delta theta sigma echo fall quarter 2010

7/31/2019 Delta Theta Sigma Echo Fall Quarter 2010

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Fall 2010President Jed Bookman

Vice

President

Ryan Butcher

Secretary John Grayson

Treasurer Joesph Trinter

Ast.

Treasurer

Eric Radachi

House

Manager

Josh Griffin

House

Steward

Andrew

Klopfenstein

Rush Chair Cory Lawson

Ast. Rush Jusn Lelesch

Social Chair Joe Greene

Editor Dave Dziak

Important Business From Conclave

On the icy morning of Friday, October 22, ten Delta Theta Sigma members of the Alpha

Chapter climbed into an Ohio State rented van. Nine hours of driving, some much needed rest or

studying, and plenty of jokes later, the van pulled into a welcoming hotel parking lot in Madison,

Wisconsin. Ten weary acve members (and one very red Brice Bowman) piled out, ready to

discover exactly what it means to be Alpha Chapter.

Aer checking in and geng seled, it was me to explore the town. Eager and

somewhat nervous members ocked to the streets to scope out possible late night food stops, as

well as Gamma Chapters house. A very informal meet and greet took place over hot dogs and

bratwurst. And so began Alpha Chapters interacon with the six other chapters of Delta Theta

Sigma. Later on that night, Alpha Chapter aended a meeng in which every chapter gave a brief

presentaon. It was enlightening and somewhat grafying for Alpha Chapter to see how policies and

ideas they started have spread to other chapters and helped Delta Theta Sigma be more successful

across the board. In addion, Alpha Chapter got a few ideas from the other chapters, as well as

unkind words and phrases from the Wisconsin chapters due to the preceding weeks football results

(Wisconsins uke victory over the Buckeyes).

The social events went well, and there was much discourse between Alpha and the other

chapters. However, there are some important business items to discuss that are applicable to

alumni, acve members (of all chapters), and prospecve students. Before divulging said important

informaon, heres a rundown of the awards that Alpha Chapter won: Outstanding Chapter Award,

Highest GPA Award, and Outstanding Publicaons Award (like this ne newsleer youre currently

reading).

Now, heres the dirty details. Three main items were discussed at the business meeng.

The rst, which took up most of the me at the business meengs and has absolutely nothing to dowith Alpha Chapter, was the issue of the Lile Sisters Program. This is a relevant issue to other

chapters, as it is one of the biggest means of recruitment for them. Second to be discussed was the

connuing issue of the Zeta Chapter at Purdue University. Due to lack of members, they have

ocially been phased out. Much of the discourse was trying to gure out how to handle their unpaid

loans. Thirdly and most importantly, there was discussion of a merger with Alpha Gamma Sigma.

Alpha Chapter vehemently opposed the measure, due to the rivalry between both chapters here at

Ohio State, their current GPA standings (31 out of 32, compared to DTSs 3rd) and involvement levels

on campus. Despite the enraged outcry from Alpha Chapter, every other chapter was seriously

considering it. Over the course of the next year, Naonals will be communicang with the Naonal

Board of Alpha Gamma Sigma to reduce uncertainty and gain informaon. No ocial word will come

for another one to two years, but well be sure to keep you posted. Stay tuned for more informaon.


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What a busy quarter we have had here at DTS! It seems like yesterday we

were all cheering over a victory against Miami in The Shoe, now we just celebrated

our 6th Consecutive Big Ten title! We had a huge success with our Wifflefest

philanthropy event. We raised $450 to donate to the community kitchen at St. Johns

Church. We were very proud of our efforts on that event. We inducted a new

honorary member into the ranks of Delta Theta Sigma. Mr. Chuck Gamble was

honored with Honorary Membership after three years of help to DTS in working at

Farm Science Review! The members of DTS have been planning the annual holiday

dinner for our families. We will be gathering December 4th in the Agricultural

Administration auditorium to share food and fellowship. We all survived the Mirror

Lake jump, which I always consider to be a big plus. Although Michigan week was

during Thanksgiving, we still managed to have a lot of fun.

Improvements around the house are always in progress. We just finished

painting the 1st floor hallway and the active bathroom on the first floor. A big thank

you to Andrew Klopfenstein for making the house new sets of letters as well. I

encourage all alumni to come back for Founders Day and see the great letters on

the house. That is about it for now! Please come by anytime to see Christmas

lights, recent house improvements, or just to swap stories. We always enjoy

having alums back in the house.

