On October 20-26, Missouri State University faculty, staff, students and alumni celebrated Homecoming Week. Homecoming is a beloved tradition that FSL enjoys participating in each year. The theme this year was Welcome to Bearadise, and each team was able to creatively express this theme through multiple events for points. The judges for these events judged on originality, creativity, correlation to the overall theme, and amount of pride for MSU!
Members of FSL were also crowned Homecoming King and Queen this year: Jaymes Dickinson from Theta Chi and Lauren McDowell from Xi Omicron Iota.
Check out our recap of FSL winners below:
Decorate Downtown
1. Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Chi
2. Alpha Delta Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha
3. Alpha Omicron Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi
Chalk-n-Rock:
1. Alpha Omicron Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi
2. Gamma Phi Beta, NPHC
3. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
PSU Window Painting:
1. Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Chi
2. Gamma Phi Beta, NPHC
3. TIE: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta | Sigma Sigma Sigma, Xi Omicron Iota, Pi Kappa Phi
Can We Build It:
1. Gamma Phi Beta, NPHC
2. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
Rockstar:
1. Theta Chi
2. Pi Kappa Phi
3. Alpha Chi Omega
Maroon and White Night:
1. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
2. Sigma Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Pi
3. Alpha Omicron Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi
Yell Like Hell:
1. Pi Kappa Alpha
2. Sigma Phi Epsilon
3. Alpha Chi Omega
Field Day:
1. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
2. Alpha Delta Pi
3. Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma
Parade Walking:
1. Alpha Omicron Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi
2. Sigma Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Pi
3. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
Car Entry:
1. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
2. Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Chi
3. Gamma Phi Beta, NPHC
Parade Float:
1. Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu
2. Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Chi
3. Gamma Phi Beta, NPHC
August also brings IFC recruitment events as well. During the first two weeks of classes, men have the opportunity to attend recruitment events such as BBQ’s, service projects and intramural games. Men have the choice of what recruitment events and chapters to go to. Between
Former Delta Chi president and 2018 Homecoming King, Andre McIntyre, had the opportunity to be a part of the Fraternal Government Relations Coalition’s (FGRC) Capital Hill visit April 23-25th in Washington D.C. Andre was one of a handful of students presented with this opportunity to visit the nation’s capital through direct interaction in legislative process currently impacting fraternity and sorority life across the country. While there, he was able to represent Delta Chi Fraternity, Fraternity and Sorority Life members and Missouri State University. Andre said, “My team consisted of myself and Emily Bauer, a Delta Phi Epsilon from Truman State, and we visited the offices of Congressional leaders to discuss the benefits of FSL, why students’ freedom of association should be protected, and three pieces of legislation… The legislation protects our freedom of association, and the other two were anti-hazing policies that add transparency to acts of hazing on campus.”
When asked what made him want to go he said the following, “when I was presented with the opportunity, I had the chance to research the issue. Reflecting on my fraternity experience, being a part of a single-sex organization has added so much to my overall university and has provided incredible opportunity for growth and leadership development. I found the issue very relevant to me and something that I am passionate about.”
“[Being in charge of philanthropy] allowed me the privilege to take head on planning the Sigma Chi Food Drive benefiting Bear Pantry! When the new exec board was elected, we knew that we wanted to improve our philanthropic donations and become more invested with philanthropic events around campus. After constructing a new philanthropy committee, we took the time to organize this event. I heard about the new Bear Pantry on campus and I felt that it would be a perfect opportunity to help jump start the Bear Pantry and give Sigma Chi an opportunity to fulfill Missouri State’s Public Affairs Mission by being engaged in the community in order to collect donations for the pantry. I know that there are so many students and families that suffer from food insecurity and I felt that this would be a perfect opportunity to help them overcome the obstacle of food insecurity in any way possible… As we were planning the food drive, I never really thought of a specific goal in mind in regards to how many donations we would receive, but we definitely exceeded any expectations that I could have had. After three days of collecting donations, we ended up collecting 1,150 items, totaling at 475.9 pounds of items. Along with food, we were also collecting toiletries, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. and I was very happy to see some of those items donated as well. Not only did we want to collect food for the Bear Pantry, but we wanted to help spread information about the Bear Pantry to the students in hope that if someone ever finds themselves struggling, they now know they have somewhere to turn to for help. Everyone in the chapter, especially myself, was thrilled with the outcome of our food drive, and we are definitely looking forward to working with the Bear Pantry a lot more in the future. Lastly, Sigma Chi would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who donated to our food drive because without your generous donations we wouldn’t have been as successful as we were!”