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California Polytechnic State University's
Kappa Alpha Theta
Newsletter
ZETA THETA CHAPTER FOUNDED 1989
Greek Week 2011: Theta Four-Peat!
Red Hot Theta wins its fourth consecutive Greek Week House Title!
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Greek Week is a fun and exciting time Beach Day at Pismo Beach. Beach Day’s
when Cal Poly’s Greek community squares events were: obstacle courses, limbo, tug-o-
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off for a week of friendly competition war, and beach volleyball. We all had so
including sporting events, fundraising, and much fun soaking up the sun and cheering
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lip sync. The Greek community is on our sporty sisters! The rest of the
composed of week’s sporting events
Panhellenic included: dodgeball,
Greek Week sororities, IFC basketball, soccer and
2 Fraternities, flag football. For those
and United of us less athleticly
Spring Fun!
Fraternity and inclined, there were
3 Sorority other ways to get
Senior Counsil involved in Greek Week
Memories (culturally that did not require as
4 based Greek much muscle. Other
houses). This competitive events
Formal year we were named “Team Red” aka included donating blood to the Blood
5 “team sexy.” Theta was paired up with Bank, attending a guest speaker at the
Recruitment some amazing and enthusiastic fraternity Performing Arts Center, collecting
partners: Theta Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, toiletries to donate to the North County
6 Alpha Epsilon Pi, and Gamma Zeta Women’s Shelter and a doughnut eating
Alpha. We kicked off Greek Week with contest. Each of (continued on page 2)
2. Greek Week Events Cont...
Doing
the eight Greek Week teams was also assigned to a middle
school in San Luis Obispo county. Each team made a
presentation to the young students at a school assembly about
the importance of attending college. The grand finale of Greek
Week was lip-sync. Each team puts on a lip sync performance,
an eight minute comedic skit complete with elaborate dance
numbers, a storyline, and of course, plenty of lip syncing. Our
Work!
Obstacle Course: 3rd place
lip sync performance was loosly based on Charlie and the
Limbo: 1st place
Chocolate Factory but with a modern twist. Although Team
Tug O’ War:
2nd place
Red as a whole did not win Greek Week, Kappa Alpha Theta Academic Decathlon: 1st place
as an individual house won first place out of all the Panhellenic Glazed Donut Eating Contest: 1st place
sororities by over 400 points! Greek Week is just as much about Powdered Donut Eating Contest: 2nd place
philanthropy as it is about competition. Through fundraising Soccer: 1st place
and the cost of admission to lipsync, the Greek community Football: 1st place
raised $3,5000 for the Lucia del Mar School District.
Congratualtions girls on all your hard work!
3. Parents’ Weekend
Parents Day weekend this year was a huge success. We loved hosting
our parents for the weekend, showing them the sorority house,
introducing them to our friends, and what Theta is really all about!
The weekend festivities included dessert and a slideshow Friday
night, a barbeque and games at Meadow Park Saturday afternoon,
and a Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday morning. Despite the
mischevious antics of the fraternity next-door (they piled all the patio
furniture for over 100 guests on our roof), the event ran smoothly
and everyone had a great time. Sophomore Alumnae Relations
Chairman, Jenna Emadzadeh (pictured to the right with her mother)
who planned the weekend, pulled off the event fabulously!
Sister Twister
This May, we hosted a “Sister Twister,” a sisterhood activitiy
that we share with another sorority at our main house. We
loved having the ladies of Tri- Delta and Sigma Omega Nu
over to play board games and eat yummy pizza. Although it
would have been fitting, we did not play Twister but rather
more popular board games like “Apples to Apples” and
“Taboo.” Those in attendance had a great time mingling
and trying our hand at the fun games. Sister Twisters are an
excellent way to meet other Greeks in different houses!
AEΠ Dodgeball
Kappa Alpha Thetas also competed in Alpha Epsilon Pi’s
fundraiser, “Sorority Dodgeball” which raises charitable
funds for their national philanthropy. Pictured to the right
are Maddie DiPaulo, Monica Polera, Paige Ped, and Leah
Henry.
4. We asked Theta Seniors, “What’s
your Favorite Theta Memory?”
Here is what they had to say...
“My favorite memory in Theta has “Blasting music and having “Senior dinners with my the best
been all the great times I spent with random dance parties in the senior class ever, being able to
my two littles and all the great friends parking lot in the rain.” bond and laugh with my girls was
I've made.” a great memory I will always
-Natalie Levenson
-Amanda Flynn cherish”
“Theta love is like a booger. You keep "One of my favorite Theta memories -Dani Murphy
picking at it until you get it, then was having over a dozen of my sisters
wonder what to do with it.” come all the way to Vegas to celebrate
my 21st birthday!" “My favorite memory was living on
-Leilani Wu property--best time I ever had.
-Cambrie Marks
Particularly when Laura Lochner and
“Probably my favorite memory was I got thrown in AGR’s pool after wine
“My favorite memory was at formal initiating 50 amazing new Thetas into fest. Also, you can't really experience
this year reading all the letters from our house this Fall. Having the honor living on property without Theta
younger members that I have made of welcoming these women and Bobsledding.”
an impact on and realizing that it was sharing our secrets and ritual was one -Amy Scott
all worth it. The one thing in of my best experiences yet as a
common with all of the letters was Theta.”
that I was friends with women of all -Addie Virta "I probably have hundreds of fond
classes all the way through to the end memories throughout my four years
of my senior year. This showed me “My most memorable moment in in the Theta. Although I have a hard
that it is never too late to get involved Theta was Big/Little revealing. All time choosing just one, one memory
in Theta and really make an impact week long, my big, Caitlin convinced that will always stick with me was the
on people's lives.” me that she was not taking a little and support my sisters gave me after going
-Megan Juskalian that I definitely was her little if she through a very difficult break-up. For
was. Since revealing, she has become nearly a month, I received notes of
a best friend, support system, and encouragement, CDs filled with
“On Spring break my Theta ladies inspirational songs, and calls telling
and I went to Las Vegas. Being constant source of love and
encouragement that without Theta I me come outside to pick up a pint of
obsessed with LMFAO we loved the Ben & Jerry's. These sisters restored
quote, "I'm a human not a sandwich". would have had.”
- Jackie Lauver my shattered self-confidence and
We then preceeded to describe which helped me grow into an independent
type of sandwiches we would be. woman. I now know I can tackle
Kelsey Rugani was a spam “Sunday Fundays with all of my
whatever the future throws at me, as
sandwich...” senior ladies.” long as I have their support."
-Taylor Roschen
-Kat Richards
-Kami Tiano
6. ☮♥ϴ Fall Recruitment ☮♥ϴ
Formal recruitment will be held Thursday, 9/22 – Tuesday, 9/27.
For more information and to sign up visit:
http://studentlife.calpoly.edu/greek/pha_recruitment/
Have some Zeta Theta News to add? Contact the new editor, Christia Brockman, at
christiabrockman@yahoo.com
