▶ 2013 Sigma Phi Epsilon Honor of Philias

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Chuck Eberly, former EIU faculty, receives honor

Former faculty receives honor

By Chacour Koop/Special Projects Reporter

On a warm spring afternoon, Chuck Eberly is barefoot and relaxing in the living room of his Charleston home.

At least it looks like he is relaxing.
 
The former College of Student Affairs professor retired two years ago this May, but this is the first week he has not helped former Eastern master’s students complete their dissertations. So, he has spent the spare time uploading his research and articles onto Booth Library’s repository, The Keep.

“I haven’t really noticed what I hear people call retirement. All I can say up to this point is I no longer teach classes,” Eberly said.

Though he no longer teaches, and has since handed over his adviser duties of Eastern’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon last November, at the age of 71, Eberly is still being recognized for his service to Greek life.

Eberly received the Alumni Award of Distinction for the North-American Interfraternity Conference Sunday in St. Louis. Founded in 1909, the North-American Interfraternity Conference is an association representing 75 fraternities from both the United States and abroad.

Eberly was in the Sig Ep pledge class of 1960 at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and was an adviser at Eastern for 20 years.

Bob Kerr, Greek life coordinator at Oregon State University, nominated Eberly for the award because he advocates for fraternity students and works with them on the front line. His first memory of Eberly was a fraternity conclave in Dallas.

“He was working with a new computer software that would help students,” Kerr said. “He was tireless in gaining support for the work and helping students.”

In a press release for the award, colleagues of Eberly also recognized him for his work with hazing prevention. He formed a coalition with colleagues after a conference in Hollywood to prevent hazing.

In fact, a hazing incident at Eastern played a part in how Sig Ep established a chapter at the university.

In 1990, the Sigma Tau Gamma chapter was removed from Eastern after a fraternity member was found unresponsive in front of a science building because of alcohol use at a hazing related incident, Eberly said.

“That was the last straw with that group. A lot of the fellows that were going to become Sigma Tau Gamma were some of the men that started Sigma Phi Epsilon,” Eberly said.

Sig Ep was officially founded in the living room of Eberly’s Charleston home more than 23 years ago.

Kerr said it is Eberly’s hands-on work with students that sets him apart from other candidates for the Alumni Award of Distinction.

“All too often, the scholars and people in the front lines go without the recognition they so richly deserve,” Kerr said.

And even as Eberly sat in his upstairs home office where he uploads his past research, he got a phone call from a former Eastern master’s student who told him he had received a job at a university in Colorado.

For Eberly, it is important that he stays connected to his former students and helps them receive their doctorate degrees — even forming a Facebook group to stay in touch with students he had 20 years ago.

“That’s something which I believe in deeply,” Eberly said.

University of Minnesota Sig Pi's Honors Unsung Heros

Fraternity’s annual dinner honors ‘unsung heros’
The event included about 350 employees from the University's custodial staff.

By Amanda Bankston

With co-workers sitting on either side of him, Lynn Jorensen called Sigma Pi Fraternity’s Unsung Heroes Dinner on Friday his “last supper.”

It was mere coincidence that the 34-year veteran of the University of Minnesota’s Facilities Management was celebrating Good Friday and his retirement on the day of the meal he looked forward to every year.

“This type of thing is long due and well-deserved,” he said, after thanking Sigma Pi President Kipp Graham for his dinner on his last day at work. “This is kind of like my retirement party.”

For the past five years, members of the fraternity’s Iota Zeta chapter have prepared and served dinner for about 350 members of the University’s custodial staff at their University Avenue home to honor them for their service to the campus community.

“These people put so much work into keeping our university beautiful, but they don’t get very much recognition,” Graham said. “That’s why we call them our unsung heroes.”

Jorensen, who will leave Tuesday for a two-month trip to the Philippines, said the dinner is the only student-initiated effort to honor facilities staff that he has seen in his more than three decades of cleaning the University’s health sciences buildings.

The project was developed when the fraternity was a colony seeking full fraternity status in 2006. Every Sigma Pi chapter must host an Altruistic Campus Experience Project, and members decided to give back to those they feel deserve it most, Graham said.

