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VoLUME 117, No.1 SPRING 2000 Communication Is Key Kappas worldwide exchange ideas in a variety of ways

By LOIS CATHERMAN HEENEHAN, Adelphi

On a little wooden bridge spanning a small stream that flows through the northeastern corner of the (Monmouth) campus, two college girls one day had a schoolgirls' conversation out of which grew the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity.

homas H. potential members and, in turn, learn Women in the media have made McMichael, then about their goals, talents and person­ a great impact on public perception. president of alities. Not only are they role models, but Monmouth College, Each individual contributes in they have also challenged us with described our begin­ her own way. Sympathetic words new ways to view women's issues ning with those words. We haven't are spoken or a thoughtful note is such as health management and stopped talking since. written. A "keep-in-touch" e-mail daycare. Women respond and Like the stream, sometimes the comes as a surprise. A colorful extend the discussion as they click words flow slowly, requiring deep drawing brightens the day. A peppy onto the Web and share personal thought. At other times they come melody or soft song creates future experiences. swiftly as ideas become too exciting memories. Whether in membership Whatever the means or the sub­ to contain or enthusiasm demands a selection or at a 20th reunion, our ject, unlike the campus stream, burst of chatter. conversations are ongoing. Founder today's stream of communication From chapter meetings to General LoUISE BENNETT (BOYD) wrote in flows in many directions. Books Conventions, alumnae gatherings to later years that some time during have been written about women's Fraternity Council meetings, Kappas 1869-1870 she, MINNIE STEWART and style of leadership which promotes talk - about our lives, our families JENNIE BoYD met for a "pow wow." a multidirectional system of com­ and work, our world. We share The pow wows have never ended, munication. Ideas are not imposed moments of excitement and joy, just grown in scope and numbers. from the top exclusively; they are times of troubles and problems, and And what do we talk about? also welcomed and encouraged ideas. Oh, the ideas we share! Ideas - philosophy, the classics, from the bottom - the worker who We do more than talk -we current events and perhaps "the deals with pressures and progress communicate. That means listening, vote for women" were topics shared each day. An idea surfaces and many writing, seeing emotions expressed in by our Founders. Marriage and chil­ minds and experiences plug in facial expressions and body language, dren are "then and now" topics. questions, additions, suggestions signing and using artistic and Careers, women's leadership, and and affirmation as it is shaped and musical means, as well as a variety of national and world issues are refined. modern technological tools to com­ sources of interest today. From quilting bees to parent­ municate our thoughts and feelings. Communication is an interactive teacher organizations to corporate It begins again with "schoolgirl process. One person may lead but think tanks, women share ideas, conversation" - now in casual all contribute. As students we enthusiasms, concerns and pride in campus meetings and also in the absorb from teachers and add our their individual and collective con­ more organized process of member­ own perspective. Mentors and versations. We're talking and listen­ ship recruitment. Chapter members interns continue the process. ing, writing and reading, seeing and discuss ideals, activities, costs and Meanwhile, the media provides a understanding. We're communicating philanthropies while chatting with flood of ideas and information. - join the conversation. o--

Bridge artwork from th e cover of th e Fall 1992 Issue of The Key.

THE K EY • Spring 2000 CONTENTS

THE KEY OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA • SPRING 2000 • VOLUME 117, No. 1

8 Jane of the Jungle Jane Pauley talks candidly about family, career and Kappa.

14 The Power of the Voice and the Pen Meet 10 courageous communicators.

8 22 I Don't Deserve To Eat A collegian shares her diary of an eating disorder.

26 Turn Panic into Positive Communication Tips on creating and delivering an effective speech.

SP ECIAL SECTIONS

4 Convention Registration 5 Officer Nomination Form

38 Celebrating the Arts

D EPARTMENTS

2 President's Message 38 Accent on Alumnae

3 Fraternity News 46 Kappas on Campus

31 Foundation News 50 In Memoriam

34 . Profiles 52 Through the Keyhole ... Letters to the Editor On the Cover Dateline NBC's JANE PAULEY, Indiana, hares her thoughts on family and career - plus her memories of pledging c:rFE~ Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Key is proud ·;~ us College Fraternity ational Panhellenic to feature Jane and numerous other Editors Association Editors Conference Kappa communicators and artists! (Cover photograph cot~rtesy of BC. )

THE KEY • Spring 2000 • 1 o~-....

The Key is the first college women's Kappa Communication fraternity magazine, http:/ /www.kappakappagamma.org published continuously since 1882. In this issue of The Key, you will be informed about the 63rd Biennial EDITORIAL BOARD Convention, which will be held June 21- 25, 2000, at Marriott's Desert Springs Fraternity Vice President Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, Calif. Ann Stafford Truesdell This resort lends itself beautifully to a Ohio Wesleyan fun-filled and action-packed General Convention. Here you will have the Editorial Board Chairman Beth Sharp opportunity to celebrate your Kappa Penn State membership in a setting with spectacular views of the mountains and desert. Editor The theme of this Convention, "Values: Jenny Struthers Hoover Bowling Green Pathway to the Future," promises to be exciting as well as inspiring. For those Associate Editor who have never attended a Convention, Lois Catherman Heenehan hat would life be like without you will experience the unforgettable sight Adelphi the myriad avenues of commu­ of our processional at the Opening Assistant Editor W nication we use in our daily Business Meeting where every Kappa Laura Shock Scherer lives? The events of the world are broad­ attending wears white. You will participate Bowling Green cast almost as they occur, and often we in the moving and serene Memorial Service, which will be held in a lovely out­ Profiles Editor watch history unfold before our eyes! door setting. And, of course, you will listen Julie Kroon Alvarado Thanks to ever-changing technology, we Arizona State are able to gather information at breath­ to outstanding speakers and interact with taking speed. We've even expanded our other Kappa sisters in informative educa­ Alumna News Editor vocabulary to include new words such as tional sessions. The schedule even Nancy Voorhees Laitner "online," "Web site," "log on" and "e-mail" includes a free afternoon to enjoy some of Purdue to name a few. the Palm Desert sights or some time Collegiate News Editor Does all of this make a difference to around one of the five swimming pools or other luxuries at the resort: Kristin Johnson Styers us as members of Kappa Kappa Gamma? Georgia Southern Absolutely! Through e-mail and fax, our Most of all, I can promise you an Director of Communications volunteers communicate daily with each unforgettable four days of friendship, Jenifer Johnson Peponis other and Fraternity Headquarters staff laughter and motivation. The business of Ohio Wesleyan to keep Kappa business running smoothly. Convention is serious, for it is here that There is an amazing number of ways to the Fraternity officers are elected and the stay in contact with each other and the Fraternity Bylaws and Standing Rules are Graphic Designer amended. A Kappa Convention is truly a Victoria McDonald, Q.V. Design entire membership. Have you logged on to the official perfect blend of business and fun. Come to Convention and you will return home The Key (ISSN 1063-4665) is pub­ Web site? I invite you to click on to the lished quarterly for $3.00 by Kappa address above and take a look at our more committed than ever to this won­ Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 530 E. beautiful home page. This "public" site derful organization, which is defined by Town St., Columbus, OH 43215. its timeless values practiced by each one Printed in the United States of gives an overview of our mission. You America, copyright Kappa Kappa can access the "private" side of our Web of us. Gamma Fraternity 2000. site by using your member identifica­ Loyally, Preferred periodical postage paid at tion number located on the address Columbus, Ohio label of this magazine. The "private" POSTMASTER: ~~ Send address changes to: side of our Web site gives information CATHY THOMPSON CARSWELL, The Key for Kappas only. P.O. Box 308 Illinois Wesleyan Columbus, OH 43216-0308 Fraternity President

2 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 Mission Statement "Kappa Kinetics" Returns 'f.p..?PA KIN£-,.'c-s of The Key

eam up with Kappas of all ages to The Key of Kappa Kappa explore leading with integrity. L .E ·A .o .E ·R. s .H ·I .p Gamma links each mem­ TEnergize your soul and define your S · E · M · I · N · A · R ber with the Fraternity. journey at the "Kappa Kinetics" Seminar: The mission ofThe Key is: Leading with Integrity; The Journey Never Ends. • to inform, inspire Kappa Kinetics is the Fraternity's own and challenge regional leadership seminar where Kappas • to sustain and nurture can explore how to live up to all that is membership loyalty and fine in life and thought and character. By interest exploring her values and ethics, each Kappa is encouraged to examine her per­ • to recognize individua~ sonal life journey and determine the path group and Fraternity she wishes to travel. Kappas will learn accomplishment from each other in an intergenerational weekend setting. • to provide a forum for an exchange of Seminar Dates: information and April 8-9 - Toledo, Ohio opinion October 28-29 -Portland, Oregon • to be a permanent record. November 11-12 - Kansas City, Missouri November 18-19 -Richmond, Virginia

Total participant cost is $35 - plus To request advertising rates transportation. The Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Kinetics participants explore their or to send information and Foundation is funding the remaining cost values and goals with sisters of all ages. photographs for The Key, of the program, which includes a Saturday please contact: night stay and all meals during the semi­ New Alumnae Association KKr Headquarters and nar. A Friday and/or Sunday night stay may The Fraternity welcomes the SANDHILLS Foundation Office be arranged at the participant's expense. (N.C.) ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION! To join, call JENNY STRUTHERS HOOVER Any Kappa may attend Kinetics in any Editor association President CLAIRE CHAMBERLAIN location and may attend more than one P.O. Box 38 BRYAN, Colorado College at 910/673-8373. seminar during the year. Kappa Kinetics is Columbus, Ohio a great way to renew old friendships and 43216-0038 The Extension Committee develop new ones. Come on your own, get Tel: 614/228-6515 your new member class together, call sis­ Needs You Fax:614/228-7809 ters from your chapter and discover your The Fraternity is seeking members who dreams and implement your ideals. Space work as college guidance counselors or E-mail: [email protected] is limited. Register early! professionals who have extensive knowl­ Web site: For more information or a registration edge of college campuses in the United www.kappakappagarnma.org form, call the Director of Education and States and Canada to serve as resource Training at Fraternity Headquarters at people for the Extension Committee. For Rose McGill 614/228-6515. Or visit the official Web site more information, contact CAROL GEORGE Magazine Agency at www.kappakappagamma.org (go to the SANDERS, Cal. State Northridge at 800/KKG-ROSE meetings section of"Just for Kappas"). 805/529-1646, [email protected]. (800/554-7673)

THE KEY SOURCE 800/441-3877 The winner of the fall Kappa history contest is LILLIAN ABRAHAM MACKAY, (orders only) Mississippi! She will receive a free copy of the soon-to-be-published History 2000 ... Kappa Kappa Gamma Through the Years.

THE KEl' • pring 2000 • 3 Come to Convention 2000 - Don't Miss the Fun!

Values: Pathway to the Future - Be a part of the 63rd Biennial Convention at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, California, June 21-25, 2000!

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Programs include: • Memorial Service • Presidents Dinner • Chapter and Association Interacts • Candlelight Banquet • Business Meetings • House/ Advisory Board Training • History 2000 Autograph Party • Installation of Officers Special resort features include: • a 30,000-square-foot luxurious ul~ra-spa • 5 swimming pools and 3 outdoor whirlpools • 18 shops and boutiques • 20 tennis courts (hard, clay & grass) • 2 18-hole championship golf courses

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Return this form to: :I Convention Assistant, Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Headquarters, P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038. ! ·------·I 4 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 Gamma Omega, Denison, Reorganized Celebrate Women's History! GAMMA OMEGA CHAPTER at Denison University has been March is U.S. Women's History Month with the officially reorganized through membership recruitment fol­ theme of "An Extraordinary Century for Women - lowing the university's two-year suspension. New Members Now, Imagine the Future." The Heritage Museum of were initiated on November 6, 1999. Many alumnae in the Kappa Kappa Gamma is taking part by featuring an central Ohio area participated, as well as collegiate mem­ exhibit honoring several former Fraternity Historians, bers from BETA Nu, Ohio State, and RHo'\ Ohio Wesleyan. including MINNIE ROYSE WALKER, DePauw, who took it Formal recruitment took place in January. For more infor­ upon herself to write the first official Fraternity histo­ mation contact JoNI MANos BROWN, Ohio Wesleyan, ry, which she published at her own expense. Coordinator of Chapter Development, 61 4/451 -5710. Kappa's Record: A Short History of the Kappa Kappa Leading Ladies Wanted! Gamma Fraternity was published in 1903 by the order of the 1902 Convention. This history was very brief, The Fraternity Nominating Committee is accepting consisting of only 67 pages. In the forward, Minnie nominations fo r the positions of Fraternity Council, acknowledged the book's shortcomings and wrote that Regional Directors of Alumnae and Regional Directors of she intended it to be a signpost to make it easier for Chapters. The Nominating Committee will submit its others to follow. The book consists mainly of lists: slate of candidates at the General Convention, June 21- chapters, alumnae associations, prominent members, 25, 2000. Fraternity Council and Regional Officers are Council officers and "rival societies." elected to a two-year term by majority vote at the close of By Fraternity action, in 1904 Kappa's Record was Convention. No one may hold the same position for made one of the required items in the archives of more than two terms. every chapter. It became an inspiration for many Any Kappa may recommend any alumna in good Kappas. The author continued to serve the Fraternity standing who has served the Fraternity within the past 10 in various ways. She was the Alumna News Editor of years as a member of Council or as a Regional or Province The Key and also served the Alumnae Associations Officer, Traveling Consultant, Chairman of a Standing or Executive Committee as Secretary from 1906-1908 Special Committee (for Council Nominees), a member of and later as Alumnae Supervisor from 1912-1914. She a Standing or Special Committee (for Regional Officer served as President of the NEW YORK ALUMNAE Nominees), or as a Council Assistant. ASSOCIATION for 12 years until her husband's illness A candidate should have demonstrated leadership abil­ forced her to retire from Kappa service. ity and strong managerial, communication and analytical For more information on Women's History Month skills. She should be mature, a good team player, self­ visit the National Women's History Project Web site at motivated and able to relate well to various types of peo­ www.nwhp.org. ple. Every member is invited to become a part of the - By Diane Mallstrom, nominating process by submitting recommendations Fraternity Archivist/Museum Curator u ing the form below. ()--o-w

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...._ .. ______------______,I The 1948 General convention Attendees .

n the middle of her term as Grand President, she married and moved to Oregon where her I husband, Will Canby, was to take charge of a gold-mining site. She remembered great masses of wild iris in full bloom on the mountain where she honeymooned ... 'a true Kappa welcome.' While there, her mail was delivered by mule up a narrow, steep trail; the postmaster, whose sister was a Kappa, thought it should be delivered promptly because Mary was President. -- from History 2000 ... Kappa Kappa Gamma Through the Years

MARY GRIFFITH CANBY, Pennsylvania, Kappa's 11th Grand President from 1906- 1908, had to overcome many challenges while communicating with the Fraternity she led. Read more about Mary and the growth of Kappa Kappa Gamma in History 2000 ... Kappa Kappa Gamma Through During the "old days" at Fraternity Headquarters, staff members recorded and filed membership data by hand. Find out more about Tile Years. Order your copy now! how the Fraternity has changed through the years.

THE KEl' • pring 2000 • 7 fi suroivor of the 'fV newsmagazine jungle, Jane Pauley talks about her success, her priorities and how she feels about turning 50

-By ]ENNY STRUTHERS HOOVER, Bowling Green

t's a jungle out there - in the world of television newsmagazines, that is. Nobody knows that better Ithan Dateline NBC anchor JANE PAULEY, Indiana, who has been called "The Loved One" by New York Magazine. TV Guide calls her "Saint Jane." Both names may account for her seemingly unbreakable bond with the American public. No matter what you call her, Jane Pauley has risen gracefully to the top of her field with Midwestern manners, no­ nonsense integrity and plenty of spunk. In addition to co-anchoring Dateline five nights a week with Stone Phillips, Jane is also known for her reflective feature stories as the anchor of MSNBC's Cable show Time and Again, which provides an in-depth look at current events and newsmakers through the historical prism of the NBC News archives. Between the two shows, it seems to Jane that she's on the air 12 nights a week. Yet her family, a party of five, still manages to eat dinner together every night. How did the "girl next door" raised in Indianapolis, Ind., transform herself from local TV reporter to superstar? While she doesn't call herself an overachiever, Jane's determination and drive have brought her suc­

Jane Pauley, Indiana cess time after time. Having been Governor of

8 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 Girls State in Indiana during high school, she began her Jane Pauley on ... freshman year of college at Indiana University in Bloomington during the summer of her high school graduation in 1968. She then graduated from IU in Pledging Kappa Kappa Gamma - December of 1971 before most of her classmates. "The night our pledge class was announced was Although Jane says she felt "clueless" about what she one of the most thrilling nights of my life. I couldn't would do for a living, she was in a hurry to graduate. believe I'd gotten my first choice ... and my pledge She was not, however, in a rush to say good-bye to class was just phenomenal. Kappa was just such a safe her Kappa friends. Although she had the support of her haven from which to explore the world. I can't con­ older sister, Ann, on campus, Jane felt lonely at first and ceive of not having had that basis of friendship." insecure. But the DELTA CHAPTER of Kappa Kappa Gamma helped change all that. "Pledging a sorority was Meeting Husband Garry Trudeau - really a big deal for me," recalls Jane, who was "When I first came to New York I was so helpless. impressed by the "artistic," "intellectual," and "talented" Tom Brokaw and his wife, Meredith, helped me find women she met at the Kappa house. During the fall of an apartment, they helped me get my furniture, and her freshman year, Janie (as she was called) settled into most importantly they helped me find a boyfriend. We Kappa life, having found her home away from home met at Tom's house- he and his wife are legendary until graduation. matchmakers. Garry and I started dating immediately "I was pretty sure I was unemployable," Jane says, but after that and the rest is history." with 1972 being a presidential election year, this political science major immersed herself in state politics right Working Mothers - after graduation. But she secretly dreamed about a "I think the secret that working women are maybe career in broadcast journalism. "I had no particular rea­ just beginning to let out is that working women do son to think I could have this career that was in the back have it easier. You get kind of a break from the emo­ of my mind ... I had no experience in journalism at all;' tional strain of all the responsibilities having a family admits Jane. What she did have was a high school state implies. You get to go to work. That's why working championship trophy in extemporaneous speaking and women go to work even when they have the flu. I've debate, plus natural abilities she was not yet aware of. been uniquely blessed in that rve been able to have Fortunately others recognized her potential. the best of both." When, in the early 1970s, Jane began to see more women and minorities in news careers, her thoughts of becoming a broadcaster seemed plausible. Working on a political campaign put Jane in close contact with broad­ cast journalists, giving her an edge. Thanks to being in the right place at the right time, she was hired as a TV reporter in Indianapolis. At least that was her recollec­ tion. But Lee Giles who first hired her at WISH-TV told Jane, as she was being inducted as a fellow of the Society for Professional Journalists, to give him a little credit for a wise decision rather than assuming she was a fluke. It took her breath away to realize she was one of dozens of contenders for that local news position. A few years later, making an unprecedented career leap, Jane was promoted from an NBC-owned-and­ operated station in Chicago to the co-anchor spot on the Today how. "It was pretty clear that I was either going to go out or up because in Chicago I was not an overnight en ation," says Jane. Yet, after a highly publi­ cized talent hunt, BC picked her for the Today show. "Fortunately I wa still pretty clueless and didn't know how dangerous it was- that the takes were pretty high for me and the odd were pretty long;' Jane recalls. At age 25, till porting a ponytail, Jane first worked alongside Today co-anchor Tom Brokaw, then Bryant Gumbel. Jane co-anchored the Today show from 1976-1989. At the time she left. Jane held the longest tenure as a Today anchor.

