Editors Note: This article basically shows the good a Fraternity does, and how too much negativity is expressed when it comes to terms of a Fraternity.
Beta-Sigma Charity Hockey Game Nets $2,400
By: Matt Usdin The Colgate Maroon news
Your browser may not support display of this image.On Saturday a frenzied crowd of more than 250 people crammed into Starr Rink to witness the Huntsman Cup hockey game. While the charity event between the Sigma Chi and Beta Theta Pi fraternities is only in its second year, the game already has become a significant philanthropic event, as well as a heated rivalry on the ice.
All profits from the game were donated to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, an organization that aims to combine revolutionary research and state-of-the-art patient care in an effort to offer hope and support to cancer patients and their families. This year, the event raised over $2,400 through ticket and t-shirt sales, as well as donations from the local businesses Oliveri's Pizzeria and New York Pizzeria.
For the second consecutive year the fans were treated to an extremely exciting game. Beta sophomore Brian Fuller got the game off to a fast start by scoring the first goal just seconds into the first period. Beta junior Shezhad Khan expressed how important the fast start was.
"Scoring a goal that quickly certainly gave us a great amount of confidence," Khan said. "It was a huge momentum boost."
However, the early Beta advantage did not last for long, as Sigma senior Peter Engebretson blasted a long shot into the net just minutes later. After the teams traded goals in the second period, a hard-fought but scoreless final period sent the game to overtime for the second consecutive year.
Although Sigma threatened to score the game winner several times early in the overtime period, Beta eventually gained the victory when first-year Jeff Thompson scored the golden goal with just one minute left on the clock.
Former Sigma President senior Julien Lederman expressed his disappointment in the loss, but also his pride in the charity event.
"While it is definitely hard to accept the loss, especially as a senior playing in the last game of a distinguished hockey career, I couldn't be happier with the success of the event," Lederman said. "It is certainly a great feeling to know that we are contributing to such a great charity and both fraternities should be proud."
A party that was co-hosted by the fraternities at the Sigma Chi house followed the game. Donations were accepted at the door to further benefit the Huntsman Institute. The fraternities look forward to improving upon the success of the event in years to come.
"It is just a great feeling to know that we are helping people who really need it," Sigma Vice-President sophomore Johnny Russell said. "It doesn't necessarily matter who wins the game. As long we are benefiting a good cause, we are all winners."
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One of the definite reasons this article stood out to me is because Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi are two out of the three Fraternities that make the Miami Triad. It is good to see how even though it’s another college, the efforts to raise money and help the community is always there, and how these Fraternities have really impacted their college. The hockey game seems like it’s a good time. Everyone is having fun, which is the most important part. I think an event like this really helps, because two different Fraternities get to show their pride in what they believed. Also as heard about at Rutgers, there is nothing like a competitive athletic event between two different Greek Organizations. In the end both Fraternities at this college really did something for a good cause, and that should definitely stand out. Fraternities need to be known for all the good they do, because they do a lot.
Posted By: Sagar Agrawal
Friday, February 29, 2008
Meet The New Member!
Esteban Escobar
Age: 20 Years Old
Location: Gladstone NJ, Busch Apartments
Siblings: One older brother 25 Ricardo
Major: Spanish major Philosophy minor.
Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski.
Favorite Band: The Mars Volta.
Favorite TV Show: Squidbillies.
Pet Peeves: people who bite their nails.
What do you find attractive in a girl: pretty eyes.
Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton: Lindsay right after Mean Girls.
Favorite Cheese: cheese that stinks like a foot
Posted By: Esteban Escobar
Age: 20 Years Old
Location: Gladstone NJ, Busch Apartments
Siblings: One older brother 25 Ricardo
Major: Spanish major Philosophy minor.
Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski.
Favorite Band: The Mars Volta.
Favorite TV Show: Squidbillies.
Pet Peeves: people who bite their nails.
What do you find attractive in a girl: pretty eyes.
Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton: Lindsay right after Mean Girls.
Favorite Cheese: cheese that stinks like a foot
Posted By: Esteban Escobar
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
"Often called the most beloved and popular of college fraternity songs, "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" was written in 1911 by Byron Stokes. Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) playing tenor ukulele recorded this song in the 1930's."
Posted By: Evan Hackler
Posted By: Evan Hackler
3 Students Charged in Alcohol-Related Death
Editor's Note: In this article, a freshman has died as a result of alcohol poisoning. He was very irresponsible in how he acted and conducted himself. Himself and his other brothers should have realized that he had too much to drink and tried to do something to stop him. He did not have "A Deep Sense of Personal responsibility".
