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pa GE 22 The House Autism Built Award-winning photojournalist Carolyn Van Houten chronicles one family’s life with autism spectrum disorder. Looking Back Knock-knock. Who’s there? Accordion. Accordion who? Accordion to Kappapedia, this photo was snapped of members of Delta kappa archives Theta Chapter, Goucher, about a year before it closed in 1943 as a result of a decline in 1942 Greek life during World War II.

fall 2016 on Page 36 “After a lifetime of concussions, I’d love for someone else to make good use of my brain when I no longer need it.” —Katherine sloan snedaker FouNDer oF PINK CoNCuSSIoNS Fall 2016, Volume 133, No. 2

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2 Feedback Head First 3 Letter from the Editor By Kristen LeFevre In sports where 4 The Mix female and male Summer camp is the 26 athletes are covered antidote to an all-too- by the same rules and wear modern childhood. the same equipment, women are more likely to sustain Molly Beauregard’s concussions than men. So avant-garde college course why aren’t women’s brain in consciousness, creativity injuries getting their share and identity has students of the spotlight? wait-listed to enroll.

From the Archives: The House State of the Art: Tade Kuhn’s Autism Built larger-than-life portrait By catherine roe BucK mace Award-winning 38 Through the Keyhole 33photojournalist How Kirstin Maldonado’s Carolyn Van Houten dream of being a Disney chronicles one family’s princess led to the life with severe autism founding of Grammy- spectrum disorder. winning a cappella group Pentatonix.

41 Make a note 42 In Brief 44 Key Achievements 47 In Memoriam

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Volume 133, No. 2 Fall 2016

The Key is the first college women’s fraternity magazine, published continuously since 1882.

Editor Kristin Johnson Sangid, Georgia Southern Associate Editor Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana Contributing Editors Melisse Campbell, Mississippi Lucy First Gerlach, DePauw Leanne Aurich Matullo, Pittsburgh SommerAnn McCullough, Denison Jodi Noding, Florida Kait Smith Lanthier, Marist Editorial Board Chairman Judy Stewart Ducate, Texas Tech Fraternity Vice President Elizabeth Bailey, Mississippi Executive Director Kari Kittrell Director of Marketing and Communications Lynch Syndrome Awareness Ashley Gilbert Moyer, Purdue Marketing Assistant Lauren Every, Ohio State On May 29, 2015, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. While this Design Em Dash doesn’t seem like it would be related to colorectal cancer, for female carriers Printed by The Watkins Printing Company, of certain genetic mutations, it most definitely is. Columbus, Ohio

The Key (ISSN 1063-4665) is published My family has had early Shocked magazine publication, BAToday, by the Kappa Kappa Gamma Frater- nity and Foundation, 530 E. Town St., onset (under age 50) colorec- I was shocked to see the cover for Bayside Academy in Daphne, Columbus, OH 43215. Printed in the tal cancer in four generations. of the Spring 2016 issue of The Alabama. I am wowed by your United States of America, copyright Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 2014. We know that at least one Key. It’s wrong for so many recent publication of The Key! Subscription price is $3. branch of the family carries reasons, even though it’s likely The layout and design is mod- POSTMASTER: Send address changes to one of the mutations for Lynch a staged photo and no one was ern and clean, the articles are The Key Syndrome (Hereditary Non- actually in danger (I hope!) I’m contemporary and relevant. I P.O. Box 38 Polyposis Colorectal Cancer.) very surprised it passed the especially liked the article “The Columbus, OH 43216-0038 My doctors suggested I start review process without raising Highest Honor.” Kappa Kappa Gamma colonoscopies at age 40. What I any red flags. My husband and 6 —Debbie Gehlen Headquarters P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038 didn’t discover until my cancer year-old son were also shocked Denniston, Alabama Phone: 866-554-1870 (866-KKG-1870) diagnosis, is that in women to see such an unsafe use of a who carry the Lynch/HNPCC treadmill. My son knows not to With a Cuppa Email Kappa: [email protected] Email The Key: [email protected] mutation, the risk of atypical play on or around them, ever! On I have been receiving The endometrial cancer is high. a positive note, I love the redesign Key for years...but only recently To change your address or stop receiving The Key, email kkghq@kkg. Women in families with a his- of The Key and its content. I have found it interesting org or call the number above. Please tory of colorectal cancer need always read the articles and learn enough to sit down with a cup include full name. to let their doctors know of something new and important. of coffee and read it cover to any irregular vaginal bleeding, Kudos to the team! cover. I love the format and the especially if they are under age —Suzanne Gepson content, and the stories of my facebook.com/kappakappagamma facebook.com/TheKeyMagazine 50. If you have concerns about Hagen, Colorado College fellow KKG alumnae make me twitter.com/kappakappagamma genetic cancers, talk to your proud to be among them. Keep linkedin.com Keyword: Kappa Kappa Gamma doctor and get a referral to a Wowed up the great work! www.kappa.org/blog genetic counselor. Thank you I was initiated into Kappa — Jennifer McGuire, for supporting women’s health in 1969 at the University of Bucknell and bringing up a sometimes Alabama and have worked in thinkstock uncomfortable topic. education for 40 years. For the —Kristen Dillon last 10 years I have been the Lummis, Colorado College journalism advisor of a

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Delete, Delete, Delete — use this key as needed owl-icon

“The owl, the key, y husband said in a casual way, “You can be the fleur-de-lis,” is a tune Kappas know sensitive.” There wasn’t any “tone” to his too well. It’s the innocent statement. Maybe that’s why it landed perfect caption for all things Kappa like a thud to me. As soon as he uttered the words on social media, especially when I tried not to let it be. I’m a lawyer and we are not paired with Kappa- known for being noticeably sensitive, are we? Nah. esque emojis, M which already But I appreciated (a little too First is acknowledging delete key, sometimes words include a golden much) the irony in how those responsibilty when criticism is can continue to sting. I was very words prove themselves due, but also knowing when and saddened that one of Kappa’s key and a gold true. Who doesn’t want to how to not let it be a negative 2016 Olympians was subjected fleur-de-lis. Thanks retort, “No, I’m not!” Instead, I factor. It requires openness to to online bullying. I am thankful to a unicode chose the equally bad response: accept criticism and usually it’s that I have never had to deal Consortium “Really?” Next came his easier from someone you trust, with bullying on a personal kind-intentioned clarification, even though it might sting. Then level, but I have seen it, albeit update, an owl “Sometimes you can be sensi- there is not dwelling on it. The rarely, among some of the emoji is coming tive.” “Sometimes?” I squeaked. best approach I’ve found is to women I advise. It’s often in soon! The owl is Ugh, now I was really trying to turn it into a positive, so instead the form of luring someone to reign in the emotions. I couldn’t of trying to be less sensitive, I’m comment back. In that situa- our official mascot be angry, nor weepy, because working on perceiving criticism tion, it’s like I used to tell my and symbolizes it would reinforce what I was as an opportunity for personal daughter when she was small wisdom. This new trying to resist. And as members growth to be open and receptive. and incessantly teased by her icon will complete of the opposite sex are wont to That advice sounds peaches twin brother: Don’t take the do, he kept digging. (Argh, he’s and roses or unicorns and bait. Easier said than done. In the Kappa emoji not getting my verbal cues that rainbows until the actual words fact, my husband just asked me trifecta. How will this isn’t going well). Next came land in the form of a rude or to turn down the TV and instead you show it off? a fairly on-point example from undeserved comment delivered I turned it off. Sensitive, much? that day of me being sensitive. by an internet troll. In that case, This endeavor might take It was true. And I couldn’t even all bets are off and I follow what some work. say that was a long time ago. I learned from a celebrity who It’s no coincidence that happens to be a Kappa: “Delete. around this time of begrudg- Delete. Delete.” I actually ingly accepting my sometimes repeat the words in her chipper sensitive nature, I have also intonation. It works, I promise. —Kristin Sangid, Editor found myself sharing advice to The delete key may be the best others about how I handle crit- invention of the digital world, or icism. In fact, sometimes I feel at least a way to cope with it.

unicode consortium like an old pro at it. Despite the quick fix of the

get involved www.kappa.org | 3 “I hear parents say this is part of their child’s education. It gives them such a sense of pride that they’ve given their children this wonderful chance to grow.” — Tweety Albritton Eastland Texas owner of camp mysTIc

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Camp Value — An old idea may be just the cure for the new pressures of modern childhood.

abins, counselors, canoes and crafts in the great outdoors. The classic sleepaway summer camp may sound like a throwback, but in an age of over-scheduled and Cover-screened childhoods, throwbacks could very well be what kids need most.

The benefits of this time-hon- of the modern world.” Marsha ored tradition go beyond fresh chalks the change up to the taste air and exercise, say the owners of independence campers get of two legendary camps for girls when they step away from home in the Texas Hill Country. Camp for a spell. “They learn a whole Mystic’s Tweety Albritton lot of living at camp,” she says. Eastland, Texas, and Camp Beneficial as camps may be, Waldemar’s Marsha English they can also arouse home- Elmore, SMU, tend to talk more sickness, fears of fitting in, about how their campers grow performance anxiety and other as people than how well they stresses in children new to Top: Alexa Willy competes take to horseback riding and the routine. Having helped in archery on Field Day at archery. “They start to feel good turn countless kids into happy Camp Waldemar in Hunt, in their own skin here and leave campers, Tweety and Marsha Texas; Right: At Camp Mystic, also in Hunt, Texas, campers more confident than when they shared the following tips to get plenty of outdoor time arrived,” says Tweety. “They get prepare for this rite of passage.

away from digital life. the tools to handle the pressures —Steve Wilson camp mystic courtesy from left: elizabet quinones;

6 | Fall 2016 Make it a family affair “It’s important to make Kids need to have a say in the it through the weeks decision to come to camp, and a tour or promotional video may they’re here, and we help them make up their minds. work through the hard “Parents have an idea of what spots with a little extra camp’s all about, but their kids TLC. Once the child may not,” says Marsha. “It’s important to see what we do gets more involved here ahead of time.” then she takes off.”

Get your affairs “Just wish them fun and in order good times and praise them for Run through the basics of living adjusting to this new experi- out of a suitcase with your child: ence,” says Marsha. how to separate dirty clothes from clean ones, how to hang Avoid escape clauses wet clothes for drying, how to “You can come home if you keep toothpaste and other toilet- don’t like it” is a ball your child ries together in a bucket or bag. may pick up and run with the And while you’re at it, take your moment homesickness sets in. child on a pre-camp shopping “If an out has been promised, trip. Nothing builds excitement the child may have the attitude like spending parental cash. of giving up,” says Tweety. “It’s important to make it through Fess up the weeks they’re here, and we Death in the family? Recent work through the hard spots divorce? ADHD diagnosis? with a little extra TLC. Once the Come clean with the camp child gets more involved then director about any changes in she takes off.” your home life that may impact your child’s mood and behavior. Keep it in perspective “At camp these things will sur- Nobody said that sending your face when children have quiet child away from the nest to time,” says Tweety. “If I can live with a bunch of strangers confidentially tell counselors to for the first time was going to be aware, they’re more prepared be easy. “Parents usually need if it surfaces.” more preparation for camp than kids,” Marsha says. That Less news is preparation starts when you good news realize every worthwhile expe- It’s fun to get letters from rience has its ups and downs, home—but not when those and your child will be better for letters make home sound more riding them. fun than camp! Don’t tell them “I hear parents say this is part what they’re missing at home. of their child’s education,” says And while you’re at it, don’t lay Tweety. “It gives them such a an accidental guilt trip on them sense of pride that they’ve given either with lines like, “We sure their children this wonderful

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Students meditate in Molly Beauregard’s “Consciousness, Creativity and Identity” course at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Tuning the Student Mind

— An idea turns into an experiment, which turns into a popular class, which turns into a documentary—is a movement next?

lmost 10 years ago, molly liebler beauregard, Michigan, an adjunct professor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, started noticing a difference in her sociology students. They were increasingly becoming distracted, distant, disaffected. courtesy tuning the student mind Social media was taking hold, brimming with the type of psychological markers at similar Athe economy was starting to out-of-the-box thinkers who rates to universities around the teeter, and the message that become the automotive design- U.S.—just what Molly was seeing every kid needed to be not only ers, filmmakers and artists in her classes. data driven and college-bound of tomorrow. “It’s too easy to point to one but destined for economic and At a college meeting, staff thing,” Molly says. “It’s a com- personal greatness was taking was told the school was seeing bination of the needing a job a toll—even at CCS, a college rates of depression and other and social media and celebrity

