Winter/Spring 2019 Beta-Rho Bulletin

BETA-R HO BULLETIN Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity

California State University, Northridge

Volume 47, Issue 1

Winter/Spring 2019

END OF AN ERA

Wrapping up the 8th Annual Watermelon Bust. Brothers, associate members and sorority guests took a moment to gather for a group photo after the awrds ceremony at the Lindley House on April 7.

Background: the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, March 31.

On the cover: Chapter Adviser (High Pi) Kevin Mojaradi at the final chapter meeting of the semester on May 5. Back cover: Rocael Cardona makes short work of a watermelon during a stunt for the Phi Mu team during the Watermelon Bust.

Features Alumni Chronicles: Winter & Spring

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Chapter Chronicles: Winter & Spring

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High Alpha Summit

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Educational Leadership Consultant Visit: Trevor Nicholas

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The Class of Spring, 2019

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Two Nights with the Chapter: March 24 & May 5

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Cover Story: Kevin Mojaradi

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Big Brothers of Beta-Rho

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Watermelon Bust 2019

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Graduates & New Alumni Chapter Ceremony

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Graduates of 2019

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Remembering Vice President Emeritus George Spasyk

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Special thanks. Some of the content for this edition of the Beta-Rho Bulletin would not have been possible without the assistance and cooperation of the following brothers and friends and IHQ staff: Wade Hawthorne, Brandon Serna, Matt Ahmadi, Francisco Silva, Zeke Esquibel, Drew Willins, Mike Cooperman, Taylor Grayson, Rose Merida and Stefanie Krausz.

Photo courtesy of Matt Ahmadi

Alumni Chronicles: Chronicles: Alumni Winter & & Spring Spring Winter Matt Ahmadi (BP 551) and his wife Alanna welcomed their first child, Navy Eilish, at 11:22 a.m. on May 30 at Simi Valley Hospital. She checked in weighing 8 lbs. and was 21.5 inches tall.

The chapter sent a work party group over to alumnus Howard Brightman’s home in West Los Angeles on Jan. 26. The actives, along with Rick Childs (BP 83, below on the ladder) and some of Brother Brightman’s neighbors, worked on the final phase of dismantling his Halloween and holiday lighting decorations from his roof. Undergrads in attendance were (below, from left) J.C. Martinez, Royce Miller, Wade Hawthorne, Alejandro Gaviria, Brandon Serna, Angelo Samson and Jacob Apoknik.

Volume 47, Issue 1 Version 1.9 Editor, reporter, designer & photographer: Rick Childs The Beta-Rho Bulletin is the official publication of BetaRho Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity at California State University, Northridge. This alumni publication is not funded by the housing corporation.

It is published electronically and hard copy printing expenses are supported by either alumni donations or the editor. Article ideas, directory revisions, weddings, anniversaries, births and career info should be snail mailed, e-mailed or sent via Facebook or texts to the editor. His mailing address is 38665 11th Street East, Apt. 26, Palmdale, CA; 93550-2858. Email: eaglerick55@gmail.com. Made on a 2010 Mac Mini with iWork Pages ’09 v. 4.1. Originally published on Sept. 29, 2019. Production dates: July 14–Sept.

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Spring 2019 Housing Corporation Board of Directors: President Vice President Director Director

Spencer Schmerling Howard Brightman Rick Childs Scott Press

Spring 2019 High Zeta: High High High High High High High High High High High High

Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Iota Kappa Phi Rho Sigma Tau Theta

Alex Dinsmore Kevin Catalan Wade Hawthorne Angelo Samson Brandon Serna Alejandro Gaviria Jacob Barron Rocael Cardona Francisco Silva Jacob Akopnik Dre Ghotra Ronald Medrano

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Photos by or courtesy of Brandon Serna

Chapter Chronicles: Winter & Spring Spring times. One of the recruitment billboards finds a sunny spot on the Sierra Quad. Isaac Yang (clockwise from upper left), hands out recruitment event schedules for Feb. 4-11. Rose Merida poses with ten brothers who attended the DZ (Delta Zeta) Hop in May. An Instagram video appeared on April 24 to thank Alpha Xi Delta for allowing the chapter to participate in their Light Up Blue Challenge fundraiser. Ronnie Medrano, Fernando Ortiz and Brandon Serna reprised their Fall 2018 CSUN Grand Reunion pose and ventured to Black Canyon for their Associated Students Productions retreat over the weekend of Feb. 23.

Participants take a break from the Kappa Koachella Glee performance in March. Isaac Yang and Rocael Cardona with Rose Merida at Venice Beach on Feb. 16. Celebrating Mother's Day on May 12 with Angelo Samson and his mom.

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High Alpha Summit Over the weekend of Jan. 10-12, nearly 200 chapter presidents convened at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Hotel for Lambda Chi Alpha’s 4th annual High Alpha Summit. As reported in the Cross & Crescent, the old attendance record was smashed.

The conference coincided with the Neville Advisors College, the first time the two events have been combined.

A month into his second term as High Alpha, Alex Dinsmore made a second trip to Indiana for the conference. While the –2 temperatures of 2018 didn’t greet him at the airport this time, Brother Dinsmore noted that snow fell during most of his stay.

“That was kinda cool; you don’t really see that in California,” he said.

While the combined conferences set up an ideal environment for networking and outreach between the chapter presidents and Neville’s predominantly chapter adviser attendees, most of the itinerary kept the two groups apart in their respective workshops aside from having meals together.

“They did a good job of keeping them separate,” Brother Dinsmore recalled, with a couple of exceptions. “The first opening meeting everyone was together. We would have lunch in the same rooms. At the opening and closing banquets we were all together… The opportunity was definitely there [to meet and share ideas with Neville attendees]. But we were never specifically paired with any advisors.”

One thing that made this trek to Indianapolis memorable for Brother Dinsmore was that he finally had the opportunity to take a tour of the headquarters in Carmel.

“I didn’t go last year. We had two options: either go to Headquarters or buy a ticket to go to a minor league hockey game. It was like a 15-20 minute drive [to Carmel in mini-buses].”

He spent much of his visit soaking in the memorabilia on display at the second floor suite of offices. During part of his tour he visited the pie-shaped room known as the John. E. “Jack” Mason Library next door to the CEO’s office. In the opposite wing he checked out the Theta Kappa Nu banner and memorabilia near the director of alumni relations’ office. In another room, one item in particular piqued his interest.

“In one room there is a giant map of all the chapters and when they got their charters, even chapters that are no longer at that school.”

The business complex IHQ currently leases seemed to look a lot different than what Brother Dinsmore imagined.

“The building definitely looked different. It’s shared property. And there’s a Subway there too on the bottom floor.”

While Brother Dinsmore made an effort to experience different workshops, his schedule mostly mirrored the workshops and breakout sessions he had in 2018.

“It really wasn’t that much different.”

The chapter presidents attended various workshops exploring the fraternity’s core values.

“In all the workshops and group activities the stuff was pretty much the same.”

Although the 2018 attendees spent an afternoon working at a warehouse assembling grocery boxes for a food pantry distributor on behalf of the fraternity’s philanthropy, Feeding America, that activity didn’t take place this year.

His main takeaway as a return attendee was the feeling that the chapter might have benefited more if he had acted on sending another representative.

“Since you don’t have to send the president, I would’ve rather sent someone else, just because I was doing the same thing two years in a row. But I didn’t know it would be the exact same thing.”

Of the people he talked to at the conference, one that stood out was the Director of Alumni Relations, Jayme Little.

“I had met him, because we were at a dinner table, and that’s when I found out he was a High Pi for us for a short time. Then I had a phone call with him a couple of weeks later. But I didn’t talk to him specifically there about alumni relations.”

Brother Little served as Beta-Rho’s chapter advisor between 2006 and 2007.

At the closing banquet, one of the featured speakers who had spoken to many other organizations provided his insights on drug abuse. The other was IHQ’s General Counsel Lynn Chipperfield who talked about the initiation ritual.

“They did a presentation about that. It’s cool about certain things they show you.

Stuff you never really think about or was never brought up before to show you how much thought was put into it.”

Despite Brother Dinsmore’s concerns, overall the combined conferences made enough of a lasting impression on the attendees that this may be the norm for future High Alpha Summits.

Former educational leadership consultant [also one of Beta-Rho’s ELCs] and current Special Assistant to the CEO Brandon Bonds has attended all four of the High Alpha Summits. He, along with the rest of the IHQ staff, affirmed that the two conferences will run concurrently in the future as a benefit to the two constituencies.

—Additional reporting by Taylor Weitzer, Cross & Crescent

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ELC Trevor Nicholas Lambda Chi chapters receive visits from an educational leadership consultant sent out by IHQ each semester. ELC Trevor Nicholas arrived on March 24 for a three-night stay in Northridge.

After the housing corporation meeting adjourned on March 26, Brother Nicholas took a break from his officer meetings and spent an hour discussing best practices for recruitment. During the recruitment session he described an easily duplicatable method to attract passersby and convince them to leave their contact information.

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The purpose of tabling isn't to sell the fraternity.

