Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Fall '08 Midsemester report


So far, this semester has been a strong and successful one for the Iota Upsilon chapter on many fronts. We have worked hard toward creating a very strong pledge class for the fall of 2008 thanks to the help of recruitment chair Glenn Harris (’11) and magisters Kyle Langan (’10) and A.J. Moody (’11). As of now, we have 13 pledges who are dedicated to proving to us that they obtain and hold the values of Sigma Chi highly and are capable of contributing positively to our chapter. The Alpha Nu pledge class consists of the following:

Michael Anastassiou (’12)
Raja Arumugam (’12)
Aleem Aziz (’12)
Louie Cohen (’12)
Philip Cook (’12)
Michael Digaetano (’10)
Matt Hames (’11)
Alexander Krall (’12)
Benny Levine (’12)
Danny Mangan (’12)
Michael Marino (’12)
Nate Thompson (’12)
Trevor Strittmatter (’11)

We have also had a very strong philanthropic semester thus far. We have raised money for charitable causes by holding Pie a Greek with Sigma Delta Tau, raising money for Habitat for Humanity, and by teaming up with UNICEF, raising money for underprivileged children. We also supported the Honan Fund, which looks to aid and foster local and national programs that support education, recreation, housing and healthcare, by running in the Brian Honan Road Race. Lastly, we worked toward creating a cleaner neighborhood by hosting the Allston Cleanup this month. Philanthropy chair Glenn Harris has worked hard to make sure we are active in helping the world around us. We would like to thank the alumni who donated online to UNICEF All donations are appreciated and make a difference.

This upcoming weekend, several of our brothers and our chapter advisor Ben Harris (Purdue ’04) will be driving up to Halifax, Nova Scotia to participate in our annual Province Conference. The rest of chapter looks forward to hearing about the experience and the knowledge gained that can help us become a stronger chapter.

Monday, April 28, 2008

A New "Chapter" for Iota Upsilon



In the past two weeks, there have been a lot of changes to the Iota Upsilon chapter. First, we initiated two new brothers: Matt Baginski ('11) and Adam Jendrisak ('11). We have also elected and installed officers for the upcoming year. Our new Consul, Alex Marinello, is the sole senior and will be making sure Iota Upsilon keeps heading in the right direction. Assisting him will be the new pro-consul, Alex Mazzaferro, who is entering his junior year at Boston University. The alumni will most likely be in contact with the new Tribune, Conor McManus, who has pledged to keep this blog alive and make sure alumni (new ones included) are kept up to date on all the Iota Upsilon happenings. Below is a complete list of the new officers. Congratulations to the new officers.


Consul- Alex Marinello ('09)

Pro Consul- Alex Mazzaferro ('10)
Tribune- Conor McManus ('10)
Annotator- Sam Baker ('10)
Magister- Kyle Langan ('10)
Social Chair- Stephen Lordan ('10)
Rush Chair, Philanthropy- Glenn Harris

Assistant Queastor- Adam Jendrisak ('11)
RMF- Bobby Goldsmith ('11)
Kustos- Cole Barris ('11)
Chapter Editor- Daniel Fusco ('10)
Scholarship- Conor McManus ('10)
Athletic Chair- Brett Sigler ('10)
IFC- Jackson Sandeen ('11)

Sigma Chi Honored by SAO

Tonight, the Iota Upsilon Chapter was honored at the Excellence in Student Activities Awards by winning the Best Philanthropy of the Year and for Brother of the Year. The Philanthropy of the Year was for our week long Derby Days event, which raised over $3,500 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The Brother of the Year went to sophomore Kyle Langan, who worked tirelessly in not only every facet of our fraternity, but also on the executive board of the IFC.

Congratulations to both the Iota Upsilon Chapter and Kyle Langan.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

BU Greek Week 2008





The Most Awkward Lip Sync-er


Boston University Greek Week 2008 has come and gone. Events included a Lip Sync contest, Greek letters day, Greek games and special Greek speaker (the common theme being Greek). Awards were given out today and Sigma Chi was given the award for Most Helpful Fraternity. Also winning an award was Iota Upsilon's own Kyle Langan for "Most Awkward Lip Sync-er." Thanks to Brother Glenn Harris ('11) for working on Greek Week for our chapter.

