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new york alpha chapter of phi delta theta the cayugan www.phideltnya.org Cornell University Fall 2011 This season’s Cayu- gan contains a variety of articles that will give us a glimpse into the affairs of the undergraduate brotherhood. In my re- view of these articles, I felt a theme of unity, de- termination, and opti- mism. When membership numbers are on the small side, I am always inspired by how the chapter seems to come together when it matters. Currently, I would char- acterize the chapter as starting a period of growth at this point in our history. Having recently graduated a sizable senior class, the chapter found itself needing to focus on recruitment, and impressively initiated six new members this fall, bringing our undergraduate membership to 33. I look forward to seeing continued momentum carried into spring recruitment. This year also finds the Cornell Greek system, as a whole, going through a vari- ety of changes precipi- tated by a tragic student death this past spring se- mester. This resulted in some immediate restric- tions on how recruitment is conducted, and it will ultimately lead to funda- mental changes in what we think of pledging on campus and our Phikeia education process. As the details of these changes become more clear, we will be sure to keep you informed in the next edi- tion of the Cayugan but, for the time being, I wanted to assure you that both our undergraduates and alumni board are ac- tively engaged with the Cornell administration to sensibly help shape the outcome. At this year’s Homecoming, we held alumni board elections, and I’m pleased to announce Mark Kendall ’04 as the new vice president, and the new members at large: Jeff Paley ’10, Kevin Coughlin ’10, Michael West ’05, Tim Dressel ’07, and Oscar Bernal ’09. I’m confident that the board will benefit from the energy and fresh ideas of its new members! With regard to 2 Ridgewood Road, there’s been a fair amount of work done on the library thanks to the New York Alpha Educational Fund. Separately, the housing corporation has been addressing general maintenance and upkeep in coordination with the undergraduates. Our flexibility to execute projects contin- ues to be conservative as our economy begins to show signs of healing. We are committed to replacing the residential carpeting in the summer of 2012. The biggest endeavor we are preparing for is a Cornell-mandated upgrade to our sprinkler system. We are in the process of accepting a bid and tentatively plan to ex- ecute the project in the summer of 2012. I’d like to thank everyone who has re- cently made contributions to the chapter. In these difficult times, it’s comforting to know that our alumni are among the most supportive in Cornell’s Greek sys- tem. As a chapter, we are well-positioned to face the challenges before us. We will continue to improve our facility, and pro- vide an exemplary fraternity experience and tradition for our membership. As al- ways, I would encourage any and all alumni to pay a visit to 2 Ridgewood Road as your travels bring you near Ithaca. If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas, please do not hesitate to send me an email at [email protected]. Have a happy and healthy holiday season! Yours in the Bond, Victor Aprea ’02 Housing Corporation President ATime of Change Brings Unity, Determination, and Optimism Phi Delt brothers hard at work in our library.

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www.phideltnya.org • Cornell University • Fall 2011

This season’s Cayu-gan contains a variety ofarticles that will give us aglimpse into the affairsof the undergraduatebrotherhood. In my re-view of these articles, Ifelt a theme of unity, de-termination, and opti-

mism. When membership numbers areon the small side, I am always inspired byhow the chapter seems to come togetherwhen it matters. Currently, I would char-acterize the chapter as starting a period ofgrowth at this point in our history. Havingrecently graduated a sizable senior class,the chapter found itself needing to focuson recruitment, and impressively initiatedsix new members this fall, bringing ourundergraduate membership to 33. I lookforward to seeing continued momentumcarried into spring recruitment.

This year also finds the Cornell Greeksystem, as a whole, going through a vari-ety of changes precipi-tated by a tragic studentdeath this past spring se-mester. This resulted insome immediate restric-tions on how recruitmentis conducted, and it willultimately lead to funda-mental changes in whatwe think of pledging oncampus and our Phikeiaeducation process. As thedetails of these changesbecome more clear, wewill be sure to keep youinformed in the next edi-tion of the Cayugan but,for the time being, Iwanted to assure you thatboth our undergraduatesand alumni board are ac-tively engaged with theCornell administration to

sensibly help shape the outcome.At this year’s Homecoming, we held

alumni board elections, and I’m pleasedto announce Mark Kendall ’04 as the newvice president, and the new members atlarge: Jeff Paley ’10, Kevin Coughlin ’10,Michael West ’05, Tim Dressel ’07, andOscar Bernal ’09. I’m confident that theboard will benefit from the energy andfresh ideas of its new members!

