Pi Kappa Alpha Iota Delta Chapter

Tuesday, February 16th was Spring Bid Tuesday 2010. The nine soon to be associates were picked up as usual in the evening, but unfortunately they could not ride on the Pike Fire Truck as is tradition, as snowy roads prevented the truck from being driven to campus. Nevertheless, the Beta Beta class made the usual walk to the Pike house via Heritage Trail, where fun was had by all.

In the picture below, members of Beta Beta class are as follows:
Bottom Row: Matthew Klaasse, Andy Welsh, Nathan Shumway, Collin Crowson, Allan Sun
Top Row: Zachary Wiersma, Garrett Koetter, Jacob Sheets, Josh Kidder

On Friday, February 12, 2010, the Beta Alpha class was initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. The rest of Pi Kappa Alpha, Iota Delta Chapter now have the honor of calling the eleven members of the Beta Alpha class brothers. Congrats Beta Alpha class!

The Beta Alpha class, the newest members of the Iota Delta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, were initiated on February 12, 2010. The following night, eighty-seven brothers and their dates held a banquet in honor of the Beta Alpha class. The banquet was held in the Indianapolis Zoo’s Dolphin Dome, where banquet goers could walk into a circular glass room where dolphins could be seen swimming around and above.
Jason Bulson had the honor of being the Master of Ceremonies for the evening, giving the banquet toast before handing out the Outstanding Associate and Outstanding Big/Little Awards. The Beta Alpha Class then serenaded their dates with a rendition of the song Amazed by Lone Star. Afterward, everyone hit the dance floor and enjoyed some high class partying.

The Alden Renovation is moving along quite smoothly, with a lot of work complete but still a lot to go. The residential rooms have all been framed out and insulation has been installed, with drywall expected very soon. Furnaces have been installed, and the building has been sealed by new windows with new doors expected shortly.

Evan Cornell has taken some panoramic pictures that can be seen attached to this post. A bunch of pictures I took over the weekend can be seen in the picture galleries.

On Saturday the brothers of the Iota Delta chapter spent their morning building a handicap ramp for Judy Sendmeyer, a local Terre Haute resident. Eleven Brothers showed up throughout the day to help build this ramp. The ramp was moved from another house by the request of Hospice of the Wabash Valley. Upon arrival at Judy’s house the Brothers devised a safe and visually pleasing design for the ramp and began construction. After a few hours the ramp was complete and Judy was able to try it out for the first time. Below is the story that was shown early that evening on the Channel 10 News.

http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/wheelchair-bound-woman-gets-ramp

This weekend the Chapter's President, Internal VP, and Recruitment chair headed down to Memphis, TN to participate in the annual Chapter Executive's Conference. While there all three Brothers gained knowledge, ideas, and motivation to continue Iota Delta's tradition of excellence.

Exec is excited to work on creating a new, larger alumni advisory board to help Troy, the current chapter advisor. In addition, the chapter's vision has put on paper in the form of our new vision statement, summarizing the values of Iota Delta Chapter. The new vision statement is:

The Iota Delta Chapter will strive to provide the best Rose-Hulman experience by recruiting the most, best men, maintaining the highest GPA, offering the best opportunities for personal growth, and requiring integrity in all of its members' actions.

Brothers,

James Byrne and I invite you to join us for a 10-day trip to Seattle and
Washington State on August 14 to 22. Attached is the "PIKE Best of the
NorthWest" trip information flyer.

At 8 am Saturday December 12th the annual Bikes for Tykes community service event was held. 43 brothers and 13 associates divided into small teams to help assemble 450 bikes; all in less than three hours. The assembled bikes are donated to less fortunate families around Terre Haute as gifts for the holidays. The event establishes its own sort of division of labor. Some teams unload the truck while others assemble. There are a few people selected to do quality control, like making sure the brakes work.

On Monday night, the elections for the new executive council were held. The new officers are:

President-Steven Chase
External Vice-President-Nick Burger
Internal Vice-President-Will Eckert
Secretary-Kevin Collins
Sergeant-at-Arms-Tommy Bruner (winter quarter only due to resignation by current Sergeant-at-Arms)

The new exec is excited to begin next quarter. We would like to thank the previous exec for their service over the last year and for their help to make the transition easier.