8 | Fall 2016 translate to a classroom setting, the Student Mind.” She was one Molly asked a couple of students of the students in Molly’s first to learn the practice—including “Consciousness, Creativity and film student Chelsea Richer, Identity” classes that used med- who had taken one of Molly’s itation as part of the class. other sociology classes. But even after graduation, “I was her test student,” “The story kept pulling me Richer says. “It was such a kick- back,” Chelsea says. After a “It’s a combination start in my life. It was a new tool conversation with documentary of the needing a job in my toolbox to relax and let producer Una Jackman, who and social media and the creativity flow. It led to an told her, “That sounds like it overall better experience in col- could be a movie,” Chelsea got celebrity worship. lege. I felt that this was the class to work reinvisioning her earlier We hold competing she should be teaching. She “Tuning the Student Mind” film. dreams. We want to should be giving her students A Kickstarter campaign raised the gift of meditation.” about $26,000 and led to the be the star of our own Ultimately, Molly prevailed opportunity to do a 27-minute show and to live in and “Consciousness, Creativity documentary on Molly, other worthwhile culture.” and Identity,” a junior-level class students and the class. featuring meditation, was held The longer, updated “Tuning starting in 2011. The three-hour the Student Mind” documentary block features a traditional syl- was chosen for the Detroit Free labus along with 20 minutes of Press Film Festival in 2015 and meditation. “We have used both has also appeared on Detroit Transcendental Meditation and PBS stations. It was selected as a worship. We hold competing Primordial Sound Meditation,” Social Media Impact Award final- dreams. We want to be the star she says. “Both mantra-based ist and and is offered on the SIMA of our own show and to live in meditations are taught by profes- Classroom website. worthwhile culture.” sionally trained instructors.” Molly and Chelsea hope the Some of it is the “Home The result? A calming and refo- film spreads the word. Molly Depot” experience, she says. cusing of the mind. has been writing curriculum “We are overwhelmed by “The class was very word of and talking with other colleges choices. I kept thinking about mouth,” she says. “I wasn’t sure who express interest. “We it—how to get my students to be if anyone would come.” But the are working to expand the excited about learning.” timing was on the money. “After conversation about integrat- So Molly did the unex- a couple years of school, students ing meditation into academic pected. She took a year off and are starting to value self-reflec- courses on college campuses studied how to bring medita- tion and they’re exhausted by across the country,” Chelsea tion—which she had been curriculum at that point of their says, then, “sociology, psy- practicing for more than 20 school career,” Molly says. chology or film classes could years and which brought her For many students, the results be a natural fit.” Back at CCS, peace and opened her up to were transformative. “It changes there are now two sections learning—to her classroom. their perception of themselves.” of “Consciousness, Creativity For decades, meditation has Molly says. “What they have and Identity.” And don’t think been offered in the community been told about themselves about arriving late to register rooms of college campuses as may not be true. It’s less about for it. “It’s become the class enrichment—but incorporat- meditation than getting you to people want to take. You have ing it into a for-credit class identify that, “I am more than to sign up the first day or was unchartered territory. And my choices.” you will be on a wait list,” initially, the idea was strongly So dramatic were the effects Chelsea says. resisted by some administrators of meditation for Richer that “Tuning the Student Mind” is who considered it too spiritual she changed her senior the- available for purchase on Vimeo and not academic enough. sis to tracking the students’ On Demand for $2.99. www. To bolster her case and think experience with meditation, tuningthestudentmind.com. about how meditation could making a film called “Tuning —By Jodi Noding, Florida

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“My personal style is preppy. I like bright colors, prints, happy clothing.”

Pump Up the Jams — f you ask devon hoppe misch, usc (calif.), what inspired her to create her own line of active wear, she’ll answer with one word: black. More specifically: racks upon racks of black yoga pants, black tank tops and black sports bras. “My personal style is preppy. I like bright colors, prints, happy clothing,” says Devon. I“Black clothing was boring. It wasn’t what I wanted to wear.” Now, Devon is the founder and CEO of Devon Maryn, an activewear line dedicated to helping women exercise in color. We asked this founder and fashionista— who aims for five, one-hour workouts per week—what she keeps in her matthew cole gym bag to keep her motivated and prepared for her weekly workouts. Devon works with industry experts who advise her on —By Kait Smith Lanthier, Marist manufacturing.

10 | Fall 2016 Sweating the Small Stuff Looking good is half the battle. From a good book, to a water bottle that keeps water cold for hours to the Fitbit that dances on your wrist when you hit your daily goal. Here are Devon’s cheats to get through the last brutal five minutes.

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Gone to the Dogs

— teaching old (and not so old) dogs new tricks.

s founder, CEO and resident “Doggie Deeva” at Applause Your Paws in South Florida, Dee Hoult, Miami, works with pooches from the dog next door to the canine companions of celebrities. Her clients include Leah Black of “Real Housewives of Miami,” MiamiA Heat player Hassan Whiteside, and pop artist Romero Britto— to name a few. Sarah Kropp, Allegheny, sat down with Dee—one of only 200 certified dog behavior consultants in the world—to learn a few tips from Miami’s hottest dog trainer.

SK: How did you get into the MBA in 1997. I was volunteer- DH: I believe in teaching the dog training business? ing and training at rescues and dogs that when they make good DH: I won my first blue ribbon shelters, but I saw an opening in choices, they will be rewarded. in 1987 with a Border Collie the Miami market for rewards- My slogan, “You don’t have Right: Dee and Ransom, a mix named Babe. While it was based training. to be RUFF to teach your dog Terrier Mix she trained who thinkstock became the first mixed breed always a hobby of mine, I didn’t stuff,” was inspired by all the canine in Florida to earn a start to think that it could be my SK: Tell me about rewards- dogs I have been able to teach championship trick dog title job until I was completing my based training. without the use of physical

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punishment—just kindness, to learn that “Mom is the only For your determination and a tasty bag one that is important and is the of treats! source of my happiness.” #girlBoss SK: When should a dog SK: My dog Winston has owner seek out a professional been known to steal sand- every #GirlBoss needs inspiration in dog trainer? wiches from kids at the park. her life—no matter what stage of her career DH: When you first bring a What gives? dog into your home, even just DH: I can say that sometime she is facing. Find empowerment in the one private lesson makes a in his life, Winston has been pages of these memoirs. huge difference. You have to provided reinforcement for learn from the start to make that behavior. Take away the —Compiled by SommerAnn McCullough, Denison dog training a lifestyle, not just opportunities for his bad behav- a chore to be done right now. ior while also using positive It shouldn’t just be when you reinforcement (lots of kisses have a problem. and good treats) to reward him when he does what he should. SK: How do you advise clients who have a new puppy with a SK: Does it take special chewing habit? skills to communicate with DH: If you are having a prob- dogs effectively? lem with destructive chewing, DH: Being consistent and making then your dog has too much little changes really affect the freedom. Let your dog earn his big picture, because your dog is freedom … or as we like to call always learning. I don’t speak dog it N.I.L.F. or “nothing in life is and my dogs surely don’t speak #GirlBoss Big Magic free.” It is always about who has English, but we get pretty close to By soPhia amoruso By eLizaBeth giLBert the resources. Your dog needs somewhere in the middle. The original #GirlBoss and It can be hard to find founder of Nasty Gal shares your “passion” with so her secret to success from many choices— school dropout to Ceo. Liz helps us discover our hidden creativity.

Daring: Almost Famous My Passages Women By gaiL sneehy By megan mayhew Bergma one woman’s memoir shares enough grit and These 13 vignettes of unconventional career women will have you ready moves to inspire to face any challenge— any woman to go after regardless of how history

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get involved www.kappa.org | 13 mıxTHE A Girl’s House Is Her Castle — cinderella might live in a castle, but a kappa lives in a kastle.

ith newly built, modern university housing options on the rise, how do sorority housing experiences measure up? Whether it is a home that is rich with history, full of opportunities for sisterly bonding or ripe with options of delicious, chef-made Wmeals, these chapter houses are second to none.

A Historic Gem Shutters of Blue Beta Pi, WashingtOn Beta Omega, OregOn

In 1930, Beta Pi Chapter and occupy a nearby home, Located on East 15th Ave. capacity of 55 live-ins. The built a 16,000 square foot brick called “Gus’s House” in honor in Eugene, Oregon, the Beta sun porch is a popular place top left: ellie mortenson; nicole salcido home across from the campus of its former owner, a longtime Omega chapter house is a to do homework, eat lunch entrance. In 1932, Beta Pi neighbor. Up to 98 members bustling base for members, and catch some rays. A dads gave the chapter a new live in the two residences. who frequently drop by to unique feature of the house Frigidaire, “the largest model,” Chef Steve publishes the chap- eat meals together or take a is the costume closet: It the women boasted in The Key. ter’s delicious menus at www. break between classes. The contains clothes accumulated Today, the home has a recently wickedhealthypeeps.com. Fun chapter has been in the same over many decades, perfect renovated formal living room, fact: The Beta Pi property is home since its founding in for a themed gathering or study rooms, energy-effi- one of the only homes in the 1913, and the close proxim- just a night out. A blue front cient windows (and modern UW Greek system to have a ity to campus creates a high door and blue shutters add appliances). They also own grass lawn. demand to live in, with a touches of Kappa flair.

14 | Fall 2016 South Quad Stunner Denton Digs Gamma OmeGa, Denison ZeTa SiGma, north texas

The Gamma Omega chap- was added. By 2008, major Located in Denton, their favorite things about it. ter house is located on the updates included three new Texas, Zeta Sigma chapter’s Sisters enjoy movie mara- South Quad, which became furnaces, a remodeled kitchen house, with its fleur-de- thons on the comfy couch in part of campus when the and air conditioning. A fun lis patterned entry, has the chapter room, hosting Shepardson College for fact: Gamma Omega Chapter been called the “Kastle” study parties in the office Women merged with Denison operated as a local sorority, since it was built in 2003. and conference room, as well University in 1900. The rose- Kappa Phi, for 50 years before Members count their House as cooking family-style din- brick house was built in 1950. being installed as Gamma Director, reasonable costs ners in the kitchen for the 25 In 1959, a large chapter room Omega in 1929. and proximity to campus as members who live in.

From Farmhouse to Fabulous Sorority Court Gamma TheTa, Drake Gamma kappa, william & mary

Gamma Theta Chapter for the House Director. The Designed by architect to another house and Kappa members reside in the Millie house has undergone two Charles Robinson, who also moved in. A prime loca- Y. and Frank P. Mattes House, expansions to accommodate designed many of the “old tion, the house sits on the which is listed on the National the growing chapter. The campus” buildings, Gamma Homecoming parade route, Register of Historic Places. lower level has a scholarship Kappa Chapter’s brick which members and alumnae Built in 1910, it was originally room used for studying and home on Richmond Road watch from the front porch a farmhouse and was con- meetings, as well as a workout is owned by the university, with its charming arched verted to a sorority house in facility. What remains a con- but has been maintained lookout. In 2012, with the 1959 after being purchased by stant in the house is Kappa and furnished by the House financial support of alumna Gamma Theta. The exterior pride—the exterior entryway Board since 1929. The home Sally Ives Gore, the House is a remarkable three-story even boasts a large rendering was originally built for Alpha Board was able to complete a

top left: jessica braid; kellye bos; robin myers; charlotte mccarter bos; kellye top left: jessica braid; Tudor with a carriage house of our golden key. Chi Omega until it moved major renovation.