THE K EY • Spring 2000 • 9 saw the announcer light go on and heard the theme music, Jane felt "totally at home" and "unnaturally calm." "Which is probably why I'm still here today, and I can't begin to explain that phenomenon because I'm not that comfortable in most of my life;' Jane discloses. After 13 years on Today, Jane left the show in what many perceived as a tumultuous exit in December of 1989 when she was replaced by Deborah Norville. But this was not the end of a brilliant career - it was simply a new beginning. The following summer Jane began anchoring the newsmagazine, Real Life with Jane Pauley, which was canceled in 1991 and immediately replaced by Dateline NBC where Jane has been a co-anchor ever since. Through it all, Jane felt the undying support of the viewing public. Despite rough waters faced by Dateline in the early 1990s, due in part to a controversial report on the risk of gas tank fires in certain GM vehicles, Jane rode the storm with her usual grace and candor. Now, in her ninth year on Dateline, Jane appears to have it all- a dream career and a well-balanced personal At age 25, Jane won the coveted spot on NBC 's Today show. life. Too good to be true? Not necessarily. Jane and her husband, Garry Trudeau, the creator of Jane recalls that she didn't sleep the night before her the comic strip Doonesbury, are proud of their successful first appearance on Today, comparing it to when a family life. She traces her values and sense of priorities young girl gets to wear her Brownie or cheerleading uni­ back to her parents who had struggled through the form to school for the first time. "I can remember laying Depression and World War II. Jane learned from them out my uniform the night before ... polishing the shoes resilience and perseverance - something she hopes to ... and then trying to go to sleep, and you're so excited pass on to her three children. "My parents were not because tomorrow you get to wear your uniform for the blessed with great luck as I have been;' says Jane. Having first time," describes Jane. "It was like that, only mixed been formed by their experience, Jane tends not to trust with terror." the good fortune she has enjoyed. A combination of anticipation and adrenaline forced Although more confident than ever, Jane readily Jane out of bed at 3:30 a.m. each weekday in order to get admits she's not perfect and that she's no "Supermom." to the studio on time. Once she arrived, drank her coffee, "I have friends who are - the moms who always know

Contributions and Honors

AWARDS o National Press Foundation's Sol Taishoff Award fo r Jane has been honored with many awards for her Excellence in Journalism, 1996 work, including Emmy Awards, a Gabriel Award, a Nancy o Named "Best in the Business" by Washington Susan Reynolds Award from Advocates for Youth, and Journalism Review, 1990

Commendation Awards from American Women in Radio o International Radio and Television Society's and Television. Other honors include: "Broadcaster of the Year;' 1986

o Living Legend Award from Indiana Historical Society, 1999 PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS o Society of Professional Journalists Fellow o RTNDA Paul White Award for lifetime contributions to electronic journalism, 1998 o Honorary Chairman of SPJ's Jane Pauley Task Force on Mass Communications Education o Inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, 1998 o RTNDF Board of Trustees

o Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting, 1997 o Children's Health Fund Advisory Board

o Salute to Excellence Award from the National o Freedom from Hunger Advisory Board

Association of Black Journalists, 1997 o PENCIL (Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning) Board of Directors

10 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 exactly what's going on in school and took trips to A typical workweek for Jane includes three to four Williamsburg when their kids were studying Colonial days in the studio taping Dateline plus one day a week America .... ;' she says. taping several episodes of Time and Again. During gaps But Jane is proud of her parenting partnership with surrounding her studio obligations Jane makes time for Garry. The couple will celebrate their 20th wedding meetings and brainstorming sessions on upcoming sto­ anniversary in June. "I married very well;' Jane says with ries, new ideas and formats. affection, adding that Garry is a devoted father who has In addition to her studio commitments, Dateline sto­ always been very hands-on thanks to the flexibility of ries often take Jane on the road. One trip she especially self-employment. enjoyed was a visit with country music stars Naomi and Having won the Kappa "Good Housekeeping Award" Wynonna Judd at their Nashville, Tenn., estate. Jane was as a joke during college, Jane laughingly admits she's not delighted when Wynonna told her that they were indi­ much of a cook (ordering out is not uncommon) but rectly related since Wynonna's sister, Ashley Judd, is a she has developed a tasteful recipe for successful family Kappa too. That's not all Jane has in common with the life. Trusted, long-term childcare providers (the first was Judds - she's also a singer! One of Jane's claims to fame with them for 10 years while their children were small) have allowed Jane and Garry to find the balance and con­ sistency they desired. Now their children- twins (a boy and a girl) who were followed by a brother - are teenagers. A key to their close-knit family is regular sit -down dinners. "When I look back on what we did right, the number one thing was inad­ vertent- having dinner with my kids;' Jane explains. "We're not like the Kennedys growing up, talking about great things, but if every­ body's got their butt to their Jane received an honorary degree from DePauw University (1978). She also received a Kappa chair for longer than 10 min­ Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award at the Fraternity's General Convention that year. utes, at least we all sat down together. This is no longer the norm in America." is her stint as a Delta Chapter "Kappa Picker." Placing Although Jane feels good about the rituals that have her singing abilities somewhere above amateur but kept her family close, she admits to her share of below semiprofessional, Jane loves to sing but says, ''I'm "mommy guilt." Jane sheepishly admits to having once rarely asked to sing, and occasionally at home I'm asked asked her children if she should quit her job. Her daugh­ to stop singing." ter, age seven at the time, said, "Yeah, mommy!" while Like most working mothers, Jane put her social and her son said, "Why would you do that?" recreational life on the back burner while her children Jane, whose father was a traveling salesman, believes were young. Now this baby boomer looks forward to the kids are more resilient than most people give them cred­ newfound freedom that comes with having older, more it for, as long as they know they are the number one pri­ independent children. Jane even says she feels comfort­ ority. "I knew that when my father was on the road, his able with middle age. "People tell me to stop talking family was still the most important thing to him;' says about being middle-aged ... but there just isn't anything Jane, adding that women can achieve this balance too. terrible about that." She also ays he never believed in the "quality time" "I don't like the sound of the number [50) - it's a theory. "Kids need quantity time in great big chunks," little alarming- but I really accept where I am in Life ay Jane, believing that children will know they are your and in some ways I'm so much better than I used to be," priority if you are there for them consistently. "Then, says Jane, who will celebrate this milestone birthday on when work does call you away, you know you have a lot October 31 , 2000. Assuming she won't spend the rest of of capital inve ted and it's going to be OK." her life in TV, Jane is taking stabs at various hobbies,

THE K EY • Spring 2000 • 11 person to myself than I was when I exaggeration;' Jane says. "You tend was younger;' she explains. Now to live up to that, or try to." Jane has more courage to try new Living up to high expectations things and feels that she is a much comes naturally for Jane, whose par­ better friend. "I'm rediscovering the ents were hardworking people of truth that women friends are so key integrity. "I knew from neighbors to emotional well-being;' says Jane, that my father was one of the most and she looks forward to resuscitat­ respected men in the neighborhood ing the reunion tradition she and a and at church, and to have col­ few Kappa friends began after col­ leagues, neighbors and church mem­ lege but gave up when marriage and bers tell you that your parents are so children became priorities. well thought of is very powerful," Inspired by these Kappa reunions, Jane recalls. "I hope my children Garry began getting together once a experience that too." year with a group of his college Although Jane's mother was not a friends - a tradition he's enjoyed career woman, she did serve as a for the past 15 years. "My husband church organist for many years. Jane Jane's 1969 chapter composite picture. just loved that I would get together recalls her family planning schedules with my college friends," Jane and vacations around weekly choir including golf. "It was uncharacteris­ recalls. "I think it was kind of like a practices and church services. While tic of me to take on something that fantasy for him to walk in the Jane was being introduced on stage requires years of learning, and in a house with all these sorority gals in by Hillary Clinton during a special public setting where I can easily the living room." program recently, she was over­ make a fool of myself," Jane says While enjoying her current whelmed when the first lady with a roar of laughter. "I feel like I endeavors, Jane also takes time to described her as "the daughter of a look a little less ridiculous now." examine where she has been. What musician." "I was so stunned at the Jane enjoys seeing her friends and makes her most proud is her reputa­ realization that, until Hillary Clinton women in general coming into their tion for integrity. "I have seen myself had said 'the daughter of a musi­ own in creative ways in their 40s and described in various flattering terms cian; I had never given my mother 50s. ''I'm a much more interesting in print that I knew were a bit of an the credit she deserved," remarks

Jane Pauley (front, kneeling) enjoyed singing and playing the washboard as a member of the Delta Chapter "Kappa Pickers" song group.

12 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 Jane. "She was a musician - she played the organ, Erin Moriarty of 48 Hours which was a complicated, challenging instrument. All those years she was just my mom." Jane hopes that Continues to Excel despite her career as a "TV lady:' her children will think of her as simply "their mom." ERIN MoRIAR'IY, Ohio State, got her start in television While she tries to diminish her high-profile career on a local news show in Columbus, Ohio. She is now a status at home, Jane does want her children to see her 14-year veteran at CBS and travels weekly as a news corre­ working hard at a career in which she excels. Although spondent for the newsmagazine, they don't watch her shows regularly, Jane tells of a 48 Hours. Prior to 48 Hours she time when they were watching a segment on Time and worked as the consumer corre­ Again that featured early Today footage showing Jane in spondent for CBS This Morning her 20s. One of her children told her she was "trying and the CBS Evening News with too hard." "Which was true - you could really tell that Dan Rather. I was reaching to be someone wildly more sophisticat­ Armed with a law degree, ed than I was," Jane says, laughing at herself. she plunged into broadcast Although she downplays the celebrity factor, her journalism and accepted a job children did make a fuss over her picture being plas­ that forever changed her future tered on the side of a city bus. "Other kids were telling for a life of nontraditional CBS 48 Hours correspon­ them, 'Hey, I saw your mom on the bus!' And at first I hours and family arrange­ dent Erin Moriarty, ments. She and her husband, didn't realize what they were talking about until I was Ohio State. sitting in the back of a cab looking at my face staring Jim Musurca, shared a mar­ back at me from the side of a bus:' laughs Jane. "That riage by commute as Erin found herself working in kind of impressed them." Jane deals with the pressures Cleveland, Baltimore and Chicago before finally set­ of celebrity status through frequent "reality checks." tling in New York. "You have to mistrust it, laugh at it a little bit and try During her 10-year stay on 48 Hours, Erin has to keep your feet on the ground:' she adds. drawn on her training as a lawyer and has explored Perhaps best described as a bundle of tenacity some of the most important social and legal issues of wrapped in small-town charm, Jane would laugh at the our day, such as teenagers facing the death penalty, the idea of being called a heroine. But ask any aspiring U.S. drug and alcohol abuse problem, battered newswoman about her role models, and Jane is sure to woman's syndrome and the battle to save premature be at the top of the list. And now that Jane Pauley has babies. Her exclusive interview with Stephen Jones, the tamed her jungle, there's no telling what she'll jump defense attorney for convicted Oklahoma City bomber into during a new phase of life in a new millennium. Timothy McVeigh, was broadcast on 60 Minutes. o----. Erin has received numerous honors, including nine national Emmy Awards for her work on 48 Hours. In 1988, she received the Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award presented by the Consumer Federation Career Highlights of America for "her many contributions of both local and national significance as a consumer reporter." • Dateline NBC anchor, 1992-present It's the stories and the people that keep her job inter­ • MSNBC's Time and Again anchor, esting. "I've covered a story on and off for eight years 1996-present and sometimes it takes a year to research a story." These • Substitute for Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News stories motivate Erin because she believes in the impor­ • Real Life with Jane Pauley anchor, tance of informing the public about important issues. 1990-91 As Erin looks ahead to the rest of her career, she • NBC's Today co-anchor, 1976-1989 knows she'll stay in the TV news business. "The busi­ • NBC Nightly News Sunday anchor, ness is changing so fast. I don't know where I'll be but I 1980-82 know I'll be reporting," she says. "If you love the busi­ ness, then you have to go out and cover the news. With • WMAQ-TY, Chicago, evening news co-anchor, my job, I have the opportunity to feel and see experi­ 1975-1976 ences I would otherwise not have the chance to know." • WISH-TY, Indianapolis, reporter and anchor, Erin's audiences are likely to always see Erin at the scene 1972-1975 of her story. • Worked in state politics in Indianapolis after paduation, 1972 Erin was previously featured in the Summer 1993 Issue ofThe Key, pp. 18-19.

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has continued to work with MDA every year since. She ET Correspondent even co-hosted the 2l 'h-hour telethon while nine Reaches the Stars months pregnant, making Jerry Lewis very nervous. "I told him I felt great and not to worry:' says Jann. "Less Whether playing in the sandbox with her children or than 48 hours later, my water broke. I think my son was "working the red carpet" at the Oscars, Entertainment trying to get me to slow down." Tonight's ]ANN CARL SEARS, Missouri, makes balancing a family and a high-profile career look easy. Although she and her husband have sacrificed out­ side interests to devote time to their children (a 2-year­ As a weekend anchor/correspondent for old son and 7-year-old daughter), Jann refuses to give up Entertainment Tonight, this former television reporter her work with the MDA. "It's just too important," she calls her work a "dream job." emphasizes. "The FDA will soon Getting up close and personal approve genetic testing on humans, with today's biggest stars on loca­ which gives us hope for a cure in tion or at movie premieres, ]ann's this lifetime." days are never typical. She has Whether co-hosting with Jerry even appeared on the big screen Lewis or interviewing celebrities for herself with a part in the film curious audiences, Jann loves meet­ Bulworth, starring Warren Beatty. ing people. She has been face to face Shortly after graduating with a with Robin Williams, Jodi Foster, bachelor's degree in journalism at Will Smith and Tom H~nks to name age 23, she became one of the a few. "My mom teases me about youngest journalists to launch a how as a child I'd always make career in Chicago. Her work there friends in the grocery store:' says led to an offer in Los Angeles to Jann with a laugh. co-host a TV magazine, Eye on Now she puts her friendly enthu­ LA. She then joined KTLA's prime siasm to work to help celebrities feel time newscast as one of the at home. "Celebrities feel attacked a youngest major market news lot," she explains. "I try to treat anchors, where she worked for them like interesting people who eight years before joining ET in just happen to be stars. They can be 1995. Jann has also taught jour­ very tired after facing 60 interviews nalism classes at UCLA. Entertainment Tonight's Jann Carl, Missouri. with a gauntlet of reporters." While she is proud of earning Robin Williams is the "most three Los Angeles Emmy Awards and numerous human­ hilarious" interview she remembers. "I was still breast­ itarian awards for philanthropic work, ]ann's greatest feeding my son and it had been hours since I had honor was being chosen by Jerry Lewis to co-host the pumped," recalls ]ann. In her usual candid way, she had annual national Muscular Dystrophy Association's mentioned her situation to him. "Robin Williams then (MDA) Labor Day Telethon in 1996, after co-hosting the joked about my postpartum cleavage and went off on Los Angeles segment of the telethon for eight years. Jann some wild dialogue about breastfeeding, making crying

14 • T HE K EY • Spring 2000 baby sounds, until we were all laugh­ self-confidence in her. As a journal­ we saw the compound on fire (on ing hysterically. I could barely com­ ism major, Jann also looked up to TV) we thought it was over- it pose myself to finish the interview." Jane Pauley and Joan London for didn't sink in that they had sacri­ Jann takes motherhood as seri­ their integrity and courage. ficed themselves and their children." ously as her career and does whatev­ Displaying confidence of her own, When she visited the compound it er she can to encourage other work­ Jann once told Ed McMahon that was "chilling." Later she interviewed ing mothers, especially when it she'd be the first woman on 60 cult members who had walked out comes to breastfeeding. She is proof Minutes. Her prediction was a little prior to the standoff. that anyone can do it if someone off the mark, however, Jann will cer­ Shelli firmly believes that if an with her unpredictable schedule can. tainly come out right on target as a aspiring journalist wants to be a While Jann has a knack for success­ rising star in broadcast journalism. reporter, it is imperative to go out and fully managing her career and family get a reporter job - not just any TV responsibilities, she credits her hus­ -By JENNY STRUTHERS HOOVER, job. "Don't let anyone tell you it can't band, David, with making everything Bowling Green be done," says Shelli. "People told me work. "Without him I couldn't have that they don't hire 24-year-olds in any of this;' admits Jann. "We have a Dallas, but I was persistent, maybe true partnership. He'll do anything Look Out even annoying." -even fill in for me as room moth­ She started her career in a tiny TV er at our daughter's school." Katie Couric market in Ardmore Okla., right out of Jann and David met when he Her alarm rings at 2:30 a.m. and college and then she moved to Waco, turned out to be her blind date SHELL! LoCKHART, Southern Texas, where she worked for an ABC escort for the Maid of Cotton con­ Methodist, gets to her job by 4 a.m. and then a CBS affiliate. Shelli enjoys test, which she won during college. at KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, Texas. her current home in Dallas at an NBC A Kappa friend encouraged her to As a news anchor for the 5-7 a.m. affiliate (KXAS) where she had previ­ enter. "I saw pictures of former win­ news program that airs before the ously worked as a college intern. ners traveling around the world and Today show, Shelli says, "I love my During her internship, Shelli created a it sounded neat," Jann recalls. This job, especially because I get to tell resume tape which helped her land contest not only led her to meet her people what happened while they some of her first TV positions. husband but also propelled her were sleeping." She admits nobody's Spending time with her husband career. One of the judges suggested a morning person at 2:30 a.m. ­ and her family is important to Shelli. that Jann send a tape to her husband her secret is extra eyeliner to help Her parents are her role models. "Dad who was an agent, which resulted in her look less tired. "Looking perfect is driven and successful with a never­ ]ann's first job in Chicago. is not as critical in the early morning give-up attitude," she praises. "He says Jann does admit that the most hours," Shelli laughs. "Most viewers 'work hard and you'll probably get difficult part about being a working are probably still in pajamas them­ mother is feeling guilty for not being selves or hurrying to work." Twice a at home when she is at work, and week Shelli reports for the evening guilty for not being at work when news, which keeps her reporting she is at home. ''I'm trying to get skills alive. over it;' says Jann. "I have such high When Shelli first started report­ expectations of myself and others ing, she got nervous when she went and I tend to beat myself up when on the air- but not anymore. She omething doesn't go well." When just puts that adrenaline rush to the pre sure does build, she fanta­ work and tries to control the stress ize about running back to the caused by a tight deadline or big Midwest and opening a clothing or breaking ~to r y. tationery hop. Keeping in touch One unforgettable story was the with Kappa friends is another source Branch Davidian standoff in Waco. of tre s relief for Jann, who has Her tation broke the news and been invited a a pecial guest to taped the footage that was broadcast help THETA CHAPTER, Missouri, cele­ around the world. "I remember brate it 125th anniver ary iJ1 April. exactly where I was. I wa waiting at }ann maintain a po itive per- the jail with my cameraman becau e p tive during difficult time we thought they would how up there after the tanks went in. When Shelli Lockhart. Southern Methodist, is thank to her m ther who in tilled a news anchor and reporter in Dallas.

