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The stamina which enabled Beta Omega to find boarders and to keep the chapter going when it thought that only two girls would be making up the entire group, and the independence of spirit which has characterized the chapter from the start, can be seen today.
==Highlights of the 1980s==
During the 1980’s Beta Omega celebrated milestone anniversaries, continued to bring in outstanding pledge classes, sponsored and participated in a variety of philanthropies and excelled in the various Greek events.
Their Rush themes included the likes of: Open House-blue dresses with white sashes, Tours-Kappa Paint Factory, Kamp Kappa Gamma where they embraced a forest theme and Preference generally had a fairy-tale theme with twinkling white lights. On Bid Day, they would welcome their members with a BBQ or other sisterhood activity. Near the end of the ‘80s they consistently had pledge classes over 40 members.
Philanthropy events consisted of visiting convalescent homes and working with children at an underprivileged day care. In 1989, they teamed up with Sigma Phi Epsilon at Oregon State to create a bike race from Eugene to Corvallis. It was a huge success and the funds were raised for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Beta Omega celebrated their 75th Anniversary in 1988 (check to see if this was actually 1987, since the report covered both 1987 and 1988) and their semi-formal chapter dance was in honor of the anniversary. Also in 1988, the chapter won for the second year in a row “Serenade,” the song and dance competition held during Greek Week. In 1989 the chapter was recognized as the “Most Outstanding Sorority on Campus” and won Greek Days of Giving.
The chapter wrapped up the ‘80s with a public relations chapter goal of “Less of Me, More of We, We All Work for KKG.” There were several sisterhood events and activities with other sororities which helped to promote the Kappa name in a positive way. The chapter also embarked on raising Kappas GPA in 1988 and in 1989 their chapter goal was “Save Our Scholarship.”
==Highlights of the 1990s==
Beta Omega kicked off the ‘90s by hosting Pi Province meeting in 1991, where they were awarded the Membership Award. They also had success in events such as Sigma Chi Derby Days and Greek Week Air Band competition.
The ‘90s also created challenges for the chapter. Budget cuts and increased tuition had a significant impact on membership. Some members were forced to leave school and quota numbers significantly decreased. Beta Omega had fall pledge class sizes ranging from 18–32. They participated in COB during the winter for the first time in chapter history and often participated in spring Initiation. This helped the chapter maintain numbers and weather the storm of decreased enrollment.
Chapter leadership continued to have the members focus on scholarship and for a few years included member safety. Their efforts were rewarded with improved chapter GPA that allowed the chapter to have the 2nd highest GPA one term and the new member class had the highest GPA in 1999. In addition to academics and safety, the chapter focused on Greek relations and attendance at Kappa events. They created clever methods to encourage attendance and it paid off.
Philanthropy was a major focus of Beta Omega. The bike race to OSU continued for several years and funds were donated to United Way. They also began their Kappa 5K Run which proceeds were donated to Women’s Space, an organization that supported battered women. In addition to these events, the chapter supported a local soup kitchen and annual Halloween activities for children at Pearl Buck.
The Beta Omega House Board continued to keep the house updated with improvements to the foyer, chapter room, new furnishings and converting the pit to a study room. Dads’ weekend in the fall consisted of tailgates, breakfasts and skits. Mom’s weekend consisted of brunches, hikes and when needed an auction. Members enjoyed the annual Christmas party and in the mid-nineties, they welcomed a new cook and house director.
==Highlights of the 2000s==
The first decade of the new century was filled with lots of new and traditional activities. Moms’ and Dads’ weekends continued to be a tradition for the chapter along with the Christmas party at the end of the fall term.
In 2000, the chapter opted to go “Select 2000.” The purpose of this program was to improve living conditions of fraternities. The chapter embraced the program by focusing on classier themes and behavior.
Beta Omega continued to do well academically and they experienced more robust numbers during Recruitment. Early in the 2000s, the chapter was still participating in winter COB and spring recruitment, but by the fall of 2008 they pledged 55 new members!
The chapter included Reading Is Fundamental in their philanthropy efforts by holding fundraisers and book drives. Pearl Buck and the Kappa 5K Race for Women’s Space continued to be popular philanthropy events and in 2009 they held the Kappa Retro Dodgeball Tournament. They also supported other Greek organizations’ philanthropies and were Sigma Chi Derby Day champs four years in a row!
Sisterhood was a focus for the chapter and a highlight was participating in the all-Greek ski trip weekend to Whistler, B.C. Members who went enjoyed the opportunity to get to know their sisters.
==Highlights of 2011==
'''Chapter:''' Within the chapter we are starting to focus on things we can improve on. We have a plan to remodel the kitchen, expanding the dining room in the process. It it set to take place over the summer of 2011 and be done before that Fall term. We also received comcast T.V. in the Krib to allow more girls to watch the shows they want when the television in the living room is taken.
One challenge that we had to face in the Fall term of 2010 was the fact that not everyone could cram into the dining room for chapter. This was due to the increasingly large pledge class sizes. We overcame this challenge by making arrangements with the University of Oregon to use a lecture size classroom a few blocks away. It has worked very well! We now have our own personal space, we can see the officers better, and we don't get overheated and restless. Also due to the large number of girls the kitchen was no longer able to accommodate us for formal dinners. They didn’t have enough space to store all the food in the tiny kitchen. We adjusted and now we have normal dinner before chapter. Another issue was keeping everyone motivated to stay involved. Some girls didn’t feel like showing up to chapter or participating in events. We are starting to overcome this challenge by creating positive incentives to attend things, such as games, candy or other prizes. It has helped immensely and the negativity in the house has subsided.
==Highlights of 2012==