Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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Kappa Alpha becomes 9th fraternity to establish at Nicholls in 9 years The twenty-four man fraternity visited other Delta Sig chapters at Louisiana State University at Shreveport and Cali- fornia Poly-Tech Institute. Invitations to visit were accepted by LSU. at Shreveport, LSU. at Baton Ftouge and LaCross QWisconsinJ Univer- sity. Six members attended a national meet- ing held at Vail, Colorado Officers of Delta Sigma Phi are Danny Faunguy, president, Anthony Governale, vice president, Terry Comeaux, trea- surer, Chuck Bopp, recording secretary, Mark Geist, legislative secretary, and Mark Sabb, parliamentarian. Two transfer students started things rolling in January, just in time for Kappa Alpha to plan for Greek Week. Chip Morella, who had been initiated into Kappa Alpha at Louisiana State, and Kurt Meyer, who had been initiated at McNeese, were responsible for the colonization. With permission from the lnterfraternity Council and Kappa Alpha's national office, the two began working with several KA alumni in Thibodaux. The provisional chapter picked up 15 pledges within two months, looking for 10 more this fall to become a full-fledged chapter. Kappa Alpha was founded at Washing- ton College, now Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Va., on Decem- ber 21 , 1865, by four young men. The order has 94 chapters in the United States and 9 in Louisiana, Four rush parties in January helped students become familiar with the red 880-YARD RELAY First .,,...,,. Tau Kappa Epsilon Second . . ..,,. Pi Kappa Alpha Third , , . .,,. Pi Kappa Alpha Fourth . . . ..., Delta Sigma Phi Fifth . , . ..,,l,l.. Acacia Chip Morella and Kurt Meyer receive the charter, establishing a colony by the Order of Kappa Alpha. With the two students are Torn Whitehead, province commander and Bobby Donnes, alumni coordina- tor 189 Kappa Alpha and yellow Kappa Alpha jerseys, the Order and its traditions. One tradition recognized nationally is the celebration of Robert E. Lee's birth- day, the man who was president of MILE RELAY First ,t....... Tau Kappa Epsilon Second . . ,..l. Pi Kappa Alpha Third . . . ..l. Phi Kappa Theta Fourth .... ..l.. K appa Alpha Fifth ,l.. . . .Delta Sigma Phi Washington College at the time ot the group's founding. The two actives, Mor- ella and Meyer, led the group into full par- ticipation ot campus activities, including intramural basketball and baseball. Several strong finishes in track and field gave the newest colony a fourth place finish in the fraternity division. For the local March of Dimes Walk-a- Thon, members manned the check points to keep track of the mileage. Cuenca The final effort to catch up in the 880 relay, Mike Ledet's try gave Delta Sigma Phi a fourth place fin- ish. Larry Palestina signals the last man over the line for Kappa Alpha in the tug-of-war. In April, the work of the members was rewarded at the First Kappa Alpha Ban- quet with the new pledges and Kappa Alpha alumni from the Thibodaux area. Present to hand over a new charter were Tom Whitehead, province com-

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Pennington ' I i t l Q. . , td 43'- 19O Phi Kappa Theta 'UZ l i-ul In the field of beauty and brains, Phi Kappa Theta took top honors as Vic Lafont was named the 1976 Greek God and Henry Lafont, first runner-up. The brains award came with the pres- entation of the Scholastic Award for the fraternity with the highest overall grade point average. Lafont was a fraternity representative on the lnterfraternity Council, serving as council president. The Nu Omega chapter also won the Leadership Award, voted on by the other fraternities. Enough muscle was still left over for Greek Week competition to earn a third place finish. The second largest fraternity with 48 members, Phi Kappa Theta picked up 10 SHOT PUT First .... ...... P hi Kappa Theta Third . . . . . .Tau Kappa Epsilo Fourth . . .... Kappa Alpha Fi th . . . . . .Phi Kappa Theta Second . . . . . .Tau Kappa Epsilon n f A dead aim on the bank shot, Chris St. Pierre was oblivious to the people watching as he competed in the pool tournament held during Greek Week in the Student Union Game Room. l i l 3 X Phi Kappa Theta: Alphabetical order: Mark Alex- ander, Steven Bernard, Joey Blanchard, Roland Bourgeois, Drew Clement, Bill Crockett, Chip Didier, Thomas Eschete, Robert Falcon, Charles Faucheux, Dennis Gaubert, Lynn Graugnard, Don- ald Harris, Kevin Harrison, Glenn Haydel, Mike Hebert, Eddie Himel, Ben Jones, Davis Kiger, Hery Lafont, Vic Lafont, Barry Landry, David Landry, Rick Lasseigne, Charles LeBlanc, Tommy Legen- dre, John Milek, Barry Naquin, Mike Naquin, David Noel, Tommy Noel, Glenn Orgeron, Kurt Perque, Jon Ray, Doug Robinson, Eugene Rodrigue, Farrell Rodrigue, Guy Ruggiero, Mike Ruggiero, Chuck Terrebonne, Tommy Theriot, Thomas Thomaisse, Jim Vidrine, Bob Weber, Max Applewhite, John Hodnett, Doug Toups, Terry Bovillain, Kurt Harri- son, Grady Savoir, Jerry Badeux, John Edward Pel- tier and Victor Brunson. pledges during Rush Week. An active delegation attended a regional conference in Houston, Texas and the 1975 National Phi Kappa Theta Conference in New Orleans. Fellow chapters from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Sam Houston University and the University of New Orle- ans were hosted by the Nicholls group. In return the local group visited the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, indiana University and the Uni- versity ot Minnesota. Other social activities included a cray- fish boil for alumni, a family supper and the Annual Spring Formal. The leadership award was justly earned as the PKT's supplied three cars and a jeep tor the Homecoming Parade. ii- l