This past weekend, Theta Pi had five brothers travel to ATO's Emerging Leadership Conference in Memphis, TN. We spent the day learning about what it takes to be an effective leader, and we all came back with great ideas to improve our chapter. I look forward to taking charge and not being a victim of the "Bystander Effect" in the future.

The recent events in Haiti have left ATO's at Ohio State trying to help in any manner. Brother Garrett Miller informed the chapter of a clothing drive that the chapter was able to donate 6 bags full of clothes and sandles to send down to Haiti. Also, last week ATO was able to support a Spagghetti Dinner that raised over $10,000 dollars, with all of the proceeds going to Haiti.

A couple brothers attended ELC in Memphis this past weekend. It was a very enjoyable experience that I think our chapter can benefit from. I personally received a great deal of ideas that I can use to improve community involvement as social service officer of my chapter. I also feel that this conference has improved our idea of recruitment and the quality of guys we are looking for to continue our chapter.

The overall point standings for the 09-10 school year came out, and the brothers of Theta Eta are in first place by well over 3000 points. It is looking like Theta Eta will be winning its 7th consecutive intramural championship this year.

The brothers of Theta Eta came out as the overall winners in the 2010 UNA Step Sing. We also won the Mens division as well. Step Sing is a event that UNA hosts to raise money for United Way. All the money from admissions and donations go to United Way. We competed against 9 other Greek organizations. This win was our 3rd overall championship in the past 5 years. Theta Eta is yet again proving that we are a major force on campus.

The brothers of Theta Eta finished with a 3.07 GPA for the Fall 09 semester. This was the highest GPA for any fraternity on campus, with the next highest GPA being a 2.55. We also finished with the second highest GPA for any Greek organization coming in second to the sisters of Alpha Gamma Delta.

Yesterday, my roommate went sledding and hit her head, which resulted in her needing to go the hospital. The roads were iced over from the snow storm and we would have had to walk. Luckily, Andrew Taylor and Jaryd Waegerle were kind enough to drive us to the ER. Jaryd sat in the waiting room with me waiting to see if my roommate was fine. The kindness of these two brothers is reflective of the chapter as a whole.

Cody Barron was recently elected President of Rose-Hulman's Student Government Association. Cody has always been well involved and recognized on Rose's campus. He represents ATO well and surely will use his leadership skills as SGA President to benefit the campus community. Congratulations Cody and keep up the hard work!

Today the State College area received over a foot of snow and the brothers of Gamma Omega took our SUV's out and went to work for THON. We shoveled driveways and sidewalks all in the name of the Penn State Dance Marathon, the largest student run philanthropy in the world. ATO and our partner ZTA have been the largest fundraisers for THON for 14 years in a row, raising $317,000 last year. THON is in less than two weeks so we're in the final stretch to raise as much possible For The Kids!