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Lip Sync Results From Greek Week 2011

Omicron Chi Theta – “True Life: I’m Becoming Greek” – Seventh

Alpha Tau Omega – “ATO Story Time” – Sixth

Lambda Chi Alpha – “It’s Great to be a Lambda Chi 2011″ – Fifth

Sigma Kappa – “True Life: I’m A Greek Goddess” – Fourth

Chi Omega – “True Life: Jersey Shore” – Third

Alpha Xi Delta – “Sorority Girl Problems” – Second

Delta Tau Delta – “Hot For Teacher” – First

Looking Back: Freshmen Greeks Have First MC Homecoming

Editor’s Note:  Welcome Andie West, a Freshman here at Marietta College, to the Writing on the Mall writing crew.  She will be periodically writing articles from the Freshmen perspective, among other things.

Marietta College Homecoming! A week filled with exciting activities, food, and chances for different organizations around campus to show their pride. The week is also an exciting time for freshmen, new to the experience. I had the opportunity to speak with seven freshmen on their first Marietta College homecoming experience. Here are their responses:

Patrick Tegge, a new member of Lambda Chi Alpha, says his homecoming back home is a big deal and was expecting as much from MC. To his surprise, MC did meet his expectations. On asked about his favorite experience he responded: “working on the float at 2:00 am and building a gate to the graveyard with Chuck Bonakoski!”

Pat and his brothers got to work with the local sorority, Omicron Chi Theta, on their float. He said that he was anxious at first since floats at home took 4 months to construct, but despite the lack of time and all of the activities associated with being a full-time college student, the float turned out to be well done. Tegge is very excited for next year’s homecoming.

Elisa Santiago, a new member of Omicron Chi Theta, expected the week to be a lot crazier than it was, but she was expecting to have a lot of fun and bond with her sisters. In addition to sisterly bonding, the Omicron Chi Theta’s experienced inter-Greek bonding with the Lambda Chi. Elisa said making the float with them was a lot of fun. “We forgot to open the windows (At the Lambda Chi house) so that was a headache with all the spray paint!” she said laughing. “Homecoming was a lot of fun and I can’t wait ‘til next year”!

Bryan Murray, a new member of Alpha Tau Omega, was expecting homecoming to be “kinda lame because (back home) cheerleaders and football players were the only ones who cared.” However, the MC homecoming “exceeded” his expectations. “I enjoyed it greatly and loved how much you could participate in and building the float was fun.” The croon was Bryan’s while Blake Alan Johnson jumped rope behind me!” Next year? “I’m excited especially now that I know what it’ll be like I can put more in it and get more out of it.”

Clay Ellenwood, a new member of Delta Tau Delta, figured it would be a pretty long, fun week and was looking forward to meeting a lot of new people. His favorite part of the week: “I think my favorite part was getting to compete in the Greek competition it was something I didn’t expect to be a part of”. Next year? “Definitely excited for next year for more opportunities to get involved and contribute since it’s not so new to me.”

I asked Alex Martin, a new member of Chi Omega, about her homecoming experience and she said it met her expectations. Her favorite part? “Can it be a tie?” she laughed. “There were so many good aspects it’s hard to pick out a favorite!” Her top two favorites were: The feeling of accomplishment after the cheer and her second was the announcement of fellow sister, Jen Kuhn, as queen. Next year? “I can’t wait!” She is excited to participate in more activities in the 2011 MC homecoming.

Mary Roberts, a new member of Alpha Xi Delta, was unsure what to expect from her new home’s homecoming. “I was pumped to do things with my sorority!” Her favorite activity? “Cheer! We are pumped for Greek week already!” Her impression? “A lot going on” but she enjoyed how everyone on campus was involved and showed pride in their organizations. Mary is excited for next year’s homecoming.

Kiki Cunningham, a new member of Sigma Kappa, knew homecoming was going to be fun. When asked if the week met her expectations she responded: “Yeah! It was a lot of fun and seeing how much pride everyone had for the school.” Her favorite? “The cheer and croon because I liked seeing what everyone came up with because everyone was so different.” Kiki is already excited for next year and uncovering the theme and how it’ll play through.

All in all, the freshmen experience of homecoming was positive and exceeded all their expectations. From the cheer and croon to amusing float stories, the MC 2010 homecoming is one to remember for our freshmen.

Meet The 2010 Homecoming Candidates

The excitement has been building, and now the curtains can come down…here are your Homecoming candidates for 2010.  Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name, King candidates first, then Queen candidates.

Steve Baranoski – Lambda Chi Alpha

Derek Ensinger – Delta Tau Delta

Blake Johnson – Alpha Tau Omega

Colin “Tyler” Preston – Charles Sumner Harrison Organization

Amanda Case – Omicron Chi Theta

Amber Davis – Sigma Kappa

Jen Kuhn – Chi Omega

Jessica “Lippy” Lipniskas – Alpha Xi Delta

Alison Matas – Honors House

The Power of a Wish

Ed’s Note:  Chelsey Scott will be writing for Writing on the Mall, please give her a warm welcome.  For full disclosure, Scott is a Chi Omega.  Also, apologies for the delay in getting this article out.  Things will be much more on time now, I promise.

