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5/10/06 Nu Gamma @ the K
Day 4 of our 25th Anniversary Celebration Week, and one of the best days of
brotherhood we've had in a long time. The brothers of Nu Gamma cashed in on
some Royal's tickets and went down to KC to watch them play the Cleveland
Indians. During the 3rd Inning, on the main scoreboard, groups that are
present at the K that day are displayed, and Nu Gamma was among the many
names listed on the screen (it was a big day for Elementary Schools too,
for there were many kids present at the game). The Royal's won the game
with a score of 10-8. They also had 12 hits during the game, which means
all fans get a dozen doughnuts for free from Krispie Kreme (and we had 20
tickets!). The lines were horrible at the doughnut shop after the game, so
we proceeded to our next destination: dinner with Mama Brown (Brother
Mitchell's mom in Raytown). There, the brothers sat down for a wonderful
and delicious dinner of pork ribs, spaghetti, beans, and Peach Cobbler.
Throughout the evening, Mama Brown entertained us with her actions and
words and there wasn't a single moment where a brother was not laughing.
Later that evening, the brothers traveled back up to Brother Croskell's
farm for our White Night ceremonies for our one pledge. It was a late night,
but everyone agreed that it was one of the fun days we've had as a chapter.
5/09/06 Happy Chapter Day!
Day 3 of our 25th Anniversary Celebration Week, and Happy Chapter Day!
Today marks our 25th year as a chapter here at Missouri Western State
University. The celebration started with a Mill's Music Mission for the
elderly at Saxton Care Center, just off of Riverside. The chapter sang many
songs from the fraternity songbook, and several brothers performed
instrumental pieces as well. Afterwards, we hosted a BBQ at Brother Kiner's
place. Alumni, and past president of Nu Gamma, Dan Riggs made an appearance
at this event where he brought some of his mementos from his years as a
Sinfonian, including an original pledge paddle from the early days of our
chapter as well as his own. He also shared some stories from his days as
president of Nu Gamma and how he helped our chapter get back into SGA after
some major setback years.
5/08/06 Gentleman's Game of Poker
Day 2 of our 25th Anniversary Celebration Week. What better way to continue
the week than to get the brothers together and playing some cards (no
gambling). Two games of poker went on for several hours. Besides our
collegiate members, Jason Kikoler and Jeff Siasoco, two past alumni of our
chapter, also made an appearance.
5/07/06 Final Meeting of the Year
Tonight was the kickoff of our 25th Anniversary Celebration Week and our
final business meeting of the semester. There wasn't much business that
needed to be discussed, other than the days ahead with the rest of the 25th
Anniversary celebration. However, we did hold a ceremony to move two of our
graduating seniors to Alumni status. Christopher Muehlich, our former Vice
President, and Cole Aaron Kiner, our former Treasurer, are now officially
alumni of our chapter. Chris has done an outstanding job with there
services for the fraternity over the years and will both be greatly missed.
Cole too has done an outstanding job as Treasurer, getting our books all
organized and accurate. He recently was elected as our new Alumni
Secretary, and since he lives in St. Joseph, he plans to continue being
involved with our chapter for at least another year.
4/21/06 Brotherhood Camping Trip
To get way from the busy days of school and work, the brothers planned a
weekend of relaxation and fun. Six brothers and our one pledge brother
drove down to Platte city where they camped out at Brother Croskell's
uncle's farm. All seven guys enjoyed a weekend of relaxing, cooking hotdogs
/ eating at Waffle House, playing catch, doing some fishing at Weston Bend
State Park, lighting a 30 foot bonfire, and catching up on much needed
sleep. It would have been nice if other brothers could have made it out,
but it was still fun just the same. Those who went on this trip were:
Andrew Murphy, Andy Guerrero, Keith Langabee, Ben Croskell, Jason Hern,
Brent Stevens, and Dustin Potter, our pledge.
4/19/06 Composer's Concert
Wednesday, the Nu Gamma chapter hosted a composer's concert. Anyone in the
music department that has composed any type of musical piece was more than
welcome to sign up and play at this concert. A total of seven people signed
up and played personally written pieces, including a clarinet duet and
several percussion ensembles. This was an open concert for anyone to come
and watch and the turnout was very good.
