News and Commentary for Triangle Leaders Brought to you by the Fraternity Strengthening Committee of National Council

You may notice a few new additions to the EXPONENT. As always, we're trying to provide better information and more interesting articles so that this newsletter is more valuable to you. One of the new entries you'll find here is an editorial section. We hope that it won't just be the editorial staff writing these, though, so we encourage any of you...pledges, actives, alumni...to become a freelance editor. Just submit your short editorial pertaining to an issue related to Triangle to Brother Tim Eiler (preferably in electronic format by email). If selected, your editorial will be entered into an upcoming issue. See the editorial section for more information.

TRIANGLE FRATERNITY

Is Serious about Scholarship

Sets and Demonstrates High Standards

Celebrates Achievement

• Brotherhood
  • Finding Your Next Job on the Internet
  • Top Ten Strategies for a Safe and Healthy Summer
• Chapter Management
  • The Experience is Better
  • Is That Really Us in the Mirror?
  • It's Where You Belong
  • Use Your Summer Wisely
• Spotlight on Triangle Chapters
• Triangle National Happenings
• Spotlight on Prominent Triangles
  • Meet Your Councilmen: Bob Sharp pur51

Finding Your Next Job On The Internet

Paul Downes

excerpted from unknown fraternity magazine

The On-Line Classified Ad Network & Emporium is the weekly Sunday paper classified ads.

Adams Jobbank searches categories for company profiles, career advice, job listings, and opportunities targeted to women and minorities.

Interactive Employment Network offers electronic advertising, a resume database, position searches by key word and industry, resume templates, and listing of regional career fairs.

Professional Associations List lists professional organizations that you can join to network and get access to their job placement services.

The Monster Board operates from an ad agency in New York City. You can search by company name, location, discipline, industry, and job title. You can enter your resume into the database where only companies that pay a membership fee and are searching for employees have access to it. The service has great graphics, but is slow to download.

JobWeb is for college students and alumni. The service provides openings, detailed company profiles, and links to business information on public companies.

America's Job Bank has companies that post openings. It is connected to 1,800 state employment service offices.

H.E.A.R.T. - Human Resources Electronic Advertising and Recruiting Tool searches for positions by geographic location or job title, and you can apply for jobs too! When you connect to this service, you must register and select a password to create a private email and profile account. Have a copy of your resume handy when you begin your search. This career opportunities system gets its support from member companies so that they can reach the most qualified candidates for their advertised positions.

This list of services is far from complete. There are many international employment bulletin boards, databases, and news groups; government job information services; scientific, medical, computer, and technical job groups; and groups that list jobs on the Internet by geographic location. Once you become familiar with the Internet job search process, however, you can access these groups and services quickly. Searching for jobs by the Internet is a powerful tool that you can have at your disposal. If you need help with your Internet job search, talk with the staff at your local public library, or the library on a college campus near you. Best wishes in your job search!

Top Ten Strategies For A Safe And Healthy Summer

excerpted from The BACCHUS Beat (May 1996)

1. Instead of building your tolerance, during the off-season, build your resume!
2. Hurling the shot-put is an Olympic sport. Hurling lunch is not.
3. Designate before you celebrate!
4. Seat belts - the hookup that won't let you down.
5. "Keep off the grass" - Not just a lawn care sign.
6. Unless you're surfing the 'net, wear a lifejacket.
7. Remember that differences are good and talking about them is even better.
8. "Burn, Baby, burn" is a song, NOT a way to treat your skin!
9. Practicing martial arts is hot. Brawling at the local watering hole is not.
10. Four words: Drink less, remember more!

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The Experience Is Better

Brian Wilson lou95

I think that in order to get the full brotherhood experience, our men should be living together. In a family, brothers live together and learn all about working together, playing together, sometimes a scuffle here and there, sometimes a good friendship and common interests develop. If any of you have a brother in your family (and I do not, but I do have a little sister), you know what's it's about.

All brotherhood within families is different - some siblings are your favorite, others are not quite so. But you love them because, well, they're your brother(s).

