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Emerald of Sigma Pi Fraternity

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EMERALD

PUBLISHED SINCE 1911

VOLUME 90, NUMBER 4 • FALL 2005

Dear Brothers:

EDITORIAL STAFF

You should have been there. You really, really should have been there. For all of you who thought you had something better to do than attend Sigma Pi University at Vanderbilt University in Nashville this past July, you really missed out. Over 300 brothers from all around North America listened, learned and interacted with each other in that spirit of brotherhood we call “a fellowship of kindred minds.” It was a sensational event at a sensational university in a sensational city. I even enjoyed, in a perverse way, looking like a fool and onehopping the first pitch to home plate at the Nashville Sounds baseball game. But I was especially proud of Christian Miele, a graduate of Towson University and former member of our Executive Office staff, who received the NorthAmerican Interfraternity Council Award of Distinction. This award is given to only five fraternity men each year, and Christian’s recognition by the NIC was both well-deserved and emblematic of what we “wholly hope to be.” We all owe a great debt of gratitude to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation for sponsoring and funding SPU and other educational programs, and people like Christian are proof of these program’s success. However, Sigma Pi University is just one of many things that sets us apart from the herd. Let me tell you about a few others. At SPU, the Educational Foundation rolled out the new Delta Society “All In” campaign, designed to encourage undergraduates to contribute to Sigma Pi in order that they may develop the habit of giving while still in school. We also introduced the Tribute to a Brother program, created to let alumni recognize and remember a brother who was special to them through financial support of the Educational Foundation in that brother’s honor. Tom Moore, Chairman of the Educational Foundation, has more on these programs in his upside-down column at the end of this issue. Sigma Pi also launched the new AWARE alcohol education program. The acronym stands for Alcohol Workshop and Resource Education, and it is a program dealing with the effects of alcohol and the prevention of alcohol-related deaths. The contributors to the program are Sigma Pi lawyers, judges, police officers and doctors who are giving of their time and expertise to help our members understand the full effects and consequences of alcohol abuse. It is our duty to get this message to our brothers in order to avoid the damage that alcohol abuse can cause, and only if our people are aware of this drug’s effects, can they make good decisions concerning its use. In conjunction with the AWARE program, we remain integrally involved with the SAM Spady Foundation, a not-for-profit organization created in the wake of tragedy to make young people recognize and understand the symptoms of alcohol poisoning so that lives can be saved. Executive Director Mark Briscoe is a member of the Board of Directors, and represents Sigma Pi well in this worthwhile endeavor. Further, we have introduced the “Ace of Spades” card, a wallet-sized laminated card on which is printed the symptoms of alcohol poisoning. These cost three and a half cents to make and we sell them for a nickel, with the difference going to the SAM Spady Foundation as a charitable contribution. Why don’t you buy a thousand for $50.00 and distribute them to friends, family and others who could benefit from carrying them? Go to www.sigmapi.org to place your order. You’ve heard me mention the ACE Project many times, but it is such a good program that I must mention it again. Last year nearly one hundred of our groups performed a philanthropic service for their host universities, and no other Greek organization is doing similar events. Our ACE Project puts us at the forefront in terms of public service to our chapters’ and colonies’ host institutions. I could go on and on about what makes Sigma Pi Fraternity the best Greek organization anywhere, but I can’t fit everything that makes us special in the limited space of this column. Let it be enough to say that Sigma Pi constantly strives to make a difference in the lives of our members and those they touch. If, as Benjamin Franklin noted, the secret of success is consistency of purpose, then we are on the right track. We are consistent in our efforts to better the lives and character of our brothers, and we are succeeding. Fraternally,

John D. Kitch Grand Sage

Brian C. Alley (Α, Vincennes ’03) Managing Editor Mark S. Briscoe (ΑΠ, Arkansas ’82) Business Manager VOLUNTEER STAFF Adam Shores (ΔΨ, Troy ’98), Chairman Chris Munschek (ΒΝ, S.Ill.-Carbondale ’97) Larry Rovira (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton ’85) Jeffrey Seay (ΗΕ, Florida State ’91) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS George Hakim (ΓΑ, Detriot - Mercy ’78) Larry Rovira (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton ’85) Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, on February 26, 1897. Sigma Pi has chartered more than 200 chapters in North America and has initiated more than 84,000 members since 1897. The founding fathers of the Fraternity are: Rolin Rosco James (1879 - 1953) William Raper Kennedy (1877 - 1944) James Thompson Kingsbury (1877 - 1950) George Martin Patterson (1877 - 1960) Emerald of Sigma Pi Fraternity (ISSN 1074-5289, USPS 011-013) has been published since 1911. Emerald is published quarterly by Sigma Pi Fraternity, P. O. Box 1897, Brentwood, Tennessee, and additional mailing ofﬁces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SIGMA PI FRATERNITY, P. O. Box 1897, Brentwood, TN 37024. MEMBERS: When making an address change, please send your full name and chapter with both the old and new address to the Executive Ofﬁce (see address below). Submission Deadlines: Spring December 10 Summer March 10 Fall May 10 Winter September 10 Submit Emerald news to: Sigma Pi Fraternity, Attention: Emerald P. O. Box 1897, Brentwood, TN 37204 Telephone: (615) 373-5728 Fax: (615) 373-8949 Email: emerald@sigmapi.org Website: www.sigmapi.org

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Miele Wins NIC Award of Distinction On April 13, Christian J. Miele (ΗΝ, Towson ’04) became the ﬁrst Sigma Pi to win the prestigious North-American Interfraternity Conference Award of Distinction. This award, presented annually by the NIC, is bestowed upon those men who have demonstrated overall leadership and excellence in the advancement of fraternity ideals. Miele is one of an elite group of six undergraduate men that were honored with this recognition for 2005. Brother Miele’s service and dedication to the Fraternity as an undergraduate was nothing short of praiseworthy. In his chapter, he held the ofﬁces of sage, second counselor, and herald, and was chairman of seven committees. In addition, he served as Eta-Nu Chapter’s delegate to the 46th and 47th Biennial Convocation of the Grand Chapter and was a member of the nominating committee for the latter. Miele attended the Midyear Leadership Conference in 2003 and is a two-time graduate of Sigma Pi University where he was part of the winning “Sigma Pi Jeopardy” team on both occasions. “There is so much more to Sigma Pi than what goes on in the chapter house,” Miele said. “SPU and Midyear give undergrads a more complete Fraternity experience. These events sharpen individual leadership skills, educate our brothers on the current programs and policies of Sigma Pi, and provide a forum for members to get involved on the international level. What I learned at SPU and Midyear inspired me to affect real change in my chapter.” Miele was a key player in transforming Eta-Nu. In 2001, he organized a fundraiser so that the

chapter could purchase a complete set of ritual equipment to ensure the proper performance of the Fraternity’s ceremonies. “To improve as a chapter, we were going to have to ﬁrst build a strong foundation and I believed the ritual would be the best place to start,” Miele said. “The Golden Quest can serve as a roadmap for brothers. If embraced and applied, it can shape the values, character, and attitude of our members and that has everything to do with how they will collectively perform.” Encouraging his brothers to live the ritual was a part of Miele’s plan that aimed to develop Eta-Nu Chapter through the renewal of classic fraternity ideals. Service was one of those fundamental principles put into practice. As ACE Project chairman last year, he organized the ﬁrst “Towson University Greek Unity Campus Cleanup,” which saw the participation of 155 volunteers from 15 NIC, NPC, and NPHC Greek organizations. This event coupled with a fundraiser for the university’s homecoming celebration won Eta-Nu Chapter the 2004 Best Overall ACE Project Award for Tier 2. In addition to his service to the chapter, Miele was an active member of the College Republicans and Towson University Homecoming Committee. He served as Interfraternity Council president in 2004 and executive vice president the preceding year. The IFC recognized him with its President of the Year award for his performance as chapter sage in 2003. “Christian was as deeply involved in his chapter and the Greek system as any one could be,” Dr. Debra Moriarty, Towson University vice president for

Rick Barnes presented Christian J. Miele the Award of Distinction on behalf of the North-American Interfraternity Conference at SPU in July

student affairs said. “I believe his dedication is exemplary.”

Grand Sage’s Award for the 200204 biennium.

As sage in 2003, Miele led his chapter to its fourth consecutive IFC Greek Week championship and first-ever IFC President’s Cup (awarded to the most outstanding fraternity on campus). At SPU that year, the Educational Foundation awarded him the Robert A. Falkenau Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate leadership. He was also instrumental in three of his chapter’s four straight Beyer-Fryburg Awards for perfect efficiency to the Executive Office. Miele’s crowning achievement led Eta-Nu Chapter to the coveted

Miele credits Sigma Pi for giving him the tools to be successful. “The Fraternity has had the most profound affect on my life. Through it, I’ve met some of the greatest people. Not only has it helped me grow and develop as a person, it has taught me to dream big. Any goal is within reach.” Rick Barnes, a member of the NIC Board of Directors, presented Miele the Award of Distinction at Sigma Pi University this past summer. The recipient was honored to accept it in front of his brothers.

2004-05 All Sigma Pi Collegiate Honors

2004-05 Initiates Goals Met

2004-05 Order of Omega Initiates

Jonathan Volta, Β, Indiana Gregory Hawkins, Φ, Illinois Nick Haskamp, ΒΓ, Eastern Illinois Tim Addante, ΒΓ, Eastern Illinois Dan Gantzer, ΒΓ, Eastern Illinois Eric Reese, ΒΚ, Arizona State Brian McNamara, ΒΚ, Arizona State Thomas Bricker, ΒΤ, Valparaiso Jack Bently, ΕΓ, Illinois Wesleyan Brent Haase, ΖΗ, Santa Clara Jordan Hubert, ΖΗ, Santa Clara Michael Rhoads, ΖΗ, Santa Clara Daniel Mack, ΖΤ, Northern Colorado Dan Learned, ΗΥ, California – Irvine Matt Maletich, ΘΡ, Grand Valley State Joshua Mathews, Jacksonville State Colony Matthew McRae, Jacksonville State Colony Charles Simmons, Jacksonville State Colony

Chapter, School, Goal/Actual Ζ, Ohio Northern, 12/13 Ι, California, 12/12 Ρ, North Carolina State, 12/13 ® Φ, Illinois, 12/12 ΑΔ, Auburn, 15/17 ΒΠ, Virginia, 19/20 ΓΙ, Worcester Polytech, 12/18 ® ΓΞ, West Virginia Tech, 12/13 ΔΑ, Central Michigan, 15/15 ΔΒ, Monmouth, 12/17 ΕΘ, Elon, 12/14 ΖΗ, Santa Clara, 24/30 ΖΜ, Michigan State, 26/30 ΖΝ, Villanova, 12/13 ΖΤ, Northern Colorado, 19/19 ΗΑ, Cal State – Sacramento, 13/21 ΗΗ, Bridgewater State, 12/30

Name Jonathan Adams Andrew Aitchison Mike Anderson Lucas Andert Michael Barbato Craig Dewey Rory Dineen Hunter Edwards Kevin Fahey Rami Fakhouri Garett Foley Brett Glatman Donald Griep AndyHammell Harlan Hendricks Donald Huskey John Ivancie

Chapter ΑΗ ΖΔ ΑΙ ΓΓ ΑΝ Μ ΑΝ ΑΝ ΑΝ ΑΗ Ζ ΗΝ ΔΙ ΑΡ ΑΝ ΓΓ ΗΥ

School William & Mary Colorado Missouri – Rolla Central Missouri State Wake Forest Cornell Wake Forest Wake Forest Wake Forest William & Mary Ohio Northern Towson Wisconsin – Platteville Southwest Missouri State Wake Forest Central Missouri State California – Irvine

ΗΚ, East Carolina, 12/12 ® ΗΥ, California – Irvine, 24/26 ΗΦ, Miami (OH), 29/29 ΗΨ, Clemson, 24, 24 ΗΩ, Johnson & Wales, 12/13 ® ΘΗ, Old Dominion, 17/19 ΘΝ, Houston, 22/22

Michael Jurka Josh Katcher Gregory Krane Johnathan Lowe Amit Mathur Cody McDevitt Jonathan Miller Brian Murray David Phillips Kevin Pons Brad Poronsky Melecio Rivera Rob Rogers Jonathan Runyon Nicholas Walters Eric Watton

Ι Μ ΓΙ ΓΓ ΖΔ ΖΔ ΗΝ ΔΒ Ζ ΗΩ ΓΘ ΑΝ ΑΙ ΕΛ Ζ ΒΟ

California Cornell Worcester Polytech Central Missouri State Colorado Colorado Towson Monmouth Ohio Northern Johnson & Wales Texas Wake Forest Missouri – Rolla Eastern Kentucky Ohio Northern Cal State – Long Beach

2004-05 Efﬁciency Points Iowa State Southwest Missouri State Cal State – Long Beach Wisconsin – Platteville Missouri – St. Louis Northern Colorado The College of New Jersey West Alabama

900 Club ΑΙ ΑΝ ΒΤ ΓΑ

Missouri – Rolla Wake Forest Valparaiso Detroit – Mercy

Beyer/Fryburg 1000 ΓΚ Indiana Tech ΖΟ Lawrence Tech ΗΝ Towson

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800 Club Σ ΑΡ ΒΟ ΔΙ ΔΖ ΖΤ ΘΔ ΘΓ

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4 H O N O R S AND AWARDS 2004-05 Campus Leaders

Scholarship recipients pose with Sigma Pi Educational Foundation Trustees

Sigma Pi collegiate honor recipients pose with Grand Second Councilor Larry Rovira during Sigma Pi University

Chapters that met their 2004-05 initiate goals received a free recruitment banner during Sigma Pi University

Name Gregory Hawkins Dustin House Jack Skinner Kyle Hewitt

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School Illinois Ohio Northern Ohio Northern Iowa State

Position Bronze Tablet Mortar Board Mortar Board Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Eta Sigma Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Eta Sigma IFC Vice President of External Affairs IFC Director for Programming IFC Associate Justice

David Carroll

Iowa State

Peter Vander Poel Matt Ashtiani Matt Vrable

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UCLA UCLA UCLA

Dranton Tsang Rob Rogers Mike Anderson Josh Prater Joe Hanneken Jay Gillis Mike Blowers Danny Vosbrink Jake Heithold Gavin Risley Gavin Risley Jay Gillis Jake Heithold Chris Malach Argeri Lagos Bernardo Diaz Momodou Jobe Mike Capobianco Eric Lyman John Thompson Ferron Dunham Robert Godina Eric Jolliff Keith Vogel Brad Poronsky Jeff Yeldezian Nick Whelan Jeff Leech Ryan Odom

Υ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΙ ΑΝ ΑΝ ΑΝ ΑΥ ΑΩ ΑΩ ΒΚ ΒΚ ΒΟ ΒΟ ΒΤ ΓΘ ΓΘ ΓΘ ΓΘ ΓΘ

UCLA IFC Director of Scholarship Missouri - Rolla Order of Omega Missouri - Rolla Blue Key Missouri - Rolla Sigma Gamma Epsilon Missouri - Rolla Missouri state-wide Alcohol Summit Missouri - Rolla Blue Key Honor Society Missouri - Rolla Phi Eta Sigma Missouri - Rolla Order of Omega Missouri - Rolla Blue Key Honor Society Missouri - Rolla Phi Eta Sigma Missouri - Rolla Chancellor’s Leadership Academy Missouri - Rolla Chi Epsilon Missouri - Rolla Materials Advantage Wake Forest President’s Aid Wake Forest President’s Aid Wake Forest President’s Aid Rhode Island Undergraduate Student Excellence San Diego State IFC Judicial Board San Diego State IFC Treasurer Arizona State IFC Vice President for Judicial Affairs Arizona State Student Body President Cal State - Long Beach Homecoming King Cal State - Long Beach Student Body Vice President Valparaiso IFC President Texas Order of Omega, Mortar Board Texas Mortar Board Texas Moorehill Academy Wrestling Champion Texas Camp Texas Counselor Texas Camp Texas Counselor

Harrison Smith Brad Drewek Kamal Rastogi Andrew Russell Zach Corr Christian Smelser James Cooper Tim Neu Eric Tritch Curtis Smith

ΔΖ ΕΕ ΕΡ ΕΡ ΕΡ ΕΦ ΕΦ ΖΕ ΖΜ ΖΜ

Missouri - St. Louis IFC Secretary Emporia State IFC Campus Leadership Award Drury University Student Government Association Drury University Mortar Board President Drury University Mortar Board Embry-Riddle (AZ) IFC President Embry-Riddle (AZ) IFC Secretary Michigan Tech Dean’s List Michigan State IFC Vice President of Finance Michigan State IFC Vice President of External Affairs

2004-05 Campus Leaders continued . . . Name Justin Turner Daniel Mack Ryan Anderson Stefan Sanborn Kevin Breslen Kyle Galante Brett Glatman Dan Learned William Forsythe Brandon Calderon Mark Meunier Mike Mineau Travis Maier Nick Shawver Jamie Parker Kaylan McDuff Danny Hyche

Chpt. ΖΜ ΖΤ ΖΤ ΗΑ ΗΝ ΗΝ ΗΝ ΗΥ ΗΦ ΗΦ ΗΦ ΗΦ ΗΦ ΗΦ ΘΓ ΘΓ ΘΓ

Nick Miller ΘΜ Nick Hollingsworth ΘΜ Jeremy Bloch Shaun Brodie Mardracus Russell Nathan Bryan Michael Miller

ΘΡ ΘΡ Col. Col. Col.

