Fall 2014 Lambda Gamma Epsilon, Kings Fraternity

The Chronicle THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

By President Samuel Oakley

As we enter a new semester we once again have many goals. We look forward to a more

traditional pledging process as well as a full social schedule with all Otterbein sororities.

We have finished the paddle room and are hoping that our remaining home renovations,

a process we which began two summers ago, will soon be complete.

As we continue with our plans to progress Kings Fraternity, we are hopeful that our spec-

tacular rushing efforts this year will truly pay off. We also hope to see added benefit due

to new policies being voted upon and installed by IFC to promote an overall go Greek

mentality.

Kings has been forming stronger bonds with Club (Pi Kappa Phi), Pi Sig (Pi Beta Sigma) and we are evening starting to develop a friendship with Zeta (Zeta Phi or Rats). As the greek community strives to be seen as a necessary and beneficial facet of student life here at Otterbein, many organizations are putting differences aside to change and become greater as a community.

A WORD FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT

By Vice-President Sean Feverston

With the new academic year gearing up, Kings is firing on all cylinders. Between home-

coming preparations, fall rush, IFC involvement and house work, the nine men of Kings

manage to stay busy indeed.

I would like to thank all of our alumni brothers who were generous enough to donate to

the rent fund, it cannot be understated how instrumental your contributions were in pro-

tecting our house. It was with great pride that I watched as money poured in from across

the country to support our struggling chapter. I would also be remiss if I did not recog-

nize the effort and generosity of current Actives who gave as much as nine hundred dol-

lars each in the form of extra rent—including commuters!

This year is shaping up to be a huge year for the fraternity on many fronts and in order to

maximize the success we anticipate we need you, the alumni brothers, to get involved!

This could be as simple as dropping by the house to visit with the actives or even getting

involved with Rush and Pledging. Details are available by request to me at my e-mail

address or over facebook. I will also be releasing details via the alumni facebook page and

the website.

Our optimism seems boundless as we propel ourselves into the new year and I hope you all will share in that same excitement and commitment that we enjoy today.

My E-mail address is sean.feverston@otterbein.edu and my cell is 614-572-9817. I am here as a resource to you, the alumni chapter, and I serve at the active chapter’s pleasure so please feel to reach out to me!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Adventure in Hocking Hills ........ 2

Happening at the House ............. 2

State of the Treasury .................. 3

Relay for Life .............................. 4

Golf Tournament ........................ 4

Rush ........................................... 4

Pledging ...................................... 5

Social Strides…………………………6

IMPORTANT DATES

Alumni Chapter meeting Satur-day, Sept. 20th @ 11:00am in Roush 213

Open Call—Wednesday Oct. 22nd @9:30pm—Pledging activity

Open Call—Monday, Nov. 10th @9:30pm—Pledging Activity

Open Call—Hell Night—Sunday, Nov. 22nd @7:00pm

“Unfortunately, as it turned out, our cabin was double booked”

By House Manager Parker Ferguson

Things are going well with our housing situation, with six actives living in the house. The active chapter has been very busy

with house improvements for several months and the Paddle Room that was mentioned in previous editions is finally com-

plete! The room is being used as extra space for a comfortable place for actives to socialize with other students on campus.

We recently had the metal banister by the stair preplaced with a much better looking wooden banister and it will be stained

along with the stairs in the near future. Over the past several weeks we have put countless hours into clearing up space in

the basement that has been untouched for years. After cleaning up one of the rooms that was being used for storage, we

invited some of the girls from Tau Epsilon Mu to help us paint the walls. Thanks to everyone's talents and hard work, what

was unused space is now a desirable place to spend free time.

Whenever guests visit the house they often compliment us on the condition of the house and the quality of a completed

project. I would like to thank all of our alumni who provided us with support and generous donations last year as we

worked tirelessly to make sure that we would be able to renew our lease from the University. Thanks to your contributions

we still have a place on campus where we can live, build bonds of brotherhood, and have a great time during our years here

at college. We take pride in making the house a great place to live, hang out and foster a positive image on campus.

ADVENTURE IN HOCKING HILLS

HAPPENING AT THE HOUSE

By President Samuel Oakley

To recharge our batteries and prepare for

the new school year, we once again set out

for summer retreat. The event was

planned as a weekend retreat to a cabin in

hocking hills though it became a bit more

of an adventure.

When we first arrived at our cabin we

began to relax and enjoy each other’s com-

pany. Unfortunately, as it turned out, our

cabin was double booked so we were

forced to leave that night and head back to

Otterbein.