All brothers fight and all brothers curse at one another and all brothers get in each other's way from time to time. But in the end, brothers learn to get along and even like each other, because they live together and work together and stick it out to the end. You have a common bond (in this case, genetics) that you work on, and expound on it to add common interests, goals, pet peeves, women, whatever. Ask yourself this question: If you have a sibling you lived with when you were young, do you think your relationship would be the same today if you hadn't lived together? The experience of being together is what develops brotherhood, and living with one another is about as close as you can come to that.

To cite an example: I'm living with my roommate Doug here in Lexington. I've known Doug since 8th grade. We've been good friends ever since. But I haven't lived with him until now. And yes, we fight in the mornings over the hot water, we complain about cleaning off the stove and washing the dishes and who's turn it is. We talk about silly theoretical stuff and argue each other's points about computers and car stereos and brag about how much more overtime one of us got over the other that week.

But we also cooperate to keep our apartment looking clean. We fix meals together, including a recipe for chili that only he and I know about. We watch TV on the couch and make fun of the commercials and 90210. We watch "Friends", "Seinfeld", and "ER" religiously. We take drives out on the highway so Doug can show me his new car stereo system (pretty good). We complain about the weather together. And every week almost we both go to O'Charlies for a steak and some loaded potato soup (yum, I'm hungry now :-) ).

Doug is not my genetic brother, nor is he a brother in Triangle. But we have common experiences. We are friends and we live together. I know more about him than I ever did. And he knows stuff about me that I haven't shared with you guys.

Living together makes you more aware of who your roommate really is. It develops brotherhood and camaraderie. I bet Mike and Ashley know this, too. I bet Al and Bret could vouch for me. I bet Jon, with George, knows about the love that brothers share and the common bond as it extends beyond genetics. I bet Dave developed something similar as an Eagle scout and having to work with and occasionally camp with fellow troop members. Brotherhood is a state of mind, and it comes from just being around one another and learning from one another and discovering who and what your brother is really all about.

Do you all really know me? Seriously. Having not lived with me, can you honestly say that you know enough about me so you could pass a test if one were given by God about me right now? I can answer that question for you, but I think you know the answer to it. And I'd fail miserably if asked to do the same for you guys.

Brotherhood is the strongest word you can use to show affection for your fellow man (without people wondering about your "lifestyle", anyway.) But can we really call each other "brother" if we don't know enough about one another to do so? I don't think we as a fraternity can continue a surface image of brotherhood unless we learn to embrace the experiences of one another and share our thoughts with one another and learn to respect one another in an environment that we all hold as our own: the chapter home.

It is for these reasons - the preservation and development of brotherhood, that we should strive to bring brothers together so they can learn what being a "brother" is about. It's not about an occasional visit, or a get-together, or a chapter meeting. It's about loyalty, respect, friendship, trust, brotherly love. And that means being close to one another, relying on one another, living with one another - being brothers with one another. THIS is what the Founders had in mind when Triangle was conceived. THIS is what brotherhood is about. And if the chapter is to explore the possibilities of bettering its member's experiences through "brotherhood", then let us not do it by fostering this word as an empty shell.

We must fill the word by making due on our promises when we said we'd be true brothers. We must work together, we must live together, we must fill this void. We are already working together, now let us work on living together.

Is That Really Us In The Mirror?

modified excerpt from NIC Campus Commentary (February, 1996)

Many chapters have begun establishing goals and setting priorities for themselves to be prepared for the next year. Consistently at the top of most lists is "we need to improved public relations." Poor public image is a problem that is easier to recognize than solve.

Once PR makes the priority list, a chairman is often identified whose job entails creating glossy brochures and writing press releases to share the good deeds of the chapter. Certainly these efforts have their role in a comprehensive public image enhancement campaign, but alone they cannot fix the problem. A more thorough understanding of public relations is needed to address the challenge of improving the images fraternities reflect.

Simply stated, public relations involves all relationships among people. Everything a group or individual says and does is public relations. this includes sponsored activities, T-shirts, house maintenance and cleanliness, interaction with other students in class, interaction during intramural sports and at parties, neighbor relations, etc.