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Modeling for catalogs and magazine spreads, Alexandra says “Fat-ism is the last ‘ism’ acceptable in our culture. And that stops now.” Curves Ahead

— A former model and advocate weighs in on the plus side of the modeling industry.

he’s a modeling industry fixture. Her image has

appeared on the pages of hundreds of magazines and courtesy alexandra boos catalogs. She has collaborated with America’s top designers including Tommy Hilfiger and Liz Claiborne. And she’s a woman who wears a size 14.

| 16 S Fall 2016 Many of us think of models as for it—and didn’t. She confronted a startup with a cause skinny-minnies with perfectly the designer and made her stance slender bodies, but Alexandra clear: Either she would receive Boos, Michigan, has spent her equal pay, or she would remove career empowering women of herself from the project. The PICC Up Lines all sizes to change the way they designer heard her and made it see themselves through fashion. right. But it shouldn’t have been “What we wear is a vehicle to an issue at all. How an entrepreneur with Lyme disease is the lives we live,” Alexandra Now retired from day-to-day making Lyme into lemonade. says. “Fashion is a doorway to be modeling, Alexandra recently your best self.” launched the Curves Division at It was 1989 when Alexandra True Model Management and is Emily Levy, BaBson, likes to joke that doctors say she’s moved east from her home in the marketing and creative direc- “the illest.” But it took more than 10 doctors almost seven years Michigan to become an actress; tor for PLUS Model magazine. to figure out what was making Emily so sick. “I was misdiag- New York City had other plans. Alexandra’s business is boom- nosed so many times,” Emily says. “They thought it was mono. “So many people that I met in the ing and, given the demographics At one point, they thought it might be cancer, depression or anx- city encouraged me to model, not of the U.S., it should come as no iety—everything but Lyme.” to act,” Alexandra remembers. surprise. According to NPD, a (How can I be a model? I’m a market research firm tracking By the time Emily was for- Central Catheter)—“essentially a size 14,” she thought.) Still, she fashion industry trends, in 1985, mally diagnosed with chronic long-term IV,” Emily explains— heeded the advice and was signed the average woman wore a size neurologic Lyme (includ- inserted through a vein in her as a plus-size model with Ford— 8. Today, she wears a size 14. ing coinfections of Babesia upper arm to deliver antibiotics the first modeling agency she Plus-size apparel represents and Bartonella), she was a and other medications directly visited. The work was steady, and almost eighteen billion dollars freshman in college and the into her heart. Emily’s nurses Alexandra was in demand, shoot- of the 116 billion-dollar wom- disease had spread to her brain advised her that she’d need to ing campaigns for Lane Bryant, en’s-apparel business, and in the and spinal cord. Treatment cover her PICC line and the foot Catherine’s and German brand past three years it has grown by via oral antibiotics proved of extension tubing attached to Ulla Popken (among others). almost 20 percent. ineffective, so doctors told her it. After searching for solutions She was glad to have the Even so, there is more work to she’d need a PICC line (short among Lyme survivors online, work but dismayed to find that be done. In 2016, most cloth- for Peripherally Inserted she found a stop-gap measure: plus-size models didn’t share ing brands still end their size the same treatment as their offerings at 14, despite the fact traditional counterparts. On site that more than two-thirds of for a major department store’s American women wear a size 14 catalog shoot, Alexandra was or larger. “I’ve come across so included, but highly neglected. many things in my career that it’s She was asked to arrive first to important for me now to be an the set with full hair and makeup advocate,” Alexandra explains. done. After her shoot wrapped, To that end, Alexandra founded Alexandra noticed the other (and serves as the CEO of ) the (thinner) models were getting nonprofit Luminous Foundation, their hair and makeup done by which seeks to empower women professionals. “It was a blatant and youth through fashion and stepchild feeling,” Alexandra entertainment. explains. “And I said no more.” Whether in front of the fash- But inequalities went beyond ion industry’s lenses or behind hair and makeup and into pay. them, Alexandra sees her role Alexandra recalls an invitation these days as a voice for equality to collaborate with a designer on for women of all sizes. And she’s a new full-figured collection—a not looking to quiet her voice project she was thrilled to be down on the subject anytime a part of until she learned she soon. “Fat-ism is the last ‘ism’ would be paid one-third of what a acceptable in our culture,” she skinnier model made for the same says. “And that stops now.”

courtesy emily levy emily courtesy work. Alexandra wouldn’t stand —By Laura Vinci, Kansas

get involved www.kappa.org | 17 mıxTHE cutting the foot off a sock to make antimicrobial Spandex rein- August 2015, and it’s easy to see a stretchy sleeve. forced with medical grade why: Figures from the National The result was less than elastic to hold it securely in Institutes of Health reveal that ideal (slouchy, unfashionable), place. Treatments take place over a million PICCs are placed but for the spring semester of through the hole in the lining, so each year in the U.S. to treat a her first year in college, Emily a patient’s insertion site is never myriad of illnesses. wore her sock everywhere. “I exposed. When Emily tried the But Emily’s company is getting thought, ‘There has to be a bet- first of two prototypes from the attention beyond the consumer ter way to protect your PICC company’s U.S.-based manufac- market. Last year, PICC Perfect line,’” Emily says. turer, she knew she was on to exceeded its $10,000 Kickstarter There wasn’t, as it turns something big. goal, raising $13,200. In the out. So, after teaming up with She wasn’t the only one. past 18 months, the company co-founder Yousef Al-Humaidhi, Online sales of PICC Perfect’s was named Babson’s Student Emily developed a protective covers have been booming Business of the Year and won sleeve made of moisture-wicking since the product’s launch in a number of entrepreneurship competitions, including the Beantown Throwdown, Purdue’s Big Sell and the Rhode Island lyme 101 Business Plan Competition. Riding high on the wave of The Centers for Disease Control esti- success, Emily and her team, mate that around 300,000 people are including vice president of diagnosed with Lyme disease in the U.S. financeJulianne Carlin, Babson, each year. However, because diagnosing are now expanding their offerings Lyme can be difficult, patients may be with male-friendly colors and misdiagnosed with other conditions, designs, plus a waterproof cover and many experts believe the true num- for patients to wear in the shower. ber of cases is much higher. This summer they launched PICC’ed Up Kids, producing What kinds of ticks carry lyme? Lyme disease is caused by pint-sized covers for children the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted primarily by who are undergoing treatment via deer ticks prevalent in the Northeast, Northwest and parts of the PICC lines. They’ll also launch upper Midwest—with 14 states accounting for over 96 percent of a rebranding effort. MightyWell cases reported. In order to transmit the bacteria, an infected tick will continue to offer the PICC must be attached to a person’s skin for at least 24–48 hours. Perfect line of covers but will expand into other medical acces- What are the symptoms of lyme? Many people who have sory products, starting with a line Lyme disease develop a rash shaped like a bullseye—an expand- of shirts featuring openings that ing ring of solid redness—or a red bump surrounded by clear skin provide safe and easy access for that is ringed by an expanding red rash. The rash is usually at the patients who have medical ports site of a tick bite and may be accompanied by flu-like symptoms in their chests. such as fever, headache, fatigue, and muscle and joint aches. Although she’s not Lyme-free (and may never be), Emily says What should I do if I suspect I’ve contracted lyme? If you she is “about 60 percent better” have been bitten by a tick, have a bullseye rash or flu-like symp- and does not currently require toms, and live in (or have recently traveled to) an area where Lyme treatment via a PICC line. But disease occurs, see your doctor right away. Early diagnosis (via a she can’t rule out returning to two-step blood test) and treatment (via antibiotics) of Lyme dis- treatment in the future. While ease can prevent serious illness and long-term complications. “Lyme is the worst best thing that ever happened to me,” she How can lyme be prevented? You can help prevent being says, “I always wanted to have a exposed to ticks by making sure you wear protective clothing business. I realized this is what thinkstock and apply insect repellant containing DEET, especially when I’m supposed to do.” spending time in grassy or wooded areas where ticks live. —By Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana

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get involved www.kappa.org | 19 Ask Clara Advice for any occasion

Clara Pierce, Ohio State, was Executive Secretary of Kappa Kappa Gamma from 1929–1969. She urged members Dear Clara: I had to “aspire nobly … adventure daringly … but serve humbly.” my Yorkie, “Jimmy Chew,” certified as an emotional support animal so that I can take him everywhere with me. I am a widow, and I feel overwhelming anxiety when we are apart. One of my more opinionated friends thinks I am playing the system. She says she is embarrassed when I bring Jimmy along with us on our lunch dates. I don’t see what the big problem is. Who’s right? —Signed, Gone to the Dogs

Dear Dogs: tion on social media. Does that I’ve considered wearing I assume that you wouldn’t pre- seem a little bridezilla-like to noise-canceling headphones, tend to be blind to get a reduced you? Do I have to comply? but I don’t want to appear un- bus fare, and you wouldn’t —Signed, Unreasonably approachable to my manager pretend to be a paraplegic to use Unplugged and colleagues. Do you have a wheelchair. So, if your Yorkie any advice? is not actually a service animal, Dear unplugged: —Signed, Crying Out Loud I hope you would not try to pass Many couples prefer an unplugged him off as one. Still, if you want affair, eschewing throngs of iPads Dear crying: to maintain your friendship— in their faces at key moments of Approach your cubicle neighbor and if you truly need Jimmy their big day. Your friend likely casually, and say something like: Chew with you at all times due invited you so you can celebrate “I don’t know if you’re aware, but to a documented mental health with her, not play photographer. your voice really carries and I’m condition—consider inviting Bear witness to the moment by having a hard time concentrat- your friend to lunch at your capturing it in your heart and not ing.’” While this might initially place and save your outings with on a screen. It may be uncomfort- offend him, he may also appre- Jimmy for another day. able for you to unplug, but if you ciate your honesty. If he tones love your phone so much that you his volume down, thank him for Dear Clara: can’t put it down for a few hours, his effort. Either way, there will My friend and her fiancé are why don’t you marry it? always be some level of noise in jonathan bartlett asking guests to refrain from your environment. Train yourself Have a question taking pictures or posting Dear Clara: to stay on track and concentrate on for Clara? any images of their upcoming I work in a cubicle setting your tasks, not on your neighbor’s { [email protected] } wedding ceremony or recep- near a very loud coworker. voice—however loud it may be.

20 | Fall 2016 THE From the Archives mıx State of the Art

Painted in 1920 by Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gowdy Baker, Monmouth, the more than 7-foot tall portrait of Kappa’s first Grand President Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, Butler, graces the entranceway of The Heritage Museum. Tade presented her portrait to the Fraternity at the 1920 Golden Jubilee Convention. Ever a strong leader, in 1884 Tade proposed a Fraternity publication, making Kappa Kappa Gamma the first women’s fraternity to publish a magazine. Lizzie herself was a visionary in the art world; she developed her own aquarelle technique in the late 1800s. Her portrait of Tade showcases her mastery of the strength of oil, while retaining the daintiness of watercolor on heavy, imported sheets of watercolor paper. —By Melisse Campbell, Mississippi This portrait of Tade is Elizabeth Goudy Baker’s largest work of art done in pure aquarelle. kappa archives kappa

get involved www.kappa.org | 21 The House Autism Built Photographer Carolyn Van Houten, North Carolina, chronicles one family’s life with the developmental disorder.

A shutter click. A flAsh. for many, these sounds and sights can be tuned out. But for Marcus O’loughlin, that isn’t so easy. When Marcus was three, he was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism. A developmental disorder that affects the neurological development of social and communication skills, autism affects about one in 68 children, according to a study by the centers for Disease control and Prevention. even for an accomplished photographer, the task of documenting Marcus and his family would prove a unique challenge. But when carolyn Van houten started shooting the family in 2012, she was still in college. her photo series on the O’loughlins, “the house Autism Built,” would eventually win her a hearst Photojournalism Picture story award. “the wonderful thing about the O’loughlins—amid the chaos of their everyday lives—always emerges something more beautiful and transcendent than i can ever imagine,” says carolyn.  —CatherineRoebuckMace

22 | fall 2016 get involved www.kappa.org | 23 Marcus has a one-on-one session with his teacher at Middle Creek Elementary School. For the O’Loughlins, having an autism-specific classroom in the area is a stroke of luck. This type of classroom is becoming less common but is vital to Marcus’ develop- ment. Even though Marcus was forced to move up to a higher class level despite being unprepared, to even have the class at all is fortunate.

“I often try to think what it must be like in his little brain and I envision fireworks, just fireworks going off—I don’t know what it’s like in there, but it must be like living with constant noises and sounds and explosions going off all the time.” —Erin O’LOughLin

24 | fall 2016 Marcus’ older sister, Jordan, 12, above left, celebrates the story written in the Cary News about her mom’s efforts to start 3 Irish Jewels Farm, an assisted-living farm for adults with autism. For Jordan and the youngest sibling, Brendan, 7, having a special needs person in their lives is the norm. “That’s their world. So if they see another person with different special needs, it doesn’t even phase them,” says Erin O’Loughlin, the trio’s mother. “That factor of inhibition and fear is simply not there and it’s a beautiful thing.”

get involved www.kappa.org | 25 Marcus’ autism is so severe that he requires assis- tance with daily tasks. As he gets older, the O’Loughlins must weigh the options of what his needs might be as an adult.

One of the classic signs of autism is repetitive, obsessive behavior. Around the time Marcus was diagnosed, he would line up these toy cars precisely on the edge of the bathtub. Brendan mimics this behavior but is not on the spectrum.

26 | fall 2016 “We know in our hearts that Marcus is going to need assistance for the rest of his life. There’s still this hole in our community and our society that exists for adults with autism. It does not stop at age 18. It’s not something you grow out of.”

get involved www.kappa.org | 27 “At the end of the day, children with autism are not given to strong, special people. We are made strong and we are made special by having to raise that child with special needs and, yes, we are very often given more than we can handle.”