With regard to 2 Ridgewood Road,there’s been a fair amount of work doneon the library thanks to the New YorkAlpha Educational Fund. Separately, thehousing corporation has been addressinggeneral maintenance and upkeep incoordination with the undergraduates.Our flexibility to execute projects contin-ues to be conservative as our economybegins to show signs of healing. We arecommitted to replacing the residentialcarpeting in the summer of 2012. Thebiggest endeavor we are preparing foris a Cornell-mandated upgrade to our

sprinkler system. We are in the process ofaccepting a bid and tentatively plan to ex-ecute the project in the summer of 2012.

I’d like to thank everyone who has re-cently made contributions to the chapter.In these difficult times, it’s comforting toknow that our alumni are among themost supportive in Cornell’s Greek sys-tem. As a chapter, we are well-positionedto face the challenges before us. We willcontinue to improve our facility, and pro-vide an exemplary fraternity experienceand tradition for our membership. As al-ways, I would encourage any and allalumni to pay a visit to 2 RidgewoodRoad as your travels bring you near Ithaca.If you have any questions, concerns, orideas, please do not hesitate to send mean email at [email protected]. Have ahappy and healthy holiday season!

Yours in the Bond,Victor Aprea ’02

Housing Corporation President

ATime of Change Brings Unity, Determination, and Optimism

Phi Delt brothers hard at work in our library.

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The brothers of New York Alpha Chapterhave approached this 2011–2012 school yearwith an incredible amount of passion andunity. The majority of the brotherhood is liv-ing in the house, and this has helped us at-tain a high level of closeness, which has ledus to accomplishing a great deal in only thefirst few months of the school year.

One priority that the brotherhood hasmade this year is seeing our brotherhoodcontinue to grow. Coming off an excellent ef-fort this past spring with the recruitment of11 young men who exemplify the three car-dinal principles, the brotherhood has contin-ued our recent success of recruitment withsix outstanding individuals signing bids to be-come members of our chapter. This is thesecond-largest fall pledge class that we’vehad since the chapter’s refounding. This isdue, in large part, to our recruitment chair,Daniel Balentine ’12. Dan’s efforts through-out the beginning of the semester—includinga dodgeball tournament at the house andbarbecues in the backyard—are a hugereason why we were successful, and we are

excited to continue our success next semes-ter during Rush Week. Eric Viña ’12, whowas president this past year, has continuedhis dedication to the fraternity by taking onthe role of this semester’s Phikeia educator.He has been doing agreat job teachingour Phikeia the his-tory of our fraternityand the importanceof being a brother inthis house.

Another facet ofour fraternity that we,as a brotherhood, have strived to improveupon is our philanthropy. We understand theimportance of being not only a contributor tothe Cornell community, but to the city ofIthaca as well. Karan Javaji ’14 has acceptedthis challenge as this year’s philanthropychair, creating many opportunities in the firstfew months to help our community. So far,the major events that our brotherhood hasvolunteered and participated in are: “AutismSpeaks”—a philanthropic event sponsored byAPO (the service fraternity at Cornell); “Intothe Streets”—a community cleanup event inIthaca; and the 5k run supporting the fightagainst breast cancer. Karan has done anamazing job as our philanthropy chair, andwe look to him to be a major figure in ourfraternity for years to come.

On another note, this year has broughtmany challenges not only to our fraternity,but to the entire Greek community here atCornell. Due to the irresponsible mistakesof a small number of fraternities and thetragic death of a fraternity brother at SAEthis past spring, Cornell has set forth anumber of policies to make sure that such

a tragic event never happens again. Whilethese policies have made it slightly moredifficult to recruit freshmen for our springclasses, we support Cornell’s hard stanceagainst the hazing of pledges. We take

pride in the factthat our Phikeiaeducation processis not only com-pletely safe for ourpledges but is also,in my opinion, thebest experience ofjoining this house.

