Our chapter has been featured on IFC's website!. Check it out here: http://ifc.union.rpi.edu/?p=657
Thanks to Greg Mummah for writing the article!
Various Documents Posted
What a boring way to start a boring Monday. Here are links to various documents recently posted: Kitchen Hood Inspection Report from 3/3/11
IFC Meeting Minutes from 3/2/11
Spring 2011 Pledges Risk Affirmations
IFC Meeting Minutes from 2/23/11
Spring 2011 House Meeting Minutes
Greek Commons Meeting #2 Slides
Enjoy......
Interactive Map of Zetes
As a follow-up to the post made earlier this week, here is the entire "Zete map" that you can pan, zoom, and manipulate to your hearts' content. If you see an error or would like to contact a special someone, contact Frank Harrington! If you'd like to download the Google Earth file so you can see more detail, because a lot of placemarks overlap one another, you can do so here. After that, open Google Earth and hit File -> Open, then select that file. The placemarks should automatically populate Google Earth. If this is too complicated, here's the map (note that you can always view the map on the "About Us" tab at the top of the page as well):
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February Actives' Treasury Report Published
Pi Zetes of the Tri-State Area
We were able to import our database of brothers into Google Earth, which allows us to visually identify where brothers are located. For example, below is an overview of all of our brothers in the Tri-State Area. Hopefully, we wil be able to bring brothers together by publishing screenshots of different locations periodically. If you see a placemark out of place, please contact Frank Harrington immediately so the database can be fixed. You can also contact Frank to retrieve a brother's contact information if you see someone you'd like to catch up with. Note that the number in the placemark represents their year of graduation ("7" meaning 1970s, "1" meaning 2010s, and so on).
New Photos from the House!
The actives have published some photos from their recent IFC Volleyball game. Check them out here! Also, all of the house photos can be viewed here:
RPI Basketball in League Playoffs
You may or may not be aware that the RPI men's basketball team finished the regular season tied for first place in the Liberty League. They ended the season with an 11-3 record in the Liberty League, and 17-7 overall. Due to a dubious tiebreaker, they will not host the tournament, and instead will travel to Hobart to face off against Skidmore on Friday evening at 6 PM. The winner of the game will play the winner of Hobart vs. Hamilton in the final, which will take place Saturday at 3 PM.
Our chapter is represented by the following guys:
- Paul Halas '06 (assistant coach)
- Andrew Darst '11 (co-captain)
- Mike Hammond '11
- Matt Pooley '12
- Daniel Martin '13
- Jamie Zajac '13
- Nate Haskell '14
Please join us in wishing the basketball team the best of luck this weekend!
Meet the Elders
What’s your name?Rick Kasold
What’s your current town? Indialantic, FL
What is your current occupation? I'm retired. Formerly, I was a Delta Air Lines Captain. Before that, I was a USAF Captain and a Pilot.
When did you graduate from RPI? I graduated in 1970.
When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I chose to join because it was a solid brotherhood and I was good friends with several of the guys. I pledged April 1967 and my big brother is Luke Lemmo.
What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? "Chariot races and black mass."
What house positions did you hold as an active? Alpha Phi, Supreme Council, Rush Chairman, Assistant Pledge Master, Social Chairman.
What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Renewing old friendships and making new ones.
What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Rick Case, Tony Bourassa, andWalt Turansky. Also, BoD members.
What are some of your hobbies? Boating, Fishing, Brewing Beer.
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
Finally, what’s your favorite beer? Sam Adams.
IFC Sports Schedule
The IFC basketball and volleyball schedules have been posted to our calendar. If you're in Troy, feel free to swing by and root the guys on! The calendar is visible on the right side of the home page, as well as here. PS: Happy Birthday to Frank Harrington!
Spring 2011 Pledge Class Announced!
The Spring 2011 Pledge Class has been announced. Here are our three new pledges:
- Sean O'Connor '14 from Lincroft, NJ
- John Wilson '14 from Westborough, MA
- Ryan Lomicka '14 from Pittsburgh, PA
They will be educated by Dan Barrett, who is taking over as Pledge Master from Justin Persin. Many thanks to Justin for his year of service!
