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Active Chapter Update!

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News

  • The active chapter added 10 new members last quarter (pictured below painting “the rock” in front of the campus center).
  • Elections took place last week and the actives have new officers. A few to note are President- Mike Johnson, Vice President- Micah Hudson, and Intrafraternal Relations Chair- Thomas Martin.
  • Actives Mike Johnson (President) and Thomas Martin (intrafraternal relations chair) attended the Alumni Scholarship dinner, which was a great success and earned approximately $1,000 to go towards the first active chapter scholarship!

Upcoming activities

  • The actives are getting ready for another exciting greek week, which takes place May 12.
  • Currently, the active chapter is working on sending care packages to active duty soldiers who are serving overseas.

Posted by Kolin Loconti on April 5, 2010 – 8:17 pm

Founder’s Day Celebration a Success

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Members of the alumni, active chapter and Sphinx pledges gathered at the Abruzzi Club on Saturday February 27th for an evening of reliving Sphinx traditions, card games and bocce.  More than 15 alumni were present for the event which lasted well into the early hours of Sunday morning.

“The highlight of the night was when the pledges, actives, and alumni sang the fraternity song,” said Kyle Yaggi ’05.  “There’s something so unifying about everyone, regardless of age and graduating class, knowing the words to the song and being together again as a part of something larger.”

For Jason Graham ’07, a music education teacher in Troy, Ohio, one of the highlights of the evening included Benjamin Garnett ’06, ensuring the 10 current pledges knew their pledge responses.  Several alumni commented that it was nice to see the progression of their family tree.

The actives and alumni squared off in several bocce ball games and nine alumni participated in a $10 per seat poker game. The pot went to Kayne Kirby ’02 while Scott Humphrey ’91 finished second.

The Founder’s Day Event, which commemorates the date when Sphinx held its very first meeting back on February 28, 1919, is held every year.  If you couldn’t make it this year, we hope to see you next year.

Posted by Scott Willyerd on March 3, 2010 – 5:51 pm

Sphinx Pledging 2010!

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Hey all! Winter quarter has begun and it’s time for another exciting pledging season! As you can see from Scott Willyerd’s previous post, the active chapter is currently the largest frat on campus and has plans to get even bigger! The active chapter hosted it’s infamous “Big Kahuna” rush party on January 16th attracting many prospective sphinxmen from all over campus!

The final dinner was held on January 21st at the  old bag o’ nails pub on state street. The event was attended by 21 prospectives with 2 RSVPing with regrets. The program featured a number of guest speakers including our own Alumni Vice President: Kayne Kirby along with Active Chapter President: Todd Thomas.

The day after, actives met and after much deliberation extended 21 bids which will be sent out on January 27th. That’s all for now! Stay tuned for more pledging info!

VANSO,

                     Kolin LoConti  06′

Posted by Kolin Loconti on January 26, 2010 – 8:43 pm

Outnumbered: Sphinx Largest Fraternity on Campus

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The start of the fall 2009 semester meant new beginnings for the active chapter and the designation as the largest active fraternity on the Otterbein College campus. Traditionally Sphinx has reported higher membership numbers but has not held the designation as the largest fraternity on campus since the fraternities refounding. Members of the active chapter hope to build the brotherhood with a strong showing during recruitment this winter. The fraternity will graduate five seniors in 201

Fraternity Chapter Size

1. Sigma Delta Phi

2. Pi Kappa Phi (Club)

3. Pi Beta Sigma (Pi Sig)

4. Alpha Sigma Phi

5. Lambda Gamma Epsilon (Kings)

6. Zeta Phi

7. Eta Phi Mu (Jonda)

Posted by Scott Willyerd on January 20, 2010 – 2:54 pm

Homecoming 2009 (Recap)

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Otterbein College posted a lot of pictures. If you have some you’d like to see us post on our website, please contact us.

Parade: Our Active guys did a fine job, as usual, in representing us to the campus and community. They build an elaborate pirate ship, which hearkens back to the “good old days”… all the way back to 2003 (or 2004?). The float was built on that same rusty flatbed we’ve been using for years (whose is that, anyways?) and was pulled by Alumni Advisor Nick Miller ’07 and his gigantic landscaping truck. Our Alumni Brothers were seen all over campus watching the parade.

Alumni Meeting: It was a very productive meeting! Todd Thomas ’10, President of the Active chapter, reported to us that Sphinx is the Fraternity of the Year again for the 3rd consecutive year (and running) and he’s expecting a large, healthy pledge class coming soon in Winter quarter. On the Alumni side, we recapped the year’s events (2008 Homecoming and Long Island Iced Tea Party, Sphinxgiving, Sphinx Social Night, Fire Drill, The Land, Sphinx Card Night, Golf Outing, New Year Welcome Back and the Active vs Alumni Ratathon), discussed important updates like bank accounts, a credit line for active housing expenses, our EIN, and 501(c)7 application, and our communications and media across our website, forum, blog, flickr, facebook, twitter and email list. And, of course, we discussed donations which can now be made online either as a one time or recurring gift.

The heart of the meeting was the discussion of goals for our organization. We laid out aggressive, achievable 1 year, 5 year and 10 year goals. The latter of which will come to fruition in 2019, our 100th anniversary, so we’ve dubbed them our Centennial Goals. There is too much to cover here, so click here to read more about goals.

