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Volume 54 lssue 20
Gamma Sigma Sigma holds White Rose Pageant
By Kelly Williams
Stuff Writer
kellyuwga@bellsoiiili.net
Sisters of Gamma
Sigma Sigma have decided
to let the men have the
spotlight. For a charity
pageant, that is.
This year the first
annual White Rose Pageant
was held. The end result
was the crowning of Mr.
White Rose, Matt Lamb.
The pageant is a
fundraiser in two ways.
The majority of the ticket
sales are contributed to the
winner’s charity of choice.
A small part of the
proceeds go to the Gamma
Sigma Sigma's charity, St.
Jude Hospital. Ticket sales
and donations brought in
over S4OO.
Judges for the
competition were Debra
Dugan of Health Services,
Stacy Boyd of the English
department and Van Jenkins,
a UWG student.
The judgesscored nine
participants in a number
of activities ranging from
talent competitions to a
sleepwear portion of the
pageant.
“I'm hoping we
can make this a yearly
event,” said Ebonee
Hicks, a member of
Gamma Sigma Sigma.
She, along with
Lashunda Banks and
Shavelle Jenkins, worked
under pageant coordinator
Larrecia Jackson.
UWG honors King
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Photo by Braxton Calloway
Ivy Watkins looks on as BSA President Josh Parham speaks at the Coretta Scott King
vigil last Thursday in front of the University Community Center. Mrs. King, the widow
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died last Monday at the age of 78. Her funeral services
were held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church In Llthonla, Georgia. President
Bush and Former Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Carter were among the atendees.
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Winner Matt Lamb is
a sophomore and a Pre-
Med Biology major.
“I didn't see it
coming,” Lamb said after
he was announced as the
first ever Mr. White Rose.
Lamb represents the
Kayak club, in which he is
the current president.
He was persuaded to
participate by one of his
friends in the Chemistry'
club. His charity is
the American Lung
Association.
Gamma Sigma Sigma
is a women’s service
sorority on campus that was
created at West Georgia in
the summer of 2004.
It was founded
nationally at the Drexel
Institute in 1952. Their
belief is “unity in service.”
According to their
website, all chapters must
perform a certain number
of service hours during
the year, which is set
for in their chapter and
national bylaws.
Projects range from
well-known sponsored
events to individual
charities each chapter
decides to do.
At each national
convention, two special
projects are chosen by
the delegates to focus on
for the following year.
One, Project IMPACT,
encourages individual
members to participate
fully and to coordinate
with other national service
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www.thewestgeorgian.com
organizations.
The letters in IMPACT
stand for Individuals
Making Progress Across
Communities Together.
Even though Gamma
Sigma Sigma is known
for its service projects,
that is not what it only
focuses on.
The sorority also holds
dances, retreats, family
events and picnics, among
other events.
Membership of
Gamma Sigma Sigma
requires, but not limited
to, a student to be
enrolled in a university
with good academic
standing, express a desire
to participate in the
sorority, and fulfill the
requirements set by the
organization.
Anyone of any
background is allowed
to become a member of
Gamma Sigma Sigma.
The sorority accepts
students of all races
and does not tolerate
discrimination based on
race, gender or creed.
It also does not
tolerate hazing in any
form.
For more information
about Gamma Sigma
Sigma, contact Linda
Anunobi by campus mail
atP.O. Box 10128.
Students are
also encouraged to
visit the national
website at http://www.
gammasigmasigma.org.
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Matt Lamb, winner of the Gamma Sigma Sigma’s Mr. White Rose Pageant, celebrates with
Larrecia Jackson, pageant coordinator.
Concert to honor music
scholarships for students
UWG Press Release
The UWG Music
Department’s Wright
Scholars Concert will
take place on Thursday,
February 16, at 8:15 p.m.
in Kathy Cashen Hall, in
the Humanities building
on the university campus.
The annual concert is
presented in appreciation of
scholarships made possible
by an endowment given to
the Music Department in
1976.
The scholarships are
in memory of Elizabeth
Gellerstedt Wright by the
late Dr. J. Carter Wright and
his wife Betty Strickland
Wright.
The Wright Memorial
is the largest endowment
given specifically to the
UWG music department,
and has generated music
scholarships for over a
quarter of a century, a
major contribution to the
department and to West
Georgia students.
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The February concert
showcases both graduate
and undergraduate student
performers, all of whom
are nominated by their
instrumental or vocal
instructors to audition for
the privilege of performing
on the concert.
This year, the soloists
are mezzo-soprano
Valerie Beck of Cordele,
GA., sopranos Phylicia
McCutchen of Marietta and
Rose Blanchard of Austell,
saxophonists Emily Cash
of Lawrenceville and Stacy
Gay from Kennesaw.
Other students include
pianists Laura English of
Bremen and Brittany Scott
of Atlanta, flutist Andrea
Corso of Douglasville,
trombonist Christopher
Holloway of Temple, and
baritone Cory Speakman
of Lawrenceville.
They will perform
familiar works by Purcell,
Chopin, Faure, Verdi,
and Puccini, as well as
lesser-known pieces by
Stephen Heller, Alexander
Guilmant, Eugene Bozza,
Michael Blavet, and Jean
Baptiste Singlee.
The performers are
students of Dr. Larry
Frazier (voice), Dr. Carol
Gingerich (piano), Dr.
John Bleuel (saxophone),
Eric Slay (trombone),
Melanie Fuller (flute), and
Julie Lowry (voice). Jan
Adams will accompany
the students at the piano.
Mrs. Betty Wright will
attend the performance,
which will be preceded at
7:30 p.m. by a reception in
the Humanities Lobby for
her, the student performers,
and audience.
The adjacent Art
Galleries one and two,
featuring senior artworks
by Julie Teague and
Margaret Griffin, will
also be open during the
reception.
The event is free and
the public is cordially
invited.