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Colorado State University, Sigma Phi Epsilon Spring 2019 Current News | www.CSUSigEp.org

Digital format for the Spear gets the green light

This spring, the majority of The AVC understands the need for the print copy to Colorado Gamma alumni coexist with the digital version for the foreseeable future. received an email update In order to determine the number of hard copies required, with regard to The Spear. “Opt Out” information will be included in upcoming issues Given the increasing cost of of The Spear. By opting out of digital communications, your production and the oppor- preference for receiving a physical newsletter will be regis- tunities presented by a tered. Through this process, the willingness of the chapter digital format, the Alumni to move to digital across the board can be solidified. Volunteer Corporation The spring email was received with overwhelming posi- (AVC) recently reached tivity. The results of a one-question survey attached to the a decision to explore the update showed that more than 95% of respondents had no option of migrating The concerns about a digital Spear. This has given the AVC the Spear to a digital plat- confidence necessary to move forward with this process. form. In coming issues, we will be actively engaging alumni in The Spear is a vital an effort to update our email rolls and gather information communication link in for whom we are lacking. Currently, we anticipate the full connecting all of Colorado Gamma. digital roll-out of The Spear to take place over the course of However, printing and mailing a physical newsletter 2-3 years. puts a tremendous financial burden on the chapter, often To ensure you continuing receiving The Spear, your totaling more than $8,000 a year. A move to digital would contact information must be up to date. If you do not already net an immediate cost savings that could be reinvested receive digital communications from Colorado Gamma, elsewhere in the chapter. In addition, a digital model would please update your information at www.csusigep.org/ greatly reduce turnover in our address database. alum-update.

SAVE THE DATE! Chapter house signage to be restored

As we wait for our recolonized chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon signage back on the house 2019 Founders Day recruitment numbers to reach a sustainable and have the newly recolonized chapter use Celebration at SigEp level for occupancy (35 men), the chap- the house for chapter meetings, Monday night ter house will be rented out. Our current dinners, rituals, study facilities, rush functions, master lease with the Sigma Nu fraternity social functions, and other brotherhood activi- terminates on August 1, 2019. We had a very ties. We are offering rooms for rent in the house strong indication from the Phi Mu soror- to non-members for the 2019-2020 school year ity that they were going to sign a two-year to help offset the negative cashflow on the master lease for the house, but in April they house for the coming year. All existing SigEp backed out. members and new recruits will be required to At that late date, most students — including live in the house beginning the fall of 2020. all of our new SigEp members — had already A very aggressive recruitment effort is Saturday, signed housing leases for the fall of 2019. planned for this summer, continuing into the November 2, 2019 Working with SigEp National Housing with fall and spring of 2020. The goal is to have 121 E. Lake Street regard to our mortgage and financial obliga- enough members to fully occupy the house in Ft. Collins, CO 80524 tions, the decision has been made to put the August of 2020. In conjunction with the CSU vs. UNLV football game More details to come! Outstanding New Volunteer awarded Brother Ryan Garthright, ’10, received the Outstanding New Volunteer Award for District 23. The award is presented annu- ally to a volunteer in each district who has had a significant impact on either the AVC or the undergraduate chapter with which they volunteer. Sigma Phi Epsilon is successful largely because of the tireless work of those volun- teers who donate their time and talents to support the Fraternity experience at local, Chapter President Connor Cloherty regional and national levels. Dan Reagan, ’82 (right), congratulates Many of SigEp’s volunteers are alumni, Ryan Garthright after presentation of the who stay involved to give back. Others are Outstanding New Volunteer Award. members of the University’s faculty and staff as well as parents and community leaders, who give back because they believe in SigEp’s Undergraduate ideals and want to make an impact on the undergraduate experience for college men. chapter plans for Whether you have an afternoon to share each week or once a year, you can support the Fraternity’s mission of Building Balanced Men. the future

