I started school in fall of 1993 as a junior coming into school as a transfer student. I played rugby that sememster and there was a hall mate of mine that was curious about rushing a fraternity. We both decided to go out and meet their chapter in this conference room on campus. I thought they were pretty cool but that next week after I went to a pizza night I never heard back from them. Their loss...Well, I didnt check anyone else out that semsester and just thought I'd kind of scope the campus out and really go out for rush the next semester. During that fall sesmester there was a guy in one of my Govt. classes who was a Beta. I never knew that. He never mentioned it and I never saw him with letters on. Anyway he was a cool guy and we randomally met up at Fat Tuesdays, this bar close to school and hed taxi me back a couple times after last call. Note: Later he ended up being my big brother. Well, the spring semester of 1994 I came out and I went to one particular fraternity's rush events a few nights but then I thought I really need to check another one out. So midweek I went up to a rush table of another fraternity and then the Thursday night of that week I went to an event. I got to meet a quite a bit of the brothers and I was really impressed. I really liked them and thought they were a good group of guys. Very genuine in my eyes and there were other reasons. So we, the rushees got to scope out their house(off campus), not a tipical fraterntiy row house but a very nice one I must say. Later there was a theme party I think. Which blew me away. That next week I met up with the President of the Beta Theta Pi Chapter informally for lunch and he extended me a bid. I dont think words could describe how I felt. I was excited, but that was only the beginning....

Kevin Mullinix
Beta Theta Pi