Melody Colyer, a member of Kappa Gamma Epsilon, shows freshman Melinda Conlin club memorabilia during Open House. Open House, which was held the second week ofschool, introduced freshmen to the diversity ofclubs on campus. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. J eremy Lowe, a local martial arts instructor, and Galaxy member Caleb Rogers demonstrate karate techniques for prospective club members at a Round II mixer. Clubs often used theme mixers to help them stand out from other clubs. Photo by Jeff Fall. Kappa Sigma Kappa members Lance Kemper and J eremy B ishop hang a sign for their sister club, Tri-Kappa. Club members enjoyed displaying their club spirit by putting creative signs in the student center. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. 224 Social Clubs etub iJuf uctioJt pzocess , Scude11cs 11teased PLJich 11osicive cha11;;es In the past few years, the social clubs at Harding have experienced drastic changes concerning the process in which they meet, choose and induct new members, but this year it seemed that the changes were intact and the clubs were ready to get creative in the way they presented themselves to prospective members. The common goal of each club hung on the idea that all were striving to show potential members what was important and unique about their particular club. John Albright, a junior member of Chi Sigma Alpha, said, "As a club, we recognized the importance of mixers. It was the first real glimpse the freshmen got of the clubs , and we did our best to display the qualities and goals of our club during that time." Many clubs established a theme for each mixer to help add personality and uniqueness. Freshmen and transfers entered the whirlwind of parties involving everything from cookie dough, silly costumes and giant milk shakes to reggae music, snakes and front lawn golfing. Brooke Lovelace, a junior Chi Omega Pi member, said, "A lot of freshmen commented about how much they liked our reggae mixer. As a club,we had fun with it because it was so silly and everyone felt like they could kick back and relax. It's been a tradition ofours for years but, to the freshmen, it demonstrated that we weren't the same. I think it distinguished us from other clubs." David Haustein, a freshman member of TNT, said, "I really enjoyed the mixer with Zeta Rho and TNT together. It was different from other mixers and it really set them apart from other clubs. It was really neat to see the two clubs interact together and see how much they enjoyed being together." While each club strove to be creative and unique, each one also worked to present the personality of the club to the prospective members. Brenna Cravy, a junior member ofKappa Gamma Epsilon, said, "We did our best to demonstrate the qualities of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31. We also made an extra effort to listen to the girls and let them talk. I think our club is good at this and I was glad to hear how open and receptive they felt that wewere."
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