7 Visions Magazine

7 Visions Magazine
In nineteen eighty 7, 7 men of vision founded greatness
Vol 1, #1 : Spring/summer 2006
In this issue:
The ODPhi Files, pg. 3
The latest news from
national officers
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A’s with Alex, pg. 7
Scholarships, grants,
scholastics and more!
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Reaching Out, pg. 9
Chapter service
highlights
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To Save a Life, pg. 12
New ODPhi mission
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The Scarlet & Silver
Brigade, pg. 13
Knights answering
the call of duty
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[the torch is passed]
editorscorner
President
Jorge Rodriguez
1007 Streamside Dr.
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
Fax: 972-692-6638
Jorge.Rodriguez@omegadeltaphi.com
Vice President of
Undergraduate Affairs
Jorge Garcia
710 Farmers Market Way #21304
Dallas, TX 75201
Fax: 972-692-6638
Jorge.Garcia@omegadeltaphi.com
Vice President of Operations
Arturo Elizondo Jr.
4216 Wynn Ln.
Balch Springs, TX 75180
Fax: 972-692-6638
my 87 cents
EC
Renovation!!!
Please pardon the dust,
“7 Visions” is under
construction - or should I
say evolution?
Arturo.Elizondo@omegadeltaphi.com
Vice President of Programming
Alex Alvarez
909 Heatherbrooke Road
Birmingham, AL 35242
Fax: 972-692-6638
Alex.Alvarez@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Finance
Brandon Smith
Fax: 972-692-6638
Brandon.Smith@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Marketing
Andrew Ortiz
Andrew.Ortiz@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Technology
Todd Ulses
Todd.Ulses@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Risk Management
Gene Perez
Brother Arthur Manalac
has moved on to
continue his advanced
studies at Columbia
University and has left
the magazine to yours
truly. Needless to say, I
have huge shoes to fill.
Arthur, we thank you for
all you’ve done for the
brotherhood of Omega
Delta Phi and wish you
nothing but the best in
your future endeavours.
Gene.Perez@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Programming
Darrellyn Brown
Darrellyn.Brown@omegadeltaphi.com
Director of Intake
Aboubacar Diare
Aboubacar.Diare@omegadeltaphi.com
Therefore brothers, I find
myself with a great
responsibility to provide
you all a magazine that
is informative, relevant
and thought-provoking.
Director of Expansion
Mahdere Gebreyesus
It is my hope to bring
you a publication that will
not only display officer
reports and the latest
news, but also to
reinforce the love and
pride that each brother
carries in his heart for
our fraternity.
So, as a potential
journalist, I will try my
best to report with both
pride and fairness. Over
the next couple of
months, I will be
redesigning the
magazine with a new
direction. I plan to
include exclusive
interviews, cover the
biggest stories, tackle
issues such as HIV/AIDS
and immigration reform
and of couse always
bring you the best of
ODPhi.
Additionally, I hope to
publish some of our very
own brother’s pieces to
show the amazing talent
our fraternity has to offer.
Trust me, you won’t want
to miss an issue.
To maximize our impact,
we must be relevant.
Good journalism
provides this. Brothers,
this is our time to step in
- to make a difference in
our community by not
only service, but by
remaining informed and
applying these lessons to
the betterment of our
fellow man.
Feel free to contact me
with any ideas, concerns
or questions. I look
forward to working for all
of you.
Cresit Eundo,
Andrew Ortiz, editor
Mahdere.Gebreyesus@omegadeltaphi.com
Interim Director of Scholastics
Alex Alvarez
Alex.Alvarez@omegadeltaphi.com
Undergraduate Representative
Ray Cabrera
Raymundo.Cabrera@omegadeltaphi.com
Undergraduate Representative
Judas Mireles
Judas.Mireles@omegadeltaphi.com
Arthur Manalac
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president’spage
Mr. Jorge Rodriguez
would assist
undergraduate, alumni,
and foundation revenue
for the fraternity. Letters
of interest will be sent
by mail to alumni in
May.
dear brothers
The 2006 spring
semester began with a
full agenda of goals to be
accomplished. We
continued to focus our
efforts on initiatives that
affect the operations of
the fraternity that
include: legal counsel,
national insurance,
incorporation status and
hiring a risk
management consultant.
