Sister of the Week: Margo Slaff

This week's Sister of the Week is Margo Slaff, SK's Executive Vice President. She's a junior Physics major from Santa Barbara, CA with a concentration in Business and Technology. In SK, she's also held the positions of co-Philanthropy chair, Vice President of Scholarship, and she's a member the SPF (Super Pale and Fine) lineage, though she says they let her in despite her California girl tan. Outside of SK, she is a tour guide with Kite and Key, the business manager of the stand-up comedy group Simply Chaos, and a babysitter for two local families.

(1) So what's your favorite duty as Vice President?
I love everything about working with our amazing executive council on everything SK!

(2) What's the most challenging part of your job?
The most challenging aspect is balancing the different goals and opinions of all 180 girls in the chapter.

(3) You're involved with Simply Chaos. Tell us a joke?
I'm just the business manager. I don't tell jokes!

(4) We hear you're really close with your lineage. What is one of your favorite memories with them?
For reveal this year, my big big big and big big came back from their real lives to help us celebrate our littlest! It was great getting six generations of the lin together again!

(5) What are your plans for the summer?
This summer, I'll be working as an intern at an engineering firm in Los Angeles and enjoying being back in sunny California!

(6) What would you say makes you a Sigma Kappa?
I love how I can be a nerd, a beach bum, a girlie girl (I love getting my nails done at the Nail Bar!) and VP of SK all in one and still somehow perfectly fit into this amazing group of girls!

Avery, Sarah, and Margo at winter formal of their Sophomore year.

Margo and her lineage at Wing Bowl, SK's spring philanthropy event.

Margo and Katey ziplining in Puerto Rico over Spring Break.

Margo and her big, Sarah, at a Corey Smith concert.

Margo and Sophia, SK's president, celebrating Bid Night and their first official night as Pres and EVP.

Wing Bowl is TODAY!

Come to the Second Annual Sigma Kappa Wing Bowl today on Qdoba field at 5:00! And you could have a tank with THIS amazing logo on it forever:

Support the Maine Seacoast Mission and enjoy this beautiful spring day!

Welcome Home, Baby Doves!

Welcome to Sigma Kappa, Pledge Class '12! We love you and we could not be more excited to have such an unbelievable class of beautiful, smart, involved, and fascinating women! WELCOME HOME!

Good Luck to the SK Cheerleaders!

Good luck to our SK Cheerleaders (Maggie, Maria, Jillian, Caitlin, and Sarah) who are heading down to Disney World in Orlando for UCA Nationals this weekend! Cheer your butts off and say hi to Minnie for us!

Sister of the Week: Margot Konig

 The first Sister of the Week of the new semester is sophomore Margot Konig! She's an Economics major and Consumer Psych minor from Dallas, TX. In SK, she's part of the "Doless" Lineage and is the External Social Chair. On campus, she's a member of the Quaker Girls Dance Team, City Step, and The WALK Magazine. On top of that, she's also a peer advisor! We asked Margot a few questions:

(1) So you're on the Quaker Girls Dance Team! What's your favorite move?
Whipping ma hurr back and forth (when I had longer hair).

(2) Tell us a funny Quaker Girls story:
When we had our final dinner at Marrakesh, the belly dancers came around to dance for us and we surprised them when we all got up to dance with them.

(3) What's the best part about dancing at basketball halftime shows?
Free tickets to the basketball games!

(4) You're SK's new External Social Chair! What are some crazy party themes you think would be fun?
Librarians and barbarians. It's gonna happen.

(5) Mixers or date parties?
MIXERS.

(6) What would you say makes you a Sigma Kappa?
I love to have fun and hang out with my sisters. I love meeting new people and learning from all of the unique girls in SK.

Margot at last year's date party with Megan, Sarah, Kate, and Maggie.

Margot, Mae, and Kayla-- Pledge Class '11 love!

Margot with her "Doless" lineage at last year's formal-- Jules, Natalie and Hannah!

SK Abroad: Avery Franzblau

Hi everyone!

I'm Avery Franzblau, a junior math major. I'm in London for the semester with one of my best friends in SK, Kate Onorato, whom I also live with at Penn. So far, it has truly been the most amazing semester! It seems that in the UK, people don't really attend school... and the classes are easier than at Penn. This has left Kate and I with tons of time to travel. We have been all over Europe, and we see our Sigma Kappa sisters wherever we go. So far, the best experience I've had here was Oktoberfest, which is basically the adult version of Disney World. The pretzels really rivaled the ones at Wawa. In a few weeks, I'm going to Monte Carlo with my SK Sisters Kate, Sarah and Becky for a few days of glitz and glamour that might just top Oktoberfest!

At first I was disappointed to learn that I would be turning 21 in the UK. Luckily, my birthday happens to coincide perfectly with this year's Thanksgiving break, and another one of my good friends and housemates in SK, Megan, is flying all the way to London to celebrate. I'm counting down the days until we all get to explore this awesome city together.

[Blog editor note: Their other housemate Maggie (aka me) also really misses Avery & co. and can't wait for them to be back on this continent!]

Becky, Kate, Sarah, and I at Oktoberfest!

Kate and I with our brand new vespa :-)

Kate, Becky, our friend Henry, and myself the Ice Bar/Restaurant in London!

On our way to a "football" game!

Touring Greece with Becky and Kate!

SKs on stage

Check out these upcoming shows featuring some of Sigma Kappa's most talented performers! Come out and support them with the rest of our chapter!

Sophomore Teri Wilson's group The Penny Loafers have their show this Friday and Saturday in Harrison at 8PM.

Teri belting out a solo, front and center.

The Penny Loafers' fall flyer.

Sophomore Ava Driscoll and junior Liz Slivjak will be performing the Penn Singers performance of Children of Eden. Ava's unicorn costume is apparently pretty legit. The show will be the 17th, 18th and 19th at the Iron Gate Theatre.

Liz and Ava on Halloween!

The Children of Eden fall flyer.

Be sure to check out these shows! We'll all be there, so come join us in cheering on our girls!