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the Volume 109, No. 2 Summer 1992 0· KAPPA~1 KAPPA GAMMA There is no final frontier Kappas react to the discovery of breast cancer YouR vE TURES fROM plEd<:; EsHip TO (i RAd uATiON plAcE you ON TH E How? THR ESHold of A wEll -TRAVElEd pATH - A pATH MORE THAN I 20-yEARs -old • CoM plETE ANd MAil THE "Owl ON A LiMb" foRM fouNd i EVERY issuE of THAT WARMly WElCOMES you TO EXplORE EXCiTiNy NEW TERRiTORiES AS A litE KEY. KAppA AlUMNA . You MAY wRiTE REfERENCEs Now foR poTENTiA l sisT ER s. • SAvE TH E FR ATERN iTy DiR ECTORY fR oM THE FAl l IssuE o f litE KEy THER E ARE ) 90 AlUMNAE ASSO CiAT iONS WAiTiNy TO WElCOME you AS A MEM wHicH will li sT AluMNAE AssociAT iON PREsidENTS i youR AREA . bER . IN TWO yEARS you will bE AblE TO SERVE AS AN AdViSER TO ONE of OU R • CoNTACT FRATER iTy HEAdQuARTERS foR THE NAMES of cu RRE T AluM AE CHApTERS. AssociATiON PR Esid ENTS A d PDAs. YouR i volvEMENT AS AN AlUMNA SECU RES THE fuTuRE of THE FRATER iTy. • NoTify FRATER iTY HEAdQuARTERs of A AddREss CHA <:;E. AM ON<:; TOdAy's (iRAduATES ARE TO MORRow's FRAT ERNiTy lEAdERS . YouR fouR U dER(iRAdUATE YEARS WERE ACTUAlly ON ly A iNTROdUCTiON TO THE TREA Wit EN? SURES TO bE fouNd iN THE lAN d of AluM AE . • As SOO AS yOU kNOW you R NEW AddRESS. CHAll EN(iES, oppoRTUNiTiEs, ANd TH E discovERy of NEW HoR izoNs li E AHEAd - i STA T fRiENds, souR CEs of iNfORMATio , AssisTANCE A d HElp. Wlty? Wo dER How MA y AluM AE MET THEiR HusbA ds THROU(i H A KAppA i TRO • ExciTiN<:; EW KAppA disco ERiEs AWA iT you. WE NEEd you! You EEd ducTi ON ANd How MA y jobs HAVE bEE fouNd THROU(iH A KAppA REfERRAl? KAppA! SisTERS EEd sisTERs! THE AluM AE ETWoRk THROU(iHOUT THE woR ld Asks o ly THAT you MAkE THE co TACT. Volume 109, No.2 Summer 1992 the 0· KAPPA~1 KAPPA GAMMA FEATURES DISCOVERY Series: Question. Dream. Challenge. Discover! ..........••...........•.••3 There is no "last frontier. " We have not run out of things to discover. Discovering the Gift of Listening .•................................. .4 0 THECOVER Listening - a subtle but powerful healing tool. The whimsical watercolor by Lucre tia Leonard Romey, Delta, sum The Hair Does Grow Back - One of the Lessons of Life ......6 mons the adventure within us as we Mastering the art of "wig-wearing" becomes a humorous step in a continue to discover. There is no final frontier. Kappa 's battle with cancer. When Life is Put on Hold ............................................. 8 Cancer was the disease that opened doors. Editor Cynthia McMillan Lanford, rn Learn_ing To Live With It ............................................. 9 3403 Firethorn Drive Faced with breast cance1; Kappas share individual experiences. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 205-553-702 1 Waking up to Breast Cancer .......................................... 11 Associate Editor ABC's Good Morning America focuses on breast cancer. Lois Catherman Heenehan. BI Route 45 Redi covering the First Ladies with Edith Mayo ............... 13 Hartl eton. PA 17829 717-922- 11 97 From politics to parlors, Kappa keys illuminate the scenes of the Smithso Assistant Editor/Chapter News nian's first lady exhibit. Carol Craig Cowan 4074 E. Via de Ia Tangara Dtscovertng. a "B ran N ew" D'1e t .................................... 44 Tucson. AZ 857 18 A Kappa 's nutrition studies place bran at the forefront of health 602-577-6963 maintenance. Business Manager Susan Frech Schmitt. EH 4001 Wetherburn Way DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL SECTION Norcross. GA 30092 404-441-0946 Kappa for a Lifetime ............... 35 Rush Information 1992-93 ......... 17 Alumnae News In Memoriam ........................ 40 Alumnae Achievement Carol Lash Armstrong. C. /I 4719 Eagles est Circle Profiles .............................. 41 Awards .............................. 38 Kettering. OH 45429 5 13-298-1040 Through the Keyhole ............... 46 Arts Chari Beaudry. Bn 1620 43rd Ave. E.. Apt. 2- A Seattle. WA 98112 206-328-8689 The first college woman's fraternity magazine, published Illustrators Lucretia Leonard Romey. C. continuously since 1882. Janet Guthrie Lynn . C> I Donna Duncan Weathers. C>Z Copyright © 1991 Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. The Key of Kappa Kappa Staff Contributors Gamma is published quarterly for $3.00 and printed by EBSCO Media, PO. Box Li sa Morris. rP 11984, Birmingham, AL 35202-1984. Second Class postage pending at Columbus, Lo ui se Danforth Muensterm ann. ri Ohio and an additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send addres changes to Mitch Hiett POugh. B\1 The Key, P.O. Box 