Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Squeaky clean Community service is a pari of Creek life. Delta Chi members do their part by cleaning store win- dows near the North Side Mall during Greek Week. -Photo by E. Barrera Lawmakers Each of the four sororities are represented in Panhellenic. Creek Week and formal rush are two annual activities sponsored by the organization. -Photo by E. Barrera IFC FRONT ROW Jack Collins, Mike Ehrhardt, MatI Green, Dave Klein, Steve Wester, David Cox and Ron Loida. BACK ROW; litn Turner, president; Jeff Ttiompson, vice president and I.D. Sloan, Panhellenic FRONT ROW; Dana Holdswortli, Jennifer Hiwitt, Julie Tavernora, Marita Wurtz, presi- dent; Karen Davis, secretary; Ruth McGilvey and Janet Beisweinger, Organizations 145

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Greek sponsored councils enact stricter policies for rush and organize Greek Week activities reek governing bodies Go Greek and make it happen was the recruitment tactic used by sororities and fraternities during rush each semester. Recruitment slogans were a way to keep new blood, ideas and membership numbers up within the Greek organiza- tions. The two organizations which stressed certain rules and guidelines were Inter- Fraternity Council (IFC) with Jim Wyant, sponsor, and Dan Milliard, president, and Panhellenic Council, guided by Cherine Heckman, sponsor, and Marita Wurtz, president. Seven fraternities and four sororities elected three members to represent them in council meetings. Both organizations met at least twice a month. They discuss- ed policies and ways to develop those policies. IFC was the governing body of seven fraternities, Wyant said. The main goal was to streamline a dry rush policy that was written and implemented in Fall 1983. IFC developed a policy for viola- tions. Greek councils were responsible for rush and making sure rules and guidelines were carried out by all Greek organizations who held membership with IFC or Panhellenic. IFC is a beneficial liason group bet- ween the university and the fraternities, Wyant said. As well as rush, IFC and Panhellenic also supervised and organized activities for Greek Week. Greek Week was a week of competitive events between the sororities and fraternities. They par- ticipated in athletic competitions as well as humorous contests. The goal of Greek Week was to pro- mote Greek unity. The week ended with an awards dinner and all-Greek party. Julie Tavernaro, Panhellenic member, said that Panhellenic reorganized and tried to get more involved with issues pertaining to sororities. Tavernaro said bylaws were also changed to give them a more important role as a university organization. In the past, Panhellenic was not con- sidered important, Tavernaro said. The council hoped that with bylaw revisions, they would be a more influential campus organization. Karen Davis, Panhellenic secretary said, We put together rush and pushed Creek. Other than that, our main focus was to gain more respect as a university organization. In the past, Panhellenic was not respected. The sororities never made the organization important enough. Perhaps it was due to the adviser or just an unawareness of the importance of Panhellenic. Panhellenic was responsible for stricter sorority rush rules. A girl going through rush had a required 2.25 GPA. The governing bodies of Greek organizations re-established rules and guidelines which organization members were expected to fulfill in order to main- tain Greek ethics. -Ann Whitlow Rush During formal rush, Dee Dee Carmichael and Leslye Thompson relate information about themselves. After two years, formal rush was chang- ed back to spring semester. -Photo by K. McCall i 144 Organizations

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PhiMu FRONT ROW: Deb Cross, Lynette Roster, Val Lockard, larrie Snook, Lisa Blau, Jeri Johnson, Karen Sawicki and Kelly Mitchell. ROW 2: Amy Parrotl, Donna Pope, Karen Hoppers, Carol Artherton. Kris Bryan, Leslie Cunningham, Sherry Sawicki, Julie Viar, Karen Dett- man, ludilh Thompson, Carrie Huke and Chris Townsend. ROW S.- Nancy Wheeler, Amy Rosenboom, Paulette Sample, Heidi Fruhling, Lisa Miles, Ann Mickels, loanne Loomis, Donna Dominy, Mary Reinig, Colletta Neighbors, Mary Signer, Tracy Brook and Rosie DeMarea, ROW 4; Dana Kempker, Lori Reynolds, Teresa Wall, Kan- dy Hester, Paula Magana, Kathy Driscoll, Kristi Beckman, Sue Dean, Ronda Scott, Paula Kortmeyer. Mary Dew, Lori Konmeyer, Kristi Davis and Melanie Royal. BACK ROW: Mary Eberhard, Carrie Pickeral, Jennifer Shemwell, Mary McMichael, Pam Davis, Janet Schieber, Sue Schade, Laurie VonStein, lill Mees, Lauri Cunningham, Andrea McCrath, Nancy Kriz, Rachelle leffrey and Carol Draheim. Sjgma Sigma Sigma FRONT ROW: Michele Flores, Annette Boswell, Janet Murray, Kim Potts, Tami Headrick, Maria Oats, Sheryl Parnott, Heidi Mendenhall, Carolyn Radicia, Cheryl Mothersead and Julie Truster. ROW 2: Rhon da Hauptman, Caye Lane, Carman Stroud, Teri Adamson, Amy Brown, Lynne Retzlaff, Julie Moore, Dawn Klingensmith, president; Carolyn Stroud. Deb Roshak, secretary: Mila Carey, Jocelyn Ander son and Terri Clark. ROW 3: Mary Beth Klein, Cindy Ishmael, Maya Benavente, Sandra Badami, Katie Klassen, Paula Sandbothe, Diane Phillips, Eileen Lintz, Jamie Bryan, Tammy Wood and Holly Combs. ROW 4: Chris Robinson, Susan McVay, Kristine Dunbar. Barbara Dempsey, Carol Kay, Dana Holdsworth, Amy Nichols, Norma Hig- ginbolham, Julie Briggs, Shelly Harney and Stacy Severson, Sisterhood and unity of the Greek system were important aspects of Phi Mu and Sigma Sigma Sigma sororities. We were a united group, said Laurie Von Stein, Phi Mu president. We had many people involved in activities because every girl had a respons ibility. We worked better as a whole and had new ideas and new goals generated. Sisterhood was the most important aspect of a sorority, said Julie Briggs, Sigma Sigma Sigma member. It was the closeness we had within the group that kept us together. There was a bond bet- ween the sororities by just being Greek. Occupying part of the same hall. Phi Mu and Sigma Sigma Sigma continued Tri Mu, a party held in the fall between the two sororities. Tri Mu was an attempt to bring the sororities together, said Stacey Danahy, Supremacy Phi Mu Homecotning Chairpersons Laurie Von Stein and Sue Dean receive the Homecoming Supremacy trophy. Phi Mu received this award nine times in the last 10 years. -Photo by S. Trunkhill 146 Creeks