PR can be thought of as a 90/10 concepts. 90 percent of PR is generated through member actions, what people do as individuals and collectively as fraternities; 10 percent of PR is generated from what Greeks say - brochures, press releases, flyers (publicity and advertising).

Understanding this 90/10 concept helps clarify PR campaigns sometimes fall short of their goals. Most efforts focus mainly on the 10 percent: saying more about the positive aspects of fraternity life. However, this strategy should be complemented by addressing the 90 percent: doing more of the positive elements stated in the publicity pieces AND addressing the negative behaviors occurring in the system. Leaders must be willing to tackle this challenge. Otherwise, they will continue to give ammunition to the critics who observe fraternity saying one thing and doing another.

It is important to remember every action of a member, whether it is verbal or non-verbal, deliberate or unintentional, shapes the perception of Greek life. Many people who are not members of the Greek community do not know the difference between Alpha fraternity and Gamma sorority. consequently, fraternity leaders have a vested interest in addressing chapter attitudinal and behavioral matters which reflect upon the chapter, campus, and entire fraternity experience.

Ultimately, the success of your PR initiatives will be determined by the quality of the relationships with your publics. As fraternities, the list of publics who shape the perception of the Greek community include other Greek chapters, faculty and administrators, alumni, neighbors, parents, unaffiliated students, local businesses and residents, the campus newspaper, law enforcement officials, and anyone else with whom members interact.

Fraternity leaders must take the initiative to cultivate and maintain good relationships with those key parties listed previously to ensure the continued existence of Greek life at individual chapters and on the campus as a whole. The responsibility falls on IFC and chapter officers, the advocates of the fraternity experience, to take the first step in improving these relationships. The importance of assuming responsibility for the future of the Greek community cannot be underestimated as you evaluate chapter goals.

As you identify the image you would like to promote, you also need to determine whether the current behaviors of chapter members support that desired image. for example, prospective members and others on campus may believe fraternities promote alcohol abuse or disrespect for women based on a recent party T-shirt several members are wearing. Debating whether the T-shirt is offensive or complaining that "it's all in good fun," does not get the chapter or fraternities overall any closer to the objective of an improved image.

The conversation inappropriately places the blame on the perceiver for misunderstanding the purpose of fraternities. It puts the fraternity leadership in a position of constantly defending actions to the critics of Greek life. If this is someone's only interaction with fraternities, how would that person know anything different? However, if you assume responsibility for contributing to the negative image through such actions, you then put yourself in a position to change it.

The essence of an effective PR plan articulates the principles of the fraternity experience. It spells out how you exemplify these principles in your programming, interaction with others, and involvement in the campus and community. The following practices may start you on the right path as you begin to refine your image.

1. Assess your chapter image. What principles would others assume fraternities stand for based on their observations and interactions with Greeks? Are there actions/traditions in which you engage that portray a negative Greek image?
2. Identify publics with whom you need to enhance relations - start improving one of those relationships today.
3. Initiate contact with a representative of each of those publics. One-to-one interaction between a chapter leader and this representative is recommended. Honestly listen to the concerns and perspective of the representative. This can help dispel the myth that the organization is "out to get him/her." Help this person to understand what you are all about; invite him/her to participate in one of your activities.
4. Educate your chapter community about PR and help the members make changes. Help the members of your community understand what you've learned. Encourage them to also build relationships with other from the listed publics. Determine which practices/attitudes/traditions need to be altered, discarded or updated based on the insights you receive from outside publics.
5. Hold members accountable when their behavior negatively impacts the chapter/system. Standards are only meaningful if there are consequences for those who don't uphold them.
6. Share good news! Make sure publics are aware of chapter/system accomplishments. Send press releases of upcoming Greek community and chapter events to media (including campus media) at least two weeks prior to your event.

It's Where You Belong

Brandon Mayberry

excerpted from the Lambda Chi Alpha Cross & Crescent (Spring 1996)

I believe that there are more than enough quality prospective members on every campus who would join the fraternity if given the proper chance. We can show these men that joining the fraternity can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a lifetime. Some groups have decided they no longer want to follow the current trend; they want to reverse it. Two such chapters include our Mississippi State and Simpson College chapters.

