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Golden Scroll
Fraternity Journal
Pi Kappa Phi- Eta Beta
Push America
This fall went exceptionally well for our Push America efforts.
We successfully raised $1,500 just this semester without having
empathy dinner. In the spring newsletter we said we had decided to
push the empathy dinner to the spring, and we are continuing with
that. If empathy dinner goes well, we could raise around $4,000 for
Push this year from a total of just two major events.
We’ve been working more and more with the Happiness Bag,
and all of the actives absolutely love it. It’s a wonderful experience
to participate in, and it really makes you appreciate Push America,
what it does, and the people who it works for.
Also, we had three members attend GAP weekend this year,
these members are Jerry Cooper, Shane Sizemore, and Nathan Lee.
Fall 2013
Alex “Flex” Shelton – Nu Class
President
Year: Freshman
Major: Psychology
Big Bro: Nathan Lee
“My goals in Pi Kapp are to be
extremely involved in order to
give everything I can to the
brothers.”
One of the ways we sell men
on why they should join a
fraternity is by being "Men of
Class". We have done our best
to make sure we are men of
C.L.A.S.S. and to not fall into
the stereotypical image of "frat
boys" on campus. We’re
always working towards being
gentlemen, and we continue to
pursue excellence in every
aspect of campus life to show
that we Pi Kapps are truly
“Leaders by Choice.”
– Phil Centofante
Shane Sizemore – Nu Class Vice
President
Year: Sophomore
Major: History and German
Big Bro: Ben Baumgart
“I look forward to serving Pi Kapp in
any way that I am able.”
Josh Kaluza – Nu Class Push
Chairman
Year: Freshman
Major: Meteorology
Big Bro: Ben Baumgart
“I’m looking forward to
beginning a new chapter of life
and striving through Pi Kapp.”
Robby Hagan
Year: Freshman
Major: Undecided
Big Bro: Austin Foster
“I’d like to be seen as a leader
by my actions and not by words
whether I’m on EC or not.”
Matt Schuetter
Year: Freshman
Major:
Big Bro: Heath Harris
“I aim to be a balanced man and
to do my share to make this
chapter the best I can.”
Logan Deckard
Year: Freshman
Major:
Big Bro: Hunter Goble
“In order to be a successful
chapter, bringing in new
members is very important. I
aim to aid the chapter by doing
my best to bring quality men
around for every rush class.”
Jeremiah Sparks
Year: Freshman
Major: Math Education
Big Bro: Tyler Collins
“I would like to use my abilities
for an EC position in order to
help build this chapter into an
ideal chapter.”
Clayton Johnson
Year: Freshman
Major: Criminology
Big Bro: Tyler Collins
“I wanted a close group of friends that
never get bored, and I wanted a
family where I can feel at home and
go to them for help when I need it.”
Tommy Nguyen
Year: Sophomore
Major: Nursing
Big Bro: Austin Foster
“I want to be able to make my
parents proud by doing
something they never could. I
want to help people, and I feel
Pi Kapp will help me actualize
my goals.”
Billy Andrews
Year: Freshman
Major: Aviation Management
Big Bro: Riley Witvoet
“I see myself learning from the
fraternity and potentially
leading it in the future to help
incoming students just as it has
helped me.”
Austin Germain
Year: Freshman
Major:
Big Bro: Riley Witvoet
*Didn’t get initiated with Fall class,
going through with Spring*
David Pestoff
Year: Freshman
Major: Criminology
Big Bro: Phil Centofante
"Pi Kapp can help me to step
out of my comfort zone socially.
I’d like to make this chapter by
being apart of it and not be
just a random member.”
Hayride 2013
The theme for Homecoming 2013 was Chicago. We were paired with the ladies of
Delta Gamma and the gentlemen of Theta Chi. Our standings for this pairing didn’t
end up too well for several reasons. I believe the main reason is just simple
participation throughout our pairings and us. Problems arose which allowed us to
only have four Pi Kapps in all of Sycamore Sync, and in the trike race, our trike
broke midway through the race causing us to lose several positions by the end.
