Matt Rob- ert McCullough, Kenton Dee Johnson, Brad Russell Kosley. photo by Rick Canler DELTA GAMMA Students often jc Jfflization in order pit ' ith similar an iations usually i these shared:--. Delta Garr.-, known as the , had only one difference. The co exhibited u;. It ' s not a (( W Treasum nunatenieDt iafo senior, said. ' % don ' t conform. llltv ' erei nv , 338 Delta Gamma Eta

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atmsr the Program KAPPA KAPPA PSI What we ' ve done in the past two years is broaden our appeal to the band, President Chris LaNasa, eco- nomics senior, said. I took a marketing course once, and they said that the deadliest thing you can do is to narrowly define your market, LaNasa said. We serve both a physical and a social need. Although the group continued tra- ditional Longhorn Band service proj- ects, it also worked to update the chapter ' s pledge program and to ac- commodate its growing numbers. The group ' s traditional responsi- bilities included loading and unload- ing instruments for bus trips during football season and handing out Cokes and apples after halftime. Some projects also varied from year to year; for example, in the spring, members adapted a room previously used to hold sousaphones to an in- strument room for the entire band. FRONT ROW: Dat Thanh Nguyen, Thomas Edward Burns, Anthony J. Matulis IV, Christopher Edward Duncan, Chris- topher Wayne LaNas a, David Lawrence Wilson, Christopher Chaune Presley, Michael David Korte, Stephen Scott McMil- lin. SECOND ROW: Michael Wright Landers, Blake Thomas Richardson, Darren Lee Williams, Jason Henry Woelfel, Da- vid Frazier Carriker, Eric Frank Behrs, Jeffrey Warner Coker, Sean Patrick Parker. Warren William Schick Jr., Allen White Small. BACK ROW: Mark Doyle Hormann, Edgar Daniel Baileyjr., Eric Robert Davis, James Robert Murray, Malcolm Ray Randig, Douglas William Clifton, John Keith Fleming, Scott Dennis Parker, Mark Wesley Spinn, Gregory Richard Schwendinger. photo by Rich Canter The social function of the group involved planning get-togethers for members of the band. In the spring, friends were split up as the band was divided into various ensembles, and KK served to reunite the band. The increased variety of duties at- tracted a larger number of pledges. The chapter rose from an all-time low of 1 8 members in the fall of 1 986 to a membership of 47 in the fall of 1988, tripling their numbers. We ' re proud of our progress in the past years, Chris Presley, radio- television-film sophomore, said. We ' re constantly trying to grow and be more helpful. This increase in number made it necessary to revise the KK pledge program. The goal is to come up with an effective pledge program to teach them what we want them to know about our fraternity and what they will be expected to do, LaNasa said. Members aimed, through their de- velopment of a new pledge system, to increase the effectiveness and service of its new large membership. Tim Harms IMAGINE THAT: Mike Landers, Ray Wa- ters, Darren Williams and Blake Richardson discuss Soviet elections at a Kappa Kappa Psi meeting. photo by Rich Canter IiC lflA j Mat did most i , ns red Pi Teel, accoBC ideal was and 340 Kappa Kappa Psi