Alpha Nu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Volume l, Issue l m "tw, WINTER 2002 , xmp. INew year! Thanks to Everyone For A Fantastic Pig Dinner! Thanks to your terrific support, Alpha Nu's 35th Anniversary Pig Dinner was a hige success! There were over 100 brothers in attendance this past spring celebrating at the UNM football stadiuna and afterwards at thechapter house. Alpha Nu thanks you for Inside this issue: New Cabinet 2 President's Letter 2 Academy and Homecoming 2 New Members 3 Brother Bowdoin and 3 Brother Joule Alpha NuLeadership 3 Contact info 4 attending and also for the generous donations at the auction. Your donations raised over $10,000 for thehouse andwe are all very grateful for everyone's generosity. There have been a number of improvements made including new vertical blinds for the front rooms, new paint, repairs to the roof and the bathrooms, and many more to come! There will be some great auction items up for bid and there will be many more next spring, so don t forget to set aside some time on April 20, 2002 for an even bigger and better Pig! Thanks to everyone again, and see you at Pig Dinner! Do you know a young man that would make a Grad Event in Early 2002! good FIJI? If so The Brothers and JP Bowdoin (NM'91) will be organizing agraduate/undergraduate brother event early next semester. We would like to have a"Smoker Party" on Men- please contact day, February 4th and the more graduate brothers there the better. Alpha Nu will keep Patrick Brichta everyone posted on what will be going on and provide details soon! C02) at New Website! Bbrichta@aoL com Brother Bryant Bancroft (NM'03) has been working hard on the new Alpha Nu website and it looks great! Just go to www.unm.edu/~phigam to get the latest Alpha Nu news, pictures, contact information, links and alist of the brothers. So log on and be apat of our own FIJI internet link! .'tv- \r\n27th Academy Report Four Alpha Nu brothers attended the 27th annual FIJI Academy, held July 12-15 at IHQ and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Carlos Aragon (NM'02), Paul Campbell (NM'04), David Piech (NM'03), and Bryant Bancroft (NM'03) joined graduate brothers J.P. Bowdoin (NM '91), Chris Freiwald (NM '92), and Jonathan Gayer (NM'OO) to learn and absorb as much information as possible on recruitment, risk management, pledge education, furd- raising, philanthropy, and many othersubjects. The brothers were very excited to meet Phi Gams from all over s the country and are ready to head up to Portland next summer for the 154th Ekklesia! Post Homecoming 2001 Alpha Nu was very pleased to place third in the Cherry Silver Competition this October! FIJI participatedin many events pertaining to this years theme of "Coming Home to UNM on Route 66. The brothers spent many hours building abooth for the Homecoming Carnival and also competed in other carnival games such as the Lobo Howl, water chugging, atricycle race and bobbing for 66 pennies in Jell-O. Itmay have been abit messy, but the brothers had agreat time and we are very proud ofour third place finish and we hope to improve next year. New Cabinet Alpha Nu has recently elected anew cabinet for the 2002 year. The new officers are: President: Grant Nichols (tnarg_98@yahoo.com) Treasurer: Paul Campbell (PCampbellOO@hotmail.com) Recording Secretary: Matt Caplan (capps_ll@yahoo.com) Corresponding Secretary: David Piech (vlndjp@aol.com) Historian: Bryant Bancroft (ANFlJl@qwest.net) Congratulations Brothers! Dear Brothers, Happy New Year! Times are very exciting here atAlpha Nu. As you have read throughout the newsletter. Alpha Nuis undergoing many changes and is preparing for agreat year ofaccomplishments. From new officers, to an extremely positive attitude in the chapter and an overwhelming successful chapter retreat, we are poised to be the top fraternity on campus. As undergraduates, we have student government leaders (Paul Campbell, myself, Nicolas Cabrerra) IFC leaders (Dan Easley) presidents of organizations (Carlos Aragon, Mortar Board) and men with high scholastic standards. As gracbates Alpha Nu has the wisdom and guidance of a new Purple Legionnaire in Tom Joule (NM'69), the advisement of an Archon in Joseph E. SamoraJr. (NM'78), and the constant support of a Section Chief, JP Bowdoin (NM'91), a current Field Secretary, Jon Gayer (NM'OO), and a former FieldSecretary JeffThompson (NM'93). Most importantly we have countlessbrothers from all over the naticn who have been waiting for Alpha Nu to resurge as a top fraternity at UNM. The brothers are committed to excellence and, withyour help, will continue to reach new achievements. Have a safe new year with you and your family. Fraternally, Grant W. Nichols, Chapter President Volume 1, Issue 1 n't \r\nNew PL and Graduate Support 1 In light of some exciting service opportunities for JP Bowdoin (NM '91)Alpha Nu had a tough job of finding a new Purple Legionnaire. The chapter has recently electedTom Joule (NM '67) as the new PL and he has accepted with great enthusiasm! Brother Jcule is now the Housing Corp. President for Alpha Nu and will eventually be transferring the same responsibilities to brother Todd Sandoval. If you are interested in becoming more involved with Alpha Nu, please call Brother Joule at 3500500 or send an email to torn. joule@equityoffices.com. Congratulations to JP! There is more great news from IRQ about New Mexico! Not only do we now have an Archon Qoseph Samora, 78) and a Field