February, 2008

Brothers,

This second semester has begun and events are churning ahead quickly. I am so excited about serving Delta Lambda as Chapter President and I promise that I will work to the best of my abilities to make it a great year. Congratulations to all of the Brothers who got elected as officers for this upcoming year. I look forward to working closely with the Executive Board, featured below, and also with all the Brothers in the Fraternity.

After the New Year and our return to campus, we are looking forward to a great spring semester. I want the theme of next year to be "Momentum." We have just finished a great fall semester and we have gained speed. We need each and every Brother to help keep the focus on the momentum. Focus is what will keep us moving forward with a powerful, nearly unstoppable force. Focus on the Fraternity's success, and with that power we will make it happen.

Keep a look out for upcoming events in the spring. Dad's Weekend is just around the corner; coming up this month. Right now we are diligently working on reclaiming our victory for Dance Marathon, Florida State's largest philanthropy. If you would like to donate, please visit the website: Dance Marathon/Pike

I want to congratulate new Rush Chairman Julian Garcia '06 and his Rush Captains for their fantastic job in spring rush. We took 19 new Pikes and the class is widely thought to be the best on campus. Our fall class was initiated on December 2, 2007, and the 46 new Brothers included Delta Lambda's 2,000th initiate.

Intramural sports continue to be a chapter strength. As of the last update on February 11, the Pikes are almost 150 points ahead of the next closest fraternity. And we continue to have more varsity and club athletes than all the other fraternities combined.

Brother Joe O'Shea '04 was named a Rhodes Scholar! Joe is currently serving FSU as Student Body President. Joe was president of his pledge class. His younger brother Jesse O'Shea '07 was president of the fall pledge class, and was selected by the Chapter to receive the honor of being our 2,000th initiate.

With our momentum and the promise of even more success, I have no doubt that we will continue the Legacy our Delta Lambda alumni have left for us.

In the Bonds of Phi Phi Kappa Alpha,
Carlos Lindo '05
SMC

2008 Executive Committee

The New Year is here, and so is Delta Lambda's new executive board. These 11 guys are ready to take on the challenges and duties expected to make this year at Delta Lambda just as successful as the rest.

The newly elected President this year is junior Carlos Lindo. This is Carlos' second position on EC, having previously served as Chapter secretary. Carlos is also very active with campus organizations, holding positions such as director of Greek Affairs at FSU Student Boosters and president of the FSU Pre-Law Society. Carlos is excited to put his leadership and management skills to use as president.

Internal Vice President was awarded to Tyson Brock. Tyson also holds a position on the Student Boosters executive council. Tyson's father is Jim Brock '76.

Senior Chris Stewart will serve as External Vice President.

Jamie Mennie was awarded Treasurer, and he couldn't be more perfect for the job. Jamie is an Accounting and Finance major and holds a 3.8 GPA.

Julian Garcia is the new Rush Chair. Julian has already started his new position by working hard to make the recent 2008 Spring Rush a success.

Secretary was awarded to junior, Stephen Lorch. Stephen previously served as Alumni Relations chair. This is his first EC position. Steven's older brother is Brian Lorch '01, and his uncle is Jim Smalley '73.

Trent Kilpatrick, previously treasurer of Delta Lambda, will serve this year as Risk Awareness. Trent's father was a Pike and the president of the Delta Upsilon Chapter at Stetson University in 1983. Trent currently holds a 3.8 GPA.

The new Pledge Educator is junior Grant Goodwiller.

Continuing on the legacy is Sergeant in Arms, junior Cade Carter. Cade is son of Cadie Carter '79 who served as Delta Lambda's SMCin the early '80s. Cade was the previous Internal VP.

Junior Justin Booth joins the EC as Member at Large. Justin is also Pike's Homecoming Chair.

Pike's new House Manager is senior Dan Lanam.

"This is a very ambitious and hardworking group of guys." said president Carlos Lindo. "We will all look forward to work to make this a very successful year."