New Positions!

Congrats to all! President: Angela Stobaugh Vice President: Erin Brioso Standards Chair: Alyssa Howe Communications Chair: Kelsey Beaumont Treasurer: Kelly Sheldon Social Chair: Bianca Bosse House Manager: Briana Angelo Recruitment Chair: Anna Erdman Alumni Chair: TJ Fisher Fundraising Chair: Mary Hortenstine Panhellenic Rep: Lauren La Porte New Sister Coordinator: TJ Fisher Historian: Kyra Wagner Webmaster: Suki Lanh Junior Social Chairs: Anna Erdman, Carleigh DeLuca Junior Recruitment Chairs: Mary Karangelen, Katelyn Ruppert PR Chair: Briana Angelo

Welcome Back!

NCM has started off the 2010-2011 school year with a schedule full of philanthropy events, community involvement, and, of course, partying.

TOMS

On Friday, August 27 NCM sold Toms shoes at the Office of Community Engagement's No Impact Week Eco Festival.

Help for the Homeless

Members of the 2010 pledge class got hands on in downtown Orlando by preparing food for homeless citizens on September 11.

Ronald McDonald House

Some sisters spent their Saturday morning making lunch for residents of the Ronald McDonald House near Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando.

Progressive Dinner

On Wednesday, September 15 Mayflower Hall participated in a safari-themed progressive dinner in which Rollins faculty and students ate and mingled their way across campus while learning about different residential organizations, including Kappa Delta, Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, NCM, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Chi Psi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Rollins Outdoor Club, X-Club, Pinehurst and the Sustainability house.

Red Light Green Light

Social Chair Angela Stobaugh planned NCM's annual Red Light Green Light party at Bliss in downtown Orlando.

Alumni Weekend

Last weekend was Rollins' alumni weekend. About thirty Non Compis Mentis alumni came! The current active sisters hosted a Tea and Tour open house on Saturday afternoon, which was a huge success. The alumni also bought us light blue NCM t-shirts that have a portion of Robert Frost's poem, 'The Road Less Traveled,' along with an illustration on the back. On Friday evening, we had a photo shoot with all the current sisters and the alumni that came, and then ordered Domino's for dinner, and went to Spatz, a local bar. On Sunday, there was a brunch at Dexter's. Overall, it was a fun weekend, and it was awesome to meet and reconnect with NCM alumni.

Lip Sync!

On Wednesday, March 24, members of the NCM 2010 pledge class, along with four older sisters, performed at the Rollins Lip Sync Competition. Although some girls decided to join Delta Zeta, everyone stuck together and appeared as a united front. Danielle Abbey, Nikki Crewe, Alexis Goolkasian, Danielle Gumina, Alyssa Howe, Sara McFadden, Rosie O'Meila, Morgan Williams, from the 2010 pledge class, along with Louisa Gibbs, Julie Katz, Sarah Maisano, and Ashley Schneider, worked hard for several weeks to put together this phenomenal performance. Unfortunately, Natalie McIntosh and Ashley Malans suffered last minute illnesses and were not able to perform.

The dance, choreographed by Sarah Maisano and Julie Katz, was centered around the theme "Bad." It included the songs "I Wanna Be Bad" by Willa Ford, "Bad Romance" by Lady GaGa, "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood, "Good Girls Go Bad" by Cobra Starship, and "Bad" by Michael Jackson. It was an energetic piece that ended with three cheerleading stunts and each flyer holding up a sign. The side flyers held signs that said "Who's" and "Bad" while the middle flyer held a sign that said "NCM & DZ."

Kappa Delta won the competition with the theme KD GaGa, X Club placed second, and Chi Omega (Pop Royalty) placed third.

Transition

During the 2009-2010 academic year, NCM explored the possibility of merging with a national sorority. After a very long, emotional process, everyone got what they wanted, pro-national sisters became Delta Zetas and pro-local sisters remained NCM.

On Sunday, March 21 the members of NCM who decided to join Delta Zeta were pinned as new members of DZ, ending their time as active NCM sisters.

This was also the date of NCM elections. New position holders:

President: Laura Hardwicke

Vice President: Kelsey Beaumont

Treasurer: Siobhan Philbin

Communications Chair: Kelly Sheldon

House Manager: Mollie Pollack

Recruitment Chair: Natalia Sanchez

New Member Coordinator: Julie Katz

Standards Chair: Louisa Gibbs

Social Chair: Angela Stobaugh

Public Relations Chair: Julie Katz

Panhellenic Representative: Alyssa Howe

Fundraising Chair: Nikki Crewe

Alumni Chair: Morgan Williams

Historian: Sara McFadden

Junior Recruitment Chairs: Nikki Crewe, Sara McFadden

Junior Social Chairs: Sabrina Boer-Jenkins, Alyssa Howe

NCM Blog

Hello all!

This is the blog for Non Compis Mentis. The idea of this blog is to having kind of an evolving record of the activities of the sorority, so future members can look back and see what NCM was like.

Here is a general overview of NCM: Non Compis Mentis was founded in 1970 and is the oldest local sorority in the Southern region of the United States. Known on the Rollins College campus as NCM, Non Compis Mentis strives to provide its sisters with an unconditional family environment, which promotes individuality and leadership through positively impacting the Rollins and surrounding communities. Together, the sisters of NCM support each other’s autonomy, allowing the sisters to mold their organization as they see fit while being a part of a fun social sisterhood.