School Position Michigan State IFC Vice President of Recruitment Northern Colorado IFC Vice Pres. for Academic Affairs Northern Colorado IFC Director for Risk Management Cal State-Sacramento IFC Secretary Towson IFC Vice President of Programming Towson IFC Secretary Towson SGA Senator California - Irvine IFC President Miami (Ohio) ASG Student Body President Miami (Ohio) IFC Vice President of Recruitment Miami (Ohio) IFC Vice Pres. of Community Relations Miami (Ohio) IFC Conduct Board Miami (Ohio) Director of Relay for Life Miami (Ohio) April 2005 Greek Man of the Month West Alabama IFC President West Alabama SGA President West Alabama SGA President Mr. University of West Alabama Cal State - Chico IFC President Cal State - Chico IFC President 2004-05 Greek Man of the Year Grand Valley State IFC President Grand Valley State Law Society Vice President Jacksonville State SGA President Jacksonville State SGA Senator Jacksonville State SGA Senator

2004-05 Chapter Awards given by university Φ Illinois ΑΩ San Diego State - Gamma ΒΚ Arizona State

ΒΠ Virginia ΒΤ Valparaiso ΔΖ Missouri - St. Louis ΖΜ Michigan State

5th in GPA out of 45 Fraternities Award for Alcohol Awareness Greek Life Award – Alumni Affairs Greek Life Award – Community Involvement Greek Life Award – Pillars of Community Most Outstanding Intramural Chapter Most Outstanding Community Service Chapter 100% Retention Highest Male GPA Award Greek Week Champions

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Honorable Mention for Outstanding Traditional Program of the Year Best Event SAFB Award – Pig Roast IFC Highest GPA Award Miami (OH) All-Sports Champions Johnson & Wales Greek Week Champions West Alabama James P. Homer Award for Best Greek Organization (5th Consecutive Year!) Highest GPA Award Cal State - Chico Greek Week Champions

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6 NEWS FROM OUR Alabama Theta-Omicron Chapter Our chapter had a productive and fun summer. Our recruitment committee hit the road and visited our targeted areas. We have been concentrating on growing through our newer brothers, since they are the ones closest to perspective recruits. We held several recruiting events throughout the summer, which were all very successful. Our chapter also had a brotherhood

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we are planning on having a great fall semester with a large pledge class, and hopefully a winning football season for our university. David May, Herald • thetaomicron@sigmapi.org

Arizona Theta-Pi Chapter The 2005 spring semester was a huge success for our newly chartered Theta-Pi Chapter at the University of Arizona. With 39 men coming back for the fall, we wanted to achieve a

In athletics, the men of Sigma Pi have really proven themselves on campus with members involved in intramural sports like ultimate frisbee and softball, along with three of our members competing on the Varsity Club Men’s Volleyball Team where this year they won the National Championship at The National Varsity Club Volleyball Tournament held in Kansas City. Early in the semester, we volunteered our time to help an organization load trucks full of used books for their annual used book sale at the Tucson Mall. The day was filled with generous thanks from all who participated and the assistance we gave was greatly appreciated giving Sigma Pi’s volunteer work a great reputation. Most recently we completed our ACE Project that educated the entire university about sexual abuse and what to do if you feel as though you are a victim of sexual harassment or abuse and also simply to just inform the general university public about the dangers and consequences of sexual abuse. Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities offered their help as well with passing out fliers and getting the word out about sexual abuse and how to avoid situations where dangerous actions could happen. The whole day was a big success and we were able to distribute over 1,500 pamphlets and fliers about sexual abuse. Rick Michlig, Herald • thetapi@sigmapi.org

Arizona State Theta-Pi brothers Clay Carroll (’08), Casey Cutter (’07), & Vincente Cantua (’07) pose as the 2005 National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association Club Volleyball Champions representing the University of Arizona.

rafting trip on the Ocoee River. The water may have been chilly, but we all had a blast. Even the brothers who ﬁlliped their raft and the brother who got stranded on a rock managed to have fun. Our newly established chapter scholarship fund is continuing to grow. Our brothers’ families have been really generous, and we thank them for helping us get off on the right foot. Well with the summer behind us,

house of 50 men by the end of the semester. As of now we currently have 49 quality men - which we pride ourselves in. We were grateful to have Executive Director Mark Briscoe and Colony Development Consultant Greg Ritchie involved in one of the most important events in our lives and their presence simply assured us of what good things are coming our way in the future for the Theta-Pi Chapter at Arizona.

Beta-Kappa Chapter The brothers of Beta-Kappa chapter had a strong and prosperous end to the semester. We initiated eight great gentlemen, and have a head start on Fall Rush. We are looking forward to being ahead for the fall semester, and are working hard on having the largest fall pledge class. Greek Week went great; teamed up with Pi Phi, we won softball, and donated over 100 toys to the children’s hospital. Following Greek Week, our brothers volunteered for over 100 hours of community service to various organizations. Last but not least, we would like to wish our founding father president,

2004-05 Initiates July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 Chapter, School, #, Ranking ΑΥ, Rhode Island, 60, 1 ΘΠ, Arizona , 54, 2 ΖΖ, Florida, 50, 3 Τ, Wisconsin - Madison, 42, 4 ΘΡ, Grand Valley State, 41, 5 Β, Indiana, 35, 6 ΕΒ, Kentucky, 32, 7 ΖΜ, Michigan State, 30, 8 ΖΗ, Santa Clara, 30, 9 ΗΗ, Bridgewater State, 30, 10 ΗΦ, Miami (Ohio), 29, 11 ΒΚ, Arizona State, 29, 12 ΖΔ, Colorado, 28, 13 ΗΥ, California - Irvine, 26, 14 ΑΩ, San Diego State, 25, 15 ΗΨ, Clemson, 24, 16 ΘΒ, Saginaw Valley, 23, 17 ΘΝ, Houston, 22, 18 Υ, UCLA, 21, 19 ΗΑ, Cal State - Sacramento, 21, 20 ΕΛ, Eastern Kentucky, 21, 21 ΔΡ, Morehead State, 21, 22 ΑΝ, Wake Forest, 21, 23 ΒΠ, Virginia, 20, 24 ΖΤ, Northern Colorado, 19, 25 ΘΗ, Old Dominion, 19, 26 Α, Vincennes, 19, 27 ΓΙ, Worcester Polytech, 18, 28 Θ, Pennsylvania State, 17, 29 ΕΡ, Drury University, 17, 30 ΔΛ, Louisiana Tech, 17, 31 ΔΒ, Monmouth, 17, 32 ΑΔ, Auburn, 17, 33 Μ, Cornell, 16, 34 ΗΝ, Towson, 16, 35 ΑΗ, William & Mary, 16, 36 ΖΒ, Embry Riddle (FL), 15, 37 ΘΜ, Chico, 15, 38 ΕΚ, Southern Arkansas, 15, 39 ΔΑ, Central Michigan, 15, 40 Ω, Oregon State, 14, 41 ΘΙ, Penn State - Altoona, 14, 42 ΘΔ, College of New Jersey, 14, 43 ΓΘ, Texas, 14, 44 ΕΘ, Elon, 14, 45 ΔΖ, Missouri - Saint Louis, 14, 46 ΑΦ, Georgia, 14, 47 ΖΝ, Villanova , 13, 48 Ζ, Ohio Northern, 13, 49

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Ferron Dunham, luck in his career, as he graduated in May. Adam Velazco, Herald • betakapa@sigmapi.org

Cal State-Chico Theta-Mu Chapter In addition to our overall chapter accomplishments, Nick Hollingsworth, a valued member of our chapter, was elected IFC President. We now have someone in the position of IFC President two years in a row. Nick Hollingsworth also received the award of “Greek Man of the Year” at the end of Greek Week. Hoi Cheng, Herald • thetamu@sigmapi.org

Cal State-Dominguez Hills Eta-Iota Chapter It is now well into the fall semester and we welcome the Alpha-Eta pledge class to Sigma Pi as neophytes. These ﬁne gentlemen have gone through months of tedious work and hardship to build a foundation of trust and unity between themselves and the brothers of Eta-Iota. These promising individuals have proven they possess the ability and skills to proudly represent our Fraternity on and off the campus. By the fall semester, they will proudly walk the campus of Dominguez Hills wearing the letters symbolizing the ideals and beliefs for which we, and now they, stand for. In other news, the brothers met with a few of the alumni to discuss new plans for recruiting over the summer and fall semesters. As well as opportunities to give back to our community and get our name exposed as an organization that thrives through brotherhood and lives through philanthropy. Gilbert Hernandez, Herald • etaiota@sigmapi.org

Cal State-Long Beach Beta-Omicron Chapter Once again, big thanks goes out to all who attended and helped at the 50th anniversary. The event had a great turnout and was a wonderful success. Our ACE Project went extremely well during the spring semester and had the support of the entire Fraternity as well as all the sororities. It was a perfect way of showing how

Theta-Pi’s (Arizona) Executive Council pose at their chartering banquet in February

the Greek system can give back to the school.

Scoﬁeld Award for Most Outstanding Pledge.

This semester also contained our Parent’s Day. Many of the brothers’ parents showed up to take a tour of the house and meet the brothers. Each parent was extremely impressed by the chapter and what it had to offer their son.

Highlights for Eta-Rho included the fantastic efforts of Philanthropy Chairman Scott Campbell, who organized several successful events such as the 30 Hour Famine and Shave Your Lid for a Kid, a children’s hospital fundraiser.

Despite our devoted effort, we ended up winning runner up in Greek Week. But regardless of the loss, BetaOmicron won the Greek Spirit Award. This honor showed how much pride Sigma Pi’s at Cal State - Long Beach truly have.

The school year was also capped off with another trip to visit our brothers at EKU for the annual softball tournament. Formal was yet another success with great times had by the actives, alumni and their beautiful dates. Special thanks to Brother Haben Sahle for producing a spectacular video and Special Events Chairman Ralph Pinto for organizing such a successful event.

Ross McKee, Herald • betaomicron@sigmapi.org

Cal State-Sacramento Eta-Alpha Chapter During the spring semester EtaAlpha chapter was able to raise several hundred dollars for local charities thanks to Sorority Super Bowl. With the close of the semester came the completion of the ACE Project. Eta-Alpha chose to help the campus women’s center by handing out ﬂyers of men against rape. Jason Farrell, Herald • etaalpha@sigmapi.org

Carleton Eta-Rho Chapter The 2004-2005 year at Eta-Rho ﬁnished off with great success. The chapter welcomed a total of 13 new brothers. Congratulations to Mark Allen, the recipient of the Reece J.

Best wishes to our Brothers across North America throughout the 200506 year, Eta-Rho is looking forward to yet another successful academic year. Brett Hogg, Herald • etarho@sigmapi.org

Central Missouri State Gamma-Gamma Chapter The gentlemen at Gamma-Gamma chapter of Sigma Pi have been busy getting ready for the move from South Todd Hall to the Fraternity Complex. It will be long and hard, but we think the beneﬁts will outweigh the hard work.

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Ρ, North Carolina State, 13, 50 ΘΟ, Alabama, 13, 51 ΗΩ, Johnson and Wales, 13, 52 ΓΞ, West Virginia Tech, 13, 53 ΓΣ, Missouri , 13, 54 ΕΓ, Illinois Wesleyan, 13, 55 ΒΨ, East Stroudsburg, 13, 56 ΒΟ, Cal State - Long Beach, 13, 57 ΒΝ, SIU - Carbondale, 13, 58 ΑΡ, Southwest Missouri State, 13, 59 ΘΞ, Salisbury, 12, 60 Ι, California, 12, 61 ΗΚ, East Carolina, 12, 62 Η, Purdue, 12, 63 Φ, Illinois, 12, 64 ΕΦ, Embry Riddle (AZ), 12, 65 ΘΘ, Ferris State, 11, 66 ΗΟ, Toronto, 11, 67 ΔΥ, Virginia Tech, 11, 68 ΒΗ, San Jose State, 11, 69 ΑΙ, Missouri - Rolla, 11, 70 Σ, Iowa State, 10, 71 ΘΛ, Radford, 10, 72 ΘΕ, Indiana of Pennsylvania, 10, 73 ΗΤ, Fitchburg State, 10, 74 ΔΙ, Wisconsin - Platteville, 10, 75 ΒΤ, Valparaiso, 10, 76 ΒΧ, Loyola - Chicago, 10, 77 ΖΕ, Michigan Tech, 9, 78 ΘΖ, Lynchburg, 9, 79 ΘΚ, Texas Tech, 9, 80 ΘΓ, West Alabama, 9, 81 ΗΜ, Missouri Southern State, 9, 82 ΓΥ, Murray State, 9, 83 ΓΑ, Detroit - Mercy, 9, 84 ΕΠ, Christopher Newport, 9, 85 ΑΠ, Arkansas, 9, 86 ΕΖ, Western Illinois, 8, 87 ΗΘ, York, 7, 88 ΓΚ, Indiana Tech, 7, 89 ΕΕ, Emporia State, 7, 90 ΕΑ, Southern Tech, 7, 91 ΖΠ, Oakland, 6, 92 ΖΟ, Lawrence Tech, 6, 93 ΗΙ, Cal State - Dom Hills, 6, 94 ΓΡ, Western Michigan, 6, 95 ΒΣ, Northern Illinois, 6, 96 ΒΓ, Eastern Illinois, 6, 97 ΑΜ, New Jersey Tech, 6, 98 ΖΧ, Rowan, 5, 99 ΗΓ, Hofstra, 5, 100 ΓΩ, Wayne State, 5, 101 ΔΩ, SIU - Edwardsville, 5, 102 ΖΓ, Millersville, 4, 103 ΗΠ, Kutztown, 4, 104 ΓΜ, Wisconsin - Oshkosh, 4, 105 ΕΟ, SUNY - Buffalo, 4, 106 ΔΕ, Seton Hall, 4, 107

Congratulations to Andrew Murphy, Thomas H.I. Johnson, Houston Hensel, Jonathan Lowe, Chase Ashurst, and James D. Carter

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8 C H APTER NEWS for graduating. You will all be missed and we know you will beneﬁt the chapter as alumni. Congratulations to Donald Huskey for being announced the Greek Man of the Year. Jeffery Crossland won Alumni of the year award at this years Orchid Ball. The gentlemen of Sigma Pi have just recently completed our ﬁrst ACE Project. It was a great experience and it put Sigma Pi in the minds of all students and faculty on our campus. Bradley Jaudon, Herald • gammagamma@sigmapi.org

The College of New Jersey Theta-Delta Chapter The spring 2005 semester was an exciting, productive, and fun-ﬁlled time for the Sigma Pi brothers at The College of New Jersey. The chapter completed an awesome rush that led to the induction of 13 quality men into the Eta Class of Theta-Delta. Our new brothers have already met the expectations that the chapter set forth for them, and will no doubt continue the tradition of service, leadership, and excellence that began with our founding brothers and has continued over the last ﬁve years. Over the course of the semester, our chapter allotted many hours in service to the community by participating in a local Adopt-a-Highway, working concessions at the College’s base-

ball games, and volunteering at the Trenton Adopt-a-School program. Also, led by our Programming Chair Gabe Alonso, our brothers put on some of the best events on campus, including the ﬁrst annual Mr. Sigma Pi competition. This hilarious talent competition raised money for a good cause, and also won a few lucky ladies pre-paid dates with some Theta-Delta studs. Furthermore, the chapter ACE Project was a great success, as we sponsored a week-long Sexual Assault Awareness Week and capped it off by honoring professors who have made a direct impact in the lives of some of our brothers. Last but not least, congratulations to the 11 brothers who have graduated in May. We greatly appreciate their guidance and the memories they’ve left us with, and wish them best of luck in their future. Kevin Croissant, Herald • thetadelta@sigmapi.org

Colorado Zeta-Delta Chapter It was a fantastic spring semester for Zeta-Delta. This year’s Greek Week was one to remember. Zeta-Delta took second in both football and kickball, while coming in ﬁrst in Songfest. As a result of the chapter’s great performances, Zeta-Delta won Greek Week yet again to make it four out of the

last five years. Zeta-Delta finished up the tournament by taking it solely upon themselves to clean up the fields as part of the ACE Project. Also Zeta-Delta would like to congratulate Brad Long in achieving the position of Tri-Exec in student council, the first in the chapter to hold this position. Furthermore, the chapter would like to congratulate the 13 newly initiated members of the Omicron pledge class. Besides the chapter’s accomplishments, the chapter would like to recognize the families of current member Bennett Schaumberg and alumni Bryan Moll, whose fathers have passed away this year. Also the chapter consoles the family of Kody Cranney, a senior who tragically passed away this semester. The entire chapter’s hearts are with these families. Sean Jendry, Herald • zetadelta@sigmapi.org

Detriot-Mercy Gamma-Alpha Chapter The end of the year came quickly for the brothers of Gamma-Alpha Chapter. Between crossing and initiating our newest brothers, conducting our ACE Project, and continuing to hold events to further our brotherhood, we were always doing something. Keeping with our goal of focusing on rush and philanthropy, we worked hard to cross all of our pledges and to complete our campus-wide clothing drive, which was our ACE Project. The clothing drive was a huge success. With the help of both Greek and non Greek organizations on and around campus, and donations from several corporations, we collected more than 350 garbage bags of clothes. We also raised several hundred dollars which was used to host an all-day event the ﬁnal day of the drive and to supplement the clothes, which were donated to the Salvation Army.

Executive Council members from Alpha at Vincennes pose with Alpha House Corporation President Jim Hills (ΑΞ, Maryland ’54), Director of Communications Brian Alley (’03), Chapter Director Ryan Waldroup (’00), and Indiana Province Archon Denny Uhlik, (ΓΚ, Indiana Tech ’75) after the initiation of Alpha’s spring pledge class.

