been recognized by many of the

leading national organizations

such as National Association of

Black Journalists, Congressional

Hispanic Caucus Institute, and

Morehouse School of Medicine.

Of particular interest to the

Greek Community at UNC

Charlotte, Soledad O’Brien was

inducted as an honorary member

of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Inc. in February, 2011. She was

inducted during the sorority’s

22nd Annual Delta Days in

Washington D.C.

Anchor and CNN special corre-

spondent Soledad O’Brien paid a

visit to the UNC Charlotte com-

munity on Thursday November

10th to deliver her lecture titled

“Diversity: On TV, Behind the

Scenes,

and in

Our

Lives.”

The

Office

of

Frater-

nity

and

Soror-

ity Life

was proud to co-sponsor this

event. Soledad O’Brien joined

the CNN team in 2003 and is

well known for her documenta-

ries “Latino in America” and

“Black in America.” As co-

anchor for the CNN morning

program, “American Morn-

ing,” O’Brien reported trans-

formational stories from

around the globe. O’Brien

reported from New Orleans

during Hurricane Katrina in

2005, from London in 2005 after

the terrorist attacks, and in Thai-

land after the Tsunami in 2004. In

addition to reporting breaking

news, Soledad O’Brien has pro-

duced award-winning and criti-

cally acclaimed documentaries

such as “Don’t Fail Me: Education

in America,” Unwelcome: The

Muslims Next Door,” and

“Almighty Debt.” Before working

for CNN, O’Brien also worked

for NBC News as a field pro-

ducer for “Nightly News” and

“TODAY.” O’Brien’s career has

For the first time ever UNC

Charlotte’s Greek community,

NPHC and PHA partnered to-

gether to host the Panhellenic

Step Off on Friday, November

11th. Several women from each

PHA organization were paired

with an NPHC coach in order to

learn various stepps and strolls

from their organization. Each

group of women performed their

routine in McKnight Hall with a

short intermission show from

the new ladies of Kappa Delta.

Judges awarded first, second, and

third place trophies to Chi

Omega & Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta

Tau Alpha & Alpha Kappa Alpha,

and Alpha Delta Pi & Sigma

Gamma Rho organizations re-

spectively.

Soledad O’Brien Visits Campus

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Soledad

O’Brien

1

Step-Show 1

Blood Drive 2

Oct-sober

Fest

2

New Member

Presentations

2

President’s

Ball

3

The Greek

Vine

4

NPHC/PHA Step-Off

The Column W I N T E R 2 0 1 1

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Winter Break

12/18/2011–

1/8/2012

Classes

Resume

1/9/2012

Presidents

Retreat

1/8/2012

Homecoming

2/6-2/11/2012

Sigma Kappa paired with Kappa Alpha

Psi at the PHA Step Off

A first place finish for

Chi Omega and Alpha Phi Alpha

Students met with Soledad O’Brien at the Chancellor’s Residence before her speech

P A G E 2

Oct-sober Fest

New Member Presentations

OFSL Blood Drive The Office of Fraternity and

Sorority Life and UNC

Charlotte’s Greek

organizations

hosted

its FIRST

Blood

Drive

this

year on

Thursday,

November 3rd.

UNC Charlotte students, fac-

ulty, and staff came out to the

Lucas Room in Cone building

to donate blood and save lives.

The Office of Fraternity and

Sorority Life set a goal of

one hundred pints

for the blood

drive this

year and

we were

still able to

collect seventy-

five pints of

blood for the Carolina

Blood Center. This many

pints of blood will be used to

save 125 lives!

chapters choose introduce

their new members in the

evening at various locations

around campus. Organiza-

tions that hosted new

member presentations this

semester included Lambda

Theta Phi Latin Fraternity,

Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,

Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Frater-

nity, Inc., Chi Upsilon Sigma

National Latin Sorority,

Inc., Psi Sigma Phi Multicul-

tural Fraternity, Inc., Kappa

Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.,

and Sigma Gamma Rho

Sorority, Inc. Welcome to

the newest members! We

look forward to everything

you will bring to the com-

munity!

Community was in attendance

as well as many

other students.

Students were

able to enjoy

hamburgers &

hot dogs, listen

to music pro-

vided by DJ Pepe,

drink mocktails,

and play games.

Charlotte Meck-

lenburg County Police Depart-

ment also partici-

pated in the carni-

val by conducting

mock field sobriety

tests and setting up

a drunk driving

simulation track for

students to try out.

This year’s annual Oct-sober

Fest Carnival was held on Fri-

day October 14th on the Uni-

versity’s Front Fields. The

Wellness Promotion Office

held this carnival in order to

provide a substance free envi-

ronment for UNC Charlotte’s

students to have fun during the

weeks approaching Halloween,

a typically high-risk time of

year. UNC Charlotte’s Greek

T H E C O L U M N

Student volunteers

helped make the event

a success

This fall semester UNC

Charlotte’s Greek commu-

nity has welcomed several

new members to our

NPHC and DGC organiza-

tions. These new members

were formally introduced

to campus at new member

presentations held by the

chapters. While it’s not a

requirement to host these

Tiffany Stick, a new member

of Kappa Delta helped con-

tribute to the 75 donated pints

125 lives

saved!!!

