Paulette Holland Crowned Kappa Karnival Queen
Paulette Holland, a sophomore from Taylorville, Ill., majoring in special education, was crowned queen of the Kappa Alpha Psi social fraternity.
Herb Kent, a disc jockey from Chicago, performed the crowning ceremony before a group of about 3,000 people at the National Guard Armory at Oakland and Sycamore.
In keeping with the theme, "Kappas in the Kongo," the SIU chapter membera wore outfitted in African robes and headdresses.
The chapter plans to donate all money collected as votes for the queen candidates to the Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund. Fifteen percent of the Karnival proceeds will he contributed to the local chapter of the American Red Cross.