UGA IFC Parthenon Newsletter Vol..1 Issue 3

SERVICE IFC , Chapters, & Fraternity Men recognized for outstanding contributions …pg. 3

GIVING BACK Fraternity men make impact on Athens Community students…pg. 5

HONORS Greek members elected to positions of leadership & prestige across campus…pg. 6

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THE PARTHENON IFC NEWSLETTER

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Volume 1, Issue 3

ΑΔΠ • ΑΓΡ • ΑΣΩ • ΒΘΠ • ΧΦ • ΧΨ • Γ΢Φ • ΓΣΓ • KA • ΛΧΑ • ΦΓΘ • FIJI • ΦΚΨ • ΦΚΣ • ΦΚΘ • ΠΚΑ • ΠΚΦ • ΢ΑΔ • ΢Χ • ΢Ν • ΢ΦΔ • ΢Π • TEΦ • ΣΚΔ • ΘΧ • ZBT

WHAT’S INSIDE • Beach Cleanup…pg. 3 • Gameball Run...pg. 4 • Trunk-orTreat...pg. 5

• Honors…pg.

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IFC President Fisher Law speaks to the Fall 2012 rush participants

• Executive Board...pg. 8

Hairy Dawg answers calls in the GLO

Fraternity men meet potential rush candidates This newsletter would not be possible without the diligent efforts of the Vice President for Public Relations Matt Steininger, Community Service Chair Zach Stines, the Public Relations Committee, and the many other fraternity men who contributed. Any news that you would like published in the upcoming newsletter can be sent to uga.ifc@gmail.com.

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SERVICE Phi Kappa Psi Brothers Volunteer in St. Simons Island Beach Sweep Every October, thousands of students flock to St. Simons Island for a weekend of fun surrounded around the Georgia/Florida rivalry game. For many students, this weekend is one of the most highly anticipated games of the year. On the Friday before the game, students meet on the beach to rally and cheer on the Bulldogs before making the drive to Jacksonville on Saturday. Unfortunately, during the pre-game celebration, the beach gets littered with trash that is usually left by students for the residents of St. Simons to clean up.

Phi Kappa Psi brothers after the 2012 Beach Sweep

Volunteers clean up after annual Georgia/Florida beach event.

Students rally on St. Simons beach before traveling to Jacksonville

Ryan Casey, a freshman Phi Kappa Psi, lived on St. Simons until he was six years old, and still frequently visits his grandmother on the island. When Casey and his pledge brothers began organizing their Georgia/Florida trip, they came up with a great way give back to St. Simons, while still enjoying the Friday beach festivities. Casey had seen pictures of the mess left behind every year and decided to organize a group of students to help clean up the beach Saturday morning. After some research, Casey Contacted Lea King-Badyna who helps arrange an annual “Beach Sweep,” where local St. Simons residents join together to help clean up the beach after the pre-game revelry event.

Casey wanted his fraternity to be a part of the solution, so he organized a group of his Phi Kappa Psi brothers to volunteer in the 2012 Beach Sweep.

Jake Davis, Cody Hall, TJ Oakley, Ben Daniel, Josh Brito, and Casey all woke up Saturday morning at 7 AM to began helping with the clean up. Along with the other Beach Sweep volunteers, the brothers successfully cleaned the beach in less than three hours. Phi Kappa Psi was the first group of university students in Beach Sweep history to volunteer, and they plan on organizing a larger group of Greek students for next year’s event.

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SERVICE Sigma Nu Chapter Raises Thousands for American Heart Association

Sigma Nu brothers finish the Gameball Run through downtown Athens

The Sigma Nu Gameball Run is held every year before the Georgia-Georgia Tech football game to help raise money for a selected charity. This year, the brothers chose the American Heart Association

businesses. The corporate sponsors names were placed on a banner that ran alongside each brother as they made the journey to Sanford.

The Mu Chapter’s goal was to raise $10,000 for the American Heart Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to building healthier lives that are free of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The donation will be made through Sigma Nu Fraternity’s Helping Hand partnership with the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award, which is given annually to the top NCAA head football coach.

The Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry once again took the form of a fun and competitive philanthropic event between Sigma Nu’s Mu and Gamma Alpha Chapters. Nearly thirty runners from Mu Chapter met the Gamma Alpha Chapter at the Gwinett Courthouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Each Fraternity then took turns running the game ball for one or two miles at a time, led by police escort, until they finished the seventy-mile journey to The Sigma Nu brothers plan on continuing the Sanford Stadium in Athens. tradition during the 2013 football season in hopes of raising their donation goal, while Each Sigma Nu chapter raised money through promoting more awareness towards their donations from individuals and small selected cause.

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GIVING BACK Interfraternity Council Hosts Annual Trunk or Treat

Fraternity men participate in annual Halloween community service event

The enjoyment of the Fall season is something that resonates with most fraternity men. Whether it’s the anticipation of Georgia/Florida, memories of childhood costumes, or the changing weather, everyone has something to be excited about come October. Each year, fraternities and sororities come together around Halloween to dress up, socialize, and hand out candy to local Athens school children that may not otherwise be able to enjoy a safe trick-ortreating environment.

The Trunk or Treat service project has gained a great deal of support over the last few years, with a large increase in participation across all Greek councils. With an increase in cooperation between Greek Life and the Boys and Girls Club, this year’s Trunk or Treat was able to make a large impact on the Athens community.

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Alpha Tau Omega brothers hand out Halloween candy to local Athens children

hundred pounds of candy to the young trickor-treaters.

Representatives from many of the twenty-six IFC fraternities attended the event this year.

Participants organized cars by fraternity and open their “trunks” giving kids a safe environment to enjoy the fun of Halloween.

Held in the Varsity parking lot off of Milledge Avenue, the event is a great opportunity for fraternity men to give back to the community and reconnect with the childhood excitement of Halloween.

Members of Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Chi Psi, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Tau Epsilon Phi, Theta Chi, and Zeta Beta Tau were all represented at the the 2012 Trunk or Treat event.

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HONORS The Interfraternity Council would like to recognize individual fraternity men who have been elected to prestigious positions across campus (Sophomore Leader’s Circle Cont’d)

Sophomore Leader’s Circle Drew Zucker Tillman Daughtrey Mart Hopkins Ellis Lane Weston Quintrell Cameron Dodge John Twomey Peyton Warley Ryan Brenner Spencer Roy James Dilz Trevor Hillis Ben Miller Tyler Backus Frank Flournoy Jack Kelly Bo Chambliss Matt Duhon Jackson Wells Varn Cunningham Evan Hamrick Fletcher James Buck Patton Miguel De Armas George Van Horne John Vaughan Christian McDaniel John Glenn Will Heaton Josh Siegel Sheiv Kumar Kevin Blackburne Garrett Cole Drew Orman George Walker Kelly Williams Austin Brenner Jeff Brum Sean Gilrain Anthony Monico

Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Chi Phi Chi Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Tau Delta Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Psi Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Beta Rho Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Nu Sigma Nu Sigma Nu

Parker Evans Daniel Fields Colton Fowlkes Will Gregory David Hobby Jonathan Baker John Craft David Jacobs Brian Meyer Colin Glore Alex Grant Scott Lauderdale J.D. Neppl

Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Sigma Pi Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Epsilon Phi Theta Chi Theta Chi Theta Chi Theta Chi

Sophomore Leader Circle listening to a guest panel of upper level administration including Provost Jere Morehead, Dr. Laura Jolly, and Dr. Meg Amstutz

2012 Orientation Leaders Davis Mastin Erik Lee

Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon

Alex Moosariparambil Landon Bentley Colton Fowlkes

Delta Sigma Phi Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon

Will Burgess Robert Knotts

Phi Delta Theta Sigma Phi Epsilon

2013 Orientation Leaders

2012 Homecoming Court

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HONORS The Interfraternity Council would like to recognize individual fraternity men who have been elected to prestigious positions across campus Order of Omega Daniel Maloon Chandler Newton Brian Baker Randall Bentley Ross Erskine Wright Shamp Alex Ballasiotes Will Burgess Jonathan T. Carson Elmore Morgan McClung Charles Spalding William Costabile Chris Kasuya Robert Lovett Derek Russo Pareick Sullivan Erik Lee John Austin Vance Jesse Thompson Matt Rosenthal Kevin Wiatrak

Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Chi Phi Phi Delta Theta Phi Delta Theta Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Epsilon Phi

2012-2013 Freshman Greek Leaders

Freshmen Greek Leaders

Richard Tulis Alpha Epsilon Pi Spencer Gold Alpha Epsilon Pi Erich Meyer Alpha Gamma Rho John Kerry Howell Alpha Gamma Rho Bradfield Biggers Alpha Tau Omega William Glore R. Alpha Tau Omega Kegan Baird Beta Theta Pi Nick Cantu Beta Theta Pi Mark Mack Chi Phi Sean Evans Chi Phi Andrew Barrett Chi Psi Chase Collum Chi Psi Matthew Clark Delta Sigma Phi Adam Gillett Delta Sigma Phi Paul-Michael H. Delta Sigma Phi Christopher Beach Delta Tau Delta Taylor Maida Delta Tau Delta Grant Jones Kappa Alpha Ryan Sheffield Kappa Alpha Eli Gilmer Lambda Chi Alpha John Burkhalter Lambda Chi Alpha Drake Newton Phi Delta Theta Dylan Munn Phi Delta Theta Alexander Bosse Phi Gamma Delta James Sullivan Phi Gamma Delta Cody Hall Phi Kappa Psi Hayden Prichard Phi Kappa Theta Chris Innis Pi Kappa Alpha Garrett Condon Pi Kappa Alpha Kevin Lynch Pi Kappa Phi Max Alford Pi Kappa Phi Thomas Dudley Sigma Alpha Epsilon John Collar Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapman W. Sigma Chi Sam Lukens Sigma Chi Daniel Forrestol Sigma Nu Logan Duncan Sigma Nu Jackson Taylor Sigma Nu Ryan Cole C. Sigma Pi Ryan Casey Sigma Pi Eytan Palte Tau Epsilon Phi Gabe Durham Tau Epsilon Phi Max Fischer Tau Epsilon Phi Gregory O'Brien Tau Kappa Epsilon Thomas Bestul Tau Kappa Epsilon Pate Parham Theta Chi Patrick Doud Theta Chi Patrick Ward Theta Chi Ian Armstrong Zeta Beta Tau Tazwell Wood Zeta Beta Tau

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Will Burgess 20122013 SGA President Phi Delta Theta

Marshall Mosher 2012-2013 SGA VP Tau Epsilon Phi

OF NOTE:

Director of Greek Life and Salvation Army Board Member Claudia Shamp with Past IFC Community Service Chair Zach Stines as they collected over 15 bags of clothing with the IFC end of the year clothing drive for the Salvation Army's Men’s Shelter. A special thank you goes out to all the fraternities who donated clothes for this great cause.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD 2013 IFC Executive Board Elected & Installed 2013 Executive Board (Pictured from left to right) V.P. of Recruitment Cody Mauldin Sigma Nu Third Year Monroe, GA V.P. of Administration Morgan Wells Lambda Chi Alpha Third Year New Orleans, LA

The positions on the IFC Executive Board are as follows: President, Vice-President of Administration, Vice-President of Recruitment, Vice-President of Risk Management and Judicial Affairs, VicePresident of Public Relations, and Secretary/Treasurer. The Executive Board serves a one-year term, oversees the leadership structure, and manages the operation of the Council. The Executive Board works to not only set short-term and long-term goals for the council, but also to serve as advocates for fraternities to administrators and the Athens-Clarke County community.

V.P. of Public Relations Matt Steininger Phi Gamma Delta Third Year Houston, TX Secretary/Treasurer Michael Griffin Theta Chi Third Year Atlanta, GA

President William Costabile Sigma Chi Third Year Norcross, GA V.P. of Risk Management & Judicial Affairs J.D. DeYonker Chi Phi Third Year Atlanta, GA

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