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You may remember that House Corp recently sought to purchase a new chapter house (actually, two of them), and had set up a fund and collected donations toward that goal. The short story is that the deal fell through.
We first attempted to buy the former Delta Sigma Phi house on Avery Street. The deal seemed too good to be true and, as it turned out, it was. Although we met their asking price and submitted a steep good-faith payment, the DSP house corporation rejected our offer. It seems to us that they were simply collecting offers in order to leverage their own alumni into buying the house, on the hope that their fraternity would be allowed to return to the campus in a few years. Our good-faith payment was returned.
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The long-hyped project to install fire-suppression sprinklers in the chapter house is complete. The installation, which was conducted in two phases over the last four years, cost $35,000 and was completed more than a year ahead of the deadline. Although the project exceeded our estimates by $3,000 (partly due to the passing of years between our estimation and the actual installation), that overage was reduced from what it could have been by partnering with the other fraternities and sororities at WIU to collectively negotiate with FE Moran.
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Recruitment, Homecoming, Active/Alumni Achievements and Work Weekend
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Brother’s Internships/Move in, Horizon Experience, Active/Alumni Achievement, and Iota Omicron Sweetheart/Current Positions
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Initiation, Philanthropies, Newly Elected Positions, and Mom’s Weekend
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Western fraternities and sororities lit up the night on Sunday, Dec. 6 by decking their houses with Christmas lights and decorations. Students were able to vote on the best designs, and decided that the winning fraternity was Sigma Chi and the winning sorority was Sigma Sigma Sigma. Both organizations will receive a $25 donation for their philanthropy.
Several greek organizations set up lights and other holiday decorations on their houses to promote holiday spirit in the annual All Greek Holiday Light Show on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Decorations included colorful lights that radiated in the night as well as one house, Sigma Chi, that went above and beyond.
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Anderson wins national award for his passion for a cause
Not even winning a national award could satisfy Mike Anderson, WESTERN ILLINOIS 2014, from continuing his fight against hazing.
After winning hazingprevention.org's Hank Nuwer Anti-Hazing Hero Award in mid February, Anderson aims to bring a National Hazing Prevention Week to the Western Illinois University campus next year.
Anderson was nominated for the award by the university’s graduate advisor for Greek life programs, Koryna Felt, for helping organize a day devoted to halting the spread of hazing. Originally, university officials expected the anti-hazing program to be a small affair of maybe 50 participants. Anderson, who is chapter Kustos, spread the word on campus so much that almost 250 people attended the seminar on campus on Oct. 20, 2012.