In the hopes of not being defeated by bad

luck we searched for another cabin while

having breakfast the next morning during

the formal retreat meeting. With a new

cabin reserved we left once again for

Hocking Hills. When we arrived we had a

grill out and began once again to relax.

While there we also enjoyed a long hike

through the Old Man’s Cave State Park.

Despite a rocky start everybody was still

able to take the time to refresh the spirit of

brotherhood while also creating ambitious

plans and worthwhile goals for the upcom-

ing semester. A slideshow presentation

with pictures will be included on the fra-

ternity website soon

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THE STATE OF THE TREASURY

By Treasurer Charles Schenk

For once I can say there is good news to be heard from the realm of Kings' finances. While we are still scraping by, the fra-

ternity has been able to make all of its monthly rent and utility payments on time thanks to the overwhelming success of the

Go Fund Me alumni outreach campaign. In the end we raised over $7,000 in donations from alumni and friends of the fra-

ternity, all of which went toward alleviating the debt, saving the house and helping us finish construction on the alumni

dedicated paddle room that can now be found on the first floor. But now that we have the house, its time to keep it.

Budgeting is as strict as ever, with very few proposed projects around the house earning the right to use any of the construc-

tion or social funds. However, we do have a couple different fund-raising ideas in the works, as well as a small home im-

provement fund built into the fraternity's monthly income via rent. This is designed to both help us continue to improve the

house we (actives and especially alumni) have worked so hard to keep, as well as provide a little bit of financial stability in

case an active needs to make a payment a little late. We have also, in this same vein, stepped up the strictness with which

housing contracts are being enforced.

As most you know, the house itself is owned by Otterbein University. That being the case, individual actives living in the

house actually sign a contract with the fraternity itself, not with the college, and it is Kings Fraternity who is legally bound to

pay Otterbein. Because of this contract structure, and in light of recent events regarding ignored payment plans to the fra-

ternity and the fallout debt to the University, we have actually had formal sub-lease documents drawn up and notarized in

place of the usual, informal contracts. Hopefully, this extra level of formality and severity will both deter members from

defaulting on their housing agreements, as well as giving the fraternity an avenue to pursue any delinquent funds.

These are just some of the steps we are taking to secure both your investment as an alumni chapter in the house this past

spring, and our future as a fraternity here at 94 West Park Street. I thank you for your time and open my door to any ques-

tions anyone may have about the Kings' finances when I see you all at homecoming!

Kingsmen participating in the ALS ice bucket challenge with help from the ladies of Theta Nu

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RELAY FOR LIFE RELIES ON KINGS

By Chaplain Samuel Oakley

On June 26th the men of Kings made a road trip to Cincinnati to attend the Meagan Toothman Foundation’s Annual Golf

Scramble. Despite myself usually being a player, I instead joined the other Kingsmen in monitoring the different hole-in-one

contest holes. Thanks to the beautiful weather it was a very successful event.

Along with the golf tournament sign up and participation there were also items put up for a silent auction. Due to the increase

in sponsorship from different businesses such as Disney who donated special Disney Land passes. We were able to assist in

the raising of over $12,000. Once again the money will be used to provide scholarships for people in aided learning programs

hoping to attend college, students who exemplify the mission statement of the Meagan Toothman Scholarship Foundation,

and graduate students from the University of Cincinnati .

By Chaplain Samuel Oakley

On May 2nd and 3rd Otterbein University once again

held Relay for Life. To celebrate and help spread aware-

ness, the men of Kings buzzed each of our heads. Instead

of Lambda Gamma Epsilon simply having its own table

we reached out to other organizations to try to raise more

money as a team. We paired with the Otterbein Universi-

ty Gamers Guild who brought televisions and gaming

consoles for people to take breaks from walking laps

while we provided popcorn and helped raise funds. Be-

sides selling popcorn we also held raffles all night for gift

cards to businesses such as Kroger and Chipotle. One of

these cards was kindly donated by Brother Jack Brang-

ham, alumnus.

We raised over one hundred dollars by the end of the

night. Besides our own booth we also brought attention

to other booths. The men of Kings paid to have What’s

New Pussy Cat by Tom Jones over fifteen times. Around

the seventh time it was played people began to pay to

have What’s New Pussy Cat stop playing. After enough

money was raised to change songs we were then arrested

by Zeta since they were paid to have all of us put in jail

for half an hour each. Due to our involvement, Relay for

Life ended up serving additional purposes besides raising

money for cancer research. We were able to bring various

student organizations together.

