Love In February

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Love is a big part of Sigma Sigma Sigma. You can see it in the room, you can see it while we are eating lunch, and you can see it when we have a simple movie marathon. Love is all around us and it breathes in our sorority. Love is not something easily attained. You have to work at love, my love for Sigma grows stronger with Love is a big part of Sigma Sigma each passing day, and I know that we all feel the Sigma. same way. Love is not born patient. Love can begin faltering, but over time it grows in strength. Love is being able to be angry at a sister for one second, and making inside jokes with her the next. Love is helping a sister with homework, getting pedicures, and the small things like sharing chocolate and watching Friends. Love can be big or small. Love doesnt mean sacrificing anything. It just means being there. Its hard to be close with every single person in a sorority, but my love of my sisters and of Sigma Sigma Sigma means that when I need to share my chocolate or watch Friends with a sister...count me in! Amanda Cross

Volume 1, Issue 1

January 30, 2013

In this issue:
Question of the Month Loving Your Ritual February in Photos Love and Tri-Sigma
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Special points of interest:

Find out more about two of our lovely sisters. Find out more about our first ever Arkansas State Day! Read some great stories about Sigma Love! Find out how to help with the newsletter in March!

Sigma state dayMallory druckenmiller

The Tri Sigma Arkansas State Day is a regional event where Sigma sisters, both collegiate and alumnae, in or near Arkansas come together to celebrate Sigma, Service and Self. This year the event will be held on Saturday, April 6th at the Central Arkansas Library Main Campus in the River Market of Little Rock. We'll be having a fun day filled with service projects, an auction to benefit the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation, lunch, and laughter yoga! After the day's events are over, you'll have the option of attending the Arkansas Traveler's game that night at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. So, wear your favorite letter shirt and come spend a day with sisters from around the state!

What is your best memory of sigma Love?

My best memory of Sigma love has been whenever we are there for one another. I did not have the best of weeks last week and Mallory and Taylor Reams came up and were talking to me about it. Finally Mallory just hugged me and I started balling. It was nothing big, but the fact that my sisters care enough to comfort me in my time of hurt, meant so much to me. Bre Tidwell.

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My best memory of Sigma love is the weekend of the great chapter suite painting of 2012. I was amazed at how much some people did to help me finish in three days, not to mention how much outside of the original plan was accomplished. I'll never forget that weekend. Sarah Beth Long

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My best memory of Sigma love was when our Sigma girls came together to host a gummy bear station at the 5th Annual Soaring Wings Ranch Half Marathon. We filled cups of gummy bears and handed them out to runners as they we wrapping up their 10th mile. We were told by many runners and organizers of the race that our table was the best! We had the most spunk and personality and the runners were able to get a burst of energy to complete the rest of the race! Our station was decked out with Sigma love and support; from our banners, posters, cheering, music playing, and side walk chalk. We even had a few runners stop and dance with us during the race! It was a great service opportunity and I was so proud to have a group of women come together early on a Saturday morning to cheer on the amazing runners! It was a great day! Kaela Ake

Aggie Plitt

Age: 22 Classification: Senior Positions You Hold/Held: Chapter Suite Chair, Education Director, Dance Chair, and Step Chair Your Best Sigma Memory: My very first weekend as a sigma when I met everyone, especially my pledge sisters who I saw every single day that extended weekend because of the snow storm! Random Fact About Yourself: I don't like peanut butter.

What Does Sisterhood Mean To Me?