Jed Bookman

President, Delta Theta Sigma

Alpha Chapter, The Ohio State University

[email protected]

Ryan Butcher

Vice President, Delta Theta Sigma

Alpha Chapter, The Ohio State

University

[email protected]

Congrats to the busy members of DTS! The guys of Delta Theta Sigma have been all

over the place this quarter, whether it be in clubs, organizaons, or philanthropies. One other

thing our members have been doing this quarter as well as recent quarters is internships; three

of them that come to mind are Andrew Klopfenstein gaining one with New Holland, Chris

Goshe, who worked with Sunrise Cooperave, and Dave Dziak, who is currently interning with

the Ohio House Republican Organizaonal Commiee. In regards to philanthropies, the

majority of the members bonded together and formed three teams for the Alpha Xi Delta Fuzzy

Football philanthropy for Ausm awareness. Speaking of philanthropies, we at DTS had our

own annual OSU Wiefest philanthropy, in which we partnered with Delta Zeta and had 14teams! Also, a brave group of nearly a dozen acves and one alumni travelled to Gamma

chapter in Wisconsin this quarter for the DTS conclave 2010. I menoned the upcoming Fire

Safety event in my last report, which was a great success with an informaonal video and

pracce with re exnguishers. With all the acvies we have been involved with this quarter,

we have sll kept our mind on our classes and grades, and hopefully we will be at the top of all

fraternies in GPA for next quarter.

DELTA THETA SIGMA


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John Grayson, Secretary.

[email protected]


Joseph Trinter, Treasurer.

[email protected]


This year has proven to be prey roune so far. I have

kept up with taking minutes at all meengs and having

them sent out by Monday night. Aside from that I have

been posng the weekly DTS schedule on the bullen

board every week by Monday aernoon and have started

a new DTS acvies chart for Autumn 2010. All of the

Holiday Dinner invitaons have been mailed out and

name cards will be made for the event.

Fall quarter has almost ended and has proved to be an unevenul

one in the budgetary area, house bills were collected without issue

for the most part with only a few people sll making payments. No

surprise bills have arisen and the chapter has been very successful

with fundraising. We were able raise $2,000 working the recycling

eorts at Farm Science Review the rst week of classes. In addion,

we have been able to raise almost $2,200 parking the lot for football

games, and thank you to those alumni that have supported us in this

eort. The chapter has used this money to purchase a sound system

for the front porch, purchase new tables for the basement, and plan

to use the remainder to supplement

their costs to put on the White

Carnaon Ball.

Cory Lawson, Rush Chair.

[email protected]

Alpha Chapter

The Ohio State University

Josh Grin, House Manager

[email protected]

Alpha Chapter


With Christmas just around the bend,

our rush team plans to maintain

contact with our recruits over break.

We are looking at a class of 10 or 11

potenal members this Winter

Quarter. Dr. Whington has been

very helpful in recruing, as he has

introduced us to a group of honor

students that he teaches. Card nights,

cookouts, movie nights, and inving the

rushes over on Monday nights for dinner,

are just a few of the rush events that have helped us get to

know our possible new member class for the winter. We

hope to connue with our success, and with the guys we are

bringing in, I dont see that being a problem.

Obviously, there have been a vast

number of improvements to the

house that you will read about in

much more detail later in this issue.

First, we hung up a few sets of

leers on our front porch. There

are two sets of DTS leers in Greek

on either side of the steps, and

Delta Theta Sigma wrien in scripton the top of the house. In addion, there has been a

ridiculous amount of painng going on lately, and the hallways

now seem to glimmer in the sunlight with the outstanding job

done by members like Jed Bookman. In addion, we put up a

large amount of Christmas lights and our house looks

absolutely astounding. Maintenance of the house has been

quite good, and Special Projects Chair Jordan Schaeer has

really done a lot this quarter to keep our house looking

fantasc.


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Bright and early on Veterans Day (November 11), 14 teams trekked out

to the ARC to play some wieball to raise money for St. Johns Community

Kitchen. Approximately $450 was raised for this worthy cause. However, it was

more than just doing things for the community, it was about having fun. We

pulled on the long baseball socks and whipped out the UnderArmour. While some

members like Senior Eric Radachi and Junior Dan Nicol were busy ociang the

game, some members took on the role of coaches for the sorories and

fraternies involved. We cheered on the teams and made some new friends.

