1. THE ZI ZETA CHAPTER OF CHI OMEGA
COMMUNIQUE
INSIDE
JANUARY 1, 2014 VOLUME 1NEWSLETTER OF THE ACTIVE MEMBERS
The EC for the 2014
school year is named
Chi Omega has always been
lucky when it comes to the
executive board of our chapter.
Every year around thanksgiving
time the new executive board is
chosen and for every position it
seems like the person selected was
made for the job.
It is that time of year when the
executive board has to turn over
their duties to a new group of ex-
cellent sisters. This year’s execu-
tive board has been extraordinary.
There wasn’t anything they didn’t
handle with poise.
Chi Omega EC makes the
chapter so proud and the legacy
will continue on through the years.
Being on EC is no easy job, which
is why each person elected has
the characteristics to handle them-
selves and anything thrown at them
professionally.
Chi Omega is known as the
classy sorority on campus and
that starts through the executive
board and flows down through the
chapter. The EC is the face of Chi
Omega, meaning all eyes are on
them at all times. Having to be
perfect is no easy task to handle,
and trying to be the best they can
be at all times my be difficult, but
if anyone can handle that kind of
pressure, it is Chi Omega executive
board.
This years new EC was hilari-
ous to watch as their names were
announced because their faces were
shocked, they had absolutely no
idea they were getting a position.
The old EC was so welcoming to
them and have to tell them all their
advice from this past year, I’m sure
they have a ton of advice to give
out to them.
Coming together for
Chi Omegas Birthday
every year
Eleusnia is an important event
for a Chi Omega because it rep-
resents our founder’s day! It is a
special day for active Chi Omegas
and the Chi Omega alumni to cel-
ebrate. If it weren’t for chi omega,
we would have never been put into
each other’s lives!
The reason we are all con-
nected is because we all are apart
of Chi Omega, and Chi Omega
would not have been successful if
any of the past members were not
members. Everyone is a special
puzzle piece in the puzzle of Zi
Zeta.
The alumni of Zi Zeta love
Chi Omega just as much now as
they did when they were an active
member, and work just as hard to
keep us flourishing.
If it was not for our hard work-
ing alumni we would not have the
funds to have our house built in
the summer of 2014.
We are eternally grateful for
our alumni and for Eleusnia that
brings us together each year.
greek week, wish week-P2
white carnation, initiation-P3
greek awards, golf tourna-
ment-P4
2013 and 2014 EC
2012 chaper at Eleucnia

2. COMMUNIQUE
It’s Greek Week time
in Martin Tennessee
Greek Week training begins
immediately after the very
busy homecoming week. It takes
so much hard work, dedication and
determination to be on top!
Last year we dominated greek
week and plan to do the same exact
thing this February. The First event
is line dance. Line dance last year
blew everyone’s socks off with the
fun candy man theme. The cute-
ness level of the performance was
out of this world because of all the
hard work Megan’s mom put into
the costumes. This year’s theme
has yet to be decided, but I am sure
it is going to rock because Megan
Burcham is in charge once again.
Then there is a strange gap in
the schedule of greek week this
year with lipsync being eliminated.
This is so sad because Holly Threet
ruled the stage last year at lipsync,
I think it is in her blood. There is
no official news on the event that is
going to replace lipsync , but it
better be good.
Last but certainly not least is
the step show. I think people look
forward to the step show all year
long, I know it do. The step show
was absolutely jaw dropping and
to this day people are still talk-
ing about how awesome our show
was, and I am sure that will never
end. No one is going to top Mal-
lory Robinson’s stunt, ever. I know
I am anxious for step night to be
here and have the steppers reveal
our theme. It is going to be right
on point, for sure!
Greek week is upon us soon. I
know practices for all of the events
are tough, but it is all worth it in
the end when we bring home the
trophies!
Granting wishes and
bringing joy to children
through Wish Week
Wish week is another important
week in the life of a Chi Omega
because it raises a lot of money for
our beloved philanthropy, Make A
Wish. Make A Wish is an organi-
zation that grants wishes to chil-
dren with life threatening diseases.
Make A Wish tries to bring as much
joy as possible into the lives of sick
children. Chi Omega is very lucky
to have the privilege of working
side by side with this organization.
The hot wing dinner was a huge
success last year. We could not
cook chicken fast enough! The line
was out the door almost all night
long. We were running around like
chickens ourselves trying to get
more hot wings for the crowd. The
event ended up lasting a lot longer
that it was supposed to, but that
was great! The more people that
came to eat hot wings meant more
money for Make A Wish.