No one has ever joined an organization because of a tri-fold. Get rid of all that.

The purpose of tabling is to get names and numbers. Stand IN FRONT of the table. Engage those walking by. Have your Names List open, and a reason they should add theirs to it.

One easy method is the Rock Paper Scissors game and raffle. Challenge people to RPS. If they win, they get to enter the raffle (Names List). If they lose, they have to listen to you for 15 seconds. Those seconds should be used to get them on the Names List. Invite them to an event, ask for a quick meeting the next day, etc. If they win RPS, still converse with them. They may sign up too! Ask everyone if you can contact them in the future, and BOOM! You're set!

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The Class of Spring, 2019 Rush Chairman/High Delta: Angelo Samson

Fraternity Educator/High Kappa: Jacob Barron

Ritualist/High Phi: Rocael Cardona

Photos by or courtesy of Brandon Serna

Juan A. “Tony” Llanos Class Level: Senior Major: Liberal Studies: Animation Big Brother: Collin Chan Birthday: Aug. 8 BP 759

Joel Narvaez

Nathaniel J. “Nathan” Turne

Class Level: Sophomore Major: Undeclared Big Brother: Brandon Serna Birthday: Dec. 6 BP 760

Class Level: Sophomore Major: Undeclared Big Brother: Tom Clemen Rafanan Birthday: June 30 BP 761

The Spring 2019 Initiation took place on April 26 in Northridge. Its Associate Member Installation Ceremony preceded it on Feb. 17 before a chapter meeting in Sierra Hall. The traditional exchange of paddles and hoodies between big brothers and their newly initiated little brothers followed immediately after the initiation.

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Pre-ELC Visit Chapter Meeting: March 24 Call to Order: 7:01 p.m., Sierra Hall 286, 28 in attendance.

Informal. High Gamma Wade Hawthorne (photo #4) called the roll and took minutes. Present: Robert Aceves, Jacob Akopnik, Jacob Barron, Xavier Bryant, Rocael Cardona, Kevin Catalan, Collin Chan, Alex Dinsmore, Alex Estrella, Alejandro Gaviria, himself, Julian Ibarra, Tony Llanos, Edward Lopez, Alex Martin, J.C. Martinez, Ronnie Medrano, Royce Miller, Eddy Moya, Joel Narvaez, Fernando Ortiz, Brandon Serna, Cisco Silva, Tyler Struck, Nathan Turne, Andrew Vo, Isaac Yang. Alumni: Rick Childs.

April 7]. The last day to order Watermelon Bust t-shirts is March 28. The Watermelon Bust is now scheduled for noon to 5, not 10 to 3. “I will offer 50 points to the coaches with the most shirt sales. Make sure you pay for your shirt.”

High Epsilon Report (Brandon Serna, event coordinator, photo #9): “First of all, shout outs to all the brothers who came to the March Madness game.” April is Hero Awareness Month, “so we are gonna watch Marvel movies every Friday starting April 5 at the Chop House!” Take out a piece of paper and let’s figure out what houses we want to have sorority mixers at next semester. [TriDelts knock on the door.] A promo video for the Watermelon Bust is appearing online tomorrow at 1 p.m. on Instagram and Facebook. The clip of Alex Dinsmore whacking a watermelon with one of Brother Hawthrone’s mallets [shown in a frame grab on page 19] was then premiered onscreen.

High Alpha Report (Alex Dinsmore, president, photo #3): No meeting the day of Watermelon Bust, April 7. The ELC [Trevor Nicholas] returns tomorrow. A recruitment training meeting is scheduled at 9 p.m. at the house with him. “Recruitment is not a very strong point for us. We want to improve it. He’s gonna be working on us with that for the next three days.”

High Beta Report (Kevin Catalan, photo #1): A date is being set for paintball games. Cost: $25. There will be a brotherhood cookout this week. Our brotherhood retreat is March 29-31.

Guest Appearance #1: Towards the end of the High Epsilon’s report, a group from the Delta Delta Delta Sorority arrived. The delegation consisted of Jessica, Candace, Kris and Sam, their philanthropy chair, who each shared ‘fun facts’. Their waffle fundraiser is April 3. The Pie a Tri event is April 4, probably at the Matador Square. Presale tickets are $10, $12 at the door. The link will be sent in the [Google] Group chats. Supporter shirts are on sale and we get points for buying them. Sam: “We are tied at #1 for supporter shirts with BGN. For every shirt purchased we will donate three cans from each coach. Alex already bought one after our deal, so we all owe you nine cans. So, if you guys wanna buy, you get cans.” Delta Desserts is coming. “I know we’re all super excited about winning and eating donuts at this fun event, but we can’t forget it’s for the kids. Every dollar that we earn at this event goes to patients like little Hadley who’s only 3 years old, and she has leukemia.” Their philanthropy is childhood cancer research with St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Tri-Delta Foundation. Boxes of donuts were then given out.

High Kappa Report (Jacob Barron, fraternity educator, photo #2): “EverFi [an IHQ mandated risk management session taught online about anti-hazing] is done.” A list has been shared to encourage actives to take on associate members as little brothers.

He wants to finalize it this evening. “I need a Kappa committee....

My talk with the ELC went really well.”

High Phi Report (Rocael Cardona, ritualist, photo #7): “Our brotherhood retreat will be this upcoming Friday until the 31st.” On the burning of the faults, “You have a little paper, you write down an issue you have with yourself or a problem you’d like to overcome or resolve…” share with a brother and go over each other’s issues and help each other get over them… and hold onto that paper for awhile. Be a man of morals. The five questions he asked every member to address [as part of the faults exercise] is now extended until Friday at 5 p.m. Do not hand out our letters to anyone. A picture surfaced of a girl wearing our letters. That’s unacceptable. “Brandon: what’s our first core value? Loyalty. Not everyone should have the right to wear [our letters].”

High Rho Report (Cisco Silva, alumni relations, photo #5): We need to set up a softball committee. He checked with the ELC about it. Let’s get this done by April 1. “If you contact me about being on this committee I will talk to Kevin [Catalan] and set up some zeta points.” He wants to arrange for an alumni guest to visit the chapter next week or the one after that.

High Sigma Report (Jacob Akopnik, academics, photo #6): He wants to engage the chapter in more cultural events on campus.

One of them is the Carnival on April 4 from noon to 7:30 p.m. He is coordinating this with the High Beta so that participants receive zeta points. Wear letters. He wants to coordinate getting people to speak to us about cultural events and academic issues. Anyone can get most improved GPA recognition this semester. Send him short reports about how you are working towards improving your grades so he can give you a shout out at the meeting.

High Gamma Report (Brother Hawthorne): “I talked to the ELC.” The chapter meeting minutes will no longer be emailed. Instead, they will be posted on our Google Drive page. “You guys should have access to the folder. Every officer is going to have their own folder so that [officer] transitions will be made a lot easier.” He is debuting an attendance tracker. “All of the officers and High Zeta have access to this. So if you have any absences, just go to any Zeta member and they can show them to you.” Every officer will have appropriate documents uploaded so anyone can see them at any time (i.e., chapter budget, attendance, etc.).

High Delta Report (High Gamma Wade Hawthorne, secretary, photo #4, gave Angelo Samson’s report): Hope you had a good Spring Break. Tabling at Dave and Buster’s will begin soon. He’s still waiting for tabling supplies. Alejandro, Jacob and Isaac are assisting. There is a place where we can get big letters for $300.

Please chip in $10 apiece. Angelo has a PM (prospective member) list. Fill out five names for it by the end of this week.

High Iota Report (Alejandro Gaviria, photo #11): Topic… how to change a tire. Showed a video. Stay safe and keep the house clean.

Intramurals Captain Report (Andrew Vo, photo #10): Sign up for $7 to play Intramurals. We need teammates for volleyball and softball.

High Theta Report (Ronnie Medrano, external affairs vice president, photo #8): Watermelon Bust coaches need to finalize their last meetings with their sorority teams [before the event on

Adjourn: 7:56 p.m.

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The Final Spring Chapter Meeting: May 5 Call to Order: 6:36 p.m., Sierra Hall 284, 29 in attendance.

Formal. High Gamma Wade Hawthorne (photo #2, seated) called the roll and took minutes. Present: Robert Aceves (grad ceremony only), Jacob Akopnik, Jacob Barron, Rocael Cardona, Kevin Catalan, Collin Chan, Eric Choi, Alex Dinsmore, Alex Estrella, Alejandro Gaviria, Dre Ghotra, himself, Julian Ibarra, Tony Llanos, Edward Lopez, Alex Martin, J.C. Martinez, Royce Miller, Eddy Moya, Fernando Ortiz, Angelo Samson, Brandon Serna, Cisco Silva (grad ceremony only), Tyler Struck, David Tapia, Nathan Turne, Isaac Yang. Alumni: Kevin Mojaradi, Rick Childs.

from AS that could be used for a canopy. The letters would help, but since he saw the ELC he has felt that the table shouldn’t be flashy.

