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CHAPTER NEWS From the be proud of how we Correspondent have incorporated his visions into our own chapter, both socially and intellectually. he fall semester for Phi With the end of TKappa Psi Tennessee the semester brings Delta has been tremendous in new leadership, for all of the brothers. as many of our TN Delta is so proud to induct six new members to the fraternity! Most proudly, we will have former leaders will initiated six incredibly courteous and cultured pass on the baton of sophomores to join the noble ranks of our chapter. intellectual, moral, and spiritual excellence. struggled, and there has been incredible Immediately off the bat, our frst party, aptly We are certain that all of our future leaders will improvement over past years. We still have some named Cabo, was a resounding success, in which strive manfully under the Creed’s moral and way to go, but the brotherhood continues to serve we brought in around 22 tons of sand and hosted ethical guidelines. as the backbone for our fraternity. hundreds of students. The party was surely the As we continue to grow as a chapter each talk of the town. Jerry Nelson would certainly semester, we recognize where we have historically Joshua Hamburger DANIEL R. WEITZ Chapter Spotlight: Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is Daniel Weitz. From the hometown of Lower Marianne, PA, Dan is pursuing his degree in political science and art history and is on track to graduate in May. After a successful year of serving the chapter as President, and at Vanderbilt Hillel, Dan continues work on campus as a Resident Advisor, member of Vanderbilt Student Government, and Vice President of Commodores for Israel. He has also served the chapter as Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Community Service Chairman. Dan’s volunteer work continues at the local Hebrew school where he teaches twice a week to 5th -9th graders at synagogue. Outside of school, Dan enjoys exploring the world of politics and a good game of golf. Dan at a mixer for Greek Life. Before enrolling at Vanderbilt you spent a issues that faced TN Delta, as well as learned events. As I got more involved in extracurricular Φ Κ Ψ year in Israel – what was the experience like? hard lessons from a variety of experiences. groups on campus, I also found the politics Living in Israel was one of the most transformative I would say that the largest challenge I have inherent in everyday life, so I started to focus experiences that I could have had. I lived in faced has been trying to build accountability on those. I decided that I wanted to learn what Jerusalem for the frst semester, studying at back into the chapter. We have done a huge it was like to work on a real campaign and Hebrew University and experiencing life in overhaul on our bylaws and are consistently gain some experience in the political world so the city. The second semester I spent up north holding each other to a higher esteem, but there I worked for Tom Corbett’s reelection campaign outside Haifa. I was working on a farm milking is always pushback when trying to change a in Pennsylvania. This past summer I worked for cows, growing vegetables in the greenhouse and general culture. Additionally, it’s very diffcult Congressman Jim Cooper in Nashville to see working in an olive feld. All of this was with at to be a peer leader and work with your friends, that side of national politics and have realized risk Israeli youth, so my Hebrew skills improved so establishing that relationship was defnitely that I would like to use my degree in Political drastically and I realized that I wanted to continue hard at the beginning of my Presidency. Science to work to improve the broken system learning about other cultures throughout school. When did you develop an interest in politics? that is national politics through grassroots organizing and community engagement. What led you to join the chapter? When I originally came to Vanderbilt, I wanted Do you have any plans for after Since we have extended rush lasting a whole to study Chemistry and potentially go into graduation yet? semester at Vanderbilt, I really got a chance to look Patent Law. However, after an interesting at many other chapters and fnd the place that was experience frst semester of freshman year I don’t yet have anything set up for next year. right for me. At TN Delta I found friends, people with my Chemistry class, I found myself more I have been looking around the D.C area for who I didn’t feel pressured to impress but who interested in politics and international current policy think tanks, Capitol Hill staffng jobs and genuinely wanted to get to know me. Throughout non-proft work. I want to get a feel for the process, I met more and more people in the Washington for a few years after school chapter and became friends with them so that to fully understand the real world life once I was pledging, I was just connecting more that I have been studying in college, with friends I had already made. as well as to connect with the next generation of leaders of our country. What were some of the challenges you I could use help with connections in faced as chapter President? DC, as well as any staffng jobs for Chuck Higgins said in my frst meeting with him politicians in either their home districts as President that no person who has not been a or in DC. I am also considering going fraternity President truly understands how hard to Law School, but have heard very a job it is. I could not have imagined how right mixed advice regarding that career he was with that statement, but looking back at Pictured from left to right: brothers Mack Clair, path, so any advice in that regard Dan Ryan Weitz and David Suggs. my past year as President I have tackled many would be very helpful.