Marcus defies autistic stereotypes with an affection for eye contact and hugs. Though the two have never had a conversation—Marcus is non-verbal—Marcus and Erin’s relationship is an ever- evolving journey.

28 | fall 2016 get involved www.kappa.org | 29 Women experience more concussions than men, suffer more severe symptoms and recover more slowly. Why?

No one knows for certain. But Pink Concussions is searching for

the answers by diving into new research Head First

by Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana

30 | fall 2016 get involved www.kappa.org photo by The Voorhes| 31 Like most of us, Katherine Sloan Snedaker, Kansas, founder and executive director of Pink Concussions, intends to make the most of her brain while she’s got it. After all, she can’t take it with her. When the end inevitably comes, it’s her hope (and her advance directive) that scientists studying Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy—a degenerative brain disease caused by repet- itive brain trauma—will make even more of it. But she’s not waiting until then to make a difference.

The flood of media attention highlighting brain damage, of the concussion community and women’s soccer fans alike took to dementia, and suicides among NFL players has inextricably linked the internet to find the research study Nantz quoted. concussions and football in the public psyche. The attention is jus- The quote and the ensuing internet firestorm caught Katherine tified: Last year, researchers working with the Concussion Legacy by surprise. She knew that people would have a hard time finding Foundation conducted a post-mortem study of the brains of men who the source on which Nantz based his comments: Statistics on female had played football at the college, semi-pro and professional levels. Out concussions were traditionally buried within larger research studies. of those 165 brains, 131 showed signs of CTE, indicating that not only Concussions had become her life’s work and women’s concussions is the debilitating disease a risk, it’s probably more prevalent among were a recent focus within that work. So of course, Katherine was able these athletes than previously thought. to put her finger on the study Nantz had misquoted. Tired of firing the But in fixating exclusively on football, the concussion controversy study off via email to anyone who asked to see it, Katherine told her- has lacked a certain breadth. That’s because beyond the line of scrim- self, “Everybody is talking about this, but nobody knows where to go mage, it’s women—not men—who are most likely to be concussed. to get information.” She decided there needed to be a central hub for Today, the national conversation on concussions is shifting from information about female concussions—and she’d be the one to build it. blue to pink thanks in large part to Katherine Snedaker, a licensed Three days after Super Bowl XLVII, Katherine launched clinical social worker, leading concussion expert and educator. But it’s PinkConcussions.com. The website focused on women who suf- also thanks in small part to Bob Scheiffer, Jim Nantz, and a Super Bowl fered one or more concussions—not only from sports, but also from pregame misquote that rocked the internet. abuse, accidents and military service. “The sports piece of women and concussions is what interests a lot It was 9:30 on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday 2013. of people, but it’s bigger than that,” Katherine says. On CBS—the network airing the big game later that day—“Face the That’s why Pink Concussions promotes concussions as a lifespan Nation” was broadcasting live from New Orleans’ Jackson Square, issue for every woman, both on and off the athletic field. just down the road from the Superdome where the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers were set to face off. Moderator Bob Katherine’s firsthand experience with the lifespan of Schieffer’s guests—NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, football ana- concussions is painful and personal. She was 16 when she received her lyst Jim Nantz, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms and Hall of first concussion, and she has had more than 20 concussions to date. Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe—gathered to discuss the issue of Even now, she eschews dwelling on them. concussions in professional football. Schieffer’s line of questioning “I learned early on that it was best to not mention the headaches to made it clear: He wasn’t aiming to make this a cakewalk for the NFL. doctors who had no understanding of my experience,” she says. In an effort to reframe the conversation and draw some heat away In 2008, Katherine’s son Charlie took a soccer ball to the head. The from football, Nantz referred to a study he’d read in preparation for the resulting concussion kept him sidelined from school for three months. show: “Research shows, at the college level, a women’s soccer player is In the year that followed, he sustatained four more concussions. two and a half times more likely to suffer a concussion than a college Katherine was puzzled and there wasn’t much doctors could tell her football player,” Nantz said. “I don’t hear anybody saying right now, about what was happening to her son. photo by chris sorensen ‘Should we put our daughters in these soccer programs?’ The point is— “There was this gap between the doctor’s diagnosis of his concus- this issue spreads well beyond the NFL.” sions and my knowledge and coping skills on how to help him heal,” In many ways, Nantz was right. But he had flubbed the point, mis- she recalls. quoting a research study comparing female soccer players to male She quickly tired of the isolating refrain that her son “had his bell soccer players—not to football players. Soon after, reporters, members rung” and that he should “just rest” until his symptoms cleared.

32 | fall 2016 “My kids have had other medical problems that the medical commu- families in those first two years. nity had dealt with really well,” Katherine says. “I couldn’t figure out “It was kind of like being a concussion doula,” Katherine says. why their reaction to concussions was so different. I kept asking myself By 2012, Katherine started working at a local concussion clinic. why they didn’t know how to make my son better.” She noticed that many of the clinic’s female patients weren’t healing as quickly as traditional data indicated they should, so she organized Determined to find answers, Katherine—who has a mas- a support group for these slow-to-heal patients. Over the course ter’s degree in social work—spent the better part of 2009 and 2010 of three months, she witnessed the difficulties these girls faced seeking out concussion experts, reading up on neuroscience research post-concussion. and attending medical conferences on brain injuries. Word of her “I heard how they weren’t believed, their isolation,” Katherine says. newly acquired expertise spread through her Norwalk, Connecticut, “I heard how doctors had said insensitive things to them like ‘Just get community, and it soon became known that if your kid has been over it,’ and ‘You should be better by now,’ and ‘Maybe this is all in your concussed, Katherine is the next stop for advice after you’ve left the head,’ implying that they might be complaining of symptoms for social doctor’s office or hospital. She estimates that she counseled over 300 or emotional reasons beyond a concussion.”

get involved www.kappa.org | 33 Their stories struck a chord with Katherine who harkened women and shared their head-injury stories. She connected with back to her own difficult days following concussions she’d sustained as researchers, parents, and patients in the concussion community via a teen. “It was like sirens crying out to me,” Katherine recalls. the Twitter handle @PinkConcussions. It was the first time Katherine had given serious thought to the dif- ferences between female and male concussions. So when the Nantz The response was promising but incomplete. Most doc- firestorm erupted a few months later, Katherine sought to validate tors were still unaware of the emerging research setting women’s those cries. Launching the Pink Concussions website and providing concussions apart from men’s. Katherine soon realized that raising social media outreach was the natural next step in bringing aware- awareness and rehashing past research wasn’t going to cut it. ness to women’s concussions. Katherine posted highlights of the Her suspicions were confirmed when she was invited to speak scant research available on female concussions. She listed resources at the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council’s and guidelines for women who’ve been concussed. She interviewed Committee on Sports-Related Concussion in Washington, D.C., in the

that case, it is common may be more common other athletes, and for a person to have if the athlete has a his- parents who may press an alteration in their tory of migraines or if the athlete to return to consciousness often there is a family history play may also be need- noticed as “seeing stars” of migraines. if head- ed. The primary danger and a loss of memory aches persist, the ath- in returning to play too for the event. lete may need to seek quickly is the risk of an medical treatment. additional concussion. Is a concussion Often, the recovery always obvious What kind of sup- period if this occurs right away? port or aftercare is prolonged. Ask THe DocTors Dr. aDamS rieck: does a person Dr. marsha Thomspon Gabriel, Ph.D., Since the signs and who has been Is there any Oklahoma, Senior Neuropsychologist symptoms are subtle, a concussed need? way to prevent concussion can some- Dr. Gabriel: For concussions? Do at cook children’s Health care times go unnoticed in the first one to two helmets and mouth System in Fort Worth, Texas, and Dr. the moment, especially days, physical, mental guards help? megan adams rieck, m.S., Ph.D., during sports. With and emotional rest is Dr. aDamS rieck: Iowa, clinical Neuropsychologist growing awareness needed. more recent Helmets, mouth guards at UnityPoint Health Physical about concussions, research suggests that and other equipment medicine and rehabilitation center coaches, parents and complete rest beyond are not enough to pre- athletic trainers are now the first couple of days vent a concussion and in cedar rapids, iowa, answer The instructed on how to is not necessary. Often they can only reduce Key’s questions about the clinical assess and observe for secondary depression risk by a small fraction. side of concussions. signs and symptoms and anxiety can set in most experts believe after an impact. if the individual is too that a more effective isolated. The school way to reduce risk for What kind of needs to be notified. athletes is to change How does the med- ity, vision changes, and recovery does a Temporary accom- the way we play and ical community de- a decline in attention, person who has modations may be govern sports. For fine a concussion? memory, and speed of sustained a concus- needed depending on example, teams often Dr. Gabriel: a con- processing information. sion go through? the symptoms. extra limit full contact cussion results from Dr. Gabriel: Once time for assignments, during practices of impact to the skull or If a person doesn’t symptoms resolve, the the opportunity to hockey and foot- body causing accelera- lose consciousness, athlete can resume a rest briefly during the ball. Youth soccer has tion/deceleration forces could they still have light workout, gradually school day, receiving banned heading for that produce biochemi- a concussion? increasing the intensity copies of notes, or brief the youngest play- cal changes in the brain. Dr. aDamS rieck: it and duration if he or individual re-teaching ers. coaches are en- Symptoms include is possible to sustain a she remains symptom may be required. Pro- couraged to teach their dizziness, nausea, vom- concussion without a free. Sometimes, head- tecting the athlete from athletes how to avoid iting, headache, irritabil- loss of consciousness. in aches can linger. This the stress of coaches, unnecessary contact.

34 | fall 2016 spring of 2013. She noticed that most of the research presentations and the National Institutes of Health met to discuss the symptoms, included only a small section on differences in female concussions. diagnosis and treatment of concussions in females based on current “Female concussions kept coming up throughout the event as side science and to plan future research on how females differ from males comments from presenters,” Katherine says. “They always noted that with regard to concussions in the realms of sports, domestic violence, these female differences should be studied in more detail in the future, accidents and military service. but never as the main study.” Dr. Shannon Bauman, one of the panelists, is a sports physician Katherine told herself “the future” needed to be “the now.” Her who runs a concussion clinic in Barrie, Ontario. She presented data goals shifted beyond social media outreach. Pink Concussions would from a study of 207 male and female athletes who were evaluated at work to encourage groundbreaking research focused on women and her clinic for physical signs of concussion. Dr. Bauman and her team brain injuries, the increase in women’s vulnerability to concussions, found that female patients showed an average of 4.5 signs, compared the causes of injury and the delay in recovery time for concussed with 3.6 for males. females of all ages. It would speak to not only concussions in women’s “Females are reporting more symptoms, but they’re also objectively sports, but also to concussions sustained by women in the military having more physiological signs of concussion,” Dr. Bauman told the and by women and children in domestic violence situations. group in her presentation. But, Katherine wasn’t sure how she’d go about doing that. Her data also showed that women take longer to heal from a con- cussion: Thirty-four percent of men and boys who came to her clinic Being easily daunted isn’t her style, but taking on the finished treatment within two months, yet only 12 percent of concus- scientific community as a layperson gave her some pause. Then inspi- sions in women and girls improved in that same timespan. Instead, 35 ration—and determination—struck from an unlikely and unpleasant percent of the women in the study were still experiencing symptoms place: On New Year’s Eve 2014, Katherine was diagnosed with breast six months or more after their injury. cancer. She spent the following 20 weeks undergoing chemotherapy. At the summit’s end, the participants gathered to make recom- “It gave me a lot of time to think,” Katherine says, laughing. “That mendations on clinical practices and safety protocols that need to was the upshot.” be researched and implemented to better understand women’s con- Forget the traditional fever dream; Katherine had a chemo dream. cussions, providing a ground-breaking roadmap to direct scientific “I spent those weeks dreaming of putting together a conference research and to improve current treatment protocols. focused on women and concussions. That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to bring all of the people and research together in one place. It Plans are already in place for the 2017 International was kind of my Make-A-Wish moment,” Katherine says. Summit on Female Concussion and TBI to be held in March at The moment soon had a date and a location: The Pink Concussions’ Georgetown University. 2016 International Summit on Female Concussion and Traumatic Katherine hopes that the success of her conferences will give Pink Brain Injury would take place in February 2016, hosted by Georgetown Concussions the kind of public clout that will allow her to continue University Medical Center. to connect researchers engaged in studying women and concussions, “I parked my camper on this issue almost four years ago think- advocate for additional research into women’s concussions, and pro- ing that everyone was going to rush in and join me,” Katherine says. vide a respected space to discuss it. “Instead, I’ve just been sort of sitting in the space alone.” “I was recently at a conference in New York City when I raised my Until now. hand to ask a question about female concussions,” Katherine says. Within a day or so of announcing her conference and calling for “And the moderator said to me, ‘When women start playing football, research abstracts in June 2015, Katherine’s phone began to ring and we’ll all start looking at female concussions.’ So there’s still that atti- her email inbox began to virtually bulge. tude out there.” “It was really exciting to have doctors from prestigious institutions It’s one of the reasons she rarely discusses her own concussions. She call me to ask, ‘Why isn’t my group invited to your conference?’” She had her most recent concussion 10 days before our interview. She was scrambled to expand the agenda and meeting space to accommodate getting into a friend’s Prius and at 6-feet-tall and accustomed to driv- the interest. Katherine was floored, in the best way. ing a large SUV, Katherine miscalculated and hit her head on the small “People don’t come to concussion-awareness events,” she explains. car’s door frame. “The ones who do have a concussed kid and those are the three people “My concussions are very difficult for me to talk about,” Katherine in the front row who already know everything.” says. “Women are judged differently in their impairments than men. Talking about my own brain injuries makes me feel vulnerable Somehow, this conference was different and it because I worry people won’t take me seriously or won’t fund what attracted major star power. Katherine lined up keynote speeches from I do.” heavy hitters like Maj. Gen. Margaret C. Wilmoth, Deputy Surgeon And that’s critical. Because she wants to make it clear: It’s not that General for the Army Reserve; Dr. Brian Hainline, Chief Medical women are inferior or superior to men when it comes to concussions— Officer of the NCAA; and Briana Scurry, two-time women’s soccer gold it’s just that we’re different. medalist and 1999 World Cup champion. “What I’m working for is a widespread acknowledgment that When the conference opened on Feb. 27, more than 60 research- female head injuries are different than male head injuries,” Katherine ers and panelists from institutions like Harvard, Princeton, UCLA explains. “It’s the gender differences that will crack the code for how

