Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Top callers On the final night of the Super Tclcfund. the top callers from the previous nights returned to call again. Tim Johnson and Tim Faherty were the first and second place top callers. Financial assistance On the phone. Julie Shekel, junior in health, and Tim Johnson, first place top caller, ask alumni for donations At the end of a shift, each caller was allowed a five-minute longdistance call to anywhere in the United States. 20 Super Tefe umf Questions In between calls. Derek Ebel. one of the Telefund's top callers, has a question answered by Blake McKinney. Tele-fund promotions coordinator. The Telefund ran for eight evenings. Announcement In the calling room on the fifth floor of Snell Hall. Lynn Davidson. Telefund coordinator, announces prizes that will be given to the caller receiving the next large donation. T-shirts, cups, money and gift certificates were awarded throughout the calling shifts.

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Overwhelmed Running down the MU step . Joanna Brooks, freshman in Liberal Arts, looks for members of Alpha Chi Omega. Sorority members waited in the MU Quad with large signs and balloons with their house name and colors. Its over On Bid Day. each sorority gathers m the MU Quad to meet their new pledges Four hundred sixty nine girls participated m fall formal rush CHOICES Making the Greek decision miles, tears, joy and fear unified both sisters and sisters-to-bc during a record-breaking fall formal sorority rush week. Pre-rush and rush work paid off when 469 girls pledged the 15 sororities. 12 of which took a full quota of 33 pledges. According to Kathy Spooner. Panhellenic Vice-President, this was the greatest number of girls to have pledged houses since 1957. Part of this could have been that “we (Panhellenic) were really organized. said Spooner, and we had the best rush counselors ever.” Two members representing each house served as rush counselors. These girls led their individual walking groups through the rush process of group meetings, party attendance and final house selection. Rushees visited each of the 15 houses on Go Pi Phi pride In the MU Quad, members of Pi Beta Phi sorority sing while waiting for their new pledges Pi Beta Phi pledged 32 girls. O oryO Sopot Greek Day. a new theme incorporated into rush week. According to Nancy Vanderpool. Assistant Dean of Students, this day showed rushees that the houses work together as a system. Rush week was lengthened by one day from the previous years schedule. Go Greek Day served as a casual, informative day for rushees. Anything that cuts down on the stiffness and formality of rush is good. said Vanderpool. The remaining four rounds of parties emphasized individual sorority characteristics of each house. Entertainment at parties ranged from skits to songs to slide shows to house tours. Party length increased daily while party number decreased from 15 to 12 to eight to five to. finally, three houses. On preference night, girls ranked their three favorite houses. “It was hard then, said Tri-Delt Lezli Goheen, but now that I look back, it should have been an easy decision. As rushees were choosing, rushers were going through their individual membership selections. Final decisions were made and the rest was in the computer's hands of matching mutual selections. The final rush day brought excitement to both rushers and rushees. Sorority chants echoed in the Mu Quad, where anxious rushees sat on their individual house bid envelopes. I had mixed emotions. said Kim Hasty of Kappa Delta, who was scared and excited as she sat for 20 minutes on her bid. Sitting on the bid for 20 minutes seemed, for some girls, like they were sitting on it for two hours. A feeling of relief, excitement and fear overcame the girls as they got their first glance at what they had hoped would be the house they had hoped for. All the hard work of rush paid off and was over. Outside the MU. 15 houses anxiously waited for the arrival of their newly selected pledges. It was exciting to see all the girls run down.” said Patty Thurman of Alpha Delta Pi. I liked being with all the houses, screaming and feeling that every house had its own sense of pride.” “It was a really big year for the unification of the houses. said Spooner. “They pulled together in the true spirit of Panhellenic.” Once the members had located their new pledges, everyone returned to the sororities for planned events, such as movies, ice cream socials and roller skating. Sorority Rttfft 19

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 FUNDRAISER Students + effort = $177,550.46 all 'til you fall was the motto of the OSU Student Foundation for the 1989 Super Telefund and that is exactly what they did and they did it well. The Student Foundation motivated callers to surpass their goal of $160,000 by $17,550.46. They earned a grand total of $177,550.46 for the University by calling alumni and asking for donations. The telefund began on Nov. 6 and continued until Nov. 16. Before the telefund began, the Student Foundation held a recruitment for volunteer callers. They called various organizations and clubs on campus to find enough callers to cover the entire telefund. Over 30 groups participated in the event. Sixty people were needed to work each night of the telefund. In two shifts of 30 people each, volunteers called for two hours. Each shift began with a VIP caller, who would set an example of how to handle a call. VIPs included Dave Kragthorpe, John Byrne and Nancy Vander-pool. During each shift the Student Foundation gave away t-shirts, cups, money and free dinners at random. Prizes were awarded in a fair and equal manner. All callers had a chance to win. For example, a Student Foundation member would tell the callers that the next person to get a $50 pledge would win a t-shirt. The prizes were offered mainly as incentives for the callers to bring in more money. Each caller was also able to make a long-distance call to anywhere in the Continental United States for free, but only for a five-minute conversation. Ten prizes were given away each shift. Prizes were also given out for the overall top caller and top group. The overall top caller prize was $50 and the award for the top group was $200. Top callers and top groups were invited back on the last night of the telefund to compete for a grand prize. The caller who brought in the most money won the grand prize, a ski trip. Of the 30 calling teams who participated. Dot S W-.OT Beta Theta Pi fraternity earned the top calling group award of $200 for earning the most money and receiving the most pledges. Freshman Tim Johnson of Beta Theta Pi received $50 for being the top caller. The top sorority was Chi Omega and the top independent group was Oxford House. This is the biggest fundraiser at OSU. without anyone getting paid for their time. said Lynn Davidson, telefund coordinator. One of the reasons the telcfund was able to raise as much money as it did was because a number of companies in Corvallis committed themselves to match pledges of their alumni employees. The companies could choose whether they wanted to match the pledges one-to-one or up to as much as five-to-one. It is really helpful when a company pledges as much as an alumni does.” Davidson said, because we can make as much with one call as it would otherwise take with two. We raise a lot of money for OSU and I'm pleased with how much we raised this telefund.” Davidson said. -Om G«i Wi« Call 'til you fall The first night of the Super Telefund. President John Byrne make the first call. Each shift was begun by a VIP caller, who showed participants how to handle a call. Super Ttlefund 21