1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Alumni Notes
California Zeta celebrates 25 years
Alumni attend Silver Anniversary celebration
by WiU Hardy
0
n October 10,1992,
alumni gathered at
Sportsman's Lodge
I in Studio City to celebrate
i the 25th anniversary of
i California Zeta. Nearly 250
; Phis and guests came to the
i celebration. The seven
Brothers of Phi Sigma Tau,
I the local fratemity that
' petitioned Phi Delta Theta,
and twelve of the first
roasting several brothers as
weU as the preceding skit.
Jim Burra, 67, shared
memories of his vears in
Phi Sigma Tau, which was
founded in 1959—^just one
year after San Fernando
VaUey State CoUege (the
coUege later became Cal
State Xorthridge). He
related how seven members
of Phi Sigma Tau
attended the 1966 General
Convention at Grand
second-generation Phi,
signing the Bond at Cal Xu.
After he presented the
SUver Legionnaires,
Brother GUson spoke at
length about the current
state of the Fratemity and
the challenges fadng Phi
Delta Theta.
Rob Xathanson then
conducted a moxing
ceremony honoring the
Brothers who had entered
the Chapter Grand. KjeU
Ramstad elected to
second term
Jim Ramstad, Minnesota
'6S, U.S. Representative
from Minnesota's 3"
District was reelected on
Xo\ ember 3,1992, with
64'^c of the vote.
Ramstad \\ as the chief
sponsor of the Campus
Sexual AssaiUt Victims BUI
of Rights Act which was
passed into law last year.
The Act requires uiuversities
that receive federal
funding to develop a
campus sexual assault
Ramstad.
thirteen men to sign the
Bond at Cal Zeta attended.
Master of ceremonies
and Alumni Committee
chairman, Mitch Lane,
compared 1967 coUege life
to the present. He then
assumed his alter-ego,
JiUiette ChUdless, in a
hUarious after-dinner skit
in which (s)he profusely
apologized for having
ruined the dessert. Brother
Scott Herriott, a stand-up
comedian by tiade, then
did a short con\edy routine
Bahama Island to receive
the Cal Zeta charter on
April 22,1967. He emphasized
that whUe a new
generation of Cal Zeta Phis
continues the tradition, aU
the Brothers share simUar
fratemity experiences.
General CouncU
Reporter Stan GUson, '70,
introduced and awarded
the SUver Legion to 28
alumni. SUver Legionnaire,
Ron BeU, '67, announced
that his son. Ken, had
become Cal Zeta's first
Seeger, chapter ad\iser,
then introduced Rod
Menzel, the chapter
president, who gave a
report on the state of the
chapter. Mitch Lane Usted
the many awards Cal Zeta
has received from the
General Fratemity over the
years.
He dosed the formal
proceedings vwth a "thank
\ou" to aU of the people
who helped plan and
ensure the success of the
SUver Anniversan'. •
poUc%", provide rape
awareness education, gi\ e
options to victims regarding
classes and housing in
order to ensure their safety,
and identify counseling
services for \ictims.
Several national \'ictims
rights groups have praised
the biU and Ramstad's
leadership in sponsoring it.
"This legislation vsoU
ensure that campus sexual
assavUt sur\'i\ors are not
victin\ized a second time,
because coUeges can no
longer remain indifferent to
these serious crimes or
sweep them rnider the
rug/' he said.
Ramstad is a RepubUcan
in his second term. •
56 The ScroU • Spring 1993