High Phi Report (Rocael Cardona, photo #3): Ritual practice for the fall will begin two months in advance of initiation. There will be a full walk-through two weeks prior to the event.

High Sigma Report (Jacob Akopnik, photo #7): “Finals… good luck on those. I know you guys have got this! Anything you guys need, do not hesitate to tell me. I will help you out any way I can.” Let’s try to fix up the study room this summer. Best GPA and most improved GPA dinner: your choice. Cultural outreach: Ramadan dinner is on May 10, 7–9 p.m., Lake View Terrace room in the ECC.

High Alpha Report (Alex Dinsmore, photo #4): “this is our last meeting of this semester. As the summer comes on, take a little break. Take a step away from the fraternity and kind of chill.”

Pointing to the screen, “Those are the dates for Greek 102 next semester. Those are the only dates; there are no make-ups.

[8/22–8/24: 9-12 p.m./4-7 p.m.]. “Obviously, I’ll be reminding you before the beginning of next semester. Everyone’s gonna need to go to Greek 102. We need 90 percent [attendance] or we can’t do recruitment.”

High Epsilon Report (Brandon Serna, photo #6): For the formal at the beginning of the fall semester, without the bus it’s $200 for you and a date. May 25 is our Boxers and Blazers event. “If you are doing anything this summer, please take photos. It would be really cool to hype up the [Instagram] page.”

High Gamma Report (Wade Hawthorne): “The active member pins, certificates [of initiation] for the JIs, and membership cards should be arriving at the house any day now. So if you’re a live-in, please look out for boxes.”

Standards Chair Report (Collin Chan, photo #5): “As we come to the end of the semester… we are coming off of social probation. That being said, I really want to make sure that we focus our attention on these social events…. I will be continuing to meet with the High Epsilon to talk about and plan things like the formal and other social events.

We’re doing great in every aspect that I can think of. Especially for you new guys: you came in at a time where we weren’t allowed to throw these things. So, I really want to make sure we have these social events planned out perfectly that go really well.”

High Tau Report (Dre Ghotra, photo #1): Brother Ghotra has requested a demo [debt collection form] for debt collections. “Also, it’s the last day. Some of you still haven’t paid.” Pointing to the screen: “You guys see that deadline up there? That’s why there’s a late fee… and I shouldn’t have to chase you down to collections.

I’m gonna automate the whole process now. That’s it. You won’t deal with me. You’ll deal with a… bank.” [Finger snaps.] He is looking for someone to replace him as treasurer who can be trained for the transition. “Also, if you have extra money left over [that you owe] after the end of the semester, you are effectively banned from all social events at the house. And if you don’t have 90 percent paid off… you are not allowed in, at all.”

Housing Manager Report (Kevin Catalan, photo #9): Brother Dinsmore said, “We need at least five live-ins over the summer to make sure we keep the rent at what it is right now. That’s what the housing corp. told us… Right now I need to know who for sure knows they want to live in over the summer.” Summer live-ins: Ronnie, Rocael, Kevin C., J.C., Alejandro and Eddy. Fall live-ins: David, Nathan, Alejandro, Isaac, Collin, Royce, Rocael, Ronnie and Ozzy. Brother Catalan: “So J.C., myself, Isaac, Royce, Alejandro, we got together for our housing manager committee and we decided the system for cleaning hours is going to change. So we’re going to have a randomizer and you’re all going to be a part of this. You’re still going to have four hours a month.” Do not give out the front door code to anyone!

High Iota Report (Alejandro Gaviria, photo #11): “Ending the semester up, I have a quick review about what happened [this weekend], so….” Immediately, Brother Serna chimed in to point out that some brothers had some drinking issues last night and the situation needed better stewardship. Brother Gaviria continued. “...I just want to make sure that everyone’s on the same page, that everyone looks out for each other. We have a couple of events coming up throughout the summer. So let’s have more of that and less encouragement of bad behaviors.”

Guest Appearance #1: Natalie from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority arrived. She wanted to congratulate our spring class of 2019 and wished us good luck on finals. And she brought snacks.

Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) Delegate Report (Alex Estrella, photo #8): “There’s a ban on hard alcohol starting August 1.” The limit is nothing over 15 percent at any official event.

High Delta Report (Angelo Samson, photo #2): Fall recruitment is Sept. 16–25. Tabling for Dave and Buster’s at 10 a.m. He needs volunteers. “We’ve got about 20-25 names.” We need you to add more than five names to the prospective members’ list. “Summertime.

I’m sorry but we need to use summertime to really make our fall rush better. It’s gonna be crucial… Personally, if we could get a lot of people out to Dave and Buster’s, it would be cool to reach 150 [names].” Then prospective members can be texted. His billboards need to be painted over the summer. “I already started my design with Gio.” He is also using the design for his fall rush t-shirts. There isn’t enough money currently to order polo shirts. He wants to pay for the big fraternity letters himself if the chapter can recruit at least 25 NPMs for fall. Brother Moya said that we might receive a $500 allocation BETA-RHO ZETA OF LAMBDA CHI ALPHA INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY

Guest Appearance #2: Haley and Allie represented the Alpha Sigma Theta Sorority delegation. In their Penny War fundraiser, Lambda Chi came in fourth behind her sorority, the Deaf Studies Association and Deaf CSUNians, but we beat Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Phi Epsilon. They are looking forward to seeing you next semester and then she passed around some chocolate chip cookies.

Open Discussion: Eddy Moya (photo #10) discussed recruitment.

Adjourn: 8:08 p.m.

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Kevin Mojaradi Crosses the Finish Line When Chapter Advisor Kevin Mojaradi (BP dearly. You are my extended family. And I will 462) attended the graduation ceremony shortly always be here for you. So it’s not like I am before 6 p.m. in Sierra Hall 284 on May 5, dropping off the face of the earth. I’m always Rose Merida followed closely behind him here. carrying a large cardboard box. What started The next thing I wanted to say is make the out as a traditional end of semester chapter creed your own. Take the creed home and just meeting became an evening marked by the dissect the hell out of it, and find out what the High Pi’s last official appearance and report. creed means to you. What you could do for Like the long distance runner he is, he had yourself with our creed. finished the race. Brother Mojaradi had been The other thing I wanted to say is you’re all conspicuous in his absence during the March 24 brothers. There’s no room for disagreement. chapter meeting because he had spent the day There’s no room for yelling. There’s no room for running the L.A. Marathon. It wasn’t his first. cursing. There’s no room to be upset at each Beginning in 2015, Brother Mojaradi kept other. Just get along. You all have your own close tabs on the chapter as its advisor. He had personal goals in the fraternity. You all have the succeeded Chris Dyer (BP 500) to become reason why you are in this room today and why Beta-Rho’s 13th High Pi. you pay dues. If you don’t have those, then you Before the meeting, Brother Mojaradi shouldn’t even be in this room. So think about it, accompanied members of the High Zeta for the you have a personal goal. And your personal formal induction of Beta-Rho’s latest graduates. Last meeting as High Pi. Kevin Mojaradi with goal could be as simple as, ‘I need to finish this Like his undergrad cohorts, he read some of the Devin De Leon and Rose Merida. book report.’ Or ‘I need this house cleaned’ or ceremony’s script from his smartphone.

‘I need for you to drive me somewhere.’ Those After Brandon Serna finished his High Epsilon report, Brother are your personal goals. So get those personal goals and ask for Mojaradi stepped up to speak and reveal the contents of the help if you need it. And how you ask for help is like, dude, I want box. A video GIF of an actor dropping a microphone (mike drop) to get my personal goal taken care of. Can you help me out? played in the background. After a noisy round of applause, he And as a brother, if you refuse that help, you do not belong in this reassured the chapter that he wasn’t moving out of the area; his room. It’s as simple as that. term of office didn’t end until the end of the month.

If I need your help, I will ask for it. If you need my help, I am there for you. But do it in a constructive manner. Say, brother I need your help to reach my personal goal, which will help reach our overall goal. Do that in a very nice brother to brother manner.

If you refuse that help, that’s on you.

I’ll be here. So if you need help with rush cards and all that, I’ll You should not refuse help, even it’s a simple thing like moving be here. a table. That’s all you have to do. So just do it. But ask for it.

Good luck on finals.

So that’s it. If you have any questions, you know where I am.

I joined Lambda Chi… a long time ago [the fall of 2001]. I I have a gift for you. [He opens the box, pulls out a black polo joined as a graduate student, so I was working on night school shirt with green fraternity letters on the breast pocket, and cheers and working on my papers. So I didn’t enjoy the fraternity as you and applause erupt around the classroom.] guys are enjoying it. I didn’t go to parties and ragers… I didn’t do There are 50 polos in this box, different sizes. I’m going to all that. So I kind of became the big brother of the house and hand this over the Alex. And Alex, you can hand them over to tried to make sure that everyone was okay. whoever needs to have it. So feel free to take them, use them to Fast forward to 2014 when two of our brothers who joined be professional out there. Present the best Lambda Chi of Betawith me pointed at me and laughed at a housing corporation Rho that you can. meeting, and I knew they were up to no good. Because they We are an amazing chapter on this campus. We have a long were trying to get me to do High Pi. I went home after that and I history. We have a wonderful group of alums that care. We are said, ‘no, I’m not doing that.’ I talked to my best friend ever… the leaders of this campus. We do great things on this campus. Take brother from another mother who was also one of your High pride in that. I’m serious. This is a big deal. Not all the chapters Alphas. are like that. Your chapter is like that. Look at what we’ve done so ‘Who?’ asked a brother in the audience. far.

