Join Masters of Destruction Part 2, June 4-5

RSPV via Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169201776472278 What: Masters of Destruction (MOD) Weekend Part 2 Where: The House When: Weekend of June 4th; sun-up to sun-down Who: All actives and alumni are invited and encouraged to join the effort – that means you! Norwood Williams and Joe Abel are leading the effort. How: Skills, sweat, tools, teamwork, and …

Joe Abel’s Update and Next Steps on House Renovation

Brothers, We have started work on the Chapter house that was built in 1961. Last weekend on May 21st we tore out the head (major leaks, and plumbing problems}; we also tore out the tile and some of the cabinets from the kitchen. We cleaned the grounds, chunked old couches, tore up sheetrock, old walls, …

Graduating Seniors and New Brothers

Let’s all welcome the Spring Pledge Class of 2011 as our newest initiates: Blake Carrera, Julius Young, Phillip Smith, Austin Smart, John Barfield, Chaz Sanders, Drew Snyder, Justin Gonzales They’ll have a their work cut out for them replacing this lot… Our Newly Graduated Seniors: John Walmsely, Daniel Knoll, Dario Bocanegra, Andrew Ivy, Mike Sullivan, Zachary …

A call to all the brothers of Iota to pony up for the remodel of our old House

From Brother Joe Abel: This is a call to all the brothers of Iota to pony up for the remodel of our old House. We are going to redo the Head, Kitchen, replace the Main Doors south and North, repair all the other exterior doors, replace some of the room doors upstairs, do some electrical …

Stage 1 of House Renovation: Demolition Weekend, May 21st

Iota Alumni News interviewed Brother Erik Harpst by email: What’s the tear down all about? “We will completely remodel the kitchen and upstairs bathroom among other things. We need all the hands that we can possibly get. All composites and historical items will be removed from the house and put in climate controlled storage. This …

Reminder: Alumni Weekend, April 15-17

UPDATE 4/15: Weekend Schedule Friday Night: House is open for alumni & guests. No formal activities. Saturday: 10:00 AM: Welcome – enjoy coffee & donuts at the House 11:00 AM: Alumni / Active Meeting, planning for Iota’s 125th, house improvements, state of the chapter, report from the alumni association Noon: Lunch – please plan on …

Announcing the 125 Year Anniversay Celebration of Iota Chapter

We have the privilege and honor to officially announce the 125th Anniversary Celebration for the Iota Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. The celebration will take place during the weekend of November 4-6, 2011 on the campus of Southwestern University in conjunction with the SU Homecoming festivities. We have a full schedule of events planned, …

Homecoming 2010, Annual Alumni Meeting

The annual meeting of the Iota Alumni Association will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at the Kappa Sigma House. We encourage all active and alumni brothers to attend. Here’s the Full Weekend Schedule: [Invitation for Iota Friends & Brothers] [SU Official Schedule] Saturday, November 6th: 10 a.m.: Coffee & Donuts 11 a.m.: …

The Wake for Bruce

Join friends and fraternity brothers for a final festive good-bye to our dear friend Bruce W. Barrick. This event will be: Saturday October 23,2010 4:00 PM – we run out of stories ARTZ RIB HOUSE 2330 South Lamar (close to Hwy. 71) (512) 442-8283 Information: Erik Harpst (281) 433-3198 Update 10/17: We are trying to get a …

Joe Dowdy Frazer

We received word over the weekend from Brother Roger Davidson about the passing of Brother Frazer. From Brother Davidson: “He was in school at the same time I was. He was on the football team, a good Kappa Sigma….attended homecoming in 2008.” Our condolences go out to all of the family and friends of Brother …

Alumni Dues for 2010

Brothers, In an effort to cut costs for the Alumni Association of Iota, we are sending your invoice for the 2010 Alumni dues electronically. In the past three years since I took over fundraising for the chapter, I have gotten the actual mailing with stamps down to 100 brothers from 500. If you have not …

Alan Haworth Named to Elite List of Dallas Area Wealth Managers

Texas Monthly contacted a business services provider for their annual survey of financial advisors, who asked over 100,000 high net worth consumers and financial services professionals to evaluate wealth managers in the Dallas area. The final list was vetted down to a small group. Alan Haworth was selected in the Investments section of the 2010 …

On the Passing of our Brother Bruce W. Barrick

Bruce’s service will now be at University Methodist Church, Brother Chuck Merrill’s church. In case you are unaware, Brother Merrill was a longtime pastor at this church and a huge supporter of Iota and all it stands for. Chuck passed away a few years ago, and after his death, Bruce began an SU scholarship fund in Chuck’s name.

Austin: Thursday July 22nd 10:00 am University Methodist Church on Guadalupe
Houston: Saturday July 24th 10:00 am George H. Lewis and Sons Funeral Home
The only possible change with the Houston date would be a time change from 10:00
to 9:00 am.We should have final updates by Monday.

Bernard Schleien, Living More for Less

Thankfully Bernard had many more interesting things to say than I had prepared questions to ask… I’ll get better as we go I promise! A few follow-up questions I missed: 1) Why isn’t Peru Bernard’s favorite soccer team? 2) What kind of art does he like to collect? 3) Just how did he break his …