Sigma Chi (Delta Psi Chapter) September Newsletter

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It is once again Fall at Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, which means a new loadof students comes in, while many others return to classes.

A new year at school also means a new year at the Delta Psi chapter of SigmaChi. This year we have already dug in with the Pre-Semester work session, and began

classes this week. The brothers are getting into the swing of things, and everybody isexcited for the upcoming month of Recruitment.

This alumni newsletter, as you many have already noticed, is much shorter thanthe previous installments. Many of you may remember a survey that went out last year,asking some general questions about alumni relations, and we have listened to your re-sponses. This should be the first of many smaller newsletters this year, with less informa-tion in each issue.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to send me an email at

[email protected]

~ Matthew Karnick

Alumni Tribune

With a new year here atRensselaer comes new

goals for our improving chap-ter. Our goals this year arehigh, but not out of reach for us. This year we plan to:

~achieve 100% unexcusedbrother participation at allchapter events including rushevents, house meetings,

derby days and other phil-anthropic events throughout

the year

~pledge, retain, and initiate20 new high quality pledgesfor this fall semester

~increase house GPA to a3.0 by the end of this schoolyear

~win a Peterson

I believe that we can ac-complish all of these goals,and continue to improve our chapter.

~ Daniel Zuber, Consul

A New Year at

Goals for the chapter 09-10

T h e D e l t a P s ic h a p t e r h a s b e e n m o v e d t oa n e w p r o v i n c es t a r t i n g t h i s y e a r !T h e H u d s o n

Va l l e y P r o v i n c ei n c l u d e s t h eD e l t a P s ic h a p t e r , a s w e l l a s t h ef o l l o w i n go t h e r s :

( ) U n i o nC o l l e g e

( )F a i r l e i g hD i c k e n s o n

( ) R u t g e r s

( )C o l u m b i aU n i v e r s i t y

We h o p e t o b u i l d s o m eg r e a tr e l a t i o n s h i p si n o u r n e w p r o v i n c e t h i s y e a r .

Sigma Chi Alumni

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P a g e 2 Recruitment 09 For those who have not

yet heard, our goal for thissemester is to issue bids to atleast twenty quality men. If we do our job correctly, wewill have a very high per-

centage of those bids beingsigned at the end of Septem-ber. I know that some of you may be concerned thatthis is too many biddees or pledges; That we are focus-ing more on quantity thanquality. It is my belief, how-ever, that there is no short-age of quality men out therewho possess both the poten-

tial and the constitution tolive up to our standards inSigma Chi. If they are deter-mined and qualified to makethe same journey as so manybefore them, then thereshould be no reason for us todeny them this opportunity.

In addition to our newmembership goals, we as a

chapter are also aiming withthis Fall Recruitment to im-prove the reputation of the

house on-campus andin the community, aswell as strengthen the

brotherhood that al-ready exists. Everymember of the RPI

community shouldknow the name of Sigma Chi, and say itwith a tone of respectand admiration. If every brother does his

part and contributeseverything he can inthe coming months,our induction of newmembers can be as

much about strengthen-ing the bonds of old

brotherhood as it isabout building the

bridge for the new.

Here is a quick look atthe recruitment activi-ties lined up for thissemester:

9/5 (Sat) - Steak BBQ

@ the house (2-6pm)9/8 (Tues) - Valenti's Wings(7pm)9/11 (Fri) - Band/Bonfire/BBQ(6pm-10pm)

9/14 (Mon) - Monday Night Foot- ball @ the house (7pm)9/16 (Wed) - Rock Climbing (7pm)9/18-9/19 (Fri-Sat) - Camping Tripto October Mtn9/22 (Tues) - IEA Review Session@ CII 3045 (7pm)9/23 (Wed) - Chicken Parm Dinner @ the house (630pm)

9/26 (Sat) - Alumni Dinner (5pm-9pm) [Invite Only]9/30 (Wed) - Bid Dinner (8pm)[Invite Only]

If you would like to attend thealumni dinner, please send an emailto [email protected] bySeptember 15th.

- Josh Gilbert, Recruitment Chair

Alumni Dinner RecruitmentEvent

Once again, we will be holding an Alumni Dinner re-cruitment event. The event will be on the 26th of September this year, and held at the Polish-American

club in downtown Troy as it was last year. If youwould like to attend, and we would like you to, please

send an email to [email protected] bySeptember 15th.

Alumni Weekend!Alumni Weekend will be held the first week-end of October this year, the 2nd-4th. Thiswill coincide with RPIs Homecoming andAlumni Weekend as well, including an All-Greek Chowder-fest at the Heffner Alumni

House on Friday! We hope to see you all for a good weekend!


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Pre-Semester Recap

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Dear Brothers,Thank you for your gen-

erous support of this years Pre -Semester work party. We havetwenty-four brothers living-inthis fall. I can alreadysay that the projects we com-

pleted last week make the housea more comfortable place tolive. With upcoming recruit-ment in mind, I know thatamong other things, the physicalcondition of the house will makeSigma Chi stand out from therest. We are extremely proud of the improvements we have made

on our house this year.Most of the improvements

we performed thisyear are aesthetic. On the exterior,numerous potholes in the drive-way were filled and the ga-rage was painted. On the interior,the conservatory wainscot-ing was replaced, and the entireroom was painted. The dilapidatedshowers in the old house bath-room were replaced with durablestainless steel units. The long losturinal in the addition was fi-nally replaced. The fire tower was

painted and has new fire doors that

meet New York State firecode. Several bathrooms were

painted, as well as the fronthall. It gives a terrific first im-

pression to visitors, somethingthat we have always been proudof.

Enjoy the pictures. I hopeyou have an opportunity to visitand see the house in person; youare sure to be proud of our pro-gress.

In hoc signo vinces,Ken Sobel 12

House Manager


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Sigma Chi Fraternity58 Pinewoods Ave,Troy, NY 12180

Sigma Chi

If you would like to make a dona-tion, you may either make acheck out to:

Sigma Chi House CorporationAnd mail it to:

PO Box 494

Averil Park, NY 12018

Or visit our website at:

Www.sigmachi-rpi.org

And click on the Donate Nowtab on the right-hand side of thepage.

Phone: (518) 274-4239E-mail: deltapsi.sigmachi @ gmail.com

An electronic version allowsfor better alumni network aswell hopefully. I would like tostore some data about eachalumni.

Please send the followinginformation to

[email protected]

Who your Big Brother is,and Littles if you hadany, as well as what

Hello Brothers!

My name is Matt Karnick, anew initiate of the Delta Psichapter as of January2009. In an effort to in-crease the history of our chapter, I am creating a

Big/Little brother tree. I amhoping to have one elec-tronic version, as well as aphysical version that can beseen in the house.

pledge class theywere in.

Your pledge class(i.e. Fall 1998)

What major yougraduated with

Current contact infor-mation.

Delta Psi Brother Tree

If you have information for a brother who cannot re-spond, please send that as

well.

In Hoc,

Matt Karnick

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Sigma Chi (Delta Psi Chapter) September Newsletter