Secretary (Jonathan Gayer, 00), we have just heard that our Purple Legionnaire, J.P. Bowdoin (91), has been named the newSection Chief for Section XXXIII, which includes Texas Tech, New Mexico, Arizona, and Arizona Stste. Alpha Nu is extremely proud to have these fine brothers representing our school and our chapter as leaders of Phi Gamma Delta! Phi Gamma Delta: Not for College Days Alone! Alpha Nu Leadership! Alpha Nu is proud to announce that we not only have one, or two, but three ASUNM Senators! Brother Grant Nichols was elected last spring and recently Brother Paul Canpbell and new pledge Nicolas Cabrerra were elected this fall. FIJI has the most senators of any other fraternity at UNM and we hope to have even more in the future. Also, Patrick Brichta (NM'02), was homecoming chair for UNM this past year, Dan Easley (NM04), has recently been elected Recruitment Chair for IFC, and CarlosAragon (NM'02) was Mortar Board President for 2001. We will keep you informed of any new elections of Al pha Nu's to student government or leadership positions. Fall 2001 CPA: New Initiates! 3.0! Congrats to our new initiates for the Fall 2001 semester. We have 7 promising young men: Maior Hometown Lawrence Duran Communications Patrick Toohey Theater Nicolas Cabrera Broadcast Journalism Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque Name Nicholas Engdahl Construction Management Aaron Orosco Business Johnathan Pena Michael Sage Biology/Political Science Alpha News Political Science And 3rd place overall Great Job Guys!! Belen, NM Churchrock, NM rage m \r\nprst stnd ^'5 postagepaid ALl .BUQUERque NK permit « on.c Alpha Nu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Jon Gayer 1801 Mesa Vista RdNE 1201 Red Mile Rd. Albuquerque, NM P.O. 87106 Box 4599 Lexington, KY 40544-4599 Phone: 505-242-0761 Email: vlndip@aol.com, or Anfiji@qivest.net iiliilllniililisniliinlrlHMililfliiliiHiiinhlMiiili? Information! If you would like to submit any information to the news letter or to the website, con tact either Bryant Bancroft at anfiji@qwest.net or David Piech at vlndjp@aol.com. We would love to get some feedback on ways to make the newsletter stronger and we would like to know how you are doing. Also, don't forget to stop on by 1801 Mesa Vista anytime during the year. Let us know you are coming and we will love to chat! Thank You! \r\n1:4! 1 Dear Brothers: Congratulations to the brothers of Alpha Nu for achieving an overall GPA of 3.0 for the Fall Semester 2001 placing them third among all Greek fraternities at UNM and well above the all men's average at the University! This represents a dramatic improvement for the Chapter over the previous several semesters and signals a new wave of enthusiasm and commitment not only to academic success but achievement at every level. I hope the attached Newsletter will aptly summarize the Chapter's activities on the campus as well as in the community and will whet your appetite to attend the annual Frank Norris Pig Dinner on April 20, 2002. In my newest capacity as Chapter PL and Graduate Advisor, we successfully facilitated both an Officers Retreat in Santa Fe as well as a Chapter-wide Retreat on the UNM campus last fall. Our theme "Commitment to Excellence" appropriately characterizes our every endeavor as we continue to pursue our individual and Chapter goals for the year. It is in that context and given our current depleted membership-especially those Brothers living in the Chapter House (currently only fifteen brothers reside there) that I ask for your help and continued generosity in the form of a contribution to the Phi Gamma Delta Housing Corp to help us through this difficult transition time. We have initiated a 365 day/year around recruitment initiative that pervades every aspect of our Chapter life! It's just that this is such a critical point in time for Alpha Nu as we embark on our theme "Commitment to Excellence" and we need your help. We will be rolling out a major, long-term fund-raising campaign in conjunction with our annual Pig Dinner that will involve a more sustained, long-term commitment level. However, your generosity now will enableus to pay our monthlyhousing bills and continue to operate the House successfully. Please send your check made payable to: Phi Gamma Delta Housing Corp, to my attention at 6501 Americas Parkway, N.E., Suite 210, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110. Make your plans to beinAlbuquerque for the exciting April 20'*^ Pig Dinner! I would like to thank and recognize the following Brothers for their contributions at last year's Pig Dinner held at the Tow Diehm Complex at UNM. Your loyalty and continued generosity is much appreciated: Chris Freiwald Stephen Caine Joseph Samora, Jr. Jeffrey & Melissa Strittmatter Ernesto Santistevan, Ph.D. Kevin Sprague John David Benavidez, Jr. Jonathan Gayer Jeffrey & Jana Thompson Tom & Lauren Joule William & Kimberly Altmire Russell Bonn Charles & Angle Morgan $ $ 250.00 245.00 $1,000.00 $ S 100.00 100.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 500.00 100.00 250.00 350.00 500.00 200.00 150.00 20.00 Hubert & Orene Hopkins, Jr. Brian & Tracy Denton Robert & Trade Campbell Joseph & Kimberly Reid Felipe Reyna •s 10.00 $ $ 100.00 350.00 $ 60.00 200.00 Christopher & Maryjanet Carrasco $ s Robb Seymour $1,000.00 David & Gillian Stewart John & Joan Black $ 250.00 $ 100.00 50.00 $ $ 150.00 $ 100.00 TOTAL: $6,175.00 John & Lynn Matte Douglas McDaniel Russell Bonn 190.00