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A Welcome to Graduating Seniors "Here's to the Kappa about us as pressures memories that last mount. It is all part of our whole life being an undergraJuate through; Kappa, of growing and Here's to the friendships changing and preparing Kappa gives that we for the long winter. find so real and true. Our alumna years are And as through the the winter of our sister years that are to hood. In that winter come, remembrance there are times of winds sweeter grows, and icy cold. Kappa is We'll hold more dear still there for us - we those memories that are warmed by the only a Kappa bonds that we share. knows." Old friends and new, we are sisters . The alum Spring has come and nae circle expands to gone, and with the first welcome each new grad warm rush of summer's uate. birth arrives the scent of There are days in change. Not just the winter which are glori changing of the seasons ous, too. Days when the of the year, but the sun shines and makes changing of the seasons the snow sparkle. So, of a lifetime. Gradua too, with our adult lives. tion. Kappas every Perhaps the s parkle where are getting ready comes with the comple to step into their tomor tion of a well-earned rows - and they are graduate degree, or a saying good-bye to their step up the corporate yesterdays. There ladder. Kappas are comes, for each of us, there to celebrate. Ba that moment when we bies are born- Kappa must leave our Kappa sisters are there to home. It is bittersweet. share a first sweet Bittersweet because smile. Kappas are al it means leaving dear ways there- to laugh, friends. Bittersweet be to cry, to hug, to share. cause it means saying courtesy of Chip Cooper But then, that's what good-bye to the comfort Kappa is about. No mat of familiar surroundings and support of well-loved sis ter what the season, the friendship and support do not ters. Bittersweet because it means bidding farewell to really change at all. everything that we have ever known Kappa to be. Bit The alumnae warmly welcome our graduating se tersweet because, even though we may be ready to niors with a new verse to an old song: meet the challenges of career and family, we don't real ly know what it means to be an alumna. Here's to the Kappa sisters we have yet to love and Will there be many changes? Yes. That is the nature know. of life. Fall turns to winter, and winter to spring, and it Here's to the Kappa sisters we will find where e'er we is good and right. Each season is true to itself, yet go. none is wholly predictable. We may have a balmy win And as through the years that are to come, our love for ter or a raging one, but no matter; either is winter just Kappa grows, the same. Kappa is like the seasons - we rush in the We 'll hold more dear those memories that only a springtime, and pledge in the summer. Autumn - our Kappa knows. undergraduate years - stretches on for a while. We -Elizabeth Phillips Runkle, may enjoy times of calm and peacefulness, like an In A~-Monmouth dian summer day, or we may feel the cold winds blow Don't e an Owl Out on a Limb Kapp Sisters Are There For You Kappa Kappa Gamma wants you to become part of the exciting events that are developing within the Fra ternity. You can enjoy the privileges, friendships and fun that come with participation in an alumnae group. We want to put you in touch with those who can make this happen. Our boundaries know no limits. We can find an alumnae group or a Kappa near you. Please take a moment to complete the information form and send it to Gene Omundson, Director of Alum nae Assistant. She will then contact you and is looking forward to hearing from you. - Vera Lewis Marine Director of Alumnae YES, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KAPPA ALUMNAE OPPORTUNITIES. NAME ________~~--------------~~~~---------- First> (Middle/Maiden) (~~Last) -------------=~~~~-------(Husband's Name) ADDRESS~~--cstreet> --------------------------------~~~-------=~------(Ci ty) (State) ~~(Zip) ----- TELEPHONE C..,.,--.,---- ______________________CHAPTER _____________ INT. DATE _____ (Area) MAIL TO: Mrs. Roy T. Omundson, 39 Julian Circle, Harwichport, Maine 12646 Volume 107, No.2 Summer 1990 Editor Cynthia McMillan Lanford, rn 3403 Fire thorn Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 O the~WyKAPPA M The first college woman's fraternity magazine, KAPPA GAMMA published continuously since 1882. Associate Editor Lois Catherman Heenehan, BI Box 292 Mifilinburg, PA 17844 Business Manager Susan Frech Schmitt, EH FEATURES 4001 Wetherburn Way Charting the Future ... NPC ......................................................2 Norcross, GA 30092 Alumnae Activities Welcome Omicron Deuteron ......................................................... 6 Ci Ci Williamson Lamond, f'i' Box 188 You Have to Know the Rules ...................................................... 