Every brother in our chapter wishes thatthey could go through pledging again, andthe majority of the brotherhood is presentfor every pledge event so they can experi-ence it one more time. For this reason, we,along with general headquarters, have ap-proached President Skorton and the Cornelladministration with ideas and possible so-lutions for a new pledging process that isnot only safe for pledges, but will best pre-pare them to become good, productivemembers of their chapters.

We hope that, in the next year, progresswill be made to improve pledging for theentire Greek system and show the entirecommunity that being part of a fraternity ismore than what you see in movies (such asAnimal House and Old School). It is aboutestablishing strong friendships that will lasta lifetime—becoming strong, independentmen, and contributing to the school andcommunity of which we are a part.

Yours in the Bond,Mark Malin ’13

President

New York Alpha Strives to Improve the Brotherhood Every Year

Home Again at the New York Alpha HouseAs I returned to Ithaca from a one-year

hiatus, I was ambivalent. On one hand, Iwas excited to bring new and fresh per-spectives to the fraternity, but at the sametime, I could not help but wonder how dif-ferent the house may have become. Afterall, those whom I had grown especiallyclose to had graduated, and the Phikeiawhom I helped recruit during my senioryear would be in key leadership positions.

It was within mere minutes of my re-arrival at the New York Alpha house thatthe undergraduate brothers made me feelat home again. At that point, I knew thatthe 2011–2012 academic year would be agreat one. Indeed, the year has been oneof great excitement for the brothers of

New York Alpha. As a matter of fact, wehave observed unprecedented success onnumerous fronts.

The year began on an excellent note,with the brothers enjoying the result of thehouse renovations that took place duringthe summer of 2011, including a revampedstudy space in the library, as well as an ex-panded academic database courtesy ofNYAEFI’s generosity. Throughout the se-mester, our intramural sports teams contin-ued to perform exceptionally. In November,we initiated a six-man fall pledge class, andwe look forward to continuing the successin recruitment through Rush Week next se-mester. Many exciting brotherhood events,such as movie night, bowling night, and

dinner outings, also kept the brothers busy.As always, academics continue to be a

focal point of the chapter. Brothers are tak-ing full advantage of the new computerroom, as well as the academic database.Our search for a faculty adviser, who willserve an advisory role with regards to aca-demic matters, is ongoing.

The brothers of NY Alpha are confidentthat we will be able to bring the semesterto a successful close, and carry over themomentum of our achievements this yearinto the future.

Yours in the Bond,J.R. Cho ’10

Graduate Adviser

Mark Malin ’13 focusing on hischemistry homework.

... Being part of a fraternity is morethan what you see in movies ... It is aboutestablishing strong friendships that will lasta lifetime, becoming strong independentmen, and contributing to the school andcommunity that we are a part of.

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Philanthropy:We DoWhat Ought to be Done

Every Phi proudly stands behind thesepowerful words and yet, we often give littlethought to its implication in our everydayventures. It may seem clichéd to point thisout, but I believe it is crucial that we recog-nize the significance of Robert Morrison’sstatement. It is what inspires philanthropyat our chapter. In today’s busy world, weoften place self before service. This gives riseto a self-centered attitude, which contradictsour fraternal values. That is why we haveplaced an immense weight on our serviceactivities. A new perspective that we havetaken this year is to collaborate with manydifferent non-Greek organizations to makean impactful contribution.

Over the summer, on June 6, we organ-ized our first philanthropy event of the year.In association with the Cornell South AsiaProgram and Asha for Education, we broughtAmukta Mahapatra, a famous educationistfrom India, to speak. She gave an inspiringpublic talk on the plight of education in Indiaand offered innovative solutions—such as ac-tivity-based learning models—to educatepoor and underprivileged children in India.

Most of the attendees were teachers andrepresentatives from nonprofits. Donationswere collected at the door, and all the pro-ceeds went toward the education of under-privileged children in India.

