Beta Alpha chapter of Beta Theta Pi: Spring 2011 Newsletter
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Table of Contents• P. 3: Get Connected with Beta Alpha• P. 4: Summer/Fall 2011 Beta Alpha Chapter Officers• P. 5 - 7: Philanthropy Work• P. 8 – 12: Music/Athletics/Greek Week• P. 13 - 20 : Meet the New Brothers• P. 21 – 22: Initiation 2011• P. 23: Class of 2011• P. 24: State of Beta Alpha• P. 25: How You Can Help
Get Connected to Beta Alpha
Beta Alpha on Facebook
Beta Alpha on Twitter
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: Undergoing a re-design
Fall 2011 Beta Alpha Chapter Officers
President: Luke Ivey ’12 Temple Chairman: Michael Papagni ‘12
Vice President: Michael Papagni ’12 Social Chairman: Scott Forsythe ‘12
Secretary: Cameron Ash ’13 Philanthropic Chairman: Joshua Auerbach ‘12
Treasurer: Derek Barbato ’13 Alumni Chairman: Ian Watt ‘12
Risk Manager: Ian Watt ’12 IM Chair: Alex Traugutt ‘12
Ritual Chairman: Tim Benner ‘13
• Since our first outing in September, the brothers of Beta Alpha have helped coordinate over 170 hours of service at the Knox County Humane Society
Philanthropy Work @ Knox County Humane Society
Stuart Brown ’14 Scott Forsythe ‘12
Brett Williams ’13
Luke Ivey‘12
Ian Watt ‘13
Harrison Scott ’11
Beta Alpha Philanthropy • 27 members of Beta Alpha signed up as bone marrow donors with Be The Match
Foundation, with 19 brothers volunteering their time to help register more than 250 new donors in one afternoon. The effort was spearheaded by Alex Traugutt ’12. Learn more about the program and how you can help at the Be The Match website
• 20 + chapter members also were part of the Kenyon Football Relay for Life team, which raised $2,000 + dollars for cancer research. Brett Williams ’13 and Scott Forsythe ‘12 were Team Captains.
Battle of the Bands/Sendoff 2011
Andrew Maurer ‘14 >
Brett Williams ‘13 ^Harrison Scott ’11 >
Athletics/Greek Week
• Greek Week 2011 Tug-of-War champs• Greek Week 2011 3rd Place Dodgeball• Kenyon College Varsity Football
– 19 brothers were participants• Scott Forsythe ‘12, Luke Ivey ‘12, Alex Traugutt ‘12, Derek Barbato ’13, Cameron Ash ’13,
Ian Watt ’13, Michael Papagni ’12, Brett Williams ‘13, Will Clements ’13, Nick Ksenich ’14, Stuart Brown ‘14, Daniel Waters ’14, Henry Smith ‘13, Sam McQuiston ‘14, Dylan Westerhold ‘14, Andrew Maurer ‘14, Daniel Muller ’14, Brendan McGoldrick ‘14, Patrick Brady ’14
• Kenyon College Varsity Lacrosse– Daniel Muller ’14
• Kenyon College Varsity Baseball– Will Clements ‘13
• Kenyon College Ultimate Frisbee– Joshua Auerbach ‘13
Athletics/Greek Week
(L to R) Sean Millet ‘11, Henry Smith ‘13, Ian Watt ‘13, Alex Traugutt ’12, Cameron Ash ‘13
(L to R) Luke Ivey ‘12, Ian Watt ’13, Brett Williams ‘13, Tim Benner ‘13, Alex Traugutt ‘12, Michael Papagni ‘12, Scott Forsythe ‘12, Sean Millet ’11, Cameron Ash ‘13, Michael Beck ‘11, Derek Barbato ‘13, Henry Smith ‘13, Harrison Scott ‘11 and Andrew Jurado ‘11
Meet the New Brothers: Class of 2013
Hometown/High School: Chesterland, OH / West Geauga
Major: English
Campus activities: Football
Interests: eugenics, angst, white person problems.
Hometown/High School: Somers, NY / Somers
Major/Minor: Math/Physics
Campus activities: Football, Kenyon Math (The J. R. Butz Mathematics Prize )
Enjoys: kittens, snowboarding, New Balance shoes
Brett Williams
Henry Smith
Hometown/High School: Chagrin Falls, OH / University School
Major: Sociology
Campus activities: Football
Interests: Head and Shoulders, home cable repair
Will Clements
Hometown/High School: Blacklick, OH/ Columbus Academy
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Football
Interests: wolf t-shirts, small children, MATHEMATICS!
Meet the New Brothers: Class of 2014
Andrew Maurer
Nick Ksenich
Hometown/High School: Avon, OH / Elyria Catholic
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Football
Interests: Patchy facial hair, Abraham Lincoln’s beard.
