ALPHA IOTA BRAINSTORM PHI GAMMA DELTA IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 1991 TAUMUTO FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLLED Kenn McCloud saves the Stanton Memorial Carillon. INSIDE: GRADUATE BROTHER BIOS HOMECOMING POLE SIT PHI GAMMA DELTA SPOTLIGHT Steve Scott Feldsted Van Scoy A.I. '68 A. I. '93 By C. E. Conover ('93) By C. E. Conover ('93) The sign of a dedicated Phi Gam is that you just can't College offers you opportunities to experiences that you keep them away, they just keep coming back. Brother would not generally have, and Scott G. Van Scoy '93 is Steve Feldsted '68 is such a Phi Gam. He served in vari- taking advantage of these. Brother Van Scoy not only in- ous capacities in his undergraduate days, including both volves himself in house activities, but also in many cam- Purple Legionnaire and as a House Parent, and now has pus activities. He is a Social Psychology major with fu- the unique pleasure of being a sire to his son, Drew Feld- ture plans in the field of law enforcement. sted '95. Scott has been a member of the Boxing Club for 11/2 Brother Feldsted graduated in 1968 with a degree in years and last December earned the right to wear an ISU Political Science. He entered the Army in January 1969 Boxing jacket. (Since boxing is only a club sport they can- and served for a little less than two years. Upon dis- not give out varsity letters, so they give out team jackets charge he returned to ISU for graduate school. "That instead). This year Brother Van Scoy also is a member of gave me," comments Brother Feldsted, "the opportunity Varieties Central Committee (VCC). He is in charge of to become involved with the undergraduate chapter once the vignette/emcee position, as well as helping to run the again. In 1970 I served one year as the Purple Legion- entire Varieties production. This is a busy position and naire. Then in the summer of 1971 some brothers paid a Brother Van Scoy is the first FIJI to be a part of VCC in visit to me and my wife, at our home in University Vil- four years. This year he is the Chairman of Alpha [ota's lage, and asked if we would like to live in the house as 84th Norris Pig Dinner. He hopes to make this the best house parents. As far as I know, we were the first gradu- Pig Dinner ever. ate couple house parents in the greek system. That was a Brother Van Scoy also had the unique experience to very enjoyable year for us. The brothers really accepted follow his father, Mike Van Scoy (Iowa St. '65), into FIJI us and Dianne soon became known as 'Mom Feldsted'." brotherhood This adds to the special relationship al- ready between these two men from Cerritos, CA. "Joining this Fraternity," said Scott, "is one of the best decisions BROTHER FELDSTED Continued On Page Three that I've ever made. It has helped me mature and obtain leadership abilities that I might not of ever gained oth- erwise." POLE SIT 1991 FIJI - KAPPAS: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS. By Chad T. Lingenfelter ('94) and Chris McElroy ('94) The past five falls our house has done a philanthropy For many years, our chosen charity has been the Ames called Pole Sit. Pole Sit is when we, and the sorority we Youth and Shelter Services, also known as The Rosedale have chosen for Homecoming sit atop a 30 foot pole Shelter. It serves youths who may have run away from placed in our front yard. Pole Sit was started by Dean home, been abused, are homeless, or have conflicts with Manternach ('88) in the fall of 1987. The chapter got the their parents. The youth, ages 11 to 17, live in a home idea from a different fraternity on another campus. like atmosphere. The shelter provides a safe, structured, On top of the pole is a television, a VCR, a telephone, temporary home for youth who are in crisis. It serves in and an electric blanket. This year the sorority of our such cases, as an alternative to jail. We held a kick-off choice was the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Pole sit party, in which we met the volunteers and the youth cur- runs for 168 hours (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). rently living at the shelter. Pole Sit '91 ran from October 12th thru the 19th. Previous year's funds were raised by going door-to-door with the chosen sorority. Pole Sit '91 was run little dif- ferently this year. We obtained sponsorships from busi- nesses in addition to door-to-door collections. The busi- nesses that contributes, in return, receives free publicity and their name on the sponsorboard on the pole. These sponsors included: Jim Wagner Lincoln-Mercury Nissan, US West Inc, KCCQ 