Brad Hoff, an administrative officer for Facilities Management said the project is more than a free meal for custodians - it provides an opportunity to interact with their “customers.”

Management student Chris McCann said his favorite part of the altruism project is learning more about the staff members, including the most recent “beautiful building” award winner he spent much of the dinner chatting with.

A committee headed by freshman Spencer Knott has been preparing for the event since the beginning of the semester.

Graham and Knott said the biggest obstacle in planning the project this year was funding and shopping for the massive meal.

Typically, Sigma Pi attracts food donations from organizations such as University Dining Services, but this year, the fraternity wasn’t “on the top of anyone’s list,” Knott said.

As a result they did some “frugal shopping” and loaded an SUV with boxes of ingredients and cooking supplies for the menu of burgers and potato salad.

Sigma Pi members with prior experience in the food industry took the helm of kitchen operations, while others, including members of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, served the meal and greeted the guests.

Knott said he hopes to run for chairman of the project again next year, though the week leading up to the dinner was “a pretty bad week” with the hours of preparation needed for both the project and two exams.

“It would be a waste to only do this for one year,” he said. “I see a lot of things I would do differently.”

Graham said one of those things would be providing meals for overnight Facilities Management workers who are not clocked in during the evening hours when the dinner is typically held.

http://www.mndaily.com/2011/04/25/frat’s-annual-dinner-honors-‘unsung-heros’

Wyoming Sig Eps Win Awesome Internships

University of Wyoming Students Selected for Prestigious National Internships

University of Wyoming juniors Matthew Fournier, a zoology/psychology and biology student from Cheyenne, and Christopher MacLellan, mathematics and computer science, Gilbert, Ariz., are conducting research work this summer at two prestigious institutions.

The two UW honor students, both members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, landed competitive national internships.

Fournier is working at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Amgen Scholars Program. MacLellan was accepted into the NASA Space Grant Program and is assigned to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Fournier will focus on two key aspects of visual cognition -- learning and recognition. The research influences the clinical and computational understanding of visual recognition and could one day result in computers that read and understand in a human fashion, he says.

MacLellan will develop software for the "Pluto" rover, which will regulate the movement of the motors onboard the exploration robot. The technology will be used in the development of all future planetary rover software and will be applicable even to robots already in space.

They say UW has given them a competitive edge by providing individual research experiences outside the classroom.

MacLellan has prior experience in the Wyoming Cryptography Cohort, a National Science Foundation-funded research program led by Siguna Mueller, UW Department of Mathematics assistant professor.

"In this program, I gained experience in working in a highly technical group setting, translating group ideas into working computer programs," he says.

For the past year, Fournier has worked in the UW neuroscience program directed by Professor Francis Flynn. He investigated the neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the regulation of fluid balance.

"I have gained experience with immunohistochemical technique and microscope imaging and how the results can be applied to the overall goals of the laboratory," Fournier says.

Indiana boy spells 'guerdon' to win national bee

Sameer Mishra, in yellow shirt, of Lafayette, Ind., celebrates with his family after correctly spelling "guerdon" to win the 2008 Scripps Howard Spelling Bee.
CHUCK KENNEDY: MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE

We can all relax and take a breath, now. the suspense is over.

A 13-year-old boy has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "guerdon."

Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette, Ind., bested 287 other entrants to take first prize. He will receive $35,000 in cash plus more than $5,000 in other prizes.

Congratulations to all the participants.

Indiana boy spells 'guerdon' to win national bee

Cal Phi Dominates Awards

Mark Torres sent this notice of Cal Phi's (Fresno State) Campus Awards

On April 28, Fresno State held their annual Greek Awards. The CA Phi Chapter took the following awards:

-Best Scholar Program
-Most Improved
-Best Recruitment Program
-Greek Man Of The Year
-Fraternity Of The Year

Of all the awards that were presented, CA Phi took the most important ones. Keep up the good work CA Phi!

TX Gamma Cleans Up

Bill Patton sends this report from Texas Gamma(TCU)

On Tuesday evening, April 29th, the University Leadership Awards Ceremony took place in the Student Center Ballroom. I am pleased to inform each of you that Texas Gamma took home the vast majority of these awards, including 5 out of 6 Order of Omega Awards. Here are some of the awards taken home by our members.

