Chakett Club Newsletter Vol 17-2 April 2015

Chakett ClubAlumni Association of the Rho Delta ChapterVolume 17, Issue 2  April 2015Rho Delta gears Full Steam Aheadup for GreekWeek for the 46th !!!Raines Green, Pǻ‘17 Rod Smith, Pǻ‘96 Chakett Club PresidentBrothers of the Rho Delta Chapter have high The OU Alumni Weekend is coming up Aprilhopes for this year’s Greek Week challenges. At the 16 - 19. The University has some good things going, including coffee with President Larry Schall, theatre,end of last year's performance, the results left the Rho sports, and open classroom lectures, to remind you of all the things you didn't learn well enough to for-Delta Chapter in third place. However, Rho Delta was get. We are especially happy to report there will be a Stomp the Lawn Saturday night. For a full listing ofable to take first place in trivia, as well as Greek Sing, OU activities, visit alumni.oglethorpe.edu.a competition where the Brothers create a musical per- Of course Rho Delta will run an itinerary Satur- day to give our crew a chance to catch up and haveformance of popular music for the student body and a some new good times. Meet at the Chapter House at 3 PM for a tour of OU buildings, followed by a grouppanel of judges. Though the Chapter did not win in the photo. From 4p - 6p there is a Greek Block Party on the Row, followed by the cook-out at Blackburn Park,Athletic, Board Game and Field Day Events, the Broth- ending at the Quad with Stomp the Lawn sponsored by the OU Alumni Association.ers performed well. This year Greek Week Chair and This is also the time to reach out to other alum-Eta, Jason Vanderhorst ‘16, is aiming high for Rho ni you know on the 'Lost Alumni' list. If you can point us toward a lost alum you have contact with, or promptDelta’s performance. them to update us, we can continue to work as a con- nection point between Alumni looking to get back inWith the addition of 11 new members from the contact with old friends.fall, Brother Vanderhost was able to assign a specific I hope you and your families are doing well, and I thank you for taking time to read this edition ofBrother to an event which appeals to his specific skill the Chakett Club. 1set. Brother Vanderhorst states that last year he was“Not able to make sure we had the right guys compet-ing in the right events.\" Brother Vanderhorst thenpromised \"This year will be different.”There have been several Brothers appointed tooversee certain events; Parker Toland ‘16 is the head ofUltimate Frisbee, and Andrew Spann ‘16 is the head ofGreek Sing, and so on. \"This style of delegation allowseach event to be managed by a Brother who excels in aparticular field. Continued on Page 2

The Chakett Club  2Chakett Club to Revive Or, you may also send a check to Chi Phi Cam- paign Office, PO Box 2207, Columbus, GA 31902Scholarships for with “Rho Delta CEF” in the memo.Undergraduate Brothers I hope we can count on everyone to “Be There” as we revive this important program in time for Fall Dave Pass, Pǻ’95 Rush, and show our potential future Brothers why Rho Delta is a cut above the rest. In the days when our alumni group was more active, we raised a If you would like to be involved, contact me at substantial amount of funds for un- dergraduate scholarships. These 205-242-6822 or [email protected]. 1 scholarships were named the Agel scholarships in honor of Brother Rick Brothers and Alumni Enjoy the 2015 Atlanta Agel ‘72, whose significant donation, Beer Carnival at Atlantic Stationalong with annual gifts from a number of alumni, helpedto establish and sustain these funds. We hope to revive Greek Week, Continued from page 1this program and award scholarships in some amount thisFall during Rush. Alumni Brothers can help us achieve Their responsibilities entail picking their team and rep-this goal in two ways: resentatives. With all the meticulous responsibilities distributed amongst the Brothers, as the Greek WeekServe on the Scholarship Awards Committee Chair, Brother Vanderhorst is able to monitor and help Lend us your time and expertise to help administer provide input to each captain without having to pick the application process and award the scholarships. I every single representative himself\". will chair this process and I anticipate 1-2 conference calls of approximately 1 hour each will be needed. Expectations remain high this year, as much Alumni in any city may participate and this is a quick effort has been put forth by our Brothers in order for and easy way to be involved as an Alumnus Brother. our chance of success to remain possible. This year the events will continue over 4 days with each day dedi-Donate to the Scholarship Fund cated to a single event. Monday the 6th is Field Day, We can’t award scholarships if we don’t have funds Tuesday the 7th is Sing, Wednesday the 8th is Trivia/ to donate. We will administer this program through Board Games, and Friday the 10th is Sports Day. The the PD Chapter Excellence Fund at the Chi Phi Edu- winners of Greek Week will be announced Friday night cational Trust. We need to raise approximately at an awards ceremony and party on the Quad. 1 $1,500 in order to award two scholarships. Gifts are tax-deductible and there are a few simple ways to give: www.chiphicampaign.com/donate. You will see a question, \"I would like to support the follow- ing:\" followed by a drop down box. In that drop down box, you just need to select “Rho Delta Chapter Ex- cellence Fund” and then complete the form.

