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Lambda Chi Alpha-‐Zeta Epsilon Issue #1 February 3, 2010
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High Alpha 2 A brief look into the High Alpha and his plans for his last semester here at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Things to come 3 3 Some of the officers plans for the semester…
Events 4 Valentoga, Greek Week, Founders Day BBQ, Crawfish Broil and much more…
Greetings from the new High Rho!
New Year, New Semester, New Beginnings
The sub heading says it all. It’s a new year, semester and a time for new beginnings. First of all I would I like to introduce myself. My name is Jorge Uribe and I will be acting as the new High Rho for the chapter this semester.
Granted, communications with the chapter and alumni have been… well, non-‐existent. But it is my goal to keep up with all of you not just with an email here and there but with this newsletter, which is scheduled to come out twice a month!
The purpose of these newsletters is to inform you with what is going on in the chapter with some insight of what some of the brothers and associates are thinking. With every issue you will meet a new officer, brother or associate and a little something extra provided by Brother Joey Olivarez in a section called, “Alright guys.”
This semester we are more organized and better prepared to approach this semester with ferocity and a renewed
spirit of brotherhood.
I have one more semester to go, including this one, but I hope with these newsletters our communication grows and fosters into an everlasting relationship.
We are all here looking forward to an awesome semester, and a better understanding of what this bond means to us and for future Lambda Chi’s.
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Throughout his time here with Lambda Chi Alpha, Alexandro has attributed many of his abilities to Lambda Chi.
Going on his last semester here, he will be leaving with a degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Political Science.
He plans to move back to Chicago where he intends to become a social worker as he works his way through law school, with plans to become a Civil Rights Lawyer and possibly run for a political office.
Alexandro has held many offices, which include High Sigma, High Phi, High Gamma, and his current office High Alpha. In addition to all of this, he also serves as the Collegiate Senator for Liberal Arts in the Student Government Association and is part of the Criminal Justice Student Society.
Growing our image here at Zeta Epsilon has been one of the main goals he has this semester and to restore the luster that has evaded us for the past two years.
Q: What are you planning this year that will change the face of Lambda Chi Alpha here at UTEP?
A: Developing a semester full of events not only to mix with sororities, but also having mixers with the athletic women. These mixers are sure to help increase our reputation as being of the finest caliber of chivalry amongst all the Fraternities on campus.
Many things are in the works including more community service and further involvement in UTEP affairs.
In furtherance of community service this past year we were able to achieve the 100K mark and gathered 102,000 lbs of food for the Rescue Mission of El Paso. This brought national attention and we are racked fourth in the nation!
“A huge importance should be given to the collaboration within the Greek Community in order to grow together.” says Alexandro.
New strives have been taken with the chapter in order to achieve scholastic excellence, installment of mandatory chapter study hours. “We would like this chapter to be known as a Fraternity that can have fun but also be serious and buckle down to get work done.”
His last semester might be one to remember with Founders Day, Greek Week and many more events schedules for this semester. His intentions and vision will push this chapter to a new level to which we can continue to grow and build upon the foundations and programs set this semester.
Alexandro Diaz High Alpha With his last semester here at UTEP, Alexandro has shown his ability as a leader in the tough times as well in the great times. Currently seeking graduate schools back home in Chicago he plans to push this chapter to its fullest potential. Alexando (Patches) Diaz is a true asset to Lambda Chi Alpha
Next Issue Brother Joey Olivarez. Last semester and his thoughts. Including some of his favorite memories.
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With official rush over, it’s time to see what these guys are made of.
As of last week official rush ended here at UTEP. Now it’s time to focus and see what the prospects have to offer our fraternity.
All of the officers have many things planned…
Our High Alpha is keeping up will all of his officers and keeping them on their toes.
High Beta, Neyri Acuña, is planning Brotherhood retreat. As you can see from last years picture which is on the cover. A high portion of the chapter attended. Many things were brought up to the attention of the chapter at retreat which are being dealt with as this semester goes on.
High Theta, Roman Sandoval is getting together with Zeta Tau Alpha, the women’s fraternity on campus who are organizing their annual Race for the Cure to be held this month on the 21st. Every year we help out with whatever we can. If you plan on going for the race or walk let us know so we can meet up with you at the finish line!