I presented the National
Executive Council goals
and objectives to the
Board of Directors on
January 14 in Austin,
Texas. The purpose was
to present and discuss
the areas of success and
struggles faced upon
during my first year in
office. During this
meeting we reviewed the
2006 budget, which is
currently being used with
a quarterly update to be
released in May. I
presented a proposal for
a process in the
selection of national
conference city host sites
to the board. Frederick
Pecina (Charter
member) and I
presented the
conceptual
“Stakeholders” plan for
alumni to donate to the
fraternity. This funding
On the weekend of
January 20, Jorge
Garcia, Vice President
of Undergraduate
Affairs, and I visited
Theta, Zeta and Alpha
chapters in West Texas.
The purpose of this trip
was to do a “SWOT”
analysis of each entity
for the spring semester.
On Friday, we attended
the Alpha social
fundraiser to show our
support before making
our West Texas triangle
trip. We drove early
Saturday to Canyon,
Texas to visit Theta in
the morning and
headed to Portales, New
Mexico to meet with
Zeta in the late
afternoon. We met with
Alpha chapter on
Sunday morning.
During each visit we
reviewed each entity’s
calendar, discussed
strengths, weaknesses,
and set goals for the
semester.
On Saturday, February
11, along with some
Dallas – Fort Worth
alumni I visited Alpha Xi
to participate in the
“Keeping Waco
Beautiful” by helping
clean the Baylor marina.
On February 24th, the
National Undergraduate
Council met in Dallas to
discuss items and
concerns related towards
undergraduates. The
Extended National
Executive Council held a
meeting on Friday and
early Saturday. Each
officer presented their
2005 accomplishments
and failures to better
evaluate performance of
the past year.
Alex Alvarez, Vice
President of
Programming, presented
a check three thousand
two eighty dollars on
behalf of the fraternity to
the American Red Cross
for Hurricane Katrina
victims. As a fraternity,
we raised six thousand
dollars in various
fundraising efforts
nationally. The National
Executive Council
presented to the
undergraduates on risk
management, fraternity
annual report,
stakeholders and
concluded the session
with an open forum. My
wife and I attended the
social fundraiser hosted
by the University of Texas
at Dallas colony that
evening. Along with other
national officers, it was a
fun opportunity to meet
many visiting brothers.
On April 8, I visited the
Rho chapter in San
Marcos to volunteer in
their annual Easter Egg
Hunt. It was a pleasure
to meet some of the
brothers while
experiencing first hand a
great service event. The
Rho chapter has a
tradition of organizing
this event and it was very
evident that the
community was very
appreciative of their
efforts.
Jorge Garcia, Vice
President of
Undergraduate Affairs,
and I had scheduled to
visit the Midwest on April
15; but due to a conflict
in the availability of the
entities, the president
summit was moved to
April 21.
However, we were able to
attend the Northwest
region during Lambda’s
ten-year anniversary on
April 21. We were able to
attend the presidents’
summit to hear a status
report on the chapters in
the region. We were able
to give them an overview
on the activity of the
National Executive
Council this semester.
We concluded our trip by
attending the afternoon
barbecue before
catching a flight home.
I attended the NALFO
business meeting in
Philadelphia on the
weekend of May 5. The
umbrella is in the
process of creating five
local undergraduate
councils within the next
two years on the
following campuses:
University of Chicago,
University of Millwaukee,
Loyola University,
University of California
LA, University of Houston
and San Diego State
University.
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officerbriefing
In Summary
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As a fraternity we will be
active participants in
establishing these local
councils. The public
relations chair is
currently creating a
media kit and branding
in order to sell and
promote the
organizations within
NALFO. We were
informed of the
Assessment Coalition
that was formulated by
the request of university
presidents. The coalition
is made up of members
from each Greek
umbrella which will be
choosing eighty
universities to review
within a ten year span.