107, Subway, Pizza Pit, Copycat, Snyder Drug Arnold Motor Supply, Mayfair Cleaners, and Amos P. Yogurt. Every year as Pole Sit gets more and more popular, local celebrities are more easily convinced to climb the ladder and sit for a few hours with us. This year there was a tre- mendous increase in "Celebrity Sitters." They included: Ames Mayor Larry Curtis, Iowa State Assistant Dean of Students, Lisa Killian; Government of the Student Body President, Mike Noble; Cyclone Quarterback and FIJI first year, Kevin Caldwell; and our repeating favorite, Police Chief Ballantine. Kenn McCloud(BII '83) is a morning radio personality on KCCQ 107 and he broad- casted for three hours from the top of the pole. We are still collecting donations. If you would like to make a contribution, send checks payable to Phi Gamma Delta-Pole Sit to the Chapter House in care of Pole Sit Chairman, Chris McElroy('94). FRATRES QUI FUERUNT SED NUNC AD ASTRA Brother Chris Scharff '92, and an unidentified Gam- ma Phi Beta, sit atop the pole. This is a photograph Joseph L. Norman 1934 from 1989; we haven't been able to top this one!! It Dudley S. Triplett 1930 shows you the height and view from "up on the Pole". A FIJI HOMECO MING By Cory Dage ('93) Homecoming 1991 was entitled "A Fabulous Fall Mas- terpiece" and it was truly fabulous; but not for the usual A FABULOUS reasons. We participated this year with Kappa Kappa MOUNTAIN Gamma sorority. They helped us construct our annual lawn display again this year. The display was a replica of Mount Rushmore, with Cy's face alongside the likes of Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Roosevelt. Cy stood as the fifth in the line. Our masterpiece did not crack the top three placings, but the hours of hard work did pay off with an eye catching lawn display that drew many com- Todd Stone '93 proudly stands in front of the finished pliments. Twelve houses competed in the lawn display contest this year. display. Cy's head is covered by the "Cowboy Sheet" Hours after the football game with Oklahoma State ended in a 6 - 6 deadlock I met two very influential grad- uate brothers. They were Ken Caratelli ('73) and John McKillop ('73). Both men were back at Iowa State for the twentieth year reunion of the 1971 Sun Bowl team. While showing them around the house I was entertained by their stories from their college days and their foot ball playing days. I talked with these brothers for over an hour and was amazed at all of their experiences. Af- ter they left I felt I had experienced the whole meaning of Homecoming: the competitions, the football game, and best of all - the graduate brothers. Cary David '92, Steve Bruner '92, and Tim Waters '93 work on the early stages of Mount Rushmore. The lawn displays, other athletic competitions, and the big homecoming football game are thought by most to be FIJI the extent of Homecoming I used to think that too, until this year that is. This year I discovered the real mean- ing of homecoming the return of the alumni. The past two years, Phi Gamma Delta, has held a Homecoming brunch and tailgate before the game, where graduate brothers come back and fraternize with current under- Karen Smith, Gordon Smith '61, Chad Lingenfelter grads in the house. This year was no different as I had '94, Tim Waters '93, Steve Bruner '92, and Steve my big encounter later that evening. Mumford '92, after the Homecoming Brunch. Alpha lota's Cabinet Committee Chairmen President Eric Kvam '91 Pig Dinner Chairman Scott Van Scoy '93 Treasurer Steve Bruner '92 Graduate Relations Tim Waters '93 Recording Secretary Scott Wuggazer '91 Rush Chairman Kerry Yanez '93 Corresponding Secretary Eric Bretey '93 Brainstorm Editors C. E. Conover '93 & Historian Dave Zahradnik '92 Scott Wuggazer '91 PHI GAMMA DELTA MY FRATERNITY. By R K. "Mike" Griswold (AI '53) I have been retired for four years now. I once thought that I could lean back in a rocker, on the front porch, light up the old briar, and indulge in some Smoke Dreams. I can not though, for several reasons. One very painful reason is that I gave up pipes nearly two years ago. I needed to lower my pulse rate and by Winter snowfall on 325 Ash. laying down the pipe it worked. The second reason is that retirement is busier than working, except I decide I remember the huge mums we gave our dates for the what to be busy doing not somebody else. (I hope that first football game, and the demijug with poorly mixed Marion (DZ '53) doesn't read this!) Lastly, I have diffi- apple cider and grain alky which we passed about in the culty organizing time. stadium. When I retired, my week suddenly became six