THE KEY • pring 2000 • 15 what you want."' Her mom is "genuine and sweet" and A bachelor's degree in journalism from the University Shelli admires her commitment to service. of Missouri, followed by graduate study at the University Her professional role model is Peter Jennings. "He's a of Edinburgh, Scotland, on a Rotary International real person on the air - I strive to be like that:' states Foundation Fellowship, provided the skills to begin a long Shelli. "He's a real journalist who has been to the key and outstanding career in journalism. From a $50-a-week places and knows the ramifications of various events - starting job with the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times to manag­ he's not just reading off the teleprompter." ing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sue Ann fulfilled An advertising major, Shelli was slow to realize her her dream. career goals even though she wrote for the campus Only the second woman in the country to be named newspaper and was interested in current events. After managing editor of a large metropolitan daily, Sue Ann rose taking a few journalism classes and being encouraged by to the top of the newspaper business in her 45-year career. a professor, she realized in her last semester her desire to This was literally true when she climbed to the top of the be a broadcast journalist. Shelli feels her membership in Gateway Arch in 1965 shortly before the final wedge was Kappa Kappa Gamma has helped her to be a better placed 630 feet in the air above St. Louis. reporter because she learned a lot about human nature Being female in a male profession, she knew that she and working with others. had to prove herself. Sue Ann recalls one time when the Now when asked about her future career goals Shelli editor of the paper couldn't find a male journalist available says, "I want Katie Couric's job." Perhaps JANE PAULEY, to follow a particular story. He reluctantly assigned the job Indiana, won't be the last Kappa to co-host the Today show. to her and was "astonished" by her thorough, successful work. In her climb through positions as reporter, night - By JENNY STRUTHERS HOOVER, Bowling Green city editor, city editor and managing editor, Sue Ann was admired for her ethics, honesty and reliability in meeting deadlines. Although she retired in Aprill999, she is not A Phenomenal Climb finished writing. "I look forward to getting letters and reading newspa­ to the Top pers:' Sue Ann says. Although she admits to writing on Who says a comic strip can't have a positive influence computer, she often encloses a newspaper clipping with on a youngster? SUE ANN WooD POOR, Missouri, has said letters to friends. "I had a wonderful martinet of a high that the comic strip Brenda Starr drew her to the field of school English teacher:' she recalls, believing that the newspaper work. She may have been exercising her sense future of print media and handwritten letters will not be replaced by further advances in technology. Sue Ann is just the one to see that it doesn't happen. Now that she is retired, Sue Ann gives much of her time and talent to Kappa. She is currently updating the history of THETA CHAPTER, Missouri, preparing for its 125th anniversary this April.

- By LOIS CATHERMAN HEENEHAN, Adelphi, and KATY QUINN POWERS, Oklahoma

Global News Voice Responds to Breaking Events With a string of successful high-profile interviews and reporting assignments, ERIN BRUMMETT KLEIN, Kansas State, is now anchor/producer for Voice ofAmerica News Now. A 24-hour live broadcast news service based in Sue Ann Wood Poor, Missouri, enjoys a clear view of St. Louis Washington, D.C., VOA News Now covers major news - and the Arch she climbed while it was under construction. events and beams its programming worldwide. Proficiency in Spanish helped Erin rise from an of humor, but Sue Ann really did want to be a newspaper assistant to the assignment desk to join the Latin person and in early childhood she produced a homemade America news desk as a writer and reporter early in her neighborhood newspaper. career. Later as a reporter, she traveled to Haiti in 1994

16 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 From Navy WAVES to Stepping On Rainbows Making organdy tablecloths in New York when Europe trembled on the brink of war in 1939 did not appeal to RUTH COBBETT BIEMILLER, William and Mary. As did many young women at that time, Ruth wanted to make a personal contribution to the war effort. "I was having lunch with another Kappa at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York," Ruth remembers. "When we heard the news that afternoon, we looked at each other and knew we had to do something more constructive than stitch tablecloths;' she says. At the time Ruth served on the editorial staff at the Erin Brummett Klein, Kansas State Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. She had worked as a copywriter for Sears and Montgomery to cover the return to power of President Aristide and Ward. As Ruth recalls, "In 1935 there were no jobs for to the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay for the 1994 English majors, so I took what I could get." Cuban boat crisis. Then, in 1939, Ruth signed up for the U.S. Navy and As a producer, Erin managed a series of live broadcasts graduated as an ensign from the first WAVES (Women from Jordan to cover the funeral of King Hussein of Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) class trained Jordan. This included on-the-scene reporting, expert at the Midshipman School, Smith College. The Navy commentary and an exclusive interview with Secretary of sent her to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a New York Port State Madeline Albright. In October 1999, Erin sent a team to Nigeria for an in-depth look at each aspect of Nigeria's efforts to democratize, including an exclusive interview with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. She was particularly proud of this event because of the available equipment. "The week-long Nigeria broadcasts were unique because the field team reported using a satel­ lite telephone," she explains. "I also chase live interviews for VOA News Now, espe­ cially when news breaks," Erin says. In one instance, she received late word of a speech by President Yelstin. "We quickly found a translator to come to our studio to pro­ vide simultaneous translation, and we had a Russian affairs expert on hand to provide live analysis immediate­ ly following the Yeltsin address." U.S. political reporting adds to Erin's long list of global coverage. She traveled with Senator Dole and President Clinton during the 1996 campaign and conducted live election night and inaugural reporting. She served as an acting Pentagon correspondent in 1997 and worked as a substitute White House correspondent in press corps travel with President Clinton from 1995 to 1996. Ruth Cobbett Biemiller, William and Mary With a news beat as big as the world, Erin helps VOA Authority facility. Ruth later learned that same land had News Now educate its global audience. been her family's farm, dating to 1638, which the Navy Her schedule takes her all over the world but she still bought in 1812. maintains a focus at home as a Kappa volunteer. Erin Ruth's writing experience qualified her to assist Willet erves a a Regional Director of Chapters and recently Weeks, editor of The Shipworker, a newspaper read by to k part in the exten ion effort to form a new chapter at 70,000 workers at the yard and circulated to every other John Hopkin . naval yard in the United State . When Mr. Weeks left for - By LAURA SHO K S HERER, Bowling Green active duty, Ruth took over. She remember those

TH£ KEY · pring 2000 • 17 thrilling days when she met such personages as then wrote recently in her editor's column. "I do have a fun Senator Truman, saw Margaret Truman christen the job, though." U.S.S. Missouri, wrote speeches for the admirals (and Some days Molly goes "prop shopping" for photo took their wives to Saks Fifth Avenue), and performed shoots. "There are so many stages to the magazine's pro­ myriad other duties in addition to editing the paper. She duction that I'm doing different tasks every day," says also remembers the Navy's resistance to women officers. Molly, who is involved in production from start to finish. Soon after the war ended, and when her son She generates 14 story ideas for every issue, orders photo­ Christopher was still an infant, Ruth received a tele­ shoot locations, manages studio production, writes and phone call from Willet Weeks, who now managed the edits much of the copy, works with the art department, syndicated section of the New York Herald Tribune news­ and then finally signs off on the finished version, which paper. When asked what she knew about crossword puz­ arrives at newsstands every March and September. zles, Ruth laughed. "I told him my father bought two Stories from her spring 2000 issue illustrate how to copies of that paper every day when I was a child, so we decorate a deck for a party, use a rug to change the look could both have a puzzle to work on." Ruth was hired of a room, make your own art and more. Molly's dining immediately. Until the Tribune folded, Ruth was cross­ room was used as the backdrop for that issue's cover, word puzzle and cryptogram editor. She also wrote fea­ showcasing a floor mirror. ''As editor, I'm bombarded tures for New York Magazine and The Saturday Review of with the newest and greatest furnishings;' Molly says, Literature, and served on the Board of Governors of the admitting she constantly resists the Overseas Press Club. temptation to change her wall color Ruth's late husband, Reynard, worked for Rockefeller and decorating. University Press as a graphic designer. Rey, "a consum­ mate artist," designed books for the University Press, and Ruth produced the first three issues of those journals on a freelance basis. Throughout their lives they enjoyed working together on various projects. Now Ruth is the author of three books: Next Stop, Paris; Dance - The Story of Katherine Dunham; and Nat Fine's Animals. Though legally blind, Ruth continues to write, committing time to her poetry which has always been a part of her life. With her son's aid and her read­ ing machine, she is working on her memoirs, I Stepped on a Rainbow. Ruth remembers the crystal prism which hung from the chandelier in her childhood home. When the sun came through the window and hit the glass, the room was "simply filled with rainbows;' says Ruth. Even though today the colors are not quite so bright, Ruth, in writing about her life and creating poetry, is still stepping on rainbows and showing up for active duty.

-By DIANE PRETTYMAN DEWALL, Missouri Molly Reid Sinnett, Kansas, is editor of Home Ideas, a spe­ cial interest publication for Better Homes & Gardens. Home Ideas Spring/Summer 2000 hit newsstands on March 14. Magazine Editor Adds Molly's di ning room is featured on the cover. Special Touch Because the publication is fairly new, Molly enjoys Browsing through Better Homes & Gardens magazine adding her special touch. "I have the privilege of molding tempts even the novice to plant an English garden, spruce the magazine more than other editors get to do. My col­ up a home or mix up cinnamon ice cream. Some of these leagues will even say, 'that sounds like you."' But getting inspiring projects come from MOLLY REID SINNETT, the features just right doesn't always come easily. "This Kansas, editor of Home Ideas, a special interest publication can be stressful because you have to find the perfect acces­ for Better Homes & Gardens. sory in time for the shoot, find still another way to dress a window that the consumer hasn't seen before and draw in "If your impression of what it's like to be a magazine that first-time do-it-yourselfer." Then, if a layout doesn't editor is what you get from the TV show Just Shoot Me, turn out just right, production starts over - but the wipe that right out of your head- not even close;' Molly deadline does not budge. That can challenge anyone's

18 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 artistic edge. One way Molly combats stress is through keeping in touch with Kappa friends. After college, armed with a jour­ nalism degree, Molly got her start as a sports writer for the Kansas City Star. She then delved into freelance after moving with her husband Kurt to Des Moines, Iowa, the home of the Meredith Corporation, which owns Better Homes & Gardens. Molly's dream of becoming an edi­ tor seemed like a long shot at first, but when she joined Meredith she saw the dream could be a reality. Her first job there was in special projects where she did a lot of writing. Molly later found herself producing the Helen Neill, Missouri, (third from left) is a morning anchor for WGNX, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, Ga . Kitchen Planning Guide and Garden & Projects Planning Guide. the stories that will impact her early age her mother would take her "Even though I love my job and community and the world. "I love to Kappa teas, and even then she it's a great one, our son is my first meeting new people and sharing the could feel the uniqueness of Kappa priority:' says Molly, who is expect­ situations that have impacted their and its lasting bonds and traditions. ing their second child in April. "I lives and the lives of many others," "I explored all the sororities on cam­ admit that it's hard to juggle work she says. pus but I really liked Kappa because and motherhood but my schedule is Helen is now a morning anchor they felt like real people," she recalls. somewhat flexible and that helps." for WGNX, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, One of Helen's special memories at Molly has taken her laptop home Ga. "Anchoring everyday in Atlanta the chapter house was preparing for and kept her production schedule on will be more challenging because it Membership Recruitment. She looked track while nursing her son Reid will be hard for me to find time to forward to seeing her sisters again in through a fever, effectively weaving report in the field, which I love," she the fall when the active members her priorities. says. Prior to Atlanta, she spent three would return to school a week early to years as a weekend anchor at WBNS prepare. Kappa has touched her life - By LAURA SHOCK SCHERER, in Columbus, Ohio, where she won a forever because she carries the memo­ Bowling Green Regional Emmy award for her ries of the many philanthropic events reporting in 1997. She has also they did as a chapter. "There will be a worked in Topeka, Kan., and Tucson, connection forever." She Wakes Up Ariz., but she is excited to be back in Atlanta, her hometown, so she can - By Rachel Swihart Norton, Atlanta be close to her family again. Fraternity Headquarters staff As a television reporter, HELEN Deciding at an early age to NEILL, Missouri, has covered stories explore the field of journalism, throughout the United States as well Helen chose to attend the University TV Ads Are in Her as abroad. "Everyday there is some­ of Missouri because of its reputation thing new and exciting," she says. of being one of the best broadcasting Blood One of her favorite stories took her programs ·in the country. She was "My dad worked for an ad to Ru sia, where she had the oppor­ able to gain experience and learn agency when advertising was in its tunity to report on a central Ohio what being on the air is all about heyday in the 1950s and 60s, so I family adopting a Russian child. She since the university has its own tele­ grew up surrounded by very cre­ wa able to be a part of the entire vision station. ative people," reflects KATHY WILTZ proce s from the beginning until While at Missouri, Helen joined KELLY, Wyoming, co-founder and they brought home the newe t mem­ THETA CHAPTER in 1987. Her mother, principal in the Cappelli, Miles, ber of their family. N CY WALL NEILL, Mississippi, is Wiltz, Kelly Advertising Agency of Reporting the new allow Helen al o a Kappa. Helen remember at an Eugene, Ore. to be one of the fir t people to know

THE KEY • pring 2000 • 19 "We tried out new Pillsbury products in our kitchen Master Storyteller before they were released to the public .... and commercials were shot at my home;' says Kathy. "My three brothers and Captures Hearts sister and I watched TV to see which one of us could be the It all started with an evening of literature and poetry first to guess the name of the advertiser of various com­ in 1955. DR. JANE J. JENKINS, Washington Univ. (St. Louis), mercials." was "spellbound" by a world-renown author who read But it took more than simply being the daughter of a excerpts from children's literature. "She captured my successful ad executive to make Kathy and her company heart," Jane says, "and I knew that was what I wanted to who and what they are today. She has helped to build this be - a storyteller." business by using a multitude of talents and skills she has And what a storyteller! Jane is using her stories to honed since childhood. teach people to read, accept people with disabilities, and While in high school, Kathy studied art and drawing celebrate life. Jane created the PBS series The Magic and was inspired by some excellent science teachers. The Teapot during the 1970s, and she is still on television artistic influence prevailed, and after studying graphic arts through her work at the famous store "Explore Book at the University of Wyoming, she moved to Eugene, Ore. Sellers" in Aspen, Colo. and was immediately hired by an advertising agency. In Everywhere she goes, Jane spreads joy as a storyteller. 1982, at age 28, she and two coworkers bought the agency. You can find her at private parties, The Aspen Music It has since grown to serve many banks, resorts, hospitals, Festival or sometimes as a college lecturer. Joining Jane retail chains, and other businesses throughout the Pacific in weaving a tale is her guitar, George, and her monkey­ Northwest. In 1986, puppet friend, Moo. She is a member of a group called they merged with a "The Spellbinders" and she even has a Web page at graphic design studio www.storyteller.net. Jane encourages parents and teach­ run by Tom Kelly, who ers to check out her website or to e-mail her at janejenk­ became Kathy's hus­ [email protected], as she wants to spread the message that band. With a growing telling stories to children is not just for entertainment, it business and a family is critical in their development. that includes two stepchildren, Kathy shows no sign of slow­ ing down. She keeps in touch with close childhood friends by phone and e­ mail, and by attending every high school reunion for her class of Kathy Wiltz Kelly, Wyoming 1972. A double Kappa legacy, Kathy pledged her freshman year. She has memories of warm, encourag­ ing young women who celebrated friendship and sister­ hood over every dinner at a beautiful chapter house. During 10 years of extensive community volunteer

work, Kathy has received nwnerous awards, including the Dr. Jane J. Jenkins, Washington Univ. (St. Louis) 1992 YMCA "Volunteer of the Year;' the 1995 Eugene Chamber of Commerce "Shining Star" and the 1998 Mid­ In 1976 Jane filled a special need when she wrote The Oregon "Advertising Person of the Year." She is currently Little Fir Tree for children with disabilities because she the chairman of the Eugene, Oregon Chamber of felt they "needed a story to help them develop a good Commerce, a member of the Cascadia High Speed Rail image." This is a special book for Jane about the biggest Project and the community education chairman of a child tree in Aspen that is lighted every year on the first abuse prevention program. Sunday in December to begin the holiday season. Her Some would advise Kathy to take time off from her youngest daughter has a learning disability so she knows busy routine, but she plans to continue venturing into first hand of the need for special stories. Her latest work, new territory. Harry the Hamster, will be published this year. While raising children, Jane entered Case Western -By SusAN BURCHINAL STENSON, Arizona State Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, for a master's degree in

20 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 education and returned to St. Louis University for her Tracy has filled her career with more than writing. As Ph.D. in education in 1995. She believes that stories and a visiting professor at Brown University, she teaches three storytelling are integral to the development of speech courses throughout the academic year and two in the and reading. summer. "I love it. I think it's important for students to Jane's educational achievements are a source of great learn the craft from someone in the field who's done it." personal pride. Last year, she attended the 50-year Two years ago Tracy took a short leave from the paper to reunion of Washington University, with many WWII vet­ teach for a semester at her alma mater, Syracuse erans who graduated as members of the class of 1949. University, in the Newhouse School of Public She stood there with pride, in her Ph.D. shawl, and read Communications. one of the poems to the crowd. "There is so much nega­ tivism about getting older," declares Jane, "I want to accentuate the positive." She encourages Kappas to con­ tinue to celebrate achievements throughout their lives.

- By JuLIE KRooN ALVARADO, Arizona State

Pulitzer Winner Still Energized by a Good Story No reporter ever really thinks they are going to win a Pulitzer according to TRACY BRETON, Syracuse. But in 1994, she did. "It's a feather in my cap that has produced more opportunities," says Tracy. The award hasn't changed her writing however. Tracy still attacks each new story the same thorough way. The Pulitzer Prize is journalism's highest honor. Tracy earned this distinction, along with five other journalists, for investigative reporting. Their work exposed wide­ spread corruption in the Rhode Island court system and led to the resignations and criminal indictments of the state's chief justice and his court administrator. The Providence Journal hired Tracy in 1973 after she earned a dual degree in political science and newspaper journalism. Starting out on the suburban news beat, she Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Breton, Syracuse, with husband wrote her first investigative piece within a year. She says Doane Hulick. that all reporters should be investigative reporters and not take anything at face value. She also enjoys exercising with her yellow Labrador Tracy is not tired of writing or of the Providence retriever puppy and spending time with her husband, Journal newspaper where she has spent her 23-year journalist Doane Hulick. A competitive tennis player, career as an investigative and legal affairs reporter. Tracy is the captain of a women's 4.0 team in the United "When I'm done reporting, I'll stop because there is States Tennis Association (USTA) league play and also nothing worse than a cynical newspaper reporter. It can serves on the board of the Rhode Island division of get frustrating because sometimes it can be hard to get in USTA. touch with people and the hours are crazy. But I s~ get With all that Tracy has going on, she still found time a news high, a surge of adrenaline, when I get a good to work as a stringer for The New York Times (authoring news tory." articles ccvering news of Rhode Island) and is gearing up A year after winning the Pulitzer she received the to serve as a writing coach at the Poynter Institute of "Ma ter Reporter Award" from the ew England Society Media Studios in St. Petersburg, Fla. Whether writing or of ew paper Editor . The ociety analyzed 25 of Tracy' teaching, Tracy continues to be energized by her career. torie from the beginning of her career to the present. !r--. "From her fir t tory to her Ia t, Tracy how a remark­ -By LAuRA SHOCK SCHERER, Bowling Green able range of reporting and writing. he can write about anything," the conte t judge from Wi con in wrote.