The review process will
begin this Fall. This
coalition will visit each
university to review the
entities on the campus to
assure they are meeting
standards set by
Assessment tools. We
will be proactive as a
fraternity by giving input
on those specific
standards and modifying
our review process to
reflect this review. Jorge
Garcia (Vice president of
Undergraduate Affairs)
will go into specifics
during the national
conference so the
entities that are affected
can better prepare. I
would like to encourage
our membership to
prepare to submit entries
in July for the NALFO
awards to continue to be
recognized by our peers
as an outstanding
organization. The
NALFO conference will
take place in Orlando,
Florida on October 6th so
please plan accordingly
in order to assure
representation from our
brotherhood.
This semester has
presented a great deal of
activity in our fraternity.
We shall have an update
on our new national
insurance carrier within
the month of May. As a
National Executive
Council we feel our
fraternity is better
equipped to protect our
best interest than ever
before in our history. We
do need all of our
membership to be our
first line of defense by
following our risk
management manual,
portraying a positive
image and keeping the
best interest of the
fraternity in mind at all
times. We have to
remember brothers we
wear our letters proudly
every day and other
citizens see this as well.
We have the power to
set a positive destiny for
our beloved fraternity but
it will come by making
responsible decisions
and unselfish acts.
Jorge Rodriguez
Arturo Elizondo, Jr.
DFW Alumni and UTD at Baylor
Marina Service Event
Nu Chapter of Gamma Alpha
Omega at Baylor Marina
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officerbriefing
In Summary
expansion &
intake
Mahdere Gebreyesus
AbouBACAR DIARE
In Spring 2005, we were
ecstatic at the
aggressiveness of our
expansion effort because
it allowed the Office of
Intake to oversee and
guide groups from:
University of Texas,
Dallas TX; St Mary’s
University, San Antonio
TX; California State
University, Dominguez
Hills, CA; University of
Illinois, Urbana
Champagne, IL.
through successful
completion of our
Founders program.
This spring we picked up
right were we left off a
year ago lending a hand
in the success of the
future newest additions
to our fraternity.
Three groups were
approved as Omega
Delta Phi clubs this
Spring and quickly
began their quest
towards knighthood
through our Founder’s
process:
·Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago IL [LUC] – Midwest
Region
·The University of
Wisconsin OshKosk,
OshKosh WI [UWOSH]
– Midwest Region
·The University of
Nevada Las Vegas, Las
Vegas NV [UNLV] –
Pacific Region
The LUC group is
comprised of seven
strong gentlemen that
are well past the midpoint of their program
and are still busy at task
in order to successfully
complete their quest.
Also in the Midwest
region, the UWOSH
group, comprised of 5
dedicated and focused
young men are also
making a steady head
way in their quest
towards knighthood.
Both of these groups are
under the umbrella of
Brother Joseph Ortiz the
RMDC of the region and
active brother of our
Alpha Alpha Chapter.
The third group,
University of Nevada Las
Vegas, is now comprised
of six gentlemen who
have shown lots of
character during the
journey and are nearing
the final stages of their
quest toward knighthood.
This group is under the
umbrella of Aboubacar
Diare, acting-RMDC for
the Pacific Region. I
must take off my hat to
Brother Joe Ortiz for
running two founders
group at once while
taking care of all of his
other responsibilities.
Even though our office is
always very excited to
take on and see through
new founder’s program,
we also had quite a bit of
other activities this past
year that kept the
excitement high and the
work load heavy.
The Intake training
seminar continued to get
more and more
momentum and adoption
in all regions. The impact
of the program is already
being felt as Prospective
Member Educators feel
more prepared going into
their positions and much
more organized while in
office.
Additionally our office
took on the challenge to
provide guidance around
basic intake issues that
affect the entire Greek
community. For example,
the office of Intake
released a rush/
recruitment best
practices activities guide.
This best practices guide
proved to be very a
valuable tool in
recruitment activities for
our chapters this spring.
Furthermore, we are still
hard at work putting in
place new processes and
rolling out new innovative
ideas that have given our
Intake program even
more effectiveness and
prestige.