Our next big initiative was on the morn-ing of October 15, where we helped the Can-cer Resource Center with their annual 5krun/walk-a-thon. It was a great feeling towake up at 7:00 on a Saturday morning andstation ourselves along the track, to encour-age and help the runners and walkers. Theevent as a whole was a massive success,pulling in more than 700 people.

While our previous initiatives were tar-geted at the Ithaca community, on October22, we worked with Autism Speaks and AZDto hold a dance-a-thon. Although we did notget the participation that we expected, it wasa great learning experience, and we gen-erated about $1,000 that went to bene-fit Autism Speaks. In continued efforts,our alumni secretary has suggested aphone-a-thon effort to raise more funds.We hope to involve alumni and will keepyou posted.

At the time of this writing, on Octo-ber 29, the brothers will be participatingin “Into the Streets,” a Cornell-wide dayof community service, where we arelooking forward to working with theCayuga Nature Center. In the future, we

also have plans of bringing F. Story Mus-grave—a famous Phi who has expressedinterest in coming to Cornell to give a talkand, in the process, raise money for theALS Association.

You may be wondering how we havemanaged to involve ourselves in so manyservice projects in so little time. It is thebrotherhood that drives these. Personally,I’m truly motivated and inspired whenbrothers come up to me and ask me to or-ganize a service project, supporting acause that is close to their hearts. In thetruest spirit of Phi Delta Theta, we do whatought to be done.

Yours in the Bond,Karan Javaji ’14

Philanthropy Chairman

This has been a great semester for theNew York Alpha brotherhood, and we havedone many things together as a fraternitythis school year. Back in September, thebrotherhood gathered after a barbecuemixer in the evening to see a screening ofLion King 3D, an event that brought us to-gether with feelings of nostalgia as we rem-inisced about our childhood with Disney.The following weekend, the brotherhood

paid a visit to the Apple Harvest Festival,which was great. Even the cold and wetweather couldn’t stop us from enjoyingcaramel apples, apple doughnuts, cider, andof course, blooming onions.

We have also greatly enjoyed dinnersand brunches as a whole. We’ve gone to eattogether at the Glenwood Pines, BoatyardGrill, and State Street Diner. We hope to driveup to Syracuse in the near future in order to

visit the amazing Di-nosaur Bar-B-Que.

The house hasalso enjoyed visitsfrom a wide varietyof alumni. The mostmemorable eventwas Homecoming,where there were asmany alumni in thehouse as there wereactives. The upper-classmen had a greattime catching upwith the brothers

and recent graduates. The newer additions tothe house, such as my very own Psi class,were thrilled to be able to meet so many dif-ferent generations of Phi Delts.

In addition to the more formal bro-therhood events, many trends have beensweeping the house. When the weatheris nice, it’s hard to find a time when therearen’t brothers around the house playingKan-Jam or croquet. As for video games,League of Legends, Castle Crashers, andRock Band/Guitar Hero have taken thehouse by storm, while the staples ofHalo and Super Smash Brothers are stillgoing strong.

As we turn toward the future, we lookforward to many more fun events that willhelp us bond as a fraternity, and we antici-pate that our winter semiformal will beamazing as always. All in all, it’s a good timeto be a Phi Delt here at New York Alpha.

Yours in the Bond,Kelvin Lin ’14

Brotherhood Chairman

Another Great Semester of Brotherhood Bonding

To do what ought to be done butwould not have been done unless I did it,I thought to be my duty.

-Robert Morrison

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Mike Mastakas ’12 and Ed Pyszczynski ’13 competing inthe beach volleyball tournament.

Thomas Burton ’13 and Chris Boyer ’14 havingfun together at the cancer run.

