9 9 W\)t(gat^ma Wmk Georgia Tech Winter 1988 GAMMA TAU Atlanta Graduate Chapter Fires Up For Georgia Tech alumni who may not have heard, die Atlanta Graduate Chapter, chartered in 1923, is ahve and vvell. For the pastfew years, the chapter has been passive and dormant, but 1988 is the year of revival and reorganization. Just as Atlanta is die center of growdi,opportunity and progressiveness in the South, it is a niecca for brothers of Phi Gamma Delta. Only a handful of cides in Nordi America have more graduate brothers than we do. There are more than 800 Fijis in the greater meti'opolitan area,including Athens, Gainesville and other outlying areas. It would he a shame,even a disgrace to squander the natural opportunity of building a graduate chapter that can grow and prosper in tandem with the most dynamic city in the southeastern United States. Some of die strongest and pro udest chapters of our international fraternity are located in this region. Failing to build on that solid foundation would betray one of the most meaningfid watchwords of our frater widi area undergraduate chapters; and contribution to the international fraternity's goal of increasing participation of graduate brothers, specifically by strengthening graduate chapters. Naturally, plenty of Gamma Tan brothers are involved in our reorganizational efforts. If you have not been contacted by phone or one ofour mailings, please call graduate chapter secretary Mark Krill at 457-3876. And if you know of other brothers who would like to be active, pass the word. Our next function is a golf tournament/19th hole social early this spring. Our ultimate goal is to meet, if only infor mally, every month. But our success will not be measured in numbers, meetings, or committees. It will be defined by the fun, friendships and contacts generated through a com mon bond in Phi Gamma Delta. Fraternally, nity: "Not for College Days Alone." Our agenda this year is simple: to have some fun and con currently put in motion the framework for an ongoing graduate chapter. As our momentuni builds, hopefully so will our opportunities for camaraderie; renewal of old acquain tances and realization of new ones;support and involvement Jeff Rundell Ohio Wesleyan '73 President Atlanta Graduate Chapter Perge! The 1988 Norris Pig Dinner As winter is coming to an end. Gamma Tau is ready to begin a celebration of Spring quarter. The first big event of the from 1963. We are looking for these men for the awards, so if you qualify and wish to be recognized, please send infor quarter will be the 61st annual Norris Pig Dinner. Gamma mation to the chapter house. Also, a contest which involves the "Fearless Team" pic ture will be settled at Pig Dinner. This picture was found by Tau is actively seeking more graduate involvement,and with the addition of the Atlanta Graduate Chapter, we feel this Pig Dinner will be a smashing success. This year's event will be held in Atlantii on May 13, 1988. People will begin gathering at the chapter house around 5:00 p.m. We strongly encourage everyone to arrive early so the undergraduates have an opportunity to get better acquainted with Phi Gam graduates. For those thatcannot be at the house a few brothers in the chapter house. The contest is simple; identify the people in the team picture, and you win. Please send in your response cards with your answers for the con test. Winners will be announced at Pig Dinner. We at Gamma Tau are looking forward to an excellent Pig Dinner. If you have any questions concerning Pig Dinner, to meet the brothers beforehand, the dinner will be TEN please call the house(404)892-6780 or write a letter. Hope TATIVELY held at the Colony Square Hotel on May 13th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. You will be notified when these plans to see you there. are confirmed. Fraternally, Gamma Tau will also be renewing a tradition of the frater nity at this year's dinner. The brothers will be awarding the Golden Owl Award to the outstanding graduates from 1938. Graig T. Tootle '90 as well as the Silver Owl Award to the outstanding graduates Perge! \r\nThe President's Message Since our last newsletter, the chapter has seen a couple of profoundly significant events occur. The first concerns the adoption ofan alcohol policy which attempted to bring the chapter into compliance with federal, state, and fraternity laws. The text of this poUcy is printed below. OFFICIAL SOCIAL POLICY Effective 12/02/87 1) No aleohol will be purchased with house funds for any reason except mixers with sororities. 2)No kegs may be present in the house except for mixers with sororities. 3)There will be no open bars at any house function. These functions include but are not limited to Purple Garter, Pig Dinner, Island Party, and Homecoming. 4) There will be no versions of room-to-room. 5)The pre-game alumni bar will no longer occur. 