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New Pledges Taken after a Great Fall 2002 Rush
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Thanks to a concentrated rush effort by the men rebuilding the
Omicron Pi chapter, we landed 7 very sharp young men as pledges
for Fall 2002. The new pledges are (from left):
- Brandon Stringer - Big brother is Chris Fields.
- Jeff Bisetti - Big brother is Jake Podewils.
- Wes Spencer - Big brother is Ryan Noyes.
- Sumith Madhavarapu - Big brother is Grant Leigh.
- Chet Crawford - Big brother is John Spates.
- Ben Norrell - Big brother is Adam Heldebrand.
- Andy Mielnik (Not pictured) - Big brother is Michael
Kacher.
Travis Knox is the hegemon this year. Adam Heldenbrand
is rush chair.
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Homecoming
2002 Events - Come Join Us!
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Because the
Omicron Pi chapter remains on sanctions this Fall, the university
will not allow homecoming social activities, including tailgate,
alumni dinner, or the alumni football game. We apologize to our
alumni.
After appeals
from the officers and faculty advisor Jim Moshinskie, the university
relented and will allow us to have an "Alumni Meeting"
on Homecoming Day, Saturday, October 26. Alumni, parents, and Tekes
are invited to attend the meeting, renew friendships, meet the current
members and pledges, and catch up on TKE news.
The meeting
will start at 11 am (as soon as the parade ends) and last until
1 pm.
David Ortiz,
the new Baylor director of student organizations, will give a short
presentation on the status of the TKE sanctions, and then field
questions from alumni and parents. The TKE Moms Club will
serve sandwiches, cold drinks, and deserts.
Please bring
your donations to the chapter to help pay for this event, and
help TKE grow on campus after the sanctions lift next semester.
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Homecoming
2002 Summary
- Alumni
- Parents Meeting - 11 am to 1 p.m., Homecoming Day, Beckham Room
on 2nd floor of Bill Daniel Student Center, sandwiches and cold
drinks will be served.
- Speaker:
David Ortiz, new Baylor director of student organizations.
- Servers:
TKE Mom's Club
- Please
Bring Donations. Thanks
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Tekes
Conduct Two Community Service Projects
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Baylor University wants fraternities on campus now to be greatly
involved in community service projects.
The Tekes started off the Fall 2002 semester with a clean-up
of two miles of highway 6 that is dedicated to TKE supervision.
The fraters started off the morning treated to a breakfast furnished
by Dr. Mo, then they broke into teams to pick up trash and tidy
the roadside. A total of 21 Tekes participated in the early morning
event.
Last Fall, 32 Tekes scrapped and painted the house of a
Baylor employee whose husband has cancer. The city of Waco threatened
to tag their house if the family did not paint the structure, so
the Tekes did the entire job in one day! A very tearful family gave
a grateful thank you to the Tekes after they finished.
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Jake Podewils, Tim Dilberto, and Adam Baker pick
up trash on highway 6 east of Waco early this semester. |
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2002
TKE Mom's Club
Megan Diliberto
(281) 486-5682
mmdiliberto@sbcglobal.net
Claudia Fields
(936) 568-9794
luv2bake@cox-internet.com
To join, send an email to Jane Stephenson
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Sharon Knox
(281) 370-7696
sknox9@hotmail.com
Donna Lagera
(512) 261-2202
iguana@lagera.com
Jan Leigh
(972) 709-5554
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Peggy Levin
(281) 480-1814
peggylevin@aol.com
Liz Spates
(904) 278-4208
sp8s@bellsouth.net
Jane Stephenson
(972) 964-2288
planojas@aol.com
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Tekes
start intramurals with 2 volleyball teams
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- Jerry Streetman, John Spates (Our intramural chair), Tony Lagera,
Tim Dilberto, and Mike Kacher gained us points in intramurals, but
never won a game. At least they never forfeited a game, and that was
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- TEAM - Jake Podewils, Grant Leigh, Chris Fields, John
Lufkin, Brandon Young, and Travis Knox had a 8-1 record in
Green division play and made it to the all University Tournament,
where they lost to an independent team. |
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University
sanctions end in Fall 2003 -- We're doing fine.
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Incident
in August
Following an incident in August in which alcohol was allegedly served
to minors, Baylor University gave the Tekes a short time to take
immediate and strict internal actions against the small group of
Tekes involved, or face complete removal from campus.
The
TKE MQB board met the next night and pulled the pins of 5 officers,
and suspended 5 other fraters for a year.
Renewal
New determined officers were elected, brotherhood was renewed,
and a new TKE chapter has moved forward with confidence and pride.
The new president, Grant Leigh,
is doing very well with the help of a great slate of officers.
In
ten days after elections, the remaining Tekes raised $6,100 for
TKE International insurance coverage, paid off many debts, and decided
to move on. The chapter remains in great financial need to remain
active on campus.
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Current TKE officers
(Front row, from left), Mike Kecher, chaplain; Chris Fields, sgt-at-arms;
Ryan Noyes, treasurer; amd John Spates, Histor. (Back row), Brandon
Young, secretary, Grant Leigh, president, and Travis Knox, pledge
trainer. |
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Some
Events Allowed
The university complimented the Omicron Pi chapter for the quick
reponse, and decided not to kick them off campus. They did stop
social activities this semester except for intramurals, rush, pledging,
Parents Weekend, and the Alumni Homecoming meeting. In the Spring,
we will be a fully functional chapter again, finally.
Baylor
is also assisting TKE conduct a Fall 2002 Basketball Camp for
Youth in December. Baylor is paying for the t-shirts, transportation,
and providing space in the Student Life Center for the event.
The
young men who are left have shown an extraordinary determination
to remain on campus and make TKE strong and viable -- and so far
they are doing great as evidenced by 7 new pledges.
When
you return at Homecoming, you will meet some very fine young men
you will be proud of!
See you then! Dr. Mo
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Parents
Weekend 2002 and Fathers' Initiations
Click here to see a full report. |
