[Kevin]

I graduated back in '02. Since then, I've become a member of the chapter advisory board and deal with both the chapter's Honor Council (like standards board) and Financial issues. The two areas often go hand in hand.

I've had to kind of redefine how I can hang out with these guys. There obviously aren't any guys left that were around when I joined the colony -- in fact, there are only a few former colonists left in the chapter.

There has been a great deal of change since we received our charter and our roles as alums have been chaning along with the chapter. We've set up a house corporation, an Alumni Chapter and an Advisory Board. Yeah, we still hang out. A lot of us show up for Rush from as far away as Dallas (which is about a 3 1/2 hour drive). We still have a good time with them.

I on occasion will buy an active a beer, go out to the bar with a few of 'em, etc.. These days, you won't see me participating in chugging contests or anything of that nature (if that stuff ever happened anymore). I don't usually hang out at parties too late, etc.

-- It's a fairly unique situation we have where we essentially are able to define what an alum is and does where our chapter is concerned.