Page 1 - Rhomer - Spring 2014

Vol. XXXIX CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, APRIL 2014 No. 1 Fall Semester 2013: Top Quarter Success Rho Chapter finished the Fall 2013 semester number 14 on campus with a 3.1849 grade point average. The In- terfraternity Council GPA average was 3.1167. Four active members also posted 4.0 grade point averages: Freshman Max Kreiter, Sophomore Mitchell Lev, Junior Matt Magill and Sophomore Andrew Sloan. This year’s council has taken it upon themselves to turn the Sigma Alpha Mu house around for good. Recently, President Michael Max, Vice Presi- dent Josh Kohlenbrener, House Man- ager Garrett Lessem and Treasurer Jake Scholl have been working hard to fix up the SAM mansion. Below is a list of improvements that have been done so far. Basement • Healthy options are becoming available daily such as whole wheat pasta and more. • We are working on getting a new Coca-Cola machine to improve the drink selection. First Floor • A purple and black stripe leads up to a beautifully painted SAM on the wall of the entranceway. • A brand new, hand made, ex- quisitely painted, wooden ping-pong table was added to the main room. • The bars in the main room were spruced up with a fresh coat of paint which, all in all, completely revamps Jordan Crawford and Adam Mass. It and cool SAM logos. the look of the halls. has been a whole house effort to • A new projector allows us to • More garbage cans have been change this house for the better and watch TV as a whole house. added to keep trash off the grounds to keep it looking better than it ever Second and Third Floors and in the garbage cans. has. • The walls have been sanded • Brothers have taken it upon On another note, the annual philan- down and completely repainted white themselves to add some flavor to thropy event Bounce 4 Beats is on top and purple on the bottom. their own doors, painting many cool closely approaching. Headed by • The doorframes have been re- new things. Casey Epton, Mitchell Lev and Daniel painted white and the bathroom door The paintings done in the Kogan, there are high hopes for a has been repainted black. There is entranceway and the new ping-pong (More pictures and the article also a new shiny bronze door handle, table are compliments of Gabe Zallick, continued on page three)