Spring 2014 NEWSLETTER Iron Arrow Honor Society the HIGHEST HONOR ATTAINED at the UNIVERSITY of MIAMI
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Spring 2014 NEWSLETTER Iron Arrow Honor Society THE HIGHEST HONOR ATTAINED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI A Message from the Chief Greetings Tribe Members! Adam, Aly and I wish you all a happy and bright New Year! We look forward to seeing many of you at this semester’s Tribe events and gatherings. In this newsletter, you will find the dates of the events and gatherings for this semester, the biography of our Spring 2014 Tapping Luncheon speaker, as well as updates on our on- campus projects. We hope these projects will enhance the Tribe’s presence on the Coral Gables Campus. Iron Arrows are everywhere—leading student groups, playing for our teams, advocating for social justice, caring for patients—and our plans for the Mound, in our Room, and in the Rat will celebrate this work and our love of Alma Mater. 2013-2014 OFFICERS The Fall 2013 semester was filled with fun times and great people. We appreciate the time and effort that many of you made to ensure that Fall semester’s events went so well. We hope that you will continue to share your ! stories, your ideas, your advice, and your time with the Tribe. It is our individual members who make this a Tribe LAUREN LEE PETTIETTE of traditions and living history, and Adam, Aly, and I thank you for continuing your support this year. I have Chief enjoyed not only leading the Tribe, but also learning more about the people, the history, and the traditions of Iron 318.572.5877 Arrow and the U. Additionally, I want to thank Adam, Aly, Ann, and our COE for being great friends and help [email protected] throughout everything. ! Our newest Tappee Class has certainly added to the already abundant amount of talent, passion, humility, ADAM BOFILL character, and spirit that exudes from our Tribe. I encourage every Iron Arrow to take advantage of connecting Son of Chief with these new members—and with our “old” members— through our online community and our scheduled 786.218.2977 Tribe events and gatherings. Every time I receive an email, read an article, or attend an event, I am reminded that a.bofi[email protected] we have many members who are doing wonderful things for our community. ! I have also found that we have many members who are willing to give their advice, assistance, and friendship to ALYSHAH “ALY” JAFFER any member who reaches out. This is one of the Tribe’s greatest gifts—the consistent, unwavering support that Medicine Man any member may seek and always find. This support is a gift that every Iron Arrow should open because it 615.275.7832 makes us better as individual members and stronger as a Tribe. This support provides the stability, encourages [email protected] the integrity, and solidifies the accountability that Adam, Aly, and I have emphasized throughout this year. Also, ! As I finalized the spring calendar, I realized how busy this spring semester will be for our Iron Arrows. Right now, ! we will be able to spend time at meetings, honor courts, Selections, and Initiation, and we hope to plan other events that both our members and our University family members may enjoy. If you are in Miami, please make a COUNCIL OF ELDERS point to reach out to your fellow Iron Arrows and come to one of our events. JOHANN A. ALI As we immerse ourselves in this spring semester, I find it appropriate to share with the Tribe one of my favorite DAVID L. BROWN wishes that we share with one another during Mardi Gras season in Louisiana: “laissez les bons temps ROBERTO CASTRO rouler” (Cajun French for “let the good times roll”). I have a MYLES A. COCHRAN feeling that our planned events and gatherings will ensure DAVID McDONALD, Sr. that the good times and special moments will continue ELIZABETH M. RODRIGUEZ for our Iron Arrows. C. RHEA WARREN In addition to realizing the fullness of our schedule, I also realized just how quickly my last semester as a student at ! the U will go, and I am thankful that the Tribe and our ! members will be an integral part of this semester. It sure FACULTY ADVISOR is great to be a Miami Hurricane and wonderful to know ANN M. HELMERS the Arrow. ! GO CANES! ! Yours in the Arrow, SPONSOR Lauren Lee Pettiette DONNA E. SHALALA 2013-2014 Chief Iron Arrow • PO Box 249006 • Coral Gables, FL 33124 • 305.284.IRON • [email protected] Spring 2014 NEWSLETTER Iron Arrow Honor Society - Spring 2013 Calendar Spring 2014 Semester Kickoff Business Meeting & Ritual Review Spring 2014 Tapping Lunch Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Iron Arrow Room, Student Activities Center University Center Ballrooms 1330 Miller Drive 1306 Stanford Drive Coral Gables, FL 33146 Coral Gables, FL 