Sean Sievik. You met him? He’s a tall guy.

Four years ago when I came into this chapter [as your I called him on the phone and said, ‘Sean, they want me to do advisor] with Jeffrey’s help [Jeffrey Perez de Leon]… he brought High Pi. What do you think I should do?’ this chapter back. He went to bat for you. He went to Nationals.

He’s like, well, you should do it.

He literally was begging for us not to get shut down. So you owe I don’t know anything about this fraternity other than the creed… him a big thanks. But we did get it together. We brought ‘You remember the creed, right? Yes, that’s all you need.’ ourselves back, and we’re going to keep going forward. I’ll be And I thought he was joking. When I got off the phone, I here all along the way. thought, he’s right. That is all I need. Seriously, I could get all the And I will make sure you have a next amazing High Pi. But I other information from other places and I can contact my brothers. will warn you: your next High Pi might not be as nice as I am.

So what I wanted to say is that because of joining this as a High Pi, I got a whole different side of this fraternity and this chapter. I have much more respect for you guys. I love you guys

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Kevin Mojaradi with Wade Hawthorne BETA-RHO ZETA OF LAMBDA CHI ALPHA INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY

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Big Brothers of Beta-Rho With a few exceptions, every initiated brother at Beta-Rho has a big brother. As of this writing, 544 out of 761 initiates either have a big brother or were part of one of the two ‘founding fathers’ initiation classes that didn’t have any. Statistically, just over 71 percent of the chapter is spoken for on the subject of big brothers.

Figuring out the chapter’s big brothers started with a simple question: “Who is your big brother?” The Bulletin’s geeky editor was up for the challenge.

While some would question the value of compiling a list of big brothers for the chapter, the benefits have outweighed the hassle of figuring it out. In many instances, big and little brother relationships have stood the test of time. It’s not unusual for a big or little brother to give a eulogy at a memorial service for his counterpart, just as Rob Hartung (BP 252) did for one of his little brothers, Matt Frerer (BP 263), in 2012.

The outreach effort started with Facebook Messenger queries and eventually became email and texting campaigns. After exhausting the main question, a second campaign targeted little brothers. That question resulted in almost as many results as the original outreach effort since every little brother has a big brother.

Big brother reveals have become a time-honored tradition since the chapter’s earliest days. Since the chapter re-colonized in 2001, big brothers have been typically announced during a chapter meeting about a month after the associate member installation ceremony. While associate members recommend who they’d like to have as their big brothers, the High Kappa consults

with other High Zeta officers, especially the High Phi, to decide who would be the best choice.

A few of the chapter‘s members claim initiates from other chapters as their big brothers. For Mark Eskander (BP 18), it’s one of the original founding members and spring 1971 High Alpha, Steve Goldman (Gamma-Pi 731). Steve Finkle (BP 49) cites another affiliate and 1974-75 High Alpha Marshall Trager (Lambda-Rho 97) as his. Greg Tabak (Iota-Phi 590) is claimed by George Owens (BP 359) as his big brother.

While a considerable number of initiates never had little brothers, some have become overachievers. Seven brothers currently have five little brothers, and one, Jessie Arciniega (BP 516), has six. The ones who are currently members of the SNL-style five timers club are Jeff Gardner (BP 100), Mitch Silberman (BP 237), Rob Press (BP 495), Tim Gibson (BP 509), Eric Gonzalez (BP 528) and Justyn De Leon (BP 602). There may be a few others who are members of this group, but more than 200 big brothers from between 1969 and 2011 are still unknown.

Big brothers have been an enigma for a select number of Beta-Rho initiates. Those who cannot recall who their big brothers are include Joe Bale (BP 28), Robert Scher (BP 51), Mark Jacobs (BP 68 and the editor’s big brother), Gary Thomas (BP 146), Mitch Brian (BP 182) and Shawn Eiferman (BP 300).

Due to the huge volume of information collected, creating a family tree would be incredibly hard to read on a single page. The next best thing was generating a list of big and little brothers.

Big & Little Brothers: the List So Far Steve Abrams (BP 350) > Scott Desind (BP 357) Benny Adams (BP 552) > Edwin Bolanos (BP 582) David Adelman (BP 318) > John Stolarz (BP 342) Matt Ahmadi (BP 551) > Kory Barkley (BP 557), Rob Lange (BP 580) Richard Allen (BP 243) > Howard Sapper (BP 257) Shawn Allen (BP 488) > Shawn Fancy (BP 505) Duke Anderson (BP 332) > Bill Beemer (BP 371), Jack Keleshian (BP 347), Rich Ohlberg (BP 356) Ali Araghi (BP 385) > Shane Hermanson (BP 407) Jessie Arciniega (BP 516) > Sergio Guevera (BP 544), Mahdiar Karamooz (BP 549), Chris Krokos (BP 523) Sean McDougall (BP 564), Arjun Nat (BP 534), Greggory Stevens (BP 555) Steve Arias (BP 728) > Akar Sharma (BP 745), Tosh Sharma (BP 746) Darren Arrieta (BP 533) > Miguel Bonilla (BP 583), Douglas Centeno (BP 553) Donald Ashton (BP 579) > Jaryd Tashiro (BP 594) Bill Aspinwall (BP 111) > Eric Bossuk (BP 122) Christopher Aston (BP 452) > Brett Chin (BP 482), Matt Siegrist (BP 503) Erwin Avendano (BP 591) > Christian Cruz (BP 614), Alessandro Roncagliolo (BP 606), Joey Solano (BP 597) Cesar Ayllon (BP 453) > Murod Haddad (BP 496) Byron Baba (BP 489) > Marco Parra (BP 527) Zareh Baboomian (BP 641) > Daniel Bermudez (BP 650), Tyler Trinh (BP 667) Joe Bale (BP 28) > Craig Warren (BP 32) Tony Ball (BP 605) > Niklas Petersen (BP 695) Kevin Barkley (BP 556) > Peter Hong (BP 576) Jason Barner (BP 490) > Billy Lloyd (BP 538) Jacob Barron (BP 711) > Alex Estrella (BP 752), Alejandro Gaviria (BP 749) Josh Bascou (BP 682) > Alex Dinsmore (BP 716) Mike Bennett (BP 165) > Glen Boyd (BP 184), Mike Diamant (BP 195), Tom Poovakad (BP 187) Daniel Bermudez (BP 650) > Patrick Holmes (BP 691), Vincent Pimentel (BP 676), Mikkel Steinlien (BP 697) B. J. Bingham (BP 480) > Beau Fournier (BP 486) Danny Bjelajac (BP 476) > Shaun Allen (BP 488) Jim Black (BP 119) > Randy Ziskin (BP 134) Marty Bogoratt (BP 106) > Dan Cuillier (BP 132), Jim Emmerson (BP 137), Gregg Zacky (BP 169) Rich Bongiorno (BP 383) > Anthony Morris (BP 395), Geoff Robles (BP 419) John Bonilla (BP 593) > Jacob Holmes (BP 609) Paul Bowen (BP 144) > Dan Fitzgerald (BP 148) Steve Branton (BP 48) > John Sager (BP 93), Bob Schneider (BP 54) Steve Bridges (BP 96) > Doc Ellis (BP 124)

