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Good luck to Lambda Chi!

The greek system needs to grow and I know adding them back to the mix will help.
 
Great for ISU. I was an Associate Member of Lambda Chi in 2002...the year it all went down. Great organization overall...just some bad circumstances that took things down hill.
 
The amazing thing was the whole rush was done WITHOUT alcohol. (Not necessarily our method in the past). I met five of them a week earlier and they seemed like great kids. Since I was a Chopper pledge in 1969, I think they were a little surprised that the ol' guy could carry on a conversation without a hearing aid. Glad to be back and thanks to my Kappa Alpha order friends for welcoming us back. And Broker Z, nice to know there's another brother out there on SP~
 
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you Choppers out there!!!

Another Greek Chapter at Indiana State, especially the Lambda Chi's, is good for fraternity and inter-fraternity growth and rivalry.

Now that wasn't easy to say as an early 70's SAE, since the Choppers were one our main rivals for Campus Revue, those crazy fraternity football games, and Intramurals.

By the way, we are actually breaking ground at 5th and Locust on February 13th to start the building of the new Indiana Sigma house.

The official Ground Breaking ceremony is February 25th. Dr. Bradley, the news media and other honorees, dignataries and guests will be there.

This time, the Ground Breaking is for real. We finally hit he financial goals this year, that the National Chapter wanted us to make. When this house is done, it will be the Gold Standard for all future fraternity houses at Indiana State.

Again, best wishes and good luck to the return of Lambda Chi Alpha to Indiana State!!!
 
Gotta Hav, by any chance after one of those crazy football games, were you at the post game kegger in the garage behind your house (loser bought) and the unlikely couple (SAE and LXA) discovered not only could they have a lot of fun together, they had a lot in common. Call it liquid diplomacy. I know that was in the 70-72 time frame. The down side of the fun night, was that the two liquored-up fraternities took their rowdiness to the Sunday night grill run when the sororities showed off their new pledges. The "boys" misbehaved badly and by that time were totally out of control. It was the last time they ever had a grill run. They almost put both houses on double-secret probation but fortunately Dean Don Mighell cut us a little slack. I will never forget that night.

Congrats on your new house. Chris Hancock has kept me informed about it over the years and it great to see it become reality. Hopefully will be in the neighborhood at some point.
 

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Gotta Hav, by any chance after one of those crazy football games, were you at the post game kegger in the garage behind your house (loser bought) and the unlikely couple (SAE and LXA) discovered not only could they have a lot of fun together, they had a lot in common. Call it liquid diplomacy. I know that was in the 70-72 time frame. The down side of the fun night, was that the two liquored-up fraternities took their rowdiness to the Sunday night grill run when the sororities showed off their new pledges. The "boys" misbehaved badly and by that time were totally out of control. It was the last time they ever had a grill run. They almost put both houses on double-secret probation but fortunately Dean Don Mighell cut us a little slack. I will never forget that night.

Congrats on your new house. Chris Hancock has kept me informed about it over the years and it great to see it become reality. Hopefully will be in the neighborhood at some point.
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Thanks!!! IMO, Brother Hancock has really been the driving force behind everything SAE at ISU for the last 20 years....him and Mark Hareing have also done one heck of a job keeping the Chapter going and connecting young and older brothers from 1969 to present....and to finally get this house built.

Ha...I was on the periphery of those post game keggers!!! I pledged and became active in the Fall of 72...so being a neophyte and such....it was a stand back and watch the older and more senior members of SAE and LXA take the lead on behavior. And you're talking about the Grill Run at the old Student Union Building, right? Ha. And those football games, I can't believe that no one ever became seriously injured. Not just our games, but all the games between Theta Chi's, TKE's, Kappa Sigs, Sig Ep's, and ATO's....for flag football, there was major hitting taking place without any kind of protection!!!
 
Gotta Hav said:
Thanks!!! IMO, Brother Hancock has really been the driving force behind everything SAE at ISU for the last 20 years....him and Mark Hareing have also done one heck of a job keeping the Chapter going and connecting young and older brothers from 1969 to present....and to finally get this house built.

Ha...I was on the periphery of those post game keggers!!! I pledged and became active in the Fall of 72...so being a neophyte and such....it was a stand back and watch the older and more senior members of SAE and LXA take the lead on behavior. And you're talking about the Grill Run at the old Student Union Building, right? Ha. And those football games, I can't believe that no one ever became seriously injured. Not just our games, but all the games between Theta Chi's, TKE's, Kappa Sigs, Sig Ep's, and ATO's....for flag football, there was major hitting taking place without any kind of protection!!!
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Those "flag" games were out of control from the get-go. Chopps only lost 2 games in the five years I hung around Terre Haute but many game scores were like 7-6 or the like. In that time frame, I saw a minimum of 3 ambulances on the field and one Theta Chi got hit in the head so hard that he went into convulsions right there on the field. I also was part of a brawl on the astro turf at MS where they drove three police cars right onto the field to break it up. That was the LAST game played out there. Crazy times back then. I just always remember that game mentioned above because it truly changed how the two house viewed each other. As I said above, it truly was liquid diplomacy. I think my ol' buddy Jack Nies was the SAE president in those days.
 
