Fall Initiation
 

Well, after some long nights, Epsilon Mu Zeta has 26 new brothers. We are now up to EM 1922, only 21 men from my first century brother. I'm already starting to look forward to next semester.

Bro, that is excellent! Congrats! What's your active membership now?

ZAX,
Jono

approximately 80. Much better than the 33 when I was an AM.

Brother Matt, fantastic for EM Zeta!:)

Phi-Epsilon Zeta, Cal State Fullerton
 

Initiating 16 tonight. Doubled the chapter size!

NB: Found out at 4:00 PM that they wanted / needed me to participate.

There's no business like show business, like no business I know . . . .

The Colony at the University of the Incarnate Word initiated 3 men last night. The UIW campus is on defered recruitment, so they were only able to initiate upperclassman that they had recruited. In January, they will have a shot at the freshman, and expect to recruit a good size group of guys.

The ceremony went well and this was the first initiation the colony put on. It went very well and was very efficient.

I am extremly proud of the work these guys are doing and they will be applying for chartering in about 2 weeks. Expect to continue to hear good things from the men at UIW.

Postscript for Phi-Epsilon Zeta Ritual
 

Fullerton successfully initiated 16 a few hours ago. We finished up a little before 2:00 AM. We started at approximately 9:00 PM so that really is an accomplishment. We've got the mechanics down, now we must work on style and staging. Tthis refinement can be done over time. There are enough active members now that our ritualist can get some help. He can divide up the labor so he can focus his energy where needed and not burn up that limited time doing the minutia. I think that he did an OUTSTANDING job and I am quite proud of him.

We also had some alumni in attendance. An Order of Merit winner from LA who had a nephew going through tonight; the High Pi at Central Florida who knows the Order of Merit guy and the nephew, and the past High Pi from Northridge, who also knows everybody; I may be mistaken, but I believe that the guy from Northridge is also Order of Merit.

One funny note: A few weeks ago a sorority girl gave an Associate a "Teacup Chihuahua". It is the smallest, scrawniest dog that I've ever seen. As ritual was concluding the dog appeared at the doorway. I quietly picked up said dog and took her upstairs. I set her down and turned to leave the darkened room. I closed the door - but what I didn't know is that she scampered downstairs ahead of me. She entered the ritual room and wandered about. No, she didn't embarrass herself in front of the crowd, but she did wander about. Nobody laughed, nobody flinched. The show went on. Fortunately, it was over moments later.

Now I've seen everything:rolleyes:

DOG ON THE FIELD!!!! LMAO! Hahaha.

John, it's very cool you participated in this one. We all need to do that every now and then, just to keep in shape. I had the pleasure of doing so last November down at Florida Tech for just a couple moments, but it was a thrill just the same. At that time, we did 15 and didn't finish up until 8am, so I commend your guys for their efficiency.

BTW, isn't the High Pi from Central Florida Mike S.? I believe he was an Order of Merit recipient at this past G.A. too! How do you get all these "celebrities"?

In ZAX,
Jono

DTZ Initiation
 

The Brothers of Delta Tau Zeta initiated 5 new brothers this semester. Now up to 42 great guys, we're hoping to get another great group of guys in the Spring.

With respect to the Order of Merit recipients at the Fullerton Ritual: Living proof that lightening strikes and that blind squirrells do find their nuts once in a while.

i am happy to say Lambda Iota Zeta has started PI Week last night. We have 14 AM's that i hope at the end of the week, I will be able to call brothers.

We started our initiation Friday night at about 7 30 pm. We do a split Initiation and finished Friday night at 3 30 am. That was 26 guys, or an average of about 20 minutes per man. Thanks to everyone who made some suggestions to me about dealing with a class this large.

Matt, please PM me on how you set it up!

God, the last time I was at LX Z for a full Initiation, I was up for 2 days!:( 14 Brothers.

Northern Colorado just initiated 6 new brothers last Friday - I stayed for as much as I could, but left about 10:30pm...still had a few hours to go to finish.

Not as young as I'd like to be anymore.

I remember the 28 (28! Yes, 28) that Colorado State did one year....and, that initiation was spread over 2 nights, but still finished the first night's activities at 5AM.

Ahhh....the good old days....when I could stay awake that long and STILL be good to drive home.

A LXAAlum, I to remember the Good Old Days.:cool:

Damn, hard to keep up with the youngsters!:( But, it is still great to see them when they have been fully Initiated and the silly grins!:cool:

Not really sure if I screwed up the last post!:(

LXAAlum, yep the Good Old Days when We were Much Younger and could go on adrenelin!