get involved www.kappa.org | 35 we can most effectively treat—and maybe even prevent—brain injuries You are NoT aloNe in both women and in men.” We asked readers to tell us about their There’s still a lot of work to do to crack that code. personal experiences with concussions and Emerging research shows that women and men do not concuss— the responses flooded in. Here are just a or recover—in similar ways. According to the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine’s Position Statement on Concussion in few of the stories more than 50 members of Sport 2012, studies reveal that in sports with similar rules, female Kappa Kappa Gamma shared with The Key. athletes sustain more concussions than their male counterparts and experience or report a higher number and severity of symp - toms, as well as a longer duration of recovery than male athletes. No one quite knows why pink concussions are different from blue “Each concussion was different, but I concussions. Some preliminary studies point to differences in neck experienced bad headaches, nausea, sensitivity to light and strength, blood flow in the brain, and hormonal differences that may sound, and difficulty concentrating and focusing. I felt awful impact not only the susceptibility to concussions but also the ability during my recoveries. Missing class and getting behind on to recover. my work ended up causing a lot of stress down the line. I still For Katherine, the why question in all of this is important, but get headaches and nausea if I’m doing work or watching too equally as important is the what-does-it-all-mean question. much television. I still cannot exercise without developing “What I’m asking the medical community is this: If we know that nausea and headaches and I can no longer watch 3D movies women are profoundly different in their rate of being concussed, the or anything too flashy without feeling ill.” severity of their symptoms and the length of their recovery, how can we —emily reinwald, Yale, sustained four have the same return-to-play protocols for men as we do for women?” concussions as an NCAA field hockey player. So far, the medical community hasn’t yet offered any of those gen- der-specific guidelines or protocols regarding female concussions. That’s because most of the emerging science and data has focused on men, revealing little about the impact brain trauma has on women. “The recovery process is awful and It’s not for lack of interest; Katherine is making sure of that. More lonely. I was staring at a wall for two weeks because I couldn’t pointedly, it’s because of a serious dearth of women’s brains available look at any screens, read, or have any mental stimulation at all. to study. To date, the Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank at I remember my first half-day back at school and how everyone Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center has trying to talk to me and all the noise was just overwhelming received 307 donated brains. Two-thirds of those are from former NFL and brought all of my symptoms back. I am usually one to players. Just four brains belonged to women. push hard and work through recovery in order to return to “There are very few women who have agreed to donate,” Katherine the game and my activities, but you really cannot do that with says. “It’s a hard sell.” But it’s a necessary one. “If you don’t have concussions. Every time I tried to push myself I would end up females in your study, it’s a study where the results only apply to weak, tired, and dizzy.” males,” she says. —Melissa annecchini, Marist, fell backward and hit her To do her part, Katherine signed up five years ago to donate her own head on her high school’s gym floor during a volleyball game. brain to the Brain Bank, where it will join the brains of more than 150 former athletes who have made the pledge, including Brandi Chastain and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. “After a lifetime of concussions, I’d love for someone else to make “At my high school, there was a stigma that good use of my brain when I no longer need it,” Katherine says. surrounded people who got concussions about how they The brain donation process is a time-sensitive matter. To make were weak or using it as an excuse to get out of things. I was sure that her wishes are carried out successfully, Katherine carries a very academically oriented person in high school who a card explaining how and why to save her brain in case of her death. took AP classes and got straight A’s. After my injury, I could In part, it reads: barely read and process information on my own, let alone I have agreed to donate my brain and spinal cord upon my death to the get good grades. My school performance really suffered for Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University about a year. That’s the thing that really tore me apart inside School of Medicine. In the event of my death, please immediately direct because people thought I wasn’t trying when in reality, my next of kin to contact the donation coordinator, who is available 24/7, things just got 1,000 times harder and I was drowning in 365 days per year to arrange for timely tissue collection. my course work.” But that’s the least of what the card means. In many ways, it pro- —Jessie Jacob, South Carolina, was concussed—twice in vides a roadmap that ensures Katherine a unique kind of afterlife—a one day—while playing high school water polo. way for her work to live beyond the limits of her lifespan, the ulti- mate triumph of mind over matter.

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41 MAKE A NOTE Don’t miss these fall events! 42 IN BRIEF The new structure is here.

A Fulbright heads to the Czech Republic.

Meet You at the Treehouse! 44 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Marie McNeely’s “People Behind the Science” podcast and more 46 IN MEMORIAM 48 REMIX Take a spin with the hotdoggers.

Girls Who Code —— Kappas, do you work in the digital economy? Tell The Key about your coding job or other STEM- related career path. [email protected]

38 | FALL 2016 take note Finding Harmony How Kirstin Maldonado’s dream of becoming a Disney princess led to the founding of Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix.

—By Rachel B. Levin

When Kirstin Maldonado Kirstin’s personal idols) told joined a couple of high school the group, “There’s one word friends in forming an a cappella that describes you guys, and group in the summer of 2011, it’s ’daredevils.’ You guys take she didn’t have grand ambitions big risks and it always pays for it. Sure, the ultimate goal off big time.” It certainly did: of the group—Pentatonix—was Pentatonix scored “The Sing to compete in NBC’s “The Off’s” championship title. Sing-Off” that year. But for Though the prize included a Kirstin, then 19 and fresh off her recording contract with Sony freshman year at the University Records in Los Angeles, Kirstin of Oklahoma, the objective was initially remained intent on more personal than profes- returning to OU. “I was still on sional. “I just really loved my the page of, ’See you guys later! friends, and that’s the reason I I’m going back to school!’” she did it,” Kirstin says. She thought says. Ultimately, however, she of the competition as a fun couldn’t pass up the opportunity: bonding experience but planned A month after the competition, to return to OU for her sopho- she put school on hold indef- more year when it was over. initely, moved to Los Angeles, A musical theater major, she and joined her fellow Pentatonix had her sights set on a career members in a quest to see how on Broadway. far the group could go. But Pentatonix proved to Five years later, Pentatonix have electrifying chemistry. has parlayed “The Sing-Off” Their unique combination of win into something quite rare vocal harmonies, bass rhythms for an a cappella group: They’ve and beatboxing allowed the become bona fide pop stars. five-member group to replicate Though they were dropped electronic-driven pop songs by from Sony Records, Pentatonix Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and others— continued to build a following with no instrumentation. After by putting out cover songs and their stunning finale perfor- medleys on their YouTube chan- mance of “Without You” by nel, which has racked up over David Guetta featuring Usher, 10 million subscribers. Online

courtesy rca records courtesy judge Sara Bareilles (one of buzz led to a contract with RCA

| 39 Records in 2014; they’ve now and she’s just been fitted for planned out for myself was kind her childhood in Fort Worth recorded six albums (2014’s costumes for Pentatonix’s of thrown off kilter, obviously and Arlington, Texas. Kirstin “That’s Christmas to Me” went imminent two-month U.S. and in a really great way,” she says. was mainly raised by her double platinum), picking up European tour to promote Since Pentatonix took off, she’s mother, and the two shared two Grammys along the way. their new self-titled album— often struggled to harmonize a musical bond that included Kirstin, now 24, shares a which debuted at No. 1 on the two dissonant realities: her utter love for strong female vocal- Los Angeles apartment with Billboard 200 chart and breaks delight at the group’s incredible ists like Jennifer Lopez and her fiancé, Jeremy Michael from their previous albums of opportunities and the difficulty Celine Dion. Lewis, and their two Siberian cover songs. “We’re doing all of holding onto her own “voice” At age 8, when her Huskies, Olaf and Pascal our original songs. It feels very as a young woman maturing in mother married (briefly), (named for Disney characters). fresh and fun!” she says. the spotlight. Kirstin landed her first singing It’s March, and things are Yet even in the midst of this Kirstin began singing as a gig: She sang “From This busy: The apartment’s living astonishing success, Kirstin little girl. “I was a Disney nerd Moment On” by Shania Twain room has been turned into a talks about Pentatonix as more and listened to my mom’s music at the wedding. When Kirstin makeshift photo studio for a of a fabulous detour than a final and was just always singing, finished the performance, beauty brand she’s promoting, destination. “The path that I had singing, singing,” she says of she says, “Everyone was like, ’Whoa! I think she’s really great. Is she in singing lessons?’” She wasn’t. But the recog- nition of Kirstin’s raw talent prompted her mother to sign her up for them. “My mom is the one that supported me through everything,” says Kirstin. “She’s the one that took me to voice lessons, paid for everything. She’s just so selfless and gave up everything for me.” Voice lessons led to roles in local musical theater pro- ductions, and by high school Kirstin was performing in show choir and in a theater company, all while main- taining excellent grades. Her achievements landed her a full-ride National Hispanic Scholarship to OU. While her freshman year academic and performance schedules were rigorous, she loved pledging Kappa because it widened her social circle with friendships that endure to this day. “The [musical theater] program I was in was so busy that if I hadn’t been a Kappa, I wouldn’t have ever met anyone Kirstin Maldonado else,” she says. of Pentatonix © ralph arvesen performs at Leaving the safe space of The Austin360 college life for Los Angeles, Amphitheater in however, brought numerous Austin, Texas. challenges. “I didn’t get that