Have questions? Feel free to email [email protected]. The 2018-2019 school year consisted of many ups and downs for our new chapter. Through the challenges, a dedicated group of remarkable young men has emerged. Grant Ogden: “SigEp is where I belong.” We started the school year with 13 men on the roster and finished with 22. There are currently members in the Sigma, Phi and Grant Ogden, ’22, is a finance major from somewhere I felt I belonged. I’ve found that Epsilon challenges. The Wyoming Alpha chap- Broomfield, Colo. In Spring 2019, he joined place. SigEp is where I belong and the relation- ter has been a tremendous assistance in ritual SigEp, following in the footsteps of his step- ships I have already formed within my first and ROP matters. father, Christian Kaempfer, ’96. semester are irreplaceable. Our first spring formal, “Mountain Weekend,” What brought you to CSU? What are your goals for your time in SigEp? was held April 26-28 in Steamboat Springs, During my time in SigEp, I want to lead. I When choosing a college, I was torn between CO. A great time was had by all who attended, want to be someone that anyone can come Oklahoma and CSU. I had always wanted unfortunately due to academic concerns not all talk to if they need help with something. attend Oklahoma, but a could share in this experience. In response to I want to be someone friend insisted I visit CSU.I that anyone can come this lapse, we have developed and installed a loved the layout of the to if they want a laugh. I new academic plan for our brothers in need of campus and the hometown want to be someone that support. feel. anyone can come talk to We are now looking forward to having a What drew you to SigEp? for advice of any kind. successful fall rush and the reinstatement of I knew I wanted to be in a I want to help develop 121 E. Lake Street will play a major role. The fraternity and after rushing this fraternity in a way chapter is chomping at the bit to use the house NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT multiple other fraterni- that admires our tradi- as its intended purpose: supporting the men of ties, I realized that SigEp tion, yet reforms parts Sigma Phi Epsilon, who will treat it with the care was different. CSU is a to make things such as and respect it deserves. big campus with a lot of recruitment and new students, and I wanted member education more With numbers growing, we aim to launch Grant Ogden (center) with uncles our first philanthropy event next fall, as well as to make my experience Jonathan and Joe in Pamplona, Spain. efficient. I would also smaller and more tightly like to encourage and increasing brotherhood retreats and service knit. Through rushing, I noticed how close all lead brothers in a small group Bible study. outreach. Plans for hosting the Balanced Man of the brothers were and I knew that this is What are your interests outside school Scholarship are underway, and we look forward what I wanted to do. The fact that SigEp is a to finding those who embody the values of smaller fraternity on campus also appealed to and fraternity? I enjoy practically all sports as well as hiking, Virtue, Diligence and Brotherly Love. As such, me at the time because of the countless oppor- we heartily encourage alumni to attend a tunities. Regardless of size, I saw how much skiing, and just exploring. I also really enjoy chapter meeting, stop by and interact with the love each of the brothers had for one another community service but haven’t had as much and I knew I wanted to participate in creating time as I would like to help volunteer. I really current members, and share in the effort to life-long relationships with these people. feel that what you get out of helping others rebuild the legacy of SigEp at Colorado State. who haven’t been as fortunate as you is one We are very excited for the future of this What has been your favorite part of Greek of the best, most humbling feelings. I’m also chapter, and we hope to share that excitement life so far? moderately religious, with much room to with you all. Getting close with so many more people. My grow spiritually, and have been involved in fall semester caused me to seriously consider numerous small bible study groups. transferring to Oklahoma in hopes of finding 2 OBITUARIES