In all, I would like to
thank my entire staff for
their continued support
and hard work for the
past year and for all the
countless hours spent
doing research and
drafting best practices
guides in the midst of
their day to day RMDC
responsibilities.
For more information
about any the Founders
groups mentioned
above, please contact
the National Director of
Intake or the RMDC of
the respective regions.
Ronnie Grant – Central
Region RMDC:
rgrant87@gmail.com
Juan Cano – Central
Texas Region RMDC:
canojrho@yahoo.com
Fernando Vadillo – North
Texas Region RMDC:
feroct16@yahoo.com
Chris Philips – East
Texas Region RMDC:
codp_sfa@hotmail.com
Aaron Salaas - SW
Region RMDC;
atrizzy1987@yahoo.com
Daniel Ruiz – NW
Region RMDC:
ruizdc1987@yahoo.com
Joe Ortiz – MW Region
RMDC:
ortiz.joe@gmail.com
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officerbriefing
In Summary
Alpha Xi, Xi, Alpha Iota, Sigma,
Tau, and UTD Chapters
undergrad reps
Judas Mireles, Ray Cabrera
As another school year
comes to a close, it is a
perfect time to reflect
upon our
accomplishments.
Judas and I have worked
hard to ensure the voice
of the undergraduate
body is represented well
on national matters.
We helped coordinate
the NUC Leadership
Retreat in Dallas in
February, which was a
great success in
facilitating
communication amongst
undergraduate and NEC
leadership.
We are now in
preparation for the
National Presidential
Elections, in which Judas
Mireles has been elected
as chairman of the
National Elections
Committee. He is
motivated to accomplish
his duties along with the
rest of the committee in
order to ensure as
smooth an election
process as possible.
Another accomplishment
that we have made this
year was to add the
undergraduate
representative positions
to the regional board
structure. We have
succeeded in filling those
positions in all regions
Chi, Sigma, DFW Alumni and
Alpha Xi at Baylor Marina
except for East and
Pacific. If you are
interested, please
contact your RD and let
him know of your
interest. This is a great
way to get some
fraternity experience
outside the chapter
level.
We congratulate you all
on a job well done this
year, and are looking
forward to seeing
everyone in Austin. We
will continue performing
to the best of our
abilities, and also ask
for your continued
support.
Cabrera
In Brotherhood,
Ray Cabrera
National Undergraduate
Representative
Cabrera, Mireles
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Alvarezfiles
In Summary
programming
Alex Alvarez
As National Vice
President of
Programming, I oversee
all programming related
activities, supervise all
the programming
directors (expansion,
intake/membership
development, programs,
and scholastics). I’m also
responsible for working
with all programming
directors’ to ensure that
the organization is
developing our members
based on our foundation
and principles.
I’m pleased to say in
terms of all areas within
the Programming Office
we are breaking new
ground. First, in terms of
expansion, we are
targeting 10 schools in
each region with the
hopes of expanding to
those schools that
strategically fit our vision.
Currently, we are looking
at tentatively starting six
new interest groups that
could be clubs in the fall
of 2006. In additions we
have clubs in states that
ODPHI currently does
not exist such as Idaho,
Las Vegas, and Missouri.
Next, in terms of intake/
membership
development, we have
pioneered the landscape
for Latino/Multicultural
Greek landscape,
priding ourselves in what
we believe to be the first
to actually mandate our
members get certified
prior to facilitating the
Intake process. We also
are focusing on problem
areas within our
membership such as
recruitment, retention,
and succession training
just to name a few.
Furthermore, the
programs I would like to
see our organization
conduct on a national
level would have the
following components:
innovative, humanitarian,
partnerships, and
notorious. I feel we have
moved in that direction
with our Young Knights
Leadership Academy
and ODP/INROADS
Partnership.
Other philanthropic
efforts include
responding to the
financial burden and
emotional distress a
natural disaster can
cause within our
communities. Therefore,
ODPhi developed the
new Natural Disaster
Relief Fund. This is a
fund set up to provide for
affected communities to
alleviate some of the
financial burden caused
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by the Natural Disaster.