7 Alexandria, VA 22313 Rushing into a New Decade .........................................................8 Arts Chari Beaudry, Bn The Adelphe Campaign ............................................................ 28 5102 241 St. SW Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 CHOICES .................................................................................30 Chapter News I Don't Feel Like Me Anymore ................................................... 39 Colleen Blough, AO Martha Timmins, BM 545 N. 84th St. Seattle, WA 98103 DEPARTMENTS Editorial Assistant Fraternity News ...........................................................................3 Sydney Finnell Cummings, rn lliustrators Alumnae Activities .....................................................................24 Lucretia Leonard Romey, A Chapter Chronicles ..................................................................31 Linda Atkins Lange, BP' Correspondents AAA Profiles .............................................................................. 34 Robin Whitfield Brown, A'i' Donna Rose Houchen, r::::;: In Memoriam ...........................................................................42 Lisa Morris, f P J an Singleton McAllister, AP Through The Keyhole ...............................................................43 Elizabeth Phillips Runkle, A' Linda Schink-Frizzel, fH Copyright © 1990 Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. Printing and ON THE COVER: Fraternity Vice President Design by EBSCO Media, Birmingham, AL. KKG Headquarters, A new chapter, ZI-North J ennie Miller Helderman, r n Texas, continuing the tradi P.O. Box 2079 (530 E. Town St.) Columbus, OH 43216; Telephone: Chairman of Publications (614) 228-6515; FAX: 614-228-7809. ton of Kappa Pickers. See Gay Chuba Barry, AA For advertising rates contact Susan Schmitt, Business Manager; story on p. 12. Photo by Lindsay Brown. Executive Director 4001 Wetherburn Way ; Norcross, GA 30092; (404) 441-0946 J . Dale Brubeck, f K The Key, Summer 1990 1 Charting the Future ... NPC he beautiful Princess Resort in scenic Scottsdale, Ari T zona, provided a warm and sunny setting for the 51st Biennial Session of the National Panhellenic Conference. The November meeting provided an opportunity for frater nity women representing all 26 NPC groups to take stock of the past through officer and committee reports, and to chart the future through the enactment of resolu tions and possible changes to the Constitution, Bylaws or Unanimous Agreements. Beth Saul, Alpha Epsilon Phi, NPC Chairman, challenged each delegate and visitor when she said, "Let us now establish the climate for our meeting in these four funda mental concepts: COMMUNICA TION, COOPERATION, ETHICS, Kappas attending the National Panhellenic Conference Biennial Session at the AND COMMITMENT as together Scottsdale, AZ, Princess Resort. we dare to believe, reach for the stars, examine our priorities, accen tuate the positive, and materialize draft; printing and distribution was Kappa were Kay Smith Larson, our plans - let us dream, envision, completed in January. BIT-Washington, Fraternity Presi think and plan for the best of times Appointments for the 1989-91 Bi dent; J. Dale Brubeck, fK NPC can foster!" ennium include: Phyllis Brinton William and Mary, Executive Direc Jean Hess Wells, ~ Y-Georgia, Pryor, EM-Colorado, KKf NPC tor; and Cynthia McMillan Lan Chairman of the Resolutions Com Delegate - College Panhellenic ford, fiT-Alabama, Editor of The mittee, introduced a record 48 reso Area Adviser for Colorado and Key. lutions to the Conference. An un Wyoming, Extension Committee, A myriad of issues and items precedented number were passed and Long Range Planning Commit were reported and discussed which will facilitate the work of tee; Marian Williams, 1st Alter during the meeting. Highlights NPC in keeping abreast of the nate - chairman of committee to include: times. administer Kappa gift for training • The NPC Central Office has Marian Klingbeil Williams, 8- PH advisers; Alumnae Panhellenic moved into larger quarters and Missouri, Chairman of the Public Area Adviser for Orange County and upgraded its equipment and Relations Committee, reported on Los Angeles, CA; PR Committee; services. an in-depth professional study and Marjorie Matson Converse, • The College Panhellenics com recommended the adoption of a f~-Purdue , 2nd Alternate - Re mittee serves over 425 college Public Relations Plan, which was gional Coordinator for Northeast panhellenics in Canada and the passed by the Conference. Panhellenic Region; College Panhel United States. During the meeting gifts were lenic Area Adviser for New Hamp • Ten new college panhellenics presented by member groups which shire and parts of New York; Awards have become officially