THE K EY · pring 2000 • 21 I DON'T DESERVE TO EAT Destructive and healing thoughts revealed in Diary of an Eating Duorder

- By LAURA SHOCK SCHERER, Bowling Green

t hit me two '' weeks into a professional

recovery program that I

had an eating disorder and

I was no different than the

girls around me," says

CHELSEA BROWNING

SMITH, Texas Christian, a

recovering anorexic and

bulimic. It has been almost

six years since that day and,

despite the pain it caused,

Chelsea can now truthfully

say she has found reasons to

appreciate the agonizing

disease that seized most of her teenage years. Chelsea Smith, Texas Christian

22 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 I Don't Deserve To Eat

Chelsea has chronicled her most but the deeper you get into the dis­ personal thoughts in a diary and ease the more dependent you Anorexia Nervosa published it along with comments become on the behavior. "Even A disorder in preoccupation from her mother, BEVERLY though I was at my most emaciated which BROWNING R UNYON, Southern point, I was afraid that my family with dieting and thinness Methodist, in a book called, Diary and friends wouldn't think I was leads to excessive weight loss. of an Eating Disorder - A mother skinny enough if I admitted I want­ and daughter share their healing ed to go to recovery." She was Danger Signs: journey. Bravely sharing her jour­ silently screaming for help. Chelsea o Loss of a significant amount of nal, Chelsea details the physical writes in her book, weight and emotional perils of anorexia What do they think I do after o Continuing to diet although and bulimia. In this moving dinner? When I get up from the account, her mother offers her per­ table I tiptoe out of the kitchen and thin spective on Chelsea's life and hope they don't ask where I am o Feeling fat, even after losing describes the difficulties of watch­ going. Are they fools for not know­ weight ing a beloved child starve herself ing? The fact that they are so trust­ o Intense fear of weight gain until she finally asks for help. ing or oblivious makes my secret all o Loss of monthly menstrual the worse. It is such a painful secret, periods but I always know I will feel better after I get it all out ... I am falling o Preoccupation with food, apart. I am screwing up my body calories, fat contents & nutrition

beyond repair ... My throat and o Preferring to diet in isolation lungs are killing me. Why am I still o Cooking for others doing this? God help me, please! o Hair loss As her disease progressed, she o Cold hands and feet had days where she didn't think she deserved to eat - a form of o Fainting spells

self-punishment for not being per­ o Exercising compulsively

fect in some way. However, Chelsea o Lying about food was fortunate to be surrounded by o Depression, anxiety friends and sorority sisters who did not entertain the same o Weakness, exhaustion thoughts that she did. They would o Periods of hyperactivity

tell her that her thinking wasn't o Constipation right and it wasn't OK. That's rare o Growth of fine body hair on to have friends with such solid Walk of Death arms, legs and other body parts Generally there is a trigger event self-awareness that they don't in in a woman's life that marks the some way encourage negative o Heart tremors onset of this disease - divorce, an thinking. She also had a sister who o Dry, brittle skin called her disease what it was alcoholic parent, sexual abuse, or o Shortness of breath even a comment about appearance. before Chelsea admitted to herself Girls who are perfectionists, have she had a problem. (It's common Medical Consequences: "Type /\' personalities, are over­ for time to pass before sufferers o Shrunken organs achievers and/or are the "pleasers" can identify and admit they have a o Bone mineral loss, which can of the family are often more sus­ problem.) She finally asked her lead to osteoporosis ceptible to the thoughts that plague mother for help after two years of a per on with an eating disorder. incredible suffering, first with o Low body temperature bulimia, then anorexia. "I don't know when my disease o Low blood pressure tarted or when I had my first A New Beginning o Slowed metabolism and reflexes thought. Eventually your mind Chelsea attended a nationally­ o Irregular heartbeat, which can adju t to a certain way of thinking renowned eating di order treat­ lead to cardiac arrest and after a point it can't go back," ment center, Remuda Ranch in h I ea ay . h explain that in Wickenburg, Ariz. The six-week the moment, the control feel good program centered completely on

THE K El' • pring 2000 • 23 I Don't Deserve To Eat

Chelsea's recovery and helped her often begin in the early teen years, Bulimia Nervosa pinpoint a trigger event and under­ prevention should start early. lying problems that fueled her dis­ A disorder in which ease. Chelsea walked away from A Serious Disease frequent episodes of binge this experience with tools to The sheer number of women suffering from eating disorders eating (rapid consumption of strengthen her recovery process and resources to reach for during compelled Chelsea to share her in food one sitting) are inevitable stumbles in the near and story. Eating disorders- anorexia almost always followed by distant future. nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder- are psychiatric purging (ridding the body The self-talk that Chelsea wrote illnesses that affect five to 10 mil­ in her diary to help herself is lan­ of food). lion females and one million males guage that took practice to believe, according to Dartmouth College's "Continually I will tell myself that I Danger Signs: Eating Disorders Education, am not a number on a scale or a Prevention and Treatment • Binging (eating uncontrollably) size in a piece of clothing. I am Program. A recent UCLA study • Purging by strict dieting, fast­ Chelsea above whatever else I ing, vigorous exercise, vomiting choose to be, and I am not defined Eating disorders - or abusing laxatives or diuretics by my body, my appearance, or a number. Most important, I need to anorexza nervosa, in an attempt to lose weight remember that a person's percep­ bulimia nervosa and binge • Using the bathroom frequently tion is not indicative of the world's eating disorder- are after meals perception." psychiatric illnesses that • Preoccupation with body For Chelsea, recovery had to be a spiritual process. "The most piv­ weight affect five to otal element in recovery was my 10 million females and • Depression relationship with God because one million males. • Mood swings sometimes I only wanted to con­ tinue living because of God," she found that the median recovery • Feeling out of control remembers. She constantly time from anorexia is seven years reminded herself that God • Swollen glands in neck and face and anorexics have a mortality rate wouldn't burden her with anything • Heartburn of nearly 20 percent, the highest of more than she could bear. It was any mental disorder. The good • Bloating unimaginably difficult not to fall news is eating disorders can be back into the old patterns of her • Irregular periods cured according to Dartmouth disease because it was the easiest College nutritionist Marcia Herrin. • Dental problems and most immediate way she knew The same desire to help others • Constipation to feel better. She believed that even during her darkest hour, she that inspired Chelsea to write also • Indigestion never lost hope because of her faith took her to the front of her chapter as a new member to talk about her • Sore throat and that was her saving grace. disease and recovery. She knew • Vomiting blood Professional treatment centers there could be someone in the like Remuda Ranch exist through­ group going through exactly what • Weakness, exhaustion out the United States to save the she did and had she kept her lives and heal those suffering from • Bloodshot eyes silence, she wouldn't be alive to talk the severe stages of eating disor­ to them. Medical Consequences: ders. Support groups are also excel­ • Dehydration lent avenues to share and connect A Bright Future with others dealing with similar Chelsea has come a long way in • Damage to bowels, liver and struggles. College health/counsel­ the past six years in her strength kidneys ing services are often well equipped and power of thinking. Now when • Electrolyte imbalance, which to offer assistance to young women she falls back into that old way of who are searching for a trained ear thinking, she knows there is some­ leads to irregular heartbeat, and and advice. It is important to thing else bothering her. When in some cases, cardiac arrest know, too, that since disorders dieting appeals to her now, she sees

24 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 I Don't Deserve To Eat

those thoughts as a red flag that something else is Her disease and recovery gave us an incredible life-chang­ wrong. Even early in recovery she understood this and ing experience. My gratitude list keeps growing daily. The wrote, "The control and comfort of my addiction has miracles were always there. Now I just see them. been removed. I am struggling to find a way to live Chelsea's outlook on life is positive and full of happi­ without it." As she worked through various stages and ness. Her future brings her joy. It didn't before because at challenges she discovered that life is a process for every­ one point she wasn't sure she would have the future she one and recovery is about becoming a better person - wanted for herself. Now she's planning a wedding with on life's terms. the man she loves, she's confident her body will bear chil­ Now that the worst is behind them, Chelsea and her dren and she wakes up in the morning with a readiness mother are thankful for the disease they each hated. to live life. Beverly writes, She currently has her own business as a wardrobe It is hard to imagine that I could be grateful for some­ consultant and serves on a speaking circuit to share her thing that caused such pain and anguish, for something story with doctors, therapists, schools and parents. Her that almost killed her. But her disease helped all of us message is that there can be a full life after the self-pun­ grow and learn more about ourselves. All of our relation­ ishment of anorexia. Chelsea's hopeful that within the ships improved. All of us can experience strength, hope, pages of her book, someone might gain insight, hope or and love in a way we did not even know was possible. understanding from her experience. o---.

Stick Figure NPC Supports Women How an 11 -Year-Old Falls Prey to Anorexia Seeking Help for Eating Disorders From the diaries she kept as an engaging journey as Lori struggles The National Panhellenic 11-year-old, LORI GOTTLIEB, Yale, to find a way to reclaim her body Conference is joining the NCAA, the recounts her near-fatal struggle and spirit. U.S. Public Health Service and other with anorexia nervosa in her Lori, a former Hollywood organizations in bringing free help to book Stick Figure, A Diary of My executive, is now a first-year stu­ women dealing with eating disorders. Former Self She confides in her dent at Stanford Medical School. Health professionals will be available diary, "I wish to be the thinnest to offer information and assistance girl at school, or maybe the during the National Eating Disorders thinnest 11-year-old on the entire Screening Program held at colleges, planet. I mean, what are girls high schools, hospitals and treatment supposed to wish for, other than centers throughout the United States. being thin?" Most of these screenings take place in Growing up in Beverly Hills in February but some are held later in the 1970s, Lori repeatedly heard the year. the motto "You can never be too Designed to encourage individuals rich or too thin." Lori learned her with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eat­ lessons well, so when she was told ing disorder to seek help, the screening that "real women don't eat program includes an educational pres­ dessert," and "no one could entation and video, self-test, opportu­ ever like a girl with thunder nity to speak privately with a health thigh ," she decided to professional, and educational literature become a paragon of dieting. to take home. Soon Lori had become the Lori Gottlieb, Yale, Collegians are encouraged to con­ "stick figure" he had longed author of Stick tact their campus health or counseling to re emble. Yet de pite the Figure, A Diary of center, or visit www.nmisp.org for effort of a family pediatrician My Former Self, more information on the program, and a p ychiatri t, only the takes her readers eating disorders in general and links to arne iron will that brought through the distort­ ed looking glass of treatment centers. Information is also her near death could bring eating disorders. available from NPC Headquarters at its her back. tick Figure take the new Web site: www.npcwomen.org or reader on a poignant and by calling 317/872-3185.

THE KEY • pring 2000 • 25 TURN PANIC into Positive Communication

- By JUDITH McMANUS, Iowa, communication consultant

en asked about their fears in life, most people state public speaking as one of the most dreaded culprits. However, when asked about one of the most important skills in life, people also mention public speaking. What appears to be an unusual dichotomy is actually quite understand­ able. Research has demonstrated that good presentation skills can result in more success in school, hiring and promotions in the workplace, a more positive image and improved self-confidence and esteem. In other words, a behavior that causes sheer panic for most people can result in positive outcomes in their careers and personal lives.

26 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 Turn Panic into Positive Communication

If the thought ofgiving a speech causes own personal style by relating to your audience in a down-to-earth, heartfelt style. Make each member of you to panic- relax. You're not alone in your audience think that you are speaking directly to them and incorporate emotion into your speech by your fear of public speaking, and you can displaying enthusiasm, anger or whatever emotion your material commands. take specific, concrete steps to become a powerful communicator. Here are six #4 simple tips that can turn speech anxiety Recognize tha organization is crucial for your audience's comprehension and retention. Always know into a positive experience. ilia oh~e.ctiY of your talk will be, as well as what effect you want to have on yo ur audience. It always helps to write out what behaviors, thoughts or feelings you want your audience to exhibit as a result of your talk. Remember that in speechmaking, as well as in life, if you don't know where you're headed, yo u may that your audience will probably be end up somewhere else. our fear. Most famous celebrities, politi- Since an audience will more than likely remember 1----'"'_...... ,CLCLLLU C Os of major corporations experience best what you said first and last, create a dynamic sweaty palms, an increased heart rate or a dry mouth introduction and conclusion. Rhetorical questions, before speaking, but as audience members we can't brief stories, humorous anecdotes and illustrations are detect their anxieties. Just as an athlete experiences a excellent devices to gain and hold your audience's rush of adrenaline before a sporting event, so do per­ attention. Most speech writers agree that it's best to formers and speakers before presenting in front of an prepare your introduction and conclusion last so that audience. The important thing is to recognize that you can draw upon your main points and supporting few, if any, members of the audience will pick up on material for the most effective beginning and ending. your anxiety and that you can channel this excitement and alertness into enthusiasm and passion for your When it comes to preparing the body of your subject matter. speech, limit yourself to three or four major points in a 30-minute session - audiences have a tendency to tune out with too much information. And don't forget to incorporate evidence (statistics, definitions, quota­ tions, etc.) to support your main points. Evidence can #2 prove an assertion that you've made, clarify a concept, Stop thinking about yourself and how you will reinforce an idea, create a more interesting speech and do, and concentrate on your audience and the infor- increase your credibility. ati n '0 re trying to relate. Just as in interperson­ al relationships, when you spend too much time thinking about how you're coming across, you miss out on the purpose of your message and the feedback Six Tips you'll receive from your audience. Switch your focus for a Great Speech from yourself to the people who want to learn some­ thing from you, take charge of the situation and feel l. Channel your nervous energy into excitement and proud that you've been given an opportunity to . passion for your speech. impact others. 2. Take charge and pride in an opportunity to impact others. 3. Be natural and connect with each member of your audience. #3 4. Organization i a key for your audience's . Reali ze that great peakers are not act­ comprehension and retention . ing, but rath r being them elve and being human. 5. Master the art of both verbal and nonverbal 1- _,reu' e effe tive if you try to put on ai r or communication. pretend to be omeone ou're not. Maximize our 6. Get in the habit of evaluating your peeche .

THE K E!' • pring 2000 · 27 Turn Panic into Positive Communication

Organize your material into an outline to use in the judith, a former college president, is the author of delivery of your speech. By using an outline you can be three books and president of judith McManus & more spontaneous and interactive with your audience, Associates, a business communication training company creating a connection with the people you're trying located in Tucson, Ariz. For more information, contact to reach. judith at 520/749-2268 or visit her Web site at www.judithmcmanus. com. #5 Master the art of speech delivery. Although a speech may be well researched, clearly organized and 1'----'JCI"-"'-~"u." strong evidence, it also needs to be presented effectively. Researchers have found that body language and verbal delivery have a tremendous impact on an audience. In fact, voice and physical movement can win over an audience even if the content is weak. Audiences are consciously and unconsciously responding to a speaker's voice, gestures, posture, stance, vocal quality and eye contact. The bottom line in public speaking and in all communication is that, as a scholar once said, "One cannot not communicate." In other words, you're always relating something to your audience. The key is to make sure that your delivery enhances, emphasizes and reinforces your message. #6 Evaluate your speeches. Use an informal or formal evaluation your audience's feedback, audiotape or speeches and use self-evaluation as a means for improvement. Evaluate your speech on the basis of three components- content, delivery and preparation - and strive to get better. Recognize that no speaker is perfect and that only through practice and analyzing your strengths and weaknesses will you unprove.

Public speaking is not a mystifying process; it's a log­ ical, common-sense activity that can benefit your per­ sonal life, career and self-esteem. By applying these six simple steps to your next speech experience, you'll find that the speech anxiety you once experienced is only a distant memory. ~

Speech Evaluation Practice self-evaluation by examining the content, delivery and preparation of your speech. Ask: 1. Overall, how did I feel about my speech?

2. What were my strengths? Judith McManus, Iowa, is the author of How To Write and 3. What were my weaknesses? Deliver an Effective Speech (Macmillan Publishing, $9.95) and Effective Business Speaking (Learning Express, 4. Next time I will work to improve ... $13.95).

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Teacher of the Year Prepares Students for Life

"They can tell you that Mrs. "I'm energetic, enthusiastic and because of her example. "The long Morella teaches English. As her stu­ dogged;' says Kris. "I can talk people hours I put in toward shaping the dent, I say she teaches life:' says into things." One of her students people they will be is very reward­ Shamako Donae Nobie about KRis was salutatorian of his class and was ing. I don't always see the results OxsEN MORRELLA, San jose State. A hesitant to give the graduation right away. Sometimes I learn 10-15 high school teacher for more than speech. Kris didn't give up and years later what my former students 20 years and English department encouraged him to give the speech are doing:' chairman, Kris has been named San - and he did a great job. Rich, her husband of 33 years, Jose State University's "Outstanding Filling her kids with confidence and her three children keep her busy Teacher" for 1999. is something Kris is good at, but she outside the classroom. Kris has also Giving students a chance has also instills in them an appreciation found time to reunite with nine sis­ always been a priority for Kris, who for literature. "I love literature and ters from her college days to offer incorporates public speaking train­ what it imparts to students - it support to a Kappa friend as she ing into her classes. Young students teaches all about life, human nature battled breast cancer. Since her pass­ receiving bad grades, as low as fail­ and insights to improve society and ing, the group has stayed in close ing, have the opportunity to take ourselves, as well as empathy toward touch to support the family. Kris honors courses from Kris. These each other," Kris states. marvels how these treasured friend­ students, who would not be accept­ Rewards along the way have kept ships are still significant 30+ years ed in advanced placement courses at her going. Students come back and later- a lesson in life for an out­ other schools, are taking and passing confess they became a teacher standing teacher. AP English exams at a rate surpass­ ing the national average. Kris remembers one student in particu­ lar whom she saw as bright and articulate. She knew that with the chance and the right support, he would excel. After participating in her mock trials program, he was named the best pretrial defense attorney in the state. Kris started and has coached the school's mock trial program at Lincoln High School for 10 years and has produced finalists in county competitions and a member of the state's top 10 teams. Success in motivating her students comes from Krls Oxsen Morella, San Jose State, {second from right), was named San Jose State her self-confessed stubbornness. University's "Outstanding Teacher. " She is pictured here with Kappas and other friends from her college days.

Kris Morella's Public Speaking Tips • When speaking, your voice should be loud and strong avoid squirming and rocking, and you are more so that even if you're nervous, you appear confident. inclined to u e hand gestures. • Eye contact i important even if you're just pot check­ • Vary your pace, volume and inclination. Don't deliver in ing around the room. a monotone manner. • Now i the time to start pacing your voice. When you • Deliver your speech with energy, enthusia m, passion are nervou , it i naturaJ to accelerate. The audience and incerity. lf you care about what you're aying, the need a chance to proce what is being aid. audience will too. • P ture i important. tand with your feet flat on the • Alway Remember the P : Preparation and Practice, gr und and hand loo ely at your ide. Thi help to Practice, Practice.

THE KEI' • pring 2000 • 29 Wi CROWN ODYSSEY GREEK ISLES & MEDITERRANEAN May 7- 20, 2000 Last Call! Limited space available on this exciting cruise. Join the Kappas on the much beloved Crown Odyssey! Visit the ports of Istanbul, Kusdasi, Mykonos, Santorini, Sorrento, Rome, Florence, Cannes, Mallo rca to Barcelona ... a fabulous luxury cruise. Many Kappas will recall the beautiful accommodations aboard this smaller ship (1 ,000 passengers.) Priced from $1 ,995 pp dbl occ. Low air available. Also, a 10-day Aegean cruise aboard the Crown Odyssey, May 24-June 4, at $1 ,395. Nancy Grow at 800/654-4934 will be happy to assist you. Pre- and post-cruise packages available. Call today!

SPRINGTIME WEEK IN PARIS! June 1-8,2000 Experience Paris with a custom tour just for Kappas! We're taking our own French escort with us so you don't need to speak French to make Paris your own. Discounted tour options - choose the tours you want. Escorted walking tours and excursions. Includes round-trip Air France from JFK, 6 hotel nights with daily breakfast, round-trip door-to door transfers in Paris, an elegant and typical French dinner, hotel and city taxes. We've selected a deluxe hotel on the Right Bank, only moments from some of the famous landmarks. Just $1,596 pp dbl occ. Call Linda Singleton at 800/522-8140. Join Kappas and their friends in this beautiful city. Pre- and post-extensions available. Book early for this extraordinary travel opportunity!

