McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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Front row: Mrs. Barbara Thompson — Advisor, Janice DeBlanc, Karen Guillory, Trudy Geyen, Ruby Guidry. Second row: Tajuanna Fontenot, Julie Joubert. Back row: Angela Green, Sheila Rochester. (Photo by T. Maricle) The first activity on the agenda of Delta Sigma Theta — a dance at Sugar Daddy’s Il — is celebrated by the new- ly inducted chapter. (Photo by D. Smith) Efforts to gain new membership and draw interest to the newest sorority on campus are carried out by Delta Sigma Thetas Janice DeBlanc, Tajuanna Fontenot, Angela Green, and Julie Jou- bert. (Photo by T. Mari- cle) Delta Sigma Theta 93

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Being the newest Greek sorority on campus makes Delta Sigma Theta the New Kid on the Block Months of waiting did not discourage the spirits of the newest sorority on the McNeese Campus. The Pi Zeta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority became a part of the McNeese Greek system on January 5, 1985. Through the help of the Lake Charles Alumnae of Delta Sigma Theta, the McNeese chapter obtained the fif- teen-member charter requirement. Each member had to have 24 semester hours credit and a 2.5 grade point average. Delta Sigma Theta’s goals include ad- mitting career-minded young ladies of outstanding moral character and dedica- tion to sincere public service. These goals have been continued since the founding of the sorority in 1913 on the campus of 4oward University in Washington, DC, by 22 educated black women. Once their charter was official, the Pi Zeta’s quickly united to become part of 9? Greeks the mainstream of McNeese. To begin the spring semester a dance was held at Su- gar Daddy’s II followed by other dances and a spaghetti dinner sale to raise funds. Other projects included involvement with Special Olympics and the Sickle Cell Ane- mia Foundation Telethon. An additional activity included ‘‘May Week ’, a selected week in May which stresses the impor- tance of education. The first annual Delta Darling Baby Contest was held in June. All proceeds from these events were used to send McNeese chapter representatives to the National Delta Sigma Theta Con- vention at Dallas in August. Beginning the spring semester as a new sorority provided an opportunity for the members to be representatives of Del- ta Sigma Theta’'s public motto — ‘‘Intelli- gence is the torch of wisdom.’

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Phi Mu member Cathy Clyde, a junior nursing ma- jor from Sulphur, listens to a guest speaker ata Phi Mu Meeting. (Photo by B. Mericle) Juniors Cathy Nicholas and Tonya McMullen compare ideas for new projects before a meeting. (Photo by B. Mericle) Front row: Fiel Ferrer, Lisa Sibley, Cindy McCullough. Second row: Tena Landreneau, Melissa Jobe, Ashley Nutter, Cathy Nicholas, Sara McKinney, Collette Douget, Tammy Smith. Third row: Laura Miller, Trish Foreman, Debbie Phillips, Kim Lubcker, Stella Fontenot, Pam Fusil- ier, Michelle Moore, Kelly Moore. 94 Greeks Fourth row: Susan Roche, Jordan Harlow, Laura Clark, Paige Robert- son, Susan Waldo, Mary Fae Bailey, Stephanie Yandle, Sally Menard, Cathy Clyde, Denine Doxey, Barbra Ingalls. Back row: Debbie Bour- geois, Ann Nichols, Maria Norwood, Sherri LeBlanc, Brenda Myers. (Photo by B. Mericle) During anerd party and exchange at the Pi Kappa Phi House, Melissa Jobe and Pi Kappa Phi member Mitch Stroderd stampede from the Pi Kapp House. (Photo by T. Maricle)