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T HE O LD 300 H E L L O Z E TA T H E TA A L U M N I !
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Hello
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Upcoming Events
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Zeta Theta Highlights
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From Colony to Charter
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Story Behind The Story
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State of the Chapter
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Upcoming Events: • April 16th -Alumni Bowling & Dinner • April 17th - PUSH Volleyball Bash • April 24th - Rose Ball in San Antonio • Sept. 24-25th Alumni Weekend
The Zeta Theta chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is elated to publish its first ever issue of The Old 300. Zeta Theta is in its first year of re-existence and as part of its effort to embrace its roots at the University of Texas, is trying to become actively involved with its alumni. As part of this effort, we have created a Facebook group for alumni, will continue to send periodic email updates, will publish and circulate our alumni newsletter on a quarterly basis, and will host several alumni events this year. If you wish to keep up with the chapter on a more frequent basis, you will be able to do so through our website, www.texaspikapp.org. We hope that every member of Zeta Theta will be able to be feel involved. Unfortunately, our contact
Chartering Banquet, 1988—Special thanks to Mike Oria list is not complete. We have outdated and missing email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses. If you or any of your fraternity brothers have recently ( in the past three years or so) changed any of your information and have not updated it with the national
ZETA THETA HIGHLIGHTS: T R ACY “ M AD D O G” M ADDUX Zeta Theta is happy to recognize Tracy Maddux for his outstanding contributions to Pi Kappa Phi. An original founding father and former ZT archon, Tracy has continued his work with Pi Kapp after his time at UT. Over time, Tracy has held a
position on the ZT Housing Corporation, as Executive Vice President of Pi Kapp Properties, and as a chapter advisor for Alpha Psi chapter (Indiana). In the previous years, Tracy has served on the National Council and is currently up for election as National
Historian. Tracy is still active with the ZT chapter. Tracy is the President and CFO of VersaLogic an embedded computing company based in Oregon. and lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife and two dogs, Bo and Porter.
fraternity, you can email our historian, Danny Little, at historian@texaspikapp.org. He will be able update your information with the chapter and forward that on to the national chapter.
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From the Chapter Archon– Justin Barrett The chapter is quickly approaching its one year anniversary and I am very proud of every brother’s work. Vice Archon– Andrew Smith The chapter was able to recruit a class of 10 and 5 associate members in the fall and spring semesters, respectively.
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FROM COLONY TO CHARTER In the October of 2007, two leadership consultants from Pi Kappa Phi national headquarters came to the University of Texas to recolonize the Zeta Theta chapter. Their founding father class con-
Treasurer– Joshua Clark The chapter recently switched to Omega Financial, an online collection website for dues, which has made things much more efficient. Secretary– Nick Meyer Roundup was very successful. We had a slip n’ slide, snow cone machine and fajita tacos. Everyone is looking forward to Rose Ball in San Antonio. Warden– Matt Motl I have been working with our 5 associate members to prepare them for their initiation into Pi Kappa Phi. Historian– Danny Little Zeta Theta is reaching out to alumni with events on April 16th and September 24th-25th. Chaplain– Michael Perez Our chapter has enjoyed several subrituals this semester. Initiation for Beta Class has been scheduled for May 1. Push Chair – Sam Gripman On April 17th, Zeta Theta chapter is hosting a sand volleyball tournament at Aussie's Bar and Grill to benefit Push America.
Contact Us: www.texaspikapp.org historian@texapikapp.org (956) 566-4446
Chartering Banquet- April 25th, 2009
sisted of 16 men, 3 of who dropped the fraternity in less than a month. Over the course of the next few months, the 13 original members were able to were able to start recruiting despite not having a house and holding meetings inside a classroom. We finished the year with 25 members. The fall of 2008 held a lot promise for ZT. We managed to rent a house where 10 brothers lived and would serve as a makeshift fraternity house. Our first formal rush did not
go well, as we managed to get an associate class of 3 members, two of which were exchange students. We decided to move to open rush. A chartering date was set, but nearly two weeks before the date, we were still 6 members short of the 38 man requirement we needed to charter. In a furious recruiting effort , we managed to sign the last man the night before our deadline. After passing both the oral and written tests, 38 brothers were initiated on April 24th, 2009 and Zeta Theta was officially active at the University of Texas again.
S TO RY BE H I ND T H E S TO RY : THE OLD 300 The name of our alumni newsletter, “The Old 300”, was taken from the name of the first group of 297 settlers who received land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony in what is now Texas. Although the settlement was technically in Mexico, all of the settlers were from the southern United Sates and
were the forerunners to the major American influx which eventually led to Texas becoming its own Republic. Because the land in Texas was so coveted, Austin was able to be very selective about which settlers he chose to receive land grants. I believe that The Old 300 has many similarities to Zeta
Theta. We too are the beginning of something great in Texas, were very selective about who we chose to start our colony, and will prosper in to the best place to be in the entire country, just like the State of Texas. I hope you enjoy the first edition of “The Old 300.” -Danny Little, Historian
T HE S TAT E OF T HE FR AT ER NI T Y Dear Alumni, My name is Justin Barrett and I am the Archon of the Zeta Theta chapter. I am very glad to be writing to you. We have been very busy this semester. We had a very successful Roundup, we have our first ever Push event coming up, a volleyball tournament, and Rose Ball in San Antonio. It has been a very fun semester but we have been hard at work also. We have been searching for a new house for
next year and we are currently pursuing a 30 bedroom house in the heart of West Campus. This house is a great opportunity for us to grow tremendously in the coming years. We are now coming up on one year since we received our charter last April. When I look back at how much we have grown in the last year, I am proud at the hard work that our men have put in. We initiated 10 new members in the Fall and we have a small,
but close-knit, group of 5 new men about to be initiated at the end of this semester. It will be great to see where another year and a new house will bring to this chapter. If any of you wish to contact me for any reason, please feel free. I would love to connect with the men who came before us as brothers of the ZT . I look forward to seeing all of you at our Alumni Weekend in the fall. Justin Barrett Archon, ZT 158