6 New Brothers Initiated!
Six new brothers were initiated this past weekend in Troy! Our new initiates are:
- Oskar Ramirez '14 of Hampton Bays, NY
- Joseph Tripodo '14 of Middletown, CT
- Nathan Haskell '14 of Mashpee, MA
- Sean Dempsey '14 of Wallingford, CT
- Nathan Fiala '14 of Cleveland, OH
- Nicholas Keefe '14 of Rensselaer, NY
Many thanks to their Pledge Master, Justin Persin '11, and his assistant, Dan Barrett '12. Dan will be taking over as Pledge Master for the Spring 2011 class, which has just been pinned. More details about that class to come!
Meet the Elders
What’s your name?Jim Peta
What’s your current town? New Hartford, CT
What is your current occupation? I'm semi-retired. I am a part-time regular faculty member at the University of Hartford, and I do consulting work for Danaher.
When did you graduate from RPI? I graduated in 1964.
When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I chose to join because I really enjoyed the company of the great upperclassmen that rushed me. I pledged in 1960 and my big brother is Richard Matteson.
What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? Picking up our dates with the chapter's hearse and the socialization with the brothers.
What house positions did you hold as an active? House manager, sports director, and Supreme Council.
What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Visiting with the elders, meeting the new brothers and rehashing the good times we had at the house.
What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Many from the classes of 1961 through 1967.
What are some of your hobbies? Gardening in the summer, working in my greenhouse in the winter, golf, and travel. I go to many college football and basketball games and a few Red Sox games each year.
Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
Finally, what’s your favorite beer? Heineken
Alumni Weekend Elders Soccer Team Announced
The elders have finalized their team for the much-anticipated match versus the actives on April 30, 2011. Without further ado, here is the roster: Matt Zepernick '06 Clay Hadley '07 Kyle Jurney '07 Mike Bruce '08 JP Devlin '08 (C) Devin Galvin '08 Ryan Pratt '09 Jeremy Crouse '10 Tim Rupp '10 Steve Thomas '10
Vegas has the line at Elders -2.5 (-110) over ACTIVES +2.5 (+100). The money line is Elders -450, ACTIVES +380. Nonetheless, it should be a competitive match.
Alumni Weekend Actives Soccer Team Announced
As you probably know, the elders are playing the actives in a soccer match on April 30 at 3 PM during Alumni Weekend. The actives have announced their roster. Here it is: Andrew Darst '11 Justin Persin '11 (C) Ed Reis '11 Dodds Anderson '12 Greg Mummah '12 Joe Novek '12 Kyle Gleken '12 Zach Soens '12 Andrew Snyder '12 Ryan Vasko '12
The elder squad will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
Meet the Elders
What’s your name?Michael Bruce
What’s your current town? I live in Milford, MA.
What is your current occupation? Currently, I'm an environmental engineer for ARCADIS-US.
When did you graduate from RPI? I graduated in 2008 and again in 2010.
When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I was in the Fall 2004 pledge class and Tim Nichols '05 was my pledge master. I visited the house with my roommate, JP Devlin during recruitment in 2004 because he knew a lot of the basketball guys from his recruiting trip. We both received bids from Zetes and TKE, and thankfully made the right decision. I became friends with many of my fellow pledges, and eventually most of the brothers, and I'm very thankful for the opportunity to join Zeta Psi. My big brother is Russell Herman '06.
What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? There are way too many to list here, and my buddies and I joke about them all the time. A good topic for another post someday.
An underrated experience occurred when my little brother Dave and his girlfriend (now fiancee) stole a bunch of mozzarella sticks from the deep fryer when Zep and I were making them in 2005 or 2006. We got the whole house up in arms about this event and tried to enter Dave's room to retrieve the food, but he had barricaded himself quite well. Dave lived at the end of the far wing across from Mike Visker, who was studying for the MCAT or something and was not amused to say the least. Finally, Zep and I climbed in through Dave's window, let everyone into his room, then Dave and Devin got into a big fight. I remember Dave's face turning purple after being put in a headlock, then the dispute ended. Good times all around.
What house positions did you hold as an active? Phi, Sigma, Delta, House Manager, Pledge Master, and some others. Cooking for the house as a graduate student elder in 2009 and 2010 was a great experience. I wish I had cooked all along (i.e. from 2005 to 2010). The cooks have their own special little "fraternity" inside of the house.
What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Seeing the younger actives, especially the guys I never lived with.
What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Mainly Devin, JP, Ray, Miles, Q, Kwaks, Praggot, Zep, Paul, and Russ. Of course, many others as well.
What are some of your hobbies? Working out, shooting, and I guess XBox.
Coke or Pepsi? Coke.
