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Chapter Earns “5 Stars” For Second Consecutive Year
December, 2007: Phi Kappa Tau became the first Fraternity at CSUF to earn a
“5-Star” rating “back to back” in CSUF’s Pursuit of Excellence Program. The Pursuit of.Excellence Program was initiated in 2004, and ranks fraternities and sororities in these five ‘performance
areas’:1) Chapter Management; 2) New Member Program; 3) Risk Management; 4) Scholarship; 5) Philanthropy. In addition to Phi Kappa Tau, two other CSUF fraternities attained “5 Star” rating, while all six
of the CSUF sororities attained the top Rating.
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Campus Kicks Off CSUF 50th Anniversary - Phi Kappa Tau’s Elephant Racing Alums Featured
September, 2007: Cal State Fullerton formally kicked off its 50th Anniversary activities on Saturday, September 15, 2007 with an .’Alumni Homecoming Day and Open House’ on the campus in Fulleton. During the day, there were
Open Houses at the various CSUF Colleges; “Decade” Booths on the Quad (sponsored by CSUF Alumni Assn) and Campus Tours. During the 50th Kick-Off Ceremony, Jack Hale, Jack Clement, Joe Tatar and Dominc Recchia, all participants in CSUF Elephant Racing from 1962-1965 were introduced to the crowd of over 2,000, and they then proceeded to judge Robotic Elephant Races held in the Quad. Later in the day, a PANEL DISCUSSION on “Elephant Racing at CSUF, 1962-1965” was held featuring the Elephant Racers, plus Bob Ziebell (covered the 1962 Races for the Fullerton News Tribune) and Mahout Joe Russin (Harvard rider in ‘62 Races). The Panel was moderated by CSUF Historian Emeritus (and original faculty member) Dr Larry De Graaf.
A Display of early campus and Phi Tau memorabilia were on display in the Titan Student Union from Sep-Nov 2007. Later that day, the Chapter hosted a Dinner Reception at the Barn. For more pictures and story from KickOff CLICK HERE Also, more coverage on the CSUF website
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Phi Kappa Tau’s Barn Rates In “Best of Cal State Fullerton” Survey
Titan Magazine, published by CSUF for Titan alumni,
sponsored a survey from late 2005 through July 2006 looking for
“The Best Of Cal State Fullerton”. Of note, Phi Kappa Tau/ The Barn appears in two catagories of the Survey. In the “Best Social Gatherings/Best Student Hangouts”
catagory, The Barn was mentioned along with Off Campus Pub, Rockin' Taco, Downtown Fullerton, and the old Velvet Hog (we’re talkin’ mid-late 60’s on this one...The Velvet Hog was
located on Nutwood, where today’s Hope University now stands...) In the second category “Favorite Activities” the Survey had this to say: “Of 38 different extracurricular activities named in the survey, Titans chose intramural sports as the most popular pastime, followed by the Daily Titan and Phi Kappa Tau fraternity”. So you can break out in the Chant: “We’re #3, We’re #3... Thanks to all who voted in the Survey.... to access the Survey follow this link: http://www.titanmag.com/2006/bestcsuf/index.html
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CSUF; City of Fullerton Imposing More Social Event Controls on Fraternities
March 2006: In early 2005,
CSUF’s Dean of Students implemented new controls on fraternity social events held at fraternity properties where alcohol is present. This resulted from several incidents of assaults in the area known as Fraternity Row (Teri Place/Associated Road) which caused CSUF implement the following: 1) Fraternities are limited to 4 social events (where alcohol is present) per Semester. Three of these Events must be held system-wide (6 fraternities) on the same night. A fourth event may be held by each Chapter, but must be pre-registered. 2)All such Social Events must have outside Security Guards, to be hired by the Chapter. 3) Guest Lists must be submitted to CSUF in advance. 4) Procedures for alcohol control, access to the Event, and behaviour of guests must be in line with FIPG Risk Management guidelines. In February 2006, the City of Fullerton began enforcing City Ordinances more strickly, particularly rules involving “Conditional Use Permits” (CUP’s), which are special Permits granted by the City to certain organizations (Phi Kappa Tau has a CUP..as do 3 other Frathernities, and 6 sororities). In order to host Social Events where alcohol is present, a Chapter mus now have a CUP ‘in force’. In addition, depending on the size of the Social Event (number of Guests), the host fraternity must pay for Fullerton police officers, who will be present during the Event. There are other rules which may also apply. These actions have caused the Chapters at CSUF to re-evaluate where and how to hold social events. More to follow...
