Fall Semester Reports

Philanthropy
The Treasury
Brothers,

As in past semesters, the men of Alpha

Iota have tried their hardest to participate
in philanthropies across campus. By doing
this, we show the community, university,
and all of you that we are willing to put
forth time and money in order to help those
in need.
We started off the Fall 2010 philanthro-
pies by entering two teams into the Sigma
Kappa mudbowl philanthropy. This phi-
lanthropy was unanimously voted the best
philanthropy that we have yet participated
in. It consisted of playing volleyball in the
Brothers,
The house finances are set to be on par with
previous semesters. With the house having less
vacancy, hopefully becoming full next year,
there will be more income coming in to fund
the various house maintenance projects that
need to be done. We have been doing some cost
analysis and reevaluating where money is being
spent in certain budgets. The overriding goal
next semester is to obtain funds for house proj-
ects while still maintaining our budgets. The
first of these methods is changing the service
for our DD phone, which has been switched to
save the house over $300 a year.
YITB,
Aaron Smith
A.I. 935

mud pits at Tuttle Creek State Park. If only
we had thought of it first!
We followed up this philanthropy by
participating in the WildKAT chase, a 5K
race, put on by Kappa Alpha Theta. We en-
tered five runners into the race and finished
near the top.
We are currently entering our house
and dining room into a Christmas decorat-
ing contest put on by Alpha Chi Omega. We
hope to finish the semester with a win in
this competition.
The men of Alpha Iota also put on a phi-
lanthropy of their own this semester. We
partnered up with Kappa Kappa Gamma to
put on our second annual dodgeball tourna-
ment to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis
and the Manhattan Public Library.
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that af-
fects the brain in a way that causes the
body’s immune system to attack its own
neurons. This results in symptoms such as
Brothers,
As one of the co-chairs for
Homecoming 2010, I was very
proud of how we did this year.
This year we were partners
with Alpha Xi Delta and FIJI
and we received 3rd place over
all.
Getting ready for Home-
coming Week is about as
daunting as Homecoming
Week itself. We started hav-
ing meetings with the other
Homecoming chairs at the
beginning of September,
Homecoming
throughout that month, and
on into October. We had to
meet deadlines for designs
of building projects, t-shirt
and jacket options and other
group activities.
Once Homecoming week
rolled around, we spent sev-
eral days working on our patio
until as late as 2 a.m. to make
sure it all got done. Going to
class at 8:30 later that morn-
ing was rather difficult.
Even though we were
working till the wee hours of
the morning, it was still very
fun. The people involved with
the different projects worked
very well together and became
much closer than what they
were before the week began. It
was a very stressful responsi-
bility, but the memories made
during the week and the re-
ward at the end of the week
made up for it.
YITB,
Tyler Hamilton
A.I. 933

physical, cognitive, and psychiatric disabili-
ties. By helping to raise money the men of
Theta Xi hope to aid in the search for a cure
for this terrible disease.
Our efforts led to raising $1000.00 for
our causes. We had 16 teams participate in
the tournament, and as expected, the inten-
sity was high.
With a successful semester such as this
one, we can only hope to do as well in the
coming semesters. We are currently looking
into starting a spring philanthropy with the
new sorority on campus, Zeta Tau Alpha. If
all goes well we will have yet another event
to look forward to throughout the year!
YITB,
Blaine Warden
A.I. 919
bmwarden@ksu.edu
660-909-5593
Intramurals
Brothers,
As the fall semester of 2010 comes to a
close, so does the fall intramural season. Cur-
rently we sit in 7th place in fraternity rankings.
Unfortunately, the house football and vol-
leyball both just missed the playoffs.
The football team lost on the last play of the
game to fall by by one point to Sigma Phi Epsi-
lon, keeping us from getting into the playoffs.
The volleyball team improved this year by
winning one more game than last year. Also, in
the team’s defeats, it tooking each opponent to
four or five games.
House soccer made the playoffs by mak-
ing it out of the group of death that contained
the eventual champions along with last year’s
fraternity champions. Although they lost in a
close battle to Sig Ep 2-1, the soccer team con-
tinues to be on the rise.
The semester was highlighted by the third
straight Swim meet championship. Jeremiah
Ungerer won the 50 free and 100 free along
with setting new K-State swim meet records in
both events. Theta Xi also won the 200 medley
relay swam by Jeremiah, James Ungerer, Con-
nor Colboch and Eric Balas.
All-in-all, it has been a good semester for
Theta Xi intramurals, and all of our teams are
improving with each game.
YITB,
Drew Kershner
A.I. 941

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