BRITISH ISLES ROYA L PRINCESS CRUISE August 10- 22,2000 If you 've longed to shop for crystal and tartans, to explore quaint thatched-roof villages, to ponder the mysteries of Loch Ness and the Ring of Brodgar, our British Isles cruise offers all this and more. Enjoy the Military Tatoo and the International Festival in Edinburgh. Sail from London to Plymouth, Waterford, Dublin, Holyhead, Wales, Glasgow, Kirkwall (Orkney Is.) Inverness, Edinburgh, Paris/Normandy to London. $3,280 - all outside staterooms. Low air available. Optional Pre- and Post-cruise packages. Call Nancy Grow 1-800-654-4934.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST/COLUMBIA RivER CRUISE October 7 - 14, 2000 Voyage by sternwheeler on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette Rivers aboard Delta Queen Steamboat Company's beautiful new Columbia Queen. Visit the Nez Perce National Historic Park and learn about the geology and natural history of the Columbia Gorge. Enjoy the autumn glow of Fall foliage colors along the rivers with a backdrop of the snowcapped Cascade Range. Tour Portland, the "City of Roses". Prices from $2,106 .50. Includes =------­ shore excursions. Call Linda Singleton at For more information call Kappa Travels 800/522-8140. Coordinator VERA LEWis MARINE, Colorado College, at 626/446-3870, or 800/554-7673, ext. 307, or [email protected] All Kappas, their friends and families are welcome on our trips. I hope you will join us for one of our beautiful tours this year and experience the pleasure and fun of meeting Kappas from around the continent. We usually dine together and share the days events - but make your own choices of excursions and activities. Please call me for further information. - VERA MARINE, Coordinator

Photographs provided by Crown Odyssey, Royal Princess and the Kappa Travels program. KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION

NOTICE: Applicants Wanted! Circle Key Alumna Grants Available For Part-Time Study

A Message from Foundation The Foundation is so thankful that generous President, Patsy Bredwick Levang donors, like many of you, have made it possible to give meaningful financial help when it is needed most. Our It is easy to move along in life with little thought of membership in Kappa Kappa Gamma is so much anything really changing. Then suddenly disaster more than just an undergraduate experience, as is strikes and splits our comfort­ demonstrated again and again by the support shown able world apart. We find our­ through donations. Kappa Kappa Gamma and the selves in need of help. The Circle Key Alumna Grants program help to ensure that need to keep family members the quality of our members' futures is bright despite together can force women to difficult circumstances that may arise. seek employment after years of unemployment. Very often, sudden changes in a job set­ Grant Recipients Share Their Stories ting bring with them the need Kelly- a speech language pathologist, learned of for further education or spe­ new legislation that required a master's degree to cialized equipment in our maintain licensure, and she needed help in paying for Patsy Bredwlck Levang, home. Maybe our situation course work. A letter of recommendation from her North Dakota State brings us to the realization professor said that her dedication set her apart from that our existing employment other colleagues, and focused on her meaningful is not competitive in a changed job market. encounters with families of dying patients, as well as The Kappa Kappa Gamma Circle Key Alumna with the patients themselves. Kelly appreciated the Grants program provides much-needed solutions for funds she received through the Circle Key Alumna difficult situations. Circle Key Alumna Grants are Grant, which will help her avoid the burden that stu­ available, and interested parties are encouraged to dent loans can cause in the challenging period follow­ apply for financial aid. ing graduation. Linda - The difficulties of raising a family and pur­ suing a career are enormous for women. It became even more difficult for Linda as a single mother, raising two Circle Key Alumna Grant children and trying to ensure a positive future for them and herself. After a divorce, Linda was compelled to Application Criteria return to school to pursue a career working with high school students. With two children (one in college), Circle Key Alumna Grants provide financial assis­ Linda studied part time while holding a full-time job. tance specifically for alumna members who have found In order to complete her degree, Linda needed to stu­ it necessary to interrupt their education or who need dent teach which could only be accomplished by leaving further education for the purpose of career qualifica­ her job. This created a serious financial burden. The tion or advancement. Grants are awarded on the basis Circle Key Alumna Grant allowed her to continue her of need, merit and individual goals for study at a col­ degree program and graduate last spring. lege, university, vocational or technical school. These grants are designed for part-time study, usually for a specific course. The grants are made possible through For more information on Foundation the Rose McGill Fund of the KKr Foundation. (These grants are not available to full-time graduate students. programs, please contact: For fulJ-time graduate study, alumnae of all ages may KKr Fraternity Headquarters and Foundation Office apply for graduate scholarships.) Please call the P.O. Box 38 • Columbus, OH 43216-0038 Foundation at 614/228-6515 with que tions or to receive applications. Tel: 614/228-6515 • Fax: 614/228-7809 E-mail: [email protected]

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Leave a Legacy Please consider joining the Omega Society of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. For more information about the Many members of Kappa :JJode/,y Omega Society please contact the Director of Development, Kappa Gamma who would like at P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038,614/228-6515. to make a special gift to support the philanthropic efforts of the Foundation have perhaps hesitated to do so because of financial responsibilities to themselves and loved ones. As an 1o Ways To Leave a Legacy alumna, you may choose to leave a legacy so future Kappas benefit from programs similar to the valuable educational 1. Prepare a will. Without one, you lose control of the pos­ and philanthropic programs that are available to our mem­ sessions you worked a lifetime to acquire. bers today. As stated by LOIS CATHERMAN HEENEHAN, 2. Leave a gift in your will for the charitable organizations Adelphi, in the Summer 1999 Issue of The Key, "Kappa is not that have made a difference in your life. Imagine the the flower or the colors or the badge or the songs. It's the positive impact if everyone made a donation to a non­ beliefs and the standards, the love and the loyalty that we profit organization. share, the commitment of women supporting women that 3. Leave a specific amount or percentage of the assets in makes our Kappa friendship so strong and enduring." your will to your favorite charity. This can be part of a Charitable bequests in one's will offer the opportunity to new will or added to your existing will as a codicil. lend support to important philanthropic programs beyond a 4. Consider using assets for your charitable gift. These can member's lifetime, with the security of knowing the family's include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds, CDs, real needs have been met. In the absence of a valid will, inflexible estate, vehicles, art and jewelry. Such may even pro­ state intestacy laws (i.e., the laws governing distribution of gifts property in the absence of a will) will dictate the disposition vide tax savings. of property one worked a lifetime to obtain. 5. Name your favorite charity as the beneficiary of your The Omega Society was established by the Kappa Kappa IRA or pension plan. Gamma Foundation in 1995 to provide education about the 6. Purchase a new life insurance policy naming your importance of planned gifts and to honor those who help favorite charity as the beneficiary. influence the future of our philanthropic programs by mak­ 7. Name your favorite charity as the beneficiary of an ing a provision in their wills or through any deferred gift existing life insurance policy. commitment. At this time, 170 members have informed the 8. Remember deceased loved ones with memorial gifts. Foundation that their wills, trusts, or other deferred gift vehi­ 9. Encourage family members and friends to leave gifts to cles name the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation as a benefi­ charities in their wills. ciary. Look for a list of all current Omega Society members to 10. Ask your financial adviser to include charitable giving be printed in the Winter 2000 Issue of The Key. as part of their counsel to other clients. Attorneys or financial advisers are of great assistance in helping donors select the best charitable gift vehicle. Some of Leave a Legacy is an educational campaign that encoumges the most popular ways are a percentage of the estate, a resid­ people to remember nonprofit organizations in their wills. The ual bequest of whatever property remains in the estate after program was initiated by the Central Ohio Planned Giving specific bequests have been fulfilled, or an outright bequest of Council and has been adopted by the Washington D. C.-based a specific gift amount. National Committee on Planned Giving.

Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Seeks Director of Development

MARILYN FousE JENNINGS, Ohio applications from members interested and written communication skills, Wesleyan, Director of Development, in this position. The Director of knowledge of fund-raising software has announced plans for her retire­ Development is responsible for plan­ and the flexibility and willingness to ment effective June 30, 2000. After sev­ ning, developing, implementing and travel. The Foundation hopes to find a eral years of outstanding work for the managing a comprehensive fund­ member who would be willing to relo­ Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, raising program for the Foundation, cate to Columbus, Ohio. Resumes may Marilyn will now concentrate on travel including the annual Loyalty be submitted to J. DALE BRUBECK, and time with her three children and Campaign, major gifts and planned William and Mary, Executive Director, five grandchildren, as well as with her giving programs and special events. Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, 93-year-old father. Thank you, Candidates should have experience P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216- Marilyn, for all your wonderful work! in all aspects of fund raising and work­ 0038,614/228-6515, fax 614/228-7809, The Foundation is now seeking ing with volunteers, outstanding oral by May I, 2000.

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Notice of Kansas City Is Tops in Giving Annual Meeting Cumulative Gifts Total More year as an association. Kansas City is also of the Kappa Than $212,000 in the early preparation stage for the General Convention they are hosting in JANET SLOAN WATKINS, Vanderbilt, the Kappa Gamma 2004. The Foundation hosted a President of the KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE "Celebration of Philanthropy" event for Foundation ASSOCIATION, invited Fraternity President local alumnae and was presented with a CATHY THOMPSON CARSWELL, Illinois of Canada check for $24,000 from the proceeds of Wesleyan, and Foundation President their annual "Holiday House Tour." The PATSY BREDWICK LEVANG, North Dakota The Annual Meeting event netted $72,000. The remainder of State, to visit Kansas City as they of the Kappa Kappa the proceeds were contributed locally to launched the celebration of their lOOth Gamma Foundation of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). o-- Canada will take place on Monday, May 8, 2000, at 2 Chedington Place, #8A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3R5. The meeting is open to all members of Kappa Kappa Gamma. If you plan to attend, please call Joyce Bainard Forster, Toronto at 416/925-8639.

Foundation President Patsy Bredwick Levang (second from left) expresses gratitude for this significant gift and congratulates the association for achieving a total of more than $212,000 in cumulative gifts to the Foundation . Their gift of $24,000 was designated for scholarships ($16,000), The Rose McGill Fund ($6,000) and the Heritage Museum ($2,000).

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Love and Leadership Changes Lives High profile PR executive builds non-profit supporting autistic children

eing interviewed by }ANE PAULEY, Indiana, on appear to be hearing anyone. He was not deaf, the Today show as one of Glamour magazine's however, and many tests revealed a more devastating B"Top 10 College Women" in the late 70s was an diagnosis- autism, the third leading childhood disor­ unforgettable experience for DENISE DREISESZON der in the United States. Occurring in one out of every RESNIK, Arizona State. 500 children, the disorder is four times more prevalent Just as unforgettable are Denise's numerous accom­ in boys than girls and symptoms can range from mild plishments as a young entrepreneur and community to severe. Most people are familiar with the movie leader. The student character in Mercury body president in col­ Rising or the brilliant lege, Denise created one autistic savant in Rain of the first university Man. Yet, few people are alcohol truly knowledgeable awareness/intervention about autism, and it can programs, which carry many stigmas. received national atten­ There is no known tion. She stayed active cause or cure for this with Kappa and developmental disability Panhellenic offices that can interfere with before graduating in the ability to communi­ 1982 and went on to cate. For once, Denise begin her own very­ did not want to be a successful marketing leader, not for some­ firm, and co-found thing so difficult. She "The Golfer's Gym" immediately went about (Phoenix-Boston­ fortifying her family, Seattle) with her hus­ adjusting and accepting. band Rob. That did not This entrepreneur pri­ stop her from being a Denise Dreiseszon Resnik, Arizona State, and son Matthew. vately set up another community and school business - home care volunteer and mother of two. She would meet many for Matthew. "For the past five years, I have managed a definitions of "having it all." Denise describes herself home-based, one-on-one intensive behavioral therapy as having a comfort zone for leadership and credits program for my son, which continues today," Denise tremendous advisers and role models with "leading, explains. Six to 10 therapists provide Matthew with 30 guiding and giving feedback" to her. to 40 hours of therapy per week, ranging from tradi­ As Martha Netherton of Phoenix wrote in The tional speech, occupational and music therapies, to Business journal, "Resnik has spent her entire life doing more unique applied behavioral and animal therapy. lots of things right. She never got into trouble and did Although it is her nature to put others first, Denise not experiment with alcohol or drugs. She's physically has realized that parents of children with special needs fit and has always embraced a healthy lifestyle. Her must take care of themselves and she has found great two children were born in perfect condition with no support with other parents facing autism. This led her complications." Yet, there would soon be one area of once again to a position of leadership when she co­ Denise's "perfect" life that is described simply as founded the Southwest Autism Research Center "painful." (SARC), which provides research, education and sup­ About a year after her son Matthew's birth, she and port. Together with a doctor and another parent (who is her husband realized there was something wrong. also a doctor), Denise founded SARC in 1997 with only Matthew retreated into his own world and did not $38,000 in support. By the end of 1998 they opened

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34 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 "Jack of All Trades" Shares Organization Tips

any of us juggle intensely busy schedules When it's possible to "double up,'' she does. She such as a full-time job and course work, fam ­ once held a five-person meeting in the waiting room M ilies, an ailing parent, or a toddler and six­ of her doctor's office, took care of business during her month-old twins - maybe even all of these. Whatever daughter's ballet lessons and always works during nap your mix is, effective time-management is essential to time. But, it's important to separate work from home achieving a balanced, healthy lifestyle. life too. "At first I tried to mix the two too much." Now DIANE McFERRIN PETERS, Missouri, a best-selling Diane is emphatic about giving both work and family author, business consultant and lecturer, perfected her their own quality time. Not every day may be equally time-management skills while writing a book, giving balanced but her children receive the same respect as a birth to a second baby and building a new home. high-profile project. She lets the phone ring if she's in Diane first combined her professional and personal the middle of an art project with her 5-year-old; and lives when she left her high-profile job as chief com­ the same goes for a personal call during work hours. munications officer for Rosenbluth International (a Remembering back to collegiate days, Diane says, "I multi-billion-dollar corporate travel business) to care definitely learned skills as a Kappa that transfer into for her first-born child. She ran the company's corpo­ my professional career now. My chapter held study rate communications from her home for six months, hours and stressed the importance of high academic then stayed on as a consultant. standards. Kappa had a great support network. All the At that point, she wrote the first half of the best­ right mechanisms were in place to teach and encour­ selling book Good Company: Caring as Fiercely as You age time-management." Compete prior to her son's birth and the second half Diane strongly believes that mastering time-man­ just after. "I told my family that I wouldn't go into agement means having the ability to say no. "I turn labor until I had finished Chapter Four and sent the down all international requests for lectures." For the first half of the book to the publishers," says Diane. keynotes she does accept, she takes the last plane out Five hours after shipping it off, labor began - on continued on P. 36 schedule. Diane also gives keynote lec- tures for some of the most respected names in business including Arthur Andersen, AT&T, Cadillac, Federal Express, Johnson & Johnson and many more. When putting her own time-manage­ ment skills to use, Diane sets three rules. "I always try to keep a heal thy mix of flexibility and tructure, accomplish two things at once whenever possible, and separate the profe ional demands from family demand as much as I can,'' Diane explain . When working from home, Diane figure there' an obligation to be flexible, but tructure help eparate the "Mommy" re ponsibilities from the pro­ ~ ional one . he et office hour , in~ rm her oUeagues about them and i tri t about u ing that time to ched­ ul all phone m eting .

Diane McFerrin Peters, Missouri, and her family.

THE KEY · pring 2000 • 35 continued from P. 34 their doors to a new facility and garnered more than a Diane's Time­ half-million dollars in support, and by 1999 topped $1 million. Management Tips SARC is one of only a dozen centers for autism sup­ 1. Maintain two "to-do" lists and keep them on port and research in the United States, and perhaps the most comprehensive. The parents group is a mainstay. the same page (one business, one personal). Together the families support the newly-diagnosed with Keeping the lists together is a fast reminder that facts, as well as providing long-term support to families both are equally important. Re-prioritize the list who share the routine of intensive therapy and the ever­ every night. Cross off completed tasks and high­ present search for a better life for their children. The center has one of the most extensive databases of patient light the tasks to do for the next day. information and some of the most current health studies 2. Get help whenever you can. Let a friend watch and medical trials in the world. your kids, then return the favor. Enlist in services to This is incredible growth for a small nonprofit organ­ ization but it is not surprising considering Denise's com­ clean the house and run errands. bination of leadership and business skills, her knack for 3. Use e-mail whenever possible. We spend more public relations - plus her heart and her hope. "Our time on the phone than we do sending a quick e­ love for Matthew, his sister Allyson and for each other, and belief that we can make a difference however large mail message. Use the technology that's available. or small, has helped Rob and me to build new dreams:' 4. Learn to say "No" to personal and professional says Denise. "Our love has given us hope." o---. requests when possible.

- By JULIE KRooN ALVARADO, Arizona State continued from P. 35

and the first plane Symptoms of Autism back, minimizing her time away. During the • disturbances in the onset of physical, social and trip, she maximizes language skills work time to the fullest • usually appear during the first two or three years so that there's plenty of of life time to spend with her children when she • more common in boys than girls returns. • abnormal responses to sensations After a professional • absence or delay of speech and language (while lecture, a book signing specific thinking skills may be present) and a meeting, Diane's • difficulties in verbal and non-verbal favorite part of the day is communication the time she spends tuck­ ing her kids in. "We read • abnormal social interactions, or unusual relations books, tell stories, say our with objects or events prayers, sing songs and Good Company: Caring as • severe forms of the syndrome may include extreme snuggle. The snuggling is Fiercely as You Compete hit self-injurious, repetitive, highly unusual and what means so much to the New York Times and USA aggressive behavior Today bestseller lists as well me and I absolutely love as The Wall Street Journal's • repeated body movements (hand flapping, it." Tugging at Diane's December 1998 top pick for rocking, etc.) heartstrings (and key­ holiday reading. board) is the calling to • abnormal sensitivities in the five senses write children's books. "I For more information visit www.autism-society.org do have the perfect audience to test the story lines on or contact Denise at [email protected] or during my very special 'tucking-in' time." o---. 602/340-8717. - By LAURA SHOCK SCHERER, Bowling Green

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rt is not only a means of expression and communica­ One of the youngest artists to be accepted into the San tion, but also a lifetime of enjoyment for the artist as Diego Watercolor Society's International Exhibition in A:well as the viewer. Of the 10 artists covered in this 1996, Cynthia had also been honored in 1994 by having section, all but one are "seasoned citizens." The Key appreci­ her paintings hung next to Andy Warhol's traveling exhi­ ates their dedication to art and their enduring talents. bition in the Milan Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas. Her

Art Critic, Author, Actress, Gallery Owner MARY MocK BARNES, UC, Berkeley, known as Molly, has been described as a "Renaissance Woman." Realizing that an artist's life was too lonely for her, Molly worked as a dealer and eventually opened her own gallery. She has exhibited Willem de Kooning, Les Levine and Robert Cottingham and has launched careers for Mark Kostobi, John Beldessari and others. Knowing the art world well, Molly wrote How to Get Hung: A Practical Guide for Emerging Artists, suggesting means of networking, self-promotion, working with deal­ ers and gallery owners, display techniques, etc. She says, "Art is two things: it is a love affair and at the same time it's a business." Sought out by collectors, Molly has provided her Cynthia Hamil, Texas Christian, displays two of her paintings, which have appeared on covers of The Key. expertise about the value of fine art to Norman Lear, Billy Wilder, Johnny Carson and New York Mayor Rudy "angel" series has been exhibited in prestigious galleries Guiliani. Magazine art editor, radio art critic and founding along the West Coast and in Texas. In 1999, Cynthia enjoyed a showing in conjunction with Nordstrom's department store. Cynthia's paintings have twice graced the cover of The Key. The Summer 1998 issue, themed "Families," was reflected in her painting "Sisters," and the Summer 1999 theme "Friendship" was illustrated by "Two Sisters." For more information on her work, visit her new Web site at www.cynthiahamil.com.

She Captures Moments in Time "Capturing a moment in time" is the expression NANCY OSBORN CoLE, Butler, uses to describe her paintings. Mary (Molly) Mock Barnes , UC Berkeley Children at the beach or ladies in fields of flowers show member of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary her love of people and nature. Art, Molly received an Emmy nomination for LA Arts. Beginning as a commercial artist in Los Angeles, Nancy With a radio show in New York and the Molly Barnes moved to the East Coast and now has her home and stu­ Gallery in Santa Monica, Molly lives bi-coastally, sharing dio in Chatham, Mass., where she is a member of the her life with her well-known designer husband and their Cape Cod Art Association and the Creative Arts Center. five children. In addition to commissioned portraits, landscapes and seascapes, Nancy's work appears in charming scenes of Young Impressionist Has Unique Style children playing on the shore in borders for Chesapeake An impressionist who draws from visual and musical Wallcovering Corporation; in designs for Inkadinkadoo, a inspiration, CYNTHIA HAMIL, Texas Christian, uses water­ rubber stamp company; Janlynn Stitchery and Gifts and colors, acrylics and pastels for her unique style. Marian Heath card company.

