Omaha Alumni Dinner

[NickoJCU]

The Cleveland Alumni Assoc. New Year Celebration Banquet was quite similar.

There were pver 150 Brothers there- ranging from myself and 4 others (who were initiated two weeks previously) to a Gentlemen who has been an initiated Beta for 69 years!!!

There were speeches from our District Chief, as well as a very long, uninteresting speech from a Beta who's on the Board of Directors at Case Western. None of us could glean anything from his speech Beta-related. It was entirely about CWRU's upcoming renovations.

There was an open bar, though due to the fact that the Banquet took place at 11:30am, none of us were able to enjoy it as much as we would have liked.

The Loving Cup ceremony was definitely something to behold. Having never participated in one larger than the 22 Brothers of my Colony, I was slightly overwhelmed- It took nearly 10 bottles of champagne!

It was a fun experience overall, and I highly suggest any other Active Brothers attend one in their area. You never know who you might meet, and what they'll offer to do for your Chapter (even if they went to another school). We were given job offers, internship opportunities, met Avery Friedman (a CNN News Anchor) who signed-off his next newscast with a gesture for The Brothers at JCU.