Each year the General Fraternity compares a chapter's current recruitment results to the previous year. This past fall semester, the Brothers at Mississippi State associated 23 men, compared to only nine men all of last year. this indicates a fall semester increase of more than two-and-a-half times the number of associations from the previous year. The men of Simpson associated 18 men in the fall, compared to the previous year's results of only five. This total indicates a fall semester increase of more than three time their previous efforts! How did they, and other successful chapters, do it? You'll see the answer contains no mystery or magic; just a change in attitude.

ORGANIZATION: Jason Pernicaiaro, recruitment chairman for Simpson, knowwhat it takes to succeed in recruitment. He says, "Organization is the key. Without organized formal and informal events, recruitment retreats, and strategic marketing, we probably wouldn't have been as successful as we were." Communicating and having definite plans help achieve goals.

The chapters that succeed in recruitment do not just arrange the details. They go out and meet the men on their campuses. At Simpson, the members focused on getting out and meeting the guys to show them why they should join. This is perhaps the foremost objective of recruitment.

Too many of our chapters continue to wait for the prospective members to come knock on the chapter house door. This mistake costs the fraternity a great loss of leadership, innovation, and creativity. Recruitment is an ongoing process, and although it may take more effort, it brings the whole chapter together.

Pernicaiaro says, "Each member is equally responsible for recruitment. With all of the responsibilities that the recruitment chairman has, there is no way that he can also be the main person recruiting." He is responsible for organizing the recruitment process and for holding each member responsible for being involved in that process.

Year-round recruitment focuses on showing prospective members the informal aspect of the fraternity. The men at Simpson emphasize a lot of group activities, such as basketball or volleyball, where the setting is relaxed and the prospective members get to experience the type of real friendship that everyone wants enjoys, and desires. The relaxed atmosphere promotes open conversation, allowing the concerns, desires, and personalities of the chapter and the prospective members to be free flowing.

Informal recruitment events are only successful when every member of the chapter is doing his part. Pernicaiaro clarifies by saying, "It's everyone's responsibility to recruit because it's his chapter. Our members should want to recruit. they should want to associate the guys they enjoy spending time with and strive to one day call them Brothers."

ALUMNI: First and foremost, alumni can help create pride in the membership, helping the chapter create goals and set standards. Many times, all a chapter needs is that first step in the right direction. Chapter Advisor John Hendricks, along with other alumni, have helped the Mississippi State Chapter gain "focus and pride in being members that have a great future ahead of them" through goal setting.

"If we are going to be a truly good fraternity, we must realize that we are members forever, not just when we're in college," says Hendricks. Undergraduate members want and need alumni support and involvement. It is an important element for every chapter of the fraternity.

The old adage says success breeds success and it has never been more true than in the fraternity. As one goal is reached, the next step is to try for a lightly larger goal. Setting goals in recruitment is essential. Success will ultimately boost morale, confidence, and pride among the members.

Alumni can help the recruitment process by making recommendations to the chapter or fraternity. Hendricks says, "When an alumnus knows a quality young man in high school, a scout troop, youth group, or any other place, mentioning something positive to him about Greek life in general, and the fraternity specifically, can be very effective. We should encourage young men to look into the fraternal experience." The impact of such a conversation can be very influential in the direction a young man may choose in college.

Alumni can also help the chapter decide exactly what it wants in its members. Chapter advisors and other active alumni should encourage their chapters to develop membership criteria. Doe the prospect have the means to pay his bills on time? What are his grades? What is his personality? Is he involved on campus? The standards a chapter sets for its members should serve as the same standards for association, seeking men that possess the same high qualities.

