Monday March 29, 2010

Today Theta Chi participated in the Gamma Phi Beta Moonball volleyball tournament, playing soundly and advancing to the third round of play.

Here Matt Smith deftly returns the volley of an opposing Phi Sig.

And here Jake Armstrong demonstrates his mastery of volleyball as Parker Harroff looks on.

In other recent news, the first yearly Beach Weekend was concluded this past Sunday. It was by all accounts successful. A good time was had by all involved.

The members of Theta Chi Eta Alpha are looking forward to the weekend of April 10 when they will once again become a chapter. A very exciting week is expected.

November 22

Both Theta Chi and Clemson have been doing a great job on the football field! Theta Chi is undefeated this season and is #1 in power rankings for our division. Thus far, the defense has not allowed more than one touchdown! In our last game, we had 4 different players throw touchdowns or extra points. It was exciting.




Here is team photo of most of the members of the team. A couple could not make it to the game, but they'll be in other photo's soon.




<DIV>Jake is ready to make a tackle. This is probally the best action shot that I was able to get.

Here's a few players of the offense. I wasn't able to get any action photos of them, since I'm on the offense. They don't allow cameras on the field. Haha.























This is the Clemson band. Ben Boone is actually in the band. This is the closest I could get, so you can't really see him, but he's there! </DIV> V>
Clemson football is going really well now. As I'm sure everyone's seen on national news, we're in the ACC Championship Game! There is definitely a buzz around campus as a lot of people are excited for Tampa Bay! I think a few of the Eta Alpha guys might be going.



Besides football, Eta Alpha is working on our petition for Re-Installation. Our goal is to complete it and submit it before leaving for winter break. We should be getting everything squared away. Currently, membership is at 45 men and we all are excited for IFC rush and informal recruitment in the spring!



If any alumni have any questions or would like to offer any assistance, please let me know. You can email me at Lepper@Clemson.edu


Fraternally,


Dan

Monday, November 2, 2009

Homecoming came quickly. Thanks for all the alumni that were able to make it. For those that couldn't make it to the tailgate, it was a good time. There was food and beverages for all to enjoy. The rain came down and really made everything wet. Thankfully, just about everyone was able to cram underneath the tent.

Clemson destroyed Coastal Carolina and that caused the tailgate to end rather quickly after the game. The guys had a good time later that night for Halloween.

In other news, this summer two undergraduates Chris Marler and James Rubel went to the Chapter Leadership Conference in Philadelphia to represent the members of Eta Alpha. Here is a picture of Chris, James and I with the National President Doug Allen.

Chris and James really got a lot out of the conference. It was a good time where they each learned a lot more about the fraternity. I also learned plenty to help Eta Alpha become a Chapter again.

In other news, flag football was postponed tonight. Due to the rain on Saturday, the tailgaters tore up the intramural fields, when they left Clemson.

Tuesday, October 27

Hey ya'll,

Last night we had our first real flag football game. The week previous, the other fraternity didn't show up, so we won by forfeit. Anyways, our defense played amazing! We ended up beating ATO 18-0! It was a great shut-out. Mark had an interception and almost snagged a second one in the 2nd half. The offense did well too. Collin had an AWESOME 1 handed catch to keep the drive alive late in the 2nd half. Also, Zach threw a couple TD's and things are really starting to click. Sorry for not having any pictures of the football game. I'll try to get some for next time!

After the game, a bunch of guys went to the philanthropy event for Sigma Chi. It was their annual Derby Days event to raise money to fight breast cancer. At the event, each sorority made a ten minute dance routine to perform to all those in attendance. It was an awesome event and I'm glad we were able to support another fraternity.

This weekend is the Homecoming weekend! Clemson is playing Coastal Carolina on Saturday. Theta Chi will be having our regular tailgate in the fraternity and sorority Quad on campus. If you're an Eta Alpha Chapter alumni or another Theta Chi alumni feel free to come. Let me know so that way we can be sure to have enough food. You can email me at Lepper@Clemson.edu

Thanks!

A really busy last couple days

Hey all--

The Colonization Ceremony went great! It was an awesome day for the men of Eta Alpha. There were 25 men who officially became New Members of the Fraternity (3 guys couldn't make it due to personal reasons, but are still in the group).

Afterwards, when speaking to some of the New Members of the Colony, they said that they really admired all of the Brothers who came and helped conduct the Colonization. They were amazed by the passion that Brothers had to drive or fly into Clemson for the morning and then leave shortly after the ceremony. Here's a picture of the men after the Colonization Ceremony:



Recently, the members of Eta Alpha gave out 24 bids last Sunday. Originally, 19 guys accepted their bids! However, of those newest guys, 2 already had to drop for personal and or family reasons. Currently, the Colony has 45 guys! We are not done recruiting though, as we will be having a couple more events in the near future. Our hope is to recruit another 10 guys before Thanksgiving break!

Tonight we have our 2nd flag football game. Last week we won by forfeit as the other team did not show up. A win's a win.

Wednesday night we tentatively have a social planned with Sigma Kappa and Gamma Phi Beta. It's tentatively because the other fraternity we were paired with backed out at the last minute.

If you have any questions or would like to be put in contact with any of the members of Eta Alpha, feel free to E-mail Dan at Lepper@Clemson.edu and he'll put you into contact with them.

Thanks!

Colonization Ceremony coming up!

The Colonization Ceremony for the Eta Alpha Interest Group is going to take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:30 AM in the Student Sentate Chambers on campus. There will be representatives from IHQ and other brothers in attendence. Jim McEachern, past National President will be conducting the ceremony.

If you would like to attend, please email Dan Lepper, the graduate advisor at Lepper@Clemson.edu or just show up. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 9:30 and then head to tailgating on the Greek Quad.

Let me know if you have questions.

Thanks,

Dan

2nd Post-Interest Meeting

Hey ya'll,

Tonight there was an interest meeting for the Eta Alpha Interest Group. Essentially, we have a meeting that starts with a meet and greet, then progresses to a formal presentation that is conducted by the recruitment chairman and a couple others and then some wrap up questions from the guys interested.

It was a GREAT turnout tonight! There were about 25 guys who were interested that attended the meeting. It was held at 7:30 in Sirrine 120. Lots of snaps go out to Col. Lance Young, our faculty advisor for booking the room for the meeting and for bringing an awesome dinner! It was great!

These next couple of weeks will be filled with recruitment events. Ideally, it would be nice to have a recruitment before Fall Break (which is this upcoming weekend), but most likely we'll have one once we return.

It's safe to say that everyone that is currently in the Interest Group is excited and motivated to see Eta Alpha return as a Chapter once again to Clemson University! It's going to be a lot of work, but will definitely be worth it come time for Re-Instillation.