1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
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Chapter Newsletters<br />
membership, extended 17 bids and finally<br />
inducted two new pledge classes for a total of 10<br />
new members.<br />
The chapter continued its commitment to<br />
community service throughout thefall and into the<br />
winterthrough tutoring neighborhood children and<br />
preparingforourfourth annual See-Saw-A-Thon,<br />
which raises money forthe ALSfoundation,<br />
Brothers soldt-shirts and rodeasee-sawfor 100<br />
consecutive hours. Our project made more than<br />
$1,000 forthe ALS research fund at the<br />
University,<br />
The chapter has continued to improve. This<br />
year we have been able to strengthen our<br />
brotherhood and minimize conflicts within the<br />
chapter. We are heading into next year with a<br />
renewed commitmentto strengthen Illinois Beta<br />
and its presence on campus. We intend to focus<br />
ouractivities on rush and improving relations with<br />
our neighbors and alumni. Our newly elected<br />
officers are excited to begin work and are busy<br />
developing plansforthefutureof Illinois Beta.<br />
^eremyGraff<br />
University of Illinois<br />
Illinois Eta(1893), 309 East Chalmers,<br />
Champaign, IL61820. Chapter Adviser- Mark<br />
Fullin, <strong>No</strong>rthwestern Mutual Life/Baird, 1704 S.<br />
Neil SL, Champaign, IL61820. Rush Chairman<br />
- Scott Hartman, 532 W. 8th St., Rock Falls, IL<br />
61071.The weekend of April 2-4 found <strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong><br />
<strong>Theta</strong>'s Illinois Eta chapter celebrating its 100"<br />
anniversary! Approximately 100alumni and<br />
guests retumed to the Champaign-Urbana<br />
campus of the University of Illinois forafun-fflled<br />
weekend. In addition, we were honored to have<br />
Robert (Fitz) Fitzpatrick, the warden of the<br />
International Fratemity as the featured speaker.<br />
Alttiough many guests an-ived Friday night, the<br />
real activities kicked off Saturday morning with a<br />
delicious bmnch puttogether by Brothers Brian<br />
Good and Steve Auer at the chapter house,<br />
Immediatelyfollowingthe brunch ashorttourof<br />
our newly renovated house began. New initiate<br />
and historian-elect Brother Darren Benjamin put<br />
together a wonderful display of photos, rush<br />
pamphlets, and other memorabilia from the past<br />
forthe alumni to peruse during the social hour.<br />
The House Association convened a meeting in the<br />
afternoon to discuss business and to hear a report<br />
from chapterpresident, Mike Mahoney,<br />
The evening got off to an early start with hors<br />
d'oeuvres atthe house. The crowd then boarded<br />
awaiting buses fortransportation to Jumer's<br />
Castle Lodge where our banquet was held. After<br />
Brother Fitzpatrick delivered the keynote address.<br />
Brothers Ted Mesiacos and Benjamin conducted<br />
aslide show detailing Illinois Eta'srich and proud<br />
100-yearhistory,<br />
Perhaps the two best things to come from the<br />
event were the myriad of stories from the alumni<br />
and, as event co-coordinator Brother Auer put it,<br />
"It was good forthe actives to see just how<br />
supportive our alumni are and how much <strong>Phi</strong><br />
<strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> means to them!"—T, Chapin Rose<br />
INDIANA<br />
Ball State University<br />
Indiana Kappa (1969), 1501 West Riverside,<br />
Muncie, IN47304. Chapter Adviser-Charles<br />
E. Weaver, 401 South Shady Lane, Muncie, IN<br />
47304. Rush Chairman - Shane Nichols, 1501<br />
W. Riverside, Muncie, IN 47303. Indiana<br />
Kappa's year started out with Brother Paul Nelson<br />
earning a <strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> Foundation Scholarship<br />
and being honored in The <strong>Scroll</strong>.<br />
As soon as theyearbegan, Indiana Kappa had<br />
organized a philanthropic evenL More than 20<br />
brothers headed overto Indiana Beach to assist in<br />
running amusement ridesand helping out with the<br />
crowds. These brothers raised more than $2,000<br />
and accumulated 200 hours of community service,<br />
Indiana Kappa also received the Most Improved<br />
<strong>Phi</strong>lanthropic Fraternity award during the annual<br />
Greek Weekfestivities, Otherservice events<br />
included working forthe Muncie Mission, visiting<br />
hospital patients on Halloween, a dunk-a-thon for<br />
the Al DS foundation, and helping build houses for<br />
Habitat forHumanity,<br />
Thanks to the chapter's commitment and the<br />
new rush materialsfrom General Headquarters,<br />
we had one of our best rushes ever! In the first<br />
semester we pledged our biggest class since rush<br />
became dry. We pledged 21 menfirstsemester<br />
and 12 men second semester. These numbers<br />
quickly put Indiana Kappa well within the top five<br />
fratemities on campus,<br />
Indiana Kappa succeeded beyond all<br />
expectation in sports, Ourfootball team went<br />
undefeated in the regularseason and ourtop<br />
ranked basketball team went to the final four. Our<br />
first annual Halloween Classic pledge football<br />
tournament was held and it turned out to be an<br />
incredible success,—Michael Nichols<br />