CONCLUSION: The overwhelming reason for the success some chapters have experienced in the challenge of recruitment is not their cool T-shirts, the amount of women that come to a social, or the food they serve. They are successful because of a positive attitude. They know that if they give it 100 percent, they will not fail. They know if the members can see the overall benefits of having a successful year in recruitment, everything else will fall into place. If you have the will to see your chapter excel in recruitment, set goals, organize, participate, and give it 100 percent, you will see positive results. Management

Use Your Summer Wisely

Janet Cox, Director of Chapter Services

excerpted from The BACCHUS Beat (May 1996)

You have just come through an amazing year. Maybe you had many great events, maybe you increased your membership, maybe you got creative about your publicity, maybe people on campus noticed the impact you were making and thanked you for the helping to make life better for students. You also survived those internal organizational disputes, conflicts in style, forgotten responsibilities, missed meetings and programming flops. And what you learned from all the high and low points is that being a leaders is as much about process as it is product. The relationships you develop are just as important as the number of activities you are able to produce. Hopefully you learned as much as you accomplished. And hopefully, you have had that moment where someone has thanked you for caring so much. As you review the year and look forward to the next, you have every reason to be proud and hopeful.

Have you thought about goals for the coming year? What about the next generation of students who will head up your organization, have you thought about training for them? Is your new member recruitment plan in place for the summer and next fall? Do you have a strategy in place for educating new students about important topics? Have you had an evaluation with your advisor? If you haven't had the opportunity yet to do some of this planning, summertime is a great time to send letters to members and get some concrete plans made for training and program ideas. If you haven't discussed it, a group retreat for team building and leadership training may be a great way to accomplish a lot in a relaxing and fun place early next year or maybe even before the term begins! It might make you tired just thinking about it. All of this organizational planning "stuff" takes a lot of energy at a time in the semester when you just might be a little spent from all the programs and meetings you just orchestrated.

So what do you do when your energy and enthusiasm battery is zapped and you need to be a good leader still? Sometimes the best motivation comes from a more personal reflection on what is meaningful about your role. You've given a lot, but gained a lot too. The following shopping list may remind you of the many things you have acquired through your year of learning about leadership and success.

PRIDE: In yourself and what you do. In others and what they do. In family and friends. In your involvement and dedication to improving life around you.

RESOURCEFULNESS: Ability to motivate yourself and others. Ability to discover the answers to problems. Ability to give and accept assistance when needed.

OPEN-MINDEDNESS: To others' individual differences. To new thoughts and ideas. To criticism and ideas in which you may not personally believe.

JUDGEMENT: Ability to logically and critically weigh both sides of an issue and then make a sound decision. Separation of subjectivity from objectivity.

ENERGY: Having a healthy mind and body. Proper nutrition. Proper focus. Positive attitude toward yourself and others, and the task at hand.

COMMUNICATION: Verbal, non-verbal, and written. One to one, one to group, and group to group. Empathy, confidence, clarity, articulation, and knowledge. Knowing what you claim to know.

TRUTH: Within yourself and when dealing with others. Being honest at all times with yourself and with others no matter what. Learning to say "no" when it's appropriate.

A lot of your leadership success relies upon your own attitude about your group and its activities. Use the summer to charge up for another year of greatness and learning and teaching!

Brother Ben Boicourt msoe94 reports that the MSOE chapter has started a program that brings handicapped people from industry to speak to the Brothers. These guests are invited to speak on topics ranging from their experiences in obtaining employment to dealing with other people in the work place who aren't handicapped. Ben says that he was able to get help from the MSOE Student Support Services. The purpose of the program is to educate people without a handicap about the handicapped in order to destroy common stereotypes. Additionally, it was meant to encourage other handicapped people to live life to the fullest. He states, "I have noticed throughout my school career that not many students, teachers, and administrators have had experience in dealing with handicapped people. Through this speaker series I hope to show to them that dealing with the handicapped is not as difficult as the stereotypes make it out to be. Through this speaker series I hope to encourage other handicapped students to get out of their house and live life. The speaker series is becoming very popular. This is the series' second year and it more successful than the first year, with student and teacher attendance increasing at each session." He closes with, "With gaining acceptance from students, teachers, and administrators, this series will continue even after I graduate. I hope this article has given you an understanding of what I am trying to do and what I hope others will also consider doing.