Hometown/High School: Phoenixville, PA/ Phoenixville
Major: Biology
Campus activities: Football, Pledge Class President
Height: 1.651 meters / 3.61 cubits
Quote: “Waters, you need to leave the house. Find a girlfriend or something. Take up golf. Just figure it out. “
Hometown/High School: Groton, MA / Groton-Dunstable
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Football, Pledge Class Songmaster
Quote: “As far as getting out of the house I got a job three days ago taking out trash at an ice cream stand. It's a good way to get paid while getting lost in your thoughts. However, I have noticed that customers seem disturbed when I emerge from behind a dumpster.“
Sam McQuiston
Daniel Waters
Hometown/High School: Wilmette, IL / New Trier
Major: Economics
Campus activities: Football, competitive poetry slams, #middleground, New York Giants
Hometown/High School: Annapolis, MD / The Severn School
Major: Economics
Campus activities: Rugby, patriotism, Pledge Class Secretary
Stuart Brown
Matthew Treuth
Hometown/High School: Madison, NJ / The Pingry School
Major: Economics
Campus activities: Football, First Year Council
Fun Facts: lightest Beta, went to prom as a freshman…in college
Hometown/High School: Summit, New Jersey / The Pingry School
Major/Minor: Economics/Art History
Campus activities: Football, Lacrosse
Interests: Bubbles and Owen, co-ed sports, recyling
Dylan Westerhold Dan Muller
Hometown/High School: West Hartford, CT /Hall High
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Football
Interested in: the idea of soccer, outdoor performance clothing, unpaid internships
Hometown/High School: Pepper Pike, OH / Orange High School
Major: Undeclared
Campus Activities: ISSA certified personal trainer
Likes: jigsaw puzzles, electronic cigarettes, Apple products
Brendan McGoldrickMontreaux Rodgers
Hometown/High School: Kumanovo, Macedonia / Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Undeclared. Freshman Representative in the Student Government; Board Member for The Winter Sanctuary Homeless Shelter; President/Founder of Students Against Homelessness; Meet the World in Knox County Coordinator; Selection Committee Member for United World College (UWC); At the moment working in the Macedonian government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs.) Has received: Unsung Hero Award 2010-2011
Enjoys: giving away all he has, including his last…cigarette
Hometown/High School: Sarasota, FL / Riverview High School
Major: Undeclared
Campus activities: Football
Interests: self aware hip hop references, long distance relationships, bromance
Darko Gilgorovski
Pat Brady
(L to R) Darko Gilgorovski ‘14, Daniel Muller ‘14, Brendan McGoldrick ‘14, Brett Williams ‘13, Montreaux Rodgers ‘14, Matthew Treuth ‘14, Sam McQuiston ‘14, Nick Ksenich ‘14, Dylan Westerhold ‘14, Stuart Brown ‘14, Andrew Maurer ‘14, Will Clements ’13, Daniel Waters ‘14, Henry Smith ‘13, Patrick Brady ‘14
Pledge Class of 2011
Beta Alpha, Spring 2011
Seniors: The Beta Alpha
Class of 2011
Sean Millet and Michael Beck
Kevin McConnell
Andrew Jurado
Harrison Scott
State of Beta Alpha• Right now, the chapter is currently on probation with Kenyon and the General Fraternity, as detailed in e-mails sent earlier this semester. • We have made great strides in repayment of our debt and finished the semester
with no issues relating to violating the terms of our probation status• Pending completion of the terms of our probation, we will return to good
standing with Kenyon and the General Fraternity by December 31, 2011• We currently owe roughly $3,900 to the General Fraternity, having paid off over
$6,000 of the original total• We are working towards paying off other expenses currently, including
property taxes on the Temple and assorted bills associated with the Temple• Chapter GPA is currently above the All-Beta average, at 3.1• Next year, we hope to bring in 10 to 12 new members, making our fraternity the largest on Kenyon’s campus.• We graduated 5 seniors in the Class of 2011 and are graduating 6 in the Class of
2012•Our Division Housing is completely full for the first time in years and we are currently petitioning for 2 more rooms to be added for the 2012-2013 academic year
How You Can Help• Contact Luke Ivey ([email protected]) for information about upcoming chapter events and any questions regarding the chapter’s current status, etc.• If you have any suggestions for philanthropy projects, please let him or Scott
Forsythe ([email protected]) know• If you have memorabilia / composites / etc that you would like to donate to the
chapter for display or to be archived, please contact either Luke Ivey or Mike Papagni
•Contact Luke Ivey ([email protected]) if you would like to help the chapter financially in any way.• Contact Mike Papagni ([email protected]) if you would like to donate cleaning
supplies, yard equipment or $ for the maintenance of the Temple in the Woods• Specifically, we could use rakes, a leaf blower and a scythe.