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Students gathered in Sherman Circle last Thursday through Saturday to participate in "Trick the Town," an annual food drive and prelude to "Stuff the Bus."These two events, which were sponsored by Sodexo, were set up to collect food for impoverished residents of Macomb and the surrounding area. This food is then distributed by Loaves Fishes and the Black Student Association.
Loaves and Fishes provides food for the needy, regardless of their income, while the Black Student Association provides traditional Thanksgiving meals, including sides and desserts, for those that are not usually able to enjoy them. This is the third year for Stuff the Bus, and second year for Trick the Town.
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Kelsey Reed Crowned Miss Macomb 2010
The 51st annual Miss Macomb Scholarship Pageant was held Sunday night at the Macomb High School Fellheimer Auditorium. This year’s event included six contestants vying for the title of Miss Macomb 2010.
Featured at this year’s pageant were Miss Macomb 2009, Jennifer Witkowski, and Miss Illinois 2009, Erin O’Connor. Also appearing in the show were emcee, Rick Bulger, Ali Nicole Browning, Miss Macomb / Miss Illinois Princess 2009, Sadee Anselment and Miss Macomb 2007, Jillian Weingart.
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A record-setting Big Pink turnout is good news in the fight against breast cancer.The Western Illinois University community bumped, jumped and spiked this past week at the 10th annual Big Pink Volleyball tournament.
More than 200 teams gathered at the Donald S. Spencer Student Recreation Center with pink everywhere in sight, showing support for breast cancer awareness.
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Paper, pens, rulers, calculators and so many other school supplies can really add up in cost. For families with limited income, this can pose a real problem. To combat these costs, the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council raised school supplies for Macomb children in need throughout March and April.
The two Greek councils raised more than $950 worth of school supplies, which will go to children at Lincoln Elementary School and Edison Elementary School.
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Macomb, Ill. — Wesley Village Retirement Community director of marketing Kim Daudelin and a handful of fraternity members from Western Illinois University's Sigma Chi brotherhood gathered in the cold Tuesday afternoon to begin setting up 220 Christmas trees.
"Lights of Love," Wesley Village's annual Christmas fundraising campaign, allows individuals to donate $100 and sponsor one of the lighted Christmas trees that will line the front driveway, walking path and garden area. Sponsors may designate a name to appear on a plaque next the tree.
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Charles Gilbert's role in Western's Sigma Chi chapter has won him the honor of joining the "The Order of Constantine"
Being a member of a fraternity can be an integral part of one's college career. For Charles Gilbert it has been part of most of his life. This summer Gilbert will be honored by Sigma Chi with an induction into "The Order of Constantine" - the highest honor the national fraternity gives.
Gilbert began his relationship with Sigma Chi when he was initiated in 1961 as an undergraduate at George Washington University. According to Eric Myers, Sigma Chi president at Western Illinois University, Gilbert is worthy of the award because he has been a loyal Sig and an active contributor for much of his life.
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Frank D. Sorenson, 74, of Macomb, died at 9:04 AM Tuesday April 4, 2006 at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb.
He was born February 18, 1932 in Nelson, Nebraska to Alfred William and Esther Bailey Sorenson, he married Margery DeLamatre June 10, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska. She survives.
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A long and winding road came to an end Saturday as the Nu Sigma Chi local fraternity was formally installed as the Iota Omicron chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Saturday, October 28, 1989, was the date members of Nu Sigma Chi have been waiting for for three-and-a-half years.
Started in the fall of 1985, Nu Sigma Chi was founded as a special interest group by Joe Ortiz, whose brother was a Sigma Chi at Columbia University in New York.