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On February 5th, Kappa Alpha Theta hosted its

annual Winter Semi-Formal Party where each
member brings a date of her choice. This year,
Semi-Formal was held at a fabulous venue, the
Spyglass Inn in Pismo Beach. Pictured to the
right are a few Zeta Theta Seniors who attended
the event. (From left to right: Nicole Hoffman,
Amy Scott, Jackie Lauver, Caitlin Rosenberg,
Grace D’Amico, Leilani Wu, Brenna Pringle, and
Kami Tiano.)

Scholarship Recipients!
Each year the Zeta Theta Alumnae Association awards financial scholarships to active members of Zeta
Theta who demonstrate considerable contributions to the chapter. I am pleased to announce that the
following members received scholarships: Candie Fujisaki, Kristen Patterson, Stephanie Shaffer, Victoria
Francis, Erin Canino, and Brenna Corrick.
 What We’ve Been Up To
Prim and Proper:
Panhellenic’s Etiquette Presentation
This February we were transported back to an era of higher civility
when “manners actually mattered.” We were instructed in proper
etiquette beyond proper dinner manners by Anita Shower, also
known as “Miss Etiquette,” a self proclaimed etiquette expert and
newspaper columnist for the SLO City News. The presentation was
sponsored by the Panhellenic Association. Although the advice was
a bit old fashioned, we appreciated Shower’s deadpan wit and
valuable tips.

“Big-Little Week...We Want You In Our Family!”

Theta’s newest members had a blast at Revealing
Through the course of a new member’s pledge period, she gets a “big”--a big sister who is a member of a higher
pledge class. The relationship between big and little is particularly special because the big sister acts as a mentor and
a role model in addition to being a close friend. The new big-little pairs are as follows: Kelly Doyle and Adriana
Hidalgo, Sydney Lane and Angela Accomazzo, Jessi Grant and Christia Brockman, Cate Mitchell and Stacy
Shannon, and Megan Qvistgaard and Lauren Feuerborn.
 Bonding Through Sisterhood
Go, Kite, Win!
Thetas came out in numbers at Greek Goblet ’11
The first sisterhood was “Greek Goblet” at the Men’s Basketball
Game. “Greek Goblet” is similar to the sisterhood we had last
month except that it also doubles as a competition in which the
Panhellenic sorority with the most girls in attendance at the game
was awarded $500 to their national philanthropy. Unfortunately,
Kappa Alpha Theta got second place after Chi Omega.
Nonetheless, we all had fun making signs, and cheering as loud as
we could. That night the Mustangs beat their arch-rivals the UC
Davis Aggies 65-56.

Showing some Theta Love:

Strengthening our Sisterhood on Valentine’s Day!
Everyone has an opinion about Valentine’s Day: some people, presumably
enjoying a blissful relationship with their significant other, relish in the gift
giving and the elaborately planned romantic gesture (think champagne
and Godiva chocolates) Other bitter singles like myself prefer to write off
the “holiday” as a conspiracy, carefully plotted by the executives at
Hallmark. Thankfully, Theta hosted a Valentine’s Day sisterhood activity
to distract me from the dearth of red roses I received this fourteenth day of
February. At the event, Zeta Thetas unleashed their inner Martha Stewarts
in decorating delectable cupcakes. We also did “speed dating” which
helped us to become better acquainted with the newer members. As for the
members we already knew all too well, “speed dating” enabled us to spend
a little time together and share some Theta Love!
 Exchanges

UPCOMING
EVENTS!
INITIATION
MARCH 6

In February we had one exchange with
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. The
theme was “Rescue Me”. Such a broad
theme was open to interpretation! Many
Thetas were very creative in their
costume choices. All the fun went down
at Vallartas’s, a Mexican restaurant
downtown. Everyone had a fun time
dancing, hanging out, and meeting new
people. Theta Junior, Stephanie Shaffer, THETA CHI’S
BEST SORORITY
(aka: DJ GΘLDIE LAX) once again
DANCE CREW
wowed everyone with her DJ skills MARCH 9
spinning awesome tracks all night long!

GREEK WEEK
MAY 15-24

Have some Zeta Theta News to add? Please contact the editor at cmastrom@calpoly.edu