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Chapter News

Brendan McLaughlin, Michael Karas, Josh Hamburger, Justin Magnuson, Hunter Phi Psi brothers with Chancellor Zeppos.
Price, and Mack Clair in Hilton Head, SC, during spring break.

Chapter Spotlight: Joshua Hamburger

Our Chapter Spotlight this issue is on past Corresponding Secretary Josh
Hamburger ’14. Hailing from Owing Mills, MD, Josh is in his senior year
and is on track to graduate with a degree in human and organizational
development and minor in sociology. Josh is the second Tennessee Deltan
in recent years to be selected to the highly prestigious position of editor-
in-chief of The Vanderbilt Hustler. He is also copy editor for the Vanderbilt
Historical Review. His internships include work for Groove Commerce,
Athlon Sports, and the Daily Caller. For fun, Josh enjoys sports and travel.

What led you to join the chapter? my interests in a way. I actually didn’t join the

When I came to Vanderbilt, I knew that I Hustler though until my second semester. Tyler

wanted to join a fraternity for a variety of reasons. Bishop ’13 actually introduced it to me. He helped

Phi Kappa Psi stuck out to me from the beginning me get started as a sports reporter, and through the

because my brother was a member of the chapter years I have progressed through the organization.

at the University of Maryland. That led me to I served as the managing editor last year and am

look at Phi Psi here more so than others, and currently the editor-in-chief. It’s been among the

after meeting many of the brothers, I felt that the best experiences of my time in college.

chapter would be a great place for me. After graduation, how would you like to

How did you become involved with the apply your degree?
Vanderbilt Hustler? My degree certainly allows for some

I’m somebody who has always been an avid flexibility. I think my time on the newspaper

reader of the news. I had been the editor-in-chief has been best in helping me toward my career

of my high school yearbook so I think that piqued aspirations. I would like to work in media

or communications in

some capacity with

the hope of being in a Josh with chapter brothers Mack Clair, Justin
Magnuson, and John Turner.
leadership position at
Outside of school, what do you do for
some point. Majoring in fun?

human and organizational I would say sports and travel are among
my favorite hobbies, and they have been so
development has been connected for me. I’ve been to 48 states, as my
family set out on an adventure early on where
extremely insightful in we sought out to see every MLB stadium. So, we
have done a lot of traveling, and it has opened
analyzing the workflow me up to seeing so much of the country. Most
people don’t get these experiences, and I’ve
and environment within surely enjoyed it.

organizations. That’s just

something that so many

people don’t take classes

in, so I think that will be

Jason Basri, Josh, and Tommy Metke at the College World Series in Omaha, useful moving forward
Nebraska, after a Vanderbilt win. throughout my career.