3 8 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 Painting - A Daily Ritual ''I'm still painting daily - and selling. What a joy to have my art at this age!" says BETSY DoDGE PEARSON, Kansas. She developed her eye for landscapes in Kansas and in Minnesota lake country during family travels. Seascapes, children, flowers and impressionistic scenes are included among her oils and acrylics shown in many galleries nationwide. Dividing each year between homes in Sun Valley, Idaho, and Greenwich, Conn., in 1994 Betsy Dodge Pearson, Kansas Betsy received the OWL Award for art from the Greenwich branch of the National League of American Pen Women. In addition to having made posters "for almost every Greenwich organization;'

One of Nancy's children 's borders for Chesapeake Wallcovering Corp. Art in Slow Motion Painter and former poet, NANCY PFEIFFER TOWNER, Iowa, is known professionally as Frey Pfeiffer. Stating that she is not comfortable with the feeling that time has sped up, she tried to convey slow motion by such means as dividing a horizontal canvas into three frames. Having exhibited extensively in her home state of Iowa, as well as in Chicago, New York and globally, Nan realizes that her work may not be comprehensible to every viewer. That doesn't matter, however, because she believes that peo­ ple go to art exhibits partly for the same instincts which draw them to church - Betsy served in many volunteer positions. Abilities in the there is something you arts run in the family, with her husband and two sons don't know. who are writers, one of whom is Ridley Pearson, author of 10 "thrillers." Honored for Watercolors Painting has been a constant in the life of (MARJORY) JANE MARTI N LrvE RETT, Butler. A watercolorist, she devot­ ed any time possible to her art during the years spent rais­ ing a family. Continually encouraged by her husband, Jane studied with internationally known watercolorists, per­ fecting her technique and attention to detail. A watercolor of geraniums given to friends June and Joe Hennage years ago resulted in a special honor when she was asked to create eight floral paintings for the new garden room of their home in Colonial Williamsburg. The Nancy Pfeiffer Towner, Iowa, One of Nancy's oil paintings Georgian-style home, built to house their museum-quality is known professionally as depicting her son, Bill , and her collection of 18th-century furnishings, has been bequeathed Frey Pfeiffer. grandson.

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to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Jane's paintings DOTTIE COKE STEWART, Texas, and BONN1E NEWMAN POHL, reflect her search for perfection and the 200 hours of Texas - Lucretia readily admits that her favorite portrait research and work put into the paintings which hang four subjects are her grandchildren. and four over the fireplaces at each end of the garden room. Enjoying their retirement on Hilton Head Island, the A Lifetime of Excellence Liveretts play a lot of golf; Jane enjoys the Kappa alumnae It was in 1952 that ALETA CORNELIUS EASTMAN, Carnegie­ association and her painting. Her husband, a retired Mellon, received a KKr Alumnae Achievement Award. She obstetrician, does the matting and framing to complement has continued her lifetime of excellence in art. her work. Currently president of the Flagler County (Fla.) Council for the Arts, Aleta has taught art in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Providence, R.I., and exhibited in New York City, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and other major cities. Awards include honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pepsi Cola "Paintings of the Year" and the Carnegie Institute. A former gallery owner AI C • . eta orne 11us Eastman , and director, and veteran of 12 Carnegie-Mellon one-woman shows, Aleta continues working as a freelance artist and restorer. Needle and Thread Tell Her Story Jane Martin Liverett, Butler Communicating with a needle and thread describes the art of LUCRETIA LEONARD RoMEY, Indiana. A former portrait Art Is a Journey artist, sculptor, metal worker and carver, she now works with Sometimes being an artist involves month-long camping colorful fabrics to create unusual quilts - works of art trips! LUCRETIA DONNELL CoKE, Southern Methodist, spent 10 which she calls "diary quilts." They tell of the many interest­ summers this way while studying with Frank Rea ugh, noted ing places she has visited. painter of Longhorn cattle and dean of Texas artists. In very different terrain, she also studied at the Art Students League in New York City, culminating in a one-woman show in Manhasset, N.Y. A pastel landscape and portrait painter, Lucretia has exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art, among many other venues, and is a member of the prestigious Pastel Society of the Southwest, based in Dallas. With three Kappa daughters - CARJ NEWMAN VIEREGG, Southern Methodist,

Lucretia Leonard Romey , Indiana, created this "Antarctic Quilt."

Bangkok to Russia, India and the Antarctic, Lucretia has joined her husband Bill, a retired geologist/geographer, on cruises where he lectures as they travel. Sometimes she Lucretia Donnell Coke, Southern Methodist

40 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 . - . ' . . . - ~ : - . ~ I - - {- ~ ._ teaches her art but always she sketches in preparation for reproducing scenes and memories of the voyage. Using a NATIONAL POETRY special technique she has perfected and always hand-piecing her quilts, Lucretia creates 45-by-60-inch wall hangings as MONTH CELEBRATES visual histories of her travels. Noting that people seem drawn to her when she is sketch­ THE QUIET ART ing, stitching or looking for special fabrics, Lucretia believes that the quilts open a line of communication, even when -By LAURA SHOCK SCHERER, Bowling Green there is no common language. "A visual product is a univer­ sallanguage;' she states, adding that she "sews a picture." A 1996 KJ(f' Alumnae Achievement Award recipient, ear­ pril welcomes the fourth annual National U.S. lier articles about Lucretia's work appear in several issues of Poetry Month, an opportunity to pay tribute to The Key and as the covers for the Summer 1989, 1992 and A this often under-recognized art form. In celebra­ 1993 issues. She will make a return trip to Antarctica this tion of Kappas who have penned collections of poems, winter and, squeezed into her busy days, Lucretia is writing a The Key is highlighting their published work and the book about diary quilts. inspiration that set them writing. Painter/Writer Combines Passions The Yaddo Elegies and other poems Artist and writer LUCILE LAITANNER REID BROCK, New By HARVENA RICHTER, New Mexico THBYADDO Mexico, has recently published her second book, Taos Then North Valley Press BLBGIBS - Only in Taos Stories from a Bride Who Lived Them 40 pages, $5 (Morris Publishing, 1999.) The book not only features --- ··· numerous drawings and paintings by Lucile, it describes Harvena Richter's volume of work --- her whimsical and unusual experiences as a young bride in is intriguing for serious scholars and an artists' colony. poets as well as an illuminating expe­ Lucile's painting career has spanned 60 years. Her "for­ rience for a wider audience. Her mat" involves visiting a part of one country for a month or imagery mesmerizes the reader - more, getting to know the people there, painting and images of color, texture, space and sketching "on location;' completing additional paintings movement. These are pristine poems to be admired for after arriving home, then displaying her work with a solo their elegance, and delectable poems to be savored for show featuring that country. She has used this format 16 their eloquence. A sample of her work (below) character­ times, featuring her work based on visits to Japan, Hong izes a favored flower. Kong, Egypt, Southern France, Northern Italy, Alaska, England, Greece, Jamaica and other countries. C UTTING IRIS Lucile was the art director of the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation in Oklahoma City in the 1960s and direct­ They were tall as I ed its school of art. Her work has been accepted and hon­ storming the gate, ored at numerous regional and national juried exhibitions. flashing not flags but marvelous banners, gold-fringed, wind-gusted- nodding in the distance like plumed knights possessing the field. I stalked the garden with my knife (their muscles froze to green glass) wondering in what world I moved with creature not flower, nor animal, nor person, but a being within: invisible, all-glorious; outward only the violet flesh in delicate folds (I stepped more softly) and inside that luminous fluted skull, that exquisite goblet, tho e three leaping eyes ealed with gilt !ashe , what airy mind? Luelle Lattanner Reid Brock, New Mexico

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I cut them warily - can delve into deeper layers. In these poems she embarks somewhere were words: on the journey of the self, listening well to what both thin lilac discs, human nature and the natural world have to tell along the vocal circles caught in the silken gorge. way. A sample of her writing follows. Mute cry of outrage at my daring to pick them? WAR WIFE at trying to grasp Like Penelope, she weaves her fake the candelabra out of Revelations patience into every day for the children's sake, seven flames on a branch unravels it by night before the mirror, and in the midst, girt in a purple garment, with trembling fingers combing out her hair- a golden girdle, Rilke's perilous angel? while hope sits stoppered in a bottle overnight, precious potion for tomorrows that come hour by hour of inching light, however passionately she prays them gone. Harvena Richter, New Again the night's long emptiness repeats Mexico, has a itself, folded in among cold sheets wide range of stylistic like death; sometimes even death seems safe capability as beside this god-forsaken grief. seen in her collection of Fear at arm's length, with working mother's hands poems titled, she weaves her days; she dreams her nights alone, The Yaddo Elegies and when, trapped by smothering dark, her heart demands Other Poems. her tangled tapestry of love undone.

Imogene is also the author of Glass Walker and Earthbound. She is the Resident Poet at Wittenberg University and a recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Writing Fellowships and the Ohioana Poetry Award. Her In addition to works of poetry, Harvena has published poems can be found in more than 600 national literary a novel, several nonfiction books and has taught creative journals. writing and a course in "creative imagination" at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque where she lives.

Advice for the Climb By IMOGENE LAMB BOLLS, Kansas State Bottom Dog Press, Bowling Green State University 76 Pages, $9.95

Four words keep Imogene Bolls inspired: creativity, compassion, integrity and balance. Balance is one of the hardest to maintain as she is pulled from her writing to tend to family and students. Teaching at Wittenburg and leading their journalism program brings on many interruptions - ones she welcomes for it makes the time for creating that much more special. Advice for the Climb reveals advice she has gathered from three distinct areas: the self, family and friends, and the universe. Imogene wrote for the general reader but the beauty of this body of work is the critic and poetry buff Imogene Lamb Bolls, Kansas State, embarks on the journey of the self in her book of poems titled, Advice for the Climb.

42 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 AccENT oN .JJ.rVMNAE ALUMNAE IN ACTION

-By NANCY VOORHEES LAITNER, Purdue

Bouncing Success The Women's Executive Network VICTORIA CHUN, Colgate, has been (WENetwork) is more than head­ inducted into the Colgate University hunting; it seeks to contact within Athletics Hall of Honor, recognizing and across all industry lines women her long list of accomplishments. As who will be active partners in sharing an undergraduate she lettered all ideas and coaching each other in four years in volleyball, and was aspects of career pathing. This Web voted the team's most inspirational site will provide an informative serv­ player. Her career assists set a Colgate ice for job listings, business network­ record, totaling 2,440. After gradua­ ing information, career advice, and tion she returned to Colgate to coach the opportunity to research and dis­ varsity volleyball, and was named cuss issues facing professional women Bettie Painter Garrettson, Purdue, is at various phases in their careers. honored for her community service and "Coach of the Year." Vicki went on to restoration of a historical mansion. coach the first American women's team to be invited to an NCAA tour­ on its foundation which gives grants nament. She serves on the NCAA to city and county organizations. professional administrative staff in Navy Officer Sails Her Volunteerism Joining the Navy was one of the first things SAM LLOYD PEKARSKY, Whitman, did after graduating. She then found herself in the first class of women to be accepted as regular Navy line officers. Through the years, WENetwork will also help com­ Sara and her husband were stationed panies develop relationships rather in ports from coast to coast. Upon than just matching a person to a returning to California she began to position. The goal is to assist corpo­ volunteer at the Maritime Museum rations in creating a more diversified where she showcased her volunteer workforce by helping them to attract and leadership skills. Twice, the and retain qualified women. Dulaney Monterey History and Art explains, "Through a partnership Association presented her with the with companies, universities, associ­ "President's Award." ations and individuals, WENetwork can use the Internet as a singular VIctoria Chun , Colgate marketing opportunity." Overland Park, Kan., and is an ac tive Restoring the Past member of the ational A ociation of ollegiate Women's Athletic B ETT IE PAINTER G ARRETTSON, dmini trator . Purdue, and her husband, John, received the" agamore of the Connecting Women and Wa ba h" awa rd fro m Indiana State Jobs Through Internet nator An ita Bow er fo r continuou out tanding ervice to their commu­ D LA EY REE , olgate, erve a nity, Michiga n City. Bettie wa a regi nal manag r of the fir t in trumental in the re toration of fnternet-ba ed full - er ice recruiting th Barker Man ion, currently the and placem nt mpany for women. At the mu eum, he organized ISO Barker i ic enter. he ha erved olunteer to work a guide for the

THE K EY • pring 2000 • 43 HM Bark Endeavor when it sailed into Monterey Bay, Hollywood Edge Wins Calif. The Endeavor is a replica of the ship that Captain Entrepreneurial Award James Cook sailed on in his first of three trips to the The University of Southern South Pacific in 1769. California awarded TIARA Founders Honored at Monmouth HALLMAN, Southern Cal., with the "Entrepreneur Alumni of the Year" Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi alumnae from award. Tiara was recognized for the Quad Cities (Ill.) area chartered a bus to Monmouth, her entrepreneurial endeavor Ill., to celebrate their dual founding and create their own catled "It's A Wrap" Production special "Monmouth Duo." They toured the Minnie Sales, an exclusive wardrobe outlet Stewart House and grounds (childhood home of Kappa where the major motion picture Founder Minnie Stewart) and the Holt House, Pi Phi's studios and production companies founding home, before honoring their founders in send wardrobes to be liquidated Monmouth Cemetery. and sold to the general public (fea­ tured in the Spring 1995 Issue). "The public has access to clothing from their favorite movie or television series available no where else in the world! Shopping at "It's A Wrap" atlows a person to select a piece of movie/televi­ sion history... ;' says Tiara. Dean Recognized for Model Alcohol Policy Tucson's Panhellenic Award was presented to MELISSA VITO BOLWNG, Arizona, Associate Vice President for Campus Life. As the Dean of Students at Arizona she devel­ oped a model alcohol policy for the campus which many other schools have emulated. Melissa is deeply involved in the Greek community and expects only the highest of stan­ Alumnae from the Quad City (Ill.) area gather on the patio of the Stewart House, finding the brick signifying their donation dards for its members. She also served as GAMMA ZETA, to the Minnie Stewart Foundation. Arizona, Chapter Council Adviser for many years.

Education Improvements Garner National Attention The YWCA of Metropolitan St. Louis (Mo. ) selected MARY LEYH E BURKE, Northwestern, for membership in the YWCA Academy of Leaders in recognition of her achieve­ ments in the workplace. Under her leadership, the Whitfield School was trans­ Melissa Vito Bollong, Arizona, (center) receives the Tucs on formed from a little-known Panhellenic Award. private school to a highly Mary Leyhe Burke, Award Goes to Distinguished Alumna sought-after cotlege Northwestern preparatory school which is The University of Tulsa named HELEN Jo TAYLOR the object of local and HARDWICK, Tulsa, a "Distinguished Alumna." Due to family national acclaim. As director she raised public awareness illness years ago, she left cotlege to assume the role of care­ for the school, spearheaded several capital campaigns, giver. Almost 30 years later she returned to cotlege to grad­ increased the size of the student body and provided an uate. Helen Jo is the director of marketing and public rela­ educational environment in which students develop as tions for Resonance, a support center for women and their thinkers and productive members of society. families. Remembering the days when she needed the aid

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of friends and volunteers for support has kept her active in many organizations that sup­ port women and their fami­ lies. She has also received the "Pinnacle Award for Public Service" from the Tulsa Women's Foundation and the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women.

Helen Jo Taylor Hardwick, Tulsa

San Mateo (Calif.) Alumnae Association members enjoy a pres­ entation by Mary Evely, Michigan, (third from left), the wine chef at Simi Wi nery in Hea ldsbrug, Calif. Mary, who was fea­ tured in the Summer 1997 Issue, taught techniques for select­ ing compatible food and wine, and shared recipes ideal for entertaining. Night Owls on the Town REBECCA DIETZ, Texas Christian, serves as chairman of the "Night Owls" (young alumnae subgroup) of the ATLANTA (GA.) ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION. "We have a blast!" says Rebecca, who has built this group to about 230 mem­ bers. "Atlanta is made up of so many young people who move here from all over the continent," she adds. "The Charter members of the newly organized Sandhills (NC) Alumnae Night Owls is a great way to meet new friends, network Association meet with Province Director of Alumnae Anne Todd and even find a roommate." Rebecca plans two activities a Staples, Texas Christian, (l ower right) to discuss alumnae asso­ month. Here is a list of recent "Night Owls" events: ciation requirements and plans for philanthropic work. • dinner with other area Greek alumnae association leader in Occupational Therapy members In recognition of a lifetime of exemplary service to • IMAX theater with other area sorority alumnae occupational therapy, FLORENCE CROMWELL, Miami • cooking lessons (Ohio), is the sixth recipient of the Wilma L. West • Project Open Hand (prepared meals for AIDS AOTA-AOTF Presidents Commendation. Established by patients) the governing boards of the American Occupational • High Museum of Art tour Therapy Association and • pottery painting the American • MS walk-a-thon Occupational Therapy • Whole World Theater (improvisational theater) Fo undation, this award is • Braves baseball game o---,.. re erved for the profes- ion' mo t re pected leaders, who e contribu­ tion are matched by a special gift of vision and ommitment. Prior to her 50 year f ervice to people with di abilitie , Florence er ed a a avy A E ffi r. he ha been de rib d a a leader who e i ion and wi dom have helped hape the T profe ion and erved to guide the de el pment of a ne\ generation of leader hip. The Atlanta (Ga. ) "Night Owls " prepare meals for AIDS patients.