Order of Omega Greek Freshman of the Year: Jake Rehtmeyer `11 (2007 BMS Winner)

Order of Omega Greek Junior of the Year: Jason Hartman '09 (2005 BMS Runner-Up)

Order of Omega Greek Senior of the Year: Jace Thompson '08 (2004 BMS Winner, Student Body VP 2006, Student Body President 2007, National Board of Directors)

Order of Omega Greek Scholar of the Year: John Wood '08 (was Order of Omega Greek Freshman of the Year in '05, Sophomore in '06, and Junior in '07…also was Order of Omega Greek Scholar in 2007)

Order of Omega Greek Service Award: Eric Boudreau `08

Clark Society Scholar Award (One of Two $2,500 dollar Scholarships) :
Thomas Pressly '09 (Was Order of Omega Greek Sophomore of the Year in 2007 and is currently Student Body President)

Pillar of Leadership: Brett Major '10 (2008 Student Body Vice President)

Alan Bedford Award (Outstanding Sophomore Leadership Award): Brett Major `10

Senior Legacy Award: Jace Thompson `08, John Wood `08

AED Pre Health Honor Society Scholarships: Eric Boudreau `08, Bennett Waxse `08

These awards are a great example of just how valuable our Balanced Man Scholarship can be.

E. Illinois Leads Campus

Thanks to Chuck Eberly for this release:

4/18/2008
At the recent Greek Awards Banquet the Illinois Nu Chapter at Eastern Illinois University won numerous individual and chapter awards. The 100 man chapter, in its 16th year since chartering in 1992, has initiated more than 600 men.

SigEp received the Centennial Scholarship Trophy for top fraternity grades for the tenth time in twelve years. The chapter also received a Five Star Award for excellence in all areas of chapter operation (Chapter Operations, Recruitment, Membership Development, Social Programming, and Community Service).

Since all areas of chapter operation exceeded the 80 percent level of proficiency for the Five Star Award, the chapter also received the EIU President's Award for Fraternal Excellence from Dr. William Perry, EIU President. The chapter has received the President's Award two out of the last three years.

Jimmy Friesema, '08, past chapter president, was honored as the 2008 Outstanding Greek Man for his service to the chapter, community, and campus. He was particularly recognized for his educational programming on what it means to be a man, Man, Who are you? Friesema presented an all-campus educational for fraternity chapters on March 27, 2008.

T. J. Tebbe, '08, received the EIU Dr. Charles and Mrs. Sharon Eberly Essence of Greek Values Award for his military service in Iraq. He was also recognized as the Greek Week King, and one of the Top ten Greek Men. There are fourteen IFC and three NPHC men's chapters sheltered at Eastern Illinois.

Levi Bulgar, '09, was also recognized among the Top Ten Greek Men for his service to the campus and community in student government. Later the same evening it was announced that Bulgar was designated President-elect of the Student Body for the 2008-2009 year. Bulgar, an immigrant from Romania, was the subject of an article in the spring 2008 Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal (p. 45) for his efforts to register students to vote in the upcoming U. S. presidential elections.

Adam Gartner, '10, received two Charles "Tight" Carter Awards, one for scholarship with a 3.72 accumulative GPA, and one for Athletics. Gartner was named to the All-Midwest Regional Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in December 2007.

Mike Nowak, '08, was honored for his continuing service to the fraternity / sorority community as a Greek Peer Advisor for the 2007-2008 year. Nowak, a two-year president of IFC, has presented on Values Congruence to NIC Academies in Chicago, Illinois and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Order of the Golden Heart recipient Dr. Charles G. Eberly, Bowling Green State '63, received the Dr. James Price Award for the Outstanding Fraternity Chapter Advisor of the year.

For the third consecutive year, the Illinois Nu Chapter won Greek Sing. The chapter has won Greek Sing 13 of the last 16 years. Including Greek Sing, the chapter won first place in four of seven Greek Week competitions: Big Men's Tugs, Pyramids, and Collegiate Bowl. This was the first time that a Sig Ep Tugs Team has reached the finals of the tugs competition let alone winning the event. As a result, the chapter repeated as winners of the Greek Week competition. The chapter's participation in Greek Week was dedicated to Brother Jesse Mounce, who died unexpectedly on February 8, 2008.

