ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER SEPTEMBER 1981 1702 Flushing Road Flint, Michigan 48504 (313) 232-9174 PRESIDENT'S REPORT Since 196if there have been many changes in both fraternity and college systems. Here at the Alpha Gamma Chapter, we face one of our greatest dilemmas, uncer tainty of the future, Roger Smith and the members of the board have left us hanging with a very vague public statement that leaves all doors open. When this occured, all we could do was put it on the back of our minds and keep on with daily business. As it stands 1 have formed a scholarship com mittee along with our pledge- master, Mike Chizuk, and have come up with some very good ideas to address this problem. We now have a new Purple Legionaire, Mark Hresko, 1980,_ and 1 am sure Mark will do a fine job, as he did as President, Once again 1 would like to thank Brother Putnam for his excellent job last year. The last subject 1 would today, waiting for a definite like to touch upon is Graduate Relations, Being the FIJI 1 am, plan of action by General Motors, As far a Chapter finances wrote this letter was to look for Brothers, that is where we are go, we are not in our most stable condition. Due to rising cost of energy and our individual payment of fifty dollars per section for the first thing 1 did before 1 a crib. In each newsletter, a plea for increased moral and financial our new roof, house bills have support was given. This still goes today. In times of trouble and un certainty we all need a little jumped from $700 to S860 per encouragement to know someone section,(B-section Brothers take really cares. note). held offices and understand where Also our sinking fund has decreased to Si 200, Needless to say this is one of my areas of deepest concern. On a more positive note, we have had a very successful rush, yielding ten Freshmen, one Soph,, and one Junior, With a total of twenty-two A-section Brothers, and only five Senior Ill's, 1 can see and A-section membership of close to thirty. This was one of my goals. When 1 was a Sophomore, there were only fifteen of us. As a Senior IV, 1 want to come back and see thirty. To achieve this goal, we are looking into our at trition rate of both Brothers and pledges and asking ourselves, WHY? Most of you have 1 am coming from. Just a quick phone call or letter is what 1 am talking about. There is more knowledge and wisdom floating in our graduate's minds than in twenty-two undergraduates, 1 would like to tap that source. It doesn;t have to be serious either, remember whens are always a great time. Please keep in touch and always remember the good times in our house. Fraternally oWy R, Kilponen (copter President \r\nRUSH This years A-section rush turned out to be very successful. On Aug. FIJI SOCIAL CORNER The Fiji social scene for the fall semester has once again been a busy one. Our first event was our annual canoe trip on July 18th, (This is covered elsewhere so we won't elaborate!), July 25th marked the return to A-section of the Fiji Island Party, and what a return it was! Complete with a waterfall, erotic dancing cage, and the painting of the canal wall, the house was in perfect shape. Things really started rolling around 11:30, as the 31 ) the Alpha Gsimma Chapter inducted twelve pledges into its pledge program. The class breaks down to ten Freshmen, one Sophomore, and one Junior, They come from all over the country and share many different talents, I am sure they will make a fine contribution to the chapter through their pledgeship and further on as brothers, J, Robins ANNOUNCEMENTS Brothers celebrated Dan McCarthy's birthday with a cere monial shower. Wet n 'wild describes the rest of the party. TWO SECTION MEETING Saturday, October 3» 1981 at 12 p,m, The Drive In was visited once NORRIS PIG DINNER again, this time to view "Stripes", Not much viewing was done, but a December 12, 1981, good time was had by all, to follow. August More information 8th was a split between lIOC golf, and a trip to Frankenmuth for a chicken dinner. The first all- out road trip was celebrated on August 10th, when we cruised to Detroit to watch the Tigers lose to the Yanks from the safety (?) of the centerfield bleachers. Our Community Relations Dept. kicked into gear Thursday, Aug. 27th with a "Welcome Back Hurley" party. According to our inside sources at Hurley, our community relationsare doing rather well, and another Hurley part is a good bet sometime in the near future. Other occa sional fun has been Saginaw Street cruises, ledge parties, and intro ducing JM's fathers to tne intri cacies of GMI fraternity parties. Other future plans under consid eration include another road trip around Sept 19-20, and the Brother hood party. All are looking forward to them, as the past few weeks have been enjoyed by every body, S,.Bratton G. Durski . CANOE TRIP The Annual Canoe Trip was once again a successful and daring adventure. The Au Sable River, although powerful, failed yet again to defeat the Fiji fleet. Twenty