Yesterday, the Theta Pi chapter hosted our first official cookout of the summer. It was good to see several of my brothers back in town for the purpose of recruiting new young men into our chapter and brotherhood in general. We grilled out while watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and a good time was had by both brothers and rushees alike.

This semester I made an A in Solid State Fundamentals one of the hardest electrical engineering class at UAH. Without the help of two other brothers which were in this class I could not have receive an A. I also made an A in my senior design class. In this class we worked in a group to design a spacecraft for NASA. The leadership skill learned as an ATO helped me in this class.

The men of Alpha Sigma held their annual Mom's Weekend this spring term. Mothers who came down for the event went out to the Mongolian Grill Restaurant on Friday. On Saturday they ate breakfast made by our cook, received a Mom's Weekend shirt, took pictures with their son on the front lawn and participated in a silent auction. Finally on Sunday there was a brunch and all of the mothers. The ATO Moms loved the weekend and all of the brothers had a great time as well.

This year has been a sucessful year for the Kappa Epsilon chapter in the area of academics. With the creation of the study bank and various academic programs the chapter has continued to improve grades and ranks as one of the highest grade point average of all the student organizations with over a 3.2 chapter average. The conclusion of this semester resulted in higher GPA as a chapter average including over ten brother on Pepperdine's Dean List and multiple Regent Scholars. We hope to continue our sucess next year and strive to further improve our grades.

This year, the Kappa Epsilon Chapter's monthly newsletter on Pepperdine's campus entitled Taus in Focus has been a postive communication and public relation tool for the chapter to the school's administration. Recently Taus in Focus was presented by Pepperdine's dean of students, Mr.Mark Davis, to the school board of Regents. This board is a very prestiguous administrative body within the Pepperdine community yet rarely involved with Greek Life. The newsletter was presented to them as a representation of the positive spiritual and philanthropic nature of Alpha Tau Omega and the positive impact we have on campus. The newsletter was well recieved and relations with the administration have never been better. We hope to even further our inolvement and positive communication next year.

The men of the Alpha Sigma chapter participated in the annual OSU Relay for Life in the MU Quad. Our house donated money to the American Cancer Society and then walked around the quad from 7:00pm to 7:00am. It was a great experience and overall OSU raised over $70,000.

The men of the Alpha Sigma chapter held our annual Cuts for a Cure philanthropy where members auction their hair of for sororities to bid on. The winning sorority can shave whatever they want into the member's hair and they must wear it like that for a week. Over $200 was raised and the money benefited the American Cancer Society.

The Alpha Sigma chapter congratulated their graduating senior class of three men: Billy Judge, Bryan Lang, and Stephen Hanners. The seniors started by receiving a dinner of whatever they wanted and then they passed down ATO regalia to the younger classes to say in the chapter. Finally the seniors participated in a senior reaffirmation ceremony during chapter. We are excited that they are soon to be future alumni.

The Kappa Epsilon participated in the annual Pepperdine tradition of Songfest that was bigger and better than ever before. This year’s Songfest was themed around History in the Making and included twelve minute song and dance routines that had to incorporate an important event in history. This year, the chapter competed as KTD for the second year in-a-row, with the Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Delta Delta sororities. All of the groups, including ours, practiced nightly from 10-12 for the three weeks in March all in preparation for the show. KTD’s skit this year was entitled Grapple for the Chapel and told the comedic story of the Pope’s commissioning of the painting of the Sistine chapel ceiling. Though our routine was the clear crowd favorite and most creative of all the skits, the group received time penalties that made it essentially impossible to win the coveted Spirit Cup for the second time in three years. Nonetheless, the experience proved to be memorable for all of the participants and a good event for the chapter to be involved within the campus community