At the University of Maryland Baltimore County (at least until our president gets the name changed, as it is rumoured to be), we are in our second year of “deferred” rush. That is, no incoming student without a college-level GPA based on 12 credit hours or more can be offered a bid to join […]
OK, maybe it’s bad form to blog twice in a row, but my blood pressure is up, and it’s up because I am glad to be a Lambda Chi and a fraternity man, and I am ticked off at an email I received from a brother fraternity’s executive director this week. Last month, one of our […]
The tragedy of the terrible shootings at Virginia Tech has been on my mind & heart the past three days. It’s been on everyone’s heart, I believe, who has any connection with higher ed., as alumnus, current student or faculty or parent, etc. My prayers are with our LCA brothers at Sigma-Lambda Zeta at Va. […]
Two weeks ago, Bill Farkas, George Spasyk, and I attended this year’s Edgewater Conference. Edgewater is an annual conference of 16 fraternities and 14 sororities that has been in existence since 1952. During the two-day conference, the participants listened to three panels of current issues from students, alumni/ae advisors, and Greek advisors. We also discussed […]
In mid-November, representing the Grand High Zeta, I had the honor of sharing in the 30th anniversary celebration with the brothers at Sigma-Upsilon Zeta at Appalachian State University. The chapter has not celebrated an anniversary since their 10th in 1985. For many of the brothers present, 20 years have passed since they saw […]