Satur- Few of our era could forget the personalities of the days and one Sunday. I help reduce this burden to some time: the studious dedication of Bob Hoak (AI '52), the thing I can cope with, I divide the six Saturdays. into two devil-may-care Vince Coyle (AI '52), the solo serenades sets of three. The first day is devoted to golfing, the sec- of Curly Hurd (AI '54), the droll humor of Jerry Moorhead ond day to "honey-do's", and the third day to loafing. (AI '52), or especially the loyalty of Hi Ford (AI '09), After only three weeks Marion grimly notified me that it usually the oldest alum at Pig Dinner. And our house just wasn't working and that some changes were needed. mother, Louise Huntington Rowe, influenced each and Fearing the worst I asked, "What?" She said, "I hate to every one of us in ways we can still identify see you loafing around the house two days a week, SO I in- Yes, even FIJI's like me, who graduated and thereaf sist that you play golf four times a week". (Singing under ter lived great distances from Ames, find that Phi Gam- my breath, "Delta Zee girl, I love you "!!!) ma Delta is still affecting our lives even though we have Jim Ficke (AI '55) crosses my path several times a felt able to return to 325 Ash only rarely since gradua year, but he already knows the delights of Durango and tion. Southwest Colorado. It would be great to see a parade of you from the early 50's dropping by to ski (Purgatory), ride the narrowgage railroad (D-S NGRR), to golf, fish, Dear Graduate Brothers: hike, or ride mountain bikes. I have loaner golf clubs for either lefties or righties. I would first like to thank Brother Griswold for respond We live but two blocks from Ft. Lewis College. At ing to my letter. This new column is an attempt to pro- times I lament for the students here not having a Greek vide more personal, in depth graduate articles into the system, which might create experiences remembered for Brainstorm On the suggestion of Field Secretary Rob years. I recall a crisp Fall Saturday evening in 1950, Wolf (Wash. St. '91), after his recent visit, I came up when some of us, with dates, lit the fireplace, put slow with this idea. If any of you would like to contribute to music on the Fisher, and lowered the lights. Dick Pe- the column please send it to myself, in care of the house. caut's (AI '52) voice cut through the ambience firmly say Fraternally, ing, to the great embarrassment of the girl who later be- came his wife, "I'll give you just thirty minutes to get C. E Conover '93 your hand off my thigh!". Perge! A Bright Future Shines Through The McCloud By Eric Kvam '91 A shining, new face has appeared at 325 Ash, bring- ing ideas and inspiration to the chapter. He is a char- ter member from the Beta lota chapter at Bradley Uni- versity and has been a member of the BCA at Bradley By far Kenn's biggest contribution to our chapter, and for the past three years. As an undergraduate he held the entire ISU alumni, was his effort to save the Stan- the position of Social Chairmen and organized the ton Memorial Carillion, the Campanile. Due to budget first Fiji Island party in Bradley University History. cuts at ISU the Campanile, in central campus, was left Currently he is the Operations Manager and morning without a carillon player. Knowing that tradition is personality for KCCQ 107.1 FM radio station. This what ties alumni to a school, Kenn decided that some- brother is Kenn McCloud '83. thing needed to be done. Reverting back to his under- Kenn originally attended Sauk Valley College for graduate days, he decided to hold a fund raiser, which his first two years of undergraduate studies in Broad- would gain the attention and the support of the entire cast Journalism. He played an active part in athletics campus. He made a few phone calls to get clearance as a member of both the baseball and swim teams. from the university and began preparation for a fund Upon receiving his associate degree Kenn transferred drive to raise $10,000, SO that the bells of ISU would to Bradley University and took residence in Giesert ring on Five days later he received the OK and pro- Hall. Unbeknownst to Kenn, the entire Fiji chapter ceeded to lock himself inside the Campanile, armed had taken residence on the same dorm floor, until mon- only with a sleeping bag, a cot, a telephone, some radio ey could be raised for a chapter house. Kenn recalls equipment, and a very large cooler. The lowa State that chance meeting as the luckiest day in his life. He Foundation assisted Kenn by contacting the Sigma Nu pledged FIJI in fall 1981 and took on the position of pledge class to