VOL. XXIII Issue 1 7^ News of PHI GAMMA DELTA at OKLAHOMA STATE Sigma Omicron of PHI GAMMA DELTA Stillwater Spring '86 1986 NORRIS PIG DINNER March 22, 1986 The Hilton Inn Northwest Are 2945 N.W. Expressway we having fun yet? Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 (405) 848-4811 For the first time, ettend the dinner. wives or dates may At the conclusion of the dinner we would ask that the ladies be excused so we may tend to a little business. This years speaker will be Dr. Curtis Hamm (OSU '69). If you would like to stay rooms in you the reserved will need to block of confirm reservation with the hotel no Fiji ^ your Feb. 28. (Rooms will be approx. $35-40) AGENDA Editor's note: Joe Mark Et-Kouri was Initiated Phi Gamma Delta in 1970. He is Administrative Law Judge for the State Oklahoma. Joe Mark, girls, also is the father chairman of of the into an of two Red Andrew's Toys for Tots drive in Okc. CocktaiIs 5:30 - 6:30 6:30 - 8:00 Di nner 8:00 8:30 - 8:30 Awards 9:00 - 9:00 12:00 Free Time 372-1699 What year did you pledge Phi Gam? the I was just thinking about that other day. I pledged in 1969 and was initiated at Dance For further information please Danny Green c/o Phi Gamma Delta. University, Stillwater, SO JM contact 1123 OK. 74074. W. Nu Omega. I stayed there for one year and then decided that Oklahoma State would be a better place to get my education. (405) continued \r\nPage 2 VOL. XXIII I ssue 1 CHEOiE E Rfll dfmiif Dear Brothers, The financial situation Ctaicron is stable, but, at Sigma due to the small number of brothers in the house, the budget is tight. Our Field Secretary, George Reindell IV, has helped us formulate a plan for success and the continued glory of PHI GAMMA DELTA. Now, more than ever, we need the support of our graduate brothers. I encourage all of you to get back in touch with the fraternity, YOUR fraternity, for PHI GAMMA DELTA is not for college days alone. We extend a warm welcome to any brother to come by the house anytime. Come on Monday night for formal dinner at 5:30, or anytime you are in or near Stillwater to Just see the house and talk to new brothers. We welcome and would appreciate your and look advice forward and to SO So you pursuit of scholarship brought you to OSU. What degrees have you earned? JM I recieved a B.A. in history and sociology and a minor in psychology from OSU. Then I went to law school at SMU, where I did my post graduate work. SO What was the House like in the early '70^s? JM SO It was a wild house, but a really good mixture of guys. It was a good group ... Just a bunch of wild and crazy people. What do you remember most about Sigma Omicron? JM brotherhood, renewing cont'd from page 1 The Island Party! Every year it turned out to be the great rip-off because we had to steal everything to build it. I remember when we built the patio. The chapter donated $100 and we stole ... or borrowed the rest old acquaintances and making new ones. of the materials. I was a kitchen steward for a while. In The Bonds, Mike Reyes The chapter because they Treasurer took my kitchen thought I "f® kev the refrigerator late at night, which I was. So the only way to get my key Perge! back was N.I. INSIGHTS We would like to congratulate following men on their initiation Sigma Omlcron of PHI GAMMA DELTA: Corey Owen DePuy Patrick Damon Hadley Pol it. Sci. / else get down into the kitchen and he could unlock the door for us. Anyway, we tied him off in between floors and left hin for about an hour and a Ponca City Political have someone crawling into the dumbwaitor under the pretense that we would lower him the into Business Management Travis Wesley Dougan to caught breaking into the kitchen. Well, we conned Jim Mott, who was fairly large (and still is), into half. Ponca City Science Ponca City Accounting Finally, one of the cabinet members found him and decided Mott had been breaking into kitchen all key back! SO that the along, so they gave me my Sounds wild enough! What do you like to do in your free time? Jeffrey Russell Heget Edmond Accounting Jeffery Scott Hogan Los Altos, Ca. Aerospace Engineering Charles Thomas Horsley Account i ng Okc JM I enjoy working on houses. I have a little fishing retreat on Cedar Lake and I'll take the girls up there to work on it. I love to go to Mexico and I love Aculpulco. Anytime I can get away for a week that's where I go. continued \r\nWHERE ARE THE SIGMA OMICRON FIJIS?? OUR OWN WHO'S WHO To Give Us Alumni Updates For Our Files Kindly Fill Out and Return Immediately To; PHI GAMMA DELTA 1123 W. University, Stillwater, OK 74074 Date_ 19_ Z Occupation. 3 Class_ Nickname_ Name in FulL n Firm_ ( ) Residence Address_ ( ) Business Address_ _ City_ City check preferred mailing address Years in school _ Degree_ Major Graduate SchooL Degree_ What fraternity offices did you hold? Married?. Wife's Name. Years. Names and ages of children, if any Children's Colleges and Greek affiliations. Recent activities or accomplishments: (civic or elective offices, awards, personal achievements, etc.) What suggestions could you make to improve the Sigma Omicronical n Special interests Would you be interested in speaking to the chapter on careers, value of the fraternit\ or an\ thing else? DO YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING OR HUMOUROUS STORY ^(1 RFl ATE FROM YOUR COLLEGE DAYS? Ciive us details on the back sjde of this sheet \r\naidVis QNOoas anod Phi 1123 Gamma West Delta University Stillwater, FOLD A story from my OSU days: FIRST Oklahoma 7407A \r\nVOL. XXIII cont'd from page 2 SO JM Tell me a