Networking was done, and foundaons for future involvement in our ne

philanthropy were established.

Despite the fact that we were running logiscs, we were sll able to

establish a team (with our freshman). With their talent, they were able to take

rst in our own tournament. Not only did we raise money for a just cause, but we also came home with yet another trophy.

Coming in second were the lovely ladies of Delta Gamma. They played fervently throughout the course of the day, and were able

to take home a very nice second place trophy.

We have grown exponenally since last year, where we only had ve teams and raised about $200. We accomplished

this solo last year, and this year we brought on the women of Delta Zeta to assist us in hosng the event. Expect that this me

next year to hear more news of growth and more money raised for the ne folks at St. Johns Community Kitchen.

Farm Science Review has came and went for yet another year. As in the past, the brothers of

Delta Theta Sigma have performed above and beyond the call of duty and helped with recycling at the

Farm Science Review. Aer three years of working with the FSR, the members of DTS decided it was me

to recognize an important individual within the FSR/DTS relaonship. That individual was Mr. Chuck

Gamble.

The brothers of DTS decided to bestow upon Mr. Gamble the status of Honorary Member for

his instrumental support in the recycling opportunity given to DTS. The decision to oer Mr. Gamble

Honorary Membership was a unanimous vote to extend membership!

Mr. Gamble hails from Logan County, not far from acve Joe Greenes homestead in DeGra,

Ohio. Mr. Gamble has served the Farm Science Review for over een years and has served as manager ofthe show for ve years now. Under his leadership, many improvements have been made to the show and

it connues to grow and be one of the top shows in the world. You could ask Mr. Gamble if we are the

best show in the world and he may be humble in his answer, but we know that we are one of the best!

This year, we helped Farm Science Review reduce the amount of waste deposited in landlls

greatly. An esmated ve, 40 yard dumpsters were saved from going to the landll and recycled instead.

DTS members donated over 200 hours of service to the review as well. Mr. Gamble added that Ohio

States FSR is one of the only farm shows to be this successful in recycling.

A big thank you and congratulaons to Mr. Gamble. We are honored to add him to the ranks of quality DTS men.

DELTA THETA SIGMA

DTS Raises Their Bats, and Money for St. Johns Community Kitchen

Chuck Gamble of Farm Science Review Becomes an Honorary Member

Arcle by Jed Bookman


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DTS Takes on a New Look

Over the course of the past few weeks, members of

Delta Theta Sigma have been working diligently to acquire, cra,

and hang new leers on the front of the house. We gured it

was me for an upgrade, as the old leers on the front of the

house were both old and outdated. It only makes sense that as

our presence on campus, as well as membership grows, the

quality of our house should as well. The new leers look

outstanding, and anyone walking down 13th

Avenue is sure to

recognize that this is more than a house, but a fraternity ofleaders.

This was done at relavely lile cost to the fraternity monetarily.

Junior Andrew Klopfenstein and Senior Joseph Trinter were

instrumental in the creaon of the leers that read Delta Theta Sigma in

script on the top of the house, as well as DTS in Greek that now hang on

the railings on the front porch. Andrew Klopfenstein was able to get the

sheet metal used for the leers donated by Warner Metal Works and

with the help of Joseph Trinter, used a plasma cuer to cra the

glorious script. With the help of members like Jonathan Francis, theleers were grinded down and painted to look their best. Then,

members such as Sophomore Jordan Schaeer and Senior Ryan Butcher

assisted in hanging the gleaming new leers on the night of November

12th

. The house now looks outstanding thanks to the crasmanship and

dedicaon of these members.

Jordan Schaeer climbs the ladder to hang the leers while Adam

Benne and Jusn Shreyer keep it steady (Above). Ausn Kirk and

Jed Bookman prepare the leers to be hung by grinding them

down (Right).


