Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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B-18 1981 THE YAMACRAW Alpha Phi Omega: BACK ROW: Eric Gilgenast, Mike McCraclcen, Kathy Burnett (co-historian, fall), Kevin Egan, Kelley Goff, Stephanie Staples, Laura Fowler ROW 2: Andrea Gelfon, Sherry Seidenstein, Terri Roberts, Diane Peer, Jack Dowd (par- liamentarian, fall), Bette Shornick, Peggy Mueller, Donna Passaro (co-historian, co-rush chairman), Emma Lee Booker (treasurer, spring). Dale Tobias, Cathy Isiminger, Diana Hill, Robert Wilds FRONT Top Right; APO gets rowdy. Middle Left: Getting exposed at the annual toga party. Center: Spring pledges Andrea Roberson, Laura Anne Riley, Sandee Michael, Mona Buck, Rob Buck, Lee Boggus, Glenn Pre.scott, Michelle Minyon, Paul Sykes, Lotte Geisscndorfer, Harry Stern. Middle Right: Brothers with bslloons for Heart Fund project. Above: Cars aren ' i all that get washed. Bottom Far Left: A donor gets first aid at an APO blood drive. Bottom Left: A scene from the Halloween party held at the Georgia Retardation Center, Bottom Right: Does Oglethorpe really claim these people? Bottom Far Right: Festivities at Fall rush parly. E.xtra photos courtesy Dawn Sonsini. ROW: Donna Tucker (treasurer, vice-president - service), Lidewey Slegt (vice president - service, president), Susan Swaby (secretary), Mia Wadopian (president, fellowship chairman), Mike Burke (vice president - membership, fall) NOT PICTURED: Peter Dolce, Melanie Davison, Cary Kleinfish, Paul Gandolfo, Rachel Lerman, Tricia Smith, Dawn Sonsini, Kim Bunting

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llf, YAMACKAW 198) B-17 The Oglethorpe Players: BACK ROW: Ann Montanaro (treasurer), Mollie Simmons, Donna Passaro, Mia Wadopian, Andy Bieger (pre- sident), Paul Sykes, Laura Anne Riley, Lee Boggus, Nicki Brown, Kevin Kincheloe. ROW 2: Mike Burke, Harry Stern, Laura Fowler, Mark Nolan, Mike McCracken. FRONT ROW: Seretha Masdon, Dr. Victoria Weiss, Lidewey Slegt, Sheila Marx (secretary). Dawn Sonsini, Eric Gilgenast, John Wilson, Terry Tribbet. NOT PICTURED: Johnnie Badges, Carter Berkeley, Cathy Brown, Rob Buck, John Crowe, Eric Crunick, Jack Dowd, Jon Fagerstrom, Dean Foreman, Peter Garland, Steve Harris, Robin Johns, Rob Joseph, Bob Kane, Barbara Kernel, Gerald Kemp, Cindy Larbig, Kathy Laskey, Jill Lesko, Sandra Lynch. Bobby Martinez, Cassandra Massengil, Jim McCoy, Tricia McCullogh, Donna Monroe, Kim Morrison. Peggy Mueller, Chuck Nicholas, Ed Oden- kirchen, Brenda Peed, Diane Peer. Glenn Prescott. Gilbert S. Price. Anne Sams, Debbie Schrieber, Mara Schultz, Sherry Seidenstein. Stephanie Staples. Paul ' eiland, Robert Wilds that the spring production would be Pippin, a musical comedy set in the middle ages. The characters in the play emerge from a dramatic troupe led by a Leading Pla er (John Wilson) who narrates the story as it is enacted. Pippin (Bob Kane) is the scholarly young son of Charlemagne (.Mike Mc- Cracken) who goes out into the world searching for some way to make his life fulfill- ing. With guidance from the Leading Player and the other characters. Pippin tries everything from war to religion and from love to murder, and. finding that he can live an extraordinary life in ordinary ways, he settles down with a widow, Catherine (Nicki Brown) and her daughter Cleo (Diane Peer). The Players may have set a new precedent with Pippin. the first real mu- sical to be performed at O.U. since anyone can remember. The success of Pippin has indicated that it can be done - even at Oglethorpe. .• lthough the cast of any show is the most visible, the test of any dramatic group is the talent and ability of those who work behind the scenes - on sets, costumes, lighting, make-up. publicity, directing, and other backstage chores. Throughout the year, the Oglethorpe Players have shown improvement in every area. Under the leadership of the vibrant Dr. Victoria Weiss, the Players are grow- ing in numbers, increasing their versatility, and general- ly keeping everyone well entertained.

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THE YAMACRAW 1981 B-19 APO: Service With A Smile Alpha Phi Omega is a National Service Fraternity. Founded in 1925 at Lafayette College in Fasten, Pennsylvania on the principles of the Boy Scouts of America, the fraternity centers its activities around the cardinal principles of leadership, friendship, and service. The service aspect is divided into four parts, these being service to the college, service to the community, service to the members of the fraternity, and service to the nation as participating citizens. Oglethorpe ' s chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, Mu Mu, is the only co-ed chapter in Georgia. Since its reactivation in 1975, the chapter has been striving to grow and improve, usually displaying visible success. The fall and spring activities of the Mu Mu Chapter are examples of the efforts of the fraternity to expand under the rnimn guidelines of the cardinal principles. Under the leadership of President Mia Wadopian and the other fall officers, APO kept busy working for others. They sponsored a Halloween party for the Georgia Retardation Center, a fall blood drive, and a collectathon for Muscular Dystrophy. Many of the members par- ticipated in the Turkey Trot to win the turkey, which the fraternity then included in a Thanksgiving basket for a needy family. They also had a Thanksgiving party for re sidents of the Ashton Woods Nursing Home. The fall pledge class raised quite a sum for the Scottish Rite Hospital through 100% participation in the annual walk-a-thon, and they also sponsored a successful Muscular Dystrophy Dance-a-thon. To give a little attention to the friendship aspect as well as that of service, the brothers (a title given to all initiates regardless of sex) also had a few fall social events. These included a bowling party, a cocktail party, and a special champagne breakfast for the pledges. After Christmas break, with a new group of officers led by President Lidewey Slegt, the Mu Mu chapter launched another semester of service. The group threw an ice cream social at Ashton Woods for Valentine ' s Day, spent a day conducting a road block collection for the Heart fund, and discovered an especially enjoyable (and exhausting) project, working with the youngsters of a local Boys ' Club. They arranged their annual Ugly Person on Campus Contest, with proceeds going to North DeKalb Menial Health Center. The spring pledge class held a dance and a raffle, donating the proceeds to the American Cancer Society. These service activities were inter- spersed with some parties which varied in their degree of craziness. One was a toga party, which promoted the wearing of such costumes as a Confederate toga (which was sculpted from a Confederate flag), and a preppy toga, complete with a little Izod alligator. Another, more serious event was the Spring formal, which featured the band Atlantis, and proved to be the big event of the semester. In addition to its other activities, the Mu Mu Chapter is proud of the progress it made at the Alpha Phi Omega Sectional Conference, which was held at West Georgia College. The chapter achieved a long-time goal, the scheduling of next year ' s Sectional to be held at Oglethorpe. The selection of Mu Mu to host the conference was a sign that other chapters realized the tremendous progress made since re-activation. The chapter finished the year by electing fall officers and by making plans to begin preparing for the Sectional Conference over the summer. The brothers were pleased with their success and with the unity they had realized through the year.