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ChapterNEWS Congratulations to Our 2014 Graduating Seniors! From the Chapter President Brothers, Spring ’14 Graduates The Gamma Xi chapter of Beta Theta has remained a shining example of fraternity at FiRST LaST HoMeTown MajoR the University of Florida. This year, while Kyle andre Destin Chemical Engineering consciously taking smaller pledge classes of ola Baklid Delray Beach Finance 25 and 6 in the fall and spring, respectively, we have still been able to further our prominence eric Bielefeldt Jacksonville Biology in all aspects of Greek life. jameson Carter Melbourne Marketing/Sports Management Ending in the fall, Beta claimed the Brian Dollinger Gainesville Materials Engineering Orange League President’s Cup once again, Luca erozer Bradenton Finance demonstrating our dominance over every Patrick Fallace Melbourne Mechanical Engineering other fraternity in intramural athletics. In the joseph Frieler St. Petersburg Anthropology most recent grade report, our overall G.P.A. was within the top four of all 25 fraternities as Giuliano Geronymo Miami Mechanical Engineering well. These impressive feats have not taken Richard Guyer Fleming Island Psychology/Philosophy away from other aspects of excellence. Matt Harry Fleming Island Marketing We are proudly and extensively involved Brandyn Herald Tampa Advertising on campus, boasting Student Government Brent Hobson Apopka Philosophy Senators, Dance Marathon Overalls and Keith jenkins Jacksonville Finance captains, many members of Florida Blue Key, and the Executive Director of the Zach jenkins Jacksonville Industrial & Systems Engineering Youth Leadership Conference. Even off- Robert Kraus Wellington Political Science campus, our community outreach has been jackson Long Newcastle, England Finance/MSF outstanding. We have undertaken service joseph Lopez Tampa Finance projects to provide necessities to the Boys Kyle Louramore Wellington Finance and Girls clubs of Gainesville as well as eric McBride Tampa Finance provide holiday gifts for patients at William A. Shands hospital. Despite rule changes to David McCarthy Tampa Microbiology our annual cheerleading competition and Khephren Menna Orlando Environmental Science philanthropy Beta Bring It On, it was still the Pierson Monetti Apopka Geomatics most successful and largest on campus. Gilbert Murimwa Winter Springs Microbiology This past year has been nothing but andrew Pisacano Jacksonville Statistics successful for this chapter and I am excited Chas Putzel Palm Harbor Sports Management and proud as the president to move forward into the next with this momentum. Thank ian Staudenmyer Overland Park, Kansas Zoology/Geology God I’m a Beta. Trent Talbot Delray Beach Finance Yours in kai, Mark Trouville Weston Finance Tate wheeler Tampa Sports Management austin williams Loxahatchee APK Matthew E. Sheinbaum Peter wronski Sarasota Finance 3