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DELTA THETA SIGMA

DTS Pairs Up With Phi Sigma Rho for Homecoming Week 2010

On the week of October 15th

, Delta Theta Sigma

paired up with the lovely ladies of the small

engineering sorority Phi Sigma Rho. With many

of the girls in the sorority having agricultural

backgrounds similar to the men of DTS, it was

bound to be a good week. There were a lot of

acvies that took place between these two

Greek organizaons, which further bolstered

the inuence of both chapters in the eyes of the

Greek community. In the past, DTS has struggledfor involvement and hasnt necessarily been a

large player on the Greek stage, not doing much

in regards to Greek or Homecoming Week. This

year has been a key year in changing that.

On the Monday of Homecoming Week, the two

chapters got to know each other over an

informal session of watching the movie Top

Gun. Tuesday connued the week of

enjoyment, with a delicious cookout headed bySenior Ryan Butcher. The girls came over and

enjoyed some hot dogs, burgers, and sodas.

Wednesday was perhaps the most

entertaining night, as it was the night

of the TG (Themed Gathering) of

Anything But Clothes party. Theladies of Phi Sigma Rho sported trash

bag dresses, and the guys of DTS got

creave with cardboard boxes. This

was essenally the end of

Homecoming Week for most of the

DTS guys considering Conclave was

that weekend. Leaving at six am

Friday morning, those who went to

Conclave had their fun on

Wednesday and said goodbye to the

PSR girls. Though the week ended

somewhat early for most of the guys,

good relaons were formed between

the two chapters and foundaons for

cooperaon in the future were

formed.


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Santa Claus is Comin to Town...and DTS is Ready for Him

Before and aer Chapter on Monday, November

29th

, a group of DTS guys broke out strings of lights in an

eort to make the house light up the Columbus night.

With plenty of extension cords, a ladder, and a whole lot

of determinaon, the boys of Delta Theta Sigma went to

work and hung up some lights. The charge was led by

Sophomore Jordan Schaeer, whose experse as Special

Projects chair was enough to direct everyone helpingeciently. Aer this leadership and dedicaon from

everyone that helped, the house now looks outstanding

and is certainly a contender for OSUs Light up the

Night contest. Thank you to all those who helped, as the

house now draws even more posive aenon from the

residents of 13th

Avenue.


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Delta Theta Sigma

Agricultural Fraternity

Alpha Chapter at


80 E 13th

Columbus, OH

43210

Phone: 614-294-2635

E-mail:

[email protected]

Dave DziakEditor

Delta Theta [email protected]

We, the members of Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity, in order to promote agriculture, to secure

a higher degree of scholarship, to foster the spirit of brotherhood in our vocation and to

insure social and cultural unity, do promote our organization to the fulfillment of these

ideals.

As promised in the last Echo, we have done our fair share of Public Relaons work. Our name,

Delta Theta Sigma, is slowly but surely becoming an increasingly household name around the Greek

community at Ohio State. A large amount of our PR has been done through outside publicaons. For

example, we currently have a member as a contribung writer for a growing magazine for the Greek

community at Ohio State called The Odyssey. Each Wednesday a magazine comes out that circulates

around the Greek community and Delta Theta Sigmas name has appeared in nearly every issue that has

come out this year. In addion, we were recently interviewed by a magazine called The Ology, which will

signicantly speak about the benets of not only Greek life in general, but especially agricultural

fraternies, and more specically, Delta Theta Sigma.

In addion to publicaons, we have been

more apt about wearing our leers around

campus so that our leers become more

recognizable. Thanks to the addion of Delta Theta

Sigma hats through the guidance of President Jed

Bookman at the end of last year, as well as Delta

Theta Sigma hooded sweatshirts with the hard

work of Eric Radachi, our members are constantly

posively reecng our image throughout campus.

Finally, our involvement in philanthropies

and events hosted by other Greek organizaons has

signicantly increased our clout amongst Greek members of OSU. This quarter, we hosted our own

philanthropy, Wiefest, as menoned earlier, and also parcipated in Alpha Tau Zetas Grilled Cheese

for Diseases, Delta Delta Deltas Just for Kicks soccer tournament, as well as Alpha Xi Deltas Fuzzy

Football, which raised money for Ausm Awareness (pictured above). For Fuzzy Football, we had a

strong showing of three teams of six members each, which was much more than that of larger

fraternies on campus. Though small in comparison to most fraternies, we sll had a more presgious

inuence than others who parcipated. Weve proven ourselves to the Greek community, and we will

connue to do so, thus boosng our inuence throughout campus.

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