The Circle of Zeta Psi | Volume 109 | Spring 2019 Edition The Circle Welcoming Back Tau Reactivating the Tau Chapter at Lafayette College PAGE 15 Convention Recap Ithaca 2018 PAGE 11 FEATURED STORY A Night in the Life of a Cycle Tourist PAGE 17 an expedition to bicycle from Cairo to Cape Town The Circle of Zeta Psi Table Of Contents VOLUME 109 INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Spring 2019 Letter From The Executive Director ...... 01 ZETA PSI FRATERNITY Phi Alpha Letter ........................................ 02 International Headquarters CHAPTER UPDATES 17 15 South Henry Street Pearl River, New York 10965 Chapter Updates 2019 ........................... 03 Toll Free: 800-477-1847 FEATURE ARTICLES Fax: 845-735-1989 15 Convention Recap - Ithaca 2018 ........... 11 Twitter.com/ZetaPsi Facebook.com/ZetaPsiFraternity Leading with Grace ................................. 13 Welcoming Back Tau ............................... 15 Editor-in-Chief Expansion Updates ................................. 16 Max Anderson (Mu Theta ‘15) A Night in the Life of a Cycle Tourist ..... 17 Copy Editor Membership Criteria ............................... 21 ## Randy Schein (Gamma ’80) 13 Baltimore Convention ............................. 23 Layout/Design and Production Monarch Communications Jake Parrotta Grand Chapter Officers Foundation Officers Phi Alpha (ΦΑ) President Editors Stuart Bowers, Phi Epsilon ’81 David Busacca, Lehigh ’73 M. Lauck Walton (Pi ’84) Ira Berkowitz (Gamma ’82) Alpha Phi Alpha (AΦA) Vice President Ron Cass, Nu ’84 Tom Roerden, Cornell ’83 Contributing Writers Sigma Alpha (ΣA) Secretary Treasurer Calum Matthews (Iota Omicron ‘17) Maurice Ducoing, Psi ’03 Will Woldenberg, Tulane ’07 Alan Phipps (Nu ‘90) Gamma Alpha (ΓA) Trustees James Donald, Theta Phi ’82 Andrew Brain, Tulane ’13 Zeta Psi is a proud member of the Jon Ernesto, Seton Hall ’04 Fraternity Communications Association Delta Alpha (ΔA) Phillip Gass, NYU ’00 Evan Pressman, Pi Tau ’84 Stan Gorski, Syracuse ’86 Les Hilger, Stanford ’65 Executive Committee Members Edmund Luciano III, Seton Hall ’05 Anthony Abbate, Phi ’07 John Spohn, RPI ’81 Kevin Canavan, Tau ’76 Edward Summers, Marist ’04 John Lee, Alpha Theta ’07 Dylan Thomas, UCLA ’04 Update your mailing address and Akil Middleton, Rho Alpha ’08 e-mail address online at Canadian Foundation Chair zetapsi.org/update Undergraduate Board Member Joshua McKee, Theta Omicron ’20 Dan Homoncik, UOIT ’10 The Circle is a publication of the Zeta Psi Educational Foundation, a New York registered not-for-profit organization. Zeta Psi International Headquarters Staff Copyright ©2019 Lauck Walton, Rensselaer ‘84 Dominic LoPiccolo, Maryland ‘17 Zeta Psi Fraternity, Inc. Executive Director Regional Education Consultant All right reserved. Tyler Boisvert, Seton Hall ‘10 Jack Shumake, Texas ‘18 Visit Zeta Psi online at zetapsi.org Associate Executive Director Regional Education Consultant Max Anderson, Alberta ‘15 Kyle Walker, Purdue ‘19 Director of Communications Regional Education Consultant Katie Schremp Barth Gillan, McGill ‘85 Director of Membership Education Consultant/Chief Development Officer John Surufka, Illinois ‘13 Tony Hodgson, Theta Xi ‘83 Director of Information Accounting Consultant Bill Weisenhorn, American ‘16 Senior Regional Education Consultant Zeta Psi At A Glance 2018- 2019 average chapter size 53 47 769total initiates in 2018 - 2019 active chapters countries with 5 active chapters 5completed expansion 4 projects expansion 2018-2019 projects underway Locations DUBLIN AUSTIN SAN FRANCISCO D.C. NYC TORONTO CHICAGO BOSTON VANCOUVER 45 471 Regional9 LTIs chapters LTI attendees in 3 countries at LTIs ALL STATISTICS ARE COLLECTED FROM DATA DURING 2018-2019 ACADEMIC SEASONS. THE REUSE OF THIS INFORMATION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ZETA PSI FRATERNITY IS PROHIBITED (C) 2019. Letter From the Executive Director Dear Brothers, I am privileged to continue serving as your Executive Director. Fraternities in the United States are under the a single elder association in Zeta Psi – and microscope more than at any time in recent that includes our best – that could not use history. Some universities are establishing more volunteer time and financial support. significant control over the conduct of This applies to the our international chapters, students outside of the classroom -- and too. much of this control includes overseeing behavior in fraternity housing, which they In the coming years, we will celebrate the feel is particularly worthy of oversight. Iota Chapter’s 150th Anniversary and the In private colleges and universities, this is 100th Anniversary of the founding of the starting to impinge on our basic constitutional Phi Lambda chapter at the University of rights to free speech and free