Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is an assembly of nine African American Greek letter organizations. This collection of fraternities and sorori- ties refer to each other as the Divine 9 . The organizations making up this body are Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi, Sigma Gam- ma Rho, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, lota Phi Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Alpha Phi Alpha. Each organization functions separately having an official week during the fall or spring semester. Along with the exciting events in the respective weeks organizations within the NPHC always include seminars and usually at least one community service event. As a collective body the NPHC also has its own official week of events. Dur- ing September this year the annual NPHC week was held. One of the main events during the week was a Family Feud game show hosted by Kappa Alpha Psi on Thursday night. This event consisted of two mixed fraternity so- rority teams with members from each organization. The winner from this pair then faced a team from the audience. Two other events In the week were the stroll off which took place that Friday, and a party at the State Room on Saturday night (Union Ballroom). The stroll off was a competition within the NPHC to see who has the best strolls. Strolls are organized dances that take place in a forward moving line. Although on this occasion strolls were done in a head to head battle. On Saturday morning of the week the council hosted a campus clean up community service. Vari- ous members of the organizations joined together to clean up trash on Florida State ' s campus. The State Room party which took place Saturday night was a fundraiser for Extravaganza (Extrav), which is the NPHC ' s major annual step show that will take place in January at Ruby Diamond Auditorium. This step show is actu- ally a huge philanthropy that donates over one thousand dollars to a charity of the councils choosing. Although the organizations also have an incentive to step since the first place fraternity and sorority each get $1,000. The National Pan-Hellenic Council has numerous activities and philanthropies as a whole although its general purpose is just to instill unity between the Greek organiza- tions that make up the Divine 9 . By Kenneth Peeie ii! nstill unity

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slsterho ' panhellenic association i CO w l i p feW ALL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE GREEK LIFE EDITOR OF EACH ORGANIZTION. IT WAS THE ORGANIZATION ' S RESPONSIBLITY TO SUBMIT ALL REQUESTED MATERIALS BY THE GIVEN DEADLINE.

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President Ashlee K. Thomas Vice President Chaz Davis Secretary Xion Lester Treasurer Donte Riddick Chief Justice Larry Green, Jr. Historian Louis Y. Valsaint President Donte Riddick Vice President Asha Brewer Chief Justice Chaz Davis Historian Vicent Adejumo Public Relations Tiffany WiUiams