From Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest. Available Now!

*Northwestern Wildcats*

Take a walk around this school by the lake and
you will encounter a Rock.
Wildcats go east of the courtyard between Harris and University Hall many steps after marching through the arch
to mark this boulder with Northwestern Stripes and Purple Pride for sakes of spreading far the fair name of the university, fraternity, individuality, commonality, and most of all—
Expression.

150 Years of Brotherhood

9-11-01
United We Stand

NCDC
Artsfest
Morris
May 1, 1-4PM

ONE
Northwestern

NUii

DCP
Dead City Productions

85 Broads

Wild Roots

The
Flipside

ISO

Happy
January 18th!

Hit ’Em Low!

Young Life

CI
SA

ΑΔΦ
1832

Purple Crayon Players

Cardiac Cats

Manifested Parts of Beauty

InNUvation

This We Believe

Graffiti Dancers

Steam Heat

House on The Rock

Peace in Purple

Lift Chicago

Unite for Sight

Autism Speaks
U

Expect Victory

♫
The Miracle Wonder Drug

Harmony in Spirit

1902

Rainbow Alliance

Waa-Mu
Flying Home
May 3-12

ΣΑΕ

DAVE ♥KELLI
6-23-07

I Am Northwestern

We Are Northwestern
&
This is the Platform for our Primal Scream.

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From Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest. Available Now!

*SIUE*

At Edwardsville, you get the activity of Illinois,
With the safety and scenery of Missouri,
This SIU campus is our love and joy.

In the Lovejoy library you may spot a Cougar,
These Cougars will grow old & leave—but they never lose their spots,
The Red & White keeps building like Cougar Baja.

Inside Peck Hall you may discover the Bio Club,
Whispering about the creatures in the St. Louis Zoo,
A trip held near and dear like a bear holds its cub.

In Dunham Hall you’ll see an imperial dancer,
Dancing with a partner in a grace that’s developed,
But their melodious love is a sweetening enhancer.

There are advancers of political science:
The Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha,
Who challenge uncivil practice with a willful defiance.

The Breakers are in the Morris Center with their B-Boy stance,
As Cougars walk through Center Court with their trays of nachos,
They set down their food to stay & clap their hands.

There’s a trio of juniors camped at Cougar Lake,
Discussing homecoming, their hometowns, and next weekend,
With the breeze off the waters their pores softly take.

Circle K often occupies Circle Drive,
With colors from many nations going around:
A circle where every heritage is welcome inside.

In Cougar Village there’s a game being played of Assassin,
And like the most defensive player in the game:
Over time, these bonding memories—will stay in.

Though games of solitude are playful and fun,
Like the Soccer Championship of ’79:
It is through teamwork that our credits are won.

At SIU, Cougars make everyone better,
Like a group project turned in before midnight:
The SIU Cougars work together.

Illinois and Missouri have come together in the E,
&
Through teamwork—the Cougars always get the W,
Then celebrate the SIU union of We.

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*Western Illinois*

A Tri Sigma sophomore is in Waggoner Hall, sitting in Biology class…
As the professor lectures on the biogeochemical processes of ecosystems and the
communication of nerve cells, you’d think her chin would rest attentively on her fist
like “The Thinker…”
Instead her head tilts with her cheek in her palm,
In college, this is known as
“The Drinker.”
She is not a marble of deep thought, but is still hung-over at the thought
of how much alcohol the human body can consume.
Alas,
Tonight it’s Thirsty Thursday,
And she cannot wait to conduct another
Experiment.
Because after her sorority benefits thousands of children through the
Robbie Page Memorial, and
She and the Sigmas cram to ace another major exam,
It’s off to the beer garden on Campbell for a
Change of Pace,
&
As far as Adams Street—
it’s
Off to the Race…
To show that when it comes to the best
Midwest Parties:
Adams in Western Illinois
Is the place.

Like the contestants of the Mr. Greek University Pageant,
She and her sisters are more than Pretty Faces,
They’re purple violets that shed kindness with mild showers,
Then at night they storm the bars like wild flowers.

In lab she sits still as a
Stone deflated,
Her peers cannot observe it, but in fact:
She’s elated—
To be wearing a purple t-shirt reading Σ Σ Σ,
And to be in this Western family
Where every color
Is Related.

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