Finally, what’s your favorite beer? Downtown Brown
Meeting Minutes from January Directors' Meeting Now Posted
Directors can access them here.
January Actives' Treasury Report Published
Justin has published the first Gamma report for the semester. It can be found here. Note that some February expenditures have likely taken place, but the receipts have not been sent to the elders yet.
Thanks to him for pulling it together.
January Financial Reports Now Posted
As always, directors can access them here. Due to the lack of information from RPI, we do not know the composition of RPI's payment to us (made on 1/25/11). Therefore, our accounts receivable are artificially high, as is our net income, because I was forced to book the payment under "placeholder income" in order to ensure our books matched our bank accounts.
Once we receive the missing data from RPI around March 1, I will restate January's and February's financial reports.
Thank you for your time.
A Note From the Actives
Dear Brothers, Hi, I'm Joe Novek of the Spring Class of 2009 and I'm writing this email to introduce myself as the Alumni Chair. This year we are all looking forward to the 60th Annual Alumni Weekend and it should be a great time to all those that attend. In Troy, we are all currently dealing with the snow that has been plaguing the Northeast. RPI even canceled classes on Wednesday in anticipation of the big snow storm coming from the Midwest. Luckily for us, our houseman Greg Mummah was able to find someone nearby with a Bobcat who cleared our parking lot for free.
In other news, we are soon initiating six new members to the fraternity, Nick Keefe, Joey Tripodo, Nate Haskell, Nate Fiala, Sean Dempsey, and Oskar Ramirez. They used the extra time over break to learn a lot more about the brothers and the house. Their quiz grades are doing much better than before break, and the credit should go to Pledge Master Justin Persin and Assistant Pledge Master Dan Barrett.
The basketball team is also having a good year with their current record at 10-7. Brothers that are on the team are Danny Martin, Andrew Darst, Mike Hammond, Jamie Zajac, pledge Nate Haskell, and "associate" brother Matt Pooley. Other brothers Mario Iacuone, Brenden Farley, and Redon Quello, along with pledges Nate Fiala, Sean Dempsey, and Nick Keefe played on the JV team this year. The next home basketball games are Friday the 11th against Skidmore and Saturday the 12th against UNION. If you are in town, come support the guys.
In our elections before break we elected Dodds Anderson as our new President, who was previously Vice President. Taking Dodds' place at Vice President is Greg Mummah. Secretary is now Brenden Farley. I was also elected to be Sigma Rho. House Manager, as discussed previously, is now Greg Mummah, and K-Man is still Mario Iacuone.
In closing, I look forward to working with many of you to help plan this upcoming Alumni Weekend which this year falls on the weekend of the 30th in April. I also hope to see many of you at the Alumni Weekend this year.
In TKP Joe Novek '12
The Class of 2010 Revisited
Last year, we mentioned the brothers that graduated in May 2010. You can find the post here. So, what are they doing now?
- Michael Bruce is working at ARCADIS-US in Wakefield, MA as an environmental engineer. He lives in Milford, MA, but is soon relocating inside 128.
- Jeremy Colon is working for Wellesley Information Services in Dedham, MA. He's an email production / database coordinator and builds HTML emails, updates websites (we could use his help with this one!) and cuts lists of data. He lives in Revere, MA and enjoys watching Ray Allen on a nightly basis.
- Steve Thomas is studying chemistry and working towards his Ph.D at Columbia University in New York, NY.
- Joe Brust is working as a graphic designer for PointRoll in Conshohocken, PA, which is an online advertising company. He lives in Norristown, PA.
- Tim Plante was not available for comment, but sources say he's doing well.
- Eric Anderson is working at TwoFour Systems in White Plains, NY. He's a financial analyst, so he helps create and maintain the company's financial software packages.
- Tim Rupp is working for Sprint Nextel in midtown Manhattan. He's an account executive who deals with business accounts, and has begun to appreciate the fast-paced environment that he joined after graduating. Tim currently resides in Staten Island. He also scored this basket, which we should never forget.
- Ed Reis is attending graduate school at RPI in Troy, NY, and is the "Dean" of the actives. He lives in the house and enjoys shoveling the front steps.
- Jeremy Crouse is working for the Department of Defense at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, NJ. If he told us more, he'd have to kill us. He does enjoy his job, however, and lives in Sparta, NJ.
Most of them have committed to returning to the house for Alumni Weekend in April. We look forward to seeing them then!