Golden Scroll Fraternity Journal Pi Kappa Phi- Eta Beta Fall 2013
Push America This fall went exceptionally well for our Push America efforts. We successfully raised $1,500 just this semester without having empathy dinner. In the spring newsletter we said we had decided to push the empathy dinner to the spring, and we are continuing with that. If empathy dinner goes well, we could raise around $4,000 for Push this year from a total of just two major events. We’ve been working more and more with the Happiness Bag, and all of the actives absolutely love it. It’s a wonderful experience to participate in, and it really makes you appreciate Push America, what it does, and the people who it works for. Also, we had three members attend GAP weekend this year, these members are Jerry Cooper, Shane Sizemore, and Nathan Lee.
Alex “Flex” Shelton – Nu Class President Year: Freshman Major: Psychology Big Bro: Nathan Lee “My goals in Pi Kapp are to be extremely involved in order to give everything I can to the brothers.”
One of the ways we sell men on why they should join a fraternity is by being "Men of Class". We have done our best to make sure we are men of C.L.A.S.S. and to not fall into the stereotypical image of "frat boys" on campus. We’re always working towards being gentlemen, and we continue to pursue excellence in every aspect of campus life to show that we Pi Kapps are truly “Leaders by Choice.” – Phil Centofante
Shane Sizemore – Nu Class Vice President Year: Sophomore Major: History and German Big Bro: Ben Baumgart “I look forward to serving Pi Kapp in any way that I am able.”
Josh Kaluza – Nu Class Push Chairman Year: Freshman Major: Meteorology Big Bro: Ben Baumgart “I’m looking forward to beginning a new chapter of life and striving through Pi Kapp.”
Robby Hagan Year: Freshman Major: Undecided Big Bro: Austin Foster “I’d like to be seen as a leader by my actions and not by words whether I’m on EC or not.” Matt Schuetter Year: Freshman Major: Big Bro: Heath Harris “I aim to be a balanced man and to do my share to make this chapter the best I can.”
Logan Deckard Year: Freshman Major: Big Bro: Hunter Goble “In order to be a successful chapter, bringing in new members is very important. I aim to aid the chapter by doing my best to bring quality men around for every rush class.”
Jeremiah Sparks Year: Freshman Major: Math Education Big Bro: Tyler Collins “I would like to use my abilities for an EC position in order to help build this chapter into an ideal chapter.”
Clayton Johnson Year: Freshman Major: Criminology Big Bro: Tyler Collins “I wanted a close group of friends that never get bored, and I wanted a family where I can feel at home and go to them for help when I need it.”
Tommy Nguyen Year: Sophomore Major: Nursing Big Bro: Austin Foster “I want to be able to make my parents proud by doing something they never could. I want to help people, and I feel Pi Kapp will help me actualize my goals.”
Billy Andrews Year: Freshman Major: Aviation Management Big Bro: Riley Witvoet “I see myself learning from the fraternity and potentially leading it in the future to help incoming students just as it has helped me.”
Austin Germain Year: Freshman Major: Big Bro: Riley Witvoet *Didn’t get initiated with Fall class, going through with Spring*
David Pestoff Year: Freshman Major: Criminology Big Bro: Phil Centofante "Pi Kapp can help me to step out of my comfort zone socially. I’d like to make this chapter by being apart of it and not be just a random member.”
Hayride 2013
The theme for Homecoming 2013 was Chicago. We were paired with the ladies of Delta Gamma and the gentlemen of Theta Chi. Our standings for this pairing didn’t end up too well for several reasons. I believe the main reason is just simple participation throughout our pairings and us. Problems arose which allowed us to only have four Pi Kapps in all of Sycamore Sync, and in the trike race, our trike broke midway through the race causing us to lose several positions by the end. However, we’re working toward assuring that we have everybody doing something because that’s the easiest way to assure you’ll place decently at worst.
We Got a Composite!!!
We decided that as an up and coming chapter that it was time to finally get a composite picture; something that solidifies the idea that we have a fully functional chapter with enough members to be able to set aside money for our investment in the future of our chapter. This was an iconic time for our chapter, and it couldn’t have been done if it weren’t for the help of all you alumni!
Letter from the Archon Alumni of Pi Kappa Phi, Thank you for your continuing support of the Eta Beta chapter here at Indiana State University. I am honored to be serving as the Archon for this year and looking forward to achieving our goals. First let’s take a look back at last semesters accomplishments. The fall semester started with our two weeks of Rush where we recruited 16 new associates. We had a very successful No Boundaries Week where we raised $1,100! On Saturday, 15 November, we initiated 11 members of "Nu" class. We ended the semester with the election of a new executive board with men who are all extremely excited and motivated to be leading the chapter. In January, the executive council attended Midyear Leadership Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. This was a necessary drive as three of us are enlisted in the Army National Guard and had drill the same weekend as MYLC in St. Louis. While we were there the Eta Beta chapter received the "Silver Star Award for Push America" and "Commitment to Continued Growth" awards for our continued success in Push America programing and recruitment success for 2013. Again this year, Eta Beta’s own Paralympian, Evan Austin, spoke in front of all the Pi Kappa Phi’s in attendance at both the Charlotte and the Dallas locations for Midyear. He spoke of his experience of overcoming obstacles and the courage it took to get him to the London Olympic Games. This was a great experience for him as well as opportunity for our chapter to be known nationally throughout the fraternity. We began the semester with 28 active members. We had several seniors graduate: Tyler Collins, Brandon Gaston and Jarred Royer. We also have two actives currently away from the chapter; Nathan Lee is studying abroad in Europe and William Andrews is attending basic training for the Army. Our chapter is now made up of primarily freshman and sophomores which puts us in a great position for the future as they are groomed for leading our chapter to the top on campus. The big event for the chapter this fall was Homecoming where we were paired with Theta Chi and Delta Gamma. We had a great introduction social but suffered from lack of participation and motivation from all sides and did not place well as a fraternity or pairing. We are looking to correct this behavior and attitude this semester as we move forward into Spring week with our pairing with Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Omicron Pi. We have already had our introduction social and was
a huge hit, which we will use to continue to motivate the chapter to be active in faithfully upholding the traditions and activities of our college. This semester we are looking forward to Empathy Dinner, Our First 5K for Push, and Rose Ball. These events will be held in April: Empathy Dinner, 4 April at 6:00pm in HMSU, tickets are $25/Plate Nationwide 5K 3 April HMSU Campus, Time: TBD Rose Ball, Friday 25 April We are looking forward to raising awareness and money for Push America this semester as our primary focus. We hope to continue of the tradition set before us with always having Pi Alpha's every summer and this summer we have three actives signed up for Crewing Gear Up Florida; Riley Witvoet, Ben Baumgart and I. We hope that you can all join us again for Rose Ball again this year to celebrate our accomplishments of the chapter. Finally, I would like to address the grades issue we had again last semester with having the lowest GPA since our re-founding. We had made every attempt that we knew of last semester to check and verify that our associates were academically sound. However, we found that to not be effective. Thankfully this semester Garrett Hamblen has come to our chapter to effectively use our Academic Program and individualize the plans for each brother and associate. After sitting in on these meetings and personally heading our academic committee, I know that we have made the corrections and will not suffer from those poor scores again. I sincerely hope that you will join us this spring for our exciting Fundraising events here at Indiana State. I am extremely excited for this semester and upcoming year as we strive to make our chapter the ideal chapter. I look forward to meeting you all. We Will Lead. Fraternally, Nathaniel Hyde Archon ΑΌ #966