It is those late night talks about those boys that dont deserve our time of day. It is those lunches where we chatter on about our day. It is those times where you need someone to pick you

up at the end of the day. It is those sisters who will defend you, even though you dont ask them to. It is those sisters who comfort you, even though you might not want them to. It

is those sisters who guide you, even though you feel you know your path. Sisterhood is love. Sisterhood is trust. Sisterhood is Tri- Sigma. Bre Tidwell

Loving your ritual When you go through formal recruitment or any kind of recruitment for that matter there are so many things going through your head. What kind of people will you meet, what kinds of things you will do when you join a sorority, where you can find the most leadership opportunities, or will you find a sisterhood you fall in love with; just to name a few. The last thing on your mind is the ceremonies and rituals that you go through when you become a sorority woman. Rituals are a huge part of any fraternal organization you join, but yet its the last thing people think about when it comes to joining an organization. Rituals are so very important because they are the things that bond you the most to your sisters; not only in your chapter, but in chapters across your state, country, and the world. Chapters change so much from school to school, but one thing that doesnt change are the rituals and words spoken by your chapter president as you get initiated into a forever kind of bond. The rituals of your organization are what bond you to alumnae, your founders, and all the people who came before you. Its so very important to not only love the meetings, sisterhoods, and tailgates but to love and honor the rituals that were carefully crafted for your organization. Amanda Cross

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Tori Hill

Age: 22 Classification: Senior Positions You Hold/Held: Intramural Chair and Honor Council Meeting Planner Your Best Sigma Memory: Spring 12 Big/Little Revealmentgetting Brandi as my Big Sis. Random Fact About Yourself: My favorite food is green peas.

Top 3 Songs that Remind Me of Sigma

Whenever You RememberCarrie Underwood Remember how we held our heads so high. When all this world was there for us and we believed that we could touch the sky.
I Run To YouLady Antebellum This world keeps spinning faster into a new disaster so I run to you. I run to you baby. When it all starts coming undone. Baby, youre the only one I runt to, I run to you.

Only PrettierMiranda Lambert Well Ive been saved by the grace of southern charm. I got a mouth like a sailor and yours is more like a hallmark card. Courtney Henderson

February in Photos
Look at all the pretty Sigma-Tris!

Sigmas dress to impress!Photo courtesy of Mallory Druckenmiller

You should never look down upon a sister except to pick her up.

Sigmas love to Wear It WednesdayPhoto courtesy of UCAGreeks

Top Picture: Everyone at the first sisterhood of the semester; Bottom Picture: Spring 2013 and New Member Mom Mallory Druckenmiller at the sisterhood. Photos courtesy of Bre Tidwell.

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Whats Up Next Month? The Sailboat newsletter is almost done for February. I hope you have enjoyed all the issues so far and that you continue to support it with your wonderful words. Here is more information on how to get involved!: 1. Answer my question of the month. Marchs question of the month will be How would you describe Tri Sigma to someone who has never heard of it? 2. Nominate a sister of the month: During the days of the 17-26 I will be taking nominations for Sister of the Month. I realize most of this time is during Spring Break so I am giving extra-time for nominations so anyone who forgets or cant get to a computer will have plenty of time to get their nomination for sister of the month in. Like this month when you nominate a sister remember to give a detailed reason why so I am able to make a good decision about who to chose. 3. Submit to the newsletter: You can submit directly or indirectly. To submit directly send me articles, pictures, and anything you feel would be great to feature in the newsletter. You can submit indirectly by giving me an article idea or postings tons of high quality Sigma related pictures to your Facebook page. I look at all of your Facebooks for pictures to put in the newsletter so the more pictures I have to chose from the better the picture section is. To send in things email me at across2@uca.edu or text me at 8703624098!

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Love and Tri-Sigma Love is the backbone of our sisterhood, and knowing that each sister loves one another for their individualistic personality is the greatest feeling in the world. The love I have for Sigma is unconditional. I have walked into the room many times on Tuesday nights after a horrible upsetting day, and having the joy, love and welcome from all of your sisters can turn any horrible day into an uplifting and astonishing experience. Running through the room as a new member and again after being disaffiliated, in that moment, expressed how much love surrounds our sisterhood from the tears, the chants, the screaming and jumping of excitement. When I have school trouble, boy trouble, or am just overwhelmed, my first call is to one of my Sigma sisters because of the love and laughter that we provide for each other. The support to pursue my dreams and goals, finding out who my big was or who my little was have been some of the greatest experiences I have had with love in Sigma. Kara Norton