All things considered, it was a great term for our chapter. Our numbers are continually growing and our brotherhood is stronger than ever.

ΖΑ, West Chester, 3, 108 ΓΓ, Central Missouri State, 3, 109 ΕΩ, SUNY - Potsdam, 3, 110 ΘΑ, Clarion, 2, 111 Δ, Pennsylvania, 2, 112 ΒΩ, Lock Haven (closed), 2, 113 Ν, Franklin & Marshall, 1, 114 ΓΟ, Findlay (closed), 1, 115 ΗΡ, Carleton, 0, 116 ΓΤ, Georgia Southern, 0, 117 ΓΠ, Indiana State (closed), 0, 118 ΖΣ, NC Wesleyan (closed), 0, 119 ΗΕ, Florida State (closed), 0, 120 ΗΣ, Colorado State (closed), 0, 121

Total Initiates 2004-05 = 1670

2004-05 Pledge Goals Met Chapter, School, Goal, Actual Α, Vincennes, 28, 34 Ρ, North Carolina State, 15, 17 ® Τ, Wisconsin – Madison, 25, 27 Φ, Illinois, 15, 15 Ω, Oregon State, 25, 30 ΑΔ, Auburn, 19, 21 ΓΙ, Worcester Polytech, 15, 28 ® ΓΞ, West Virginia Tech, 15, 15 ΔΑ, Central Michigan, 19, 34 ΔΕ, Seton Hall, 17, 19 ΔΡ, Morehead State, 24, 25 ΔΥ, Virginia Tech, 15, 15 ® ΕΓ, Illinois Wesleyan, 20, 22 ΕΘ, Elon, 15, 17 ΕΛ, Eastern Kentucky, 27, 29 ΕΞ, Fairleigh-Dickinson, 25, 27 * ΖΖ, Florida, 25, 31 ΖΗ, Santa Clara, 30, 35 ΖΜ, Michigan State, 33, 38 ΗΑ, Cal State – Sacramento, 16, 18 ΗΗ, Bridgewater State, 15, 30 ΗΚ, East Carolina, 15, 17 ® ΗΨ, Clemson, 30, 30 ΗΩ, Johnson & Wales, 15, 15 ® ΘΙ, Penn State – Altoona, 15, 15 ® ΘΜ, Cal State – Chico, 27, 30 ΘΠ, Arizona, 25, 35 Kennesaw State*, 25, 27 Jacksonville State*, 25, 43 William Paterson*, 25, 41 Clayton State*, 25, 27

Matthew Dearing, Herald • gammaalpha@sigmapi.org

* Colony ® Renaissance Chapter

2004-05 Pledges July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 Chapter, School, #, Ranking ΕΒ, Kentucky, 50, 1 ΒΚ, Arizona State, 48, 2 ΖΔ, Colorado, 45, 3 Β, Indiana, 44, 4 ΖΜ, Michigan State, 38, 5 ΑΩ, San Diego State, 36, 6 ΖΗ, Santa Clara, 35, 7 ΘΠ, Arizona , 35, 8 Α, Vincennes, 34, 9 ΑΡ, Southwest Missouri State, 34, 10 ΔΑ, Central Michigan, 34, 11 ΖΖ, Florida, 31, 12 Ω, Oregon State, 30, 13 ΗΗ, Bridgewater State, 30, 14 ΗΦ, Miami (Ohio), 30, 15 ΗΨ, Clemson, 30, 16 ΘΜ, Chico, 30, 17 ΕΛ, Eastern Kentucky, 29, 18 ΓΙ, Worcester Polytech, 28, 19 Τ, Wisconsin - Madison, 27, 20 ΗΥ, California - Irvine, 27, 21 ΑΝ, Wake Forest, 25, 22 ΔΡ, Morehead State, 25, 23 Υ, UCLA, 24, 24 ΗΕ, Florida State (closed), 24, 25 ΒΓ, Eastern Illinois, 23, 26 ΒΠ, Virginia, 22, 27 ΔΛ, Louisiana Tech, 22, 28 ΕΓ, Illinois Wesleyan, 22, 29 ΑΔ, Auburn, 21, 30 ΑΗ, William & Mary, 20, 31 ΓΩ, Wayne State, 20, 32 ΖΤ, Northern Colorado, 20, 33 ΘΡ, Grand Valley State, 20, 34 ΔΕ, Seton Hall, 19, 35 ΔΖ, Missouri - Saint Louis, 19, 36 ΘΒ, Saginaw Valley, 19, 37 ΘΝ, Houston, 19, 38 ΒΝ, SIU - Carbondale, 18, 39 ΗΑ, Cal State - Sacramento, 18, 40

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Drury Epsilon-Rho Chapter We ended the spring semester on a great note! We continued the great tradition of winning the intramural championship for yet another season. We are also glad to announce that we brought home the Greek Week trophy for the 2nd straight year. Having ended our second year in our new house, the brotherhood only gets better. We are looking to add some things to the house which will make it an even better place for brotherhood. However, most of our excitement revolves around what fall time brings us. We are preparing for yet another strong year of Rush. Nathan Fitzgerald, our rush chair, is working hard putting together some great rush events which will include a BBQ, Float trip, and local baseball games. We are prepared to take another great class of guys that can add to the best brotherhood around. Eric Rhodes, Herald • epsilonrho@sigmapi.org

East Carolina Eta-Kappa Chapter The Eta-Kappa chapter of Sigma Pi at ECU has restarted our Fraternity and is trying to set up a foundation for future brothers. We started with only

seven members at the beginning of the spring and have now recruited 8 more brothers. Our main goal for the fall is to grow and develop a strong bond between all of us so we can continue our quest smoothly towards being one of the top fraternities.

seem to have bad luck with weather this semester, as it rained there too, just like Pig Roast. However, it was by far one of the best Orchid Ball’s we have had that I can remember.

We have big plans for next semester and we hope to continue to grow. Our group of men here looks very promising and they are very committed to this Fraternity and each other.

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We want to thank our chapter director, Dave Bergeron, for his help. We are looking forward to seeing what happens with this chapter and the future of this Fraternity. Daniel Pierce, Herald • etakappa@sigmapi.org

Eastern Kentucky Epsilon-Lambda Chapter Another great year came to an end here at Epsilon-Lambda Chapter. We got two pledge classes of new brothers and a ton of new memories. Our brothers just ﬁnished up with our 28th Annual Pig Roast/Softball Tournament on April 23rd, which was again a big success. Though we couldn’t have had any worse weather for the event, our guys, visiting chapters, and returning alumni made the best of the weekend and we all had a blast. Prior to that event, many of our brothers ventured to Gatlinburg, TN for our Orchid Ball on April 1st. We

Jason Pitcher, Herald • epsilonlambda@sigmapi.org

Beta-Gamma Chapter The brothers of the Beta-Gamma chapter are happy to see another school year go in the books. The spring semester was ﬁlled with excitement and heartbreak. The brothers and I are happy to say that we are the 2005 Greek Week Champions here at EIU! We won the Kappa Delta Shamrock Project Philanthropy for the fourth year in a row, and we had a great time sending off our graduating seniors. To our graduates: John Millner, Jeff Houch, Joe McNellis, Sean Altergott, Greg Bailey and Mike Hudesec, thanks for all that you’ve done for our house and good luck in the real world. Robert Wolff, Herald • betagamma@sigmapi.org

Embry-Riddle (AZ) Epsilon-Phi Chapter Congratulations to all for completing another year of college. It was a very successful year for us here at Epsilon-Phi. Over the year, we were able to initiate 11 new members and we only lost 2 to graduation. On that

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Η, Purdue, 17, 41 Ρ, North Carolina State, 17, 42 ΕΘ, Elon, 17, 43 ΕΡ, Drury University, 17, 44 ΗΚ, East Carolina, 17, 45 ΗΝ, Towson, 17, 46 Θ, Pennsylvania State, 16, 47 Μ, Cornell, 16, 48 ΒΧ, Loyola - Chicago, 16, 49 ΘΗ, Old Dominion, 16, 50 Φ, Illinois, 15, 51 ΑΙ, Missouri - Rolla, 15, 52

Brothers from Epsilon-Rho at Drury during Orchid Ball 2005.

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10 C H APTER NEWS note we would like to send out a special congratulations to James Cooper and Jamon Kerrigan for graduating with degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Aerospace Studies. Ian Wright, Herald • epsilonphi@sigmapi.org

Embry-Riddle (FL) Zeta-Beta Chapter The Zeta-Beta chapter had a fun and eventful spring semester. Fundraising was signiﬁcant as brothers worked the Daytona 500 and several other races, as well as the super bowl to raise money for the chapter. We helped our community by cleaning a section of highway near our university and we also held a trash pickup on campus. Zeta-Beta congratulates our new brothers at the University of Florida for their chartering. A number of our brothers traveled to the chartering ceremony and wish them the best of luck! We also congratulate our brothers who have recently graduated. Lance Lorah, Herald • zetabeta@sigmapi.org

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Fitchburg State Eta-Tau Chapter April was a month to remember for the Eta-Tau chapter, several brotherhood events, philanthropy events, and ACE Project events ﬁlled our calendars. On April 9th, we held our Orchid Ball at the Raddison Hotel. We had a large turn out of brothers and alumni and a great dinner to complete a great night of dancing and singing. This years ACE Project was for the teachers. Our Sage Steve Pelligrine asked his father to come and help us cook dinner for the teachers. On April 16th, 5 chapters from New England attended a Sigma Pi workshop at Bridgewater State College. All the brothers attended as well as 5,000 other students to have a great night. On the last week of April, the brothers played baseball with the kids from the nearby elementary school loosing with a score to 10 to 2. The brothers are all looking forward to a camping retreat where we going to plan for next semester. Kenneth Tolley, Herald • etatau@sigmapi.org

Theta-Theta Chapter The Brothers of Theta-Theta Chapter are looking forward to the fall. After a nice long break, many of us are looking forward to starting up again with fresh faces, new ideas, and the promise of many memories to be made this school year! Keeping with the tradition of fundraising for the American Cancer Society, we are looking forward to hosting our Fourth Annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon, an event with which we aim to raise $5,000.00 this year to help further cancer research and awareness! On the business side of the Chapter, Fundraising Chairman Brian Szubinski is already hard at work on new and community oriented ways to earn money while giving back to our community. So with gleam in our eyes and smiles on our faces we look forward to this coming year! Now is our chance to prove to our Alumni both old and new, that we have the initiative, the drive and the spirit to take our great Fraternity to new heights!

Grand Vallley State Theta-Rho Chapter Our chartering ceremonies went over amazingly. It was a great high point for all of the brothers. Our sweetheart, Amy Marsiglia, presented our 2nd sweetheart, Brittany Lagarde, with her pin and a few of the brothers gave an amazing rendition of the sweetheart song to Brittany, a few alumni, actives, and family members were in tears. Our ﬁrst few months as the Theta-Rho Chapter of Sigma Pi have proved to be great. We have held many events on campus activities from our 2nd Annual Luau, which was attended by about 1,000 people around campus. Brothers John Stocki and Dan Rogers, with the help of other brothers, created 8 foot high Greek letters painted purple and yellow that are taken to most, if not all, of our events. The brothers of Theta-Rho will be growing in numbers and success with our ﬁrst pledge class, already of 6 members, we will be looking to take in a solid Alpha class of 20 plus.

Michael Manning, Herald • thetatheta@sigmapi.org

Ryan Slusarzyk, Herald • thetarho@sigmapi.org

Indiana of Pennsylvania Theta-Epsilon Chapter We accomplished much during the spring semester. Fundraising has gone well and looks even more promising in the future. We started off the semester with a credit card fundraiser, and managed to raise over $900 dollars in a few hours. Congratulations to Drew Lowry and Shawn Goodling for their extraordinary efforts with this fundraiser. Thanks for everyone who went to the Cedar Point fundraiser after school let out, as we are looking to make nearly $4,000 dollars from that weekend. Our ACE Project went well, as it was a Drug Awareness event in I.U.P’s OakGrove with live music and free pizza. On the alumni side of things, we had our annual Pig Roast, and despite bad weather everyone had a great time as the alumni had the opportunity to talk about old times and meet the new brothers. Shawn Goodling, Herald • thetaepsilon@sigmapi.org

Indiana Tech Gamma-Kappa Chapter This semester has been a very good semester for the house. We held our annual Alumni Banquet and it was one of the best turnouts we have had with more than 50 alumni there and over 100 people total, it was nice to see all the guys back in town. We have added three new members, congratulations to Roberto Melendez, Matthew Wilson, and Jaymes Weems. With the addition of these new guys, the house is starting to look good. The house ﬁnally is full with people living there and seems to be going in the right direction. The addition of these new members has allowed the house to start to make improvements. Also, windows were sold throughout the house and alumni sponsored a window if they wanted. With the money raised from them, new windows are going to be purchased and installed. On the windows a name plate with the alumni’s name that sponsored that window will be put on. Thanks again to all the alumni that were able to help with repairs to the house.

ΑΥ, Rhode Island, 15, 53 ΑΦ, Georgia, 15, 54 ΒΟ, Cal State - Long Beach, 15, 55 ΓΞ, West Virginia Tech, 15, 56 ΔΥ, Virginia Tech, 15, 57 ΕΦ, Embry Riddle (AZ), 15, 58 ΖΒ, Embry Riddle (FL), 15, 59 ΗΡ, Carleton, 15, 60 ΗΩ, Johnson and Wales, 15, 61 ΘΙ, Penn State - Altoona, 15, 62 ΘΟ, Alabama, 15, 63 ΑΜ, New Jersey Tech, 14, 64 ΑΠ, Arkansas, 14, 65 ΓΣ, Missouri , 14, 66 ΔΩ, SIU - Edwardsville, 14, 67 ΕΖ, Western Illinois, 14, 68 ΖΠ, Oakland, 14, 69 ΘΘ, Ferris State, 14, 70 Ζ, Ohio Northern, 13, 71 Σ, Iowa State, 13, 72 ΒΗ, San Jose State, 13, 73 ΓΘ, Texas, 13, 74 ΔΒ, Monmouth, 13, 75 ΗΟ, Toronto, 13, 76 ΘΓ, West Alabama, 13, 77 ΘΔ, College of New Jersey, 13, 78 Ι, California, 12, 79 ΒΣ, Northern Illinois, 12, 80 ΓΥ, Murray State, 12, 81 ΕΕ, Emporia State, 12, 82 ΖΝ, Villanova , 12, 83 ΘΕ, Indiana of Pennsylvania, 12, 84 ΘΞ, Salisbury, 12, 85 ΔΙ, Wisconsin - Platteville, 11, 86 ΕΑ, Southern Tech, 11, 87 ΕΚ, Southern Arkansas, 11, 88 ΕΠ, Christopher Newport, 11, 89 ΗΓ, Hofstra, 11, 90 ΗΙ, Cal State - Dom Hills, 11, 91 ΗΜ, Missouri Southern State, 11, 92 ΗΤ, Fitchburg State, 11, 93 ΘΛ, Radford, 11, 94 ΒΤ, Valparaiso, 10, 95 ΓΡ, Western Michigan, 10, 96 ΖΟ, Lawrence Tech, 10, 97 ΘΚ, Texas Tech, 10, 98 ΖΑ, West Chester, 9, 99 ΖΧ, Rowan, 9, 100 ΗΘ, York, 9, 101 ΘΖ, Lynchburg, 9, 102 ΓΑ, Detroit - Mercy, 8, 103 ΓΚ, Indiana Tech, 8, 104 ΓΓ, Central Missouri State, 7, 105 ΒΨ, East Stroudsburg, 6, 106 ΕΟ, SUNY - Buffalo, 6, 107 Ν, Franklin & Marshall, 5, 108

ΖΓ, Millersville, 4, 109 ΖΕ, Michigan Tech, 4, 110 ΒΩ, Lock Haven (closed), 3, 111 ΕΩ, SUNY - Potsdam, 3, 112 ΖΣ, NC Wesleyan (closed), 3, 113 ΗΠ, Kutztown, 3, 114 ΘΑ, Clarion, 3, 115 ΓΜ, Wisconsin - Oshkosh, 2, 116 Δ, Pennsylvania, 0, 117 ΓΤ, Georgia Southern, 0, 118 ΓΟ, Findlay (closed), 0, 119 ΓΠ, Indiana State (closed), 0, 120 ΗΣ, Colorado State (closed), 0, 121

Chapter Pledges Year-to-Date = 2012 Colonies, School, #, Rank, Jacksonville State, 43, 1 William Paterson , 41, 2 ΕΞ, Fairleigh-Dickinson , 27, 3 Kennesaw State, 27, 4 Clayton State , 27, 5 ΕΜ, James Madison , 21, 6 Κ, Temple , 20, 7 Ursinus , 16, 8 Ξ, Iowa, 12, 9 Muhlenberg (closed), 0, 10 Texas A&M (closed), 0, 11

Colony Pledges Year-to-Date = 234 Total Pledges 2004-05 = 2246

Lastly, the house had two brothers graduate this past year. They are Brian Cooley and Jerome Schroeder. Congratulations and good luck. Jerome Schroeder, Herald • gammakappa@sigmapi.org

Illinois Phi Chapter It has been an exciting spring for Phi chapter as the brothers joined the campus in the celebration of the Illini basketball season. Phi Chapter welcomes our seven new initiates from the spring semester and congratulates the undergraduate chapter on a successful recruitment year. Continuing Phi’s academic success from top ﬁve GPA on campus in the fall, several of Phi members have been recognized with prestigious awards and scholarships. Gregory Hawkins received Bronze Tablet recognition, the highest university-wide academic award given to the top three percent of students in the colleges for their graduating class. Also, Mark Brown was recently given the Robert H. Bierma Scholarship, recognizing him as one of the top four juniors in the history department. Finally, Phi chapter thanks the 2005 graduating class for the hard work and signiﬁcant contributions they have made to the chapter over the last four years. Christopher T. Cody, Herald • phi@sigmapi.org