Brothers, 16 Freshmen, Graduate Brother Mark Cline and his wife Linda, raided Oscoda Michigan this year. The canoeing went rather well until one would see the notorious "Death Boat" Pirate fleet. Once cornered, a single canoe was in evitably bombarded with bottle rockets and left swamped with the victims floating helplessly down the river. The day climaxed as always at the railroad bridge where only the "brave" dared to scale and dive from its massive hieghts. Once ashore, these land-lover legs were happy to have made it with only "a few" minor scratches. Until next summer, the Au Sable will again flow calmly, D, Ravas G, Finley \r\nCOMMUNITY SEHVICE FOTTSS IMPPOVT-IENTS Now that the roof project has been completed, including the re pairs on*the crumbling concrete, 7/e decided to put the finishing touches on the outside of the house by painting all the trim. In between paint fights and beer runs, eight gallons of bolero brown was put on all the concrete trim and balconies in less than six hours. This completed out side renairs so that the house really looks great. Our other major house improvement this section was to renlace the frayed The Brothers have been fairly active this section in community service. To start things off, four Brothers participated in the Buick Open Golf Tournament (see related article). The Bobby Crim road race 7/as a big success for the Brotherhood, It took place over our family weekend and we had 8 Brothers, a pledge, and a father running. All ten finished the race, with pledge Juan Kimble finishing in the mid 50's. All who did not run helped the Flint Police with traffic control. Over labor day weekend, 3 Brothers put in some late hours working on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. and tatered T.V. room carpet. Two other projects that were Jim Zimmerman and Joel Weeks each nlanned but have been put on liold due to depleation of this section's house imnrovement fund include and Greg Creighton put in over 26 redecorating the upstairs hallway and building a beer cooler for the got to work for am, hour on the cele recreation room bar. J. Nysenga put in 9 hours answering telephones, hours working with the celebrity phone line-ups. Each of the three brity phones, broadcasting Hoyal Purple over 3 local T.V. stations. Greg also did Sunday morning radio spots over two local stations. All this was possible because of the BHTHTC OPEN Sixth week Saturday proved to be the day for a very interesting outing for four of the Brothers in the house. Jim Zimmerman, Steve Hall, Joel Weeks, and Malce Chizulc volunteered their services for the Buick Open Golf Tournament which is held annually in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Work included selling and exchanging tickets at the various entrances to the course and assisting in the parking of the large number of cars which surrounded the Warwick Hills Country Club. Most of the funds raised went to cerebral palsy and Muscular Dystrophy. After the work was over, the Fiji men were free to roam the ffolf course free of charge. By far, the highlight of the afternoon was seeing fellov/ Fiji Brother Hale Irwin display h±a VTinning form and acknowledge our presence there. A good time was had by all and next year many more volun teers are expected to help out with this event. M. Chizuk efforts of Fiji sweetheart Becky Thompson, MDA Flint secretary. We will be working with Jim Tuman down in Detroit', helping high school kids through the hard times they are now encountering. We are going to talk with them to try to prepare them for life after high school. On Sept. 23-26, a few of us will try to go down to Detroit to participate in a "Reality Walk", in which the students are taken to places such as unemployment lines, jails, and supermarkets. We hope we can contribute to its success. E. Vogt G. Creighton \r\nSENIOR III WALKOUT Saturday, August 1, 1981 was more of the same Sunday concluded targeted as Work Weekend I (WWI), a truly fun, greatly needed, and by house manager Jeff Rysenga. extremely successful Senior III Senior Ill's Bruce Marchesani, walkout. Dan McCarthy and Joe Worden were mvii! We can hardly wait until J. Worden selected as crew leaders for painting the exterior of the house. Obviously, something drastic had to be done. 