THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Lambda Nu Today 4 mmimmn New Cabinet to Lead Lambda Nu Andy McDowell was elected president of Phi Gamma Delta in the recent spring election. He suc has been involved in the past with Graduate Rela tions and Pledge Educator here at Lambda Nu. ceeds Joey Friedman of Omaha, Nebraska. Other elected officers include: Scott Ruff, treasurer; Jon Snare, recording secretary; Skip Hanson, corre sponding secretary; and, Mike Preston, historian. Andy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDowell, is from Lincoln, Nebraska, and is a junior Finance ma jor. "Drew" as he is called around the house, has quite a list of extracurricular activities including: Marketing and Finance Olub, Layout Editor for the Greek Yearbook, member of the Nebraska Human Resources Foundation, Student Advisory Board for College of Business Administration, and is President of the Sigma Iota Epsilon — Business Honorary. m Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ruff of Omaha, Nebraska. He is a junior earning a degree in Finance/Marketing. "Scruffy" was Rush Chairman for Eastern Nebraska and had the opportunity to see all twenty-two of the pledges he helped sign (along with the Western Nebraska Rush Chairman Ned Fike)be initiated as a whole. The house put their trust in these two brothers, and they definately did a com mendable job. Jon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Snare of North Platte, Nebraska. He is a junior Finance major. "Snark" is currently an ASUN Senator, President of the Campus Recreation Advisory Council, member of the government for the Liason Committee, and was last years' Intramural Chairman. Skip, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hanson, is from Omaha, Nebraska, and a junior in the College of Business Administration. Skip maintains a position on the Dean's List (3.7 CPA)while obtaining a degree in Business. Last semester Skip had the opportunity to take part in an exchange program where he attend Lambda Nu's New Cabinet: Skip Hanson, corresponding secretary; Mike Preston, historian; Scott Ruff, treasurer; ed the University of Senshu in Tokyo. Skip is an ac tive member in AIESEC (International Business Andy McDowell, president; Jon Snare, recording secretary. Club), and was previously Extracurricular Chairman here at Lambda Nu. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Preston of Engineering. Mike is a member of the Alpha Pi Mu Engineering Honor Society, and Protege Program all helping in his Industrial Engineering major. Besides The new cabinet succeeds last year's Cabinet headed by Joey Friedman as president; Joe Petty, treasurer; Kevin O'Farrell, recording secretary; Rob Abel, corresponding secretary; and, Jim Schuele, all these activities, Mike plays varsity football and historian. Omaha, Nebraska, and is a junior in the College of \r\nPage 2 Section Convention Conies to Lambda Nu Architecture Hall on Lincoln's campus was the sight for this year's convention for sections XXIV and XXVI. In attendance were brothers from the University of Missouri, Westminster College, University of Iowa and Iowa State. Also in attendance were Section Scholarship at Lambda Nu Brothers, the Fall semester of '87-'88 turned out to be a very successful one for Lambda Nu academical ly. The chapter once again succeeded in surpassing the all-university average (2.828) and the all-male average (2.723) by achieving an all-house average of 2.919. Also worth noting is the all-fraternity average of Chiefs Dick Davidson (XXIV) and Mark Crawford 2.818. In the chapter, the pledge average was a strong (XXVI), Field Secretary Dave Smith and Mark Gould, Director of Programs at International Headquarters. 2.884(above all-male and all-fraternity) and an equal ly strong active average of 2.935. As of the Fall semester of '87-'88 grades, the following is a list of some of Lambda Nu's top scholars(based on accumu lative GPA): ACTIVES 11. Darin Jackson 12. Tim Ingram 13. Kevin O'Farrell 1. Kevin Larsen 2. Skip Hanson 3. Joe Petty Bruce Kumke ('91) takes a moment from dinner to talk with Dick Davidson, Section Chief, about the Section Guy Korbitz 4. Ned Pike 5. Andrew McDowell 14. 6. Jim Malone 16. 7. Mitch Lewis 17. Mike Preston 15. Eric Butler Greg Oarlock Dirk Wagner 19. John Rezac 8. Jeff Kumke 9. Dale Vagts 10. Graig Zeller 18. 