Iowa State Sigma Chapter The spring semester has ended at Iowa State, which marks the ﬁrst full year of living in the new house at Sigma Chapter. Many improvements have been made through out the year to remodel and refurnish the house. At this year’s Dad’s Weekend the men and their father’s constructed a brick grill pit for the house, grilled, golfed, and hung out together. For philanthropy, the men participated in a can drive and helped with the Women’s Center at Iowa State for an annual women’s rally. Even though many improvements have been made this year, many more are expected to come as we begin our second year at the house. With high expectations for rush this year, we should meet many of the goals we have put forth. Sigma Chapter will continue to grow even stronger as our brothers come and go, each one leaving behind valuable lessons. David Carroll. Herald • sigma@sigmapi.org

Jacksonville State Colony The Colony at Jacksonville State had a productive spring semester. We added seven new members and hosted the ﬁrst ever Sam Spady Week. The week consisted of a concert, pool and poker tournament, and a beauty pageant to ﬁnish the week off. One of our brothers was elected SGA president by the student body for the upcoming year. Finally, our colony won the President’s Award for Excellence, which is a high honor for a group that had only been around three months when the winners were chosen. Jeff Belvins, Herald • lukydwg79@yahoo.com

Lawrence Tech

Zeta-Omicron has made some new strides in other areas this year. Philanthropy has been an area of focus this semester. With four events this semester alone, we are really showing how we give back to our school and community. We participated in a Multiple Sclerosis event advertising campaign; a campus wide petition to save Michigan’s morning dove population; we volunteered at a soup kitchen in downtown Detroit; and we helped our school host a blood drive for the Red Cross. This year’s ACE Project was also a big hit and will probably turn into another annual event for us. We held a Faculty Appreciation Lunch. The event was well received and made a good impression for Sigma Pi. Ben Gregory, Herald • zetaomicron@sigmapi.org

Louisiana Tech Delta-Lambda Chapter After an amazing school year, Delta-Lambda brothers are beginning to prepare for next year. The house is full and everyone is staying busy. We are preparing for open houses during orientation for new students and fall rush. Looking back on the past year and into the future, things are going very well and only look to get better for Delta-Lambda. James Meier, Herald • deltalambda@sigmapi.org

Michigan State Zeta-Mu Chapter The men of Zeta-Mu chapter at Michigan State University ﬁnished off another excellent year across the board. The chapter initiated over 30 brothers, nearing 80 overall members to close the year. These men are considered to be the best the chapter has recruited in recent times consisting of athletes and campus leaders.

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Brothers and parents from Theta-Beta Chapter at Saginaw Valley State during family weekend.

Zeta-Omicron Chapter The past spring semester has been one of the busiest in a long time for Zeta-Omicron. Orchid Ball was the ﬁrst major event we set up this semester and brought about big success. Every active brother attended, as well as a few alumni and our academic advisor who’s also alum. This semester we held our annual Chivalry Dinner with much success as well.

We held our ﬁrst annual Parent Appreciation Dinner. We invited the parents of all the active brothers to a dinner prepared by the chapter. We served them a nice meal and made a few speeches at the end to better inform our parents of our activities and involvement in our campus life. We told them of our many great achievements and showed how we gave back to our community.

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12 C H APTER NEWS On April 16, 2005 the men of Zeta-Mu captured yet another Greek Week Championship! At MSU, Greek Week stands as the Greek system’s largest philanthropy event taking place almost the entire spring semester. Last year alone, the MSU Greek System’s American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life fundraised more than any other college campus in the nation. This year over $150,000 was raised for charity. The team collected nearly $18,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, beating out the 2nd place team by nearly $7,000.

Derek Bush, Matt Ledesma, Chris Montoya, Phil Bolus, Andrew Abramcyzk, Brian Hampton. You have made this chapter what it is today. Good luck in your future endeavors!

The chapter ended the year by putting together an ACE Project in which “ﬁnals week survival kits” were distributed to students and sororities chapters on campus.

Missouri-Rolla

Alumni, the Zeta-Mu Alumni Association is looking to charter as an ofﬁcial alumni club this summer. This year’s homecoming celebration is to take place Sat. Oct. 22nd vs. Northwestern. For more information checkout www.zetamualumni.com as well as the alumni section of this issue of the Emerald. Jon Woodbury, Sage • zetamu@sigmpi.org

Alpha-Iota Chapter The scrap book will be updated and available for all to see at Homecoming in the fall.. New pictures are available

of Kevin Mumma, a Delta-Zeta alumnus who was severely injured in a car accident. Our thoughts are with you. The chapter held a fundraiser on May 7th to raise money for Kevin as he works toward recovery. On a different note, the chapter held its annual active-alumni softball game in April. We would like to thank everybody who came out to play. As always, Delta-Zeta chapter welcomes our brothers from across the country to visit at any time. The phone number for the chapter house is (314) 426-0078. Mike Nelson, Herald • deltazeta@sigmapi.org

Missouri Southern State Eta-Mu Chapter In the spring semester we initiated two new members: Josh Houchin and

Monmouth Delta-Beta Chapter The brothers actively participated in many on campus events this past semester ranging from our American Red Cross Blood Drive to Intramural Basketball. The brothers suffered our ﬁrst losing Greek week in 3 years but we kept our heads up and we are looking forward to next year. We initiated nine new brothers this past semester and this group of ﬁne young men will be making a great impact in the future of excellence in this great fraternity. We also had four brothers that graduated and we would like to congratulate them and have great luck in their future endeavors. We held our annual Orchid Ball on April 29 and we would like to thank our alumni for coming out and showing how strong the brotherhood lives on after graduation. Alec Gutierrez, Herald • deltabeta@sigmapi.org

Murray State Gamma-Upsilon Chapter The brothers of Gamma-Upsilon Chapter are looking forward to a great Fall Rush. We are excited about continuing our tradition of accepting honorable members who will maintain our current enthusiasm of high standards.

Theta-Delta Chapter at The College of New Jersey celebrate their ﬁve year anniversary at their annual orchid ball this past spring with Past Grand Sages John Williams and Don Cox present.

Currently, the chapter is looking to form an alumni advisory board and is looking for local alumni to sit on this board. For the ﬁrst time in its history, Zeta-Mu also has a chance of a lifetime to purchase our current chapter house. We need your help! If you can help out in this process or can provide any assistance, please contact the chapter as we are looking to solidify ourselves on campus permanently this summer. Congratulations to the spring graduating brothers Eric Tritch, Curtis Smith, Troy Horning, Greg Baracy,

for sale for anyone who would like some. Also, a transition to digital photography is in the works. Hard copies will still be available. Photos will be saved to CD’s and stored. Upcoming events planned for the fall include a BBQ for the local women’s shelter on September 5th. Matt O’Dell, Herald • alphaiota@sigmapi.org

Missouri-St. Louis Delta-Zeta Chapter Delta-Zeta chapter is doing well as the spring semester comes to a close. As a chapter, we would like to send our regards to the family and friends

Clayton Adams. They will be a promising addition to our Eta-Mu chapter. Our ACE Project went very well. All three of the projects that helped out MSSU got our name and picture in the MSSU school paper. We also received support form local businesses and our support from the business looks to be promising for future projects. Right now we are trying to get a fund raiser for the Red Cross. For our upcoming events we have our annual orchid ball, which looks to be a fun time with many of our alumni being at the event. Jordan Chastan, Herald • etamu@sigmapi.org

We are happy to announce the huge success of our recent “Relay for Life” participation with the Sigma Alpha Professional Sorority. Together we were able to greatly beneﬁt a very charitable cause, donating over twothousand dollars for the American Cancer Society. We would also like to congratulate Pete Miller and Chad Hall on their 2005 Graduations. We look forward to their future visits! The Gamma-Upsilon chapter also recently hosted the 1st Annual “Kick Cancer” Kickball Tournament in midApril. This event assisted in raising money for our “Relay for Life” team that participated in the local Cancer Awareness Walk on May 7, 2005. Jim Bragg, Herald • gammaupsilon@sigmapi.org

North Carolina State Rho Chapter The spring semester was an eventful one for the brothers of Rho chapter. The chapter is happy to announce the initiation of two new brothers. These two initiates represent the utmost quality that should be expected in the brothers of Rho chapter. Rho chapter also attended an alcohol awareness conference with the Farmhouse and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities; in doing so, the brothers learned many valuable skills in regard to numerous risk management issues. The chapter took further steps in involving itself in both Greek and all-campus life. In reviewing Rho chapter’s 2005spring semester, one must also look to the future of Rho chapter. The brothers of Rho enjoyed the time spent with the Alumni who attended the dinners this past semester. It was also a pleasure to greet the Alumni who visited the house. It should be noted that this fall’s Homecoming is scheduled on the 28th and 29th of October. A pig picking will be held at the house on the 28th, and a semi-formal will be held at the South End Brewery at 10pm on the 29th. Please RSVP Ryan Kirkendall at (910) 280-3278 or rskirken@ncsu.edu if you wish to attend. Travis Ballenger, Herald • rho@sigmapi.org

Northern Colorado Zeta-Tau Chapter The Zeta-Tau Chapter finished off the year in dominating fashion. Congratulations to the Alpha Mu Pledge Class that finished seven strong. We also claimed the Greek Cup. We took the championship in basketball, finished fourth in soccer, and third in hockey. This was added to the Champions in football and softball. We also took first in Greek Week which further added to our Greek Cup win.

Timothy Cuga-Moylan, Herald • zetatau@sigmapi.org

Oakland Zeta-Pi Chapter Zeta-Pi chapter had an outstanding spring semester. It was kicked off by our 80’s social which was a blast, then

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A big congratulations goes out to our newly initiated brothers from the spring semester. The Zeta-Pi chapter is looking forward to an outstanding Fall semester and are currently planning some great events.

Some philanthropies we participated in were Kappa Alpha Theta’s “Iron Brawl” and Alpha Phi’s “Alphatraz” which both raised money for noble causes. We had a successful highway cleanup a few weeks ago and plan to have another one in about 2 weeks. We are in the stages of planning and getting our ACE project for this year going.

Thomas Constanti, Herald • zetapi@sigmapi.org

Ohio Northern Zeta Chapter The Zeta chapter has been very busy. Our events for this spring consisted of planning the Orchid Ball, which turned out quite well. Also, Josh Zieverink set up our ACE Project called The Donation Station. For this project we took furniture and other stuff that students do not want and donated them to Goodwill. Another event we participated in was the EKU softball tournament. All the brothers that attended had a blast, even though the weather was not the best. Furthermore, we would like to congratulate Dustin Lewis on winning Ohio Northern’s Greek Man of the Year, Dave Phillips on winning Brother of the Year, Andy Gillespie for winning Pledge of the Year and all of the graduating seniors. You all will be missed, but we wish you the best of luck in your professional careers. Garrett Foley, Herald • zeta@sigmapi.org

Old Dominion Theta-Eta Chapter During the past semester the brothers of the Theta-Eta chapter held our annual Fire Fighter Appreciation Day, which was a great success. A special thanks goes out to Kegan Kline and Jason Damico for their hard work and dedication. We now have a great website up and running that is maintained by Dustin Zuch, whom with little time, has placed great information for other students to learn more about our chapter here at ODU. After a very long and successful semester, the brothers of Theta-Eta are excited and ready to embark on a new semester at Old Dominion University. Jonathan O’Briant, Herald • thetaeta@sigmapi.org

Omega Chapter The Omega chapter of Sigma Pi has been doing quite well.

Two of our members, Collin Brooks and Malachi Bunn, have recently become members of prestigious honor societies. Our rush chairs have been busy scouting for future Sigma Pi’s and so far they are doing a good job. Hopefully, by fall term we’ll have a great freshman class. Ryan Sweeney, Herald • omega@sigmapi.org

Rhode Island Alpha-Upsilon Chapter The spring semester for the men of the Alpha-Upsilon chapter was quite busy but very productive. Rush was, as always, very important and when all was said and done we came out of it nine men stronger who will uphold our Creed for years to come. The Relay for Life 24 hr cancer walk came to URI and the brothers came out full force raising over $2,000 for the charity. In closing we would like to acknowledge the following brothers, Sage Mario Grande for winning the Alpha-Upsilon Brother of the Year Award, Thomas Dolan for winning the Alpha Upsilon Scholastic Excellence Award and ﬁnally our departing seniors Ron Caprio, Jimmy Nguyen, Oscar Sena, and Ron Thompson, for without them, we would not be where we are today. Diego White, Herald • alphaupsilon@sigmapi.org

Saginaw Valley State Theta-Beta Chapter It was another great year for the brothers of Theta-Beta chapter as we ended the year with a bang. The brothers of Theta-Beta would like to

welcome the Omicron pledge class. Theta-Beta would like to recognize a few brothers moving their way up the ladder of leadership on campus. Steve Besson was recently elected as a representative of Sigma Pi in student government. Chris Andreski was also recently elected president of Pine Grove village council. Chris Smith was given the honor of being elected the president of Greek Council for the winter semester. Theta-Beta hosted our 10th annual “Pi Games” in which we were able to raise $2,500 for the local Salvation Army. The brothers were recognized at the 2005 Student Life Awards banquet by receiving the Outstanding Student Organization Philanthropic Service Award. The brothers also participated in SVSU’s 2nd annual Relay for Life, in which the brothers raised $400. The brothers of ThetaBeta took home the award for the most spirited team. The brothers also hosted its 3rd annual “Blood Wars” which accumulated over 200 pints of blood for the American Red Cross. Theta-Beta would like to congratulate the following brothers William Bechill and Wayne “Weezy” Hoffmann on graduation from Saginaw Valley State University. The brothers of Theta-Beta are looking forward to their continued assistance and leadership to the chapter as they embark on their future endeavors. Patrick Nowak, Herald • thetabeta@sigmapi.org

San Diego State Alpha-Omega Chapter The Alpha-Omega chapter at San Diego State ended the spring semester with a bang! Successfully taking home numerous awards from “gamma” to Greek week, we have accomplished a great deal. Other than the awards and trophies that we have recently received, our brotherhood has been stronger than it has ever been. Kevin Marco, Herald • alphaomega@sigmapi.org

Santa Clara Zeta-Eta Chapter The past year has been very successful for Zeta-Eta chapter. As a result of an exceptional rush, the chapter

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All the brothers ﬁnished the semester well.

ﬁnished off by Orchid Ball which was held at the St Regis Hotel in Detroit. Thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a success.

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14 C H A PTER NEWS grew to 82 active brothers, adding a total of 31 new members to its numbers. In addition, a new house has been acquired close to the where chapter has been residing for over ten years. In the beginning of May, the chapter’s annual philanthropy event, the Sigma Pi Multiple Sclerosis Volleyball Tournament, was held at the sunny beach of Santa Cruz. With over 250 participants, the tournament was a huge success, raising over $4,000 for charity. Patrick Mowrer, Herald • zetaeta@sigmapi.org

Seton Hall Delta-Epsilon Chapter The Delta-Epsilon Chapter at Seton Hall University is proud to announce that 18 new members will soon be initiated. The chapter’s relentless efforts to place emphasis on the incoming freshman have paid of with an outstanding presence on campus. Rush for the fall semester is looking bright and promising. The reputation for Sigma Pi is no longer the demised newcomers, facing the long-lasting numerous other Greek Organizations. Our new member numbers have nearly tripled out typical pledge class size, and close to doubled our chapter size. Delta-Epsilon has improved Greek relations on campus and has been

involved with the efforts to keep Greek organizations active. There are 7 graduating seniors that will be entering new and demanding lives in the near future, and Delta-Epsilon would like to congratulate them on their new journey, Dan Zingone, Michael Brady, Santi Formoso, Justin Gagliano, Christopher Page, Brad Kerney, and Ronald Dufﬁn. Joe Mazza, Herald • deltaepsilon@sigmapi.org

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Delta-Omega Chapter Delta-Omega had a very active and prosperous spring semester on the campus of SIU-Edwardsville. This past semester we put a strong emphasis on fundraising and hosting philanthropic events. In March we held our 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta. This year’s event focused on raising money for the local YMCA. The event was once again a huge success, drawing more entrants and spectators to join in the fun. In late April we hosted a 5K run/walk to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

fall, we feel we have a very strong base to build on and continue our tradition of excellence here on campus. It was the hard work of our Alumni and past brothers that has allowed this chapter to prosper over the past thirty years. As for those Alumni we have not seen in a while we hope to hear and see more of you in the coming semesters.

cars from a junkyard, Austin Police Department, and the Fire Department participating. We also just had our James Anderson Annual Crawﬁsh Boil for Texas Alpha’s Founders Day to celebrate our re-chartering six years ago with all of the recent alumni and want to thank those guys for their constant support.

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To the seniors who won’t be taking that ﬁfth year victory lap, Josh Campbell, Omar Guerra, Mike McBride, and Ben Wilson; you guys will be missed, and we wish you the best of luck.

Southwest Missouri State Alpha-Rho Chapter The brothers of the Alpha-Rho Chapter had quite a busy spring semester. We completed a successful ACE Project in which we worked hard for SMSU’s weeklong 100th Anniversary Centennial Celebration. We also productively completed our annual “Search for Athena” philanthropy event in which all money raised beneﬁted the children’s miracle network. We successfully pledged six quality new members and are extremely happy to have them a part of our chapter. We also ﬁnished a good spring intramural season excelling in soccer.

