17" Anniversary Pig Dinner SU Tr 1998 1998 Ekklesia \r\nFROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK...... The State of the Chapter Address: The Chapter has reestablished sts stave towards excellence. Recruimment, athleucs, campus involvement, and academucs are four areas of Greek life m which we have reasserted ourselves as leaders on campus. Now that this chapter has nsen to the top of the Greek system, 1t must connnue to take steps that will ensure it mantans that status. The decision to make the chapter house and property an Alcohol-Free facility was one of those steps. On July 1, 1998, Theta Tau will implemen: an carly adoption or the Intemanonal Headquarters Alcohol-Free Housing Ininanve. There are many benents to this decision. One, the schoiasne atmosphere m the} will be greadly improved. Two. recrutment efforts will be even more rewarding. because men should not pledge a fratermiy the fratemuty. Three, the undergraduate chapter’ t are now greatly reduced. Volume 18 No.2 The Golden Eagle Fin is published quartedly by the Theta Tau Chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta for its members, both undergraduate and graduate, family and frends Chapter Officers - 1998 President - Kelly Irvin 526-8080) Treasurer - Ryan Cizmank 526-8080 Recording Secretary - lay Parker Corresponding Secretar: - Brad Jenkins Histonan - Brent Ellis 326-1251 Fall Chairman Changes Graduate Relatons - Lucas Yearr 526-1251 Iwv3519@tntech edu Homecommng - Brent Ells 526-1251 Rush -Paul Polpanich 528-8813 GE Fin produced by: Bran Douglas & Lucas Yeary Also, by beng one of the first 20 chapters to agree to be alcohol free by July 1, 1998, we are now eligible to receve $20,000 in grant incennves trom the Intemanonal Fraternity to perform housing improvements and purchase educanonal supphes for the chapter house. But perhaps the most impactng benefit of this decision 1s the leadership that this decision shows not only to the other fratemmites on this campus, but also to the Intemauonal Fratemuty. What type of support and assistance does the chapter need at this umer We need organizanonal, planning and support toward the long term goals of the fraternity. ‘The foremost of these are the payment of the current house mortgage and acquinng the property adiacent to the house. How do Graduate Brothers ft inte today’s overall picture of the frateminy’ of all, we recognize the fact that that if ithad not been for these who iead the charge vear after vear before us, we wouid not havea chapter to entoy today. [fit had not cen for vou men who Aanded down the rradinons of Phi Gamma Di year after vear, Theta Tau would not be here today. However, graduanon docs not mean that acnve mterest in the undergraduate chapter has to end. The ‘ort has begun to organize a Graduate Associanon for this chapter. It wall serve to get graduates involved with each other on a social level and it would provide an avenue to allow graduate brothers to become involved in the business aims of the frateminy. ‘This chapter has nstn to a promment level of success, but it will need its auntan that . The chapter ss as s only getung strong song as whas ever Deen, and Fratemaily, Kelly Irvin '99 Perec’ “Cover Photo 1s of Faculty Advisor Tony Marable at PD* \r\nFraternity of the Year 1997!!! The Brothers here at Theta Tau have worked hard over the past year in an effort to better themselves and our Fratemity. As March 1998 approached, there was much anticipation among the brothers here at Theta Tau as to whether all that effort would pay off with one last reward. We knew what we had accomplished; the trophies and new men in our chapter spoke for themselves. But we wanted everyone else to know who had the best Fratemity at Tennessee Tech in 1997 Here is how the evening at the Awards Banquet shaped up. For competing well in so many campus activities, including a Homecoming victory, Phi Gamma Delta won the Campus Life Award for 1997 Additionally, by being the ony active Fratemity to remain above the All-Men’s and All-Fratemity averages in 1997, we were recognized with the Scholarship Award for ‘97. However, the most important announcement that evening, was that Phi Gamma Delta is the 1997 TTU Fraternity of the Year once again after a long 10 years! Damn Proud to be Phi Gam! Summer Party - June 27°- This will be Theta Tau’s last wet party at the house. There will also be a Rush work shop as well an onentation for new brothers. Alcohol-Free Housing Initiative Final Implementation -July 1, 1998 Chapter Fund-raiser- July 18" :Spice Girls at Starwood. For more info, please contact Kelly Irvin Ekklesia - Aug. 12-16 - See IHQ WebPage - FijiNet Brian Douglas ‘98, John Warmath ‘01, and Pual Polpanich “98, will be attending as chapter delegates Fall Rush - Aug. 31-Sep. 4, For more info contact Paul Polpanich or Kelly Irvin. Please let us know if you have any referrals and we will follow up Lee Wray kicks back to relax with the grads. Fiji Island Week - September 8-11 will be yet another huge event for Phi Gamma Delta and MS. Fiji Istand - Sep. 18-20, Come camping with us and watch the pledges get stomped in Island Football as always and see a few pies fly Homecoming - Oct 3 TTU vs MTSU for