Blog 7

Freshman Catherine Holtmyer practices her dance at Kappa Hall for the talent portion of the upcoming Lambda Chi Alpha White Rose Pageant.

     Eleven freshman sorority members prepare to serve as representatives of each Greek house in Lambda Chi Alpha’s annual White Rose Pageant, on Wednesday, April 18.

     The pageant was started in 1986 by Matt Hamilton and his fellow fraternity brothers, and continues today as one of Lambda’s biggest fundraising event, according to the OU Lambda Chi Alpha Alum website.
     All fundraising proceeds from the White Rose Pageant go to the Big Brothers of Cleveland
County.
      Like most pageants, White Rose is comprised of various sections, including a questionnaire and talent portion.
     Whether it is tumbling, playing an instrument or dancing, a wide variety of talents from each sorority are expected to take the stage in this year’s pageant.
     Freshman Catherine Holtmyer has selected a familiar ballet piece to use for her talent section.
     “I think a ballet variation, especially on pointe, is a good talent representative because it shows such beauty and strength in each movement. I’m really excited to have the chance to perform this and show my friends how pretty of a piece it is,” Holtmyer said.
     Last year’s winner, Kappa Alpha Theta Sarah Klein, won the pageant with her talent of a piano and song piece. Delta Delta Delta Alicia Clifton was first runner up, with her originally choreographed dance, all according to OU’s Lambda Chi Alumn website.
     Sophomore Claire Henson, Holtmyer’s sorority “big sister”, attended the pageant in 2011 and plans to go to this year’s event.
     “I know there’ll be some good competition this year, but I think Catherine will be great in the pageant because of how poised she is. She handles herself very well and I don’t think it will come across any different on stage,” Henson said.
     The pageant will begin at 7 p.m. in Holmberg Hall. Tickets will be sold prior to the event and at the door for 10 dollars.

Blog 6

Students in OU’s Printmaking classes in the School of Art and Art History are adding final touches to their latest projects in preparation for the upcoming “print swap.”
 All intermediate level lithography classes are required to take part in the now annual print swap. Students are instructed to create an original print project based on a pre-determined theme and make multiple replicas of their work. Once the work period of the project is over, the prints are submitted to the professors, who then assign each print a number. Then, each student comes and draws a series of numbers and keeps the prints that correspond to their number.
 According to OU’s School of Art website, students are allowed access 24 hours a day, every day, to work on their print swap pieces, among many others,
 “I’m up here all the time honestly,” junior Courtney Creedon said.
“This is one of our most enjoyable projects so far though so I don’t mind that I practically live at the studio.”
The theme to this year’s print swap is “Fables and Fairytales,” so creativity was abound as students produced prints with detailed fire-breathing dragons, prehistoric fish, and many other imagined images.
 “This is a really cool theme that we were given this year to work with,” senior Alex Fuller said.
 “It’s not incredibly difficult, but at the same time it forces you to think a little further to create something that wouldn’t be expected from your basic childhood fables.”
 Creedon’s creation, which is a simple print of three fish with a thick, dark edging, is part of the greater portion of student prints that do not have the look of a typical fairytale or fable.
 “I wanted to go with something different than what was expected. I think it’ll be a unique piece to add to someone’s print collections,” Creedon said.
 The print swap will be held before the end of April in the third floor of the Charles M. Russell Center in the Lithography classroom.