This past spring the chapter held its annual Orchid Ball in downtown St. Louis at the Millennium Hotel.

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As the semester came to a close, the chapter took the opportunity to reﬂect back on our hard work and results we achieved this past spring. With most of the active members returning in the

Gamma-Theta Chapter We performed our ACE Project at Forty Acres Fest, a campus wide event, which was a drunk driving car wreck simulation, complete with torn up

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Towson Eta-Nu Chapter Spring semester 2005 has ended with a bang for the Eta-Nu Chapter. We added a whole week of events to our second annual ACE Project where the Eta-Nu chapter sponsored Sam Spady Day, an alcohol awareness seminar, sponsored speakers to discuss eating disorders, ran a talent show to help raise money for Towson University Athletics, car wash at a local gas station, and held a Greek unity campus clean-up. Overall, the week was a huge success that brought the whole Greek system, as well as Towson University together. Eta-Nu chapter would also like to congratulate its graduating seniors: John Falbo, Brett Glatman, Dustin Hoffstein, Dustin Schrader, Mike Aquino, and Mike Zippi. Our chapter would like to thank them as a whole for the hard work, dedication, effort and years put into this great chapter. We wish each of them well and hope for the greatest of success in their future careers and lives. Jimmy MacFarlane, Herald • etanu@sigmapi.org

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Michigan State brothers enjoying their spring break

Upsilon Chapter Upsilon Chapter is in the midst of our busiest time of the year. Between the time spent ﬁrming up preparations for Parents’ Day and Orchid Ball, the chapter has still managed to be a dominating force in IM sports, maintain our high ranking for house GPA, and participate in a number of campus philanthropies.

As always, among all the hustle and bustle of fraternity life, it’s still a fascinating experience to step back and watch the growth of the brothers of Sigma Pi. On one side of the spectrum, our spring pledge class, a solid and diverse group of guys, ﬁrst start to experience the true bonds of brotherhood, while on the other, it’s truly rewarding to already see the progress of our fall and winter graduates. From those with graduate school plans, to those making a dominating entrance into the executive work force, to those simply taking the opportunity to travel the world, all of us at Upsilon chapter have high standards and lofty hopes for the future of our fraternity. David Bresler, Herald • upsilon@sigmapi.org

Vincennes Alpha Chapter Once again things are going fantastic at Alpha. Thanks to the spring 2005 pledge class, which started pledgeship with 13 and ended with 12 new brothers, it is easy to see that the chapter had a great semester. The chapter is returning to the fall semester with their goals set high. With a new executive council in place, the chapter is sure to be on the continued path of success. Our congratulations go out to our graduating brothers, thanks for everything and good luck in the future. Thanks to all the alumni that have showed their support over the past year. Without your hard work and dedication, the chapter would not be where it is at and we thank you. For anyone wishing to stop by, the house is always open. You can reach any member of the chapter by our chapter email account at alpha@sigmapi. org or by calling the house at (812) 882-1897. Eric Grifﬁn, Herald • alpha@sigmapi.org

Beta-Pi Chapter Our chapter has ﬁnished the semester well. We came out of the year with honors from our Interfraternity Council for Outstanding Community Service and Outstanding Intramural Sports. We are glad to announce that our annual Blood Sweat and Cheers

philanthropy raised $500 for the American Red Cross. Jeremy Barker, Sage • betapi@sigmapi.org

Wayne State Gamma-Omega Chapter It has been a busy year for the Gamma-Omega Chapter, and it will also be another busy year ahead of us. We are currently working on the planning of our ACE Project for the fall semester. We will be hosting a Greek community fashion show in the middle of campus, during welcome back week. Student Council will help us by providing the funds necessary to bring in a celebrity performer. We are also working diligently on rush for the fall semester. We are evaluating new and better ways to rush on campus. We are also planning several new fundraisers to help with chapter’s ﬁnances. The Chapter would like to thank the alumni for their help and guidance throughout the year. And we would also like to congratulate Dan Garas, Rami Touma, and Anthony Alameda, on being elected to Student Council; Sigma Pi is the only Greek Organization to have members on Student Council. Joshua Intemann, Herald • gammaomega@sigmapi.org

on campus. We also won the Highest G.P.A. Award. Brother Danny Hyche also won the most outstanding Greek Male Award. Brother Hyche was also Theta-Gamma Sage for the year.

newly initiated brothers.

The annual “Oozeball” mud volleyball tournament was bigger than ever, collecting $1,000 for the American Red Cross. The chapter had great success with its ﬁrst ever “Blood Wars” blood drive, orchestrated by Brother Daniel Bryars.

The week following formal, we held our annual teeter-totter. The brothers had a very successful one this year with raising $2,200 dollars. We would like to thank Andrew “Fozzy” Fountain for his work with this year’s teeter-totter, without his effort it would have not succeeded as well as it did.

The chapter would like to say farewell to brothers Danny Hyche, Brian Gober, Brodie Perkins and Thomas Cooley. Congratulations to David Laster and Danny Hyche on their upcoming marriages. Joshua Kerrigan, Herald • thetagamma@sigmapi.org

West Chester Zeta-Alpha Chapter Our Chapter is looking forward to a great year coming off of one in which was a great step for our chapter. We pledged 9 new members last year who are good men, who will help greatly to get our chapter back to the top of our campus, and who will help turn us into an elite chapter on our Campus. Our executive board is working well, and our chapter has great and promising plans for chapter growth.

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Theta-Gamma Chapter The brothers of Theta-Gamma ﬁnished the year with a bang. We won the Homer Award at the annual Greek Banquet. This award is given to the most outstanding Greek organization

Western Michigan Gamma-Rho Chapter The brothers of Gamma-Rho would ﬁrst like to congratulate the

Gamma-Rho held our annual formal up at Double J Ranch once again. The brothers would like to thank all of the alumni who attended.

Also we are proud to say that Gamma-Rho chapter is getting a new house in the fall semester. After making a deal with our landlord, he ﬁnally decided to build the new house which will be a horseshoe shaped. Finally, we would like to say congratulations to the newly graduated brothers for all their hard work that they put into Gamma-Rho, without you guys we would not be where we are, and to the alumni we would like to say thank you to all your hard work that you put into Gamma-Rho with the help of the new house, as well as the advice that you all gave us. Jeff Otto, Herald • gammarho@sigmapi.org

West Virginia Tech Gamma-Xi Chapter This semester has been great for the brotherhood all together at GammaXi, the brothers have found yet another way to bond even more than before. We have also had the pleasure of bringing a few more good men into the ranks of Sigma Pi.

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Epsilon-Rho brothers at Drury before their annual Bid Day.

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16 C H A PTER NEWS Overall, this semester has been great; everyone is still in one piece, we’re all together enjoying this journey of life together, and loving every minute of it. Mike McGreal, Herald • gammaxi@sigmapi.org

Wisconsin-Madison Tau Chapter This has been a busy spring for the Brothers of Tau chapter. Now as a chapter, we were able to focus our efforts on Greek involvement on campus. In doing so, the brothers of Tau chapter, paired with the women of Alpha Chi Omega and men of Sigma Phi, took second place in our annual Humorology Competition and won the most awards overall, including Best Villain (Brother Roy David Chesson) and Funniest Male Performer (Brother Dennis Boyle), Best Vocals, Best Acapella Number, and Best Dance Break, and taking Second Place overall. Matthew Braun, Herald • tau@sigmapi.org

Wisconsin-Oshkosh Gamma-Mu Chapter This semester Gamma-Mu chapter has accomplished alot. With the pressure of formal rush at our campus we could only attain one pledge which we imitated this semester. We got second place by only a few points for this years winter carnival activities on campus. Also this semester represented our twentieth anniversary of our chapter on the Oshkosh campus. We had a huge banquet where many alumni attended and we talked a lot about the years past. Joel Line, Herald • gammamu@sigmapi.org

Wisconsin-Platteville Delta-Iota Chapter With the new purchase of our very own Sigma Pi Dunk Tank, fundraising has been off to a great start. June was been busy with summer move-ins and a big philanthropy for the Platteville Family Advocates, where we

tore down, re-designed and re-built their front porch. With the needed increasing numbers RUSH will be a big part of our fall semester along with Homecoming. Andrew Opp, Herald • deltaiota@sigmapi.org

York Eta-Theta Chapter Spring 2005 was a good semester for everyone. We had six pledges that have really helped out a great deal. It seems as though they are all ready to take on tasks and do some good for our Fraternity. We had several fundraising events for the Fraternity that included a dribble’a’thon and working a food stand at the worlds second largest indoor sports complex in Harrisburg, PA. It was tough work but well worth the money. Our chapter also participated in several adopt-ablock events. This includes cleaning up litter, ﬁxing houses, and an overall effort to make our neighborhood look

cleaner and nicer. We had our formal in Delaware at a very nice hotel. Everyone had a good time and we gave out some awards to the brothers like best pledge (Jeff Thorn), most likely to succeed (Dean Gvodas), favorite brother (Corey McLaughlin), and a few others. Soon and sadly after that came graduation, where two brothers have left to go onto better things. Dean Gvodas and Tom Russo have taken the step into the real world. We wish them the best of luck! Neil Shefﬁeld, Herald • etatheta@sigmapi.org

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OFFICE NEWS

Faces change at the Executive Office Jonathan Frost (ΔΖ, Missouri – St. Louis ’02) was promoted in August to the position of Assistant Executive Director. Frost started with the Executive Office in January ’03 traveling as the Educational Leadership Consultant for the west region. After traveling for a year, Frost was promoted to Director of Chapter Services. “Jon is well deserving of this position and I am looking forward to his continued leadership in this capacity,” said Executive Director Mark Briscoe. As the Assistant Executive Director, Frost will continue to oversee the traveling consultants, as well as manage the directors of the Executive Office.

Justin Steele grew up about ﬁfty minutes west of Washington, DC. He graduated from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. As an undergrad, Steele served the Epsilon-Pi Chapter as new member educator, fourth counselor, and third counselor. Justin will be traveling the northeast region of the United States and Canada. Johnathan Stone is from Grant Falls, VA. He attended Radford University in Radford, Virginia, where he was a founding father of the Theta-Lambda Chapter and goalie of Radford’s Lacrosse team. As an undergrad he served his chapter as recruitment chair and scholarship chair. Stone graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. Johnathan will be traveling and assisting chapters in the midwest region of the United States.

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Newburgh, IN. He started his collegiate career at Vincennes University were he served the Alpha Chapter as sage and ﬁrst counselor. After attending VU for two years, Finnan transferred to the University of Tennessee where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science this past May. Finnan holds the position as Expansion Consultant where he travels to new schools and recruits men in hopes to start a colony that one day will become another chapter of Sigma Pi.

Alan Moore grew up in the Metropolitan DC area. He graduated from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in leadership. As an undergrad, Moore served the Epsilon-Pi Chapter as sage, second counselor, and philanthropy chairman. Holding the position of Colony Development Consultant, Moore visits Sigma Pi colonies and works with them as they become chartered chapters.

Rob Pankau is from Lake Orion, MI. He graduated from Oakland University in 2005 where he received a bachelor’s degree in communication. While at Oakland he was very active in the Zeta-Pi Chapter holding the positions of second counselor, ﬁrst counselor, recruitment chairman and social chairman. Rob will be visiting the chapters in the southern region of the United States. Two new expansion staff members have hit the road as well starting new colonies and assisting those that are already colonized working to become chapters. Doug Finnan grew up in

L to R: Justin Steele, John Stone, Rob Pankau, Doug Finnan and Alan Moore

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Brian Alley (Α, Vincennes ‘03) was also promoted this past summer. Alley, who joined the Executive Ofﬁce staff in July ’03, was promoted to Director of Communications. After serving the Executive Ofﬁce for two years, Alley started as the Educational Leadership Consultant for the northeast region of the United States and Canada before moving regions and traveling as the ELC for the south. After traveling Brian for a year and half, Alley he was promoted to Assistant Director of Chapter Services, before taking the job as Director of Communications. Alley’s main responsibilities include managing and editing The Emerald, as well as overseeing all other publications and communications of Sigma Pi.

Three new Educational Leadership Consultants have hit the road this fall providing assistance to chapters.

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Over 300 Sigma Pi’s made the trip to Nashville

Despite the economic stress on the Greek system this past year, Sigma Pi endured better than many of the leading fraternities

“ Nothing can top this experience. Hundreds of men in one place from all over the Land of Sigma Pi bonded by brotherhood. SPU is a must!”

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and was excited to host the largest leadership school this past summer for our members in Nashville, Tenn. With more than 300 members in attendance from July 28-31, 2005, the fourth Sigma Pi University was a huge success on many different levels. At SPU 2005, undergrads and alumni enjoyed the experiences of not only standard workshops and fellowship, but also entertainment in the form of featured speakers, Sigma Pi Jeopardy, Nashville Sounds Baseball Game, and the sights and sounds of Music City. 4

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was the theme and focus of SPU 2005. Instead of the normal three-day program, where educational opportunities are greatly expanded on leadership, recruitment, ﬁnance, public relations, philanthropy, and campus service, SPU 2005 went back to basics focusing on recruitment, retention, and image. The reasoning behind going “Back to Basics” was to help our members with recruitment and retention of new members by providing them with new information and ideas to help them help their chapters grow. “Recruitment and retention are the number 1 and 2 functions of our Fraternity and we felt that going back to basics was a great way to help our members be better recruiters. It also was a great way to inform all of our members of the great happenings in Sigma Pi and the Sigma Pi speciﬁc features that they can use when recruiting new members this fall,” said Assistant Executive Director Jonathan Frost.

Paul Wydra discusses recruitment during a general assembly

for colonies and interest groups was held featuring Past Grand Sage Frank Fryburg (Θ, Penn State ’49) giving a presentation on the Great Men of Sigma Pi. The day ended with all registrants being separated into “SPU Chapters” to mingle and learn from others during their time at SPU. Friday morning came early to

some, but after a good breakfast at Rand Dining Hall, Executive Director Mark Briscoe (ΑΠ, Arkansas State ’82) and Director of Alumni Services Paul Wydra (ΔΖ, Missouri – St. Louis ’01) began the day with an exciting general assembly on recruitment. During the assembly Mark and Paul discussed the importance behind recruitment as it is the lifeblood of Sigma Pi; how to separate yourselves from every other Greek organization on campus by selling the uniqueness of Sigma Pi Fraternity, and how to represent yourself with a good image. The positive momentum and excitement from the general assembly rolled into the ﬁrst of four track sessions that were held. The ﬁrst track session followed the theme of Mark and Paul’s presentation and went more in depth on the importance of recruitment and gave attendees a chance to share ideas about their chapter’s success stories and feed off of each other.

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Sigma Pi University 2005 began on Thursday when attendees and speakers began to register and find their accommodations on the beautiful campus of Vanderbilt University. The Executive Office staff did an excellent job to provide friendly service as the mass of Sigma Pi’s began to move in and become orientated with the campus and Nashville. Thursday evening was filled with excitement thanks to the opening ceremony where a new undergraduate giving campaign for the Educational Foundation was introduced. This new program “The Delta Society” is a unique giving level specifically geared to undergraduates, taking the place of the original Undergraduate Golden Cross Club. The Delta Society was introduced with a fun, exciting, and entertaining video to get members to join. The video, which focused on a poker theme and had the slogan “All In” enticing members to go all in and join the new society. To learn more about this exciting program, please turn to

page 2 of the Foundation or visit www.sigmapiallin.com. Following the orientation to Sigma Pi University and opening ceremony, an initiation workshop and model initiation was held for all initiated members, while a special meeting

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After track session one was concluded, attendees were given a short break before coming back to the second track session. Here they had the choice of what they wanted to learn about. Sessions were held on how to communicate with alumni, the executive ofﬁce, and the university, as well as sessions on budgeting and fundraising, committee structure, and alumni relations. Facilitators for the track sessions included current and past staff members of the Executive Ofﬁce as well as featured alumni. Once the morning session concluded, lunch was enjoyed by all as brothers got a chance to mingle and discuss what they learned during their very informational morning. From there, brothers headed

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back to Wilson Hall where Senior Educational Leadership Consultant Jim DiVita (ΖΜ, Michigan State ’04) and Past Director of Expansion Keith Ritson (ΘΔ, The College of New Jersey ’02) now employed by Merck Pharmaceuticals as a salesman; led the second general assembly. Jim and Keith’s presentation on Image and The Renaissance Man was focused on how chapters could improve their overall image on campus as well in everyone’s daily lives. Jim covered how to promote the Sigma Pi image with perspective members, one’s campus, community, parents, and other Greek organizations. Keith then led an interactive discussion engaging members how they must ﬁrst be conscious of their self image and attitude before they can improve the image of their chapter. Keith used an example of law enforcement ofﬁcers and how their outward appearance actually helps to prevent crime from occurring based on image. In the end, Jim and Keith were able to facilitate brothers in coming up with ways that each person could not only improve the image of their chapter but themselves as well. After Jim and Keith’s presentation concluded on image, brothers

again broke for another track session to follow up and share ideas that they had learned before heading into their second “SPU Chapter” meeting. Here chapter members were given a mock incident that happened and the brothers in the chapter had to work together to rectify the situa-

tion by coming up with an action plan and how to address this issue. Sigma Pi Jeopardy, a favorite event to all, took place after the chapter meeting where one member from each “SPU Chapter” had to represent their chapter in a competition of Sigma Pi knowledge. The competition was tough, but after three rounds Rich