IFC CHANGES GOOD RUSHING RECIPE

THE MEAGAN TOOTHMAN FOUNDATION GOLF SCRAMBLE

By Rush Chairman Isaac “Ike” Wade

It pleases me greatly to say that Lambda Gamma Epsilon Kings Fraternity’s Fall Rushing effort is as strong as ever! We have

made some rather exciting additions to the program; both in part to IFC’s initiative to update the rushing experience for

potential new members, and because of the ever sharpening entity that is Kings.

IFC has made several changes to the Rushing process: Rho Chis have been introduced to fraternity rushing which have the

limited but important responsibility of tabling IFC event tables, also there is now an official recruitment kick-off event

known as “Dying to go Greek”. This event entails the PNMs tie-dyeing shirts and there will be a series of presentations by

the various chapters present about their own unique values to the PNMs, this way the interested freshman can know pre-

cisely which Fraternity they are interested in rushing.

There is also a wealth of purely kings related rush events. Every Tuesday the Kingsmen get together to enjoy each other’s

company. This event is open to prospectives and we would also be open to alumni to assist with rush.

If you should have any questions about the dates of these events feel free to contact Sean Feverston.

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“They were hands down two of the worst knights I’ve ever seen as an ac-tive.”

By Chancellor Charles Schenk

Nothing says Kingsman like refusing to stay down, and then standing right the hell back

up. Small pledge class in the fall? Let's take another one! Let's get back one of the guys

who dropped! Because that's exactly what we did.

Spring pledging of 2014 gave rise to the activation of the newly knighted Kingsmen Broth-

ers David Parkison and Christopher Dardio. They were hands down two of the worst

knights I've ever seen as an active; chronically late, scatter brained, unsure of themselves,

and to this day I think one of them recites Jonda's letters as Tau Mu Phi. Despite how

many stupid and obnoxious things we made them do when they failed, these two refused

to ever stop, or even consider giving up on the grand goal of attaining the title of

Kingsman.

Today they are two of our finest actives, with Dardio taking the lead as fundraising chair-

man despite being new to greek life as a whole, and Parkison single handedly rushing

almost half of our current prospectives. I am very proud to be able to say they were my

first knight class as a Chancellor. Spring of 2014 was small, but persistent, and through

that diligence they found victory .

By Chancellor Charles Schenk

The fall pledging program of 2014 is look-

ing to be one of the best we've seen in

years. A combination of brilliant, honora-

ble rushing on behalf of all of the actives,

and the enactment of new IFC policies

designed to crack down on pervasive dirty

rushing practices. These things have

helped us build a rush list of over 20 pro-

spective men before the official rush sea-

son has even started.

In addition to this wide pool of interest

from freshmen men, the sororities around

campus have also begun to take notice of

our recent success. Just like in the previ-

ous two programs we are currently slated

to mix with each sorority at least once

during pledging, many of whom ap-

proached us with first pick of dates for

their programs.

Finally, I am also excited to say that after

many long and inspiring conversations

with alumni who have visited the house

since last spring, there will be several

older traditions making their way back

into the program, carefully selected to

ensure the quality, difficulty and memora-

bility of the best five weeks of these young

mens’ lives they'll never want to endure

again.

I would love to discuss the changes or

even just the program in general with

anyone interested. There will be multiple

opportunities for alumni involvement, and

if you are interested I urge you to contact

Sean Feverston our Vice-President as soon

as possible so he can get you dates. Until

then, I hope you are all as excited as I am

for the upcoming pledging season.

SMALL CLASS BREATHES NEW LIFE

NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW PROMISE

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SOCIAL STRIDES

Social Chairman David Parkison

This fall we have made fantastic strides in reconnecting to Greek Life as a whole, including rekindling the spark between

Kings and our sister sorority, Theta Nu. Lambda Gamma Epsilon is the smallest chapter on campus currently, but thanks to

the men in the chapter working as hard as they have been this past year we are one of the most well-known for how well we

handle the image we present to the public.

The men of Kings are constantly being requested to volunteer to do any assortment of activities across campus because of

how impressively we carry ourselves through any challenge presented to us. We are constantly being put at the front of the

group as examples of true leadership due to how much we have shown ourselves to be so fiercely loyal to our brotherhood and

for our tremendous sense of responsibility.

Because of this our connections with every fraternity and sorority have grown in enormous measure in communication, com-

panionship and good will. We pride ourselves on how well we can easily connect with any organization on campus and enjoy

the fact that we can be one of the most social chapters on campus having as few members as we do. Kings plans on becoming

even more socially involved within this next semester through interacting on a more personal level with each of the fraterni-

ties in our ever growing inter-fraternal relationships in each of the various planned Greek social gatherings. We look forward

to a fantastic year of growing social opportunities.

Keep updated on the Active chapter as well as find important dates and information so that you can stay

involved with the fraternity.

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