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Purple Rocket Fall 2015
- 1. Pig Dinner lastFebruary. 72 under graduate and graduate brothers were in attendance at Admiral’s Grill. We added events such as a Friday night get- together downtown and a house tour on Saturday. I hope those who came had a great time and plan to attend again this year. I have been working with Brett Pytel and Arsen Balukh to make the up- coming Pig Dinner even better. Summer Graduate Golf Outing The annual Summer Gradu- ate Golf Outing was held the weekend of July 21 and we had a decent showing. There were four teams mixed with under graduate and graduate brothers playing a scramble. By: Graduate Brother Chadd Schwartz Dear Fellow Graduate Brother, It has been almost a full year now since I became the Purple Legionnaire of our Upsilon Tau chapter. It has been an amazing expe- rience so far. Over the past year, many things have hap- pened at the graduate level that I would like to high- light. Fraternity House If you have not heard al- ready, the fraternity has fulfilled a long term goal of obtaining a house. The four bedroom, two full bath house at 1420 Lawnview was purchased in Novem- ber 2011 and undergradu- ate brothers have been living there since. This is a great way for the chapter to start building long term revenue and now have a place to call “home” for years to come. We have also been doing work to the house. A work pro- gram where brothers did work around the house for money towards dues was done last Spring and a new roof and gutters were put on the house this Fall. There will be an open house before Pig Dinner in February if you would like to see it. 11th Annual Pig Dinner We had a great turn out at After golf, we went to dinner at El Vaquero Mexican res- taurant on Secor and hit the bars that night. This year, we will do a better job of organ- izing and communicating details for the summer golf outing so we can hopefully get more out-of-town gradu- ate brothers to attend. I will be working with the BCA on that this Spring, so keep an eye out for the details. Homecoming 2012 Homecoming was a great success! There were about 15 graduate brothers, both from in and out of town, who come to UT for the day. We started tailgating in the park- ing lot of Rocket Hall around 10:00am, some watched the parade, and most people went to the football game that afternoon. The under- Championship Winning Soccer Team P u r p l e L e g i o n n a i r e U p d a t e I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Purple Legionnaire Update 1&2 Catching up with Grads 3 The Current Chapter 3 Pictures 4&5 P H I G A M M A D E L T A — U P S I L O N T A U Purple Rocket Celebrating 10 years at The University of Toledo September 20152015 Summer 2012 Graduate Outing the five values of Phi Gamma Delta. RockeTHON was another huge event for the Upsilon Tau chapter with the over- all director of Rock- eTHON being our own brother, Chris Sneider. Chris did a phenome- nal job at putting eve- rything together and raising money through- out the year. As a chapter we raised $7,452, which crushed our donation goal of $6,000. 16 members of our chapter raised over $100. The top three members were Jason Clis- by with $205, Adam Gol- dammer with $206, and Mark Parker, who raised $1,018.48. During the event, instead of Wax a FIJI, we ran a jail as our fundraiser on location. The fundraiser allowed participants to make a do- nation to put a friend in jail. The fundraiser was a hit, and we raised $627, which we donated to RockeTHON. The Upsilon Tau chapter of Phi Gamma Delta did some pretty big things in the 2014/2015 school year at the University of Toledo. It was a great year for intra- mural sports with winning the indoor soccer tourna- ment, taking second place in cornhole and out- door soccer, and third place in bubble soccer, indoor vol- leyball, and 4v4 flag football. It was also a proud year for the Upsilon Tau chapter in UT’s 2015 Songfest. Even though we did not place top three, with the direction of Alex “Dibbers” DiBell we put a lot of time and dedica- tion into our routine which featured songs like Survi- vor’s “Eye of the Tiger” and Queen’s “We are the Champions.” The theme to our routine was Phi Gam Fight Night, so nat- urally there was a lot of high energy punch danc- ing. Although we didn’t place, we were mighty proud. At the Greek Awards cer- emony, we were honored to receive awards for third place in community involvement and second place in academics. We were also recognized for having 100% of our members involved in a second organization. These awards prove that we are striving to live by L a s t Y e a r i n U p s i l o n T a u I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : The Current Chapter 1 Meet The Pledges 2 Pictures 3&4 P H I G A M M A D E L T A — U P S I L O N T A U Purple Rocket Celebrating 10 years at The University of Toledo Purple Legionnaire, Brock Burkholder during the an- nual Ball Run Logan Curl (left) and Mitch Hardin (right) center stage at Song- fest 2015 September 2015 FRIENDSHIP KNOWLEDGE SERVICE MORALITY EXCELLENCE
- 2. Meet the Pledges: PhiClass Biography Luke Brautigam (not pictured) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Chemical Engineering Sports: Basketball, soccer, and volleyball Fun Fact: “I’m boring” David Broker (1) Class Standing: sophomore Major: Chemical Engineering Sports: Volleyball and hockey Fun Fact: Is an Eagle Scout with 4 palms Chris Fox-Strauss (4) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Biology Fun Fact: He is a blacksmith Aaron Makselan (2) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Bioengineering, Pre-Med Sports: Volleyball Fun Fact: Born and raised in Ohio, but a U of M fan his whole life Alex McBride (3) Class Standing: Junior Major: Entrepreneurship Fun Fact: Played guitar for the 2015 FIJI Songfest Collin O’Riordon (6) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Chemical Business Finance and Professional Sales Sports: Golf, soccer, and volleyball Fun Fact: Was on the winning team at the annual FIJI graduate golf outing Luke Poston (5) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Mechanical Engineering Sports: Volleyball Fun Fact: Is a practice player for the UT women’s volleyball team Bryce Tichenor (7) Class Standing: Sophomore Major: Chemical Engineering Sports: Basketball, soccer, and volleyball Fun Fact: Has freakishly large hands and feet 2 4 6 1 3 5 7
- 3. “Friendship, the sweetestinfluence” Phi Class Spirit Rock Miracle Child, Sarah Anne and Chris Sneider at RockeTHON Phi Gam Fight Night Songfest finale Intramural Indoor Soccer Champions
- 4. Not For CollegeDays Alone Graduate Brother, Sherif Abdelsalam showing that he is mighty proud to be a FIJI in front of the Great Pyramids