Macurak (ΘΕ, Indiana of Pennsylvania ’05) defeated the other contestants and was placed against PGS Frank “Pythagoras” Fryburg in a 60 second final jeopardy round where Frank and Rich had to answer as many questions in 60 seconds as possible. The battle was close, but Fryburg pulled ahead at the last second with his final answer! Brothers cheered and gave Fryburg a standing ovation as being named winner of Sigma Pi Jeopardy 2005. Even though Fryburg pulled away with a win, Macurak received a $50 gift certificate from Spirit Recognition for his efforts. Following the fun and exciting jeopardy competition, participants were taken by charter buses to Greer Stadium to watch the Nashville Sounds take on the Fresno Grizzles. The Nashville Sounds, the AAA ball club for the Milwaukee Brewers, was an exciting game, providing entertainment for all who attended. Brothers enjoyed good food, brotherhood, and a spectacular view of the game from the right field Home Run deck. The night was enjoyed by all even though the Nashville sounds lost. Like Friday morning, Saturday morning came early as well, before Jonathan Frost (ΔΖ, Missouri – St. Louis ’02) spoke to the general assembly on The Values of Brotherhood. Frost emphasized on the specific benefits of membership in Sigma Pi and the values that one brother should have as a member. He discussed on the epidemic rise of hazing cases that have been brought up to all Greeks during the past year and how hazing is not a value that any Sigma Pi member should hold. Frost talked on the value of membership in Sigma Pi from the time that one pledges continuing on into their life as alumni. Frost went on to explain that every

“The experience of Sigma Pi University was quite valuable for me as a colony member. It gave me many valuable ideas to put to use in the upcoming year.” Arlan Hanes (ΒΓ, Eastern Illinios ’62) Director of Alumni Services Paul Wydra (ΔΖ, Missouri-St. Louis ’01), Grand Sage John Kitch (H, Purdue ’73) and Executive Director Mark Briscoe (ΑΠ, Arkansas State ’82) pose during an alumni reception at Blackstone Restaurant in Nashville during SPU

Past Grand Sages Don Cox (Κ, Temple ’55), John Williams (ΕΨ, Widener ’85), John Merion (ΒΟ, Cal. State-Long Beach ’58), Gary Tash (ΒΠ, Virginia ’68) and Frank Fryburg (Θ, Penn State ’49) pose with Grand Sage John Kitch (Η, Purdue ’73) during a break at SPU

Undergraduates discuss what they learned during SPU track sessions

person who pledges Sigma Pi does so for a specific reason, and each person believes affiliation with the Fraternity will benefit him in some way. Frost tied this into recruitment and explained that men from many backgrounds are brought together before going on their different ways, and that during their few years together, a bond is formed and it is in that bond that the true value of Sigma Pi membership is found. After an interesting and energetic general assembly on the values of brotherhood, participants headed to the final two track sessions of SPU. Here attendees got a chance to attend one of six different classes that were being facilitated. Classes included; The Foundation of Membership, The ACE Project, Insurance, Scholarship, Chivalry, and Dealing with Apathy.

Sigma Pi University 2005 came to a close on Saturday with the last general assembly and closing

PGS Frank Fryburg & Rich Macurak

was also awarded the prestigious North-American Interfraternity Conference Award of Distinction for his outstanding leadership and excellent in the advancement of Fraternity ideals. Miele is the first ever Sigma Pi to win this prestigious award. Sigma Pi brothers from across North America exemplified that the Fraternity is truly helping to build A New Generation of Leaders. After the group photo of more than 300 participants, SPU officially ended with everyone loading up on buses and making their way downtown to Music City, USA. Brotherhood and fellowship was enjoyed by all as Sigma Pi University 2005 came to a close. SPU 2005 was truly a great success, and the actions of our chapters and colonies will show the benefit in the years to come.

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After discussing and sharing ideas from chapter to chapter in the break-out sessions, participants got a chance to meet their new Educational Leadership Consultant and Colony Development Consultants for the upcoming year. Here ELC’s and CDC’s got a chance to introduce themselves and go over their thoughts, goals, and expectations for the upcoming year with their respective regions. Participants got a chance to share ideas with other chapters or colonies in their region and plan for upcoming province workshops and consultant visits for the next school year.

ceremony. Efﬁciency, recruitment, All-Sigma Pi Collegiate Honors, scholarship recipients, and ACE Project awards were presented to the top chapters for the 2004-05 school year. The list of awards and honors were amazing as more than 80 percent of the attendees walked away with one award or more. Christian Miele (ΗΝ, Towson ’04)

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Sigma Pi University participants enjoyed a Nashville Sounds game, against the Fresno Grizzles. Brothers enjoyed good food, brotherhood, and a spectacular view of the game from the right ďŹ eld Home Run deck.

Grand Sage John Kitch impressed Sigma Pi brothers with his arm as he threw out the ďŹ rst pitch of the game.

E X E C U T I VE OFFICE NEWS

Help Protect Sigma Pi’s Heritage

Tribute to a Brother

As an initiated member of Sigma Pi Fraternity, you appreciate the signiﬁcance of the name and symbols of Sigma Pi. To protect the integrity of our name, Sigma Pi Fraternity registered our marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Ofﬁce. These marks include the names of Sigma Pi Fraternity, Altruistic Campus Experience, ACE, Greek letters, badge, and the coat of arms.

Most of us can remember a brother who stood apart from the rest. He was the chapter president who taught you what it means to be a Sigma Pi. Or the pledge buddy who gave advice you’d never forget. Or the alumnus who steered you beyond one of life’s inevitable obstacles.

Protecting the Fraternity’s name is our right and our responsibility and is recognized by the court system. In April 2000, a District Court ruled that fraternities and sororities have the right to enforce and protect their registered marks. For years, companies selling merchandise bearing the logo or symbols of a university, professional sports teams or organization had to have permission to use those logos or symbols because they were recognized as the “trigger mechanism for sale of the product.” In the early 1980’s, some courts refused to recognize that fraternities and sororities should have the same right to protect their marks.

Sigma Pi has introduced a link to www.sigmapi.org/merchandise. A complete list of licensed vendors is available and searchable for speciﬁc products. Online catalogs from those licensed vendors can be accessed here. The site will be updated frequently, as the roster of licensed vendors continues to grow and the variety of quality products available increases. You associate great memories with Sigma Pi and its symbols. To preserve those memories and stop companies who misuse Sigma Pi’s symbols for personal proﬁt because they are not familiar with the true meaning of the Sigma Pi Creed, Mission, or Values, we must take a stand. By refusing to purchase products that do not carry the Greek Licensed Product Seal, we can ensure “Sigma Pi” always stands for quality. If you have questions about licensing or want more information on how to get your local vendor and campus bookstore licensed, please contact John Swales at 1-800-332-1897 or by email at jswales@sigmapi.org

The Sigma Pi Educational Foundation has established Tribute to a Brother, a program that encourages you to honor someone: the Sigma Pi who made the most positive impact on your life. Through Tribute to a Brother, you extend your appreciation and help build A New Generation of Leaders. Every recognition level provides beneﬁts for your honoree, for you and for Sigma Pi. Making your Tribute to a Brother is a perfect expression of your gratitude, and a meaningful contribution to the Fraternal and external spirit of Sigma Pi. “The Fraternity is one of the most skillfully devised institutions among men, where a boy disorganized is brought into an institution of kindred minds who believe in him and thereby help him to ﬁnd himself.” –Norman Vincent Peale

All the Small Things He has Done Throughout the Years has Made a Big Difference. RECOGNITION LEVELS COACH’S CIRCLE $100–$249 Honoree will receive a certificate of appreciation on your behalf from the Fraternity; first time donors will receive a Crest lapel pin. ADVISOR’S CIRCLE $250–$499 Honoree will receive a certificate of appreciation on your behalf and an embossed pad folio. You will receive a Crest lapel pin. COUNSELOR’S CIRCLE $500–$999 Honoree will receive a certificate of appreciation on your behalf and a paperweight engraved with our Crest. You will receive a Crest lapel pin and special Foundation updates. MENTOR’S CIRCLE $1,000–$4,999 Honoree will receive a certificate of appreciation on your behalf and a paperweight engraved with our Crest. You will receive a Crest lapel pin and special Foundation updates, as well as membership in the Foundation’s Brotherhood of the Golden Cross. If you would like to pay Tribute to a Brother or would like more information, please contact the Educational Foundation at (800) 332-1897, or by email at edfound@sigmapi.org.

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Sigma Pi Fraternity is using the fuel from the court’s decision to join numerous other Greek organizations in trademark protection. We formed an alliance with Afﬁnity Marketing Consultants, Inc., experts in administering comprehensive licensing programs for Greek organizations. Its goal is to license a variety of companies who provide quality Sigma Pi products at reasonable prices and with exceptional service. To date, Sigma Pi has agreements with over 45 vendors, offering products and services such as jewelry, apparel, and glassware. Remember to look for this seal, which signiﬁes quality products and superior service.

Perhaps it wasn’t until years later that you even recognized how much he inspired you to learn and grow. Maybe you never had the chance to say thank you. Until now.

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Sigma Pi Continues Partnership with SAM Spady Foundation

“ACE OF SPADES” The Wallet Card Every Student Needs

One year after the death of Samantha Spady, Sigma Pi Fraternity continues its partnership with the SAM Spady Foundation to promote awareness of the high risks of alcohol poisoning. The SAM Spady Foundation was formed by Samantha’s parents, Rick and Patty Spady, to promote awareness of the high risks of alcohol consumption to college students across the nation, and to honor the memory of Samantha, a 19-year old student at Colorado State University, who died of alcohol poisoning on September 5, 2004. The SAM in SAM Spady Foundation stands for Student Alcohol Management. The purpose of the Foundation is to have an effective alcohol awareness program with emphasis on alcohol poisoning and high-risk consumption that can be implemented at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Samantha affected people’s lives in a unique way. Her friends remember Sam as a fun-loving, sensitive and “amazing” girl, who was a champion for the underdog and a good friend. Samantha’s death was an unintentional tragedy. We hope that the SAM Spady Foundation, with your support, can prevent a similar tragedy from happening. Sigma Pi Fraternity in partnership with the SAM Spady Foundation is proud to offer to its members a brand new wallet size alcohol awareness card. These cards are in memory of Spady and all students that have been lost due to alcohol-related deaths. These new “Ace of Spades Cards”

were developed to educate on the severe threat of alcohol poisoning. The front of the card features an Ace of Spades logo and a memory to Samantha Spady and all students lost to alcohol-related deaths, while the back of the card features the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning. Start planning your alcohol awareness workshop today by ordering your Ace of Spades cards. All students need to know, the basic warning signs and the more who know the better. With your help there is no telling how many lives could be saved. You may order your wallet size cards directly from the Executive Office. The cost of the cards is 5 cents per card. For every card that is purchased 1.5 cents will be donated to the SAM Spady Foundation, a donation that will be specific to each chapter that orders cards. For more information on the “Ace of Spades” cards or to order your supply today, please contact Amy Smith at the Executive Office at 1-800-3321897 or by email at amy@sigmapi.org

L to R: Jen Wyatt, Amy Smith, and Nadine Mills

Thank you Ladies! Dear Readers: As many of you know, some of our most valuable assets are the ladies that work with us in Brentwood to provide the wide array of services to our chapters and members. They continue to amaze me with the hard work and devotion they put forth on your behalf. With the incredibly hectic preparations that took place for Sigma Pi University this past July, and the tremendous work that has gone into getting ready for the fall semester, these ladies deserve your appreciation. I encourage you to drop them a note or make a call to the Executive Ofﬁce just to say “thank you.” Fraternally,

Brian Alley Editor

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Brothers, we are aggressively pursuing the growth of our great Fraternity, and you can help! Whether you are an alumnus or undergraduate, you may have a valuable connection with our targeted schools. Do you have a friend or son at a prominent university who is interested in starting a chapter of Sigma Pi at his school? Do you know a faculty advisor who would serve as a good advisor for a new group? Are you a local alumnus that could be a role model, and help advise a new colony of Sigma Pi to success? We want to create the elite Fraternity on each campus we visit. Therefore, we look for quality, well-rounded students who are scholars, athletes, leaders, and gentleman. Help you Fraternity prosper by contacting Jeremy Boyd at the Executive OfďŹ ce at (800) 332-1897, or by email at jboyd@sigmapi.org Our current scheduled expansion projects for 2005-06 include 4

EXPANSION Belmont University

Nashville, TN

California University of Pennsylvania

California, PA

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Illinois State University

Bloomington/Normal

Epsilon-Eta Chapter originally chartered March 19, 1977; inactive since 2002

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, PA

Texas State University - San Marcos

San Marcos, TX

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Gamma Chapter originally chartered June 6, 1908; inactive during World War II and since 1995

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, TX

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, IN

University of Texas - Arlington

Arlington, TX

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Alpha-Gamma Chapter originally chartered January 9, 1926; inactive during World War II, 1958-1984, and since 1991

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Zeta-Psi Chapter originally chartered April 16, 1988, inactive since 1991

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an unexpected reu This story actually began in the fall

of 1973. I was a 17 year-old freshman at the University of Detroit (known today as University of Detroit-Mercy). I was taking in an independence that was new to me, and simply trying to adjust to the incredibly large lecture halls, hikes I needed to take from one hour to the next just to keep up with my course schedule, and the large number of books I needed to haul with me throughout the day (these were the pre-backpack days, and my arm was worn out at the end of the day). One day, a few weeks into that ﬁrst semester, my life was about to change forever, although I didn’t realize it at the time. It was at that time that I was approached in the dining hall by a sophomore student named Mike who recognized me as a fellow Bishop Gallagher High School alumnus. He looked familiar to me although I wouldn’t have put two and two together if I hadn’t been approached ﬁrst. 4

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was impressed with my accomplishments. We reminisced, laughed together and, when the night was over, wished each other well, not being sure when we would see each other again.

Move ahead to 1987. That was the year Gamma-Alpha Chapter celebrated its 25th anniversary as a chapter of Sigma Pi. By then, I had been very active as an alumni volunteer for my chapter for nearly a decade, serving concurrently as Chapter Director, president of our alumni club and chair of our house corporation board. At our silver anniversary Orchid Ball, which turned out to be the largest single event in Gamma-Alpha’s history, I was presented a very prestigious award of recognition by the other alumni of our chapter. Sam was in attendance that evening, traveling back to Detroit from out of state for the celebration. I remember Sam talking to me after the awards presentation and telling me that he recalled our undergraduate years together and never imagined at that time that I could have accomplished all that I had done in Sigma Pi. After all, he remembered me as this long-haired undergraduate who wore torn t-shirts and struggled to get through the ﬁrst year of an intense engineering program at U of D. That night, Sam congratulated me and told me he

Sam admittedly had no idea why I was at Vanderbilt that day. Although he was, at one time, very active in Sigma Pi, other things occupied his life as the years passed. As an undergraduate, though, Sam had served as second counselor and ﬁrst counselor of Gamma-Alpha Chapter. Among other things, he also helped to charter the Delta-Alpha Chapter at Central Michigan University and assist with the last rechartering of our now closed Alpha-Beta Chapter at the University of Michigan.

It is now the summer of 2005. As a member of the Grand Council, I arrived in Nashville a full day ahead of the undergraduates and alumni volunteers who were attending the ﬁrstever Sigma Pi University to be held on the Vanderbilt University campus. On that Thursday morning, prior to the scheduled Grand Council board meeting, I took a jog around the campus and, in my running gear and still cooling down from my run, I headed to the VU dining hall for a light breakfast before the meeting. On a return trip to the beverage line to grab a cup of coffee, the completely unexpected occurred. As I walked past the cashier, I heard a male voice yell out “George!” I turned and was ﬂoored to see, of all people, Sam Licata standing at the register paying for his meal. Sam noticed and, very surprisingly, recognized me. I say surprisingly because, the last time we met, I sported a full black beard, had a darker head of hair, and probably a couple less wrinkles. Oh, and I was in a suit and tie rather than running shorts, a t-shirt and sweat band.

While carrying on a fast-paced conversation with Sam (we had a lot of catching up to do in what seemed like moments) as we stood in the middle of the VU dining hall, I explained that, in less than a day, the campus was going to be swarmed by 300 brothers who would be here as part of our Sigma Pi University. He really lit up when I explained that to him. Then, of course, I had to ask him the question: what brought him to the middle of Nashville at this time since it had nothing to do with our leadership conference? Sam explained that

he is a very involved volunteer member of USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of hockey in the United States. It happened that he was at VU participating in a very special summer session held annually in Nashville on the VU campus for the very best 13 year-old ice hockey players in the 12 states comprising the Southeastern District of USA Hockey. As we recovered from the complete surprise of seeing each other that morning and continued our brief conversation, I recalled that Sam was very much into hockey when I ﬁrst met him. He never played club hockey at U of D, but played a lot of pond hockey in his day. As it turned out, Sam always maintained his involvement in the sport, coaching every level in amateur hockey other than Juniors over the past 30 years. Most recently, Sam’s continued involvement in USA Hockey offered him the opportunity to help train coaches in the Southeastern District, and later become the Associate Coach-in-Chief, all of which embedded him deeply in the hockey community in North Carolina and guided him to his current role today with the 13 year-old players. Before Sam departed Nashville (which was unfortunately that next day), we managed to meet up with each other a couple more times in the dining hall. That gave us the opportunity, albeit brief, to exchange contact information and share further information about our lives after our college years. Regretfully, our time together moved much too quickly. However, we did vow to stay in touch and try to meet up again sometime in the not-too-distant future. Today, as I look back on my unexpected reunion with my brother and old friend Sam Licata in the dining hall on the Vanderbilt campus, I think about how much that ﬁrst interaction with Sam in 1973 had an impact on my life. If not for Sam, Sigma Pi may not have been part of my life at all, let alone today. And as I think about Sam, I think about a man who I will forever be proud to call my brother. Although Sam may have many other life priorities and outside interests tugging at his schedule every day, it is apparent to me that Sigma Pi has held, and will always hold, a very special place in his heart.