help with security, but instead Kenn pledge class secretary. Following his pledge period turned toward "his men". He turned toward Phi Gam- Kenn gained greater responsibility as Social chairmen ma Delta. After a phone call, he contacted brothers and helped to organize the first FIJI Island at Bradley Chris McElroy '94 and Scott VanScoy '93. Together University. As he looks back on his undergraduate these brothers handled security and ran errands days, one day will forever stand out in his mind. No- throughout the entire ordeal. After five days of being vember 12, 1982 was the day, then Executive Director, locked inside the Campanile, Brother McCloud Bill Zerman came to Bradley University to congratu- reached his goal of raising $10,000. To date the ISU late the brothers for years of devotion to Phi Gamma Foundation has raised $13,000 to hire a carillon player Delta and present their Delta Colony with a charter. and over $180,000 for restoration of the Campanile. Since his arrival at Alpha lota, Kenn has been an The bells of ISU ring again! invaluable source of council for President Eric Kvam In the future Brother McCloud plans to take an active and has made every effort to improve the chapter pro- part in assisting the undergraduate chapter toward the graming. This year Kenn convinced the general manag- Quest for Excellence. He is anxious to become part of en of KCCQ radio station to broadcast the morning ra- the Alpha lota House Corporation and any other role dio show live from 325 Ash. This broadcast was not he may fill. I hope that you have a chance to meet done from the living room, but rather from the top of with Kenn at this years Pig Dinner and discuss any ide- the FIJI Pole Sit philanthropy. The added exposure as you may have for the chapter. Remember his name, for our philanthropy helped us to raise over $1,800 and because he is quickly becoming a driving force behind gain a foothold with business sponsors in the communi- Alpha lota. ty. Brother Feldsted House Manager Report By Chad T. Lingenfelter '94 Brother Feldsted completed his masters degree in Public Administration and accepted a job as the Place- ment Director at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL In the past, the House Manager position was a house com- "I'm convinced that experience as a graduate student in mittee. This proved to be extremely ineffective and House the FIJI house was a factor in getting that position.", Corporation took over the job of House Manager in April of said Feldsted. 1990 The House Manager became an extension of the House He left Augustana in 1976 to join John Deere. He held Corporation and and the House Corporation took over the hir- positions at both the Waterloo, IA plant and the Corpo- ing and firing of the House Manager position. I presently hold rate Headquarters in Moline, IL before accepting his this position. present position as the Supervisor of Employment, Bene- The responsibilities of the House Manager fall into three fits, and Affirmative Action at the John Deere Works major categories: general cleaning, small jobs, and large jobs. Plant in Dubuque, IA. General cleaning means that the House Manager oversees the Brother Feldsted was asked to comment on his memor- cleaning of the house by making sure that whomever is sup- able moments as a FIJI. He replied, It is really diffi- pose to clean the house does a good job. The house better is cult for me to pick just one memorable FIJI moment. I re- kept this year than it has been in the past. member a Grass Skirt that was visited by the sheriff's Small jobs include any job that the House Manager should be department. I recall a bus migration to an ISU Wiscon able to accomplish himself. These are jobs such as repairing sin football game, and a memorable Tug-of-War team holes in the drywall, fixing a toilet or a leaky faucet, and that won the 1965 Greek Week Olympics, without even painting. Most of these items are on a fix-as-they-happen ba- breaking a sweat. My most lasting memories, however, sis and are fixed in a reasonable amount of time. are of my pledge class, the way we worked together to Larger jobs are those that the House Manager can not accom- ward activation, and the life long friends made in the plish without outside help. These jobs are large scale electri- process." cal and plumbing projects, and heating problems. The House Brother Feldsted sees the "graduate and undergradu- Manager is responsible for identifying any potential problems ate chapters as simply working together in a partner- and notifying House Corporation of the problem. It seems all ship to ensure that Alpha lota