LAST time! This will be a huge Homecoming!!! All graduates and friends are invited to come and participate with us! Please see the article on the following page for more details Graduate Database Online! Go to Theta Tau's Website and find the page that has the email addresses. On the bottom of the page you will see a database button. After you click it you will be prompted for a login. Username is “brother”, Password is “perge” \r\n Graduate Spotli Chad Smith, Mark Redferrin and Dylan Mantooth are the newest members of Theta Tau’s Alumni. Congratulations Brothers! Matt Graves - Matt and Glenda have a bouncing baby boy which looks just like Matt!! Congratulations Tomos! Oliver Rick - Oliver is nearing the end of the first part of his Air Force training and should get a chance to‘come back and visit soon Bill Greer - Bill has moved to Chattanooga to pursue a career advancement, but will still be active with the undergrads at Tech Stan Hardaway ‘85 -Stan has been named president of Hardaway Construtction Corp. of Nashville, one of the state’s largest construction companies. He joined the firm, founded by his grandfather, in 1985 Dena Fairley -Dena is the wife of Troy Fairley and the 1995 Chapter Sweetheart. She will be retuming to Tech. to coach the women’s track team! Congratulations Dena! Spring n Review Further 1997 awards: * Campus Life Award, 1997 * Scholarship Award, 1997 Fraternity of the Year 1997! Spring °98 e 2” Place, Greek Week e 1" Place, Kappa Delta Golf Classic * 2” Place, Zeta Best Man on Campus e IFC Wrestling, Two men in the finals, with one victory in a weight class * IFC Soccer- we're m the finals but we got rained out!! ¢ Graduate Association Reinstated * Chapter adopts Alcohol Free Housing Initiative a Com at Who came to “Hail the Pig” this year? Todd Fairley Stacy Hunt Shannon Nash Curt Chaffin Kong Chen Troy Fairley Matt Graves Jeff Breedlove John Rector Jeremy Jenkins Jay Banasiak Lee Wray AJ Bahou Keith Edmondson Tony Melson David Crane Dewayne Coffey Keith Boker David Speight Bill Greer Ross Jones Scott Brewer Pierson Simon Doug Patterson Jon Smith Jeff Hoilman Billy Leslie Lee Scarborough Brad Dozier Scott Harold Richard Holt Tim Hemken Bill Reno Brad Liemer David Berg Kenny Potts Phil Wallace Kell Stott **There were 85 Theta Taus who attended the dinner. Additional guests included Keith Henley(IHQ), Tony Marable and a Chapter President from another university **Forty brothers participated in the Golf Scramble Bill Greer, Ryan Fulkerson. and Stacy Hunt on the CCC Golf Course. \r\n On October 3, 1998 Tennessee Tech will meet its old rival MTSU on the football field for the last time. What promises to be a huge event for TTU will also be a weekend to remember for Phi Gamma Delta as well With the help of the Kappa Deltas, we will be seeking a second consecutive Homecoming victory. Additionally, the Kazoo Band will be looking to be on top of the Open Float competition once again. At the very least, they will be in front of every camera that appears on the parade route And we will get Mr. Marable this year!! As part of this huge weekend, the undergraduates would like to invite all of our graduate brothers to come back and enjoy Homecoming with us once again. As always we will be working on the float right up to the last and we hope you will all feel free to come out and share some memories with us. This year we are also looking to make the largest Kazoo Band ever by getting as many grads and undergrads together as possible! As if that were not enough, we will be having a cookout at the house after the game to celebrate what will no doubt be an outstanding performance. Of course the weekend would not be complete without a party with the sisters of Kappa Delta that evening. So make plans now to relive some of those old memories and make some new ones! We haye provided the local hotel information on the back cover to assist you in making plans. Please plan early as the: University is making plans for very large Alumni events Homecoming Weekend Events e Friday night, Oct 2 -The brothers and the KDs will be working on the Float until carly morning ¢ Saturday, Oct 3 8am- The undergrads and grads in the Kazoo Band suit up. ¢ Saturday, Oct 3 noon- Lunch in town for those of us who haven't passed out from sleep deprivation! * Saturday, Oct 3 afternoon- TTU wipes the floor with MTSU! Fiji will be there in force! e¢ Saturday, Oct 3, 5:30- Cookout at the house for our grads and the KDs. ¢ Saturday, Oct 3, 10:00- Homecoming Party This will be away from the house in observance of the Alcohol Free Housing initiative \r\nPig Dinner 1998 Friday, April 17th 6:00 p.m. Friday night saw the arrival of most of our attending graduate brothers. Upon arrival they were greeted by an enthusiastic group of undergrads as well as by members of the Pig Dinner committee. There was an information and check-in desk complete with publications and billing information to get our graduates up to speed on what was happening All together 30 graduates and nearly all of the undergrads were there to help cook the pig over the course of the night. It was rumored that bribes were being accepted to change the golf teams, but since the distributors of this publication were in charge of Pig Dinner- we aren't saying a word! The Pig Dinner committee was also questioned about displaying the 1988- 89 composite. This was done at the request of Ross Jones who also made a significant donation to the chapter at Pig Dinner. Could that be just a coincidence? Thanks Ross. Saturday, April 18th 8:00 a.m The Pig Dinner Golf Scramble was about to begin. After much bragging and premature claims on the trophies the night before, the golfers were not about to let a little drizzling rain keep them from trying out the Country Club’s course. Of the forty brothers who teed off at 8:30, 23 were graduate brothers. As it tumed out, three teams tied at 4 under and were forced into putt-off during the dinner to decide the winner! 