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Anyway, Mike mentioned to me that he told the guys in his Fraternity about me and they wanted to meet me. He told me about a social the Sigma Pi’s were having a few days later and invited me to stop by. I hadn’t been to an afterhours gathering yet since starting at U of D and thought it would be kind of cool to stop over at their house (even though I knew absolutely nothing about fraternities). Well, I went to that social, and immediately felt welcome with the Sigma Pi brothers. One brother in particular made an impression on me at that social, and the next social as well. His name was Sam Licata. Sam was a senior engineering student who was already married and a few years older than the other seniors in his class. Sam was classy, articulate, very cordial and, in general, someone I almost immediately started looking up to. I can’t say for sure that I wouldn’t be a Sigma Pi today if it weren’t for Sam, but he was deﬁnitely a large reason why I was enamored with the idea of joining the fraternity. I was initiated into Gamma-Alpha Chapter that fall. Sam graduated at the end of my ﬁrst year as an active member, and our opportunities to see each other again after that were few and far between.

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ALUMNI we are already planning the next alumni event in Tampa!

This past August, the brothers of Eta Chapter at Purdue University and the Cleutus A. Broecker (CAB) Alumni Club held the ﬁrst annual Andy Mauk Memorial Golf Outing. The tournament is in honor of Mauk, who was an undergraduate brother of Eta Chapter who was tragically killed in a car crash in August of 2003. The outing beneﬁts, appropriately, the Andy Mauk Memorial Scholarship, to be awarded to an undergraduate of Eta Chapter.

to bring their ‘A’ game, settling for B, C and in some cases, epically bad F+ games. Combine that with an 8 AM start time, a time not normally conducive to peak performance amongst our members, a freakish early morning thunder storm that had animals pairing up and looking for Noah, and golfing excellence was difficult to find. One team, however, battled through brain fog, sopping wet fairways and greens made of pudding to claim victory, nearly lapping the field with their 7 under score of 64. Team 1983, comprised of James Hus (’07), Mark Rine (’83), Randy Tebbing (’84) and Brian Eberhardt (’83) found themselves tasting the sweet champagne of victory and taunting their nearest competition who came in at four under par. Team 1983 will have their names etched into the Andy Mauk Trophy for all eternity and took home the cash prize.

As it was the ﬁrst year for this tournament, some logistical problems were to be expected. For instance: many teams forgot

The CAB would like to thank all those who participated in making this event a success. Participants included: Randy Tebbing

For more information on Alumni Events coming to your area, please feel free to contact me at (800) 332-1897 or by email at pwydra@sigmapi.org - Paul Wydra, Director of Alumni Services

Cletus A Broecker Alumni Club

Alumni at the Tampa event with baseball legend and Tampa Bay Devil Rays Senior Baseball Advisor, Don Zimmer.

Tampa Area Alumni Event On June 18th 2005 Sigma Pi had their first alumni event in Tampa, Florida. The event was a Devil Ray’s Baseball Game and the turnout was great. Brothers and their friends and family gathered at the stadium for a pre-game food and drink reception. During the reception, Sigma Pi brothers and their guests from all around nation gathered to discuss what brought them to sunny Florida and many re-connected with Sigma Pi for the first time in years. During the reception held at Tropicana Field, Devil Ray’s senior advisor and baseball legend Don Zimmer visited with us and shook some hands and poised for pictures. It was great to meet him and talk baseball with a living legend. After the reception, attendees headed to their seats in right field to enjoy the game. During the game many people told stories from their undergrad days in Sigma Pi and the common bonds that brought them to the stadium that day. It was great to see brothers from as far back as the 40’s up to undergraduate members share the ideals and stories that unite them

in brotherhood. Unfortunately, no one left with a souvenir, but Albert Pujol’s homerun ball landed only a few seats from us! It was a great day and thanks to all that attended. Special thanks go out to Rich Herrera (ΖΚ, Cal State – Bakersﬁeld ’89) and Kevin Terry (ΕΕ, Emporia State ‘87) who assisted me with this event and made game day such a special event. One thing is for certain;

Participants at the CAB Andy Mauk Memorial Golf Outing

Tullier Receives Professional Achievement Award The Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) recently presented its highest honor - the Professional Achievement Award to Michael Tullier, APR (ΑΚ, Louisiana State ’94). The award was presented during the Federation’s annual conference on Aug. 16 at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tullier is the director of external relations for Auburn University’s (AU’s) College of Education. The Pubic Relations Council of Alabama (PRCA) nominated him for the award by naming him its 2004 Philip R. Forrest Jr. Practitioner of the Year. “Michael’s public relations peers and those he mentors hold him in the highest esteem,” Carol Mann, APR, SPRF president, said. “He maintains the utmost standards in everything he does whether it is his career, community service, interaction with other professionals, or his personal life. This award recognizes Michael’s accomplishments as a leader, professional, and selﬂess volunteer. I expect him to accomplish even greater things for years to come.”

Special thanks goes to Dan Lavengood (’83), who housed Grand Sage Kitch, Frost, Finnan, and Steele before and after the outing and generally served as our man about the town. In all, the golf outing raised $600 for the Andy Mauk Memorial Scholarship, which organizers are pleased with for this being the ﬁrst year of the tournament. Next year, the tournament ﬁeld is expected to double, but space is limited. To reserve your spot, please contact Matt Taylor at taylor@lilly.com.

and actives can enjoy together! Don’t miss out on becoming founding fathers of this historic alumni club! We will receive our own charter and carry a vote at the next convocation. Membership dues have currently been set at: $25/semester. We have begun collecting dues in order to pay the one-time chartering fee of $150 and the yearly dues to nationals of $300. By the fall, we are looking to have all dues and donations TAX EXEMPT. Take part in this groundbreaking experience and JOIN TODAY! Alumni club privileges include, but are not limited to: the yearly homecoming celebration, alumni quarterly newsletter, password to ZMAA website which gives you access to: the alumni directory, alumni news, alumni updates & stories, chapter news, special key access to the future dedicated “alumni only” room and Zeta-Mu Alumni Association member pin. Check out: www.zetamualumni.com for more information. Alumni Association Dues can be sent to: C/O James R. DiVita, Jr., PO Box 1897, Brentwood, TN 37024. - James R. DiVita, Jr. (’04) Acting President, Zeta-Mu Alumni Association

- Matt Tayor (’01)

Rhode Island Alumni Club Zeta-Mu Alumni Asscoiation The goal of the Zeta-Mu Alumni Association (ZMAA) is to provide the same undergraduate fraternity experience to Sigma Pi alumni, while aiding the active chapter. The club is looking to begin hosting organized alumni events & charter by homecoming 2005. The ZMAA will also work with the active chapter’s wish list and make donations on a semester basis for things like, but not limited to: a trophy case, new pool table, sound system, big screen, etc. that both the alumni

The Rhode Island Alumni Club had its grandest reunion to date on July 23, 2005. Brothers came as far away as Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas, Florida and Pennsylvania. In all, over 70 people attended the alumni event that was held at the Hyatt Regency in Newport, RI. The event was spearheaded by George Smith (’65), Joe D’Ambra (’66), John Panagako (’66), Harry Eisenberg (’66) and Tom Conboy (’66). The weeklong event started at the Laurel Lane Golf Course. Bruce Smith (’67) led the play as ﬁfteen golfers ventured out into

the hot and humid weather to play 18 holes. Mulligan’s were numerous and the slices were plentiful. The day continued into the night as we all met at the Hyatt Regency to relive our glory days. A slide show of old photographs, created with the help of the URI Alumni Association, greeted old friends. A display of yearbooks, composites and other fraternity memorabilia was also at hand. As the group dined, music from the 50’s to the 80’s was played. Each table was encouraged to share with the group a special moment from their fraternity days. This year’s organizers have pledged to the group that another reunion will held in 2-5 years. To suggest events or ideas for the next event, contact George Smith at mgjsj@comcast.net. This past summer, our third annual Habitat for Sigma Pi was held the weekend of August 26th. During Habitat, alumni, undergraduates, new members and some parents converged to the local chapter house to prepare the facility for the 2005-06 academic year. Past years, a bar-b-que was held. This year we installed a new dishwasher, repaired exterior doors, and painted the ﬁre escapes, ﬁnished drywall repairs and construction in suites, landscaped and sealed tile. There was plenty for all to do. The weekend promoted brotherhood and allows new and older alumni to meet the current membership. - Jim Callahan (’85)

Eta-Epsilon Alumni Several alumni members of the Eta-Epsilon Chapter met in April at Longhorn Steakhouse in Tallahassee, Florida. In their ﬁrst attempt to get all local Sigma Pi Alumni together socially every

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Michael currently serves as PRCA’s immediate past president, SPRF’s vice president of Accreditation, and a member of the industry’s Universal Accreditation Board, which oversees the nationwide program that current accredits more than 5,000 public relations professionals.

(’84), Mark Rine (’83), Brian Eberhardt (’83), James Hus (’07), Bill Carson (’00), Brian Minick (’00), Chad Mishler (’03), Jay Holmes (’02), Worthy Grand Sage John Kitch (’73), Asst. Executive Director Jonathan Frost (ΔΖ, Missouri – St. Louis ’02), Expansion Consultant Douglas Finnan (Α, Vincennes ’01), Northeast Educational Leadership Consultant Justin Steele(ΕΠ, Christopher Newport ’03), John Westrick (’86), Joe Westrick (’91), Bruce Westrick, Kevin Rine (’86), Matt Taylor (’01), Mark Hogan (’00), Rod Taylor, and Dave Hullet

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30 A L UMNI NEWS month or so. The get-together included Spencer Klein (’94), Mark Webb (’98), Dan Spilewski (’94), Jeff Seay ‘(91), Mike Rosen (’90), Jeff Obos (’95), and Rob Kasper (’92), as well as spouses and children. Everyone had a good time catching up on each others lives. For more information, please contact Spencer Klein at spenceloriklein@aol.com - Spencer Klein (’94)

Attention Murray State Alumni! Homecoming is just around the corner. This year it is scheduled for October 21-23. The Alumni will once again sponsor a tent for Tent City. Last year, we gave away door prizes including a $100 Lowe’s Gift Certiﬁcate. The theme for this year’s Homecoming is “Reﬂections of Murray State”. Included in the weekend’s activities is a reunion for Miss Murray State title holders. We hope to see you there. For more information, please contact us at sigmapialumni@hotmail.com Be sure to look closely in the next issue of the Emerald for details from Summer Reunion Weekend 2005.

Mark E. Bryne

University of Mississippi Alumnus Awarded ESPN Outdoors/ B.A.S.S. 2004 Member of the Year! At the awards banquet for the National BASS Federation Championships Mark E. Byrne (ΒΜ, Mississippi ’81) was named the 2004 B.A.S.S. Federation Member of the Year. Mark was also honored with the 2004 National B.A.S.S. Federation Public Relations Award. Mark Byrne is currently the Washington State BASS Federation Conservation Director and a past Vice President. Mark was presented the awards by the B.A.S.S. founder Mr. Ray Scott. Mark and his wife Natalie, Mississippi (’82) and their two daughters, Sara and Kelly live in Lacey, Washington.

The Alumni Club will be sponsoring a Fantasy Football League that is free to all Alumni. This past March we sponsored a March Madness Basketball Tournament. Please join me in congratulating James Atherton for his ﬁrst place ﬁnish. Be sure to visit the web site, www.sigmapialumni.net for more information for future alumni events. Alumnus Scott Harris (’93) married his long time sweetheart, Carolina, on April 23, 2005.

Paul Hetrick (’92) celebrated the birth of his second son, Matthew, on March 28, 2005. If you do not receive alumni newsletters via e-mail, please contact us at sigmapialumni@hotmail. com so we can get you added to our master list.

Updates Tommy Ashley (ΗΚ, East Carolina ’94) and his wife Ashley are please to announce the birth of their son Thomas Council Nason on March 2, 2005. Michael Ayalon (ΕΟ, SUNYBuffalo ‘97) has been promoted to Director of Finance at Netfast Communications in Long Island City. His wife Jennifer gave birth to Jacob Ayalon on November 30th, 2004. Ricardo “Chico” Bautista (ΗΑ, Cal State-Sacramento ’97) and his wife Consuelo recently gave birth to their daughter Yasmine Belle Bautista. Yasmine was born on 5/29/05 at 3:28 am, and weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces, and was 20.5 inches in length. Dave Bohumolski (ΒΝ, Southern Illinois-Carbondale ’00) recently got engaged to Miss Mindy

Almond (Mankato State) MN. Spencer Klein (ΗΕ, Florida State ’94) would like all alumni from the Eta-Epsilon Chapter at Florida State University to update their contact information. You may do so by reaching Spencer at (850) 402-7653 or by email at spenceloriklein@aol.com Charles Mulherin (ΓΤ, Georgia Southern ’04) recently graduated from East Georgia Police Academy and is being transferred to the Uniform Division with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. Dan Nodar (ΖΛ, Southern California ’94) recently married Tahnya Gallio, on August 14, 2004 in Long Beach, CA. Jeremy “Flee” Schafer (ΔΑ, Central Michigan ’01) and his wife Lena recently had a baby girl on June 10th at 1:28am. The baby weighed in at 5lb. and was 18in. long. Her name is Greenlee Elyse Schafer. David Starkovich (ΗΑ, Cal State – Sacramento ’92) recently married Stacie Chaump, on September 17, 2005 in Davis, CA. Danny “Zeato” Threatt (ΕΤ, Tennessee-Martin ’89) recently moved back to Nashville after get-

Alumnus Tony Mattingly (’92) released his long awaited Gospel Album titled “Master of the Wind” on May 16. Alumnus Clint Darden (’01) placed 5th in a Strongman Competition in Poland this past March. You may remember that in 2002 Clint won the Kentucky Strongman Competition. Alumnus Brian Pierce (’96) started US Army Ofﬁcer Candidate School on May 28. He is expected to graduate by September 7, 2005.

Alumni from Theta-Lambda at Radford during the recent wedding of Jon Watson (’04) and wife Janice Nicklas. (L-R, Nathan Marti (’05), John Stone (’05), Janice & Jon Watson, Matthew Hughes (’05), Michael Jones (’06), and Jeremy Boyd (’04).

Jonathan Watson (ΘΛ, Radford ’04) was married to Janice Nicklas on Saturday, July 2, 2005 at the Our Savior Lutheran Church in Plantation, Florida. Many family members, friends, and chapter brothers attended the special event. A reception followed the ceremony. “I really enjoyed having my chapter brothers at my wedding. It brought back a lot of great memories from Radford with the guys. I want to thank them all for being here on my special day,” said Watson.

photos contributed by Matt DeCample

ting remarried in 2004. Currently a trainer for a software development group in the Nashville area and one of four partners creating a restaurant chain with the ﬁrst to open in Nashville sometime in the Summer of 2006.

Sigma Pi Alumnus Announces Race for Governor Sigma Pi Alumnus and Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe (ΑΠ, Arkansas State ’68) announced in June that he is running for Governor for the State of Arkansas in 2006. Beebe was sworn in as the 51st Attorney General for the State of Arkansas in January of 2003 after having served in the Arkansas Senate for 20 years. In his ﬁrst two years as Attorney General, Beebe’s Consumer Protection Division engaged in enforcement efforts that resulted in judgments or settlements of more than $13.5 million; reduced utility rates by $45.4 million; and disbursed nearly $1 million in individual restitution from antitrust actions against pharmaceutical companies. Beebe ﬁled 978 criminal appellate briefs to ensure that convicted criminals serve their sentences, while, at the same time, providing over $6.8 million in compensation to crime victims.

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Beebe was born in 1946 at Amagon, AR (Jackson County), in the northeastern part of the State. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Arkansas State University in 1968 and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1972, all the while serving his country in the U.S. Army Reserves. A leader in the Arkansas Senate for 20 years, Beebe consistently worked to achieve ﬁscal conservatism, to reach across party lines, and to solve problems. The Attorney General and his wife, Ginger, have three adult children. Beebe is an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Searcy, where he has served as senior warden and member of the vestry. For more information on Attorney General Mike Beebe and his campaign for Governor of Arkansas please visit www.mikebeebe.com

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There are more than 60 Sigma Pi active chartered alumni clubs and associations throughout North America, organizing a variety of events to satisfy your interests and needs. Visit www.sigmapi.org/alumniservices for the alumni group closest to you. Don’t see one in your area? Start one up! If you would like more information on alumni clubs and associations please contact Director of Alumni Services Paul Wyrda at (800) 332-1897 or by email at pwydra@sigmapi.org

Beebe is committed to promoting policies and enforcing laws that gives the State of Arkansas’ young people a safe environment and a brighter future. His ofﬁce serves as the statewide clearinghouse for missing and exploited children, hosts Missing Children’s Day and a Child-Safety Fair, and Beebe has created Mentor Arkansas, a program designed to encourage individuals and corporate citizens to participate

in the lives of Arkansas’ youth.

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Orange County Alumni Association Continues Its Local Support BY LARRY ROVIRA ( ΕΝ , C A L S TAT E – F U L L E RT O N ’ 8 5 ) , G R A N D S E C O N D C O U N S E L O R

The Orange County Alumni Association had a successful ﬁrst half of 2005 with three major events taking place. Under the leadership of OCAA President David DeFilippo (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton ‘92), Andy Hinkle (ΕΝ, Cal State Fullerton, ’99), Ed Gogin (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton, ‘82), Carlos Leija (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton, ‘88) and Grand Second Counselor Larry Rovira (ΕΝ, Cal State - Fullerton, ’85), the annual softball tournament and golf classic were executed, along with chartering the alumni club with Cal StateFullerton.