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Large GO Chapter Delegation Attends 2006 Centennial Convention in Oxford, Ohio
August, 2006: Eighteen members of GO Chapter (10 alums and 8
undergraduates)
made up the largest delegation ever to attend a National Convention from the Fullerton Chapter. During Convention, Tim Clark (S67) was presented with the Phi Award for service to Gamma Omicron Chapter. The Chapter also won the Jack Jareo award for best alumni publications and programming (3rd time!).GO Chapter was recognized for the 4th straight year as one of the top ten in fundraising for the Hole In the Wall Gang Camps.. Inducted into the new “Phi Kappa Tau Hall of Fame” were GO Chapter members Bill O’Malley (F66), and the late Ernest Becker (F70), Dean Emeritus of CSUF. Among other notable HOF inductees: Paul Newman, Senator George Voinivich, Senator Mitch McConnell, Astronaut Leroy Chiao and comedian/author/teacher Shelley Berman.
Delegates, as shown in picture above, right (taken at Centennial
Banquet) were: 1st Row: Bassil Boulus, Matt Della Mora, Matt Larsen, Ray Carlos, Jim Keffer (this was Jim’s 1st Convention since 1997..and his first was in 1977). 2nd Row: Tristan Hilpert,
David Mejia, Larry Dickman (Fall 69....Larry is producing the Convention Video), Joe Meyers, Ricky Liu, Anthony Sanchez, Eric Houchin, Adolfo Bailon, Scott Miller, Tim Clark. Also attending,
but not pictured: Scott Jester, Lee Huffman, Tom Smith. Among the many exciting activities at the Centennial Convention were Pride Tours of Oxford OH area places of interest to Phi Tau’s, such as Phrenecon House, “Old Main”, Alpha House, and
the former Headquarters building. A Centennial Garden was dedicated at the current HQ building, and many GO alumni
made donations for Garden Bricks (see pictures). The concluding Centennial Banquet featured inspirational presentations by some well’known alumni, including Sen Mitch McConnell, Sen
George Voinovich, and NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao. Nearly 900 attended...making it the largest gathering of Phi Tau’s ever. Click here for. MORE PICTURES FROM 2006 Convention
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“We Are The Champions” - Greek Week Winners!
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David Lee Fall 98, Alumni Correspondent: April 22, 2006 BULLETIN......... Just wanted to let you know the great news! The first ever and history in the making - PKT won Greek Week 2006 in the categories of OVERALL, THEME, FUNDRAISING. It was a long but rewarding week for these distinguished gentlemen. I'm extremely proud of them as of all the rothers of the past, present and future. At the ceremony, they brought all the Fraternities and Sororities to an utter silence as the Chapter received the OVERALL banner. They immediately sprang up in cheers and yelled in glory, the song "We are the Champions" Queen. The acceptance of the other banners was just icing on the cake. The ending to this Greek Week started bitter and ended sweet. With our boys multi-tasking with their school life to work schedules to the Greek program,> many new and active members struggled to balance their life. However, itas all worth the agony and experience for them. To now know we are the Champions we believed we are, it is now and forever engraved in the stones of Cal State Fullerton that we are Phi-Kappa-Tau: a distinct mark of leadership, tradition, brotherhood, and character. We, as alumnus, should congratulate all these fine gentlemen on their extraordinary efforts and accomplishments to uphold the torch of Phi,Kappa, and Tau for all to see. Additional information and MORE PICTURES >>
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Building Men of Character Weekend Held
With help from National Leadership
Consultant Brad Joutras, and volunteers Dan Garcia (Cal Poly Pomona) and Ken Loewen (Colorado), the first “Builing Men of Character Weekend” (BMC) was held in February for GO Chapter. BMC
Weekend is a program put together by the national fraternity, and over 40 such events have been held in the last 2 years accross the country. It was funded from a $500 Grant from the PKT
Foundation, matched by funds from the GO Chapter Education Grant Fund. Chapter members met in the Titan Student Union on Friday night, where they did team-building exercises before bedding
down in the TSU basement for the night. On Saturday, they divided in to teams and debated some of the hot issues in the Greek system today, including the “image” of fraternities
and how recruitment is affected, risk management of alcohol and drugs, and other topics.
They also did planning for the Chapter going forward. A followup session is planned where Brad Joutras will return and discuss progress.
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