[TKE PE#206]

No problem bro,
tell Stu that Rho Epsilon @ Northwood says hi, and that he still hasn't wrote me back about what positions might be open at "Internationals" (Nationals) this summer.

i know he's really busy and i'm just messing with him. Actually one of our Alumni (Tim Bouchard) is going to be here today to educate our "new members" (we all know what else their called). He is going to sit down with me to write my cover letter, i guess he worked with Stu on a couple things last year when they worked at HQ together last year.

I also wanted to give you guys a BuckWheat story.

Bouchard paid for BW to come and help us with Rush this year, and even though he is LOUD, HIGH STRUNG and BOSSY he was probably the best person to motivate our chapter about rush.

We had a week of outstanding dinners for the freshman guys. I don't know how it is at other schools but here at Northwood, rush week and some of the rules we have to follow are just plain stupid.

See, we can't even talk to any perspectives during the actual "RUSH" week, we can only talk to them at our Open Smoker....so we don't try to "buy" or "pressure" their decision.
Does that even sound like rush to anybody else?....no it doesn't

Anyway, BuckWheat came up the week before our so-called Rush and we had the dinners and activities, and beileve it or not it was actually a dry event, no brothers drank with the perspectives at these events. And we took 11 guys( Northwood is a small business school about 3,000 students so this # is actually better than average here) by the end of Rush week. I don't think we would of had even half as many commit if he hadn't shown us his ideas. Plus now we have the knowledge to try things like this again.

If anyone needs help with rush/recruitment give buckwheat a call. It was more than worth it.
And tell him that "ButterBall" (he only calls people by nicknames that he makes up when he meets you) from Rho Epsilon says hi.

Your In The Bond,

Brian Gardner PE #206
Vice Chair Philanthropy/Fundraising
Rho Epsilon Chapter
Northwood University
Midland, Michigan