Our Iota, Manny Del Castillo is working hard to keep lowering our insurance. Currently with about 5 speakers coming in, he is
lowering our insurance for the brothers and keeping us safe at the same time. If you would like to set something up with him don’t hesitate to contact him ([email protected]).
Brother High Kappa Ricardo Espino is very excited to meet his new class, which will be associated soon! Date of association is on February 12th at Jackson’s restaurant on Mesa by Castellano.
Our High Delta, Lorenzo Villa, made new recruits possible this year with his organizational skills that have been able to bring gentlemen of character to the attention of Lambda Chi Alpha.
A dinner is in the works in order to get to know the new guys better and with great pleasure alumni are always welcome. These dates are yet to be determined but will be sent out soon.
High Sigma, Edward O’Hara is pushing the chapter to new heights with implementation of mandatory study hours and making sure we have up to date résumés for when we are ready go to the working world and apply the skills we have learned.
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Events being planned by our High Epsilon Orlando Sandoval seem to be never ending.
This Sunday is our Super Bowl Mixer with the Sigma Psi Eta ladies. These women have gone above and beyond when it comes to our North American Food Drive philanthropy every year. This past year they helped us raise more the half our final count of 102,000 lbs!!!
Coming up February 10th is our karaoke mixer with Alpha Xi Delta. These ladies helped us out quite a bit during NAFD as well and are nice women to hang around with. Our continuing friendships with these ladies have attributed to our success here on campus.
February 13 we decided to mix a typical social event with our national day of love and call it Valentoga. Cupids will be all over this event providing that extra push for some fun.
Cookouts are in the works as well, not just with sororities but also with our fellow fraternities here on campus. Greek relations are part of that core that makes this system unique. Good friendships are essential for Greek growth and of course amazing networking.
The Men of Service auction had to be post-‐poned from last semester to this semester. Yet the date is not finalized but will probably be at the end of this month or early March.
More events are in the works such as Watermelon bash. Last year we held our first one in quite some time and was a complete success. We also started pumpkin bash which was actually our precursor to our watermelon bash and all the sororities now look forward to it every year.
As far as events geared towards you, the High Rho (yours truly), I am thinking about having a barbeque on March 28th, which is a Sunday, and also Wrestle Mania. The date is still tentative but I am open for suggestions, but I do believe that this would be a great way to meet the chapter!
Many suggestions have been proposed for ideas of events which Include:
-‐ Golf
-‐ Tennis
-‐ Soccer
-‐ Flag Football
-‐ Volleyball
-‐ Softball
-‐ Casino night
-‐ Bowling
These are just a few suggestions for events to have with alumni. If you have any suggestion or will like to have one of these events planned feel free to send me an email and I will get working on it very soon. I just need to know which idea is to your liking.
These are some of the events going on and preparations for Greek Week are underway as well.
Although we have many events going on this semester many brothers have attributed Lambda Chi Alpha with their successes and are looking forward to a bright future. The following statements are from the current brothers stating what they are doing and plan to do….
Brother Kevin Arellano, “Although I am a JI (just initiated), I already have the desire
to be Kappa as well as Phi in this chapter. Lambda Chi has helped me already, in such a short amount of time to turn my life around to a certain extent, and I can only look at the future with excitement and hope that my life will continue to be lead on the right path with the help of all my brothers. I love every thing that Lambda Chi Alpha has offered me so far, from the feeling of belonging to the passion that has been instilled in my heart. For this reason I have brought my older brother into the world of Lambda Chi and he will be rushing with us this semester. Which is the start of a long line of Arellanos that will hopefully cross to the other side and that I will have the honor of calling my brothers in ZAX.”
Brother Edward O’Hara, “After graduating from UTEP I plan on returning to school for my MBA. I am currently the Scholastic Chair of Lambda Chi. My goal is to raise the overall chapters GPA by setting standards and monitoring classroom performance. I can honestly say that joining Lambda Chi Alpha was the best decision I ever made.”