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The Chakett Club  4The Chakett Club has aconversation withAlumnus BrotherKipp ChambersLooking back to your years in college, how did youend up at Oglethorpe? And more specifically, how didyou end up at Chi Phi? I had planned to go to school in the Northeast, Kippbut wound up following a girl to Oglethorpe. Chambers As for Chi Phi, I never considered myself a fra- Pǻ’00ternity type (like a lot of Rho Deltas I know). But I de-cided to rush because I figured it was worth keeping an Any funny stories or reminisces?open mind. When I walked through the doors of RhoDelta, I knew I was onto something different. Not only A few:were the Brothers laid-back and cool - but they didn't - Chi Omega stealing our truck loaded with new sodfit any stereotype.: for the house, and flipping it over near the Conant Center during the summer of '97SAE's - khaki-wearing soccer players. Epitome - Nearly the entire chapter sitting on the porch and of \"frat guys.\" watching some maintenance guy try and mow TrashKA's - baseball/basketball players. Island. Disaster.Delta Sig - wanted to be Chi Phis. - Dax Collins getting a couple of drunk guys at Music Midtown into a bidding war over his \"last pack\" of But the Chi Phis I met were all shapes, sizes, cigarettesand orientations. From straight to gay, from Ivan Anni- - Getting thrown through a window by Jeremy Greenupkov the crazy Russian to the suit-wearing Dave Pass, it at Exec Retreat (long story).seemed like the one thing they had in common was thatthey all marched to the beat of their own drummer. I All the rest probably shouldn't be printed here.decided that really appealed to me, and luckily, so didDax Collins (my best friend from high school) who al- Fast forward fifteen years. You now live in Denver,so pledged. The rest is history. tell us about your job and what you do at FullContactWhat would be your fondest memory of the chapter? FullContact is a startup dedicated to solving the world's contact information problem.I know it's funny to say it - but probably pledging. Pos-sibly the hardest semester of my time at Oglethorpe - Continued on page 9...but the hardest things are often the most rewarding. Inthe midst of the lack of sleep, the crazy events, and thechaos of it all, I made some of the best friends I've everhad. You don't really know the meaning of'Brotherhood' 'til you've faced tough times together.

The Chakett Club  5 Elias Castro Brother Castro has already made great headway Pǻ’17 in his efforts to expand upon the philanthropy aspect of Philanthropy the Rho Delta Chapter. Through his efforts he has Chairman spearheaded several trips to the Boys and Girls Club, keeping Brothers active in the local center. Also, Broth- This semester the Rho Delta Chapter has er Castro has been working closely with theswitched its attention, focusing upon one of the most im- Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority in order to create anotherportant uses of our organization. Philanthropy is im- RAINN event on April 30th in order to emphasize sexu-portant as our Brothers must complete at least ten hours al awareness month. Brother Castro, along with Alphaof community service per semester, and although this Flagg have also been working to get the Chapter in thehas not been heavily emphasized in the past, our current \"Be The Match\" campaign, which will allow BrothersPhilanthropy Chair, Brother Elias Castro is looking to to volunteer to donate bone marrow. Brother Castro hasrevolutionize the program and bring Rho Delta forward been hard at work this past semester in getting thein community service. Brothers involved and we can expect many more great projects to come from our Philanthropy Chair. 1 \"My Hope for Chi Phi, in terms of philanthropy,is to get the chapter more involved this year with our na- Left, Rho Deltational philanthropies, the Boys and Girls Club and Brothers spendRAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network), an afternoonwhile also making an impact in our local community working with thethrough our current efforts with The American Cancer Boys & GirlsSociety’s Relay for Life.\" ClubBrothers in the News... Left; Chi Phi Cookout, right, Bradd Flagg, raised over $400 for RAINN Pǻ’16 received Brother Castro the President’s Ser- assists in serving vice Award at the dinner at the annual Greek American Cancer Awards Night Society Hope Lodge, left Right, Chris Fernandez Pǻ’17 received the award for Out- standing Emerging Greek Leader