6)Reasonable care must be exercised in following the alcohol guidelines of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Absolute care must be exercised to insure compliance with all ap plicable state and federal laws. 7) Definition of Police Employment: a) No policemen will be required for mixers with 9)With any joint party involving outside organizations, all aspects of the PHI GAMMA DELTA SOCIAL POLICY must be followed. Although it may appear initially harsh, you will notice that it still allows minors to be served alcohol. As is to be expected, this infraction ofthe laws voids any and all liability insurance which our fraternity carries for us. In the near future, the chapter must modify our policy to correct this shortfall. The second event of concern to our chapter is one univer sal concern to all fraternities—hazing. Our chapter has a long storied history of hazing, though in recent years the severity of this activity has diminished. Now, with renewed interest in this area by our International Headquarters, we were com pelled to completely eradicate it. Although the transition has proven difficult, the chapter will benefit greatly from remov ing hazing. On a more positive note. Gamma Tau waltzed away from Homecoming having won everything worth winning, in cluding the overall first place trophy. Even after all the effort and time expended to win Homecoming,Phi Gam still manag ed to place third in grades among all fraternities with a 2.89. This positioned us.24 above both the fraternity average and the all-men's average. With one final outstanding quarter this Winter, we just might win the IFG Trophy for the first time since 1976. One last article of news which 1 am particularly proud to b) There will be one policeman present at all closed par report—we are about to initiate many fine young men into our chapter. With these men joining our ranks, the future ties except where deemed inappropriate by the social of Phi Gamma Delta at Georgia Tech looks exceptionally chairman and the cabinet. bright. sororities. c) At all open parties, one policeman will be present for every 150 guests(projected guest number to be deter mined by social chairman based on such criteria as relative popularity of band,location of band—inside Fraternally, Robert Douglas Taylor or outside of bouse, and time of party). President 8)Ultimate responsibility for house clean-up after an event planned by the social committee will reside with the social Perge! committee. Phi Gam Stands Out in Sports Tbe brothers of Gamma Tau enjoyed another successful quarter of intramurals fall quarter. We fielded six intramural teams in four sports(football, volleyball, ultimate frisbee and cross country.) The A-league football team reached the playoffs as expected. We received helpful advice from past Phi Gam football stand outs such as Alex Tymchuk(GT'87)and Jimmy Jarard(GT '86). B-league showed a lot of potential as we had the oppor pionship for the second consecutive time. Unfortunately, we were narrowly defeated in a grueling three-set match. The highlight of the quarter was the excellent showing of our cross country runners.The team placed first among frater nities and was as if the other fraternities had not even shown up. Overall, we finished first among fraternities in intramurals. This quarter we are fielding four basketball teams, two soc tunity to observe future Phi Gam Stars in action. cer teams, a waterpolo team, a wrestling team, and a bowl Ultimate frisbee also enjoyed an exciting season by employ ing smothering defense, quick-as-lightning offense and an ing team. The outlook for all of these teams is fantastic. I'm endless store of substitutes. We were able to outplay our op ponents in one of tbe toughest divisions and barely missed playoffs. Volleyball continued its winning traditions. B-league, for the first time,competed in the A independentleague and had sure that we will have another great quarter as we plan to capture the fraternity intramural trophy for the second year in a row. Fraternally, Peter C. Weiland '88 several matches in which the team rose to new levels. The A-league volleyball team advanced to the fraternity cham Perge! \r\nFiji - A Scholastic Powerhouse Fall quarter of 1987 was a great quarter for Phi Gam scholar ship. The fall pledge class earned a 2.83 grade point average which ranked them as the third highest pledge class on cam pus. The brothers achie\'ed a third place ranking on campus with a GPA of 2.92. The combined GPA for the chapter came to a 2.89 for an overall third place among all Georgia Tech fraternities. With the second place ranking from Spring Yellow Jackets Look Toward NCAA's "The Magic is Back"read the preseason promotional posters. But could it be true? After a lackluster 86-87 season, would this team again be as good as the Georgia Tech teams that won the ACG in 1985 and spent much of the 85-86 season in the Top 10? No one reaUy thought so. Even though we had two former AGG Rookies-of-the-year on the team, we had no true center, no outstanding point guard (or so we thought), and a quarter of 1987 and Fall quarter's third place ranking. Phi thin bench. Gamma Delta is now leading all fraternities in scholarship The season started, and we looked good, but not great. We had wins over LSU, Georgia, Louisville, and Auburn, but we were eonsistendy outrebounded and often played poorly like toward the possession of the coveted Interfraternity Council trophy! Fraternally, Todd Acree '89 when we were upset by Richmond. The ACC season started and after