little about your job. I am an Administrative Law Judge the State of Oklahoma. The appoints three tax commissioners and they appoint two tax judges for the thafs me. We have to hear every case that's filed with the tax coiranission. I've been threatened a few times which makes it commission, m i T3?im./c for Governor Page 5 Issue 1 We hope to begin a column of little known Sigma Omicron Trivia. But we can only print what we know, and we don't know nearly as much as you, the graduates, do. Please write and let us know any fact, story, or item of interest which may not be common knowledge. We hope this column will be interesting and fun for everyone. interesting. Prior to my appointment Assistant General Council. I was We made Phi Gamma Delta raids on Indian smoke shops breaking the door down, handcuffing them, and hauling them out. It was more exciting because I got to work with the County Sheriffs and police department. We would batter the door down with a ram and everyone had their guns outs, so it was kind of risky. Anyway, here I am in a suit and all these sheriffs . . . not for college days alone their place I don't know Weekend. what to You boys cought SO have guns pulled on a bunch of hairbags and they look at me and say, "What do you want us to do with them?" Hell, do with them! Pi ay The annual them. cowboys Graduate Takeover 8-9 I don't care! you would like to during The graduate house to themselves took Homecoming brothers had the on Friday night, and and Indians 1 guess. some stayed Is there anything against Kansas State, Homecoming Dinner, and a party Saturday night. Around 30 graduates attended the event and raised say to the chapter? JM November 1 would like the chapter, graduates and undergrads, to GAMMA DELTA is not for college alone. I know realize that all the stuff sounds corny, thought it did. The brotherhood I we were brothers forever...united by common ideals and aspirations...one for all and all for one...I just thought it was corny, but it's true. The other day I was working on my house and I needed some panelling. I remembered John Shaw, seen in four or hardware store who I footbal game The weekend was a complete success, and Sigma Omicron thanks Jeff Drain and John Cain for their work in organizing the event, and all the graduate brothers who attended. MEET THE PLEDGES The brothers wish to welcome fraternity the Spring Pledges: city. has a So I Larry Thomas Works to our Bakersfield, Ca. Business Administration went down there and just like I had seen him yesterday I said, "Shaw, I'm going to steal some paneling from you." And he • turned around and Robert Eric White literally gave it Steve Edwards Owens tome the haven't five years, in the for about S600 for the Rush Fund. PHI days at least idea that over free. Ten years after college I'm still reaping Chandler Bussiness Finance Ccxnp. Analy. / Okc Business Management the benifits of PHI GAMMA DELTA. It's just little things like this that make me mighty proud to be a We hope you look FIJI. look forward to calling you brother. forward to becoming brothers in PHI GAMMA DELTA as much as our we \r\nIssue 1 VOL. XXIII Page 6 Turpie Leaionaire experiences. And we will know that we have continued to be part of the upward march of humanity. What higher niche could we ask for? Dear Brothers: We began this year with probably the greatest challenge since the Sispia ftnicron chapter was chartered. The number of brothers returning to the house last fall was lower than it had been in recent years. As you are aware, this creates problems in the areas of finance, chapter image, and campus involvement. Thanks to the concentrated efforts of the chapter and a week long crash course from George Ryndell, serving as Field Secretary for International Headguarters, There is an urgency to your support. Receive the chapters efforts with the refreshing enthusiasm it gives. Become part of their activities. Help them meet the challenge and realize theeir goals. Make it a point to be involved. Be proud to be a FIJI! Fraternally yours, Wayne Bland Purple Legionaire Perge! the enthusiasm in the house was very high. A careful 1 structure of goals, activities, and tools for implementation," were set out during the one week visit from George. The men in the house have made a personal comnitment to overcome problem areas, with a definite plan, that has been directed to specific areas of concentration, each brother being responsible for his specific area. As graduate brothers, we are being ask for our support, ask to follow through with the commitment initiation to always GAMMA DELTA is you made remember that, not for college upon "PHI days alone." Some of my graduate brothers have gone on from college and obtained great feats, flown with eagles, and owls, and Who are these people? such. Some have obtained great recognition, and some wealth. And because we know them as brothers, we share their accomplishments. Others of us have not yet reached our level of self-expectation, but we strive toward these goals. brothers we share not only glory As and honor, but also sorrow and failure. The common bonds that we share, the lifelong friendships that we made, and the dreams and goals we set for ourselves, both as individuals and as brothers, brought about experience at Stillwater, OK, by a 1123 in were true fraternal W. University, the fraternity of Regardless of our position, we contributions now will dream, and share us appologize to the brothers reading this publication for his inability to get this too the Our. enable other men to with to out