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The Laurel OF PHI KAPPA TAU VOLUME 86, NO. 3, WINTER 1999 EDITOR TERRI L. NACKID BUSINESS MANAGER WILLIAM D. JENKINS SENIOR EDITOR ELIZABETH S. RUNYON GRAPHIC DESIGNER STACEY CASTLE COVER PHOTO DAVID KAMBA CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE BRENT MILLER, JAY McCANN, THOMAS NACKID, RICK REDDING, JOEL RUDY, TIMOTHY CLARK THE LAUREL is the exoteric publication of The Phi Kappa Tau Foundation . Published prior to 1919 as SIDELIGHTS. A iournal devoted to topics related to higher education involving college and alumni interests. Published under the direction and authority of the Board of Trustees of the Ph i Kappa Tau Foundation . EDITORIAL MAILING ADDRESS: 14 North Campus Ave. Oxford, OH 45056 [email protected] ADDRESS CHANGES: Phi KapP,a Tau Fraternity 15 North Campus Ave. Oxford OH 45056 513;1 523 -4193 THE LAUREL OF PH I KAPPA TAU is pub lished tri-annually by The Ph i Kappa Tau Foundation, 14 North Campus Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056. Standard A Mail postage is pa id at Cincinnati, OH 45203, and additional mailing offices . POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: 14 North Campus Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 Printed in the U.S.A ISSN Number: 0023-8996 MEMBER: The College Fraternity Editors Association £::r_p-~-=-- ; - LAUREL Subscription Information One year: $15 Two years: $28 Three years: $40 Following guidelines established by the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation's Executive Committee: THE LAUREL is provided at no charge to chapters of the Fraternity, undergraduate student members (sent to their permanent addresses), alumni who are out of school three (3) years or less, and alumni who make contributions to the Foundation of $500 or more annual ly. For additional subscription informa tion, call 513/ 523-1778. The Laurel OF PHI KAPPA TAU VOLUME 86, NO. 3, WINTER 1999 FEATURES a DON PHILLIPS Morningstar's pre idenr sheds light on the company' past, present, and future. 14 YOU'VE GOT MAIL C hances are you and l wi ll not meet Tom Hanks or Meg Ryan in an anonymous chat room. Bur one thing is certain: our lives have been forever changed by the e-mail revolution. 20 THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EVES Joe Kirkish sees things the rest of us don't until he points them out to us in his outstanding photographs. 26 SCALING THE WALL Executive Director Joel Rudy's speech to the IC Alcohol Task Force offers concrete solutions to alcohol use and sbuse concerns facing the Greek community. DEPARTMENTS 4 MAILBOX 6 MY SIDE OF THE DESK 38 LAURELS 46 NEWS ALUMNI NEWS ON CAMPUS DIRECTORY SIDE ROADS PHI EVE 30 SAY PEPSI PLEASE 33 TOP SCOUT 34 ONE STEP CLOSER Winter 1999 Laurel 3 Fan Letter ongratulations on your excellent Carticle on John Green. I have been a fa n of John' from my first interaction with him. He exemplifie integrity and he continue to in pire o many of u . His day-to-day ailbax involvement wi ll be orely mis ed. Be t wi hes to Joel Rudy and the re t of the Phi Tau taff. Uphill. Downhill teve Dealph have been enj oying all the Laurels, but the [ pring '9 i ue] really A ociate Director fo r G reek Affair I caught my intere t for many rea on , the empha i on drinking and orthwestern Univer ity drug especiall y. As advisor to Gamma Alpha Chapter [Michigan Tech] for nearly half a century, it's been my key drive. When we fir t HGTops joined PKT, the average age of our group wa in the mid-20 , o it wa ea y to follow the non-drinking-as-a-group rul e, and we became oday i my final day a pre idem known (sometime derisively by other drinking fraternitie ) a the Tof Ep ilon Tau Chapter "non-drinking fraternity"-an appellation our mature member [Univer ity of Arizona]. I wanted to enjoyed with pride. take a moment to thank you for all of Of course , as the new, younger members came into the chapter, the yo ur help and upport throughout my attitude changed with them and little by little the group caved in to term as pre idem, during my ummer doing as all other groups did-more for their own plea ure, I think, intern hip, and over the pa t 27 than just to imitate. Since then, it has been an uphill, downhill i ue. month since we colonized. The biggest problem came with the serious drinkers (many of whom While we are aero the country eventually became bona fide alcoholics) who garnered admiration from from yo u back in O hio, the di ranee the