Page 1 - Eta Survey - Fall 2016

ETA SURVEY

Eta Chapter of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity | The University of Illinois | Fall 2016 | P.O. Box 80828 | Atlanta, Georgia 30366

A Letter from the Alumni Spotlight: Eta Brothers’ European Vacation

Alumni President Brotherhood knows no borders. Eta alum- Overlooking the Vltava River with Prague Castle
ni Jason Fitterer ’07, BJ Jacobson ’09, Paul in the background.
Brothers, Torres ’09, Brian Radzicki ’10, and Sean
Barenbrugge ’10 proved this on a recent trip From Leipzig, Paul and BJ split off to visit
I want to thank all of across Europe in August. BJ’s extended family in small-town Geissen,
you who have given Germany, for two days. The two then met
and who plan to give to The group traveled from Chicago and San back up with the other three in Berlin. High-
the annual fund this year. Francisco to meet at their first stop, Prague, lights included a visit to the Olympic stadium,
Many alumni have in- Czech Republic. Over three days of sightsee- a tour of Cold War?-?era underground bomb
creased their usual con- ing, the alums shot crossbows in Prague Cas- shelters, and a bike tour that covered a host of
tribution to provide support to the front- tle, took an unofficial tour of the national li- landmarks, including existing sections of the
lawn project, and this helped immensely. brary, visited Vyšehrad, a 10th-century walled Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, the Reich-
I am pleased to report that the project was fortress, and wandered the winding cobble- stag building, and Tiergarten Park.
completed over the summer, and we were stone streets. Through the magic of social me-
able to pick the option that got the work dia, BJ discovered that recent graduates Alex The last stop on the adventure was Amster-
we needed finished all at once. We were Aspell ’16 and Joey Lagoni ’16 were also in dam. The nearly two weeks of travel did not
able to fix the French-drain issue, replace Prague on their own travels in Europe. The stop the group from packing in full days of ex-
the railroad ties along the parking lot, lev- seven Eta alumni met up and enjoyed the vari- ploring the city’s picturesque canals and beau-
el the entire front lawn, put up a retaining ous nightlife spots Prague had to offer. tiful parks. Biking is one of the main modes
wall, and replace the sidewalks leading up of transportation for locals, so the group took
to the house. This completed the last sig- The next stop on the journey took the European Vacation (continued on page 4)
nificant project that was planned follow- group to Leipzig, Germany. The city main-
ing the renovation. Now that it is done, the tains a host of historical sites: most notably,
property looks much nicer! St. Thomas Church, where Johann Sebastian
The chapter hosted a nice homecom- Bach worked as musical director, and a mas-
ing event. It was good to see the alumni sive stone monument memorializing Napo-
who made it back this year, and I hope that leon’s defeat at the Battle of Nations. The five
everyone had an enjoyable time. All those Etas also visited the Grassi Museum, which
Alumni President (continued on page 4) houses a fantastic exhibit on musical instru-
ments.

New retaining wall, French drain system, and a project to
level the front yard: all completed over the summer.

In front of a statue of composer Felix
Mendelssohn in Leipzig.