Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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Left - Kathy Gupton gets quite a surprise when she visits the co-ed restroom at the Alpha Tau Omega house. tNote: Just to re- lieve the minds of all you worried parents - he's fully clothedD Bottom Left - Steve Casper rocks his favorite ibaby', in his room at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Below - Even though most of the rooms in the frater- nity houses are quite comfortable, some are more so; at the Sigma Chi house they come with and without rat holes, the rats cost ex- tra. 191

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190 Right - Billy Shanks raises a toast and leads a cheer to living is his favorite fraternity house - Alpha Tau Omega's. Bottom - Mark Grif- fey manages to get in a few hours of study, at the Sigma Chi house, even with snoopy editors and photogra- phers nosing around asking ques- tions and snapping pictures. house. Although it was mentioned that the house dwellers are expected to keep the downstairs clean. Funny as it may seem, there are few beefs about fraternity house living. The only gripes mentioned was the noise factor and the fact that Hoccasionly you come upstairs to go to bed and find someone has died in your bed. Wild tales are rampant at fraternity houses ... like coming downstairs and finding a brother asleep on the pool table. There was also the house parent that stayed only one day at the Alpha Tau Omega house and called it quits. The Sigma Chi house is noted for its hungry rats. One such rat actually tried to take a pair of blue jeans down his hole for a quick lunch. Being spread with Nozema and hav- ing cold water thrown on one's poor, naked body in the shower are common place occurances. Lastly, according to the Alpha Tau Omega brothers, all funny things are either classified or restricted a this was also found to be true at the other fraternity houses.

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AboveuMatt Eric- son and Marcy Matlock watch the derby week com- petitions while sit- ting in the shade in front of the Wood- ward Library. Right-Under the watchful eye of Harned Halls' wil- low tree great plans are being made to defeat the enemy. Derby Week . . . competition that acts as a uniting force on campus by Brenda Teasley One of the most talked about and enjoyed occasions on Austin Peay's campus is Derby Week. Derby Week is sponsored annually during fall quarter by the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Derby Week has numerous purposes and objectives. The week is a combina- tion of activities designed to create a sense of involvement in the student body. especially freshmen. This week helps to improve sorority relations. The activities draw the Greek world closer together and also creates unity between Greeks and other students on campus. Derby Week makes the stu- dent aware of fraternity functions, gives a sharper view of Greek life, and its activities serve as a public relations project for the fraternity. The main purpose of Derby Week is to raise funds for Wallace Village, which is the national service project of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Wallace Village is locat- ed in Broomfield, Colo. and all funds above the actual costs of Derby Week are sent to the village to further the work being carried on there. All colleges that have Sigma Chi chapters have a Derby Week or an ac- tivity similar to this to raise money for Wallace Village. This week is extremely popular on campus because it involves both participants and also the specta- tors. The fraternity encourages all inter- ested campus women to participate in these activities. The events of the week are strictly on a volunteer basis and are