association. I Washington. In 2022, we will celebrate 175 am also afraid that these ideas are starting to years of Zeta Psi and in 2029, 150 years as an seep across the northern border. International Fraternity (Theta Xi, University of Toronto). We have much to celebrate and Lauck Walton We knew that at the international level we much to do to accomplish our goals. Executive Director had to improve our commitment to health Zeta Psi International Headquarters and safety – and Zeta Psi has done that with On a personal note, you are warmly invited a focus on reducing alcohol consumption to attend our convention this summer in during recruitment and by becoming more Baltimore, MD. The Zeta Psi convention is a compliant with changing societal expectations. great experience for active and elders alike. We are committed to preventing hazing and A fine group of spouses and kids attend each sexual misconduct in all of their forms. year -- and you and your family are invited When possible, we have partnered with to join us. administrators on various campuses so that we can stay aligned with their expectations Faithfully yours in Tau Kappa Phi, as to what is and isn’t appropriate behavior. M. Lauck Walton, Pi ‘84 We have discarded the long-standing model Executive Director of chapter services and replaced it with a modern management approach that has improved each chapter’s behavior. We have Executive Director also helped prepare our chapter leaders for meaningful employment. However, these REPORT efforts won’t be enough. Returned to Campus: • Delta (Rutgers) For Zeta Psi to truly thrive today, we are • Gamma (Syracuse) going to need many more elder volunteers • Iota (California- Berkeley) at the local level to serve in a wide variety of • Kappa (Tufts) advisory roles – by helping active officers, • Tau (Lafayette) providing internship and career guidance, serving on our alumni boards, joining Chapters Closed: committees and yes... providing financial • Xi (Michigan) support. The day of the three-person (or less) Chapters Chartered: elder association is behind us. There is not • Psi Omicron (Paris) 1 The Circle of Zeta Psi | Volume 109 | Spring 2019 Edition Letter From the Phi Alpha Dear Brothers, Zeta Psi finished off 2018 in an excellent position. We are following that up with a great start to 2019 as we are thriving at nearly all of our chapters. Our chapter development efforts have together. Our ritual focuses on five specific rarely been as active as they are now. values. I’ve challenged our active Phis We are working at re-establishing to spend some time at chapter meetings chapters at several schools and are discussing these values, what they mean starting a chapter at George Mason and how brothers should endeavor to live University. As we continue to expand our by them. This is a key foundation for our brotherhood into Europe, we now have a brotherhood that we do not spend enough chapter at the University of Paris and an time discussing. At our Grand Chapter interest group at the University of Bristol. meeting in Baltimore, we will vote on the question of allowing the five English words At the same time, the fraternity system is that are a translation of our ritual values under attack on many fronts due to well- to be used in public. Very few brothers can publicized issues with risk management even recite what the five values are, much violations regarding alcohol, safety and less discuss them and work to make them Stuart Bowers sexual misconduct. Several leading part of their daily lives. My goal is that we Phi Alpha CXXXVII universities have openly discussed can have training materials that employ the Zeta Psi Fraternity banning Greeks. This is a real threat words and invite discussion and training and we must address it by holding about living up to those values. ourselves accountable to the highest possible standards. While the IHQ staff We are much more than an organization has had to deal with the few individuals with great events, shared living experiences, and chapters that fail to follow our risk leadership training and career development. management guidelines, most chapters get We are a brotherhood and like many things in it. However, being good at risk management life, you must work at it to succeed. I believe should not define who we are. It should be this is part of our obligation to help brothers a skill we learn and practice routinely. attain success at being fraternity members, which will pay them dividends in their Zeta Psi chapters and other fraternities careers, marriages and life. are proactively leading efforts on campuses to spotlight the importance of a safe Please join us this August in Baltimore’s famed environment for women and the need Inner Harbor for our 2019 Convention. for healthy relationships. In addition to our