Page 2 - Alpha Nus Spring 2016

Chapter News

From the credited to the tireless efforts of
all our brothers and the executive
committee. Most notably this
Chapter President spring we are proud to announce

IEsteemed Alumni Brothers that Theta Chi has once again
of Alpha Nu, taken 1st place in Georgia Tech
Greek Week, a feat that we have
t is a pleasure to not accomplished in 2 years.
introduce myself, The entire campus took note and
Stephen
it was a A picture from our first ever USO Cornhole
Tournament and it shows the Sorority Bracket.
DelSordo, as the current very fun
President of the Alpha Nu
week
Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity. to be a Theta Chi. we are hoping to build off this to have a very
I am a 4th year Materials Science the successful Rush in the fall. We will continue to
Additionally,
and Engineering major from Interfraternity Council work hard to achieve ever higher standards for
Northern Virginia. During my at Georgia Tech has next semester.
first semester as President I have recently ranked Theta Rush was also a great success this spring as
seen the brotherhood accomplish Chi as a top 10 best we ended up initiating 5 upstanding gentlemen.
and grow so much. Through our overall fraternity, with I have no doubts that these brothers will one
concerted efforts as a chapter, we top 10 leadership, and day be leaders on campus and in the Fraternity.
can hopefully achieve the rest of a ranking in the top 5 This summer, we have a couple rush events
the goals we have set for ourselves in philanthropy. These planned to truly get a leg up on the competition
in the upcoming year. statistics are placed in come the fall semester. Some events include
The Alpha Nu Chapter has had a the rush guidebook for a lake day at Lake Lanier, BBQs by the Alpha
great start to 2016 and that is fully Greek Week Human Pyramid. incoming freshmen so
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Chapter Naveen K. Chandran ’16 around us, and that computers facilitate bringing our
imaginations into the real world. I’ve always enjoyed
Spotlight: creating things from scratch, and from an early age
I was reading about all the bleeding edge inventions
The new graduate is all smiles in Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is Naveen and milestones in the tech world. My first exposure
front of the iconic Tech Tower. Chandran. Naveen has been a very dedicated Alpha Nu – having to computer science as a profession came from my
served the chapter as Assist Rush Chair, Technology Chair, Public AP Computer Science class in high school; I became
Relations & Campus Involvement Chair, Choreography Leader, as addicted when I learned I could program a robot to
well as chapter President most recently. From the hometown of play one of my favorite theme songs while moving
John’s Creek, GA, Naveen graduated this spring with his degree around and taking pictures of its environment. Even
in Computer Science. While on campus, he was on the Freshman though my teacher was undeniably insane (but also
Activities Board member and webmaster, Student Center Programs profoundly knowledgeable), and although computer
Council member, and a FASET Leader. Naveen interned at InterDev science was never a glamorized or incentivized
as a Junior Software Engineer; last summer he interned FactSet profession for me, I figured that I was good at it,
Research Systems as a Software Engineer; and he also studied and hours of work felt to me as mere minutes. I
abroad in Barcelona. This summer he will move to New York for his became lost in the perpetual problem solving and the
new job. For fun, Naveen plays guitar, and he enjoys helping friends continuous, small gratifications of achieving success
find jobs, weightlifting, rec sports, and exploring the city. after multiple failures (debugging) – something
which captured my intrigue and proved to me that
What led you to join Alpha Nu? support that we received from the brotherhood I had an underlying passion. Having now graduated
I think a better question would be what didn’t lead while in office. Debate and conflict of opinion with a degree, I can say that I continue to love the
occurred, as expected in any organization, but it work I do and hope that I will someday impact the
me to join Alpha Nu. Everything about the house, never lead to confrontation or dissension – neither world with my genius (or lack thereof – beggars
the brothers, and the culture all contributed to my in chapter meetings nor in EC meetings. To me, can’t be choosers, I suppose).
perception of a brotherhood that was not only diverse, it’s quite the achievement to have a committee of Do you have any special plans before starting
cohesive, and crazy fun, but also displayed enormous 7 developing men of sometimes wildly diverging full-time with FactSet?
potential to improve. Of course, when I initially opinions lead an entire chapter of 65+ individuals
rushed, Theta Chi was a great brotherhood; but I felt without an irreparable loss of faith. To speak to one I am using much of my interstitial time between
that within the sincere respect and encouragement of of our more tangible accomplishments, we were
the brothers I had encountered, I would be nurtured awarded the Chapter Excellence Award in 9 out Naveen with his little brother, Soham
to become a true leader both inside the house and of 13 possible areas to commemorate all our hard Deval, in front of Theta Chi Alpha Nu.
outside. I knew that ultimately I desired to leave a work and steadfast resolve to change many of the
lasting mark on the fraternity - and campus - that dated processes and mindsets of the fraternity, as
I could reflect back on with pride in the years to well as challenging each brother to be a contributing
come. Whether or not I succeeded in improving the man. I hope that the accolade represented a shift in
fraternity during my time is not my place to say; but belief that the fraternity will continue to uphold,
I hope that I was able to contribute as much as I was and a small taste of the enormous successes we will
able to get out of it. At the very least I know I made inevitably realize in the future.
some of my closest, lifelong, friends and memorable
experiences thanks to Theta Chi. When did you discover a passion for
computer science?
During your time as chapter President,
which achievement are you most proud of? I’ve always been obsessed and fascinated with
technology. I was – and still am – a believer that
Firstly, I’ve got to say that I’m extremely technology can enable us to shape the world

2 humbled by and gracious for the unwavering