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Those "flag" games were out of control from the get-go. Chopps only lost 2 games in the five years I hung around Terre Haute but many game scores were like 7-6 or the like. In that time frame, I saw a minimum of 3 ambulances on the field and one Theta Chi got hit in the head so hard that he went into convulsions right there on the field. I also was part of a brawl on the astro turf at MS where they drove three police cars right onto the field to break it up. That was the LAST game played out there. Crazy times back then. I just always remember that game mentioned above because it truly changed how the two house viewed each other. As I said above, it truly was liquid diplomacy. I think my ol' buddy Jack Nies was the SAE president in those days.
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I guess when I said "didn't get seriously hurt" I really probably should have said, "didn't get killed". If someone dies in a Flag Football game, does anyone get charged with manslaughter? There is no way the university would allow this kind of sporting event to occur today. Of course, when we played those games, I'm sure there was no oversight from anyone, let alone Indiana State.

And Jack Nies was the SAE president back then, killer moustache and all. Hey Bank, do you remember your Theta Chi brother that took the head hit in the game B45 is talking about?
 
I actually think he was a TC pledge. I did not know who he was and I knew most of the actives in those days. Weave might know. Those kind of games would never be allowed today. Manslaughter would be an appropriate charge by today's standards. I can tell you that I NEVER played in one of those games. I had enough smarts in those days to know I would be over matched. A cheerleading injury kept me off the field my senior year when I might have been stupid enough to want to play.
 
LOL....and the truth is, I only played in one of those games. Ha. After a couple of sold elbows to the head, and a clip in the back that knocked me out for a few seconds, only to gain consciousness and not being able to catch my breath.....that was the last and only time I ever played. Kudos to those brothers who could gut those games out...they were far braver and more fearless than I.
 

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To all the SAEs on here...congrats as well!

The house that is being built is going to be an amazing addition to the campus and to the Greek System at ISU. You all should be very, very proud of your organization. Now that ATO, Pike and SAE (and Sigma Kappa) will be up on the north side of campus, I think that everyone will want to do the same. I know that ultimately KA wants to move up that way...if we ever have the opportunity..
 
Speaking of intramurals, its still rough lol Itore a ligament in my thumb in our intramural practice game and then fractured my wrist tonight. Its gettin expensive lol.
 
Bally #45 said:
Those "flag" games were out of control from the get-go. Chopps only lost 2 games in the five years I hung around Terre Haute but many game scores were like 7-6 or the like. In that time frame, I saw a minimum of 3 ambulances on the field and one Theta Chi got hit in the head so hard that he went into convulsions right there on the field. I also was part of a brawl on the astro turf at MS where they drove three police cars right onto the field to break it up. That was the LAST game played out there. Crazy times back then. I just always remember that game mentioned above because it truly changed how the two house viewed each other. As I said above, it truly was liquid diplomacy. I think my ol' buddy Jack Nies was the SAE president in those days.
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During the Summer of '72 while working @ Alcoa, I personally designed an ISU I-M Flag Football "Rules & Regulations" pamphlet, using the ISU I-M Handbook as a "model.". I had another ISU/Alcoa office girl, Lisa Lacey, (who was Pres. of the ZTA sorority) type & make copies for every ISU fraternity. During the Fall, all the participating frat. AD's gathered @ the Lamda Chi House to review the design. John Kessler was the Chopper AD. After making a few minor "adjustments," the Rules were unanimously accepted. That was last that I ever saw of the "Rules." Half of the "players" weren't even enrolled as ISU students. Hell, I even recall filing a "protest" and winning because the Sig Ep's used an ISU QB (who was "injured")!

Those games were a joke. We should've played English Rugby instead. I'll never forget firing up my '68 Delta 88 & driving to Muncie to kidnap one of our prime pledge RB's, KEVIN MERICH (Merrilville). A "Mickey Muscle" by all standards, he'd been visiting his girl friend @ Ball State for the weekend. We had been partying Saturday night, had no sleep, then discovered that Merich was missing for the big Sunday game. When we pulled into Muncie, we had no idea which dorm his girlfriend lived in and virtually scanned every BSU women's dorm to find his ass. That was one l-o-n-g weekend.

BTW...the ONLY reason that Merich received a Theta Chi "bid" was because of his football (RB/DB) ability...and he had a couple nice looking sisters!

Also, "INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL" was not sanctioned by the ISU I-M Dept...can you imagine the LIABILITY insurance package that would've been necessary?
 
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