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His initials were W.O.W and teammates and foes alike would say "Wow" when he threw a ball from his catcher position during intramural 12-inch softball.
Who was William "Bill" Oliver Waggener?
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Northwestern's Commencement speaker in 1983
Who was Desmond Tutu?
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A staple on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption," his younger brother was a Naval ROTC midshipman with David Lee, Marshall Snow and David Nathan
Who is Michael Wilbon?
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This Beatle was gunned down in New York in the fall of 1980
Who was John Lennon?
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This little sister met her husband at Kappa Sigma soon after beginning her freshman year
Who is Sandy Shamaskin Friedman?
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The five brothers from the Class of 1982 who became physicians
Who are Al Anderson, Bill Brander, Bill Kormany, Dave Murray and Kevin Ziffra?
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Northwestern beat this team in the fall of 1982 to break the longest NCAA Division 1 football losing streak of all time
What was Northern Illinois University?
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She played Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld"
Who is Julia Louis-Dreyfus?
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The "Miracle on Ice," when the U.S. Olympic hockey team famously won the gold medal in 1980, was played in this remote village in the northeastern United States.
What is Lake Placid, New York?
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Kappa Sigma's beloved cook during the early 1980s, she spent as much time in the Kave as the kitchen
Who is Eloise?
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This fraternity now resides at 2251 Sheridan Drive, the former home of Northwestern's Kappa Sigma
What is Zeta Beta Tau (aka ZBT, Zion Bank & Trust and Zillions Billions and Trillions)?
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This Northwestern alumnus and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate taught a political science class at NU in the spring of 1982
Who was South Dakota Sen. George McGovern?
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This 1979 NU alumnus is serving a 14-year sentence for corruption and bribery stemming from his actions while serving as governor of Illinois
Who is Rod Blagojevich?
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She served as Chicago's first female mayor from 1979-83
Who was Jane Byrne?
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This little sister hails from the snack capital of the United States, where Snyder's pretzels and Utz potato chips are produced
Who is Cammie Schott?
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This sea creature surfaced with a flask in its mouth that had been thrown into a tank by a brother during a Kappa Sigma formal at Shedd Aquarium that prompted NU trustees to expel the fraternity in 2003
What is a beluga whale?
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He served as Northwestern's president from 1970 to 1984 and was known to enjoy a drink before, during and after dinner.
Who was Robert Strotz?
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In 2005, as a member of the Sacramento Bee, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his deeply researched editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley that stirred action.
Who is Tom Philp?
400
The top-rated show on TV in 1980-81 and 1981-82
What was "Dallas"?
400
This friend of Kappa Sigma and the pride of St. Joseph, Michigan, ran track at Northwestern
Who is Michelle Priefer?
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The Northwestern tennis team's No. 1 singles player in the early 1980s, he was once told to "mellow out" by a brother during a notable confrontation.
Who is Paul Wei?
500
This Northwestern alumnus and former M*A*S*H star served as the grand marshal at Homecoming in 1980, and purportedly made inappropriate "advances" toward a Kappa Sigma little sister
Who was McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col. Henry Blake)?
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A former Northwestern quarterback, he spent time with the New England Patriots during the 1983 and '84 seasons.
Who is Mike Kerrigan?
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He won nearly 7 percent of the popular vote running as an independent in the 1980 presidential election
Who was Illinois congressman John Anderson?
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This little sister frequently engaged in very public disagreements at the house with her boyfriend, a brother whose nickname was to "the power of two"
Who is Linda Carroll (and Al Anderson aka A squared)?
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