Programs
Don't forget that the Herb Scobie Leadership School is coming up in early August. There will be a lot going on, including the first-ever dedicated session for training Triangle volunteers from both the local and national levels. The programs will also include programming put together by the Brothers who will be attending UIFI. Expect it to be a chance to learn something that can benefit you personally, your chapter (alumni or active) or association, and Triangle. On top of that, it will be a ton of fun! Contact the National Office for more information. Time's running very short so act quickly.

For anyone interested in starting or already involved with starting a Triangle alumni association, you can now find some materials at the Triangle Website about this exciting prospect. There are alumni associations springing up around the country. We now count thriving associations in the SF Bay Area, the Detroit area (DATA), the Houston area (HAFTA), and the San Diego area (SDATA). We have Brothers currently forming an association in the Raleigh, NC area and the Atlanta area. There has been some strong talk of one in the general Chicago area, too. If you live in one of those locations, join in. You can find contact information through the National Office or on the Triangle Website. If you don't have an association near you, try to start one. They aren't very difficult to run and they can be a lot of fun. No matter what chapter they are from, no matter what background, no matter what interests, Triangle Brothers are good people...the kind of people you'd like to hang out with!

Also at the Triangle Website, chapters can now find the new Triangle Building Program. This program was originally developed by the Brothers at the Connecticut chapter (Thanks, guys!) and was published as part of the now year-old Triangle Resource Library. It was recently put into hypertext markup language by a couple of your National Service Volunteers. Go use it. You'll find that it's a good outline for evaluation and improvement of your chapter's product and operations.

If you are interested in converting Triangle resources into html in order to broaden their availability to your Brothers, contact Tim Eiler minn87 for more information on how to participate. Triangle can't grow without you!

People

Welcome To New Pledges And Brothers!
This list is a bit long this time, but the EXPONENT staff will be reporting this on a more frequent basis in the future so it will be much shorter. Please pardon our dust as we expand to better serve Triangle! Congratulations to all these fine men, whether just beginning their journey to Brotherhood in Triangle or having achieved that FIRST milestone of Brotherhood. No matter which case it might be, we encourage each of them to continue to improve themselves and Triangle. We also remind them that the commitment to Triangle that each Brother makes is for a lifetime...it doesn't stop at either initiation or graduation! Again, congratulations to all and welcome. Special thanks goes to Rhonda Halcomb in the National Headquarters Office for having the idea to place this information in the EXPONENT.

Pledgings: March 1996

Cincinnati

Micha Joel Schehl

Louisville

Nick Brashear, Robert Allen Coleman, Gregory Allen Devine, Eric Louis Killmeier

Conn

Glenn Andrew Johnson, Sam Seho Kim, Sewan Kim, Michael Stephen Kostiuk

UTA

Robert Nathaniel McLain

Minnesota

Samson Lorato

Illinois

Jon C. Aha, Matthew James Blaser, Perry Chongco Cojuangco, Patrick J. Dughi, Jose Manuel Martinez, Merle Neahring, Gregory Alan Opaczewski, Hardeep Rehal, Ryan Sheff, Doe H. Supanavong, Matthew Sztelle

UCLA

Jay Mohan Gupta, Brian S Leung, Philip Yang

Kansas State

Matt J. Greib, Jesse Hampton

Michigan Tech

Nicholas Robert Bishop, Kevin David Blackstone, Michael D. Embree, Jack Lawrence Hund, Jared Terrance Jacobs, Jason Alan Smicielski

Iowa State

Trevor Caughey, Greg Cooling

Missouri Mines

Chess Combites, Nathan Demous, Shanon Deusterman, Joseph Gibbens, David Hickman, Jonas Larkin, Timothy Moran, Kenneth Ragan, Jeremy Vandenbark

Nebraska

Mike Balash, James Bowen, David Dijak, Brian Ellefson, Ben Henk, Jeremy Jarecke, Joel Pehrson, Ethen Rojhani, Josh Swenson, Jeremiah Szynskie, Chris Thurman, Jeff Youngman