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2011–2012Undergraduate Officers

PRESIDENT: Mark Malin ’13

VICE PRESIDENT: Thomas Burton ’13

TREASURER and RUSH CHAIR:Cameron McConkey ’13

SECRETARY: Andrew Calvario ’14

RECRUITMENT CHAIR:Daniel Balentine ’12

ALUMNI RELATIONS CHAIR:Nathaniel Bromberg ’14

WARDEN and PHIKEIA EDUCATOR:Eric Vina ’12

ATHLETIC CHAIR:Daniel Dworakowski ’14

BROTHERHOOD CHAIR:Kelvin Lin ’14

CHAPLAIN: Andrew Prafder ’14

HOUSE MANAGER andTECHNOLOGY CHAIR:

Charles Rose ’12

PHILANTHROPY CHAIR:Karan Javaji ’14

SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR:Dom Vergata ’14

SOCIAL CHAIR: Kristian Beall ’14

STEWARD: Nicholas Fuga ’12

Nate Bromberg ’14 and AJ Calvario ’14 enjoy a round of pingpong at the house.

This year has been extremely eventfulhere at New York Alpha. The house at 2Ridgewood Road has seen numerous im-provement and upkeep projects completedover the past 12 months—from exterior stairrepairs to replacement carpets in the base-ment rooms, as well as new door handlesand deadbolts all around. Not all of the workhas been this mundane; a great deal offocus has been placed on making the chap-ter house a more comfortable, pleasant, andproductive place to live and study.

The primary driving force behind theseimpressive improvements is the NYAEFI,which has been incredibly proactive in itspursuit of improving the academic facilitiesof the chapter. The computer lab computershave been refurbished and outfitted with afull complement of academic software(which should eliminate the necessity ofgoing to campus for that purpose), and theroom has been made significantly morecomfortable with the purchase of brand-new computer chairs. The network infra-structure of the building has been furtheraugmented with the installation of a higher-end firewall and improved network hard-ware, in addition to a large capacity upgradefor the chapter’s networked storage. The ac-ademic database has more than tripled insize, and continues to grow as brothers addmaterial as it becomes available to them intheir classes.

The library itself has certainly not goneuntouched, either. The electrical outlets allaround it have been expanded to fourplugs, instead of two, and a total of 16 new

outlets have been installed below the ta-bles to alleviate the rat’s nest of laptopcords that had become such an issue whenbrothers were studying in there the previ-ous year. Last, but certainly not least,contractors are currently finishing up thereplacement of the library’s windows,adding a great deal of life to the space,while helping to improve the energyefficiency of the building.

In the coming weeks and months, thereare even more exciting projects in store. Iam working with the NYAEFI to install aprojector in the library to help with presen-tations and group projects, as well as chap-ter functions such as committee meetingsand possibly video conference calls. PetexRestoration is helping with jumpingthrough the hoops of the Ithaca LandmarksCommittee and associated organizationsfor obtaining approval for a major upgradeto the library doors and façade that shouldhelp with traffic flow, heat retention, andpractical usability. The carpets in the rest ofthe residential areas of the house will alsobe replaced in the coming summer, and thereplacement of the furniture in the greathall continues to be a possible item for thecoming year. I’d like to send out a big“thank you” to all of the generous alumniwho make our continued progress possi-ble. Here’s to another successful year atPhi Delt!

Yours in the Bond,Chad Rose ’13

House Manager

MoreThanMaintenance

Our website, www.phideltnya.org, is for bothcurrent brothers and alumni. Help build ourhistory section, view photos and bio info on thecurrent members, and learn more about ourphilanthropy efforts online.

Visit us online!

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Recruitment Building Strong Foundation in Fall 2011This year, the Cornell administration in-

stituted a “quarter” system that mandatedfraternities to have no contact with fresh-men until after fall break. Instead ofdwelling on the strictness of the policy, werefocused our recruiting efforts to specifi-cally target sophomores and upperclass-men. With this past spring’s pledge class(Psi) totaling 11 brothers, we had a largenetwork of friends to pursue.

During orientation week, our mindswere consistently focused on recruitment.Brothers would be wearing letters daily,going to play ultimate frisbee on RawlingsGreen, or going to Noyes to play basketballwith the upperclassmen. Eventually, webegan having social functions at the houseso that as Psi class friends returned toIthaca, they would have a place to hangout and relax. A barbecue at the housecapped off the week, where po-tentials were able to eat delicioushamburgers and hot dogs whileplaying Kan-Jam.