33146 ! RSVP by February 27, 2014! Spring 2014 Women’s Basketball Honor Court $35; after February 27 - $40 UM vs. Duke ! Thursday, January 30, 2014 Spring 2014 Men’s Basketball Honor Court 7:00 p.m. UM vs. Wake Forest Bank United Center Saturday, March 8, 2014 1245 Dauer Drive Bank United Center Coral Gables, FL 33146 1245 Dauer Drive *Line up 30 minutes prior to game time Coral Gables, FL 33146 ! *Line up 30 minutes prior to game time Nominations Due by EMAIL ONLY! ! Monday, February 10, 2014 Spring 2014 Initiation 6:00 p.m. - Iron Arrow Office Saturday, March 22, 2014 !Send to [email protected] !6:00 p.m. - Everglades Spring 2014 Mock Selections Meeting Spring 2014 Initiation Breakfast Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Sunday, March 23, 2014 6:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. Iron Arrow Room, Student Activities Center Perricone’s Market Brickell 1330 Miller Drive 15 SW 10th Street Coral Gables, FL 33146 Miami, FL 33131 ! RSVP by March 17, 2014! Spring 2014 Selections **NEW DATE** $25; after March 17 - $40 Saturday, February 15, 2014 ! 8:00 a.m. Spring 2014 Initiation Review Meeting Iron Arrow Room, Student Activities Center Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1330 Miller Drive 6:30 p.m. Coral Gables, FL 33146 Iron Arrow Room, Student Activities Center ! 1330 Miller Drive Spring 2014 RSMAS Tappings Coral Gables, FL 33146 Monday, March 3, 2014 ! Time TBA Spring 2014 Elections & Business Meeting RSMAS Campus, Virginia Key Tuesday, April 22, 2014 ! 6:30 p.m. Spring 2014 Medical Campus Tappings MEA 220, McArthur Engineering Annex Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1251 Memorial Drive 8:00 a.m. Coral Gables, FL 33146 Iron Arrow Medical Mound ! Shrödinger Research Quad Spring 2014 Family Day - Burgers n’ Baseball Miller School of Medicine Friday May 2, 2014 ! 5:00 p.m. Spring 2014 Coral Gables Tappings Robert & Judi Prokup Newman Alumni Center Patio Thursday, March 6, 2014 6200 San Amaro Boulevard 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Coral Gables, FL 33146 Iron Arrow Mound ! Coral Gables Campus Spring 2014 Baseball Honor Court ! UM vs. Alabama State Spring 2014 Tribal Portrait Friday May 2, 2014 Thursday, March 6, 2014 7:00 p.m. 11:45 a.m. Alex Rodriguez Field at Mark Light Stadium Iron Arrow Mound 6201 San Amaro Drive Coral Gables Campus Coral Gables, FL 33146 ! *Line up 30 minutes prior to game time ! PLEASE CHECK WWW.IRONARROW.COM FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION!! Iron Arrow • PO Box 249006 • Coral Gables, FL 33124 • 305.284.IRON • [email protected] Spring 2014 NEWSLETTER Iron Arrow Honor Society A New Piece of History Rises… As many of you know, Dr. Stanford was instrumental in the creation of the Iron Arrow Living History & Iron Arrow Mound and Firebowl (collectively called the “Iron Arrow Monument”). At one point, tappings on the Coral Gables campus took place beneath the “tapping tree” that was located near the center of the Tr e a s u r e s f o r t h e …. spacious UM quadrangle. The large, shady ficus tree was the site of Dr. 8-21-13 Stanford’s tapping in 1966, and the site continued to be used until the new Iron Arrow: I send this to tell you that I still Monument was completed in 1969. Until Hurricane Wilma in 2005, the Iron exist, a retired surgeon age 88, probably Arrow Monument sat beneath a spreading ficus tree in front of the one of several alive from the class of 1944. In that time I was assigned University bookstore. After we lost the mighty ficus tree, several native during WWII to the U. of M. V-12 Navy Florida Live Oaks were planted to replace the lost vegetation. College training program. The University consisted of one triangular building that ! we nicknamed the “Cardboard College.” From the U. of M. the U.S. Navy sent me to Also rising from the center of the everglades on the concrete map of the Emory University School of Medicine, mound is a short pedestal supporting a large Firebowl. In this Firebowl, we Atlanta, there being no medical school in the state of Florida. keep a fire is burning throughout the tapping ceremonies and the 24-hour In 1944 the U. of M. was 16 drum vigil. One day in the summer of 1987, the current Officers and other years old – the student body consisted of 300 Navy V-12 men, there for offcer Iron Arrows arrived at the mound and were shocked to see the Firebowl, training, several hundred Army Air Corps navigators, several hundred civilian made out of coral rock, had cracked and fallen on its side. The College of student most of whom were women. Engineering was summoned to make hasty repairs, and it was the impetus Civilian males were disabled and not eligible for the military draft, or deferred for the subsequent full restoration and renovation of the Monument.