New Foundation board chairman works from ‘great love’ of UI

SigEps know about serving and giving back to their institutions.

Bob Verhille has a long history with the University of Iowa.

In 1955, with the aim of joining his father’s insurance agency in Ottumwa, he graduated from UI with a Bachelor of Science and commerce degree in business. After moving the agency to Marion in 1960 following his father’s death, he kept in touch with the university, helping to choose the new head of the UI business school’s insurance department in the early 1960s. Later, the part-time Solon resident worked to raise money for the UI education center in Cedar Rapids, established a nursing scholarship in memory of his late wife, Betty, and in 2000, was a vice chairman of the university’s $1 billion “Good, Better, Best” fundraising campaign.

This month, after 16 years as a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Iowa Foundation, Verhille was selected as its new chairman, succeeding Charles Kierscht of Hinsdale, Ill.

“I have a great love of the university, a great respect,” Verhille, 73, said. “(Being chairman) isn’t something you aspire to. I’m of course pleased to do it.”

Growing up in Ottumwa, Verhille saw right away that being in the insurance business would be a good fit for him and his future family. Graduating in a class of 14 students from Catholic Central High School there in 1951, he moved to UI, which he called a “natural choice” to attend. He soon became active on campus, pledging with the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, a group he became president of during his junior year in 1954.

If Doug Scheibe dosn't already have him on speed-dial he is missing a bet.

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UNK Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter Earns Top National Award for Third Time

Publicity - better late than never.

This is a good recap of the chapter's accomplishments. The article not only points out the Bucannan Cup, but goes on the note various community service projects and other related honors and awards.

This is the third year the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has received one of the highest ranking national awards for their chapter.

The UNK Chapter has been awarded the Buchanan Cup, which is given to those Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities that rank in the top 10 percent in the nation. Sigma Phi Epsilon is the largest college fraternity nationally with more than 14,000 undergraduate members at 260 chapters across the United States. Of the seven fraternities on the UNK campus, the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter is one of the largest.

If your chapter has someone who is good at putting this type of PR together you have a valuable asset. If not you should look into finding or training someone.

UNK SIGMA PHI EPSILON CHAPTERS EARNS TOP NATIONAL AWARD FOR THIRD TIME

Congrats to Cal Alpha

We received this note from Alex Randolph tonight...

Brothers,

I want to congratulate my brothers at Cal Alpha for winning big at the 2007 UC Berkeley First Annual Greek Awards .

The Chapter won the following:

• Fraternity New Member Development: Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Fraternity Community Service Award: Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Chapter of Excellence: Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Chapter of the Year: Sigma Phi Epsilon

Our chapter the most awards of any chapter and even was voted CHAPTER OF THE YEAR!

The brothers at UC Berkeley continue striving to make SigEp the best fraternity on campus. All those four awards show the value of the Balance Man Program and the quality guys it develops not only at Berkeley but around the country as well. Congratulations to Chapter President Nevin Trehan and all the Cal Alpha brothers for achieving this amazing milestone.

HFF,

Alex Randolph
Cal Alpha '06

Student Trustee is a SigEp

Mr. Levi Bulgar

Mr. Levi Bulgar is a resident of Mt. Prospect, Illinois and is the newly elected Student Executive Vice President. Levi is proud member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and has been greatly involved in the Greek Community since he joined in the Fall semester of his Freshman year. He is currently studying Psychology at EIU and plans to attend graduate school to become a School Psychologist. Since being elected to the Student Senate of Eastern Illinois University, Levi been involved in various aspects of the University as well as Student Government from IBHE-SAC, CUPB, Faculty Senate, and Inter-fraternity Council. He plans to spend his year as Executive Vice President working to increase voter registration, and getting more students involved in Student Government and Student Action Team.

Eastern Illinois University Board of Trustees

UCA fraternity wins national Outstanding Chapter Award - UCA Today

Here is an excellent example of how a well written press release can get "good ink" for your chapter.