And we wrapped up the meeting with the elections. The new Executive Council will be President Casey Parsons ’05, Vice President Kayne Kirby ’02, Treasurer Andrew Gernert ’07, Secretary Andy Hall ’89, Immediate Past President Scott Humphrey ’85/’91, Member at Large Eric Fletcher ’92, and Member at Large Aaron Loskota ’08. Other Brothers are needed to help to continue or positive growth, so please contact us to get involved.

Game: Otterbein beats Capital by one point! Click here to read about it at Westerville News & Public Opinion paper.

Dinner: We had a grand time at Wendell’s Pub, just north of campus. The crowd was an eclectic mix of younger and not-so-young alumni and their families. Everyone mingled well and generally had a jovial time. Did you like this new event? Please let us know what you thought.

Long Island Iced Tea Party: As always, the highlight of the weekend! The actives tended bar while us old fellas plopped down dollar after dollar for the strongest long islands I’ve ever tasted. The actives and alumni really had a chance to bond at this event, and new friendships were made where a brotherhood already stood. Do not miss this one next year!

Posted by Casey Parsons on October 27, 2009 – 6:59 pm

Gooooooooooaaaaaaall(s).

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2000 years ago Aristotle said, “First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” That opinion seems not only applicable, but necessary today, does it not?

We have an ideal: Building a Stronger Brotherhood. And because of that ideal we will build upon a foundation of goals. The following is a list of future achievements, our landmarks in a growth process. And between these landmarks there is much planning and doing, which is chiefly tasked the our Executive Council, but is the duty of us all.


1 Year (2010)

  • Raised $10,000
    • 70/30 split between House Fund and Scholarship Fund
    • Invest money (CDs?)
  • Aware first scholarship Fall 2010 – $1500 (breaks even at $5000 total raised)
  • Bylaws completed
  • 50 Sphinxmen with Dues Paid ($1250)
  • Average Event Attendance = 25
  • Produce 2 Newsletters
  • Alumni Database
  • 501c7 Approved


5 Years (2014)

  • $50,000 Raised for House Fund
    • Down Payment Made on House
  • $30,000 Raised for Scholarship Fund
  • 501c3 Approved
  • 100 Sphinxmen with Dues Paid ($2500)
  • Average Event Attendance = 40
  • 3 or 4 Regular Newsletters


10 Years (2019) – 100 Year Centennial Goals

  • 50% of House Paid
  • $50,000 Raised for Scholarship Fund
  • Scholarship Begins Paying 3% ($1500 for $50k)
  • 250 Sphinxmen with Dues Paid ($6250)
  • Average Event Attendance = 70
  • 4 Regular Alumni Newsletters

It is a framework, and one we will update and amend as times and needs change. But a framework nonetheless,  so we can all look to the same direction and walk together. The more of us there are, the faster and lighter we travel.

Truth to Us Above All,
Casey Parsons ’05
President, Sigma Delta Phi (Sphinx) Alumni Association

Posted by Casey Parsons on October 27, 2009 – 6:02 pm

Homecoming 2009

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90 Alumni at our 90th Anniversary! Click here to RSVP.

Homecoming and “The Long Island Iced Tea Party”
October 24, 2009.

Click here to RSVP. Don’t miss this one. It’s sure to be the best Homecoming festivites we’ve ever had.

Posted by Casey Parsons on June 23, 2009 – 4:32 pm

THREE-PEAT!!!

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A HUGE congratulations to the Men of Sigma Delta Phi for achieving Chapter of the Year for an impressive 3rd year in a row. The chapter also achieved New Member Education of the Year. A special congrats to the current President, Todd Thomas, for winning IFC Greek of the Year and to Alex Kusko for winning IFC New Member of the Year.

With the end of the year winding down, the guys have switched their time to studying and wishing the Seniors a fond farewell. Stay tuned for more updates to wrap up the 2008-09 school year.

VANSO

Stephen Coy
Active Chapter Liaison
Coy@OCSphinx.com

Posted by Stephen Coy on May 20, 2009 – 9:05 pm

Greek Week Champions!

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My apologies to everyone for not keeping the updates coming as freely as before. But we’ve got two major updates this week and here’s the first!

Congratulations to the Active Chapter on successfully winning Greek Week this year! The guys got first place in Harmony Night, LipSync, Banner, and Tug-o-War. With an amassed 38 points the guys blew past the competition with the 2nd place chapter getting 27 points.

In other Chapter news, the guys recently participated in the Relay for Life here at Otterbein and managed to have at least one person on the track for the whole 24 hours.

Also, special thanks to Mike Johnson for making this fantastic image of the guys:

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Stephen Coy
Active Chapter Liaison
Coy@OCSphinx.com

Posted by Stephen Coy on May 20, 2009 – 8:58 pm

Elections

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Hey all, sorry for the long gap in posts. But as the end of Winter Quarter has arrived, we can look back on the past 5 weeks and also say “Hello!” to 13 new members. Also yesterday were the elections for the Executive Council. Those 7 guys who will lead the chapter in 2009-2010 are:

President: Todd Thomas ’10
Vice-President: Andrew Henderson ’10
Secretary: Jeremy Hirschfelt ’11
Treasurer: Micah Hudson ’11
House Manager: Kyle Smith ’11
Pledge Ed: Matt Miller ’11
Pledge Ed: Mike Johnson ’11

VANSO
Stephen Coy ’08
Active Chapter Liaison
Coy@OCSphinx.com

Posted by Stephen Coy on March 16, 2009 – 2:11 pm