Freshman died at Clemson fraternity with 0.38 blood-alcohol level
Source: Associated Press
Published: 1/30/2008
WALHALLA, S.C. - Three fraternity members at Clemson University were charged with misdemeanors after a freshman died of alcohol poisoning during an off-campus party, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
The students' activities did not directly lead to the death of 18-year-old Benjamin Garrison Sprague, prosecutor Chrissy Adams said. But the three students, all members of the fraternity Sigma Nu, face charges that include transferring beer and liquor to a minor and using fake identification to buy alcohol.
Adams said Sprague was not forced to drink at the party.
"Ben made choices that night to consume alcohol, and he consumed alcohol in excess, and that led to his death," Adams said. "These boys made a mistake by providing the alcohol and having it available at a fraternity party to underage drinkers."Blood-alcohol level of 0.38 percent
Sprague died of alcohol poisoning Dec. 9 at an off-campus Sigma Nu fraternity house. He had a blood-alcohol level of nearly 0.38 percent — about five times above the legal threshold for driving, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis has said.
After Sprague's death, the school's Sigma Nu chapter was placed on interim suspension by the university and the national fraternity pending investigations. The suspension means the group cannot hold any meetings or parties.
Adams said Sprague, who had recently been initiated into the fraternity, had been drinking for four hours before he arrived at the party. Adams read a statement from Sprague's parents that said, "While we acknowledge Ben's errors in judgment, we do not believe his errors overshadow his goodness."
Clemson spokeswoman Robin Denny said the school will determine if the students who were charged would also be suspended.
"Our first thoughts are with the Sprague family and continue to be with them, since this is just another sad day for their family and for the Clemson family," Denny said.
Fake ID for beer buy, prosecutor says
The prosecutor said Jetin Patel, 19, was charged with using a fake ID to purchase beer at a grocery store. He also faces charges of underage possession of beer and transfer of beer to a person under 21.
Matthew Rinkel, 20, was charged with transfer of beer and transfer of liquor to a person under 21.
Addison Kerr, 21, was charged with transfer of liquor to a minor.
It was unclear whether the students had attorneys. All three were booked Tuesday and released from jail on their own recognizance.
While their punishments could range anywhere from fines to about one month in jail, Adams said the students are eligible for a pretrial intervention program. If they are admitted and successfully complete the program, the charges would be removed from their records.Posted By: Mike Schroeder
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sigma Chi Raises Thousands for Cancer
Editor's Note: The article is about derby days in oregon. They raised just over 15
thousand for charity, which is a great thing. But doesn't our chapter
generally raise a significantly larger amount than that?
Sigma Chi's 'Derby Days' raised more than $15,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation
By: Lauren Fox
Credit: Daily Emerald
Date Published: 2/25/08
Each day during the competition, Sigma Chi set up coin drives outside The Duck Store and sold T-shirts to raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. At Thursday's competition, the sororities choreographed their own dances that featured members of Sigma Chi.
The dances represented a wide range of genres, from Gamma Phi Beta's swing dance routine to "Hey Big Spender" to Pi Beta Phi's gangster twist to a medley that included "Singing in the Rain." Performances also included hip hop by Chi Omega and Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta's adorable revive of 1920s-style "flappers," and Alpha Chi Omega's performance of a piece titled "High School Drama," which drew laughter from the crowd.
Kappa Kappa Gamma won the competition, having received the most overall points.
Overall, Sigma Chi raised $15,242, far surpassing its original goal of $10,000. Wolfe said the amount is the largest Sigma Chi has ever raised and said he thinks it "may be the largest amount a Greek house has earned in a while."
Posted By: Chris Algiere
thousand for charity, which is a great thing. But doesn't our chapter
generally raise a significantly larger amount than that?
Sigma Chi's 'Derby Days' raised more than $15,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation
By: Lauren Fox
Credit: Daily Emerald
Date Published: 2/25/08
Each day during the competition, Sigma Chi set up coin drives outside The Duck Store and sold T-shirts to raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. At Thursday's competition, the sororities choreographed their own dances that featured members of Sigma Chi.
The dances represented a wide range of genres, from Gamma Phi Beta's swing dance routine to "Hey Big Spender" to Pi Beta Phi's gangster twist to a medley that included "Singing in the Rain." Performances also included hip hop by Chi Omega and Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta's adorable revive of 1920s-style "flappers," and Alpha Chi Omega's performance of a piece titled "High School Drama," which drew laughter from the crowd.
Kappa Kappa Gamma won the competition, having received the most overall points.