UCA fraternity wins national Outstanding Chapter Award

The Arkansas Zeta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Central Arkansas was awarded the highest individual chapter honor during its 52nd biannual Conclave in Atlanta, Georgia. The Buchanan Outstanding Chapter Award recognizes chapters that excel in all areas of chapter operations, including academics, recruitment, finances and member development.

SigEp has consistently ranked first in academics and membership among all UCA fraternities. Most recently, the chapter's cumulative grade point average was 3.25, which exceeds by 0.4 points the University’s interfraternity council average of 2.85. With over 100 members, the chapter maintains active campus and community involvement, serving in active roles with student government, with the University’s new student orientation program, and in philanthropic efforts to raise money for the Fraternity’s national charity, YouthAIDS.

Founded in 1901 in Richmond, Virginia, Sigma Phi Epsilon is the largest collegiate fraternity with more than 14,000 undergraduate members at 260 chapters nationwide. With its commitment of "building balanced leaders for the world's communities," the national fraternity devotes nearly $1 million annually to support its educational and developmental programming.

Note how the specific reason for the notice is first, followed by more general information about the chapter, and finally the standard "boilerplate" - one paragraph of the history and distinctive characteristics of the national fraternity.

UCA fraternity wins national Outstanding Chapter Award - UCA Today

Awards Banquet Update

Update from the Awards Banquet:

• Steve Shanklin has been elected as the new Grand President of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Three alumni were awarded the Order of the Golden Heart:

• Archie Yeatts(*)
• Steve Taylor
• Shawn McKenna

* The nominating committee admitted they "broke the rules" by awarding the OGH to a sitting national officer, but they felt it was warrented.

Set your Tivos, it's Spelling Bee time again!

Once again, Sig Ep is a major sponsor of the National Spelling Bee.

WASHINGTON, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee will begin Wednesday, May 30, in Washington D.C., featuring top spellers from across the U.S. and including competitors from Europe, Guam, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, American Samoa, Canada and New Zealand.

The 286 champion spellers, ranging in age from 10- to 15-years-old, will be competing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship, which will be determined during the semifinal and championship rounds of the competition Thursday, May 31.
[...]
The national champion [...] receives an engraved loving cup, a $5,000 cash award from Franklin Electronic Publishers, a $5,000 cash award from LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., a $5,000 scholarship from Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation; from Merriam-Webster, a $2,500 U.S. Savings Bond, a reference library, and a $5,000 cash award and 50 reference works to the school or library of the champion's choice; and from Encyclopedia Britannica, reference materials valued at more than $3,800.

Don't miss a single nerve-wracking moment of this edge-of-your-seat live action drama!

The ABC Television Network will provide live coverage of the championship rounds from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., EDT, on Thursday, May 31. Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts will host the ABC broadcast.

Information about the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee can be found online at http://www.spellingbee.com/

2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee begins May 30 in Washington D.C.

IL Nu (Eastern Illinois) Excels

Chuck Eberly sent this news release:

E. Illinois Excels
4/27/2007

At the recent Greek Awards Banquet the Illinois Nu Chapter at Eastern Illinois University won numerous individual and chapter awards.

Illinois Nu received the Centennial Scholarship Trophy for top fraternity grades for the ninth time in ten years. The chapter also received a Four Star award for top chapter operations in four out of five areas, won the campus Greek Week Philanthropy Award for the most money raised for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, took Greek Sing for the 14th time in 17 years, and won the 2007 Greek Week Overall Competition.

Mike Nowak, 08, received the EIU Dr. Charles and Mrs. Sharon Eberly Essence of Greek Values Award for his work as President of the IFC for the past two years, including leading the EIU IFC to win the Jellison Award as the most outstanding IFC in its division from the Midwest Greek Council Association for the sixth and seventh consecutive years, and presenting at NIC meetings to hundreds of other IFC campus officers. In April 2006, Nowak accepted the NIC Award of Distinction on behalf of the EIU IFC - the first such IFC in the nation to be accorded such recognition. Nowak was also honored as the Greek Man of the Year, and recognized for the second time as IFC Past President of the Year.