20. Bob Nelson Convention that was held here at Lambda Nu. FRESHMAN Many topics were discussed at the convention in cluding fraternal values, goals and standards, alcohol policies and proposed acts at the Ekklesiai this sum mer in Denver. The topic which was not only the most discussed but also the most enlightening surrounded alcohol policies in the chapter house. Liability at fraternity parties is a growing concern with the Greek system as well as the public as seen in the increase in media coverage. In reality, there is no feasible way to rid ourselves entirely of this monster, short of not serv ing alcohol at fraternity-sponsored parties. There are, however, many options in decreasing the amount of li ability in the chapter. Among these options are: checking identification at the door; offering alter native beverages; providing snacks; etc. All these op tions decrease liability but in no way do they diminish it all together. International has suggested that each chapter acquire liability insurance but this has been proven to be an expensive task. According to Mark Gould the highest rates for liability insurance go to: 1) Bars; 2) Restaurants; 3) Nuclear Power Plants; 4)Toxic Waste Sights; 5)Fraternities. Lambda Nu's Purple Legionnare, Pat Ash, spoke to the convention on proposed acts at this summer's Ekklesiai. The Ekklesiai is in Denver this summer from August 10-14. Notes on our feedback were received by Mark Gould who will return to Lexington 1. David Gunter 2. Sean Halligan 3. Gary Friedman 4. Roger Krabel 5. Aaron Kull 6. Steve Luby 7. Aaron Bilyeu 8. Stuart Gampbell 9. David Bauer 10. Scott Decker On another note. Lambda Nu is proud to name Joe Petty as its nominee for the upcoming Wilkinson Award, given to the top senior from all chapters of Phi Gamma Delta. Good luck, Joe—we are proud of you! Looking on to the rest of this semester, and on to the Fall semester of 1988, the Scholarship/Extracurricular Gommittee is hard at work with three goals to help push Lambda Nu's academic achievements higher: • to totally revamp and reorganize the house test file so as to provide an up-to-date and easily ac cessible reference source. • to create a campus activity/extracurricular/ scholarship file that would serve to make in formation and applications pertaining to a wide variety of activities and current available scholar ships easily accessible to the chapter. • to strive to bring Lambda Nu's all-house average to above a 3.0 GPA. As you can see. Lambda Nu's committment to schol with our constructive criticism. After approximately IVz hours of meetings the group retired back to Lambda Nu to rest and.prepare arship is as strong as ever and on the track to even higher achievement! for dinner. The dinner for this year's convention was held at Lincoln's University Glub. Afterwards a party was held at Ghesterfields, a local bar, where the Gonvention was concluded. — Aaron Kull Fraternally, James M. Malone III Scholarship/Extracurricular Ghairman \r\nPage 3 Lambda Nu Gains National Ofhcer Cabinet President Andy McDowell Treasurer Scott Ruff Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Jon Snare Skip Hanson Historian Mike Preston Lambda Nu has the immense pleasure of announc ing that our very own Joey Friedman has achieved the high honor of being the 98th Field Secretary. Joey was previously corresponding secretary and then president here at Lambda Nu. Now, as Field Secre tary, he will be traveling the country evaluating the various chapters and seeing that they are indeed up to national's standards. Board of Chapter Advisors Chuck Clifford Chairman Dick Garden Chapter Administration National began their search one year in advance and it was at this time that Joey was expressing a great interest in involvement on the national level. It was about this time that he and Jon Snare did a public Graduate Relations Public Relations relations seminar at the last Academy, where Joey gave what some call the best rendition of the "Exiles Toast" in years. That following Fall, Joey kept in constant contact Rush Ritual with Bill Martin, Executive Director, and Dave Smith the current Field Secretary. Joey received and sent Ken Hunter Chapter Finances Joe Grant Pledge Education in his application. However, because Joey is a pre law major, he needed to know in advance whether he was accepted so that he would know whether to apply for law school or not. On the last weekend of January he was interview ed, and on the first day of February he was offered the job. Joey accepted the offer, and the whole pro cess was Archon approved on the twenty-first of that and Fraternity Law Rohn Loyd Neal Westphal , Curt McConnell Kevin Underwood Tim Wentz Pat Ash Scholarship Purple Legionnaire Ex-Officio same month. House Corporation Walt Stephenson, Jr., Lynn Lightner Tom Fitchett, Jeff Freed June thirteenth, Joey will begin his secretarial train ing and work on the up-and-coming Ekklesiai August 10-14. Joey hits the road the last week of August and will be evaluating the