Jason Budow (BP 343) > Joe Herrera (BP 373), Bob Kensic (BP 363), Kenneth Schwartz (BP 376) Chris Burgos (BP 644) > Justin Maciel (BP 692), Esteban Marquez (BP 693), Jesse Martinez (BP 675) David Burgos (BP 684) > William Arana (BP 710), Alex Casiano (BP 713), Abel Martinez (BP 727), Alejandro Valdivia (BP 705) Larry Burns (BP 75) > Jon Rice (BP 82) Frank Bushnell (BP 210) > David Bueche (BP 230), Jim Roberts (BP 214) Luis Canton (BP 615) > Jonathan Gavidia (BP 653), Michael Hilliard (BP 635), Skye Lee (BP 655), Glen Probst (BP 627) Brian Carcerano (BP 646) > Steven Robledo (BP 663) Bryan Cardona (BP 712) > Wade Hawthorne (BP 738) Rocael Cardona (BP 735) > Julian Ibarra (BP 753), Royce Miller (BP 756) Frankie Castanon (BP 651) > Steven Arias (BP 728), Adrian Martinez (BP 702) Kevin Catalan (BP 714) > Robert Aceves (BP 733), Luis Alvarez (BP 734), Terry Sheets (BP 747) Jim Cavezza (BP 246) > Darin Guggenheimer (BP 327) Douglas Centeno (BP 553) > Adrian Sanchez (BP 573) Brandon Cesmat (BP 175) > Kerry Koerbling (BP 180) Collin Chan (BP 729) > Tony Llanos (BP 759), Angelo Samson (BP 723), Brandon Serna (BP 732) Tao Chang (BP 294) > Nestor Michelena (BP 322) Rick Childs (BP 83) > Jeff Watson (BP 104) Brett Chin (BP 482) > Bill Dahlem (BP 492), Pat Duffy (BP 493) Eric Choi (BP 701) > Edward Lopez (BP 719), Agustin Martinez (BP 740), Justin Punzalan (BP 721) Steven Cohen (BP 213) > Mark Widawer (BP 220) Wes Cole (BP 671) > Bryan Cardona (BP 712), Zeke Esquibel (BP 706), Jason Fefer (BP 700) Dylan Conolly (BP 645) > Jonathan Salazar (BP 665) Mike Cooperman (BP 386) > Rich Herrera (BP 414), Anthony Morales (BP 397) Joe Coyne (BP 6) > Jan Van Muyden (BP 30), Skip Sonksen (BP 13), Jim Wirosko (BP 27) Dennis Crain (BP 22) > Maury Sanders (BP 29) Christian Cruz (BP 614) > Eric Planas (BP 630) Mike Culbertson (BP 34) > Dave Nelson (BP 92) Kenny Dacher (BP 559) > Alexander Montero (BP 588) Kevin Daum (BP 226) > Richard Brassner (BP 239) Corey Davis (BP 596) > Brinton Marsden (BP 636), Nelson Tobar (BP 616), Rodrigó Valenzuela (BP 679) Myke Davis (BP 633) > Brian Carcerano (BP 646), Keshon Robinson (BP 661), Vince Vergara (BP 680) Devin De Leon (BP 639) > Aaron Navarro (BP 658), Cisco Silva (BP 703) Justyn De Leon (BP 602) > Can Ergen (BP 632), Mel Haddad (BP 689), Sarkis Khaioian (BP 654), Espen Tandberg (BP 699), Henry Vasquez (BP 669)

Scott Desind (BP 357) > Rich Bongiorno (BP 383) John DeVaughn (BP 643) > Alex Ferman (BP 647), Daniel Ruelas Verduzco (BP 677) Mike Diamant (BP 195) > Phil Abbenante (BP 254), Thomas Kingsley (BP 258), Jeff Tinnes (BP 205) Nick Dinsmore (BP 672) > Kevin Catalan (BP 714) Tray Dixon (BP 586) > Corey Davis (BP 596) Pat Duffy (BP 493) > Darren Arrieta (BP 533), A. J. Jaegle (BP 543) Chris Dyer (BP 500) > Kevin Gregory (BP 521) Mike Ehrlich (BP 1) > Bill Greene (BP 16), Wayne Wohler (BP 14) Jim Emmerson (BP 137) > Todd Baker (BP 199), David Eisenberg (BP 203), Rick Field (BP 163), Dan Sovetky (BP 200) Can Ergen (BP 632) > Wes Cole (BP 671) Mark Eskander (BP 18) > Jim Greene (BP 38), Dan Ryan (BP 26) Jesse Espinoza (BP 673) > Gio Castaneda (BP 736), Christian Fernandez (BP 717), Tommy Noer (BP 720), Enrique Sanchez (BP 724) Frank Estrada (BP 286) > Kent Lowry (BP 304) Bahman Farahnik (BP 224) > Ellis San Jose (BP 283) Chris Farrar (BP 458) > Tonee Sherrill (BP 469) Jason Fefer (BP 700) > Dre Ghotra (BP 718) Peter Fields (BP 202) > Steven Cohen (BP 213) Ryan Flahaven (BP 370) > Christian Bloomgren (BP 378), Armando Duran (BP 402) Jeff Flocken (BP 43) > Brian Garfield (BP 59), Wil Krug (BP 50), Brian Megginson (BP 79), Tony Suarez (BP 71) Beau Fournier (BP 486) > Jessie Arciniega (BP 516), Byron Baba (BP 489) Jose Fregoso (BP 517) > Benny Adams (BP 552), Misha Cavaye (BP 577), Tray Dixon (BP 586), Matt Rice (BP 567) Matt Frerer (BP 263) > Ted Staff (BP 281) Jay Friedman (BP 249) > David Adelman (BP 318), Brandon Cesmat (BP 175), Brian Schneider (BP 188) Yesai Fstkchyan (BP 598) > Jorge Reyes (BP 618) Ben Gafford (BP 2) > Carl Ashton (BP 12) Brian Gannon (BP 287) > Barry Green (BP 328), Tim Shannon (BP 317) Robert Gantman (BP 331) > John Wielmaker (BP 336) Jeff Gardner (BP 100) > Jim Black (BP 119), Mark Dion (BP 103), Jerry Herskovitz (BP 157), George Raquel (BP 161), Dave Stonefield (BP 178) Jon Gardner (BP 248) > T. J. Higgins (BP 256) Brian Garfield (BP 59) > Jim Hayes (BP 85) James Gavigan (BP 401) > Carlos Valdez (BP 420)

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Tim Gibson (BP 509) > Shay Rhodes (BP 565), Neil Sanchez (BP 535), David Serrano (BP 519), Drew Singer (BP 545), Steve Torres (BP 525) Dave Gill (BP 114) > Mark Aaldering (BP 150) Antony Gluck (BP 302) > Joe Heredia (BP 372) Steve Goldman (Gamma-Pi 731) > Mark Eskander (BP 18) Eric Gonzalez (BP 528) > Charlie McDougall (BP 546), Marcus Murrieta (BP 560), Adrian Reyes (BP 541), Toby Reyes (BP 485), Alex Samovitz (BP 568) Gary Goodstein (BP 244) > Parham Yedidsion (BP 278) Oliver Grau (BP 626) > John DeVaughn (BP 643) Doug Green (BP 39) > Craig Turnbull (BP 60) Bill Greene (BP 16) > Dennis Crain (BP 22), Gary Payne (BP 33), David Primes (BP 25) Kevin Gregory (BP 521) > Patrick Blair (BP 542) Mike Gregory (BP 320) > Brian Krueger (BP 341) Paul Gritsch (BP 622) > Donovan Martinez (BP 657), Efosa Omorogieva (BP 659) Andy Guerrero (BP 193) > Mark Lichen (BP 207) Moe Haddad (BP 496) > Ryan Parker (BP 504) Rob Harburg (BP 45) > Ed Kacic (BP 86), Jeff Turnbull (BP 72) Robert Hartung (BP 252) > Matt Frerer (BP 263), Robert Mobley (BP 324) Wade Hawthorne (BP 738) > Alex Martin (BP 754) Kurt Helin (BP 265) > Scott Seward (BP 295) Joe Heredia (BP 372) > Thomas MacNeil (BP 405) Stuart Herman (BP 232) > Joe Nguyen (BP 261) Shane Hermanson (BP 407) > Steve Duerre (BP 399) Jerry Herskowitz (BP 157) > Noel Saenz (BP 192) T. J. Higgins (BP 256) > Tim Pena (BP 264) Brad Hirsch (BP 145) > Ray Lackman (BP 162) Jacob Holmes (BP 609) > Chris Burgos (BP 644), Leon Kozlowski (BP 624), Jeffrey Perez de Leon (BP 660) Mike Horan (BP 181) > Jeff Kagan (BP 191) Chip Huisman (BP 369) > Jacob Mathew (BP 374) Rick Isaac (BP 67) > Jeff Gardner (BP 100), Richard Greenberg (BP 76), David Kelley (BP 88) Pierre Ismail (BP 309) > Jason Budow (BP 343), John Helsdon (BP 329) Mark Jacobs (BP 68) > Larry Burns (BP 75), Rick Childs (BP 83) A. J. Jaegle (BP 543) > Bernardo Gavidia (BP 592), Kevin Barkley (BP 556), Vahan Khodanian (BP 562) Hamid Jahangard (BP 479) > Ron Reyes (BP 510), Adam Salgado (BP 518) Jerry Jordan (BP 227) > Eric May (BP 268) Jeff Kagan (BP 191) > Sean Culhane (BP 236) Bill Kane (BP 142) > Terry Lucero (BP 149) Aleem Kanji (BP 532) > Marlon Stern (BP 539) Kamran Karamooz (BP 610) > Adrian Morales (BP 642), Jordan Pierson (BP 563) Mahdiar Karamooz (BP 549) > Kevin Soh (BP 571)

