The KP Owl Newsletter Issue # 2, Fall 2012 Edition THE KP OWL In This Issue Fall 2012 Newsletter By: Nicholas Sullivan Philanthropy Updates We have continued the fight against cystic fibrosis with many new fundraising events. Pig Dinner Report This year the Norris Pig dinner was once again a great time, mark your calendars for the next on April 6th. Words from the President Our president talks about our latest achievements, advances, and plans for our chapter. Honorable Mention With the new semester coming up quick, the Kappa Rho chapter of Phi Gamma Delta has been gearing up for fall recruitment. Brad Leusner will be our new recruitment chair, coming with strong determination, and an even stronger brotherhood to back him up we are all ready to recruit the next generation of FIJI gentleman. Expect big things in the upcoming future of this house on the University of Rhode Island campus. Recent Graduates This year we had three graduates in the Spring 2012 graduating class, all of which have found a career in the respective fields of study. Mike Hansen, and Justin Gordon graduated with sociology degrees specializing in criminal justice. Gerald Tardiff with a Business degree specializing in accounting. All of these Phi Gamma Delta gentlemen are quickly becoming successful members of today’s society. Honorable mention to an outstanding brother that has been a strong asset to the uprising of our chapter. Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival. Carlos P. Romulo Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/b rotherhood.html#MuqwKjxl6MPe8dU6.99 These brothers are a reminder to the rest of us that there is still so much more to come after college, and that determination pays off in the end. We wish the best of luck to these brothers and hope for a bright future for all of them. -The brothers of the Kappa Rho Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta \r\nThe KP Owl Newsletter Issue #2, Fall 2012 Edition Honorable Mention: Jerry Tardiff Jerry Tardiff is a senior accounting major as well as our chapter’s former Historian and current Brotherhood Chair. I am writing this in order to extend to him an honorable mention for his stellar performance this semester in the latter position. Jerry has organized more successful brotherhood events this semester than any other Brotherhood Chair that I have seen in my time at this fraternity. He has put together several football games and a poker night that served to bring out a spirited competition between the brothers that I can honestly say has brought us all much closer. Brotherhood in general throughout the house has become much better and we are working and living together in a manner consistent with the excellence that we have come to expect from all Fiji’s. I attribute much of this cohesiveness to Jerry and his outstanding contributions to this fraternity through the Brotherhood Chair position. Jerry is one of the few people that I know who can always bring a smile to my face as well as one of the hardest working individuals that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Jerry will be graduating this semester so our next Brotherhood chair will have some very large shoes to fill. Thank you for everything Jerry it did not go unappreciated. -Eric Munzert 2 \r\nIssue #2, Fall 2012 Edition The KP Owl Newsletter President‘s Message Brothers, Since our last newsletter many great things have happened at Kappa Rho. We received two awards at URI’s annual Greek Awards Banquet. One for Academic Excellence, and the second for Most Improved Fraternity! We have seen many improvements over this academic year and hope to continue that trend this coming fall. Our brothers have been working hard to improve our chapter in many ways. Involvement is very important, and we now have three brothers on next years IFC board. We also have brothers who participate in many other extracurricular activities, and club sports. We have our goals set high for recruitment this coming fall, and have a strong number of returning brothers living in the house. If you know of any incoming freshman students, or transfer students coming to URI this fall please feel free to have them contact me, or our recruitment chairman! Pig Dinner this year was also a success. Many young graduate brothers were in attendance as well as most of our Housing Corporation. Next year we would like even more graduates to come back to enhance our annual gathering. So if you would like to be notified and added to an e-mail list for next years pig dinner if you aren't already on one please let us know. The 164th Ekklesia will also be held this summer and in attendance we will have three brothers, our House Corp. President, and House Father. If you want any information on Ekklesia or any other Kappa Rho news please E-Mail me Robert_Marshall@my.uri.edu. Fraternally, Robert W. Marshall IV Chapter President Perge! 