continues to grow and the projects done this year have been large scale. I have had prosper. The graduate chapter has the responsibility to all five water heaters inspected and serviced. We also re- provide facilities to our position as one of the best frater- placed the long outdated kitchen refrigerator. We started off nities on campus. The undergraduate chapter has the re- the year with a broken sump pump drain pipe. It turned out sponsibility to provide a chapter life consistent with the the pipe was not broken, saving $2000. Now we are replacing higher aims of our Fraternity. If we each fulfill these the sump pump itself. The telephones in this house are con- we will preserve our rich tradition." stantly used and with this comes wear and tear. Fortunately Having his son, Drew, pledge the house made Broth- the repair of the system was under warranty and cost the er Feldsted "very pleased and proud there is no place house nothing. The other big problem at the beginning of the I would rather he be than Phi Gamma Delta as he pre- semester was the fire alarm system. False alarms were hap- pares to meet the challenges of college and life. I'm pening once a day. It was found that the service company mighty glad he's a FIJI." caused this and I fired them. I called Jim Triplett ('56), who owns commercial property here in Ames, and hired his prefer- ence. For insurance purposes, we are having installed an ex- MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPH tinguisher system for the oven in the kitchen and door closures that close the hallway doors when the fire alarm sounds. This will be done before Christmas by our new fire system ser- vice company. (Thanks Brother Triplett!) Fire prevention is my number one priority. Holes in walls that allow a fire to breathe are quickly patched, extension cords are limited, and keeping the alarm system in working order along with the ex- tinguishers on each floor contributes to basic fire safety. Along with the basic up keep and repair, we make improve- ments. A new ceiling was installed in the dining room. The dining room, living room, foyers, TV room, and many of the study rooms and halls have been repainted. There is even This is supposedly the Cabinet from 1962. Is it? If talk of new carpet in the formal areas, I envision returning the house to "like new" status before summer ends. so who are they? If not, then who are they? HOOT'S WHO Tom Comamo 1985: Tom Comamo, and his wife Dawn, Robert J. Harker 1943: Robert J. Harker, and his wife, have now moved to Phoenix, AZ. They operate a food Charlotte, live in Terre Haute, IN where Robert is a re- distribution outlet there. tired chemical engineer. Harker has stayed active in the fraternity and is a founder at two chapters: one at the Stefano Kranovich 1990: Stefano Kranovich is now put- Rose-Hulman Institute and at Indiana State! He served as ting his Finance degree to good use as a Loan Officer at the house corp. treasurer at Rose-Hulman for 16 years. He the Clinton National Bank. Stef said that he plans to is also a permanent member and chairman of Internation- stay in his native Clinton and climb the ranks of the al's Charter Committee and he has been the chairman of banking world. Stef was Treasurer and Pig Dinner an Ekklesia Credentials Committee. Robert has two sons, Chairman during his years here, and he now plans to Dr. R Jeffrey Hunter and Major Craig Hunter (Ind. St. '73). contribute to the house at a graduate level. J. Matthew Alexander 1979: J. Matthew Alexander is a Brian Heintz 1991: Brian Heintz is now a graduate stu- construction project engineer in Denver, CO. He and his dent at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. He wife of 8 years, Janice, have a 4 year old son, Joseph. Matt is pursuing a Doctorate of Optometry degree and plans to served as Historian during his stay at 325 Ash. He re- be finished with his schooling by 1995. Brian served as ceived the nickname "Helm" From Steve South '78, based Rush Chairman and Editor of the Brainstorm, along on the term "Matt Helm". Matt recalls the time when he with numerous campus positions. Brian sees his greatest and his pledge brothers "skipped a pledge talk with the contribution as the revitalization of the Brainstorm, and Brothers", he recall South running into the living room receiving a Fourth Place award in this past year's Coon shouting, "the pledges have escaped!". Matt says he will Plaque competition. Best of luck in Southside Chicago, "see you all at Pig Dinner 1992!". Brian! Phi Gamma Delta Non-Profit Org. 325 Ash Avenue U.S. Postage PAID Ames, Iowa 50010 Permit No. 16 Ames, Iowa