The OCU Homecoming committee captured video of all eight lip sync performances from this year’s competition.The videos can be viewed online at the OCU Homecoming YouTube page.
Administrator Lee Hall announces retirement
Lee Hall, director of first-year experiences and student disability services coordinator, retired Friday, Oct. 31.
2014 Homecoming Royalty voting opens today
Voting for the 2014 Homecoming Royalty Court begins today.
Volleyball team dedicates game to breast cancer awareness
The volleyball team will dedicate their pink-out game in support of breast cancer awareness to a player’s family member.The pink-out game is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, and will be dedicated to senior Kelley Shiel’s grandmother, Sandra Allen, who died of breast cancer at age 71.
Sorority Recruitment 2014
Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority prepare to welcome their newest members on Bid Day 2014. Photo: Lauren Matheny
Festive Feast
Phi Mu members Kaitlyn Rice, dance performance soph. Shannon Beshears, dance performance fr., and MaryAnn Grover, economics/finance soph., under the advisement of Elise Bradshaw, present a Christmas wreath to the other sorority houses on campus. They are welcomed to the annual Festive Feast, held Thursday Nov. 21 in the Great Hall of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center, by Panhellenic head, Franchesca McDowell, a junior marketing major.
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Festive Feast
Members of campus sororities wait in line for the chocolate fountain during the Festive Feast held Thursday evening in the Great Hall of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The Festive Feast is an annual event to bring the campus sororities together in celebration of the Holidays.
Photo: Clinton Foster
Annual Panhellenic dinner moved to University Center
OCU Panhellenic is reformatting their annual Festive Feast this year to include Phi Mu, the newest sorority on campus.
Phi Mu sorority becomes official chapter following initiation
OCU’s Phi Mu colony became a chapter Saturday, during their initiation and installation ceremony.
Sorority wins Homecoming sweepstakes two consecutive years
Gamma Phi Beta took the top spot in Homecoming sweepstakes for the second consecutive year.
Greek organizations focus on promoting philanthropy weeks
Greek organizations focused this semester on bringing awareness of their philanthropies through well-publicized events, utilizing new marketing tools.
Homecoming winners announced
Today, at the OCU vs. Champions basketball game, the winners of homecoming were announced.
Homecoming ‘starts’ with events hosted across campus
OCU is hosting Homecoming, a competition with events including banner, window, and lip sync this week.
The theme for this year’s Homecoming is “Start.”
Lip Sync musical competition scheduled for Friday
The lip sync competition for Homecoming is Friday, Nov. 1.
Organizations write and choreograph a short performance to a pre-recorded track. Performers are not allowed to make any noise of their own.
Phi Mu to become more involved around campus
Phi Mu completed their formal pledging ceremony Sept. 22.
It was the first ritual for the newest Greek colony on campus.
The ritual signified the members’ lifelong support to the sorority.
OCU’s Phi Mu colony has 40 pledges. They will become a chapter Nov. 9 during the pledges’ initiation ceremony.
Fraternity looks to boost numbers, secure charter
By Mackenzie Menter, Staff Writer Phi Gamma Delta fraternity is working to obtain their charter in hopes of becoming an official chapter this year. The fraternity is entering its third year on campus. “We, right now, are in the colonization process,” said Reed Bentley, FIJI president and acting senior. “We basically just have to prove…
Sorority hosts philanthropy week, encourages campus involvement
By Lauren Matheny, Staff Writer Gamma Phi Beta’s new philanthropy week, “Building Strong Girls,” began Monday. The week’s events will benefit Girls on the Run and Camp Fire USA, organizations dedicated to helping young women. “We are excited about this new approach to our philanthropy week because everyone on campus knows a young girl who…
Miss America watch party in support of contestant
The Panhellenic community is hosting a Miss America Watch Party at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center.
New sorority hosts first Bid Day, begins colonization
By Mackenzie Menter, Staff Writer Phi Mu, the newest Panhellenic sorority on campus, gave 40 women bids during their first Bid Day hosted Friday. Phi Mu joins Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi Beta as the university’s fourth Panhellenic sorority. The sorority was invited to colonize on campus in April after Panhellenic went…
Freshmen increase activity in campus organizations
By The Editors OCU students are known for their commitment to various organizations and participation in multiple activities at any given time. The freshman class this year seems to be extremely involved in campus organizations and groups. A record number of women went through sorority recruitment this year. More than 150 women signed up for…
Panhellenic organization begins recruitment process
By Susannah Waite, Editor-in-Chief Phi Mu, OCU’s fourth Panhellenic sorority, began colonization on campus this week. The organization was invited to campus in April after a formal extension process. Officers from Phi Mu national headquarters are on campus to begin recruitment. “We attended Stars 101 sessions in the spring and summer,” said Jessica Winkles, extension…
Prospective sororities to present in coming weeks
Three sororities are scheduled to visit the university within the next few weeks to make presentations.
