The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Joan file-ketter- ing Alpha Gamma Link December 16, 2000 Fall 2000 Newsletter President's Report 'Brotherhood Infor- mation: This past A-Section rush pulled in twenty-one the level of graduate involvement that we were new pledges. It is now my honor to report that able to show the rushees during their rush. Ryan Wiles got mar- ried to Laura Marie since that time the total membership of the Your presence spoke louder than words; it Vandeweir on July 15, house has tripled and what was once a very dark showed how Phi Gamma Delta is not for college 2000 future has now become bright. With the addi- days alone. We hope to see continued graduate tion of the twenty-one pledges in A-Section, the The next Pig Dinner is interest even though the period of immediate on May 5, 2001 house can take a moment to breathe easy before danger is over. continuing to reclaim the glory that once was Jason Vinsonhaler is ours. On the same note B-section is just ending engaged to be married Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to our own rush, but will not have a definite num- in Summer 2001 thank everyone that sacrificed a little time for ber of pledges until the end of the term. their brothers and helped to bring this house Maurice Collins is The key to success on campus is involvement back. It really was no small accomplishment and now engaged to Laura outside the house. With the addition of these every little bit helped. Marie Nicholson. pledges we can start to have a presence on cam- We will be attending pus that this house has not enjoyed in the recent Fraternally, Frankenmuth for our past. Hopefully that presence will lead to Phi Stanley Bloecker '00 pledge inductions April Gams in positions outside the house. Social 14,2001. standing and recruitment are both based on im- President Congratulations and age, and with an involved house, we will portray good luck to Bruce a positive image that will lead to further success. Marchesani and his new wife Joanne Pierro. One reason for our success during this rush was They were married on June 3, 2000. Housing Conditions Brad St. Louis was mar- ried on September 15, 2000. We have completed a few projects over ordinating with A-section to get these projects Will Rudd is getting this past term to help improve the house. How- started, but we still lacking funds for such an married in August, ever, a few unexpected occurrences came, but extensive renovation. 2001 fortunately none of which were too serious. The house would like to thank brother Inside this issue: The most recent pledge class is in the Robert Kenneth Burgess and James Curtis Sharp process of remodeling the library. It has been for donating the money to have our big screen repainted, and the bookshelves are being re- television repaired. Treasurer's Report 2 placed by a ten-foot desk with attached book- shelves. Two new computers will also be added Graduate Informa- 2 to the library. Fraternally, tion A-section is having an additional light- Nick Woodall '04 ing installed in the parking lot for added security. Recruitment 2 All the rooms will soon be renovated by A- section to accommodate three people per room. Athletics 3 We are still collecting donations to have the basement finished, and also to redo the plumbing throughout the house. We will be co- Christmas Party 4 Social Treasurer's Report This term, while not having as many as I Finances this semester, while still tight, are looking better than wished we could, was still filled with all sorts of social events. they have for the past few semesters. This is in part due to bet- Some of these events were held with our Kettering sororities, ter planning, and also, to several substantial donations by both while others had involved participants from other schools. active and graduate brothers. In addition to this, as we are ex- We started off the term with a Halloween hayride with pecting to have a few more brothers living in the house next a sorority from U of M Flint, Phi Sigma Sigma. The event went semester, the possibility of once again having a cook on B- very well. Most of the people dressed in costumes for the section is looking very promising. event. When we got to the site we had a huge bonfire, and so- cialized with the Phi Sigs and the rushees who came with us. Fraternally, Then we separated into two groups, and were taken on a hay- Eldon Down '02 ride. During the ride, we had a huge hay fight between the two Treasurer groups. The losing group had SO much hay in their cart that they couldn't even move. Later in the term, we were quite fortunate to get a sur- Graduate Information prise visit from the sorority of Alpha Theta Chi. They were serenading all the fraternities and stopped by to socialize. The This section is devoted to the Graduate Brothers of Phi sorority of Phi Sigma Sigma also serenaded us. They came and sang for us and then we returned the favor and organized the Gamma Delta. We created this section in hopes that Gradu- brothers to sing to them. ate Brothers will send their comments or announcements to We still have a couple of events tentatively scheduled the house. We will be posting many new things such as new for the end of the term. Currently, I am in the process of addresses (house and email), weddings, and any thing else