Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Chi omega CHI OMEGA COWGIRL Performing at Greek Idol, Erin Kemmerer, sophomore in business administration and Chi Omega member, sings I Want to be a Cowboy ' s Sweetheart by LeAnn Rimes. Kemmerer placed first in the competition, followed by Kristen Seiwert, sophomore in mass communications and Gamma Phi Beta, in second place and )anie Anthony, senior in music education and Kappa Alpha Theta, in third. loslyn Brown Caitlin Admire Evergreen. Colo. Environmental Design • PR Tare Allen Olathe, Kan. Journalism and Mass Communications • FR Jenna Beahm Overland Park. Kan. Secondary Education • SR Amanda Bisnett Meriden, Kan. Engineering ■ FR Elizabeth Botiling Mesquite. Texas Engineering • FR Valene Bottoni Olathe. Kan. Apparel and Textiles • JU Rachael Boyle Rowlett, Texas Communication Sciences and Disorders • FR Rachel Budd Overland Park. Kan. Apparel and Textiles • JR Casey Calhoun Shorewood. Minn. Mass Communications • JU Tara Collins Olathe, Kan. Mass Communications • JU Cathryn Cosgrove Overland Park, Kan. Interior Design • SR Ashlee Davis Wamego Elementary Education • SO Stephanie Dikeman Topeka Architecture • JU Jordan Dozier Spring Hill, Kan. Interior Architecture And Product Design • GR Krista Dunleavy Stilwell, Kan. Journalism and Mass Communications • FR M. Elise Egger Shawnee. Kan. Apparel and Textiles • JU Jenna Garcia Lenexa. Kan. Business Administration • FR Melissa Green Kansas City, Kan. Secondary Education • SR Dene Harger McPherson. Kan Open-option • FR Samantha Harlan Olathe. Kan. Political Science • FR (Q 353

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Chi omega NEW for better GOAL service New president implements increased community service requirements, encourages sisters to participate in other greek philanthropies. by Sarah Thomas Chi Omega was host to one of the most widely participated in philanthropies in the greek community. Each year Chi-0, with partners Sigma Nu, planned Pledge Games, an event in which chapter ' s pledge classes competed in events to earn points. While most of the chapters on campus participated in their annual philanthropy, Chi-0 president, Elise Egger, saw that her chapter didn ' t get as involved in return. I wanted to make it one of my personal goals this year. Egger, junior in apparel and textiles, said. Our philanthropy is one that everybody participates in, so I think it is really important for us to participate in some of the others. I think it is just respectful. It will lead to a stronger greek community with all of the houses. It just helps us all out. The chapter typically two philanthropies each year- Pledge Games and Chi-0 Christmas, but because of her background with community service, Egger said she thought the chapter could do more. It was really instilled in me as an important thing to make the community better, Egger said. You see the reactions on people ' s faces and it makes you feel good too. I really hope it will become a tradition. It could be easy for it to get lost with people ' s busy schedules. but I really hope it carries on. In addition to helping out other chapters, Egger also hoped to reinstate a spring philanthropy for the house. Egger shared her idea with the Chi-0 executive board who, she said, agreed that it was time to get more involved. In the past, opportunities with other chapters had slipped through the cracks due to busy schedules and poor planning, but vice president Allison Zuk said Egger ' s personality and willingness to help made the situation different. She is a great leader. She cares about the house as a whole and every person in it, Zuk, junior in communications sciences and disorders, said. She is always looking for ways to improve and ways to make us better. She is also a big people pleaser and she isn ' t satisfied unless she is doing that. There were more benefits visible to Egger on top of making both the greek and Manhattan communities better. She also knew the added involvement would attract women to the house and make it possible to carry on the tradition she hoped for. As long as our chapter is out there and helping everybody else there really couldn ' t be a better way of promoting us, Egger said. During recruitment we can show girls how we help other chapters. It is something to get excited about. I a. o a. l52

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iChi omega Farah Hassanzadeh Overland Park, Kan Mass Communic ations • JU Lauren Hensley Manhattan Mass Communications • SR Taress Holt Lincoln. Neb. Nutrition and Exercise Science • SO Whitney Hubert Oakley. Kan. Connmunication Sciences and Disorders • SO Andrea Jahde Lincoln. Neb. Environmental Design • FR All Kindlesparger Salma, Kan. Open-option • FR Amy King St- Marys, Kan. Open-option • FR Kathleen Kramer Lenexa. Kan. Secondary Education • FR Sarah Kuhlmann Shawnee, Kan. Business Administration • FR Renee Lackey Sabetha, Kan. Microbiology • JU Kelsey Lilly Salina, Kan, Business Administration • SO Mallory Loveridge Overland Park, Kan. Finance • JU Nicole Mangornchai Lenexa. Kan. Interior Design • FR Molly Martin Salma, Kan. Communication Sciences and Disorders • FR Enca Mason Great Bend. Kan. Mass Communications • SO Kali Meredith Olathe, Kan. Hotel and Restaurant Management • SR Amanda M. Meyer Omaha. Neb. Life Sciences SO Caitlin Meyers Shawnee, Kan. Mass Communications • SR Meredith Moore Overland Park, Kan. Pre-Nursing • SO Melissa Mowder Sabetha, Kan. Nutritional Sciences • SR Lindsey Patterson. Omaha. Neb. Business Administration • FR Lydia Peele Olathe. Kan Secondary Education • JU Adriana Perrone St. Charles, Mo, Environmental Design • FR Janna Pfeifley Manhattan Apparel and Textiles • FR Enn Prendergast Overland Park. Kan Pre-Nursing • FR Cassity Pritchett Pryor, Okla. Marketing • SR Anna Quisenberry Olathe. Kan, Mass Communications • SO Brittany Rardin Olathe. Kan Journalism and Mass Communications • FR Allison Rees Shawnee. Kan Social Work • SO Kimberly Roback Overland Park. Kan, Kinesiology • SO Katelyn Scates The Woodlands, Texas Secondary Education • SO Emily Schrader Prairie Village, Kan. Elementary Education • FR Alison Scott Eudora, Kan. Mass Communications • SR Amber Seglem Cheney, Kan, Finance • JU Carrie Smith Wamego Business Administration • SO I o 09 g. 354