Winners of Derby Days: Delta Delta Delta and the Huntsman Cancer Institute


Sweetheart Annie Thorne sporting a Derby Days T-Shirt



Brothers Marc Robins and Danny Robins at the Car Jam


The Tri Delta sorority (started at BU) won the 2008 Derby Days, squeaking out a victory over Sigma Kappa. After competing in the skit night, the car jam (photo in the post below), Boston pizza and grill night and the week long Coins for Cash, Delta Delta Delta came out as the overall winner of the most successful Derby Days in Iota Upsilon history. In all, we were able to raise over $3500 dollars for the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the sororities' philanthropies, with a large portion coming from online donations. Thanks to all the alumni who contributed.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Donate to Huntsman Cancer Institute







Hello Alumni... I just wanted to remind everyone that we have wrapped up our Derby Days, but we are keeping our online donations open until Tuesday. Please help us get to our goal of $3,000 that we are so close to reaching. If you could also forward the link to your co-workers and family, it would also be appreciated.

A complete wrap up of Derby Days will be coming next week so stay tuned....

http://www.active.com/donate/buderbydays

Monday, March 24, 2008

Derby Days!!!!!


From March 23rd to March 27th, we are holding our derby days. The schedule of events is listed below, but more importantly, we are hoping some of you gracious alumni would like to donate online for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. If you are interested in Donating anything, please go to...

http://www.active.com/donate/buderbydays

We would really appreciate any kind of donations you could give. And if you could spread the word, we would love the help.


Schedule of Events:
Sunday, March 23rd 9pm Opening Ceremonies – There will be a brief presentation about Huntsman Cancer Institute, a run down of the week’s events, and free give aways. Maximum attendance is requested.
Monday, March 24th Coins and Cash (All Week) - This event will be on going all week so this is a day off of sorts. Chapters will be given positive points for all coins in their jug and negative points for all cash (so put coins in your bin and cash in the others!)
Tuesday, March 25th 7pm – Sigma Chi and each sorority will perform a skit based on a list of “must include” words and objects. Points will be given for the best skits.
Wednesday March 26th 3:30 pm Car Stuff – The car stuff event will take place at the Greek rock. Sororities will be given points based on how many members they are able to safely “stuff” into a car within a given amount of time.
Thursday, March 27th Boston Pizza and Grill Night – BPG has agreed to give portions of all orders to Derby Days. Order food all day and give them your chapter’s flyer. Each chapter will be awarded points based on the amount of BPG they order.


IY Goes on Spring Break



March 8-15 was spring break for Boston University and 6 of the Iota Upsilon brothers went to South Padre Island, TX to get away from Midterms and the 30 degree New England weather. While there, we hit the beach with Sigs from Texas Tech, Texas A&M and pretty much every other Sigma Chi south of the Mason Dixon line. The two pictures above are from the trip, showing us proudly waving (or wearing) the flag.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

SPRING RUSH SCHEDULE


After a successful Fall rush, we are hoping to roll that achievement over into the spring. We are going to have three events. Above is the rush flyer that we have been handing out. Since it is tough to read, the events are listed below. If you are interested in coming to any of the events or want to help in any way, please email the rush chair, Kyle Langan, at Klangan@bu.edu.

Hope to see you soon.

Pool Volleyball
FitRec
Saturday, February 2nd at 3:00 pm

Information Session
College of Arts and Sciences Rm 218
Wednesday, February 6th at 6:15 pm

Celtics and Wings at Sports Depot
Wednesday, February 6th at 7:30 pm

Sunday, January 20, 2008

They Ain't Heavy... They're Our Brothers

Yesterday, we were proud to initiate the Alpha Lambda pledge class and welcomed them into our chapter. The whole pledge and initiation process could not have been completed without the hard work of our Magister, Alex Marinello, who finished his work while battling mono.

We'd also like to thank the alumni who came to the event. Sheldon Watson came all the way from San Diego, Jon Kresser made the harrowing trip from the North End to Allston and Chad Bureau played a vital role in our event. Next initiation, we hope to have more time to get the word out to see more faces from the past.


Alpha Lambda Pledge Class:

Cole Barris
Adam Frank
Bobby Goldsmith
Glen Harris
George "Mac" Hewett
Mike Lamanna
A.J. Moody
Aaron Sachs
Jackson Sandeen


Congratulations to the NIBS.


-Marc

WELCOME

Hello and welcome to the first post on the new Iota Upsilon blog.

For alumni of the Boston University chapter of Sigma Chi who have been receiving the semi-quarterly newsletter, we felt this might be a better way to get information to everyone quicker and more frequently. Of course, if there is any news that is chapter sensitive, then we will be sending that out via email.

The other advantages to this blog will be the ability for alumni to communicate with other alumni. For instance, if an Alumni is having an event in New York, Boston or anywhere in America, you now have a place to help get fellow brothers to that event.

But most importantly, this blog will be used to keep all Iota Upsilon up to date with the status of our chapter. We all will be hoping to hear any suggestions you may have on our new format.

Also, please be sure to check out our new facebook group. We now have made it global so any alumni, even if they are not in the BU network, can join the group.


-Marc