Washington and Lee Fiji Z e t a D e u t e r o n C h a p t e r Message from the President Brothers of Zeta Deuteron, As we come to the end of the year, I can’t but help to wonder where the time has gone. It seems like yesterday that I was beginning my time in Lexington, and now only one semester remains between the real world and me. I am sure that all of you know the feeling. Lexington holds a special place for most of us. The memories of our four years follow us through our lives, and we must cherish them until the end of time. The Zeta Deuteron chapter is alive and well. We have had a highly successful semester in Lexington. We are running full speed ahead on rush, and hope to have a larger pledge class than last year. We also completed a successful philanthropy event with one of the sororities on campus, raising over $500 for charity. Usually this letter is an update on the house and what we are doing at Zeta Deuteron. But I am going to ask for help from each of you. We need help. We need graduate brothers to fill vacancies on our Housing Corporation, we need monetary donations to help us update our beloved home, and we need you to help us accomplish this. During these last few weeks of 2016, I ask that you remember those fond memories with your brothers. All of those late nights and early mornings, all of the inside jokes, all of the wild stories that are too crazy to tell, and everything in between. I ask that you consider giving back, whether that is through monetary donations or stopping in Lexington while you are passing through, so that the next generation of Zeta Deuteron’s can create memories similar to your own. We hope to see graduate brothers during the spring Alumni Weekend May 11-14. We also invite all of you to the 2017 Pig Dinner on May 13. More information will be provided at a later date. P! Nelson Helm, ‘17 ZD President We’re proud of ZD, Bren Flanigan ’16 serving in the Peace Corps in Natitingu, Atakora, Benin Inside this Issue Letter from the President ZDs at XC Nationals Visitors to the House Alumni Weekend 1 2 3 4 Chapter Leadership President: Nelson Helm ‘17 Treasurer: MacKenzye Leroy ‘18 Corresponding Secretary: Isidro Camacho ‘17 Recording Secretary: James Hayes, ‘17 Historian: McCollister Everts, ‘17 Rush Chairs: Joe Wen, 19 & Justin Hart, ‘18 Pledge Educator: Chris Cardon, ‘17 Risk Management: Corey Guen, ‘17 \r\nVistors to 112 West Preston Street ZDs take on XC Nationals Brothers MacKenzye Leroy ‘18 and Patrick Hunter ’19 will be wrapping up an outstanding cross-country season by representing the Generals at the NCAA championships in Louisville, KY. Leroy placed 10th overall at the crucial regional meet that preceded nationals. The pair has greatly appreciated the support they have received from brothers in the house throughout the season. “Other Fijis were the first ones to text us and congratulate us when we placed at regionals,” Leroy said. Leroy hopes to hit a time faster than his season best of 25:28 for 8k at the big race. He is consistently the second fastest runner on the team. Hunter, who is only a sophomore, has already run 26:00 at a meet early in the season. The last time the Generals qualified for Nationals was in 1995. Leroy and Hunter, 3rd and 4th from left, when they claimed 2nd place at regionals During the summer Western Kentucky University Fijis stopped for the night on their bicycle trek from Seattle, Washington to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Back tires in the Pacific Ocean in May and front tires in the Atlantic Ocean in July. The ride was to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. This picture is in my Mom’s driveway in Lexington where they stopped for a break before their last couple of miles into Lexington. Truman and Pearl and I donning our purple! Dana Hess, Fiji from Virginia Tech and our outgoing section chief, bought all of us dinner at Macado’s. The riders and several of the ZDs visited when they crashed for the night at my house in the county. Check them out on Facebook! Leroy, far right, laying down a fast time at an ODAC preview meet Changes to the House Lots of work enhancing the physical house occurred this summer. Shrubs and trees replace the old shabby boxwoods. The new vinyl shades on the side porch were used the first time for YAW/Homecoming weekend. We had a visit from Fiji alumni, George Werthan ’55 during AllStar Weekend in September. George enjoyed seeing the house and meeting current brothers, Nelson, Arthur and Michael. \r\nPhiGammaDeltaFraternity Zeta Deuteron Chapter Washington&LeeUniversity 112 West Preston Street Lexington, VA 24450 Alumni Weekend ZDs from 2006 came to celebrate their 10-year reunion! Joining in is young Blue Steel seen in the composite beside his dad.