Lambda Omega-Zeta • Alumni Association

Active Chapter Update

As most of you undoubtedly know, the active chapter had a rather rough year.  Following the incident at the house, the chapter was placed on a low level probation by Lambda Chi International.  The chapter was restricted from consuming alcohol at the chapter house and from having parties or other social events at the chapter house.  They also hosted a risk management speaker, and had to conduct a ZAX session for all members and 2 other local chapters.  Initiation was held at MSU's house, and this was also part of the probation.  Sixteen new members were initiated in the fall, and  2 in the spring, with the last Zeta being 653. Fourteen members became Alumni this year: Ben Smith, Jim Neurohr, Kyle Grenfel, Patrick Anderson, Brian Raymer, Will Tomlinson, Adam Moyet, Jason Stachel, Drew Cool, Matt Mallard, Evan Chan, Dan Vokal, Mike Wayland, and AJ Bowen.

Despite it's rocky start, the chapter also made many strides this year.  The again completed philanthropies for Make-A-Wish foundation and the North American Food Drive.  They have also finally gotten Deerfield Village to approve and pay for improvements to the house.  They are as follows: 1) Carpet old part of upstairs in July 2008, 2)Install new vinyl @front entry & old kitchen, 3)Replace dishwasher in old kitchen, 4)replace broken towel bars, missing tub & sink stoppers in bathrooms, 5)Install 2nd set of washer/dryer in basement, 6)Remove carpet on stairs to basement & Install vinyl stair, treads, 7)Power wash outside of house, 8)Remove dining room light & put cover in ceiling, 9)paint white areas as needed, 10)replace light bulb in hall to west entry door by employee bathroom, 11)Remove vinyl at bottom of stairs,12)Clean up LOCKED storage room and wipe off furnace equipment 13)Install 5 yards of soil and slop away from building on East side, because water comes into house basement during hard rain, 14)Caulk basement window on the outside, 15)Oil all door hinges, 16)Install new shrubs/stones where needed. 

These updates will definitely improve the look and feel of the house. 

Yearbook Page

Name:  Matt Tanis

Zeta Number: 564

Nickname:  Maaaaaatt ):

Initiated:  Spring 2003

Offices Held: Alpha, Delta

Married to:  Allison (Martin) Tanis

Graduated from CMU:  May 2007

Currently:  Working at Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, will begin Medical School at MSU in August

E-mail: metanis@msn.com

If you know anyone who should be featured in the Yearbook Page, or you want to be featured, please e-mail their information to LOZAANEWSLETTER@hotmail.com.

Finally, although this is not an event that was planned or sponsored by the Alumni Association, it is an event that was independently planned by some of our other Alumni brothers.  The Alumni Association would love to be involved in the future planning of these events, and would love to take part in them to further grow the organization.  The 2nd Annual Chopper Alumni Invasion is happening June 6th, 7th, and 8th in Mt. Pleasant.  If you are interested in attending you must e-mail either Tim Ellis or E.J. Rozek at tellis@30below.com, or ejrozek@ymcametrodetroit.org respectively.  Please do so as soon as possible to allow for hotel reservations.  If you do attend, please make note that the chapter house is still dry and alcohol is not allowed at the house until the probation is lifted by Lambda Chi International.  We at the Alumni Association would like to commend these brothers for taking initiative and creating a fun event for brothers.  We hope you all have enjoyed this issue of "The Chopper Chant" and will take the time to join the Alumni Association and help us create and Alumni Association the Active chapter can be proud of.