Overall, Sigma Chi raised $15,242, far surpassing its original goal of $10,000. Wolfe said the amount is the largest Sigma Chi has ever raised and said he thinks it "may be the largest amount a Greek house has earned in a while."
Posted By: Chris Algiere
Fraternity Prank Ends in Arrests
Editor's Note: This article was posted in the Michigan Daily in 2004. I picked it because this shows when a fraternity takes something that is supposed to be fun and turns it into getting in trouble. This is what should not be done. Some the fraternity members got arrested because of trying to pull a prank. It, in a way, teaches them a good lesson.
Fraternity prank ends in arrests
By Leslie Rott and Karl Stampfl, Daily Staff Reporter on 12/6/04
In what some sorority members are calling the damaging escalation of a friendly tradition, nine members of Theta Chi fraternity were arrested early Saturday morning after police said they gained illegal entry into the Delta Delta Delta sorority house. The sorority will press charges, which could result in 15-year felony punishments.
The men reportedly climbed up a fire escape and entered through the bathroom window of the sorority house, Ann Arbor Police Department Sgt. Pat Ouellette said. Among other items, police said they stole two composite pictures, which consist of photos of every member of the fraternity or sorority and are often displayed in Greek houses.
A member of the church next door called AAPD to the sorority house at about 4 a.m. Saturday. Police said they found three men inside a van and two on the roof of the house and two others later came out of the house. While police were questioning the group, two additional men came out of the house and fled on foot. Police ran after the two and caught them, Ouellette said.
The practice of pranking other Greek houses by stealing composite pictures is a fairly widespread tradition in the fraternity and sorority system, although most of these pranks do not result in arrests or, necessarily, break-ins.
?Normally frats will be let into a sorority house and usually a composite is stolen, or an emblem of some kind. However, this event was taken to another level, and other things happened that made this different than previous situations,? said LSA junior Lindsey Fediuk, vice president of the Pan Hellenic Association of sororities and a member of Delta Delta Delta.
The sorority was not ready to comment on these other circumstances, which Fediuk said added to the severity of the incident.
?We need to set a boundary,? said LSA sophomore Maggie Master, vice president of public relations for Delta Delta Delta. ?It?s a security issue for our home.?
and makes
The fraternity members were released, but an investigation is ongoing. The men could face charges of home invasion, a felony that can carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Fediuk said the sorority will press charges in the hope of stopping the escalation.
?We are pressing charges so the men can be held accountable for their actions as well as to set a precedent ? for future events,? she said, adding that the actions of the men were not representative of the Greek system.
Posted By: Kevin Naranjo
Fraternity prank ends in arrests
By Leslie Rott and Karl Stampfl, Daily Staff Reporter on 12/6/04
In what some sorority members are calling the damaging escalation of a friendly tradition, nine members of Theta Chi fraternity were arrested early Saturday morning after police said they gained illegal entry into the Delta Delta Delta sorority house. The sorority will press charges, which could result in 15-year felony punishments.
The men reportedly climbed up a fire escape and entered through the bathroom window of the sorority house, Ann Arbor Police Department Sgt. Pat Ouellette said. Among other items, police said they stole two composite pictures, which consist of photos of every member of the fraternity or sorority and are often displayed in Greek houses.
A member of the church next door called AAPD to the sorority house at about 4 a.m. Saturday. Police said they found three men inside a van and two on the roof of the house and two others later came out of the house. While police were questioning the group, two additional men came out of the house and fled on foot. Police ran after the two and caught them, Ouellette said.
The practice of pranking other Greek houses by stealing composite pictures is a fairly widespread tradition in the fraternity and sorority system, although most of these pranks do not result in arrests or, necessarily, break-ins.
?Normally frats will be let into a sorority house and usually a composite is stolen, or an emblem of some kind. However, this event was taken to another level, and other things happened that made this different than previous situations,? said LSA junior Lindsey Fediuk, vice president of the Pan Hellenic Association of sororities and a member of Delta Delta Delta.
The sorority was not ready to comment on these other circumstances, which Fediuk said added to the severity of the incident.
?We need to set a boundary,? said LSA sophomore Maggie Master, vice president of public relations for Delta Delta Delta. ?It?s a security issue for our home.?
and makes
The fraternity members were released, but an investigation is ongoing. The men could face charges of home invasion, a felony that can carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Fediuk said the sorority will press charges in the hope of stopping the escalation.
?We are pressing charges so the men can be held accountable for their actions as well as to set a precedent ? for future events,? she said, adding that the actions of the men were not representative of the Greek system.
Posted By: Kevin Naranjo
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