We have been
unofficially partnering
with the American Red
Cross for some time but
they now have
approached our
organization about
making the partnership
official. They recognize
and applaud our
contributions to them
thus far and are looking
to recognize our
organization with
perhaps a story on their
national website.
Therefore great job to all
brothers who have
contributed and
participated in making
our relationship with the
American Red Cross
strong as your efforts
have not gone
unnoticed.
In terms of helping
members professionally,
again we utilize our
INROADS partnership.
However, we now have
set up job banks which
can be accessed via
odpjobs1987@gmail.com.
We are also in the
process of setting up an
online resume book, but
we need you to
participate for this to be
successful. If you are
interested in participating
you can e-mail your
resume to
odpresumes@gmail.com.
We also want to
encourage entities to do
one professional
workshop/program per
semester that focuses on
the following: résumé
building sessions,
interview skills and
effective networking
sessions.
Last but not least is our
scholastics office. There
are many things
happening within ODPHI
in terms of scholastics.
We have implemented
the (A.S.P.I.R.E.)
program. Through
ASPIRE, we plan to help
with academic
assistance, scholarships,
identify individuals or
entities who need
academic assistance,
recognize and reward the
entities or individuals
who are achieving
academic success and
finally, to educate and
encourage our
membership of the
benefits that can be
attained by achieving
academic success.
Excellence in academics
and graduation of its
members is priority for
Omega Delta Phi
Fraternity, Inc., (ODPHI).
A.S.P.I.R.E. and TREP
exemplifies ODPHI’s
national commitment on
helping brothers succeed
academically which will
allow them to eventually
graduate.
My vision for the
fraternity is that I simply
want the fraternity to be
acknowledged as the
best in every Greek
category and truly be a
premiere fraternity.
Again, this can be
achieved by setting
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Alvarezfiles
In Summary
(Programs).
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stretch targets that your
peers may view as
unrealistic and striving to
meet them.
I have been fortunate to
work with my directors
who are very dedicated
and passionate about
the success of our
organization. These
brothers are Mahdere
Gebreyesus (Expansion),
Aboubacar Diare (Intake
& Membership
Development) and
Darrellyn Brown
Currently, I am also
acting as Director of
Scholastics until the
position is filled again. I
continue
challenge my
AlextoAlvarez
staff to meet what we
deem as ideal
milestones while they
simultaneously challenge
me to push the envelope
and remove any
obstacles that may be
impeding the overall
progress as well. This
healthy respect for one
another and our joint
desire to be the best is
scholastics
Alex Alvarez
Omega Delta Phi’s top
priority is to unite
brothers by graduating
and to strengthen our
community. Therefore,
there are many things
happening within ODPHI
in terms of scholastics
that we are doing to help
achieve our top priority.
We have implemented
the (A.S.P.I.R.E.) our
national academic
program used to support
and help all our
members achieve
academic success.
There are six aspects of
the program are:
Academic Assistance,
Scholarship, Prevention,
Identify, Recognize &
Reward, Educate &
Encourage.
We have also revamped
the TREP, or Tutoring
Reimbursement
Education Program,
which is designed to help
brothers who are
struggling with
academics to attain a
tutor to help him
successfully pass the
class and then get
reimbursed. I would
encourage all brothers
that are struggling with a
class to please utilize our
TREP program.
Furthermore, we have
developed the Future
Leader of Tomorrow
Scholarship, designed to
recognize an outstanding
graduating highschool
senior who exemplifies
the essence of being a
the formula that will
better our organization,
but more specifically,
allow the categories
within our programming
office be second to none
at least remain
competitive with our
competition.
I would like to thank all
the brothers for all their
hard work in helping our
organization continue to
meet its aggressive
goals.
Finally if any brother has
any questions, concerns,
or suggested
improvements for
initiatives within my office
please do not hesitate to
contact me directly.
scholastics
Our overall philosophy
within the programming
office is to be aggressive,
pioneers, innovative,
humanitarian and
strategic in everything we
do allowing the ideal
results come to fruition.
future leader of
tomorrow. We also have
revised the applications
for the undergraduate
scholarship and Carlos
E. Contreras graduate
scholarship. I would
encourage all brothers to
apply . We also publicize
quite a few public
scholarships on our
national website and
encourage our
membership to apply.