With news of their passing, Colorado Gamma mourns the loss of these Colorado Gamma loses one of its brothers: finest champions BROTHER LARRY BIRDSALL On the field and and signed him to a contract for $4,200. in life, Dale As defensive tackle, Dale earned All-Pro Larry Birdsall, ’54, Dodrill, ’52, was honors six times and played in five pro (1931 – 2016) was born a giant among bowls during his nine years in the NFL. in Scottsbluff, Neb., and graduated from Mitchell men. Born in He was defensive captain of the team for High School. While at Stockton, Kan., on three years and defensive MVP in 1954. Colorado State, Birdsall February 7, 1926, In 2007, the Steelers organization honored joined Sigma Phi Epsilon and served in the his family moved Dale during their 75th Season Celebration ROTC while pursuing his degree in Animal from Kansas to and named him to the Science. Following graduation, he joined a farm outside Legends team. Dale was inducted into the Air Force as a second lieutenant in the Loveland at the the Pittsburgh Pro 26th weather squadron at Barksdale Air height of the Dust Football Hall of Fame Force Base. Following his service, Birdsall Bowl years. When Dale was a junior in high in 2016. volunteered for the Overseas Cooperative school, the family moved again, this time Dale left the Assistance program providing agricultural Steelers in 1959 to expertise and assistance in recovery from to Englewood, Colo., where he found stable communism. Later in life, he served as a 4-H work. But by this time, Dale had already become part of the Leader, Farm Bureau board member, church discovered his love for football and chose ’ elder and Sunday School teacher. to remain in Loveland, where the local when they formed Elks Club provided him an empty room in in 1960. He was BROTHER GLENN the lodge. Dale was able stay and graduate the defensive line BRICKLEY from Loveland High School, where he was coach for five of the the captain of the football team, all-state Broncos’ first seven Glenn Emerson for two years and led the school to the 1942 years and coached in the first game of the Brickley, ’57, (1935 – state championship. American Football League. 2016) was born and raised The day after his high school graduation Dale Dale is in the CSU Hall Of Fame, and in in Colorado Springs, joined the United States Army and served with 1992 CSU selected him as a member of the Colo. He graduated from Colorado Springs High School and came to the 30th Infantry Division during World War II. school’s all-century team. In 1993, Dale was CSU to pursue a degree in Speech Arts. A For three years he fought hand-to-hand against inducted into the Colorado Hall of Fame. passionate member of SigEp, Brickley also the Nazis from the Sigfried Line to the Rhine. To make ends meet, Dale sold insurance worked at KCOL radio. A consummate sales- When the Allied forces finally put Germany in a in the off-season of his professional football man and avid fan of the Denver Broncos and chokehold, his services were needed elsewhere, career. It was during his time as the Bronco’s Colorado Rockies, he was also a member of on the beaches of the Pacific, to square off defensive line coach that he opened the Dodrill Sunrise Seratoma in Colorado Springs, First against the Japanese that killed his brother, Insurance Agency in Lakewood. In 2013, he Congregational Church of Greeley, Civitan, Garrett, in a Philippine prison camp. Dale was celebrated 50 years in the insurance business. Keen-Age Singers and The Greeley Chorale. on a boat somewhere in the Pacific when the Dale was one of the oldest living professional Memorial gifts in Brother Brickley’s honor United States dropped the atomic bomb on football players when he passed away January may be made to the “The Greeley Chorale” or “The Wild Animal Sanctuary.” Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese 19, 2019. His loss represents the closing of a officially surrendered. remarkable life — one which exemplified the Dale returned home in 1948 to attend and ideals of the Sigma Phi Epsilon. BROTHER DALE DODRILL play football at Colorado A&M. He started Dale Dodrill, ’52, (1926 – 2019) was born the for all four years, played both sides of the fourth of six children in Stockton, Kan. As a ball, led the team to its first post season STAY INFORMED result of the Dust Bowl, he and his family relo- appearance in the 1949 Raisin Bowl, and cated to Laporte, Colo., in 1936, and Dodrill earned All-Skyline Conference honors attended Loveland High School. Immediately three-times, leading the Aggies to a 28-11-1 following graduation, Dodrill served in World War II, before returning to Colorado record along the way. In 1951, Dale was Update your contact to make his name on the football field. As a selected to Who’s Who among American member of both Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Universities and College Students and was information and stay in Colorado A&M football team, Dodrill exem- also elected president of the A Club. At the touch with your chapter plified the role of student athlete. He was a end of his college career, Dale played in longtime member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, both the East-West Shrine game and the and fellow alumni at being elected to the on four occa- Chicago All-Star game and was awarded sions, and later served as a Denver Broncos Colorado A&M’s highest honor in 1952 — www.csusigep.org/ coach. Dodrill is among the very finest in CSU the Nye Trophy. Athletics history and was elected to the CSU The Pittsburg Steelers drafted Dale alum-update Football All-Century Team. Later in life, he enjoyed traveling abroad with his wife, Jan, in the 6th round (67th overall) in 1951, and became an active member in his church. 3 Spring 2019

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Announcing the Digital Spear Opt Out 25th Annual SPECAT Golf Event If you prefer to continue receiving a Every year, SigEps from around the state and beyond gather to celebrate physical copy of The Spear, please contact brotherhood and test their skill on the links at the Sigma Phi Epsilon the AVC by mail. Colorado Area Tournament (SPECAT). This unique gathering, which coincides Send this form to: with CSU’s annual Rocky Mountain Showdown, offers a great opportunity CSU SigEp to reconnect with old friends. The tournament raises funds for the Colorado P.O. Box 2051 Gamma RLC Fund, administered by the Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation in Richmond, Va., a qualified 501(c)(3) charity. Last year, 56 Fort Collins, CO 80522 golfers represented SigEp at the Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club and raised check I choose to opt out of digital more than $3,000 for the fund. communication and prefer to Friday, August 30, 2019 continue receiving a hard copy 8:00 a.m. Shotgun of The Spear. Todd Creek Golf Club – Thornton, Colorado Name: ______$125 per player registered before July 15, 2019, includes green fees, carts, prizes and lunch. Class Year: ______Registration at http://bit.ly/SPECAT2019 Address: ______Registration is limited to the first 30, 4-person teams.

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