40 | Fall 2016 “My mom is the one heartfelt struggle. that supported me The blog sparked other ave- nues of creativity as well. She through everything, started an online store to sell art, MAKE A she’s the one that clothing, and accessories with took me to voice personal resonance, like deli- lessons, paid for cate rose gold necklaces with pendants in the shape of the everything. She’s just Venus symbol. “It’s a nice little so selfless and gave up reminder that you are beautiful everything for me.” and you are strong,” she says. “Obviously, I have to remind note four-year ’mess-up’ [time] in myself of that daily.” (On her school,” she says. Instead, she right wrist, she has a tattoo that had to find herself through says “Philippians 4:13,” referring “’mess[ing]-up’ in real life.” to a Bible verse that reads, “I can Navigating the social terrain do all things through Christ who of Los Angeles initially caused gives me strength.”) her some distress. “I feel like Kirstin’s reflective year has it’s easy, especially with this paid off for her music, too. With kind of job, to get caught up a the songs “Water” and “Take lot in your surroundings,” she Me Home” on Pentatonix’s says. “The times I tried to be latest album, Kirstin has scored cool were the times life was her first songwriting cred- just kind of silly and a mess.” its—something she wants to Hot Ticket But last year, she says, “I continue to pursue. OCT. 17–18 had a turning point in my And her ultimate career life.” She deliberately dialed goal has become crystal clear. The Dallas Alumnae Association’s annual Tablescapes down the socializing and went Though in younger days event has raised over $2.5 million for 78 beneficiaries. inward to take stock of how she envisioned aiming for This year, interior designer Jan Showers will be the guest speaker her present was aligning with Broadway or bust, Kirstin now and proceeds will benefit Advocates for Community her dreams for the future. “I sees wider possibilities. “I Transformation, Austin Street Center, Connection Point of Park kind of had a moment where really respect Idina Menzel’s Cities, For the Nations Refugee Outreach, Interfaith Family I was like, ’Am I doing things career because she’s been on Services, Mercy Street, MD College and Career Pathways that will lead me there? And Broadway, in movies and TV, and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. do I really know myself?’” and she was a Disney princess,” www.kappadallas.org. To gather her thoughts, she says Kirstin. “I hope that I started a blog that became can have a career like that. a venue for her to articu- I also would love to be a Building Your late who she was and what Disney princess!” Digital Brand Webinar she believed in. She found This February, she got close NOV. 8 AT 9:00 P.M. EST ON KAPPA.ORG that being honest about her to doing just that. She and boy- struggles with self-doubt was friend (now fiancé), Jeremy—a Even the savviest women can get caught in a social media not only therapeutic, but that social media marketer who also faux pas. Get tips on how to create and manage your personal it also connected her to fans previously competed on “The brand to help with job hunts, business relationships and more. who felt similarly. It armed Sing-Off”—released an a cap- Hosted by Catherine Roebuck Mace. her with a new sense of pur- pella “Disney Love Melody” in pose: to be a strong role model which the two sing sweet duets for younger girls working like “You’ll Be in My Heart” Kappa Leadership Conferences through self-esteem issues. from “Tarzan” and “I See the SAVE THE DATE FOR 2017 “I just want to be the voice of Light” from “Tangled.” ’Hey, everyone goes through Kirstin’s circuitous path has Pittsburgh: March 24–26 ; Atlanta: March 31–April 2 that. Don’t stress out!’” she ultimately led this self-pro- San Jose: April 7–9 ; St. Louis: April 21–23 says with a tone of levity that fessed Disney nerd back to her More info coming soon!

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GET INVOLVED WWW.KAPPA.ORG | 41 CHAPMAN A Fulbright Fleur brıefIN Ashley Barba, a 2016 graduate from Chapman University and a charter member of Eta Sigma Chapter, was awarded the pres- tigious Fulbright Scholarship from the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in 2016. Throughout her time at school, she has a kept service a priority despite working three jobs, being a member of Chapman University’s cheer- leading team and serving on Eta Sigma’s academic board. During her first year of col- lege, she traveled to Nicaragua with Global Medical Brigades, an international nonprofit organization helping communi- ties achieve health standards. Ashley spent her time teaching Message from the President children how to brush and floss their teeth (most had never seen a toothbrush) and traveled back to Nicaragua for nine days this It Takes a Team! May. She also studied abroad in Australia in fall 2014. “Helping others gives me joy Delegates of the 71st Biennial Convention made history by adopting revisions to and is what I want to do for the Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Fraternity Bylaws and Standing Rules aimed at restructuring rest of my life,” Ashley says. the organizational model to sustain Kappa into the future. Under the new structure, In October 2015, she applied 14 districts (instead of provinces) are designated by Greek letter. Each District for the Fulbright Scholarship, one of the most well known Director oversees 11 Content Specialists, who assist alumnae associations and international exchange pro- thinkstock; jendez photography chapters in specific areas of operations. Content Directors are subject-matter experts grams in the world, and received charged with developing programming and education. We’re confident that we— the award in March 2016. The strong, intelligent, capable women of Kappa Kappa Gamma—can work together Fulbright Program awards about during this transition to achieve a relevant organization for future generations of 1,600 grants to U.S. students each year and their programs sisterhood. Learn more about the new structure at www.womenwhokappa.org. are active in over 155 countries. —Beth Uphoff Black, Illinois Wesleyan As a Fulbright Scholar, Ashley

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will be traveling to Boskovice, washington, d.c. Czech Republic, as an English Teaching Assistant. RIF’s 50th Ashley’s goal is to become a special education teacher and Birthday she said this experience will Reading Is Fundamental allow her to become a more ver- turned 50 years old in 2016 satile and collaborative educator. and celebrated with a black- “I believe the ETA [English tie gala in Washington, D.C., Teaching Assistant] program on May 5, 2016, at the Four will help make me an excep- Seasons Hotel. Fraternity tional educator and a more President Beth Uphoff Black, diverse administrator. I cannot Illinois Wesleyan, and then wait to immerse myself in the Philanthropy Chairman Carol Czech culture and learn about George Sanders, Cal. State their customs and traditions,” Northridge, attended the gala Ashley says. along with Carolyn Byrd —Lauren Every, Ohio State Simpson, Texas Tech, a longtime Kappa volunteer and child PRESIDENTIAL SELFIE baton rouge advocate who is now serving on RIF’s board. The First Family Meet You At the gala, Kappa was recog- nized as one of RIF’s Legacy of at the Literacy Award honorees. Visits Yosemite Since 1966, RIF has provided — •— Treehouse 412 million books to 40 million alejandra guzman, UC Merced, (right) Gwen Drain Graves, LSU, children in need. Kappa has hosted the Baton Rouge partnered with RIF for 12 years. was hired as a park ranger at Yosemite Alumnae Association in her During that time, associations, National Park this year and, in June, treehouse, built by Pete Nelson chapters and individual welcomed a special family to her work- and featured on “Treehouse members have donated more place. President Obama and the First Masters” on Animal Planet. than $661,000, enough to supply “The treehouse made you feel underserved children with more Lady made a trip to Yosemite, becoming like a kid again. We even had than 220,000 books. the fifth president to visit the park while 80-year-old Kappas up there, ” RIF has developed a book in office and the first to visit since JFK. says Barbin Caldwell Graham, collection inspired by Kappa, President Obama assisted Ale during an LSU, Baton Rouge Alumnae incorporating themes and con- Association President. “The tent based on our Fraternity educational program for fourth graders turnout was our best in years. It colors and symbols. Check and then posed for the selfie of a lifetime. was an incredible evening catch- it out at www.booksource. ing up with Kappa sisters.” com/rifkkg.

BID DAY Neon ’90s — •— Just two years old, eta Phi chapter, Elmhurst, became the largest chapter on campus with this Bid Day planned by Membership Chairman Megan Davis (now Chapter President) and New Member Chairman Becca Vogt (now Vice President-Standards). from left: courtesy eta phi chapter; al golub/nps eta from left: courtesy

get involved www.kappa.org | 43 Marie McNeely Afghanistan upon request from Ohio Wesleyan. A self- U.S. commanders serving in proclaimed “scientist on a the field. mission,” Marie McNeely created the podcast “People Kathie Tovo Behind the Science,” to show North Carolina. From the human side of science with neighborhood advocate to a weekly interview with a scien- Mayor Pro Tem, Kathie Tovo tist. The podcasts focus on what works hard for the citizens of motivates scientists and how Austin, Texas. Kathie was the they deal with and overcome only member of the Austin challenges. To get inspired City Council re-elected when about science, visit www. a structural change was made peoplebehindthescience.com. to the council, now elected by geographic districts. Kathie Cynthia Epler represents District 9 and keyACHIEVEMENTS Michigan. The Defense advocates for issues ranging Intelligence Agency’s Deputy from affordable housing and Division Chief for the United solutions for the city’s homeless States Central Command population to a future sobriety Luanne Isom Mills stewardship for the Golden Gate (CENTCOM J2), Cynthia center (alternative to jail). She Washington. Indoor rowing National Parks Conservancy, Epler was awarded the Joan A. supported an initiative that will champion Luanne Mills is the where she oversees a 60-person Dempsey Mentorship Award, provide Austin police with body world record holder in her team that manages design and part of the 2016 Intelligence cameras and iPhones. division for the age group 75–79. construction of more than National Security Alliance’s The retired schoolteacher began 80,000 acres of Northern Achievement Awards. Cynthia Miranda Harrison- rowing for its health benefits California coastline. The myriad was one of six selected from Quillin and has 16 first-place trophies projects she has directed in her 70 nominations. Recipients Florida State. Miranda will (she finished second one time). 20 years with the conservancy are outstanding midlevel spend a year in London with include restoring buildings and professionals who support the the Archbishop of Canterbury Catherine Meehan gardens at Alcatraz, Presidio United States’ security mission. living, working and praying in a Barner and the Muir Woods national Cynthia’s area of responsibility monastic community called the Washington Univ. (St. monument. Approximately 15 includes the Middle East, North Community of St. Anselm. The Louis) An architect, Cathie is million people visit the Golden Africa and Central Asia. She archbishop invited young people vice president of projects and Gate Recreation Area annually. has been deployed two times to ages 20 to 35 from all over the world to apply to join the community for a year. Sixteen loyAlTy AwArd people were chosen as residen- tial members of the community PaTrICIa CoFFEE GESELL and Miranda will be part of the penn state second year.

— •— Sarah Feinberg At the 2016 General Convention Washington and Lee. Sarah in San diego, California, Patty heads up the Federal Railroad received Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Administration, a post she assumed in 2015 when she was highest honor, the loyalty Award. nominated by President Obama. Patty has served the Fraternity in The FRA works to ensure many roles and is a mentor who the safe, reliable and efficient transport of people and goods connects with today’s college over the U.S. rail system. Since student in her roles as Kappa’s taking the lead role, Sarah has National Panhellenic Conference advocated for electronically delegate as well as the Northeast controlled braking systems, established a task force on grade Greek leadership Association crossing safety and worked greek yearbook Board. Congratulations, Patty! with Google and other mobile mapping services to integrate rail crossing data that will allow

44 | Fall 2016 Carly Freels Michelle Albert Vachris Texas A&M. Volleyball player. William & Mary. Professor New Member Chairman. of economics at Christopher Education major. Cancer Newport University, Michelle survivor. And now Carly can has published Pride and Profit: add published author to her The Intersection of Jane Austen young résumé. When Carly and Adam Smith, which draws was diagnosed with cancer as a connection between Smith’s a high school junior, she relied Theory of Moral Sentiments and on her faith, wrote in a journal Jane Austen’s stories. The book and saved the letters of inspi- asserts that by reading Austen, ration she received from family we can learn about Smith’s and friends. She compiled these moral philosophy. Michelle and sentiments into a memoir, When co-author Cecil Bohanon also Faith > Fear, which her Epsilon explain how the economics of Rho, Texas A&M, sisters have Smith’s and Austin’s time, with said can give strength and hope respect for business activity, to anyone facing cancer as well made possible the rise of the as advice for friends. middle class.

Lisa Falzone Kate Pohl Dopirak Stanford. If you’ve ever eaten Allegheny. Kate’s debut in a restaurant or shopped at a children’s book, You’re My retail outlet that used an iPad Boo, celebrates the ups and to check out, there’s a good downs of childhood and the chance the transaction used unconditional love of family venit, vidit, vicit Revel Systems, founded by through the story of a sweet fox Anne Power entrepreneur Lisa Falzone, its family. Lyrical, funny and full CEO. Revel, which helped create of wordplay, You’re My Boo will Harvard the iPad point-of-sale market, keep kids rhyming along to the — •— is valued over $500 million, has last page. Kate is a certified K–6 if you’ve never thought about watching more than 400 employees and teacher and reading specialist. over 20,000 iPad POS terminals You’re My Boo was published a Latin oration for fun, Anne Power will with clientele such as Goodwill in March 2016 by Beach Lane change your mind. Anne was the 2016 and Cinnabon. Lisa founded the Books. Her next book, Snuggle Latin Salutatorian at Harvard’s com- company just three years after Bunny, will be published in graduating from Stanford with a spring 2017. mencement in May, where she delivered degree in history. the first speech of the day, traditionally Alice Henderson delivered in Latin. Anne was selected Sallie Tillman rainer rampton after two auditions to give her speech, LSU. President and CEO of Oregon. Together with Nikki Entergy Texas, an electric King, Alice has published a titled “thesaurus Linguae Harvardianae,” utility serving over 430,000 book titled Finding Life After which can be found on Youtube. customers in Southwest Losing One: A Parent’s Guide for Texas, Sallie was named one When a Child Dies. Alice’s first- of Greater Houston Women’s hand experience in dealing with Chamber of Commerce’s the death of her 20-month-old visual and audio warnings at to by Oklahoma Governor Breakthrough Women in April child in 1986 led her to bond crossings. She has been on site Mary Fallin. Melissa super- 2016. Under Sallie’s leadership, with Nikki King, whose after major rail incidents and vises the enforcement of labor Entergy Texas was named daughter died in a car accident works with states, cities and laws, workers compensation, J.D. Power and Associates’ in 2012. The two friends worked local officials to improve Occupational Safety and Health Best in Class two years in a through questions such as “Will rail safety. Administration and child row and Site Selection maga- I ever be happy again?” to “How labor laws as well as safety zine’s Top Utility in Economic do you even manage to smile?” Melissa McLawhorn and licensing for welding and Development. Over the last And, “When will the hurt go Houston boiler operations. Previously, four years, she has overseen away?” Each chapter begins Oklahoma. Melissa serves Melissa was chief of staff for the transmission additions and with their writings and ends as the Labor Commissioner Oklahoma Office of Homeland improvements to the compa- with suggestions from the for the state of Oklahoma, a Security and chief of staff for ny’s power grid, an initiative more than 20 sets of parents

stephanie mitchell/harvard staff photographer staff mitchell/harvard stephanie position she was appointed the Oklahoma Attorney General. totaling more than $173 million. they interviewed.