On Saturday, April 16th, the 28th Annual Western World Series played out, where 16 teams and over 200 people participated. Alumni teams from UC Irvine, UCLA, Long Beach, USC and Fullerton battled undergraduate teams from UCLA, Dominguez Hills, UC Irvine, San Diego State, UC Berkeley and the University of Houston. Congratulations to Andy Hinkle and his #6 Fullerton Alumni Team for ﬁnally defeating David DeFilippo’s #3 Fullerton Alumni Team in the championship game. This is the ﬁrst championship lost for the #3 alumni softball team since Long Beach State won

the championship in 1992. On Monday, June 13th, the 14th Annual John Merino Scholarship Golf Classic teed off at Western Hills Country Club in the ﬁne community of Chino Hills, CA. The Donovan family (ΕΣ, Loyola Marymount) again hosted our alumni club at their private course for another outstanding day of golf, cocktails, prizes, dinner, networking, and brotherhood. Just over 80 golfers were on hand to raise scholarship funding as well as to meet Grand Sage John Kitch (Η, Purdue ‘73), and Educational Foundation Treasurer Nelson

Farris (BO, Cal State - Long Beach ‘66). Special recognition goes to the alumni brothers from Southwest Missouri State who ﬂew into town for the event: Ray Striler (’60), Bob Shepherd (’61), Pat Baker (’61) and Bill Tillotson (’55), as well as the clan from Long Beach State who came to support John Merino (’58): Ralph Grosso (‘63), Peter Boothroyd (’64), Barry Tanner (’64), Victor Coudayer (’65), Don Bauchiero (‘68), Michael Ryan (’63), John Perrone (’64), Phil Wilson (’74), John Morgan (’55) and John Eckweiler (’86).

A special thank you goes to Grand Sage Kitch who flew out from Nashville, Tennessee in order to meet with Cal State - Fullerton’s administration and to secure an early re-colonization of the chapter. His heart is a big as his beard and the 850 alumni from Fullerton greatly appreciate his kindness and efforts in this important matter. The final event took place when the OCAA was the first Greek organization to charter as an alumni group with Cal State - Fullerton. This precedent was the brain child of Cal State-Fullerton’s new alumni executive director, Carlos Leija (ΕΝ, Cal State – Fullerton ’88). Brother Leija had worked in development for the university and previously served as the alumni president. With this strategic move, the alumni club can now use the alumni house for functions,

get added value through the university’s alumni association, as well as a stronger presence within the university system when executing its scholarship events. Please visit http://www. fullerton.edu/alumni/chapters. htm for more information as well as signing up for your annual membership. We wish to thank David DeFilippo for his 10+ years as alumni president, where he established a new level of commitment to the Fraternity and our local undergraduate chapter. We also want to congratulate him on his election and appointment to the alumni board of directors at Cal State - Fullerton where we know he will ﬁnd his way to the top of the leadership of that organization.

ADYTUM

ON HIGH

ifts in memory of a brother of Sigma Pi are accepted by the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation. Once a gift is received, a card of acknowledgement is sent to the donor and, if possible, a card announcing the memorial contribution is sent to the immediate family of the one remembered or person honored. Please contact the SPEF office (800) 332-1897, email: edfound@sigmapi.org

Cal State - Long Beach - Beta-Omicron

Neil Anderson ’94 4/23/05 Colorado - Zeta-Delta

Kody Cranney ’05 4/26/05 Columbus - Epsilon-Delta

Robert Kile ’77 4/23/05 Drexel - Beta-Theta

Louis A. Bradley ’49 2000 Robert D’Avino ’51 Franklin & Marshall - Nu

Charles McGowan ’51 3/28/03 John T. Ritter ’45 12/19/96 Illinois - Phi

Gene A. Peterson ‘64 Stanley W. Moore ‘40 Iowa State - Sigma

Alva A. Hayes ’43 1/12/05 Kentucky - Epsilon-Beta

Ryburn Weakley ’80 6/1/05 Kenyon - Lambda

Dr. Richard Shorkey ’38 6/20/04 Jerry Fink ’50 5/2/05 Louisiana - Alpha-Tau

Joseph W. Burley, MD ’54 7/03 Michigan - Alpha-Beta

Gerald A. Meyer ’69 3/05 Mississippi State - Alpha-Lambda

Henry Wamble ‘42 3/26/05 Missouri-Columbia - Gamma-Sigma

Thomas A. Hanaway ’77 5/04 Missouri-Rolla - Alpha-Iota

Sterling Shopher ’51 3/05 Rolf W. Roley ’41 11/17/03 Murray State - Gamma-Upsilon North Carolina State - Rho

Everett Carty ’43 9/14/04 W. David Miller ’61 6/7/05 Ohio Northern - Zeta

Timothy Connors ’74 Clayton T. Hawkins ’56 1/7/05

Ohio State - Gamma

David A. Uhl ’57 5/21/05 Oregon State - Omega

Carwin Woolley ’41 Richard B. Madson ’50 1996 Pennsylvania - Delta

Edward Hirs ‘23 1989 Penn State - Theta

Clarke L. Coldren ‘48 Edward J. Meyers ’43 12/9/96 Purdue - Eta

Galen E. Baker ’27 5/02 Rhode Island - Alpha-Upsilon

William Sheehan ’50 3/02 Glenn Catlow ’54 5/22/05 Gerald Dorr ’55 11/2001

CORRECTIONS The Emerald would like to apologize for an error in the ADYTUM ON HIGH in the Winter 2004 issue. In the obituary for Richard “Dick” Lee Kruger (Υ, UCLA ’51), we failed to mention his wife, Ellie Kruger, to whom he was married since 1980. The Emerald would like to apologize for an error in the ADYTUM ON HIGH in the Summer 2005 issue. Burdell Goodfellow (Υ, UCLA ’51) should of actually read B.G. (Bud) Maurer. The Emerald is pleased to announce that Charles Dudley (ΑΦ, Georgia ’62) is alive and well.

Rochester Tech - Beta-Phi

Michael K. Kmen ’72 5/25/04 Southwest Missouri State - Alpha-Rho

Marvin Kennon ’59 1/14/02 Temple - Kappa

Rev. Richard E. Dunham Jr. ’43 4/14/04 Troy State - Delta-Psi

John L. Tatom ’97 6/29/05 UCLA - Upsilon

Wesley Terry ’50 3/05 Wake Forest - Alpha-Nu

Coy Robertson ’58 11/04/04 Washington - Alpha-Gamma

Jack I. Mayer ’49 4/9/05 David Dolley ’54 Western Michigan - Gamma-Rho

Donald Hageman ’74 William & Mary - Alpha-Eta

Hon. Wesley Cofer, Jr ’47 9/16/98 Worcester Polytech - Gamma-Iota

Donald W. Campbell ’74

Consider an online gift in memory WWW.SIGMAPI.ORG/EDFUND

You can make a tax deductible donation to the SPEF online. Click ONLINE DONATIONS.

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Charles T. Brown ’00 6/22/05

Roy K. Jacobs ’31 4/25/01 John Stager ’50 7/13/04

Were Committed

. AreAreYou? you cool under pressure?

All In

risk taker?

Are you in it to win?

You’ve been dealt the best hand.

Chapter, “ALL IN!” What’s In It For The Chapter? Every chapter with a 100 percent participation rate will receive a personalized Sigma Pi poker chip set. The top three chapters raising the most money will be recognized and rewarded. The second and third place chapters will receive a desktop computer for your library / study. The ﬁrst place chapter will receive a big screen television set for their chapter room.

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If you would like more information on the Delta Society please contact the Educational Foundation at (800) 332-1897 or by email at edfound@sigmapi.org and be sure to check out the Delta Society webpage at www.sigmapiallin.com

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We’re In . . . Are you a We Believe in Your Future, Believe in Ours! Since 1897, Sigma Pi has dedicated itself to enriching the lives of brothers by instilling in them the guiding principals of fellowship, integrity, self-discipline, motivation and ethical judgment.

In every chapter of Sigma Pi there are those members who distinguish themselves by their growing commitment to the Fraternity. One brother eats, sleeps, and breathes Sigma Pi. Another has a knack for chapter leadership. There’s the brother who’s always ﬁring up his pledge brothers for one

Foundation. Their generosity helps provide grants for educational and leadership programs like UIFI, the Midyear Leadership Conference and Sigma Pi University, individual scholarships, and the chapter visitation and consultant program. The selﬂess giving back by a Delta Society member further

service project or another. And everybody knows who to call in the middle of the night because he’s just a 24/7 kind of guy who’ll do anything to help a fellow Sigma Pi.

serves as an invaluable example for his chapter brothers.

Which man are you?

How Much Does It Cost?

Every Man, Every C Sigma Pi educates the “whole man” by fostering moral, social and intellectual development. Undergraduate chapters promote leadership development, communication and interpersonal skills, academic achievement and community service. Alumni mentors pass their life experiences on to the younger generations who are eager to prepare for life beyond college. The result is clear. Sigma Pi men excel on campus and succeed in their careers. They succeed as scholars, committed citizens and faithful leaders. The Sigma Pi Educational Foundation strengthens the Sigma Pi experience by offering training and educational opportunities to launch A New Generation of Leaders.

As a standout brother at your chapter, you now have the opportunity to take your dedication to Sigma Pi a step further. Today, you can join an inner circle of undergraduate men who recognize their role in building the future of this great Brotherhood. Today you can join the Delta Society. The Delta Society is an honorary membership society recognizing undergraduate members who have begun a tradition of ﬁnancial support for the Sigma Pi Educational

We believe in the future of our great Fraternity. The question is, will you and your chapter believe with us? For a donation of $25 we will send you a unique member only Delta Society Lapel Pin and membership card. For a donation of $100 we will send you a Delta Society lapel pin, membership card, and an embroidered polo shirt designating you as a member of the Delta Society. For a donation of $250 we will send you a Delta Society lapel pin, membership card, embroidered shirt designating you as a member of the Delta Society, and a Silver Sigma Pi badge ring.

[help wanted] Director of Development

Alumni Road Show Coming to a City Near You!

The Sigma Pi Educational Foundation has an immediate opening for Director of Development. In this position you will contribute to the creation and implementation of strategic identiﬁcation, cultivation and

This November, the Educational Foundation, in partnership with the Executive Ofﬁce, is hosting a three-city road show. On Thursday, November 10th in Milwaukee, WI, Saturday, November 12th in Chicago, IL and wrapping up in Indianapolis, IN on Monday, November 14th. Executive Director Mark Briscoe and Director of Alumni Services Paul Wydra will be hosting all three events in a private dining room at a restaurant in each city. The event is open to all Sigma Pi brothers and their spouses and will include a dinner and presentation on the state of Sigma Pi Fraternity.

solicitation of major ($5,000+) and planned gifts from

The idea came from many colleges who are turning to a road show format to take what they have to offer on the road and spread the news about their university. Sigma Pi has so many good new programs, that we feel that there is a need to spread the word on a more personal basis. The event will be a meet and greet with brothers in your area that you might have not met before. It will also be a networking opportunity to re-establish those fraternal bonds. Along with a great dinner, Mark Briscoe and Paul Wydra will present to all alumni in attendance an updated review of our Fraternity. Sigma Pi is growing Milwaukee Area Alumni Event and improving so fast, that we Thursday, November 10, 2005 • 6pm Rock Bottom Brewery want to ensure the future of 740 N. Plankinton Ave. our Fraternity by showing all Milwaukee, WI 53203 that we have to offer. It will be (414) 276-3030 a great time.

Position requires frequent travel and frequent weekend

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Chicago Area Alumni Event Saturday, November 12, 2005 • 6pm Sluggers World Class Sports 3540 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 248-0055 Indianapolis Area Alumni Event Monday, November 14, 2005 • 6pm Rock Bottom Brewery 10 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 681-8180

of the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation. Manage personal portfolio of 100-150 prospects. Develop effective solicitation strategies and personally solicit alumni to generate gifts to the Foundation.

work. BS degree is required and a minimum of 3-5 years of major/planned gift fund raising experience and knowledge of fund-raising techniques and strategies. Motivated self-starter with forward thinking capability required. Excellent oral and written communication skills required and ability to use existing technology to achieve results. Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with strict attention to detail required. Knowledge of nonproﬁt rules and regulations is a plus. Resumes should be sent to: Sigma Pi Educational Foundation Attn: Mark S. Briscoe, Executive Director Fall 2005 • www.sigmapi.org

For more information about the road show and also future road show dates and cities, please go to our website at www.sigmapi.org or contact Director of Alumni Services Paul Wydra at the Executive Ofﬁce (800) 332-1897 or via email at: pwydra@sigmapi.org.

individuals, corporations and family foundations in support

P.O. Box 1897 Brentwood, TN. 37024 (800) 332-1897 • (615) 373-8949 fax email: exec@sigmapi.org

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FROM THE

CHAIRMAN

Foundation Volume II, Number 4 • Fall 2005

Dear Brothers:

FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I am so proud to be a Sigma Pi. If you could have seen the hundreds of undergraduate and alumni Sigma Pi Brothers at Sigma Pi University at Vanderbilt University this summer . . . Wow! If you’re an alumnus you should be proud of what you’ve built for those who have followed you. And I thank each and every one of you who have contributed in some way to make these programs a success! If you haven’t done so, please turn this Emerald over and upside-down and read Grand Sage John Kitch’s letter, it will give you a good idea of what you’ve helped to create. If you’ve given ﬁnancially, if you’ve given of your time, if you’ve given of your moral support, whatever you’ve given, I thank you! During the past year we’ve achieved a number of successes in terms of support. The Educational Foundation provided more than $100,000 in educational programming to the Grand Chapter by proving programs such as SPU, the Midyear Leadership Conference, the Study Guide for Academic Success and much, much more. We also gave out close to $25,000 in scholarships to our undergraduates this past year as well. Your support has helped to send young leaders of Sigma Pi to Sigma Pi University at Vanderbilt University this past summer. Your support will send chapter sages, third counselors to the Midyear Leadership Conference in St Louis this coming February. Your assistance supports the Grand Chapter in sending Educational Leadership Consultants into the ﬁeld to train our undergraduates.

Chairman Thomas A. Moore (ΓΡ, Western Michigan ’69) Vice-Chairman G. Mason Cozart (ΕΚ, Southern Arkansas ’83) Gary T. Dvorchak (Ξ, Iowa ’86) Ed J. Panconi (ΕΣ, Loyola – Marymount ’84) Gary B. Tash (ΒΠ, Virginia ’68) Treasurer L. Nelson Farris (ΒΟ, Cal State – Long Beach ’66) Secretary John J. Merino (ΒΟ, Cal State – Long Beach ’58) Trustees Donald J. Cox (Κ, Temple ’55) Frank C. Fryburg (Θ, Penn State ’49) Brenan C. German (ΕΝ, Cal State – Fullerton ’91) Paul W. Hansen (ΒΤ, Valparaiso ’80) John D. Kitch (Η, Purdue ’73) John J. McCann (ΑΜ, New Jersey Tech ’83) Adam R. Shores (ΔΨ, Troy State ’98) Cliff A. Wilke (ΔΖ, Missouri – St. Louis ’80) John H. Williams (ΕΨ, Widener ’85) Jay Vaden (ΘΚ, Texas Tech ’03)

At Sigma Pi University this summer we launched two new initiatives. One is the Delta Society “All In” Campaign which will beneﬁt our undergraduate chapters. This initiative will encourage undergraduate chapters to contribute to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation for their beneﬁt. To see our promotion and what it’s all about check out www.sigmapiallin.com and watch the exciting video presentation.

Advisors Richard Robinson (ΕΤ, Tennessee – Martin ’87) J. David Edwards (ΕΠ, Christopher Newport ’96)

The other program that was launched is “Tribute to a Brother.” I know the ﬁrst brother that I’d like to thank by giving a contribution in his name. There is one individual who asked me to be a Sigma Pi; to whom him, I am forever indebted. How about you?

FOUNDATION STAFF

For more information on the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation, go to www.sigmapi.org/edfund You can check out our latest video, programs, and you can ever contribute online!

Director of Alumni Affairs Paul V. Wydra, (ΔΖ, Missouri-St. Louis ’01)

While you’re at our website, please consider giving. Your gift helps Sigma Pi Fraternity to be the NUMBER ONE Greek organization in North America. We’re training future leaders through our Sigma Pi University, our annual Midyear Leadership Conference, our Convocations, and visitations by our Educational Leadership Consultants. Sigma Pi is number one in programming with our ACE Project, our AWARE alcohol awareness program, and our alumni events across the nation, and much more. Look for the article in this edition of The Emerald regarding various locations of upcoming alumni events.

Managing Editor Brian C. Alley (Α, Vincennes ’03)

Brothers, I thank you for your assistance!! I am proud to represent all of you on the Educationan Foundation, and I am SO proud to be a Sigma Pi !!

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation Post Ofﬁce Box 1897 Brentwood, TN 37024

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Look for the new Sigma Pi Membership Directory available April 2006! Harris Publishing will be contacting you soon to update your information for inclusion on the directory. Your information will not be sold and will only be used by the Fraternity for ofﬁcial communications.

J. Brad Hodson (ΗΜ, Missouri Southern State ’91)

Brandon Hemel (ΖΧ, Rowan ’97) Chief Operating Ofﬁce Mark S. Briscoe (ΑΠ, Arkansas State ’82)

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