Butler University<br />
Indiana Gamma (1859), 705 W. Hampton Dr.,<br />
Indianapolis, IN 46208. Chapter Adviser-<br />
Michael D. Bryant, 106 Rossevelt Dr.,<br />
Greenfield, IN 46140. Rush Chairman - Hassian<br />
Von Schlegell, 453 East Court, Elmhurst, IL<br />
60126.<br />
DePauw University<br />
Indiana Zeta (1868), 446 Anderson St.,<br />
Greencastle, IN 46135. Chapter Ad viser-<br />
Stephen C. Jones, RR #2 Box 42, Greencastle,<br />
IN 46135. Rush Chairman - Mike Jurgens, 154<br />
Akenside Road, Riverside, IL 60546.<br />
Franklin College<br />
Indiana <strong>Delta</strong> (1860), 698 E Monroe St.,<br />
Franklin, IN 46131. Chapter Adviser - Douglas<br />
P. Quick, 2826 Mission Hills Lane, Indianapolis,<br />
IN 46234. This year was one of growth forthe<br />
Indiana <strong>Delta</strong> chapter. When school started, the<br />
chapterhad only 23 members, but a successful<br />
rush welcomed21 <strong>Phi</strong>kieas to our brotherhood. In<br />
early February, Indiana <strong>Delta</strong> initiated nine new<br />
members, bringing the active chapterto a total of<br />
32 men. In the spring we accepted five new<br />
<strong>Phi</strong>keias, bringing the chapter's membership to 48<br />
men.<br />
Although we have welcomed many into our<br />
brotherhood, this year we are saying good-bye to<br />
three. Seniors John Greenwell, Aaron Howaid,<br />
and Joel Christophergraduate.BrotherGreenwell<br />
has accepted a job with the Republic, a<br />
newspaperin Columbus, IN. Brother Howaid is<br />
leaving in July for Japan, where he will be<br />
teaching English to middle school students.<br />
BrotherChristopherisonhiswaytoAthens,GA,<br />
to attend graduate school atthe University of<br />
Georgia. We wish our brothers luck in all they do.<br />
All three members were honored at a recognition<br />
banquet in May<br />
Many improvements were made to our house<br />
and property. We put in newfront steps, showers,<br />
and carpet in ourfront room, and a new bigscreen<br />
television is on the way. We also put eight<br />
tons of new sand in our volleyball court just in time<br />
forourGrizzly Grand Prixvolleyballtournament.<br />
Grizzly Grand Prixweekendwasatremendous<br />
success forthechapter.Ourannual volleyball<br />
tournament raised money for ourphilanthropy.<br />
Our ridersalso earned third place in the Grizzly<br />
Grand Prix bike race. Our car smash was the only<br />
fraternity-sponsored event at the Grand Prix<br />
Carnival that weekend.<br />
We were this year's winner of the Homecoming<br />
house-decorating contest with the women of<br />
Elsey, We placed third in Greek Week events this<br />
year, and we also faired well once again in<br />
intramural competition on campus, our members<br />
have remained active in student organizations on<br />
campus, such as the Student Entertainment<br />
Board and Student Congress. BrotherTom Wiser<br />
was co-editorof the Franklin second semester.<br />
<strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> was well represented in varsity<br />
sports with members in football, baseball, and<br />
tennis. Several <strong>Phi</strong>s were also honored on the<br />
dean's list. The year closed with ourformal atthe<br />
Canterbury Inn Friday, May 7.<br />
We also volunteered over200 hours of<br />
community sea'ice this year, including collecting<br />
money forthe prevention of child abuse in<br />
Johnson County, and helping with Special<br />
Olympics basketball games. —Tom Wiser<br />
Hanover<br />
Indiana Epsilon (1861), PO Box 109, Hanover<br />
College, Hanover, IN 47243. Chapter Adviser-<br />
Dwight Nelson, 1810 Crozier, Madison, IN<br />
47250. Rush Chairman - Craig Spinner, 1024<br />
SPruce Glen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45224.<br />
Indiana State University<br />
Indiana Eta (1869), 931 South 7th St., Terre<br />
Haute, IN 47807. Chapter Adviser - Robert G.<br />
Mood, 4677 E. McLane Drive, Terre Haute, In<br />
47802. Rush Chairman-Todd Doner, 931 S.<br />
7th St., Terre Haute, IN 47807. Indiana Eta<br />
initiated six men from the spring 1992 pledge<br />
class and 12 men from the fall of 1992. During the<br />
fall homecoming season, we were paired with the<br />
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority. Ourfloat finished in<br />
1 ^ place for original design and our trike team<br />
finished 5* out of 15 teams.<br />
Inthe fall we pledged 15 <strong>Phi</strong>keias, which was<br />
our largest pledge class since the fall of 1991. In<br />
the spring we acquired another 13 members,<br />
bringing the chapterto 55 members.<br />
In the spring we were paired with Gamma <strong>Phi</strong><br />
Beta and Sigma <strong>Phi</strong> for ourTandem bike race. We<br />
finished 4* out of 10 teams.<br />
Officers for the <strong>1993</strong>-94 school year are: Todd<br />
Doner, president; Jean Peirre Huber, vice<br />
president; Rich Lutterman, treasurer; Jim Neely,<br />
house manager, and Scott Eaker, steward. —Kyle<br />
Bashia<br />
Indiana University<br />
Indiana Alpha (1849), 1215 N. Jordan,<br />
Bloomington, IN 47401. Chapter Adviser -<br />
<strong>No</strong>ne. Rush Chairman -Joe Doyle, 8332<br />
Forward Pass Road, Indianapolis, IN 46217<br />
Summer <strong>1993</strong> * TheScroU 153