However, we’re working toward assuring that we have everybody doing something
because that’s the easiest way to assure you’ll place decently at worst.
We Got a Composite!!!
We decided that as an up and coming chapter that it was time to finally get a
composite picture; something that solidifies the idea that we have a fully functional
chapter with enough members to be able to set aside money for our investment in
the future of our chapter. This was an iconic time for our chapter, and it couldn’t
have been done if it weren’t for the help of all you alumni!
Letter from the Archon
Alumni of Pi Kappa Phi,
Thank you for your continuing support of the Eta Beta chapter here at Indiana State University. I am honored to be serving as the Archon for this year and looking forward to achieving our goals. First let’s take a look back at last semesters accomplishments.
The fall semester started with our two weeks of Rush where we recruited 16
new associates. We had a very successful No Boundaries Week where we raised
$1,100! On Saturday, 15 November, we initiated 11 members of "Nu" class. We
ended the semester with the election of a new executive board with men who are
all extremely excited and motivated to be leading the chapter.
In January, the executive council attended Midyear Leadership Conference
in Baltimore, Maryland. This was a necessary drive as three of us are enlisted in
the Army National Guard and had drill the same weekend as MYLC in St. Louis.
While we were there the Eta Beta chapter received the "Silver Star Award for Push
America" and "Commitment to Continued Growth" awards for our continued
success in Push America programing and recruitment success for 2013. Again this
year, Eta Beta’s own Paralympian, Evan Austin, spoke in front of all the Pi Kappa
Phi’s in attendance at both the Charlotte and the Dallas locations for Midyear. He
spoke of his experience of overcoming obstacles and the courage it took to get him
to the London Olympic Games. This was a great experience for him as well as
opportunity for our chapter to be known nationally throughout the fraternity.
We began the semester with 28 active members. We had several seniors
graduate: Tyler Collins, Brandon Gaston and Jarred Royer. We also have two
actives currently away from the chapter; Nathan Lee is studying abroad in Europe
and William Andrews is attending basic training for the Army. Our chapter is now
made up of primarily freshman and sophomores which puts us in a great position
for the future as they are groomed for leading our chapter to the top on campus.
The big event for the chapter this fall was Homecoming where we were
paired with Theta Chi and Delta Gamma. We had a great introduction social but
suffered from lack of participation and motivation from all sides and did not place
well as a fraternity or pairing. We are looking to correct this behavior and attitude
this semester as we move forward into Spring week with our pairing with Phi Delta
Theta and Alpha Omicron Pi. We have already had our introduction social and was
a huge hit, which we will use to continue to motivate the chapter to be active in
faithfully upholding the traditions and activities of our college.
This semester we are looking forward to Empathy Dinner, Our First 5K for
Push, and Rose Ball. These events will be held in April:
Empathy Dinner, 4 April at 6:00pm in HMSU, tickets are $25/Plate
Nationwide 5K 3 April HMSU Campus, Time: TBD
Rose Ball, Friday 25 April
We are looking forward to raising awareness and money for Push America this
semester as our primary focus. We hope to continue of the tradition set before us
with always having Pi Alpha's every summer and this summer we have three
actives signed up for Crewing Gear Up Florida; Riley Witvoet, Ben Baumgart and
I. We hope that you can all join us again for Rose Ball again this year to celebrate
our accomplishments of the chapter.
Finally, I would like to address the grades issue we had again last semester
with having the lowest GPA since our re-founding. We had made every attempt
that we knew of last semester to check and verify that our associates were
academically sound. However, we found that to not be effective. Thankfully this
semester Garrett Hamblen has come to our chapter to effectively use our Academic
Program and individualize the plans for each brother and associate. After sitting in
on these meetings and personally heading our academic committee, I know that we
have made the corrections and will not suffer from those poor scores again.
I sincerely hope that you will join us this spring for our exciting Fundraising
events here at Indiana State. I am extremely excited for this semester and
upcoming year as we strive to make our chapter the ideal chapter. I look forward to
meeting you all.
We Will Lead.
Fraternally,
Nathaniel Hyde
Archon
ΑΦ #966