other members for their "manly" frankness about their binging and did not really eparate u . I alway who could influence the other-especially the less confident ones appreciated the prompt re pon e to until the truth wou ld be exposed. my que tion , inquirie , and con Well, thank you very much for the press ure you have been putting cerns. I will never be able to thank on us to become legal and mature once again. Attitude and tradition yo u enough for the opportunity to can be changed, and yo u're helping bring it about. work with you thi ummer. l had the most amaz ing time over my two Joe Kirkish week in Oxford, and I attribute that Michigan Tech '58 to all of yo u. Gabe [G abe arah, University of Arizona '98] and I till constantly talk about the fun we had. Alumni Pride I am ure that yo u will be hearing from my succe or, Randy Thoma , as udos on the latest i ue of The Laurel [Fall '98]. I wa truly dazz led I will impart to him the nece ity Kby the new layout, interesting photos, and overall quality of thi and enjoyment-of utilizi ng our publication. Out of all the magazines and other publications I receive resources at H eadquarter . I am al o in the mail, The Laurel continue to be one of the best. As a member confident that Randy, along with our of the Board of Governors here, I found many relevant article from new officers, wi ll lead Ep ilon Tau which to draw programming ideas and other way to assist my chapter. Chapter to the pinnacle of fratemi But perhaps just a important, the content of The Laurel really instilled tie at the Univer ity of Arizona. a greater sense of brotherhood and ·alumni pride than ever before. On my final weekend, I wa pri i Congratulations on earning another College Fraternity Editor leged to lead the initiation of fiv Association award-you certainly de erved it! Keep up the great work. new brothers into our Chapter and will keep that, along with m hri topher G . Hoff tion, a th greate t m Wright tate '94 Phi Tau exp ri n e. Bru \'( ilt n ni~ "r it)• f :\ri ~ n · 4 Winter 1999 Laurel LETTERS Is the Annual Report Too Cood? the magazine which are required to j)re sent the donor lists. he 97-98 "Ewing T. Bole Legacy" Quite frankl y, we ge t more bang for Tpresents a very professional image, the buck with this Annual Report than like that of AT&T, IBM or General trying to say thank you with glitzy premi Motor . ums. Raising resources is not done in a It also presents a very expens ive vacuum- it costs money to raise it. tmage. However, I can assure you each of our It sugge ts to me that my yearly staff members understands the critical donations are not needed. I looked for nature of our work and the fiduciary a statement that the report was not responsibility we have to alumni and funded in any way by contributions to friends who support the Foundation's the fund, but I did not find it. Perhaps mission year after year. I missed it. Yes , the 1997-98 Annual Report is a Your clarify ing/correcting feedback listing of those whose gifts are so impor is welcomed. tant to our mission. But this year's If no honest feedback from the Report is so very much more, and we Foundation, no future contributions think a wiser use of our resources is to to the Foundation fro m me. create a fir st-class publication which serves multiple purposes. To say the Jim Lavelle leas t, it documents the life of Ewing Case Western '6 1 Thomas Boles and his role in Phi Kappa Tau over his lifetime, thus providing an have just finished go ing through the important historical publication for our l"Ewing T. Boles Legacy" edition of membership . The Annual Report will be your Annual Report. This may be the used to help us es tablish the Boles "class iest" thing that I have ever seen Lecture Series at schools where we have fro m the Foundation offi ces. You are Maxwe ll Award Winning Chapters. to be congratulated! And the Annual Report will enhance our ability to secure corporate and Edgar E. (Gene) Sego matching gifts . Florida '6 1 I hope I have stimulated your interes t in what we are trying to accomplish and Bill]enkins responds for the Foundation: that you will continue your support of the Over the years our Foundation's Phi Kappa Tau Foundation. Annual Reports have been designed to express thanks and genuine appreciation for the generosity of alumni and friends whose gifts make an important difference for the students we serve. This year's report is no exception.

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