Cross & Crescent

Following the Housing Corporation’s alumni dinner honoring Earl Lomas (1950), a former justice of the Court of Queen’s of Alberta, the chapter held its first alumni poker tournament that raised $600 for chapter funds.

The chapter has established The Tom Hayn (2006) Scholarship Fund after the former chapter president died in a car crash last spring. The first recipients will be named this fall.

Matt Malinak (2007) is serving as vice president of Undergraduate Activities Organizations and Kevin Stevens (2007) is the IFC chairman of public relations. Nick Snyder (2007) is serving as vice president of public relations of Student Society of America, and Andy Hascher (2007) is the physical trainer of the Army ROTC battalion.

The chapter raised money to help send a terminally ill boy to Walt Disney World.

Chapter members hosted the first "North Carolina Gathering of the Colonial Conclave." With five chapters and one colony from across North Carolina participating, the event included networking sessions, an illusionist, and a keynote speech. The evening was organized by the North Carolina-Greensboro chapter.

In conjunction with the Hebron Lions Club, the chapter volunteered 100 hours of community service to help clean up the Hebron Harvest Fair, a local fair that approximately 250,000 people attend each year.

The chapter held a charity clothing sale benefiting the Fingerlakes Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Led by Treasurer Grayson Fahnrer (2008), the chapter raised $7,000 in three days. The money raised from this event accounts for more than 90 percent of charity’s annual operating budget.

For the first time, the chapter won Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash competition and helped raise more than $15,000 for Service for Sight. For the third straight year, the members are the intramural softball champions. They also were second in cumulative GPA.

Adam Crowther (2007) is president of Democratic students, De’Von McRavion (2008) is finance chairman of student government, Aaron Bestic (2008) is co-chair of Relay for Life, Kevin Christner (2008) is IFC vice president for standards, Brian Casey (2008) is on the golf team, Jeremy Troyer (2009) is a wide receiver, and Skylar Mosenthal (2009) runs cross country.

More than 100 people participated in the Lambda Chi Alpha/Gamma Chi Watermelon Bash, which raised money for St. Judes Hospital.

After returning from Afghanistan, U.S. Navy Medic Jamie Sclater (2002) was given the rare and prestigious role of working as a medic with the U.S. Marine Corp Scout Snipers. During his additional training, Sclater qualified as an expert marksmen with the M-16.

The chapter won first place in intramural softball and the members helped unload pumpkins for a local church’s pumpkin sale. Ian Inferrera (2009) is a member of the varsity hockey team.

Alex Salib (2006), Nick Ross (2005) and James Lovett (2005) are first officers of Express Jet Airline. Brian Hopkins (1988) is a senior first officer for DHL.

The chapter held its annual Watermelon Bash and raised more than $700 for the Evansville Association for Retarded Citizens.

The chapter organized a 5K run for Joseph Gurreri’s (2008) little brother’s memorial fund, the Jacob C. Gurreri Memorial Fund. The chapter raised more than $7,000 with more than 350 people participating. Gurreri was awarded "Senator of the Week" by the Gettysburg College Student Senate for his event planning.

David Moore (2008) organized a September 11 campus-wide memorial service that was attended by U.S. Congressman Todd Platts. All members of the Chapter were there to assist and provide support for the event. Moore was awarded "Senator of the Week" by the Gettysburg College Student Senate for his event planning.

President David Gibbons (2007) made a presentation to IFC about the dangers of hazing. Jeremy Meehan (2007) serves as IFC president and Geoff Cramton (2008) serves as vice president.

Hugh McStravick (2009) was named president of the Class of 2009 and Dean Vlahos (2009) was named vice president. Steve O’Sullivan (2010) was elected secretary of the Italian Club and Chris Cole (2010) was executive board member of WZBT, the campus radio station.

Jon Chan (2007) placed second in Zeta Tau Alpha’s annual Big Man on Campus competition. The event raised a record-breaking $109,200 for the ZTA Foundation, benefiting breast cancer research.

The chapter completed the remodeling of its upstairs living area, formal room, and basement.

The chapter presented Ronald McDonald House Charities with a check for $18,000 at its third annual Hoops For Kids benefit. The chapter surpassed its goal to raise $15,000 for the charity through ticket sales and donations, bringing its three-year total contributions to nearly $60,000.

The members also re-painted the chapter house, earned second place in the
Greek Life Recycling contest, donated gifts to the Hope Lodge in
Nashville, Tennessee, and participated in Zeta Psi’s Carnival for the
Cure.

University officials, alumni, friends and family attended a special Associate Member Ceremony for 12 new members. Grand High Zeta President Ed Leonard (William-Jewel 1979) also attended the event and extended additional encouragement to the efforts being made by alumni to re-establish the chapter.

Seventeen teams participated in the 2006 Lambda Chi Jr. 500 race. The event raised more than $1,100 for the St. John’s Student Parish Food Cupboard. Having originally been held in 1948, the race had not been run since 1991. Rick Page (1976), former chapter vice president, served as the official starter and numerous alumni made the trip to East Lansing, Michigan, to watch the race.

The chapter won first place in the "Frats at Bat 2006", Beta Sigma Phi’s philanthropy event. The event consisted of raising money at Uno’s Pizza and then playing softball and relay tournaments. Lambda Chi raised more than $1,000 for this event, more than any other fraternity on campus.

Chapter members helped build a float with the sorority sisters from Delta Zeta for the university’s homecoming parade.

The chapter held its annual "Boulder Days" charity event and concert, raising more than $600 for the American Red Cross. According to chapter President Will Price (2008), the event is the university’s largest charity event of any student organization.

The chapter won five awards at the Greek matriculation ceremony, including Significant Chapter, Best New Member Program, and Most Improved GPA. The members also placed third in intramural football, won the Basketball Champions plaque, and had the highest fraternity GPA with a cumulative 2.89.

Two years ago the chapter was in decline but today it has grown to 26 members and is the largest fraternity on campus.

At last spring’s student recognition awards, Chris Walter (2007) was named Outstanding Chapter President and the chapter won the Excellence in Academics award for having the highest cumulative GPA for fraternities.

Kyle Nordstrom (2006) was crowned Homecoming King.

The chapter’s Watermelon Fest raised more than 500 pounds of food and 300 pints of blood for charity. Chapter members also placed second in "Canstruction" an event where organizations donate cans and build a structure with them.

Matt Knickman (2008) was accepted into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.

Brent Freeman (2009) is a defensive back on the varsity football team and Chris Baltes (2010) made the varsity baseball team. Chris O’Barski (2009) plays the trumpet in the marching band. The chapter won the soccer championship in intramurals last spring.

The chapter was honored for raising the most money in conjunction with the "Hit the Bricks for Brian" annual fundraiser for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Drive.