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review th e ST. ANTHONY HALL I SPRING 2009 from the editor brothers and sisters all: Welcome to the new St. Anthony Review ! I hope you enjoy the new format and expanded content. Many people played a role in encouraging the overhaul of our beloved newsletter, but credit for the hard work of layout and graphic design belongs to Heather Youngman, Nicola Leckie, and their colleagues at Stewart Howe Alumni Service. Please direct your praise and congratulations to them at [email protected]; any concerns and criticism can come to me at [email protected]. The first issue of the new Review showcases the Hall at its best in the past, present, and future. Marcus Goodwin, ∆’08, guides us through the national archives. Lila Claghorn, Ε’06, Ben Bonyhadi, Κ’08, and Sara Molinaro, Κ’07, show us that literary tradition still stands at the heart of our Order. And in their chapter reports, the undergraduate officers tell of the joys of initiating a new class of Delta Psis. This is St. Anthony Hall, and it exists because of you and all those who came before and after you. The new St. Anthony Review , like every facet of the Hall, exists because of the generosity of our membership. If you like what you see here, please consider making a donation to the St. Anthony Fund or the St. Anthony Educational Foundation. You can learn more about donation options on page 19. The fall issue of the Review will be in electronic format only. If you would like to receive the electronic issue, please visit stanthonyhall.org or contact the national office to make sure we have your e-mail address on file. Thank you for taking the time to connect with the Hall. I hope I’ll see you at the GC in January. YITB, Hon. Bro. Andy Sudhakar, K’02 H. Fpop. P.S.— Don’t miss the literary prompt on page 11! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. a look inside THE REVIEW I SPRING 2009 pg .11 LITERARY AMBITIONS Read literary works by two undergraduates, then renew your bonds through creative ex pression. also inside ... PROSPECT pg .8 5 HD Nick Noble, Ε’77, shares his thoughts on the future of our fraternity SEMPER PHI 6 Follow Phi’s revitalization from 10 actives to a 10-year anniversary RAISING A GLASS 8 Learn about the second annual Toast to Tony, scheduled for June 20 PAST MEETS PRESENT 9 Dig through history with us as we pg . explore our national archives 9 retro spect A REPORT FROM OUR FORMER HD This letter is adapted from Ex. Sis. Packard’s (K’85) farewell address from the 2009 G.C. In the last year, I have grappled essentially with one question: Who or what are we as a national organization? Imagine a new Theta sister—let’s call her Antonia. Her initial view of the fra - ternity is the few friends who drew her in. Then her view expands to include her pledge class and all the Theta undergraduates. Her experience with those siblings forms the bonds that she will forever associate with St. Anthony Hall. Were she real, I would have met Antonia during our travels this year. The GC has found that our undergraduate members are a wonderfully diverse and intelligent group of individuals, taking full advantage of the privileges and oppor - tunities that membership brings. The quality of the literary works was excellent. As an order, however, we need to address excessive alcohol consumption at parties and, in some cases, allegations of resultant unwanted sexual activity. We need to grapple with this not only for liability reasons, but, more importantly, because this behavior is contrary to both our vows and the objects of the fraternity. St. Anthony Hall must be a model to the university community of responsibility and service. Antonia comes to GC and encounters the full variety of our chapters and traditions. That diversity produces the strength of our national fraternity. But soon Antonia graduates—so how can she continue to participate? She’s probably most familiar with her local graduate chapter. Our graduate groups provide the continuity, stability, and supervision that enables our undergraduates to thrive. They range from Bro. Taylor Smith at Theta, who is working to establish a full graduate board and to find a meeting location for the undergraduates, to Bro. Chip Dean at Epsilon, who helps a large board of brothers to run a beautiful, historic house and encourage graduate participation online and at social events. On the surface, our graduate boards seem to deal with different issues, but upon closer examination, we all work toward good governance, fiduciary responsibility, and support for our undergraduates. It is vital that we work together, across chapters, to support and learn from each other. When she moves away from her