As the semester progressed,we increased the frequency of ourrecruitment events. In mid-September, we combined bro-therhood and recruitment, and in-vited several potentials to join usat the Glenwood Pines; we hadan amazing time. As IFC institutedseveral recruitment weekends, wehad the opportunity to hold fallsmokers to get to know our po-tentials better, and for them tosee the brothers in a different set-ting. Furthermore, we continued

having other social functions at the housethat were huge recruitment successes, es-pecially for the Omega class.

Near the end of September, we feltcomfortable handing out bids to 12 de-serving potentials. From that pool, sixsigned. This was the largest fall pledgeclass since the Phi class, which had sevenin 2009. Furthermore, several of thosewho were not able to sign due to financesand schoolwork, have come back to ussaying they’re strongly considering joiningin the spring.

As fall break came to a close, our focusshifted to freshman recruitment. Duringone of the recruitment weekends, we helda hugely successful dodgeball tournamentin our house. Believe it or not, once all thefurniture and pictures are cleared out, thegreat hall is an amazing indoor dodgeball

court. More than 20 freshman menshowed up and stayed the whole time.Our freshman network continued to growas we held regular Monday Night Footballparties at our house with delicious appe-tizers prepared by our chef, Candice.

At the time of this writing, our finalmajor recruitment event of the semester iscoming up with Thanksgiving dinner onNovember 20. We have a myriad of poten-tials who confirmed their attendance andare looking forward to continuing our re-cruitment efforts as we prepare for RushWeek. Our rush chair, Cameron McConkey’13, along with the help of his committeeand I, have put a lot of work into Rush

This semester, we are very proud tohave initiated the Omega class, whichconsists of six new brothers, to the NewYork Alpha Chapter: Peter Smet ’14,Alexander Thompson ’14, MatthewWeiner ’14, Oliver Beecham ’14, Ian Pur-nell ’14, and Trevor Allain ’13. Thesebrothers will be fantastic new additionsto our brotherhood.

Throughout the pledging process, Ihave enjoyed leading the Omega class andwatching them grow not only individually,but also as a class. We have instilled thefraternity’s values and our three cardinalprinciples in the class, and we have seenhow they have embraced these values.This semester, they have participated in allof our philanthropy events, they frequently

take advantage of studying in our beautifullibrary, and they have become close withthe entire brotherhood.

As time went on, we saw every one ofthem slowly open up as they got to know thebrothers better. It has been incredibly re-warding seeing the pledges come to thehouse more and more frequently as they as-similated into the brotherhood, and how theyhave grown closer as a pledge class. As withmany pledge classes, very few of the pledgesknew one another at the beginning of theprocess. Now, I can confidently say that theyhave become the closest of friends.

However, what was perhaps the mostrewarding aspect of being the Phikeia ed-ucator this semester was hearing what theOmega class had to say once they were

initiated. Some of them said that theyinitially had doubts about the Greek sys-tem as a whole and were hesitant to join;but after pledging, they realized that join-ing Phi Delta Theta had been one of thebest decisions of their lives. Moments suchas these make all the hard work that thebrotherhood puts into recruitment andpledging worth it.

I am very much looking forward towatching the Omega class develop now asbrothers of our great fraternity. I know thatthey are ready to take on a greater role in ourchapter and lead it to great success.

Yours in the Bond,Eric Vina ’12

Phikeia Educator

Phi Delta Theta Welcomes the Omega Class

Dan Balentine ’12 setting out to complete thePinesburger Challenge.

Dom Vergata ’14, Kelvin Lin ’14, and Eric Vina ’12finishing what’s left of their meals.

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“My wife, Suzanne, and I, as usual, enjoyedJanuary–April 2011 in Jamaica,” writes JamesH. VanArsdale III ’41. “The weather, flowers,and shrubbery were beautiful, and the watertemperature, in the sea and pool, was 80 de-grees! We have gone yearly for more than 15years and plan to continue. I missed CornellReunion this past June. I’m aging, but am en-joying a large family and many friends. I willmiss Bob Wood ’45 and John Conable ’38,also Cornell Law School.” Reconnect with Jimat 71 Park Rd. E, Apt. 506, Castile, NY 14427;[email protected].

