mim wismm iC^ li^EWiLiTTi^ AUGUST 1991 BCA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Another school year is about to begin at Virginia Tech. Are our grads ready to support the chapter? All the evidence I have seen is that we are ready. I have been getting numerous questions about when rush is this year, what can we do for the undergrade, etc. You should find several programs in this newsletter that can use your support. Support could come in three forms. First is the obvious - MONEY. This may be the easiest form of support, it only takes a minute to write the check and mail the envelope. Support for the GRAD STEAK OUT program and the scholarship fund (tax deductible) are excellent ways to support the chapter. Second is to support the chapter through phone calls. Call the house, BCA officers or House Corp officers. We can keep you current on upcoming events, overall chapter status and any immediate needs that may have come up. We are always fishing for more ideas and newsletter Information. The chapter may start another rush program this year - find a willing grad to call one of the rushes in a similar major. Talk with them about what PHI GAMMA DELTA did for you as an undergrad, and is doing for you now as a graduate. The third form of support is your personal involvement. Work with the House Corp, BCA or visit the chapter house. On the calendar of events you will find an * next to the events that grads are soecifically requested to make an appearance. If you can only make one appearance - call the house and find out when the need is greatest. Once you have read the whole newsletter and you still want to know more, feel free to call me. My numbers are: home: (703)335-5190(not after 10:00 Eastern time please) work: (703)689-5919 See you at the house! Sincerely, Richard Eskelund \r\nGRADUATE BROTHER "STEAK OUT" As you know (or at least should know), we can no longer hold keggers at rush to "drink'em and pin'em". We must develop a variety of functions that help entice rushes to pledge and undergraduate brothers to get "fired up". This can be volleyball games, cook outs, and dances to name a few. These functions should help show not just the social activities, but the service and academic background of the chapter. One of the best ways to help convey the fine points of brotherhood is through a cook out when everyone is relaxed and receptive. The BCA would like the graduates to help the chapter in "steaking out" some new brothers. During rush week, the chapter would invite out around twenty of their best prospects for a steak cook out and volleyball game. This will be a private party given by (and funded by) the graduates (can't be a "rush", because the house must be dry 24 hours from a rush function). Several of us have already committed ourselves to be there Sept 14th and the rest of you are Invited too (after all there is only 1 home football game before Oct 19th). After a few weeks of dorm food, a good steak should get them as receptive as any amount of beer used to. We have to put an investment into functions like this for rush to be successful. So if you are wiiiing to support this effbrt, be there and/or send a check to: Richard Eskelund 9503 Country Roads Lane Manassas, Va 221 1 1 Checks will need to be made payable to the RHO ALPHA HOUSE CORP, since the BCA does not have a checking account. If support is strong enough (IE money is left over) we will look to continue this type of program next semester. SCHOLARSHIP International is very pleased with our efforts at establishing a scholarship fund for Rho Alpha. As of July 10 we had $2107 in the fund with $500 to be paid out to John in August. We will need to get to $ 10,000 to make it a permanently endowed scholarship. In order to add to the fund, Kim and I will be having a Christmas party again this year. It will be December 21 and we will be requesting donations to benefit the Rho Alpha Scholarship fund. Other details will follow in the next newsletter. FOOTBALL Tech is going to have a tough first 1/2 season this year. In case you hadn't noticed, they play 1 home game(JMU), followed by 5 tough road games(teams like Florida State & Oklahoma). When Tech defeats these teams on the road, I know the undergraduates will be flooded with requests for tickets to the remaining home games. John has warned me that the undergrads need at least 2 weeks notice to get you tickets with the fraternity(3 weeks is preferred). It is uncomfortable (and unfair) to crowd 60 people in a space for 50, so plan ahead if you want to sit with us. Obviously, it helps to get the checks ahead of time too. If you are interested in the ROAD TRIP to Orlando for the Florida State game - call Danny Kallick (703)750-2554. PLEDGES There are three hold-over pledges from last year. They are Glenn Kinnear, Sachln Shah and Mike Morrone. Call the house if you would like a progress report. They may even tell you when initiation is planned if you would like to attend. \r\nBULLETINS John Hepler was selected as the recipient of the Rho Alpha Chapter Scholarship for 1991. It is a $500 scholarship again this year. John also was awarded a $1000 scholarship from the Phi Gamma Delta International Education Foundation(way to go John)! John Hepler, Greg Rapaport,Jay Bumgardner, Dennis Reece all went to Fiji Academy this year. Jim Showalter was married to Allyson Brown on June 8th in Richmond, in attendance were Bill Latane', Dan Robl, Rick Gass, Steve Debevoise, Mike O'Brien, Ward Follette, Doug Painter and Don Kawecki (well - there may have been a few non-fraternity guests also). Yes - Mike O'Brien is alive and living in NJ (Yuckl).. Bill Latane' is a father for the second time with the birth of their son James Sanford(bom May 31). Don Kawecki finally got to collect on the half gallon of Scotch Bill owed him from when Annah Marchen had been bom (so much for that baby bet). * r " Jeff Carter has announced his engagement to Karen (about time), and admits they are the last employed people in Massachusetts. Pete McDevitt & Laura Meidenhall are engaged to be married Sept '92. Good luck to Bill & Kelly Woodward in their move to Texas. The new address is - 9009 Great Hills Trail, Apt 1821, Austin, Texas 78759. Scarlet Whipple gets fixed 8/16(she doesn't think she's broke). Whiplet *3 is due out January 17th(9 months after tax season). Ephry Kaplan & Patricia are engaged to be married in a private ceremony in December. Dana Hesse and Terri Dumoulin are engaged to be married 5/16/92. Congratulations to Davis & Lisa Eichelberger and John & Debra Friedman for their recent marriages. Vil "Ugly" and Janet Vaitas are parents to a son, Vil Stanislov Vitais Hi (Stan). Doug and Tammy Frushour are expecting the birth of a boy at the end of September (the ultrasound must have picked up the umbilical cord). Mike and Sharon Maret are expecting a baby November 9th(where were the gene police when we needed them?). \r\n\ August August * August septemDer September * September * September * September * September * September * September * September * September September September September September 24 27 31 1 5-7 7 9-10 Freshman move in School Starts Home Football Game against JMU River trip? Greek weekend (IFC) Tentative house warming at Rob Paine's IFC Rush in Cassel Coliseum 11 RUSH 7-9 in Pritchard (pending room availability) 12 " " "O'Shag 14 17 Graduate Brothers "Steak Out" at the house Closed rush at house ^October 19 21 23 25 26 27-29 12 * October 19 CINCINNATI at TECH * October * November * November * November 26 9 16 23 LOUISVILLE at TECH (Homecoming) * December 7 * December 21 RUSH 7-9 in Pritchard (pending room availability) Fiji Islander (Benefit food bank) Bids Sent Out Bid Dinner Pinning Road trip?? ^ * TECH vs FLORIDA STATE in Orlando (Road Trip - call Danny) AKRON at TECH EAST CAROLINA at TECH UVAvsTECH(atUVA) Jonathan Jacobs "Tora, Tora, Tora" party on D-day plus 50. Bring canned goods for the homeless. Kim & Richard's Christmas Party to benefit the Rho Alpha Scholarship Fund. * August 1992 Ekklesta at Crystal City Marriott (Washington, D.C.) 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