Panhellenic established at LV
Campus Times
March 14, 1997
The University of La Verne College Panhellenic Association (ULVCPA)
was formed at the University after Phi Sigma Sigma became the second national
sorority on campus.
Previously, the Inter-Fraternity Sorority Council (IFSC) was the only
regulator of Greek life on campus. In order to have an National Panhellenic
Council (NPC) at a university, there must be more than one national sorority,
according to the National Panhellenic Conference.
When Phi Theta Chi, a local sorority, became Phi Sigma Sigma, the sororities
at ULV gained their own council which administers all business including
rules and bylaws on rushing, pledging and the rights of the member sororities.
Sigma Kappa, founded on Nov. 9, 1874, was the first national sorority
on campus that is still in existence. The ULVCPA decided to have a Sigma
Kappa member hold the president's position to help establish the council.
The president of ULVCPAis senior Amy Levy, recording secretary of Sigma
Kappa.
"We are working on the promotion of sorority life. As NPC has delegated
1997 as the year of the scholar, we are working to promote high academic
standards within each organization," said Levy. "We also want
to provide resources, both academic and social for the women who are involved
in sorority life."
The vice-president is junior Kristen Dow, president of Iota Delta, and
the secretary/treasurer of ULVCPA is sophomore Wendy Lau, philanthropy chair
of Phi Sigma Sigma. Lau is currently working on a budget to see where the
council stands monetarily. She will be the panhellenic delegate chosen to
attend the Western Regional Greek Conference in San Francisco.
There are three executive officers and a delegate from each sorority
that serve on the council. The delegates are senior Adrienne Graeber, from
Sigma Kappa, junior Sharlyn Preece, from Phi Sigma Sigma, and junior Julie
Eklund, from Iota Delta.
Senior Nichole Ford, vice-president of scholarship for Sigma Kappa and
senior Jennifer Rubino, co-historian for Iota Delta are the co-chairs of
scholarship.
The officers of the ULVCPA rotate yearly. After every fall and spring
semester, the positions rotate to the different sororities. Next year the
president will be from Iota Delta, the vice-president from Phi Sigma Sigma
and the secretary/treasurer will be from Sigma Kappa.
Each organization nominates their own representative to hold the position
in the ULVCPA.
According the the ULVCPA constitution, "The main purpose of the
ULVCPA is to maintain the inter-fraternity/sorority relations by considering
the goals of member groups, promoting scholarship, maintaining high moral
standards and to follow the National Panhellenic Conference unanimous agreements."
There are two standing committees within the ULVCPA. They are the judiciary
committee and the sorority rush committee.
The judiciary committee is run by the vice-president and the members
that attend the meetings are the executive board and the panhellenic adviser.
The committee deals with violations of the constitution, bylaws, standing
rules and rush regulations.
The sorority rush committee consists of the sorority rush chair and
a representative from each sorority who acts as the rush chairman.
The committee revolves around rush and its policies.
"The SRC committee is currently working to adopt ULVCPA rush regulations
and implement NPC," said Levy.
The ULVCPA is planning to meet with IFSC to discuss whether the fraternities
want to separate from IFSC and form their own Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC).
They would still have an all greek council that meets once or twice a month.
The ULVCPA must pay monthly dues to national headquarters and by forming
an IFC, the money distributed to IFSC would be divided in half to both councils.
Presently, ULVCPA has no funds established.
Levy said, "The amount of dues are still in litigation. There will
be an assessment fee per the amount of members for each organization."
The past few weeks have been focused on forming the new constitution
and bylaws. The judiciary committee has not been fully established yet.