Wendel F. Kent ’49 has a new email ad-dress: [email protected].

Brothers can get in contact with Edwin A.Schneider ’49 via his new email address:[email protected].

Alan E. Hatfield ’85 is now employedwith VP Asset Management in Greenwich,Connecticut! Send congratulations tohim at 13435 Gull Ct., Apple Valley, MN55124; [email protected].

Nicholas P. Cavallaro ’05 has a new ad-dress. Write to Nick at 12 W. 104th St.,Apt. 1R, New York, NY 10025.

“I am livin’ it up in Oregon (a.k.a. theBeaver State), on my way to a master’sdegree in teaching in June 2010,” writesAndrew “Grizzly” Coffin ’07. “I havebeen snowboarding a lot on Mount Hoodduring the winter and also giving lessonsas an instructor at Mount Hood Meadows.”Get in touch with Andrew at 26070 S.W.Canyon Creek Rd., Apt. 303, Wilsonville, OR97070; [email protected].

alumni send their news

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David D. Dugan ’37August 10, 2011

I. Robert Wood ’40April 1, 2011

George S. Scoville ’42February 12, 2011

Stacy C. Mosser ’44May 17, 2011

Richard S. Archibald ’48June 21, 2011

Robert N. Jacobs ’50February 8, 2011

William P. Hoffman ’52January 17, 2011

Published regularly by the Phi DeltaTheta Fra-ternity at Cornell University for its membersand friends. Alumni news and pictures are al-ways welcome. Please direct all communicationsto Alumni Records Office, Phi DeltaTheta, P.O.Box 876, Ithaca, NY 14851-0876.

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The strength of this newsletter depends, in part, on alumni news.Keep your brothers up-to-date on what’s happening in your life andhow best to reach you! Please take a few moments to fill out andreturn the enclosed newsform.

DECEASEDWe regret to report the deaths of the

following alumni:

Phi Delt Sets Sights on the ChampionshipAll fraternities are encouraged to participate

in the all-sports championship that Cornell’sintramural sports holds every year. Sports are agreat way to bond as brothers and work to-gether. They are also a great way to representand show pride for your own brotherhood. Theathletic chairman’s job is to encourage all bro-thers to play sports and to make sure all ofthe sporting events are organized.

In recent years, Phi Delta Theta has had avery successful track record in athletics. In thepast two years, Phi Delt has come in secondplace in the all-sports championship. This year,our goal is to win first place. Signing up forevery sport is necessary, as participation pointsare given to every fraternity that shows up toevery one of their games. So far, Phi Delt hasbeen represented in every sport but one,which is better than almost every other houseon campus.

New York Alpha has also had successesearly on in some of the sports we havebeen involved in. Two teams finished in thetop four for sand volleyball—including the

champions, Thomas Burton ’13 and AlecSullivan ’12. Edward Pyszczynski ’13 andKelvin Lin ’14 narrowly missed out on a top-four finish in tennis doubles. Thomas andEdward also finished fourth in disc golf. PhiDelt’s flag football team finished divisionalplay with a 4-0-1 record, and the team hashigh hopes for the playoffs.

At the time of this writing, bowling dou-bles and indoor volleyball are both underway and at least one team in both sports isexpected to do very well. Phi Delt’s indoorvolleyball team should be considered a fa-vorite, as three members from the men’sclub volleyball team are brothers. Phi Delt iscurrently ranked second in the all-sportsstandings, and with some of the more suc-cessful teams getting underway, the chanceslook good for our chapter to bring home itsfirst all-sports championship.

Yours in the Bond,Dan Dworakowski ’14

Athletic Chairman

Week organization, as all our events areplanned. Much effort was put into recruit-ment from the beginning of this semester,and we are ecstatic to have seen the posi-tive results. However, by no means, arewe finished ...

Yours in the Bond,Daniel Balentine ’12

Recruitment Chairman

Recruitment BuildingStrong Foundation in

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