Chi-O Trivia

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Which Chi Omega alumna received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 5, 2007? Established in 1963, the Medal of Freedom is the highest civil honor a United States president can bestow.

a.) Pat Schroeder, Pi Beta Chapter (UMinnesota)
b.) Louise Bryant, Psi Alpha Chapter (UOregon)
c.) Ellen Gilchrist, Sigma Epsilon Chapter (Vanderbilt)
d.) Harper Lee, Nu Beta Chapter (UAlabama)

I believe it was D, Harper Lee

[NutBrnHair]

You are correct, Otter!

I didn't think anyone would believe George W. Bush would recognize Pat Schroeder for anything!

[Cardinal026]

I have to admit, I'd never heard of A, B or C so just spent some time googling them - VERY interesting backgrounds, especially Louise Bryant.

NutBrnHair - I'm always amazed at how you can always come up with questions! HQ should hire you to work in some sort of historian department, you really retain everything!!

[Jobellesis]

Hmmm!

[NutBrnHair]

[NutBrnHair]

2008 marks the 100th anniversary of what Chi Omega National Convention tradition?

a.) Baked Alaska for dessert at the President's banquet
b.) Women of Achievement Award
c.) The performance of the "Earth Mother" play
d.) Revelry

[ChiONic]

I can tell you it's not A) b/c this tradition of baked Alaska began around 1924 (or thereafter) when the conventions began being held at the Greenbrier Hotel

I can tell you it's not B) b/c this was not set in place until 1930

I can tell you it's not C) b/c this became tradition in 1912 and has been performed every year since then

I believe it is D). This is also known is "vaudeville" (derived from French theatre). The actors/players of this variety type performance were called revelors/revelers. Chi Omega adopted this tradition in 1908 when the hostess chapters entertained the guests following dinner. They also sang our Chi Omega songs during this time. So if the math is right, it is a 100 yr tradition this year???

[NutBrnHair]

We have a playa!!! You are correct, ChiONic. Good work.

Wanna ask the next question?

[ChiONic]

What Chi Omega house is lovingly nicknamed "Pizza Hut"?

A) Kappa Chapter at University of Nebraska at Lincoln
B) Tau Alpha Chapter at University of Montavello
C) Upsilon Chapter at Union University
D) Gamma Delta Chapter at San Diego State University

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by ChiONic

What Chi Omega house is lovingly nicknamed "Pizza Hut"?

A) Kappa Chapter at University of Nebraska at Lincoln
B) Tau Alpha Chapter at University of Montavello
C) Upsilon Chapter at Union University
D) Gamma Delta Chapter at San Diego State University

Oooo, oooo, oooo pick me! I've been to that lodge and can confidently answer: C) Upsilon Chapter!

I'm thinking the aerodynamic architechture might have played a role in saving the structure during the recent tornado?

[ChiONic]

Yes you are correct! Our lodge has been lovingly nicknamed "pizza hut" because of the right side of the house is shaped like the roof of the pizza hut restaurants and has a covered "drive thru". Of course, since renovation was done in 2002, the back of the house is now the front and the side entrance is considered the back door. Ah....the memories!

[ChiONic]

Ok, next one...

1) What chapter is known for having a friendly Chi O ghost living in it? The legend states she came via a couch from the old Chi O house she was haunting and has been living in the new house ever since. This dates all the way back to the 1920's.
2) And what is her name?

To this day, Chi O members of this chapter claim when doors/windows shut on their own, they say "insert name here" did it.

(oh, no multi choice on this one!) I found it fun to dig for it, so should the lucky winner!

[NutBrnHair]

Kappa Delta Chapter...Amanda?

[ChiONic]

Good guess, but no.

Kappa Chapter at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Her name is Charlotte.

Here is the story:
Some people look back on college as the time of their lives and long to return to campus and those good times.

One member of Chi Omega Sorority supposedly never left the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The spirit of a sorority sister named Charlotte lingers to this day.

Link: http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/...-3067666.shtml

"Everyone knows Charlotte," said Chi Omega member Emily Potter, a senior communications studies and English major.

Legend has it that Charlotte committed suicide long ago in the former Chi Omega house, members said.

"I know it was probably in the teens," said Shaun Vanneman, an adviser for Chi Omega who lived at the house in the late 1980s.

The women moved to the new house on 16th Street in the 1920s, Vanneman said, and Charlotte's ghost tagged along.

"She was in the old Chi Omega house and she came over in a couch," Potter said.

Once in her new home, Charlotte settled in upstairs.

"She lurks in what we called heaven," said Janet Ehlers, who joined UNL's chapter of Chi Omega in the 1960s. "It used to be an unfinished attic."

Bedrooms now occupy that area of the house, and Charlotte remains.

Potter said the ghost inhabits a specific room on the second floor, near the sun deck.

However, she's not a bother to residents.

"Nothing's happened in a while," Potter said. "It's become more of a joke."

When windows and doors mysteriously open or close, the members blame Charlotte, Potter said.

Potter also said Charlotte appeared on a Chi Omega Facebook group, adding current members as friends, but she thinks it was an older member playing around.

"She seems to be a prankster," Vanneman said, adding that when she was in school, "Charlotte was running rampant. My friend Jane was pushed out of bed!"

Ehlers said no one has ever seen Charlotte, but it has become tradition to pass the story on to new members.

"After all these years, it's sort of a comforting thing," Ehlers said. "She's watching over us."

[ChiONic]

I happened upon the friendly ghost story when searching for chapters that did not have pictures of their houses for my previous question.