'mT'S NEW WITH AGU After mulling the problem over with fellow PseudoSenior Ill's Don Natoli and Jim The most recent additions to our BCA are Mark Hresko, our Purple Sliney in the newly renovated Legionnaire, and Ron Leonard, this Senior III Lounge (formerly ETTA), we arrived at the only possible years comptroller. solution: Senior III Whlkout! After much planning(drinking) the site of our infamous 1978 pledge walkout was chosen for the ascent. The Hilton Hotel (featuring Jamie's Jungle) in East Lansing, Michigan was the logical choice. Joe, Dan and Bruce enjoyed an afternoon of "porch sitting" Friday at the Epsilon Lambda FIJI house which was followed by a rather raucous night at a "Chopper" party on the MSU campus. Jim and Don joined us early Saturday morning after "important" dates Friday night in Flint, Needless to say, they pounded on our hotel door for nearly a half hour before awakening us to answer the door. A wonderful combination of whirlpools, saunas, pools, music, sun, and ladies were enjoyed all day Saturday, with various pool "antics" included. An all night party at Dooley's, followed by Mark has stepped in for Jim Putnam who is now in St. Louis. Although Putter left a big pair of shoes to fill, Mark is applying all the old skills he used as house President. Now, if he could only get off second shift and drop by the house at a decent hour! Ron, last years treasurer, has inherited the roof payments and other miscellaneous bean-counting. Our BCA President, Jack Rolfe is raking in the honors at GMI. He was voted Outstanding Professor over all GMI! Phi Eta Sigm^ Honor Society has inducted him as a faculty member. On the boards for Academic Review and Freshmen selection. Jack is also a hell of a Physics Prof. Needless to say, his guidance to the udergraduates is both helpful sind needed. up the good work. Jack! Keep \r\n•k-kicicic-k'tc'k:kic'k:k'kic-k'kirk'k'k'k'kiticic'k'k'k'k:fc GMI - PHI GAMMA DELTA Ten Year Convention A 6c B Section Brothers - you have been appointed OFFICIAL delegates to this convention. On May 15,1981 an executive meeting was held in Detroit, Michigan with Jim Stewart, Bill Forsyth and Ned Redenbarger. It was decided that the greatest class of all time should/must do something of great significance for it's tenth year convention. Mike Sharkey, Ned Redenbarger, Larry Duckro along with Ed Zitt (1970), Jim Polstra (1974), and Dave Kuhn (1974) would like to host " THE GREATEST WEEK OF MOUNTAIN MADDNESS IN MODERN HISTORY DO NOT COME 1. If you hate beautiful scenery. 2. 3. 4. 5. If you would not be interested in down hill or cross country skiing. If you hate country western bars. 6. If you hate playing bridge and shit bidders. If you hate drinking beer with other FIJI'S and their families/friends. If you think FIJI was for college days alone. The years we spent with the brothers in school will never be forgotten, and we feel that if planned far enough ahead that the majority could come and we would NEVER FORGET IT. A 6c B Sectir»n Brothers please plan to attend. This convention in Breckinridge, Colorado from February 20th through February 28th, 1982"will be fantastic. The Redenbager's own a duplex in Breckinridge ( which is within a one hour drive of 5 major Colorado ski areas ) which will be the convention center. We will also handle all additional accomodations. Staying in the duplex with open accomodations will cost approximately $15.00 per person per night and a near by lodge can provide private accomodations for about $80.00 per night There is also a possibility of two couples sharing the expense for one room. mations are due by: A.S.A.P,!. Your confir We Owe.Ourselves a Week Of Fun Together. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call: 1. Ned Redenbarger: home phone (303) 420-4883 or work phone (303) 277-2194 2. Mike Sharkey: home phone (303) 469-4264 or work phone (303) 530-2020 \r\nPHI GAMMA DELTA Nan*PMfh U4.POSTAGE I 1702 Flushing Road Flint, Michigan 48504 PAID P' FUNT. Mim Nfiii»Ne.S3 1581009D 30 ROMALD NELSON 504 C RI 1977 WHISPERING HILLS LEXINGTON KY DRIVE 40503 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED OFFICERS DAYTQNA '81 On April 10, 1981, 16 Brothers from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, and New Hampshire, began road trips that would lead them to Daytona Beach and the roudiest, sleaziest, hardest-drinking week of the year. For the second year in a row, we stayed at the inexpensive but slightly demolished Ramada Inn South, Days were spent catching rays, drinking brews, and admiring the scenery. At night, various bars were visited, a particular favorite of the Brothers being Vffihe Hole", specializing in 50's and 60's music and offering 75^ Mai Tais, ' Highlights of the trip included renting and destroying two dune buggies, going deep sea fishing, and visiting Disney World, As usual, a great time was had by all, and we returned to work with suntans and lots of good stories and memories, _ J, Sliney GRAD BROTHERS!!!! We would like to put YOU in our next newsletterl!!!!!! If you could call, or write a letter to us, to let us know how you are doing, or an event you might have planned, it would be appreciated very much!! We needn't tell you how important graduate relations are, but we need your input to make it all work!!!!!!!!! The Officers for the 81-82 year OFFICERS The A-section Officers for the 81-82 school year are: President Gary R, Kilponen Comptroller Ronald J, Leonard Treasurer, Joel M, Weeks Rec, Secretary Gregory Finley Corns, Secretary ,,, Gregory S, Creighton Historien, James R. Zimmerman Ass, Treas House Mang Richard B, Becker Gregory S, Durski Jeffrey P, Rysenga Rush Chair John A, Robins Steward Steven T, Hall fledge Master Michael T, Chizuk