Wish week requires a ton of
work, and a special group of people
to put it on successfully. The list
of who is in charge of what events
will come out sometime in the
month of January.
Chi Omega Step Team
David Perrin, Krista McRorie, Jessica
Stone, Joey Moore, Michael Nygune at
wings for wishes
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Holly Threet, Lip Sync 2013

3. COMMUNIQUE
The flower that represents Chi
Omega is the white carnation,
which as we all know is the name
of our winter social. I know ev-
eryone is so excited for this social
because of the success of our fall
social.
New member social was a blast,
and white carnation is going to be
even better. Getting dressed up and
finding dates are just two of the fun
things that come with a social, but
last year we had an added extra, an
engagement!
At last years white carnation, in
Jackson Tennessee, Denton Peebles
proposed to the Former president,
Katie Blackburn, on the dance floor
in front of the entire chapter. There
was not a dry eye in the whole
hotel. The engagement was a huge
surprise to everyone and it made
for a wonderful white carnation.
White carnation is a time for
fun, laughter, and dancing with
best friends in Chi Omega. With
the perfect DJ and venue nothing
can go wrong because we will all
be together. There are so many
wonderful memories that are made
at our socials, and we never want
them to end! Socials are normally
only from 9-11pm but we wish they
were so much longer. Time with
sisters always goes by too fast.
Many more memories
to make at White
Carnation
Time to become a part of
something bigger than
yourself
It is that time of year when the
snow falls that it is time to initiate
the new girls of Chi Omega. These
girls have gone through a long time
of pledge ship and now it is all
over. Katelyn Arnold is no longer
the new girls mother! It is like the
baby birds are leaving the nest,
finally!
Initiation is such a special time
for everyone in the chapter but
especially the new girls. They are
finally becoming apart of a sorority,
something they have been looking
forward to for months. These girls
will never have to be called pledge
ever again!
The feeling of being initiated
is such a great feeling that really
cannot be explained, and I’m sure
everyone shared that special feeling
when you were initiated too. The
feeling of officially being apart of
Chi Omega is amazing and know-
ing that you just joined the best
sorority on campus is great! Once
the new girls, a.k.a BABIES, go
through imitation they can offi-
cially wear the lovely Chi Omega
crest.
This is something everyone
wants to wear but few have the
privilege. The crest is a visual rep-
resentation of all that Chi Omega
stands for, which is why it is so
special to us. Chi Omega is not
just a sorority; it is a way of life.
2013 Pledge Class of Zi Zeta
Katie Blackburn and friends excited about
her engagement
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4. COMMUNIQUE
The awards that make
us the strongest sorority
at UTM
There are competitions all year
long between the organizations
in greek life on campus but the big-
gest competition comes right after
greek week ends, the greek awards.
The greek awards are when all of
the hard work really pays off, it is
where the best of the best are rec-
ognized in front of everyone.
Last year Chi Omega cleaned
house at greek awards, that was a
very proud moment for all of us
I’m sure. I think we took home
just about every award. Mallory
Robinson, president, had to walk
up to the stage at least fifteen times
and my hands hurt from clapping
so much! It was amazing! Some
of the awards we won were; most
community service hours, best in
grades, and the big one the chan-
cellor’s cup.
The chancellor’s cup is the
biggest award of the evening. If
you win that award, that gives you
bragging rights. Every sorority and
fraternity wants to win that award,
and usually we win it.
Greek awards allow us to show
that we are not just a group of girls
that want to have fun, we actually
want to better ourselves and do
whatever we can to help anyone we
can, we are about more than having
a good time.
The Chi Omega Golf
Tournament raises
$8,000.00, enough
for one wish alone
Chi Omega is well known for
its community service and philan-
thropy work. One of our biggest
fundraisers is coming up soon! It
is the golf tournament in Sharon
Tennessee. Mostly men love this
fundraiser because they all love to
golf with Chi Omegas for a good
cause.
The golf tournament brings
in the most money for Make A
Wish all year, which is around
$8000.00. That is huge because
it takes around $5000.00 to grant
just one wish. That means that the
golf tournament alone grants one
wish! We try to grant two wishes a
semester as well as a summer wish.
We would love to grant more but
there just isn’t enough time.
The golf tournament happens
every year and will continue to be
a big success. Not only do we look
forward to it, but also the children
of Make A Wish need us to do it.
Without our help, fewer children
receive wishes.
Zi Zeta granting a wish
EC accepting awards
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