THE. Kf.'l' • pring 2000 • 45 KAPPAS OnCampus

Collegiate Spotlight Champion Soccer Player Surpasses Collegiate Record

It LICIA VEGAS, Simpson, holds the NCAA Division women. was at age 8 that Alicia began soccer. "Soccer III record for total career goals in women's soc­ taught me to be a team-player, manage my time and A cer. With 113 career goals, Alicia surpassed the handle stress and disappointment." Alicia reflects. former record holder, Mia Hamm who had 103 goals. Even though she made it all sound so easy, breaking Alicia was a forward on the offense for Simpson's Mia Hamm's college record is no small feat. Alicia women's soccer and her team made it to post-season admits, "It was tough. It took dedication and hard play last year. While Alicia's record is impressive, it is her work." Natural talent? "Not really," says Alicia. "Just dedication and selflessness that make her special. hard work and dedication." An academic scholarship took Alicia from her home Alicia lives by her own advice. While she does not state of Hawaii to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa aspire to have a professional soccer career, Alicia con­ near Des Moines. A tinues to give her freshman far from talents by referee­ home, Alicia and 25 ing children's other young women soccer programs joined the then in Des Moines seven-member where she will OMICRONA CHAPTER. remain for one When Alicia year after gradua­ speaks of her tion because of Kappa experi­ yet another dedi­ ence, she does cation: to an not emphasize autistic student. her role as With a psy­ Scholarship chology major Cl:iairman, and social work Marshal or ulti­ minor, Alicia mately chapter began working President. with a preschool­ age autistic child. Alicia is most While maintaining an academic scholarship, Alicia proud of the Vegas, Simpson, managed to secure the NCAA Division Thanks to Alicia's team effort of Ill record for total career goals in women 's soccer. help the young the 26 members boy will attend that joined a Alicia Vegas, Simpson kindergarten in then struggling another year- a journey that Alicia will see through. chapter and fought to elevate the chapter to a successful Speaking as if a guardian angel she says, "I just want to group that made quota this past year. see him make it to kindergarten - and he'll be fine." How did Alicia manage to be a successful chapter Always finishing what she starts, Alicia plans to President, maintain an academic scholarship and sur­ attend graduate school to obtain a master's in social pass Mia Hamm's record? "It was tough, but I wanted all work (M.S.W.). Alicia's family is also proud of her three equally;' says Alicia. "If I had not really wanted any achievements. It was her mother and grandmother one of those goals, then I would not have had a chance, who taught her perseverance, especially in terms of but I really wanted them." With the soccer field almost academics. "So many people don't even try to obtain in the back yard of the Kappa house, chapter members scholarships. You have to seek out what is available," were always there supporting Alicia and her Kappa advises Alicia. teammates. Looking back on her now concluded soccer career, Alicia would definitely recommend sports for young -By KRISTIN ]OHNSON STYERS, Georgia Southern

46 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 KAPPASOnCampus Collegiate Scholarship Report Spring 1999 Results- Overall KKr GPA: 3.125

Princeton: Lauren Dachelet, Jill Freund, McCoy, Lollie Meyer, Erica Penick, Drake: Kelly Jo Mennen, Beth Chapters At or Alexis Lipshultz, Elizabeth Peirce Cassie Sanders, Melanie Shannon, Braver, Megan Byrnes, Megan Angie Staley, Sommer Steifer, Erin Costello, Meghan Ellingson, Above the All­ REGION 2 Swain, Ann- Elizabeth Williams, Heather Harriman, Tamara Lambda Province Sorority Average Ashley Younger. Harswick, Sara Martin, Katherine REGION George Washington: Avi Kaufman · Meyer, Katherine Pronk, Rebecca 1 REGION 4 Sack, Audra Stock, Laura Turner, Alpha Province: Syracuse REGION 3 Delta Province Stephanie Uglum Beta Province: Pittsburgh, Mu Province Indiana: Lindsay Colip Emory: Cris Campanella, Emily Washington Univ. (St. Louis): Kate Allegheny, Penn State Hillsdale: Kathleen Althoff, Chin, Kelly Cunningham, Kadi Biggs, Carrie Gick, Melissa Rho Province: Connecticut, Kathleen Driscoll, Susan Glenn, Fountain, Stacy Friedman, Rachel Leibling-Goldberg Massachusetts Rachel Hojnacki, Rebecca Simpson Gerrick, Stephanie Macari, Daria Westminster: Amanda Albert, Jodi Butler: Nicole Duncan, Megan REGION 2 Sandowsky, Karen Tegge Fowler, Alice Hickey, Ruchi Kalra, Gamma Province: Akron, Ohio Farley, Beth Farris, Melinda Florida State: Diane Lijek Darcie Keith, Stacey McDowell, Harrald, Melanie McCord, Sarah State, Cincinnati, Miami (Ohio), Audra Meyers, Pamela Miranti. Bowling Green South Carolina: Ashley Copeland, McDonald, Holly Piercy, Emily joann Johnston, Wendy Lewis Lambda Province: West Virginia, Smitha, Catherine Switalski REGION 5 William and Mary, George Florida: Brooke Bockemuehl, Cori Michigan: Katie Donohue, Rebecca Iota Province Washington, Ri chmond Bayless, Katherine Bovoso, Amy Berkun, Christina Migally Puget Sound: Jessica Meyers Cohen, Katie Horn, Erin Kucerik, Purdue: Begum Akay, Nicole Ezra, Nu Province: Kentucky, North Tricia LaMonda, Angela McClellan, Eta Province Kristine Grandt, Paige Johnston, Carolina, Centre, Wake Forest Jeanette Plotkin, Stephanie Porter, Wyoming: Affie Burnside, Erin Julie Schwartz, Jill Butler, Tara Allison Stanton, Megan Tucker, Cook, Stacey Cunningham, Ginny REGION 3 Galambos, Julie James Mu Province: Miami, Emory, Rachel Urban, Marcie Wakeman , Gill, Jennifer McDowell, Alison Florida State, Clemson, Florida, Lindsay Vaughan Valparaiso: Stephanie Benson Ochs, Breck Spear, Kristen Stroh Georgia Southern Georgia Southern: Amie Epsilon Province REGION 6 Monmouth: Beth Dickey, Natalie Xi Province: Tulane, Arkansas, Bloodworth, Carol Anne Garbin, Pi Province Hacker, Jodi Martin, Diana Plack Alabama, LSU Kyler Evan s Stanford: Andrea Anderson, lise Theta Province: Oklahoma, Texas, Furman: Alison Cunnold, Stephanie Illinois: Nicole Harberts, Shannon Larson, Brooke Morrill, Andrea Southern Methodi t, Tulsa , Texas Duke, Heather Jenkins, Laura Moore, Katherine Morris, Patricia Wendt, Rhiannon Meier, Caroline Tech, Texas Christian, Texas A&M, Kelsey, Brigid Kennedy, Liz Patz, Powell Annis North Texas Marisa Poston, Mandy Riggins, Lawrence: Melinda Bayne Oregon: Kaleinani Brooks, Karen Leigh Unterspan, Katie Van Mol Curry, Meghan McDaniel, Melanie REGION 4 Zeta Province Delta Province: Indiana, Hillsdale, Theta Province Missouri: Sarah Adams, Kelly Molatore Butler, Purdue, Valparaiso Oklahoma: Mindy Battle, jenise Beckemeier, Betsy Briggs, Rachel Oregon State: Deena Rudd, Brianna Cantlin, Amber Derryberry, Epsilon Province: Monmouth, Brawner, Alisa Burress, jill Cline, Demo, jill Moore Heather Emling, Julie George, Jen Minnesota, Lawrence Emily Clinton, Kim DeLapp, Laine Kappa Province Giannakis, Lori Goldenhersh, Dickmann, jessica Dodson, Emily UCLA: Jennifer McPherson, julia n Zeta Province: Missouri, Iowa, Charity Hall, Sarah Keller, Nancy Edney, Neely Gawey, Carrie Glass, Barraco, Lesley Valentine Kan as State, Drake, Iowa State Stacy Harris, jodana johnson, Kennedy, Leslie Maddox, Betsy Cal. State Northridge: Jennine Ihde REGION 5 Taylor Land, Stephanie Lipe, Katie Marshall, Trish Pelczynski, Anne Iota Province: Idaho, Washington, Lytle, Brooke Mabry, Nealy Scott, Angie Soth, jackie Washington State, British Columbia, Mackenzie, Kim Maggi, Magan Wesselschmidt, Laura Whiteman First on Campus Albert on McDavid, Lau ren Mitchell, Amanda Simpson: Rosalyn Haskins, Julie Eta Province: Colorado, New Mexico, Morgan, Mandy Orr, Nicole Shirley, Hatting, Jordan Marsh REGION 1 Alpha Province: Syracuse Wyoming, Colorado College, Utah Sabrina Smith, Beth Watkins, Nebraska: Christine A.ita, Sarah Elizabeth Wright Danberg, Megan McGargill, Emily Rho Province: Connecticut, REGION 6 Tulsa: Chrissy Bergeron, Nadine Millard, Amanda Romjue, Anne Massachusetts Pi Province: U Berkeley, Oregon, Bis onnette, )en Geffert, Ashley Soper, Andrea Uithoven, Lora REGION 2 Oregon tate, Cal. tate Fresno, UC Lamping, Erika Mares, Tarryn Ullerich, jill Warren, Katie Wright Gamma Province: Akron, Bowling Davi Martin, jenny Smith, Amy Kansas: Katie Flaspohler, Christina Green Kappa Province: Ariwna, UCLA, tutzman, Brandi Woodson Vizcarra, Ro a Hind Lambda Province: West Virginia uthem Calif., Ariwna tate, Cal. Oklahoma State: Ashlee Ander on, tate orthridge, U Santa Barbara Kansas State: Megan Beattie, Nu Province: Centre Ke lli rutchfield, Christy Dilthy, Miranda Boettcher, Keri Boydston­ Kara Gowan, Anne Logan, Denise Wefald, Megan Christensen, REGION 3 Shirley, Katie Burke, Rachel Davis, Gretchen Dieckhaus, Sammie Ezell, Xi Province: Tulane, Arkansas ancy Fredrickson, Sarah Garei , Kelly Flynn, Megan Gange!, Marissa REGIO 4 Kate Hanig, Laura McClain, Carrie Krug, uzannt Georing, Erica teelman, Le lie tephens, arah Epsilon Province: Monmouth, Guries, Kimberly Herme , Amy Lawrence ymcuse: arrie uadagnino, Erika Wade Hughes, Erin Katzer, Kri tin Liebl, Lindh me, Li1 Ja ob witz, Beth Zeta Province: Kan as tate Xi Province Amy Monteen, Leann elson, Vedovclli, Katherine lcA.rd.le, Caroline Trtlan c: Brooke Bry on, hannon Elizabeth eufield, Emily Ram ey, Rippcteau, heri B naglia, Karen REGIO 5 Fuller, Rand Glenn, Anne Justius, ara Re er, Lindsey Roth, Le lie Iota Province: Briti h Columbia, lbourkrek, ndera Flexor, Yvonne Alii on Liebman, Cori Locklin, mall, Lauren Po ladeck, )ana Albertson Wiktor w ki arah 'Hare, Lindsay Wadler teele, usa n teele, Melynda rein, Eta Province: ew Mexico, Beta Province Arkansas: torme Caldwell , Heidi tephany, Andrea tein , Jill Colorado College Penn rare: ivlia na La ra a, Le lie ummer Da i , jenifer Out , Leigh trandmark, Dara wa n on, P..ukcr, Liz Poner. Bucknell nh 'rsity, Ann Fulker on, hley HiUian, 1aq •ann Titterington, Kri tin R E IO 6 jenna urand, Cara Fisher Kristel Horn by, Lindsey Howard , Trea e, Ka te Wolldridge, Holl y Kappa Province: Ca l. tate \'illtwowl: Elizabeth Yanno Lee L khart, Je ica 1axe •, Emily Yo ung, Laci Zierlein orthridge

THE K EY • pring 2000 • 4 7 Kappa Sunshine As part of a philan­ thropy project in support of the Kentucky School for the Deaf, ZETA GAMMA, Centre, members learned to sign You Are My Sunshine. Chapter mem­ bers also had fun corre­ sponding with their secret pen pals from the school while encouraging the children to learn reading and writing skills. The chapter then sponsored a party where the children got to meet their special Kappa friends.

Popular Programs Delta Upsilon , Georgia, celebrates winning the "War of the Roses" flag football tournament to benefit hospitalized children. • The Scholarship Committee of ZETA sweats to the chapter Fraternity Bylaws pertain­ • Hold a Scholarship ban­ LAMBDA, Washington and meeting and learned how ing to academics. Jefferson, invited a guest quet at the end of the year to kick, punch and shout speaker to give a lecture • Divide the chapter into to honor chapter members' "No!" in self-defense. on ethnic diversity. "Owl Teams" based on academic achievements. • GAMMA KAPPA, William majors/schools of concen­ Recruitment: Good Ideas tration. Teams meet several and Mary, invited a local • Choose the Girl Scouts times a semester to discuss police officer to lead the Scholarship: as a philanthropy-round upcoming registration chapter in a self-defense • Organize a workshop to theme and make needed deadlines, goals, advice lesson. Members wore educate the chapter on supplies for local troops from older members, etc. with potential new members. • Use Kore·groups as rota­ tion groups for member­ ship recruitment events. • On Bid Day, Kore groups wear colored "Key" neck­ laces as a fun way for new members to find their Kores. ()---ow

CORRECTION: KATY QUINN POWERS, Oklahoma, was listed incorrectly in the byline for her article entitled "Neurologist Meets Special Needs of Children" on Page 30 of the Winter 1999 Issue. The Key apologizes, As a creative sisterhood event, Upsilon, Northwestern, painted pumpkins to decorate the chapter house and the campus. for the error.

48 • THE KEY • Spring 2000 KAPPAS OnCampus

Collegiate News "Smokey the Bear" Wanted! poses with Epsilon The Key wants to know Alpha, Texas Christian, members what's happening at your who cleaned up a chapter via e-mail! Just send local park for news, individual or chapter Volunteer Day, a accomplishments and com­ Panhellenic-sponsored munity service work to event in which each sorority chooses a kstyers@kappakappagam­ community service ma.org. Then send your project. photos in the mail to The Key, Collegiate News Editor, P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038. Tell us what makes your chapter special! PHOTO TIPS: Please send clear, quality, color photo­ graphs that show action. Do not send photos showing beverages or open flames. Epsilon Delta, Arizona Appoint a member to take State, members Jenny pictures at all chapter events Bannister and Tina and send copies to The Key Grieger spend time with two patients from throughout the year! Do not Phoenix Children's submit digital photographs. Hospital. The chapter held Photos will not be returned an all-Greek dance and may be used in other marathon to benefit Fraternity publications or the hospital. the official Web site.

Zeta XI , Yale, members, gather with Fairfield County (Conn.) Alumnae Association President Judy Chase Webb , Texas Tech, during the association's Founders Day luncheon. Editor's Note: For chapter member safety, Fraternity policy prohibits the use of burning candles in chapter facilities. Photographs showing lit candles or open flame will no longer be published in The Key. For additional photography gwdelmes or questions, contact the Editor at 614/ 228-6515 or [email protected].

THE Kn · pring 2000 · 49 Helen Snyder Andres Steiner, Washington 1907-2000

( ( I 've lived Kappa. It's my other "An added dividend of tremendous honored as San Jose's "Distinguisped "family" Helen said, just before significance came in the meeting of Phi Citizen" and as "Mother of the Year:' her 90th birthday in 1997. Her Gamma Delta's field secretary Eugen Officially retired in 1972, Helen and other family treasures wonderful mem­ Eugen enjoyed extensive travel until his ories of Helen and mourns her passing death of cancer in 1975. Remarried later on January 6, 2000. to Joseph Steiner, Helen continued to A 92-year lifetime, beginning early in enjoy traveling, especially to Kappa one century and ending shortly into the Convention where thousands of Kappas next, reflected the century- a time of gave standing ovations and roared with change. Described as a "forward-look­ laughter at her humorous recollections. ing woman:' Helen lived several "firsts" Her speeches always contained more in the Fraternity, starting with her than humor, however. They reflected birthday, October 13. With pioneering wisdom and experience. In 1994 she grandparents and a father with a said, "The things you are doing now are remarkable memory, it is no wonder going to reflect what you do the rest of that Helen was both forward looking your life. And I think the journey is the and a woman who "shared Kappa like a destination. You are going to be, when living history book:' you are old, what you are doing right Helen Snyder Andres Steiner, Washington, now. ... Take a look at life with the idea Helen knew two of the Fraternity's served the Fraternity in numerous positions you are going to get the most out of it Founders and had met with and visited including Director of Standards (1934-35). for the talents that you have and do the TADE HARTSUFF KUHNs, Butler, first NPC Delegate (1935-39), Grand President most you can for people . ... Carpe Grand President. She received the (1935-36). Director of Chapters (1948-50). diem; seize the day. The world is there to Fraternity's highest honor, the Loyalty Andres, Jr.:' Helen recalled. A blind date be seized." Award, and was referred to as a with this "handsome and debonair "Fraternity treasure:' Bostonian from Dartmouth" resulted in A distinguished Kappa career began the announcement of their engagement at BETA PI CHAPTER, Washington, where at the Sweetheart Dinner at the 1934 Helen was active in sports, a leader in Convention and a marriage of 40 years. the Athena Debate Club and chapter In 1935, after a short term as Panhellenic representative. Helen Director of Standards, another "first:' attended her first General Convention Helen was installed as Grand President, in 1928 at Breezy Point, Minn., where filling out the term of Eleanor V.V. she remembered it was the last where Bennet, UC Berkeley, who had resigned "they still powdered their hair." A mem­ because of illness. Four years as ber of Mortar Board, Pi Lambda Theta, National Panhellenic Conference Phi Beta Kappa, and "Big w:' Helen Delegate, then Scholarship Chairman, graduated magna cum laude. A year Ritualist and a return to Council as later, while teaching high school Director of Chapters followed. Helen's keynote speeches at numerous English, she was co-organizer (now Late Depression years in Boston, General Conventions will be long remem­ bered by Kappas of all ages. called Chapter Consultant) of GAMMA World War II years in Seattle, and a UPSIWN CHAPTER, British Columbia, and 1946 move to San Jose saw Helen as "There is no such things as a Kappa Marshal for its Installation. president of a new alumnae association type:' Helen said, many years ago, and The 1930 Convention at Mackinac and her daughter, Vivienne, as President more recently, "Just the standard brand Island, Mich. voted to support a field of DELTA CHI CHAPTER, San Jose State, of Kappa is so top notch!" Kappa secretary (now Traveling Consultant) installed in 1949. A fraternal family, the Kappa Gamma does demand a stan­ and Helen took on another "first." She Andres' sons were Eugen, Phi Gamma dard - one which is exemplified in the later described those three years as one Delta, and Frederick, Delta Upsilon. life and memory of Helen Snyder of the most significant experiences of While raising their family, Helen was an Andres Steiner. o---w her life. active community volunteer and was

