Regional Board
Leo Savage, President
Deanne Hong, Secretary
Teri Lowe, Nevada Vice president
John Lu, NW California Vice president
Chrysanthe Siersbeck, SW California Vice president
Houman Akbari, NE California Vice president
August Williams, SE California Vice president
Advisory Board
Charlie Klein, Regional Coordinator
Jo Anna Birdsall, Regional Advisor
Sal Adotta, Alumni Advisor
Paul Roscelli, Alumni Advisor
Alumni Board
Sheila Burson
Jesse Lyn
Phi Theta Kappa
Nevada/California Regional Convention
Honors in Action:
The Democratization of Information
Foster City, California
March 4-6, 2011
Hosted by
Beta Theta OmicronBeta Zeta Nu
Skyline CollegeCañada College
PROGRAM
Friday, March 4
2:00 -5:30 pmRegistration
Enter the contests
2:00 - 3:00Board MeetingBayview
3:00 - 4:30Officer Candidates MeetingBayview
4:30 - 5:15General Session IMarco Polo
6:15 - 7:15Dinner
7:30 - 10:00General Session II: Barb Murray
Comedy Sportz
10:15 - 11:15Candidate Meet & Greet
Saturday, March 5
7:00 - 9:00 amBreakfast on your own
8:00 - 9:00 amRegistration
Enter the contests
9:00 -10:30General Session IIIMarco Polo
Officer Candidate Caucus (Q & A)
10:45 - 11:45Breakout Session Round #1
12:00 - 1:30 pmLunch
1:30 - 2:00Voting for Regional OfficersYale
2:00 - 3:00General Session IV: Victor Cocchia
3:00 - 3:30District meetings
3:30 - 4:30Breakout Session Round #2
4:30Pick up art & yearbooksYale
6:00 - 7:15Dinner. Business attire.
7:30-midnightAwards Presentation
Installation of new officers
Dance. DJ Ashley Good
(2010 Guistwhite Scholar
currently at Stanford)
Sunday, March 6
8:30 -9:30 AMBoard BreakfastStanford
Nutritional Information for One Serving*Nutrient / Cooked enriched white rice
0.5 cup / French fries small, salted
(McD’s)
2 oz
Energy / 103 / 224 / kcal
Protein / 2.1 / 2.7 / g
Carbohydrate / 22.3 / 27.7 / g
Total lipid (fat) / 0.22 / 11.45 / g
Fatty acids, saturated / 0.06 / 1.48 / g
Fatty acids, monounsaturated / 0.07 / 5.54 / g
Fatty acids, polyunsaturated / 0.06 / 3.31 / g
Fiber / 0.3 / 3 / g
Sugars / 0.04 / 0.14 / g
Calcium / 8 / 12 / mg
Iron / 0.95 / 0.61 / mg
Magnesium / 9 / 23 / mg
Phosphorus / 34 / 94 / mg
Potassium, / 28 / 398 / mg
Sodium / 1 / 161 / mg
Zinc / 0.39 / 0.31 / mg
Copper / 0.56 / 0.08 / mg
Manganese, / 0.37 / 0.16 / mg
Vitamin C / 0 / 5.2 / mg
Thiamin / 0.13 / 0.23 / mg
Riboflavin / 0.01 / 0.03 / mg
Niacin / 1.17 / 1.96 / mg
Vitamin B-6 / 0.07 / 0.37 / mg
Folic acid / 46 / 43 / mcg
*USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, 2010.
Oryza sativa Triviology
R
ice has been cultivated for over 5,000 years.Rice is the main dietary staple for more than half of the world’s population. More than 1 billion people throughout the world are actively involved in growing rice. 50% of all the world’s rice is eaten within 8 miles of where it is grown.
I
t was introduced into the U.S. (Carolinas) from Madagascarin the 1680s. Half the U.S. rice production is exported. The U.S. produces >2% of the world’s rice in:
- Arkansas, 46%
- California, 17.7%
- Louisiana, 13.8 %
- Mississippi, 6.9%
- Missouri, 6.5%
- Texas, 5.3%
onsumption worldwide has increased annually over the past decade. Americans eat a little more than 24 pounds of rice per person each year. Asians eat as much as 300 pounds per person each year, while in the United Arab Emirates it is about 450 pounds, and in France about 10 pounds.
E
ach ton of rice requires 2,000 to 5,000 tons of water to produce. Rice is the highest yielding cereal grain and can grow in many kinds of environments and soils, which is why it is grown on all continents except Antarctica.
Breakouts
Breakout Session Round #1. 10:45 - 11:45a.m.
