Beta Alpha chapter of Beta Theta Pi: Spring 2011 Newsletter

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Chapter newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011

Transcript of 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

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Get Connected to Beta Alpha

Beta Alpha on Facebook

Beta Alpha on Twitter

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: Undergoing a re-design

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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

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• 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

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Brett Williams ’13

Luke Ivey‘12

Ian Watt ‘13

Harrison Scott ’11

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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.

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Battle of the Bands/Sendoff 2011

Andrew Maurer ‘14 >

Brett Williams ‘13 ^Harrison Scott ’11 >

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Athletics/Greek Week

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• 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

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(L to R) Sean Millet ‘11, Henry Smith ‘13, Ian Watt ‘13, Alex Traugutt ’12, Cameron Ash ‘13

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(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

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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

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Hometown/High School: Chagrin Falls, OH / University School

Major: Sociology

Campus activities: Football

Interests: Head and Shoulders, home cable repair

Will Clements

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(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

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Beta Alpha, Spring 2011

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Seniors: The Beta Alpha

Class of 2011

Sean Millet and Michael Beck

Kevin McConnell

Andrew Jurado

Harrison Scott

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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

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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.

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