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Alumni
The Roast of Greek Life by Ben Georgin
The Roast
of Greek
Life
was a joint
philanthropy
event organized
by the brothers
of Tau Kappa
Epsilon at
ShadowBox
Live, an upscale
Austin last theater in the
holiday season. Brewery district
just south of
downtown Columbus. The show featured
the best and worst of fraternity and sorority
members in the Greek community. The
projects and internships to help me prepare for
medical school. While working my internship
this summer at the Cleveland Clinic, I got to
assist physicians in community service projects
in rural Cleveland. The impact we made on
these people reminded me why I’m getting
into medicine in the first place: to help others.
I plan on carrying over this same attitude of hard
work and helping others into medical school and
throughout the rest of my career as a physician.
One of the many things that we did was work
with a program called the Special Abilities
Program. Volunteers from the internship were
paired one-on-one with students with learning
disabilities to help integrate them into the hospital
and build friendships with people outside of their
normal social circle. Gabe and I (pictured left)
were recognized as the top pairing in the buddy
system and we are still in contact to this day.
Outside of school what you do for fun?
One of my favorite ways to de-stress after a
long day is through playing sports. I play on
most intramural teams and I used to play on
the club volleyball team for Ohio State. Lifting
and running are also good ways from me to get
my mind off of things. Outside of being active
I really enjoy exploring the city of Columbus.
There are a ton of cool restaurants and art
galleries in the downtown area of Columbus that
go unnoticed by students and I want to soak up as
much of that as I can while I’m here.
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purpose of the event was to raise money
for Austin Beggin ’15 who recently broke
his C3 and C4 vertebrae after diving into
shallow water on a family vacation to
celebrate his graduation from Ohio State
just a few weeks prior. All proceeds went to
supporting Austin and his family as he works
hard in his struggle to recover. Will Hinman
led the efforts for the philanthropy event
and was assisted by several other members
from the chapter, including Dashon Bates
and David Desenberg, two of Austin’s best
friends from back home.
Ladies of Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi perform on stage.
The event went spectacularly; through
fundraising efforts both within the chapter will be used to purchase a handicap accessible
and in the Greek Community, we were able to van for Austin. We are holding a formal event
raise $14,328 for Austin’s family. The funds at the Ohio Union when Austin and his family
are back in Columbus to present the check to
them. We are extremely proud of him and
wish him the best in his recovery.
With Our Alumni
Robert Rankin ’51 has a first great grand to thank him for his help making repairs
baby due in October. around the house and donating furniture. He
owns and operates a vinyl record store in
Warren Hickmott ’62 retired in 1991 after Columbus - check out his website at http://
30 years of working in management. vinylrecords4sale.com. Quite a collection!
Do you like vinyl? Frater Alan Sheppard Have Alumni News?
’08, father of Nat Sheppard ’09, was
made an honorary initiate of the chapter
Connect with Omicron We want to hear from you! Send your
personal updates, accomplishments,
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www.facebook.com/groups/TKEOmicron/ Manager Kasey Breedlove at kbreedlove@
thelaurusgroup.net, or simply fill out the
Visit our alumni site at: tear-away form at the bottom of your cover
http://www.mygreekgift.org/omicronTKE letter and return it in the mail. We want to
share it in the next issue of The Lamppost!
A. Richard II, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
“Dick” Brindley He proudly served in the 97th Trident
’46 passed away Infantry Division in both the European
in June at the age and Pacific Theatres. Dick served the
of 90. He began Barberton School System from 1950 to
his college career 1982 as a teacher, guidance counselor and
at Ohio State Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and
and finished it at Special/Federal Programs. Richard was
The University of Akron where he was an avid gardener who enjoyed sharing his
a charter organizer of the TKE chapter. delicious produce with family, friends and
This is where he met his wife, June. His neighbors. Dick, you will be missed, but
education was interrupted by World War never forgotten.
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