A.Five Star Chapter DevelopmentPrinceton
Barb Murray, Headquarters
B.Phi Theta Kappa 101 (overview of everything) Yale
August and Chrysti
C.Getting Members Involved (Pinnacle)Stanford
Teri and Houman
D. Alumni meeting & electionsBayview
E.AdvisorsExecutive Club
Breakout Session Round #2. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
F.HIA Program (Hallmark Awards) Princeton
Barb Murray, Headquarters
G.Interactive MY.PTK.ORGYale
Teri and Chrysti
H.Regional ProjectsExecutive Club
Deanna and Houman
I.Alumni: Life After Phi Theta KappaBayview
J.AdvisorsMarco Polo
Victor Cocchia, the consummate entrepreneur founded the Liberty & Freedom Foundation (LFF), after spending nearly 16 years in the private sector. His current venture, AMCS has worked to help mining companies recover valuable tax dollars via implementation of its proprietary tax strategy. From its inception six years ago, AMCS has garnered more than $100 million tax free dollars for their clients. This money is needed in these times of economic strife, especially within the mining industry.
Cocchia gained the tenacity he demonstrates in the business and political world through his educational experience. Starting at a Community College rather than going to a four-year University, he gained vital experience, and the mentorships he was able to receive, along with the motivated he received as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa organization pushed him to the heights of education, eventually leading him to earn an Ivy League Degree.
After successfully establishing AMCS Cocchia saw that there was a new need that would take him to different heights. Unsatisfied with the direction of the country he knew that the time to act was now. He founded the LFF in order to affect change in America. Never one to avoid a challenge, the now Columbia educated Cocchia, in coordination with the other principles in the LFF, devised the platform needed to take voters in other regions and have them become invaluable conduits of change in districts far away from their homes. By devising the presidential style political strategy for use in an off-year election, Cocchia believes that a new model will be in place for future races.
Politically active across the Country he started in the New York area where he was fundamental in reviving the Conservative movement at Columbia University, culminating in a speech given with Attorney General John Ashcroft. Since then he has appeared on stage with numerous political luminaries, and is nearing completion on a book about today's political situation in America.
Honors in Action
Feeding the World donating rice to the
U.N. World Food Programme.
2011 rice goes to Haiti.
Results / Grains
Contest winner
Alpha Omega Alpha / 22460
Total donated by NvCa / 83480
The World Food Crisis*
Global food production increased 150% since 1960 because of technological advances including fertilizers and pesticides and fishing fleets with GPS and sonar. Nevertheless, one-third of the human population is undernourished. 925 million people, 13% of world population, did not get adequate nourishment in 2010. Another 1.2 billion people consumed enough calories and protein but insufficient vitamins and minerals. Hunger is greatest in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, however, 15% of U.S. households do not have reliable access to food. There are two types of malnourishment: kwashiorkor, insufficient intake of protein, and marasmus, insufficient intake of protein and calories. In reality, these are extremes and most malnourished individuals show symptoms of both. Malnutrition often leads to mental and physical retardation. Children who survive to adulthood remain impaired and are likely to perpetuate the cycle of poverty and hunger. Living with chronic hunger and malnutrition is called food insecurity.
Currently, the world produces enough food to feed everyone. However, millions remain undernourished because distribution requires energy, money, and political stability. Moreover, this production level may not be sustainable because climatic variations, natural disasters, and human intervention are constantly changing land and water.
The challenge is providing food security for the current population and 80 million more people annually while protecting the soil and water upon which food production depends. Scientists are making the tools for a new “Greener Revolution.” Texas researchers have developed a nontoxic cottonseed, which allows cotton plants to be used for fiber, oil, and protein. Polycultures that alternate crops with nitrogen-fixing soybeans reduce the need for fertilizer and pesticides. Using agricultural waste for animals and biofuels leaves grains for human food. More water-efficient irrigation technologies and using recycled water allows agriculture in drought prone areas. Raising plant-eating fish in freshwater ponds protects oceans and provides nutritional protein. Foods fortified with vitamins and minerals can combat some of the world’s most common nutritional disorders.
Providing a sustainable food supply will require a variety of policies and actions that promote economic development, apply sound ecological principles to manage resources, and biotechnology to develop drought-resistant crops and pest controls.
*Beta Theta Omicron. 2010. “The World Food Crisis: A Paradox of Success.”
Name______
Rice grains? ______
Contest 2: The Hole
Name______
Rice grains? ______
Contest 3: The Flask
Name______
Rice grains? ______
Candidates statements????
There are 7200 grains in 1 cup of rice.
Three contests
How many grains of rice
in each vessel?
You can enter each one, once. Winners will be closest to the actual count without going over. Blind drawing will break ties.
Winners will be announced in the General Sessions.