50 • T HE K EY • Spring 2000 ames in this list are from HILLSDALE COLLEGE MISSOURI, UNIVERS ITY OF Gilliam, Emily Anderson, N information received by Staebler, Marjorie Harvey, Dear, Arabelle Kennard, '43,d.8/99 '24,d.8/99 Fraternity Headquarters, October 12, '44,d.l2/99 Loughrey, Janie Yancey, '45,d.9/99 Marquess, Jane Webb, '28,d.l 1/99 1999, through December 29, 1999. Meredith, Mary Wilkins, ' 18,d.8/99 ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, UNIVERSITY OF Phillips, Nancy Boxwell, '53,d.S/99 Burnett, Marion Simpson, Warden, Marian Mix, '34,d.8/99 AKRON, UNIVERS ITY OF Steig, Evelyn Ryan, '25,d.3/98 '27,d. ll/99 Firestone, Jane Honeywell, NEBRASKA, UNIVERSITY OF Thompson, Mary Sayford, Ingwersen, Mariann Bradt, '31 ,d.! 0/99 Stark, Pamela Chase, '75,d.8/99 '32,d.7/99 ' !9,d. l 2/99 Hummel, Charlotte Burdette, N EW M EXICO, UNIVERSITY OF T ULANE UNIVERSITY '33,d.S/99 INDIANA UNIVERSITY Hines, Jane Blair, '35,d.l 0/99 Cockrell, Marian Brown, Brett, jean Moffat, '40,d.1 0/99 ALLEG HENY COLLEGE Karcher, Betty Waggoner, '43,d.8/99 '27,d. 12/99 Hartman, Kathy Kayser, '60,d.9/99 Campbell , Florence Crandall, Wetherbee, Ethelyn Leverich, Phillips, Mary Rowley, '49,d.11/95 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY '2 l ,d.7/94 '33,d.6/87 Vanderhoef, Minna Lauter, Brous, Patricia Catlin, '63,d.9/99 Carmichael, Emma Robertson, '23,d.9/98 Brumbaugh, Annie Moore, TULSA, UNIVERSITY OF '34,d.li/99 '38,d.8/99 Finks, Maxine Stemmons, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF Klam er, Dana Hutchins, '47,d.8/99 '49,d.3/99 Boyle, Patricia Anderson, '59,d.S/99 Seeds, Marguerite Morairty, Levitt, Barbara Toot, '45,d.12/99 UTAH, UNIVERS ITY OF '32,d.5/99 IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF Lund, Mary Maxwell, '32,d.9/98 Bernard, Emily Neff, '4l,d.6/99 Weir, Jennifer Booser, '64,d.!0/99 Huiskamp, Jean McManus, Simpson, Madeline Holmes, '30,d. ll/99 '30,d.7/96 WASHINGTON STATE U NIVERSITY ARKANSAS, U NIVERSITY OF Irons, Mary Winslow, '35,d.ll/99 Borgeson, Anne, '28,d.9/99 Robinson, Mary Ellen, '39,d.6/99 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Schodde, Mae Gibson, '27,d.3/99 Anderson, Patricia Taylor, W ASHINGTON, U NIVERSITY OF B UTLER U NIVERSITY KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY '39,d. I 0/99 Gearin, Jane Taubman, '40,d. 10/99 Hanson, Esther, '4l,d.ll/99 Bradley, Lucia Hagga rt, '26,d.1 2/97 Swope, Virginia Gill, '27,d.9/99 Goulter, Martha Harrison, McCord, Shirley Snyder, '42,d.9/99 Combs, Mary Cooney, '48,d.10/99 '35,d.7/99 Payne, Elizabeth Means, '33,d. ll/99 OHIO W ESLEYAN UNIVERSITY In grim, Mary Torrey, '26,d.l2/99 KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF Bach, julie Boyd, '56,d.8/99 CALIFO RNIA, U. OF, B ERKELEY Snow, Ann Huston, '39,d.ll/99 Darbyshire, Mary Cheney, McConnell, Eileen McDermet, Dorn, jean Dunham, '36,d.6/96 Wilcox, Marquerite Bone, '26,d.11/99 '36,d.2/99 Turbott, Nan cy Lantz, '43,d.9/99 '23,d.ll/99 KENTUCKY, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, U NIVERSITY OF CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY Brown, Caroline Rodes, '43,d.ll/99 Stein, Margaret Teas, '59,d.3/99 Adams, jane Dowling, '52,d.9/99 Bungard, Eleanor Hoard,'34,d.6/99 Mackey, Phoebe Dann, '39,d.2/99 OREGON, U NIV ERSITY OF CINCINNAT I, UNIVERSITY OF Prichard, Ann Guthrie, '49,d.3/99 WHITMAN COLLEGE Burrow, Phoebe Greenman, Koop, Mildred Brokate, '23,d.9/99 Phillips, El izabeth LoUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY '3l,d.7/99 Harris,'34,d.l 0/99 COLORADO COLLEGE Weilbacher, Karen Scott, Claggett, Maxine Myers, '30,d.S/99 Scott, jean English, '42,d.4/99 '68,d. I0/99 Gerber, joanne Fitzmaurice, WILLIAM & MARY, COLLEGE OF Sherk, Katherine Herbert, >48,d. l2/99 Langton, jane Stanger,'33,d.I0/99 * MANITOBA, UNIVERSITY OF '32,d. 11 /99 Werschkul, Mary Hays, '37,d.l0/99 Williamson, Dorothy Marshall, Eleanor South, Rhodes,'28,d.ll/99 COLORADO, UNIVERSITY OF '44,d.ll/99 P ENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Bain, jean Knight, '28,d.6/99 Haddrell, Laura Conabee, WISCONSIN, U NIVERSITY OF * MARYLAND, U NIVERSITY OF Dunham, jessica Gamble, '34,d.l 0/99 Bock, Sarah Benzies,'SS,d. I 2/98 Gaillard, Rosalie Grant, '3!,d. l 2/99 '24,d.7/92 McCauley, Marjorie Siebert, Maxwell, Anabel, '33,d.3/99 WYOMING, UNIVERSITY OF Horstmann, Nancy Brummitt, '41,d.3/99 LeBea u, Margaret '51, d.4/98 MASSACHUSETTS, UNIVERSITY OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY Dixon,'27 ,d. l 0/99 Knight, Elizabeth Fedou, '32,d.7/99 Roche, jeanne Sawdey ,'49,d.6/98 Anderson, Marilou Van Bergen, Palmer, Dixie Serr,'35,d.l 0/99 evin, France Hamm, '27,d.8/99 Saunders, Marcia Tompkins, '38,d. I 0/99 Robinson, Mildred '52,d.7/99 Co ECTICUT, UNIVERSITY OP Barbee, Martha Alexander, Nelson,' 39,d. l0/99 Leake, Dorraine Bradley, M CGILL UNIVERSITY '3 l ,d.9/99 Wales, Lois Buck,'33,d. I2/99 >42 ,d. l2/99 Downie, Helen Marriott, Barry, Betty Sexton, '37,d. I 0/99 '32,d.ll/99 justin, Mildred Mills, '34,d.l 0/99 D EPAUW U IVERSITY *indicates inactive chapters Ryan, Martha Dukes, '24,d.l 2/99 Lippincott, Mary Cramer, MIAMI U IVERSITY ( OHIO) CORRECTION: '42,d. 11 /99 Belknap, Maryellen Pilliod, R OLLINS COLLEGE ofios, Patricia peropoulos, '44,d.8/99 Dowlen, Marie Smith, '37,d.I0/99 MARGARETA STANTON HILLMAN , '53,d.12/99 Bowen, Carroll Swaim, '42,d.ll/99 Shrewsbury, Nancy Dickinson, Washington , was listed in "In Dintiman, Dorothy Evans, '32,d. I 0/99 Memoriam" by mistake in the D E I 0 U IVER ITY Winter I 999 Issue. Th e Key >4 3,d.l 0/99 Brink, Libby Plum, '35,d.11 /99 *SAN JOSE STATE U IVERSITY apologizes for the error. Whipple, joan Arm trong, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Brahm, Margo O'Brien, '63,d.ll/99 '39,d. 11 /99 Curti , Marjorie Sanford, ln order for names to appear in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, U. OF '3 1, d.ll/99 "In Memoriam," verification and DRAKE U I ERSITY Henderson, jean He sel, 'SO,d. I 1/99 date of death must be sent to Martin, Isabel hilds, '2 1,d .9/99 Herrick, Doris Cook, '38,d.9/98 Poe, Elizabeth higley, '31 ,d.1 0/99 ST. LAWRENCE U IVE RSITY Fraternity Headquarters and chroeder, France McG iothlen, Brown, Kathleen Gilroy, '80,d.9/99 Foundation Office, P.O. Box 308, '34,d. I0/99 MICHI G , U IVERSITY OF Murphy, Ruth Buhrendorf, Columbus, OH 43216-0308. Loeffler, Helen McBratnie, '43,d.5/99 Memorial gifts may be sent to the '2 1, d.11 /99 Murray, Fernabelle Brandow, KKr Foundation, attention: *MIDDLES RY CoLLEGE '23,d. I I /95 Director of Development. Hea tley, Adrienne Me Leod, Ward, Esther Well , '54,d. 2/99 an Deren, '55,d.8/99 EDITOR' OTE: 77Je Key only publish­ STANFORD U IVE RSITY Perry, Constance Gooch, '34,d.9/99 es obituari for Fraternity Presidents. Griswold, Harriet Ford, Thoma , Caroline Balmer, Council, and Regional and Province '23,d.1 1/99 Officers are remembered with a list­ '2 ,d. l 2/97 tewart, Marcia Ca , '32,d. l 0/99 ing of their Fraternity service. All eronneau, tarjorie Mar h, members are listed in the regular "In '36,d.6/99 YRA E U IVERSITY Memoriam" department on a quar­ Hart, Betty Miller, '37,d. 11/99 M1 TA, IVERSITY OF lerly basis once proper notification is Ha e , 1ary Dodge, '43,d.6/99 T , , IVERSITY OF received by the Memben.hip rvices Walling, I obel Gregory, '30,d.6/99 Campbell, Claudia, '68,d.1 0/99 Department at Headquarters.

TH E KEY • pring 2000 • 51 Through the Keyhole ... ~to- tlze, {jdifor-

Comments on "Diversity" Issue I suppose that "celebrating" diversity is preferable to Customized Kappa Dolls opposing it, but I was still appalled by the hypocrisy of Engel-Puppen customized dolls created by a Kappa the theme of the Fall1999 Issue. If you truly believe you for Kappas! Order a doll as a twin for your daughter, are celebrating diversity, you have no idea of the mean­ granddaughter or friend! ing of this very important concept. I would prefer more You choose face shape, introspection and honesty on the part of my Fraternity. eye color, hair style and - MARY RANDolPH WilliAMS, Washington Univ. (St. Louis) color; choose lined velvet dress in blue, crimson or Kappa Connections teal; dolls are 18 inches I was overwhelmed when I opened the Fall 1999 tall with soft cloth body Issue and read your wonderful description of my dra­ and vinyl face, arms and matic book reviews. Thank you for such a dazzling legs; comes with official section on amazing Kappa alumnae and for allowing Burr, Patterson and Auld me to be included. The best part is the terrific recognition key badge. Price: $139 plus $10 shipping. responses - Kappas have been approaching me at my Call JANE E. CHILDERS at 800/277-7294, pin# 4969. reviews with big smiles and hugs saying, ''I'm thrilled you're a sister!" KKr HEADQUARTERs REsouRcEs - BARBARA ALBERS RINELLA, Duke REQUEST FoRM

EDITOR's NoTE: Do you work with your spouse? The following resources are available from Fraternity The Key is considering a feature article on Kappas Headquarters. Indicate the number of copies desired and who work with their husbands and/or other family mail completed form with check to Information Services, members. Tell us how and why you work together, your Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, P.O. Box 38, tips for success and your greatest challenges. Send Columbus, OH 43216-0038. Or, place your order by calling information via e-mail to jhoover@kappakappagam­ 614/228-6515 or via e-mail at [email protected]. ma.org; send your story on a diskette with hard copy A number of educational resources are being revised and photographs to P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216. and will be available later this year. A new list of resources Deadline: May 15, 2000. and order form will be provided in a future issue.

(Checks payable to Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity) The Key Deadlines No. of Price Copies FALL 2000: Copy due June 1, 2000. Features will include articles on family issues plus a General Convention Membership Data Form NC report. Hazing Brochure call WINTER 2000: Copy due Sept. 1, 2000. Foundation KKr Foundation Information NC donors, programs and select scholarship recipients will be featured. Reflections video (Kappa history) $20.00 SPRING 2001: Copy due Nov. 15,2000. Theme TBA. Stewart House Slide Tour (rental) $10.00 SUMMER 2001: Copy due April15, 2001. Theme TBA. TOTAL AMOUNT EDITOR's NoTE: Themes are subject to change. Stories related to the above themes may be submitted to The Key, Name: ______Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Headquarters, P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038; fax: 614/228-7809; e-mail: [email protected]. Written pieces Complete Mailing Address:------and artwork are accepted on a volunteer basis only. Photographs become the property ofThe Key and will not be returned. Submissions may be used in other Fraternity Phone No.: ! ______publications or on the official Web site. The Editorial Board regrets that not all submissions can be used. E-mail:------

52 • THE K EY • Spring 2000 JEWELRY COLLECTION

10: !OK Gil: ss I. Fin-On Badge Charm ...... $157.00 $112.00 $52.50 $52.50 2. Pierced Pin-On Badge Charm ...... 125.00 90.00 45.00 50.00 3. Imperial Onyx/Crest Ring w/4 Pearls ...... 202.00 151.00 69.00 4. Imperial Onyx/Crest Ring w/aut Pearls ...... 190.50 139.50 57.50 5. Dangle Ring ...... 76.00 50.50 23.00 6. Rau nd Signet Crest Ring . 146.00 114.00 52.00 7. Wide Band Crest Ring ..... 165.00 127.00 57.50 8. Mini Monogram Ring ...... 101.50 76.00 34.50 9. Philly Swirl Ring All Sapphire ...... 209.50 158.50 AD Pearl (not shown) ...... 190.50 139.50 Al ternating Sapphire/ Pearl (not shown) ...... 203.00 152.50 Alternating PearV Diamond (not shown) . 266.50 216.00 Alternating Sapphire/ Diamond (not shown) . 273.00 222.00 AD Diamond (not shown) 305.00 254.00 10. Vertical Incised Letter Ring w/out Enamel ...... 153.00 108.00 40.50 II. Scottsdale Incised Key Ring ...... 139.50 101.50 34.50 12. Blue Enamel Marquis Ring w/ Crest...... 139.50 108.00 46.00 13. Oval Raised Letter Ring ... 152.50 108.00 40.50 14. Oval Incised Letter Ring .. 152.50 108.00 40.50 15. Key Ring ...... 152.50 108.00 40.50 10: !OK GK SS 16. GF/SS Oval Filigree w/ 37. Recognition Key Pin ...... S-.- $22.00 $5.00 S--.- Engraved Vertical Letters . 28.00 (GF)--.- 28.00 38. Plain Special Award Key .. 62.00 17. GF/SS Large Round 39. Plain Bar Fin w/Greek Filigree with Crest...... 50.50 30.00 31.00 Letters ...... 57.00 20.00 18. GF/SS Small Round 40. Mono Recognition Pin ..... 4.00 Filigree Charm w/Crest 45.50 25.50 26.00 19. GF/SS Heart Filigree w/ Badae• Engraved Horiz. Letters 18.00 (GF)-.- 18.00 for uamcled letters add $1.00 to the bad(e prices below. KKf 20. Crown Pearl Vertical 41. Crown Pearl Badge ...... 82.00 Letter Lavaliere ...... 110.50 85.00 63.50 42. Alternating PearU Individual badge orders may be placed 21. Vertical Letter Lavaliere ... 38.00 28.00 8.00 12.50 Diamond Badge...... 162.00 22. Mini Vertical Letter 43. All Diamond Badge ...... 252.00 directly with Burr, Patterson & Auld Lavaliere ...... 25.50 16.50 8.00 12.50 44. Plain Badge...... 45.00 Company. Chapter orders for badges 23. Key Lavaliere ...... 38.00 28.00 8.00 12.50 45. Oose Set Emerald 24. Ingot Lavaliere w/ Spedal Award Key ...... 112.00 MUST be prepared by Chapter Enamel ...... 76.00 53.00 12.50 12.50 46. All Sapphire Badge.. 77.00 Corresponding Secretary on offidal order 25. Staggered Letter 47. Al ternating Sapphire/ Lavaliere ...... 38.00 28.00 8.00 12.50 Pearl Badge ...... 75.00 forms obtained from Fraternity 26. Crest Lavaliere ...... 47.00 31.50 12.50 12.50 48. Alternating Sapphire/ Headquarters. 27. Heart Lavaliere ...... 39.00 29.00 12.50 12.50 Diamond Badge...... 172.00 28. Orde Lavaliere ...... 39.00 29.00 12.50 12.50 49. 65-Year Pin· ...... 29. Mini Staggered Letter 75-Year Pin' (not shown) NOTE: Returned or cancelled orders are Lavaliere ...... 25.50 16.50 8.00 12.50 50. 50-Year Fin' ...... 30. Horseshoe Keyring FOB .. 18.50 51. Fleur de Us Pin ...... 25.50 12.50 12.50 subject to penalty. Prices are subject to 31. GF/SS Single Unk Fleur de Us Pin w/ change without notice. Prices are subject Bracelet ...... 11.50 (GF)--.- 11.50 3 Pearls (not shown) ... 31.50 18.50 18.50 32. GF Festoon Bracelet 52. Staggered Letter to state sales tax for Indiana residents. w/1 Key ...... 69.50 28.50 28.50 Stick Fin ...... 9.00 Please allow four to six weeks for 33. Key Bracelet w/Crest (7) . 222.00 86.50 86.50 53. New Member Pin ...... 5.50 34. Plain Dauble Letter 55. Glass & Mirror Box manufacturing. Guard ...... 35.00 14.00 w/Crest ...... 26.00 Plam Single Letter 56. Oval Metal Trinket Box Guard (not shown) ...... 30.00 11.50 w/Crest ...... 15.00 35. Crown Pearl Single Hot ShOWil Oflidal Recognition Dangles ..... 24.00 16.50 7.50 f3oPP, f>at~PSOO &. Ruld earn Letter Guard ...... 65.00 33.50 Crown Pearl Dauble (GK) Golklad b a 10: electroplate. Letter Guard (not shown) 80.00 51.00 P.O. Box 800 • 9147 W 1000 N 38. Chased Dauble • Anllable tfuoatb hcadquncrs only. Letter Guard .... 40.00 17.00 Colored stoaa arc "ll'lhetlc, pc.uU ud dlamoadJ arc (caalne. Elwood, IN 46036 Chased Single Letter HOTE!ne prica above do aot ladade udlchaln; add $5.00 to 765-552-7366 • 800-422-4348 Guard (not shown) ...... 30.00 14.00 above prica for 18" aold-&Ded or stcrllal sllnr occlr:chaln. I'IUM opcd/r Wptor kftcn wflco ordodof friUd'- FAX 765-552-2759 ·------, Have you moved? Changed your name or occupation? I I 0 Include my occupation in the Kappa Connection database to be available only to other Kappas. I a me: Chapter: ______I I Hu band' arne: ------I I ddre =------I H me Phone: ______Occupation: ______I I ·------JSend to Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Headquarters, P.O. Box 308, Columbus, OH 43216-0308; [email protected] I XI Sew on patch styles, pale blue NEW! S-M-L 3/4 sleeve length fitted $25.00 sleeveless tee/tank $18.00 short sleeve (not shown) $I9.00 X3 Super Ksleeve imprint S-XL $23.00 X4 Slicker (KKr front) S-XL $26.00 black corduroy cuffs, collar, detachable hood XS Blue & Blue fitted raglan w/ KKG $26.00 X6-X8: celebrate June convention in Palm Desert! X6 Convention medallion tee (circle on back) Short sleeve natural $I4.00 Long sleeve natural $23.00 X7 Fitted tee convention tee, blue $I5.00 X8 Lt. bl convention tee 3/4 sleeve $22.00 IIWILIIill Same style, short sleeve $I6.00 _ Same style, spaghetti tank $I3.00 new .. patch .. tanks &Tees ... X9 Navy with green stripe lined Anorak Also available in solid navy, green with navy stripe, navy with gold (XIO) or navy with white $44 School name in bar add $5 S-XL 20% off in-stock jackets during April & May! XII Athletic desigq, specify word in circle Sweatshirt, 50150 * ** $25.00 Sweatshirt , hi-cq.~on (90-IO) $32.00 Long sleeve tee ** $I7.00 Short sleeved tee $I3.00 **Choose in circle: (KKG, Alum, Mom, Dad, Kid, Grandma, Grandpa XXL add $5 X12 Stadium blanket, 53" sq. $54.00 X14 LETIERS! Pick your letter & garment X6 color. We'll custom make your shirt Patterns shown: Traditional Kappa blues on navy hood, Leopard (XIS) on natural long sleeve tee. Convention 2000 .. naturals ..... Prices for light colors dark colo~ Short sleeve tee $19.00 $21.00 Long sleeve tee $24.00 $27.00 Premium Sweatshirt $33.50 $35.00 50150 Sweatshirt $27.50 $29.00 Hooded sweat, premium $45.00 $48.00 Hooded sweat, 50150 $36.50 $38.00 X16 Big Zip Kappa Hood with zipper, bold design on back, "Kappa" on front $37.50 XIS B3 CD Gift Crate set, which includes: CD holder/gift crate($8.75), Stadium cup ($.98) ,Medium Kappa Journal ($5.75) Water bottle ($3.50) Pen $1.25 Plaid pad ($3.25) XII Order separately or package in wrap: $21.50 X19 Surround votives $4 ea set for $7.50 'adltJtonat to leo~ard Zip hoods ... X20 Nostalgic bear $26.00 X2 1 Blue iris door mat $22.50 Jj1 --- ~-~~~ X22 Horizontal Key X23 Vertical Key ~qX~2W,:S;D:ii'Sterling: $13.80 IOK: $28 I4K: $38 X24 Kappa notecards 8@$5.00 16@$8.50 X25 Laser comp. w1iting sheets(50) $4.75 X26 Plaid pad · $3.25 X27 Vase with pewter plate $13.50 !tKKrJ{ .~ 1 X28 Handmade needlepoint pillow $27.00 o 0;;-"' = ] X29 Wooden etched symbols frame $27.50 ~~;=.,~~~ ~~~~ X30 Brushed silver frame w/ pewter letters $14.80 X3 1 Lavaliere Sterl: $13.80 I OK: $2814K $38 Cards, pads, &paper X32 Umoges trunk, lattice design $97.00 X34 Umoges trunk, bows & keys $I03.00 Prices snbject to change or co"ectlon. X35 Umoges heart $105.00 s order 800-441-3877 or (309) 691-3877 31 fax (309) 691 -8964 or mail to: 0,. 1723 W. Detweiller Dr., Peoria 1161615 ' Master Card, VISA, Discover or check Shipping & handling: $25 & under: $5.95 $25.01-$50: $6.95 $50.01 -$75: $7.95 $75.01-$100: $8.95 $100-150$9.95 Vases ... needlepoint pillows .. .frames .. Lavalieres... Elegant handpainted Limoges boxes Canada ship add'! I 11 add 7.50% sales tax

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