undergraduate chapter, Antonia might look for a local association in her new hometown. In 2008, we had more than 40 local weealthhaovf eknoa wledge, expertise, events outside of the Toast to Tony! For example, Sis. Alyssa Rosenberg, Σ’03, and love and fidelity, and we need to Bro. Tom Moore, ∆’73, restarted local associations in Washington, D.C. and learn how to draw on it. Philadelphia, respectively, with great success. Antonia could also find opportunities to help all the chapters by volunteering at the national level. For example, Bro. Robert Marsteller, Υ’78, served on the Induction Committee, helping to examine the rushing practices of our various chapters. Sisters and brothers from all our chapters worked on issues ranging from risk management to preserving our history, to increasing the participation of sisters in the fraternity. Reports from all these committees are on our website— please read them! I cannot overstate the importance of having sisters and brothers from all our chapters and in all kinds of professions and locations contributing to our well-being as a national fraternity. We have a wealth of knowledge, expertise, love and fidelity, and we need to learn how to draw on it. The establishment of our national policy must include voices from many chapters and individuals. So, finally, we have the national fraternity as seen through the eyes of this particular HD, Antonia plus a few decades. This year has been a delight for me. It has been an enormous privilege to work with all of you, and particularly my fellow GC officers. I have been consistently impressed and moved by your dedication, effort, humor, and love, and I thank you. This is a remarkable band of brothers and sisters, and together it can do anything. So, who are we as a national fraternity? We are Antonia and all the undergraduates that she represents, Taylor Smith and Chip Dean and all the graduate board members, Alyssa Rosenberg and Tom Moore and all the brothers and sisters in area associations, Robert Marsteller and all the national committee members, the GC, and the ex-HDs. The national is all the brothers and sisters that have worked in the past, are working now, and will work in the future to realize the objectives of St. Anthony Hall. Thank you for granting me the immense honor and pleasure of serving in this high office. 4 pro spect A REPORT FROM OUR CURRENT HD Richard Noble, E’77, reflects on our fraternity and examines the bonds that unite us all. Delta Psi is a family. It sounds clichéd, I know. After all, we are a “fraternity.” Obviously we are “brothers” and “sisters”—and sometimes parents and grandparents, nephews and nieces, sons and daughters, cousins, cohabitants…even husbands and wives. As a family, we have a responsibility to one another—to embrace our bonds, even as we celebrate our differences. One way to do this is to visit other chapters—see what they do and how they do it; share your customs and traditions with them; learn from each other. It is time we all embark on voyages of discovery, to meet those family members we’ve never known or to revive family ties long lost or broken. Another way is to preserve institutional memory. There are memorials aplenty in every chapter, but memorials without memory are empty vessels. Explore, ask questions, talk with older graduates. Embrace these valuable resources, these wonderful people. There is so much we can discover about where we’ve been, in order to better inform where we’re going. Connect with your chapter’s past before you lose it—losing part of your family as well. We can celebrate our Delta Psi family through our shared tradition of literary expression. Literary works should be free, yes, but never hurtful. We’re family, linked together by vows and bonds stronger than many “regular” families outside the Hall. We support each other—we don’t tear each other down. We’re not purposefully insensitive. We can honor our Delta Psi family through our secrets—those shared by us all and those uniquely special to individual chapters. Yes, each chapter has a slightly different definition of what is “secret” in some instances, and that’s fine. Circumstances are different on each campus and in each environment. But we cannot keep secrets from each other. Nor can we allow an obsessive secrecy to negatively impact the greater fraternity. As a family, we need to respect and to trust each other. We can model the best of our Delta Psi family through our rushing and pledge process. Rushing must be welcoming, the pledge process must be challenging, but neither can ever be abusive, never. After all, we’re inviting sense of familty tihsattmhakaets people to join a family.

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