Note: This past newsletter will give you a sample of our house activities. You may also want to read the Transit Club News (pdf) and the alumni news page.

NEW MEMBERS

We are thrilled to have initiated these new brothers into Triangle from the fall pledge class.

Greg Oboy- Civil Engineering-Schererville, IN
Ryan Hedlund- CIT-Indianapolis, IN
Boris Barash- Computer Science-Carmel, IN
Michael John Grove- Computer Engineering-Manhattan Beach, CA
Mark A. Smith- Microbiology and HSCI-Warsaw, IN
Neel Sen- Electrical Engineering-Kolkata, India
Doug Bostock- CIT-Georgetown, IN
Alex Hemingway- Mechanical Engineering Technology-Auburn, IN

We also welcome these new pledges into the spring 2006 pledge class.

Ndu Osonwanne- Electrical and Computer Engineering-Port Harcourt, Nigeria
David Reams- Computer Engineering-Springboro, OH
Myron Meleksson- Aerospace Engineering-Glenview, Il.
Greg Harrington- Materials Science Engineering-Union Mills, IN
Greg Flora- Mechanical Engineering Technology-South Bend, IN
Patrick Alonzi- Mechanical Engineering-Naperville, Il.
Brian Wolfe- Computer Graphics Technology-Indianapolis, IN
Kevin Sullivan- Chemical Engineering-Washington, D.C.

HOMECOMING, A SUCCESS
Despite cold weather and Purdue’s heartbreaking loss to Wisconsin, Triangle’s Homecoming Celebration can still be considered a success. As we have in the past, the active chapter put on a hog roast cookout to give our alumni a chance to come back to Purdue and recollect on their times here. A welcome thanks to the more than thirty alumni brothers, family members, and friends who attended. We also like to especially thank Br. Derek Thomas pur00 and Mark Beatty, father of Br. Scott Beatty pur04, who submitted winning bids on the signed basketball and football, respectively.

WOODWORKERS NEEDED
The large wooden crest in our chapter room has been without the helmet for some time. However, we are having a difficult time finding someone to carve a new helmet. If anyone knows a credible woodworker who would be able to help us, please email President Jason Fluhler at jfluhler@purdue.edu.

SPRING ALUMNI GOLF OUTING
Purdue Triangle’s first alumni golf outing will be Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. For more information on this event, including prices and how to RSVP, click here.

THIS YEAR’S GOALS
As a chapter we are constantly looking for ways to improve and the goals that we created for this year at our last Board of Director’s retreat reflect that desire. As for academics, our goal is to attain a 3.0 house GPA. Pertaining to membership, we are working hard to meet our goal of rushing 150 young men and getting 40 pledges (through both fall and spring rush). We are also looking to get more involved with other Greek houses by scheduling at least one event a month with a sorority and one with another fraternity.

R.B. STEWART FRATERNITY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
This award, sanctioned by the Inter-fraternity Council, contains many categories and winning one of these categories, an Individual Programming Excellence Award, is very prestigious. During Purdue’s Greek Week Chapter of Chapters it was announced that we won the award for membership recruitment. We are very honored and are looking forward to continue our excellent recruitment. Thanks to Vice President Jacob Schroeder for compiling the documentation for the award.

PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HOUSE
The house is constantly being improved to provide a better atmosphere for everyone in it. Over the summer it was not only thoroughly cleaned, but new door locks were installed, portions of the electrical system were updated, and more fire detectors were installed. The Parent’s Club re-felted the pool table, and bought us a grill, and generous alumnus James Rust pur56 bought a leather sofa for the formal living room. We built booths in the rec room to give us more seating and give the room a “sports bar” feel. More improvements lie ahead.