scheduling a dinner with the sorority of Alpha Sigma Alpha you may want to announce. If you have any questions or during tenth week. Also, I am hoping to schedule a dinner with comments about this section please feel free to email or call the sorority of Beta Sigma Phi before the end of the term. us. Also if you change your address or get a new email ad- There has also been talk of a pajama party with the sorority of Alpha Sigma Alpha next term. Details are pending, but it looks dress feel free to share it with us SO we can keep you in it will be one wild event. touch with the rest of the Graduate Brothers. Fraternally, Fraternally, Nick Woodall '04 Ryan Bineau '04 Corresponding Secretary Recruitment Graduate Announcements Form Recruitment for new brothers is headed back on the right track. With the Interfraternal Council (IFC) changing Name rush rules once again, we have been forced to adapt to the system. Rush for this term is completed and bids were Email Address: handed out. Rush this term has been a series of bumpy roads, but the brotherhood pulled together and came out successful. Graduation Year: The Brotherhood handed out 15 bids so far this term and so far seven of them have been accepted. We expect to Announcement to be placed in the next Alpha Gamma Link: get at least a few more before pledging starts next term. I would like to thank all the brothers and graduates for all there help and support during rush this term. Without their support this rush would not have been as successful as it has been. Special thanks to graduate brother Paul Petruska for his donation for our recruitment efforts. Fraternally, James Keith Councell '04 Page 2 Alpha Gamma Link Athletics Our Fall 2000 term was not one of the best for FIJI for homecoming week next term. It will be during seventh sports. We started the term with football, and acquired a fairly week, which is also our alumni week here at Kettering. Lots of decent record of 1-2-1. We made it to the second round of the events and raffles will be taking place ending with a lacrosse playoffs, but were beaten by the number one ranked team. game on that will take place that Friday evening. Next, we played the Betas in the annual FIJI-Beta To conclude, I feel that this term our athletic ambi- Bowl. The Betas and us were both pumped up for trying to tions were great and we played well but there is more room for win the wooden pony keg but the Betas jumped out to an early improvement. I would however like to see more a turnout from lead and never looked back. At half time the Betas had a com- the members next time. I hope to see you all during alumni manding lead but we did not let that keep us from playing our week. hearts out in the second half. We scored one touchdown, but it still was not enough to win the game. The Betas won the game Fraternally, but it was a good fight till the end. Nick Woodall '04 Lastly we entered into the basketball season. We started the season off with a bang, which included a huge win Graduate Relations over Delta Tau Delta and ended the regular season 1-3. Our first round playoff game was our best game of the term. Playing against Phi Delta Theta the score was extremely close. I have been updating our graduate listing throughout the term We were down by two points with eight seconds left in the to open wider communication to all graduate brothers. We game, but unfortunately we couldn't get a shot off. This heart- have a list with graduate addresses, and we are now working breaking game ended our season. on an e-mail list as well, to better our contacts with grad I would also like to bring up some of the things that brothers. are happening at our school. For starters the school has been renovating the recreational fields. This project started on No- Fraternally, vember 3, 2000 and is expected to take close to two years to Ryan Bineau '04 complete. Among these renovations are the addition of ballpark Graduate Relations lights, new irrigation, new grass, hillside seating and the lower- ing of the fields by two feet. I would also like to note the plans Pig Dinner 2000 had an incredible turnout of not only A and B section, but grad brothers as well. December 16, 2000 Page 3 MI THE DEC19 The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta 1702 Flushing Rd Flint, Mi 48504 Phone: 810-232-9174 Email: bine2237@kettering.edu www.kettering edu/ phigamde/ Bill Martin P.O. Box 4599 Lexington, KY 40544-4599 RECEIVED JAN 0 2 2001 CHRISTMAS PARTY December 9, 2000 The undergraduates would like to thank the graduates who St. Louis, Ronald Massar, James Sharp, Paul Petruska, and Rick attended this year's Christmas Party . Everyone who attended Brade for there Donations this term. was treated to an enjoyable evening filled with memories from Senior 3 hand downs and "remember whens" from all the Fraternally, brothers and grads. The evening began with an exceptional The Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta dinner of turkey and ham followed by gift giving, and stories of the good old days of Phi Gamma Delta. We would like to thank those graduate brothers who attended the party. Paul Petruska, John Beardsley, Brad St. Louis, Bryan Carlson, Maurice Collins, Mike Kaczmar, Nathan Loontjer, and James Sharp all attended the festivities. We would also like to thank John Beardsley Brad