The greatest thing is to see the New Brothers with The Great Big Grins on their faces.:cool:

That makes it all worth it!:)

Lotsa coffee and Snickers bars, and cigarettes outside.

Last November I flew down to Florida for ritual and did a small thing. It began at 8:00 pm and ended at 8:30 am. I even joined in running the vacuum around.

Went back to BN17's house on the river with a third alum and started cocktails at 9 am on the deck. I hadn't slept since waking up in NY the day before. So we drank till noon, had lunch, had one more drink and I crashed on the couch in broad daylight.

Then we went to a party for the (15) new brothers that evening. The pictures of me that night are AWEFUL!!!

I'm glad I went though, and sorry I missed it this year.

In ZAX,
Jono

To let everyone know Lambda Iota intitated 14 new brothers into the bond. We started around 1:30 AM and went to 8:00 AM.

initiation
 

Lambda Iota @ UW-Whitewater initiated 14 members this past weekend!! They are a solid group of guys.

Fall initiation totals so far
 

Chapters Approved for Initiation
Last Updated 12/3/2004

If you do not see your chapter's initiation listed below, that means your initiation has not been approved and you need to contact Tina Waldrop at (317) 872-8000 ext. 7316 or e-mail at twaldrop@lambdachi.org. You may not proceed with initiation without approval; chapters who hold initiation without approval are subject to a $200 fine.

Remember to submit a 600C to Headquarters within 48 hours of initiation.

College/University Zeta Date of Initiation No. of Men
Akron Gamma-Alpha 11/13/04 16
Arkansas Tech Phi-Zeta 12/3/04 8
Auburn Omega 11/29/04 35
Baylor Sigma-Psi 11/12/04 5
Bowling Green State Phi-Mu 11/20/04 9
Butler Alpha-Alpha 11/14/04 3
California Mu 12/1/04 7
California - Davis Delta-Gamma 12/3/04 5
California State-Fullerton Phi-Epsilon 11/13/04 17
Colorado Gamma-Mu 11/12/04 9
Colorado State-Pueblo Delta-Omega 11/19/04 7
Drury Theta-Sigma 11/19/04 29
Elmhurst Colony 11/12/04 8
Evansville Iota-Mu 11/12/04 14
George Washington Delta-Xi 12/3/04 8
Incarnate Word Colony 11/13/04 4
Iowa State Alpha-Tau 11/12/04 9
Kentucky Epsilon-Phi 11/12/04 15
Louisiana State Upsilon 11/12/04 19
Marietta Kappa-Alpha 11/20/04 8
Michigan Tech Phi-Phi 12/4/04 2
Missouri-Kansas City Sigma-Rho 12/9/04 11
Morehead State Beta-Lambda 11/12/04 4
Nevada-Reno Epsilon-Iota 11/14/04 13
North Dakota Epsilin-Zeta 11/13/04 9
Northeastern State Delta-Beta 12/3/04 15
Oklahoma State Alpha-Eta 12/10/04 11
Purdue Psi 12/2/04 13
San Diego Delta-Kappa 12/7/04 8
Southern Indiana Phi-Xi 12/3/04 5
St Louis College of Pharmacy Colony 287 11/12/04 12
Tarleton State Phi-Rho 11/19/04 13
Texas Alpha-Mu 12/4/04 3
Texas A&M Delta-Mu 12/4/04 16
Texas A&M-Kingsville Beta-Epsilon 11/20/04 16
Toronto Epsilon-Epsilon 11/27/04 8
Truman State Phi-Psi 11/12/04 19
University of the South Iota-Nu 11/12/04 10
USCA Pi-Alpha 12-4-04 12
Valparaiso Iota-Sigma 11/13/04 2
Western Kentucky Lambda-Lambda 11/19/04 8
Western Ontario Delta-Eta 12/4/04 11
Wisconsin-Whitewater Lambda-Iota 11/20/04 14
Wittenberg Nu-Zeta 11/12/04 5

Tennessee-Chattanooga
 

to the best of my knowledge, Zeta Phi Zeta put 9 men through on Janurary 8th, 2005

University of California - Riverside initiated 13 on January 14, 2005

To the best of my knowledge, (it was way too late and way too cold to attend) UT-San Antonio initiated 13 men 2 weeks or so ago.

Chapters Approved for Initiation
Last Updated 1/28/2005

If you do not see your chapter's initiation listed below, that means your initiation has not been approved and you need to contact Tina Waldrop at (317) 872-8000 ext. 7316 or e-mail at twaldrop@lambdachi.org. You may not proceed with initiation without approval; chapters who hold initiation without approval are subject to a $200 fine.