The Chakett Club  6Carson and the You can check out The Future Babes onFuture Babes SoundCloud and show your support by liking theirChris Schuetz , Pǻ’18 official bandpage/Facebook page at www.facebook.com/futurebabes. 1Atlanta is known not only for it’s amazing food and sub- Carson Fleischman, Pǻ’17par sports teams, but also for its excellent music scene.Rho Delta’s very own Carson Fleischman (vocals, lead Alumni in the News...guitar) along with long-time friends and band membersIan Klin (vocals, bass guitar, keyboard) and McClain Rob Frazer, Pǻ’90 (left)Hendon (drums) have been making their own contribu- received a Silver Awardtions to Atlanta’s music scene with The Future Babes. from the Southeast Fes-In a day and age where pop culture has mass produced tivals & Events Associa-noises that make our ears bleed, it is refreshing to hear a tion for Most Creativefolk/indie rock band that plays for the love of music, not Festival Ideadollar bills. Kevin Redmon, The trio met in high school at Atlanta’s own Ben Pǻ’00Franklin Academy. “We all went to high school together With wife Kalenand played in the school jazz/funk/rock band thing,” said (OU Tri-SigmaCarson. After-school jam sessions turned into band prac- and Rho Deltatices and soon enough, in 2012, the Future Babes had Sweetheart)recorded and released their premier album out of drum-mer Hendon’s basement. The three would visit an old Kevin was selected as one of the top 500farm to get away from the busy life of college musicians salespersons for 2014 where he works at IBMliving in the city and give themselves time to draw inspi-ration for their writing. “It was a lot easier in high schoolbecause we all had the same schedules. But now, I’m atOglethorpe, McClain is recording a record with his otherband right now, and Ian is asked to play piano all overthe place these days. We used to go down there a lotmore and hangout and write. I don’t think any of us real-ly like living in the city.” Over the last three years, the band has touredaround the country and is on the verge of releasing theirthird album recorded out of Madison Studios. Carson is also the lead singer and guitarist ofAlan Smith: The Band (the unofficial official band of theRho Delta Chapter). They will be representing Chi Phi inthe talent section of Greek Week.

The Chakett Club  7Brad Flagg Tells All:An update from the AlphaCarson Fleischman, Pǻ’17 I recently had the opportunity to interview the Brad Flagg, Pǻ’17 , Alpha (left)Alpha of our chapter, my Big Brother, Brad Flagg. Alt-hough this article is titled “Brad Flagg Tells All,” it with Brother Fleischmanwould be more appropriate to title it “Brad Flagg TellsMe All My Questions Are Garbage.” Alumni in the News...When you pledged did you think you would run for aposition on EC? If not, what made you change yourmind? Back when I was pledging, I didn't really seemyself doing anything on EC but after being a brotherfor about a year, I realized I could make a differenceand help our chapter be the best we can be.What's your intended major and what courses are you Keith Nabb, Pǻ’88 with daughter Sophia,taking this semester? I'm an English major and am tak- who received the Gwinnett County Careering three English classes and Core class. and Technical Education Student of the Year AwardHave you been able to manage your time effectivelybetween your classes and your position as Alpha? It'sbeen pretty easy managing my time between everythingI have going on, I've held a leadership position in thefraternity prior to this, and although this is a little morework, I feel like I'm still balancing everything prettywell up to this point. Most likely because I'm a beast.It's been several months since you've taken over as Pat DiCicco, Pǻ’99 (right) received an awardAlpha, what has your experience been thus far? It's from Brookhaven Mayor Max Davis (center)been okay, it's been a good amount of work with every- for saving a life in the line of duty using anthing going on with our chapter currently, but I feel like AED. Brother DiCicco is a police officer withI've handled it well and we're on track to keep moving the city of Brookhaven, and a member of theforward in the coming months. North Metro SWAT TeamIf you could change your name to anything, whatwould it be? Rooster Cogburn (from True Grit) 1