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Parker, ’49, d. 7/14 Clay, Helen Root, ’38, d. 8/14 Evans, Beverly Fall, ’50, d. 11/15 Simpson, Virginia Gray, ’45, d. 9/98 Douglas, Anita Pearson, ’47, d. 5/13 Hanna, Margaret, ’49, d. 5/09 iowa state university Weatherly, Jean Bagley, ’56, d. 3/16 Hill, Betty Dorward, ’36, d. 12/05 Hunsberger, Julia, ’60, d. 2/16 Dressel, Phyllis Shaw, ’50, d. 12/15 Wilkins, Lynn Curran, ’52, d. 3/16 Hodson, Norma Shuttleworth, ’27, d. 2/00 Leverett, Margret Wallace, ’47, d. 1/16 Peglow, Sally Turner, ’54, d. 1/16 depauw university allegheny college Anderson, Nancy Filkey, ’49, d. 11/15 iowa, university of Weimer, Elizabeth Kuss, ’39, d. 10/00 Bennett, Barbara Dodge, ’49, d. 2/16 Lord, Florence Sells, ’38, d. 1/16 Wray, Gloria Tuerk, ’49, d. 2/16 Calvert, Esther Jones, ’21, d. 1/95 Lanier, Karen Knippenberg, ’69, d. 8/98 Clark, Barbara Noaker, ’46, d. 10/15 Jones, Susan Evans, ’35, d. 2/95 Moore, Marjorie Hughes, ’47, d. 3/16 california state university, fresno Green, Jean Bemenderfer, ’34, d. 9/00 Reynolds, Sherry Prugh, ’43, d. 3/16 Philson, Dorothy Magee, ’42, d. 9/15 Blackburn, Patricia Hardin, ’56, d. 2/16 Johnson, Jean, ’65, d. 11/15 kansas state university Poulson, Joan Walker, ’55, d. 2/14 california, u. of, berkeley Moffatt, Virginia Henry, ’21, d. 9/94 Allen, Marilyn St. John, ’55, d. 3/16 Towry, Juanita Strock, ’40, d. 1/16 McShane, Terry Ehmann, ’57, d. 3/16 Smith, Nancy Alling, ’44, d. 2/16 Amis, Emily Downing, ’28, d. 8/04 arizona state university Melin, Ruth Rochford, ’11, d. 8/91 Tharp, Melinda Siebert, ’67, d. 11/15 Considine, Dorothy, ’36, d. 2/07 Morris, Judith Fierro, ’67, d. 12/15 Page, Georgia, ’59, d. 1/15 drake university Eddy, Sara, ’61, d. 3/04 Volberg, Joan Chickering, ’52, d. 1/16 Foster, Virginia Sidlinger, ’35, d. 10/02 arizona, university of Botz, Dortha Johnson, ’26, d. 7/88 Wood, Frances, ’46, d. 5/14 Harris, Jo Ann Barr, ’49, d. 1/16 Applewhite, Eleanor Cox, ’26, d. 4/98 Cowan, Helen Leach, ’38, d. 10/02 Wood, Georgia Korbel, ’44, d. 10/15 Luby, Mary Murphy, ’36, d. 7/09 Barkley, Kathryn Kinney, ’33, d. 2/80 Moxley-Staab, Regina Schultz, ’58, d. 1/16 california, u. of, los angeles Myers, Anna Tesdell, ’37, d. 9/04 McGugin, Nancy Brady, ’43, d. 11/09 Bowman, Betty, ’36, d. 10/73 Milleret, Miriam Hobbs, ’44, d. 11/15 Buck, Jean Marvin, ’43, d. 2/16 Weitz, Diane Rix, ’55, d. 6/14 Bush, Anne Pace, ’20, d. 7/89 Peddicord, Charlene Warner, ’45, d. 12/14 Munroe, Helen Adams, ’25, d. 6/87 Wennerstrum, Barbara Brookman, ’47, Cheshire, Mary Davis, ’25, d. 4/87 Sheldon, Marjorie Benson, ’40, d. 1/16 Davis, Eleanor Winsor, ’24, d. 4/95 Tookey, Nancy Dowling, ’48, d. 10/14 d. 1/16 Kelly, Jane Peel, ’33, d. 4/04 Whitaker, Frances Belden, ’36, d. 12/15 duke university kansas, university of Lewis, Isabella Caldwell, ’28, d. 3/99 carnegie mellon university Stone, Ivey Courtney, ’38, d. 11/15 Hoch, Nancy Delong, ’56, d. 11/15 Jocelyn, Dorothy Gafford, ’27, d. 2/82 Mathews, Zella Jay, ’20, d. 5/79 Monsour, Cicely Nicely, ’44, d. 12/15 george Washington university Rumsey, Lorie Dudley, ’55, d. 1/16 Moore, Sarah Hart, ’68, d. 2/16 Boyle, Olive Reed, ’36, d. 12/10 cincinnati, university of Schmidt, Peggy Chambers, ’50, d. 1/16 O’Brien, Patricia Heck, ’44, d. 12/15 Legerton, Emmy Capps, ’46, d. 11/15 Ronstadt, Sally Ewing, ’31, d. 12/94 Calder, Carol Bell, ’53, d. 2/15 Schroer, Anne Oliver, ’71, d. 12/15 Jeneson, Else Heidt, ’33, d. 3/15 Richardson, Diana Woodall, ’49, d. 8/15 Smith, Marilyn Lawson, ’53, d. 2/16 Stuart, Patricia Morgan, ’47, d. 4/14 Sigler, Patricia Bigelow, ’40, d. 6/13 Starr, Elizabeth Piper, ’31, d. 2/94 Keam, Grace Schroetter, ’35, d. 11/15 Smith, Jerry Buhler, ’40, d. 12/15 Tinker, Janice Humbert, ’39, d. 6/98 Mook, Yvonne Biggs, ’40, d. 1/16 georgia, university of Wiley, Oma Hulse, ’23, d. 5/90 Strautman, Gloria Decker, ’44, d. 2/16 Barron, Anne West, ’53, d. 8/15 Warnock, Mary Phelps, ’30, d. 12/05 kentucky, university of arkansas, university of clemson university hillsdale college Borden, Mary Garner, ’40, d. 11/96 Canada, Janet Tarpley, ’59, d. 6/08 Hunter, Kathryn Leib, ’81, d. 3/16 Almendinger, Saundra Evans, ’55, d. 2/16 Chorn, Sarah, ’10, d. 11/64 Carnes, Jo Belle Reed, ’44, d. 5/14 colorado college Barlow, Cleota Hedde, ’25, d. 5/92 Edgar, Isabella Marshall, ’10, d. 9/74 Brown, Joan Schoen, ’49, d. 12/15 Dickinson, Anne Spencer, ’33, d. 12/01 Dearborn, Stena, ’32, d. 5/79 Edmonds, Dolly Battaile, ’10, d. 1/66 Dobberteen, Caroline Nesler, ’32, d. 2/01 Gillison, Diane, ’63, d. 11/15 Dyatt, Elizabeth Brown, ’32, d. 2/95 Ferrall, Louie Brown, ’22, d. 2/86 Moore, Luallen Beck, ’42, d.6/98 Hicks, Virginia, ’46, d. 12/14 O’Malley, Martha Murray, ’32, d. 11/00 Gildhart, Charlotte Willis, ’16, d. 1/53 Ray, Gloria Phillips, ’48, d. 12/15 Stickney, Dorothy Freeman, ’31, d. 11/15 Harbison, Lulie, ’12, d. 5/44 colorado state university Reichardt, Georgia Lee, ’27, d. 12/85 Thomas, Carolyn Narrance, ’32, d. 3/85 Hill, Katherine Mitchell, ’12, d. 9/80 Roberts, Anne Smith, ’53, d. 2/16 Mitchell, Janet Wood, ’65, d. 2/16 Van Blyenburgh, Rosemarie Chokan, ’48, Kimbrough, Frances, ’19, d. 8/55 Rowan, Ann Mitchell, ’41, d. 11/80 Rose, Priscilla Clark, ’58, d. 2/16 d. 3/16 Kuhns, Mattie Gregory, ’24, d. 1/87 Stevenson, Florence Byrd, ’42, d. 1/16 Schreiber, Barbara Hjelm, ’57, d. 3/16 Wise, Phyllis Rager, ’50, d. 1/16 Lair, Mary May, ’23, d. 10/82 Thompson, Anna Rife, ’31, d. 12/97 colorado, university of idaho, university of Landrum, Rosa Talbert, ’48, d. 10/15 Thrasher, Mary, ’26, d. 6/98 Bourke, Judy Hilliker, ’43, d. 3/15 Arrien, Angeles, ’60, d. 4/14 Mason, Josephine Skain, ’25, d. 5/92 Ward, Winona Brown, ’54, d. 9/10 Briggs, Ellen Olsen, ’58, d. 1/16 Hicks, Marcia Ellis, ’55, d. 12/14 McKee, Elizabeth Millard, ’19, d. 11/94