Mitch Forney, 07, the 2007 Illinois Zollinger Award winner, was recognized as one of the Top Ten Greek Men along with Jeff Margulus, 08, and Illinois Chapter President Jimmie Friesema, 09.


Levi Bulgar, 09, EIU Student Vice President of Business Affairs, was awarded the Charles "Tight" Carter Award for Student Government Leadership, Matt Goelz, 09, was recognized with the Carter Award for Academic Achievement, and Pat Ryan, 10, received the Carter Award for Outstanding IFC Delegate. Bulgar was recently elevated to EIU Student Executive Vice President, and Jarred Stalling, 10, was elected to Chief Justice of the Student Supreme Court.

Twenty percent of all students at Eastern Illinois University are members of fraternities and sororities

Good News from Gene Schurg Re: DC Alpha

Some good news from DC Alpha.

Brothers,

I just returned from the Greek Excellence awards ceremony at George Washington University. I am happy and proud to announce that Sigma Phi Epsilon was recognized with two of the biggest awards of the evening!

First, our Brother Walter Hoenes was recognized as the most Outstanding Fraternity Adviser for his dedication as Chapter Counselor for DC Alpha. All of us know that Walter is the key to this chapter's outstanding operations this year and for the past 5 years. Congratulations Walter!

The other recognition was for the DC Alpha Chapter. Sigma Phi Epsilon was recognized with the GOLD excellence award placing them as one of the top Greek letter organizations at The George Washington University. The gold award is the highest award offered by GWU and recognizes the chapter's performance in Member Development, Campus Involvement, Risk Management, Philanthropy and Community Involvement, Chapter Management, and Scholarship.

A special thanks goes out to Seth Benkov who prepared the chapter's award booklet, as well as the Buchanan Outstanding Chapter award application. Seth spent a lot of time with both of these applications and deserves everyone's appreciation.

Fraternally,
Gene

SAE Wins Frat Boy House of the Year

SAE at SMU; FratHouse of the Year Contestant #2

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at Southern Methodist University is certainly a sight to behold.The SAE brothers moved into this nearly 20,000 square foot mansion in the fall of 2005. It features 29 rooms, and houses 46 brothers.The three story building cost $3.5 million, and was built with over $1 million raised from alumni, and a $2 million dollar loan from SMU. It is certainly nice to see that level of commitment from alumni and the university.The house features many amenities, including a basketball court, a large, commercial grade kitchen, and a 1400 square foot dining hall.
• Take a Tour of Our New Chapter House

Stevens Institute Sig Eps Win Design Day 2007

Design Day 2007 at Stevens
Regina Pynn

Several engineering organizations joined together for the annual Design Day on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The three sponsoring organizations were Tau Beta Pi, the honor society for engineers in general, Pi Tau Sigma, the honor society for mechanical engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The guest speaker for this year's event was Andrea Pinkus, advisor for the New Jersey chapters of Tau Beta Pi. Her presentation was designed to excite and inform the aspiring engineers who attended. Her topics included people skills, team chartering, group processes, and analytical skills.

The objective for this year's competition was to design and build a flying machine using only materials provided by the sponsoring societies. The teams had one and a half hours to design and build their product. The materials provided include balsa, foam, foam board, cardboard, paper, glue, hot glue, etc. Each team had three launches to score as many points as possible, and the total score of the three throws determined the winner. To aid in the design of the machine, the groups supplied background information on the science and engineering behind the lifting ability of the machine. The longer path explanation and the Newtonian explanations were described.

The competition was a learning as well as fun experience. The first place team was "SigEP," made up of Mike Cardinale, James Woolley, Dave Legmaat, and Rob Legemaat. Second place went to team "Lodge". The prize for most original design was given to team "Czerechowski-Whiteman."

Globe writer wins Pulitzer for national reporting

Brandan sent this notice to us:

Guys:

Greetings. Thought I would pass this along. Charlie Savage, son of Br. Robert Savage (Indiana Eta '90) was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting...

Straight from Pulitzer.org "For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, in print or in print and online, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."

"Awarded to Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe for his revelations that President Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws."

More details here

Hoping this is worthy enough to make S&P.

-Brandan
Indiana Eta

Worthy enough, Brandan. Worthy enough.