Alumni Comments about Mary Ellen Nichols
Alumni Comments about Mary Ellen Nichols:
Tailgating Central
Tailgate, tail-gate, noun. definition: the perfect chance for you to spend time with brothers, eat great food, drink beer and watch a football game
State College Best Sports Town
Need more evidence that Penn State sports and fans that bleed blue and white rule? Probably not, but research from The Sporting News is too good to miss. State College has been named to The Sporting News‘ 99 Best Sports Cities list for 2006.
Greek Life Gets a Makeover
Greek life at Penn State is experiencing a major renovation. The birth of a campaign entitled “Greek Pride: A Return to Glory” has brought about many changes for the Greek community including a new set of standards and a Chapter of Excellence award. “Animal House” copycats are no longer the norm as chapters struggle to meet standards and raise money.
The Future of Kappa Sigma and 255 Highland Ave.
“Even without an active chapter, Kappa Sig Penn State exists in our strong alumni network” – Edward Gorkes
Posted February 1st, 2006
Nothing Can Compare with Dec. 7, 1941
Posted on 1/8/2004
It was a different time. Brothers dressed in a jacket for dinner in the evening and in a coat and tie for Sunday lunch. Seniors usually wore jackets or suits to class – no t-shirt and jeans. Many of the upperclassmen wore felt dress hats. In the house, everything had to be quiet after 8:00 p.m. – no music or noise of any kind. It was all study time. There was only one telephone in the house, and it was downstairs. And no house mother was on-site to watch over everything. Pledges kept the house clean; that was their responsibility. Every fraternity had a pledge master – an upperclassman – supervise the pledges. Saturday morning was clean-up time.
Java Gets Doused and Hampy Learns Leadership
Tim “Java” Weis ’71 appeared outside the Kappa Sigma dining room windows waving a pizza — taunting those who were suffering through some nondescript gruel.
Man of Steel: Kappa Sigma Brother Named President of Major Company
John Surma feels honored to have recently been named president of U.S. Steel Corporation. John, a 1976 Penn State graduate with a degree in accounting, says, “The timing was a welcome surprise at this stage in my career.”
Kappa Sig Taught ‘MitchDawg’ All the Essentials in Life
4/15/2003
Why did you join Kappa Sigma?
I was interested in joining a fraternity, but was not sure which one to choose. After heading back from a big rush event at the HUB, Curtis Huber ’89 and I ran into Tim Madden ’89 and Steve Fox ’89 from our dorm and joined them heading out to Kappa Sigma. Tim’s dad was a Kappa Sig. Once we got to the chapter house, which was jammed with a big party, we met John Martin Murphy ’89 (senior from Camp Hill, Pa.) who remembered our names from the rush event! After that we found that everyone at the house was cool and down to earth, and stayed.
Eating Lunch in Jacket and Tie
2/4/2003
The 1941-42 school year at the Pennsylvania State College started well for Alpha-Delta, with 18 pledges—the highest number to date. But the academic year was brutally interrupted when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor with an unprovoked bombing attack that decimated the U.S. fleet in the Pacific.