During the school year of 1988-89, Mu Alpha is pleased to say that we have guided ten distinguished young men across the burning sands into Alpha land. These men are Reginald Hall, Ronald Smith, and Kevon Lightborne, of the Three Degrees; and Dwayne Jefferson, David Neuwirth, Bryan Woods, Bernard Winfrey, Reed Edmondson, Kendall Wood, and Dennis Hawkins of The Knights of Kwanzaa. These brothers hold positions in various organizations such as the Student Government Association, Emory Scholars Advisory Committee, Freshmen Council, the M.O.R.E. Peer Assistant Program, Black Student Alliance, the Glee Club, the Judicial Council, and the Minority Student Programs Advisory Board. During the past two years Mu Alpha Chapter has been Georgia's Chapter of the year, and is currently the Southern Region's Chapter of the year for 1989. Notably, we are also the recipient of the prestigious Emory Dean's Cup Award for best all around fraternity on campus for the 1988/89 school year. The officers of the 1988-89 academic year are as follows: President, Mark E. Unthank; Vice President, William Eric Chapman; Treasurer, Khurram S. Hassan; Corresponding Secretary, Mark Fairfax Stevens; Recording Secretary, Vincent Young; Financial Secretary, Jice Stokes; Dean of Pledges, Eugene Williams; Historian/Editor to the Sphinx, Richard Brooks; Sergeant at Arms, George A. Smith; Chaplain, Jovier Evans; Parliamentarian, Phillip B. Phillips; Director of Educational Studies, Aldous McCrory; and Former Dean of Pledges, William Holly. As a final crowning accomplishment, Mu Alpha, in conjunction with the University and the Chapter's newly formed House Corporation, broke ground on April 7, 1989 for its new $250,000 Chapter House on Emory's Fraternity Row. In this our Thirteenth Anniversary year, we pause to reflect on the legacy of Mu Alpha Chapter and our Tradition of Excellence. Though the battle often seems, lost, the final victory is still ours to embrace; for we are Men of Distinction, of noble caste whom hardship cannot break. Yes, the struggle continues. But Mu Alpha is proud to know that "we hold ever aloft, noble ideals and aims, carrying out earth's and heaven's grand command." Page 60
The Mu Alpha Chapter, Emory University.
famu The Manly Deeds And Scholarship of Beta Nu
Greetings to the members of our black & gold family from the Brothers of Beta Nu. Even though the Sphinx has not heard from us in a while, we are still upholding the ideals of this great fraternity. As we come to a close of our 1988-89 school year we depart being the strongest and most respected Greek organization on the campus of Florida A & M University. This past year the brothers have risen to new heights under the leadership of our highly respected president, Brother Kenneth Washington, who will be graduating this year with one of the highest academic honors to come out of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A & M. The Brothers of Beta Nu have shone this past semester in their dedication to manly deeds when it came to community projects. Under the direction of our civic chairman Brother Willis Walter, we have managed to accomplish at least two civic projects per week. During our successful AlphaExplosion Week, planned by Brother Alan Floyd, we held an anti-apartheid rally which enlightened the entire student body of Florida A & M on the struggle of our people in South Africa. During the month of February, we had our annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. convocation at which our president
Kenneth Washington gave a moving speech on "The Struggle of Our People, Then and Now." We followed this up later in the month with a gospel concert which was diligently organized by Brother James Vose involving many of the neighborhood choirs and the FAMU gospel choir. Knowing that the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow, the Brothers of Beta Nu and our dedicated sweethearts go to a neighborhood daycare center every Friday to assist in the education in today's upcoming youth. This is something that the Brothers of Beta Nu truly take pride in. As Alpha men, we are always looking for young men with high morals and ideals. In January, we held our annual Smoker and received the participation of 105 interested young men, 20 of which were inducted into the 1989 Sphinx Club. Under the superb pledge program of Brother Kirk McCall, these 20 young men were later initiated into our most prestigious organization. The average G.P.A. of the "Disciples of Faith" was 3.2 as scholarship is one of the most noticed characteristics of an Alpha man. Beta Nu now consists of 73 active and highly motivated Alpha men. Beta Nu has also been known for its great stepping ability as we were the first runner-up at the 1988 national step show. This year we placed first at our state convention and came in third at our regional convention. Ms. Deidre Henry, Beta Nu's Miss Black and Gold, also came in first at our state convention. The Sphinx/Winter 1989