six games we were 2-4. Everj'one figured we were headed for another mediocre season. Then came the turnaround game. In a nationally tele^tised Perge! contest against DePaul, freshman Dennis Seott hit a 24-foot 3-pointer with no time on the clock to give Tech the win. That victory sparked a seven game winning streak which included wins over Duke, N.C. State, and Virginia. Going into the ACC tournament our overall record is 21-8 and we have all but ensured ourselves an NCAA playoff berth. Remarltably, Tbch has used only seven players in those games, widi die starting five all playing close to the full forty minutes. Tom "The Terminator" Hammonds,a 6-9junior, has moved from his natural position of power forward to center, giving the Jackets an inside scoring threat and powerful rebounding(almost 8 reboirnds per game). He was recendy named to the M-ACC first team. Dirane "The ^\ssassin" Ferrell, a 6-7 senior and the other half of Tech's "One-Two Punch!' also provides inside scoring and rebounding. Recendy, howeier, he has improved his outside shot arrd looks certain to be a first-round NBA draft pick. Both he arrd Hammonds average more than 19 points a game. Treasurer's Report: Once again it is time to turn to the financial side of our chapter. In an effort to further extinguish accounts receivable troubles. Gamma Tau has finally put into effect a bylaw requiring brotliers to pay tlieir bills or face the loss of such privileges as voting and eating meals at the house. 1 am happy to report that this has initially had a positive effect on eliminating these delinquencies. 1 am eurrently working with our newly elected treasurer Ron Harper to ensure that our transition is a smooth one. He wiU be installed with the rest of die new cabinet at the first meeting of Spring Quarter - look for him at pig dinner. In addition, to attempt to furdier streamline our house's finances we have procured the ser\'ices ofan accountant to help us with reports, our banlt accounts and tax forms. This should prove to be beneficial to our chapter. Fraternally, Craig "Noodles" Neal. a 6-5 senior, has become one of the best point girards in the country. Now in his fifth year at Tech, Craig had played inconsistently his first four years. Craig runs the fast brealt brilliantly, and his passes are so good that even his own teammates look surprised when they catch one for an easy dunlt. Since the DePaul game, Neal has been on a tear, ai'craging more than fourteen assists a game. Brian Oliver, a 6-4 sophomore guard, fills the other guard spot for the Yellow Jackets. His tough defense, rebounding,and scoring all help Tech. Dennis "The Great" Scott, a 6-8 freshman, gives Tech its three point threat. He's leading the AGG in three pomters rnade per game (3.0), and during our winnrng streak he hrt a remarltable 59% of his three point attempts. Off the bench. Tech gets help from 6-7 junior Antony Sherrod and 6-11 sophomore James "Mad Dog" Munlyn. We are crossing our fingers for the ACC Tournament, and hoping Georgia Tech will become the Cinderella team ot the ACC and eventually the NCAA. Fraternally, Roh Oglesby '89 Bret Anderson '90 Perge! Perge! \r\nPHI GAM REMEMBERS . i FUI — FIRST THEN, FIRST NOW INTERESTING?!!! DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THESE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS? SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL AS ANY PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR IN THE GAMMA TAUK! Li:3r!3 ■ snu-i..... : 7.11^ [3n33aa.ia3a33 FEARLESS TEAM — AS CAI'TIONED IN SCRAPBOOK FUN AT MEALTIME APRIL 1963 The Pledge Program Winter quarter saw the return of 26 of our 29 fall pledges. In addition, two fall holdouts aceepted their bids at the end of the quarter; these are James Milliman and Casey Hodgson. With initiation hopefully drawing near, pledge meetings eontinue on Monday nights with diseussion of important frater nity topies, pledge tests, and exchange of ideas and informa tion between brothers and pledges. The big news concerning the pledges coming from fall quarter is their rank of 3rd among all pledge classes on cam pledge class are to he commended for their effort. We are proud of them. There is more to Phi Gam pledgeship than academics.The pledges have already enjoyed two pledge mixers this quarter. Pledges are also very involved in intramurals this quarter. A number of pledges are important members ofthe soccer teams as well as the various basketball teams. It truly was a productive quarter in the pledge program. We hope to see all of our pledges as brothers by the end of pus in grades with a 2.83 CPA.This is an excellent accomplish ment considering their predicted rank of 15th by the statistics compiled by the Dean of Students Office prior to fall quarter. Two pledges, Jonathan Babb and David Katz, attained a the quarter. perfect 4.0 GPA for the quarter. They as well as the entire Perge! Fraternally. Ronald J. Harper '89 \r\nHomecoming Brunch a True Success As evident by the article on our victories during Homecom ing, Fiji expended a great deal of time and effort into the various projects and reaped a great many successes as a result. While all of these accomplishments are a greatsource of pride for Gamma Tau, we need not forget the true purpose of Homecoming. It should be a time for alumni to visit their alma mater, their fraternity, enjoy the company of old friends and acquaintances,and to meetthe new members ofPhi Gam ma Delta. Therefore as graduates, you play a vital role in the success of Homecoming. 