On another note, we
have composed a large
GPA report identifying
entities red, yellow or
green per the metrics set
in our academic program
(A.S.P.I.R.E.). We also
have composed a larger
GPA report consisting of
all the individual brothers
and new members within
Omega Delta Phi and
have labeled them red,
yellow, or green per
metrics set in our
academic program
(A.S.P.I.R.E.). Through
In Brotherhood,
Alex F. Alvarez
these reports, we are
able to understand
academic trends
nationally, by entity, and
finally by brother.
Currently we only have
two regional scholastics
chairs: Robert Davalos of
the Pacific Region and
Paul Flores of the North
Texas region. Due to the
limited resource, this can
make it very difficult to
accomplish some of our
stretch goals within our
national academic
program (A.S.P.I.R.E.).
But please be patient
with us because with
hard work and dedication
we will persevere.
A.S.P.I.R.E.,T.R.E.P.,
and the scholarships we
provide or publicize
exemplifies ODPHI’s
national commitment on
helping brothers succeed
academically and
eventually graduate.
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[visionary leadership]
reachingout
Service
Community Outreach
Andrew Ortiz
Mohandas Gandhi
“Be the change you want to see in the
world.”
The following are chapter
service highlights from this
past academic year.
UTD Colony 2005 Young Knights
Christmas Toy Drive at Dallas CAN
Academy. Hundreds of gifts were
donated to bring Christmas to needy
children.
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reachingout
Service
Mother Teresa
“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the
lonely and the unwanted according to
the graces we have received and let us
not be ashamed or slow to do the
humble work.
2006
” Rho Chapter Easter Egg Hunt at
Sewell Park in San Marcos, TX. The
Rho brothers designed this event to
provide an event for lower-income
families and to erase the negative stereotype of Greek life. The day included free food, games and raffle for
prizes. The brothers hid over 4,000
eggs for local youth. Additionally, the
organization Bikers Against Child
Abuse attended and provided support.
Lao Tzu
“The wise man does not lay up his own
treasures. The more he gives to
others, the more he has for his own.”
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specialsection
UMADD
- Prevent impaired
driving and high-risk
drinking for those of legal
drinking age
To save a life
Andrew Ortiz
In 2005, nearly 17,000
Americans were killed in
alcohol-related motor
vehicle accidents. As
each hour passed, two
more lives were silenced.
Earlier this year, ODPhi
had joined forces with the
activist organization
Mothers Against Drunk
Driving to combat the
epidemic of alcohol
related accidents and
fatalities on American
college campuses.
ODPhi’s main initiative
with MADD is to begin
further involvement with
it’s target program
UMADD or University
Mothers Against Drunk
Driving.
UMADD is a new pro-
- Promote MADD’s
mission on campus
gram by the organization
specifically designed with
students as the key
demographic.
According to the MADD
Web site, UMADD is a
campus-based student
organization composed
of student and campus
leaders concerned about
underage drinking, highrisk drinking, and impaired driving.
UMADD chapters are
dedicated to working with
campus and community
leaders to find solutions
for these problems.
The objectives of
UMADD are to:
- Work with campus
leaders to establish clear
and effective policies
designed to minimize
alcohol-related problems.
- Increase enforcement
of underage drinking and
impaired driving laws by
working with campus
and local law
enforcement.
- Educate students,
faculty and staff
concerning the scope of
alcohol-related problems
and engage them in
effective prevention
strategies.
In addition to working
with UMADD, ODPhi
plans to mandate all
chapters to recognize a
national week of alcohol
awareness. In this week,
all entities are required to
hold seminars on alcohol
awareness, complete
service activities with
UMADD, hold a candle
light vigil for fallen victims
and a pledge to remain
sober to respect the
memory of victims of
these accidents.
Questions or concerns
regarding UMADD
initiatives should be
directed to the National
Board.
To learn more about
UMADD, go to
www.madd.org.