southern region. Given his past efforts and his future achievements, we can all be proud to call Joey Friedman brother, and wish him the best of luck in the future. Staff Editor Assistant Editor Staff Dave Carl Rob McCabe Aaron Kull Steve Luby The Lambda Nu Today is published four times during the school year by the Lambda Nu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta for its graduate brothers, friends, and Fijis everywhere. Please send any news, information or comments to: Editor, Lambda Nu Today , 1425 'R' Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Along with Joey Friedman's national recognition, we at Lambda Nu would like to congratulate Joey on his pinning to Lori Zangari, a Pi Beta Phi. \r\nPage 4 Spring Retreat Proves Positive Hillcrest Country Club was the sight of the 1988 Phi Gamma Delta — Lambda Nu Spring Retreat. Over 50 actives, pledges, and graduate brothers participated in the activities. The event was held Saturday, Febru ary 13, at approximately 9:30 a.m. Doughnuts, coffee and pop were provided. Sally Schneider of FirsTier Bank was the morning speaker. Her topics of speech were the reasons be hind having the retreat, the goal-setting process, and the benefits received from the goal-setting process. are visible. Many approval ratings increased, but the largest increase was on the topic of Effectiveness of a Housemother. This topic rose to 194.9 points from -49.9 the year before. The highest rating possible is 200. This rise in housemother rating was mainly due to the fact that a new housemother was hired. Other topics that had great improvement are: Friendship & Brotherhood -t-53.6; Unity -1-92.0; Spirit & Enthusiasm -1-43.7; Consideration of Differing Views -1-65.7; and. Graduate Financial Support -1-80.5. The large increase in rating Graduate Fi nancial Support was due to the $150,000 spent remodeling the east wing of the house. A few of the topics did drop, but none drop ped significantly. After a short break, Mrs. Schneider start ed by explaining why it is good for us to have a retreat. She explained the bene fits of planning to an organization, and why we should set goals. She went on to explain the goal-setting pro cess and six stages of a planning cycle to reach our goals. Mrs, groups were set up to Graduate Relations Chairman, Dole Vogts(W), discusses upcoming events with Rohn Loyd (73). Schneider ended her discuss goals and ob jectives for theupcoming year. The groups used the goal-setting talk by stating that following the goal-setting process would help our fraternity self-evaluate ourselves, or ganize an evaluating mechanism, and motivate us to process and planning cycle introduced earlier by Mrs. Schneider. These groups were Scholarship, Rush, Pledge Education, Public Relations, Graduate Rela procede to reach our goals. After Mrs. Schneider spoke, we went over the re tions, Alcohol, and Member Involvement. The retreat was concluded with a graduate recap, sults of a survey completed by the active chapter the previous Monday. This was the eighth year this survey treat and what remains to be done. was used. Because the results of the previous seven We would like to thank the Board of Chapter Advis ors for setting up the retreat and all the work they did. years were available, trends and changes in attitude and a discussion about what should come out of the re — Rob McCabe Triple Crown Within Reach Brothers, it has been a bountiful year for Phi Gamma Delta in Intramurals. We began the year with team cham pionships in Water Basketball, Innertube Water Basketball, and Golf. Since then, we have captured a few indi vidual titles and numerous second places. Once again this year, we are shooting for the Triple Grown. Currently we are in the lead for All-Intramural Champions. While the margin is narrow, we are confident it will be extended. On another note — we are almost a shoe-in for Espirit De Corps, and the Team Championship! We hope that this year will be as great as past years. In the end, it would be nice to finish a successful year with the Triple Grown in our possession.