Brother Alex Muñoz, “I am a senior with a 4.0 GPA at UTEP and I have been involved in several student organizations, and have held diverse leadership positions. I currently serve as President of the Student Government Association and have been a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha since May 2009.
What do I plan to do: I will be moving to New York City upon graduation as I have accepted a job offer. In the meantime, I plan to be more involved in Lambda Chi ALphaas my term as SGA President will end this following May. I plan on taking an officer position in our chapter and continue the great work and traditions of the brothers of Zeta Epsilon.
Brother Lorenzo Villa, “I have been
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deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice. My job was infantry or military police. I was honorable discharge from the military in December 2008 with 60% disability from injuries I obtained in combat. I returned to El Paso to attend UTEP to pursue a B.A. in Political Science and I hope to return and work for the federal government as an ATF agent. During my second semester at UTEP I was introduced to members of Lambda Chi Alpha and was really impressed on how close of a brotherhood they had, something I had missed from the military. I am happy that I rushed Lambda Chi Alpha and now that I am on the other side I want to be part of this chapter’s growth. I am currently the new High Delta and hope I can rush more good men of character into the fraternity.”
As you can see we have a plethora of brothers with many amazing goals, and more introductions in future newsletters are in the works. If you have any suggestion for our brothers on their ventures for the working force, let me know and I’ll be sure to put it in the next newsletter.
In other news I am also working on getting the Zeta Epsilon Zeta Chapter Alumni Association started! Plans to have it up and running by June 1st would be incredible, but there are a few steps I need to take that include alumni. That being said if you would like to take part in the process let us know so we can get this started.
My goal is to have an amazing Alumni Association set for future generations to have an eclectic network system to aid associates, brothers and a better outreaching with you!
Now just as a reminder we have meeting on Monday’s in the Student Union East in the University Suite on the third floor. Your attendance is greatly encouraged if you would like to see for yourself how the fraternity is doing.
A new tradition started here at the Zeta Epsilon is the unofficial installment of “real announcements.” This was started in order for us to just have a good laugh after an official meeting to end on a good note. So my goal is to bring you closer to our jib jabs to each other by gathering the best one and relating them to you. This past week the real announcement was on our Brother Adam Setra: “Why is Adam Setra dress like Mr. Rogers…? Won’t you be my neighbor”
Of course since most of these are visual announcements I will always try to include a picture so that you can relate it.
I would also like to use this newsletter to inform alumni about what other alumni are up to. If you have any announcements you would like other brothers to know, shoot me an email and I will post it in the next issue.
With that Alumni Brother Ricky Nichols is having his monthly bash downtown at 1914.
For further information contact him at 915.727.2924, email: [email protected] or on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richols
This section is reserved for Brother Joey Olivarez with rants about whatever: life, our chapter or whatever comes to mind.
Okay… Real Quick.... I don't know about you guys but some things in college annoy the hell out of me. Picture it, you’re sitting in class trying to pay attention to the professor and right when he is about to explain something very important, some idiot asks the dumbest question you have ever heard. You know whom I’m talking about. They are that guy or girl who thinks they need to be the teacher's pet like sucking up to them is going to get a better grade. Great job trying to get noticed in a class of 300, dumbass. Sometimes it isn't to suck up, they just really are wondering the answer to the question. It makes you think they just let anybody into college these days.
I don't hate these people. I don't dislike these people. They are just a part of everyday life. And with that, these are just some words to live by... so Lambda Chi’s, please, please, please, DONT BE THAT GUY!!!
Alright Guys … Real Quick
By Joey Olivarez
Lambda Chi Alpha-‐Zeta Epsilon Issue #1 February 3, 2010
Many things are happening here at Zeta Epsilon. With out amazing brothers like you that helped endure the hardships and many accomplishments that this chapter has gone through. We would not be here today.
This being the first newsletter I hope this has highlighted the
things that would like to know. If you have any suggestion about what you would like to see in the next issue, shoot me an email and your questions, comments or concerns will be answered.
Last semester we reached the 100k mark!
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Hannah Whitall Smith, 1902
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Question, comments or concerns…
Email Jorge Uribe: [email protected]