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Tulane Sig Eps Spearhead Effort to Inform Public about New Orleans Viability

Big Easy Go is a student-managed effort to complete a cross-country “parade” celebrating the rebirth of New Orleans. The convoy will be led by a New Orleans-themed golf cart and, if successful, will break the world record for longest golf cart drive.
MISSION
Take a souped-up golf cart, a rebuilt 1993 Lincoln Town Car limousine, a few [...]

‘Breaking’ spring break norms

“I got hammered on Spring Break” - and it’s a GOOD thing!
The Illinois Alpha SigEps may not have gotten much face time on NBC, but they had a very successful “Alternative Spring Break” building houses in Florida.
‘Breaking’ spring break norms - News

‘Breaking’ spring break norms
Students travel, commit to service during Alternative Spring Break
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An Honest Conversation About Alcohol

(This article has been passed around to several alumni group mailing lists. We got it and think it is worth reading and passing on.)
An Honest Conversation About Alcohol
by Scott Jaschik /Inside Higher Ed/ February 16, 2007

Two months after he finished up as president of Middlebury College in 2004, John M. McCardell Jr. wrote [...]

New DG for Illinois

Illinois DG AppointedSigma Phi Epsilon’s National Board of Directors has appointed Brad Nahrstadt, Monmouth College, ’89, as District Governor for Illinois. The District Governor is a SigEp alumnus who serves Alumni and Volunteer Corporations assisting with volunteer recruitment, training, and strategic planning. Brad is a litigator for Williams Montgomery & John in downtown [...]

CLA Bloomington, Indiana: Welcome to IU

The Bloomington CLA was hosted at the Indiana Memorial Union, Hotel & Conference Center on the campus of Indiana University. Other than a bit of confusion realizing that our hotel was right on campus, this CLA proved to be a nice change of pace. There was more than one comment on the activity in the [...]

CLA Report - Herndon

Thanks to Bro. Patrick Murphrey (Lt. District Governor, VA/DC) for this comprehensive account.
Carlson Leadership Academy February 9th-11th, Herndon, VA
This past weekend’s Carlson Leadership Academy was a unique event in many respects. In many ways it seemed like a “mini-Conclave” due to the attendance of such a wide range of chapters represented and SigEp dignitaries [...]

Guest Post: CLA Lexington - Was it worth the trip?

Here’s the word from our Lexington Kentucky operative.
I returned Sunday from the Kentucky CLA. All things considered it was OK. Of the four CLA’s I have attended since 1995, I would have to say the Kentucky CLA was the worst one I have had to experience.
I was disappointed with the alumni track. It really felt [...]

CLA Appleton - Cold weather, Warm friendships

Another report on CLA, tis time from Appleton Wisconsin. Brought to you by Kevin Teets. (Can you tell he has some newspaper experience?)
Negative temperatures were not enough to chill the momentum and celebration in Appleton, Wisconsin as 200 members of Sigma Phi Epsilon joined together this weekend for the Carlson Leadership Academy (CLA).
Chapters from the [...]

Report from the Underground - CLA Destin

As we have done for the past 2 years, our operatives have infiltrated the Carlson Leadership Academy sessions in order to bring a true flavor of the leadership training weekend back to those who were not able to attend. In the coming weeks we will have more reports, but here is the first one, from [...]

Sig Ep is All About People and Relationships

2006 was a difficult year for La Familia Calderon. I lost my father on September 1st and my best friend (and our brother) Humberto Hurtado on December 3rd. I also lost another chapter brother in March 2006 (Marc Caniglia) and we lost a volunteer that we should all look up to (John Hofmann [...]

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