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Jack Keleshian (BP 347) > Chip Huisman (BP 369), Ernie Prieto (BP 390) David Kelley (BP 88) > Jeff Friedman (BP 154), Hunter Greenwood (BP 133), Dave Kern (BP 90), David Menin (BP 136) Bob Kensic (BP 363) > Scott Ellis (BP 410), Charles Stepczyk (BP 398) David Kern (BP 90) > Steve Bridges (BP 96), Mike Moeller (BP 141) Armen Khachaturian (BP 437) > Russell Tuazon (BP 446) Vahan Khodanian (BP 562) > Paul Gritsch (BP 622), Ladi Saka (BP 613) Danny Klass (BP 315) > Peter Ramirez (BP 351) Kerry Koerbling (BP 180) > Brian Quint (BP 211) Wesley Lamphere (BP 611) > Zareh Baboomian (BP 641), Jesse Espinoza (BP 673) Rob Lange (BP 580) > Nick Volkov (BP 601) Skye Lee (BP 655) > Tyler Struck (BP 725) Devin Letzer (BP 471) > Daniel Bjelajac (BP 476), Desmond Shaw (BP 481) John Leynes (BP 590) > Justyn De Leon (BP 602) Josh Lodolo (BP 459) > Pat McInnis (BP 498) Glen Longarini (BP 293) > John McFarlane (BP 314) Gilbert Lopez (BP 260) > Frank Estrada (BP 286), Antony Gluck (BP 302), Spencer Schmerling (BP 288) Chris Lundahl (BP 382) > Eric Thayer (BP 396) Thomas MacNeil (BP 405) > Daniel Crisci (BP 415), Jim Richardson (BP 425) Brinton Marsden (BP 636) > Dylan Connolly (BP 645), Alexander Espinoza (BP 652) Bryan Martinez (BP 674) > Joseph Montez-Lampert (BP 707) Chris Martinez (BP 694) > James Mizuki (BP 709), Drew Willins (BP 726) J. C. Martinez (BP 741) > Isaac Yang (BP 758) Jesse Martinez (BP 675) > Alessandro Hoenig (BP 690), Fernando Ortiz (BP 743) Rick Martinez (BP 216) > Stuart Herman (BP 232) Austin Matelson (BP 524) > Thomas Gallegos (BP 561) Eric May (BP 268) > Tao Chang (BP 294), Danny Klass (BP 315) Eddie McCoy (BP 44) > John Harmon (BP 52) Chuck McCutchan (BP 105) > Dave Gill (BP 114), Bill Kane (BP 142) Jim McFarlane (BP 313) > Dave Ohlberg (BP 348) John McFarlane (BP 314) > Duke Anderson (BP 332) Pat McInnis (BP 498) > Josh Stern (BP 514) Bob Meadows (BP 158) > Frank Bushnell (BP 210), Paul DePascale (BP 198), Mark Weston (BP 189) Brian Megginson (BP 79) > Daryl Mobraten (BP 107), Mike Shaw (BP 140) Nestor Mendez (BP 600) > Tony Ball (BP 605), Luis Canton (BP 615) Dustin Mirochnick (BP 461) > Gabe Lockwood (BP 497) James Mizuki (BP 709) > Eddy Moya (BP 730) Kevin Mojaradi (BP 462) > Hamid Jahangard (BP 479) Eric Molinedo (BP 301) > Robert Gantman (BP 331) Todd Moore (BP 40) > Rob Harburg (BP 45)

Adrian Morales (BP 642) > Cyrus Carillo (BP 685), Daniel Rodriguez (BP 664) Eddy Moya (BP 730) > Andrew Vo (BP 757) Dave Nelson (BP 92) > Chuck McCutchan (BP 105) Joe Nguyen (BP 261) > Mike Gregory (BP 320), Jim McFarlane (BP 313), Larry Shapiro (BP 296) Dave Ohlberg (BP 348) > Ryan Flahaven (BP 370), Daniel Lichtenstein (BP 392), Chris Lynch (BP 360) Rich Ohlberg (BP 356) > Gregory Erba (BP 379) Arturo Olvera (BP 599) > Devin De Leon (BP 639) Fernando Ortiz (BP 743) > Tom Rafanan (BP 751) Jim Overall (BP 123) > Jim O’Connell (BP 147) George Owens (BP 359) > Mike Cooperman (BP 386), Dan Perl (BP 388) Ryan Parker (BP 504) > Gerron Beadle (BP 507) Marco Parra (BP 527) > Eric Gonzalez (BP 528) Gary Payne (BP 33) > Marty Bogoratt (BP 106), Steve Honeywell (BP 108) Zach Payne (BP 604) > Max Eberle (BP 634), Kamran Karamooz (BP 610) Tim Pena (BP 264) > Daniel Waller (BP 275) Jeffrey Perez de Leon (BP 660) > Jacob Barron (BP 711), Eric Choi (BP 701), Marc Ninapaytan (BP 708) Gio Pernudi (BP 473) > Chris Dyer (BP 500) John Peters (BP 177) > Rob Prushan (BP 179) Chuck Pfarrer (BP 109) > Jim Overall (BP 123) Vincent Pimentel (BP 676) > Randy Liera Martinez (BP 739) Anthony Pinkett (BP 484) > Amante Bartolome (BP 491), Kenny Dacher (BP 559), Dwayne Murdock (BP 512) Eric Planas (BP 630) > Frankie Castanon (BP 651), Chris Martinez (BP 694), Ozzy Robledo (BP 662), Angel Torres (BP 678) Tom Poovakad (BP 187) > Jay Friedman (BP 249) Mike Press (BP 455) > Brandon Hillas (BP 515) Rob Press (BP 495) > Justin Bloomfield (BP 529), Jason Dourgarian (BP 536), Jose Fregoso (BP 517), Austin Matelson (BP 524), Steve Shapiro (BP 575) Josh Price (BP 501) > Tim Gibson (BP 509) Ernie Prieto (BP 390) > Rob Bedley (BP 408) David Primes (BP 25) > Jeff Flocken (BP 43) Glen Probst (BP 627) > David Burgos (BP 684), Manny Fuentes (BP 688), Will Medina (BP 629), Brian Romero (BP 696) David Puno (BP 531) > Jon Fuller (BP 550) Justin Punzalan (BP 721) > J. C. Martinez (BP 741) Quint Quider (BP 98) > Chuck Pfarrer (BP 109) Brian Quint (BP 211) > Kevin Daum (BP 226), Patrick Schaefer (BP 245), Ken Spitz (BP 217) Tom Rafanan (BP 752) > Nathan Turne (BP 761) Pete Ramirez (BP 351) > John W. Atkins (BP 364) Daniel Ramos (BP 608) > Cody Raschella (BP 637), Eric Roberts (BP 617), Shawn Showkati (BP 666) George Raquel (BP 161) > Rich Tabares (BP 197) Cody Raschella (BP 637) > Kyle Shaver (BP 648) Adrian Reyes (BP 541) > Jairo Garcia (BP 548), Nick Serenil (BP 569) Jorge Reyes (BP 618) > Josh Bascou (BP 682), Deivid Lopez (BP 656), Bryan Martinez (BP 674)

Shay Rhodes (BP 565) > Nestor Mendez (BP 600), Johnny Prado (BP 595), Gene Viado (BP 578) Jon Rice (BP 82) > Bruce Marks (BP 91) Matt Rice (BP 567) > Daniel Ramos (BP 608), John Bonilla (BP 593) Eric Roberts (BP 617) > Cameron Brandt (BP 683), Daniel Chukhman (BP 638), Eric Valentin (BP 668) Ozzy Robledo (BP 662) > Brandon Ceja (BP 715) Steven Robledo (BP 663) > Nick Dinsmore (BP 672) Geoff Robles (BP 419) > Armando Vergara (BP 435) Craig Rubin (BP 46) > Gary Glickman (BP 58) Dan Ryan (BP 26) > Mike Culbertson (BP 34) John Sager (BP 93) > Bill Aspinwall (BP 111), Cary Charlin (BP 116) Ladi Saka (BP 613) > Oliver Grau (BP 626) Adam Salgado (BP 518) > Aleem Kanji (BP 532) Alex Samovitz (BP 568) > Erwin Avendano (BP 591), Nikko Trinidad (BP 625), Darren Mamaril (BP 584) Angelo Samson (BP 723) > Collin Chan (BP 729), Tino Diaz-Ordaz (BP 737), Ronnie Medrano (BP 755), David Tapia (BP 762) Ellis San Jose (BP 283) > Kevin Robertson (BP 311) Neil Sanchez (BP 535) > Charlie Smith (BP 585) Maury Sanders (BP 29) > Eddie McCoy (BP 44) Howard Sapper (BP 257) > Kevin Tully (BP 266) John Saxton (BP 339) > Doug Smith (BP 365) Patrick Schaefer (BP 245) > Chris Mirkovich (BP 325) Spencer Schmerling (BP 288) > Neal Kavalsky (BP 312), John Saxton (BP 339) Bob Schneider (BP 54) > Gary Henderson (BP 77) Brian Schneider (BP 188) > Bahman Farahnik (BP 224) Greg Schroeppel (BP 289) > Michael Tovey (BP 323) Virgil Schwab (BP 41) > John Hart (BP 126) Nick Serenil (BP 569) > Arturo Olvera (BP 599), Michael Paris (BP 607), Steven Zavala (BP 581) Brandon Serna (BP 732) > Joel Narvaez (BP 760) Bodhi Severns (BP 570) > Christopher Garcia (BP 587) Scott Seward (BP 295) > Douglas Dean (BP 349) Lawrence Shapiro (BP 296) > Pierre Ismail (BP 309) Steve Shapiro (BP 575) > Andrés Dominguez (BP 628) Kyle Shaver (BP 648) > Alfredo Alamillo (BP 681), Tyler Fernholz (BP 687), Charlie Rios (BP 670) Desmond Shaw (Ortega) (BP 481) > Rob Press (BP 495) Tonee Sherrill (BP 469) > Jason Barner (BP 490), B. J. Bingham (BP 480), Robert Evans (BP 494), Gio Pernudi (BP 473) Rich Shulman (BP 344) > Hugo Estrada (BP 346) Matt Siegrist (BP 503) > Kevin Walkup (BP 513) Sean Sievek (BP 464) > Devin Letzer (BP 471) Mitch Silberman (BP 237) > Jim Cavezza (BP 246), Lance Gallardo (BP 269), Jon Gardner (BP 248), Rob Hartung (BP 252), Chris Yoss (BP 259) Cisco Silva (BP 703) > Alan Saavedra (BP 722), Jay Villa (BP 748) Cory Simon (BP 74) > Joe Crane (BP 110), David Green (BP 84) Drew Singer (BP 545) > Mike Yamagata (BP 572) Doug Smith (BP 365) > Ali Araghi (BP 385), Darin Barton (BP 404)

