Photo by Daniel Dubois Commitment week. .. Inductees strive to find balance Briana Curt is spen t Inducti on Week perfecting her juggling act. But shewasn' t juggling bowling pins or chainsaws, she was juggl ing commitments. Curtis. a freshman music major from Little Rock. was trying to survive the rigors of the induction process wh ile maintaining a full load of classes and homewo rk. To keep up with work in her major. she devoted five hours a week to piano lessons , twO to four hours a week to voice lessons and also worked in several hours of guitar lessons - in addition to her 15 hour load ofclasses . Induction Week only made her schedule more hectic. "You always have to keep practicing," Curtis said. "There's no room to nOt do your homewo rk when it comes to music. " As a Ko Jo Kai pledge, Curtis was required to keep an Induction Week scrapbook as well as maintain and guard her pledge book at all times. Over the course of the week, Ko Jo Kai pledges also des igned a map to their club president 's dorm room and wrote numerous letters to alumni and club sponso rs. Pledges also copied current events articles off the Internet, kept a prayer journal, acquired the signature ofeach club member and attended club events in the evening. "The week was very time demanding, but I had a great time with the girls," Curtis said. Curtiswas one of3 16 women and 279 men to accept bids from one of the various social clubs on campus. For many freshmen, Induction Weekwas one of thei r first experiences with college life at its most harri ed pace. "You really had to learn to prioritize." Curtis said. Most pledges agreed that the time and effo rt spent during Induction Weekwas worth it, acco rding to Rebekah Chandler, freshman. "I tell myself it's juSt this week and once it's over, I'll have a group of gi rls that I'll be bonded to," Chandler said. The Inter Club Council (lCC), which is comprised of presidents and vice presidents from each social club, voted during the spring semester to enact a few changes to the induction process. , First. ~he entire process- go ing to mixers, visiting club members in their dorms, accepting a bid and go ing through Induction Week - was held (\110 weeks later in the semester. This additional time allowed pledges to have twO weeks to visit club members in their dorm rooms instead of one week, as had previously been the practice. The ICC also voted to have an all-club devotional each night of Induction Week. The student-led devotionals provided time for aU the clubs to come tOgether and refocus during the busy week. according to Peggy Huckeba, assistant dean of students. "The ICC decided that there needed to be a more spiricual element during the week, " Huckeba sa id. The nightly devotionals we re a success for pledges, members and deans. "It's the only activity of its kind where all the clubs were brought together," Huckeba said. "I'm really grateful for that type of event. " - Sarah Terry PhOto byDan id Dubois Andrea Kloske, Zeta Rho inductee, marches under the watchful eye of Kelli Fage r, junior. Zeta Rho participated in the Silly O lympics Thursday night with 1u Go )u, Kappa Kappa Kappa and Ko ) o Kai. Travis Smith , president of Delta Chi Delta, instructs pledges to "Be on The ir Guard" during Monday night's activities . The theme that night came from I Corinthians 16: 13-14. Induction Week 217
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