The Chakett Club  8Remember When? Brothers in the News... Robbie Wilbanks, Pǻ’15 Completed the fall semester abroad in Iceland. Senior Class Senator and intern at the Chi Phi National Office Chris Fernandez, ’Pǻ17 Sophomore Class Senator, IFC Secretary, Freshman Orientation Leader, Black & Gold Club; just elected as Junior Class SGA President Evan Drew, Pǻ’17 Oglethorpe Singers, Honors Program, President of Growing Hope Community Garden Club Edmund Smith, Pǻ’15 Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Soci- ety, Freshman Orientation Leader, Black & Gold Club Harsh Patel, Pǻ’15 Recently received the Charles M. MacConnell Award for Outstanding Ser- vice and Commitment to Oglethorpe University

The Chakett Club  9Alumni Spotlight, continued from Page 4 You’ve participated in a few world record attempts… how did that go?We offer an app (iOS, web, Chrome extension) thatauto-merges duplicate contacts, cleans up formatting, In 2012, I was part of a team that set a worldadds social profile data, and keeps everything in sync record for the Largest Wingsuit Formation ever built. Itacross all your different address books and social net- involved 100 wingsuit pilots exiting from 5 aircraftworks. I'm the Director of Acquisition Marketing - over Perris, California, and took us 5 days of jumpingrunning all top-of-funnel customer acquisition cam- to finally successfully build the formation. Definitely apaigns. high point in my skydiving career.How has your membership in Chi Phi affected or Some other records/achievements:helped you in your career- lessons learned and ap-plied, etc.? - Colorado State Record, Largest Freefall Formation (69-way), 2011 - 69 people building a slot specific for- In a word: immensely. Some particular lessons: mation in freefall from 4 aircraft. - Colorado State Record, Largest Wingsuit Formation Over-communicate. Keep people aware of (14-Way), 2012.what you're doing, and what results you're seeing. - Silver Medal, 2010 NSL Skydiving Nationals, For-Whether you're an employee, an actor trying to get an mation Skydiving. My 4-way formation skydiving team,audition, or an alumni chair trying to raise funds for the Relativity, took home the silver after narrowly missingChapter, showing them you're moving forward is cru- the gold.cial. Everyone likes to associate with someone whogets shit done. And… Continued on Page 11 Just fucking do it. If you have an idea forsomething, get started on it. Quit waiting for someoneelse to do it for you - just make it happen. Otherwise,it's likely not going to get done.And you have taken up a rather unique and adven-turous hobby. Tell us about that. I got married last year. Super-dangerous. I'malso a licensed skydiver and wind tunnel instructor,with almost 1000 jumps.How did you first get started? It was all about a girl. (Yes, there's a patternhere. See above.) I had always wanted to try skydiving,and when a girl I had been hanging out with asked meto go with her, I said 'Absolutely.' She called me themorning we were supposed to go and she bailed on thewhole thing. But I went up, made my first jump, andhave been jumping ever since.