If you had lunch or dinner in Gilman on Wednesday, September 1, you may have noticed lots of pies outside. And not the kind of pie you eat – the kind of pie you throw. At Chi Omegas, to be specific. This year’s first on-campus fundraiser was held by the women of Chi Omega in their annual Pie-A-Chi charity event, proceeds benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation, their national philanthropy. After taking last year off from the event, Pie-A-Chi was brought back by popular demand this fall. And when I say popular, I mean popular. The event raised more money than it has in the last five years with a grand total of over $600! Not bad for four hours and thirteen tubs of whipped cream huh?

For those who may have missed the event, students who wished to pie one of the women paid either $3 for a throw or $5 for a smash in the face. Not only were the Chi Omegas the targets, special guest appearances were made by Delta Tau Delta’s Derek Ensinger, Alpha Tau Omega’s Drew Schulte, Sigma Kappa’s Amber Davis, (then) Rho Gammas Alex Edelbrock and Kasey Woodworth, and student body President, Josh Maxwell. The women of Chi Omega want to send a million thanks to these individuals for being such great sports to raise money for this fantastic cause! And another thanks to all the people who paid to pie a Chi – you helped share the power of a wish, the mission of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation raises money to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit www.wish.org.

Rock-A-Day: Rush Edition

Interfraternity Council painted the rock this week to make the campus aware that it was Rush Week.  What looked better…the Rock, or the masterful use of Word when making the event poster this year?  Rush week continues tonight with events from Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, and Delta Tau Delta.  You can find the full schedule on the Writing on the Mall calendar.

GREEK WEEK: Chalking on the Mall Edition

Tonight’s event was Chalking on the Mall with each house making a chalk image of a selected Nickelodeon show.  Here’s what happened:

Lambda Chi Alpha’s rendition of The Angry Beavers (click image for larger version).

Delta Tau Delta’s rendition of Hey Arnold (click image for larger version).

A few of the Delts got bored and also drew Invader Zim (Or The Tallest, according to some people) and GIR (click image for larger version).

Chi Omega’s rendition of The Wild Thornberrys (click image for larger version).

Alpha Tau Omega’s creation (click image for larger version).

Alpha Xi Delta’s rendition of the Rugrats and Aaa! Real Monsters (click image for larger version).

Sigma Kappa’s rendition of CatDog as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of Marietta College (click image for larger version).

Looking Back: 2004 and 2005 Floods Changed College Preparedness

It was Friday Sept. 17, 2004. Remnants of Hurricane Ivan had just come through dropping almost five inches of rain over the Mid-Ohio Valley during the day. The Ohio River and its tributaries were already swollen due to three and a half inches of rain from the week before, when remnants of Hurricane Frances came through.

Early that Friday morning the National Weather Service in Charleston predicted that the Ohio River at Marietta would crest just above flood stage. Then later that afternoon, the National Weather Service called off the flood warning and said that the Ohio River at Marietta would crest more than a foot below flood stage.

Read more…

PHOTOS: ATO Brotherhood Auction

The main thing I got pictures of (before falling asleep and not getting back to Up ’til Dawn, apologies) was ATO’s Brotherhood Auction.  They raised a lot of money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.  Here are some photos from the event.

Interfraternity Council Rush Continues Tonight!

This one is for all the men of Marietta College.  If you are interested in joining one of the three fraternities on campus, then head out to one of the rush events the rest of this week.  This is your chance to meet all three houses and find out which one is the best fit for you.  IFC Exec Board officers will be present to answer any questions you may have regarding the chapters or Greek Life as a whole.

ATO – Alpha Tau Omega
DTD – Delta Tau Delta
LXA – Lambda Chi Alpha

TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

5 to 7 PM – ATO – Paintball – Meet at ATO House
6 to 8 PM – DTD – Capture the Flag – DU Field
7 to 9 PM – LXA – Sports Night – Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

5 to 7 PM – ATO – High Steaks – ATO House
7 to 9 PM – LXA – Football on the Field – Parsons Field
9 to 11 PM – DTD – Rush Journey – DTD House

THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

5 to 6:30 PM – ATO – ATO Leadershape – ATO House
5 to 6:30 PM – LXA – Lambda Las Vegas – Gathering Place
5:30 to 7 PM – DTD – Hoagies and Stoagies – DTD House

7:30 PM – Bid Handouts

Move In Dates

If you are a Greek Mover, you can move in starting on Wednesday.

If you are an incoming Freshman, you can move in Thursday.

If you are an upperclassman student that has not already moved in, you can move in Saturday or Sunday.