The goals of UMADD are
to:
- Prevent alcohol use for
those students under the
age of 21
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Soldiers of our own
The
Scarlet
and
Silver
Brigade
Ea
ch month, we
Each
will highlight
several br
others
bro
fr
om v
arious
from
various
entities who previousl
y or curously
rentl
y ser
ve in a
rently
serve
branch of the
milit
ar
y.
militar
ary
The sa
crifices
sacrifices
these br
others
bro
ha
ve made in orhave
der t
o pr
otect
to
pro
our c
ountr
y and
countr
ountry
citizens is admirable.
The a
ccomplishac
ments these
gentlemen ha
ve
have
achieved deser
ves
deserves
as much praise,
rec
oginition
recoginition
oginition,, and
suppor
t as possible
support
to these ODPhi
men
men..
Al
ong with ever
yAlong
every
one ser
ving in our
serving
milit
ar
y, we thank
militar
ary
you!
Our thoughts,
yers and
prayers
pra
strength are with
you
ou..
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brothers in the military
Knights in Service
M
military brothers
Showing appreciation
to our brothers who
fight bravely to serve
our country
Shan Ali Meghani
Alpha Lambda - Fall 2002
United States Air Force/ Airman First Class
RAF Mildenhall, U.K.
The highlight of my career is being on the search and rescue team of a down
C-130 in Albania and having the pride and honor to bring our men home.
William Puga
Epsilon Chapter - Fall 98
Army/Specialist
B Btry 4/42 FA, Fort Hood, TX
I part in the roll out for the Paladin A 5 Self Propelled
Howitzer vehicle.
Carlos Hidalgo
Everlasting ETA
Founding Class ’98
Army - E-4 Specialist
Army Reserves - E-5 Sergeant
Basic & AIT - Fort Jackson, SC (ARMY)
Army Logistics Management College (ALMC)- Ft. Lee, VA
52nd Medical Battalion - Yongsan, South Korea (ARMY RESERVES)
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brothers in the military
Knights in Service
military brothers
M
Showing appreciation
to our brothers who
fight bravely to serve
our country
Jose Orta
Alpha Nu - Spring 05
United States Marine Corps - Camp Lejuene, North Carolina
Two Tours to Europe; Double Award Combat Action; the former
Yugoslavia, Kosovo 1999; Kosovo Liberation Medal, NATO Medal;
Humanitarian Assistance In Turkey, earthquake relief; Rifle and Pistol
Expert and Coach.
Moon Lao
Upsilon Chapter - Eta Class Fall 02
Army/2nd LT.
Ft. Benning, Georgia
I graduated from Washington State University in
2005. I’m currently in Georgia completing combat training and learning
how to become a better leader in combat situations.
Horacio Arellano
Epsilon Chapter - Alpha Beta Fall ’03
Act. Army Aug 99-Feb 03. AZ Natl Gd. Mar ’03-pres/ SSG
222nd Transportation Co. in Casa Grande, AZ.
After bootcamp, I went on for my MOS school to become a 88M
‘Motor Transport Operator’ -truck driver. Kitzingen Germany, 2 years and
Ft. Hood until 2003. After, I became E5-Sergeant and joined the Arizona
National Guard right away. I am now a Staff Sergeant and am the
2nd platoon-platoon sergeant.
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my 87 cents
Final Thoughts
birth announcements, bongrats, bulletins,
important dates, upcoming events, shoutouts, thank you(s) and reminders
final thoughts
Andrew Ortiz
Birth Announcements: Congratulations to these brothers and their growing families!
David Bravo family:
Arianna Kira Bravo
Born 3/13 at 10:27am
8 lbs, 14 oz, 21.5 inches
Valentin D Hernandez II family:
Santiago Roberto Hernandez
Born 3/15/06 at 6:51 am
6 lbs, 7 oz, 19.5 inches
Great Job to....
St. Mary’s Colony, UTD Colony, Xi
Chapter, Chi Chapter and Alpha Theta
Chapter for securing fraternity
awards this past year!
Congratulations gentlemen, keep up
the great work!
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