The Chakett Club  10 We want to hear from you! Send your comments, questions, news & notes to [email protected] following alumni are “lost” from the National or University records – they may be on Facebook, or maybe you have anemail address? Any information you can provide to us to re-establish contact will be greatly appreciated!Alec Aften '14 Michael Gates '87 Douglas Roberts '74Alan Aguirre '14 Steven Geiger '79 Johl Rotman '73Ivan Annikov '99 Gary Hand '89 David Sanders '97Cary Aurand '05 Christopher Henry '03 Eric Sechrist '79Michael BelleIsle '74 Kenneth Hines '88 Andrew Sherry '90Samuel Beloff '77 Robert Irving '91 Noah Siclari '14Beau Berthelot '12 Brad Isaacson '97 Matthew Smith '99Robert Berrent '76 James Ivey '83 Charles Stephens '00Saye Braucht '08 Ronald Jones '76 Lukas Strasser '14GeorgeBrown '76 James Kaye '88 Glenn Streidel '77Michael Browoleit '82 John Kontoghiorghes '15 Paul Strizhevsky '97Jimmy Burke '88 MurrayLichter '76 Ian Trimble '05Cristin Calle '92 Donald Macy '80 Forrester Vosburgh '14Boyd Calvert '95 Robert McGee '08 Steven Weber '90Jacob Camp '09 Ronny Mercer '72 Eric Weinman '93Richard Cartwright '02 Michael Mills '82 Alvin Yarborough '99Dario Commuzi '86 Kenneth Mogell '77Michael Corcoran '86 Russell Montgomery '83 Dave Pass Pǻ‘95 with Corey RaySam Cranley '81 Robert Moore '99 Pǻ‘14 at the 2014 SEC FootballJason Crawford '01 Scott Mordue '86 Championship, Georgia DomePatrick Daniel '90 Pat Mulhearn '96Jason Day '99 Jerry Mundy '94Patrick Dean '87 David Murdico '87WesleyDesselle '92 Andrew Murphy '06GeorgeDippel '84 James Nye '87David DiVita '92 Jeffrey Petree '86Carlos Duque-Estrada '88 Dalton Pierce '14Ryan Dykes '08 Ronald Policella '82Dylan Evans '06 Ryan Rees '93Christopher Failing '96 Michael Reeves '00Jeff Farge '98 Gerald Renoe '92Robert Findley '14 Mason Richey '00Arnold Gale '77 Timothy Riner '00

The Chakett Club  11Alumni Spotlight, continued from page 9 whether you would regret not having done it if you died tomorrow. If the answer is in any way yes, don't put it off.Your avocation is not without its risks. What would Just do it. And, stop asking 'why'. Ask 'why not?'be your most harrowing moment? Bad things can definitely happen. Whenever Same for the alumni… what would you say to them in re-something goes wrong, your best bet is to stay calm, flection as an alumnus for fifteen years???work the problem, and if you can't fix it, cutaway Damn. What a long strange trip it's been. Anyone inyour main and go to your reserve. To date, I've had 3 Colorado want to grab a beer, or am I gonna have to comecutaways out of 1000 jumps. back to Georgia to make that happen? My most sketchy moment was on breakofffrom a large skydive (~25 people). At the end of a Thank you for visiting with us and we hope to see you in Atlanta soon! 1skydive, we turn and track away from the formationso we can deploy our parachutes in clean airspace. Iturned to track away from the formation, and saw an- other parachute deploying directly underneath me. Iturned and missed it by about 2 feet - had I hit it, it Brother Chamberswould have been ugly (I won't get into the ugly de- refs a street hockeytails, for those who don't know, an inflated parachute game on Greek Row,is about as hard as a rock - and I would have hit it do- 1998ing about 120mph).That was one of the few moments that reallyscared me - but like I said, when something goes Right, thewrong, you stay calm and work the problem. descentAny thoughts on your future endeavors? I'm currently deciding whether or not to par- Below, 2012ticipate in the next Wingsuit World Record attempt, Wingsuitwhich will take place in September of this year. It all world recorddepends on scheduling. I'd also like to get more intoBASE jumping - whenever I can find the time to domore of it.If you had some sagely wisdom for the current Ac-tives in the Chapter, what would that be? Risk is a part of life. You can't get away fromit. Your best bet is to come to terms with the fact thatthere are no guarantees. You might not make it hometonight.So whenever you are presented with an activity orevent you're uncertain about doing, ask yourself

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