12:00 p.m. By this time in the day the rain was here to stay and made it obvious that any chance of playing volleyball ‘was very remote. Many of the grads and undergrads went out to lunch. Brad Dozier addressing the chapter at PD And many more just tried to catch a few Z's for the night that lay ahead. 5:00 p.m The Theta Tau Graduate Association held its second meeting at the Country Club to follow up on earlier discussions of how to plan for the future of the chapter. Among the options they are pursuing is a direct deposit fund which transfers funds on a monthly basis from brothers accounts to an account set up specifically for the future of the chapter house; At last count, 25 undergraduates were already contributing to this fund in addition to their normal chapter dues. Many more graduates have also committed to this plan as well, Further information can be obtained by contacting Brad Dozier at 615-331-8421 6:00 p.m “All Hail the Pig!!” Master of Ceremonies Scott Brewer, Tech class of °89. Purple Legionnaire The Pig Dinner Committee wishes to thank Scott for doing an excellent job as MC. Invocation Tony Marable Theta Tau Faculty Advisor Tony led the chapter in a very well thought out prayer for which we are very grateful. He knows he wants to bea Fiji!! Bringing in the Pig Yet another young brother got to kiss the pig on the rump! “An Exile’s Toast” Brian Douglas 98 Chapter President 1997 The traditional Exile’s Toast as written by Frank Norris was given in a hardy German accent. It is reported that just before the final toast there was a pause while two very large I-liter beer mugs (mit beer) from Deutschland were produced by Brian for himself and the Chapter President. They were also reported to be quite empty at the end of the night! The Doxology Dinner Keynote Address Keith Henley International Headquarters Staff Keith gave an outstanding address which brought an International Headquarters perspective to Theta Tau. He spoke on the overall focus of the Alcohol-Free Housing Initiative and commended the chapter for its hard work . \r\nGraduate Relations Chairman Theta Tau of Phi Gamma Delta 527 N. Peachtree Ave. Cookeville TN 38501 NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #241 COOKEVILLE, TN To the Committee November 10, 1900 Roselle, NJ Gesundheit! Ach mein lieber vriendts. Dat note she gome today, You're dinin’bei der Poodle in der same ol’ jolly vay. While me, ach Gott, du Leiber Gott, Ive sit me down undt wept Dot your kindt invitationing J connot yet accept. Der Poodle! Doand I know der blace, say blind mein eves oop tighdt Undt standts me bei der Plaza on, I findt der haus alle righdt. Der gless-ware I've ge-broken dere, der sboons I hef ge-stole! Der vhiskey Chimmi Vhite hef drunk from aus der Sugar-bow!! Ah dose were days, Der Gibbs he knows, undt Mairsch he knows ut too. Und Hethauren could ree-remember yoost a leddle ting or two. Undt dat poy Eamie Hoentersohn, he’s leedle, put oh my, He nef'r sets his schooner down until he’s drunk her dry Undt ulzoh Wallie Every-bit, who alle-wavs knows ut alle, Undt Gibbons—"Loaf-of-Women"—He leads Shermans at Lunt’'s Halle. Undt den, ach hoch der Vaterland: dere is der soldier man* Der terror oaf der Sbanniards in der charge of San Joo-an, Der Awful Captun Sailfridge. He's a howlin Martinet, (Vhen speaken to him, touch der cap, he loafs dos etiquette) Von efry Fiji chapter in der landt from sea to sea. Undt Pilly Schmidt undt Emory, dey does deir leedle stunts Fallutin mit der “younger set” each Saturday at Lunt’s. Hi alle you Grads, you lucky Grads who dis T’ansgiving Day Cen shtop at home just tink oaf us, der Exile’s far away. Der’s Chunky in Geneva, undt dere’s Rethers—Gott knows vair Ve sitts undt vaits undt vatches undt ve groan undt tear der hair, Ve reckons oudt der difference in der time, undt every one Ve says oudt loud “Dey hef kicked off, Der game hef joost begun” Undt ve aindt dere to see ut played, undt ve aindt dere to yell Undt we aindt dere to see der team joost knowck"em into Hell. Vail, when you alle sits down egain to eat dat Poodle lunch You alle joost try to vance dat we're mit you in der bunch. Here's to der team: Bei Gott—stand oop—dis ain’t no usual drink, Stand oop—Hands round—between us alle it is der Gommon link. Stand oop, It is der Exiles Toast we're mit you alle today. We're back once more in der ol’ blace, undt back egain to stay. Stand oop. 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