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Founders Day 2009 Event Information - Look for the Evite soon!

Beta Upsilon Chapter
Date: Friday, April 24 - Saturday, April 25
Location: Beta Upsilon Chapter House
Description of Event: Golf Tournament Saturday Morning, Pine Grove Golf Club, Grove City, first tee times at 7:30 am. Picnic and meeting to follow.
Cost: $30 for Golf on Saturday
For More Information: Nick Turner, Beta Upsilon 396
nrt2961@sru.edu
814-566-1937


Please join us in welcoming the new Brothers. Please come back soon for a short bio of BY 400!

397 - Ryan Davis (Joepa)
398 - Derek Malin (TJ Jr.)
399 - R.J. Politowski (Minnow)
400 - Zach Bauknight
401 - Paul Shermer

The Brothers just ended their basketball season. They ended on a poor note but added 2 new recruits that should help us for next season.

We're getting started with greek week which starts April 3. Our greek sing is looking to be great. Formal song being Sweet Caroline and our informal songs are a Michael Jackson quad medley (The Way You Make Me Feel, Billie Jean, Beat it, Thriller) It looks fantastic! We'll hope to post a good YouTube of it here!

We're prepping for Founder's day and we are doing a walk for MS on April 19. We're also fundraising by selling Sheetz coupons.

Congratulations for all of the great activities and for those Alumni visiting the site, please sign the Guestbook!

New Active Executive Board

Congrats to the new Actives Executive Board. Look for more updates soon!

New E-Board - Installments on March 29, 2009
President - Bill Pack - 388
Vice President - Chris Debold - 390
Treasurer - Derek Malin - 398
Membership Educator - Jason Hallmark - 389
Rush Chairman - Ryan Davis - 397
Secretary - Aaron Scott - 395

Supporting Our Chapter

Brothers, I want to take this opportunity to thank those brothers who were able to attend Homecoming this past weekend. I am sure that you all were as impressed with the chapter as I am. For those of you, who could not attend, let me tell you that the chapter is a great group of guys and they make us all proud to be Theta Xi’s. They took first place among the fraternities for their float and our brother Andrew Deriggi was crowned Homecoming King. They are extremely hard working, especially in the area of fundraising. However, because of the past poor financial position of the chapter it has been an uphill battle to become current with our National Organization.

At our most recent meeting, it was announced that the alumni association would assume this back debt of the chapter of about $3,200.00. I am sure that your first thought is why, which is an extremely valid question. The answer is simple. Of the current chapter members, only three of them were active brothers as freshman when this debt was accumulated. At the end of the 06-07 school year, the chapter owed the national organization over $6,000.00. The current chapter has been able to cut that debt in half while staying current on their fees. This money owed is from alumni not the chapter.

In an effort to raise these funds we are looking for a $100.00 donation from each brother. At Homecoming we already raised $1,000.00; we need to keep up this effort. I implore each and every one of you to donate this money. I ask that you think back to you days and the chapter and realize how great it is to be a Theta Xi.

To that end, to make life easy, we accept all major credit cards. If you would like to donate by credit card, please call Scott at (434) 589-8637. If you would like to send a check, please make it payable to the Theta Xi Alumni Association and mail it to the Theta Xi Alumni Association c/o Stephen M. Spedaliere, Esq., 123 Dale Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York 10567.

Yours In The Bonds
Stephen M. Spedaliere, Esq.
BY 240

HOMECOMING 2008 MEMORIES!!!

Homecoming 2008 was a time for Actives, Associates, Alumni and families to come together to celebrate SRU and college life! Along with our Actives, and new Associates, there were a number of alumni taking part in the weekend's activities!

The Rock Vegas themed celebrations were kicked off by a fully catered breakfast courtesy of the Alumni Association and Steven Spedaleire BY 240. The corner of Franklin and Normal was THE place to view the FIRST place in Greeks float by Theta Xi! The Actives build a "top hat" float with the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority. The day was absolutely beautiful, although the SRU football couldn't captilize on a perfect day and lost to Edinboro. The fantastic food added to the great day!

Underlining the fact that we are the premier fraternity on campus, our very own brother, Andrew Deriggi BY 377 won Homecoming King!

The families of many of the Alumni filled the weekend legacies and the sounds of laughter coming from the air bounce provided by Scott Valantine BY 235. Kids and "kids" (see above) both enjoyed the fun!

Guestbook: For those that couldn't make it, please take a minute to sign our guest book.

Photos: Special thanks to Anita and Jim "Sparrow" Stone for the awesome pictures!

Attendees: Larry Yost, BY 54, John Resek "Jethro" BY 192, Jim "Sparrow" Stone BY 195, "Rio" DiGennaro BY 208, Jeff Karenbauer BY 222, Scott Valentine BY 235, Stephen Spedaliere BY 240, Mike Schorr BY 258, Lenny Zucco BY 331, more to be added! (we are missing Brothers who attended in this list, my apologies, please send an email or post a comment - comments are not shared, just emailed to me):

Homecoming 2008 Slideshow!