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By DESAREE T. HOLLINS
Staff Writer
After becoming the Alpha
Phi Alpha National Step
Champions in Miami earlier last
month, USC's Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity continued their trail of
success as they stepped past the
other national champions Sunday
in Virginia Beach's interGreek
step competition.
The Miami competition
earned the Alpha Phi Alphas a
"five foot trophy and braggin'
rights for the year," fraternity
president Bobby Robertson
said, and it also brought about
the invitation to Virginia Beach.
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the fraternity competed against
three other historically black
fraternities and defeated their
national stepping champions.
"Stepping is basically the
combination of modern black
dances and precision of steps
derived from our African culture,"
Stepmaster Todd Wood, a
junior English major, said.
The history of step shows
traces back to African youths
performing rituals for their elders.
'Today's step shows originated
with these rythmic
dances. We formalized them
into modern dance steps,"
Robertson said.
Participants enjoyed competing,
political science senior Jezreel
Sweat said. "It was exciting
(and) very fun even though at
first we dealt with a lot of pressure
because we all wanted to
win," he said.
"I've been stepping for a year
now. I think it is good entertainment,"
Sweat said.
In all, six Alpha Phi Alpha
brothers participated in the
event In addition to Wood and
Sweat, the members included
engineering senior Marvin Robinson,
music senior Sterling
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I The infamous "freshman fifl|
teen," which refers to the weight
most students gain in their first
collegiate year, may be attributed
in part to the mandatory freshmen
meal plan.
Dr. Richard Wertz of Business
Affairs and Residential Life Services
said that the decision to
make meal plans mandatory for
freshmen was made five years ago.
"It was a university decision
made by Dr. James Holderman,
Student Affairs and Business Affairs,"
Wertz said.
One of the reasons for the decix*
sion, according to Wertz, was "to
promote the students getting to
know each other."
The minimum meal plan includes
ten meals per week. This
number was decided upon because
it was less than half the total number
of meals served in one week. ,
"It really seems to work," Wertz
said. "Parents really seem to appreciate
the meal plans."
Students' opinions of the mandatory
meal plan are mixed.
"We should be able to buy our
food from anywhere we want.
That would save money," freshman
pharmacy major Arnold Marchionne
said. "I live in Bates, and
we have to have at least fourteen
meals a week. That's a lot of meals
to eat on campus," he said.
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