(Below are some ofthe athletes that helped make Lambda Nu so competitive.) Fraternally, Ned Fike Intramural Chairman FootbaU; Proctor(US) Gymnastlca: Linn CSS) WrestllnB: Copple ('48) Swlnunlng: Chatt ('40) BasebaU; Johnson ('64) FootbaU: Long ("30) \r\nPage 5 's Note by Bob Nelson Part of editing a fraternity newsletter is making sure any articles in the newsletter are positive. For a lot of fraternity newsletters this means "buttering up" stories so graduates think their Greek alma-mater is doing well. I'm happy to say this hasn't been some thing I have to do. Lambda Nu is truly doing well. I hope you enjoy this newsletter. I thought we would try something different with the campus news page. Also, we got rid of committee notices and put the I realize the money for these three projects come from private donations and not from funding that would have otherwise gone to academics. My com plaint is to the people who are donating the money. It is their responsiblility to realize where the money is needed. One good example of the funding problem is Love Library. It is ranked as the second worse library in the Big Eight and one of the worst in the nation. The same information in more of a news-oriented format. reason: a budget that also ranks as one of the lowest in The reason I'm explaining this is because I need in put of whether the newsletter is satisfactory and if not, what could be changed. There have been times in the past when the newsletter was too boring or too poorly written to interest graduates. Since informing gradu the nation for a library its size. Outside Love Library stands the Special K sculpture I described earlier. The money used for the statue could have computer ized Love Library, something it needs desperately. Instead, many graduates decided that aesthetics ates is our mandate, we would like to do it well. With- all that aside, I can begin rambling like an matter more than academics. editor is suppose to ramble. Along with the changes at Lambda Nu, there are new additions on the UNL campus. Besides the Lied $450,000 into a sculpture on this campus is like paint ing an abandoned house. That money is needed for Center and the Sports Complex there is a new piece of art. What's special about this piece of art is there is nothing special about it—except its price. The sculpture which stands in Willa Gather Garden (by Love Library) is a 30-foot tall pile of red "I" beams. It looks much like the "K" on a box of Special K cereal. The real problem, however, is not how ugly the sculpture is, but the fact that it cost $450,000. The price is pertinent — even more so than the Lied Center's and Sports Center's price—because it seems money is being thrown into projects that are not needed. What is needed is money for scholarships, libraries and professor's salaries. Granted, a university campus should look good, but student's educations. The point of all my rambling is that you are gradu ates and you do this funding. If you get an inclination to donate money, please consider giving it for more scholarly endeavors like the library or scholarship funds. Or even better, give it to my scholarship fund. I'm a much better investment than a piece of metal. For the next newsletter I thought it would be inter esting to interview Bob Kerrey. Between the time 1 write this article and you read it, Kerrey will have pro bably announced if he will run for the U. S. Senate. I'm sure he wouldn't mind giving a short interview for a fellow Fiji and—better yet—tell his views to one thou sand graduate brothers that also happen to be registered voters. Rush Candidates Name, Address(ZIP) Phone. Gomments. Please check Spring '88 □ (second semester) Fall '88 □ (summer) *We encourage comments; athletics, grades, etc. iX-^VKi/rdtn/ \r\nPage 6 New ScholajTship Introduced During the past year, the Omaha Graduate Chapter established a scholarship fund through an agreement with the University of Nebraska Foundation. The purpose of the fimd is to provide scholarships for regularly enrolled entering fireshman at the University of Nebraska. This scholarship will be award ed to a Lambda Nu freshman on the basis of Pig Dinner Set For academic excellence, leadership qualities, and general activities. The graduate Chapter is encouraging all November 6 brothers to make contributions to the Univer sity Foundation and to designate a portion of The 1987 Norris Pig Dinner will be held on Friday, November 6, at the University Club in downtown Lin coln. The keynote speaker this year will be Iowa State graduate brother Dick McCormick. Brother McCormick is a fraternity Archon and president of U.S. the contribution to the Scholarship Fund of the Omaha Graduate Chapter of Phi Gammi Delta. Hopefully, with strong support from Lambda Nu graduates, this fund will soon have sufficient resources to provide assistance to deserving students. West. Cocktail hour will be at 6 p.m. Invitations and details will be sent out soon. - Fhi Gamma Delta I/ 1/0!^ T? gt i Non-profit Org U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 227 Lincoln, NE 6S508 Lincoln, Ne 68501 1 MAKE POKBUII L70U1>LI iO l'^7c r, i b i;M F t^ L J C I I^ 2 5 r-. jT U ;r. T Ll .NCuL.1 bl ob'pji One more look at Lambda Nu's remodeling. Pictured here is the new combination bunk bed, dresser and desk.