1 am proud to say, that Homecom ing 1987 was a complete success thanks to your efforts to be here. We fed over five hundred people at the brunch, and it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves. As present Graduate Relations Chairman,1 urge you to attend aU graduate functions and help us to get to know you better. See you at Pig Dinner. A Victorious Homecoming In good keeping with the FIJI tradition of excellence, the brothers of Gamma Tau once again rallied together to pro duce what is perhaps the most convincing Homecoming win in recent history. It was November 7th, 1987, that set the precedent for what we hope will be the continued success of our chapter and the inevitable capture of the IFC trophy. The first real success of homecoming week came when our brothers'beautiful acopello rendition of"Naturally" by Huey Lewis placed them in the finals. Despite the poor luck on judgement day, they had still boosted Gamma Tau with another ten points. President Douglas Taylor placed in the top ten for Mr. Georgia Tech as our little sister Michelle Mor rison continued to the top five in contention for Ms. Georgia Tech. Kitchen Chairman Scott Nist put his talents to work as he won second place in the potato peeling contest. By this time one could truly feel the tension building and we knew something big was about to happen. Fraternally, Derrick Duell '91 Graduate Relations Chairman Perge! Gamma Tau's Run at IFC Gup Ehch Spring, the Georgia Tech Interfratemity Council(IFC) presents a trophy for the most outstanding overall fraternity on campus during the previous year. This trophy,the IFC Cup, is a highly prized reward to the fraternities at Georgia Tech. Gamma Tau won this award in 1974, 1975. and 1976, but has been unable to capture it since. This year however. Gamma Tau is looking towards regain ing the Cup. The scoring for the cup is as follows; fraternity CPA: 40%, intramurals; 20%, and Social Service, Campus Leadership, Greek Week, and Homecoming competitions comprising the remaining 40%. Gamma Tau is doing well in all areas and is in first place going into Winter Quarter. The IFC year starts Spring Quarter, and Gamma Tau got off to a fast start by finishing a close second in Greek Week, second in CPA with a 2.92 overall, and first in intramurals, nearly doubling the second place fraternity in overall in tramural points. Last Fall we continued on our winning track by finishing first in Homecoming, third in CPA with a 2.89, and first again in intramurals. Most importantly, however,in Fall Quarter, we had a great rush,and pledged many fine young men who ean continue our winning ways. Fijis also logged many hours of Social Serv'ice both quarters. Gamma Tau also has many brothers in various leadership positions on cam pus. Examples are Brother Scott Miller, who is President of the Student Center, and Brother Pete Weiland, who is ehair- man of the Options Committee at the Student Center. Winter Quarter is the home stretch in the race for the cup, and we are doing our best to maintain first place. Hopefully in the next Gamma Tank, we will be able to report that we to follow through and win the display contest or Wreck parade, we may have lost it. Working through the night and with no sleep, the chapter gave its all until the arrival of Friday after noon and with it, the judges. Hot damn! It worked beyond our greatest expectations. It was best said by an apparent female supporter ofanother fraternity;"that was so awesome it was disgusting." It was the winner and we knew it. Saturday, the day of reckoning. It began to roU out at 9:30 a.m. Its big long tail hovered in the air as the five scavenged wheels hugged the ground, eight feet off the ground, two valiant Phi Gams hurled about in circles riding a motorcycle' and a go cart to power the vehicle. It was the Fiji contraption and it was built with reference to a chopper. We called it the Frame of Phi Gam,others called it a mess of metal, but what mattered in tbe end was that the judges called it the best It was all over now and we had certainly become the very best. have won it!! Perge! It was now Thursday night, November 5th, we were firmly in the lead due to participation points. However, if we failed Fraternally, Fraternally, Bret D. Anderson '90 Bruce Gawlowicz '90 Perge! \r\nALUMNI UPDATE Please take a moment and complete the following and return to us so we can update our records. Full Name: Address (if changed): City/Zip: Phone: Occupation: Spouse/Marital Status: No. children: Recent Achievements: Do you plan on attending Pig Dinner? Remarks: ^ Cut Along Dotted Line ^ Remember! Golf Tournament April 23 & Pig Dinner May 13 HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!! THE FR.\TERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA ftopic GAMMAU TAU OF PHI GAMMA DELTA 841 Fowler Street N.W. 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