4/18/06 Special Olympics Softball
The Missouri Highway Patrol hosted its annual Softball tournament to raise
money for the Special Olympics. This year, the Greek Community on campus
was invited to participate in the tournament. Sororities and fraternities
were paired up with each other to make the games fair for everyone. Several
brothers paired up with several girls from Alpha Gamma Delta and
participated in the tournament. Those brothers were: Chris Brough, Tim
Dunsford, Andy Guerrero, Cole Kiner, Keith Langabee, Andrew Murphy, and
Brent Stevens. There were six teams all together and for us, the "Blah
Blah Blah" team (Brother Brough made up the name), here was the
results:
Game 1: vs. Phi Delts / ASA Team 1
· Loss 8-3
Game 2: vs. Missouri Highway Patrol
· Loss
15-0
Game 3: vs. Phi Sigs / ASA Team 2
· Loss 8-7
Despite not winning any of the three games, everyone had a good time and
AGD's enjoyed playing the games with us. Several of the other Greek
organizations enjoyed playing our team as well, moving our relationship
with other organizations even closer. Good job guys!
4/09/06 New Officers
At our Sunday business meeting, we initiated our new Executive Council for
the upcoming year. Here is our new Executive Council for the 2006/2007
school year:
- Brian Burlingame,
President
- Brent Stevens, Vice
President
- Keith Langabee,
Secretary
- Tim Dunsford,
Treasurer
- Andrew Murphy,
FEO
- Christopher Bates,
Warden
- Andrew Guerrero,
Historian
- Cole Kiner, Alumni
Secretary
- Christopher
Alexander, Music Director
4/07/06 Greek Scholar of the Year
At the end of Greek Week, an awards banquet is held to recognize those
organizations that did well in the week's activities, and to present
Chapter and Individual awards. These presented awards are based on the
Greek Awards packet that the chapter turned in several weeks ago. We only
qualified for two of the fourteen awards this year, but that will change in
the year to come as our involvement in the Greek community grows. Of the
two awards though, George Andrew Murphy, our current Fraternal Education
Officer, was awarded the "Greek Scholar of the Year" award.
Congrats go to Andrew for all the hard work he puts into everything that he
does.
4/06/06 Greek Week Talent Show
10 members of the chapter participated in the Greek Week talent show, one
of the VERY few things Nu Gamma could participate in due to a busy week for
the music department. This group of men did an outstanding job, although it
was put together last minute. The men sang three songs, starting with Viva
La More, then serenading all the Sorority presidents, and ended with an
arrangement of the "Family Guy" theme, arranged by Many H of SAI.
They did not win anything for it, but it was received well by the other
Greek organizations.
4/05/06 Senior Recital
Christopher Muehlich performed his Senior Recital on Wednesday. His shared
concert with Mandy H. of the SAI's was a huge success. Chris composed and
performed a piece called "Taikno", a combination of drumming and techno
music, all done under black lights. This piece will also be played at the
4th Annual X-treme Percussion Show later this week on April 7th and 8th.
3/31/06 Battle of the Bands
Nu Gamma hosted its 3rd annual Battle of the Bands (BOB) at the Fine Arts
Theater. 10 bands from different parts of the Midwest came to battle it out
on stage. The top three winners of the competition would receive cash
prizes of $500, $250, and $150 respectively. The results for the
competition:
1st Place: In Memory Of... (Brother Brough is a member of this band)
2nd Place: Ross Christopher
3rd Place: Knate Harter's Band (Brother Harter is from the Fall '03 pledge
class)
Congrats to all winners!! BOB is usually one of our big fundraisers of the
year. However, this year we lost some money instead of gained. Although we
did not make any money off BOB, we still lived up to our object of
spreading music in America.
3/30/06 Mr. MWSU
The Alpha Gamma Delta's hosted their 10th Annual Mr. MWSU competition,
where each fraternity nominated representatives to participate in the Men's
"beauty competition". The last two years, Zach "Ziggy"
Cochran represented our chapter, and won the talent award for a black light
snare solo, as well as the formal award in 2004. This year, Keith Langabee
represented the chapter. He won the talent award for a marimba solo, and
nearly won the Spirit award by collecting $96 for Juvenile Diabetes, the
AGD's philanthropy. Way to represent!
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