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CHAPTER NEWS

from the Editor’s NotE: Representing the chapter
chapter as spotlight is senior classman and cur-
president rent social chair, Griffin Schwab. From
the hometown of Millburn, New Jersey,
Griffin is pursuing his degree in English
Greetings, brothers! with a concentration in creative writing.
I hope this letter In preparation for graduation, Griffin
finds you well and has interned with Atlantic Records (artist
serves to update you on the chapter and development department), APA (book-
its recent accomplishments and hap- ing intern), and with MAC Presents.
penings. Following the suspension and On campus, he is part of the Vanderbilt
membership review last semester, our recording studio and has served on their
chapter leadership has been focused on executive board as event planner and
rebuilding and restructuring much of executive producer. In his free time, he
the chapter so that Tennessee Delta can CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: enjoys drumming, singing, beat-making,
rebound from this rough patch stronger griffin schwab surfing, and basketball.
than ever.
While on suspension last semester,
the chapter still made the 80% thresh- What have you enjoyed most as a
old for GME, the Office of Greek Life chapter member?
measurement of campus involvement. I really enjoyed being the chapter’s
This was an accomplishment that few social chair, where I could work cre-
chapters on campus achieved and zero atively to put on fantastic events. One
suspended chapters did. Already, we of our parties, Cabo, actually broke the
have led IFC following the first check- record for the highest-attended Vander-
point. On top of campus involvement, bilt party on record, with around 1000
we are first overall in IFC GPA, some- attendees. I like this position not only
thing I will touch on in “The Whitty because it’s fun to DJ and set up fun
Corner,” on page three. We planned events, but also because—given my ca-
on using these two accomplishments reer path—it helps a lot in interviews. In
to help generate momentum moving fact, one of the reasons why I currently
into recruitment, for both sophomore/ have a position at Warner Music is
transfer bid day on September 30th, directly because of my impressive ability
and freshman rush—which, at the time to create fun events at Phi Psi (according
of writing this, is well underway. While to the people that hired me).
we only have 38 active brothers right
now, recruitment has been going well, What type of challenges do you face
largely due to our increased presence on as social chair?
campus across all fields: RA’s, VUcep- Two main things: First, it can be dif-
tors (freshman orienteers), Theta Tau ficult to get brothers to help me with the
(engineering fraternity), AKPsi (busi- set up for events. It’s not like working at
ness fraternity), theatre groups, club AEG Live, where there are people who When did you discover a passion for
sports, honor council, and more. This are paid specifically to do setup. Brothers music development?
Chapter President (continued on page 4) frequently have a lot on their plate, both I’ve always wanted to work closely
academically and otherwise, so it can with artists in some capacity, and I’ve
be difficult to convince someone to always been keenly interested in the
take a break from their already busy relationship between the artist and the
schedules to do physical labor. The music itself. I really set myself on the
other challenge comes mainly from path toward this role when I started
Vanderbilt administration. While a working at a local recording studio
lot of rules they put in place are done when I was in high school, shadowing
with a genuine interest for student sessions and learning how to run the
safety, there are still many rules that boards and produce. I did this mostly as
don’t necessarily make sense, or are a hobby until this past summer where
ineffective. I frequently need to work I got an internship offer with Atlantic
around these rules in order to make Records in New York. There, I worked
events happen, which can be both in the artist development team, work-
Brothers at a bone marrow cheek swab donation. The time consuming and frustrating. ing with such artists as Cardi B, Bruno
group, Gift of Life, was doing swabs across Greek row.
We had the highest turnout of any fraternity. Chapter Spotlight (continued on page 4)
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