177, Columbus, OH 43216. Chairman of Publications KKG Headquarters and Foundation Office, P.O. Box 2079 (530 E. Town St.) Gay huba Barry. .:l.A Columbus, OH 43216; Telephone: (614) 228-6515; FAX: (614) 228-7809. Executive Director J. Dale Brubeck. rK For advertising rates contact Susan Schmitt, Bu iness Manager; 4001 Wetherburn Way; Norcross, GA 30092; (404) 441 0946 Tht• 1\e_\: Summa JC)()2 1 Message from the President This We Share • • • s each day ends, do you think about what happened in your life? A Do you take time to reflect about progress made on a project, the impact you have had on others as a caring friend? Do you consider if this is what you thought today would be like? Do you ask yourself the question, "What have I dis covered today about my world, my family, my friends, my colleagues, and especially, what have I discovered about myself?" Yes, every day is a day of discovery. We should take time to be aware of what is happening in our lives and to those around us. I hope this issue of The Key, devoted to discovery, will help you to focus on the discoveries in your life. As the end of my second term as Fra ternity President draws near, it seems an appropriate time for reflecting on some discoveries I made during the past four years. Certainly I have discovered many wonderful new friends and renewed old Kay Larson and Vera Marine, DirJAlumnae, center, join 230 undergraduates and alumnae of Wash friendships as I have visited with Kappas ington on the Spirit of Puget Sound for a Founders Day harbor cruise. throughout Canada and the United States, from ljawaii to Connecticut, from Toron and there was no lump or mass - only "One of our challenges is to integrate to to Texas. three small pinpoints of calcification on the pieces of our lives as we live them. It is I have experienced in many ways the the mammogram. sometimes tempting to try to deny huge friendship which is basic to Kappa Kappa Like everyone, I began investigating periods of our lives or forget significant Gamma membership. These friendships how to treat this disease - my choices events, especially if they have been painful. have shown strong support for the Frater were either to have a mastectomy or to be To try to erase our past is to rob ourselves nity, as we as Kappas share the responsi followed closely every three months with of our own hard-earned wisdom. bility for maintaining high standards and an examination and a mammogram every "This is not a child or adolescent with living our lives devoted to the good, true, six months for a couple of years. I talked in us. There is the child or adolescent who and beautiful. Have you discovered how with many Kappa friends (some of whom has grown into us. our ritual has influenced you and provid you will read about in this issue), special "When we realize that among the most ed guidance throughout your life? This we ists, and a special Pi Phi friend (Mon important strengths that we bring to our share . .. mouth duo, you know). With this input work are the life experiences we have had I have discovered that my Kappa and from my reading, I decided on the and the ages we have been, maybe we will friends have sustained me during life conservative approach and elected to take not resent getting older. changes which could not have been antici Tamoxifen which blocks the action of the "My wisdom emerges as I accept and pated- a relocation; family and personal estrogen in the cancer cell nucleus and integrate all that I have been and all that health crises; and my becoming one of the stops the cancer cell's growth. Examina has happened to me." 51 percent of women working outside the tions show that everything continues to be She quotes Madeline L'Engle who home, after an absence of 28 years. These fine. says, "The great thing about getting older friends helped me find a calm strength My discovery speaks to the importance is that you don't lose all the other ages within myself. of regular mammograms, early detection, you've been." Last August after my routine mammo and the excellent screening techniques of Finally, one of my greatest discoveries gram, I joined another statistical group of the 1990s. has been that "thank you" sometimes women. After a visit to a breast surgeon, I have discovered a lot about myself does not seem adequate to express my we decided it was necessary to proceed during the past four years, the good as feelings and appreciation to all those voic with a wire-location biopsy. I was amazed well as what I want to improve. Kappa es of wisdom which have whispered to me to find that the recovery room nurse who Kappa Gamma has given me the opportu along the way.