Joey Solano (BP 597) > Justin Pardo (BP 619), Richard Strobel (BP 640) Dan Sovetky (BP 200) > Carl Walinski (BP 228) Ken Spitz (BP 217) > Jeff Hutchins (BP 222), Mike McKelvey (BP 251) Josh Stern (BP 514) > Matt Ahmadi (BP 551) Alfonso Stogden (BP 477) > Perfecto Aispuro (BP 506) John Stolarz (BP 342) > Sean Butler (BP 358) David Stonefield (BP 178) > Roger Marte (BP 201) Tyler Struck (BP 725) > Jacob Akopnik (BP 750) Tony Suarez (BP 71) > Bill Kearney (BP 87) Mark Swedelson (BP 240) > Lloyd Cristobal (BP 280) Greg Tabak (Iota-Phi 590) > George Owens (BP 359) Richard Tabares (BP 197) > Rich Bluth (BP 208), Jerry Jordan (BP 227), Mitch Silberman (BP 237) Jaryd Tashiro (BP 594) > Zach Payne (BP 604) Mark Taubman (BP 115) > Mark Green (BP 166), Jim Raft (BP 218), Sean Tobin (BP 225) Gary Thomas (BP 146) > Mark Baraghimian (BP 186) Nelson Tobar (BP 616) > Ryan Clark (BP 686) Cliff Topel (BP 80) > Ken Zwicker (BP 120) Angel Torres (BP 678) > Rocael Cardona (BP 735), Irving Merino (BP 742), Bryan Rios (BP 731), Austin Smith (BP 704) Steven Torres (BP 525) > Bodhi Severns (BP 570) Marshall Trager (Lambda-Rho 97) > Steven Finkle (BP 49) Rick Trevino (BP 451) > Anthony Pinkett (BP 484), Alfonso Stogden (BP 477) Craig Turnbull (BP 60) > Mike Sorensen (BP 70) Carlos Valdez (BP 420) > Justin Behn (BP 439), Samir Bijlani (BP 432), Seepoleta Imo (BP 428) Rodrigó Valenzuela (BP 679) > Mark Tadros (BP 698) Jan Van Muyden (BP 30) > Todd Moore (BP 40) Frans Vanderveldon (BP 215) > Scott Arager (BP 229) Armando Vergara (BP 435) > Daniel Grammier (BP 443) Gene Viado (BP 578) > John Leynes (BP 590) Greg Vilkin (BP 117) > Mike Bennett (BP 165) Phil Virga (BP 121) > Paul Bowen (BP 144), John Heatley (BP 152) Nick Volkov (BP 601) > Christian Anderson (BP 649), Myles Cunanan (BP 621), Myke Davis (BP 633) Carl Walinski (BP 228) > Gilbert Lopez (BP 260), Roy Redulfin (BP 303) Jeff Watson (BP 104) > Bob Meadows (BP 158), Phil Virga (BP 121) David Weiss (BP 282) > Mark Duerre (BP 335) Dave West (BP 113) > Mark Taubman (BP 115) Mark Widawer (BP 220) > Jürgen Seewald (BP 235), Mark Swedelson (BP 240), Ron Taix (BP 271) John Wielmaker (BP 336) > Steven Abrams (BP 350) Drew Willins (BP 726) > Reabal Refaei (BP 744) Jim Wirosko (BP 27) > Doug Green (BP 39), Rick Isaac (BP 67), Scott Press (BP 55), Sandy Rosenberg (BP 62) Parham Yedidsion (BP 278) > Brian Gannon (BP 287), Gregory Schroeppel (BP 289) Steven Zavala (BP 581) > Yesai Fstkchyan (BP 598), Wesley Lamphere (BP 611), Jason London (BP 631), David Piña (BP 603)

Founding Fathers & Honorary Initiates: No Big Brothers Jim Allison (BP 3) Ivor Asas (BP 450) Christopher Aston (BP 452) Cesar Ayllon (BP 453) Eddie Bankston (BP 127) – honorary initiate Walt Bollinger (BP 35) – honorary initiate Walter Brown (BP 7) Juan Calderon (BP 454)

Justin Chapman (BP 456) Joe Coyne (BP 6) Mike Ehrlich (BP 1) Chris Farrar (BP 458) Ben Gafford (BP 2) Miguel Garcia (BP 457) Virgil Green (BP 138) – honorary initiate Henry Lederman (BP 5)

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Josh Lodolo (BP 459) Randy Mendez (BP 460) Dustin Mirochnick (BP 461) Kevin Mojaradi (BP 462) Monty Moorman (BP 4) Mike Press (BP 455) Sam Renbarger (BP 463) Irving Rice (BP 102) – honorary initiate

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J. R. Rodine (BP 9) Steve Senderling (BP 19) Sean Sievek (BP 464) Craig Simon (BP 465) Eric Taylor (BP 10) Rick Trevino (BP 451) Chris Trimble (BP 8) Andrew Van Gilder (BP 466)

Watermelon Bust 2019 Edition

Alpha Omicron Pi Takes the Fifth Six sororities sent teams to compete in Beta-Rho’s 8th annual Watermelon Bust on April 7 at the Lindley House beginning at noon.

With over a ton of canned foods collected for Lambda Chi Alpha’s philanthropy Feeding America, event organizer and High Theta Ronnie Medrano kept the audience in the front yard updated on the competitions’ winners.

Sororities that took part in the games and stunts were Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi. About 77 women made up the sorority delegation.

Delta Zeta looked like the sorority to beat for most of the afternoon. Despite their efforts to reclaim the trophy for the first time since 2012 (when the chapter held its ninth annual Pumpkin Bust), a reliably dominant effort by AOPi edged out DZ a second place finish.

Phi Mu won third place. AOPi claimed its fifth consecutive title in the chapter’s 21st century Watermelon Bust series.

About 120 people showed up for the festivities, including 13 alumni. Among the alumni who took on the judging responsibilities were Christopher Aston, Jesse Espinosa, Jesse Martinez and Angel Torres. Other alumni who dropped by were Christian Anderson, Josh

Beta-Rho’s coaches and most of the rest of the brothers who attended. Front row: Tony Llanos (holding Marley), Cisco Silva, Julian Ibarra, Angel Torres, Alejandro Gaviria, Rocael Cardona, Ozzy Robledo. 2nd row: Wade Hawthorne, Eddy Moya, Kevin Catalan, David Tapia. 3rd row: Collin Chan, Alex Dinsmore, Alex Estrella, Nathan Turne, Alex Martin, Andrew Vo. 4th row: Tom Clemen Rafanan, Brandon Serna, Ronnie Medrano, Xavier Bryant, Edward Lopez, Jacob Barron, Joel Narvaez, Tyler Struck, Jacob Akopnik, Angelo Samson. 5th row: Isaac Yang, Dre Ghotra, Royce Miller.

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Jesse Martinez, Julian Ibarra & Ronnie Medrano BETA-RHO ZETA OF LAMBDA CHI ALPHA INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY

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Bascou, Rick Childs, Wes Cole, Nick Dinsmore, Chris Martinez, Justin Punzalen, Keshon Robinson and Ozzy Robledo.

The Lindley House and grounds looked fantastic for the occasion. However, with the exception of the watermelon displays set up in the living room by the fireplace, this year’s activities moved to the front yard for the first time. The chapter’s building contractor, Kevin McCarthy and his wife Cathy, had parked their RV in the back yard on the basketball court since the early fall [discussed in the Lindley Project article on pages 14-15]. They weren’t given enough advance notice to move their rig to the cul de sac on Vintage Street behind the property. So the events normally taking place on the basketball court moved to the front driveway.

