Fall '98 ALPHA GAMMA LINK Alpha Gamma Chapter Of Phi Gamma Delta GMI Engineering & Management Institute sanctions on how we run our pledge program, how long it is, and when to start it. With this, freshmen are uncertain whether Upcoming Events Greek Life is right for them. We have seen little graduate support, we had a lot a year and a half ago which started to get the Fraternity out of all the trouble, but now April 4 Informal Rush Begins graduate support is nonexistent. We need May 14-16 Alumni Weekend help, PLEASE! When we had graduates here for dinner, in past rushes, the rushees would be so impressed and that is why many rushees pledged this house last fall. To late to worry about that for this Formal Rush, but please keep this in mind for the future. I know you all have important and busy lives, all we ask from you is at the most three or four hours, every three months. Nevertheless, on positive notes, we have reestablished relations with the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority of U of M Flint, and the Alpha Theta Chi Sorority of U of M Flint. President's Report: The house is starting to be reestablished on Well, you might ask how are things campus; I am up for Rush Chairman on IFC. going with the OL'E Fraternity? My We are also beginning to play an active roll response we have seen better days! Now on campus with formal rush over, and receiving one pledge, we are looking for alternative ways Fraternally of recruiting the freshmen during the informal Maurice Collins '00 rush period. The school has began to place 2 Fiji all of the graduate brothers who have been State of the House: involved and assisting us. Over the past term, we have completed numerous projects. The two Fraternally, areas' that we focused on were making Edward Kiell every room livable in the house, and makeing the dining/ TV room area more House Manager B-Section appealing to freshman during rush. The following is a description of what projects were completed, in the process of RUSH: completion, and are still in the planning At the house, we had to adjust to a stages. new set of rush rules. We started to use In the dining and TV room area, new deferred rushing which in turn leads to drop ceiling tiles were installed and the deferred pledging. Our rush lasted from fourth week through seventh week. During skeleton was repainted. This helped brighten up the room, and made it more eighth week, we had our formal dinner and we extended bids. We have since begun the presentable. The retaining wall was scraped down, patched, and painted. We are pledge education process, which has also been revised. planning to get an artist to come in and With over half of the house without repaint the mural on the wall. rush experience, it was a trial period for the The urinals in the upstairs bath are no first two weeks. We adjusted to rushing longer working. There is a breakage in one instead of being rushed. It was hard of the drainpipes, which leaks down to the because of the gaps we had in between rush first floor. Plans are being made to repair events. Although it was tough and them next term during zero section. demanding, we dealt with it the best way we We are still unable to complete the knew how, through unity. The members, waterproofing of the basement, and are who already had a rush under their belt, holding off to make sure that the teamed up with a JM and pulled it together waterproofing holds up to a heavy rain fall. for the final two weeks. Otherwise repairs are useless because they The final two weeks were both may fall apart. However, we are planning to entertaining and useful. It allowed us to get have it done by the end of the summer term. to know whom we were rushing. I think that the entire house gave a hundred and ten Signs are under the process of being percent for the entire rush. made by one of the B-section members. There was a great decrease in the They will be completed, and installed by the number of pledges school wide and because end of next term. of this, I believe that spring rush will be as I invite all graduate brothers to come important as ever. With the dramatically out and take a tour through the house to see decrease in pledges this term, there is going what has been changed since they to be no room to live around campus. For graduated. In addition, I would like to thank this reason, I would like to have three to four 3 Fiji rush events during the spring. I hope to Army. Next term we plan to work M-DOT's have graduate brothers up for these events. Adopt-A-Highway. Three of our brothers are also helping plan a week-long fund-raiser for Bob Burgess '02 Muscular Sclerosis with U of M Flint. We are pushing to get newspaper and television coverage in order to paint a better picture of Greek life to the residents of Flint. Participation has been great for our events. Not only are they a blast for our guys to do, but they help the community. Fraternally, Dan Bartz '02 Scholarship Report: Alumni: The scholarship in this chapter has For those of you who do not know improved. We have our grades from spring Joel Wade Stiverson was just married to 1998. Our membership's average grade Stacy Lynn Chiesa on August 1st. was an 84.7. This is an increase from the 83.9 we received in the fall 1997 term. We Travis Meiville Boardman just had a have also won an award for having the bouncing baby boy Kaleb Melville highest wag for a pledge class. We have Boardman born on July 9th weighing 9 lb. 7 been working hard to improve scholarship OZ. also 22 1/2 " long. Travis was also again this term and to increase the brother's married this year to Cindy Sensing on Feb time management skills. 21st. Fraternally, If you have any news about yourself Ryan Wiles '99 or another brother that you like to be sent to the Alumni, please send the information to Philanthropy Report: the house addressed to the corresponding secretary at the house and we will see to it The brothers of FIJI have been quite that the information is in the next newsletter. active this term. We helped paint a kindergarten, rocked the house in Greek We are also looking for lost brothers! Week's "Mock Rock", worked the Discover Who either have either changed addresses Kettering scene with almost full house or we did not have their name to start with. participation, and raised the highest donation So if you know of a brother that does not get of any fraternity for the Easter Seals College the newsletter, PLEASE have them or Olympics. Two brothers even dressed in yourself send us the address SO we can get drag for IFC's beauty pageant. them on the newsletter mailing list. We plan to participate in the AIDS day walk as well as ringing the bell for Salvation 4 Fiji We will be holding the Frank Norris ALPHA GAMMA ON THE INTE'NET: Pig Dinner on June 28,1998. The cost and schedule of events are not yet decided. B - Section's web page: Previously, We have brought up the idea of hosting a golf outing in the morning. We are http://www.kettering.edu/~phigamde/ still taking ideas for a place to hold the * All lower case letters dinner. If you are interested in the golf outing or have an idea for a hall we could A - Section's web page: hold it at, please contact Bob Burgess (B- http://www.kettering.edu/~phigam/ Section) at (810) 232-9174 or * All lower case letters burg5566@nova.kettering.edu or Steve Purvis (A-Section) at (810) 232-9174 or If you have any questions or comments about the web purv9581@nova.kettering.edu. page please contact Eldon Down at the house. The Alpha Gamma Link is published quarterly by the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, 1702 Flushing Rd, Flint, Michigan 48504-4713. Phone # (810) 232-9174 Stan Bloecker PM ALWAYS USA 1702 Flushing Rd. 32 Flint MI, 48504 fm 03 DEC USE DE 1998 more Bill Martin P.O. Box 4599 Lexington KY 40544-4599 40544-4533