Remember to submit a 600C to Headquarters within 48 hours of initiation.

College/University Zeta Date of Initiation No. of Men
Akron Gamma-Alpha 11/13/04 16
Angelo State Beta-Alpha 2/22/05 1
Arkansas Colony 1/28/05 38
Arkansas Tech Phi-Zeta 12/3/04 8
Auburn Omega 11/29/04 35
Baylor Sigma-Psi 11/12/04 5
Bowling Green State Phi-Mu 11/20/04 9
Butler Alpha-Alpha 11/14/04 3
Cal Poly Phi-Sigma 1/22/05 12
California Mu 12/1/04 7
California - Davis Delta-Gamma 12/3/04 5
California Riverside Delta-Nu 1/14/05 13
California State-Fullerton Phi-Epsilon 11/13/04 17
Central Florida Beta-Eta 1-14-05 29
Clemson Delta-Omicron 1/13/05 8
Colorado Gamma-Mu 11/12/04 9
Colorado State-Pueblo Delta-Omega 11/19/04 7
Drury Theta-Sigma 11/19/04 29
Eastern Michigan Sigma-Kappa 1/14/05 5
Elmhurst Colony 11/12/04 8
Evansville Iota-Mu 11/12/04 14
George Washington Delta-Xi 12/3/04 8
Illinois State Beta-Omicron 1/21/05 17
Incarnate Word Colony 11/13/04 4
Iowa Iota-Chi Colony 1/14/05 4
Iowa State Alpha-Tau 11/12/04 9
Kent State Pi-Gamma 12/17/04 6
Kentucky Epsilon-Phi 11/12/04 15
Louisiana State Upsilon 11/12/04 19
Marietta Kappa-Alpha 11/20/04 8
Michigan Tech Phi-Phi 12/4/04 2
Millsaps Theta-Eta 2/10/05 17
Mississippi State Epsilon-Chi 1/29/05 5
Missouri-Kansas City Sigma-Rho 12/9/04 11
Missouri-Rolla Alpha-Delta 2/18/05 4
Morehead State Beta-Lambda 11/12/04 4
Murray State Lambda-Eta 12/18/04 21
Nebraska-Lincoln Gamma-Beta 2/5/05 10
Nevada-Reno Epsilon-Iota 11/14/04 13
New Mexico State Zeta-Gamma 12/10/04 13
North Dakota Epsilin-Zeta 11/13/04 9
North Texas Iota-Zeta 1/14/05 19
Northeastern State Delta-Beta 12/3/04 15
Ohio Alpha-Omega 1/28/05 10
Oklahoma State Alpha-Eta 12/10/04 11
Purdue Psi 12/2/04 13
Rose-Hulman Theta-Kappa 2/12/05 10
San Diego Delta-Kappa 12/7/04 8
San Diego State Colony 11/22/05 17
South Carolina Epsilon-Psi 1/30/05 5
Southern Indiana Phi-Xi 12/3/04 5
St Louis College of Pharmacy Colony 287 11/12/04 12
St. Mary's Sigma-Beta 12/14/04 2
Stetson Zeta-Tau 2/1/05 6
Tarleton State Phi-Rho 11/19/04 13
Tennessee Epsilon-Omicron 1/26/05 22
Tennessee-Chattanooga Zeta-Phi 1/8/05 9
Texas Alpha-Mu 12/4/04 3
Texas - El Paso Zeta-Epsilon 12/14/04 15
Texas A&M Delta-Mu 12/4/04 16
Texas A&M-Kingsville Beta-Epsilon 11/20/04 16
Texas Christian Iota-Pi 2/11/05 23
Texas San Antonio Phi-Upsilon 1/15/05 13
Toronto Epsilon-Epsilon 11/27/04 8
Truman State Phi-Psi 11/12/04 19
Union Lambda-Zeta 2/11/05 24
University of the South Iota-Nu 11/12/04 10
USCA Pi-Alpha 12-4-04 12
Valparaiso Iota-Sigma 11/13/04 2
Virginia Tech Sigma-Lambda 1-29-05 8
Western Kentucky Lambda-Lambda 11/19/04 8
Western Ontario Delta-Eta 12/4/04 11
Wisconsin-Whitewater Lambda-Iota 11/20/04 14
Wittenberg Nu-Zeta 11/12/04 5


Wow its good to see Arkansas is back and kicking butt again. Amazing how some of these smaller schools have such high initiation numbers, shows how they must have a great chapter.
Still waiting for some big Lambda Chi Alpha chapters initiation numbers like FSU, Oklahoma, UGA and Kansas State.