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Chapter News Fall 2014 Scholarship Winners From the continued partnership with the Red Cross Consul persists as we held two highly attended blood Chris Charhut drives both during the spring and during the fall. Our chapter was also honored to receive ith spring semester the 2nd place in Risk Management from the $1,100 Eta - Thomas Burns Whaving rushed by in a Interfraternity Council, an organization which Graduate of Lake Forest whirl of activity and service, manages nearly all fraternities on campus. High School. Lives we fnd ourselves in fall 2014, Over the summer we had four brothers in Lake Bluff, Illinois. a time to remember. From my own personal and our Alumni Board members attend the Junior in Mechanical Engineering with 3.75 experiences up to this point I’ve come to National Convention and Elmon M. Williams GPA. Volunteers at Urbana middle school discover the joys and challenges of being a Leadership Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, an tutoring 6th and 7th graders in Math/ chapter Consul, and the valuable leadership incredibly rewarding learning experience for Science. Engineering Team Adviser of experience that this role has imparted to me our younger members and a chance for all of High School Student teams at the National and all those who have held my position in the us to better connect with KDR brothers across Student Leadership at UC Berkeley the last past. As an executive board and chapter we the country. 2 summers. Has been Praetor of Eta. matured, setting new goals and updating our Moving into the fall semester our chapter strategies to bring KDR into a new generation was tasked with retooling our recruitment of success. techniques and applying them to obtain a large William Clarke Our continued efforts in philanthropy have pledge class, something which the Eta chapter given us many a chance to contribute to the needed. With the help of our knowledgeable $1,000 Eta - Bill Paris community. By working together with other Alumni Board and the tireless national offce Graduate of Marian chapters on our campus we were able to we came up with a defnitive approach to rush Catholic High School. exhaust our philanthropy budget and have the that we were confdent would bring in the kind Senior in Communications. highest participation in campus philanthropy of quality men that would make Eta proud. The Air Force ROTC Wing events in recent years. Additionally our Consul (Continued on Page 4) leading 100 cadets. Commander this fall Chapter Spotlight: Shaun O’Leary Patrick Daley $1,000 Eta - Dale Editor’s Note: Representing the How was your trip Schaffenacker chapter as Spotlight is Senior and out to Las Vegas Graduate of Marian Legacy Shaun O’Leary. Our current Catholic High School. Fundraising Chair and past Social and this summer? Senior in Business and Philanthropy chair, Sean is working What happens in Vegas Translation. Served as Alumni at Homecoming 2014. towards his degree in Agricultural stays in Vegas, but it Resident Adviser. Worked 3 years at Assembly and Biological Engineering. Outside was amazing. We had a Hall. Volunteers at local high schools in of Eta he is a Cheerleader for the solid group of 12 KDR Spanish and for Spanish speakers, tutors them University of Illinois, and a writer alums and a couple in English. Junior Tribune for 3 semesters. for The Odyssey. Read on to fnd out other friends. Made for a Attended 2012 national convention. more about Shaun! memorable weekend Matthew What led you to join Eta as a freshman? Any plans for after graduation? I had an older brother, Brett O’Leary ’13, that Hopefully land a job somewhere and move to Krueger was in the house and already had the chance to Wrigleyville. Krueger $1,000 Eta - meet everyone before I even got to school. The Guy Davis guys knew how to have a good time, but knew Graduate of Wheaton how to handle themselves. Warrenville South High How did you become an Odyssey writer School. Lives in Warrenville, Ilinois. Junior in Geology with 3.57 GPA. Involved and what is your specialty? with Edge Scott Fire Department in A friend of mine told me they needed more Urbana training as volunteer fre fghter. guys on the team and it seemed like a pretty Scholarship chair and Pontifex at Eta. cool opportunity. Right now I am just a writer for them, but I try to write funny articles that poke fun at Greek life stereotypes. UPDATE YOUR E-MAIL What do you enjoy most about We want YOU to be in the loop! Please cheering? confrm we have a good email for you. We The thrill of being on the feld is unrivaled by periodically send updates, reminders, and anything I have ever done. It is awesome being good wishes at the holidays electronically. on the feld surrounded by thousands of crazy This saves time and money and keeps you fans. What makes it the best is everyone on the in the loop. To check your information go to: www.kdreta.org, log in and you can view and team. It’s getting to cheer on your team on the Shaun and his partner celebrating the last day of UCA camp update your contact information. feld with your best buds. and winning a couple awards.