LaJoi Wiggins, Delta Sigma

Theta, helped save lives with

her donation

CMPD served as a

co-sponsor for

Oct-Sober Fest

Avery Odom, a member of

Kappa Alpha Psi stayed

productive as he gave blood

President’s Ball

P A G E 3

The Office of Fraternity and Soror-

ity Life hosted this years first Presi-

dent’s Ball. NPHC, PHA, DGC, IFC,

and IC Chapter Presidents, Council

Presidents, and Executive Board

members were invited to a night of

dinner, dancing, and Greek Unity

on Friday November 18th. Stu-

dent’s were

bussed from

the UNCC

campus to

the Hilton

Hotel for a

formal dinner

party in the

University

Ballroom.

This event was a way for

the Office of Fraternity

and Sorority Life to rec-

ognize the hard work

each president and execu-

tive

board

mem-

ber has

put into

their

organization and

council for the

past year.

have 135 chapters and colonies

operating throughout the United

States and Canada. Delta Chi also

boasts just over 100,000 initiated

members. Expansion for IFC isn’t

slowing any time soon, either.

There are currently plans for Phi

Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, and Phi

Delta Theta to install new chapters

over the next two years.

Our IFC community is continuing

to grow! Beginning next spring,

UNC Charlotte will welcome it’s

next IFC expansion with Delta Chi

Fraternity. Staff from headquarters

will begin hitting the ground and

recruiting the next group of men

that will enter into the bonds of

Fraternity. Delta Chi was founded

in 1890 by eleven law students at

Cornell University. They currently

Michelle Guobadia, OFSL Direc-

tor & IFC men

Delta Chi Fraternity Arrives Spring 2012

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P A G E 4

The Greek Vine

The Gamma Iota Chapter of

Lambda Theta Phi Latin Frater-

nity Inc. has been dedicated to

serving the community and

promoting their ideals at UNC

Charlotte. This fall semester

the chapter inducted six new

members. Congratulations to

Jose Benavente, Alejandro Gil,

Robert Valderrama, Anthony

Mora, Gerardo Mora and Jason

Oviedo. The chapter also will

have two new graduates this

December. Congratulations to

former president of the chap-

ter Ruben Pagan and former

DGC president, Adrian Rodri-

guez.

As the semester comes to a

close, the Diversified Greek

Council would like to thank

our Executive Board members

for such a great year of ser-

vice. We have seen our council

strengthen and grow thanks to

their hard work. We look

forward to the upcoming

school year as our new Execu-

tive Board takes of-

fice. Congratulations to our

new President Robert Valder-

rama, Vice President Tagreed

Nafisi , Treasurer Gerardo

Mora, and Secretary Jessica

Arrenas.

We would also like

to congratulate our graduating

seniors:

Adrian Rodriguez: Lambda

Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.

Ruben Pagan: Lambda Theta

Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.

Melissa Almeida: Chi Upsilon

Sigma National Latin Sorority,

Inc.

You Ning (Shirley) Hsueh: Chi

Upsilon Sigma National Latin

Sorority, Inc.

We would like to thank the

Executive Board members for

their service to PHA. Con-

gratulations to the newly

elected members, President:

Catie Beth Bishop, Vice Presi-

dent: Meaghan Mutka, Secre-

tary: Allie Molchan, Treasurer:

Brooke Shorts, VP of Recruit-

ment: Sigourney Wells, Direc-

tor of Recruitment Counsel-

ors: Hannah Roberts, VP of

Scholarship: Kaitlin Gordon,

Asst. VP of Recruitment: Erica

Bullard, and Director of Philan-

thropy and Community Ser-

vice: Virginia Lewis.

We would like to thank the

Executive Board members for

their service to IFC. Congratu-

lations to the newly elected

members, President: Kurt Beal,

Executive Vice President: Blair

Shields, VP of Scholarship:

Brady Nails, VP of Recruit-

ment: Alex McGrail, Treasurer:

Michael Johnson, VP of Public

Relations: Chris Zapcic, and

Secretary: Cameron Dawson.

T H E C O L U M N

Lambda Theta Phi Latin

Fraternity Inc.

Diversified Greek Council The Panhellenic

Association

Want your organization to be

featured in “The Column”?

Submit your entry for the next column by

February 1st at 5:00pm. All submissions

must fall under one of the four pillars of the

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at

UNC Charlotte: Service, Scholarship, Lead-

ership, or Sisterhood/Brotherhood. Please

send them to Ashley Ward:

greekgrad@uncc.edu

Thanks & Congratulations!

We would like to thank all of our past

officers for PHA, IFC and DGC as

well as the chapter presidents for all

of your hard work and dedication to

Fraternity and Sorority Life.

We would also like to congratulate all

of the new officers and look forward

to your future contributions to our

Greek community!

Lambda

Theta Phi,

Latin Frater-

nity Inc. at

the NPHC/

DGC Yard

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