46 | Fall 2016 Morse, Katherine Goodsight, ’24, montana, university of Tugman, Gerd Hansen, ’42, d. 1/16 Sanders, Lucia Nettle, ’59, d. 10/98 d. 10/99 Colberg, Patricia Stewart, ’57, d. 12/15 Whitespunner, Rachel Griffiths, ’29, Sherrill, Mary Barnard, ’21, d. 12/85 Pettyjohn, Esther Gilbert, ’24, d. 11/59 Luckman, Doris Peterson, ’49, d. 12/15 d. 9/03 Slaughter, Hallie Groos, ’40, d. 12/15 Pope, Mary Turner, ’16, d. 8/70 O’Kelly, Patricia Geagan, ’39, d. 10/07 Wilson, Suzanne Seley, ’50, d. 6/15 Whitney, Nancy Bivings, ’55, d. 1/16 Prewitt, Edwina, ’50, d. 12/15 Rhyeer, Susan Torian, ’46, d. 9/92 Pennsylvania State University toronto, university of Smith, Miriam Botts, ’21, d. 9/98 Stone, Gayle Davidson, ’48, d. 12/15 Jordy, Sally McCoy, ’56, d. 11/15 Ness, Laurel Sanderson, ’42, d. 1/16 Stuart, Josephine Evans, ’19, d. 1/96 Martz, Vera Loomis, /33, d. 11/04 nebraska, university of tulane university louisiana state university Bickel, Jane Sawyer, ’35, d. 10/15 McKown, Jeanne Young, ’50, d. 2/16 Simpson, Eleanor Skinner, ’39, d. 1/12 Weston, Mary Hannah, ’47, d. 2/16 Adams, Patricia Boyd, ’56, d. 1/16 Fournier, Sheila Templeton, ’55, d. 3/16 Wilson, Katherine Lanier, ’35, d. 5/93 Duplantier, Suzanne Payne, ’64, d. 10/15 Marvin, Lucile Gass, ’17, d. 9/86 Van Arsdale, Mary Hyland, ’43, d. 3/16 Ethridge, Susan Griffon, ’63, d. 3/16 Padbury, Mary Lou Ball, ’39, d. 12/15 pennsylvania, university of tulsa, university of Hardy, Norma Mc Cook, ’49, d. 11/13 Risko, Elizabeth Coad, ’50, d. 11/12 Bracken, Kathryn Keel, ’66, d. 11/05 Lefton, Jeanie Lawmaster, ’62, d. 1/13 Joyce, Frances Baucum, ’79, d. 1/16 new mexico, university of pittsburgh, university of utah, university of McCullough, Johnette Walden, ’44, d. 11/15 Burns, Angela Loeffel, ’55, d. 1/16 Marocchi, Anne Adams, ’50, d. 2/16 Mackey, Marjorie Warshaw, ’39, d. 1/16 Norman, Charlotte, ’47, d. 2/16 Childers, Frances Nason, ’39, d. 10/00 Miller, Caroline Nesbitt, ’39, d. 6/97 Nielsen, Sherry Smith, ’58, d. 1/16 *manitoba, university of Kahn, Janet Schultz, ’67, d. 1/16 Wilson, Coramabel Short, ’26, d. 2/94 Parker, Corene Cowan, ’47, d. 11/15 King, Joan Plews, ’40, d. 3/04 Sedberry, Carolyn Nielsen, ’55, d. 12/15 purdue university vanderbilt university * maryland, university of * north dakota state university Burt, Carole Edwards, ’55, d. 12/15 Smith, Abby Sheinbart, ’76, d. 1/16 Anderson, Barbara Hicks, ’44, d. 12/15 Donovan, Kathleen, ’52, d. 10/15 Harkey, Joalyn Lyda, ’44, d. 12/15 Washington state university Michaels, Carolyn Clugston, ’37, d. 11/08 Erickson, Ruth Baker, ’33, d. 4/91 Kavanaugh, Kathryn Gates, ’41, d. 4/12 Bass, Barbara Letellier, ’42, d. 3/16 Renneberger, Linda Conover, ’57, d. 11/15 Jennings, Kathryn Tharalson, ’31, d. 5/90 Mehringer, Alli Cropper, ’01, d. 3/16 Cody, Betty Frisch, ’36, d. 6/03 Scarborough, Alden Tucker, ’38, d. 1/16 Vergari, Genevieve Lindemann, ’41, d. 3/16 Nutting, Patricia Vernia, ’50, d. 3/16 Correll, Theda Lomax, ’25, d. 6/03 Seward, Doris Kluge, ’39, d. 6/05 northwestern university Reed, Vivian Petersen, ’39, d. 1/16 Ferguson, Evelyn Cook, ’30, d. 1/95 Smythe, Gai, ’71, d. 9/15 Casey, Ardean Alexander, ’38, d. 11/14 Schneider, Beth Simpson, ’45, d. 2/16 Ott, Alleene Mills, ’24, d. 4/89 miami university (ohio) Heitman, Loyce Chase, ’35, d. 9/15 Seraphine, Kay Haskell, ’54, d. 12/15 Peterson, Leann Lobeda, ’76, d. 1/16 Andrews, Dorothy Henrich, ’47, d. 2/16 Powell, Paula Doane, ’61, d. 3/16 Storm, Louise Milligan, ’49, d. 12/15 Washington university Cooley, Rickie Yager, ’56, d. 2/16 Soderstrom, Jennie Morison, ’37, d. 4/15 Tharp, Alice Scoville, ’28, d. 8/99 Mueller, Jean Greenlee, ’41, d. 5/12 Wolfe, Roberta Holbrook, ’46, d. 10/15 miami, university of * ohio state university Phillips, Annette Barton, ’58, d. 9/14 * san Jose state university Debevoise, Ruth Rochow, ’49, d. 10/15 Beem, Marjorie Renick, ’48, d. 11/15 Schexnayder, Leslie Beechler, ’78, Bowen, Georgene Lloyd, ’49, d. 11/15 d. 12/15 michigan state university Clark, Jane White, ’38, d. 2/96 Greulich, Beth Bartle, ’49, d. 12/15 Washington, university of Huston, Joy Stark, ’50, d. 1/16 Chastang, Ruth Bullock, ’30, d. 12/15 Kellogg, Barbara Morton, ’54, d. 12/15 Ancich, Barbara Horjes, ’48, d. 12/15 Stickle, Lucy Tranter, ’35, d. 1/05 Griese, Margaret Hart, ’42, d. 3/16 Meckstroth, Emily Thompson, ’42, d. 3/16 southern california, u. of Fleming, Valerie Ellis, ’34, d. 2/16 michigan, university of ohio Wesleyan university Cunningham, Nancy Crane, ’56, d. 1/16 Graham, Anne Unbewust, ’50, d. 10/15 Culpepper, Marilyn Mayer, ’43, d. 2/16 Cummings, Elizabeth Gilchrist, ’58, d. 2/16 Lutter, Jocelyn Mays, ’86, d. 12/15 Halbert, Ruth Glass, ’31, d. 7/99 Davis, Sharon, ’67, d. 2/16 Herron, Josephine Townsend, ’39, d. 1/16 southern methodist university Langenberg, Alice Chaplin, ’29, d. 3/05 Henderson, Elizabeth Adams, ’51, Newman, Marilyn, ’49, d. 1/16 Adams, Susan Biggers, ’51, d. 2/16 O’Neill, Jean Blair, ’39, d. 10/15 d. 11/15 Pierce, Caroline Watkins, ’44, d. 2/16 Collins, Calvert Keoun, ’40, d. 1/16 Speer, Edna Mc Creery, ’19, d. 10/95 Hilmert, Dorothy Graham, ’60, d. 2/16 Stellhorn, Caroline Wertz, ’30, d. 4/88 Godfrey, Jane Chambers, ’52, d. 10/15 Tidmarsh, Helen Carmen, ’21, d. 9/95 Morgan, Frances Rice, ’35, d. 2/16 Kendall, Jean Mosher, ’52, d. 1/16 West virginia university Ryan, Suzanne Wilson, ’49, d. 2/16 oklahoma state university Verhalen, Elizabeth Evans, ’51, d. 2/16 Bowling, Mollie Clifford, ’51, d. 11/15 Smith, Dorothy Wilcox, ’25, d. 11/01 Clarke, Lynn Crockett, ’54, d. 3/16 Kalbus, Jane Whisler, ’53, d. 1/16 Wilke, Julia Kitchens, ’51, d. 2/16 Howie, Louise Gehrken, ’48, d. 12/15 * middlebury college Larkin, Linda Skidmore, ’57, d. 3/15 Zaenglein, Carol Smith, ’67, d. 2/16 Whitman college Darnell, Jane Bunting, ’52, d. 11/15 Millican, Joanne Griffin, ’60, d. 3/16 st. lawrence university Galloway, Diane, ’66, d. 7/15 White, Susan Blume, ’65, d. 9/15 Traub, Doris Hess, ’48, d. 6/15 Chidsey, Martha Smoot, ’48, d. 12/15 Kelley, Margaret Ringrose, ’66, d. 10/15 Wiley, Pruda Harwood, ’23, d. 10/68 oklahoma, university of Dumville, Ann Graham, ’40, d. 11/15 Powell, Marbeth Sedgwick, ’39, minnesota, university of King, Patricia Mc Dermott, ’51, d. 2/16 Longley, Midge Watters, ’44, d. 11/13 d. 12/15 Clark, Eileen Fowler, ’29, d. 2/91 Milner, Addie Davis, ’32, d. 3/16 syracuse university Sparks, Janet Bowman, ’64, d. 1/16 Lynch, Madeline Rice, ’27, d. 10/94 Osborne, Carol Cashion, ’56, d. 12/15 Scovell, Myre Williams, ’38, d. 3/16 William & mary, college of McCarthy, Carolyn Beach, ’12, d. 8/89 Paul, Gayle Duffy, ’49, d. 12/15 Bain, Deborah Lewis, ’72, d. 1/16 Petraborg, Barbara Hough, ’49, d. 12/15 texas tech university oregon state university Barr, Phyllis Reno, ’55, d. 1/16 Fox, Frances Shoff, ’46, d. 12/15 Strong, Dorothy Bleecker, ’20, d. 9/81 Hunt, Elizabeth Bridgeforth, ’02, d. 1/16 Thomas, Jean Adams, ’34, d. 12/96 Bailey, Joanne Bennet, ’57, d. 1/16 Hall, Mary Shotwell, ’74, d. 12/15 Frazer, Imolean Dearmond, ’43, d. 11/15 Kent, Sydney Edwards, ’59, d. 3/16 Scates, Elizabeth Sheild, ’55, d. 12/15 mississippi, university of Gardner, Naomi Andrews, ’46, d. 3/16 Mackenzie, Moncure Carter, ’53, d. 12/15 Wisconsin, university of Bonnett, Sara Bogy, ’59, d. 2/15 Heinrich, Carolyn Courter, ’57, d. 9/15 texas, university of Carrier, Kay Larson, ’53, d. 1/16 missouri, university of Lidster, Miriam Bleamaster, ’33, d. 9/97 Box, Suzanne Lamaster, ’60, d. 3/16 Ehrlich, Phydele Gourley, ’35, d. 12/15 Baldwin, Bettie Rodes, ’43, d. 8/15 Olberg, Carolyn Ericksen, ’67, d. 11/15 Gulick, Jane Bluntzer, ’45, d. 3/16 Nelson, Barbara Scott, ’36, d. 5/12 Jabas, Alma Cowgill, ’24, d. 1/87 oregon, university of Haney, Mary Cravens, ’60, d. 2/16 Reiss, Ruth Wheeler, ’29, d. 6/01 Johnson, Kathleen Gardner, ’68, d. 2/16 Bonham, Betty Marquiss, ’62, d. 4/12 Hargrove, Nancy Kate Green, ’69, d. 1/16 Wyoming, university of Lathem, Patsy Bartlett, ’18, d. 3/81 Hoak, Mary Hill, ’46, d. 9/15 Lummis, Doris Fondren, ’48, d. 12/15 Cahill, Pauline Claver, ’39, d. 12/06 Powers, Margaret, ’24, d. 8/94 Kelly, Mercedes Foley, ’44, d. 3/16 Lyon, Mariann Wilson, ’55, d. 3/16 Lutz, Barbara Cruickshank, ’36, d. 6/06 Woods, Mary Donnell, ’44, d. 1/16 McCracken, Sally Moore, ’47, d. 11/15 Mann, Patricia Ashley, ’59, d. 7/99 Johnston, Margaret Hanson, ’38, d. 2/16 monmouth college Meek, Patricia Shea, ’39, d. 7/95 McGillicuddy, Sherma Pattillo, ’55, d. 3/16 Edmund, Dorothy Vonach, ’43, d. 4/15 Puthuff, Dorothy Creath, ’26, d. 10/02 Northrup, Merlyn Myers, ’49, d. 2/16 Submitted Dec. 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016 Peterson, Marjorie Mann, ’40, d. 11/99 Semmens, Jane Weller, ’57, d. 2/16 Phillips, Polly Chilton, ’41, d. 1/16 * Indicates inactive chapters.

get involved www.kappa.org | 47 Nothing says sweet summertime quite like grilling up some hotdogs. But, nothing says hotdog quite like Oscar Mayer’s 27-foot long Wienermobile. First built in 1936, the Wienermobile has been driven throughout the U.S. promoting the brand and bringing smiles to traffic jams. In 1988, the company launched its “Hotdogger” program inviting college students and recent grads to drive the Wienermobile for one year. Karen Hood, Tennessee, and Hannah Carlson, Missouri, remixRide On both had their time to relish behind the Hotdogger wheel.

Karen Hood Facing off Hannah Carlson Tennessee, Hotdogger inaugural Missouri, Hotdogger, 2013 class of 1988 and 1996

A sales rep visited campus but at the time How did you hear I heard about it because my friend had it was hard to find people who would commit driven it the year before. I remember him to a year because it was a new program and to about the posting about it and I realized that it was my classmates it sounded kind of silly. I saw it Wienermobile? what I wanted to do. I was lucky because as an opportunity of a lifetime. Oscar Mayer and the Wienermobile recruited on my campus.

One that was memorable (not sure I Favorite city? I visited Seattle and I loved it and it quickly would call it my favorite) was a very tiny became my favorite city. Now, a few years later, town called Booneville, Mississippi. I live in Seattle.

In 1988 they were built on a Chevy How is the drive? The Wienermobile was the only car I had van. We drove four Wienermobiles that year. If I was off-duty and had to run to the around Manhattan in the summer and grocery store, I had to take the Wienermobile. they weren’t finished yet. It had no After a while it became normal. seats other than the driver’s seat: They were undercooked.

It’s a production when you stop— a Funniest memory? The funniest things were probably clown-car fire drill when you get out of people trying to crack jokes that you’ve the vehicle. Once, I drove away while it was heard a million times. still “pumping” gas.

Banana Republic—but it was not the What were your Black windbreaker pants and Banana Republic we have now. It was Wienermobile T-shirts. We also had a adventure clothes—cargo shorts and polo uniforms like? classy ’80s-inspired windbreaker jacket shirts. Year eight was the infamous flight with a big hotdog on the back. I still have suit. It’s red, yellow, and blue. them—I’ll never let go of them. courtesty oscar mayer Think big and don’t be afraid to think big. The takeaway? You will never regret driving a hotdog. ’Cause it’s obviously big.

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