3 \r\nThe KP Owl Newsletter Issue #2, Fall 2012 Edition Philanthropy Report Written by: Brad Leusner Over the past semester, the Kappa Rho chapter of FIJI has been involved in little acts to help the world around us. Whether these activities took place in the Warwick Mall or at a freezing Scarborough beach brothers showed up to participate. Some were school-organized events, but many were thought of and put together by our brothers. Getting ready for FIJI freeze (Photo courtesy of Andy Starting early on in the semester we Pond) literally jumped right into charitable events. While the weather was still frigid out the FIJI Freeze was taking place. It occurred during a Saturday morning when any self-respecting college student would be cozily snuggled in bed, but fighting Cystic Fibrosis was more important for us. The basic summary of this event was for brothers to accept donations or sponsorship in order to jump into the water that numbed your body. First we shed our clothes, took pictures, and then whilst shouting everyone ran down the beach into the water. The faint of heart stayed by the edge and only got their feet wet, but some of the more courageous brothers dived into the water before returning to the warmth of the cars. Collecting money to donate against Cystic Fibrosis (Photo courtesy of Andy Pond) Another strictly FIJI philanthropy event was the “URI Fight with FIJI for Cystic Fibrosis” that was planned by one of the graduating brothers, Justin Gordon (4th from the left in the picture). He was fully supported by our philanthropy chairman Nick Sullivan (5th from the left in the picture) to make this event happen. Between these two a sign was made, a position at Warwick Mall was reserved, and brothers were recruited in two shifts. Overall several hundred dollars were gathered. Continues on next page... 4 \r\nThe KP Owl Newsletter As well as our own event we also participated in several others. Several brothers went to a Greek life cleanup of the nearby Narraganset, where it was clear that the elderly residents of this neighborhood appreciated everything we did. We were also one of the three fraternities that participated in this event which prompted one of the organizers to say “Well we had a lot of help from FIJI and… those other two” making it clear the large impact this small acts had. Many brothers walked against cancer in the University of Rhode Island Gymnasium, in an activity that lasted throughout the night into the next morning. Through all these events it’s clear that morality has not been forgotten or left behind by the University of Rhode Island’s FIJI’s. Even though this year was very productive for our philanthropies, we aim to make next year even better. Issue #2, Fall 2012 Edition Make A Donation To CFF The continuous efforts from our fraternity as well as all those who are active in fundraising for this cause are making it possible for awareness to spread and one day a cure for this horrible disease. All proceeds from charity events are donated to, CFF, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. If you would like to donate online please visit www.cff.org, or If you prefer to write a check, make it payable to the "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" and mail it to: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd floor Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (800) FIGHT CF 5 \r\nThe KP Owl Newsletter Issue # 2, Fall 2012 Edition Norris Pig Dinner 2012 Pig Dinner this year was another success. Held at the UClub on campus brothers enjoyed a fun time with lots to catch up on. It was great to see many young graduate brothers return for their first post grad pig dinner. Brother Mackinnon (10') gave the exiles toast. House Corporation President Bob Marshall gave the current chapter update. Henry Caniglia also on the board spoke about the 100-year book. Current Chapter President Rob Marshall gave undergrad report. Overall Pig dinner was a success, save the date because next years pig dinner will be held April 6th! If you know of any incoming freshman that would make great Fiji Gentleman please contact Rob Marshall Robert_marshall@my.uri.edu FIJI Kappa rho 90 West Alumni Avenue Kingston, RI, 02881 University of Rhode Island \r\nThe KP Owl Newsletter Issue #2, Fall 2012 Edition 2012 Kappa Rho Roster 315-783-7248 [Chris Bjork | 978-273-2155 207-363-4751 [Mike Bunch | 781-325-3377 401-477-2534 516-286-8343 207-351-5587 631-882-2995 Ryan Flanagan Peter Fredman 781-367-4953 207-432-2857 860-367-3196 860-459-7198 401-447-7330 631-245-0028 401-440-1147 631-903-4824 grant.amsterdam @gmail.com chrisb432@gmail.com Dylan_Borgel@my.uri.edu michael_bunch@my.uri.edu jearosella@my.uri.edu acommito@my.uri.edu rdominguez@my.uri.edu adam_ehrenborg@my.uri.edu dfatsis@my.uri.edu streetlightk2@gmail.com mfredian@my.uri.edu peter_fredman@my.uri.edu kcg32092@gmail.com charlie_green@my.uri.edu james_hansen@mail.uri.edu hookstadtjlhs@my.uri.edu bleusner@aol.com peter_longo@my.uri.edu robert_marshall@my.uri.edu amecormack18@yahoo.com paul_muller@my.uri.edu eric_munzert@my.uri.edu spikejumbo@my.uri.edu andypond2@gmail.com Mbrapp93@aol.com jasonr904@my.uri.edu alex_ruthen@my.uri.edu Scott_Saypol @mail.uri.edu kvnstrom365@yahoo.com Nick427@my.uri.edu edterwilliger@hotmail.com valasko@gmail.com kevin_walsh@my.uri.edu dwatty88@yahoo.com