One of the fixtures at recent Watermelon Busts has been the custom built mallets. The two current ceremonial sledgehammers were on display at the check-in desk as guests drifted in. In the week leading up to the event, High Alpha Alex Dinsmore memorably clubbed a watermelon with one of the mallets in a viral video posted by Brandon Serna on Instagram. Wade Hawthorne built both of the current ones.

“Usually before they used like an actual sledgehammer,” Brother Hawthorne said. “And that’s really dangerous. Fernando [Ortiz, last year’s Watermelon Bust chairman] as High Theta asked me, ‘hey, can you make some [for me]?’ I work at a lumber place [Northridge Lumber], and they would’ve been $50-$60 each. So these are actually pickaxe handles.” Then he combined some wood pieces for the hammers, screwed them on the handle and filled the top with sawdust and glue to finish them before they were painted.

Event participants helped themselves to watermelon slices and watermelon punch in the house before the competitions got underway. The tall shade trees kept the grounds cool for a short

time, and one of them featured a tire swing.

There were several delays, even though the event began on schedule. Sometimes it was the sound system, while at other times the sorority teams requested extra time to rehearse routines. With a slimmed down program of four game competitions aside from watermelon decorating, the event still ended up running until around 5 o’clock. Deejay Julian Ibarra kept the tunes flowing.

This year’s line-up of games involved the watermelon roll, watermelon smash stunt, watermelon eating contest and the danceoff. The shot put style watermelon toss, tug of war and 2015’s ‘canstruction’ didn’t make it onto this year’s list of competitions.

Judges chose the AOPi “Dreamworks” watermelon as the top entry in the decorating contest. Kappa Kappa Gamma’s stagecoachshaped watermelon received 2nd place and SAEPi’s riff on Avengers: Endgame, complete with Thor’s hammer, received 3rd place.

For the watermelon roll, eliminations were conducted two teams at a time. AOPi wound up in 1st place followed by Delta Zeta and SAEPi. The namesake contest that brought untimely ends to watermelons featured SAEPi in 1st followed by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Mu. Four of the six sororities fielded teams for the dance-off. AOPi, Phi Mu, DZ and the Tri-Delts transformed the driveway into a dance floor.

Each team received participation points, but their dance routines weren’t ranked. After the Tri-Delts wrapped their dance segment, everyone spontaneously began line dancing on the driveway.

For those who couldn’t quite get enough watermelons as snack foods or drinks, a watermelon eating contest attracted dozens of participants to some hastily set up tables. DZ snapped up 1st place while AOPi and Kappa Kappa Gamma won the 2nd and 3rd place honors.

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Brother Medrano brought the day’s festivities to a close after the tables had been cleared with an awards countdown.

“I want to inform everyone that we raised a total of 2,698 cans for Feeding America,” he said. “In 3rd place with 1,021 points we have Phi Mu. “In 2nd place with 1,241 points we have Delta Zeta.

“For 1st place with 1,525 points we have Alpha Omicron Pi! “Again, I’d like to thank everyone for their participation. All this support matters to Lambda Chi Alpha so much.”

It’s clobberin’ time. The Kappa Kappa Gammas (clockwise from left) introduced a Taekwondo kickboxer sorority member who dispatched a watermelon with one of Wade Hawthorne’s custom made sledgehammers. AOPi coach Angelo Samson did the deed for their team’s watermelon smash stunt. The Tri-Delts sent a mild mannered scooter rider up the driveway to annihilate not just an unsuspecting watermelon. She also took an encore by stomping on a skateboard to enhance their modern expression of Dadaism. Alex Dinsmore whacked a watermelon for a publicity video that was posted on Instagram by Brandon Serna.

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Coaches: David Durrani Angelo Samson Royce Miller

Coaches: Jacob Barron Alejandro Gaviria Joel Narvaez

Coaches: Alex Dinsmore, Isaac Yang, Tony Llanos, J.C. Martinez

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Coaches: Collin Chan Fernando Ortiz Brandon Serna

Coaches: Xavier Bryant Julian Ibarra Rocael Cardona Edward Lopez

Photo by Stefanie Krausz

Coaches: Kevin Catalan, Tyler Struck, Robert Aceves, Jacob Akopnik

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Alumni Ceremony Before the regularly scheduled chapter meeting got underway on May 5 in Sierra Hall 284, brothers and guests were treated to an induction of Beta-Rho’s newest alumni shortly after 6 p.m. High Alpha Alex Dinsmore and High Zeta officers and chairmen Rocael Cardona, Wade Hawthorne, Collin Chan, Jacob Barron, Brandon Serna, Dre Ghotra and High Pi Kevin Mojaradi took turns reciting the ceremony parts.

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Remembering George Spasyk Perhaps more than any other staff member at Headquarters, George W. Spasyk (Σ 556) left an indelible impression on everyone he met at Beta-Rho. He passed away in Indianapolis on May 16 at the age of 95. Brother Spasyk spent his entire career enriching the lives of collegiate men as a longtime staff member and former executive director of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

According to the Indianapolis Star, Brother Spasyk was born in Pittfield, Mass. On July 25, 1923. The youngest of nine children, he outlived his parents, George and Polly Weczerkovska Spasyk, all of his siblings and is survived by three nieces and one nephew.

Once he graduated from high school at the age of 16, he took part in a training program at General Electric Co. and enrolled at nearby Williams College for coursework in analytical chemistry. His academic prowess was noticed by the military, and he was selected to spend six years working on the Manhattan Project while concurrently serving in the U.S. Navy. In the fall of 1946 he enrolled at the University of Michigan where he joined Lambda Chi Alpha’s Sigma Zeta.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1949, he began his tenure at Headquarters as a traveling secretary, known nowadays as an educational

leadership consultant. Two years later he started working as a service secretary in charge of the undergraduate operations. He continued in this capacity until he was hired as its executive director in 1968, the equivalent of CEO in today’s staff hierarchy.

He held that position until his retirement in 1990 when he was given the title executive vice president emeritus.

During Brother Spasyk’s tenure the fraternity abolished hazing and converted its pledge program to associate membership. The legislation outlawing pledging occurred during the 1972 General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, a week before Beta-Rho’s original Charter Installation Banquet.

Beta-Rho was fortunate to receive so much of Brother Spasyk’s attention. As Headquarters’ official representative, he presided over the chapter’s original Charter Installation Ceremony at the Sheraton-Universal Hotel on Sept. 2, 1972. At the close of the ceremony he handed then-High Alpha Scott Sonken (ZB 314) the charter. But he kept up appearances at some of the chapter’s more recent charter banquet celebrations. He attended and provided keynote speeches during the Charter Day banquets in 1997, 2002 and 2007.

During his 40 years of service to the fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha’s chapter roster expanded from 137 to 223. Membership increased from approximately 50,000 to 196,000 initiates.

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As some of you know, my first job out of college was pretty unique — a Leadership Consultant for my fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha. One of the things that drove me to join Lambda Chi as an undergrad was their no BS approach to new membership – as in, no traditional, demeaning, pledge program.

I never considered myself a traditional fraternity man. I joined a year-and-a-half into my college experience, and Lambda Chi was a great fit.

The pioneer and Executive Director at Lambda Chi Alpha who first proposed, then implemented the radical idea of eliminating traditional pledging and hazing in the 1970’s — way before hazing deaths were a topic on Dateline — was the Lambda Chi Executive Director, George Spasyk.

I was fortunate enough to meet and get to know George during my time as a consultant. He had since retired, but still hosted the consultants for dinner several times, including during the madness that is the Indy 500, and spoke about continuing to enforce and fight for Lambda Chi’s unique selling proposition.

He was ahead of his time with the idea of abolishing traditional pledging and trying to make the fraternity a place where men of character could have fun while having a positive impact on their community and each other. That’s not always easy when you’re managing 200+ chapters of 18-22-year-olds with regional differences that turn over every 3-4 years. He leaves a lasting legacy, of which I’m proud to be a small part. I hope I made him proud during my two years of service, and my service as a chapter advisor after that.

Thank you George for your leadership and your fellowship.

Above: Beta-Rho’s original Charter Installation Celebration on Sept. 2, 1972 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel’s in one of the basement banquet rooms.

1) With Scott Sonken during the charter installation ceremony.

2) Brother Spasyk at the charter installation ceremony with (from left) Chapter Advisor Tom Lawrence, Grand High Phi (and future Grand High Alpha) Rev. George “Doc” Dirghalli, Grand High Alpha Lou Plourd and one of the chapter’s founding members, David Trimble.

3) Denver General Assembly Alumni Reception, August, 1980.

4) Chapter House Dinner (Nordhoff House), Feb. 20, 1984.

5) Retirement Dinner, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, March 11, 1989.

6) 25th Anniversary Charter Day Celebration Banquet, Sheraton-Universal Hotel Terrace Room, Sept. 6, 1997.

7) 35th Anniversary Charter Day Celebration Banquet & Housing Corporation Annual Meeting, CBS Radford Studios at Carla’s Café, Studio City, Dec. 1, 2007.

8) Los Angeles Regional Alumni Reception, Universal Hilton Hotel, Feb. 6, 2008.

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