Northern Illinois

Ray M. Binkowski, Jeff Ciarlette, Christopher Joseph Daniels, Ryan Giovannini, David S. Hlavac, Matthew Richard Kroll, Gregory Stewart

Ohio State

Brian Lee Hammer, Matthew Samuel Jolliff, Collis Sherwood Wagner, Kyle Edward Yackey

MSOE

Mark Stephen Simon

Illinois

Daniel William Anderson, Laurence Frank Benson, Eric K. Han, Joseph Elliott Harmon, Carl Ivar Johnson, Cary Garfai Lee, Mark A. Linton, Matthew Neal McCain, Jason Michael Mills, Mark Christopher Polis, Matthew Stephen Stiak, Kruy Ieng Te, Michael August Winblad

Purdue

Troy Daniel Adams, Kevin Andrew Bowen, Erik Jason Couch, Andrew Calvin Killen, Brian Patrick McMasters, Mark Christopher Niesse, Jeffrey Reed Risk, Michael Schnizlein, Christopher Lawrence Symons, Russell Warlick, Chuck W. Watson,

South Dakota Mines

James Alan Barbary, Charles Edward Cox, Casey James Einrem, James Robert Fink, Brian Michael Gregg, Todd Alan Hauge, Jason Jon Heier, Jeremy Konrad Holman, Shawn David Lannerd, Christopher Jason Lenz, Jason William-Martin Morey, Thomas Jerome Riley, Nicholas Dean Rogness, John Andrew Tinker

Pitt

Bruce Diges, Michael Parrotta

UWM

Christopher Utecht

Tri-State

Joe Dale Ensing, Brian Michael Lewis, Sean Michael Smith

Akron

Dan Michael Francis, James W. Miller

Minnesota

Karl Aldrich Smith

Wisconsin

Brian J. Elfers, Michael Thomas Gregor, Scott Gary Isaacs, David Todd Peterson

Cincinnati

Paul Bryan Cameron, Samuel Gene Cooper, Simo Olavi Pehkonen, Kevin James Whitacre,

Rose Tech

Charles Arnett, Michael Bach, Todd Cox, Jake Delap, Mike Ellis, Marc Feichter, Andrew Figg, David M. Gambrall, Robert Haskell, Danial Hohne, Joel Jansen, Brett Kleeberger, Matthew Kuper, David Lawrence, Ryan Lengerich, Timothy Lewis, Robert Middendorf, Joseph Mize, Joshua Mottsinger, Telly Rogers, Timothy Rooney, Benjamin Ruppert, Nathan Terpstra, Matthew Toppin, Ryan Vaught, Shawn Walton

Marquette

Preston Bohn, Brian Keller, Ryan Murphy, Michael Pachla, Nicholas Sayatovich, Jesse Wilson

Meet Your Councilmen: Bob Sharp pur51

Bob currently serves as the Vice President of the Triangle Fraternity National Council. The following is information he felt was important to share with you.

EXP: Tell us about yourself.

Br. Sharp: I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 1951. I am also a Registered Professional Engineer. I currently reside in Hamilton, VA and am retired from Westinghouse where I served as an in-country consultant for the construction of the RADAR-computer controlled air defense system for the Kingdom of Morocco.

EXP: How have you been involved with Triangle over the years?

Br. Sharp: I am presently serving a second term as National Vice President and served previously as a member of National Council and as a Field Director. In my current capacity on Council, I provides guidance in National Office budget preparation, among other duties, and recently compiled the Triangle Fraternity Expansion Guide. I am also currently in the process of revising the chapter consultation procedures.

My goals for Triangle organization center on the upgrading of our membership and chapter leadership. We need to improve the "Quality" of our members. Members with a higher set of personal values will make a stronger Triangle. Helping Chapters focus on raising their standards is my goal for our Fraternity. The Triangle "Summit" Program is a step in this direction and I encourage all chapters to go through the Summit process soon!

TRIANGLE FRATERNITY

Is Serious about Scholarship

Sets and Demonstrates High Standards

Celebrates Achievement